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Joshua Groban NEWEST ASSOCIATE JUSTICE of the SUPREME COURT of CALIFORNIA
California Supreme Court Historical Society newsletter · spring/summer 2019 Joshua Groban NEWEST ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA On Page 2: Insights from a Former Colleague By Justice Gabriel Sanchez The Supreme Court of California: Associate Justices Leondra Kruger, Ming Chin, and Goodwin Liu, Chief Justice of California Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Associate Justices Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Carol Corrigan and Joshua Groban. Photos: Judicial Council of California Introducing Justice Joshua Groban by Justice Gabriel Sanchez* hen Joshua Paul Groban took the oath of A native of San Diego, Groban received his Bach- office as an associate justice of the California elor of Arts degree from Stanford University, major- WSupreme Court on January 3, 2019, he was in ing in modern thought and literature and graduating one sense a familiar face to attorneys and judges through- with honors and distinction. He earned his J.D. from out the state. As a senior advisor to Governor Edmund G. Harvard Law School where he graduated cum laude Brown Jr., Justice Groban screened and interviewed more and then clerked for the Honorable William C. Con- than a thousand candidates for judicial office. Over an ner in the Southern District of New York. He was an eight-year span, the governor, with Groban’s assistance accomplished litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Whar- and advice, appointed 644 judges, including four of the ton & Garrison from 1999 to 2005 and Munger, Tolles seven current justices on the California Supreme Court & Olson in Los Angeles from 2005 to 2010, where he and 52 justices on the California Courts of Appeal. -
The Role of Public Universities As Interest Groups
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AS INTEREST GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES by Ngo Tu Thanh (Frank Tu) A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of M.A. in Political Science The Department of Political Science Central European University Budapest, Hungary CEU eTD Collection June 2019 Supervisor: Anil Duman © 2020 CEU eTD Collection NGO TU THANH (Frank Tu) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT Ngo Tu Thanh (Frank Tu) THE ROLE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AS INTEREST GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES Under the direction of Anil Duman The University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC) used to receive approximately the same amount of state funding prior to 1988. However, in recent decades, California has adopted numerous policies that favor the CCC. Predicated upon this empirical observation, this thesis argues that the three systems act as interest groups, lobbying for state funding, and the CCC is the most effective, despite being the larger group. This observation contradicts with Olson’s (1965) “group-size paradox” and poses a theoretical puzzle: “Why are the California community colleges more influential in lobbying despite the collective action problems it may face as a larger group?”. Existing theories suggest three potential answers for this puzzle: 1) types of interest, be it public or private, 2) degree of conflict, and 3) public opinion. By conducting content analyses of secondary sources, this thesis finds that the CCC’s goal is to ensure the affordability of higher education, while the UC seeks to preserve its own reputation and quality at the expense of universal access to and affordability of higher education. -
Breaking the Bank Primary Campaign Spending for Governor Since 1978
Breaking the Bank Primary Campaign Spending for Governor since 1978 California Fair Political Practices Commission • September 2010 Breaking the Bank a report by the California Fair Political Practices Commission September 2010 California Fair Political Practices Commission 428 J Street, Suite 620 Sacramento, CA 95814 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 5 Cost-per-Vote Chart 8 Primary Election Comparisons 10 1978 Gubernatorial Primary Election 11 1982 Gubernatorial Primary Election 13 1986 Gubernatorial Primary Election 15 1990 Gubernatorial Primary Election 16 1994 Gubernatorial Primary Election 18 1998 Gubernatorial Primary Election 20 2002 Gubernatorial Primary Election 22 2006 Gubernatorial Primary Election 24 2010 Gubernatorial Primary Election 26 Methodology 28 Appendix 29 Executive Summary s candidates prepare for the traditional general election campaign kickoff, it is clear Athat the 2010 campaign will shatter all previous records for political spending. While it is not possible to predict how much money will be spent between now and November 2, it may be useful to compare the levels of spending in this year’s primary campaign with that of previous election cycles. In this report, “Breaking the Bank,” staff of the Fair Political Practices Commission determined the spending of each candidate in every California gubernatorial primary since 1978 and calculated the actual spending per vote cast—in 2010 dollars—as candidates sought their party’s nomination. The conclusion: over time, gubernatorial primary elections have become more costly and fewer people turnout at the polls. But that only scratches the surface of what has happened since 19781. Other highlights of the report include: Since 1998, the rise of the self-funded candidate has dramatically increased the cost of running for governor in California. -
Post-Conviction Dna Testing: When Is Justice Served?
