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A health care union says tax the billionaires to save Medi-Cal.
The school boards say it puts public schools at risk.

Prop 40 is a one-time 5% tax on about 200 billionaires, mostly to fund health care.

On this episode, I talk with both sides:
Mayra Castaneda, SEIU-UHW (Yes on 40)
Dr. Debra Schade, California School Boards Association (No on 40)

We also touch on Props 41 and 42, which were written to cancel Prop 40 if either gets more votes.

🎧 Link in bio. Election Day is Nov. 3.

#Prop40 #California #Election2026

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Three measures on your ballot change the rules of democracy itself. Do you know what they do? 🗳️

Prop 39: Voter ID every time you vote
Prop 5: No more replacement race in recalls
Prop 4: Lets cities and the state publicly finance campaigns

I break them down with @calmatters politics editor Juliet Williams. 🎧 Link in bio, or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Election Day is Nov. 3.

#California #Election2026 #VoterID #Democracy

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Six tax measures. Two of them exist only to cancel a third. 🤯

Billionaire tax. Millionaire tax. A ban on wealth taxes. A rainy day fund. A new bar for local taxes.

The alliances are wild: teachers vs. teachers’ usual allies, cops and firefighters with tech billionaires, a Democratic governor against his own party.

@calmatters’ Jeanne Kuang and I sort out who’s behind what. 🎧 Link in bio.

#California #Election2026 #Taxes

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Three housing measures on your ballot. Do you know what they do? 🏠

Prop 1: $11.25B for affordable housing
Prop 37: Help buying a new home with 3% down
Prop 45: CEQA overhaul — and a big fight

I break them down with @calmatters housing reporter Ben Christopher. 🎧 Link in bio.

Register by Oct. 19. Vote by Nov. 3.

#California #Housing #Election2026 #CEQA.

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Your homeowners insurance. Your car insurance. Your health coverage. One statewide office has a say over all of it, and it's on your ballot this November. 🗳️

California is in an insurance crisis. Families are getting dropped, premiums are soaring, and fire survivors are still fighting for the claims they paid for.

I sat down separately with both candidates for Insurance Commissioner, @janekim and @benallenca , and asked each one the same question: how will you stand up for consumers?

Two Democrats. Two very different approaches. Hear them both. 🎧

Link in bio.

#California #InsuranceCommissioner #Election2026 #CAPolitics #ConsumerProtection #WildfireRecovery #LosAngeles

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Fifty years ago, LA was run by an old-school downtown establishment. The LAPD held outsized power. Communities of color had little institutional voice. Then Liberty Hill Foundation was founded — and started funding the movements that would reshape the city from the ground up. 🌆

On the new episode, I sit down with Shane Murphy Goldsmith, President & CEO of @libertyhillfound, to trace LA's arc of changemaking through Liberty Hill's 50-year history — tenants' rights, labor, immigrant rights, environmental justice, youth justice, police reform, and more.

Link in bio to listen 🎙️

#LibertyHill #LosAngeles #LAPolitics #SocialJustice #Podcast #Changemaking #GrassrootsOrganizing

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Today is @awalkerinla's birthday! A great way to help her celebrate would be become a paid subscriber to her amazing Torched newsletter. It is a vital source of information about preparations for the Olympics, transportation, infrastructure and a whole lot more. Visit Torched.LA and subscribe. Happy Birthday, Alissa!

You are already a paid subscriber to LA Podcast, right? If not, thinkforward.la is where you sign up.

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Long Beach is the second-largest city in LA County and one of the most diverse, running its own port, airport, and health department. We talk with its mayor, Rex Richardson, and ask if he's eyeing the county's new elected CEO seat. On the first episode of a new season of What's Next Los Angeles. 🎙️

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What will a Bass-Raman match-up mean for the future of Los Angeles politics?

🎙️ New episode of @whatsnextlosangeles :
✔️ My take on the election results
✔️ City Controller @kennethmejiala Mejia and Jane Nguyen on a landslide re-election victory
✔️ @lacountyrrcc Dean Logan on vote counting, election integrity, and voter fraud claims

Available now wherever you get podcasts.

#LosAngeles #LAPolitics #WhatsNextLA

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On the latest @whatsnextlosangeles, we turn our attention to the race for Los Angeles City Attorney and talk with @marissaroy_la. We discuss her campaign, and her goal of making the position an advocate for the people. Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts.

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California voters will soon decide who becomes the state’s next Lieutenant Governor.

On the latest episode of @whatsnextlosangeles I talk with @michaeldtubbs , former mayor of Stockton, about how his experience in local government shapes his views on the role and responsibilities of Lt. Governor. We discuss his work on guaranteed income, economic inequality, gun violence, and education, and how those debates are playing out across California.

Check it out wherever you listen to podcasts.

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In the latest episode of What's Next, Los Angeles, we continue our focus on the race to succeed Maria Elena Durazo in the State Senate, with an in-depth discussion with @wendycarrillo. In this interview, we we not only discuss her campaign and her agenda, but we talk about her DUI arrest and her subsequent, ongoing experience with sobriety and recovery.

Wherever you listen to podcasts.

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