Image by SCM Jeans. As the popularity of e-bikes has grown, so too has the instances and severity of crashes involving the motorized bicycles. With that in mind, lawmakers this session have pondered several bills seeking to balance expanding e-bike use and road safety.
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CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest today is Steve Frisch, President and CEO of the Sierra Business Council (SBC) and a founding member of the Wildfire Solutions Coalition. With the devastating impacts of wildfire becoming more evident with each fire season, the Coalition advocates for funding and implementation of wildfire resilience strategies. While acknowledging California’s budget woes, he argues that preventing fires will save the state money, and that “this is not the year we should be reducing wildfire funding.”
Lobbyist, author and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome.
Haifaa Abdulhaq, photo courtesy of UCSF Fresno. Questions about inherent conflicts of interest continue to dog the $12 billion California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the largest such state enterprise in the nation.
Image by Volkan ISIK. Due to a massive backlog in our queue, effective immediately Capitol Weekly is imposing a moratorium on new op-ed submissions through at least June 24th.
Image created by The Poison PenCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: California’s Top Two Primary, also known as a Jungle Primary, was approved by voters as Proposition 14 in 2010. Sixteen years later, California voters are beginning to sour on Top Two. Fears of a GOP – or Democratic – lockout in this year’s race for governor have led many to call for a change. Recent polling by Capitol Weekly found the 79% of respondents wanted to revise or repeal the jungle primary. Longtime Democratic consultant Steve Maviglio has heeded that call, filing a ballot initiative proposing to repeal Prop. 14. He joins us today to talk about the race for governor, the legacy of the Top Two and why it needs to change.
New housing development next to Dumbarton Castle UKOPINION—As California’s affordability crisis continues to worsen, few Californians are aware of an approaching July 1 deadline for creating a new state agency to administer the state’s affordable housing programs.
Four white pills placed on top of fifty dollar bills created a stark and thought-provoking contrast.OPINION—There are many barriers to equitable health care in California, the cost of prescription drugs being central among them. As legislators and advocates for the state’s underserved populations call for solutions, however, they’re overlooking two easy options that can make a big difference.
A pair of hand glove in yellow white and blue in front of grey / gray colored background ; protection of bacteria or virus infection like epidemic or pandemic corona virus covid-19 to not get sick ; in front of grey / gray colored background ; no hand in there ;OPINION—California faces the nation’s most severe nursing shortage. By 2038, the state is projected to face a deficit of 36,000 nurses—the largest in the nation. Nearly 75% of California’s regions are already experiencing a nursing shortage.