A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to join host John Howard and Adam Gottlieb on Capitol Weekly’s Politics on Tap. Adam brought a great collection of campaign ephemera, including some century-old items, and shared his love of political history. I was able to share some of the better stories that have come up through my […]
California Legislative Staff Tenure
Using the Staff Salaries spreadsheet on the California State Assembly’s Salaries and Expenditures page, I was able to find some interesting statistics about staff tenure and pay in that house. Some of it was pretty surprising. Two of the more interesting data points; 58% of Assembly staff have worked there for 3 years or less. Almost 1/3 of Assembly […]
Dueling in California (A Legal History)
The delegates who met in Monterey in 1849 to draft California’s first constitution debated the need to limit dueling during the convention. Noting that the formality associated with dueling primarily made it a practice of political elites, delegate William Gwin began to push for the penalty to be (rather than a prison term), a permanent […]
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