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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 03/10/2026
San Francisco assembly staffer whose ICE detention prompted appeals from Mayor Daniel Lurie has been released from custody after spending more than two weeks in an immigration detention center.
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ICE releases San Francisco lawmaker’s staffer after weeks in detention
San Francisco assembly staffer whose ICE detention prompted appeals from Mayor Daniel Lurie has been released from custody after spending more than two weeks in an immigration detention center.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#CALeg community: I am interested in ideas to reduce executive branch reliance on the #CABudget trailer bill process and increase its sponsorship of policy bills instead. Ideas? Email me directly: jason.sisney @ asm ca gov
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 01/10/2026
988 crisis line restores LGBTQ+ youth specialized support
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988 crisis line restores LGBTQ+ youth specialized support
Congress members from both parties pushed to get back a service removed by the administrator last year.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More great @latimes.com coverage of LA28 issues. City asks organizing committee to consider enhancing existing disaster insurance. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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L.A. asks 2028 Olympics organizers to buy insurance in case disaster cancels the Games
L.A. city officials have asked the 2028 Olympic organizers to obtain $650 million in insurance to cover potential losses if a disaster interrupts or cancels the Games.
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Equality California @eqca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BIG NEWS! Thanks to supporters like YOU, all of our bills on the Governor’s desk were signed into law! Thank you, @governor.ca.gov, the @calgbtq.bsky.social, and all of our bill authors for your leadership and for helping us continue to make California a place where LGBTQ+ people can thrive. #CALeg
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An informative piece on preparations for LA28 surfing 🏄 at San Onofre State Beach. At @laist.com laist.com/news/climate...
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After El Niño, what will be left of LA’s Olympic surf venue?
The expected heavy rain and elevated seas could have mixed consequences for Trestles Beach south of San Clemente.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Finally a president who solved our age old problem of being a country where people wanted to be
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
SNAP update: Another cut from the Republican reconciliation law takes effect today, cutting the federal match for SNAP administrative costs from 50% to 25%. Every state now gets half as many federal dollars to ensure SNAP gets to eligible families on time & in the right amount.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
LA28’s opening weekend individual Olympic triathlon plan is exciting. The Games produce only a small net economic benefit, but this will be valuable exposure reinforcing the California brand on TV and other screens worldwide: beautiful beaches and Venice’s quirky charms. la28.org/en/newsroom/...
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Initial Details of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Triathlon Courses Unveiled
LA28 unveiled the first look at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Triathlon courses in the Venice Beach Zone. The loop-style courses feature scenic routes throughout the historic beachfront neighborhood...
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
LA28’s opening weekend individual Olympic triathlon plan is exciting. The Games produce only a small net economic benefit, but this will be valuable exposure reinforcing the California brand on TV and other screens worldwide: beautiful beaches and Venice’s quirky charms. la28.org/en/newsroom/...
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Initial Details of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Triathlon Courses Unveiled
LA28 unveiled the first look at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Triathlon courses in the Venice Beach Zone. The loop-style courses feature scenic routes throughout the historic beachfront neighborhood...
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While waiting for federal transit funding anticipated since the start of LA’s Games project, local leaders also have asked for state project funding not included in the Games bid submitted to the IOC in 2016-17. Thorough reporting by James Rainey & @justinemcdaniel.bsky.social for @latimes.com.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 22/09/2026
The promised money will be allocated at $1 billion annually through 2045, a rate too slow to keep the project from running out of cash.
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Facing cash crisis, High-Speed Rail wants early access to billions promised by state
The promised money will be allocated at $1 billion annually through 2045, a rate too slow to keep the project from running out of cash.
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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 22/09/2026
NEW: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom signed bills continuing the state’s support of LA as it prepares to host @LA28! DID YOU KNOW: Since the beginning of 2025, the Golden State has been, and will continue to be, at the center of the biggest sporting events:
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are worth more than every U.S. tech IPO of the past 45 years combined.
