Will Swaim is the CEO of the California Policy Center and, with David L. Bahnsen, a co-host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast.
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Episode 141: California Achieves Stone-Age Governance
Wildfires have achieved what government could not, burning through California at a rate unseen since prehistory. Gavin Newsom appoints the first openly gay man to the state Supreme Court. Kamala Harris relabels “free” college tuition for black audiences. Disney’s Bob Iger bails on the governor’s business-reopening commission. Xavier Becerra wins and San Franciscans lose in the court battle over housing. Trump’s bizarre intervention in the federal COVID bailout, and California’s likely abuse of same.
Wildfires have achieved what government could not, burning through California at a rate unseen since prehistory. Gavin Newsom appoints the first openly gay man to the state Supreme Court. Kamala Harris relabels “free” college tuition for black audiences. Disney’s Bob Iger bails on the governor’s business-reopening commission. Xavier Becerra wins and San Franciscans lose in the court battle over housing. Trump’s bizarre intervention in the federal COVID bailout, and California’s likely abuse of same. Bonus: Former California assemblyman Chuck DeVore talks about how California looks — from his new home in Austin, Texas. Music by Metalachi.
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Show Notes:
- Pence, Harris teams at odds over plexiglass at debate
- Kamala Harris speaks about forgiving student loan debt to HBCU students
- Judicial Watch sues California over corporate board gender, etc. requirements
- California in trouble if U.S. fails to deliver bailout
- Supreme Court nominee could reshape California’s gig economy law and unions. Here’s how
- Newsom nominates first openly gay man to state Supreme Court
- Iger resigns from Newsom board after Disney fails to open
- University San Diego’s Junipero Serra statue in hiding
- Becera wins, San Franciscans lose in battle over Cargill housing project
- Kotkin: Blacks do better in less-than-blue states
- Chuck DeVore bio
David L. Bahnsen is the managing partner of a wealth-management firm and a frequent writer and public commentator on matters of economics, faith and work, and markets.




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