Government of San Andreas

The Government of San Andreas is an elected body that oversees the Department of Justice (state-level), Department of Corrections, Capitol Operations, San Andreas National Guard, San Andreas State Troopers (plus all local police), San Andreas Department of Public Health and San Andreas Department of Finance.

## History

The city of Los Santos, was founded in 1781, which was when the Spanish Empire was still in control. Old Mexican bloodlines like Manuel's resided there for over 200 years, and consider themselves more American than Americans themselves. Blaine County was established in 1823. The state was invaded by Americans during 1879.

Los Santos County was established in 1889, several years after the founding of Blaine County. In the 20th century, San Andreas became the center of culture in America and gave birth to the famous Vinewood film culture, resulting in classics like *Vinewood Zombie*. Los Santos experienced riots in the 1990s, brought about by racial profiling and police brutality against the African American community.

Throughout the early 2000s the state experienced several crises including the rise of drug use in Blaine County, the salination of the Alamo Sea causing the collapse of Sandy Shores and its lucrative tourist industry. Los Santos suffered from a strong rise in violent crime and increasing poverty while the rich of the city were continually given tax breaks.

Things continued their downward trend with ineffective leadership seen in many of the most recent elections.

## Organization

### Legislative Branch

#### Congress

Congress is currently made up of six congressmen which are elected to office based on the six people with the most votes. In the past the elected congressmen came from electoral districts and could only be voted on by people living in those districts.

The leader of congress is the Speaker-of-the-House which is selected based on the person who receives the most votes for Congress in the general election. Their job is to lead debate in the house, read aloud bills for debate and voting, maintain order in parliament, and censure people who are in contempt of parliament.

#### Congressional Oversight

Congress's oversight function takes many forms:

* Committee inquiries and hearings
* Formal consultations with and reports from the governor
* Congressional advice and consent for gubernatorial nominations and for treaties
* House impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials
* House and Senate proceedings under the 25th Amendment in the event that the president becomes disabled or the office of the vice president falls vacant
* Informal meetings between legislators and executive officials

Congressional membership: Based on the top six people with the most votes in the general election.

### Executive Branch

#### Governor

The position of governor is an elected position that is decided in the general election. Previously the Governor could run with a Deputy Governor but that position was eliminated in the third general election after Governor Uchiha.

The governor has the power to veto three pieces of legislation per term. They also are able to declare a state of emergency, declare martial law, order the state DOJ to conduct an inquiry, pardon a criminal of all crimes once per term, allocate emergency funding, propose laws and change existing laws which weren't brought about through an act of congress.

#### Election, succession, and term limits

The governor is normally elected by the public. A governor may also be seated by succession. As originally drafted, there was no limit to the time a Governor could serve. The election happens once every four weeks in real time. If the governor is killed or incapacitated while in office, the Speaker-of-the-House becomes the acting Governor and must immediately schedule a general election within two weeks.

### Judicial Branch

The judicial branch is led by the Chief Justice of San Andreas which is appointed by the Attorney General of the United States who leads the United States Department of Justice. The Chief Justice also leads the San Andreas Department of Justice - Court Justice Division, and is in-charge of hiring new lawyers, appointing lower-court judges and presiding over high-level state trials.

The San Andreas Department of Justice is led overall by the State Attorney which can be appointed by the Governor or the Attorney General of the United States. They work closely with police to fight criminal in court. Their other duties include: take warrant requests in front of a judge, working with law enforcement on investigations to build solid cases that will succeed in court.

#### Oversight

The Chief Justice of San Andreas can only be fired by the Attorney General of the United States. However, District Judges can be fired by the Governor or a vote in congress for committing illegal actions or having passed multiple sentences which get appealed based on constitutional violations.

State Attorney's can be fired by the Governor, Congress or the Attorney General. There does not need to be a specific reason and a State Attorney could be fired for purely political reasons.

