11Dec

California’s Economic Summit: Valley Implications

Guest: James Mayer, President and CEO, CA Fwd; Fred Silva, Senior Fiscal Policy Advisor, CA Fwd; Matt Lege, Research Analyst, SEIU UHW; Cathy Martin, VP of Workforce Policy, California Hospital Association; Cathy Creswell, Housing Policy Specialist, Creswell Consulting, Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin; Pete Weber, co-chair of CalFwd and Director of the Fresno Bridge Academy

11Dec

December 11, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories After years of drama, farmers score a big win in California water battle — The California water bill now ready for the president’s signature dramatically shifts 25 years of federal policy and culminates a long and fractious campaign born in the drought-stricken San Joaquin Valley. A rough five years in the making, […]

09Dec

December 9, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories House approves California water plan that splits state’s Democratic senators — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved the biggest federal reset of California water use in a generation, setting the stage for easier dam-building, more recycling and potentially happier Central Valley farmers. McClatchy Newspapers article; Visalia Times-Delta article; Sacramento Bee editorial: ‘Feinstein, McCarthy strike water […]

08Dec

December 8, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories If feds try to ID deportable immigrants using Cal data, state will block access — California is preparing for the possibility that the administration of President-elect Donald Trump—who campaigned on a promise to deport at least 2 million people—might demand access to various state databases that would reveal the names and locations of undocumented […]

07Dec

November 7, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories White House won’t support California water bill that’s already divided its senators — The White House on Tuesday voiced doubts about controversial California water legislation that has already caused an unusually public split between the state’s two Democratic senators. Meeting with reporters, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the California provisions that […]

06Dec

December 6, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories Boxer-Feinstein in angry split over new California water-bill plan — A controversial California water bill that’s sparked years of fighting has been added to a fast-moving measure, boosting the chance the water measures will pass Congress but sharply dividing the state’s U.S. senators. In a remarkable break for the two longtime Democratic allies, Sen. […]

05Dec

December 5, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories Democrats in California Legislature to take on Trump by wading into immigration debate — With President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric on illegal immigration still fresh on their minds, legislative Democrats have readied a pair of proposals they believe will offer some immigrants additional legal help. LA Times article Dan Walters: Sometimes there are political fireworks when the Legislature […]

04Dec

State Climate Change Policy: Bad News or Good News for the Valley?

Guests: State Senator Fran Pavley, Rob Lapsley, President of California Business Roundtable, Nathan Alonzo Government Relations Manager – Fresno Chamber of Commerce, Danielle Bergstrom, Director of Gov’t Affairs – City of Fresno and Former State Sen. Majority Leader and current California Air Resources Board Member, Dean Flores

02Dec

December 2, 2016

Political Stories – Top stories Jerry Brown picks Rep. Xavier Becerra as California attorney general — Gov. Jerry Brown has tabbed Rep. Xavier Becerra to serve as California’s interim attorney general, selecting the Los Angeles Democrat to fill a vacancy opened by the imminent departure of outgoing Attorney General Kamala Harris to the U.S. Senate. Sacramento Bee article; LA […]

01Dec

December 1, 2016

Political Storie – Top stories Morally torn over state executions, will Gov. Jerry Brown ever permit one? — Although he has served as governor longer than anyone else in California history, Jerry Brown has never been forced to make one of the weightiest decisions governors face: whether to spare a convicted criminal from execution. CALmatters article Supreme Court […]