Valley Views

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Thomas Curwen, LA Times.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Jesse Bedayn, Reporter - CalMatters; Judy Lin, Assistant Editor - CalMatters; and Grace Gedye, Economy Reporter - CalMatters.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director - Public Policy Institute of California Water Center.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Leslie Jacobs, Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ashley Swearengin, Executive Director - Central Valley Community Foundation; Lee Ann Eager, President - Fresno County Economic Development Corporation.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times; Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times; and Elaine Howle, Former State Auditor.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Tani Cantil-Sakauye, President/CEO, PPIC and former Cheif Justice, California Supreme Court.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Roger Aines, Senior Scientist - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sarah Cornett, Fiscal and Policy Analyst, LAO.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ryan Jacobsen, CEO - Fresno County Farm Bureau and Tricia Stever Blattler, Executive Director - Tulare County Farm Bureau.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ashley Swearengin, Executive Director - Central Valley Community Foundation and Lee Ann Eager, President - Fresno County Economic Development Corporation. He is also joined by Alejandra Y. Castillo, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development - U.S. Department of Commerce.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director of the Public Policy Institute of California Water Center, Dr. Andrew Ayres, Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center, Dr. Alvar Escriva-Bou, Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center, Charles Hillyer, Interim Associa...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by a senior fellow at the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California, specializing in K–12 education, with an emphasis on math and science education. He'll also talk to school superintendents, Sara Noguchi, Robert Nelson, Eimear O'Brien, Mark Luque, and Kirk Shrum, from throughout the Valley—from Modesto to Ba...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Tami Lundberg the Chief Technology Officer at FUSD, Don Soyinthisane, Director of Learner Support at FUSD, and Peter Sonkeen, the Director of Technology at Lindsey USD. We’ll find out what one large urban district and one small rural school district are doing to meet the challenge of Improving Digital Equity in Val...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Scott Linesburg, the editor of Stocktonia, Joe Kieta, the editor of the Fresno Bee, Paul Hurley with the College of the Sequioas, and Robert Price, with the KGET, Bakersfield’s NBC affiliate. They will discuss those folks who are unelected, yet highly influential, when it comes to local politics and government.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by university leaders Lynnette Zelezny, Dr. Ellen Junn, Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz. We’ll ask the university presidents at each of the Valley’s 4 public universities questions regarding the impact of COVID19, school accomplishments, and future plans. After that, we’ll take a close look at a Brooking...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Anthony Rathburn, Interim Director of the California Energy Research Center, CSUB; Liz Rozell, Director, Valley Strong Energy Institute, Bakersfield College. They will discuss the future of energy in Kern County.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Michael S. Tilden, Acting Califonia State Auditor; Kim McCoy Wade, Director - CA Department of Aging. They will discuss the aging of California's population and the work agencies are doing to address this issue.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by John Beckman,  CEO, Greater Valley Building Industry Association; Michael Prandini, President & CEO, Building Industry Association of Fresno/Madera Counties; David Dmohowski, Executive Officer, Home Builders Association of Kern County. They will discuss issues surrounding the lack of affordable housing in...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Janna Sidley, Commissioner - Little Hoover Commission; Deepak Premkumar, Research Fellow - Public Policy Institute of California. They will discuss the state of police misconduct and law enforcement training.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Helen Kerstein, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst - Legislative Analyst's Office; Michael S. Tilden, California State Auditor. They will discuss who can be held responsible for wildfires and what can be done going forward to help mitigate risks.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Monica Davalos, Policy Analyst - California Budget & Policy Center;  Lourdes Morales, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst - Legislative Analyst's Office;  Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Research Fellow - Public Policy Institute of California; Hanna Wiley, Politics Reporter - Los Angeles Times; Jerry Dyer, M...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Janna Sidley, Commissioner - Little Hoover Commission; Paco Balderrama, Chief of Police - City of Fresno; Curt Fleming, Chief of Police - City of Clovis; and Jose Garza, Chief of Police - City of Coalinga. They will discuss the state of law enforcement training across the Central Valley and California as a whole.

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director - Public Policy Institute of California Water Center, and Sargent Green, Water Management Specialist - California Water Institute, Fresno State. They discuss the impact of climate change on water supply in general, with a more specific focus on the state of Valley water. 

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Dr. Magnus Lofstrom, Policy Director and Senior Fellow - Public Policy Institute of California; Dr. Sebastian Sclofsky, Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Department-Stanislaus State; and Paco Balderrama, Chief of Police - City of Fresno. They discuss whether or not demographics decide if individuals will be sto...

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Dan Walters with Calmatters, John Myers with the LA Times, Paul Hurley with the Visalia Times-Delta, Danielle Bergstrom with the Fresno Bee/Fresnoland, and Garth Stapley with the Modesto Bee. They predict what the big debates will look like in the State Capitol this year, and what is likely to be on the ballot. The...