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Posted: Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast, recorded live at Capitol Weekly’s conference HEALTH CARE IN CALIFORNIA, which was held in Sacramento on Thursday, October 3, 2024. This is PANEL 3 – IMPACT OF BUDGET CUTS. Panelists: Jess Bartholow, SEIU California; Michelle Cabrera, County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California; Beth Capell, Health Access California; Scott Graves, California Budget and Policy Center. Moderated by Kristen Hwang of Calmatters.

Capitol Weekly Podcast: While most political junkies have their eyes on DC in the wake of Donald Trump’s successful bid to return to the White House, California Target Book co-editor Robb Korinke joined us for a look south, where Los Angeles voters delivered a seismic shift to the region’s politics, passing Measure G, which expands the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from five members to nine, and Charter Amendment DD, which creates an independent redistricting commission for the city. https://lnkd.in/g3w6VWgM

While state lawmakers and local government electeds have been complaining about the Governor’s more aggressive actions on cleaning up homeless encampments, polls indicate that the voters are on his side. Paul Mitchell in Capitol Weekly

Latest episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast presents a discussion of Proposition 32, which would raise California’s Minimum Wage. The “Yes” side was presented by Saru Jayaraman of One Fair Wage. The “No” side was presented by Jot Condie of the California Restaurant Association. The moderator was Phil Willon of the Los Angeles Times.

New Capitol Weekly Podcast: Last year the Alameda County Board of Supervisors passed a law that criminalized spectating at the sideshows. How do journalists and street safety activists engage? Oaklandside reporter Jose Fermoso joined a lawsuit to upend the policy.

Today is the Big Day of Giving – where Sacramento steps up to support their favorite nonprofits. And this year, we need your help. Financial support for journalism organizations has declined steeply in the Post-Pandemic era. Inflation and uncertainty about the economy have led to lower revenues for both for-profit and nonprofit publishers. Many publications have had to cut staff and eliminate projects in the past year. So far, Capitol Weekly has been lucky - like most journalism orgs, our revenue dropped last year, but we have kept our staffing levels, and continued to produce programs like Capitol Weekly, The Roundup, California Conferences, The Capitol Weekly Podcast, and our Public Policy Journalism Internship. We even added new features like The Micheli Minute and Rising Stars. Open California, the 501c3 nonprofit publisher of Capitol Weekly is taking part in this year’s Big Day of Giving - we hope you will consider supporting us today. None of our programs would be possible without the support of people like you who believe in the value of public policy journalism. And, all donations (up to $2500) we receive during this year's Big Day of Giving campaign will be matched by a generous grant from one of our longterm supporters, the Tribal Alliance of Sovereign Nations. We hope you will help us make the most of this incredible offer! At Capitol Weekly, our mission is to create original, in-depth coverage of current policy and political issues, and engage our audience through both online and offline mediums. Your donation is crucial to helping us continue. We're hoping to make this our best Big Day of Giving ever! - your donation of any size will help us get there. Please help us make our goal! https://lnkd.in/gybWcmhB

Capitol Weekly Podcast: Is the use of NDAs as sinister as critics make out? Former Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg argues that confidentiality agreements are a key part of building trust in sensitive legislative negotiations between diametrically opposed parties – and are sometimes the only way to get warring sides to the table. https://lnkd.in/eX2zuyMZ

Capitol Weekly presents COVERING CALIFORNIA: The Future of Journalism in the Golden State, Thursday, May 30, 2024. Attend in person, or via Zoom. Journalism as an industry is undergoing a massive transformation. Local news is being decimated, with an average of 2.5 newspapers closing each week in 2023. Since 2005 the US has lost nearly 2900 newspapers. Online news sites have emerged, but in limited numbers and greatly varying quality. California has seen a number of innovative approaches to the problem, including nonprofit news models and legislative proposals to support the industry. What does the future of journalism look like? Three panels of experts will examine these issues and potential solutions. Senator Steve Glazer will deliver the Keynote.

It might be a bit of an understatement to say the November 5 election is clouded by uncertainty. But there is one thing we know for certain: two years after the most expensive ballot campaign in U.S. history, California voters will not be considering another sports betting measure in 2024. Two more proposed sports wagering initiatives were submitted to the Attorney General’s office last fall. But the effort was abandoned, ensuring that the issue will not come before voters this year, according to tribal leaders.

The California Capitol in less than 60 seconds - it's the debut of the #MicheliMinute, featuring our own Chris Micheli