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Former California Gov. Gray Davis on Wildfire Crisis and Gov. Gavin Newsom's Response
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Alice Waters is a chef, author, food activist and the founder and owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. She is a leader in the slow food movement, and was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in 2015. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century. She is the founder of the Agricultural Workers Association, and, along with César Chávez, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, the predecessor of the United Farm Workers’ Union. Throughout the 1970s and ‘80s, Huerta worked as a lobbyist to improve workers’ legislative representation. During the 1990s and 2000s, she worked to elect more Latinos and women to political office. The recipient of many honors, Huerta has received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.see more
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Former California Gov. Gray Davis on Wildfire Crisis and Gov. Gavin Newsom's Response

23 min
Scott Shafer
at 10:00 AM
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a press conference at the Cal Fire Healdsburg station in Sonoma County on Oct. 25, 2019. (Michelle Wiley/KQED)

From statewide wildfires to PG&E power shutoffs, this October marks the first real crisis of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first year in office. It’s a situation former Gov. Gray Davis remembers too well -- California experienced rolling blackouts for months when he was governor. Forum will talk with Davis about the fires and get his analysis of Newsom’s response so far.

Guests:

Gray Davis, former governor of California

Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED News; co-host "Political Breakdown" podcast

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