Rich Ehisen

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

What one thing should Gavin Newsom focus on the most to solidify his legacy as governor? Our experts weigh in.

Although Annika Bjork’s professional entry into the California Capitol community began just last year, it is a role our newest Rising Star has been preparing for their entire life.

In my continuing review of pending legislation in the 2026 California Legislative Session, I offer the following observations on a number of bills working their way through the second house policy committees.

Email This article is intended to provide a step-by-step instruction detailing how a bill becomes law in the California Legislature, sometimes referred to as the “life cycle” of a bill.

The Republican National Committee is rolling in money, while the Democratic National Committee struggles. Not so in California.

Email Special interests paid contract lobbying firms more $93.4 million to lobby state government in the sixth quarter of the 2025-26 cycle, the most spent in a single quarter since Capitol Weekly started analyzing

Because bills cannot be amended in the final three days of the Session, authors and interest groups have been utilizing letters to the Assembly and Senate Daily Journals in an effort to modify their “intent,” or even address concerns with explicit bill language that cannot be amended. Unfortunately, the use of these letters cannot be a substitute for making actual changes to the proposed statutory language.

Email A measure aimed at protecting people’s privacy has instead become one of the most heavily discussed bills of 2026 among California law firms as debate over the proposal has become focused on what some see as a surprising topic: immigration.