Episode 29: Mayday! Mayday!
California Governor Jerry Brown gestures next to a graph showing school funding increases while proposing his 2015-16 state budget in Sacramento, California, January 9, 2015. (Max Whittaker/Reuters)
David and Will discuss the real fight over how to spend the state’s imaginary budget surplus, a plan to substitute International Workers Day for Washington or maybe Lincoln’s birthday observances, and what’s making California city managers nervous.
Intro. music provided by Metalachi, the LA-based mariachi/metal band.
Contact
David Bahnsen, davidbahnsen@gmail.com
Will Swaim, will@calpolicycenter.org
Show links
– California Bill Would Replace Lincoln or Washington’s Birthday With ‘International Workers Day’
– California ‘Big 11’ mayors want a one-time payment to manage homelessness.
– Pension confidence drops among city managers
– California teachers’ retirement system to pressure retailers to stop selling firearms