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Nooner Conversations

by Scott Lay

Scott Lay expands beyond his daily email newsletter by throwing a mic in his backpack to talk with cool folks about California Politics and Policy.

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  1. Nooner Conversations with guest Chris Micheli - July 22, 2021

    Reach Chris Micheli at [email protected]. Cases and Materials on Direct Democracy in California The California Legislature and Its Legislative Process

  2. Lobbyist and legislative process law professor Chris Micheli on the 2021 legislative year

    Chris and I talk about the 2021 legislative year, which starts off much as the 1999-2000 Legislative Session ended, with limited committee hearings and a Capitol generally closed to the public. The introduction is missing (for now) because of Quicktime problems after the Big Sur update.

  3. State Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)

    Senate website: https://sd30.senate.ca.gov/ Campaign website: https://www.hollyjmitchell.com/ Bills referenced: SB 188 (Mitchell): Discrimination: hairstyles. (The CROWN Act, or "Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair") AB 1506 (McCarty): Police use of force.

  4. Mike Madrid on the 2020 general election

    Contacts: Scott: [email protected] Mike: [email protected] Resources: RealClearPolitics job approval: President Trump RealClearPolitics November match-up: Trump v. Biden RealClearPolitics congressional job approval The Lincoln Project

  5. Chris Micheli on the Legislative Process and the Pandemic

    In this Nooner Conversation, I talk with legislative advocate and adjunct law professor Chris Micheli on how the Legislature is working through the COVID-19 pandemic, including a hybrid process of in-person and video conference participation and a modified process on a State Budget that is being...

  6. Media Consumption in a Pandemic Age: Conversation with Roger Salazar and Hilary McLean of Alza Strategies

    As work and home life has changed dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, so has the way we consume media. With that, it requires those who wish to communicate political and policy ideas to change accordingly. Which of these changes are temporary and which are permanent?

  7. Ray LeBov and Chris Micheli: A Practitioner's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California

    A Practitioner's Guide to Lobbying and Advocacy in California: A Manual Written by Leading Government Relations Officials is available in both traditional and e-book formats from Kendall Hunt Publishers.

  8. Presidential in CA: my community college buds Paul Mitchell and Mike Madrid

    In this episode, I talk to two friends of over twenty-five years. Only ten days before the California primary begins, where do the candidates stand? I talk to voter data geek Paul Mitchell (and share details about how we met) and Mike Madrid, who is pissing off many of his former clients by…

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  9. The Back-to-Session Bash with David Quintana

    In this episode of Nooner Conversations, I sit down with David Quintana to talk about the upcoming Back-to-Session Bash on January 16th, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with a very special music guest. We talk past bashes including behind-the-scenes untold stories, some of the...

  10. California's Democratic Primary: Mike Madrid on the latest poll and what we're looking at in a California-heavy week of the campaign

    One again, we recorded over green tea at the nonprofit great go-to Chicory Coffee and Tea.

  11. The Trials of Allegiance: What history can tell us about impeachment and other ConLaw issues

    Carlton F.W. Larson is a professor of constitutional and Anglo-American law at UC Davis School of Law and has a new book The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries, and the American Revolution. The book looks at the pre-Constitution wrestling with the law among the early Americans, including how…

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  12. A chat with Mike Madrid on the end of Kamala's presidential bid

    Thank you to the nonprofit Chicory Coffee and Tea for tolerating my proclivity for recording conversations in your space!

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Scott Lay expands beyond his daily email newsletter by throwing a mic in his backpack to talk with cool folks about California Politics and Policy.

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