Last night we published the 17th edition of Capitol Weekly’s Top 100 – our annual analysis of the unelected political power structure in California. KQED's Marisa Lagos, co-host of the Political ...

Since January, ICE agents have arrested at least 22 people at California state courthouses in Fresno – with no regard for due ...

Jay Dickenson The Committees on Appropriations are where so many bills go to die. Each year scores of them go to the Suspense ...

The Bearstar Trio A few years ago on this list we admittedly took the easy way out and decided not to try and choose from ...

No. 76 Jennifer Pierre A newbie to this list, Pierre is hardly a neophyte when it comes to her role in California’s endlessly complex, often archaic and always political water system. Pierre is the ...

No. 96. Stephanie Roberson Lobbyist Stephanie Roberson is a new entrant to the Top 100, but she’s hardly a newbie to the ...

No. 91 Nick Gerda It is every investigative reporter’s dream to see their work have a real positive impact on society. For LAist reporter Nick Gerda, the dream is reality. Gerda’s dogged reporting on ...

No. 99 April Manatt Bipartisanship in the Legislature is like the probably apocryphal line credited to Mark Twain: “Everybody ...

No. 100 Melody Gutierrez and Alene Tchekmedyian ​​Like Nick Gerda, these two intrepid Los Angeles Times investigative ...

No. 85 Chris Patterson PG&E Vice President of State and Local Government Affairs Chris Patterson has a reputation as a highly ...

No. 98 Leah Barros Barros has quietly become one the head of the most effective boutique lobbying shops in Sacramento, with a ...

No. 80 Ron Conway For most of his career Ron Conway has been far better known in board rooms than in legislative offices, but with AI regulation all the rage right now in the Capitol, the so-called ...