The House Ethics Committee released a report today recommending that Congresswoman Laura Richardson be officially reprimanded by the House of Representatives for “improperly using House resources for campaign, personal, and nonofficial purposes; by requiring or compelling her official staff to perform campaign work; and by obstructing the investigation of the Committee and the ISC through […]
Denver and Gilbert at 160: Locating the Site of the Duel
Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of the most important duels in California history. Unlike the Terry-Broderick Duel (the cause of which was more a personal dispute), the Denver-Gilbert Duel was strictly political. The two combatants, State Senator James W. Denver and former Congressman Edward Gilbert, were two well-known figures at the time. Gilbert had been […]
The California Fire Fee Approaches
After working on a recent project relating the new SRA Fire Fee, I wanted to take a quick look at the issue of fees and taxes in modern-day California. While the vote for ABX1 29 in the Assembly split along party lines (Ayes 52, Noes 26), two Democrats in the Senate sided with the Republicans […]
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