Capitol Weekly Podcast

Mar 06 2025 395 ep. 34 mins 97
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The Capitol Weekly Podcast covers California politics and public policy, and features interviews with elected officials, staffers, advocates, analysts, newsmakers, and even, -gasp- journalists. Listen at Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, or at capitolweekly.net

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Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Panel 3, Immigration

Mar 06 2025 56 mins  
On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Capitol Weekly presented an online conference, The Resistance: California vs. Donald Trump. This is PANEL 3 – IMMIGRATION Panelists: Senator María Elena Durazo; Luis Alvarado, Luis Alvarado Public Affairs; Kevin R. Johnson, UC Davis School of Law; David Trujillo, ACLU California Action Moderated by Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times Thanks to

Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Panel 1, Health Care

Mar 02 2025 53 mins  
On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Capitol Weekly presented an online conference, "The Resistance: California vs. Donald Trump." This is PANEL 1 – HEALTH CARE Panelists: Beth Malinowksi, SEIU California; Devon Mathis, California Assembly (Ret.); Amanda McAllister-Wallner, Health Access California; Dr. Richard Pan, California Senate (Ret.); Moderated by Samantha Young, KFF Heal

Special Episode: CA vs. Donald Trump - Keynote by California Attorney General Rob Bonta

Feb 27 2025 35 mins  
On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, Capitol Weekly presented an online conference, "The Resistance: California vs. Donald Trump." President Donald J. Trump launched his second term with a flurry of executive orders on immigration, energy and climate, health care, civil rights and more. California led the resistance to administration policies during the first Trump Administration, sui

Reporter Brian Joseph's new book on Sex Trafficking in the USA

Feb 24 2025 30 mins  
Brian Joseph has worked as a newspaper reporter and investigative journalist for two decades, writing for Capitol Weekly, the Orange County Register, the Sacramento Bee and the Las Vegas Review-Journal, among other publications. He recently released his first book: Vegas Concierge: Sex Trafficking, Hip Hop and Corruption in America. Using public and private records as well as exclu

California Assembly Parliamentarian Brian Ebbert

Feb 17 2025 49 mins  
Our guest today is the Parliamentarian to the Assembly Speaker, Brian Ebbert. Ebbert has spent over three decades in the Assembly starting as an Assistant Clerk in 1991. He served as Assembly Floor Director from 2017 to 2014; he announced his retirement last year (and even got the cake) but agreed at the end of 2024 to stay on one more year as Assembly Parliamentarian What does th

What the Hell is happening in Washington DC?

Feb 10 2025 41 mins  
It may not feel like it, but Donald J. Trump began his second presidential term less than three weeks ago. The reality TV star turned GOP president wasted no time implementing his agenda, issuing dozens of Executive Orders, clearcutting opposition officials and entrusting billionaire donor Elon Musk with a broad mandate to revise the functions of the US government, often in seeming

Priorities for 2025, with Asm. Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

Feb 03 2025 35 mins  
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry represents California's 4th Assembly District, which includes Napa, Lake, Yolo, Colusa Counties and part of Sonoma County. She is the chair of the bipartisan California Legislative Women’s Caucus and is also the Assembly Majority Leader. As Majority Leader, Aguiar-Curry guides her party’s legislative strategy, coordinates with committee chairs and helps ens

From Hope to the Secretary of State's office: Dr. Shirley Weber

Jan 27 2025 41 mins  
We're joined today by Dr. Shirley Weber, California's Secretary of State. Governor Newsom appointed the four-term assembly member as Secretary of State in 2020 to fill the remainder of Alex Padilla's term when Padilla went to the US Senate. Voters elected her for a full term on November 8, 2022. Serving as the state's chief elections officer is a natural fit for Weber, whose fami

Six Guiding Principles of Governing California - Bob Hertzberg

Jan 20 2025 34 mins  
We hear a lot of discussion about what it takes to campaign for Governor of California, but, as in the 1972 film The Candidate, not so much about what it takes to govern the state. Former Senate Majority Leader and Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg has served as an advisor to governors and want-to-be-governors for decades. With the race to replace Governor Gavin Newsom in 2026 heating

A Chat with Stephanie Roberson

Jan 13 2025 44 mins  
Today we welcome a first-time guest to the podcast: Stephanie Roberson, of Stephanie Roberson Strategies. Roberson formed SRS, a boutique, black-owned single member firm, in late 2022 after 15 years representing the California Nurses Association. During Roberson’s tenure, the Nurses waged fierce battles in the capitol over guaranteed universal healthcare, and confronted the COVID