Political Breakdown

A shakeup of leadership in the House of Representatives sets California up for increased influence in 2019 (00:25), and a California mayor has his sights on Iowa (3:23). Then, San Francisco supervisor and mayoral hopeful Jane Kim joins Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos to talk about Wu-Tang as her campaign anthem (6:55), coming up in Chinatown politics as a Korean-American (11:50), learning from losses (19:10) and why she's focusing on clean streets in her mayoral campaign (24:49)

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A shakeup of leadership in the House of Representatives sets California up for increased influence in 2019 (00:25), and a California mayor has his sights on Iowa (3:23). Then, San Francisco supervisor and mayoral hopeful Jane Kim joins Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos to talk about Wu-Tang as her campaign anthem (6:55), coming up in Chinatown politics as a Korean-American (11:50), learning from losses (19:10) and why she's focusing on clean streets in her mayoral campaign (24:49)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before Congress next week amid a privacy scandal involving data from tens of millions of users . NPR tech reporter Aarti Shahani brings us the latest on the social media giant (00:50). Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods joins to talk about why he became a defense attorney (9:40), his own experience with law enforcement (14:14), what it means to be the first black Public Defender in his county (19:58), and why he thinks California needs bail reform (24:17).

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The shooting of Stephon Clark sparks protests in Sacramento and renews the conversation around statewide policing reforms. KQED's Katie Orr gives an update from Sacramento after Thursday's funeral. (00:37) Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris joins to talk about how the city of Sacramento has handled the response to the shooting (9:00), what he looks for before taking on a case (11:25), how video changed police misconduct cases (16:00), and why certain cases gain national attention (25:07).

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The shooting of Stephon Clark sparks protests in Sacramento and renews the conversation around statewide policing reforms. KQED's Katie Orr gives an update from Sacramento after Thursday's funeral. (00:37) Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris joins to talk about how the city of Sacramento has handled the response to the shooting (9:00), what he looks for before taking on a case (11:25), how video changed police misconduct cases (16:00), and why certain cases gain national attention (25:07).

A mayoral forum in San Francisco gets wild (1:10), and new poll numbers in the Governor's race show Republican John Cox hopping over Antonio Villaraigosa into second place behind Gavin Newsom (3:12) Then, Newsom's campaign manager Addisu Demissie joins the program to talk with Scott and Marisa about his years of field organizing (9:38), data scraping from Obama to Cambridge Analytica (16:18), the state that bothers him most in the 2016 presidential election (21:43) and the challenge of running a statewide campaign in California (23:00)

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President Trump visits California and calls out Governor Jerry Brown. Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos talk to Los Angeles Times reporter Seema Mehta about her hunt to find Trump's L.A. fundraiser (1:00) Then, Republican National Committee committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon joins to talk about her childhood in North Carolina (8:15), interviewing for a job with the Trump administration (17:00), and reactions to her invocation at the 2016 GOP convention (23:10)

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions visits the Capitol on the heels of the Trump administration's immigration lawsuit against California (00:20). Devin Katayama, host of The Bay, joins to discuss the continued fallout from Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf's decision to warn of an immigration raid (1:00). Shannon Coulter, founder of #GrabYourWallet, tells Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos about her movement of consumer boycotts (10:10), and the time Tyra Banks called to get her name off of the boycott list (15:00).

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions visits the Capitol on the heels of the Trump administration's immigration lawsuit against California (00:20). Devin Katayama, host of The Bay, joins to discuss the continued fallout from Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf's decision to warn of an immigration raid (1:00). Shannon Coulter, founder of #GrabYourWallet, tells Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos about her movement of consumer boycotts (10:10), and the time Tyra Banks called to get her name off of the boycott list (15:00).

California Democrats meet in San Diego but leave without endorsements in the Senate and Governor's race. (00:50). In Oakland, Mayor Libby Schaaf draws the Trump administration's ire for warning of an immigration raid (6:00)

Angie Wei, chief of staff for the California Labor Federation, joins Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer to talk about learning of her immigrant past (9:20) the potential impact of the Janus Supreme Court case on organized labor in California (16:30), union support in the 2018 Governor's race (23:15), and Governor Brown's relationship with labor (25:05).

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