Photo by MR DOOMITS via ShutterstockCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: The only thing denizens of the California Capitol love more than talking politics is eating good grub. With that in mind, our guest today is Carney King, the man behind the very popular new Twitter feed @Culinary Caucus. Carney’s mission is to find the best food
Image by Hidesy via ShutterstockCalSavers Executive Director Katie Selenski says small businesses not yet in compliance with a state deadline to sponsor retirement plans for their workers will start receiving enforcement notices by the end of this month.
Image by GrAI via shutterstockCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: On this episode of Capitol Weekly, Rich Ehisen and Dan Morain welcome Sens. Susan Talamantes-Eggman and Roger Niello, two of the three primary sponsors on SB 43, a bill that would add new criteria to the definition of what constitutes someone being considered “gravely disabled,” the standard by which a person can be involuntarily held for treatment.
Photo by Lanier Underground via ShutterstockThe bill, which would not ban the use of police K-9s for search and rescue or narcotics or explosive detection, is explicitly intended to address law enforcement’s long-standing use of dogs on people of color.
Photo by ANDREI ASKIRKA via ShutterstockNine California research organizations will vie behind closed doors this week as the state’s stem cell agency scores their bids to kick off what would be a first-in-the-nation, $80 million manufacturing network to speed the development of revolutionary medical therapies.
Jorge Reyes Salinas, photo by Scott Duncan PhotographyJorge Reyes Salinas is communications director for Equality California, an LGBTQ advocacy group, and a fearless advocate for undocumented residents and the LGBTQ+ community.
Averell 'Ace' SmithAce – his given name is Averell, but his nickname stuck – cut his political teeth decades ago on the successful campaign of his father, Arlo Smith, for district attorney of San Francisco. Later, Arlo ran for state attorney general but lost by an eyelash; Memories of that race and the lessons learned remain vivid more than 30 years later. Smith’s more recent efforts include the launching of Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and the handling of Rick Caruso’s unsuccessful fight against Karen Bass for mayor of Los Angeles. In a new Oral History, Smith shares the story of his life in politics.
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Friend of the Pod Bill Wong joins us to chat about his new book, Better to Win. Wong, a renowned strategist to a bevy of major California Democrats, provides candid and occasionally Machiavellian advice to those who aspire not only to fight for justice, but to win those fights.
Per a recent Axios study, only 14% of young people want to spend their career in the government or in nonprofit work. This makes the government by far the least enticing employer to Gen Z, who overwhelmingly responded that they would rather work at any size company instead.
Photo by 3rdtimeluckystudio via ShutterstockDespite the stakes readily apparent to virtually everyone working in AI, the technology is largely unregulated in the United States. And, no surprise, California legislators have been quick to jump into the void.