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Tag: assembly

Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives a press conference in the capitol following the passage of her bill AB 392 which would limit the use of deadly force by police in California on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Next secretary of state aims to teach Californians “how fragile the democracy is”

Avatar by Ben Christopher January 5, 2021January 4, 2021

Seventy years ago, sharecroppers David and Mildred Nash refused to back down in a dispute with a white farmer, and fled from a lynch mob in Hope, Arkansas. With their 2-year-old daughter in tow, they found a new home out west in a place so different her grandfather, who would die without ever being able […]

Will Gov. Newsom patch up the Local Control Funding Formula for schools?

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 5, 2021January 4, 2021
Assemblymember Shirley Weber on opening day of the 2020 legislative session.

Substantive representation requires Black and Brown leaders

Avatar by Guest Commentary December 29, 2020December 29, 2020

A new era of clean transportation requires new leadership on the Assembly’s Transportation Committee

Avatar by Guest Commentary October 15, 2020October 15, 2020
A multi-family home in Oakland on Sept. 2, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Democratic squabbling doomed California’s ‘Year of housing production.’ What will happen in 2021?

Avatar by Matt Levin September 11, 2020September 15, 2020
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks walks across the floor during a vote carrying her 1-month-old baby on Aug. 31, 2020. Wicks was not permitted to vote remotely despite having a newborn. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Nail-biter for family leave bill reveals tough realities for working moms

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall September 2, 2020September 2, 2020
Assemblymember Mike Gipson wears a face mask with the words California Safe, as he addresses the Assembly during a committee of the whole, a parliamentary process held for the first time in 25 years to question Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration’s plan to fill an estimated $54.3 budget deficit created by the effects of the coronavirus. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli, AP Photo/Pool

Assembly to Newsom: Don’t count on feds to rescue California from deep budget cuts

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall May 26, 2020June 1, 2020
California grocery workers hope the state adopts a new rule making it easier for essential workers like them to receive workers' comp benefits if they contract COVID-19. This masked worker stocks produce at Gus's Community Market in San Francisco. Photo by Ben Margot, AP Photo

Governor’s quandary: Who should get California workers’ comp benefits for COVID-19?

Barbara Feder Ostrov by Barbara Feder Ostrov April 26, 2020April 26, 2020
Lawmakers of both parties complain that bills that are objectionable—or just inconvenient—for powerful Democratic lawmakers have been dying in the Assembly without even a hearing. Photo of the California Assembly via Creative Commons.

How powerful lawmakers are killing California bills—without a peep

Avatar by Laurel Rosenhall April 30, 2019June 23, 2020

Basketball, bill failures, errant judges and $4-a-gallon gasoline

Dan Morain by Dan Morain April 26, 2019

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