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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New from me @jasonbcook.bsky.social & @elizabethacox.bsky.social with CBPP on SNAP Administrative burdens can lead to procedural denials, where applicants are rejected not due to ineligibility, but because they are unable to navigate the complex processes www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Administrative Burden and Procedural Denials in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The effectiveness of the SNAP program is hampered by complex administrative processes that create significant barriers for potential participants.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thanks to Senators, Assemblymembers, and now @governor.ca.gov for bipartisan support of measures to support LA28 and Team USA. California is the center of sports competition and one of the leading training grounds for Olympians and Paralympians worldwide. www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/20/g...
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Governor Newsom signs bills as Los Angeles readies for 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games | Governor of California
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump Party priorities, it seems…
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks to Jill and Alison for interviewing me on state government’s role in helping to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. youtu.be/62np-bW6J6Q?...
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Budget Advisor Jason Sisney on How the California State Government Works with LA 2028
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games is not a big money making operation. It's a money losing operation for most hosts. And if you're going to do it, you need to try to minimize that risk as much as possible.
So that you can focus on the good things of having the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is bringing people together, putting your city in a really favorable light to the world, and enjoying the performances of these incredible athletes. That's the reason you do it. You don't do it to make money.”

From Keep the Flame Alive: Budget Advisor Jason Sisney on How the California State Government Works with LA 2028, Sep 17, 2026
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“Hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games is not a big money making operation. It's a money losing operation for most hosts. And if you're going to do it, you need to try to minimize that risk as much as possible.
So that you can focus on the good things of having the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is bringing people together, putting your city in a really favorable light to the world, and enjoying the performances of these incredible athletes. That's the reason you do it. You don't do it to make money.”

From Keep the Flame Alive: Budget Advisor Jason Sisney on How the California State Government Works with LA 2028, Sep 17, 2026
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks to Jill and Alison for interviewing me on state government’s role in helping to host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. youtu.be/62np-bW6J6Q?...
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Budget Advisor Jason Sisney on How the California State Government Works with LA 2028
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 17/09/2026
LAUSD faces tough choices: Which schools to close, update or rebuild as enrollment dives
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LAUSD faces tough choices: Which schools to close, update or rebuild as enrollment dives
As LAUSD enrollment drops, district officials face tough choices over school closures and how to prudently spend billions in voter-approved bond funds.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This excellent @latimes.com piece covers key issues of the recent LA28 economic study, including likely economic displacement typical of megaevents. If such studies count big capital spending, that is incorrect; that spending would have occurred with or without LA28. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A Summer Olympics economic windfall is headed for SoCal, a new analysis says
L.A.-based analysts say the 2028 Olympics will supercharge revenue, jobs and taxes. Projections for the Paris Olympics didn't pan out.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Imagine a job where, faced with a difficult decision, you could just stop going to work www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House to leave early, punting Hegseth impeachment vote until after November elections
House Republican leaders cancelled votes planned for Thursday. Members won’t return to Washington until Nov. 9.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This excellent @latimes.com piece covers key issues of the recent LA28 economic study, including likely economic displacement typical of megaevents. If such studies count big capital spending, that is incorrect; that spending would have occurred with or without LA28. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A Summer Olympics economic windfall is headed for SoCal, a new analysis says
L.A.-based analysts say the 2028 Olympics will supercharge revenue, jobs and taxes. Projections for the Paris Olympics didn't pan out.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13/09/2026
California prison towns grasp for new jobs after closures: 'No one is coming to save us'
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California prison towns grasp for new jobs after closures: ‘No one is coming to save us’
As California closes state prisons, rural towns like Susanville and Blythe struggle with lost jobs, shrinking populations and uncertain economic futures.
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Politico @politico.com · 12/09/2026
Altman: IPO unlikely this year
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Altman: IPO unlikely this year
CEO Sam Altman said he did not think OpenAI would go public this year as widely expected, and separately called for increased safety evaluations.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Many analyses ignore significant displacement of typical economic activity accompanying megaevents. This report acknowledges displacement. Good! No big capital projects, however, are attributable to the Games. It is really a “no build Games.” How a study treats such capital is key to evaluating it.
