This episode of the KCBS Radio weekly program “In Depth” aired the weekend of August 28th/29th, 1999. Governor Gray Davis was the guest. He was interviewed by Mike Pulsipher and Ed Cavagnaro.

Davis had been elected Governor the previous November, defeating Dan Lungren. His election ended a 16 year period during which Republicans controlled the Governor’s office. Davis was re-elected Governor in 2002, and nearly immediately, was targeted in a recall election that led to his removal from office. That October 2003 recall election installed Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor.

Among the issues discussed: the Bay Bridge retrofit. Ten years after the Loma Prieta earthquake, decisions still hadn’t been made about how to proceed.  Davis also decried the ability of wealthy candidates to sidestep campaign-finance laws and self-fund their campaigns.