San Francisco’s Saikat Chakrabarti is wealthy, naive, and running for Nancy Pelosi’s House seat on socialist vibes platform. Newsom races to the bottom in his redistricting battle with Texas Governor Greg Abbott. David applies his “Ten-Second Rule” to the fraudster behind the California secession movement. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes

• Gov. Reagan signs the Mulford Act, banning public carrying of loaded firearms without a permit
• The Editors: California’s Lucky Escape
• Texas redistricting move would ‘trigger’ new California maps, Newsom says
• Exclusive: Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting
• Meet the Fraudster Who Wants to Make California Its Own Country
• How a fizzled recall attempt actually helped Mayor Karen Bass
• Tech millionaire challenger to Nancy Pelosi draws huge crowd at SF campaign kickoff
• Coffee shop owner fires back amid suits

Sheridan Karras, California Policy Center researcher

• California parents fleeing union-run schools
• California kids deserve this new chance for academic success — even if their leaders disagree

In this quadricentennial episode, David and Will track the sad decline of the once-great Annenberg Foundation, Willie Brown’s surprising endorsement of Rick Caruso for governor, and approve Trump’s decision to end the political performance of park rangers at Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County. Music by Metalachi.

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• Kamala Harris’ ex-lover Willie Brown warns her of ‘difficult’ road to win California governor’s race after resounding 2024 loss
• CA agency reverses on telework policy after workers raise union contract concerns
• Planned Parenthood Got More Taxpayer Money than PBS and NPR Combined
• Bakersfield community rallies against Congressman David Valadao’s support for Medicaid cuts
• Stanford Graduate Workers Union Attempts To Fire Students Who Refuse To Join Union
• Where Did $100 Million in LA Fire Relief Money Go?
• EXCLUSIVE: Karen Bass Raked In Cash From Chinese Intel-Tied Bankers Before Hiring Them
• Long Beach mayor unveils immigrant aid package, tariff relief fund in proposed budget
• Muir Woods exhibit becomes first casualty of White House directive to erase history

In a single week, California Governor Gavin Newsom lost federal support for the troubled California High Speed Rail project, declared an unwinnable war to redraw California’s voting map, and confronted the worst unemployment numbers in the nation. David and Will track the name “California” to a Spanish novel, published this month in 1510. Bonus! Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton describes his strategy for breaking through California’s blue wall of noise. Music by Metalachi.

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Show Notes:

• This Is How ‘Authoritarianism’ Ends: With a Whimper
• Trump administration pulls billions in funding for high-speed rail project; state leaders call decision ‘illegal’
• Federal review of high-speed rail
• California sues to stop Trump’s politically motivated attack on high-speed rail
• Newsom Wants California to Counter Texas on Redistricting
• As Newsom ponders redistricting, California projected to lose as many as 4 congressional seats
• Thousands of Californians lost work after LA immigration raids — including citizens
• In-N-Out’s billionaire boss leaving California: ‘Doing business is not easy here’
• John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in LA, dies at 86

Steve Hilton, Republican candidate for governor

• WIkipedia
• Golden Together website
• Steve Hilton, “Califailure: Reversing the Ruin of America's Worst-Run State”