Micheli Minute
The Micheli Minute, April 28, 2025
Lobbyist and author Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week in Sacramento.
Capitol Briefs
Capitol Briefs: The week that was
California State Capitol building. Image by rschlieLawmakers returned from their spring break bills in hand and loaded for bear. This week’s edition of Capitol Briefs takes a look at some of those measures.
Podcast
Jeff Pearlman brings “The Truth” to Orange County
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Jeff Pearlman has been a sportswriter for three decades, and is the best-selling author of ten books on sports, including ‘Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,’ which was adapted as the HBO series ‘Winning Time.’ In February 2025 he turned his attention to the ultimate contact sport: politics.
News
Bill calls for audit of State Bar’s disastrous February exam
Image by PromesaArtStudioIn late March, Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, amended a spot bill, SB 47, to order the State Auditor to conduct an audit of the February 2025 bar exam. The bill would direct the auditor to submit findings “as soon as possible” to the Bar’s board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court and the Senate Judiciary Committee and its Assembly counterpart.
Micheli Files
California’s budget process: questions and answers
Flag of State of California. Image by Arseniy45. What are the main component parts that comprise the California state budget? What is the “Budget Bill Jr.”? What is a Trailer Bill? The intrepid Chris Micheli, answers these and many other burning budget questions in this week’s Micheli Files.
Experts Expound
Experts Expound: The best and worst jobs in California politics
The California State Capitol Building in Sacramento. Image by t:Marcopolo9442While we all wait to see if former Vice President Kamala Harris will throw her hat into the ring to succeed soon-to-be termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s a good time to pose a tangentially-related question to our esteemed panel of experts.
Podcast
A chat with Asm. Pilar Schiavo
Asm. Pilar Schiavo, right, interviewed by Tim Foster (left) and Rich Ehisen of Capitol Weekly. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol WeeklyCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Democratic Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo joined us to talk about her legislative priorities, the Los Angeles Fires, the Chiquita Canyon Landfill environmental crisis, and why cuts to the VA are personal for her. And as always, we tell you Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.
Micheli Minute
The Micheli Minute, April 21, 2025
Lobbyist and author Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week in Sacramento.
Micheli Files
California political and election laws – Part II
Image by Oleksii LiskonihThis is the second part of a 2-part article on addressing some of the main questions concerning California’s political and election laws.
Micheli Minute
The Micheli Minute, April 14, 2025
Lobbyist and author Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week in Sacramento.