California 2026 governor race Flashcards
California 2026 Governor Race
Gavin Newson
Eleni Kounalakis
Betty Bee
Tony Thurmond
Antonio Villegas
Tony Atkins
California Constitutional Officers
-Governor: Gavin Newson
-Lieutenant: Eleni Kounalakis
-Secretary Of State: Dr. Shiley. Weber
-Attorney general: Bob Bonta
-State controller: Malia M. Cohen
-State Treasure: Fiona Ma
-Insurance Commissioner: Ricardo Lara
-State Superintendent of public instruction: Tony Thurmond
Function of the Governor Gavin Newson
-To see that Law is faithfully executed
-Is the commander in chief of the state
-submit budget to the legislature within the first 10 days of each year.
-communicates with federal level
-Ca Veto any bill passed by legislature & remove items from the bill
-He use a gabinet
-He appoints positions
Lieutenant: Eleni Kounalakis
-Can become governor in the event of the vacancy
-It can be president of the SENATE, only by casting vote
- Serves as ex-officio capacity voting member University of Californias Board of Regents & voting member of California University Board of Trustess
-he rotates with the state CONTROLLER
-Chairs the California Commission for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Secretary of State: DR. Shriley N. Weber
- CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER OF THE STATE
- responsible for overseeing & certify elections
- election laws, data base, certifications, etc. basically in charge of everything related with VOTING/ELECTIONS SYSTEM
- LOBBYIST DIRECTORY & CALIFORNIA ROSTER of Federal, state & local governments officials.
- provide information CALIFORNIA BUSINESS PORTAL, TO BUSSINEESS
- In charge to whom do business in CA
- Domestic PARTHERSHIP REGISTRTY, Safe at Home & the Advance Health Care Directive registry
- Copy of the CONSTITUTION is A CUSTODIAN of PUBLIC RECORDS
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Attorney General: Rob Bonta DEPARTMENENT OF JUSTICE
-BASICALLLY IN CHARGE OF ALL CRIMAL/ ADMINISTRATIVE OF JUSTICE SYSTEM
-Charge with UNIFORMLY & EQUALL enforcing CALIFORNIA LAWS
-Assist District Attorneys, local law enforcement, & federal & international criminal justice agencies
-Administration of Justice
-Protects California’s against unfair or ilegal activities
-Serves as LEGAL COUNSEL TO STATE OFFICERS & COMMISSIONS
State Controller: Malia M.Cohen CONTROLS MONEY OF STATE
-CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER OF THE STATE
-Responsible for accountability of the state’s financial resources,
- member of numerous financing authorities, and fiscal and financial oversight entities including the Franchise Tax Board and Board of Equalization.
-audits all fiscal claims against the state; independently audits government agencies that spend state funds; directs the collections of all monies due the state
- safeguards many types of lost and forgotten property until claimed by the rightful owners; administers the Property Tax Postponement Program; administers the payroll system for all state government employees and California State University employees;
State Treasure: Fiona Ma; HOW & IN WHAT SPEND MONEY FOR STATE, OVERALL PROGRAMS
-The State Treasurer is the State’s banker, investor, and lead asset manager.
- The Treasurer serves on the boards of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), and the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA).
-The Treasurer chairs and manages authorities that finance a wide range of projects, including schools, health care, affordable housing, transportation, economic development, alternative energy, and pollution clean-up.
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Ricardo Lara DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE : The California Department of Insurance (CDI) ensures that consumers are protected;
The Insurance Commissioner is responsible for overseeing California’s insurance industry and protecting the state’s insurance consumers. Insurance is a $259 billion-a-year industry in California and contributes significantly to the state’s economy. The Insurance Commissioner leads the California Department of Insurance.
-The Insurance Commissioner licenses insurance and title business in the California market; and licenses more than 390,000 agents, brokers, solicitors and bail bond agents domiciled in the stat
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Tony Thurmond DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Superintendent is accountable to the people of California for administering and enforcing education law and regulations, and for continuing to reform and improve public elementary and secondary school programs, adult education, and some preschool and childcare programs.
How many CA state senators and state assembly members are there?
40 Senators & 80 Assembly
2024 California Propositions - high level what do they do and what are their costs to the state
Prop 2 school bond
Prop 3 same sex marriage Prop 32 minimum wage
Prop 4 climate bond Prop 33 local rent control
Prop 5 voting threshold Prop 34 patient spending
Prop 6 involuntary servitude Prop 35 health care tax
Prop 36 criminal penalties
COST $20 BILLION
Know the branches of government.