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Assemblymember Mike Fong @asmmikefong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
With the LA28 games less than 2 years away, we were excited to welcome CEO Reynold Hoover and his team to the SGV for an informative workshop on how small and local businesses can get involved in the Games! We're excited to welcome the Games to Los Angeles (and especially the SGV) in 2028!🎉
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In my latest LA28 blog post, I look at recent actions by the California Legislature related to the Games. These include a #CABudget trailer bill, $30 million of local public services funding for megaevents, and policy bills awaiting approval by the Governor. jasonsisney.blogspot.com/2026/08/jaso...
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LA28 Actions by California Legislature in August and September 2026
by Jason Sisney* The California Legislature began considering legislation to support the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles (L...
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Alissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
LA28 has opened up applications for food trucks and street vendors: www.rampla.org/s/procuremen... "The program marks the first time... local small and micro businesses, such as food trucks, festival style pop-ups, and food carts, will play a central role in the Games food and beverage strategy"
Largest integration of food trucks and mobile vendors will create Games-time opportunities for hundreds of local food businesses while showcasing the flavors, cultures, and neighborhoods that define Los Angeles 

LOS ANGELES (Sept. 10, 2026) – Today, LA28 opened applications for the LA28 L.ocal A.uthentic Program, the largest integration of food trucks and mobile vendors of its kind, central to the concessions strategy that will give hundreds of small and local food businesses from across the Los Angeles region the opportunity to serve spectators during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Applications are open from September 10 through November 16 on RAMPLA.  

“The Games are an extraordinary opportunity to show the world what makes Los Angeles special while creating meaningful opportunities for the local businesses that make this city what it is,” said Reynold Hoover, LA28 Chief Executive Officer. “From neighborhood favorites to food trucks and family-run businesses, we want millions of visitors to experience the L.A. that Angelenos know and love—and give the entrepreneurs behind those businesses a platform to grow well beyond 2028.” Through the LA28 L.ocal A.uthentic Program, LA28 will select hundreds of small food businesses from across the Los Angeles region to serve spectators at competition venue zones and non-competition venues. The initiative supports LA28's broader procurement targets to direct 75% of addressable procurement spend to businesses in the Los Angeles region and 25% to small businesses. The LA28 L.ocal A.uthentic Program is designed to work alongside LA28's official sponsors and operators, combining their expertise and support with the creativity and
authenticity of local businesses to create something uniquely Los Angeles. The program marks the first time in Olympic and Paralympic Games history that local small and micro businesses, such as food trucks, festival style pop-ups, and food
carts, will play a central role in the Games food and beverage strategy. Across the Games as a whole, the broader food and beverage operation is expected to deliver more than 17 million meals across the Olympic and Paralympic Games, all of which will meet a wide variety of needs while incorporating more sustainable
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Possible road construction limits during 2028 Games period draw criticism. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 05/09/2026
What will L.A. traffic look like during the 2028 Olympics? Hundreds of miles of freeway and street lanes are being planned for restricted Olympic use. Here’s what commuters need to know.
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L.A. freeways, roads to be closed to general traffic for 2028 Olympics. How will it hit your commute?
A plan to block off freeway and street lanes for exclusive use by athletes, staff and others is in the works for the 2028 Olympics.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@metrolosangeles.bsky.social highlights its LA28 funding need. www.thesportsexaminer.com/los-angeles-...
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LOS ANGELES 2028: L.A. Metro chief exec says their LA28 efforts will be in “hot water” without Federal support funding by year-end - The Sports Examiner
LOS ANGELES 2028: L.A. Metro chief exec says their LA28 efforts will be in “hot water” without Federal support funding by year-end - The Sports Examiner - Your all-in-one coverage of Olympic-sports ne...
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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW: A world record smashed, and more #LGBTQ athletes winning medals at the World Championships - is the perception of #rowing as elitist and conservative being upended by its out-and-proud representation? Heading towards the L.A. Olympics, let’s hear it for queer rowers… For @outsports.com
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Records and medals for LGBTQ athletes at World Rowing Championships - Outsports
Out LGBTQ athletes contributed to a third of Team USA's World Rowing Championships medal haul, as gay rower Teal Cohen's coxless four won gold in a world-best time.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has released a regional Transportation Demand Management (TDM) plan for the LA28 Games. TDM is essential for megaevents. Many locals will leave the region during the Games, but millions will visit. 680 days to go.. scag.ca.gov/sites/defaul...
