National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

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• Gavin Newsom shocks LGBTQ allies with criticism of transgender athletes
• Scoop: LGBTQ+ rights power picks fight with Trump
• ‘Universal’ locker rooms at UC Davis
• Newsom stymies implementation of landmark California plastic law, orders more talks
• Kamala Harris roasted for trying to tie love of Doritos to Big Tech innovation during AI conference
• Why Kamala Harris for governor would bring joy to Republicans
• Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign
• Former Rep. Katie Porter announces bid for California governor
• Why would anyone think Chad Bianco is a decent candidate for governor?
• Why is Mayor Karen Bass deleting her text messages?
• Sacramento butcher shop closes after 10 years of quality meats. ‘It’s a sad day’

JULIE HAMILL

• Julie Hamill 
• Newsom's 'unfair' remark on girls' sports belies record as governor: 'Absolute bulls---'
• California hit with Title IX compliant for ‘gender identity’ student sleeping quarters
• Defense of Freedom Institute, California Justice Center file federal Civil Rights complaint against California Department of Education and multiple school districts for Title IX violations

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• Copperopolis incorporated, March 3, 1861
• “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
• Lateefah Simon rips Trump — and mod Dems
• California's Moneyed Elite Selects 'Abolish the Police' Operative to Serve in Congress
• Who’s afraid of Medicaid reform?
• Return to office: Newsom orders California state workers back four days a week
• Can’t make rent because of the fires? L.A. County considers a six-month lifeline
• Return to office: Newsom orders California state workers back four days a week
• Rivas purges five GOPers from Assembly committee posts in ‘Friday Night Massacre’
• After landslide victory, will Sacramento fund Prop. 36 enforcement? First signs say no.
• California fast-food workers could see another pay increase
• POINT REYES: Niman Ranch challenges Point Reyes Seashore settlement in lawsuit over ranching
• Yolo County program gave cash payments to families. Here’s what worked — and what didn’t

Medi-Cal reform with Marc Joffe:

• Marc Joffe
• Containing Medicaid costs at the state level

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• The Victor Davis Hanson Show
• Feb 24 1942 The Battle of Los Angeles
• Gavin Newsom is launching his own podcast — and inviting MAGA favorites
• While ‘Trump-Proofing’ California, Gov. Gavin Newsom asks Congress for $40 billion in fire relief funds
• Column: Bass fires the L.A. fire chief, but her own smoldering political crisis is far from over
• Trump attempting ‘end-run’ around California car pollution standards, expert says
• Will Gavin Newsom support Republican bill that bars funding for violent undocumented immigrants?
• San Diego migrant shelter hailed as national model will shut down, with 100-plus layoffs
• California bill restricts self-defense, ends crime-stopping protection, mandates ‘retreat’
• The SEIU’s power grab puts patients at risk
• Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Shouted Down During Stanford's 'Democracy and Disagreement' Class
• Fremont’s homeless encampment ban divides the community

Mirabelli v Olson:

• Mirabelli, et al. v. Olson, et al.
• Julie Hamill
• Paul M. Jonna

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• Roosevelt interns Japanese-Americans (Feb 19, 1942)
• Go for Broke! (1951 film)
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, “Farewell to Manzanar”
• JD Vance speech 
• Newsom to business owners: Shut up!
• California court rules against baker in revival of same-sex wedding cake disputes
• We forced the San Diego Housing Commission to repeal its race-based housing assistance program
• Californians are in for a ‘rude shock’ on fire
• Trump envoy Richard Grenell floats California governor bid — if Kamala Harris runs
• This alien-like field of mirrors in the desert was once the future of solar energy. It’s closing after just 11 years
• US Dept. of Education investigates California sports organization over trans athlete ban enforcement
• Petition calling for Denmark to buy California secures more than 230K signatures as Trump eyes Greenland

Free Speech in the California workplace: 

• Julie Hammil 
• Jeffrey Schwab
• The Liberty Justice Center and California Justice Center Challenge Employer Censorship Law on Behalf of the California Policy Center

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• Gov. Pat Brown on the decline of the Democratic Party, UCLA, 1967
• ‘Built to burn.’ L.A. let hillside homes multiply without learning from past mistakes
• Gov. Newsom says meeting with Pres. Trump at White House over LA wildfire aid was 'very productive'
• California governor signs 2 ‘Trump-proofing’ bills a day after returning from DC trip
• Newsom signs the bill while acknowledging loophole allowing for money to be spent fighting deportation of undocumented convicted on other crimes
• California wildfire aid will have conditions, US House Speaker Mike Johnson says
• Republicans rip California’s wildfire ‘overregulation’ while Gavin Newsom seeks help for victims
• Honoring the Pronouns of . . . Trans Vegan Anarchist Cult Members?
• LSD, veganism, high-IQ suspects: Probe of six murders takes feds into strange territory
• Suspect and Possible Cult Member Makes Court Appearance In Vallejo Killing as Further Links Revealed to Other Murders
• California plans to continue allowing trans athletes to compete in girls' sports despite Trump executive order
• California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta won’t run for governor in 2026

