KQED's Marisa Lagos joins us for a look back at the biggest stories of the past year. Lagos is a correspondent for KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk and co-hosts a weekly show and podcast, Political Breakdown. We discuss Governor Newsom's year, hot labor Summer, the success of the YIMBY movement, the death of Dianne Feinstein, and much, much more. Plus, we offer up our pick for who had the Worst Week in California Politics.
KQED's Marisa Lagos joins us for a look back at the biggest stories of the past year. Lagos is a correspondent for KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk and co-hosts a weekly show and podcast, Political Breakdown. We discuss Governor Newsom's year, hot labor Summer, the success of the YIMBY movement, the death of Dianne Feinstein and arrival of Laphonza Butlerr, and much, much more. Plus, we offer up our pick for who had the Worst Week in California Politics.
1:06 Biggest stories: The Governor
1:51 Labor
2:36 Staff unionization
4:22 Tia Orr and SEIU
5:35 Reggie Jones-Sawyer
6:46 New Speaker: Robert Rivas
8:25 Generational shift
9:17 Surprises?
10:03 Pendulum swing on Housing
13:55 All politics Aren't local
15:07 "None of us saw Laphonza Butler coming"
18:14 Where is Barbara Lee
19:40 Anna Eshoo
21:34 Tough state to campaign in
22:07 Kevin McCarthy
23:23 Mental Health Reform
25:05 Shoutout to Dana Williamson
30:26 Big issues for 2024?
31:56 Ballot initiatives
37:18 #WWCA
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