In a long-expected move, Dana Williamson stepped down on Monday as Gov. Gavin Newson’s chief of staff. Newsom named longtime ...

PODCAST: Ranked Choice Voting had a bit of a "moment" in 2022, helping send Democrat Mary Peltola to congress in Alaska, and ...

California has over 200 State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that make public policy through their authority ...

Both legislative leaders have said their primary goal this year is to advance legislation to make California more affordable.

There are two areas of confusion regarding properly addressing the presiding officer of a legislative committee or on the floor. In committees, the presiding officer may be addressed by fellow ...

OPINION – California faces a dual crisis of escalating climate impacts and an acute housing affordability challenge. Seventy nine percent of renters in our state spend more than half their income on ...

OPINION – In this moment of both challenge and opportunity, California has the chance to lead by example. Let’s seize it—for the health of our communities, our neighborhoods’ resilience, and our ...

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In recent years, Capitol observers have witnessed vacancies occur in state legislative offices and even constitutional offices in California. What is the process for filling vacancies in the ...

For lawmakers who are loath to vote “no,” Adam Gray has become something of a rallying cry for legislative reform. Twice, California Democrats have deemed the former Assemblymember their best bet to ...

Legislators in both parties openly admit they frequently don’t vote on bills not because they’re lazy, but because “no” votes are taken personally by their colleagues. But because the “no vote ...

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: While most political junkies have their eyes on DC in the wake of Donald Trump’s successful bid to return to the White House, we’re looking south, where Los Angeles voters ...