Julie Hamill, California Justice Center:

• [email protected]
• California Justice Center: “No federal funds to California public schools”
• California superintendent Tony Thurmond sends note to schools about Title IX protections
• California students still struggling with math and reading skills
• California teachers demand better pay, fully staffed schools as districts battle financial woes
• California AG touts safe haven for LGBTQ+, undocumented students amid Trump executive orders

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Show Notes:

• Knute Rockne, All American
• Reagan as George Gipp
• A disinformation deluge on California policies
• The owner of the LA Times takes the red pill
• Thousands rally in downtown Los Angeles, shut down 101 Freeway to protest Trump’s immigration policies
• California Democrats delay vote to ‘Trump-proof’ the state and protect immigrants
• Gavin Newsom heads to D.C. to meet with Trump officials about wildfire disaster aid
• Trump says California's High-Speed Rail project should be investigated
• Inspector General: High-Speed Rail off schedule for Merced-to-Bakersfield route
• Citing LA fire victims, Trump orders more water for Central Valley agriculture and less for fish
• Newsom issues order to ‘maximize’ water capture during storms. Critics say it sounds just like Trump
• California fires don’t justify an energy industry shakedown
• California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy
• Long Beach is considering a major hike in waste collection fees. Expect a higher trash bill

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Julie Hamill: @hamill_law

• California Justice Center
• ExxonMobil sues Rob Bonta over defamation campaign
• Rob Bonta gives back more fraught campaign funds

Seneca Scott: @SenecaSpeaks21

• What’s next in the Oakland FBI corruption case? 
• Barbara Lee officially launches campaign for Oakland mayor
• “If we do not change course, we will be roughly $115 million negative. We have already breached into our emergency reserve.”

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Show Notes

• Conservatives chalk up win as PepsiCo agrees to ‘viewpoint neutrality’ in ad-buying
• Alleged Hijacker Brought Back to U.S. After 32 Years
• List of Cuba–United States aircraft hijackings
• The Hijacker at Pump #4
• Donald Trump lays out two demands in exchange for California wildfire aid
• Wildfire of the Vanities: California’s political model has failed
• Revived effort to put California secession on the ballot gets OK to collect signatures
• California attorney general charges L.A.-area real estate agent with price gouging in wake of wildfires
• How a rumor about ICE on Muni spun out of control
• Yuba City and Sutter County want to skirt high PG&E rates. They found a way
• California Democrats are building a giant political slush fund

Edward Ring at Trump’s Los Angeles Wildfire Roundtable:

• Trump Speaks To Los Angeles Officials, Police About Wildfires During CA Trip
• Edward Ring: Fire prevention and resilience in California

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Show Notes:

• Cracks emerge in House GOP after speaker's threat to saddle California wildfire aid with conditions
• Trump is trying to end birthright citizenship. Now, California is suing him
• Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill.’ California wants to push electric cars
• Moss Landing, the world’s biggest grid battery, caught fire again
• How California could benefit if Trump actually dissolved the Education Department

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• Speaker Mike Johnson suggests 'conditions' needed on federal aid for LA wildfire victims
• Newsom adds LA wildfire funding to Trump-proofing special session
• Gavin Newsom and California Democrats reach $50M deal to Trump-proof the state
• Newsom on “Meet the Press”
• California’s wildfire insurance catastrophe
• As LA fires rage, California’s insurance commissioner imposes 1-year ban on policy cancellations
• LA Times Owner Calls Paper’s Karen Bass Endorsement a Mistake: ‘We’ll Accept Some Blame’
• Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
• Firefighter salaries from Transparent California
• Incarcerated Firefighters Do Risky, Low-Pay Work. Many Say It’s The Best Job Behind Bars.

Julie Hamill on evacuated kids 

• Inverse condemnation
• Julie Hamill’s California Justice Center

Edward Ring on fire mitigation from cisterns to robots

• California’s ‘Impenetrable’ Environmental Bureaucracy Left L.A. Hills Primed to Burn
• Edward Ring on the Mike Rowe podcast
• Edward Ring & Steve Hilton, “Modern forest management”