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Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on His Reforms to California's Initiative System and Addressing Homelessness Locally

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Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg, with KQED Political Breakdown hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos. (Guy Marzorati/KQED)

Marisa and Scott run through a wild day in the state legislature, with last-minute deals on digital privacy, lead paint cleanup, and soda taxes to avoid ballot measure battles in November (0:50). Then, Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg talks about his 2014 law that allowed the legislature to negotiate ballot measures (8:32), his reputation as a nice guy in politics (14:50) the difference between addressing homelessness as a mayor and a legislator (16:47), the “cutting the ribbon syndrome” (17:45), how Jerry Brown has dealt with homelessness (19:02), and the statewide effort to expand rent control  (22:27).

 

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