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CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at A Conference on Housing, which was held in Sacramento on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. This is the Keynote: Asm. Buffy Wicks in conversation with Capitol Weekly Editor Rich Ehisen.
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In our ongoing Q&A series with California Insurance Commissioner candidates, this week we bring you answers from California Working Families Party Executive Director Jane Kim.
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In our ongoing Q&A series with California Insurance Commissioner candidates, this week we bring you answers provided to us by insurance agent Stacy Korsgaden.
Micheli Minute
Lobbyist, author and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome.
Experts Expound
It’s once again time for our experts to weigh in on a question roiling the Capitol community. This week: Will the SEIU UHW-backed billionaire tax make the November ballot? If so, will it pass?
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Panelists grappled with California’s housing crisis Tuesday at Capitol Weekly’s first conference of 2026, painting a discouraging picture of the current state of affairs in the Golden State. Panels explored permitting reform, the impact of environmental concerns and new ideas for addressing affordability, punctuated by a keynote address from Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), who acknowledged the loads of work that still needs to be done but also sounded an optimistic note that things could improve in California.
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The lack of enough affordable housing has plagued California for decades. Can factory-built homes be at least part of the solution? A growing number of housing advocates believe the answer is yes.
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CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest Jennifer Barrera has been President and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce since 2021. The venerable institution – founded in 1890 as the California State Board of Trade – advocates for pro-business policies and investments. Barrera is well known and well respected in the capitol community, and has been an effective messenger for the CalChamber’s many causes, including reform of the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). She spoke with us about the Chamber’s approach to the state’s affordability crisis, the increasing calls to tax the ultra-rich and a ballot measure to reform CEQA.
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Before we discuss specifics of participation in the rulemaking process in California, we need to understand the basics of the regulatory process in this state.
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In our ongoing Q&A series with California Insurance Commissioner candidates, this week we bring you answers from former Sen. Steven Bradford.
Asm. Buffy Wicks in conversation with Capitol Weekly Editor Rich Ehisen (left) at A Conference on Housing, February 24, 2026. Photo by Joha Harrison, Capitol Weekly
