
E42: AMA, Grants Pass Decision, and an Imposter Initiative
Assemblyman Josh Hoover is joined by his team to discuss the fate of a bill to give unemployment insurance benefits to striking workers, the passage of PAGA reform, the Grants Pass Supreme Court rulin...
3 Juli 20241h 6min

E41: Breaking Down the PAGA Deal
Assemblyman Josh Hoover is joined by Ashley Hoffman, Senior Policy Advocate on Labor and Employment at the California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber), to discuss the legislative agreement reached to ...
26 Juni 202428min

E40: Junk Fees, Retail Theft Update, and Minority Leader Lessons
Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and James Gallagher discuss a number of topics including a junk fee exemption for restaurants, In-N-Out’s price hike, the recently passed state budget, a new analysis on gr...
19 Juni 202459min

E39: Retail Theft Debacle, New Homeless Count, and Water Storage Win
Assemblyman Josh Hoover is joined by his Capitol Director Teresa Trujillo to discuss a new vehicle mileage tax pilot program, the upcoming budget deadline, sidewalk vendors in SF, legislation to incre...
12 Juni 20241h 1min

E38: Legislative Budget Plan, Rivas Interview, and Favorite Bands
Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and Joe Patterson discuss a number of topics including their favorite bands, the NBA finals, the Supermajority’s proposed budget plan, Governor Newsom’s warning against the...
5 Juni 202457min

E37: House of Origin Recap
Assemblyman Josh Hoover and Chris Micheli discuss the recent House of Origin deadline, legislation to delay a minimum wage increase, record high median home prices, electric school buses, and the Legi...
31 Maj 202459min

E36: Demystifying the May Revise Budget
Assemblyman Josh Hoover is joined by Tom Sheehy, founder of the Sheehy Strategy Group, to discuss the Governor’s May Revision of the state budget. Other topics discussed include a proposed audit of st...
22 Maj 20241h 6min

E35: Initiative Negotiations, Consumer Costs, and the Abstention Dilemma
Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and Greg Wallis discuss a number of topics including killing bills via abstention, the Taxpayer Protection Act debate in the California Supreme Court, a major initiative de...
15 Maj 202455min



















