Valley Views

On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Dr. Julien Lafortune, Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California; Carolyn Jones, Senior Reporter at EdSource; and Alma Lopez, a counselor at Livingston Middle School. They discuss the Local Control Funding Formula in California schools and focus on some specific examples of local success in educat...

In a discussion about the role of unions in the 21st century, Mark Keppler is joined by CalMatters reporters Jesse Bedayn, Assistant Editor Judy Lin, and Economy Reporter Grace Gedye as well as Valley labor leaders Dillion Savory from the Fresno-Madera Labor Council, Pedro Ramirez from the Kern-Inyo-Mono Labor Council, and Tim Robertson from the Merced-Stanislaus-Tuolumne Labor Council. 

In this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by Pedro Nava, Chairman from the Little Hoover Commission, Dr. Thomas Holyoke, Professor of Political Science from Fresno State, and Dr. Jessica Trounstine, Professor of Political Science from UC Merced to discuss California's changing electorate. 

This week, Mark Keppler sits down with Valley university leaders Lynnette Zelezny (President, CSU Bakersfield), Ellen Junn (President, CSU Stanislaus, Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval (President, Fresno State), and Juan Sánchez Muñoz (Chancellor, UC Merced), as well as community foundation leaders Ashley Swearengin, President and CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation, and Marian Kaanon, President an...

In this episode, Mark Keppler talks with Ellen Hanak, Director of the Public Policy Institute of California Water Center; Lois Henry, CEO and Editor of SJV Water; Ian LeMay, President of the California Fresh Fruit Association; and Dr. Andrew Ayers, a natural resource economist with the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California about the impact of the current drought on the Valley and how...

In this episode, Mark Keppler looks back at 2021 in the State Capitol and looks ahead to 2022 with Dan Walters from CalMatters, Paul Hurley, the former editorial page editor with the Visalia Times-Delta, Danielle Bergstrom, Director and Policy Editor with Fresnoland, and Gareth Stapley with the Modesto Bee.

In this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by David Carrillo, the Executive Director of the California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley’s School of Law, Alan Zaremberg with the Calif Chamber of Commerce, Steve Smith with the Calif Federation of Labor, Sophia Bollag with the Sac Bee, John Myers with the LA Times, Dan Walters with CalMatters to discuss some of the key issues in the California...

In this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by local journalists Paul Hurley of the Visalia Times Delta, Danielle Bergstrom of the Fresno Bee and Fresnoland, and Mike Dunbar of the Modesto Bee to discuss the biggest names in state and valley politics. 

In this episode, Mark Keppler is joined by two retiring state leaders, State Auditor Elaine Howle and Mac Taylor, Former California Legislative Analyst. 

This week, Mark Keppler is joined by Noel E. Perry, founder of Next 10, to discuss the future of electric vehicles in California as well as the future of emissions. 

On this episode, Mark Keppler is joined by Pedro Nava of the Little Hoover Commission, Danielle Bergstrom of Fresnoland’s Documenter’s Program, and Erica Manuel, CEO & President of the Institute for Local Government to discuss the Valley's experience with the new phenomena of on-line government. 

This week, Mark Keppler discusses the impact of the California State Universities on the economies of the San Joaquin Valley. He is joined by Robert Maxim, Senior Research Associate at The Brookings Institution, Lynette Zelezny, President of CSU Bakersfield, Ellen Junn, President of CSU Stanislaus, and Saul Jimenez-Sandoval, President of Fresno State. 

Brian Clark, Editor of the Modesto Bee and Merced Sun Star;Joe Kieta, Editor of the Fresno Bee, and Paul Hurley who is formerly with Visalia Times Delta discuss valley impressions. 

Tim Sheehan from the Fresno Bee and David Lightman from McClatchy Newspapers give an update on the high speed rail project. 

Dr. Liaosha Song, an Assistant Professor of Geology, CSU Bakersfield and is an expert in subsurface geology. Dr. Catherine Garoupa White, the Executive Director, Central Valley Air Quality Coalition (CVAQ)and a lecturer at CSU Stanislaus and Columbia College discuss geology and environmental issues. 

Jim Boren, Executive Director - Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State; Dympna Ugwu-Oju, Co-Editor - Fresno Bee's Fresnoland discuss the role of state and local watchdogs 

Barbara Feder-Ostrov and Jocelyn Wiener from CalMatters

On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley View Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by a multitude of experts to discuss the prospects of a medical school here in the valley. This week's guests are Dr. Michael Peterson, Associate Dean at UCSF Fresno, Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz of UC Merced, California State Assemblymember Adam Gray (D-Merced), California State Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (...

On this week's episode, Mark Keppler is joined by Rachel Becker, Environmental Reporter for CalMatters, Tom Jordan, Senior Policy Advisor for the  San Joaquin Valley Air District, and Dr. Tania Pacheco-Werner, Co-Director of Fresno State’s Central Valley Health Policy Institute to discuss the Valley's air and potential solutions to improve air quality. 

Water is one of the biggest political topics in California, especially here in the Valley. This week, Mark Keppler is joined by Rachel Ehlers, Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst at the Legislative Analyst's Office, Ellen Hanak, Director of the PPIC Water Center, and Sarge Green, Research Scientist at Fresno State's CA Water Institute to discuss the status of water policy and water safety in Calif...

On this week's episode Mark Keppler discusses if redistricting will change the political landscape with Alvaro Hernandez, Executive Director at the Citizens Redistricting Commission, Pedro Toledo, Commissioner at the Citizens Redistricting Commission, Eric McGhee, Senior Fellow of PPIC and Dan Walters at CalMatters, Tom Holyoke, Professor of Political Science at Fresno State, Jessica Trounstine, P...

This week, Mark Keppler is joined by California State Auditor Elaine Howle, John Myers of the LA Times, Dan Walters and Matt Levine of CalMatters, Dan Dunmoyer of the California Building Industry Association and others to discuss the successes and setbacks in affordable housing construction in California. 

This week, Mark Keppler is joined by Sarah Bohn of the Public Policy Institute of California to discuss labor trafficking, poverty, and income inequality in the San Joaquin Valley and in California. 

In this week's episode, Mark Keppler discusses the state of the Employment Development Department of California with California State Auditor Elaine Howle. 

Mark Keppler is joined by Pedro Nava, Chairman of the Little Hoover Commission; Nick Ortiz, President/CEO of the Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce; Greg Newman, CEO of the Clovis Chamber of Commerce; Dave White, CEO of Opportunity Stanislaus; and Katy Winders, Director of the Small Business Development Center of Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties to discuss efforts to bolster the Valley's economy and...