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WEBCA120: Harris still polling very strong in California. by PAUL MITCHELL posted 09.24.2024. The latest Capitol Weekly polling of California voters shows continued strength for Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, with 59% of voters supporting Harris and 34% supporting former President Donald Trump. Continue Reading ».
Under the radar: engrossing and enrolling - Capitol Weekly
WEBDec 23, 2016 · The legislation goes through a very important process called "engrossing and enrolling." Engrossing also occurs after each amendment to a bill.
The complicated birth of the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
WEBFor more than five decades, the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act has been the foundation for how California treats or fails to treat people with severe mental illness. Now, legislators from both parties seek to overhaul it in ways that reflect advances in medicine, and a better understanding of its failings.
State ponders prison closures, as inmate population drops.
WEBAug 2, 2022 · Other institutions already have been targeted. Out of California’s 33 state prisons, three face possible closure, officials have noted. The Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) in Tracy has been closed, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), said they intend to close the California Correctional Center in Susanville, along with minimum security portions of the ...
Rising Stars Archives - Capitol Weekly | Capitol Weekly | Capitol ...
WEBThe newest Capitol Weekly Rising Star, Loyal Terry, Assembly Fellow for Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), takes inspiration from the lived experiences of his late father, his aunts and uncles, and himself.
‘Laura’s Law’ okayed in 30 counties - Capitol Weekly
WEBJun 17, 2021 · Battling stigma, misconceptions and heartache, family members and mental-health policy experts have slogged through decades of controversy to convince legislators and local officials that supporting court-ordered intensive treatment – “Laura’s Law” in California — was not a return to the notoriously abusive system of state mental hospitals, where thousands of people were ...
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A look at the 2023 Top 100 - Capitol Weekly
WEBAug 21, 2023 · CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Each year, Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 names the most powerful movers and shakers in California politics. We don’t include elected officials. Instead, we look at those who devote their professional lives to fighting for – or against – issues of state politics and policy, including lobbyists, bureaucrats, activists, trade group leaders, Capitol staffers and even ...
Groundbreaker: State Capitol’s first Muslim chaplain
WEBJan 4, 2021 · When Sacramento Imam Mohammad “Yasir” Khan leads the opening invocation for the California Assembly on Jan. 11, he will do so as the first appointed Muslim chaplain in state legislative history.
News - Capitol Weekly
WEBThe deadline for California Gov. Gavin Newsom to address the hundreds of bills lawmakers sent him last month is on Monday. As always, the bigger measures draw most of the attention, and rightly so. But here are some of those measures the governor has signed or vetoed that are less “above the fold.” Measures signed: