Posts Tagged: chairs

‘Junior’ budget bills slip into view

The Assembly chamber in the state Capitol, Sacramento. (Photo: Felix Lipov)

by CHRIS MICHELI posted 10.09.2017

ANALYSIS: During the budget negotiations in September, there was talk in the Capitol about whether it was proper – or even legal – for California lawmakers to pass two measures amending the state budget that had been adopted three months earlier. These two bills, known as “junior” budget bills, were approved along with a half-dozen budget trailer bills making numerous policy changes in state law for the 2017-18 fiscal year.  Gov. Brown signed them all.

A peek under the Capitol’s hood

State Capitol in Sacramento. (Photo: Shuttesrstock)

by CHRIS MICHELI posted 04.05.2017

This is the final installment in a series of articles dealing with the procedural myths and realities of the California Legislature.

Center stage: California’s economic complexity

Illustration: David Carilett, via Shutterstock.

by LENNY MENDONCA and PETER WEBER posted 12.08.2016

California will soon have a population of 40 million. It is a huge, diverse, complex state — really more of a nation-state made of distinct regions. And California’s economy is equally complex. In fact, it’s not a state economy at all, but a series of regional economies. Californians know that the time to fix our state’s economy is now. People from every region are standing up and demanding change.