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The Legislative Analyst’s Office serves as the “eyes and ears” for the Legislature to ensure that the executive branch is implementing legislative policy in a cost efficient and effective manner, while the Department works on behalf of the Governor to ensure that he or she has all of the data and information needed to work collaboratively with the legislative branch of state government ...
What you should know about California special sessions
Nov 15, 2024 · California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a special session of the Legislature for Dec. 2nd to "safeguard California values" against perceived threat from another Trump administration. Today's edition of the Micheli Files has all …
Under the radar: engrossing and enrolling - Capitol Weekly
Dec 23, 2016 · The legislation goes through a very important process called "engrossing and enrolling." Engrossing also occurs after each amendment to a bill.
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The complicated birth of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
For more than five decades, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act has been the foundation for how California treats or fails to treat people with severe mental illness. Now, legislators from both parties seek to overhaul it in ways that reflect advances in medicine, and a …
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Cecilia Aguiar-Curry’s rise to Assembly Majority Leader and chair of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus comes at a historic moment for the state. A record 58 women are serving in the state’s 120 seats. “It’s a great time to work on legislation that reflects women’s experience,” said Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters). “It’s really exciting.” As Majority Leader,
CA 120: California’s confusing primary voting process explained
Even if former President Donald Trump stays on the California Republican primary ballot, there will be more than a quarter-million voters who have previously voted in a Republican Presidential primary who won’t find him on their ballot. And over 650,000 voters who previously voted in the Democratic primary who won’t find President Joe Biden on theirs.
Capitol Weekly’s Top 10 Capitol power couples - Capitol Weekly
In just a few months, Capitol Weekly will unveil its 16th annual Top 100 list recognizing the most influential members of the Capitol community. As we began researching this year’s list, however, we realized that in all our years of the Top 100 we’ve never deeply explored a critical dynamic of Capitol clout: the Capitol power couple whose combined prominence and …
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