Maps & Meta-analysis: Looking at CA Cities

Returning to the City Council coverage, this week Darvesh and Justin discuss the City Council meeting held on May 9th. The biggest items of interest include a presentation from HART Folsom and the initial proposal for the FY 2023-2024 City Budget. Presented by the City Manager and City CFO, this was a presentation that will be further discussed in subsequent City Council meetings.

Hello everyone! This episode is an interview with Taryn Grows, a co-owner of Uncle Charlie's Firehouse & Brew (UCFB). She was the primary applicant in the appeal that was brought up during the last city council meeting. She is the co-owner of UCFB along with her father and in this episode she talks about the specifics of UCFB, how she got to where she is, the challenges of starting a business, and her thoughts on the City of Folsom's appeal process.

Links:

Live Plan: https://www.liveplan.com

UCFB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UncleCharliesFirehouseAndBrew/

UCFB Instagram: @unclecharliesfirehouseandbrew

Darvesh gets his transit episode! In this episode of the podcast, Justin asks Darvesh his thoughts and ideas regarding Folsom's exisiting transit options and infrastructure, while also speculating about ideas for the future.

Hosts Darvesh and Justin continue their coverage of city council meetings. This week was another packed meeting with - you guessed it - another building project appeal. However, there are interesting differences with this appeal as compared to last time, lending itself a fruitful discussion.1

Darvesh and Justin debrief the 3/28/23 City Council meeting. This meeting was particularly busy, as there were many community members present to speak in the meeting on the city's approval of an affordable housing project across from Folsom Prison.

Hosts Darvesh and Justin discuss the big-picture question of "Why is local government important" through exploring some of the key areas that local government intersect with the average person's daily life while trying to convey a sense of why our listeners should care about their local government.

After a week off, Darvesh and Justin offer brief thoughts on the agenda for the previous week's City Council meeting before diving in to an analysis of the budget for the City of Folsom. While a long episode, it substantive as there is a lot to the budget process and important terminology to understand.

This episode covers the Folsom City Council meeting for February 28th, 2023. While the meeting itself was short, the topics were substantive - from a mid-year budget change to hire additional Community Service Officers for the Police Department, to designation of historic trees in the City.

In the first deep dive of the podcast, Darvesh and Justin cover a high-level overview of the Governance of the City of Folsom. This episode offers a view of governing and administrative structures while also laying the groundwork for future deep dive episodes.

In the second episode, hosts Darvesh and Justin cover their first City Council meeting for the podcast. While Justin was absent for the February 14th meeting, hear Darvesh talk about some of the presentations that were made as he offers his take on the topics.