window.__IS_SSR__=true
window.__INITIAL_STATE__={
"attachmentsReducer": {
"audio_0": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_0",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background0.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_1": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_1",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background1.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_2": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_2",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background2.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_3": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_3",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background3.jpg"
}
}
},
"audio_4": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "audio_4",
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/themes/KQED-unified/img/audio_bgs/background4.jpg"
}
}
},
"placeholder": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "placeholder",
"imgSizes": {
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"medium_large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-768x512.jpg",
"width": 768,
"height": 512,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"large": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"1536x1536": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1536x1024.jpg",
"width": 1536,
"height": 1024,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-800x533.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 533,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"height": 576,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xxsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-160x107.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 107,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xsmall": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"small": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"height": 372,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"xlarge": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1020x680.jpg",
"width": 1020,
"height": 680,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"full-width": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1-1920x1280.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 32,
"height": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-50": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 50,
"height": 50,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 64,
"height": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 96,
"height": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-1333x1333-1-160x160.jpg",
"width": 160,
"height": 160,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg"
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/KQED-Default-Image-816638274-2000x1333-1.jpg",
"width": 2000,
"height": 1333
}
}
},
"news_135960": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_135960",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "135960",
"found": true
},
"parent": 135922,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govbrown-640.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 360
}
},
"publishDate": 1400025620,
"modified": 1400025620,
"caption": "Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)",
"description": "Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)",
"title": "govbrown-640",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_135818": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_135818",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "135818",
"found": true
},
"parent": 135777,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/atkins-ofc.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 426
}
},
"publishDate": 1399940817,
"modified": 1399940817,
"caption": "Courtesy of Speaker Toni Atkins (right).",
"description": null,
"title": "atkins-ofc",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_14868": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_14868",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "14868",
"found": true
},
"parent": 14847,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2011/01/AP110131121268-1-e1383178284638.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 561
}
},
"publishDate": 1296526446,
"modified": 1296526446,
"caption": "Gov. Jerry Brown. (Steve Yeater/AP)",
"description": null,
"title": "Jerry Brown",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_119704": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_119704",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "119704",
"found": true
},
"parent": 119671,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS5102_56531571-scr-e1385954353186.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 427
}
},
"publishDate": 1385954287,
"modified": 1385954287,
"caption": "State Capitol, Sacramento (David Paul Morris/Getty Images). ",
"description": null,
"title": "State Capitol",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_130969": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_130969",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130969",
"found": true
},
"parent": 130951,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9450_131732221-lpr.jpg",
"width": 1529,
"height": 1028
}
},
"publishDate": 1396287242,
"modified": 1396287242,
"caption": "California state Sen. Leland Yee and his wife, Maxine Yee, wait to cast their ballots in San Francisco in November 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\n\n",
"description": null,
"title": "RS9450_131732221-lpr",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_130826": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_130826",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130826",
"found": true
},
"parent": 130825,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/pols.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 361
}
},
"publishDate": 1396029905,
"modified": 1396029905,
"caption": "State Senators Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. (Manny Crisostomo/Getty Images and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)",
"description": "State Senators Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. (Manny Crisostomo/Getty Images and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)",
"title": "Sacramentoís Latino caucus",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_130557": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_130557",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130557",
"found": true
},
"parent": 130537,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/5451901383_2c63386fed_b.jpg",
"width": 1024,
"height": 683
}
},
"publishDate": 1395874387,
"modified": 1395874387,
"caption": null,
"description": "State Senator Leland Yee, left, during a merchant walk in the Sunset District on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. NYTCREDIT: Adithya Sambamurthy/The Bay Citizen",
"title": "5451901383_2c63386fed_b",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_129606": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_129606",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "129606",
"found": true
},
"parent": 129604,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9326_photo-e1395783122565.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 533
}
},
"publishDate": 1395032718,
"modified": 1395032718,
"caption": "Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED)",
"description": "Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED)",
"title": "Tim Donnelly-Republican",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_129721": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_129721",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "129721",
"found": true
},
"parent": 129719,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/calcapito-e1395157775165.jpg",
"width": 640,
"height": 480
}
},
"publishDate": 1395157728,
"modified": 1395157728,
"caption": "(Photo by Craig Miller/KQED)",
"description": null,
"title": "calcapito",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_10770880": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_10770880",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "10770880",
"found": true
},
"parent": 128181,
"imgSizes": {
"twentyfourteen-full-width": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-1038x576.jpg",
"width": 1038,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 576
},
"thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-400x257.jpg",
"width": 400,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 257
},
"fd-sm": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-960x616.jpg",
"width": 960,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 616
},
"post-thumbnail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-672x372.jpg",
"width": 672,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 372
},
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 1232
},
"large": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-1440x924.jpg",
"width": 1440,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 924
},
"guest-author-96": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-96x96.jpg",
"width": 96,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 96
},
"medium": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-800x513.jpg",
"width": 800,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 513
},
"guest-author-64": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-64x64.jpg",
"width": 64,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 64
},
"guest-author-32": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-32x32.jpg",
"width": 32,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 32
},
"jmtc-small-thumb": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-280x150.jpg",
"width": 280,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 150
},
"fd-lrg": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-1920x1232.jpg",
"width": 1920,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 1232
},
"fd-med": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-1180x757.jpg",
"width": 1180,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 757
},
"detail": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-75x75.jpg",
"width": 75,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 75
},
"guest-author-128": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/Calderon-128x128.jpg",
"width": 128,
"mimeType": "image/jpeg",
"height": 128
}
},
"publishDate": 1448411012,
"modified": 1448411057,
"caption": "File photo of Sen. Ron Calderon.",
"description": "File photo of Sen. Ron Calderon.",
"title": "Calderon",
"credit": "Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images",
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_127250": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_127250",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127250",
"found": true
},
"parent": 127244,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/GettyImages_187930346.jpg",
"width": 594,
"height": 395
}
},
"publishDate": 1393016139,
"modified": 1393016139,
"caption": "File photo of Sen. Ron Calderon. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images)",
"description": "Sen. Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., June 10, 2013. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images)",
"title": "Sacramentoís Latino caucus",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
},
"news_125880": {
"type": "attachments",
"id": "news_125880",
"meta": {
"index": "attachments_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125880",
"found": true
},
"parent": 125879,
"imgSizes": {
"kqedFullSize": {
"file": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/800px-Folsom_Dam_USACE_2004.jpg",
"width": 800,
"height": 521
}
},
"publishDate": 1392135559,
"modified": 1392135559,
"caption": "Folsom Dam, on the American River northeast of Sacramento. (Wikimedia Commons)",
"description": "Folsom Dam, on the American River northeast of Sacramento. (Wikimedia Commons)",
"title": "Folsom Dam",
"credit": null,
"status": "inherit",
"isLoading": false,
"fetchFailed": false
}
},
"audioPlayerReducer": {
"postId": "stream_live",
"isPaused": true,
"isPlaying": false,
"pfsActive": false,
"pledgeModalIsOpen": true,
"playerDrawerIsOpen": false,
"liveAudioPlayStartedAt": 0,
"liveAudioPlayContext": ""
},
"authorsReducer": {
"ohubertallen": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "102",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "102",
"found": true
},
"name": "Olivia Allen-Price",
"firstName": "Olivia",
"lastName": "Allen-Price",
"slug": "ohubertallen",
"email": "oallenprice@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "Senior Editor",
"bio": "Olivia Allen-Price is senior editor and host of the award-winning Bay Curious podcast. Prior to joining KQED in 2013, Olivia worked at The Baltimore Sun and The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va. She holds degrees in journalism and political science from Elon University. Her work has earned awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Hearst Foundation and Hearken. She loves to talk about running and curly hair.\r\n\r\nFollow: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/oallenprice\">@oallenprice\u003c/a>\r\nEmail: \u003ca href=\"mailto:oallenprice@kqed.org\">oallenprice@kqed.org\u003c/a>",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07f7803c1f6be56f3be58ef276dfa64dce898502e0554408ef4858451a8294f7?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "oallenprice",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "pop",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "bayareabites",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"administrator"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Olivia Allen-Price | KQED",
"description": "Senior Editor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07f7803c1f6be56f3be58ef276dfa64dce898502e0554408ef4858451a8294f7?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/07f7803c1f6be56f3be58ef276dfa64dce898502e0554408ef4858451a8294f7?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/ohubertallen"
},
"jmyers": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "232",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "232",
"found": true
},
"name": "John Myers",
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Myers",
"slug": "jmyers",
"email": "jmyers@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "John Myers is Senior Editor of KQED's new California Politics and Government Desk. A veteran of almost two decades of political coverage, he was KQED's longest serving statehouse bureau chief and recently was political editor for Sacramento's ABC affiliate, News10 (KXTV). John was moderator of the only 2014 gubernatorial debate, and was named by \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em> to two \"Best Of\" lists: the 2015 list of top state politics reporters and 2014's list of America's most influential statehouse reporters.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ac98482caf0b8229a792662b38722a?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "johnmyers",
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "John Myers | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ac98482caf0b8229a792662b38722a?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0ac98482caf0b8229a792662b38722a?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/jmyers"
},
"kqed": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "236",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "236",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqed",
"email": "faq@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "futureofyou",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ef0e801a68c4c54afa9180db14084167?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqed"
},
"kqednewsstaffandwires": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "237",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "237",
"found": true
},
"name": "KQED News Staff and Wires",
"firstName": "KQED News Staff and Wires",
"lastName": null,
"slug": "kqednewsstaffandwires",
"email": "onlinenewsstaff@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": null,
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72295af8ebbfbd19a4948f5271285664?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "arts",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "lowdown",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"contributor"
]
},
{
"site": "food",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "KQED News Staff and Wires | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72295af8ebbfbd19a4948f5271285664?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/72295af8ebbfbd19a4948f5271285664?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/kqednewsstaffandwires"
},
"scottshafer": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "255",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "255",
"found": true
},
"name": "Scott Shafer",
"firstName": "Scott",
"lastName": "Shafer",
"slug": "scottshafer",
"email": "sshafer@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [
"news"
],
"title": "KQED Contributor",
"bio": "Scott Shafer is a senior editor with the KQED Politics and Government desk. He is co-host of Political Breakdown, the award-winning radio show and podcast with a personal take on the world of politics. Scott came to KQED in 1998 to host the statewide\u003cem> California Report\u003c/em>. Prior to that he had extended stints in politics and government\u003cem>.\u003c/em> He uses that inside experience at KQED in his, reporting, hosting and analysis for the politics desk. Scott collaborated \u003cem>Political Breakdown a\u003c/em>nd on \u003cem>The Political Mind of Jerry Brown, \u003c/em>an eight-part series about the life and extraordinary political career of the former governor. For fun, he plays water polo with the San Francisco Tsunami.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a62ebae45b79d7aed1a39a0e3bf68104?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": "scottshafer",
"bluesky": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"editor"
]
},
{
"site": "stateofhealth",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"author"
]
},
{
"site": "forum",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "liveblog",
"roles": [
"author"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Scott Shafer | KQED",
"description": "KQED Contributor",
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a62ebae45b79d7aed1a39a0e3bf68104?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a62ebae45b79d7aed1a39a0e3bf68104?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/scottshafer"
},
"sdetrow": {
"type": "authors",
"id": "256",
"meta": {
"index": "authors_1716337520",
"id": "256",
"found": true
},
"name": "Scott Detrow",
"firstName": "Scott",
"lastName": "Detrow",
"slug": "sdetrow",
"email": "sdetrow@kqed.org",
"display_author_email": false,
"staff_mastheads": [],
"title": null,
"bio": "Sacramento bureau chief Scott Detrow covers state government, politics and policy for KQED News and its statewide news program, The California Report.",
"avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3271d0c151ba26452e3417f5ac251c30?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null,
"instagram": null,
"linkedin": null,
"sites": [
{
"site": "news",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
},
{
"site": "science",
"roles": [
"subscriber"
]
}
],
"headData": {
"title": "Scott Detrow | KQED",
"description": null,
"ogImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3271d0c151ba26452e3417f5ac251c30?s=600&d=blank&r=g",
"twImgSrc": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3271d0c151ba26452e3417f5ac251c30?s=600&d=blank&r=g"
},
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/author/sdetrow"
}
},
"pagesReducer": {
"news_tag_sacramento": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_95",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "95",
"score": 8.9368305
},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sacramento",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sacramento Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 411,
"slug": "sacramento",
"isLoading": false,
"title": "Sacramento",
"pageMeta": {
"site": "news",
"WpPageTemplate": "page-topic-editorial",
"currentPage": 11
},
"blocks": [
{
"blockName": "kqed/post-list",
"attrs": {
"layout": "cardArticle2",
"query": "posts/news?tag=sacramento",
"seeMore": false,
"paginated": true,
"page": 11
}
},
{
"blockName": "kqed/ad"
}
]
}
},
"pfsSessionReducer": {},
"postsReducer": {
"stream_live": {
"type": "live",
"id": "stream_live",
"audioUrl": "https://streams.kqed.org/kqedradio",
"title": "Live Stream",
"excerpt": "Live Stream information currently unavailable.",
"link": "/radio",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "KQED Live",
"link": "/"
}
},
"stream_kqedNewscast": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "stream_kqedNewscast",
"audioUrl": "https://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/RDnews/newscast.mp3?_=1",
"title": "KQED Newscast",
"featImg": "",
"label": {
"name": "88.5 FM",
"link": "/"
}
},
"news_135922": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_135922",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "135922",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1400076046000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1400076046,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Medi-Cal Gets Spending Boost in Governor's Revised Budget",
"title": "Medi-Cal Gets Spending Boost in Governor's Revised Budget",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govbrown-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-135960\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govbrown-640.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Few politicians — especially Democrats — eye an extra $2.5 billion as suspiciously as Gov. Jerry Brown. That’s the amount California revenue estimates have increased since Brown introduced his initial budget in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Brown rolled out his revised $156 billion spending plan Tuesday, he spent the bulk of the press conference pushing back against calls to further hike state spending and restore programs cut during the recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, you say we ought to do more,” Brown said at one point. “Well, to do more you need to have to take it from some other program — from the courts, from the university, from roads, from something — or you have to get more taxes. There is no other way around it. And I invite everybody to scrutinize. If you can find more cookies in the jar, hallelujah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown has made fiscal restraint \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/21/draft-state-of-the-state-address/\" target=\"_blank\">his main theme\u003c/a> in this election-year budget. He wants to spend $11 billion paying off debt and rewrite laws governing \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/11/125893/gov-brown-rainy-dawy-fund\" target=\"_blank\">how much money the state sets aside in a rainy day fund\u003c/a> to use during deficit years. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/governor-jerry-brown-reaches-deal-with-legislature-on-budget-reserve\" target=\"_blank\">The governor recently won support\u003c/a> from all four legislative caucuses for that plan, which will be put on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'A Huge Social Commitment'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One social safety-net program does see a major boost in Brown’s budget. He’s proposing a $1.2 billion increase for the state’s Medi-Cal health care program, compared with January. The money is needed, he said, because \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/12/10/will-you-qualify-for-medi-cal-under-obamacare/\" target=\"_blank\">as the health care program expands alongside the federal Affordable Care Act\u003c/a>, far more people are signing up for coverage than the state estimated. Brown said more than 11 million people will be enrolled in Medi-Cal this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thirty percent of the people of California are now getting health coverage under our Medi-Cal program,\" Brown said. \"That is a huge social commitment on the part of the taxpayers of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the federal government is picking up the tab for newly eligible Medi-Cal recipients, the state has to pay half the cost for new enrollees who would have qualified under the old guidelines. So far this year, 300,000 more people have signed up than state officials initially counted on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/149529757&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when labor, health access groups and fellow Democrats ask Brown why he isn’t more committed to restoring social services programs for the poor, this is what he points to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cem>This\u003c/em> is the social program. When you say we’ve got to help the least among us, this is what this program …. This is not going to the middle class. It’s not going to the rich. It’s going to those who are struggling the most,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brown dismisses the idea of restoring one recession-era cut that doctors say would go a long way toward improving the growing health care system. In 2011,\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/01/09/long-fought-medi-cal-provider-rate-cuts-take-effect/\" target=\"_blank\"> lawmakers cut Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for doctors by 10 percent.\u003c/a> Those cuts went into effect earlier this year. Richard Thorp, the president of the California Medical Association, says many providers may stop seeing Medi-Cal-insured patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s overhead costs and employee costs, and just running the business costs,” Thorp said. “So when you’re getting paid significantly less than it costs to actually keep your business open, there’s a certain amount of that where you can’t just continue to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Plan for Pensions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown has made paying off debt a top priority throughout his term, he had avoided dealing with a looming $75 billion hole in the state’s teacher retirement fund. Brown finally unveiled a specific plan Tuesday. He wants to pump $450 million into the fund this year and keep increasing that total down the line. Republican Senate leader Bob Huff welcomed the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_24998205/californias-wall-debt-is-only-slice-its-liability\" target=\"_blank\">We’ve got $340 billion in unfunded liabilities\u003c/a>. CalSTRS is particularly upside down. So having a plan that recognizes that and addresses that is very important,” Huff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s proposal commits an additional $73 million in general fund money to CalSTRS (California State Teachers' Retirement System) this year. It would increase contributions from teachers and school districts, too. Teachers’ contributions would eventually grow to 10.25 percent of their pay, while school districts would kick in a bit less than 20 percent of their payroll totals. But pensions are a contentious political issue — especially in an era where they’re all but extinct in the private sector. If the governor’s plan moves forward, it will likely be subject to rounds and rounds of negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do Democrats think? The majority party’s leaders were unusually mum after Brown made his announcement. Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) issued a brief statement calling Brown’s proposal a “solid starting point,” but made it clear she’d like to see funding restored for programs expanding education and fighting poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Democratic leaders are waiting until Wednesday to give their response.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "135922 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=135922",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/05/14/medi-cal-gets-spending-boost-in-gov-s-revised-budget/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": true,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 878,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 21
},
"modified": 1400091325,
"excerpt": "Revised budget increases spending by $2 billion but governor is resisting calls to fully restore cuts. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Revised budget increases spending by $2 billion but governor is resisting calls to fully restore cuts. ",
"title": "Medi-Cal Gets Spending Boost in Governor's Revised Budget | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Medi-Cal Gets Spending Boost in Governor's Revised Budget",
"datePublished": "2014-05-14T07:00:46-07:00",
