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Los Angeles is at a turning point. We are living in a defining moment. What happens next is up to us. Over the past few years, problems and challenges have shaken this city -- and tremendous opportunities for change have presented themselves. How do we rise to this moment and emerge a better place to live? What will it take to create a more just and a more equitable community? Working together, how are we going to create a stronger, forward-thinking Los Angeles? Mike Bonin, writer, teacher, progressive activist and former City Councilmember, looks at the issues and problems facing Los Angeles, examines ideas, and talks with the people who will lead us to a brighter future.
Produced in partnership with LA Forward.
136 Episodes
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Prop 4: Public Financing of Campaigns, with Trent Lange and David Kline California is the only state that bans public financing of political campaigns. Prop 4 would end that ban. In 1988, voters passed Prop 73, which barred using public money for candidates’ campaigns. Charter cities got an exception, and a handful of them, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Long Beach, Oakland and Berkeley, use it today. The state, counties, school districts and every other city are locked out. The Legisl...
Prop 45: Fast-Tracking CEQA, with Jennifer Barrera and Sylvia Arredondo CEQA is the law that makes California look before it builds. Defenders call it a vital shield for communities and the environment. Critics say it’s why building anything here takes so long. Prop 45 would change it. Prop 45 creates an optional fast track for projects it defines as essential, including housing, water, clean energy, transportation, hospitals, schools and broadband. Projects that opt in get deadlines on envir...
The Billionaire Tax: Prop 40, and the Props Written to Kill It About 200 people. A one-time 5% tax. And a nine-figure campaign to stop it. Prop 40, the billionaire tax, is the most expensive and contentious fight on California’s November ballot, and it has scrambled the usual political alliances: unions on both sides, Democrats on both sides, and a Democratic governor breaking with his party. Mike starts with a quick lesson in tax school (what makes a wealth tax different from an income tax),...
Governance & Democracy on the Ballot: Props 39, 5 and 4, with CalMatters’ Juliet Williams Most measures on your ballot are about what government does. These three are about the rules of the game itself: how you prove who you are when you vote, how you throw a politician out, and who pays to run for office. Each says it’s about trust. I sat down with Juliet Williams, CalMatters’ politics editor, to find out which ones earn it. Prop 39: Voter ID. It would amend the state constitution to req...
Here are the show notes, same format as the housing episode. Taxes on the Ballot: Props 2, 3, 40, 41, 42 and 43, with CalMatters' Jeanne Kuang Six measures on your November ballot are about taxes, or about the rules for raising them. Several are designed to collide with each other. I sat down with CalMatters Capitol reporter Jeanne Kuang to untangle them. Prop 2: The rainy day fund. Doubles the cap on the state's reserve to 20%, extends extra payments on pension debt to 2040, and changes how ...
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