Chris Micheli Archives - California Globe

Understanding the California Legislative Process

May 14, 2020 2:23 amMay 13, 2020 10:36 pm

Sacramento Lobbyist, attorney and California Globe contributor Chris Micheli has written and compiled many legislative process articles over the years, and has now turned them into a textbook. Micheli, who is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University...

California State Agencies and Their Role in Public Policy

September 16, 2019 2:25 amSeptember 15, 2019 9:16 pm

California’s agencies, as well as the departments, boards and commissions under them, engage in a tremendous amount of public policymaking through both the rule making process, and their interpretation and enforcement of existing statutes and regulations. These agencies are the...

California Legislature Introduces 2,576 New Bills for 2019

February 25, 2019 3:05 pmFebruary 26, 2019 2:38 pm

Over the last week, another 1,556 bills were introduced in the California Legislature — 1,108 Assembly bills and 448 Senate bills — for a total of 2,576 bill introductions through last Friday’s deadline, according to Chris Micheli, a partner in...

Using Letters to the Daily Journals for Determining Legislative Intent

February 4, 2019 6:48 amFebruary 4, 2019 6:49 am

One method to help ascertain the legislative intent behind a specified measure is a letter that is published in the Assembly Daily Journal or the Senate Daily Journal by the bill’s author. These letters, for which there are many each...