Micheli Files
California bills do not need severability clauses
Image by Andrii Yalanskyi. Just what is a severability clause and why would any legislation need one? Capitol lobbyist and law professor Chris Micheli explains all for you.
Posts Tagged: legislative
Image by Andrii Yalanskyi. Capitol Briefs
Capitol Briefs: Forums, private foster agencies and bills, bills, bills
Image by Sundry PhotographyThings are heating up around the Capitol, with bills making their way through policy committees and the race to replace Gavin Newsom taking more twists and turns.
Capitol Briefs
Capitol Briefs: Antitrust, cost drivers and conversion therapy
California State Assembly . Photo by Capitol Weekly. In this week’s Capitol Briefs we look at a handful of bills lawmakers have under consideration as we head toward the April 24th deadline for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their chamber.
Micheli Files
Reading on the Assembly floor
The California Assembly in session. Photo by APOn occasion, if you listen to the proceedings on the Floor of the California State Assembly, you may hear either a legislator seeking “permission to read on the Floor,” or you might hear a legislator raise a point of order that a colleague is reading on the Floor. What is the basis for either of these two statements?
Opinion
California’s climate policies help, not hurt, consumers
Image by Arseniy45. OPINION – California’s gas prices have risen by over a dollar since the start of Trump’s war in Iran, with one-fifth of the world’s oil supply blocked at the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the oil industry has called for the state to substantially weaken and possibly delay climate regulations, notably the state’s backbone climate policy, cap-and-invest.
Opinion
Big city mayors to next governor: fund what works on homelessness
Image by JubJob.OPINION – California voters have a right to know whether their next Governor will stand up for a program that has delivered some of the most success in reducing homelessness, despite costing less than half a percent of state spending.
Opinion
The case for $100 million to protect California’s teacher pipeline
Image by monkeybusinessimages. OPINION – As the Legislature and Governor finalize California’s 2026-27 state budget, we face a consequential decision: whether to sustain one of our most effective tools for strengthening the teacher workforce, or allow it to wither just as it is delivering meaningful results
Capitol Briefs
Capitol Briefs: The fall of an icon
Capitol Briefs logoThe revelations about civil rights icon Cesar Chavez rocked California and beyond this week. But that wasn’t the only thing going on around the Capitol.
Micheli Files
‘Gut-and-Amend’ bills in the California Legislature
Interior of the California State Capitol dome in Sacramento, CA. Image by GDMatt66. One of the controversial occurrences during the annual California Legislative Session is so-called “gut-and-amend bills.” But just how does this process work? In this week’s Micheli Files our intrepid Chris Micheli tells us all about it.
News
Meet the driving force behind a new bill to combat clergy sex abuse
Hermina Nedelescu. Image via Instagram. Over a dozen states have criminal statutes involving clergy sexual abuse. Pending legislation could add California to the fold, but the measure is…complicated.