Inside Golden State Politics

We dig into the California gubernatorial and Los Angeles mayoral  debates.  The candidates  skimmed over the issues.   In the end, there were no winners.

We share our observations about the disappointing California governor's  debate. We argue about the impact of prediction markets on the American political  process. 

Longtime California Republican strategist Jon Fleischman  guides us through the messy California governor's race and offers  his views on the future of the California Republican party.

We watch the campaigns for California governor and L.A. mayor dive into mud wrestling, a sport that leaves everybody dirty.

Mark DiCamillo, director of the Berkeley Institute Of Governmental Studies poll, shares his thoughts on the state of polling and the governor's race.  Could California elect its first Republican governor in decades?

We explore the unexpected electoral challenge  to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass by Councilmember Nithya Raman.  Are the Democratic Socialists a new force in Los Angeles politics?

We're so overwhelmed with news that we'll skip Epstein and the Iran War. We discuss the controversial  voter ID legislation.   We talk about the mayors of Los Angeles and New York and their solutions to the housing problem.  

We check in on the status of the California governor's race  and the war in Iran.

President Trump's State Of The Union speech-- little in the way of policy but lots of politics.

Did the  Trump administration's attempts to muzzle late night hosts backfire? Also, we take a look at the final field of the Los Angeles mayoral race.