Expect Delays

Expect Delays
This is the busiest time of the year for California’s Legislature and so it is also the busiest time of the year for me. So, don’t expect much content this week or next as I find myself working 10+ hour days and seven day weeks. In the meantime enjoy this humorous photo of boxer dogs:

Why Today’s Post Isn’t

Why Today's Post Isn't
The last two days I’ve typed just over 16,000 words… None of which my own, in the sense that I wasn’t writing my own thoughts or works, but rather for work. The two days before that I probably wrote another 10,000 plus. If this was NaNoWriMo I’d be half way done?! For my office, this ...

Fixing My Playstation 2

Fixing My Playstation 2
I don’t recall when I picked up my PS2. If I recall correctly, and as time goes on that becomes harder and harder, I picked it up in 2002 which makes my console nine years old. Through those nine years it has faithfully played every CD, DVD, and PS2 game I’ve put into it. Well, ...

From Idea to Law: Making Legislation in California Part 2

From Idea to Law: Making Legislation in California Part 2
part 1 of this series can be found here.   Part 2.  The Policy Committee Process In Part 1 I described how legislators introduce bills into their respective houses and the first few steps of the legislative process.  We left off with bills being assigned by the Rules Committee to a policy committee that.  The ...