An attempt to explain the legislative process in California
It is the duty of the Legislature to create Just Laws
Part 1. Bill Creation and Introduction
Writing all this down is such a hassle and a poor way to explain a fairly involved process, I tried to draw a flowchart that would show just how the system works but either I’m very bad at using simple graphic programs (unlikely) or the makers of flowchart software like their programs being unintuitive and overly complicated (more likely). So until I can figure out these arcane and obscure drawing programs I’ll have to use words to paint this picture…
Like everything legislation (laws, bills, statues, code, etc.) starts out as an idea. Most of these ideas come from regular people like you and me (or organizations of regular people like you and me) who’ve taken that idea to their state representative, either an Assemblymember or Senator (find your’s here), and convinced them to try and make a law based on it. Or the member has their own ideas (truly?!) Once a legislator has an idea they fill out a form that explains what they want the law to do and how they want it implemented and hand that over to the Legislative Counsel of California. Leg. Council is the team of lawyers and attorneys who work for the Assembly and Senate, they do legal research, draft the actual bill language, find out where in statute it’d fit, conflicts that your new law would create, tell you if a similar law already exists or has been attempted before, etc. In rare instances they serve as the actual lawyers for members of the Legislature if the they need legal representation, counsel, etc.
Once all the legal book work has been done the draft bill is returned to the legislator for review (by him/her or the people (individuals, interest groups, lobby groups) who originated the idea). If there are problems the draft is sent back to Lg. Council for correction. Once the bill has been drafted to the author’s satisfaction the bill (the actual physical document with the author’s signature is delivered to the desk (either Senate or Assembly). The bill is assigned a number (bills are numbered on a first come-first served basis) by the Chief Clerk, for the Assembly, or the Secretary (Senate). Once the bill has been assigned a number it is read for the first time at the desk, the California Constitution states that a bill must be read on three different days before it is passed out of a house (this can be suspended with a vote of 2/3 of the body).
Once a bill has been introduced and read for the 1st time, it goes to the Rules Committee where it is assigned to a policy committee for debate and public comment. The bill is then sent to the State printer to be printed. Bills cannot be acted on until after 30 days from their introduction and printing. This gives citizens, policy institutes, and legislators and their staff time to read and understand each bill before it is taken up in a policy committee.
Next post I’ll explain the policy committee process, describe the various Senate and Assembly policy committees, and how bills are amended.
So here you can see the the Heavy Support models from my Necron army. I don’t really use the Monolith that much (as it is an immediate target and the Monolith is no good at taking on Mech lists), got to love that model though, big and intimidating. Actually Necrons aren’t that great in 5th edition, their troop choice is limited in usefulness, as are the Flayed Ones, and Pariahs (absolutely useless). So, until the codex gets updated, showing up with this army puts you at an immediate disadvantage. That being said, they are still numerous people who don’t quite understand how 5th edition changed the game (I’m still learning new things) so if you play well and exploit your opponents ignorance/weakness you can still pull off some great wins. Anyway the army list will be posted at a latter time as it is in major flux as I update it to deal with 5th edition (total re-write). Lets get to the models!
Necron Monolith - Laser Bait
Heavy Support fist and we start with the Monolith. This is a very large model! About the heights of a Land Raider if you put it on its end. I used the same paint scheme as was on my warriors: bolt gun metal, with scab red. The model was base coated black and then the base of the model was given a number of layers of tin bitz to make it look worn as if, partially buried, before dry brushing over with bolt gun, and then a sparse brushing of mithril silver. Considering it is one of the first models I assembled and painted I think it turned out pretty well.
Heavy Destroyers - Not Great but all You've Got
Heavy Destroyers are the closest the Necron player has to a melta-gun which is absolutely necessary in 5th addition as tanks and transport vehicles come into their own in this iteration of the game. While very powerful with a strength 9 AP 2 weapon in a full squad that is just 3 shots. Again the same palette as used through-out the army with the white on the head to draw attention to the face and the blue on the chest for a little variety.
Tomb Spyders - The 'y' makes them Alien
I have a third one of these that isn’t yet painted. I was getting bored with the palette so I put in another tone of red on the legs. The one on the right has a particle projector, which is useless as the BS of 2 and can not hit the broadside of a barn. I haven’t been using them but are including them now as they help keep my warriors coming back.
For those of you who grew up with an NES, Atari 2600, or both – Check out this working demo of Mega Man on the Atari 2600. Why would someone make a game for a system that stopped being produced 20 years ago? I don’t know. Because they can? Because they love classic video games? I’m just glad they did.
For security buffs this is a disturbing revelation, hackers and ne’er-do-wells have decrypted how social security numbers are assigned and can “reverse engineer” your SSN if they know what year and where you were born! Is nothing safe?
Have you suspected that American youth are ever more shallow and driven by gross greed? Now we have charts and models to support it!
Want to play an iconic, classic PC RPG? Now you can get Daggerfall for free, this is the 2nd chapter of the award winning Elder Scrolls series of open-world RPGs.
