The passage of the Lex Titia in 43 B.C.E. effectively legalized the end of the Roman Republic. The law was passed in the crisis arising from the assassination the year before of Gaius Julius Caesar. The Lex Titia bestowed on three men (the ...
Court Of Appeal Holds Governor Can Make Laws In An Emergency
Posted on May 06, 2021
Bill Proposes Term Limit On States Of Emergency
Posted on January 25, 2021
In June of last year, I addressed the question of when a gubernatorially state of emergency ends. Government Code Section 8629 requires the Governor to proclaim a termination of a state of emergency "at the earliest possible date that conditions...
Can A Pandemic Be Sufficient Cause To Declare A "State Of Emergency"?
Posted on July 06, 2020
On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a "state of emergency" pursuant to California's Emergency Services Act. His proclamation reflected his finding that "conditions of Government Code section 8558(b), relating to the declaration of a State...
Will The Legislature Declare An End To California's State Of Emergency?
Posted on June 03, 2020
On Monday, I wrote about California Government Code Section 8629 which provides:
