Series Descriptions

Physical Description: 403 file folders, 1 computer disk (5.25 inch)

Arranged chronologically by legislative session, then numerically by bill number.

Bill files created by Michael Machado may include bill analyses, amendments, resolutions, author statements, testimony, press releases, editorials and newspaper clippings, committee statements, support and opposition letters, reports and studies, correspondence, and background information.

Machado's legislative interests covered a wide range of issues, including credit card fraud, mental health, gang violence, air quality in the Central Valley, and water programs and projects. A large percentage of Machado’s legislation focuses on water issues, particularly those pertaining to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. For example, SB1854 (2001-2002), SB1473 (2001-2002), AB237 (1999-2000), and AB1250 (1997-1998), all deal with water conservation and protection of the Delta. Machado also co-authored Proposition 13 (AB1584) known as the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2000. The approval of Proposition 13 allowed the state to raise over a billion dollars by selling general obligation bonds to improve the safety, quality and reliability of water supplies, as well as improve flood protection in thirteen different counties. Machado also authored several bills dealing with financial credit, consumer protection, and consumer privacy concerns. For example, AB2648 (1997-1998), AB2028 (1997-1998), SB1495 (2003-2004), and SB1512 (2005-2006), all deal with consumer privacy and protection.

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1995-1996: AB33-AB3273; ACA37; ACR12-ACR29; AJR75; HR10 (44ff) LP469:1-44

1997-1998: AB17-AB2798; ACR1-ACR145; AJR7-AJR36; AB10X1 (71ff) LP469:45-114

1999-2000: AB214-AB2425; SB2042 (66ff) LP469:115-180

2001-2002: SB29-SB209; SJR11-SJR16; SCR32-SCR89; SB21X1 (56ff) LP469:181-236

2003-2004: SB21-SB1911; SCR43-SCR59; SCA3X5; SCA5X5 (62ff) LP469:237-298

2005-2006: SB49-SB1809; SB10X2-SB12X2;SCR12-SCR11; SJR16-SJR23 (50ff) LP469:299-348

2007-2008: SB5-SB1737; SB6X2; SCR43-SCR79; SJR21 (55ff) LP469:349-403

Physical Description: 10 file folders, 1 videodisc (DVD-ROM)

Arranged in the order they were maintained by their creator.

The California Sesquicentennial Commission and Foundation Investigation files include correspondence, committee statements, hearing agendas and exhibits, testimony, background information, Foundation contract documentation, business plans, event programs and publications, newspaper clippings, and final reports.

In 1994, Governor Pete Wilson issued Executive Order W-74-94, which authorized the creation of a commission and foundation that would oversee and direct the state’s sesquicentennial celebration. The California Sesquicentennial Commission and Foundation had grand plans for celebrating 150 years of California history, which included a tall ship race along the California Coast. Machado's interest in investigating the California Sesquicentennial Commission and Foundation started after towns in his district complained that the commission failed to support their celebrations. Additionally, an investigative report from the Joint Legislative Staff Task Force on Government Oversight, prepared at the request of Machado, found gross lack of management and accountability by both the Commission and the Foundation. While the investigation was being conducted by the Task Force, Machado served as the Chair of the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee. As committee chair, Machado advocated for greater accountability from the Commission and the Foundation, as well as a revamped management plan, for the celebration Machado deemed “too important to our state to fail.”

The investigation files contain both documentation of the Joint Legislative Staff Task Force’s fact-finding efforts and hearing materials from the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee, which focus on the California Sesquicentennial Commission and Foundation’s mismanagement of funds and its poor planning and execution of the celebration. The investigation files also include the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration’s final report, entitled Giving Up the Ships, which served as a follow-up to the Task Force’s original report. The Assembly Budget Subcommittee’s report contains a history of the Sesquicentennial Commission and Foundation, its allocation of funding, and suggestions for making the event project a success.

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