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The California Secretary of State provides detailed lobbying activity data on the Cal-Access website. [121] This includes detailed data by lobbyist employers such as local governments. [122] California law allows local governments to use public funds to lobby for or against legislation at the state and federal government levels. [123]
The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) of California is a five-member independent nonpartisan commission that has primary responsibility for the impartial and effective administration of the Political Reform Act of 1974. The commission's objectives are to ensure that public officials act in a fair and unbiased manner in the governmental ...
Generally, domestic partners in California have the same rights, protections, benefits and responsibilities as spouses. That means a surviving domestic partner gets the same benefits of a widow or ...
Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary. [1] Lobbying involves direct, face-to-face contact and is carried out by various entities, including individuals acting as voters, constituents, or private citizens, corporations pursuing their business interests, nonprofits and NGOs ...
A California domestic partnership is a legal relationship, analogous to marriage, created in 1999 to extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples (and opposite-sex couples where both parties were over 62). It was extended to all opposite-sex couples as of January 1, 2016 and by January 1, 2020 to include new votes that updated ...
Other benefits may stop if you get married, but they will start up again in the event of a divorce, according to the SSA publication “What You Need to Know When You Get Social Security ...
Politics of California before 1900; Government of California; California locations by voter registration; Political party strength in California; Electoral reform in California; League of California Cities, a lobbying group representing most of the city governments; Student Senate for California Community Colleges, a lobbying organization ...
This was the first time domestic partners was a campaign issue. At the first meeting of the new City Council in December 1984, the Berkeley City Council enacted a policy extending employee benefits to unmarried couples of any gender. The first couple to file for benefits under Berkeley's sex-neutral policy were Brougham and his partner Barry ...