An archive of all KQED Public Radio and Television coverage of local elections.
All audio archives are from KQED's Forum and The California Report

General:
The Conflicted Voter in a Changing World
(originally broadcast September 30)
Michael Krasny speaks with Mark Baldassare, the author of A California State of Mind: The Conflicted Voter in a Changing World. He is also the Director of Governance at the Public Policy Institute of California.
Guest:
• Author Mark Baldassare
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A discussion about leadership.
(originally broadcast September 20)
What is a successful leader? Are leadership skills learned or naturally inherited traits? What sets the leader apart from the rest? Are business leadership skills different from that of political leadership?
Guests:
• Roberta Achtenberg, Senior VP of Public Policy at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, past chair of CORO Board of Directors and Trustee of the California State University System
• Kellie McElhaney, Executive Director of Socially Responsible Business Leadership Initiatives and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley
• Princeton Lyman, Executive Director of the Global Interdependence Initiative, Aspen Institute
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The State Budget Impasse
(originally broadcast September 3)
The politics of the state budget impasse and the recent session of the California Legislature.
Guests:
• Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Senior Scholar of the School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California
• Dan Walters, Political Columnist for the Sacramento Bee
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Bush's "Healthy Forests" Plan
(originally broadcast August 28)
President Bush's new forest fire prevention plan and its implications for California.
Guests:
• Jay Watson, Regional Director of The Wilderness Society
• Mark Rey, Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and the Environment
• David Bischel, President of the California Forestry Association
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CA Gubernatorial Race
(originally broadcast August 2)
An update on the gubernatorial race.
Guests:
• David Binder, pollster and political analyst and CEO of David Binder Research, whose many clients include State Senator John Burton, Assemblywoman Carole Midgen, and the City of San Francisco
• Dan Schnur, California GOP political and media strategist
• Linda Gledhill, political reporter for the Sacramento bureau of the San Francisco Chronicle
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California Politics
(originally broadcast July 22)
Political scientist Bruce Cain about California politics and his recent book, "Voting at the Political Faultline: California's Experiment with the Blanket Primary." Cain is the director of the Institute of Governmental Studies and Robson Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley.
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Candidates and Propositions:
Simon Off the Hook in Fraud Case
(originally broadcast September 13)
Simon Off the Hook in Fraud Case A Los Angeles judge today threw out a multi-million dollar civil fraud verdict against the investment firm of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon's family. In a written ruling, the judge said that evidence does not support the fraud claim. Stephanie O'Neill reports.
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Why Simon Lifted the Veil
(originally broadcast July 24)
Host Scott Shafer talks with Bob Stern, President of the Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, about Bill Simon's recent decision to release his tax documents. Stern says that Simon had no choice.
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Bill Simon Reveals His Tax Records
(originally broadcast July 23)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon has revealed his tax records, which show that he has paid more than $11 million in state and federal taxes since moving to California in 1990, according to a senior campaign adviser. Ellen Ciurczak reports.
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Bill Simon Defends His Company's Accounting Practices
(originally broadcast July )
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon tried repeatedly to change the subject when asked by reporters about his business affairs. At a press club luncheon in Sacramento yesterday, Simon said voters are concerned about other issues. But after reporters refused to drop their questions, Simon repeated his assertion that his company followed the advice of accountants when it used an offshore tax shelter now under investigation by the federal government. Ellen Ciurczak reports from Sacramento.
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