On today’s show we are giving you the rundown on what the biggest issues facing the California Legislature are in its final month of session. August is going to be a four week sprint to the finish line, so brought on CAP·impact podcast regular – as well as lobbyist, capitol observer, McGeorge alum, and McGeorge
One person, five votes – or how a lawsuit settlement forced Mission Viejo to drop districts and adopt cumulative voting
As I discussed yesterday in my post “How California Municipalities are experimenting with voting,” cumulative voting is an electoral process in which voters have a number of votes equal to the number of seats to be elected. For example, if in an election there were three seats up for election, voters would have
How California Municipalities are experimenting with voting
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
Bills, Amendments, & Resolutions – Part 2
Bills, Amendments, & Resolutions – Part 2 (transcript)
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/bills-amendments-resolutions-part-2
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 ‑
The CAP⋅impact Podcast – Episode 15: Mental Health Legislation Rundown – Part 2
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
Bills, Amendments, & Resolutions – Part 1
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 CAP·impact Podcast – Episode 14: Mental Health Legislation Rundown – Part 1
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
The Legislative Calendar
The Legislative Calendar (transcript)
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/the-legislative-calendar
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
The CAP·impact Podcast – Episode 13: Assembly Member Chad Mayes on the Impact of Partisanship
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
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