I’m trying out something new for CAP·impact. If you like – or don’t like – this kind of post let me know in the comments, or on Twitter or Facebook.
We’re going to let you all know what news has been capturing our attention over the past week. This week, we’ll start with the news
Today’s post is on securing gubernatorial appointments.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/securing-gubernatorial-appointments
The Governor has the authority to appoint several thousand individuals to serve in his or her administration during his or her four-year term of office. Some of these positions require the advice and consent of the Senate. There are two aspects to these types of gubernatorial appointments.
Bills, Amendments, & Resolutions – Part 2 (transcript)
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Today is part two of looking at bills, constitutional amendments, and resolutions. You can find last week’s post here. Today we’re going to talk about constitutional amendments and resolutions.
Constitutional amendments can be proposed by initiative ‑ that is, by the people ‑
Bills, Amendments, & Resolutions – Part 1 (transcript)
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/bills-amendments-resolutions-part-1
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
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
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