"dateModified": "2014-05-14T11:15:25-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "medi-cal-gets-spending-boost-in-gov-s-revised-budget",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/135922/medi-cal-gets-spending-boost-in-gov-s-revised-budget",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govbrown-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-135960\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/govbrown-640.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Few politicians — especially Democrats — eye an extra $2.5 billion as suspiciously as Gov. Jerry Brown. That’s the amount California revenue estimates have increased since Brown introduced his initial budget in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as Brown rolled out his revised $156 billion spending plan Tuesday, he spent the bulk of the press conference pushing back against calls to further hike state spending and restore programs cut during the recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, you say we ought to do more,” Brown said at one point. “Well, to do more you need to have to take it from some other program — from the courts, from the university, from roads, from something — or you have to get more taxes. There is no other way around it. And I invite everybody to scrutinize. If you can find more cookies in the jar, hallelujah.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown has made fiscal restraint \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/21/draft-state-of-the-state-address/\" target=\"_blank\">his main theme\u003c/a> in this election-year budget. He wants to spend $11 billion paying off debt and rewrite laws governing \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/11/125893/gov-brown-rainy-dawy-fund\" target=\"_blank\">how much money the state sets aside in a rainy day fund\u003c/a> to use during deficit years. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/governor-jerry-brown-reaches-deal-with-legislature-on-budget-reserve\" target=\"_blank\">The governor recently won support\u003c/a> from all four legislative caucuses for that plan, which will be put on the November ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'A Huge Social Commitment'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One social safety-net program does see a major boost in Brown’s budget. He’s proposing a $1.2 billion increase for the state’s Medi-Cal health care program, compared with January. The money is needed, he said, because \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/12/10/will-you-qualify-for-medi-cal-under-obamacare/\" target=\"_blank\">as the health care program expands alongside the federal Affordable Care Act\u003c/a>, far more people are signing up for coverage than the state estimated. Brown said more than 11 million people will be enrolled in Medi-Cal this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thirty percent of the people of California are now getting health coverage under our Medi-Cal program,\" Brown said. \"That is a huge social commitment on the part of the taxpayers of California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the federal government is picking up the tab for newly eligible Medi-Cal recipients, the state has to pay half the cost for new enrollees who would have qualified under the old guidelines. So far this year, 300,000 more people have signed up than state officials initially counted on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/149529757&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when labor, health access groups and fellow Democrats ask Brown why he isn’t more committed to restoring social services programs for the poor, this is what he points to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cem>This\u003c/em> is the social program. When you say we’ve got to help the least among us, this is what this program …. This is not going to the middle class. It’s not going to the rich. It’s going to those who are struggling the most,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Brown dismisses the idea of restoring one recession-era cut that doctors say would go a long way toward improving the growing health care system. In 2011,\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/01/09/long-fought-medi-cal-provider-rate-cuts-take-effect/\" target=\"_blank\"> lawmakers cut Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for doctors by 10 percent.\u003c/a> Those cuts went into effect earlier this year. Richard Thorp, the president of the California Medical Association, says many providers may stop seeing Medi-Cal-insured patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s overhead costs and employee costs, and just running the business costs,” Thorp said. “So when you’re getting paid significantly less than it costs to actually keep your business open, there’s a certain amount of that where you can’t just continue to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Plan for Pensions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown has made paying off debt a top priority throughout his term, he had avoided dealing with a looming $75 billion hole in the state’s teacher retirement fund. Brown finally unveiled a specific plan Tuesday. He wants to pump $450 million into the fund this year and keep increasing that total down the line. Republican Senate leader Bob Huff welcomed the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_24998205/californias-wall-debt-is-only-slice-its-liability\" target=\"_blank\">We’ve got $340 billion in unfunded liabilities\u003c/a>. CalSTRS is particularly upside down. So having a plan that recognizes that and addresses that is very important,” Huff said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s proposal commits an additional $73 million in general fund money to CalSTRS (California State Teachers' Retirement System) this year. It would increase contributions from teachers and school districts, too. Teachers’ contributions would eventually grow to 10.25 percent of their pay, while school districts would kick in a bit less than 20 percent of their payroll totals. But pensions are a contentious political issue — especially in an era where they’re all but extinct in the private sector. If the governor’s plan moves forward, it will likely be subject to rounds and rounds of negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do Democrats think? The majority party’s leaders were unusually mum after Brown made his announcement. Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) issued a brief statement calling Brown’s proposal a “solid starting point,” but made it clear she’d like to see funding restored for programs expanding education and fighting poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Democratic leaders are waiting until Wednesday to give their response.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/135922/medi-cal-gets-spending-boost-in-gov-s-revised-budget",
"authors": [
"256"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_1758",
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_402",
"news_30",
"news_95"
],
"featImg": "news_135960",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_135777": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_135777",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "135777",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1399968010000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1399968010,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "A New Assembly Speaker Now, Bigger Changes In 2016",
"title": "A New Assembly Speaker Now, Bigger Changes In 2016",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135818\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/atkins-ofc.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-135818 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/atkins-ofc.jpg\" alt=\"atkins-ofc\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toni Atkins, right, was inaugurated as speaker of the state Assembly Monday. Her spouse, Jennifer LeSar, is beside her. (Photo courtesy of Atkins' office)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A new era under the state Capitol dome began Monday with the inauguration of Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego). But, in truth, it's more the beginning of the end for a different era ... a major one in California politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soon-to-end era began almost exactly 19 years ago after the elevation of only the third woman to lead the Legislature's lower house — coincidentally, with the selection of the first woman to be speaker, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Allen_(politician)\" target=\"_blank\">Doris Allen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 5, 1995, Allen became the first Republican speaker in almost a quarter century and the successor to the legendary speaker, Willie Brown. Voters approved \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Term_Limits,_Proposition_140_(1990)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 140 in 1990\u003c/a> — a system of term limits that capped service in the Assembly to six years and service in the state Senate to eight years. It was a political campaign crafted by Prop 140's proponents around the idea of booting Willie Brown from power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the wily San Francisco Democrat had one more ace up his sleeve: hand pick a Republican successor, Doris Allen, a stand-in who would allow him to retain his private power even with a new public face on Assembly leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so Allen, an Orange County Republican assemblywoman, left her GOP colleagues in the dark to cut a secret deal with Brown — who was scrambling to keep some of his own power and that of his fellow Democrats after the \u003ca href=\"http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/debt/1994midtermelection.html\" target=\"_blank\">1994 GOP electoral tsunami\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By stepping aside as speaker and letting Allen take over,\" wrote journalist James Richardson in \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Willie-Brown-Biography-James-Richardson/dp/0520213157\" target=\"_blank\">a seminal biography of Willie Brown\u003c/a>, \"he prevented the Republican caucus from naming its own speaker and writing its own rules. In effect, Willie Brown was still controlling the shots.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen's speakership lasted all of 105 days, with Republicans wresting control from Brown and Democrats through much of the years 1995 and 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back to 2014: The ascension of Doris Allen was the beginning of the era of short-time Assembly speakers, one that now ends with Toni Atkins. The San Diego Democrat was first elected to the Assembly in 2010 and must leave office no later than the fall of 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much turnover has there been in the last two decades? Consider this: Atkins is the eleventh speaker since that fateful June day in 1995. By contrast, in the previous 34 years, only five assemblymembers had held the title of speaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so when Speaker Atkins was handed the gavel on Monday afternoon, you could almost hear the clock starting to tick. She'll have just about two years to make her mark on \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/speaker/news-room/press-releases/speaker-toni-atkins-inaugurated-in-capitol\" target=\"_blank\">issues she laid out in Monday's inaugural speech\u003c/a>, from veterans aid to affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins knows she must prioritize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think I can go all over the place,\" Atkins said at a news conference after the swearing-in ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Atkins may have very little time before the jockeying begins for who will come next. And here's where she symbolizes a major political shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The freshman class of assemblymembers elected in 2012, the largest class in more than a generation, is also the first to serve under the relaxed term limits approved by voters that June. \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_28,_Change_in_Term_Limits_(June_2012)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 28\u003c/a> allows new legislators, if re-elected by their constituents, to serve up to 12 years in a single house of the Legislature. That's double the length of service anyone has had in the Assembly for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, the next speaker of the Assembly will almost undoubtedly be able to serve for eight years or longer. That would be longer than the legendary \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/06/obituaries/jesse-unruh-a-california-political-power-dies.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Unruh\u003c/a> held the post in the '60s, and second only in state history to Willie Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins knows that will mean major changes in governing, changes already well underway as the 2012 class seems to be introducing fewer bills, searches for some renewed sense of bipartisanship, and is less enamored with running for vacant seats in other places (the state Senate, mainly) than their predecessors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There will be, I think, some culture shifts,\" the speaker said at Monday's news conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as she was feted by colleagues with glowing floor speeches during her swearing-in ceremony, it was hard to not notice that the first person who spoke was a freshman — Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez, (D-Los Angeles), who already has had his name bandied about as — one day — possibly taking a shot at lining up the votes to become speaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CORRECTION: An earlier version of this posting incorrectly identified another legislator some have seen as leadership material, Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara), as a freshman. Williams was first elected in 2010.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "135777 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=135777",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/05/13/a-new-assembly-speaker-now-bigger-changes-in-2016/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 811,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 21
},
"modified": 1400026697,
"excerpt": "Toni Atkins, who will have to give up the office in 2016, laid out her priorities in today's speech.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Toni Atkins, who will have to give up the office in 2016, laid out her priorities in today's speech.",
"title": "A New Assembly Speaker Now, Bigger Changes In 2016 | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "A New Assembly Speaker Now, Bigger Changes In 2016",
"datePublished": "2014-05-13T01:00:10-07:00",
"dateModified": "2014-05-13T17:18:17-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "a-new-assembly-speaker-now-bigger-changes-in-2016",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "new+Assembly+speaker+is+the+last+of+her+kind/",
"path": "/news/135777/a-new-assembly-speaker-now-bigger-changes-in-2016",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_135818\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/atkins-ofc.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-135818 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/05/atkins-ofc.jpg\" alt=\"atkins-ofc\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toni Atkins, right, was inaugurated as speaker of the state Assembly Monday. Her spouse, Jennifer LeSar, is beside her. (Photo courtesy of Atkins' office)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A new era under the state Capitol dome began Monday with the inauguration of Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins (D-San Diego). But, in truth, it's more the beginning of the end for a different era ... a major one in California politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The soon-to-end era began almost exactly 19 years ago after the elevation of only the third woman to lead the Legislature's lower house — coincidentally, with the selection of the first woman to be speaker, \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Allen_(politician)\" target=\"_blank\">Doris Allen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 5, 1995, Allen became the first Republican speaker in almost a quarter century and the successor to the legendary speaker, Willie Brown. Voters approved \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Term_Limits,_Proposition_140_(1990)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 140 in 1990\u003c/a> — a system of term limits that capped service in the Assembly to six years and service in the state Senate to eight years. It was a political campaign crafted by Prop 140's proponents around the idea of booting Willie Brown from power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the wily San Francisco Democrat had one more ace up his sleeve: hand pick a Republican successor, Doris Allen, a stand-in who would allow him to retain his private power even with a new public face on Assembly leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so Allen, an Orange County Republican assemblywoman, left her GOP colleagues in the dark to cut a secret deal with Brown — who was scrambling to keep some of his own power and that of his fellow Democrats after the \u003ca href=\"http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/debt/1994midtermelection.html\" target=\"_blank\">1994 GOP electoral tsunami\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By stepping aside as speaker and letting Allen take over,\" wrote journalist James Richardson in \u003ca href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Willie-Brown-Biography-James-Richardson/dp/0520213157\" target=\"_blank\">a seminal biography of Willie Brown\u003c/a>, \"he prevented the Republican caucus from naming its own speaker and writing its own rules. In effect, Willie Brown was still controlling the shots.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen's speakership lasted all of 105 days, with Republicans wresting control from Brown and Democrats through much of the years 1995 and 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But back to 2014: The ascension of Doris Allen was the beginning of the era of short-time Assembly speakers, one that now ends with Toni Atkins. The San Diego Democrat was first elected to the Assembly in 2010 and must leave office no later than the fall of 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much turnover has there been in the last two decades? Consider this: Atkins is the eleventh speaker since that fateful June day in 1995. By contrast, in the previous 34 years, only five assemblymembers had held the title of speaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so when Speaker Atkins was handed the gavel on Monday afternoon, you could almost hear the clock starting to tick. She'll have just about two years to make her mark on \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/speaker/news-room/press-releases/speaker-toni-atkins-inaugurated-in-capitol\" target=\"_blank\">issues she laid out in Monday's inaugural speech\u003c/a>, from veterans aid to affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins knows she must prioritize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think I can go all over the place,\" Atkins said at a news conference after the swearing-in ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Atkins may have very little time before the jockeying begins for who will come next. And here's where she symbolizes a major political shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The freshman class of assemblymembers elected in 2012, the largest class in more than a generation, is also the first to serve under the relaxed term limits approved by voters that June. \u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_28,_Change_in_Term_Limits_(June_2012)\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 28\u003c/a> allows new legislators, if re-elected by their constituents, to serve up to 12 years in a single house of the Legislature. That's double the length of service anyone has had in the Assembly for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, the next speaker of the Assembly will almost undoubtedly be able to serve for eight years or longer. That would be longer than the legendary \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/06/obituaries/jesse-unruh-a-california-political-power-dies.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Unruh\u003c/a> held the post in the '60s, and second only in state history to Willie Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins knows that will mean major changes in governing, changes already well underway as the 2012 class seems to be introducing fewer bills, searches for some renewed sense of bipartisanship, and is less enamored with running for vacant seats in other places (the state Senate, mainly) than their predecessors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There will be, I think, some culture shifts,\" the speaker said at Monday's news conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as she was feted by colleagues with glowing floor speeches during her swearing-in ceremony, it was hard to not notice that the first person who spoke was a freshman — Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez, (D-Los Angeles), who already has had his name bandied about as — one day — possibly taking a shot at lining up the votes to become speaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CORRECTION: An earlier version of this posting incorrectly identified another legislator some have seen as leadership material, Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara), as a freshman. Williams was first elected in 2010.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/135777/a-new-assembly-speaker-now-bigger-changes-in-2016",
"authors": [
"232"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_8",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_913",
"news_95",
"news_6299",
"news_5986",
"news_125"
],
"featImg": "news_135818",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_132888": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_132888",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "132888",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1397743245000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "brown-calls-special-session-for-rainy-day-fund-plan",
"title": "Brown Calls Special Session For Rainy Day Fund Plan",
"publishDate": 1397743245,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Brown Calls Special Session For Rainy Day Fund Plan | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_69484\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/03/gov-jerry-brown-asks-for-more-time-on-ca-pensions/jerry-brown-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69484\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69484 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/jerry-brown.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown (Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown (Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown is putting one of his top budget priorities front and center, by \u003ca href=\"http://cert1.mail-west.com/mjOyjwB/c7r/1jOgtmyuzjanm/khkc77yeci482/jOqvnqjOb/821/nrvjqjg87/8q3otp?_c=d%7Cze7pzanwmhlzgt%7C12878twdwiea3d8&_ce=1397686457.0c02f4cd3d4d03616b7fec3d863b7fdc\">calling for a special legislative session\u003c/a> focusing on rewriting California’s rainy day fund laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown wants to lessen the impact of future budget deficits by forcing the state to sock away extra tax revenue. His proposal focuses on the most volatile area of revenue: capital gains taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s finance director, Michael Cohen, said the governor is calling the special session because he’d like to see debate on the proposal wrap up before mid-May, when lawmakers focus on passing the budget. But putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot requires a two-thirds vote, so this is one of those rare times where Republican legislators will have real leverage in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Republican leaders are making it clear that, while they like the idea of saving more money, they still have a lot of questions about Brown’s plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want a strong ‘locked box’ that protects taxpayers’ monies instead of a ‘piggy bank’ that can be raided on the whim of the majority party’s desire to spend,” said Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, pointing out Brown’s plan would require only a simple majority to spend the stored-up fund money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/145185715&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/11/125893/gov-brown-rainy-dawy-fund\">In February, we took a detailed look at Brown’s proposal\u003c/a> — and how capital gains taxes can hijack California budgets:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Capital gains tax revenue dropped by $7 billion during the last recession – that’s more than what this year’s budget would spend on all human services programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How does one area of revenue play such a big role in California’s budget health? It’s really a problem caused by the top 1 percent of the income tax bracket. “The personal income tax makes up about two-thirds of the state’s general fund,” said Sisney. “And the fraction of the personal income tax that’s paid by the 1 percent of returns with the most income has often been around 40 percent, or even more.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Governor's proposal focuses on capital gains taxes, the most volatile area of revenue. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721106395,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": true,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 11,
"wordCount": 374
},
"headData": {
"title": "Brown Calls Special Session For Rainy Day Fund Plan | KQED",
"description": "Governor's proposal focuses on capital gains taxes, the most volatile area of revenue. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Brown Calls Special Session For Rainy Day Fund Plan",
"datePublished": "2014-04-17T07:00:45-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-15T22:06:35-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/04/16/132888/",
"path": "/news/132888/brown-calls-special-session-for-rainy-day-fund-plan",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_69484\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/03/gov-jerry-brown-asks-for-more-time-on-ca-pensions/jerry-brown-7/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69484\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-69484 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/07/jerry-brown.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown (Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown (Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown is putting one of his top budget priorities front and center, by \u003ca href=\"http://cert1.mail-west.com/mjOyjwB/c7r/1jOgtmyuzjanm/khkc77yeci482/jOqvnqjOb/821/nrvjqjg87/8q3otp?_c=d%7Cze7pzanwmhlzgt%7C12878twdwiea3d8&_ce=1397686457.0c02f4cd3d4d03616b7fec3d863b7fdc\">calling for a special legislative session\u003c/a> focusing on rewriting California’s rainy day fund laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown wants to lessen the impact of future budget deficits by forcing the state to sock away extra tax revenue. His proposal focuses on the most volatile area of revenue: capital gains taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s finance director, Michael Cohen, said the governor is calling the special session because he’d like to see debate on the proposal wrap up before mid-May, when lawmakers focus on passing the budget. But putting a constitutional amendment on the ballot requires a two-thirds vote, so this is one of those rare times where Republican legislators will have real leverage in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Republican leaders are making it clear that, while they like the idea of saving more money, they still have a lot of questions about Brown’s plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want a strong ‘locked box’ that protects taxpayers’ monies instead of a ‘piggy bank’ that can be raided on the whim of the majority party’s desire to spend,” said Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, pointing out Brown’s plan would require only a simple majority to spend the stored-up fund money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/145185715&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/11/125893/gov-brown-rainy-dawy-fund\">In February, we took a detailed look at Brown’s proposal\u003c/a> — and how capital gains taxes can hijack California budgets:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Capital gains tax revenue dropped by $7 billion during the last recession – that’s more than what this year’s budget would spend on all human services programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How does one area of revenue play such a big role in California’s budget health? It’s really a problem caused by the top 1 percent of the income tax bracket. “The personal income tax makes up about two-thirds of the state’s general fund,” said Sisney. “And the fraction of the personal income tax that’s paid by the 1 percent of returns with the most income has often been around 40 percent, or even more.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/132888/brown-calls-special-session-for-rainy-day-fund-plan",
"authors": [
"256"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_8"
],
"tags": [
"news_30",
"news_17968",
"news_95",
"news_71"
],
"featImg": "news_14868",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_132266": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_132266",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "132266",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1397232031000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1397232031,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "What's This? A Republican Leads the Race for Secretary of State?!",
"title": "What's This? A Republican Leads the Race for Secretary of State?!",
