Summer Suspense: California Politics Podcast
Who knew one week could offer so much political intrigue, from the cloud of scandal to the potential for a 2016 ballot measure smackdown? This week’s California Politics Podcast examines the new...
View ArticleBack In Sac: California Politics Podcast
The final sprint of the California Legislature’s work for 2015 is about to begin, and there’s a lot on tap before the last gavel falls in early September. On this week’s California Politics Podcast, we...
View ArticleTurning Up The Heat: California Politics Podcast
It was a hot week in Sacramento, with triple-digit temperatures outside and heated debate and accusations under the state Capitol dome. This week’s California Politics Podcast examines some new clashes...
View ArticleThe Capitol Backstory: California Politics Podcast
Sometimes, you don’t know how to evaluate what happens in front of the public in Sacramento until you understand what happened behind closed doors. On this week’s California Politics Podcast, we...
View ArticleThe Legislative Soup: California Politics Podcast
Any good chef will tell you it takes just the right ingredients and the right amount of time on the heat to produce a great soup — a not too different scenario from how negotiations over new bills come...
View ArticleThe Intensified Zeal: California Politics Podcast
It was a quintessential Gov. Jerry Brown quip, the moment when his frustrations over climate change legislation all spilled into a single sentence. “My zeal has been intensified to a maximum degree....
View ArticleOn Location: California Politics Podcast
Capitol watchers all wanted to know the same thing after legislators wrapped up their work for 2015 and headed home: Who won what, and why? This week, our California Politics Podcast hit the road for a...
View ArticleFighting Words: California Politics Podcast
It’s not even 2016, and yet it’s starting to feel like someone will soon shout, “Let’s get ready to rumble!” Welcome to some pre-election skirmishing. This week’s California Politics Podcast tackles...
View ArticleThe Beat Goes On: California Politics Podcast
There was a steady drumbeat of political news this week, led on the California front by Gov. Jerry Brown passing final judgment on some closely watched pieces of legislation. This week’s podcast...
View ArticleThe Road Ahead: California Politics Podcast
In several important ways, the road ahead in California political circles became a little more clear this week. Our podcast examines some potentially game-changing 2016 ballot initiatives that were...
View ArticleCalifornia Politics Podcast: Trouble for Unions, a New Leader for the Assembly
It’s back! After a hiatus, here’s the latest California Politics Podcast, featuring KQED California Politics and Government Reporter Marisa Lagos, Los Angeles Times Sacramento Bureau Chief John Myers...
View ArticleCalifornia Politics Podcast: State of the Union, New Rules for Lobbyists
Here’s the California Politics Podcast for the week ending Jan. 22. We talk Gov. Jerry Brown’s State of the State speech, and new rules that will require lobbyists and special interest groups to...
View ArticleCalifornia Politics Podcast: Prison Reform, Democratic Politics
This week, KQED’s Marisa Lagos talks about Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to change California’s sentencing structure — and hopefully reduce the prison population — with Los Angeles Times host John Myers and...
View ArticleCalifornia Politics Podcast: Is the CPUC ‘Too Big to Succeed’?
On this week’s California Politics Podcast, we mull a proposal to break up the behemoth California Public Utilities Commission, and hash out the latest campaign finance filings from Senate candidates...
View ArticleHigh Times In 2016: California Politics Podcast
Two measures to legalize marijuana both submitted in one week, and yet no clear front runner? This week’s political podcast examines the politics of pot for the 2016 ballot, the changing narrative...
View ArticleMinimum Wage Slugfest 2016: California Politics Podcast
There are “known unknowns,” as Donald Rumsfeld so once famously said. And it certainly feels like it holds true when assessing the potential for a 2016 fight over California’s minimum wage. This week’s...
View Article2016 Chess Moves: California Politics Podcast
Political campaigns, especially those involving ballot initiatives in California, are often like a big chess board. You need to think about not just the move you’re making now, but about what moves you...
View ArticleRevised and Reignited: California Politics Podcast
Two big political stories that both happened on the same day this week — one a revised plan of action, one a reigniting of talk about a competitive statewide race in 2016. This week’s California...
View ArticleThe Duel of Democrats: California Politics Podcast
No political party can be completely homogenous, and so differences inside California’s dominant partisan ranks shouldn’t come as a surprise. But in some races, those differences seem more like a...
View ArticleThe Demands of Democrats: California Politics Podcast
Gov. Jerry Brown has an impressive streak going when it comes to calling most of the shots in crafting a state budget. Can he keep it going? This week’s California Politics Podcast looks at the budget...
View ArticlePolitical Power Tomorrow, Today: California Politics Podcast
Political power is an interesting thing, in that it’s usually most valuable for its perception — especially among those who fear being on the losing side. This week, we examine some glimpses at both...
View ArticleMeasuring the Mood: California Politics Podcast
Politics is not only the art of the possible, but figuring out what people want, and why. Which brings us to this year’s state budget debate. This week, our California Politics Podcast examines how the...
View ArticleThe Budget Deal Explained: California Politics Podcast
It took less than 24 hours for legislators to send a state budget proposal to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk and then concede that it was a spending plan in need of an overhaul. Such is politics. This week,...
View ArticleThat’s (Almost) A Wrap: California Politics Podcast
For some long-running political and policy storylines in California, important — and close to final — chapters were written this week. Our podcast tackles two of them: Gov. Jerry Brown quietly signing...
View ArticleThe Rule of Law: California Politics Podcast
From high drama in court to putting a new law on the books, this week’s theme in the world of California politics seems to have a decidedly legal feel to it. This week’s California Politics Podcast is...
View ArticleA Summer of Special Sessions: California Politics Podcast
When someone calls this summer a special one in Sacramento, it doesn’t mean what it might everywhere else. In the capital city, it’s primed to be a season where some of the most complicated policy...
View ArticleJerry Brown Goes to the Vatican: California Politics Podcast
It’s an event that combines two of Gov. Jerry Brown’s favorite topics: Religion and climate change. The governor heads to the Vatican next week for Pope Francis’ symposium on climate change and modern...
View ArticleHigh Stakes of California’s Lowest Wages: California Politics Podcast
For the last few years, the statehouse has been the center of the debate over raising the minimum wage. But as this week’s events make clear, that’s changed. On this episode of our California Politics...
View ArticlePolitical Climatology 2016: California Politics Podcast
Bob Dylan may have famously once sang that “You don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind blows,” but in politics you do need some data. And right now, it’s looking like Democrats in...
View ArticleTrump Impeachment Trial, Jerry Brown Podcast, MLK Speech
Impeachment Moves to U.S. Senate On Thursday, seven House Democrats walked to the U.S. Senate to hand deliver two articles of impeachment against President Trump. The articles were read aloud by...
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