National Review's Radio Free California Podcast

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• Guest host Will O’Neill
• High-speed rail, abortion and the will of the voters: Takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget
• Who’s the mayor of California?
• In unhinged rant, Gavin Newsom essentially admits he's at fault for homeless crisis in California
• Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor of Turlock spar over homeless shelter funding
• Los Angeles County opposes Newsom's executive order, won't arrest and jail people at encampments
• California released 15,000 prisoners early during COVID. New data reveals what happened to many of them
• Governor hopefuls kiss labor’s ring
• Wash Post says Harris’ coverup of Biden’s cognitive decline part of why Democrats lost: ‘Credibility problems’

Jon Fleischman Returns:

• Flash Report
• California Patriot Profile: The Late Andrew Breitbart

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• Trump’s circle tries to soothe investors’ frayed nerves
• What to make of Trump’s big plans for Alcatraz
• The Tariff Impact on Main Street 
• Trump’s First 100 Days Have Shattered California’s Left-Wing Illusions
• California overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threat
• House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars
• Why California recently revised its clean air regulations for zero-emission trucks | Opinion
• In a Wildfire-Ravaged L.A. Suburb, Red Tape Snarls the Rebuilding: ‘Everybody’s Forgotten About Us’
• Santa Ynez Reservoir in Palisades must be drained again after more leaks found
• Dems go to Krell and back on sex trafficking
• Kill new housing with regulation, but blame math
• Is California doomed to repeat pension history?
• California cancels vacation payouts for state workers over budget concerns
• Trans high school track star sparks fury after winning girls’ triple jump by staggering 8 feet

Sheridan Karras, California Policy Center:

• SEIU 721’S strike affects county services while union pushes for bigger payouts

Mark Mix, National Right to Work:

• Mark Mix
• Employee of LAX Foodservice Provider Slams Unite Here Local 11 With Federal Charges Detailing Intimidation, Harassment

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Show Notes:

• Trump’s tariffs threaten Southern California’s $300-billion trade industry, report says
• Longshore union blasts Trump tariffs, warns of massive job losses
• Harris to criticize Trump in first major address since leaving office
• Kamala Harris Has Been Quietly, Carefully Working the Phones and Plotting Her Next Move
• Is Gavin Newsom changing his tune with the oil industry?
• Republicans find the perfect storm
• Karen Bass unveils her ‘very difficult budget’ for LA
• Mayor Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs: What departments are on the list?
• Santa Cruz City Council approves near-term wharf repair, downtown Vibrancy Ordinance
• Protections for nesting gulls (among other uniquely Californian headaches) delayed repairs to Santa Cruz wharf
• San Diego's Big Bay Boom fireworks display may fizzle out this year
• Long Beach is giving away free gun safes to help prevent accidental firearm deaths

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• California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs
• California’s lawsuit puts West Coast business leaders to the test
• The Hollywood Upside of Trump’s Trade War
• Gov. Gavin Newsom under fire for calling deported man’s case a ‘distraction’
• Valero to shutter at least one of its California refineries
• California’s refinery capacity stretched to the limit
• Vistra withdraws Morro Bay battery plant application 
• How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change
• Newsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
• California just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure  — losing millions of federal dollars
• Barbara Lee wins tight Oakland mayoral race
• ‘There’s a reckoning to be had’: San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center.
• Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online

Edward Ring: Myths of Earth Day

• Earth Day Reclaimed: Challenging The Top 10 Myths That Hijacked Environmentalism
• Peter Zeihan, “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization”
• Ed’s energy newsletter, “What’s Current”

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Show Notes:

