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