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Monday, November 27, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Last week new Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister) issued next term’s committee assignments, including the chairs of each respective committee. While much has been written about who is in, who is out, and what it all portends for the 2024 legislative term and beyond to... [READ MORE]
Monday, October 20, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA he Director penned an article in SCGA’s hard copy magazine FORE entitled, “The Era of Recycled Water May be Drawing to a Close.” The kind of recycled water used for outdoor irrigation, that is – nonpotable reuse. The reason: The effluent used to produce that traditional form... [READ MORE]
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Often attributed to Albert Einstein, who many say wrote it on a blackboard in his Princeton office, its origin is much older than that. However, in this exact form, it appeared in a seminal sociology textbook in 1963 and has been quoted repeatedly since to... [READ MORE]
Monday, October 2, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) is set this Wednesday to open its first public hearing on the Proposed Rule it published August 18 to effectuate what the Governor and others have termed “Making Conservation a California Way of Life.” The Board will open... [READ MORE]
Monday, September 18, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA The 2023 session of the California Legislature closed in the waning hours of Thursday night. While some of 2023’s bills have already been passed on to the Governor and signed into law, many more are now on the Governor’s desk for signature or veto, among... [READ MORE]
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA As the legislature races to the finish of a session complicated by a budget deficit that cannot be known until the Franchise Tax Board receives Californians’ tax returns in mid-October, here is what we can report now about those bills the golf community has supported... [READ MORE]
Monday, August 14, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Anyone over a certain age, and even those below a certain age, know something of Yogi Berra’s caveat about predictions – “predictions are a dangerous thing, particularly about the future.” But if one accepts the wisdom contained in Edmund Burke’s dictum about “society being a... [READ MORE]
Thursday, July 27, 2023 Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA The Legislature is on summer vacation. The members return August 14 and adjourn for the year 31 days later on September 14. Bills that pass through both houses by that date move to the Governor for signature or veto. Before they go to their respective... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA June 20, 2023 An op-ed in the Los Angeles Times during US Open week captured the attention of the golf and non-golf worlds. Its title: “The PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger isn’t the problem; Golf is.” Its author: A law professor from the Midwest whose magnum opus on golf is... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA June 6, 2023 Last Friday was the last day of the 2023 session for bills to pass their houses of origin and move to the other house for consideration. Those bills that did make it over now go through the same policy committee, appropriations, and floor vote processes that... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA May 11, 2023 The “suspense” round of legislative Appropriations hearings is scheduled for next week. That is when the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees speed through hundreds of bills that have cleared their committees of reference to see which among them move to their respective floors and which are... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Monday, April 24, 2023 To live in Southern California is not only to understand how it is possible to be on flood watch and drought watch at the same time, it is to understand also how it is possible to live during the greatest growth period in the game’s... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Thursday, April 13, 2023 A glance at the front page of Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times tells you all you need to know about where California stands with respect to water. The lead headline was “Deep snow adds months of flood risk.” The headline just below and to its side was “Water... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Monday, March 27, 2023 Mother Nature may be blessing us, and the state legislature may be giving us a rest, but the fundamentals that make the surcease so welcome remain firmly in place. First up, Mother Nature. With the Northern Sierra snowpack at near record levels and likely to... [READ MORE]
The California Alliance for Golf (CAG) is pleased to announce the organization wasnamed recipient of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) ChampionAward. This award is bestowed upon individuals or entities who’ve succeeded in working onbehalf of a group of owners – locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally – and havegarnered significant victory for the golf... [READ MORE]
Article provided by Craig Kessler, SCGA Tuesday, February 21, 2023 Not all of the 19th Century rules governing the rhythms of California’s legislative session are without value. The one requiring that bills must sit idle for a minimum of 30 days after filing is one of them. This gives everyone plenty of time to sift through... [READ MORE]
The California Legislative Information website offers the general public the full text of bills, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, and their status, history, votes, analyses, and veto messages if applicable. The website is updated every day at 4:00am and 9:00pm. Please click here to continue staying informed. [READ MORE]
