California Political News Roundup

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Scott Shafer

Oct 4, 2021 at

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference after meeting with students at James Denman Middle School on October 01, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Join us for a roundup of political news in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed numerous bills into laws in the past few weeks including a slew of laws aimed at increasing affordable housing, a new requirement for disclosing policy misconduct records, and changes to the state’s conservatorship law known as the #FreeBritney bill. We’ll take a look at what legislation is moving forward and other political news.

Guests:

Guy Marzorati, reporter and producer, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk

Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED, Co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown show

Katie Orr, politics and government reporter, KQED

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