Bills, Amendments, & Resolutions – Part 1 (transcript)
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Today, and next Monday, we’re taking a look at bills, amendments to bills, constitutional amendments, and resolutions.
In the California State Capitol, there are three types of measures that can be considered by lawmakers ‑‑ bills, constitutional amendments, and resolutions. All of them
We’re sat down with Adriana Ruelas and Adrienne Shilton on this week’s episode of The CAP·impact Podcast to talk about a number of mental health bills that the Steinberg Institute is working on this year. This week is part one of the conversation, we’ll part two for you next week.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-14-mental-health-legislation-rundown-part-1
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The Legislative Calendar (transcript)
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Today’s podcast is on the legislative calendar. The legislative calendar establishes a schedule for the two‑year legislative session and provides numerous deadlines throughout the legislative process.
The calendar for the California legislative session is certainly important for those who work in and around the state capitol. California’s
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-13-assembly-member-chad-mayes-on-the-impact-of-partisanship
On today’s episode of The CAP·impact Podcast we talk with McGeorge School of Law Capital Lawyering professor Chris Micheli about some of the institutional challenges to lawmaking in California. We then have a deep dive conversation with Assembly Member Chad Mayes about how our current state of hyper-partisan politics is affecting governing and lawmaking
Legislative Lingo (transcript)
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Today’s topic is one of my favorites, legislative lingo.
It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that my colleagues and I, those who work in and around California’s state capital, use a number of different terms or lingo to describe different aspects of the California legislative
Law professors across the U.S. influence and shape more than just the next generation of lawyers; they influence and shape the laws and policies of the nation as well. In our first Capital Contributions post, we’re highlighting Professor Seth W. Stoughton of the University Of South Carolina School Of Law and his contribution to a
California’s Open Meeting Laws (transcript)
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Today’s podcast is an overview of local and state open meeting laws here California. California has three types of open meeting laws that apply to local and state governmental entities.
These laws have been adopted over a number of years, and they equally apply to state
The Single-Subject Rule (transcript)
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Today’s podcast is on California legislation and the single‑subject rule.
Many state capitol observers are aware of the single‑subject rule, because many are familiar with California Constitution Article II, Section 8(d), which provides that an initiative measure embracing more than one subject may not be submitted to
Yesterday was the deadline for ballot initiatives that had qualified for the ballot – that is, they received the requisite number of signatures – to be pulled from November’s ballot. In fact, three initiatives were withdrawn from the ballot for this November.
The three initiatives that Californians will not be voting on come November are
The Role of the Judicial Branch in the Legislative Process (transcript)
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Today’s podcast is on the role of the judicial branch in the lawmaking process here in California. Members of the state and federal judiciary branches play a role in California lawmaking in the actual legislative process, as part of our