Measure G, the revolutionary ballot measure approved by Angelenos in 2024 reshaped the nation’s most populated county by expanding the Board of Supes from 5 to 9 & made the county executive an elected official. Here's how @lindseyphorvath.bsky.social made it happen: capitolweekly.net/change-agent...

BIG NEWS: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social signed my bill (SB 41) to end abuses by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — behemoth corporate drug middlemen that increase the cost of Rx drugs & destroy local pharmacies to favor their own mail order pharmacies. Huge win to lower drug costs & benefit consumers.

Join Capitol Weekly, @calmatters.org and @ucstudentpolicy.bsky.social on Oct. 14 for CALIFORNIA VOTES: PROPOSITION 50. We'll moderate a debate on whether voters should approve or reject California's new congressional district maps. Free but registration required. capitolweekly.net/events/calif...

PODCAST: Capitol Weekly and @ucstudentpolicy.bsky.social presented A Conference on Health Care on October 1, 2025. In today’s episode we present the Keynote: A conversation between Dr. S. Monica Soni of @coveredca.bsky.social and Capitol Weekly Editor Rich Ehisen. capitolweekly.net/special-epis...

Capitol Briefs: @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has signed AI and abortion access bills.... with the end of session in the rearview, Gov. Newsom is now deep into considering the mountain of bills on his desk. Our rundown of the status of some notable pieces of legislation: capitolweekly.net/capitol-brie...

A 79-year-old man with a heart condition. www.dailynews.com/2025/09/25/v...

A former National Park Service ranger and investigator, Andrea Lankford's latest book TRAIL OF THE LOST is a gripping tale of her efforts to help find a trio of missing Pacific Crest Trail hikers who all seemed to vanish without a trace. The new Open Mic is here! youtu.be/yku3PUObubk?...

CA Ins. Comm. Ricardo Lara announced proposed regulations that strike at a financial model employed by @consumerwatchdog.bsky.social, the crusading consumer advocacy organization that makes money by intervening in insurance rate-setting proceedings capitolweekly.net/lara-proposa...

Of all things that actually make America great, the number one thing is the freedom of speech. Stifling free speech does not make you tough or strong - it makes you a physical, spiritual, intellectual and emotional coward. Full stop.

I wasn't able to make it to Bouchercon this year, but I was able to have a great Open Mic conversation with one of the best dark fantasy/YA writers around - the fantastic Maria Alexander, who joined me to talk about her new book Brimstone and Blades. youtu.be/7i2vMLiY_ec?...

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...

I swear I just saw a bunch of baseball players walk into this cornfield.

Big stuff a foot in the California capital. I’m hearing we might have a new Senate pro Tem by Monday.

Most mornings Lea Park-Kim is on the water in West Sacramento with the River City Rowing Club. It’s a practice that reflects the same discipline & motivation to continually evolve that has propelled her to success as comms director for Sen. Roger Niello capitolweekly.net/rising-stars...

The New Open Mic is here! My guests, the husband and wife team of Anthony and Christina Adams, collectively write as A.C. Adams. They are here to talk about their new book CHASING SHADOWS, which is based on true events related to the disappearance of Christina's father. youtu.be/uArWGFSa920?...

Today is the day to remember all the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in service to this country. You can best honor their memory by not supporting and enabling those who would destroy the very thing they gave their lives to defend.

Nicolas Cage as John Madden? Uhhhhh....no. But Christian Bale as Al Davis seems about right. @lasvegasraiders.bsky.social

If we were to re-open Alcatraz I think it would be a great spot for someone who is a 34-time convicted felon as well as an adjudicated rapist, conman and tax cheat. Among many, many other things.

I don’t like or share, so don’t ask me.

An intense dispute between federally- and non-federally recognized CA Native American tribes over a bill intended to give tribal governments more control over development that encroaches on their sacred lands has convinced the author to pause the measure capitolweekly.net/tribal-clash...

This is some straight up Gestapo tactics. www.jsonline.com/story/news/b...

This is my annual reminder on op-ed submissions: Word limit is 750, no exceptions. Please submit in a Word document, no exceptions. And DO NOT use footnotes, no exceptions. Many thanks. @capitolweekly.bsky.social

Always keep watch. Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly. Then we'll know. 👽🛸 Yesterday, the lifeform we call "Elly De La Cruz" forgot himself and took flight to catch this baseball. 😮

capitolweekly.net/jeff-pearlma... @jeffpearlman.bsky.social

Are we winning yet? www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Assembly Budget Committee Chair Jesse Gabriel advises advocates that this is not the year to advance multibillion dollar #CABudget proposals in light of the tremendous uncertainty at the federal level, with the potential for devastating funding cuts that would blow a hole in the state budget.

