San Francisco has had a lively debate over their Ranked Choice Voting policy since its inception. Ranked choice voting (RCV) is where voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. A candidate who wins the majority of first-choice votes is declared the winner. If no candidate wins on first-choice, the candidate with
In today’s episode, we finish our conversation with Adriana Ruelas and Adrienne Shilton from the Steinberg Institute. You can find the first half of our conversation here. Today we talk about SB 1113 and AB 1971.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-15-mental-health-legislation-rundown-part-2
They’re both interesting bills. SB 1113 would establish voluntary workplace mental health standards, meaning that the
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
I was initially inspired
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)
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/legislative-lingo
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
This week’s LIVE episode of The CAP·impact Podcast was recorded a little while back at the Sterling Hotel here in Sacramento. Every year, the Capital Center for Law & Policy hosts the Mike Belote Endowed Capital Lecture. This year’s topic, and today’s episode, was Journalism in the Era of Fake News.
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/episode-11-journalism-in-the-era-of-fake-news-part-1
The discussion
The Lobbyist/Legislative Staffer Dynamic with Chris Micheli and Erinn Ryberg (transcript)
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/the-lobbyistlegislative-staffer-dynamic-with-chris-micheli-and-erinn-ryberg
Today’s podcast is a conversation between two familiar voices here on CAP·impact – veteran lobbyist Chris Micheli and veteran capitol staffer (turned lobbyist since recording) Erinn Ryberg – talking about one of the most critical dynamics in the California Legislature, the working dynamic
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from our two Legislative and Public Policy Clinic students, Michelle and Keri. While there isn’t a new interview with them up … yet, there is an update on their bill, AB 1784.
Last week – June 1 to be specific – was the house of origin deadline in
Influences Shaping California Legislation (transcript)
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/influences-shaping-california-legislation
Today’s topic is influences shaping legislation in California.
Influencing legislation is a pretty complicated business, and there isn’t any particular model to basically predict whether a bill that is introduced in the California legislature will become law, and if so, what sort of form it would
In preparation for California’s upcoming Primary election, we are releasing a quick background of each of the Constitutional Officers and what they actually do in the California government.
Today, we are covering California’s Lieutenant Governor, currently Gavin Newsom.
Former California Lieutenant Governor, and former California Governor Gray Davis, had this to say about