California leaders negotiate major policy changes in secret as legislative session ends

California leaders negotiate major policy changes in secret as legislative session ends

California’s top Democrats entered the final stretch of the legislative session with an ambitious list of priorities: Pass some of the state’s most consequential climate and energy reforms, hash out a $750 million transit loan, and dampen the impact of…

Secret negotiations in Sacramento's legislative session - The Sacramento Observer

By Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters California’s top Democrats entered the final stretch of the legislative session with an ambitious list of priorities: Pass some of the state’s most consequential climate and energy reforms, hash out a $750 million transit loan, and dampen the impact of federal funding slashes. But with days left, details are murky on nearly all of it. Welcome to one of the most secretive yet commonplace practices in Sacramento, wher…

Legislators negotiate in secret as session wraps up

California’s top Democrats entered the final stretch of the legislative session with an ambitious list of priorities: Pass some of the state’s most consequential climate and energy reforms, hash out a $750 million transit loan, and dampen the impact of…