Laura Curtis, who just finished her first year as a lobbyist, sits down with McGeorge alum and adjunct professor Chris Micheli, to talk about her experience as a lobbyist and being a part of the advocacy at the California Chamber of Commerce.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-24-lobbying-year-one-reflections
You can also check out last week’s episode where Laura talks about
Divorcing couples often face emotional and financial challenges. Emotions of anger and confusion flood divorce proceedings, creating an uncomfortable atmosphere. Furthermore, the parties must inevitably adjust to a new standard of living. Typically, one party is the breadwinner while the other stayed at home and took care of the children. Divorce overturns
Over the weekend, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 826 into law. The legislation, authored by Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, requires publicly traded companies to include women on its boards of directors.
Professor Jacobs’ comments on the legal concerns about the bill from the report are below. You can find the full report by KCRA’s Marlei Martinez
Standing Committees and Their Jurisdictions (transcript)
This post is on legislative committees and their jurisdictions.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/standing-committees-and-their-jurisdictions
Both houses of the California legislature provide committees of legislators to do their work based upon subject matter jurisdiction.
With fewer legislators, the Senate naturally has a fewer number of committees than the State Assembly. Nonetheless,
On today’s podcast, lobbyist and McGeorge alum and adjunct professor Chris Micheli talks with his colleague Laura Curtis.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-23-lobbying-year-one-the-switch
Laura recently switched careers – from working in a legal career in the San Francisco Bay Area to lobbying for the California Chamber of Commerce in California’s capital. The two talk about her experience switching careers
Another week has gone by, and Governor Brown has worked his way through more bills that were sent to his desk in the flurry of activity that came at the end of session. Governor Brown acted on three of bills that we followed this year. All three of those bills – AB 1436, AB 2551,
By: Hayley GravesCriminal eyewitness identification procedures – say that three times fast – are when a law enforcement officer asks a witness to look at photos or a lineup of individuals to identify a suspect. SB 923 by Senator Scott Wiener (D – San Francisco) requires California law enforcement agencies to use certain scientifically
Today’s post is on the work of the Legislature’s joint committees.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/joint-committees
The California State Legislature has a number of joint committees that are comprised of members of the Senate and Assembly, and are intended to cover issues of mutual interest between the two houses.
The three main joint committees
On today’s episode of The The CAP·impact Podcast, we talk with Lexi Howard (JD ’15) and Erinn Ryberg (JD ’13) – two McGeorge alumna – who worked to kill AB 638, a bill that would have outlawed immigration consultants in California.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/killing-ab-638/s-z5TPe
We go over what immigration consultants do, where they fit in the immigration