"headTitle": "California Election Watch 2014 | News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_132299\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 399px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/ballot.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-132299\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/ballot.jpg\" alt=\"Ballot scanning machine, November 6, 2012. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballot scanning machine, Nov. 6, 2012. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I did a double take when I first looked at the new Field Poll showing Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.petesos.com/\">Pete Peterson\u003c/a> leading all candidates in the race for secretary of state with 30 percent of likely voters, followed by Democratic state Sen. \u003ca href=\"http://www.padilla4sofs.com/sign-up-g?mkwid=shBUZvehc&crid=37060329899&mp_kw=alex%20padilla&mp_mt=p&pdv=c\">Alex Padilla\u003c/a> from Los Angeles with 17 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is very rare to see a GOP candidate at the top of any statewide poll in California. In the race for governor, by contrast, Jerry Brown pulls 57 percent to 17 percent for Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly. But then again, it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> still early. And the real leader in the secretary of state race is \"None of the Above,\" since 44 percent say they're undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last Republican to win a statewide election here was Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, and before him the GOP Winner's Circle is -- well, you don't really have enough people to make a circle. So what gives this time?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo simply says \"it's mainly because most Republicans are coalescing around Peterson's candidacy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans make up a shrinking portion of the California electorate -- now less than 30 percent, right where Peterson's number is at. Padilla, on the other hand, is splitting the vote with others, including another Democrat, Derek Cressman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Padilla actually benefited quite a bit from (Democrat) Leland Yee's withdrawal from the race,\" says DiCamillo, noting that until getting arrested in an FBI sting and dropping out, Yee was close behind Padilla in the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Padilla remains the most formidable of the Democrats in the race,\" says DiCamillo. \"There's a huge market of voters out there that he can still attempt to attract. I would say he has a greater upside potential to expand his base\" by getting Democrats and nonpartisan voters (now one-fifth of the electorate in California) to support him between now and November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One interesting note in the poll: Political insiders and journalists are well acquainted with another secretary of state candidate running as an \"independent\" candidate with no party preference: Dan Schnur. The ever quotable former-Republican-consultant-turned-academic pulls just 4 percent of the vote. It's the first time the Field Poll has ever measured support for a \"nonpartisan\" candidate for statewide office, according to DiCamillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Dan doesn't have the opportunity to attract partisan voters because he has no party affiliation next to his name. That may actually be hindering his campaign a bit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It \u003cem>is\u003c/em> still early. Peterson, who's Hollywood-handsome in a Clark Kent kind of way, could do well on TV but has no money -- less than $2,000 cash on hand in his latest campaign finance report. Schnur does better, having $313,300 in the bank, but they \u003cem>all\u003c/em> trail Padilla, who's sitting on $614,426.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one wild card is the ongoing FBI investigation in Sacramento. The public's approval of the Legislature has been dropping since scandals enveloped three Democratic state senators, including Yee. That can't help Alex Padilla. Then again, it may not matter because come election day it may be enough just to have a \"D\" next to your name on the ballot in this deeply blue state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing's for sure -- with California ranking 49th ahead of only Mississippi in a new Pew Charitable Trusts \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewstates.org/uploadedFiles/Flash_Library/PCS/Interactives/ElectionsPerformanceIndex/template.html#state-CA\">report\u003c/a> ranking state elections performance, the next secretary of state will have plenty to do.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "132266 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=132266",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/11/whats-this-a-republican-leads-the-race-for-secretary-of-state/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 589,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 14
},
"modified": 1413320371,
"excerpt": "The GOP's Pete Peterson leads all candidates for the statewide post, according to a new Field Poll.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "The GOP's Pete Peterson leads all candidates for the statewide post, according to a new Field Poll.",
"title": "What's This? A Republican Leads the Race for Secretary of State?! | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "What's This? A Republican Leads the Race for Secretary of State?!",
"datePublished": "2014-04-11T09:00:31-07:00",
"dateModified": "2014-10-14T13:59:31-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "whats-this-a-republican-leads-the-race-for-secretary-of-state",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "2014/04/10/republican-leads-race-for-secretary-of-state/",
"path": "/news/132266/whats-this-a-republican-leads-the-race-for-secretary-of-state",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_132299\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 399px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/ballot.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-132299\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/04/ballot.jpg\" alt=\"Ballot scanning machine, November 6, 2012. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\" width=\"399\" height=\"225\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ballot scanning machine, Nov. 6, 2012. (Lisa Pickoff-White/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I did a double take when I first looked at the new Field Poll showing Republican \u003ca href=\"http://www.petesos.com/\">Pete Peterson\u003c/a> leading all candidates in the race for secretary of state with 30 percent of likely voters, followed by Democratic state Sen. \u003ca href=\"http://www.padilla4sofs.com/sign-up-g?mkwid=shBUZvehc&crid=37060329899&mp_kw=alex%20padilla&mp_mt=p&pdv=c\">Alex Padilla\u003c/a> from Los Angeles with 17 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is very rare to see a GOP candidate at the top of any statewide poll in California. In the race for governor, by contrast, Jerry Brown pulls 57 percent to 17 percent for Republican Assemblyman Tim Donnelly. But then again, it \u003cem>is\u003c/em> still early. And the real leader in the secretary of state race is \"None of the Above,\" since 44 percent say they're undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last Republican to win a statewide election here was Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006, and before him the GOP Winner's Circle is -- well, you don't really have enough people to make a circle. So what gives this time?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Field Poll director Mark DiCamillo simply says \"it's mainly because most Republicans are coalescing around Peterson's candidacy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans make up a shrinking portion of the California electorate -- now less than 30 percent, right where Peterson's number is at. Padilla, on the other hand, is splitting the vote with others, including another Democrat, Derek Cressman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Padilla actually benefited quite a bit from (Democrat) Leland Yee's withdrawal from the race,\" says DiCamillo, noting that until getting arrested in an FBI sting and dropping out, Yee was close behind Padilla in the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Padilla remains the most formidable of the Democrats in the race,\" says DiCamillo. \"There's a huge market of voters out there that he can still attempt to attract. I would say he has a greater upside potential to expand his base\" by getting Democrats and nonpartisan voters (now one-fifth of the electorate in California) to support him between now and November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One interesting note in the poll: Political insiders and journalists are well acquainted with another secretary of state candidate running as an \"independent\" candidate with no party preference: Dan Schnur. The ever quotable former-Republican-consultant-turned-academic pulls just 4 percent of the vote. It's the first time the Field Poll has ever measured support for a \"nonpartisan\" candidate for statewide office, according to DiCamillo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Dan doesn't have the opportunity to attract partisan voters because he has no party affiliation next to his name. That may actually be hindering his campaign a bit.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It \u003cem>is\u003c/em> still early. Peterson, who's Hollywood-handsome in a Clark Kent kind of way, could do well on TV but has no money -- less than $2,000 cash on hand in his latest campaign finance report. Schnur does better, having $313,300 in the bank, but they \u003cem>all\u003c/em> trail Padilla, who's sitting on $614,426.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The one wild card is the ongoing FBI investigation in Sacramento. The public's approval of the Legislature has been dropping since scandals enveloped three Democratic state senators, including Yee. That can't help Alex Padilla. Then again, it may not matter because come election day it may be enough just to have a \"D\" next to your name on the ballot in this deeply blue state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing's for sure -- with California ranking 49th ahead of only Mississippi in a new Pew Charitable Trusts \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewstates.org/uploadedFiles/Flash_Library/PCS/Interactives/ElectionsPerformanceIndex/template.html#state-CA\">report\u003c/a> ranking state elections performance, the next secretary of state will have plenty to do.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/132266/whats-this-a-republican-leads-the-race-for-secretary-of-state",
"authors": [
"255"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"series": [
"news_6304"
],
"categories": [
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_5215",
"news_152",
"news_139",
"news_95"
],
"featImg": "news_119704",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_130951": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_130951",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130951",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1396289671000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "leland-yee-remains-free-on-500000-bail-after-court-hearing",
"title": "Leland Yee Remains Free on $500,000 Bail After Court Hearing",
"publishDate": 1396289671,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "Leland Yee Remains Free on $500,000 Bail After Court Hearing | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9450_131732221-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130969\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9450_131732221-lpr-640x430.jpg\" alt=\"California state Sen. Leland Yee and his wife, Maxine Yee, wait to cast their ballots in San Francisco in November 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Leland Yee and his wife, Maxine Yee, wait to cast their ballots in San Francisco in November 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Leland Yee, the embattled state senator embroiled in a massive corruption case, are still negotiating terms of the politician’s release pending trial. He is charged with accepting bribes and coordinating an arms trafficking scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, 65, appeared briefly in federal court this morning, dressed in a suit and tie, The Associated Press reports. He smiled several times. The Democrat was ordered to return to court on April 8 to finalize bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is currently free on a $500,000 unsecured bond, but prosecutors want property he owns used as collateral to guarantee that he appears at all court hearings. He was arrested Wednesday as part of a massive five-year FBI sting operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, a longtime champion of good government and gun control — whose district includes San Francisco and part of San Mateo County — is one of 26 people, including former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson, charged in a 137-page federal complaint. Charges include murder for hire, money laundering and drug-dealing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee’s attorney, Paul DeMeester, said he expects a grand jury indictment next week, at which time he will enter a not guilty plea for his client.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing, the lawyer told reporters, including KQED’s Tara Siler, that the length of time the FBI devoted to the probe raised questions about the allocation of scarce federal resources and about fairness to Leland Yee and the public. Asked about entrapment as a defense, he said it’s always something that has to be considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, a convicted felon and Chinatown gang leader who allegedly went straight, is also a major figure in the corruption case. He, too, appeared in court today — shackled and in a jail-issued yellow jumpsuit — with the expectation that he would be assigned a lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen — he’s still without legal counsel. He’ll return to court on Wednesday, and Jackson will appear tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate voted Friday to suspend Yee and and two other Democratic members of the state Senate, who are at the center of high-profile criminal cases. A resolution to suspend Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Roderick Wright, with pay, passed by a 28-1 vote.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Prosecutors want property state senator owns used as collateral to guarantee he'll keep showing up.",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721106836,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 11,
"wordCount": 417
},
"headData": {
"title": "Leland Yee Remains Free on $500,000 Bail After Court Hearing | KQED",
"description": "Prosecutors want property state senator owns used as collateral to guarantee he'll keep showing up.",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Leland Yee Remains Free on $500,000 Bail After Court Hearing",
"datePublished": "2014-03-31T11:14:31-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-15T22:13:56-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/03/31/yee/",
"path": "/news/130951/leland-yee-remains-free-on-500000-bail-after-court-hearing",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9450_131732221-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130969\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9450_131732221-lpr-640x430.jpg\" alt=\"California state Sen. Leland Yee and his wife, Maxine Yee, wait to cast their ballots in San Francisco in November 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Leland Yee and his wife, Maxine Yee, wait to cast their ballots in San Francisco in November 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors and lawyers for Leland Yee, the embattled state senator embroiled in a massive corruption case, are still negotiating terms of the politician’s release pending trial. He is charged with accepting bribes and coordinating an arms trafficking scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, 65, appeared briefly in federal court this morning, dressed in a suit and tie, The Associated Press reports. He smiled several times. The Democrat was ordered to return to court on April 8 to finalize bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is currently free on a $500,000 unsecured bond, but prosecutors want property he owns used as collateral to guarantee that he appears at all court hearings. He was arrested Wednesday as part of a massive five-year FBI sting operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee, a longtime champion of good government and gun control — whose district includes San Francisco and part of San Mateo County — is one of 26 people, including former San Francisco school board president Keith Jackson, charged in a 137-page federal complaint. Charges include murder for hire, money laundering and drug-dealing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yee’s attorney, Paul DeMeester, said he expects a grand jury indictment next week, at which time he will enter a not guilty plea for his client.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing, the lawyer told reporters, including KQED’s Tara Siler, that the length of time the FBI devoted to the probe raised questions about the allocation of scarce federal resources and about fairness to Leland Yee and the public. Asked about entrapment as a defense, he said it’s always something that has to be considered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, a convicted felon and Chinatown gang leader who allegedly went straight, is also a major figure in the corruption case. He, too, appeared in court today — shackled and in a jail-issued yellow jumpsuit — with the expectation that he would be assigned a lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That didn’t happen — he’s still without legal counsel. He’ll return to court on Wednesday, and Jackson will appear tomorrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate voted Friday to suspend Yee and and two other Democratic members of the state Senate, who are at the center of high-profile criminal cases. A resolution to suspend Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Roderick Wright, with pay, passed by a 28-1 vote.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/130951/leland-yee-remains-free-on-500000-bail-after-court-hearing",
"authors": [
"237"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_393",
"news_19522",
"news_139",
"news_95",
"news_6058"
],
"featImg": "news_130969",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_130825": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_130825",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130825",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1396031131000
]
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "state-senate-votes-to-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright",
"title": "State Senate Votes to Suspend Yee, Calderon and Wright",
"publishDate": 1396031131,
"format": "aside",
"headTitle": "State Senate Votes to Suspend Yee, Calderon and Wright | KQED",
"labelTerm": {
"term": 6944,
"site": "news"
},
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130826\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/pols.jpg\" alt=\"State Senators Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. \" width=\"640\" height=\"361\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sens. Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. (Manny Crisostomo/Getty Images and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>David Marks and Scott Detrow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:00 pm Friday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown is calling on Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Roderick Wright to resign from office, saying it’s the best way to “restore public confidence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate voted Friday to suspend three Democratic members who are at the center of high-profile criminal cases. A resolution to suspend Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Roderick Wright, with pay, passed by a 28-1 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action comes two days after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/u/Leland-Yee-Firearms-Trafficking-FBI\">federal agents arrested Yee\u003c/a> in connection with an investigation into corruption and firearms trafficking. Yee had refused a call from Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to step down. Calderon \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/21/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case/\">faces federal corruption charges\u003c/a>, while Wright \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/06/125527/state-senator-roderick-wright-convicted-felon\">was convicted\u003c/a> of voter fraud and perjury earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘One is an anomaly. Two is a coincidence. Three?’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The suspension prevents Calderon, Yee and Wright from exercising any power of office until the pending criminal cases against them have been resolved. Even so, they will continue receiving their $95,000 annual salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg acknowledged the seriousness of the series of corruption charges against members. “One is an anomaly,” he said. “Two is a coincidence. Three?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg said it would be satisfying to simply kick out members who are in legal trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I reluctantly conclude that what would be satisfying and popular would also run afoul of the most basic American principles of due process, and the idea that people are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty,” Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate president also announced the unprecedented step of canceling a floor session in April for a mandatory ethics review, with Senate officials going office by office to emphasize ethical conduct and ask staffers to come forward if they are aware of any potentially criminal activity by lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only senator to vote “no” on suspension was San Diego Republican Joel Anderson. He wants to see all three Democrats expelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You propose to give them a Roman holiday by suspending all their ability to work for the people, but continue to pay them the people’s money?” Anderson asked. “You’re going down the wrong path. You’re wrong. You still believe that senators are above the law, and you’re wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Yee’s lawyer released a brief statement on the Senate’s vote. “Suspension is the right step for now,” attorney Paul DeMeester said, “and is appropriate in a system that presumes the innocence of the accused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also Friday, 18 of 25 defendants charged with Yee earlier this week appeared in federal court for detention hearings and assignment of attorneys. Those scheduled to appear included Keith Jackson, a former school board member and Yee political consultant accused of arms trafficking, participating in a murder-for-hire scheme and corruption. Also appearing today: Raymond Chow, the purported leader of a suspected Chinatown gang infiltrated by the FBI. Yee is scheduled to be back in court Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post contains reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"blocks": [],
"excerpt": "Senate votes 28-1 for measure to sideline three Democratic members entangled in legal trouble. ",
"status": "publish",
"parent": 0,
"modified": 1721149671,
"stats": {
"hasAudio": false,
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"paragraphCount": 18,
"wordCount": 549
},
"headData": {
"title": "State Senate Votes to Suspend Yee, Calderon and Wright | KQED",
"description": "Senate votes 28-1 for measure to sideline three Democratic members entangled in legal trouble. ",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogDescription": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"twDescription": "",
"twImgId": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "State Senate Votes to Suspend Yee, Calderon and Wright",
"datePublished": "2014-03-28T11:25:31-07:00",
"dateModified": "2024-07-16T10:07:51-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"sticky": false,
"customPermalink": "2014/03/28/state-senate-suspends-leland-yee-ron-calderon-roderick-wright/",
"path": "/news/130825/state-senate-votes-to-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_130826\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130826\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/pols.jpg\" alt=\"State Senators Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. \" width=\"640\" height=\"361\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sens. Ron Calderon (L) and Leland Yee. (Manny Crisostomo/Getty Images and Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>David Marks and Scott Detrow\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5:00 pm Friday:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown is calling on Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Roderick Wright to resign from office, saying it’s the best way to “restore public confidence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Post:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate voted Friday to suspend three Democratic members who are at the center of high-profile criminal cases. A resolution to suspend Sens. Leland Yee, Ron Calderon and Roderick Wright, with pay, passed by a 28-1 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action comes two days after \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/u/Leland-Yee-Firearms-Trafficking-FBI\">federal agents arrested Yee\u003c/a> in connection with an investigation into corruption and firearms trafficking. Yee had refused a call from Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg to step down. Calderon \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/21/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case/\">faces federal corruption charges\u003c/a>, while Wright \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/06/125527/state-senator-roderick-wright-convicted-felon\">was convicted\u003c/a> of voter fraud and perjury earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘One is an anomaly. Two is a coincidence. Three?’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The suspension prevents Calderon, Yee and Wright from exercising any power of office until the pending criminal cases against them have been resolved. Even so, they will continue receiving their $95,000 annual salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg acknowledged the seriousness of the series of corruption charges against members. “One is an anomaly,” he said. “Two is a coincidence. Three?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg said it would be satisfying to simply kick out members who are in legal trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I reluctantly conclude that what would be satisfying and popular would also run afoul of the most basic American principles of due process, and the idea that people are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty,” Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate president also announced the unprecedented step of canceling a floor session in April for a mandatory ethics review, with Senate officials going office by office to emphasize ethical conduct and ask staffers to come forward if they are aware of any potentially criminal activity by lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only senator to vote “no” on suspension was San Diego Republican Joel Anderson. He wants to see all three Democrats expelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You propose to give them a Roman holiday by suspending all their ability to work for the people, but continue to pay them the people’s money?” Anderson asked. “You’re going down the wrong path. You’re wrong. You still believe that senators are above the law, and you’re wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Yee’s lawyer released a brief statement on the Senate’s vote. “Suspension is the right step for now,” attorney Paul DeMeester said, “and is appropriate in a system that presumes the innocence of the accused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also Friday, 18 of 25 defendants charged with Yee earlier this week appeared in federal court for detention hearings and assignment of attorneys. Those scheduled to appear included Keith Jackson, a former school board member and Yee political consultant accused of arms trafficking, participating in a murder-for-hire scheme and corruption. Also appearing today: Raymond Chow, the purported leader of a suspected Chinatown gang infiltrated by the FBI. Yee is scheduled to be back in court Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post contains reporting from the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/130825/state-senate-votes-to-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright",
"authors": [
"236"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_596",
"news_425",
"news_139",
"news_4475",
"news_95"
],
"featImg": "news_130826",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_130537": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_130537",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130537",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1395874491000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1395874491,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Keith Jackson Among Yee's Top Political Donors",
