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  • Episode 390: Newsom’s 19th Nervous Breakdown

    Episode 390: Newsom’s 19th Nervous Breakdown
    May 15 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Guest host Will O’Neill
    • High-speed rail, abortion and the will of the voters: Takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget
    • Who’s the mayor of California?
    • In unhinged rant, Gavin Newsom essentially admits he's at fault for homeless crisis in California
    • Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor of Turlock spar over homeless shelter funding
    • Los Angeles County opposes Newsom's executive order, won't arrest and jail people at encampments
    • California released 15,000 prisoners early during COVID. New data reveals what happened to many of them
    • Governor hopefuls kiss labor’s ring
    • Wash Post says Harris’ coverup of Biden’s cognitive decline part of why Democrats lost: ‘Credibility problems’

    Jon Fleischman Returns:

    • Flash Report
    • California Patriot Profile: The Late Andrew Breitbart
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    1 h et 33 min
  • Episode 389: Escape to Alcatraz

    Episode 389: Escape to Alcatraz
    May 7 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:Trump’s circle tries to soothe investors’ frayed nervesWhat to make of Trump’s big plans for AlcatrazThe Tariff Impact on Main Street Trump’s First 100 Days Have Shattered California’s Left-Wing IllusionsCalifornia overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threatHouse Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered CarsWhy California recently revised its clean air regulations for zero-emission trucks | OpinionIn a Wildfire-Ravaged L.A. Suburb, Red Tape Snarls the Rebuilding: ‘Everybody’s Forgotten About Us’Santa Ynez Reservoir in Palisades must be drained again after more leaks foundDems go to Krell and back on sex traffickingKill new housing with regulation, but blame mathIs California doomed to repeat pension history?California cancels vacation payouts for state workers over budget concernsTrans high school track star sparks fury after winning girls’ triple jump by staggering 8 feetSheridan Karras, California Policy Center:SEIU 721’S strike affects county services while union pushes for bigger payoutsMark Mix, National Right to Work:Mark MixEmployee of LAX Foodservice Provider Slams Unite Here Local 11 With Federal Charges Detailing Intimidation, Harassment
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    1 h et 45 min
  • Episode 388: Blue on Blue Violence

    Episode 388: Blue on Blue Violence
    Apr 29 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Trump’s tariffs threaten Southern California’s $300-billion trade industry, report says
    • Longshore union blasts Trump tariffs, warns of massive job losses
    • Harris to criticize Trump in first major address since leaving office
    • Kamala Harris Has Been Quietly, Carefully Working the Phones and Plotting Her Next Move
    • Is Gavin Newsom changing his tune with the oil industry?
    • Republicans find the perfect storm
    • Karen Bass unveils her ‘very difficult budget’ for LA
    • Mayor Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs: What departments are on the list?
    • Santa Cruz City Council approves near-term wharf repair, downtown Vibrancy Ordinance
    • Protections for nesting gulls (among other uniquely Californian headaches) delayed repairs to Santa Cruz wharf
    • San Diego's Big Bay Boom fireworks display may fizzle out this year
    • Long Beach is giving away free gun safes to help prevent accidental firearm deaths
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    47 min
  • Episode 387: San Francisco’s ‘New Pragmatism’

    Episode 387: San Francisco’s ‘New Pragmatism’
    Apr 22 2025
    Email Us:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.comwill@calpolicycenter.orgFollow Us:@DavidBahnsen@WillSwaim@TheRadioFreeCAShow Notes:California is first state to sue Trump on tariffsCalifornia’s lawsuit puts West Coast business leaders to the testThe Hollywood Upside of Trump’s Trade WarGov. Gavin Newsom under fire for calling deported man’s case a ‘distraction’Valero to shutter at least one of its California refineriesCalifornia’s refinery capacity stretched to the limitVistra withdraws Morro Bay battery plant application How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate changeNewsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverageCalifornia just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure — losing millions of federal dollarsBarbara Lee wins tight Oakland mayoral race‘There’s a reckoning to be had’: San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center.Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state onlineEdward Ring: Myths of Earth DayEarth Day Reclaimed: Challenging The Top 10 Myths That Hijacked EnvironmentalismPeter Zeihan, “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization”Ed’s energy newsletter, “What’s Current”
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    1 h et 31 min
  • Episode 386: Joy Division

