Affordability has become the buzziest of buzzwords around the California Capitol and beyond. It has become a major talking point for lawmakers, candidates for every office and even a certain governor with lofty ambitions beyond the Golden State. On this week’s podcast we share a lively and very candid discussion on affordability between two of the Capitol community’s most notable members – longtime political strategist, author and commentator Mike Madrid and former Assemblymember and current president of the California Federation of Labor Unions Lorena Gonzalez.
Affordability has become the buzziest of buzzwords around the California Capitol and beyond. It
has become a major talking point for lawmakers, candidates for every office and even a certain
governor with lofty ambitions beyond the Golden State. On this week’s podcast we share a lively
and very candid discussion on affordability between two of the Capitol community’s most
notable members – longtime political strategist, author and commentator Mike Madrid and
former Assemblymember and current president of the California Federation of Labor Unions
Lorena Gonzalez.
1:15 Introductions
2:00 Thoughts on the gubernatorial primary in terms of affordability
6:45 Insinuated promises
10:30 “There is no monopoly on good or bad ideas.”
15:37 “How many of these things are actually within their control?”
21:20 A lot of things could help
22:30 “In the digital age the most valuable commodity we have is our data”
26:21 “The old model doesn’t work”
29:15 Billionaire tax
36:20 Thoughts on the Insurance Commissioners race
41:30 Audience question - Responsibility of Labor in effecting affordability?
46:40 Audience question - Is this issue going to go away anytime soon?
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