• Merle Haggard
• Why did it take Bernie Sanders and AOC to rally California liberals?
• ‘Not acceptable.' Not a single home building permit finalized in Altadena following Eaton Fire
• Homeowners sue California FAIR Plan, claim it’s not paying for home cleanups after wildfires
• Measure ULA is reducing apartment development in the city of L.A, report says
• CA Dems pass on funding Prop. 36 as Newsom celebrates rights of crime victims
• For California’s largest public union, telework poses challenge — and opportunity
• The Prop 22 fight rides again
• California Is Preparing to Take Trump to Court to Stop His Tariffs
• Oakland mayor’s race too close to call as Barbara Lee predicts ‘a long week’
• Trump’s volatile trade policy creates new problems for California state budget
• Judge allows Menendez brothers' resentencing effort to move forward
• Menendez brothers' aunt hospitalized after DA shares graphic photos in court: 'We are devastated'
• Rosie O'Donnell says convicted killer Lyle Menendez is first 'straight man' she can 'love' and 'trust'

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Show Notes

• David on Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It”
• ‘Truly A Moron’: Elon Musk Puts Key Trump Official On Blast After He Goes After Tesla
• Navarro left a trail of political wreckage in California
• Newsom is trying to loophole California out of Trump's tariff war
• UC Berkeley prof says California has lost 20,000 fast-food jobs since Newsom’s Fast Foot Act
• Proposed California bill would bar fining, arresting homeless people for camping
• Feds to look into potential fraud and corruption in Southern California homeless funds
• In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion
• RealPage sues Berkeley over its ban on algorithmic rent pricing software
• Steph Curry’s plan to build a headquarters in S.F.’s Dogpatch area is dead
• NBA’s Steph Curry joins neighbors in opposing affordable-housing plan for ritzy Atherton

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Show Notes:

• The complicated legacy of César Chávez
• Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents
• Trump ally and rising California GOP star Essayli named top federal prosecutor in L.A.
• California farmers fear tariff trade war losses in billions, uneven bailouts
• Gavin Newsom calls Democratic brand ‘toxic’ on Bill Maher show
• Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?
• Resistance roars back at the border
• SB 573 would raise corporate taxes based on executive compensation
• The Luigi Mangioni [sic] Access to Healthcare Act
• Policies, not greed, driving California’s sky-high gas prices, study finds

Julie Hamill

• California Justice Center
• What is FERPA?
• California Laws Force Public School Districts to Violate FERPA and Title IX; Mandatory Withholding of Federal Funds
• Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents

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Show Notes

• David: An anniversary to forget and remember
• Here’s how Gavin Newsom’s podcast arrangement works. The details raise questions
• Newsom betrays a promise by failing to fund high school ethnic studies classes | Opinion
• University of California drops “diversity statements”
• With L.A.’s mayor facing a recall threat, her supporters go after billionaires
• Weaponized turds: San Francisco’s strange and terrible victory over the EPA
• Will: OUSD teachers present an affair to remember
• A homegrown Arizona company was about to break ground on a billion-dollar development – then a California union stepped in

Oakland with Tim Gardner: 

• Oakland Report
• Oakland's MACRO missed all of its pilot project goals—so the city expanded it
• Is Oakland fundamentally ‘broken’? The mayor’s race hinges on the answer

Major League Baseball Opening Day with Rick Reiff: 

• Rick Reiff’s website
• MLB removes references to ‘diversity’ from website’s careers page

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Show Notes

• Can Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson Save the Left From Itself?
• An Abundance of Ambiguity
• L.A. city budget shortfall grows to nearly $1 billion, with layoffs ‘nearly inevitable’
• California’s soaring pension debt rears its head
• Teacher of the year among hundreds getting cut from Santa Ana USD
• Steve Bannon blames Gavin Newsom for creating Elon Musk
• Gov. Newsom sends 'bat phones' to CEOs of major California businesses
• California needs $3.4B loan to cover health care costs as state provides insurance to undocumented residents
• California’s war on farmers made eggs even scarcer
• Rent set by algorithm? Berkeley bans landlords from using pricing software
• California’s prep sports governors suddenly find themselves isolated in their battle over trans athletes
• S.F. Pride seeks alternative funding for LGBTQ celebration after major sponsors drop out

City Journal’s Christina Buttons 

• The Tragedy of Yarden Silveira
• Transgender Brain Studies are Fatally Flawed

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Show Notes:

• 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