{"id":299179,"date":"2023-05-04T05:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=299179"},"modified":"2023-05-03T20:15:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T03:15:13","slug":"california-legislature-trips-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/politics\/2023\/05\/california-legislature-trips-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"How free trips for California legislators lead to bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background calmatters-summary\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"has-small-font-size calmatters-summary-heading\"><strong>In summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"calmatters-summary-content\">Members of the California Legislature took nearly $1 million worth of trips sponsored by interest groups in 2022. The California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy accounted for 40% of the travel spending. Over the years, some of its trips led to legislation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<p>After touring Portland and Seattle in 2020 to research waste disposal, state Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/legislator-tracker\/benjamin-allen-1978\/\">Ben Allen<\/a>, a Santa Monica Democrat, successfully carried a measure to restrict which plastics can <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2021\/08\/california-recycling-single-use-plastic\/\">bear the triangular arrow recycling symbol<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of a study trip to Japan in November, Assemblymember <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/legislator-tracker\/devon-mathis-1982\/\">Devon Mathis<\/a>, a Visalia Republican, introduced a bill this year, which failed in committee, that would have required the state to <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB65\">procure more electricity<\/a> from nuclear power plants instead of natural gas facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And inspired by a visit to Portugal two years ago to learn about offshore wind farms, Assemblymember <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/legislator-tracker\/laura-friedman-1966\/\">Laura Friedman<\/a>, a Glendale Democrat, is pursuing legislation this session to <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB914\">streamline the approval<\/a> of electrical infrastructure projects such as new transmission lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI came back and sat down with the utilities and said, \u2018What do I need to do so that it doesn&#8217;t take you two to five years to upgrade a substation to be able to put in charging, for instance, or to bring clean energy?\u2019\u201d Friedman told CalMatters. \u201cThat came directly out of that trip.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these tours were organized and paid for by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/about\">California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy<\/a>, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that for the past four decades has been taking legislators and other state officials on free trips to learn about policy issues \u2014 trips funded and attended by representatives of companies and interest groups with business before the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundation\u2019s study tours and conferences \u2014 which take place everywhere from Napa to the Netherlands, Lake Tahoe to Iceland \u2014 are by far the biggest source of sponsored travel that lawmakers annually report. They accounted for about 40% of the nearly $1 million in trips that California legislators took in 2022, according to a CalMatters analysis of their statements of economic interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundation organizes several two-day policy conferences across California each year, but it gets more attention for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/intl-study-projects\">lengthier study trips to international destinations<\/a>, including Mexico, Switzerland and France, Chile, Germany and the Czech Republic, Australia and Singapore over the past decade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, 32 of the state\u2019s 120 legislators, from both parties, attended at least one study trip or conference hosted by the foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These events, which can cost tens of thousands of dollars per legislator for international trips, are funded through membership fees paid by CFEE\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/board-of-directors\">board of directors<\/a> \u2014 92 somewhat strange bedfellows, including major corporations, oil companies, environmental groups, construction trade unions, public utilities and water districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The foundation does not disclose how much it charges board members, though some have publicly shared figures in the tens of thousands of dollars. According to CFEE, no single member contributes more than 2% of its annual budget, which was about $2 million in 2019, the <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/942579986\/04_2021_prefixes_93-94%2F942579986_201912_990_2021040217863933\">most recent tax record<\/a> that is publicly available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"The California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy paid about 40% of the total bill for sponsored trips in 2022\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-etdFH\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/etdFH\/6\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"651\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The trips serve as an influential tool for shaping policymaking at the state Capitol, with lawmakers returning from their far-flung travels with new perspectives and ideas on energy, the environment, water, transportation and housing. CFEE has tracked dozens of bills over the years that resulted directly from experiences on their trips, senior director of research and operations Wyatt Lundy told <a href=\"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/the-california-foundation-on-the-environment-and-the-economy-providing-a-discussion-for-change\/\">Waste Advantage magazine<\/a> last fall. The foundation declined to share that list with CalMatters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sponsored travel also draws regular criticism for giving wealthy interest groups an intimate venue for relationship-building that is beyond the reach of most Californians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m holding a seminar just to provide information and advocate for my policy views, I can do that without spending money,\u201d said Sean McMorris of California Common Cause, a nonprofit that advocates for governance in the public interest. \u201cI can invite them to a webinar or a conference that I don\u2019t pay them to attend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But legislators who attend defend the study tours as educational and serious-minded, with a balance of perspectives from across industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon't go on a CFEE trip if you don\u2019t want to see factories and infrastructure,\u201d Friedman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jay Hansen, president and CEO of the foundation, declined an interview request. In an email, he<strong> <\/strong>stressed that the trips are not designed to pitch legislation, but rather to help lawmakers \u201cbetter understand complex issues, witness best practices, and contemplate policy implications.