Capitol Weekly released the 2023 Top 100 at our annual Top 100 Party at the Sutter Club. Special guests Asm. Buffy Wicks and former Speaker Robert Hertzberg handled the Countdown from 100 to Number 1 on the Top 100’s first-ever majority-woman list!
Board of Equalization headquarters in Sacramento. (Photo: BOE) Ask the average Californian what the state Board of Equalization (BOE) does and you’re likely to get a blank look. That may not matter anymore. Much of what the 138-year-old agency does — which includes collecting some $60 billion in taxes — will be taken away from it amid a spate of recent reports about potential corruption and possible criminality.
Former Assemblymember (1986-1994) and former Superintendent of Public Instruction (1995-2003) Delaine Eastin officially launched her campaign for governor today.