During his recent review of the more than 900 bills sent to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom, intrepid McGeorge law professor, Capitol lobbyist and regular Capitol Weekly contributor Chris Micheli ...

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For Lourdes Ayon, lobbyist by day and a comedian by night, “the policy brain and the comedy brain are totally different.” She ...

OPINION - This summer, California overtook Japan to become the fourth largest economy in the world.  Our state’s economic ...

Special interests, AKA “lobbyist employers” as the California Secretary of State calls them, paid lobbying firms more than ...

OPINION - No matter how Californians vote on Prop 50, one truth remains: our democracy is broken, and duct-taping over the ...

OPINION - No state has been derided more by President Donald Trump and top officials in his administration than California. Last month Chris Wright, the secretary of the Department of Energy, added to ...

Adam Silver was appointed Chair of the Fair Political Practices Commission in March 2024. The FPPC was created in 1974 when California voters approved Proposition 9, The Political Reform Act, in the ...

Lobbyist, author and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome.

OPINION - For millions of Californians living with disabilities, the promise of independence has too often been undermined by high costs, limited resources, and outdated support systems. From barriers ...

Lawmakers are away, but all sorts of things are still happening in California's Capitol community...even here at Capitol ...