Image by Oleksiy Mark via ShutterstockThe idea is to make Big Tech companies pay journalism organizations for the content they repurpose to help generate advertising revenue – a dynamic that has been undercutting the bottom lines of news outlets for years
Image by BonnieJ via iStockCalifornia has only recently begun to take a legislative approach to dealing with its backlog of rape kits
Image by Robert Petrovic via ShutterstockWhile an estimated 15,000 new arts teachers are needed statewide, less than 5,000 are currently credentialed in music, dance, theater, visual arts and media arts
Photo by Ron Alvey via ShutterstockCalifornia is the only state in the nation that doesn’t regulate athletic trainers. That could soon change if a bill sponsored by Assemblymember Dr. Akilah Weber and the California Athletic Trainers’ Association becomes law.
Mae Gates. Photo, Scott Duncan, Capitol Weekly Only 24 years old, Mae Gates is already chief of staff for a state senator, owner of a political consulting business and a passionate advocate for food justice.
The California state Capitol in Sacramento. (Photo: Karin Hildebrand Lau, via Shutterstock)Practical tips for those working with the staff of the policy and fiscal committees in the California Legislature.
Sen. Scott WienerCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: SB 932, a 2020 bill inspired by concerns about potential disparate impacts of COVID on LGBTQ people, directed the California Department of Public Health to collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data. A new report released by the State Auditor says that CDPH has fallen short and recommends that state law be amended to require more comprehensive practices around SOGI data collection.
Photo: Joe Biden on the campaign trail, by Gage Skidmore. CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: In this week’s Capitol Weekly podcast CW’s Rich Ehisen is joined by frequent contributor Dan Morain and Washington Bureau Chief of RealClearPolitics Carl Cannon to discuss the impact of President Joe Biden’s announcement to run for a second term on a host of ambitious California politicos, from Kamala Harris and Kevin McCarthy in Washington D.C. to Gavin Newsom and others.
Image by Felipe Sanchez via ShutterstockIn order for California to reach the lofty goal of 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales in only 12 more years, it’s estimated more than 1 million new charging stations will need to be brought online, necessitating some serious, physical changes to scores of gas stations, mini-marts, convenience stores and even apartment buildings up and down the state.
Image by Stuart Miles via ShutterstockSen. Aisha Wahab’s Senate Bill 573 would have originally prohibited legislative staff from working for lobbying firms for two years after leaving the capitol.