S. HRG. 106–1061 POST-CONVICTION DNA TESTING: WHEN IS JUSTICE SERVED? HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 13, 2000 Serial No. J–106–88 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 74–753 WASHINGTON : 2001 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:39 Oct 05, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\DISC\74753.XXX ATX007 PsN: ATX007 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah, Chairman STROM THURMOND, South Carolina PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware JON KYL, Arizona HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin MIKE DEWINE, Ohio DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California JOHN ASHCROFT, Missouri RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin SPENCER ABRAHAM, Michigan ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York BOB SMITH, New Hampshire MANUS COONEY, Chief Counsel and Staff Director BRUCE A. COHEN, Minority Chief Counsel (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 08:39 Oct 05, 2001 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\DISC\74753.XXX ATX007 PsN: ATX007 C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS Page Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaware ............. 68 DeWine, Hon. -
Southern California Leadership Council Southern California
Southern California Leadership Council September 1, 2010 SCAG Regional Council th CoCoCo ---Chairs 818 West Seventh Street, 12 Floor Gray Davis Los Angeles, CA 90017-3435 Greg McWilliams Subject: SB 375 Implementation SCLC Board Dougall Agan George Argyros Southern California and SCAG have been pursuing smart growth policies for Timothy Brick more than a decade. These efforts should continue. SB 375 is an unfunded Janice Bryant state mandate for local governments to pursue specific goals for the reduction Howroyd Bruce Choate of carbon emissions from cars and light trucks through changes in land use Joe Drew and transportation planning and programs in furtherance of AB 32. Since John R. Fielder passage of SB 375, the State of California has de-funded transit, David Fleming transportation and redevelopment support for local government. This John Hawkins continues years of state diversion of revenues from gasoline, sales, income Robert Hertzberg Hasan Ikhrata and other taxes needed for local government programs. Now CARB plans to Jessie Knight, Jr. impose SB 375 per capita targets for the Southern California region of 8% for Janet Lamkin 2020 and 13% for 2035 which exceed the range of possible outcomes Randall Lewis developed by SCAG. Kenneth McNeely John Palinkas Henry Segerstrom Local government cannot achieve these mandated changes without Dominick Servedio increased , not decreased, state support. SCAG's "business as usual" base Sandor W. Shapery case modeling shows the need to continue pre SB375 state funding levels to Robert Sprowls achieve even a 6% per capita reduction in carbon emissions by 2020. Nick Sramek James Thomas Therefore, SCAG, as the region's MPO, must explicitly condition any level or Robert Wolf range of implementation goal on availability of specific performance standards for state support for planning, transit, transportation and redevelopment and ExExEx-Ex ---OfficioOfficio other necessary funding. -
Legislators of California
The Legislators of California March 2011 Compiled by Alexander C. Vassar Dedicated to Jane Vassar For everything With Special Thanks To: Shane Meyers, Webmaster of JoinCalifornia.com For a friendship, a website, and a decade of trouble-shooting. Senator Robert D. Dutton, Senate Minority Leader Greg Maw, Senate Republican Policy Director For providing gainful employment that I enjoy. Gregory P. Schmidt, Secretary of the Senate Bernadette McNulty, Chief Assistant Secretary of the Senate Holly Hummelt , Senate Amending Clerk Zach Twilla, Senate Reading Clerk For an orderly house and the lists that made this book possible. E. Dotson Wilson, Assembly Chief Clerk Brian S. Ebbert, Assembly Assistant Chief Clerk Timothy Morland, Assembly Reading Clerk For excellent ideas, intriguing questions, and guidance. Jessica Billingsley, Senate Republican Floor Manager For extraordinary patience with research projects that never end. Richard Paul, Senate Republican Policy Consultant For hospitality and good friendship. Wade Teasdale, Senate Republican Policy Consultant For understanding the importance of Bradley and Dilworth. A Note from the Author An important thing to keep in mind as you read this book is that there is information missing. In the first two decades that California’s legislature existed, we had more individuals serve as legislators than we have in the last 90 years.1 Add to the massive turnover the fact that no official biographies were kept during this time and that the state capitol moved seven times during those twenty years, and you have a recipe for missing information. As an example, we only know the birthplace for about 63% of the legislators. In spite of my best efforts, there are still hundreds of legislators about whom we know almost nothing. -
