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Capitol Briefs: To the governor!

The California State Capitol building at dusk.

Lawmakers are burning the midnight oil to address a huge number of bills before Saturday’s deadline. As such, they sent a handful of notable bills are on their way to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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Capitol Briefs: Bills, bills, bills

Image by AP.

With just days to go before the end of session, lawmakers addressed hundreds of bills on Tuesday. They have over 600 more to go before midnight on Saturday.

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Capitol Briefs: Bills on the move and some legislative stats

The California Assembly in session. Photo by AP

In the latest edition of Capitol Briefs, we showcase movement on a handful of measures flying under the radar and share some interesting legislative stats compiled by lobbyist and regular Capitol Weekly contributor Chris Micheli.  

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Second year end-of-session rule reminders

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As the 2023-24 Legislative Session comes to a close on Saturday, August 31, there are a number of reminders of key rules to keep in mind during the final four weeks of the Session.

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Capitol Briefs: Suspense actions, Big Prop 36 news

The California State Capitol building in Sacramento, CA. Image by jsolie

The suspense files have been cleared and one major bill package has been too. But there are still two weeks of high intensity action to come in this year’s legislative session.

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The Capitol Weekly Top 100: Sweet Sixteen!

Photo by Mike Rafter, taken at the California Lowrider Holiday. Design by Ted Angel

We bring you the 16th Edition of The Capitol Weekly Top 100. First published in 2009, the Top 100 is our annual analysis of the unelected political power structure in California. We rank the behind the scenes players who influence policy, elections and governance, including Capitol staff, lobbyists, Agency staff, donors, business leaders, activists, Labor leaders – and even journalists.

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Better know a flack: the Capitol’s best and worst press reps

The scrum

Capitol Weekly recently did a very subjective, very unscientific email poll of our fellow journalists who cover the Capitol or other parts of California government to see who they think are the best press reps to deal with. And yes, we also asked who they think…. hmmm, how to put this nicely? … could be better at their job. We granted everyone anonymity so they could speak freely.

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CA120: Pour one out for the pollsters

Image by Associated Press

ANALYSIS – The last few weeks have been turbulent to say the least. With the dust starting to settle a bit, Political Data Inc.’s Paul Mitchell has a look inside the numbers to tell us what all this chaos could mean for the upcoming presidential election.

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