"title": "Keith Jackson Among Yee's Top Political Donors",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>Keith Jackson, owner of a prominent San Francisco-based consulting firm, is among those named in the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/reports-state-senator-leland-yee-under-arrest-for-corruption\">FBI's affidavit\u003c/a>. He donated $6,800 to state Sen. Leland Yee's secretary of state campaign in 2013, as shown below in a list of top contributors. In the affidavit, an FBI agent states that Jackson solicited him for campaign contributions in return for political favors. These donations were well above the legal limit of $500 per individual. At one point Jackson accepted a $10,000 cash donation from the undercover agent, the affidavit states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson has also been accused by the FBI for being involved in a murder-for-hire scheme and a gun- and drug-trafficking conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"6c89032d999bff87f642d03b0c4968ad\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This activity went on as both Jackson and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/reports-state-senator-leland-yee-under-arrest-for-corruption\">Yee\u003c/a> worked to retire Yee's mayoral campaign debt from the 2012 election, and also as Yee began raising money for the Secretary of State race. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Jackson faces the following \u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/usao/can/news/2014/2014_03_26_ckt.charged.press.html\">charges\u003c/a> after being arrested today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Conspiracy to Traffic in Firearms Without a License and to Illegally Import Firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § § 371, 922(a)(1), and (l)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trafficking in Firearms Without a License, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scheme to Defraud Citizens of Honest Services, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § § 1343, 1346, 2 (six counts)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use of an Interstate Commerce Facility for the Commission of a Murder-for-Hire, in violation of 1958\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotics, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong> Yee's top contributors for the secretary of state campaign in 2013 \u003c/strong>(Source: \u003ca href=\"http://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MapLight\u003c/a>)\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"593.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nRow Labels\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>Sum of amount\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>2013\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>736256.16\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">FACULTY FOR OUR UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE, A COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">13600\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS OF AMERICA ACTION FUND\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">12900\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CNA PAC)\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">10200\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CANDLESTICK RV PARK\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">10000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF EYE PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS PAC aka MDEYEPAC OF CALIFORNIA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">9500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">MING, JIE YING\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">7000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, NICOLE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, MAXINE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">SCOTT, JOSEPH\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">MADISON INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES CORP\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, LELAND\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, MICHELLE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">RANGO CONSULTING LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">RUTHERFORD, DARYLE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">RHODES, WILLIAM\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">GENIALI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">California Chiropractic Association PAC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">HILEX POLY CO. LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">GILMORE, PAMELA LEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>KEITH JACKSON CONSULTING\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>6800\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">DUONG, KRISTINA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CROZAT, EUGENE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CAVALLINI ENTERPRISES\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">HUNG, LYNDA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6600\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">MILLBRAE PARADISE LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">LODDE, FEYSAN\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">ALAZRAIE, TARIQ\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">LI, ADA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">WARD, TRACY\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">AMERICAN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE TRAUMATOLOGY ASSOCIAITON\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">ROYAL, JR., MELVIN\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Morongo Band of Mission Indians\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">LEUNG, WAYNE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Young's Market Company\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">SOUTHWEST VENTURES\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">UNITE HERE TIP STATE & LOCAL FUND\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">DUONG, MICHAEL\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">California Federation of Teachers COPE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">JOHN YORK & AFFILIATED ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Construction Employers' Association PAC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">ANDRESEN, ERIC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">PERRY, SOPHIA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">4800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">BUTLER ENTERPRISE GROUP LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">4600\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">WU, JASON\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">4000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "130537 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=130537",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/keith-jackson-among-yees-top-political-contributors/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 530,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 6
},
"modified": 1398474972,
"excerpt": "Consultant who gave $6,800 to Yee's secretary of state campaign is also ensnared in criminal case.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Consultant who gave $6,800 to Yee's secretary of state campaign is also ensnared in criminal case.",
"title": "Keith Jackson Among Yee's Top Political Donors | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Keith Jackson Among Yee's Top Political Donors",
"datePublished": "2014-03-26T15:54:51-07:00",
"dateModified": "2014-04-25T18:16:12-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "keith-jackson-among-yees-top-political-contributors",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "2014/03/26/130537/keith-jackson-among-laland-yees-top-political-contributors/",
"path": "/news/130537/keith-jackson-among-yees-top-political-contributors",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Keith Jackson, owner of a prominent San Francisco-based consulting firm, is among those named in the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/reports-state-senator-leland-yee-under-arrest-for-corruption\">FBI's affidavit\u003c/a>. He donated $6,800 to state Sen. Leland Yee's secretary of state campaign in 2013, as shown below in a list of top contributors. In the affidavit, an FBI agent states that Jackson solicited him for campaign contributions in return for political favors. These donations were well above the legal limit of $500 per individual. At one point Jackson accepted a $10,000 cash donation from the undercover agent, the affidavit states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson has also been accused by the FBI for being involved in a murder-for-hire scheme and a gun- and drug-trafficking conspiracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This activity went on as both Jackson and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/reports-state-senator-leland-yee-under-arrest-for-corruption\">Yee\u003c/a> worked to retire Yee's mayoral campaign debt from the 2012 election, and also as Yee began raising money for the Secretary of State race. According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Jackson faces the following \u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/usao/can/news/2014/2014_03_26_ckt.charged.press.html\">charges\u003c/a> after being arrested today:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Conspiracy to Traffic in Firearms Without a License and to Illegally Import Firearms, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § § 371, 922(a)(1), and (l)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Trafficking in Firearms Without a License, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(1)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scheme to Defraud Citizens of Honest Services, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § § 1343, 1346, 2 (six counts)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Use of an Interstate Commerce Facility for the Commission of a Murder-for-Hire, in violation of 1958\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotics, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u003cstrong> Yee's top contributors for the secretary of state campaign in 2013 \u003c/strong>(Source: \u003ca href=\"http://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\">MapLight\u003c/a>)\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ctable width=\"593.0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n\u003ctbody>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nRow Labels\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>Sum of amount\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>2013\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>736256.16\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">FACULTY FOR OUR UNIVERSITY'S FUTURE, A COMMITTEE SPONSORED BY THE CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION SMALL CONTRIBUTOR COMMITTEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">13600\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">UNITED DOMESTIC WORKERS OF AMERICA ACTION FUND\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">12900\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CNA PAC)\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">10200\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CANDLESTICK RV PARK\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">10000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF EYE PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS PAC aka MDEYEPAC OF CALIFORNIA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">9500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">MING, JIE YING\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">7000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, NICOLE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, MAXINE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">SCOTT, JOSEPH\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">MADISON INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES CORP\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, LELAND\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">YEE, MICHELLE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">RANGO CONSULTING LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">RUTHERFORD, DARYLE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">RHODES, WILLIAM\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">GENIALI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">California Chiropractic Association PAC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">HILEX POLY CO. LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">GILMORE, PAMELA LEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>KEITH JACKSON CONSULTING\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">\u003cstrong>6800\u003c/strong>\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">DUONG, KRISTINA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CROZAT, EUGENE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">CAVALLINI ENTERPRISES\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">HUNG, LYNDA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6600\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">MILLBRAE PARADISE LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">LODDE, FEYSAN\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">ALAZRAIE, TARIQ\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6500\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">LI, ADA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">6000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">WARD, TRACY\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">AMERICAN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE TRAUMATOLOGY ASSOCIAITON\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">ROYAL, JR., MELVIN\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Morongo Band of Mission Indians\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">LEUNG, WAYNE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Young's Market Company\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">SOUTHWEST VENTURES\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">UNITE HERE TIP STATE & LOCAL FUND\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">DUONG, MICHAEL\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">California Federation of Teachers COPE\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">JOHN YORK & AFFILIATED ENTITIES, INCLUDING THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">Construction Employers' Association PAC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">ANDRESEN, ERIC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">5000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">PERRY, SOPHIA\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">4800\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">BUTLER ENTERPRISE GROUP LLC\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">4600\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003ctr>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">WU, JASON\u003c/td>\n\u003ctd valign=\"middle\">4000\u003c/td>\n\u003c/tr>\n\u003c/tbody>\n\u003c/table>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/130537/keith-jackson-among-yees-top-political-contributors",
"authors": [
"102"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_139",
"news_95",
"news_38"
],
"featImg": "news_130557",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_130361": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_130361",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "130361",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1395783698000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1395783698,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Tim Donnelly, GOP Candidate for Governor, Spending Twice as Much as He's Raised",
"title": "Tim Donnelly, GOP Candidate for Governor, Spending Twice as Much as He's Raised",
"headTitle": "California Election Watch 2014 | News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Juliet Williams\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/16/california-republican-convention-kashkari-donnelly-battle-for-support/rs9326_photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129606\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129606\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9326_photo-640x532.jpg\" alt=\"Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"532\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly's gubernatorial campaign spent money at nearly twice the rate it raised it during the first three months of the year, ending with less than $11,000 cash on hand in mid-March, according to financial reports he filed with the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Republican lawmaker from Twin Peaks in San Bernardino County reported that he has raised $182,000 so far this year, but his expenditures totaled $338,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly, a tea party favorite and gun rights enthusiast who drew overwhelming support at the state GOP convention earlier this month, has nearly 3,000 donors, but their average contribution is just $402.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kashkari raised $1.3 million, Brown almost $20 million\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pales in comparison to his Republican rival, former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari, who has raised $1.3 million so far this year with an average contribution of $6,174, and Gov. Jerry Brown, the Democratic incumbent who has $19.7 million in the bank already. His average donor gave $16,130.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly's campaign stressed that he has received contributions from a much larger base of supporters than Kashkari.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our opponent may have raised more money, but I don't have Wall Street bank buddies to call in favors from. Wall Street doesn't like me because they know I will make them accountable,'' Donnelly said in a statement emailed by his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of Donnelly donors gave the symbolic recurring amount of $17.76, promoted as an option on Donnelly's website as a contribution to become a member of \"the Patriot Club.\" The amount is a reference to 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly's expenditures so far this year include $22,000 for campaign videos and hundreds more to fly a videographer to shoot them, as well as $11,500, at a rate of $5,000 a month, to his former campaign manager, Jennifer Kerns. She quit earlier this month in a disagreement over campaign strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reports also show more than $9,200 spent on private flights between California cities on two days in February. A spokeswoman for the campaign, Katherine Parkinson, said a pilot normally donates the use of his plane and fuel but he was unavailable after the campaign had already booked some events, including one featuring actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who appeared in a video with Donnelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> A number of Donnelly donors gave the symbolic recurring amount of $17.76, promoted as an option on Donnelly's website as a contribution to become a member of 'the Patriot Club.' \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Donors were solicited to underwrite the costs, she said. The report also lists a gift worth $5,000 for a flight on another day in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Donnelly, Kashkari also has spent heavily since announcing his bid on Jan. 21, reporting expenditures of $527,000, including more than $230,000 for campaign consultants and staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown, who is notoriously stingy, has paid $30,000 to his campaign consulting firm, SCN Strategies, and reported expenditures of $156,000, including $60,000 spent on his behalf for fundraisers and polling. He also paid $25,000 to political adviser Ned Ruthrauff, who also serves as a director in the office of the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A political spokesman for Brown, Dan Newman, said Ruthrauff \"splits his time'' between the two jobs. State campaign finance laws require a strict wall between activities that are performed as part of an elected or appointed office and those that involve campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year's race is expected to be far less costly than the 2010 gubernatorial contest, when Brown's campaign spent $36.5 million in his successful bid, and the campaign of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who spent $178.5 million. Of that, about $144 million came from Whitman's personal fortune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown also was aided in 2010 by at least $26 million in spending by independent groups that supported him, mostly labor unions.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "130361 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=130361",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/25/gop-candidate-for-governor-donnelly-spending-twice-as-much-as-hes-raised/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 677,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 19
},
"modified": 1400023611,
"excerpt": "His 3,000 donors are giving an average of only $402, far below that raised by the other candidates.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "His 3,000 donors are giving an average of only $402, far below that raised by the other candidates.",
"title": "Tim Donnelly, GOP Candidate for Governor, Spending Twice as Much as He's Raised | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Tim Donnelly, GOP Candidate for Governor, Spending Twice as Much as He's Raised",
"datePublished": "2014-03-25T14:41:38-07:00",
"dateModified": "2014-05-13T16:26:51-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "gop-candidate-for-governor-donnelly-spending-twice-as-much-as-hes-raised",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "2014/03/25/130361/GOP-Tim-Donnelly-Fundraising/",
"path": "/news/130361/gop-candidate-for-governor-donnelly-spending-twice-as-much-as-hes-raised",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Juliet Williams\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/16/california-republican-convention-kashkari-donnelly-battle-for-support/rs9326_photo/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129606\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129606\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/RS9326_photo-640x532.jpg\" alt=\"Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"532\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblyman Tim Donnelly saw broad support at the California Republican convention. (Scott Detrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly's gubernatorial campaign spent money at nearly twice the rate it raised it during the first three months of the year, ending with less than $11,000 cash on hand in mid-March, according to financial reports he filed with the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Republican lawmaker from Twin Peaks in San Bernardino County reported that he has raised $182,000 so far this year, but his expenditures totaled $338,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly, a tea party favorite and gun rights enthusiast who drew overwhelming support at the state GOP convention earlier this month, has nearly 3,000 donors, but their average contribution is just $402.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kashkari raised $1.3 million, Brown almost $20 million\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That pales in comparison to his Republican rival, former U.S. Treasury official Neel Kashkari, who has raised $1.3 million so far this year with an average contribution of $6,174, and Gov. Jerry Brown, the Democratic incumbent who has $19.7 million in the bank already. His average donor gave $16,130.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly's campaign stressed that he has received contributions from a much larger base of supporters than Kashkari.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Our opponent may have raised more money, but I don't have Wall Street bank buddies to call in favors from. Wall Street doesn't like me because they know I will make them accountable,'' Donnelly said in a statement emailed by his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of Donnelly donors gave the symbolic recurring amount of $17.76, promoted as an option on Donnelly's website as a contribution to become a member of \"the Patriot Club.\" The amount is a reference to 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donnelly's expenditures so far this year include $22,000 for campaign videos and hundreds more to fly a videographer to shoot them, as well as $11,500, at a rate of $5,000 a month, to his former campaign manager, Jennifer Kerns. She quit earlier this month in a disagreement over campaign strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reports also show more than $9,200 spent on private flights between California cities on two days in February. A spokeswoman for the campaign, Katherine Parkinson, said a pilot normally donates the use of his plane and fuel but he was unavailable after the campaign had already booked some events, including one featuring actress Maria Conchita Alonso, who appeared in a video with Donnelly.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> A number of Donnelly donors gave the symbolic recurring amount of $17.76, promoted as an option on Donnelly's website as a contribution to become a member of 'the Patriot Club.' \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Donors were solicited to underwrite the costs, she said. The report also lists a gift worth $5,000 for a flight on another day in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Donnelly, Kashkari also has spent heavily since announcing his bid on Jan. 21, reporting expenditures of $527,000, including more than $230,000 for campaign consultants and staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown, who is notoriously stingy, has paid $30,000 to his campaign consulting firm, SCN Strategies, and reported expenditures of $156,000, including $60,000 spent on his behalf for fundraisers and polling. He also paid $25,000 to political adviser Ned Ruthrauff, who also serves as a director in the office of the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A political spokesman for Brown, Dan Newman, said Ruthrauff \"splits his time'' between the two jobs. State campaign finance laws require a strict wall between activities that are performed as part of an elected or appointed office and those that involve campaigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year's race is expected to be far less costly than the 2010 gubernatorial contest, when Brown's campaign spent $36.5 million in his successful bid, and the campaign of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who spent $178.5 million. Of that, about $144 million came from Whitman's personal fortune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown also was aided in 2010 by at least $26 million in spending by independent groups that supported him, mostly labor unions.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/130361/gop-candidate-for-governor-donnelly-spending-twice-as-much-as-hes-raised",
"authors": [
"237"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"series": [
"news_6304"
],
"categories": [
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_6034",
"news_95",
"news_1170"
],
"featImg": "news_129606",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_129719": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_129719",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "129719",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1395157947000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1395157947,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "California Assembly Elects First Openly Lesbian Leader",
