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, […]
Assemblyman Lilburn W. Boggs (1796-1860)
Wednesday marks the 215th birthday of Lilburn W. Boggs, who was both a delegate to the first Constitutional Convention (he didn’t attend) and served as an Assemblyman in 1852. What makes Boggs stand out is what he did before joining the legislature. Born in 1796, Boggs was first married at 21, and a Representative in […]
Those we lost in 2011.
California lost a some notable state officials and candidates in 2011. Among those who died in 2011 were legislators, judges, mentors, and one who was trusted for more than four decades with keeping the candle of democracy lit if the world burned. As we near the end of the year, we wanted to take a […]
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