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CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Dan Dunmoyer, of the California Building Industry Association has been a regular on the Top 100 for five years, since he succeeded former CBIA President and CEO (and former state Senator) Dave Cogdill. CBIA is a major player in a state where the Housing Crisis is a top concern for most voters – and their representatives in the legislature. Dunmoyer has been on the List every year since 2019 – and he was supposed to be on this year’s edition. Hosts Rich Ehisen and Tim Foster talk about what went wrong, and chat with Dunmoyer about California housing and how California can start to course correct after decades of anti-housing policy.
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This year we wanted to do something to recognize some of the true giants within our Capitol community, folks we think have a track record of influence so impressive and that we must acknowledge them in a way that stands the test of time. With that in mind, we have an exciting new wrinkle for you this year – the Capitol Weekly Top 100 Hall of Fame.
Micheli Files
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) plays several roles concerning the rulemaking activities of the state’s two hundred regulatory agencies, departments, boards, and commissions. There is not just the “regular” rulemaking, but also emergency rulemaking, and even review of “underground” regulations.
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Lobbyist and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome.
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CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Hosts Rich Ehisen and Tim Foster are joined by former KQED reporter and LA Times Bureau Chief John Myers, who left journalism for communications two years ago, but still keeps a watchful eye on Golden State politics. Few political observers are more respected than Myers – one of the many reasons he was a mainstay of the Top 100 List for more than a dozen years. Myers, Ehisen and Foster discuss the broad themes that underlie the 2024 list, look at the new faces, and talk about the names on the inaugural Top 100 Hall of Fame.
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52. James Siva
Siva is the vice chairman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, the owners and operators of the towering Morongo Casino, Resort & Spa north of Palm Springs, and the chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming
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49. Alicia Isaacs-Lee
Alicia Isaacs-Lee is one of the top operatives in public service, known for being equally adept at both the kick and the kiss way of getting things done. In her previous role as the Deputy Chief of
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98. Taryn Luna
No conversation about who might be the best reporter covering the Capitol is complete without mentioning Los Angeles Times reporter Taryn Luna. With her scoops, insightful analysis and obvious deep sourcing, Luna is widely respected both inside
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74. Karla Nemeth
Karla Nemeth is the Director of the Department of Water Resources, who since the Brown administration has been leading the state through drought conditions that have only eased up in the last couple of years. In fact,
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89. Chris Cadelago
Journalism has had a tough go of it for a while now, but you wouldn’t know it from the meteoric rise of Politico’s Christopher Cadelago, who has steadily become one of the most influential members of the
Dan Dunmoyer. Illustration by Chris Shary.
