Even “retired,” Daniel Zingale can’t leave the political fray. He is currently serving on the Delta Stewardship Council, is part of the California 100 Project, and recently announced that he joined the veteran lobby firm Sacramento Advocates. We also learned that he helped his former boss, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, promote his recent message to the Russian people about Ukraine.
Artist's rendering of the proposed new entrance to the California Capitol by Mark Cavagnero Associates.Lobbyist, professor and author Chris Micheli joins us to talk about his two latest books, and gives us a rundown on lobbying during the current phase of the pandemic. He also answered our questions about the ongoing legal battle over the capitol annex project and imminent destruction of the 1952 annex on the East side of the capitol building.
With the average gasoline pump price approaching six bucks a gallon in California, we called Cathy Reheis-Boyd, President of the Western States Petroleum Association, to explain how we got here and what happens now.
These special episodes of the Capitol Weekly Podcast were recorded live on March 3, 2022 at California Crime, a discussion of Criminal Justice Policy, hosted by Capitol Weekly as part of our California Conference series.
Twenty-seven Assemblymembers who were elected to seats in 2020 will not be returning to those seats in 2022. What is driving this exodus? We asked political data whiz Paul Mitchell to weigh in on what to make of this unexpected turnover.
Mike Madrid is a longtime Republican strategist; After a lifetime as a GOP stalwart, he denounced the party’s embrace of Trumpism in 2016, and cofounded The Lincoln Project. We invited him on the Podcast to talk about the recent flurry of recalls and whether this will be the “new normal” in California politics.
California legislative staff – and many of their bosses – are enthralled by a new Instagram account devoted to sharing anonymous stories detailing alleged misbehavior by legislators, senior staff and others in authority in the Capitol and district offices. Some question the motives behind the account’s host and the veracity of the anonymous stories. Whatever the source, whatever the percentage of fact vs. fiction, there is no dispute that the account has disrupted business as usual at the Capitol.
Each year, the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards recognize Californians whose innovative projects contribute to making a better California. We invited Charles Fields, Irvine’s VP of Program Implementation, to speak with us about this year’s award recipients, about the program and about the history of the Irvine Foundation.
This episode we welcome California Assemblymember Ash Kalra to talk about the biggest bill of 2022 so far: AB 1400, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act. The bill (and a companion Constitutional amendment, ACA 11) would create a single-payer healthcare system administrated by the state. Kalra spoke with Capitol Weekly’s John Howard and Tim Foster about his hopes for the bill, how it differs from its predecessor SB 562, and why he believes that California needs a single-payer system.
Artwork by unknown artist, displayed at Beauty Bagel, Oakland, California. Manipulated photo by Tim Foster, Capitol WeeklyWe’re joined today by Matt Rexroad, of Redistricting Insights. We invited him to talk about California’s new electoral maps and share his picks for the 10 districts to watch in 2022. Rexroad knows something about fair lines, having been involved in California’s first redistricting effort following the creation of the California Citizens Redistricting Commission in 2008.