Lessons from the Deukmejian Era for Contemporary California State Budgeting
FROM JERRYRIGGED TO PETERED OUT: LESSONS FROM THE DEUKMEJIAN ERA FOR CONTEMPORARY CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGETING Daniel J.B. Mitchell, UCLA HoSu Wu Professor of Management and Public Policy The new governor took office in the midst of a major state budget crisis. At the time he took office, it was unclear that state could pay its bills if drastic action were not taken. Yet the incoming governor was committed to a notaxincrease program. Through borrowing, the state managed to surmount its budget crisis. As the economy recovered and resulting tax revenue flowed in, it even was able to engage in major construction projects. When he stood for re election, the governor was overwhelmingly returned to office for a second term. Sadly, however, the economy began to slow during that second term. Fears mounted that the state could face a renewed budget crisis. This description may seem to depict the career to date of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He inherited a budget crisis from Gray Davis who he replaced in the 2003 recall. But the introductory vignette actually refers to the story of George Deukmejian (“Duke”) who was first elected in 1982, inheriting a budget crisis from Jerry Brown. (Deukmejian’s construction projects leaned towards prisons for most of his terms in office, needed as state sentencing laws tightened, rather than the roads and other infrastructure pushed by Schwarzenegger.) And as it turned out, the economic downturn that began to take shape towards the end of Deukmejian’s second term indeed did produce a major budget crisis, a legacy he left for his successor, Pete Wilson. -
The California Recall History Is a Chronological Listing of Every
Complete List of Recall Attempts This is a chronological listing of every attempted recall of an elected state official in California. For the purposes of this history, a recall attempt is defined as a Notice of Intention to recall an official that is filed with the Secretary of State’s Office. 1913 Senator Marshall Black, 28th Senate District (Santa Clara County) Qualified for the ballot, recall succeeded Vote percentages not available Herbert C. Jones elected successor Senator Edwin E. Grant, 19th Senate District (San Francisco County) Failed to qualify for the ballot 1914 Senator Edwin E. Grant, 19th Senate District (San Francisco County) Qualified for the ballot, recall succeeded Vote percentages not available Edwin I. Wolfe elected successor Senator James C. Owens, 9th Senate District (Marin and Contra Costa counties) Qualified for the ballot, officer retained 1916 Assemblyman Frank Finley Merriam Failed to qualify for the ballot 1939 Governor Culbert L. Olson Failed to qualify for the ballot Governor Culbert L. Olson Filed by Olson Recall Committee Failed to qualify for the ballot Governor Culbert L. Olson Filed by Citizens Olson Recall Committee Failed to qualify for the ballot 1940 Governor Culbert L. Olson Filed by Olson Recall Committee Failed to qualify for the ballot Governor Culbert L. Olson Filed by Olson Recall Committee Failed to qualify for the ballot 1960 Governor Edmund G. Brown Filed by Roderick J. Wilson Failed to qualify for the ballot 1 Complete List of Recall Attempts 1965 Assemblyman William F. Stanton, 25th Assembly District (Santa Clara County) Filed by Jerome J. Ducote Failed to qualify for the ballot Assemblyman John Burton, 20th Assembly District (San Francisco County) Filed by John Carney Failed to qualify for the ballot Assemblyman Willie L. -
The Race to Seismic Safety Protecting California’S Transportation System
THE RACE TO SEISMIC SAFETY PROTECTING CALIFORNIA’S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Submitted to the Director, California Department of Transportation by the Caltrans Seismic Advisory Board Joseph Penzien, Chairman December 2003 The Board of Inquiry has identified three essential challenges that must be addressed by the citizens of California, if they expect a future adequately safe from earthquakes: 1. Ensure that earthquake risks posed by new construction are acceptable. 2. Identify and correct unacceptable seismic safety conditions in existing structures. 