Anchor & Tree, image by Ellie Appleby, Capitol WeeklyAround the Capitol, a walk of just a few blocks can take someone past national chains, longtime Sacramento institutions and an increasingly crowded collection of independent cafes and specialty roasters. For Anchor & Tree Coffee Roasting Co., standing out in that landscape has meant building something that extends beyond what is in the cup.
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Cassidy Denny. Photo by Ellie Appleby, Capitol WeeklyIn California, just 12 of the 135 members sworn into office for the current 2025-2026 legislative session were aged 35 or younger. The average age of California State Assembly members is 49 years, and the average age of California Senate members is 55 years, according to research by Rutgers University. And yet, in Sacramento, younger legislative staffers are more regularly gaining access to positions of influence in the capitol, even as their generations remain underrepresented among elected officials.
Image by seb_ra via iStock.Unlike some states that have a robust, codified “Code Construction Act,” California spreads its interpretive rules across random segments of a number of the 29 Codes, including the Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure, as well as decades of judicial precedent.
Image by Daisy Castellón, Lucas Public AffairsCalifornia is about to experience an historical level of power being concentrated among Latino leaders. Whether it remains a milestone or becomes a turning point depends on how well they, and all of us who work in this arena, speak to the state’s largest community in a way it recognizes as its own.
Image by Deagreez via iStockHalloween is upon us so with that in mind tell us what you think was the scariest thing you saw come out of the Legislature or governor’s office this year?
Image by Maxiphoto, iStock Images.The next governor will tackle a long list of problems, but an AI agenda must be top priority.
Image by Sean Zheng Lim, iStock Images.CalKIDS is the nation’s largest children’s development account program, designed to support college and career training.
Image by Pranithan Chorruangsak, iStock Images.California law declares that “for every wrong there is a remedy.” That’s not true for crime victims.
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest today is Eloy Oakley, the President of the College Futures Foundation. He earlier served as Chancellor of California’s Community Colleges and was on the Board of Regents for the University of California. Oakley himself is a community college success story – he attended Golden West College before transferring to UC Irvine where he earned a BA and MBA. He argues that postsecondary attainment isn’t just an education issue, it’s an economic one. The research backs him up: studies suggest that California could unlock trillions of dollars in long-term economic gains by better developing the talent that’s already here.