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United States Government: Our Democracy1st EditionDonald A. Ritchie, Richard C. Remy 1,148 solutions correct: incorrect: State law enforcement agencies are strictly prohibited from ever detaining immigrants for federal immigration enforcement. *Under Senate Bill 54, passed in 2017, state law enforcement agencies are allowed to detain an immigrant for federal immigration enforcement if the immigrant has committed a violent crime, is a repeat offender, or has committed one of 800 other crimes. The police are required to detain all crime victims and crime witnesses if they have violated federal immigration law. *Assembly Bill 493, passed in 2017, actually prohibits the police from detaining crime victims or witnesses on federal immigration violations. correct: Sacramento *Legislators often spend Monday through midday Thursday in Sacramento, working on policy and interacting with constituents who travel to the capital as well as with representatives of interest groups. incorrect: Los Angeles *Although Los Angeles is the largest city in the state, it has no special role to play in the legislative process, so all members of the legislature do not have offices there. California Senate districts have approximately _______ constituents, and California Assembly districts have approximately ______ constituents. 950k, 475k (There are only 80 state assembly districts, and each represents nearly half a million people. Which of the following factors have led to the declining levels of civility in the state legislature? Correct Incorrect California has a bicameral legislature consisting of the _______ member Senate and the _____ member Assembly 40, 80 In 2017-18, there were nine standing or permanent committees in the California state Assembly and five in the California state Senate. There are far more standing and permanent committees in the legislature. In 2017-18, there were 32 standing or permanent committees in the Assembly and 22 in the Senate. (False) Which of the following are reasons Proposition 140 was successful with voters in 1990? Correct Incorrect Who elects the speaker of the Assembly? The entire membership of the Assembly (Although all members of the Assembly cast a vote, in most cases, the outcome of the speaker election is determined in advance by the majority party caucus Because of the relatively large size of the state legislature, California's districts are among the smallest in the country. False -(The Assembly has only 80 seats, and the Senate has only 40 seats. This relatively small number of seats, coupled with the state's large population, makes California's districts some of the largest in the country.) What is the concept behind the phrase "You vote for my bill, and I will vote for yours?" Logrolling (Formally, logrolling is the practice of legislators exchanging votes on proposed pieces of legislation) Identify where all members of the California state legislature have offices. Correct Incorrect Each member of the legislature has only four staff members, and the personnel budget
for legislative workers cannot, by law, exceed $10 million a year. False (There are over 2,000 legislative aides, and the personnel budget for legislative workers in 2015 was $216 million. While minority members have only 4 or 5 staff members, it is not unusual for majority legislators to have 13 or 14 staff members.) No state senator has been successfully recalled from office in California since 1994. False (State senator Josh Newman was successfully recalled in 2018 over his support for an increase in the gas tax. The recall temporarily eliminated the two-thirds Democratic majority in the Senate.) Which of the following statements about California's immigration-related laws are accurate? Correct Incorrect Issue networks are composed of which of the following? Member of legislature committees, senior members of executive branch agencies , and interest groups working on a particular issue area (The bulk of policy details are worked out in these networks. The lobbyists and bureaucrats involved in issue networks are particularly influential with lawmakers because they tend to be specialists who spend their entire careers in a single subject area.) Study the figure of the racial and ethnic composition of California's legislature, and then determine which of the following statements are accurate. Correct Incorrect Which of the following statements about redistricting in California are accurate? Correct Incorrect Which of the following items may pass the state legislature? Correct Incorrect Since the beginning of California's "top-two" primary system in 2010, the vast majority of legislative races in California feature candidates from the same party. False (In many general election contests, the top two candidates belong to the same party, but these races usually only account for two dozen out of the 150 legislative races every election cycle.) Identify which of the following reduced California's budgetary gridlock after 2010. Correct Incorrect Match each time period with the appropriate statement about California's primary system. Primary system after the passage of Proposition 14 (2010) Primary system before the passage of Proposition 14 (2010) Since 2008 a series of initiatives have been passed that appear to have strengthened the legislative process and reduced gridlock. Match each of these propositions with