Paper Trail Podcast

Paul and Reggie follow up on their discussion last week after Unmask Tulare County "rallied" at a VUSD board meeting last week, and after gathering the closest thing to facts Mt. Whitney and VUSD had to offer over the screening of Scream and following drag show (3:05); Then they talk about the temporary homeless encampment the city is planning to create while they hammer out a deal with the county for a fulltime permanent shelter on county property, but across the street from the temporary encampment (18:40).

Paul and Reggie first talk about the governor's decision to sign AB257 into law which would create a council that oversees fast-food employment including the potential $22 per hour they could make (2:35); then they talk about an email circulated around Unmask Tulare County members intended for local "conservatives" who vehemently opposed a screening of the movie Scream followed by a drag show. The event was initially scheduled for Sept. 3, but was cancelled due to online threats (21:30).

Paul and Reggie talk about Governor Gavin Newsom's unwillingness to sign the farm union bill that would have allowed farmworkers to vote for unionization through mail-in ballots. Farmworkers marched from Delano to Sacramento and arrived on Aug. 26 when Newsom announced that he wouldn't support AB 2183 (4:10); Then they talk about the Citrus Yellow Vein Clearing Virus discovered in residential citrus trees. It was the first time the virus was discovered in the United States (18:05).

Paul and Reggie jump back on the pod to talk about Cal Water's statement agreeing with Gov. Gavin Newsom's approach to greater water conservation (3:30); Then they talk about the opening statements, or lack there of in the juvenile case over two teens responsible for the fire that brought down the Porterville City Library and killed two firefighters in February 2020 (13:41).

Paul sits down with CEO and founder of Salt + Light Works to talk about their mission of housing those suffering from chronic homelessness. Her 52 home village is nearly ready to break ground on Aug. 25 in Visalia near Goshen. 

Paul brings the relatively renowned Dr. Stephen Tootle back to the pod this week to catch up on the largest topics over the summer including the Jan. 6 hearings that have happened through July (2:07); Then they discuss the gun legislation that passed in light of the Uvalde, Texas shooting (16:45); Then they talk about the CHIPS and Science Act that put $280 billion into a domestic computer chip industry with the aim of reducing the United States' dependence on Taiwan (27:40)