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Nonpartisan, nonprofit news outfit targeting California government and politics. Editor Rich Ehisen. What could possibly go wrong? https://capitolweekly.net
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 8h
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.
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California Votes: Proposition 50 - October 14, 2025 - Capitol Weekly
Join Capitol Weekly, CalMatters, and the University of California Student and Policy Center for: . California Votes: Proposition 50 Should Californians support mid-decade redistricting? . October 14, ...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 8h
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.
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California Votes: Proposition 50 - October 14, 2025 - Capitol Weekly
Join Capitol Weekly, CalMatters, and the University of California Student and Policy Center for: . California Votes: Proposition 50 Should Californians support mid-decade redistricting? . October 14, ...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 12h
We sat down with @thewallner.bsky.social of @healthaccess.bsky.social, a consumer advocacy coalition that advocates for more accessible, equitable, affordable, quality health care for all Californians, to talk about the impact of impending federal budget cuts.
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Q&A: Health Access Exec. Dir. Amanda McAllister-Wallner - Capitol Weekly
We sat down recently with Amanda McAllister-Wallner, Executive Director of Health Access California, a consumer advocacy coalition that advocates for more accessible, equitable, affordable, quality he...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 1d
Proposition 50 would require CA to use new congressional district maps. On October 14, proponents from each side will offer arguments in a debate moderated by @wordsmith24.bsky.social of Capitol Weekly & @jwilliamsjourno.bsky.social of @calmatters.org
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California Votes: Proposition 50 - October 14, 2025 - Capitol Weekly
Join Capitol Weekly, CalMatters, and the University of California Student and Policy Center for: . California Votes: Proposition 50 Should Californians support mid-decade redistricting? . October 14, ...
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Health Access California @healthaccess.bsky.social · 7d
We’re at the annual Health Care conference hosted by @capitolweekly.bsky.social. Our @thewallner.bsky.social joined @jodihicks.bsky.social of @ppactionca.bsky.social, @mirandadz.bsky.social of @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social, & more to discuss the devastating impact of H.R. 1 on our health care access.
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 1d
Leadership drama in California's upper house: @byrobinepley.bsky.social joined @wordsmith24.bsky.social to discuss Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics... segment starts at 38:15
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Special Episode: Health Care - Interview with Dr. S. Monica Soni of Covered California - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center presented A Conference on Health Care on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 in Sacramento. In today's episode ...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 2d
“I think I would be remiss if I didn’t say that the subsidies will be $2.5 billion gone. But, thank you to the state of California, $190 million are available to try to close some of that gap” – Dr. S. Monica Soni, @coveredca.bsky.social

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Special Episode: Health Care - Interview with Dr. S. Monica Soni of Covered California - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center presented A Conference on Health Care on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 in Sacramento. In today's episode ...
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Health Access California @healthaccess.bsky.social · 2d
In the debate over H.R. 1, Republicans tried to frame the bill as kicking off the 26-y/o living in their mother’s basement, but in reality, H.R. 1 is a “de facto repeal of the ACA expansion,” @thewallner.bsky.social said at @ucstudentpolicy.bsky.social & @capitolweekly.bsky.social 's conference.
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 5d
On Wednesday Capitol Weekly & the UC Student and Policy Center presented Health Care in California, which tackled President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” & its impact on patients, medical research, hospitals & overall access to healthcare across the state
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Health care in crisis: Capitol Weekly conference recap - Capitol Weekly
On Wednesday Capitol Weekly and The University of California Student and Policy Center presented the Health Care in California Conference, which tackled President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,”...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 2d
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.
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Special Episode: Health Care - Interview with Dr. S. Monica Soni of Covered California - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center presented A Conference on Health Care on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 in Sacramento. In today's episode we present the Keynote: A conversation between Dr. S. Monica Soni of Covered California and Capitol Weekly Editor Rich Ehisen. Stick around til the end; Rich and special guest Robin Epley of the Sacramento Bee tell you Who Had the Worst Week in California Politics.
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 5d
On Wednesday Capitol Weekly & the UC Student and Policy Center presented Health Care in California, which tackled President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” & its impact on patients, medical research, hospitals & overall access to healthcare across the state
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Health care in crisis: Capitol Weekly conference recap - Capitol Weekly
On Wednesday Capitol Weekly and The University of California Student and Policy Center presented the Health Care in California Conference, which tackled President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,”...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 8d
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:
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Capitol Briefs: The race to the finish begins - Capitol Weekly
We're entering the final two weeks of the gubernatorial signing session and Gavin Newsom has over 700 bills to act upon. Here are a few high profile measures he signed this week, a few more bills folk...
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Jennifer Fearing @jenniferfearing.bsky.social · 8d
Tagging @calnonprofits.bsky.social!
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 8d
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Lobbyist @jenniferfearing.bsky.social joined us to talk about the perilous environment many nonprofits have found themselves in and what can be done to help stabilize the industry. Does CA need a "GoBiz" for NonProfits? #caleg

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Nonprofits, puppy mills, a "giant mess" and more, with Jennifer Fearing - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Host Rich Ehisen is back from the wilderness, just in time to welcome lobbyist Jennifer Fearing. High on her priority list this session were three bills that would curtail "pup...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 8d
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Lobbyist @jenniferfearing.bsky.social joined us to talk about the perilous environment many nonprofits have found themselves in and what can be done to help stabilize the industry. Does CA need a "GoBiz" for NonProfits? #caleg

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Nonprofits, puppy mills, a "giant mess" and more, with Jennifer Fearing - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Host Rich Ehisen is back from the wilderness, just in time to welcome lobbyist Jennifer Fearing. High on her priority list this session were three bills that would curtail "pup...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 9d
[email protected] has signed #SB53, the Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act, by
@scottwiener.bsky.social. Here Wiener speaks about the legislation which puts guardrails on the development of frontier artificial intelligence models
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Senator Scott Wiener: California and AI - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: On July 8, Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center presented California and AI, a daylong look at the Golden State's approach to regulating Ar...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 9d
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Lobbyist @JenniferFearing.bsky.social represents many nonprofits & animal rights orgs. High priority for her this session were 3 “puppy mill” bills: SB312, AB519 & AB506. She spoke with us about those bills and the environment for nonprofits
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Nonprofits, puppy mills, a "giant mess" and more, with Jennifer Fearing - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Host Rich Ehisen is back from the wilderness, just in time to welcome lobbyist Jennifer Fearing. High on her priority list this session were three bills that would curtail "pup...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 13d
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Prop 50 will decide whether or not CA will adopt new congressional district maps to offset Texas and other red states' mid-decade redistricting. We spoke with @paulmitche11.bsky.social, the CA data guru who drew the state's new proposed maps
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Mapmaker Paul Mitchell on California's emergency redistricting proposal - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Governor Newsom and Democratic allies announced Thursday that they will propose a constitutional amendment — The Election Rigging Response Act — to counter Texas and other Red ...
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Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social · 16d
CA's Insurance Commissioner is targeting a financial model used by @consumerwatchdog.bsky.social. Response? “Other than insurance industry, nobody is complaining...People don’t come up to me in the street and say, ‘You greedy !@#...’” capitolweekly.net/lara-proposa... via @capitolweekly.bsky.social
Lara proposal targets a beleaguered Consumer Watchdog - Capitol Weekly
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Friday proposed regulations that seek to strike at a financial model employed by Consumer Watchdog, the crusading consumer advocacy organization that has ...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 16d
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Host Rich Ehisen is on vacation, so original CW Podcast Host John Howard joins us in the studio for a look at a laundry list of Worst Week candidates.
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A quick hit: Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics? - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Host Rich Ehisen is on vacation, so original CW Podcast Host John Howard joins Tim Foster in the studio to chat about the news and his life post-Capitol Weekly. We also look at...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 19d
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
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Lara proposal targets a beleaguered Consumer Watchdog - Capitol Weekly
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced Friday proposed regulations that seek to strike at a financial model employed by Consumer Watchdog, the crusading consumer advocacy organization that has ...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19d
Breaking news: A federal judge in Tampa struck down President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, saying the 85-page complaint was “decidedly improper and impermissible” under the rules governing civil proceedings in federal court.
Judge strikes down Trump’s $15 billion suit against the New York Times
A federal judge in Tampa dismissed President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, calling it improper. Judge Steven D. Merryday allowed a new complaint to be filed within 28 days.
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 19d
Capitol Weekly Podcast: Former Asm. Mike Gatto
joined us for a wide-ranging conversation on redistricting, Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party, the diminished role of legislative bodies, his father's brutal murder, and Prop. 36

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Ancient history (and much, much more) with Mike Gatto - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Author, podcaster, gadfly and former Assemblymember Mike Gatto joins us to talk about the state of politics, Roman history, and the experience of being a crime victim... plus s...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 21d
When @bauerkahan.bsky.social began experiencing severe brain fog, she grew frightened about what could be wrong. After three doctors told her she was fine, it was a recommendation from a friend over lunch that led her to a menopause specialist. #caleg
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Is second time the charm for Bauer-Kahan’s menopause education bill? - Capitol Weekly
When Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) began experiencing severe brain fog, she grew frightened about what could be wrong. After three doctors told her she was fine, it was a recommendatio...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 21d
“Newsom recognizes that the Democrats are looking for a fighter,” said Dan Schnur... who now teaches political communications at UC Berkeley and USC. “...even if they disagree with him on plenty of other things they’re completely with him on fighting Trump”
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Redistricting effort reveals how politics is evolving - Capitol Weekly
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting push – and the similar action in Texas that begat California’s effort – illustrates that in American politics today none of the old rules seem to apply. How else woul...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 22d
Who had the Worst Week in California Politics? One hint: "Woof!"

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Ancient history (and much, much more) with Mike Gatto - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Author, podcaster, gadfly and former Assemblymember Mike Gatto joins us to talk about the state of politics, Roman history, and the experience of being a crime victim... plus s...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 22d
Capitol Weekly Podcast: Former Asm. Mike Gatto joined us for a wide-ranging convo on redistricting, Bernie Sanders, the Democratic Party, the diminishing role of legislative bodies, his father's brutal murder, and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
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Ancient history (and much, much more) with Mike Gatto - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Author, podcaster, gadfly and former Assemblymember Mike Gatto joins us to talk about the state of politics, Roman history, and the experience of being a crime victim... plus s...
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 22d
California would see the creation of a $23 billion state research agency under legislation proposed late last week, a new enterprise that could threaten the existence of the state’s 20-year-old stem cell and gene therapy program.
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$23 Billion Scientific Research Program Proposed in California - Capitol Weekly
California would see the creation of a $23 billion state research agency under legislation proposed late last week, a new enterprise that could threaten the existence of the state’s 20-year-old stem c...
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