Capitol Weekly Podcast

Shaquille O'Neal. The Golden State Killer. Governors Pete Wilson, Gray Davis, Jerry Brown and Gavin Newson.  Longtime Associated Press Photographer Rich Pedroncelli has photographed them all - and just about every other prominent person to make an appearance in California's capitol city. Now, after over three decades behind the lens, he is hanging up his press pass. Capitol Weekly's John Howard of...

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso emerged from the Los Angeles mayor's race primary as the only serious contender to the frontrunner, Congresswoman Karen Bass. Bass, a former Assembly Speaker who was rumored to be on Joe Biden's shortlist of VP candidates, had the name ID, but Caruso had the money. A lot of it. By the end of the bruising campaign, Caruso had burned though over $100 million - mostl...

This episode was recorded Thursday, November 10 at Capitol Weekly's Post-Mortem of the 2022 Election, which was held via Zoom. This Panel, the third of the day, analyzed the results of the midterm and offers a look ahead. What happens now? Does Gov. Newsom push ahead with a presidential campaign? What does the Speakership battle portend? What’s next in the battle over abortion rights? And what’s w...

This episode was recorded Thursday, November 10 at Capitol Weekly's Post-Mortem of the 2022 Election, which was held via Zoom. The Keynote of the Post-Mortem was a conversation between Mike Madrid, a co-founder of The Lincoln Project and noted expert on Latino voting trends, and John Howard, the editor of Capitol Weekly. Support for Capitol Weekly's Election Post-Mortem was provided by The Tribal...

This episode was recorded Thursday, November 10 at Capitol Weekly's Post-Mortem of the 2022 Election, which was held via Zoom. This Panel, the second of the day, was a rundown on the Ballot Measures up for approval. California voters confronted unprecedented campaign spending, even by California standards, and an array of familiar themes – tax the rich, gambling, abortion rights and the environmen...

This episode was recorded Thursday, November 10 at Capitol Weekly's Post-Mortem of the 2022 Election, which was held via Zoom. This Panel, the first of the day, was a rundown on key California races – the battles for the constitutional offices, Congress and the Legislature, and major local elections, including the LA mayoral race. Our panelists talk about this very atypical Midterm election and pr...

With the 2022 election just days away, we asked longtime political party animals Jim Brulte and Garry South to weigh in on what they expect to see on Tuesday and make predictions on . Brulte, the former head of the California Republican Party, predicts a good night for Republicans nationally and expects tight CA congressional districts to swing the GOP's way. Garry South, a high profile Democratic...

It's our Halloween episode, so it's an appropriate time to look at an attempt to bring a dead bill back to life! Democratic Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor, who was elected in June to finish Autumn Burke's term in the 62nd District, has promised to reintroduce AB 1577,  Asm. Mark Stone's bill to unionize the legislature. The bill died in committee earlier this year after receiving substantial support...

Gambling is big business in California, and it could be even bigger business, depending on what happens with propositions 26 and 27, each of which would expand sports betting opportunities in the state - albeit in very different ways. However, current polling indicates serious trouble ahead for each of these measures: despite nearly $600 million spent by various factions, the most likely outcome a...

Los Angeles saw the most intense political implosion in decades last week after an anonymous source released a secretly-taped recording of LA City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon, and Ron Herrerra of the Los Angeles County Labor Federation, disparaging colleagues, making racist remarks and discussing strategies to reduce the political clout of Los Angeles' Black communi...

Political data-cruncher, and frequent Capitol Weekly Podcast guest, Paul Mitchell joins us to read the political tea leaves, 30 days out from the 2022 election.  Hang on! 27: What to look for, 30 days out 4:55 Candidate quality 7:43 Could control of the House come down to California's congressional delegation? 9:48 "There is a 60% chance that one party will win both (House and Senate)" 10:25 How d...

Today we look at Proposition 28, an Initiative on the November 8 Ballot that would guarantee substantial annual funding (+/- $1 billion per year) for Arts and Music programs in California schools, without raising taxes. If that sounds like it should be a popular idea, it is: Proponents say that the measure is polling above 70%. Perhaps most telling is the official opposition: There is none. Propon...

Tom Morello, the fiery, activist leader of the rock band Rage Against the Machine, brought his guitar to Sacramento last week to lend support to the United Farm Workers and their effort to pass AB 2183, what UFW spokesman Marc Grossman calls "The Farm Worker Voting Rights Act." The bill passed both houses with comfortable majorities and is now on the governor's desk. Gov. Newsom vetoed a similar m...