"title": "California Assembly Elects First Openly Lesbian Leader",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP and KQED) — The California State Assembly voted Monday to make \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a78/\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Democrat Toni Atkins\u003c/a> its next speaker, replacing John Pérez. Atkins will be the third woman to lead the Assembly, and the first out lesbian to serve in the role. Pérez, who became Assembly speaker four years ago, was its first openly gay leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129721\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 346px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129721\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/calcapito-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo by Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"346\" height=\"257\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A transition date has not been set, but Atkins will assume the role later this spring. Pérez, a Los Angeles Democrat, is termed out this year and running for state controller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins, the Democratic majority leader, was elected to run the 80-member Assembly by unanimous voice vote. As majority leader, she will appoint members to committees and subcommittees, establish committee schedules, and allocate funds and staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic lawmakers praised her commitment to social justice and the diversity she brings to the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called her election as speaker \"surreal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was honestly never in my world vision that I could do this,\" the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-toni-atkins-speaker-20140317,0,432403.story#axzz2wKXnhikD\" target=\"_blank\">L.A. Times\u003c/a> reported her as saying. \"So it's an incredible personal honor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>\"I suspect her humble beginnings growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia prepared her to appreciate the needs of the less fortunate and to give them a voice in the halls of power, which she has done,\" said Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans said they work well with Atkins despite policy differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Though we hold different political views, she and I have had a very cordial and productive working relationship as the leaders of our respective caucuses,\" Assembly Republican leader Connie Conway said in a news release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins told her fellow lawmakers that her priorities include stabilizing the state budget, addressing the state's long-term water needs and improving the economy. She said she'd take a special interest in reducing homelessness and affordable housing issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chamber she will lead has a Democratic supermajority, with nearly half of all Assembly members first elected in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She won her seat in 2010 after serving on the San Diego City Council, including a stint as interim mayor, and has two years remaining before her term expires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Senate is expected to choose Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, as its new leader, as Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg also terms out.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "129719 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=129719",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/18/california-assembly-elects-first-openly-lesbian-leader-to-replace-perez/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 398,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 15
},
"modified": 1395183119,
"excerpt": "Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego, will replace John Pérez and inherits a supermajority.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego, will replace John Pérez and inherits a supermajority.",
"title": "California Assembly Elects First Openly Lesbian Leader | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "California Assembly Elects First Openly Lesbian Leader",
"datePublished": "2014-03-18T08:52:27-07:00",
"dateModified": "2014-03-18T15:51:59-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "california-assembly-elects-first-openly-lesbian-leader-to-replace-perez",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/129719/california-assembly-elects-first-openly-lesbian-leader-to-replace-perez",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP and KQED) — The California State Assembly voted Monday to make \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a78/\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Democrat Toni Atkins\u003c/a> its next speaker, replacing John Pérez. Atkins will be the third woman to lead the Assembly, and the first out lesbian to serve in the role. Pérez, who became Assembly speaker four years ago, was its first openly gay leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129721\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 346px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129721\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/calcapito-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"(Photo by Craig Miller/KQED)\" width=\"346\" height=\"257\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A transition date has not been set, but Atkins will assume the role later this spring. Pérez, a Los Angeles Democrat, is termed out this year and running for state controller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins, the Democratic majority leader, was elected to run the 80-member Assembly by unanimous voice vote. As majority leader, she will appoint members to committees and subcommittees, establish committee schedules, and allocate funds and staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic lawmakers praised her commitment to social justice and the diversity she brings to the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called her election as speaker \"surreal.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was honestly never in my world vision that I could do this,\" the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-toni-atkins-speaker-20140317,0,432403.story#axzz2wKXnhikD\" target=\"_blank\">L.A. Times\u003c/a> reported her as saying. \"So it's an incredible personal honor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003cp>\"I suspect her humble beginnings growing up in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia prepared her to appreciate the needs of the less fortunate and to give them a voice in the halls of power, which she has done,\" said Assemblyman Chris Holden, D-Pasadena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans said they work well with Atkins despite policy differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Though we hold different political views, she and I have had a very cordial and productive working relationship as the leaders of our respective caucuses,\" Assembly Republican leader Connie Conway said in a news release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkins told her fellow lawmakers that her priorities include stabilizing the state budget, addressing the state's long-term water needs and improving the economy. She said she'd take a special interest in reducing homelessness and affordable housing issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chamber she will lead has a Democratic supermajority, with nearly half of all Assembly members first elected in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She won her seat in 2010 after serving on the San Diego City Council, including a stint as interim mayor, and has two years remaining before her term expires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Senate is expected to choose Kevin de León, D-Los Angeles, as its new leader, as Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg also terms out.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/129719/california-assembly-elects-first-openly-lesbian-leader-to-replace-perez",
"authors": [
"237"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"tags": [
"news_851",
"news_152",
"news_1052",
"news_82",
"news_95",
"news_5986"
],
"featImg": "news_129721",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_128181": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_128181",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "128181",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393863076000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1393863076,
"format": "standard",
"disqusTitle": "Calderon Scandal Could Involve Biggest Insurance Scam in State History",
"title": "Calderon Scandal Could Involve Biggest Insurance Scam in State History",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>California Democrats have lost their super-majority, as state Sen. Ron Calderon, indicted on federal corruption charges, announced yesterday he was taking a voluntary leave of absence from the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a resignation since I still have my day in court,\" he said. \"However, due to the nature and complexity of the charges, and the discovery materials that I will have to review, I expect this to be a lengthy period of absence continuing until the end of the session in August.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon will still be paid during the time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors have accused \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/21/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case/\">Calderon\u003c/a> of taking nearly $100,000 in bribes from Michael Drobot, the former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, to keep a law on the books that allowed the hospital to overbill for $500 million in spinal surgeries, passing the cost on to workers' compensation insurers. The California Department of Insurance has called the case the largest insurance fraud in state history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon also faces money-laundering and other corruption charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drobot has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the investigation into Calderon and his brother, Tom Calderon, a former assemblyman, accused of money laundering and conspiracy related to the same investigation. Both Calderons have pleaded not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon's leave deprives Democrats of the 27th vote that Democratic state senators need to pass legislation without any Republican help. Another Democratic senator, Roderick Wright, took a leave of absence last week after being found guilty of of perjury and voter fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more on how Calderon's leave of absence have shifted the senate's political odds, KQED's Mina Kim spoke with John Myers, political editor at KXTV News-10 Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137793687\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" width=\"100%\" height='166' iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The California Report's\" Rachael Myrow spoke to reporter Scott Glover of the L.A. Times this morning about the magnitude of the scheme that Calderon is alleged to have enabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Edited transcript:\u003c/em> \u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow\u003c/strong>: Federal prosecutors contend Drobot submitted more than $500 million worth of fraudulent workers' compensation claims over five years as part of this surgery scheme. Is it possible that the scheme could have continued if Drobot hadn’t sought the assistance of a state senator?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Glover: \u003c/strong>The allegation is that while it was continuing, Drobot was influencing Calderon to make sure that the favorable law remained on the books. Without that law in place, it’s very unlikely they would be able to do what they were allegedly doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RM: \u003c/strong>We hear about workers' comp fraud all the time. What made this alleged scheme different?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SG: \u003c/strong>For one thing, the amount of money involved. It’s a half-billion dollars. It was a long-running scheme, it was just massive. An official from the state insurance department described it as the largest in the department's history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RM: \u003c/strong>Drobot is also the subject of at least two other civil lawsuits, including one filed by the state insurance commission fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SG: \u003c/strong> Correct. I think various insurers are going to be looking to recoup some of the money that they spent over the years feeding into this $500 million worth of billing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RM\u003c/strong>: The scale is unprecedented: the number of doctors and chiropractors involved. Can we expect to see a lot of fallout related to the investigation of all the different people involved?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SG: \u003c/strong> I think there’s potential for a lot of fallout. It allegedly involved doctors and chiropractors who were being paid illegal kickbacks in order to send patients to the hospital. That part of the investigation is ongoing, and authorities are reluctant to talk about it and gave few details at the press conference last week. Just how widespread it is remains to be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"be032397531cf401f3d330a0f980dbac\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's AP's story on the latest Calderon development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state Sen. Ron Calderon, facing federal corruption charges alleging he took kickbacks while in office, said Sunday evening he has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the Legislature while he awaits trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The departure of Calderon deprives Senate Democrats of the two-thirds margin they need in the 40-member chamber to raise taxes, pass emergency legislation, override gubernatorial vetoes and put constitutional amendments before voters without Republican cooperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon said in a statement that he wasn't resigning but will take time to focus on fighting the charges against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do not want to distract from the important work of the Senate and my colleagues on serious issues affecting my constituents and the people of California,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that because of the complexity of the charges, he expects a lengthy leave stretching until the end of the legislative session in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon sent Senate President Pro tem Darrell Steinberg the request for leave Sunday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have accepted his request,\" Steinberg said in a two-sentence statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon was arraigned last Monday on charges that he accepted bribes totaling $100,000 in cash and trips, funneling some of the money to his children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pleaded not guilty, but his fellow Democrats had given him until this coming Monday to resign, take leave or face being suspended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By taking leave, Calderon will continue receiving his $95,291 annual salary but not the $163 daily expense payment he would get if he were traveling to Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon, of Montebello, is the second Senate Democrat this week to take leave while he fights criminal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Roderick Wright, a Democrat who represents another Los Angeles-area district, requested the leave after he was convicted of perjury and voter fraud for lying about his legal residence. Wright is seeking to have his conviction overturned before he faces sentencing in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg, D-Sacramento, had said senators would suspend, but not expel, Calderon because he has not been convicted of a crime. But he and other Democrats called for Calderon to step down because he is charged with activities that Steinberg said \"strike at the very heart of what it means to be a public official.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon, 56, is charged with accepting bribes from an undercover FBI agent who pretended to own a Los Angeles movie studio and wanted to expand tax credits for the film industry. He also is charged with accepting bribes from the former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach to back legislation involving state workers' compensation laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon was elected to the state Senate in 2006 and represents Montebello, Bell Gardens and other southeastern Los Angeles suburbs. Wright, 61, served in the Assembly from 1996 to 2002, and has been in the Senate since 2008. He currently represents areas including Carson, Compton, Gardena, Lawndale, Hawthorne and Inglewood, though redistricting has changed the boundaries since he was accused of misrepresenting his legal residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Calderon indictments threaten a powerful Democratic political family. His brother, former Assemblyman Tom Calderon, pleaded not guilty last week to eight counts of money laundering and conspiracy resulting from the same federal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With both senators gone, a spokesman for Steinberg said their staffs will remain to help deal with issues raised by their constituents, while other senators will carry on with any pending legislation they had introduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon is termed out of office after this year, but Wright is in the middle of a term that expires in 2016. Steinberg said he expects Wright would leave the Senate if a formal conviction is entered at his sentencing May 16, meaning a special election would then be held to replace him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans have not been satisfied with Wright's decision to take leave instead of resigning, but Democrats blocked a move to expel him on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "128181 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=128181",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/03/california-democrats-lose-super-majority-as-calderon-takes-leave-of-absence/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1302,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 41
},
"modified": 1448411066,
"excerpt": "He is accused of working to keep a law on the books allowing for $500 million in unnecessary surgeries.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "He is accused of working to keep a law on the books allowing for $500 million in unnecessary surgeries.",
"title": "Calderon Scandal Could Involve Biggest Insurance Scam in State History | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Calderon Scandal Could Involve Biggest Insurance Scam in State History",
"datePublished": "2014-03-03T08:11:16-08:00",
"dateModified": "2015-11-24T16:24:26-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "california-democrats-lose-super-majority-as-calderon-takes-leave-of-absence",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "2014/03/03/ron-calderon/",
"path": "/news/128181/california-democrats-lose-super-majority-as-calderon-takes-leave-of-absence",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California Democrats have lost their super-majority, as state Sen. Ron Calderon, indicted on federal corruption charges, announced yesterday he was taking a voluntary leave of absence from the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is not a resignation since I still have my day in court,\" he said. \"However, due to the nature and complexity of the charges, and the discovery materials that I will have to review, I expect this to be a lengthy period of absence continuing until the end of the session in August.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon will still be paid during the time off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors have accused \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/21/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case/\">Calderon\u003c/a> of taking nearly $100,000 in bribes from Michael Drobot, the former owner of Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, to keep a law on the books that allowed the hospital to overbill for $500 million in spinal surgeries, passing the cost on to workers' compensation insurers. The California Department of Insurance has called the case the largest insurance fraud in state history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon also faces money-laundering and other corruption charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drobot has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with the investigation into Calderon and his brother, Tom Calderon, a former assemblyman, accused of money laundering and conspiracy related to the same investigation. Both Calderons have pleaded not guilty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon's leave deprives Democrats of the 27th vote that Democratic state senators need to pass legislation without any Republican help. Another Democratic senator, Roderick Wright, took a leave of absence last week after being found guilty of of perjury and voter fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more on how Calderon's leave of absence have shifted the senate's political odds, KQED's Mina Kim spoke with John Myers, political editor at KXTV News-10 Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137793687&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/137793687'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The California Report's\" Rachael Myrow spoke to reporter Scott Glover of the L.A. Times this morning about the magnitude of the scheme that Calderon is alleged to have enabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Edited transcript:\u003c/em> \u003cstrong>Rachael Myrow\u003c/strong>: Federal prosecutors contend Drobot submitted more than $500 million worth of fraudulent workers' compensation claims over five years as part of this surgery scheme. Is it possible that the scheme could have continued if Drobot hadn’t sought the assistance of a state senator?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Glover: \u003c/strong>The allegation is that while it was continuing, Drobot was influencing Calderon to make sure that the favorable law remained on the books. Without that law in place, it’s very unlikely they would be able to do what they were allegedly doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RM: \u003c/strong>We hear about workers' comp fraud all the time. What made this alleged scheme different?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SG: \u003c/strong>For one thing, the amount of money involved. It’s a half-billion dollars. It was a long-running scheme, it was just massive. An official from the state insurance department described it as the largest in the department's history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RM: \u003c/strong>Drobot is also the subject of at least two other civil lawsuits, including one filed by the state insurance commission fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SG: \u003c/strong> Correct. I think various insurers are going to be looking to recoup some of the money that they spent over the years feeding into this $500 million worth of billing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>RM\u003c/strong>: The scale is unprecedented: the number of doctors and chiropractors involved. Can we expect to see a lot of fallout related to the investigation of all the different people involved?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SG: \u003c/strong> I think there’s potential for a lot of fallout. It allegedly involved doctors and chiropractors who were being paid illegal kickbacks in order to send patients to the hospital. That part of the investigation is ongoing, and authorities are reluctant to talk about it and gave few details at the press conference last week. Just how widespread it is remains to be seen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's AP's story on the latest Calderon development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California state Sen. Ron Calderon, facing federal corruption charges alleging he took kickbacks while in office, said Sunday evening he has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the Legislature while he awaits trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The departure of Calderon deprives Senate Democrats of the two-thirds margin they need in the 40-member chamber to raise taxes, pass emergency legislation, override gubernatorial vetoes and put constitutional amendments before voters without Republican cooperation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon said in a statement that he wasn't resigning but will take time to focus on fighting the charges against him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do not want to distract from the important work of the Senate and my colleagues on serious issues affecting my constituents and the people of California,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that because of the complexity of the charges, he expects a lengthy leave stretching until the end of the legislative session in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon sent Senate President Pro tem Darrell Steinberg the request for leave Sunday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I have accepted his request,\" Steinberg said in a two-sentence statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon was arraigned last Monday on charges that he accepted bribes totaling $100,000 in cash and trips, funneling some of the money to his children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pleaded not guilty, but his fellow Democrats had given him until this coming Monday to resign, take leave or face being suspended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By taking leave, Calderon will continue receiving his $95,291 annual salary but not the $163 daily expense payment he would get if he were traveling to Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon, of Montebello, is the second Senate Democrat this week to take leave while he fights criminal charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Roderick Wright, a Democrat who represents another Los Angeles-area district, requested the leave after he was convicted of perjury and voter fraud for lying about his legal residence. Wright is seeking to have his conviction overturned before he faces sentencing in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg, D-Sacramento, had said senators would suspend, but not expel, Calderon because he has not been convicted of a crime. But he and other Democrats called for Calderon to step down because he is charged with activities that Steinberg said \"strike at the very heart of what it means to be a public official.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon, 56, is charged with accepting bribes from an undercover FBI agent who pretended to own a Los Angeles movie studio and wanted to expand tax credits for the film industry. He also is charged with accepting bribes from the former owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach to back legislation involving state workers' compensation laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon was elected to the state Senate in 2006 and represents Montebello, Bell Gardens and other southeastern Los Angeles suburbs. Wright, 61, served in the Assembly from 1996 to 2002, and has been in the Senate since 2008. He currently represents areas including Carson, Compton, Gardena, Lawndale, Hawthorne and Inglewood, though redistricting has changed the boundaries since he was accused of misrepresenting his legal residence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Calderon indictments threaten a powerful Democratic political family. His brother, former Assemblyman Tom Calderon, pleaded not guilty last week to eight counts of money laundering and conspiracy resulting from the same federal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With both senators gone, a spokesman for Steinberg said their staffs will remain to help deal with issues raised by their constituents, while other senators will carry on with any pending legislation they had introduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon is termed out of office after this year, but Wright is in the middle of a term that expires in 2016. Steinberg said he expects Wright would leave the Senate if a formal conviction is entered at his sentencing May 16, meaning a special election would then be held to replace him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "floatright"
},
"numeric": [
"floatright"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans have not been satisfied with Wright's decision to take leave instead of resigning, but Democrats blocked a move to expel him on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/128181/california-democrats-lose-super-majority-as-calderon-takes-leave-of-absence",
"authors": [
"237"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188",
"news_13"
],
"tags": [
"news_4475",
"news_95"
],
"featImg": "news_10770880",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_127244": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_127244",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "127244",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1393015693000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1393015693,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Los Angeles-Area Sen. Ron Calderon Charged in Massive Corruption Case",