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: @paulmitche11.bsky.social joins us to talk about recent polls that explored public reaction to @governor.ca.gov's podcast, & the results of the first Capitol Weekly Insider Survey, which asked how & where the Capitol Community gets its news capitolweekly.net/polling-poll...

$5.4 TRILLION in TWO days. www.ft.com/content/b1ed...

So the new thing is for PR people who think I haven’t responded fast enough to their email to send a follow up with the subject line “Moving this to the top of your inbox.” Which if you know me at all you would know that means I’m probably going to hit delete.

In the clearest sign yet that tensions are thawing on sports gambling in California, leaders of DraftKings & FanDuel spoke at an Indian gaming conference Monday about their desire to partner – not compete – with tribes to bring sports betting to the state capitolweekly.net/odds-getting...

Assemblymember @buffywicks.bsky.social and a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a 22-bill package on Thursday aimed at reforming the building permitting process in California, an effort to fast-track housing development statewide. #CEQA #caleg capitolweekly.net/capitol-brie...

Read more about the survey findings in a piece by Jessyca Sheehan and Matt George in yesterday's @capitolweekly.bsky.social. capitolweekly.net/shifting-exp...

If we have learned anything over the past several years, it’s that controversy brings eyeballs. And that may have been the plan all along with the This is Gavin Newsom podcast. @paulmitche11.bsky.social offers the CA120 analysis: capitolweekly.net/ca-120-is-ne...

Where do staffers, lobbyists, political consultants and others who work in state politics get their news? @calmatters.org and @politico.com are the community’s most turned-to news sources, followed by @sacbee.com, @latimes.com and Capitol Morning Report. #caleg capitolweekly.net/capitol-week...

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Longtime political columnist Dan Walters joins us to talk about his 50 years covering CA politics. Walters started that beat in 1975 – just months after Jerry Brown was sworn in for his first term as Governor. #caleg capitolweekly.net/dan-walters-...

Hollywood often portrays lobbyists as collusive dealmakers, but Ray LeBov sees the profession differently. In the How-to-Lobby seminars he teaches that it's not about twisting arms, but being prepared, strategic & honest. capitolweekly.net/capitol-spot...

Last month, a bipartisan group of CA senators including Sen. pro Tem Mike McGuire introduced SB 581, which would ensure that all cal Fire engines, helitack bases, and vegetation management crews would be fully operational 365 days per year. #caleg capitolweekly.net/a-new-push-f...

This is simply unreal. Incompetence of the highest order. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...

New poll: Where does the Capitol community get its news? Newspapers, particularly @sacbee.com & @latimes.com are still widely read around the Capitol, but they’ve been usurped by newer online brands like @calmatters.org & @politico.com. capitolweekly.net/capitol-week...

Where does the CA Capitol community gets news? We asked the question, you answered. @capitolweekly.bsky.social capitolweekly.net/capitol-week...

Gavin Newsom sees 10-point net drop in favorability since launching his podcast. Survey finds "the podcast only made 13% of voters have an improved perception of the Governor, with 26% saying that it harmed their perception."

By the time you read this you might have already found the new Capitol Weekly Insiders Survey in your text or inbox. We hope these surveys will offer the Capitol community a chance to quickly and anonymously share their thoughts on issues that matter capitolweekly.net/introducing-...

This shouldn't need saying but apparently it does: Canada and Mexico are not our enemies.

Musk claims Social Security is a "gigantic magnet to attract illegal immigrants." In fact, immigrants here illegally do not collect Social Security. But they pay $25.7 billion a year into it, a recent study found, so these undocumented workers are actually subsidizing Americans.

We polled CA voters to ask what they think about a podcast by the Governor, how they receive political coverage, and, if they thought politicians should be going straight to voters in a podcast format or use more traditional media. @paulmitche11.bsky.social in CW capitolweekly.net/ca120-gavin-...

Some people just ain't no damned good... apnews.com/article/trum...

I’ll bet some Democratic strategist told Newsom that Dems need to engage more like this to counter the right wing echo chamber. Nah. You wind up platforming a racist and worse, you’ll wind up saying some shit that make a bunch of white supremacists go, see Newsom likes/agrees with Charlie Kirk!