Just a reminder for you on Tax Day (April 15th)… the constitutional amendment which allowed the federal government to collect an income tax was ratified with the approval of the California Legislature. Congress proposed an amendment to the federal constitution on July 2, 1909, which gave Congress the “power to lay and collect taxes on […]
Legislators Who Were Shot: Glazer’s 2003 Shooting
On October 2003, Steve Glazer was 2003, while driving with his family in Orinda, Glazer was shot in the neck by a teenager with a high-powered pellet gun. “The .17-caliber projectile just missed his carotid artery and lodged next to his spine.” If elected to the State Senate in the May, Glazer would not be the […]
How Service in the California Legislature Ends
The most common way that a term in the Legislature ends is that that the term ends and the officeholder leaves office. But there are a handful of other options: Resignation There have been about 255 resignations since 1849, most recently in January 2015. Death 83 California Legislators have died in office, most recently in […]
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