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCFEE does not create public policy; we do not craft bills or get involved in legislative debates in or outside of the Capitol,\u201d Hansen wrote. \u201cWe hope that our work will lead to specific policy advances \u2014 but the process of making legislation will be a matter taken up by legislators.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unifying political foes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Created in 1979 by labor economist Don Vial and former Gov. Pat Brown, among others, to focus on modernizing the state\u2019s economy and infrastructure, the California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy brings together people who might not normally be at the same political table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Groups that spend a lot of time and money fighting each other often sit side by side \u2014 the vice chairpersons of the board are Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Association, which represents the oil industry, and Katelyn Roedner Sutter, the California state director for the Environmental Defense Fund. Both declined interview requests, as did board secretary Curt Augustine, senior director of state affairs for the Alliance of Automotive Innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an email, Robert Balgenorth, a former president of the State Building and Construction Trades Council who serves as the chairperson of CFEE\u2019s board of directors, said the foundation proves \u201cthe value of bringing together a diverse set of leaders to explore best practices and solutions to some of California\u2019s most vexing environmental and economic challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI firmly believe California is well served by this approach,\u201d he wrote, \u201ca mutual recognition that California succeeds when people, organizations, and political partisans look past their differences and come together with an open mind about our challenges and opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organizations on the board do not plan the conferences or study trips \u2014 \u201cCFEE staff is entrusted to organize and conduct all CFEE events independently of any single member, industry, policy direction or area of concern,\u201d Hansen wrote \u2014 but they do help shape the foundation\u2019s focus and send representatives to its events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has been part of CFEE since 2009 and currently pays $38,000 for its annual membership. Laura Lewis, chief legal officer and general counsel for the community-owned utility, serves as the treasurer of the board and has participated in two study trips since joining in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCFEE allows us the opportunity to engage in thoughtful dialogue with key stakeholders so that we can understand different perspectives and foster collaborative partnerships\u201d as the utility pursues \u201can ambitious goal to eliminate carbon emissions from our power supply by 2030,\u201d Lewis wrote in an email. \u201cIt enables us to educate and align policymakers and other regional leaders on clean energy efforts that provide environmental benefits, drive inclusive economic development, and improve the quality of life for all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Long days, packed schedules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The invitation-only foreign trips, which take place once or twice a year, feature packed schedules of presentations, panels, and on-site tours led by local officials and industry representatives. Days can start at \u201c7 a.m. and you have to be on time until late at night,\u201d said Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/legislator-tracker\/lena-gonzalez-1981\/\">Lena Gonzalez<\/a>, a Long Beach Democrat who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/_files\/ugd\/b68be0_ff16ce83acd44c768492c0cf096df02a.pdf\">went to Iceland<\/a> and Japan last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees said they travel alongside the foundation\u2019s board members, with meals and bus rides often turning into deep policy discussions or even debates between opposing interests. There is also occasional sightseeing and limited free time that lawmakers said allows them to process what they\u2019ve been learning about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An agenda provided by CFEE for its most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/_files\/ugd\/b68be0_8e384d5accf2418db4de726260dc671c.pdf\">study trip to Denmark<\/a> last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/_files\/ugd\/b68be0_98d95e316ff64c6a88739a5bdac688e8.pdf\">with 10 legislators<\/a> showed receptions with the U.S. ambassador and Danish officials; tours of water treatment, heating and biogas facilities and an offshore wind farm; and a day of free time during the weeklong visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trip delegations are deliberately diverse, Hansen said, drawing veteran and rookie lawmakers from across the political spectrum and the state, and about 15 to 20 board members from across industries, depending on the topic of the tour. While legislators must disclose when they accept sponsored travel, the foundation does not publicly report which board members attend the trips. After the publication of this story, it provided a list of the delegation to Denmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legislators said the trips are useful because they see projects and technology up close that they might not have access to in California, which can change their opinion on policy. Gonzalez revised her plans to extend the state\u2019s expiring clean transportation program because of what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/_files\/ugd\/b68be0_91c9d73f9e814982a4c9f1565d647df7.pdf\">she saw in Japan<\/a>, introducing a bill this year to <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB84\">prioritize funding<\/a> for decarbonizing medium- and heavy-duty transportation sectors such as freight and shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"California legislators took nearly $1 million in sponsored trips in 2022\" aria-label=\"Bullet Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-25WwE\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/25WwE\/5\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"559\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Friedman said she attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/_files\/ugd\/b68be0_ff16ce83acd44c768492c0cf096df02a.pdf\">trip to Portugal<\/a> two years ago because she was working on a bill at the time promoting offshore wind energy and she wanted to see turbines in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow can I tell communities that they should have this, how can I go out and try to streamline approvals, without knowing what the impacts are going to be physically?