Susan and Josh welcome to the podcast Tim Myers, a successful musician, founding member and former bassist for the popular rock band One Republic, and current candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California. Tim’s a self-described outsider, a newcomer to politics. The conversation delves into his motivation for running and his plans to use the “bully pulpit” of the office of Lieutenant Governor to achieve his goals of making California a safer, more affordable, and more livable place for all.

Susan and Josh welcome former Stockton mayor and current candidate for California Lieutenant Governor Michael Tubb. In 2016, at just 26 years old Tubbs became the youngest mayor of a major American city, pioneering bold initiatives like universal basic income and community-based justice reform. As a candidate for Lieutenant Governor, he’s advocating for housing affordability and expanding educational opportunity as well as bringing fresh energy and equity-driven leadership to an office which has historically gotten fairly little attention.

Susan and Josh sit down with State Senator John Laird, one of the most accomplished and effective members of the state legislature, for a wide-ranging conversation across a range of current issues, to include the impact of federal cuts on California, the prospective impacts and implications of the controversy over Congressional redistricting in Texas and possibly California, and his experience and insights from a career in public service that now spans more than four decades.

On this week’s episode, Susan and Josh welcome not one but two distinguished guests to the podcast. The first guest is Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, a non-partisan organization comprised of the senior executive leadership of the state’s major companies, to talk about some of the recent developments on the national stage and how they affect California.

On this week’s episode, Susan and Josh welcome not one but two distinguished guests to the podcast. The first guest is Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, a non-partisan organization comprised of the senior executive leadership of the state’s major companies, to talk about some of the recent developments on the national stage and how they affect California.

The second guest is Jennifer Ferro, President of Los Angeles public radio station KCRW, to talk about the role and impact of public radio and the implications of the recent vote in Congress to rescind federal funding for public broadcasting.

Susan and Josh gather for their weekly podcast on Sacramento-related goings on, looking forward to having as this week's guest Tim Myers, former member of the rock band OneRepublic and recently announced candidate for Lieutenant Governor. As you'll hear in this slightly abbreviated version of the Sacralegis Podcast, not everything goes as planned, although of course the show must go on...

Susan and Josh are joined by their former colleague Cristina Garcia, who represented the Long Beach area in the Assembly from 2021 to 2022. While in office, she was a fierce and fearless champion for women, local communities, and the environment, and has continued to fight for and support similar causes in her post-elective life as well.

Susan and Josh mull over some recent items in the news, along with revisiting four of their favorite conversations from earlier episodes of The Sacralegis Podcast, with a particular eye on legislative progress and other developments since then.

Susan and Josh welcome Mike Madrid, a recognized authority on Latino politics, the principal of California-based public affairs firm Grassroots Lab, and author of a critically acclaimed book, "The Latino Century: How America's Largest Minority Is Transforming Democracy," which was published last June, for a spirited conversation on the impact of changing Latino attitudes toward politics in California and beyond.

Susan and Josh welcome former colleague State Senator Catherine Blakespear for an in-depth discussion on some of her current legislation in the critical areas of dignity-in-dying and making progress on California’s ongoing homelessness crisis, as well as her thoughts on the legislation providing for exemptions from the California Environmental Quality Act, which were tied to the recent passage of the state’s annual budget.