"title": "Los Angeles-Area Sen. Ron Calderon Charged in Massive Corruption Case",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 594px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/GettyImages_187930346.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-127250\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/GettyImages_187930346.jpg\" alt=\"File photo of Sen. Ron Calderon. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images)\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo of state Sen. Ron Calderon. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the nine months since \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/04/local/la-me-pc-fbi-raids-calderons-capitol-office-20130604\">the FBI raided his Sacramento office\u003c/a>, state Sen. Ron Calderon has maintained one steady defense: He had never been charged with a crime. The Los Angeles County Democrat stuck to that line last fall \u003ca href=\"http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/calderon-dynasty.html\">after an explosive leaked FBI affidavit\u003c/a> accused him of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That changed Friday when federal prosecutors charged Calderon with 24 counts of corruption, including fraud, wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and aiding in the filing of false tax returns. The lawmaker, who will turn himself into authorities on Monday, now faces up to 400 years in federal prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon’s brother, former Assemblyman Tom Calderon, has been charged as well with multiple crimes, including money laundering. And a Southern California medical executive is pleading guilty to what prosecutors describe as “a long-running health care fraud scheme that involved tens of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks in exchange for referrals of thousands of patients who received spinal surgeries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say Ron Calderon accepted about $100,000 in bribes from Pacific Hospital’s Michael Drobot, as well as undercover FBI agents posing as independent movie producers. In both cases Calderon allegedly took payments in exchange for legislative favors that benefited the alleged bribers’ business interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bribes were primarily paid out in the form of phony jobs for Calderon’s children. His daughter earned nearly $40,000 for her work at the fictional movie studio set up by FBI agents. Calderon’s son actually did report to work for Drobot. He was paid about $10,000 per summer for “approximately 15 days of work. “Anything you can do, any help you could do for my kids is – you know that’s diamonds for me,” Calderon told an undercover FBI agent, according to the leaked affidavit. “That’s diamonds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The indictment formalizes the allegations that have been dogging Calderon since October, \u003ca href=\"http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/calderon-dynasty.html\">when Al Jazeera America first published\u003c/a> a 124-page FBI affidavit detailing the bribery schemes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The fake movie producers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI agents pretended to be independent film producers. They wanted Calderon to help pass a bill lowering California’s film tax credit threshold from $1 million to $750,000. In addition to the money they allegedly funneled to Calderon through his daughter’s fake job, the agents lavished Calderon with trips to Las Vegas and meals far exceeding legislative gift limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the leaked affidavit, one of those Vegas trips led to Calderon partying with rappers Nelly and T.I. on the federal government’s dime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film tax credit was never lowered, but Calderon wrote letters, introduced legislation and pushed other lawmakers to create a lower threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The insurance scam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to top undercover FBI agents bribing politicians – especially with \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/\">American Hustle\u003c/a>\" contending for best picture this year – but state officials are calling the second aspect of this case “one of the largest workers’ compensation fraud cases in the history of the Department of Insurance.” Michael Drobot, who owned Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, has admitted to funneling more than $30,000 to Calderon in exchange for the lawmakers’ help in blocking an insurance reform bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136091904&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drobot needed to stop the legislation because it would have put an end to a $500 million scam. For years, Drobot’s hospital had performed spinal fusion surgeries, jacked up the prices of the devices it was implanting, and then charged health insurance providers for the inflated costs. And to generate more business, Drobot paid $10,000 to $15,000 kickbacks to doctors who referred spinal surgery patients to Pacific Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hospital was able to charge insurance companies for the spinal implants because of a loophole in California law. Medical hardware was billed separately from other fees. Lawmakers ultimately removed this “pass-through” language in 2013, but before that, Drobot bribed Calderon, the Insurance Committee chair, to try and block the efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Confrontation at the Bellagio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In separate court filing, federal prosecutors responded to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/13/calderon-claims-feds-asked-him-to-wear-wire/\">Calderon’s earlier claims that they were targeting him due to his refusal to wear a wire\u003c/a> and take part in a “sting operation” targeting Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing says Calderon’s claims had “no merit,” and revealed that FBI agents first confronted Calderon during a May encounter at one of Las Vegas’s most famous casinos. When Calderon arrived at the Bellagio, ostensibly for another lobbyist-funded romp, “The FBI agents explained to Calderon that they worked for the FBI’s Public Corruption Squad and had been investigating Calderon for quite some time.” Calderon talked to them for three hours that day, and met with the FBI five more times that month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal document reveals Calderon volunteered to wear a wire, and subsequently recorded several conversations with “another individual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Calderon’s recorded conversations with the individual were brief and did not result in any criminal charges against the individual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call To Resign\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon will turn himself into authorities on Monday. He has previously denied any wrongdoing. Earlier this month he told KQED he had been \"unfairly targeted and retaliated against.\" Calderon has has yet to comment on today's charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Calderon’s fellow Senate Democrats now want him out. In a statement released Friday afternoon, Steinberg called on Calderon to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While acknowledging that as a criminal defendant, Calderon is innocent until proven guilty, Steinberg said, “given the seriousness of charges that strike at the very heart of what it means to be a public official, Senator Calderon’s continued service is a cloud over all the important work that we must get done this year. It is in the best interests of the people and the Senate if he resigns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At a minimum, he should take a complete leave of absence until the criminal proceedings are finished,” Steinberg added. “If he does not resign, or take that leave of absence voluntarily, the Senate will seek to suspend him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View Calderon Bribe Case - Indictment on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/208440050/Calderon-Bribe-Case-Indictment\">Calderon Bribe Case - Indictment\u003c/a> by \u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View KQED News's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/KQED_News\">KQED News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_80914\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/208440050/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2afl4x5nq0hmr14iuohl&show_recommendations=false\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "127244 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=127244",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/21/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": false,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": true,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 1067,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 28
},
"modified": 1398733175,
"excerpt": "Twenty-four count indictment against state lawmaker includes allegation of receiving $100,000 in bribes.",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Twenty-four count indictment against state lawmaker includes allegation of receiving $100,000 in bribes.",
"title": "Los Angeles-Area Sen. Ron Calderon Charged in Massive Corruption Case | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Los Angeles-Area Sen. Ron Calderon Charged in Massive Corruption Case",
"datePublished": "2014-02-21T12:48:13-08:00",
"dateModified": "2014-04-28T17:59:35-07:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case",
"status": "publish",
"path": "/news/127244/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_127250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 594px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/GettyImages_187930346.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-127250\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/GettyImages_187930346.jpg\" alt=\"File photo of Sen. Ron Calderon. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images)\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo of state Sen. Ron Calderon. (Manny Crisostomo/Sacramento Bee/MCT via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the nine months since \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jun/04/local/la-me-pc-fbi-raids-calderons-capitol-office-20130604\">the FBI raided his Sacramento office\u003c/a>, state Sen. Ron Calderon has maintained one steady defense: He had never been charged with a crime. The Los Angeles County Democrat stuck to that line last fall \u003ca href=\"http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/calderon-dynasty.html\">after an explosive leaked FBI affidavit\u003c/a> accused him of accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That changed Friday when federal prosecutors charged Calderon with 24 counts of corruption, including fraud, wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and aiding in the filing of false tax returns. The lawmaker, who will turn himself into authorities on Monday, now faces up to 400 years in federal prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon’s brother, former Assemblyman Tom Calderon, has been charged as well with multiple crimes, including money laundering. And a Southern California medical executive is pleading guilty to what prosecutors describe as “a long-running health care fraud scheme that involved tens of millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks in exchange for referrals of thousands of patients who received spinal surgeries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors say Ron Calderon accepted about $100,000 in bribes from Pacific Hospital’s Michael Drobot, as well as undercover FBI agents posing as independent movie producers. In both cases Calderon allegedly took payments in exchange for legislative favors that benefited the alleged bribers’ business interests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bribes were primarily paid out in the form of phony jobs for Calderon’s children. His daughter earned nearly $40,000 for her work at the fictional movie studio set up by FBI agents. Calderon’s son actually did report to work for Drobot. He was paid about $10,000 per summer for “approximately 15 days of work. “Anything you can do, any help you could do for my kids is – you know that’s diamonds for me,” Calderon told an undercover FBI agent, according to the leaked affidavit. “That’s diamonds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The indictment formalizes the allegations that have been dogging Calderon since October, \u003ca href=\"http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/calderon-dynasty.html\">when Al Jazeera America first published\u003c/a> a 124-page FBI affidavit detailing the bribery schemes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The fake movie producers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The FBI agents pretended to be independent film producers. They wanted Calderon to help pass a bill lowering California’s film tax credit threshold from $1 million to $750,000. In addition to the money they allegedly funneled to Calderon through his daughter’s fake job, the agents lavished Calderon with trips to Las Vegas and meals far exceeding legislative gift limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the leaked affidavit, one of those Vegas trips led to Calderon partying with rappers Nelly and T.I. on the federal government’s dime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The film tax credit was never lowered, but Calderon wrote letters, introduced legislation and pushed other lawmakers to create a lower threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The insurance scam\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to top undercover FBI agents bribing politicians – especially with \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/\">American Hustle\u003c/a>\" contending for best picture this year – but state officials are calling the second aspect of this case “one of the largest workers’ compensation fraud cases in the history of the Department of Insurance.” Michael Drobot, who owned Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, has admitted to funneling more than $30,000 to Calderon in exchange for the lawmakers’ help in blocking an insurance reform bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/136091904&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drobot needed to stop the legislation because it would have put an end to a $500 million scam. For years, Drobot’s hospital had performed spinal fusion surgeries, jacked up the prices of the devices it was implanting, and then charged health insurance providers for the inflated costs. And to generate more business, Drobot paid $10,000 to $15,000 kickbacks to doctors who referred spinal surgery patients to Pacific Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hospital was able to charge insurance companies for the spinal implants because of a loophole in California law. Medical hardware was billed separately from other fees. Lawmakers ultimately removed this “pass-through” language in 2013, but before that, Drobot bribed Calderon, the Insurance Committee chair, to try and block the efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Confrontation at the Bellagio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In separate court filing, federal prosecutors responded to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/13/calderon-claims-feds-asked-him-to-wear-wire/\">Calderon’s earlier claims that they were targeting him due to his refusal to wear a wire\u003c/a> and take part in a “sting operation” targeting Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The filing says Calderon’s claims had “no merit,” and revealed that FBI agents first confronted Calderon during a May encounter at one of Las Vegas’s most famous casinos. When Calderon arrived at the Bellagio, ostensibly for another lobbyist-funded romp, “The FBI agents explained to Calderon that they worked for the FBI’s Public Corruption Squad and had been investigating Calderon for quite some time.” Calderon talked to them for three hours that day, and met with the FBI five more times that month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal document reveals Calderon volunteered to wear a wire, and subsequently recorded several conversations with “another individual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Calderon’s recorded conversations with the individual were brief and did not result in any criminal charges against the individual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Call To Resign\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calderon will turn himself into authorities on Monday. He has previously denied any wrongdoing. Earlier this month he told KQED he had been \"unfairly targeted and retaliated against.\" Calderon has has yet to comment on today's charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Calderon’s fellow Senate Democrats now want him out. In a statement released Friday afternoon, Steinberg called on Calderon to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While acknowledging that as a criminal defendant, Calderon is innocent until proven guilty, Steinberg said, “given the seriousness of charges that strike at the very heart of what it means to be a public official, Senator Calderon’s continued service is a cloud over all the important work that we must get done this year. It is in the best interests of the people and the Senate if he resigns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At a minimum, he should take a complete leave of absence until the criminal proceedings are finished,” Steinberg added. “If he does not resign, or take that leave of absence voluntarily, the Senate will seek to suspend him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View Calderon Bribe Case - Indictment on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/208440050/Calderon-Bribe-Case-Indictment\">Calderon Bribe Case - Indictment\u003c/a> by \u003ca style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"View KQED News's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/KQED_News\">KQED News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"doc_80914\" src=\"//www.scribd.com/embeds/208440050/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-2afl4x5nq0hmr14iuohl&show_recommendations=false\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/127244/fbi-charges-california-lawmaker-in-widespread-corruption-case",
"authors": [
"256"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_6188"
],
"tags": [
"news_4475",
"news_95"
],
"featImg": "news_127250",
"label": "news_6944"
},
"news_125879": {
"type": "posts",
"id": "news_125879",
"meta": {
"index": "posts_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125879",
"score": null,
"sort": [
1392136200000
]
},
"parent": 0,
"labelTerm": {
"site": "news",
"term": 6944
},
"blocks": [],
"publishDate": 1392136200,
"format": "aside",
"disqusTitle": "Moving New Floodgates to Folsom Dam Will Require I-5 Closures",
"title": "Moving New Floodgates to Folsom Dam Will Require I-5 Closures",
"headTitle": "News Fix | KQED News",
"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Screenshot-2014-02-11-08.43.01.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-125887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Screenshot-2014-02-11-08.43.01.png\" alt=\"A 'bulkhead gate assembly' for the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway under construction in Vancouver, Wash. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bulkhead gate assembly for the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway under construction in Vancouver, Wash. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>FOLSOM, Sacramento County — A 600-mile stretch of highway, including a long section of Interstate 5 in California and Oregon, will be shut down in sections to make way for new floodgates being shipped to Folsom Dam, \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/1h4tpEs\" target=\"_blank\">the Sacramento Bee reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new gates are part of \u003ca href=\"http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/FolsomDamAuxiliarySpillway.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a $900 million auxiliary spillway project\u003c/a> designed to release water earlier and faster during a flood, providing greater protection to the Sacramento region from floods on the American River. (Ironically, Folsom Lake, the reservoir behind the dam, has been near historic lows due to the current drought. However, runoff from the Sierra Nevada through the American River watershed has the capacity to rapidly fill the lake and require massive releases downstream.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each assembled gate is about the size of 12 school buses strapped together in a cube. Though they are being transported in pieces, Interstate 5 from just outside Portland, Ore., and other highways will have to be shut down to accommodate them. The first shipment is expected later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It'll be pretty interesting, pretty spectacular, for them to be moving something this large down from Oregon,\" said Rick Johnson, executive director of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. \"I anticipate it'll be similar logistics to moving the space shuttle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interstate 5 will be closed only at night, with the trucks delivering the different pieces staying off the roadway during the day, said Army Corps project manager Katie Huff. The contractors on the project are working with the California Highway Patrol, state transportation department and local governments on the details of the deliveries, which will take months to complete, according to the Bee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the parts are expected to be on site by May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Folsom Dam's refurbishment is largely being funded by the federal government. It is expected to be completed in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers video describing fabrication of the big spillway gates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-image\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/NK5SgXuKPks?list=PL01TG2WPc70dtine-iK1Zy0I4gH4MYuOw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\n",
"disqusIdentifier": "125879 http://ww2.kqed.org/news/?p=125879",
"disqusUrl": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/11/moving-new-floodgates-to-folsom-dam-will-require-i-5-closure/",
"stats": {
"hasVideo": true,
"hasChartOrMap": false,
"hasAudio": false,
"hasPolis": false,
"wordCount": 348,
"hasGoogleForm": false,
"hasGallery": false,
"hasHearkenModule": false,
"iframeSrcs": [],
"paragraphCount": 11
},
"modified": 1392162639,
"excerpt": "Interstate and other roads to be shut down in sections to transport structure from Oregon to California. ",
"headData": {
"twImgId": "",
"twTitle": "",
"ogTitle": "",
"ogImgId": "",
"twDescription": "",
"description": "Interstate and other roads to be shut down in sections to transport structure from Oregon to California. ",
"title": "Moving New Floodgates to Folsom Dam Will Require I-5 Closures | KQED",
"ogDescription": "",
"schema": {
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "Moving New Floodgates to Folsom Dam Will Require I-5 Closures",
"datePublished": "2014-02-11T08:30:00-08:00",
"dateModified": "2014-02-11T15:50:39-08:00",
"image": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"isAccessibleForFree": "True",
"publisher": {
"@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
"@id": "https://www.kqed.org/#organization",
"name": "KQED",
"logo": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"url": "https://www.kqed.org",
"sameAs": [
"https://www.facebook.com/KQED",
"https://twitter.com/KQED",
"https://www.instagram.com/kqed/",
"https://www.tiktok.com/@kqedofficial",
"https://www.linkedin.com/company/kqed",
"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeC0IOo7i1P_61zVUWbJ4nw"
]
}
}
},
"guestAuthors": [],
"slug": "moving-new-floodgates-to-folsom-dam-will-require-i-5-closure",
"status": "publish",
"customPermalink": "2014/02/11/folsom-dam-new-floodgates-cause-interstate-5-closure/",
"path": "/news/125879/moving-new-floodgates-to-folsom-dam-will-require-i-5-closure",
"audioTrackLength": null,
"parsedContent": [
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Associated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Screenshot-2014-02-11-08.43.01.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-125887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/Screenshot-2014-02-11-08.43.01.png\" alt=\"A 'bulkhead gate assembly' for the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway under construction in Vancouver, Wash. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\" width=\"640\" height=\"350\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bulkhead gate assembly for the new Folsom Dam auxiliary spillway under construction in Vancouver, Wash. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>FOLSOM, Sacramento County — A 600-mile stretch of highway, including a long section of Interstate 5 in California and Oregon, will be shut down in sections to make way for new floodgates being shipped to Folsom Dam, \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/1h4tpEs\" target=\"_blank\">the Sacramento Bee reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new gates are part of \u003ca href=\"http://www.spk.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/FolsomDamAuxiliarySpillway.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">a $900 million auxiliary spillway project\u003c/a> designed to release water earlier and faster during a flood, providing greater protection to the Sacramento region from floods on the American River. (Ironically, Folsom Lake, the reservoir behind the dam, has been near historic lows due to the current drought. However, runoff from the Sierra Nevada through the American River watershed has the capacity to rapidly fill the lake and require massive releases downstream.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each assembled gate is about the size of 12 school buses strapped together in a cube. Though they are being transported in pieces, Interstate 5 from just outside Portland, Ore., and other highways will have to be shut down to accommodate them. The first shipment is expected later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It'll be pretty interesting, pretty spectacular, for them to be moving something this large down from Oregon,\" said Rick Johnson, executive director of the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency. \"I anticipate it'll be similar logistics to moving the space shuttle.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
},
{
"type": "component",
"content": "",
"name": "ad",
"attributes": {
"named": {
"label": "fullwidth"
},
"numeric": [
"fullwidth"
]
}
},
{
"type": "contentString",
"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interstate 5 will be closed only at night, with the trucks delivering the different pieces staying off the roadway during the day, said Army Corps project manager Katie Huff. The contractors on the project are working with the California Highway Patrol, state transportation department and local governments on the details of the deliveries, which will take months to complete, according to the Bee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the parts are expected to be on site by May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Folsom Dam's refurbishment is largely being funded by the federal government. It is expected to be completed in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers video describing fabrication of the big spillway gates:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-image\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/NK5SgXuKPks?list=PL01TG2WPc70dtine-iK1Zy0I4gH4MYuOw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
"attributes": {
"named": {},
"numeric": []
}
}
],
"link": "/news/125879/moving-new-floodgates-to-folsom-dam-will-require-i-5-closure",
"authors": [
"237"
],
"programs": [
"news_6944"
],
"categories": [
"news_356",
"news_1397"
],
"tags": [
"news_5725",
"news_5724",
"news_95"
],
"featImg": "news_125880",
"label": "news_6944"
}
},
"podcastsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"podcasts": {}
},
"radioProgramsReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"radioPrograms": {}
},
"radioSearchSegmentsReducer": {},
"programsReducer": {
"all-things-considered": {
"id": "all-things-considered",
"title": "All Things Considered",
"info": "Every weekday, \u003cem>All Things Considered\u003c/em> hosts Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish, Ari Shapiro, and Kelly McEvers present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features. Michel Martin hosts on the weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 1pm-2pm, 4:30pm-6:30pm\u003cbr />SAT-SUN 5pm-6pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/All-Things-Considered-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/all-things-considered"
},
"american-suburb-podcast": {
"id": "american-suburb-podcast",
"title": "American Suburb: The Podcast",
"tagline": "The flip side of gentrification, told through one town",
"info": "Gentrification is changing cities across America, forcing people from neighborhoods they have long called home. Call them the displaced. Now those priced out of the Bay Area are looking for a better life in an unlikely place. American Suburb follows this migration to one California town along the Delta, 45 miles from San Francisco. But is this once sleepy suburb ready for them?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/American-Suburb-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 19
},
"link": "/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/RBrW",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=1287748328",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/American-Suburb-p1086805/",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/american-suburb-podcast/feed/podcast",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMzMDExODgxNjA5"
}
},
"baycurious": {
"id": "baycurious",
"title": "Bay Curious",
"tagline": "Exploring the Bay Area, one question at a time",
"info": "KQED’s new podcast, Bay Curious, gets to the bottom of the mysteries — both profound and peculiar — that give the Bay Area its unique identity. And we’ll do it with your help! You ask the questions. You decide what Bay Curious investigates. And you join us on the journey to find the answers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bay-Curious-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Bay Curious",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/news/series/baycurious",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 3
},
"link": "/podcasts/baycurious",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/category/bay-curious-podcast/feed/podcast",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9a90d476-aa04-455d-9a4c-0871ed6216d4/bay-curious",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/bay-curious",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6O76IdmhixfijmhTZLIJ8k"
}
},
"bbc-world-service": {
"id": "bbc-world-service",
"title": "BBC World Service",
