⚖️ CaLPA: California Legislative Policy Analysis

🏷️ AI and Labor Initiatives Comprehensive legislative policy analysis of California Legislature (Senate and Assembly)

👤 Kostas Alexandridis, PhD, GISP | 🏷️ v.1.0, April 2025

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Description

This project provides a comprehensive analysis of legislative bills in the California Legislature (Assembly and Senate), over a number of legislative sessions. Specifically, it analyzes legislative bill information that contains "artificial intelligence" as a keyword on any of the legislative bill contents. The data are collected over the following periods (sessions):

Legislative Session	AI Bills	LC Bills
⌚2009-2010	0	0
⌚2011-2012	0	0
⌚2013-2014	3	0
⌚2015-2016	0	0
⌚2017-2018	5	0
⌚2019-2020	16	0
⌚2021-2022	15	0
⌚2023-2024	81	0
⌚2025-2026	39	57
Total:	159	57

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Features

• Data Processing: Scripts for cleaning and transforming raw data.
• Analysis: Tools for statistical and qualitative analysis.
• Visualization: Generate charts and graphs to support findings.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/PolicyAnalysis.git

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the scripts as needed:

   python script_name.py

Folder Structure

1. Script Folders

The following folders contain the scripts used for the California Policy Analysis project:

• 📁 Python Module: CaLPA: This folder contains the calpa Python module, which is used for data processing, analysis, and visualization in support of complex project tasks. The module is designed to be reusable and modular, allowing for easy integration into other projects.
• 📁 Python Module: LegiScan: This folder contains the legiscan Python module, which is used for data processing, analysis, and visualization in support of complex project tasks. The module is designed to be reusable and modular, allowing for easy integration into other projects.
• 📁 PythonMarkdown Bill Files: This folder contains the markdown files used for documentation and custom bill visualization of each bill, for importation to the Obsidian Knowledge Base. The markdown files are typically located in the markdown directory.
• 📁 RIS Files: This folder contains the RIS files used for bibliography management and citation generation. The RIS files are typically located in the ris directory. These files are used to generate bibliographic references in the RIS format, which can be imported into reference management software (Zotero).

2. Data Folders

The following folders contain the data used for the California Policy Analysis project:

• 📁 Data: This folder contains the main data files used for the analysis. The data files are typically located in the data directory.
• 📁 Graphics: This folder contains the graphics files used for the analysis. The graphics files are typically located in the graphics directory.
• 📁 Metadata: This folder contains the metadata files used for the analysis. The metadata files are typically located in the metadata directory.

3. Admin and Analysis Folders

The following folders contain the administrative and analysis files used for the California Policy Analysis project:

• 📁 Admin: This folder contains the administrative files used for the analysis. The administrative files are typically located in the admin directory.
• 📁 Analysis: This folder contains the analysis files used for the analysis. The analysis files are typically located in the analysis directory.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contact

For questions or feedback, please contact Dr. Kostas Alexandridis.

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