## Budget

The budget of the government comes from taxes which are levied through acts of Congress such as term budget proposals. The revenue generated from taxes is spent on law enforcement, government programs and other departments across the state. A large portion of the current revenue is spent on lowering the state debt which accumulated under the government of James Baker and John MacDonald.

## Election History

#### Election One

* Skylar Grey - Republican Party of San Andreas [Winner but disqualified]
* Bobby Bardock - Democratic Party of San Andreas [Runner-up but disqualified]
* Sergey Mikhailov - Independent [Sworn in to Governor]

#### Election Two

* Harry Uchiha - Blue Party of San Andreas [Winner and Sworn-In]
* Chang Yen - Red Party of San Andreas

#### Election Three

**Governor:** John A. McDonald - Green Party of San Andreas (76.7%)

**Speaker-of-the-House:** Jay Morgan - Red Party of San Andreas (95.%)

Congress

* Los Santos 1st District: John Gotti - Independent (73.3%)
* Los Santos 2nd District: Pepe Johnson - Blue Party of San Andreas (63.6%)
* Los Santos 3rd District: Spooky Harris - Blue Party of San Andreas (100%)
* Paleto Bay 1st District: Wilfred Burr - Red Party of San Andreas (acclaimed)
* Blaine County 1st District: James "Jimmy" Baker - Orange Party of San Andreas (acclaimed)
* Blaine County 2nd District: Nick Giant - Green Party of San Andreas (66.7%)

#### Election Four

**Governor:** James Baker - Socialist Party of San Andreas (57.8%)

Congress:

Exact numbers and selectees have been forgotten, but the Socialist Party won a super majority in this election with 6/8 congress seats being won by them. Including: Ryan Palmer, Landing Pauling and Sergey Mikhailov

#### Election Five

Governor:

* John MacDonald - Progressive Conservative Party (52.3%)(33.3% of the vote before George Hennon dropped and combined votes with MacDonald)
* George Hennon - Progressive Conservative Party (20%)
* Arthur Morgan - 47.7%

Supreme Justice:

* John Winchester - Conservative Party of San Andreas (56.1%)
* Ryan Winchester - The Rose Party of San Andreas (43.9%)

Congress:

* Marshall Holiday - Conservative Party
* Danny Portman - Liberal Democrat
* Earl Thomas - The Rose Party
* Shane Powers - The Rose Party
* Charlie Stallone - The Rose Party
* Landing Pauling - The Rose Party
* Ryan Palmer - The Rose Party
* James Penderson - The Progressive Conservative Party

#### Election Six

**Governor:**

* Lexi Point - Liberal (31.7%) [Winner]
* Richard Law - Conservative (9.5%)
* Daemon Falk - FALGSC (25.4%)
* Kenny Powers - FALGSC (31.6%)

**Congress:**

* Big Bill - Conservative (25.9%)
* Charlie Stallone - Centrist (14.8%)
* Marshall Holliday - Conservative (36%)
* John Winchester - Conservative (21.2%)
* DJ James - Centrist (63.5%) [Speaker-of-the-House]
* Gage Scott - Centrist (29.6%)
* Sammy Sixx - Conservative (9%)

**Special Election:**

Buford Tyrone Junior - Sheriff of Paleto Bay (100%)

#### Election Seven

**Governor:**

* Lexi Point - Liberal (42.6%) [Winner Through Support of Johnny Lawrence]
* Duke Dabbin - Freedom and Fairness Party (42.6%)
* Johnny Lawrence - The Grand Ol' Party (14.7%)

**Congress:**

* Dale Doe - Conservative Party (45.7%)
* Cletus McFetus - Freedom and Fairness Party (31%)
* Peter Pembrook - Democratic Party (26%) [House Majority Leader]
* Marshall Holiday - Conservative Party (23.3%)
* Nick Merks - Democratic Party (18.6%)
* Nathan Prince - Republic Party (18.6%)
* Nicole Lopez - Democratic Party (13.2%)
* Lincoln Scott - Democratic Party (12.1%)
* Logan Ramsey - Republican Party (11.6%) [Does Not Get Elected]