It’s that time of year again in Sacramento… the Fellows have arrived. From around the state and nation, eighteen highly qualified college graduates have been selected as Senate Fellows, where they will participate in a year-long program that will introduce them to the inner workings of state government. It will be a fun and challenging […]
Mervyn M. Dymally
Former Lt. Governor Merv Dymally died in Los Angeles yesterday. Dymally, who was first elected in 1962, saw the legislature move from part-time to full-time in 1966 and returned in 2002 to serve for six years in the term-limited era. He also served as Lt. Governor during Jerry Brown‘s first administration and as a Member […]
Denver and Gilbert at 160: Locating the Site of the Duel
Thursday marks the 160th anniversary of the most important duels in California history. Unlike the Terry-Broderick Duel (the cause of which was more a personal dispute), the Denver-Gilbert Duel was strictly political. The two combatants, State Senator James W. Denver and former Congressman Edward Gilbert, were two well-known figures at the time. Gilbert had been […]
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