Advocacy

Below is a Legislative Update from Capitol Advisors Group (CAG). This week, there were two important developments on the Career Technical Education...

The Legislature returned to work last Monday and we’ve reviewed the first week of bill introductions to find mental health, LCFF, and paid...

Please see the budget update from Capitol Advisors Group below: We've reviewed and analyzed Governor Gavin Newsom's 2020-21 Budget Proposal sent to...

As you know, the most important fiscal news prior to the introduction of the Governor's Budget in January each year is the non-partisan Legislative...

Sunday at midnight was the deadline for the Governor to act on the hundreds of bills on his desk. As a follow up to bills we highlighted at the end...

Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 328 (Portantino, D – La Cañada Flintridge) into law. The "school start time bill," as it has...

With just days remaining in the 2019 legislative session, a bill to place two school facilities bonds before voters has been parked by legislative...

The Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees met today to consider hundreds of bills on their Suspense Files. The Suspense File is where bills...

Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach), legislative leadership, representatives from teacher and...

A high-profile bill to mandate middle and high school start times across California appears to have a potential path to becoming law. Senator...

Friday marked the deadline for policy committees in both houses of the Legislature to meet and act on bills. Any bill that has not moved through its...

Assembly Bill 1505 by Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell (D – Long Beach), which would enact reforms to charter school law, moved out of...