Andrea Amavisca, photo by Scott Duncan, Capitol WeeklyRaised as the child of immigrant parents in Imperial County, a rural agricultural region in Southern California nestled along the Mexico border, Andrea Amavisca always understood the value of immigrant rights. While she continues to work in that space, she is now working more closely on where LGBTQ+ rights and immigrant rights intersect.
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California's historic Capitol dome. Image by :WallentineIn the new edition of Capitol Briefs: Crossover day comes and goes, Glazer’s journalism support bill dies, lawmakers ponder a new trio of ‘official” state emblems, and Anthony Rendon wants you to get happy!
Detail of an illustration by Friedrich Graetz, “The Tournament of Today – A Set-To Between Labor and Monopoly.” 1883. Via Thelibrabry of CongressCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: While California is often seen as being on the forefront of Progressive legislation, the state’s main anti-trust law, The Cartwright Act, dates back to the Roosevelt era – the TEDDY Roosevelt era. That may be about to change. We’re joined by Teri Olle, Director of Economic Security California. She talks about the process of revising The Cartwright Act and why updating it for the 21st Century matters.
Lobbyist and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome.
Image by wildpixelOPINION – Social scientists recognize that different people view issues differently and these perspectives are determined by their lived experiences. That’s why legislation currently being considered in Sacramento, Senate Bill 1137 (Smallwood-Cuevas, SD- 28), represents an important step toward preventing discrimination through the lens of intersectionality.
Image by dontree_mOPINION – California is leading on equitable decarbonization that uplifts vulnerable communities instead of imposing new burdens on them. Gutting our state’s visionary program would undermine our climate commitments and housing equity goals.
Sacramento, California, United States. Image by Png-StudioFriday is the deadline for bills to get out of their house of origin, so this week lawmakers are addressing hundreds of bills in short order. Here is just a sampling of some of those measures.
Image by zimmytws via istockWhen the California Chamber of Commerce added Sen. Steve Glazer’s SB 1327 – a proposal to tax revenue from the sale of digital advertising as a way to help fund local newsrooms – to its annual list of “Job Killer” bills on May 7th, the measure became only the 14th this year to receive the designation. If that number doesn’t change, it would mark the fewest number of bills to receive the moniker since 2001, when only 12 bills were on the list.
The Capitol's Top power couple: Ann Patterson and Nathan Barankin. 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 overlooked a critical dynamic of Capitol clout: the Capitol power couple whose combined prominence and rolodex is greater than the sum of their parts. To rectify that, today we publish our first ever Capitol Weekly Top 10 Power Couples, along with three up-and-coming pairs to keep your eyes on.