Inside Golden State Politics

We talk with distinguished  political analyst Bill Schneider  about our country's divided politics.   And we discuss the political impact  of  the upcoming  Supreme Court  ruling on abortion. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer- director of Inside Golden State Politics  

We hand out our first annual Turkey of the Year Awards. We wonder whether Joe Biden can push his agenda through a balky  Congress .    We question the ugly behavior of Congressional Republicans.  

We talk to Los Angeles Times award winning columnist Steve Lopez about corruption in Los Angeles City Hall.  We wonder whether this is part of a national trend and if so, why.   Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics.  Her latest book is "The Moscow Affair." We're taking the next two or three weeks off for a winter break.  We'll be back soon.

We wonder how the controversy over teaching ethnic studies--hot in California and elsewhere--will influence upcoming elections.  We puzzle over President Biden's inability to get two more  Senate votes for his agenda.  Is he too busy playing harbor master in chief?  Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics.  Her latest mystery novel is "The Moscow Affair.&q...

We wonder why  President Biden waited  so  long to go  after the Republicans.  Is he still too much a creature of the old Senate?   And we continue to  contemplate  why  Mayor Eric Garcetti is still  waiting at the church for his ambassadorship  to come through. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics.  Her latest  mystery novel, "The Moscow Affair," is ju...

We puzzle over why a dysfunctional Congress is doing so little while the country is in trouble.   And we take our first look at next year's election for mayor of Los Angeles. Inside Golden State Politics is produced and directed by Nancy Boyarsky

With our guest,  respected political reporter Dave Bryan,  we wonder whether President Biden can reverse his declining approval ratings and ponder Governor Newsom's political future in the wake of his big recall victory.   Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics

We  discuss Covid's impact on the California recall election and we speculate on  the future of the recall process itself. We argue about the power of the MAGA Nation. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer and director of Inside Golden West Politics

We examine the impact of the Texas abortion law on California, which has  long protected abortion rights.   We recall the passage of the 1967 Beilenson Therapeutic  Abortion Act, which liberalized California abortion laws through the unlikely cooperation  of a young   Democratic state senator and the  conservative governor, Ronald Reagan. We look at the California recall campaign and conclude the...

We disagree over whether  President Biden's decision to withdraw from Afghanistan   simply reflected  his deeply held beliefs or was a more complex combination of belief and politics. We discuss the newly energized and focused  Newsom anti recall campaign in an election that still seems unpredictable.  Nancy Boyarsky is the director and producer of Inside Golden State Politics

We discuss whether President Biden can overcome  his setback in withdrawing from Afghanistan.  And whether Gov.  Gavin Newsom can survive a recall election that has become a referendum on him.

Back at work and overwhelmed with news.   We think Gov. Gavin Newsom could be  in trouble in the recall.   One reason is Latinos don't seem to be enthusiastic about him.  We also blast the news media for its coverage of Afghanistan, comparing it unfavorably to press coverage of the Vietnam War.

Our guest, political analyst  and journalist Bill Schneider,  wonders whether Donald Trump understands  suburban America.  Republicans are fixated on on social issues, particularly   Critical Race Theory and abortion. But pocketbook issues, such as child care  and health care, could determine the mid-term elections.

We explain how the infrastructure bill affects California.  And we wonder whether the news media and Washington insiders are too quick to criticize Vice President Kamala  Harris. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer and director of Inside Golden State Politics

We discuss the impact of issues like homelessness, fear of crime and worries about public safety on the California recall and the upcoming midterm elections. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics

We discuss whether the Republicans are taking the "white rage" road in their effort to win the mid-term elections.  We examine the impact of white rage on California's recall election. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics

We examine how California and Newsom performed during the  pandemic.   We talk about an uptick in gun violence.  We examine bad behavior as pandemic restrictions ease--and we vow  to be polite, ourselves. Nancy Boyarsky is  the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics.

With our guest, broadcaster Warren Olney, we take on racially tinged topics of the day.  We wade into the academic morass that  is critical race theory, influencing politics in California and other places.    We tackle the political morass that is voting rights legislation.  And we agree that a Swiss Army knife is not as deadly as an assault  weapon.  Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Ins...

We agree that the controversy over voting rights legislation could end in compromise--a smaller bill that Biden would sign.   We speculate on why the Republicans are so opposed to a bipartisan commission investigating the January 6 insurrection. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside  Golden State Politics

 Our guest, Thomas Wong, president of the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District,  gives us a grassroots view of the threatened California drought and its impact on politics.  We also discuss with him the recent wave of hate crimes afflicting the country.  Nancy Boyarsky is the producer and director of Inside Golden State Politics

We dig into the Mideast conflict,  but like everyone else, have no solutions.  The California budget  is rich with solutions.  But are they solutions? Nancy Boyarsky is the producer and director of Inside Golden State Politics

We briefly discuss the dumping of Liz Cheney from Republican House leadership.  We agreed that democracy was threatened and Cheney was a victim of sexism.  We examine Gov. Gavin Newsom's plans to give billions in surplus tax dollars and federal largesse to Californians in the face of his recall election.  And we wonder what might happen to Los Angeles and its huge homeless problems if  rumors...

With our guest, former California Assembly Republican leader Bob Naylor, we explore how Democratic Gov.  Gavin Newsom could lose his  job in  the recall election.  We also discuss whether Republicans are hurting themselves by passing new voting restriction laws. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics.

In her new book Madame Speaker,  our guest USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page describes Nancy Pelosi as the most powerful woman in the history of the federal government. She tells of Pelosi's rise from Baltimore's Little Italy  and San Francisco politics to her present job,   boss of the U.S. House of Representatives. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden Sta...

What's next on police reform?  Is it even possible? The aftermath of the Rodney King beating and the Rampart police scandal in Los Angeles in the 1990s shows the difficulty of cleaning up a police department with long-entrenched habits of brutality. Nancy Boyarsky is the producer-director of Inside Golden State Politics