As I’ve noted before, interesting things come up occasionally while researching the biographies of the early California legislators. I find that the varied lives of the pioneers often make an interesting contrast with our contemporary legislators. Two of my favorites are Senator Elijah Hart (who was born in a covered wagon) and Attorney General W. […]
Record Setting Legislative Turnover (December Update)
As we discussed in a previous post three months ago, it looks like California is going to see a near-record number of new legislators in 2013. In the Senate, 7 State Senators will be leaving due to term limits. Four Senators (Ronald Calderon, Gloria Negrete-McLeod, Michael Rubio, and Juan Vargas), are running for Congress mid-term, […]
Disaster Governor follow-up
John Ellis from the Fresno Bee has written an article about our recent post about Earl Smittcamp and the office of Disaster Acting Governor… December 21, 2011 Fresno Bee; Gov. Earl Smittcamp? If the disaster was big enough, it could happen “Earlier this month, the One Voter Project had a blog about the position of “Disaster […]
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