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A Summer of Special Sessions: California Politics Podcast

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State Senate President pro tempore Kevin de Leon argues for passage of the budget in the Senate Chambers at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California on June 15, 2015. (Max Whittaker/KQED)

When someone calls this summer a special one in Sacramento, it doesn't mean what it might everywhere else. In the capital city, it's primed to be a season where some of the most complicated policy issues have been teed up for legislative action.

But is all of this too heavy of a political lift?

This week's California Politics Podcast takes a closer look at the issues and challenges involved in two special legislative sessions called by Gov. Jerry Brown: One on funding roads and infrastructure, the other on funding health-related services.

The challenge will be in finding the tax dollars needed -- billions of them -- to fix the problems.

I'm joined by Anthony York of the Grizzly Bear Project and Marisa Lagos of KQED News.

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