"info": "The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9pm-10pm, TUE-FRI 1am-2am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BBC-World-Service-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "BBC World Service"
},
"link": "/radio/program/bbc-world-service",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/BBC-World-Service-p455581/",
"rss": "https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p02nq0gn.rss"
}
},
"californiareport": {
"id": "californiareport",
"title": "The California Report",
"tagline": "California, day by day",
"info": "KQED’s statewide radio news program providing daily coverage of issues, trends and public policy decisions.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareport",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 8
},
"link": "/californiareport",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-the-california-report/id79681292",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/26099305-72af-4542-9dde-ac1807fe36d5/kqed-s-the-california-report",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432285393/the-california-report",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-the-california-report-podcast-8838",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcram/feed/podcast"
}
},
"californiareportmagazine": {
"id": "californiareportmagazine",
"title": "The California Report Magazine",
"tagline": "Your state, your stories",
"info": "Every week, The California Report Magazine takes you on a road trip for the ears: to visit the places and meet the people who make California unique. The in-depth storytelling podcast from the California Report.",
"airtime": "FRI 4:30pm-5pm, 6:30pm-7pm, 11pm-11:30pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-California-Report-Magazine-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The California Report Magazine",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/californiareportmagazine",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 10
},
"link": "/californiareportmagazine",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM3NjkwNjk1OTAz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564733126/the-california-report-magazine",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-california-report-magazine",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/tcrmag/feed/podcast"
}
},
"city-arts": {
"id": "city-arts",
"title": "City Arts & Lectures",
"info": "A one-hour radio program to hear celebrated writers, artists and thinkers address contemporary ideas and values, often discussing the creative process. Please note: tapes or transcripts are not available",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/cityartsandlecture-300x300.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.cityarts.net/",
"airtime": "SUN 1pm-2pm, TUE 10pm, WED 1am",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "City Arts & Lectures"
},
"link": "https://www.cityarts.net",
"subscribe": {
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/City-Arts-and-Lectures-p692/",
"rss": "https://www.cityarts.net/feed/"
}
},
"closealltabs": {
"id": "closealltabs",
"title": "Close All Tabs",
"tagline": "Your irreverent guide to the trends redefining our world",
"info": "Close All Tabs breaks down how digital culture shapes our world through thoughtful insights and irreverent humor.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CAT_2_Tile-scaled.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Close All Tabs",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 1
},
"link": "/podcasts/closealltabs",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/close-all-tabs/id214663465",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC6993880386",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/92d9d4ac-67a3-4eed-b10a-fb45d45b1ef2/close-all-tabs",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/6LAJFHnGK1pYXYzv6SIol6?si=deb0cae19813417c"
}
},
"code-switch-life-kit": {
"id": "code-switch-life-kit",
"title": "Code Switch / Life Kit",
"info": "\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em>, which listeners will hear in the first part of the hour, has fearless and much-needed conversations about race. Hosted by journalists of color, the show tackles the subject of race head-on, exploring how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and more.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em>, which will be in the second part of the hour, guides you through spaces and feelings no one prepares you for — from finances to mental health, from workplace microaggressions to imposter syndrome, from relationships to parenting. The show features experts with real world experience and shares their knowledge. Because everyone needs a little help being human.\u003cbr />\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch\">\u003cem>Code Switch\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/lifekit\">\u003cem>Life Kit\u003c/em> offical site and podcast\u003c/a>\u003cbr />",
"airtime": "SUN 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Code-Switch-Life-Kit-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/code-switch-life-kit",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/1112190608?mt=2&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnByLm9yZy9yc3MvcG9kY2FzdC5waHA_aWQ9NTEwMzEy",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3bExJ9JQpkwNhoHvaIIuyV",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510312/podcast.xml"
}
},
"commonwealth-club": {
"id": "commonwealth-club",
"title": "Commonwealth Club of California Podcast",
"info": "The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important topics. The Club's weekly radio broadcast - the oldest in the U.S., dating back to 1924 - is carried across the nation on public radio stations and is now podcasting. Our website archive features audio of our recent programs, as well as selected speeches from our long and distinguished history. This podcast feed is usually updated twice a week and is always un-edited.",
"airtime": "THU 10pm, FRI 1am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Commonwealth-Club-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.commonwealthclub.org/podcasts",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Commonwealth Club of California"
},
"link": "/radio/program/commonwealth-club",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/commonwealth-club-of-california-podcast/id976334034?mt=2",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jb21tb253ZWFsdGhjbHViLm9yZy9hdWRpby9wb2RjYXN0L3dlZWtseS54bWw",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Commonwealth-Club-of-California-p1060/"
}
},
"forum": {
"id": "forum",
"title": "Forum",
"tagline": "The conversation starts here",
"info": "KQED’s live call-in program discussing local, state, national and international issues, as well as in-depth interviews.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 9am-11am, 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Forum-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Forum with Mina Kim and Alexis Madrigal",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/forum",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 9
},
"link": "/forum",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kqeds-forum/id73329719",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM5NTU3MzgxNjMz",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432307980/forum",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqedfm-kqeds-forum-podcast",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9557381633"
}
},
"freakonomics-radio": {
"id": "freakonomics-radio",
"title": "Freakonomics Radio",
"info": "Freakonomics Radio is a one-hour award-winning podcast and public-radio project hosted by Stephen Dubner, with co-author Steve Levitt as a regular guest. It is produced in partnership with WNYC.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/freakonomicsRadio.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://freakonomics.com/",
"airtime": "SUN 1am-2am, SAT 3pm-4pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/freakonomics-radio",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/freakonomics-radio/id354668519",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/Freakonomics-Radio-p272293/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/freakonomicsradio"
}
},
"fresh-air": {
"id": "fresh-air",
"title": "Fresh Air",
"info": "Hosted by Terry Gross, \u003cem>Fresh Air from WHYY\u003c/em> is the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues. One of public radio's most popular programs, Fresh Air features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Fresh-Air-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/fresh-air",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/4s8b",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=214089682&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Fresh-Air-p17/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/381444908/podcast.xml"
}
},
"here-and-now": {
"id": "here-and-now",
"title": "Here & Now",
"info": "A live production of NPR and WBUR Boston, in collaboration with stations across the country, Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it's happening in the middle of the day, with timely, in-depth news, interviews and conversation. Hosted by Robin Young, Jeremy Hobson and Tonya Mosley.",
"airtime": "MON-THU 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Here-And-Now-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/here-and-now",
"subsdcribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?mt=2&id=426698661",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Here--Now-p211/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510051/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hidden-brain": {
"id": "hidden-brain",
"title": "Hidden Brain",
"info": "Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/05/hiddenbrain.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/423302056/hidden-brain",
"airtime": "SUN 7pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "NPR"
},
"link": "/radio/program/hidden-brain",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-brain/id1028908750?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Hidden-Brain-p787503/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510308/podcast.xml"
}
},
"how-i-built-this": {
"id": "how-i-built-this",
"title": "How I Built This with Guy Raz",
"info": "Guy Raz dives into the stories behind some of the world's best known companies. How I Built This weaves a narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/howIBuiltThis.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this",
"airtime": "SUN 7:30pm-8pm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/how-i-built-this",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/3zxy",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-built-this-with-guy-raz/id1150510297?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/How-I-Built-This-p910896/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510313/podcast.xml"
}
},
"hyphenacion": {
"id": "hyphenacion",
"title": "Hyphenación",
"tagline": "Where conversation and cultura meet",
"info": "What kind of no sabo word is Hyphenación? For us, it’s about living within a hyphenation. Like being a third-gen Mexican-American from the Texas border now living that Bay Area Chicano life. Like Xorje! Each week we bring together a couple of hyphenated Latinos to talk all about personal life choices: family, careers, relationships, belonging … everything is on the table. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Hyphenacion_FinalAssets_PodcastTile.png",
"imageAlt": "KQED Hyphenación",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 15
},
"link": "/podcasts/hyphenacion",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hyphenaci%C3%B3n/id1191591838",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/2p3Fifq96nw9BPcmFdIq0o?si=39209f7b25774f38",
"youtube": "https://www.youtube.com/c/kqedarts",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6c3dd23c-93fb-4aab-97ba-1725fa6315f1/hyphenaci%C3%B3n",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC2275451163"
}
},
"jerrybrown": {
"id": "jerrybrown",
"title": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"tagline": "Lessons from a lifetime in politics",
"info": "The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor's life and half-century in the political game – and Brown has some lessons he'd like to share. ",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Political-Mind-of-Jerry-Brown-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Political Mind of Jerry Brown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 18
},
"link": "/podcasts/jerrybrown",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/790253322/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1492194549",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/jerrybrown/feed/podcast/",
"tuneIn": "http://tun.in/pjGcK",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/54C1dmuyFyKMFttY6X2j6r?si=K8SgRCoISNK6ZbjpXrX5-w",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/44420f75-3b0e-4301-ab3b-16da6b09e543/the-political-mind-of-jerry-brown"
}
},
"latino-usa": {
"id": "latino-usa",
"title": "Latino USA",
"airtime": "MON 1am-2am, SUN 6pm-7pm",
"info": "Latino USA, the radio journal of news and culture, is the only national, English-language radio program produced from a Latino perspective.",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/latinoUsa.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://latinousa.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/latino-usa",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/xtTd",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=79681317&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Latino-USA-p621/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510016/podcast.xml"
}
},
"marketplace": {
"id": "marketplace",
"title": "Marketplace",
"info": "Our flagship program, helmed by Kai Ryssdal, examines what the day in money delivered, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. Updated Monday through Friday at about 3:30 p.m. PT.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 4pm-4:30pm, MON-WED 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Marketplace-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.marketplace.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "American Public Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/marketplace",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201853034&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/APM-Marketplace-p88/",
"rss": "https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/marketplace-pm/rss/rss"
}
},
"masters-of-scale": {
"id": "masters-of-scale",
"title": "Masters of Scale",
"info": "Masters of Scale is an original podcast in which LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock Partner Reid Hoffman sets out to describe and prove theories that explain how great entrepreneurs take their companies from zero to a gazillion in ingenious fashion.",
"airtime": "Every other Wednesday June 12 through October 16 at 8pm (repeats Thursdays at 2am)",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Masters-of-Scale-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://mastersofscale.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "WaitWhat"
},
"link": "/radio/program/masters-of-scale",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "http://mastersofscale.app.link/",
"rss": "https://rss.art19.com/masters-of-scale"
}
},
"mindshift": {
"id": "mindshift",
"title": "MindShift",
"tagline": "A podcast about the future of learning and how we raise our kids",
"info": "The MindShift podcast explores the innovations in education that are shaping how kids learn. Hosts Ki Sung and Katrina Schwartz introduce listeners to educators, researchers, parents and students who are developing effective ways to improve how kids learn. We cover topics like how fed-up administrators are developing surprising tactics to deal with classroom disruptions; how listening to podcasts are helping kids develop reading skills; the consequences of overparenting; and why interdisciplinary learning can engage students on all ends of the traditional achievement spectrum. This podcast is part of the MindShift education site, a division of KQED News. KQED is an NPR/PBS member station based in San Francisco. You can also visit the MindShift website for episodes and supplemental blog posts or tweet us \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MindShiftKQED\">@MindShiftKQED\u003c/a> or visit us at \u003ca href=\"/mindshift\">MindShift.KQED.org\u003c/a>",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Mindshift-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED MindShift: How We Will Learn",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/mindshift/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 12
},
"link": "/podcasts/mindshift",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkM1NzY0NjAwNDI5",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/464615685/mind-shift-podcast",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/stories-teachers-share",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0MxSpNYZKNprFLCl7eEtyx"
}
},
"morning-edition": {
"id": "morning-edition",
"title": "Morning Edition",
"info": "\u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em> takes listeners around the country and the world with multi-faceted stories and commentaries every weekday. Hosts Steve Inskeep, David Greene and Rachel Martin bring you the latest breaking news and features to prepare you for the day.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3am-9am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Morning-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/morning-edition/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/morning-edition"
},
"onourwatch": {
"id": "onourwatch",
"title": "On Our Watch",
"tagline": "Deeply-reported investigative journalism",
"info": "For decades, the process for how police police themselves has been inconsistent – if not opaque. In some states, like California, these proceedings were completely hidden. After a new police transparency law unsealed scores of internal affairs files, our reporters set out to examine these cases and the shadow world of police discipline. On Our Watch brings listeners into the rooms where officers are questioned and witnesses are interrogated to find out who this system is really protecting. Is it the officers, or the public they've sworn to serve?",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/On-Our-Watch-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "On Our Watch from NPR and KQED",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 11
},
"link": "/podcasts/onourwatch",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1567098962",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5ucHIub3JnLzUxMDM2MC9wb2RjYXN0LnhtbD9zYz1nb29nbGVwb2RjYXN0cw",
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/onourwatch",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/0OLWoyizopu6tY1XiuX70x",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-Our-Watch-p1436229/",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/show/on-our-watch",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510360/podcast.xml"
}
},
"on-the-media": {
"id": "on-the-media",
"title": "On The Media",
"info": "Our weekly podcast explores how the media 'sausage' is made, casts an incisive eye on fluctuations in the marketplace of ideas, and examines threats to the freedom of information and expression in America and abroad. For one hour a week, the show tries to lift the veil from the process of \"making media,\" especially news media, because it's through that lens that we see the world and the world sees us",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm-3pm, MON 12am-1am",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/onTheMedia.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/otm",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wnyc"
},
"link": "/radio/program/on-the-media",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/On-the-Media-p69/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/onthemedia"
}
},
"pbs-newshour": {
"id": "pbs-newshour",
"title": "PBS NewsHour",
"info": "Analysis, background reports and updates from the PBS NewsHour putting today's news in context.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/PBS-News-Hour-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "pbs"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pbs-newshour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pbs-newshour-full-show/id394432287?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/PBS-NewsHour---Full-Show-p425698/",
"rss": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/podcasts/show"
}
},
"perspectives": {
"id": "perspectives",
"title": "Perspectives",
"tagline": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991",
"info": "KQED's series of daily listener commentaries since 1991.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Perspectives_Tile_Final.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Perspectives",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/perspectives/",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 14
},
"link": "/perspectives",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id73801135",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/432309616/perspectives",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/perspectives/category/perspectives/feed/",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93dzIua3FlZC5vcmcvcGVyc3BlY3RpdmVzL2NhdGVnb3J5L3BlcnNwZWN0aXZlcy9mZWVkLw"
}
},
"planet-money": {
"id": "planet-money",
"title": "Planet Money",
"info": "The economy explained. Imagine you could call up a friend and say, Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy. Now imagine that's actually a fun evening.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/planetmoney.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/sections/money/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/planet-money",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/M4f5",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-money/id290783428?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Planet-Money-p164680/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510289/podcast.xml"
}
},
"politicalbreakdown": {
"id": "politicalbreakdown",
"title": "Political Breakdown",
"tagline": "Politics from a personal perspective",
"info": "Political Breakdown is a new series that explores the political intersection of California and the nation. Each week hosts Scott Shafer and Marisa Lagos are joined with a new special guest to unpack politics -- with personality — and offer an insider’s glimpse at how politics happens.",
"airtime": "THU 6:30pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Political-Breakdown-2024-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Political Breakdown",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 5
},
"link": "/podcasts/politicalbreakdown",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/political-breakdown/id1327641087",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/e0c2d153-ad36-4c8d-901d-f1da6a724824/political-breakdown",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/572155894/political-breakdown",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/political-breakdown",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/07RVyIjIdk2WDuVehvBMoN",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/political-breakdown/feed/podcast"
}
},
"possible": {
"id": "possible",
"title": "Possible",
"info": "Possible is hosted by entrepreneur Reid Hoffman and writer Aria Finger. Together in Possible, Hoffman and Finger lead enlightening discussions about building a brighter collective future. The show features interviews with visionary guests like Trevor Noah, Sam Altman and Janette Sadik-Khan. Possible paints an optimistic portrait of the world we can create through science, policy, business, art and our shared humanity. It asks: What if everything goes right for once? How can we get there? Each episode also includes a short fiction story generated by advanced AI GPT-4, serving as a thought-provoking springboard to speculate how humanity could leverage technology for good.",
"airtime": "SUN 2pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Possible-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.possible.fm/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "Possible"
},
"link": "/radio/program/possible",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/possible/id1677184070",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/730YpdUSNlMyPQwNnyjp4k"
}
},
"pri-the-world": {
"id": "pri-the-world",
"title": "PRI's The World: Latest Edition",
"info": "Each weekday, host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories in an hour of radio that reminds us just how small our planet really is.",
"airtime": "MON-FRI 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-World-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "PRI"
},
"link": "/radio/program/pri-the-world",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pris-the-world-latest-edition/id278196007?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/PRIs-The-World-p24/",
"rss": "http://feeds.feedburner.com/pri/theworld"
}
},
"radiolab": {
"id": "radiolab",
"title": "Radiolab",
"info": "A two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab is an investigation told through sounds and stories, and centered around one big idea. In the Radiolab world, information sounds like music and science and culture collide. Hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, the show is designed for listeners who demand skepticism, but appreciate wonder. WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics Radio, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and many more.",
"airtime": "SUN 12am-1am, SAT 2pm-3pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/radiolab1400.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/radiolab",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/RadioLab-p68032/",
"rss": "https://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab"
}
},
"reveal": {
"id": "reveal",
"title": "Reveal",
"info": "Created by The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, Reveal is public radios first one-hour weekly radio show and podcast dedicated to investigative reporting. Credible, fact based and without a partisan agenda, Reveal combines the power and artistry of driveway moment storytelling with data-rich reporting on critically important issues. The result is stories that inform and inspire, arming our listeners with information to right injustices, hold the powerful accountable and improve lives.Reveal is hosted by Al Letson and showcases the award-winning work of CIR and newsrooms large and small across the nation. In a radio and podcast market crowded with choices, Reveal focuses on important and often surprising stories that illuminate the world for our listeners.",
"airtime": "SAT 4pm-5pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/reveal300px.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/reveal",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reveal/id886009669",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Reveal-p679597/",
"rss": "http://feeds.revealradio.org/revealpodcast"
}
},
"rightnowish": {
"id": "rightnowish",
"title": "Rightnowish",
"tagline": "Art is where you find it",
"info": "Rightnowish digs into life in the Bay Area right now… ish. Journalist Pendarvis Harshaw takes us to galleries painted on the sides of liquor stores in West Oakland. We'll dance in warehouses in the Bayview, make smoothies with kids in South Berkeley, and listen to classical music in a 1984 Cutlass Supreme in Richmond. Every week, Pen talks to movers and shakers about how the Bay Area shapes what they create, and how they shape the place we call home.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Rightnowish-Podcast-Tile-500x500-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Rightnowish with Pendarvis Harshaw",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 16
},
"link": "/podcasts/rightnowish",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/721590300/rightnowish",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/programs/rightnowish/feed/podcast",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rightnowish/id1482187648",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/rightnowish",
"google": "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vS1FJTkMxMjU5MTY3NDc4",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/7kEJuafTzTVan7B78ttz1I"
}
},
"science-friday": {
"id": "science-friday",
"title": "Science Friday",
"info": "Science Friday is a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide. Each week, the show focuses on science topics that are in the news and tries to bring an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand. Panels of expert guests join host Ira Flatow, a veteran science journalist, to discuss science and to take questions from listeners during the call-in portion of the program.",
"airtime": "FRI 11am-1pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Science-Friday-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/science-friday",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/science-friday",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=73329284&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Science-Friday-p394/",
"rss": "http://feeds.wnyc.org/science-friday"
}
},
"snap-judgment": {
"id": "snap-judgment",
"title": "Snap Judgment",
"tagline": "Real stories with killer beats",
"info": "The Snap Judgment radio show and podcast mixes real stories with killer beats to produce cinematic, dramatic radio. Snap's musical brand of storytelling dares listeners to see the world through the eyes of another. This is storytelling... with a BEAT!! Snap first aired on public radio stations nationwide in July 2010. Today, Snap Judgment airs on over 450 public radio stations and is brought to the airwaves by KQED & PRX.",
