Rich Ehisen

Email There are several important entities that support the work of the California Legislature. Those entities include the Legislative Counsel, Legislative Analyst, Bureau of State Audits, California Research Bureau, and California Law Revision Commission.

At Close the Gap’s Sacramento Symposium Partners Reception on Wednesday, Executive Director Susannah Delano, along with Assemblymember Lori Wilson and Senator Sasha Renée Pérez, unveiled the newly formed Close the Gap Caucus.

This week was the deadline to place or remove ballot measures from the November ballot. Almost a half dozen ended up being pulled, but the biggest one - the billionaire tax - is heading to voters.

In our lastest Capitol Spotlight our senior correspondent Leah O'Tarrow showcases Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías.

The Legislature has adjourned for summer recess. Lawmakers will return in August to tackle hundreds of bills in their annual sprint to the finish of the session. Here are a few we find interesting.

Email Initiative measures proposed by voters and approved at a statewide election can make changes to the state Constitution or statutes. Statutory initiatives can be amended by another statutory initiative approved by the voters at a statewide election.

We are in a short lull in the legislative battle between Big Tech and Big Labor over the impact of AI on jobs in California. But when lawmakers return in a few weeks, they will deal with a plethora of measures aimed at how artificial intelligence is utilized the workplace.

Email We have always strived to be a reliable landing spot for opinion pieces across a broad range of the issues within California public policy. As such, we have for years received a steady stream of well-written and timely op-eds that speak to so many of those issues. Our process has always been to use a gentle hand in terms of screening and editing, and to run them in the order received, no exceptions.

California has over 200 State agencies, departments, boards, and commissions (referred to as rulemaking bodies) that make public policy through their authority to adopt regulations.

Voters will decide in November whether or not to support Proposition 40, which would levy a one-time 5% tax on residents with net worths starting at $1 billion as a way to offset massive federal spending cuts expected to