Jan 6, 2025 · “This is a huge access-to-justice crisis,” said Jennafer Wagner, director of programs at the Family Violence Appellate Project, or FVAP, which filed the petition with Bay Area Legal Aid.. FVAP and Bay Area Legal Aid attribute the crisis to a shortage of court reporters in the state as well as a part of the Government Code, Section …

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 …

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Cecilia Aguiar-Curry represents California’s 4th Assembly District, which includes Napa, Lake, Yolo, Colusa Counties and part of Sonoma County.She is the chair of the bipartisan California Legislative Women’s Caucus and is also the Assembly Majority Leader. She sat down with hosts Rich Ehisen and Tim Foster to talk about finding common ground with her Republican ...

Dec 20, 2024 · The voters repeatedly have said that housing is their number one concern, and yet six years into the Newsom administration, there is little to show for the tens of billions that have been spent on housing since 2019. During that time, homelessness only has increased.

Each year since 2009, Capitol Weekly has published an annual list of the one hundred most powerful movers and shakers in California politics and public policy: The Top 100. We don’t include elected officials. Instead, we look at those who devote their professional lives to fighting for – or against – issues of state politics

Oct 24, 2024 · He studied music at the University of Southern California and as a young man played organ in silent movie houses in the Los Angeles area. With the advent of the talkies, demand for his talent e bbed and he joined the family land business, got involved in Republican politics and became president of the La Cañada chamber of commerce.. As war spread in Europe and Asia in 1941, Lanterman led an ...

Nov 4, 2024 · Special interests spent the least amount of money during the first quarter of last year, more than $71 million, again according to figures updated after amended disclosures.. For the first seven quarters of the 2023-24 legislative cycle, special interests paid more than $550 million to lobbying firms, according to SoS disclosures analyzed during early November.

Oct 3, 2024 · After a decade of surplus and an expansion of health care options in California, 2024 found the state facing a $45 billion deficit. To balance the budget, Governor Newsom proposed billions in spending cuts: some of those proposed cuts were walked back in negotiations with the legislature, but some programs will see significant reductions, impacting the health care of many Californians.

Dec 17, 2024 · Why is this happening? The change of California law goes back a decade ago when Mindy Romero, then at UC Davis, did a research paper showing that issues with invalid or missing signatures were the second and third most common reasons for ballots to be rejected – only behind late ballots, that at that point needed to be received by Election Day. When that research was done, ballots could only ...

Nov 7, 2024 · A POST-MORTEM OF THE 2024 ELECTION, NOV. 7, 2024. On Thursday, November 7, 2024, Capitol Weekly and the UC Student and Policy Center presented A POST-MORTEM OF THE 2024 ELECTION. We gathered a score of experts for a timely and informative review of the November 5 election, providing analysis, opinions and insight.