Visitors to the State Capitol today will no doubt be impressed by the amount of activity and the impression that the elected officials are working really hard to improve the lives of everyone in California. But I hope they all remember that looks are deceiving.
Today is a perfect example of the ridiculous and chaotic calendar that results in poorly written and more poorly understand laws in this state. Starting at 9am, 15 standing committees in the California State Legislaure will hold hearings – as many as 7 at the same time – in the famous sausage making production of the Kabuki Theatre as Governor Schwarznegger loved to call it. These committees have scheduled over 250 separate bills to be heard today and many of them will have a significant impact on the health, safety and economy of this state.
Here is a link to the published agendas that made available just last night:
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