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We are very proud to announce that TWO Capitol Weekly Interns have been awarded scholarships through the @sacpressclub.bsky.social. Congratulations to Ellie Appleby, a '25 intern, and to Eden Collier, of our '24 cohort!
9 major Dem candidates are splitting the blue vote - GOP candidates Chad Bianco & Steve Hilton have emerged as front runners in the Gov's race. @paulmitche11.bsky.social says they could capture the Top Two slots, shutting Dems out of the runoff capitolweekly.net/beyond-the-g...
Entire CA press corp re: @cagovernornewsom.bsky.social and #SB7....
John Burton, a titan of 20th Century California politics has died at age 92. Watch the Oral History with journalist Jerry Roberts conducted with Burton here: capitolweekly.net/oral-histori...
Debbie Meyer: The first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in a single Olympiad. At age 16, she was among the most famous athletes in the world. By 21 she had retired - with no Title IX, her options were limited. capitolweekly.net/oral-histori...
Today, Capitol Weekly and @ucstudentpolicy.bsky.social presented a conference: California and AI. @scottwiener.bsky.social delivered the Keynote.
AI is a technological advance on par with the wheel and the discovery of fire - Open AI's @chrislehane.bsky.social capitolweekly.net/chris-lehane...
Lobbyist and author Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week in Sacramento.
Today, @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social activists dropped banners in the Capitol Rotunda naming nine Democratic lawmakers as the "Dirty Dems" Class of 2025
California Insurance Crisis: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara blasted his predecessors - Republican and Democrat - as placeholders who refused to address systematic problems in the state’s insurance market capitolweekly.net/special-epis...
California Insurance Crisis, Panel 3: What Next? With Senator Roger Niello, Alex Hall, UCLA, John Norwood, Norwood Associates, Denni Ritter, APCIA. Moderated by @wordsmith24.bsky.social Capitol Weekly. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol Weekly
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara threw elbows at his predecessors, saying that they failed to update rules when they had the chance, and left it to the “brown gay guy” to fix. California Insurance Crisis. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol Weekly
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara delivers the keynote at California Insurance Crisis. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol Weekly
California Insurance Crisis, Panel 2: The Los Angeles Fires. Sonoma County Sup. James Gore, Steve Hawks, IBHS, Kelsey Szamet, Eaton Fire Survivors Network; Nancy Wallace, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social , Moderated by @danmorain.bsky.social. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol Weekly
California Insurance Crisis, Panel 1: Levi Sumagaysay of @calmatters.org, Meredith Fowlie of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, Amy Bach of United Policyholders and Rex Frazier of Personal Insurance Federation of California. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol Weekly
California Insurance Crisis, Panel 1 is underway: Levi Sumagaysay of @calmatters.org, Meredith Fowlie of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, Amy Bach of United Policyholders and Rex Frazier of Personal Insurance Federation of California
"Government has to produce for people" - @buffywicks.bsky.social capitolweekly.net/asm-buffy-wi...
Two things we need to solve CA's Housing Crisis: @buffywicks.bsky.social capitolweekly.net/asm-buffy-wi...
Full story here: capitolweekly.net/capitol-spot... @scottwiener.bsky.social
Full story: capitolweekly.net/capitol-spot... @scottwiener.bsky.social
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