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Friedman, who leads the Assembly transportation committee, also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfee.net\/_files\/ugd\/b68be0_3fedeeccf46d4ca8b4ffed4430949900.pdf\">went to Japan<\/a> in November to learn more about how the country finances its world-famous bullet train. During her free time, she rode the public transit system and explored the train stations, with their shops and restaurants that draw even non-commuters. She said it gave her an \u201cinvaluable\u201d understanding of why public transit is such a hub of civic life in Japan that she never could have learned from a PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mathis said the relationships he has forged \u2014 including with Democratic legislators and with officials in the Newsom administration whom he might otherwise not have met \u2014 have been the greatest benefit. His connection with California Transportation Secretary Toks Omishakin during the Japan trip last year recently came in handy as Mathis\u2019 Central Valley district flooded from heavy winter rainstorms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere was a bunch of high-speed rail dirt down there that we needed to get a hold of to set up an egress route,\u201d Mathis said. \u201cI was able to call him from my cell phone. I sent him a little video like, 'Hey, bro, there's dirt behind me I need.' Right? And within three hours, things are moving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet traveling alongside executives from groups that regularly lobby the Legislature, attendees are keenly aware they are not far removed from the routine advocacy of Sacramento. Someone in the room always has a particular perspective to share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonzalez said she was surprised to be invited on the trips, despite being chairperson of the Senate transportation committee, in part because of previous legislative fights she has had with oil companies, several of which are on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I don\u2019t know why they would invite someone like me,\u201d she said. \u201cI think people would want to say, \u2018With this member, we want our return on investment,\u2019 right? And I don\u2019t know that I provide that in many senses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The appearance of improper influence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunity for influence-peddling on foundation study trips has generated controversy for nearly as long as they have existed \u2014 decades of criticism from government transparency groups about privileged access to elected officials and journalistic investigations into what happens beyond the public eye. On occasion, they even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/politics\/sdut-peters-saldana-accepted-39k-gifts-trips-2012apr06-story.html\">filter into contentious campaigns<\/a>, becoming a way for candidates to hit their opponents for ties to special interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics complain that the sponsored travel amounts to unofficial lobbying, with organizations able to buy precious time with elected officials that others cannot afford, on luxurious tours whose agendas they set.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if the goal is not a specific bill or regulation, attendees are building a familiarity that can serve them down the line, argues McMorris of California Common Cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf a friend comes to you and asks for help, you\u2019re much more inclined to help them than a stranger,\u201d he said. \u201cSo now when you do want to sit down and ask for a favor from this politician, they\u2019re under no obligation to do the favor for you. But it\u2019s human nature, I think, for most of us to seriously listen to someone who is a friend or an acquaintance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In at least one instance, the concerns turned out to be justified. During a 2013 trip to Poland hosted by CFEE, then-California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey secretly met with an executive of Southern California Edison to discuss apportioning costs for the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant. Materials from the undisclosed meeting were discovered during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-search-peevey-home-20150129-story.html\">search of Peevey\u2019s home<\/a> while he was under investigation by the state for improper communications with the utilities he regulated, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/la-fi-watchdog-peevey-20151230-story.html\">potential criminal charges<\/a> were never brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state auditor later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article103583312.html\">dinged the utilities commission<\/a> for allowing its board members to travel at the foundation\u2019s expense, creating \u201cthe appearance of improper influence\u201d in its decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A handful of changes over the years have tightened oversight of sponsored travel. In 2010, the California Fair Political Practices Commission approved a rule limiting the ability of third parties to directly pay for public officials\u2019 travel costs, though it continued to allow the general contributions to nonprofits that fund study trips. Five years later, then-Gov. Jerry Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB21\">signed a bill<\/a> requiring organizations that sponsor travel for elected officials to disclose their major donors and politicians to report the destinations of the trips they accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then-Sen. Jerry Hill, a San Mateo Democrat who served in the Legislature from 2008 to 2020, carried the measure. He said he grew more concerned about sponsored travel after the PG&amp;E pipeline explosion in his district in 2010, which led to a series of revelations about Peevey\u2019s close relationship and extensive travel with companies regulated by the public utilities commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe coziness that\u2019s created by some of these trips\u201d is \u201cvery palpable and really has a long-term effect,\u201d Hill said. \u201cSome legislators, I found that they looked forward to that opportunity, whether it had educational value or not. It was a free trip, a junket. And that is where I think it\u2019s harmful, because then you look to the funders of those trips and become somewhat dependent on them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He did not want to ban sponsored travel, however, and sought instead to increase transparency around funders and attendees because, Hill said, \u201cI do believe there is some educational benefit derived from a trip or a conference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-should-pick-up-the-tab\">Who should pick up the tab?