• Episode 361: Newsom’s Gas Pain
    Oct 30 2024

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    Show Notes

    • Hobart "Hobie" Alter (October 31, 1933-March 29, 2014)
    • Trump’s Ridiculous Media Gambit Roasted as it Crashes and Burns
    • Daughter of L.A. Times owner says endorsement decision stemmed from Harris stance on Gaza War
    • District Attorney will ask court to resentence Menendez Brothers
    • Protest of S.F.’s Scott Wiener at kids’ event ‘textbook antisemitism,’ Jewish leaders say
    • Valero could be next to shutter California oil refineries
    • India, South Korea, the Middle East: Where California will get its gasoline when Phillips refinery shuts down
    • Despite spending billions on climate-change initiatives, 84 percent of California’s energy still comes from fossil fuels
    • California’s violent crime rate rose somewhat in 2023 and remains above pre-pandemic levels.
    • California Governor Newsom touts crime drop, local data less rosy
    • Newsom calls for big boost in funding for California’s film and TV tax credit, throwing Hollywood a lifeline
    • Retirement benefits remain a sticking point in Boeing strike
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Episode 360: The Los Angeles Times Refuses to Endorse Kamala Harris
    Oct 23 2024

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    Show Notes:

    • Dodgers star Fernando Valenzuela, who changed MLB by sparking Fernandomania, dies at 63
    • My cancellation only proves my point about California’s illiberalism
    • Quetzalcoatl statue, San Jose
    • Los Angeles Times won’t endorse for president
    • Harris rejects religious exemptions for abortion
    • Phillips 66 is closing Wilmington-area refineries after more than a century, marking the end of an era
    • Elon Musk’s SpaceX sues California agency for political bias
    • Newsom on SpaceX rejection: ‘I’m with Elon’
    • Consultants and lobbyists are helping California cities raise your streaming prices
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    56 mins
  • Episode 359: Barney Fifedom
    Oct 15 2024

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    Show Notes:

    • Man arrested outside rally a ‘committed Trump supporter,’ Clark County GOP chair says
    • The human costs of Kamala Harris’ war on truancy
    • California deploys Urban Search and Rescue Task Force teams ahead of Hurricane Milton
    • Gov. Newsom signs fuel storage bill to prevent gas price spikes
    • As Newsom urges refinery controls, California regulators consider hike in gas prices
    • California officials reject more SpaceX rocket launches, with some citing Musk’s X posts
    • San Jose State volleyball team with transgender player says no more future matches have been forfeited
    • Mark Zuckerberg is done with politics
    • Don’t feel sorry for the Menendez Brothers
    • California student test scores fall short but education officials ignore root causes
    • California Teachers Pushed Anti-Israel Views In Classrooms After Oct. 7, Docs Show

    Andrew Davenport on CPC’s Municipal Fiscal Health Dashboard

    • Find the dashboard here
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Episode 358: Reality Fights
    Oct 8 2024

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    Show Notes:

    • Hey, Kamala: David has a name – it’s cohost of Radio Free California!
    • Kamala Harris’s campaign manager is Julie Chávez Rodríguez, a Central Valley-born and raised granddaughter of Cesar Chavez
    • Magic Johnson campaigns with Harris in Michigan
    • Inside Stanford’s fight to keep a precious diary about China’s troubled past
    • Judge temporarily blocks new California election deepfake law, citing First Amendment
    • Bill to end legacy and donor-preferred admissions to California colleges signed into law by Gov. Newsom
    • Gov. Newsom says baseball saved him. But the legend of his career doesn’t always match the reality
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 357: Kill Bills!
    Oct 4 2024
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCA Show Notes:Chattel slavery: formal apology.New California law bans Native American mascots at K-12 schoolsCalifornia is first state to banish Froot Loops from school cafeteriasGov. Newsom Signs Legislation Protecting Workers From Forced Political and Religious MessagingIs your closet full of old clothes? A new California law will require the fashion industry to take them back for freeBill To End Legacy & Donor-Preferred Admissions To CA Colleges Signed Into Law By Gov. NewsomBill separating new California warehouses from neighborhoods signed into lawGavin Newsom signs bill to expand IVF coverage in California, an election-year swipe at GOPResurrected bill forces insurers to fund IVF treatments for same-sex couples and singlesBan on local voter IDGavin Newsom’s homeless accountability vetoSenator Wiener Responds To Governor Newsom Vetoing Landmark AI BillCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill requiring speeding alerts in new carsGov. Newsom vetoes bill to help farmworkers who are working in extreme heat. Here’s whyGov. Newsom vetoes bill to make undocumented immigrants eligible for home loans
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Episode 356: Kamala Harris Loves Small Businesses to Death
    Sep 30 2024

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    Show Notes

    A’s fans chant 'Sell the Team,' take home Coliseum dirt and seats during final games

    Before the Oakland Coliseum there was Wrigley Field LA, opening Sept 29, 1925

    Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation with Oprah Winfrey at a Unite for America 2024 Event

    California firefighters will soon have a 66-hour work week. Why Cal Fire will make the change

    Faculty accuse UC campuses of labor violations over pro-Palestinian protest crackdowns

    California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs plastic grocery bag ban

    Newsom vetoes bill to study reparations for families displaced at Chavez Ravine

    Newsom vetoes 2nd bill to help undocumented immigrants, this one about hiring UC, CSU students

    This California law could break your kid’s social media addiction

    Elementary students in Elk Grove Unified need parental permission to participate in extracurriculars

    Breed has dodged scandals before. This one might actually stick

    The Dream Keeper project

    Steven Greenhut on the history of Chavez Ravine

    Abuse Of Power: How The Government Misuses Eminent Domain

    Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story

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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Episode 355: Prop-O-Rama!
    Sep 26 2024
    Will and Cal Policy government affairs director Lance Christensen discuss the ten propositions on California's November ballot. Music by Metalachi.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Episode 354: Giving California Workers the Boot
    Sep 19 2024

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    Show Notes:

    • California Legislature quietly spends millions on Italian stonework for Capitol Annex Project
    • Trump’s threat to withhold firefighting aid to California is blasted by firefighters union
    • Behind the scenes of Trump’s Rancho Palos Verdes meeting with the city’s mayor
    • My Kid Has a Firm Reason Not to Vote for Kamala Harris. I’m Not Sure How to Respond.
    • How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up
    • Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’
    • The Blue State Family Exodus: Families are migrating to red and purple states
    • This California beach city just barred people from smoking in their own apartments, condos
    • Santa Ana benches a teacher for too much transparency
    • Harry Angell on Substack
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    1 hr and 19 mins