Hosts Gibran Maciel and Scott Lay break down the top political headlines in California politics and policy. Interested in becoming a sponsor or coming on the show? Send either of us a message: scottlay@gmail.com, gibran@sactowntalks.com

Shownotes

  • Intro: Cruel Summer: One month left for #CALeg
  • Talking about four letter words: cursing on the Pod and what we're trying to do here
  • Carl DeMaio jumps in Congressional District 50, the Duncan Hunter seat.
  • Carl DeMaio gets gay-baited in his race for SD Mayor, and Carl-DeMaio Gay-Bates himself too
  • LGBTQ politics and lessons learned working in Toni's district office
  • Legal challenges to SB 27 (McGuire and Wiener): Presidential/gubernatorial tax return disclosure
  • Trump's speechwriters and is he high on amphetamines?
  • AB 290 (Wood): dialysis and third party payments
  • AB 5 (Gonzalez): Dynamex/Independent contractors
  • AB 719 (Blanca Rubio and Gray): Extending date of prohibition of importation or possession for sale of crocodile or alligator parts.
  • SB 276 (Pan): Immunization: medical exemptions.