3. Develop and implement actions that foster the rapid, effective, and economic response to and recovery from damaging earthquakes. Competing Against Time Governor’s Board of Inquiry on the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake It is the policy of the State of California that seismic safety shall be given priority consideration in the allo- cation of resources for transportation construction projects, and in the design and construction of all state structures, including transportation structures and public buildings. Governor George Deukmejian Executive Order D-86-90, June 2, 1990 The safety of every Californian, as well as the economy of our state, dictates that our highway system be seismically sound. That is why I have assigned top priority to seismic retrofit projects ahead of all other highway spending. Governor Pete Wilson Remarks on opening of the repaired Santa Monica Freeway damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, April 11, 1994 The Seismic Advisory Board believes that the issues of seismic safety and performance of the state’s bridges require Legislative direction that is not subject to administrative change. The risk is not in doubt. Engineering, common sense, and knowledge from prior earthquakes tells us that the consequences of the 1989 and 1994 earthquakes, as devastating as they were, were small when compared to what is likely when a large earthquake strikes directly under an urban area, not at its periphery. -
CA Brief Cover
S238309 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RON BRIGGS AND JOHN VAN DE KAMP, Petitioners, vs. JERRY BROWN, in his official capacity as the Governor of California; KAMALA HARRIS, in her official capacity as the Attorney General of California; CALIFORNIA’S JUDICIAL COUNCIL; and DOES I THROUGH XX, Respondents, CALIFORNIANS TO MEND, NOT END, THE DEATH PENALTY– NO ON PROP. 62, YES ON PROP. 66, Intervenor. PRELIMINARY OPPOSITION OF INTERVENOR CALIFORNIANS TO MEND, NOT END, THE DEATH PENALTY– NO ON PROP. 62, YES ON PROP. 66 TO THE PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF Charles H. Bell, Jr. SBN 60553 Kent S. Scheidegger SBN 105178 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Terry J. Martin SBN 307802 Kymberlee C. Stapleton SBN 213463 Email: [email protected] Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP 2131 L Street 455 Capitol Mall, Suite 600 Sacramento, California 95816 Sacramento, California 95814 Telephone: (916) 446-0345 Telephone: (916) 442-7757 Fax: (916) 446-1194 Fax: (916) 442-7759 Attorneys for Intervenors CALIFORNIANS TO MEND, NOT END, THE DEATH PENALTY– NO ON PROP. 62, YES ON PROP. 66 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of authorities. 4 I. Introduction. 10 II. There is no basis for enjoining the implementation of Proposition 66 as a whole. 12 A. Severability. 12 B. Single Subject. 14 1. Work and Victim Restitution.. 18 2. Execution Protocols and the APA. 19 3. Protection of Assisting Medical Professionals. 21 4. HCRC Governance. 22 5. Conclusion.. 24 III. The habeas corpus reforms are well within the people’s reserved legislative power. -
7Y?Amji ~ MARIA SILVA Commission Executive Assistant I
LO. ANGELES POLICE COMM~ JION BOARD OF RICHARD M. TEFANK POLICE COMMISSIONERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NICOLE C. BERSHON JOHNW. MACK INSPECTOR GENERAL PRESIDENT ALAN J. SKOBIN EXECUTIVE OFFICE VICE PRES IDENT PoliCE ADMINISTRATION B UILDING ANTON IO R VI LLARA IGOSA 100WEST F IRST STREET, S UITE 134 RICHARD OROOYAN MAYOR L osANGELEs, CA90012-4 1 12 ROBERT M. SALTZMAN DEBRA WONG YANG (213) 236-1400 PHONE (213)236-1410FAX MARIA SILVA (213) 236-1440 TOO COMM ISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT I September 27, 2010 BPC #10-0367 The Honorable Public Safety Committee City of Los Angeles c/o City Clerk's Office City Hall, Room 395 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Attention John White: RE: REPORT ON THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF IDSTICE At the regular meeting ofthe Board ofPolice Commissioners held Tuesday, September 14, 2010, the Board APPROVED the Department's report relative to the above matter. This matter is being forwarded to you for approval. Respectfully, BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS 7Y?aMJi ~ MARIA SILVA Commission Executive Assistant I Attachment c: Chief of Police AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER www.LAPDOnline.org www.joinLAPD.com INTR )EPARTMENTAL CORRESPOND 'CE September 7, 20 I 0 (;['0 0 9 2010 1.14 '-' · --~ CF # 08-1943 POLICE CO!v1f\IIISSION CB # 10-0009 TO: The Honorable Board of Police Commissioners FROM: Chief of Police SUBJECT: REPORT ON THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. That the Board APPROVE this report on the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, and TRANSMIT this report to the City Council' s Public Safety Committee in response to a motion introduced by Councilman Bernard Parks. -
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