2:38 Have we turned the corner on COVID? 4:34 What about other diseases like Monkeypox and polio? 7:02 Boosters and the numbers 10:17 How close is CA to universal health care? 11:43 CARE Court 16:34 Social media and misinformation 19:01 Cal AIM and the Children's Behavioral Health Initiative 23:54 If congress pulls Medi Care funding, will CA backfill? 25:47 Back to COVID 28:04 Doctors peddling mis...

:45 How did you get connected to the Hillside Stranglers case? 4:15 The lingering questions 5:25 Meeting Darcy O'Brien, who wrote THE book on the case 7:51 How do you run against an Attorney General in a tough-on-crime environment? 9:00 The Feinstein campaign 9:38 The ad 13:08 What broke the Hillside Strangler case? 15:33 Paul Mitchell's Dad, Jim Mitchell, encounters a Strangler 18:14 A victim-cen...

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1:13 NY politics v. CA politics 2:46 Obligatory Alex Vassar reference 3:07 CA Primary rundown 8:44 Trends in CA's upcoming congressional election 11:07 What, if anything, do last week's Primaries tell us? 15:15: LAWN SIGNS 20:22 IS Gavin Newsom running for President? 25:43: What are Lanhee Chen's chances of winning the Controller's race? 29:31 Remembering Scott Lay Want to support the Capitol Week...

:41 About GrassrootsLab 1:39 Madrid and Korinke: The Odd Couple 4:33 The political shift in local government 6:44 Districts vs. At-Large 9:06 The LA Mayoral race is poised to make history 11:29 The Count 12:07 Control of the House may come down to California 15:02 The number one issue in LA? 17:19 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweek...

:36 The Swing Space 2:37 The Top 100 3:00 The interviews 4:02: A Horseshoe state of mind 5:34 Lauren Sanchez 5:55 Ben Chida 8:10 Lorena Gonzalez 9:04 The funders 9:24 Arnie Sowell Jr. 14:19 Joe Stephenshaw 17:06 Correction: Robbie Hunter DOES NOT consult for WSPA 18:08 Liane Randolph 19:50 Andrew Meredith 21:00 Christy Bouma 21:36 Anthony York 22:58 Matt Rexroad 23:40 Kimberly Rodriguez 24:31 Lore...

:23 SB54: What happned? 2:32 The ballot measure 4:52 What kind of support did the ballot prop have? 9:24 With this bill, California will affect the entire USA 10:14 "Extended Producer Responsibility" 14:20 The differences between the ballot proposition and SB54 17:06 A 'defacto' ban on polystyrene 20:03 Reuse is not a new idea 21:28 Let's look at Barbie 23:11 What are CA's recycling numbers now? 2...

:33 A breakdown of Propositon 30 2:53 Strange bedfellows 4:50 The "No" side 8:38 The unions 9:43 The polling 10:43 Who is running the campaigns? 14:08 WSPA's shot across Newsom's bow 14:45 The WSPA ad 18:33 The idea of electric cars 19:13 "I think I have five cars... I don't even know how many cars I have" 26:03 "You see a different world" 26:30 Hydrogen fuel cells 27:13 Nuclear? 28:42 WWCA Photo:...

1:09 Tell us about realassemblyman 3:24 Obligatory Alex Vassar reference 3:35 The Berman - McCarthy - Brown Speakership fight 4:36 "It's 41 votes, Bruce, not 41 Democrats..." 6:04 How did Brown get Republican votes? 7:45 Pat Nolan vs. Willie Brown 9:00 "Why the hell is Willie Brown raising money for Republicans?" 10:12 "Willie is so misunderstood..." 12:16 "You don't leave someone with that much t...

:25 Dentistry and Medi-Cal 2:12 49th out of 50 states 4:37 The impact of COVID 5:44 Can telehealth work for dental care? 6:31 "I never liked going to the dentist.." 7:15 What regions of the state are hardest to serve? 10:20 Why is dentistry separate from other health care? 13:09 Reimbursement rates 16:07 Are there programs to get dentists into underserved communities? 18:21 What now for California...

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:49 WHAT A WEEK 1:04 The Dobbs Decision 3:38 "Settled Law" 7:28 Is it time to expand the Supreme Court, add term limits, etc?... 10:55 The Uniform Parentage Act: what is it? 16:25 Other decisions: West Virginia v EPA  22:30 So....  SCOTUS Justices do not have to recuse themselves? 23:39 What can we infer about the future of Gay Marriage, etc,... from Dobbs? 26:25 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol...