Every year hundreds of new California laws take effect on January 1. Many of them won't have much effect on our daily lives, but Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler joins Beth Ruyak to take a closer look at some that might in 2019.

Capitol Chat: New Year, New Laws

A weekly round-up of what's happening (or not happening) in California politics and state government with Insight host Beth Ruyak.

News & Politics

On this week’s Capitol Chat: an initiative to expand rent control in California has qualified for the November ballot, and childcare providers in California rallied at the Capitol and are mobilizing to unionize.

Insight Digital Special: Capitol Chat On Rent Control And A Move To Unionize Childcare Workers

There have been more horse deaths at Santa Anita Park, five just since December 28, 2019. Uber is piloting a new pricing program allowing drivers to set rates at three airports. And we wait for the State of the State to be scheduled.

CapChat: Santa Anita Horse Deaths / Uber Pilots New Pricing / State Of The State

As the primaries approach, candidate visits to the Western US continue. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was just in California and Sen. Elizabeth Warren was in Reno. And we talk about the coming of the state’s individual mandate.

Presidential Candidate Visits To CA And NV And The Individual Mandate

The California Legislature has refused CapRadio’s public records request for data on sexual harassment complaints, from January to the present. CapRadio’s Ben Adler shares his latest reporting and what this could mean for how accusations are handled

Capitol Chat: State Refuses To Release Sexual Harassment Complaint Data Since January

California Democrats head to Southern California this weekend for their endorsing convention. One question CapRadio’s Ben Adler will be asking is: Is California less important for candidates running for president than it was just a few months ago?

Capitol Chat: New Year, New Laws

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