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OPINION - I believe in clean energy and responsible environmental policy. But California’s approach is punishing the very ...
In our latest survey conducted in partnership with Paul Mitchell of Political Data Inc., we polled thousands of Capitol ...
At the latest Capitol Weekly-University of California Student and Policy Center conference this week, “California and AI,” ...
At the latest Capitol Weekly-University of California Student and Policy Center conference this week, “California and AI,” panelists explored the policy implications of the transformative technology ...
California and AI will be held from 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at the UC Student and Policy Center in Sacramento. There is no cost to attend, but seating is limited and registration is ...
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PODCAST: Chris Lehane has a solid gold resume in professional politics: consultant and oppo research in the Clinton White ...
Questions have often been raised about why there are so many trailer bills needed as part of the budget process in California. The number has grown over the past couple of decades and this has been a ...
A growing chorus of critics say well-intentioned but archaic laws – designed to protect individual rights, with stiff restrictions on what constitutes “grave disability” – prevent desperate families ...
The California Government Code provides for aspects of the Legislature and the legislative process in this state. There have been many court decisions over the past century interpreting key provisions ...
This September, 300,000 of California’s 550,000 acres of rice fields lay barren—over half the state’s rice crop. Instead of miles of soft green grasses swaying amid shimmering water, the state’s rice ...