Judicial, legislature & executive
-Executive branch: the division of federal government that includes the president, the vice president, the cabinet, and all the offices and agencies that serve the president.
-Legislative branch: the division of government charged with passing legislation. At the federal level and in most states, it consists of two chambers.
-Judicial branch: the division of government comprising the court system. Both federal and state judiciaries include courts of original jurisdiction, a court of appeals, and a supreme court.
CA programs to lift children out of poverty
-WIC; SNAP;
CALWORKS,
MEDICAL,
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC),
Healthy School Meals for All,
MCAH,
Pandemic EBT:
What is SNAP
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the nation’s largest nutrition assistance program and first line of defense against hunger. Federal and state policies play a key role in ensuring that kids and families who need help affording groceries can access SNAP.
What is the origin of U.S. social welfare policy?
Although President Franklin D. Roosevelt focused mainly on creating jobs for the masses of unemployed workers, he also backed the idea of federal aid for poor children and other dependent persons. By 1935, a national welfare system had been established for the first time in American history. proposed to Congress economic security legislation embodying the recommendations of a specially created Committee on Economic Security. There followed the passage of the Social Security Act, signed into law August 14, 1935.
What is social justice to social workers?
the equitable distribution of societal resources to all people, as well as equity and fairness in the social, economic, and political spheres.
●What is the ecological perspective in social work?
This perspective focuses on the ways in which people & their environment influence, change, & shape each other.
●What are the components of the framework for policy analysis?
policy goals;
benefits and services;
eligibility rules;
service delivery systems; and
financing.
What is the strengths perspective?
a philosophical approach to social work that posits that the goals, strengths, and resources of people and their environment, rather than their problems and pathologies, should be the central focus of the helping process
Manifest Goals
Publicity stated goals
How do we define social policy? What are examples of social policy?
The laws, rules, and regulations that govern the benefits and services provided by governmental and private organizations to assist people in meeting their needs.
-EX:
How do we define social welfare?
refers to the system of programs, benefits, and services that help meet the social, economic, educational, and health needs fundamental to the maintenance of society.
Why does policy matter to social workers?
social policies makes possible for clients of social welfare to receive the benefits & services they need
What is the role that values and self-interest play in social problem definition?
Know the difference between latent and manifest goals.
-MANIFEST: Publicity stated goals
-LATENT: NOT PUBLICIZED, nor consider SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
What is an entitlement program?
government programs for which all people who meet the eligibility requirements legally qualify.
What are eligibility rules?
rules allow people to receive benefits ONLY if the made specific prior contributions
-low income and assets below certain level
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What are components of a cost-benefit analysis?
-The value of a healthy child or older adults quality should not be reduced to a dollars-& cents calculation.
-Fiscal impact statement: estimate prepared by a government agency that PREDICTS how legislation would affect public finances
Why was the New Deal significant?
-After WWI prosperity in Americans, but not for all
-stock market crash
-Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge & Herbet Hoover president unwilling to engage in large-scale social reform
-CCC Civilian Conservations Corps; WPA Workers Progress Administration & CWA Civil Works Administration
-Roosvel created new job and programs to help people in need
What court case established “separate but equal?”
The 1896 Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson established the “separate but equal” doctrine:
Know the differences between progressive and regressive taxes.
-Progressive: -people with THE HIGHEST income PAY LEES TAXES
-Regressive: -People with LOW income PAY MORE TAXES
-Progressive Taxes: Taxes that require people with HIGHER incomes to pay a HIGHER percentage of their income, compared to lower-income families
-Regressive Taxes: taxes that require people with LOWER income to pay HIGHER proportions of their income, compared to higher-income taxpayers.
How are public policies created?
-FROM POLICY ANALYSIS
-Define needs or social problems and strengths in partnership with clients. When constructing problems, include the perspectives of the target group.
-Document needs, strengths, and goals in partnership with clients. Measure the extent of need, dimensions of structural barriers, and clients’ strengths and preferred goals.
-Engage in claims-making to carve out the space for clients to self-determine a path to their identified goals. Strengths-based policy practice uses claims to advance a vision of justice.
-Negotiate policy goals in partnership with clients. Seek out information on clients’ goals, carefully consider those goals as important priorities, and work with policymakers to include client perspectives when developing policy goals.
-Legitimize policy goals with the public. Frame policy goals to align with key social values and work to find common ground with important constituencies.
-In partnership with clients, formulate policy alternatives that meet established goals. Identify ways clients currently overcome barriers. These are important strengths and should be heralded as such. Identify programs that help clients overcome barriers; these are best practices. Strengths-based social workers facilitate client empowerment when they position clients as experts on their own needs and relevant policy actors capable of advancing promising solutions.
