Assemblyman Josh Hoover and longtime policy consultant Joe Parra discuss a number of topics including the signing of AB 379, a new audit on state telework, the Legislature’s least talkative lawmakers, Governor Newsom’s redistricting power play, and other stories of the week.

Host: Assemblyman Josh Hoover

Cohost: Joe Parra

Kennedy Center Nominees

https://www.kennedy-center.org/news-room/press-release-landing-page/48th-annual-kennedy-center-honors/

AB 379 signed into law

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-30/newsom-signs-bill-on-solicitation-of-minors

Kamala not running for gov, Eleni Kounalakis drops out

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article311633547.html#campaignName=sacramento_political_newsletter

Telework Audit

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/08/state-workers-remote-work/

https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2024-118/#summary

California’s lawmakers love to talk, but these eight barely say a word

https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/08/california-lawmakers-speaking-rates/

Clip of the Week: Newsom defends his proposal to throw out the independent redistricting commission maps and give that job back to politicians

https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/1949256701062049901

Redistricting background: https://www.kcra.com/article/california-redistricting-congress-what-we-know/65657516

Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/schwarzenegger-newsom-redistricting-00493418

https://x.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1956385355130929618

Common Cause back tracks: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/12/common-cause-redistricting-texas-fight-00505963?nname=california-playbook-pm&nid=00000177-6f21-d412-abff-6ff78f190000&nrid=00000172-7624-ddb4-ad72-7facb1dc0002

Polling: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/14/california-redistricting-newsom-poll-00508930?nname=california-playbook&nid=00000150-384f-da43-aff2-bf7fd35a0000&nrid=00000172-7624-ddb4-ad72-7facb1dc0002

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000198-a50a-d204-a5bb-b56fc79c0000&nname=california-playbook&nid=00000150-384f-da43-aff2-bf7fd35a0000&nrid=00000172-7624-ddb4-ad72-7facb1dc0002

Maps: https://x.com/EytanWallace/status/1956496607916257510

https://x.com/TheBallotBook/status/1956477005689745430

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