Former Santa Barbara City Councilman Dale Francisco breaks down the Santa Barbara Election with his smart views on all the contests. Francisco offers his expertise on the candidates and offers predictions on how he thinks some of the contests will turn out. Francisco dishes on Salud Carbajal, Gregg Hart, Mike Stoker, Chrisy Lozano, Brad Allen, Dan La Berge, Phebe Mansure, Gabe Escobedo and more. He also offers his views on Elon Musk's 44B purchase of Twitter and what that means for viewpoint diversity.Check it out! Please hit subscribe to this podcast and visit www.santabarbaratalks.com to make a donation.

Joshua Molina is a journalist and college instructor who interviews a wide variety of people on the issues of education, housing, politics, culture and business. Molina is a former reporter at the San Jose Mercury News and teaches at Cal State University, Northridge and Santa Barbara City College.

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