#58 - What a Week

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