There have been thirteen firearm attacks on school campuses resulting in injury or death across the United States since the beginning of 2018,and five more instances of gunfire on campuses – two of which occurred in California. All of this, combined with the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida and the and the ongoing work of
The role of state agencies in public policy
The Role of State Agencies in Public Policy
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Today’s podcast deals with state agencies and their role in public policy development. California’s agencies – including departments, boards and commissions – engage in a fair amount of public policy making through their rulemaking authority as well as their interpretation and enforcement of
Finding an author for your bill
Finding an Author for Your Sponsored Legislation
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Today we’re continuing our In Practice addenda to Ray LeBov’s Rules for Effective Lobbying series. Today’s podcast drops in again on a conversation between veteran lobbyists Ray LeBov and Chris Micheli talking about how to find an author for your sponsored bill. This is one of the
How Tony Mendoza & #MeToo could change California’s Constitution
The big news from late last week, and last weekend, was State Senator Tony Mendoza’s (D- Artesia) resignation from the California Legislature moments before the State Senate was going to vote on whether or not to expel him. His fiery resignation letter hinted that he was not ruling out running for re-election
Underground Regulations and the role of OAL
Underground Regulations and the Role of OAL
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Today we’ll be exploring underground regulations and the role of the Office of Administrative Law, OAL.
OAL is charged with ensuring that agency and department regulations are “Clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.” OAL as you’ll recall, is also responsible for
The entities that support the California Legislature
Agencies Supporting the California Legislature
Today’s podcast looks at legislative branch support agencies. While there are quite a number of important entities, the first and foremost of the entities supporting the California Legislature is the Office of Legislative Counsel.
Legislative Counsel, or Leg Counsel for short, is a nonpartisan entity
Congress vs. #caleg
Comparing Congress and the California Legislature
Today’s podcast will explore some of the differences between Congress and the California Legislature.
Obviously, the California Legislature is based upon the United State Congress, and certainly, both are prominently featured in the state and federal constitutions. We’ll start with some similarities that I
Common mistakes lobbyists make
Common Mistakes Lobbyists Make
Today’s podcast is a slightly different take on our In Practice series. It’s actually part In Practice as well as part addendum to Ray LeBov’s Rules for Effective Lobbying series.
The podcast today is from a fly on the wall regular perspective of a conversation between contributors – and
Asm. James Gallagher on the Oroville Dam Crisis
The Oroville Dam Crisis – The Impacts and the Ways Forward
I sat down recently with Assembly Member James Gallagher (R – Yuba City) to talk about a major issue that hit close to home for him, the Oroville Dam crisis in February 2017. We talked at length about the issues at the
Regular vs. Emergency Rulemaking in California
Regular vs. Emergency Rulemaking
In today’s post, we will examine the differences between regular and emergency rulemaking in California.
As a refresher, the formal rulemaking process is established by the California Administrative Procedure Act, the APA.
Unless a statute expressly exempts an entity from some or all of the APA’s