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Legislators who attend the foundation study tours point out that the groups that sponsor the trips also have access to them in Sacramento, whether by requesting meetings in their offices or at fundraisers. Allen said that, as a legislator, many of his daily conversations are with people who want something from him, be it advocates, constituents, unions or corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like you\u2019re going and they have this secret agenda that they\u2019re going to brainwash you on,\u201d agreed Mathis, who argues that, away from the \u201cbubble\u201d of Sacramento, there are actually more in-depth and candid policy discussions than what can happen during committee hearings, with opponents who would not usually connect exposed to each other\u2019s viewpoints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe title=\"In 2022, the California Foundation for the Environment and Economy took 18 legislators on foreign trips\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-3zyvM\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/3zyvM\/1\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"492\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Mathis defended the presence of groups that have business before the Legislature because it allows attendees to learn from experts, ask tough questions and work through issues ahead of time before introducing bills. He said he encourages his Republican colleagues to attend the trips and events because it gives the minority party, which is often sidelined at the Capitol, a chance to have a say on important issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you want to attack me for being part of the discussion, how stupid is that? You don\u2019t want your legislator to be part of the discussion?\u201d he said. \u201cIf you look at my legislative success record compared to other people who don't go on these things, I think it speaks volumes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several lawmakers said the study trips are so valuable, inspiring new perspectives on critical policy and bill ideas, that they should be a regular part of the legislative process, paid for by the state. This does happen on occasion, with working groups from the Senate or Assembly using taxpayer funds to travel abroad to study an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re running the fourth-largest economy in the world, we should be out in the world also, developing relationships with other nations,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cIt should be a required part of our job. I think the state should support it. We don\u2019t. You know, we have to turn to the private sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonzalez said it was \u201cvery unusual\u201d that the trips are not publicly funded. She said she met officials in Iceland and Japan who \u201cwere kind of stunned, like, this is not government paid-for, and you\u2019ve got all these industries here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But not everyone is so sure. 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Other caucuses are bipartisan mostly in name only.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/author\/sameea-kamal\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt='Avatar photo' src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sameea-Kamal.jpg?resize=48%2C48&#038;ssl=1\" srcset='https:\/\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sameea-Kamal-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height=\"48\" width=\"48\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/author\/sameea-kamal\/\">Sameea Kamal<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T05:35:00-07:00\">4\uc6d4 25, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-04-25T10:48:00-07:00\">4\uc6d4 25, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"289117\"\n\t\tclass=\"tag-anthony-rendon tag-california-legislature tag-labor tag-robert-rivas tag-unions category-capitol category-politics type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"min-height: 0vh; padding-top: 0vh;\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/politics\/2023\/02\/california-legislature-rules-for-thee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/120422-SENATE-SWEARING-IN-CM-MHN-11-CM.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Rules for thee: How California Legislature skirts its own laws\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/120422-SENATE-SWEARING-IN-CM-MHN-11-CM.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/120422-SENATE-SWEARING-IN-CM-MHN-11-CM.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/120422-SENATE-SWEARING-IN-CM-MHN-11-CM.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/120422-SENATE-SWEARING-IN-CM-MHN-11-CM.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/120422-SENATE-SWEARING-IN-CM-MHN-11-CM.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure><!-- .featured-image -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/politics\/2023\/02\/california-legislature-rules-for-thee\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rules for thee: How California Legislature skirts its own laws<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>State legislators sometimes exempt themselves from the laws they pass, but this session, they could change course on an emblematic bill: To allow their own staffers to form a union. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/author\/sameea-kamal\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt='Avatar photo' src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sameea-Kamal.jpg?resize=48%2C48&#038;ssl=1\" srcset='https:\/\/calmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sameea-Kamal-96x96.jpg 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height=\"48\" width=\"48\" \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"author-prefix\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_ko\/author\/sameea-kamal\/\">Sameea Kamal<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><!-- .author-name -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2023-02-06T05:30:00-08:00\">2\uc6d4 6, 2023<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2023-02-06T17:21:00-08:00\">2\uc6d4 6, 2023<\/time>\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-wrapper -->\n\t<\/article>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the California Legislature took nearly $1 million worth of trips sponsored by interest groups in 2022. 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