Capitol-Updates
CAPITOL UPDATE #11 – March 20, 2025
As we discussed in our 2024 Capitol Update #43, ActBlue, the Democratic Fundraising website, has been of interest in trying to determine where the donations are coming from.
CAPITOL UPDATE #10 – March 13, 2025
ENERGY SB 13, as amended, Grove (R). Oil and gas. Existing law, the Petroleum Industry Information Reporting Act of 1980, requires refiners, as described, to report monthly to the State Energy Resources Conservation
CAPITOL UPDATE #9 – March 6, 2025
SB 12, as amended on 02/27/2025, Gonzalez (D). State government: Immigrant and Refugee Affairs Agency: Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs. Existing law designates 8 agencies in state government and requires the secretary of an agency to be generally responsible...
CAPITOL UPDATE #8 – February 27, 2025
AB11 (Lee) The Social Housing Act – Existing law creates a housing authority in each county or city, which functions upon the adoption of a specified resolution by the relevant governing body.
CAPITOL UPDATE #20 – February 20, 2025
IN THE NEWS (LOOTING) AB 271, as introduced, Hoover (R), January 22, 2025. Crimes: looting. Existing law defines the crime of burglary, which consists of entering specified buildings, places, or vehicles with the intent to commit grand or petty theft or a felony.
CAPITOL UPDATE #6 – February 13, 2025
MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET. 2025 BUDGET FOR EDUCATION Under Proposition 98 which sets the minimum the State can allocate to schools, the budget includes $137 billion ($83 billion from the general fund and $54 billion other funds) for all TK-12 education programs.
CAPITOL UPDATE #5 – February 6, 2025
In this week's review we set up short informational page on President Trump's cabinet members as they stand today.
CAPITOL UPDATE #4 – January 30, 2025
MORE ON THE CALIFORNIA BUDGET. HOUSING – The draft budget does not provide any new funding for housing programs. Instead, the Governor is proposing another bureaucratic expansion with the creation of a new agency, the California Housing and Homelessness Agency.
CAPITOL UPDATE #3 – January 23, 2025
FIRST AND FOREMOST, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP. On to California. THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S BUDGET. Governor Newsom released his 2025 budget plan by the required deadline.
CAPITOL UPDATE #2 – January 16, 2025
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE SCHEDULE REFRESHER The legislative schedule is as follows. Hopefully, this will help clarify the process. There truly is some order to what they do, but sometimes it does not seem that way.
CAPITOL UPDATE #1 – January 9, 2025
Many bills were passed and signed into law in 2024 but will not take effect until 2026 or beyond. We will continue to highlight the ones affecting us now and bring to the forefront new ones that we can support or fight in the future.
CAPITOL UPDATE #49 – December 19, 2024
December Activity in California Congress. More than 150 bills have already been introduced with plans for committee hearings in January 2025. Following up on the California Coastal Commission issue with Elon Musk, covered in Capitol Update #42:
