National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

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Show Notes:

• Mayor out of the country as Los Angeles burns, residents plead for help
• Trump, Musk unleash on California Democrats over wildfires
• Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, George Soros
• George Gascón Admits He's Behind Soros Progressive Prosecutor Project, Secured $50M Seed Donation to ACLU
• Some Anti-Israel Protesters Are Paid
• Fact-checkers, targeted by MAGA loyalists, blast Zuckerberg’s assertion their work was ‘biased’
• Accountability is key to fixing Facebook: Will Swaim
• California GOP lawmaker introduces bill to ban transgender girls from women’s sports
• Serena Williams on playing against men
• Oakland's city employee counts show a dramatic shift in service priorities over five years
• The case for (and against) Barbara Lee

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• Trump allies warn California leaders, including LA Mayor Karen Bass, that they could go to prison over sanctuary city laws
• How Harmeet Dhillon can tame the beast at DOJ
• California restaurant cites ‘Ladies Night’ discrimination lawsuit as cause for closure
• Lima Chef John Marquez
• Amid threats to rewrite the Constitution, Senator Wiener calls for rescinding California’s calls for Constitutional Convention to protect civil liberties and democracy
• Trump-supporting urban planners propose destroying Presidio in SF
• Disney removes transgender storyline from upcoming Pixar streaming series
• Gov. Gavin Newsom doubles down on opposition to Prop. 36
• California manicurists face uncertain future as bill’s exemption nears end

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• L.A. Times’ billionaire owner (and is family) ignite a tug-of-war over paper’s future
• L.A. Times Guild calls for one-day walkout
• L.A. Times owner’s decision not to endorse in presidential race sparks resignations, questions
• Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section
• Patrick Soon-Shiong’s controversial shakeup at the L.A. Times: ‘Bias meter,’ opinion upheaval and a call for growth
• California says gas prices could spike 50 cents a gallon next year thanks to this climate program
• What Chevron's move to Houston means for the energy capital
• Governor Newsom signs legislation to prevent gas price spikes and save Californians money
• Gavin Newsom confronted at press conference about missing $24bn spent on tackling homelessness
• Newsom vetoes future audits
• Supreme Court gives cities in California and beyond more power to crack down on homeless camps
• Stalled Labor pick Julie Su lets herself off the hook for California’s missing billions
• Unions Give Thanks For Trump’s Labor Pick
• Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says
• 'A Failed Medical School': How Racial Preferences, Supposedly Outlawed in California, Have Persisted at UCLA
• Exclusive: San Francisco school district directs teachers to resources that condemn ‘Israeli terrorism’ as worse than Hamas
• Judge Orders Union To Halt UC Campus Strikes
• Newsom Signs AB 1955 And Okays Schools Lying To Parents, Opening The Door To Lawsuits And Child Exploitation
• ‘This person should not be president’: Kamala Harris takes hits in book on Biden
• Trump Didn't Deserve to Win, But We Deserved to Lose
• Kamala Harris for California governor? These Democrats say she’s best choice to fight Trump
• She lost the presidential election. Now Vice President Kamala Harris is losing popularity
• ‘He was Mr. San Diego’: Basketball icon Bill Walton remembered for his generosity, philanthropy, civic pride

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Show Notes:

• Bahnsen Group announces new Grand Rapids office
• Judge rejects lawsuit over ‘liberated’ ethnic studies classes in LAUSD
• Anti-Israel United Teachers Los Angeles seminar 
• Biden considering blanket preemptive pardons for perceived enemies of Trump
• China’s Critical Minerals Embargo Is Even Tougher Than Expected
• Gavin goes global: Newsom takes a risk on China
• L.A. County supervisors seek aid for hundreds of workers affected by Phillips 66 refinery closure
• Wells Fargo to sell San Francisco headquarters
• California bill bars Coastal Commission from blocking more launches for Elon Musk’s SpaceX
• DeMaio Calls for Penalties Against Gov. Newsom for Repeated Violation of Citizens’ Constitutional Rights
• The man who saw Sasquatch is closing his California museum for good
• Former SoCal candidate is accused of registering cartoon cats to vote. It’s ‘plausible,’ he says

