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PODCAST: On July 8, Capitol Weekly and the University of California Student and Policy Center presented California and AI, a ...

At the latest Capitol Weekly-University of California Student and Policy Center conference this week, “California and AI,” ...

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Questions have often been raised about why there are so many trailer bills needed as part of the budget process in California. The number has grown over the past couple of decades and this has been a ...

In California, court hearings are regularly held without a verbatim or near-verbatim record ever being created. Some legal advocates say that’s a violation of basic constitutional protections and ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's new podcast has sent shockwaves through California's political world. But is there more to Newsom's efforts than meets the eye?

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In practice, he added, “I generally use their first names.” Established in 1998, four years after he created a similar drug treatment court, Manley’s behavioral health court was the first such court ...