#58 - What a Week

04/30/19 • 58 min

Hosts Gibran Maciel and Scott Lay break down the top political headlines in California politics and policy. Interested in becoming a sponsor or coming on the show? Send either of us a message: [email protected], [email protected]

SHOWNOTES
Intro
1:30 - Why Scott is dressed up
2:00 - Show rundown
2:30 - Sponsor Message: Nooner Classifieds
4:11 - California Legislative policy committee deadline last week & process
6:50 - Rent control bill is killed
7:49 - SB 50 - State mandated high-density up-zoning near transit in CA (Senator Weiner)
11:15 - Twitter Shoutout: Kevin Dayton’s study of CA CEQA challenges
12:49 - How CEQA levels the playing field between community groups and developers...and also lets labor unions hold projects hostage
14:59 - Michael Weinstein - the CEO of HIV; Gibran walks last weeks comments back
18:05 - Senator McGuire and Governor Newsom’s home county of Marin gets and exemption from SB 50
19:09 - Senator Hertzberg is the lone vote against SB 50...impacts to his district
21:15 - Affordable housing: publicly funded housing projects vs. addressing the actual economic factors of housing in California
24:40 - SB 276 Dr. Pan’s bill cracking down on medical exemptions for antivaxxers
28:10 - The scene in the Capitol as hundreds of unvaccinated kids crowd the capitols
31:00 - Measles making a comeback
32:35 - SB 230 (Caballero’s police resources / use of force bill) is joined to AB 392
39:02 - SB 756 - Charter School Moratorium
39:52 - SB 39 (Hill) raising the minimum smoking age
45:30 - Joe Biden is officially in for 2020
48:00 - Kamala, Booker, Yang, the rest of the field...
50:00 - Trump skips the White House correspondents Dinner
52:13 - Bernie,Kamala, & Trumps tax returns
55:50 - Luke Walton accused of sexual assault

Previous Episode

#57 - What a Week

Shownotes
Intro
0:40 - The Nooner’s Classified ads
3:00 - California Love
4:14 - The podcast format
11:54 - The legislative money game and why Nancy Pelosi is not supposed to hold on to that much cash
15:24 - Why is AOC on TV and not Steny Hoyer?
18:13 - Burglary at Allspicery, crime and homelessness in downtown Sacramento
26:00 - Gavin Newsom’s first 100 days
32:31 - Newsom X Death Penalty
36:33 - Democratic members and staff criticizing Newsom’s trip to El Salvador
43:00 - Senator Weiner’s SB 50 & the Aids Healthcare Foundation’s mailer
49:19 - Is everybody in the affordable housing arena kind of shady?
1:01:03 - Seven new dems elected to republican seats in 18’ are killing the fundraising game.
1:02:00 - Devin Nunes X Twitter
1:07:40 - Omar Navarro gives himself a raise
1:10:00 - Duncan Hunter fake crosses the border
1:14:12 - What does Adam Schiff’s $5 million on hand mean?
1:18:18 - Democrats X Mueller
Wrapping up...

Next Episode

#59 - What a Week

Shownotes
Intro
2:00 - Davita makes it rain
7:02 - Louis Farrakhan & the problems with multiculturalism
14:43 - April personal income tax revenue numbers for California
20:12 - Scotts encounters with a street preacher
25:02 - Chair’s killing bills without a hearing
33:45 - Adam Gray takes big tobacco money to enrich his b̶u̶d̶d̶i̶e̶s̶ consultants (allegedly)
37:24 - Fake News
43:17 - Scott says we’re fucked on high speed rail
51:53 - SDG&E appeals appeals CPUC decision to SCOTUS on inverse condemnation
1:00:54 - SCOTUS ruling on Dynamex