SacTown Talks

Hosts Gibran Maciel and Scott Lay break are joined by CalMatters reporter Laurel Rosenhall as they break down the top political headlines in California politics and policy. Interested in becoming a sponsor or coming on the show? Send either of us a message: [email protected], [email protected]

Russell Lowery is a former lobbyist for PG&E, California's embattled investor owned utility which has been found to have caused many of the most devastating wildfires in California of over the last 10 years. Russell is also a high-level legislative staffer, leading the California Senate Republican caucus (back when they mattered), and is currently the CEO of High View Strategy, a public affairs firm that specializes in creating bespoke multimedia solutions for a portfolio of advocacy clients.

Scott sits down with Lloyd Levine, who chaired the committee on Utilities and Commerce while in the Assembly, to talk about the current situation of public safety power shutoffs, fire risk, and short- and-long term work ahead on the state's electrical generation, transmission, and distribution amid a climate of increasing fire risk.

Hosts Gibran Maciel and Scott Lay break down the top political headlines in California politics and policy. Interested in becoming a sponsor or coming on the show? Send either of us a message: [email protected], [email protected]

While Gibran is on vacation, Scott sits down with veteran GOP political consultant Mike Madrid, whose Grassroots Labs firm works primarily on local government issues. Madrid shares his recent experience teaching at USC and his perspectives on being an expert on Latinx politics. We talk about the public safety power shutoffs, wildfires, and the future for Congresswoman Katie Hill.

In this short pod, Scott Lay sits down with Open California executive director Tim Foster and Capitol Weekly editor John Howard to discuss the organization, the current media environment, the loss of California Channel and lots of odd historical bits. The audio is so-so as I try my first pod while Gibran is on a deserved surfing vacay.

Hosts Gibran Maciel and Scott Lay break down the top political headlines in California politics and policy. Interested in becoming a sponsor or coming on the show? Send either of us a message: [email protected], [email protected]

Chris Micheli is a principal at Aprea & Micheli government relations. He works primarily on business issues and is an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law. We discuss the 2019 legislative session by the numbers, and briefly discuss his work on AB 5.

Hosts Gibran Maciel and Scott Lay break down the top political headlines in California politics and policy. Interested in becoming a sponsor or coming on the show? Send either of us a message: [email protected], [email protected]

Host Gibran Maciel hosts a book club reading with local musician Tyler Mehlhaff and Carter Todd, president of the Capital Black Nurses Association. This reading focused on Tyler's choice "Zero to One" by Paypal and Facebook founder Pieter Thiel.