Guv Newsom is running a scam, claiming he wants to lower gas prices. During the regular session the legislative Democrats said NO, they want to GOUGE the consumer with higher gas prices. So, Newsom has called a Special Session to pass his obvious scam. The Democrats are staying strong—they WANT higher gas prices and even a scam hurts them. So the Senate is refusing to convene for the scam Newsom proposal.
Actually that is a good thing. It will save a lot of money not holding the session. And the Democrats can continue promoting policies to kill the California economy, without any detours, even if they are scams.
The better news is that now we no longer have a Governor. Newsom is as powerful in Sacramento as Biden is in Washington? Wonder where Gavin will vacation for the next two years.
Is This Curtains for Gavin Newsom? CA Senate Pro Tem Refuses to Convene Special Session Called By Guv
By Jennifer Van Laar, RedState, 9/1/24 https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2024/09/01/is-gavin-newsom-finished-dem-legislative-leaders-refuse-his-call-for-special-session-n2178792
As he promised, California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation convening a special legislative session on Saturday after the state Assembly and Senate failed to pass a proposal he submitted on August 15 that would require the state’s refineries to maintain reserves to allegedly prevent “price gouging” when there are supply shortages. Of course, even analysts within Newsom’s administration agreed that the measure would lead to a further increase in prices instead of bringing Californians any kind of relief at the pump.
Democrat legislative leaders objected to Newsom’s heavy-handed tactics because they’d already been working on various bills related to the issue and because they wanted time to study the potential impacts of Newsom’s proposal instead of rushing it through, and they’d been vocal all week about their position.
After the Assembly adjourned for the session Saturday evening, the special session was convened in that house – and almost immediately adjourned until the call of the chair.
But over in the Senate, it was a different story. Senate Pro Tem Mike McGuire, a Democrat, flat-out refused to convene the special session.
So, what now?
One California legislature observer, Samantha Corbin, said:
Re special session, the law says:
(b) On extraordinary occasions the Governor by proclamation may cause the Legislature to assemble in special session. When so assembled it has power to legislate only on subjects specified in the proclamation but may provide for expenses and other matters incidental to the session.
“May cause.” It does not seem to be optional. But there also doesn’t appear to be a clear enforcement mechanism.
So if a house in the legislature refuses, what does the Governor do? Sue?
Newsom’s office then issued a statement saying basically, “Well, too bad, it already started”:
“The special session has already begun. The Governor has caused both houses of the Legislature to assemble in a special session by virtue of his proclamation. See Article IV, Section 3(b), of the California Constitution: “On extraordinary occasions the Governor by proclamation may cause the Legislature to assemble in special session. When so assembled it has power to legislate only on subjects specified in the proclamation but may provide for expenses and other matters incidental to the session.”
(Did they get an assist from Corbin?)
But in-house legislative law expert Chris Micheli told KCRA’s Ashley Zavala that’s not exactly the case:
“Both houses have to convene it at a day/time of their choosing. There is no enforcement mechanism. And I doubt Governor Gavin Newsom would take the Senate to court.”
Alex Vassar, a legislative historian, said he’s not aware of an instance of the legislature declining to convene for a called special session. But, he said, “there have been cases – for example, the first extra session of 1973 – that were opened, dispensed with, and closed within an hour or so.”
He also listed out the shortest special sessions in the California legislature’s history.
The saga will undoubtedly play out over the coming hours and days, but what’s already quite obvious is that California Democrats aren’t afraid of Newsom anymore, they’re not loyal to him, and they’re not going to carry his water. That does not bode well for his future career prospects.
Kamala might have really kneecapped this guy.