its main feature. Proposition 55 Proposition 28 Proposition 20 Proposition 11 If you were elected to the state Assembly in 2020, which of the following could you do after serving your first term? Correct Incorrect The governor has used the line-item veto when signing the budget every year since 1977. False (In 2016, for the first time in over 40 years, the governor did not use the line-item veto when signing the budget.) No state senator has been successfully recalled from office in California since 1994. False (State senator Josh Newman was successfully recalled in 2018 over his support for an increase in the gas tax. The recall temporarily eliminated the two-thirds Democratic majority in the Senate.) When the state Assembly holds hearings to investigate construction flaws in the new Bay Bridge or to evaluate the progress of the high-speed rail project, what is it engaging in? Oversight (Legislative oversight involves ensuring that the law is carried out by the bureaucracy as the legislature intended and looking out for potential problems in the implementation of policy.) Identify in which of the following ways Senate Bill 1253 changed the state's initiative process. Correct Incorrect Political scientists talk about two poles of representation style: the _______ who tries to find out what constituents want and then act according to their wishes, and the _______ who believes that he or she has been chosen to act based on his or her own best judgment. Delegate, Trustee There is no limit to the number of bills a member of the Assembly or the Senate can introduce during a legislative session. False (An individual state senator may introduce no more than 40 bills in a two-year session, whereas Assembly members can introduce no more than 50 bills.) Suppose you felt that you were treated unfairly by a state building inspector while attempting to get a permit to remodel your house. If your representative in the state Assembly were to investigate this complaint on your behalf, what would this be an example of? Constituency service There are four states in the country that have fewer residents than any one of California's 53 congressional districts. True (Vermont, Wyoming, North Dakota, and Alaska all have fewer residents than a California congressional district.) Which of the following could the governor do with a budget bill passed by the legislature that allocated $6 billion in funding for the California State University system and $8 billion in funding for the University of California system? Correct Incorrect Which of the following statements about the legislative process in California are accurate? Correct Incorrect Prior to 2016, the legislature did not have the authority to suspend a member's pay and privileges. True (Proposition 50, passed in 2016, allows a house of the legislature to suspend a member's pay and privileges with a two-thirds vote. The legislature previously had no such power.) Suppose there was a political party in California that had the support of roughly 20 percent of registered voters in every Assembly district across the state. What percentage of the total seats in the Assembly would this party be likely to win? 0 percent (Assembly races are winner-take-all elections, which means that third parties are generally excluded from the legislature even if they have substantial support statewide. Without a majority of votes in any single district, these parties often cannot place a representative in Sacramento.) Which term refers to drawing district lines in a manner that favors one party over another? Gerrymandering (Gerrymandering is usually done by packing most of the opponent's voters into a few districts and spreading the remainder thinly over the remaining districts.) What is a primary reason for the dysfunction and lack of accountability that characterizes the state of California's legislature? The two-thirds vote requirement for raising state taxes (This provision is even more restrictive than the filibuster in the U.S. Senate. The rule allows that California fiscal policy can be held hostage by a one-third minority in the legislature.) Which of the following are powers of the speaker of the Assembly? Correct Incorrect Which is a power of the state assembly speaker quizlet?Which of the following are powers of the speaker of the Assembly? Correct: The power to assign parking spaces and offices for members of the legislature. The power to appoint who will serve as the majority floor leader.
Which proposition limits legislative power in California quizlet?Proposition 54, which prohibits the legislature from voting on any bill until it has been in print and published on the internet for 72 hours is designed to limit which action? You just studied 32 terms!
How does California do redistricting for the state quizlet?How is redistricting conducted in California and by whom? In California, state legislative and US congressional district boundaries are now drawn by a Citizen's commission rather than by state legislatures.
How many representatives does California have quizlet?must be approved by the Senate. If California is represented by 53 members of the House of Representatives, how many Electoral College Votes does California have? Before the Civil Service Act of 1883, how were government appointments handled? Appointments were made to political supporters as part of a spoils system.
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