Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Calif. Assembly: Constitutional Amendment to Cut Off Public From Legislative Process During Emergencies

Critical of Governor Gavin Newsom's unchecked emergency powers during his declared State of Emergency and statewide lockdown, ostensibly for coronavirus, California Assembly members have authored a Constitutional Amendment to allow the California Legislature to also work in secrecy during any declared state of emergency - any kind of a state of emergency could be named.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 25 by Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, was introduced recently to allow remote attendance and proxy voting at legislative proceedings during declared states of emergency.

"ACA 25, if adopted by the voters in November, would permit state legislators to remotely attend and vote in any official legislative proceedings, or even to vote by proxy if either the Assembly or the Senate adopts a rule to permit proxy voting," California Globe contributor Chris Micheli reported.

"Remote attendance and voting could occur during the pendency of a state-declared or a federally-declared state of emergency."

This would cut everyone off from the legislative process: lobbyists and the public.

This measure would permit Members to remotely attend and vote in a legislative proceeding, or to vote by proxy in a legislative proceeding if permitted by their house, during the pendency of a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States, under specified conditions.

Agencies like the California Air Resources Board, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the California Coastal Commission, and CalEPA are just a few of the rogue state agencies operating without any legislative oversight.

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