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Capitol Weekly's Top 100 - Capitol Weekly
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
A POST-MORTEM OF THE 2024 ELECTION, NOV. 7, 2024
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.
Health Care in California, October 3, 2024 - Capitol Weekly
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.
2024 in review (and a peek at 2025), with Chris Cadelago
Dec 30, 2024 · CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Hosts Rich Ehisen and Tim Foster are joined by Politico’s Chris Cadelago for a deep dive (our longest-ever episode?) into California politics in 2024 – and a look into the Horseshoe next year as Nathan Barankin takes over for departing chief of staff Dana Williamson. Plus: Who Had the Worst YEAR in …
A Post-Mortem of the 2024 Election - Capitol Weekly
Nov 8, 2024 · CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: 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. What happened inside the campaigns? Why? What happens next? Nearly two dozen California insiders will ...
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 …
Experts Expound: Affordability - Capitol Weekly
Dec 13, 2024 · Both legislative leaders have said their primary goal this year is to advance legislation to make California more affordable. With that in mind, we asked our expert panel this question: What one suggestion would you make to help them achieve that goal?
California must lead boldly on climate and housing justice
Nov 26, 2024 · 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 housing, and my home city of Los Angeles has the most unaffordable housing market in the country, with sixty three percent of households being renter-occupied.
Open California - Capitol Weekly
Open California is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization formed in 2012 to continue – and expand on – the important public policy work done by Capitol Weekly. Our Mission is to inform, enlighten and educate Californians about public policy and state governance, and to provide a platform for engagement with public officials, advocates and