CalWatchdog Morning Read – December 8

by CalWatchdog Staff | December 8, 2016 9:34 am

Good morning. TGIT. Although legislators won’t really be back until next year, new bills are coming. In fact, two state lawmakers are looking to include constituents in the policy-making process in similar, and yet very different, ways.

While Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, is holding a contest for constituents to pitch their best ideas for a “There Ought to be a Law” contest, Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa, aims to do the exact opposite. 

Moorlach, partnering with four other Republican senators, is pushing a “There Ought NOT Be A Law” program. Unlike Garcia’s program, the Republican contest is not to write a new law, but to instead simplify and streamline existing state law. 

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Endnotes:
  1. CalWatchdog: http://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/07/lawmakers-seek-citizens-help-legislative-ideas/
  2. CalWatchdog: http://calwatchdog.com/2016/12/08/towns-take-heat-proposed-taxes-targeting-streaming-video/
  3. Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-democrats-dreamers-20161207-story.html
  4. The San Bernardino County Sun: http://www.sbsun.com/government-and-politics/20161207/what-san-bernardino-did-during-its-4-year-bankruptcy
  5. The San Jose Mercury News/The Orange County Register: http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/08/with-pot-now-legal-in-california-a-driving-while-stoned-test-backed-by-state-legislator/

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