Senator Nancy Skinner & CA. Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis / Proposition 1 & the Fight for Abortion Rights
State Senator Nancy Skinner, the Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus, is joined by California's Lieutenant Governor, Eleni Kounalakis, in a look back at voter-approved Proposition 1, the 2022 ball...
19 Apr 202326min
Senator Caroline Menjivar / "Being able to represent for queer kids is a feeling I never forget"
Senator Caroline Mejnivar's policy priorities for her first year in legislative office reflect the life experiences that she has had herself ~ as a young woman, a lesbian and a woman of color. Click h...
29 Mar 202326min
Senator Josh Newman / "Our sacred charge is to make sure California students have access to a quality education."
State Senator Josh Newman is the new Chair of the Senate Education Committee, and he talks about how, in 2023, California schools, students and their families are still coping with the fallout of 2+ c...
22 Mar 202337min
Celebrating Women's History Month & Telling Our Stories / Senator Monique Limón & Isabella Martinez, 2023 Senate Fellow
State Senator Monique Limon & her 2023 Senate Fellow, Isabella Martinez, celebrate Women's History Month by sharing their own stories about equity, career, mentorship, work/life balance, the on-going ...
15 Mar 202335min
Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas / "We've got to start, as a new majority, undoing our 20th-Century burdens"
Freshman State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas says she has witnessed, in her work and life, the impact of what MLK called 'SoulForce,' the power and divinity that we have to make transformative, signif...
8 Mar 202346min
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil / "It's people before politics - that's always been my mantra"
Meet freshman State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil ~ a two-time cancer survivor, an education innovator, a rancher, a Garth Brooks fan...and a Democrat proudly representing a sprawling, traditionally cons...
22 Feb 202343min
Senator Steven Bradford & Black History Month-2023 / "We tell the stories and make people understand"
Black History Month, 2023, frames this discussion with Senator Steven Bradford, the Vice-Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, about the murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis Police, the con...
14 Feb 202339min
California's CARE Court / Senator Susan Eggman & Senator Tom Umberg
Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman & Senator Tom Umberg are the original authors of the new CARE Court Act, a law that establishes new court systems to address the needs of people with severe mental heal...
1 Feb 202339min
