Post by Logan on Jun 8, 2016 3:58:55 GMT -6
California Prop. 50 passes, allows lawmakers to be suspended without pay for wrongdoing
SACRAMENTO – California voters on Tuesday gave state lawmakers the ability to suspend their colleagues’ pay along with their voting power when legislators are accused of wrongdoing while in office.
It was the lone, statewide ballot measure in the primary and was proposed by lawmakers who asked voters to give them greater latitude to judge their peers’ qualifications.
Voters agreed, with 77 percent favoring the measure.
Proposition 50 will allow legislators to suspend their colleagues’ privileges in the state Senate or Assembly.
Lawmakers sought the change after suspending Democratic Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Rod Wright as they faced felony accusations in 2014, when all three faced criminal charges but had not yet been convicted. A state law prohibiting lawmakers’ pay from being reduced meant the three Democrats continued receiving paychecks while on suspension.
Read more: www.ocregister.com/articles/lawmakers-718601-voters-proposition.html
SACRAMENTO – California voters on Tuesday gave state lawmakers the ability to suspend their colleagues’ pay along with their voting power when legislators are accused of wrongdoing while in office.
It was the lone, statewide ballot measure in the primary and was proposed by lawmakers who asked voters to give them greater latitude to judge their peers’ qualifications.
Voters agreed, with 77 percent favoring the measure.
Proposition 50 will allow legislators to suspend their colleagues’ privileges in the state Senate or Assembly.
Lawmakers sought the change after suspending Democratic Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Rod Wright as they faced felony accusations in 2014, when all three faced criminal charges but had not yet been convicted. A state law prohibiting lawmakers’ pay from being reduced meant the three Democrats continued receiving paychecks while on suspension.
Read more: www.ocregister.com/articles/lawmakers-718601-voters-proposition.html