Alex Vassar 📚

ASM Alvarez is someone who everyone could learn something from.

That's beautiful!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀

Today would have been the 86th birthday of Assemblymember Margaret E. Snyder. It has been 32 years since Snyder finished her first and only term in the Legislature...

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

In late January, I had the opportunity to join some of my co-workers at a legislative research fair co-hosted by the UC Student and Policy Center and the California State Library’s California Research Bureau (CRB)...

A notable tidbit about Senator Choi's SB1040... by my count, that was the 120,000th regular session Senate Bill in California history.

Ooh. Historians you say?

𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀

History is fascinating because it operates on two deeply engaging levels at once: the personal and the universal. On one hand, it is filled with vivid human stories, ambition, courage, personal failings....

Join the authors of the California Capitol Cocktail Trivia Book (@chrismicheli.bsky.social, @ca-parliamentarian.bsky.social, and yours truly) for a book-signing event at Café a Cote, 1201 K Street this Thursday (February 12th) at 5:30 pm.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
Last week, @senatorashby.bsky.social (D-Sacramento) introduced Senate Resolution 74 to add two new standing committees to the State Senate.

cc: @senatorcabaldon.bsky.social

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻

The story of the California Legislature is a long one, and as I've researched its history over the years, I have found it helpful to approach it in bite-size pieces of a decade at a time.

I like that the older maps referred to it as The Great Central Valley. I feel like the size and greatness of the valley are just as noteworthy as it's location in the state.

Capitol trivia masters, plus Sac State's Luke Wood - Capitol Weekly CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Brian Ebbert, Chris Micheli and Alex Vassar joined us to chat about their just published The California Capitol Cocktail Trivia Book, a lively and engaging collection of little...

Packed podcast: @ca-parliamentarian.bsky.social @chrismicheli.bsky.social and @alexvassar.bsky.social join us to talk Capitol trivia - then we're joined by @sacstatelibrary.bsky.social President @drlukewood.bsky.social Plus, Who had the Worst Week in CA politics?
capitolweekly.net/capitol-triv...

This might be the sort of thing @alexvassar.bsky.social would be interested in?

I don't know I'm terrible at self-promotion.

I like it!

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲!

December 15 will be the State Legislature’s birthday and, in many ways, that’s the birthday for California state government, too.

It has been a while since we had a #CALeg bill on "fandango houses"

The California Capitol Cocktail Trivia Book The California Capitol Cocktail Trivia Book [Ebbert, Brian, Micheli, Chris, Vassar, Alex] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The California Capitol Cocktail Trivia Book

The new California State Capitol Trivia Book (by Chris Micheli, Brian Ebbert, and Alex Vassar dives into the politics, procedure, and personalities that make California such an interesting place. Also... reasonably priced for the policy nerd on your Christmas list 🎁
www.amazon.com/dp/B0G38GRKSD

a woman is sitting on a couch and says maybe a gold digger bravo ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch and says maybe a gold digger bravo

Fun Fact: California State Senator James C. Miller (who represented Mariposa in the 1851 #CALeg session) listed his occupation as "Gold Digger" 😆
No, not in the modern sense.

𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀
Several weeks ago, there was a spirited debate over the federal government's decision to fire artillery shells over a California highway during a demonstration...

2027-28 California State Legislature

I have added a new symbol to the 2026 candidate list. I'm adding the 🅴 character to indicate a non-incumbent candidate who has been 🅴ndorsed by the current officeholder. That info doesn't tell you everything, but it also doesn't tell you nothing.. far from irrelevant.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄

While looking through the list of bills that were chaptered in 2025, I found one that brought back a lot of memories. Assemblyman Tom Lackey's AB 486 added the “Key programming device” and the “Signal extender” to the list of burglary tools found in Penal Code...

Way late in the day to post this, I know, but wanted to remind you all of George Stoneman who was a Union General in the Civil War, became the highest-ranking prisoner of war held by the Confederates, and then came west and served as Governor of California.

Log in to our law program! Register at libraryca.libcal.com/event/15008870 and the recording will be uploaded to our YouTube Channel afterwards. #libraries #law

Fun Fact: Had she run for reelection and won, Nancy Pelosi would have become the longest serving Member of Congress in California history on June 3, 2027.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

In early October, I participated in the annual Sacramento Archives Crawl, where the California State Library, State Archives, Center for Sacramento History, and the Sacramento Room at the downtown library showcase their collections for the public to explore.

For those keeping track at home, the new maps (once the election is certified) will officially be the 16th time CA has been divided into Congressional districts. The first time was in 1864, when we shifted away from at-large statewide representation in Congress.

#CAPolitics #ProTip: The most interesting website in California politics changed at 9 pm.
11/4 - electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/ball...
11/5 - www.fec.gov/data/filings...

I mailed in my ballot weeks ago (the same day that it got me), but I definitely felt like everyone posting their #BallotSelfies made me feel like I was missing out.

My favorite poem, by John Pierpont, is about how on election day, the power of the ballot is unmistakable.

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 ‘𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗲!’ 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗹

If you visit the websites of more than a handful of Sacramento advocates, lobbyists, and public affairs professionals, you'll notice something interesting: many of the staff photos were taken in just a few locations.