Today's episode is part 1 of a panel discussion recorded live at the Sterling Hotel in Sacramento, California. The panel, which is part of the McGeorge Capital Center for Law & Policy's annual Mike Belote Endowed Capital Lecture series, is on Journalism in the Era of Fake News.

Today's episode is part 1 of a panel discussion recorded live at the Sterling Hotel in Sacramento, California. The panel, which is part of the McGeorge Capital Center for Law & Policy's annual Mike Belote Endowed Capital Lecture series, is on Journalism in the Era of Fake News.

This week we talk with Jacquie Marroquin of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and John Finley of CALCASA about their organizations' joint ask for $50 million in California's budget for sexual assault and domestic violence programs. They tell us how that process turned out for them - and while the title of today's show betrays the overall outcome, it doesn't spoil the details.

And since this show is all about the California state budget, we also have McGeorge Capital Lawyering adjunct professor Chris Micheli on the show today to talk about lobbying the state budget.

This week we talk with Jacquie Marroquin of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and John Finley of CALCASA about their organizations' joint ask for $50 million in California's budget for sexual assault and domestic violence programs. They tell us how that process turned out for them - and while the title of today's show betrays the overall outcome, it doesn't spoil the details.

And since this show is all about the California state budget, we also have McGeorge Capital Lawyering adjunct professor Chris Micheli on the show today to talk about lobbying the state budget.

This week we talk with McGeorge School of Law Professor, and elections expert, Mary-Beth Moylan, about how California got a Top Two primary system and how that system works compared to closed primaries in other states. We also talk with Democratic consultant Brian Brokaw about how the Top Two primary has changed how campaigns reach out to voters.

This week we talk with McGeorge School of Law Professor, and elections expert, Mary-Beth Moylan, about how California got a Top Two primary system and how that system works compared to closed primaries in other states. We also talk with Democratic consultant Brian Brokaw about how the Top Two primary has changed how campaigns reach out to voters.

On today's show we talk with Assembly Member James Gallagher about the Oroville Dam spillway crisis in 2017, some of the factors that led to it, and what he is working on now in the Legislature in response to the crisis.

On today's show we talk with Assembly Member James Gallagher about the Oroville Dam spillway crisis in 2017, some of the factors that led to it, and what he is working on now in the Legislature in response to the crisis.

On today's episode we'll be exploring a bill that's been mentioned in a few previous episodes, AB 931. The bill would change the use of force standard in California from reasonable to necessary. To help explain the bill itself and what that change would mean in practical terms, we talked to the bill's author, Assembly Member Shirley Weber.

On legislation like this - legislation that would make a noticeable impact on how folks go about doing their job on a day to day basis, it's to be expected that the affected groups are going to try to influence the shape and outcome of that legislation. And to explain how groups do that and which pressure points they consider to influence legislation, we talk to veteran lobbyist and adjunct professor in McGeorge School of Law's Capital Lawyering program, Chris Micheli.

On today's episode we'll be exploring a bill that's been mentioned in a few previous episodes, AB 931. The bill would change the use of force standard in California from reasonable to necessary. To help explain the bill itself and what that change would mean in practical terms, we talked to the bill's author, Assembly Member Shirley Weber.

On legislation like this - legislation that would make a noticeable impact on how folks go about doing their job on a day to day basis, it's to be expected that the affected groups are going to try to influence the shape and outcome of that legislation. And to explain how groups do that and which pressure points they consider to influence legislation, we talk to veteran lobbyist and adjunct professor in McGeorge School of Law's Capital Lawyering program, Chris Micheli.