Inside Golden State Politics

Does the election of LA's new mayor mean a leftward shift for city politics?  We explore the meaning of the Republican debacle. And we analyze the victories  of so many women in the mid-term elections.

Friend of the podcast Mike Bonin, former Los Angeles City Council member and executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State LA, guides us through some of the hot measures on the November ballot.  And we take a final look at the Los Angeles mayor's race.

Our guest, Bob Stern, a nationally known expert on the initiative process, walks us through some of the hot  measures on the Califonia ballot.   

We discuss whether the recent debate moved the needle in the Los Angeles mayor's race. We note voting has begun despite Trump's attempts to hijack the election.

We speculate  whether Trump will interfere with the mid-term elections. We  look at the status of the L.A. mayor's race.

We critique the recent California governor's debate and examine the efforts of the candidates for mayor of Los Angeles to win support in the Jewish community. And we  wonder why there isn't more coverage of the casualties in the Iran war.

We explore  the political, economic and cultural speed bumps  dominating the explosion of artificial intelligence.  We also check in on the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

Out guest analyst, Jon Regardie, a respected political observer, thinks the mayoral race will get hot when the advertising takes off.  We discuss how the three of us can't and  won't predict  a winner.

We push the pause button to check out where we are as we approach the mid-term elections.  And we worry  about what appears to be election chaos and Trump's use of the United States Postal Service to determine who gets to vote.

Can Trump limit mail voting in this year's elections?   If he succeeds, many Americans could be disenfranchised.  We also check in on the race for mayor of Los Angeles.