Marketing campaign brand advertisement business strategyAB 868 would seem to be just the kind of proposal the California Clean Money Campaign would support. But on June 19, 2023, Lange wrote to Wilson, telling her that his organization was opposing the bill unless amended because it called for campaign committees to report their online political ads to the FPPC.
Reps. Barbara Lee, Adam Schiff, Katie Porter. Photo courtesy of the U.S. House of RepresentativesDianne Feinstein’s announcement she will not seek another term has sparked a furious three-way battle for the Democratic nomination to replace her. But is there a Republican dark horse in the mix? Or maybe even California Gov. Gavin Newsom? We asked our experts to weigh in.
California law, image by Vitalii VodolazskyiANALYSIS – The Enrolled Bill Rule is based upon the separation of powers doctrine. However, the EBR should not be used anymore to prevent a challenge that constitutional provisions or state statutes were allegedly violated when the Legislature enacted a bill.
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis agreed last week to a debate – an odd turn of events given that DeSantis is a presidential candidate, and Newsom is not. We asked longtime Democratic strategist Garry South to weigh in on the pros and cons of the debate, and what’s at stake.
Illustration by Chris Shary, for Capitol Weekly99. Krista Pfefferkorn
It might take a minute to find a Capitol staffer with more institutional knowledge than Krista Pfefferkorn. She debuted on the list last year, ostensibly in recognition of the tremendous challenges associated with being chief of staff to a member like Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco. Wiener seems almost allergic to
Illustration by Chris Shary, for Capitol Weekly95. Rebecca Wachsberg
Nobody would probably like to put “herder of the cats” on their resume, but as sources inside the Capitol told us, that could aptly describe one of the many vital things Rebecca Wachsberg does. Formally, she is chief of staff to Sen. Mike McGuire, whose boundless 24/7 Energizer Bunny disposition – and
Illustration by Chris Shary, for Capitol Weekly88. Susannah Delano
Finding qualified women to run for office has never been the problem. Ensuring they are able to run with the proper support behind them has been the issue. But last November, women claimed the majority in the California Senate, the first time in our history either chamber has been majority female. And
California's lady justice, image by BreizhAtaoANALYSIS – According to the courts, the purpose of the constitutional reenactment rule, which prohibits amending a section of statute unless the section is reenacted as amended, is “to avoid enactment of statutes in terms so blind that legislators themselves are deceived in regard to their effect.”
Illustration by Chris Shary, for Capitol Weekly72. Erin Niemela
Erin Niemela and her business partner Emily Pappas head one of the Capitol’s few entirely female-owned lobbying shops, Niemela, Pappas and Associates, whose clients include corporate luminaries like eBay, HP, Indeed, Land O’Lakes, Mattel, PayPal, Salesforce, Sony Pictures, Spotify, StubHub and Union Pacific Railroads. But Niemela also doesn’t just rep big corporations.
Illustration by Chris Shary, for Capitol Weekly83. Susan Jensen
Susan Jensen is Executive Director of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association or CNIGA, the largest regional tribal gaming association in the United States with 50 member tribes. As has been mentioned in the multiple bios of other tribal members, California’s native tribes wield a lot of power around the Capitol. How