    Episode 386: Joy Division
    Apr 16 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • Merle Haggard
    • Why did it take Bernie Sanders and AOC to rally California liberals?
    • ‘Not acceptable.' Not a single home building permit finalized in Altadena following Eaton Fire
    • Homeowners sue California FAIR Plan, claim it’s not paying for home cleanups after wildfires
    • Measure ULA is reducing apartment development in the city of L.A, report says
    • CA Dems pass on funding Prop. 36 as Newsom celebrates rights of crime victims
    • For California’s largest public union, telework poses challenge — and opportunity
    • The Prop 22 fight rides again
    • California Is Preparing to Take Trump to Court to Stop His Tariffs
    • Oakland mayor’s race too close to call as Barbara Lee predicts ‘a long week’
    • Trump’s volatile trade policy creates new problems for California state budget
    • Judge allows Menendez brothers' resentencing effort to move forward
    • Menendez brothers' aunt hospitalized after DA shares graphic photos in court: 'We are devastated'
    • Rosie O'Donnell says convicted killer Lyle Menendez is first 'straight man' she can 'love' and 'trust'
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    1 h et 1 min
  • Episode 385: Second to Naan

    Episode 385: Second to Naan
    Apr 10 2025

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    Show Notes

    • David on Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It”
    • ‘Truly A Moron’: Elon Musk Puts Key Trump Official On Blast After He Goes After Tesla
    • Navarro left a trail of political wreckage in California
    • Newsom is trying to loophole California out of Trump's tariff war
    • UC Berkeley prof says California has lost 20,000 fast-food jobs since Newsom’s Fast Foot Act
    • Proposed California bill would bar fining, arresting homeless people for camping
    • Feds to look into potential fraud and corruption in Southern California homeless funds
    • In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion
    • RealPage sues Berkeley over its ban on algorithmic rent pricing software
    • Steph Curry’s plan to build a headquarters in S.F.’s Dogpatch area is dead
    • NBA’s Steph Curry joins neighbors in opposing affordable-housing plan for ritzy Atherton
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    1 h
  • Episode 384: Trump in the Driver’s Seat

    Episode 384: Trump in the Driver’s Seat
    Apr 2 2025

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    Show Notes:

    • The complicated legacy of César Chávez
    • Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents
    • Trump ally and rising California GOP star Essayli named top federal prosecutor in L.A.
    • California farmers fear tariff trade war losses in billions, uneven bailouts
    • Gavin Newsom calls Democratic brand ‘toxic’ on Bill Maher show
    • Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?
    • Resistance roars back at the border
    • SB 573 would raise corporate taxes based on executive compensation
    • The Luigi Mangioni [sic] Access to Healthcare Act
    • Policies, not greed, driving California’s sky-high gas prices, study finds

    Julie Hamill

    • California Justice Center
    • What is FERPA?
    • California Laws Force Public School Districts to Violate FERPA and Title IX; Mandatory Withholding of Federal Funds
    • Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents
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    1 h et 52 min
  • Episode 383: California Governor Donald Trump!

    Episode 383: California Governor Donald Trump!
    Mar 26 2025

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    Show Notes

    • David: An anniversary to forget and remember
    • Here’s how Gavin Newsom’s podcast arrangement works. The details raise questions
    • Newsom betrays a promise by failing to fund high school ethnic studies classes | Opinion
    • University of California drops “diversity statements”
    • With L.A.’s mayor facing a recall threat, her supporters go after billionaires
    • Weaponized turds: San Francisco’s strange and terrible victory over the EPA
    • Will: OUSD teachers present an affair to remember
    • A homegrown Arizona company was about to break ground on a billion-dollar development – then a California union stepped in

    Oakland with Tim Gardner:

    • Oakland Report
    • Oakland's MACRO missed all of its pilot project goals—so the city expanded it
    • Is Oakland fundamentally ‘broken’? The mayor’s race hinges on the answer

    Major League Baseball Opening Day with Rick Reiff:

    • Rick Reiff’s website
    • MLB removes references to ‘diversity’ from website’s careers page
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    1 h et 57 min