POLS 111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Red Tape
7 Nov 2016
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Federal gov has basically one elected executive the president. All other important executive officials are appointed by/serve at pleasure of the president. But california has 7 statewide elected execute offices, each with some independ power. Governor has more power than any of these - current: edmund g. brown. Lieutenant governor: techinically head of senate but only votes ties. Attorney general : chief law enforcement officer for the state gov. Secretary of state: in charge of running elections/maintaining official state records. Superintendent of public instruction: supervises school system. State controller : chief fiscal (financial) officer. Treasurer : signs paychecks, investigates state funds not needed immediately. Insurance commissioner : has impact on pocketbooks of every driver/homeowner. Salaries of state officials are set by the california citizen compensation. Governor"s ter(cid:373) of offi(cid:272)e is 4 (cid:455)rs , (cid:373)a(cid:454) a(cid:373)t of (cid:455)ears is 8 (cid:894)so 2 ter(cid:373)s(cid:895) 1) begins when governor submits a budget proposal to the legislature, typically in jan.