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Show Notes:

• John Manly, Manly, Stewart & Finaldi
• L.A. Catholic church covered up molesting priests for decades. The price: $1.5 billion and so much pain
• Will Swaim: In public schools we trust?
• Documentary: Deliver Us From Evil

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Show Notes:

• Latino Imperial County goes for Trump 
• California coastal enclave near sanctuary city tries to 'Newsom-proof' itself
• California’s unemployment numbers are in. How do they rank nationally?
• Newsom proposes $25M from state legislature to 'Trump-proof' California
• California will not help Trump’s deportation plans, Alex Padilla says
• Sen.-elect Adam Schiff doesn’t want to talk about Trump. He wants to talk about the economy
• Federal immigration law Title 8, U.S.C. 1324(a) Offenses 
• Thousands of DACA immigrants are now eligible for Covered California. Here’s how to apply
• L.A. politicians ask Trump for $3.2 billion to pay for Olympic transportation projects
• PBGC approves 100th SFA application: ILWU Employers' - Warehousemen's Plan
• Column: Why California’s favorite bagel shop is defending fossil fuels
• Indigenous Diplomacy and Spanish Mediation in the Lower Colorado–Gila River Region, 1771–1783

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Show Notes:

• Trump’s labor choice: Unions over workers
• San Francisco crypto mogul buys $6.2 million banana taped to a wall, plans to eat it
• O.C. judge dismisses state challenge to Huntington Beach Voter ID laws
• Long Beach police will no longer patrol Metro trains, stations
• Bay Area home values have risen everywhere — except in this city
• Newsom to visit California counties that voted for Trump
• Gavin Newsom vows to ‘leave no region behind’ on California jobs
• California has no capacity for new spending, state's top policy and financial analyst says
• L.A. ‘sanctuary city’ law won’t prevent deportations. But ‘we are hardening our defenses’
• Mayor Bass secures major federal support for community partners to assist newly arrived L.A. migrant families
• Gavin Newsom promotes Marshawn Lynch for mayor of Oakland
• Say Goodbye to Hollywood’s Progressive Prosecutor
• Reflections On The Last 900 Years, This Last Week, Elections And The Future

Bonus: RFC’s Department of Water & Power with Edward Ring

• Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Other states reap the benefits
• Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado River water shortages

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Show Notes:

• The Jonestown Massacre, November 18, 1978
• What’s taking California so long to count its ballots from Election Day?
• California Gov. Kamala Harris? New poll finds she’d have a clear advantage
• Trump nearly beats Harris in Latino Imperial County, and a GOP Assembly candidate beats his Dem opponent
• Assemblyman James Gallagher sends open letter to President-elect Trump to solve California’s problems
• Union goes scorched earth — against a Dem
• Anthony Rendon holds up a nation infamous for ethnic cleansing as a model for California
• California oversight commission proposes solutions to state’s home insurance crisis
• A $6.8 million L.A. County program promised free food carts for vendors. It hasn’t delivered

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Show Notes:

• Trump Didn't Deserve to Win, But We Deserved to Lose

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Show Notes:

• David: What to Pay Attention to in the Election Results
• David: The Arrogance of Celebrity: How Kamala Harris’s Strategy Backfired
• LA Times: Democrats keep expecting white women to save them, and they keep getting burned
• Newsom goes on offensive against Trump
• Trump made ‘significant gains’ with Latino voters in 2024 election. Is it true for California?
• Early results show Santa Ana voters rejecting measure that would allow non US-citizens to vote
• The diminishing path to a Democratic House majority runs through California
• Democrats have one last shot at keeping power in Washington. Can they win the House?
• Newsom launches rescue mission for rejected Prop 1 ballots