Less than six months into the 2013-14 Legislative Session and there have already been three resignations in the State Senate (Senators Negrete McLeod and Vargas in January and Senator Rubio in February). The three resignations, with another possible in June (Curren D. Price), would make make the 2013 tie 1993 as the Senate’s most resignation-heavy […]
“California’s First Absentee Ballots”
I just finished reading the article “California’s First Absentee Ballots” by Sebastian Nelson in the latest edition of California Originals (the Quarterly Newsletter of the California State Archives). As the Civil War raged in 1863, thousands of California soldiers were stationed through-out the United States. To ensure the right to vote for these soldiers, Governor Leland […]
Big Daddy’s Vacation Photos
We don’t see new pictures like this very often… these vacation photos were taken on a trip that Speaker Jesse Unruh (also known as “Big Daddy”) took to Japan. These photos were included in a collection of items recently donated by the estate of Senator Leroy F. Greene. Unruh inspects pearl necklaces at an […]
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