Cover of SCAG plans depicts bike riders on a Southern California beach.
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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 02/09/2026
The total value of defense contracts won by companies in Los Angeles County more than doubled in the last 10 years after adjusting for inflation, according to an analysis by CalMatters and The Markup. cal.news/4x2ejGG 🎨 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.
A collage illustration shows military fighter jets flying over a warship and silhouettes of palm trees, with a map and targeting graphics in the background.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great discussion today on the state’s role in LA28. Was asked how last year’s AB 149 limited CEQA and Coastal Act exemptions on temporary venues. Here are a couple of excerpts from that 2025 bill. Thanks to those who tuned in and @awalkerinla.bsky.social leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCo...
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#CABudget: All 15 budget and trailer bills planned for #CALeg bicameral passage today are now bound for the Governor’s desk. (AB/SB 113 is expected for floor votes tomorrow morning.)
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
30 years later the Seinfeld cold open has become the government policy process
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Daniel Miller @danielnmiller.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
While there is not a specific line item for funding the post-production incentive in the budget bill, the Legislature’s End-of-Session budget proposal does set aside $10 million of funding for it, should it be signed into law, per Assemblyman Nick Schultz, who authored the bill.
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Christian Klaue @chklaue.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📌 The Press accreditation process for the LA28 Olympics has started today. The application period will end on 23 October 2026. 🔹 Registration portal: pressregistrationportal.la28.org/login 🔹 More information: www.olympics.com/ioc/accred2028
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I haven’t examined this specific issue, but such skepticism is what I advise for public officials elsewhere when they ask about their Olympic ambitions. A month-long sports event is never a good rationale for big infrastructure or equipment spending. Instead: what are *long-term* public priorities?
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In my latest LA28 blog post, I look at recent actions by the California Legislature related to the Games. These include a #CABudget trailer bill, $30 million of local public services funding for megaevents, and policy bills awaiting approval by the Governor. jasonsisney.blogspot.com/2026/08/jaso...
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LA28 Actions by California Legislature in August and September 2026
by Jason Sisney* The California Legislature began considering legislation to support the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles (L...
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Updated end-of-session #CABudget bill information. #CALeg jasonsisney.substack.com/p/updated-en...
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Updated end-of-session budget bill information
Hearings, analyses, and bill texts planned or available online
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I can’t recommend enough the 2019 podcast series, “Dolly Parton’s America,” especially Ep. 2, “I Will Always Leave You.” That episode is the story of Dolly’s rise to independence and then superstardom after being the “girl singer” on The Porter Wagoner Show.
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
End-of-session #CABudget bill analyses start to be posted, and I respond to a few follower questions. jasonsisney.substack.com/p/end-of-ses...
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End-of-session budget bill analyses
Assembly releases initial analysis packet prior to Sunday noon informational hearing
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Hopeful I can join despite a surprise Tuesday AM #CALeg session to take up SB/AB 113, which includes $30 million as a starting state investment in megaevent transit and security (Sec. 247 of bill, leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTe...). (1/3)
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I updated posts to reflect the main bill of the end-of-session #CABudget package, SB 113, going into print at 3:07 a.m., 8/29/2026. AB 113 is pending. This final bill will be eligible on Tuesday 9/1/2026—after the scheduled end of the #CALeg Regular Session. jasonsisney.substack.com/p/august-202...
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August 2026 budget bills starting to emerge
Discussions continue on some items as of 12 p.m. on Friday, August 28
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Jason Sisney 🏳️‍🌈 @jasonsisney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
SB/AB 113 and urgency clauses in budget legislation. #CABudget #CALeg jasonsisney.substack.com/p/urgency-cl...
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Urgency clauses in budget legislation
SB/AB 113, when amended with urgency clause, eligible for legislative votes after Aug. 31
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