Capitol Weekly16 天
Using and drafting definitions in California legislation
Definitions can play an important role in legislation. Defining words or phrases is done to provide the reader of the legislative text with clear guidance regarding how those words or phrases are to ...
Capitol Weekly9 天
Common California bill “plus” sections and their order
At the end of bills in the California Legislature, there may be “plus sections,” which are uncodified provisions that may do ...
Capitol Weekly13 天
From Hope to the Secretary of State’s office: Dr. Shirley Weber
PODCAST: We're joined today by Dr. Shirley Weber, California's Secretary of State. Serving as the state's chief elections ...
Capitol Weekly12 天
The struggle of incarcerated workers
OPINION – California’s refusal to fairly compensate prison labor is an affront to our most basic principles of human dignity – one that now has direct consequences on hundreds of incarcerated ...
Capitol Weekly11 天
Will CIRM research fill knowledge gap on wildfire particulate connection to brain damage?
When some Los Angeles area residents returned to homes that survived the wildfires, it felt like they were hit by an “invisible injury.” Their couches, rugs and even walls reeked. The emissions ...
Capitol Weekly9 天
CARB doesn’t have to abandon diesel truck regulation
OPINION – California recently withdrew its EPA waiver request for its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation in anticipation of the Trump administration’s opposition. However, CARB need not abandon ...
Capitol Weekly23 天
Types of bill amendments in the California Legislature
In the California Legislature, there are several types of amendments that can be made to measures, including bills, resolutions and constitutional amendments. To begin, an amendment is defined by ...
Capitol Weekly16 天
California could lead the way on bipartisan prescription drug reform
OPINION – California State Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, recently introduced a bill aimed at reining in pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the middlemen largely responsible for the dysfunction ...
Capitol Weekly20 天
Six Guiding Principles of Governing California – Bob Hertzberg
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Capitol Weekly24 天
Aguiar-Curry embraces leadership of Legislative Women’s Caucus
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry’s rise to Assembly Majority Leader and chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus comes at a historic moment for the state. A record 58 women are serving in the state’s ...
Capitol Weekly23 天
Implementing AB 1913 will support schools in proactively preventing child abuse
OPINION – The stories of child abuse are heartbreaking and devastating. Responses to those stories are often something along the lines of, “How could this have happened?” Those kinds of responses are ...