๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎโ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Timothy N. Machin was a political powerhouse in his era, serving as both California's 10th Lieutenant Governor and 14th Speaker of the State Assembly...
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Assemblymember Bruce Sumner died eight years ago today. When I first began reaching out to former legislators for Capitol Weekly, Sumner was high on the list of those I most hoped to interview.
Betty Yee is THE TOP VOTE GETTER in California history, either man or woman.ย No governor has even earned more votes.
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ASM Alvarez is someone who everyone could learn something from.
That's beautiful!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐
Today would have been the 86th birthday of Assemblymember Margaret E. Snyder. It has been 32 years since Snyder finished her first and only term in the Legislature...
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
In late January, I had the opportunity to join some of my co-workers at a legislative research fair co-hosted by the UC Student and Policy Center and the California State Libraryโs California Research Bureau (CRB)...
A notable tidbit about Senator Choi's SB1040... by my count, that was the 120,000th regular session Senate Bill in California history.
Ooh. Historians you say?
๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: ๐ง๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
History is fascinating because it operates on two deeply engaging levels at once: the personal and the universal. On one hand, it is filled with vivid human stories, ambition, courage, personal failings....
Join the authors of the California Capitol Cocktail Trivia Book (@chrismicheli.bsky.social, @ca-parliamentarian.bsky.social, and yours truly) for a book-signing event at Cafรฉ a Cote, 1201 K Street this Thursday (February 12th) at 5:30 pm.
๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
Last week, @senatorashby.bsky.social (D-Sacramento) introduced Senate Resolution 74 to add two new standing committees to the State Senate.
cc: @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป
The story of the California Legislature is a long one, and as I've researched its history over the years, I have found it helpful to approach it in bite-size pieces of a decade at a time.
I like that the older maps referred to it as The Great Central Valley. I feel like the size and greatness of the valley are just as noteworthy as it's location in the state.
Packed podcast: @ca-parliamentarian.bsky.social @chrismicheli.bsky.social and @alexvassar.bsky.social join us to talk Capitol trivia - then we're joined by @sacstatelibrary.bsky.social President @drlukewood.bsky.social Plus, Who had the Worst Week in CA politics?
capitolweekly.net/capitol-triv...
This might be the sort of thing @alexvassar.bsky.social would be interested in?
I don't know I'm terrible at self-promotion.
I like it!
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ!
December 15 will be the State Legislatureโs birthday and, in many ways, thatโs the birthday for California state government, too.
It has been a while since we had a #CALeg bill on "fandango houses"
The new California State Capitol Trivia Book (by Chris Micheli, Brian Ebbert, and Alex Vassar dives into the politics, procedure, and personalities that make California such an interesting place. Also... reasonably priced for the policy nerd on your Christmas list ๐
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G38GRKSD
Fun Fact: California State Senator James C. Miller (who represented Mariposa in the 1851 #CALeg session) listed his occupation as "Gold Digger" ๐
No, not in the modern sense.
๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐
Several weeks ago, there was a spirited debate over the federal government's decision to fire artillery shells over a California highway during a demonstration...
I have added a new symbol to the 2026 candidate list. I'm adding the ๐
ด character to indicate a non-incumbent candidate who has been ๐
ดndorsed by the current officeholder. That info doesn't tell you everything, but it also doesn't tell you nothing.. far from irrelevant.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐
While looking through the list of bills that were chaptered in 2025, I found one that brought back a lot of memories. Assemblyman Tom Lackey's AB 486 added the โKey programming deviceโ and the โSignal extenderโ to the list of burglary tools found in Penal Code...
Way late in the day to post this, I know, but wanted to remind you all of George Stoneman who was a Union General in the Civil War, became the highest-ranking prisoner of war held by the Confederates, and then came west and served as Governor of California.
Log in to our law program! Register at libraryca.libcal.com/event/15008870 and the recording will be uploaded to our YouTube Channel afterwards. #libraries #law
Fun Fact: Had she run for reelection and won, Nancy Pelosi would have become the longest serving Member of Congress in California history on June 3, 2027.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐-๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
In early October, I participated in the annual Sacramento Archives Crawl, where the California State Library, State Archives, Center for Sacramento History, and the Sacramento Room at the downtown library showcase their collections for the public to explore.
For those keeping track at home, the new maps (once the election is certified) will officially be the 16th time CA has been divided into Congressional districts. The first time was in 1864, when we shifted away from at-large statewide representation in Congress.
#CAPolitics #ProTip: The most interesting website in California politics changed at 9 pm.
11/4 - electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/ball...
11/5 - www.fec.gov/data/filings...
