Race to replace Feinstein already taking shape

by BY CHUCK MCFADDEN posted 02.15.2023

With a year and a few weeks to go until the March 5, 2024 California primary, the race to replace California’s Sen. Dianne Feinstein is already beginning to take shape.

Feinstein will not seek re-election, says she will finish term

Dianne Feinstein, United States Congress, US Senate Photo/Becky Hammel. 2004

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 02.14.2023

POLITICAL PULSE: Ending widespread speculation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced today that she will not seek re-election when her term ends in 2025.

Tik Tok ban wouldn’t draw likes from many California pols

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by BY BRIAN JOSEPH posted 02.13.2023

California lawmakers could be among the next to ban the social media app Tik Tok.

The View from Los Angeles, with Robb Korinke

Echo Park Lake with Downtown Los Angeles Skyline. Shared under Wikimedia commons.

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 02.13.2023

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Los Angeles is never short of political news, and between the mayor’s race and the fallout from the leaked recording of city council members, the past few months have been particularly newsworthy. Robb Korinke joined us for an update on how the Bass administration is settling in, a look at the city council, and the ‘personalization’ of local politics. Plus: a look at the “George Santos of Downey.”

Senior homeless population growing at record pace

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by BY SARAH CHUNG posted 02.10.2023

Studies in California and across the nation indicate that the population of older adults experiencing homelessness will likely continue to grow rapidly.

Big Tech battles impending CA web design law

by BY BRIAN JOSEPH posted 02.09.2023

In 1986, when California voters approved Proposition 65, they effectively enacted a nationwide law, whether they intended to or not. The ballot measure, known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires all businesses, including product manufacturers, to warn Californians about any significant exposures to chemicals that could cause cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm.

Hime’s loss another blow to CA business community

Rex Hime. Photo with digital manipulation.

by BY JOHN HOWARD posted 02.08.2023

Allan Zaremberg, who led the California Chamber of Commerce for more than two decades until he retired in 2021, and Rex Hime, head of the California Business Properties Association for 37 years, passed away within hours of one another on Saturday February 4th. Zaremberg was 73; Hime, 74.

Allan Zaremberg: A remembrance

Photo from Allan Zaremberg's Facebook page.

by BY DAN MORAIN posted 02.07.2023

Allan Zaremberg, who died early Saturday, shaped California’s policy and politics for the better part of four decades on issues ranging from the nation’s first assault weapons ban to who should become Supreme Court chief justice.

Shoring up support? Porter invites Gonzalez Fletcher to 2023 SOTU

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 02.07.2023

POLITICAL PULSE: Congresswoman Katie Porter, who is seeking Dianne Feinstein’s senate seat, has invited the head of the California Labor Federation – and former legislator – Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, as her guest for President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address tonight.

Q&A: Paul Mason, Pacific Forest Trust

by BY AARON GILBREATH posted 02.06.2023

I spoke with Paul Mason, Vice President, Policy and Incentives at Pacific Forest Trust, to hear what trends and changes he sees in land management, and for insight into how to think about the role and health of California’s forests in the age of climate change.