-Develop, enact, and implement the policy or program in partnership with clients. Client involvement does not stop at the point of policy formulation. Instead, clients’ needs, goals, and perspectives should inform design and implementation at all stages.
-Evaluate outcomes in partnership with clients. To improve policy, evaluation and ongoing assessment should emphasize client outcomes and feedback.
What are the different components of social welfare spending in the U.S.?
-The popular definition of “social welfare” is often limited to assistance for people categorized as “needy.
- This narrow framing contributes to people’s resistance to invest in public social welfare programs they do not perceive as benefiting “people like them,” while minimizing the substantial role policy plays in facilitating the well-being of those already advantaged. For example, when people identify social welfare expenditures, they are more likely to think of subsidized housing than mortgage interest deductions, even though both types of spending are directed at meeting people’s housing needs
What is claims-making
work done by concerned individuals to make the case to policymakers, key actors, & the public at large that resources should be allocated to meet a recognized need.
What are the different niches?
- DEFINITION: the environmental habitat of people, including the resources they utilize and the people with which they associate/ A housing development, school, or community center, and the people and resources associated with each, can all be social niches.
-TYPES:
*Entrapping niches: environments with barriers that prevent people from filling their needs.
*Enabling niches: environments that provide resources to help people meet their needs.
*Transporting niches: environments where people can get the help they need to move out of entrapping niches.
What were the goals of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
-OLDER ADULTS, Workplace discrimination
-The goal was to prohibit discrimination on the basis age.
What were the goals of the Americans with Disabilities Act?
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplish?
-suspended requirements that voters pass literacy tests and assigned federal registrars to enroll voters.
What was The Mothers Pension? What did it lead to?
-What were the positive and negative effects of the GI Bill?
-Created to help returning soldiers build ASSEST & ACCESS OPORTUNITIES.
-POSITIVE: It help to created opportunities for soldiers to restore their life, loans, college attendance, etc.
-NEGATIVE: However, continuing SEGREGATION in both housing and education limited the utility of the GI Bill for BLACK VETERANS.
Know the differences between Medicaid and Medicare.
-Medicaid: a national government health insurance program for people 65 or older who are eligible for SS & certain categories of younger people disabilities
-Medical: a health care program for certain categories of people with low income, jointly funded by the FEDERAL STATE governments
CA Qualified Political Parties.
-AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY
-DEMOCRATIC PARTY
-GREEN PARTY
-LIBERTARIAN
-PEACE & FREEDOM
-REPUBLICAN
What is horizontal equity? What is vertical equity?
-Vertical equity: redistribution of resources to people who possess fewer resources or have more severe needs, to help equalize resulting conditions.
-Horizontal equity: equal distribution of resources to people irrespective of factors such as demographics, location, and socioeconomic status.
What are the different types of poverty?
What were the English Poor Laws of 1601?
-TAX RAISE FUNDS TO HELP POOR
-in 1601 the government passed the Act for the Relief of the Poor, more commonly called the Poor Law of 1601.
-This law created a uniform system for addressing poverty and unemployment and authorized a tax to raise funds for relief. Justices of the peace in every parish were empowered to appoint officials, known as “overseers of the poor,” to supervise relief programs.
What was the Olmstead Decision?
that Title II of the ADA requires that states, whenever possible, provide services for individuals with disabilities in community settings rather than in institutions.
-Lois Curtis, one of the original plaintiffs whose battle for community services rather than institutionalization catalyzed the Olmstead ruling, met President Obama in 2009 on the anniversary of the decision.
What are the different political ideologies? How would you describe them?
in U.S. history, what was the period of Reconstruction?
How does the U.S. respond to economic downturns?
Trump’s role in shaping the judicial system
Study the U.S.Bill of Rights
Study the quotes from the chapters and powerpoints.
What causes were inspired by the settlement house movement?
JANE ADDAMS, she TRAVELED AND GET INSPIRE TO OPEN ONE IN Illinois
-Houses that provide services to people living in poverty.
-Began in England in 1884 with the founding Toynbee Hall in East London, where young professionals worked as volunteers to contribute to neighborhood development.
- The Settlement House movement was both influenced by and had a profound impact upon the Progressive Era, a time of widespread social action and political reform, which began in the late 1800s (Davis, 1984).
-Settlement house workers fought for child labor laws, occupational health and safety, safe housing, fair wages, and decent sanitation.