"airtime": "SAT 1pm-2pm, 9pm-10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snap-Judgment-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Snap Judgment",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 4
},
"link": "https://snapjudgment.org",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snap-judgment/id283657561",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/449018144/snap-judgment",
"stitcher": "https://www.pandora.com/podcast/snap-judgment/PC:241?source=stitcher-sunset",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3Cct7ZWmxHNAtLgBTqjC5v",
"rss": "https://snap.feed.snapjudgment.org/"
}
},
"soldout": {
"id": "soldout",
"title": "SOLD OUT: Rethinking Housing in America",
"tagline": "A new future for housing",
"info": "Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sold-Out-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Sold Out: Rethinking Housing in America",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/soldout",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 13
},
"link": "/podcasts/soldout",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/911586047/s-o-l-d-o-u-t-a-new-future-for-housing",
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america/id1531354937",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/soldout",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/38dTBSk2ISFoPiyYNoKn1X",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/sold-out-rethinking-housing-in-america",
"tunein": "https://tunein.com/radio/SOLD-OUT-Rethinking-Housing-in-America-p1365871/"
}
},
"spooked": {
"id": "spooked",
"title": "Spooked",
"tagline": "True-life supernatural stories",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spooked-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED Spooked",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 7
},
"link": "https://spookedpodcast.org/",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spooked/id1279361017",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/549547848/snap-judgment-presents-spooked",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/76571Rfl3m7PLJQZKQIGCT",
"rss": "https://feeds.simplecast.com/TBotaapn"
}
},
"tech-nation": {
"id": "tech-nation",
"title": "Tech Nation Radio Podcast",
"info": "Tech Nation is a weekly public radio program, hosted by Dr. Moira Gunn. Founded in 1993, it has grown from a simple interview show to a multi-faceted production, featuring conversations with noted technology and science leaders, and a weekly science and technology-related commentary.",
"airtime": "FRI 10pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Tech-Nation-Radio-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "http://technation.podomatic.com/",
"meta": {
"site": "science",
"source": "Tech Nation Media"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tech-nation",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://technation.podomatic.com/rss2.xml"
}
},
"ted-radio-hour": {
"id": "ted-radio-hour",
"title": "TED Radio Hour",
"info": "The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas, astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, and new ways to think and create.",
"airtime": "SUN 3pm-4pm, SAT 10pm-11pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/tedRadioHour.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/?showDate=2018-06-22",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/ted-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/8vsS",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=523121474&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/TED-Radio-Hour-p418021/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/510298/podcast.xml"
}
},
"thebay": {
"id": "thebay",
"title": "The Bay",
"tagline": "Local news to keep you rooted",
"info": "Host Devin Katayama walks you through the biggest story of the day with reporters and newsmakers.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Bay-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Bay",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/thebay",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 2
},
"link": "/podcasts/thebay",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bay/id1350043452",
"amazon": "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d800ea4c-7a2c-42f2-b861-edaf78a5db0b/the-bay",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/586725995/the-bay",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-bay",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/4BIKBKIujizLHlIlBNaAqQ",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC8259786327"
}
},
"thelatest": {
"id": "thelatest",
"title": "The Latest",
"tagline": "Trusted local news in real time",
"info": "",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/The-Latest-2025-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Latest",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/thelatest",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 6
},
"link": "/thelatest",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-latest-from-kqed/id1197721799",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/1257949365/the-latest-from-k-q-e-d",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/5KIIXMgM9GTi5AepwOYvIZ?si=bd3053fec7244dba",
"rss": "https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KQINC9137121918"
}
},
"theleap": {
"id": "theleap",
"title": "The Leap",
"tagline": "What if you closed your eyes, and jumped?",
"info": "Stories about people making dramatic, risky changes, told by award-winning public radio reporter Judy Campbell.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Leap-Podcast-Tile-703x703-1.jpg",
"imageAlt": "KQED The Leap",
"officialWebsiteLink": "/podcasts/theleap",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "kqed",
"order": 17
},
"link": "/podcasts/theleap",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leap/id1046668171",
"npr": "https://www.npr.org/podcasts/447248267/the-leap",
"stitcher": "https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kqed/the-leap",
"spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/show/3sSlVHHzU0ytLwuGs1SD1U",
"rss": "https://ww2.kqed.org/news/programs/the-leap/feed/podcast"
}
},
"the-moth-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-moth-radio-hour",
"title": "The Moth Radio Hour",
"info": "Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of true stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Moth storytellers stand alone, under a spotlight, with only a microphone and a roomful of strangers. The storyteller and the audience embark on a high-wire act of shared experience which is both terrifying and exhilarating. Since 2008, The Moth podcast has featured many of our favorite stories told live on Moth stages around the country. For information on all of our programs and live events, visit themoth.org.",
"airtime": "SAT 8pm-9pm and SUN 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/theMoth.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://themoth.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "prx"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-moth-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moth-podcast/id275699983?mt=2",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/The-Moth-p273888/",
"rss": "http://feeds.themoth.org/themothpodcast"
}
},
"the-new-yorker-radio-hour": {
"id": "the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"title": "The New Yorker Radio Hour",
"info": "The New Yorker Radio Hour is a weekly program presented by the magazine's editor, David Remnick, and produced by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. Each episode features a diverse mix of interviews, profiles, storytelling, and an occasional burst of humor inspired by the magazine, and shaped by its writers, artists, and editors. This isn't a radio version of a magazine, but something all its own, reflecting the rich possibilities of audio storytelling and conversation. Theme music for the show was composed and performed by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-YArDs.",
"airtime": "SAT 10am-11am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-New-Yorker-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/tnyradiohour",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "WNYC"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-new-yorker-radio-hour",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1050430296",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/podcasts/WNYC-Podcasts/New-Yorker-Radio-Hour-p803804/",
"rss": "https://feeds.feedburner.com/newyorkerradiohour"
}
},
"the-sam-sanders-show": {
"id": "the-sam-sanders-show",
"title": "The Sam Sanders Show",
"info": "One of public radio's most dynamic voices, Sam Sanders helped launch The NPR Politics Podcast and hosted NPR's hit show It's Been A Minute. Now, the award-winning host returns with something brand new, The Sam Sanders Show. Every week, Sam Sanders and friends dig into the culture that shapes our lives: what's driving the biggest trends, how artists really think, and even the memes you can't stop scrolling past. Sam is beloved for his way of unpacking the world and bringing you up close to fresh currents and engaging conversations. The Sam Sanders Show is smart, funny and always a good time.",
"airtime": "FRI 12-1pm AND SAT 11am-12pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/The-Sam-Sanders-Show-Podcast-Tile-400x400-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"meta": {
"site": "arts",
"source": "KCRW"
},
"link": "https://www.kcrw.com/shows/the-sam-sanders-show/latest",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feed.cdnstream1.com/zjb/feed/download/ac/28/59/ac28594c-e1d0-4231-8728-61865cdc80e8.xml"
}
},
"the-splendid-table": {
"id": "the-splendid-table",
"title": "The Splendid Table",
"info": "\u003cem>The Splendid Table\u003c/em> hosts our nation's conversations about cooking, sustainability and food culture.",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/The-Splendid-Table-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.splendidtable.org/",
"airtime": "SUN 10-11 pm",
"meta": {
"site": "radio",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/the-splendid-table"
},
"this-american-life": {
"id": "this-american-life",
"title": "This American Life",
"info": "This American Life is a weekly public radio show, heard by 2.2 million people on more than 500 stations. Another 2.5 million people download the weekly podcast. It is hosted by Ira Glass, produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media, delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange, and has won all of the major broadcasting awards.",
"airtime": "SAT 12pm-1pm, 7pm-8pm",
"imageSrc": "https://ww2.kqed.org/radio/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2018/04/thisAmericanLife.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "wbez"
},
"link": "/radio/program/this-american-life",
"subscribe": {
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=201671138&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"rss": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/podcast/rss.xml"
}
},
"tinydeskradio": {
"id": "tinydeskradio",
"title": "Tiny Desk Radio",
"info": "We're bringing the best of Tiny Desk to the airwaves, only on public radio.",
"airtime": "SUN 8pm and SAT 9pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/300x300-For-Member-Station-Logo-Tiny-Desk-Radio-@2x.png",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-52030/tiny-desk-radio",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/tinydeskradio",
"subscribe": {
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/g-s1-52030/rss.xml"
}
},
"wait-wait-dont-tell-me": {
"id": "wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"title": "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!",
"info": "Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis host the weekly NPR News quiz show alongside some of the best and brightest news and entertainment personalities.",
"airtime": "SUN 10am-11am, SAT 11am-12pm, SAT 6pm-7pm",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wait-Wait-Podcast-Tile-300x300-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/wait-wait-dont-tell-me/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/wait-wait-dont-tell-me",
"subscribe": {
"npr": "https://rpb3r.app.goo.gl/Xogv",
"apple": "https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?s=143441&mt=2&id=121493804&at=11l79Y&ct=nprdirectory",
"tuneIn": "https://tunein.com/radio/Wait-Wait-Dont-Tell-Me-p46/",
"rss": "https://feeds.npr.org/344098539/podcast.xml"
}
},
"weekend-edition-saturday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-saturday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Saturday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories. The two-hour program is hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon.",
"airtime": "SAT 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-saturday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-saturday"
},
"weekend-edition-sunday": {
"id": "weekend-edition-sunday",
"title": "Weekend Edition Sunday",
"info": "Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. The program has covered news events from Nelson Mandela's 1990 release from a South African prison to the capture of Saddam Hussein.",
"airtime": "SUN 5am-10am",
"imageSrc": "https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Weekend-Edition-Podcast-Tile-360x360-1.jpg",
"officialWebsiteLink": "https://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/",
"meta": {
"site": "news",
"source": "npr"
},
"link": "/radio/program/weekend-edition-sunday"
}
},
"racesReducer": {},
"racesGenElectionReducer": {},
"racesGenElection2026Reducer": {},
"radioSchedulesReducer": {},
"listsReducer": {
"posts/news?tag=sacramento": {
"isFetching": false,
"latestQuery": {
"from": 120,
"size": 12
},
"vitalsOnly": false,
"totalRequested": 12,
"isLoading": false,
"isLoadingMore": true,
"total": {
"value": 213,
"relation": "eq"
},
"items": [
"news_135922",
"news_135777",
"news_132888",
"news_132266",
"news_130951",
"news_130825",
"news_130537",
"news_130361",
"news_129719",
"news_128181",
"news_127244",
"news_125879"
],
"complete": true
}
},
"recallGuideReducer": {
"intros": {},
"policy": {},
"candidates": {}
},
"savedArticleReducer": {
"articles": [],
"status": {}
},
"newslettersReducer": {
"isFetching": false,
"fetchFailed": false,
"hasFetched": false,
"newsletters": {},
"isSubscribing": false,
"isUnsubscribing": false,
"subscribedNewsletters": {}
},
"termsReducer": {
"about": {
"name": "About",
"type": "terms",
"id": "about",
"slug": "about",
"link": "/about",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"arts": {
"name": "Arts & Culture",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"description": "KQED Arts provides daily in-depth coverage of the Bay Area's music, art, film, performing arts, literature and arts news, as well as cultural commentary and criticism.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "arts",
"slug": "arts",
"link": "/arts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"artschool": {
"name": "Art School",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "artschool",
"slug": "artschool",
"link": "/artschool",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareabites": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareabites",
"slug": "bayareabites",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"bayareahiphop": {
"name": "Bay Area Hiphop",
"type": "terms",
"id": "bayareahiphop",
"slug": "bayareahiphop",
"link": "/bayareahiphop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"campaign21": {
"name": "Campaign 21",
"type": "terms",
"id": "campaign21",
"slug": "campaign21",
"link": "/campaign21",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"careers": {
"name": "Careers",
"type": "terms",
"id": "careers",
"slug": "careers",
"link": "/careers",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"checkplease": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "checkplease",
"slug": "checkplease",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"education": {
"name": "Education",
"grouping": [
"education"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "education",
"slug": "education",
"link": "/education",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"elections": {
"name": "Elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "elections",
"slug": "elections",
"link": "/elections",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"events": {
"name": "Events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "events",
"slug": "events",
"link": "/events",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"event": {
"name": "Event",
"alias": "events",
"type": "terms",
"id": "event",
"slug": "event",
"link": "/event",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"filmschoolshorts": {
"name": "Film School Shorts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "filmschoolshorts",
"slug": "filmschoolshorts",
"link": "/filmschoolshorts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"food": {
"name": "KQED food",
"grouping": [
"food",
"bayareabites",
"checkplease"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "food",
"slug": "food",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"forum": {
"name": "Forum",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/forum?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "forum",
"slug": "forum",
"link": "/forum",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"futureofyou": {
"name": "Future of You",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "futureofyou",
"slug": "futureofyou",
"link": "/futureofyou",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"jpepinheart": {
"name": "KQED food",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/food,bayareabites,checkplease",
"parent": "food",
"type": "terms",
"id": "jpepinheart",
"slug": "jpepinheart",
"link": "/food",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"liveblog": {
"name": "Live Blog",
"type": "terms",
"id": "liveblog",
"slug": "liveblog",
"link": "/liveblog",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"livetv": {
"name": "Live TV",
"parent": "tv",
"type": "terms",
"id": "livetv",
"slug": "livetv",
"link": "/livetv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"lowdown": {
"name": "The Lowdown",
"relatedContentQuery": "posts/lowdown?",
"parent": "news",
"type": "terms",
"id": "lowdown",
"slug": "lowdown",
"link": "/lowdown",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"mindshift": {
"name": "Mindshift",
"parent": "news",
"description": "MindShift explores the future of education by highlighting the innovative – and sometimes counterintuitive – ways educators and parents are helping all children succeed.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "mindshift",
"slug": "mindshift",
"link": "/mindshift",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news": {
"name": "News",
"grouping": [
"news",
"forum"
],
"type": "terms",
"id": "news",
"slug": "news",
"link": "/news",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"newsletters": {
"name": "newsletters",
"type": "terms",
"id": "newsletters",
"slug": "newsletters",
"link": "/newsletters",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"perspectives": {
"name": "Perspectives",
"parent": "radio",
"type": "terms",
"id": "perspectives",
"slug": "perspectives",
"link": "/perspectives",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"podcasts": {
"name": "Podcasts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "podcasts",
"slug": "podcasts",
"link": "/podcasts",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pop": {
"name": "Pop",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pop",
"slug": "pop",
"link": "/pop",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"pressroom": {
"name": "Pressroom",
"type": "terms",
"id": "pressroom",
"slug": "pressroom",
"link": "/pressroom",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"quest": {
"name": "Quest",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "quest",
"slug": "quest",
"link": "/quest",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"radio": {
"name": "Radio",
"grouping": [
"forum",
"perspectives"
],
"description": "Listen to KQED Public Radio – home of Forum and The California Report – on 88.5 FM in San Francisco, 89.3 FM in Sacramento, 88.3 FM in Santa Rosa and 88.1 FM in Martinez.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "radio",
"slug": "radio",
"link": "/radio",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"root": {
"name": "KQED",
"image": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png",
"imageWidth": 1200,
"imageHeight": 630,
"headData": {
"title": "KQED | News, Radio, Podcasts, TV | Public Media for Northern California",
"description": "KQED provides public radio, television, and independent reporting on issues that matter to the Bay Area. We’re the NPR and PBS member station for Northern California."
},
"type": "terms",
"id": "root",
"slug": "root",
"link": "/root",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"science": {
"name": "Science",
"grouping": [
"science",
"futureofyou"
],
"description": "KQED Science brings you award-winning science and environment coverage from the Bay Area and beyond.",
"type": "terms",
"id": "science",
"slug": "science",
"link": "/science",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"stateofhealth": {
"name": "State of Health",
"parent": "science",
"type": "terms",
"id": "stateofhealth",
"slug": "stateofhealth",
"link": "/stateofhealth",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"support": {
"name": "Support",
"type": "terms",
"id": "support",
"slug": "support",
"link": "/support",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"thedolist": {
"name": "The Do List",
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "thedolist",
"slug": "thedolist",
"link": "/thedolist",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"trulyca": {
"name": "Truly CA",
"grouping": [
"arts",
"pop",
"trulyca"
],
"parent": "arts",
"type": "terms",
"id": "trulyca",
"slug": "trulyca",
"link": "/trulyca",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"tv": {
"name": "TV",
"type": "terms",
"id": "tv",
"slug": "tv",
"link": "/tv",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"voterguide": {
"name": "Voter Guide",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "voterguide",
"slug": "voterguide",
"link": "/voterguide",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"guiaelectoral": {
"name": "Guia Electoral",
"parent": "elections",
"alias": "elections",
"type": "terms",
"id": "guiaelectoral",
"slug": "guiaelectoral",
"link": "/guiaelectoral",
"taxonomy": "site"
},
"news_tag_sacramento": {
"isLoading": true
},
"news_95": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_95",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "95",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Sacramento",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Sacramento Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 411,
"slug": "sacramento",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/sacramento"
},
"news_6944": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6944",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6944",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": "https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/News-Fix-Logo-Web-Banners-04.png",
"name": "News Fix",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "program",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "The News Fix is a daily news podcast from KQED that breaks down the latest headlines and provides in-depth analysis of the stories that matter to the Bay Area.",
"title": "News Fix - Daily Dose of Bay Area News | KQED",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6968,
"slug": "news-fix",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/program/news-fix"
},
"news_1758": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1758",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1758",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Economy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Full coverage of the economy",
"title": "Economy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 2648,
"slug": "economy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/economy"
},
"news_8": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_8",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "8",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "News",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "News Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 8,
"slug": "news",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/news"
},
"news_13": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_13",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "13",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "category",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 13,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/politics"
},
"news_402": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_402",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "402",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California budget",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "California budget Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 410,
"slug": "california-budget",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/california-budget"
},
"news_30": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_30",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "30",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Jerry Brown",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Jerry Brown Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 30,
"slug": "jerry-brown",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/jerry-brown"
},
"news_913": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_913",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "913",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California Assembly",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "California Assembly Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 923,
"slug": "california-assembly",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/california-assembly"
},
"news_6299": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6299",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6299",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Term Limits",
"slug": "term-limits",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Term Limits | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null,
"metaRobotsNoIndex": "noindex"
},
"ttid": 6323,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/term-limits"
},
"news_5986": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5986",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5986",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Toni Atkins",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Toni Atkins Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6010,
"slug": "toni-atkins",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/toni-atkins"
},
"news_125": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_125",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "125",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Willie Brown",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Willie Brown Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 129,
"slug": "willie-brown",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/willie-brown"
},
"news_17968": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_17968",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "17968",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"name": "Politics",
"slug": "politics",
"taxonomy": "tag",
"description": null,
"featImg": null,
"headData": {
"title": "Politics | KQED News",
"description": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogDescription": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"twDescription": null,
"twImgId": null
},
"ttid": 18002,
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/politics"
},
"news_71": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_71",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "71",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "State Budget",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "State Budget Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 72,
"slug": "state-budget-2",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/state-budget-2"
},
"news_6304": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6304",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6304",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "California Election Watch 2014",
"description": "\u003cstyle>\r\n.column-left{ float: left; width: 33%; }\r\n.column-right{ float: right; width: 33%; }\r\n.column-center{ display: inline-block; width: 33%; }\r\n.archive-title{display:none;}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 680px) {\r\n.column-left, .column-right, .column-center { float: none; width: auto; }\r\n}\r\n\u003c/style>\r\n\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10343791\" src=\"http://u.s.kqed.net/2014/10/14/cewseries.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500px\" />\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"column-left\">\r\n\u003ch3>Get The Latest\u003c/h3>\r\n\u003cul>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kqednews\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @KQEDNews\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003c/ul>\r\n\u003ch3>Propositions\u003c/h3>\r\n\u003cul>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/proposition-1/\" target=\"_blank\">Prop 1\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/proposition-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Prop 2\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/proposition-45/\" target=\"_blank\">Prop 45\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/proposition-46/\" target=\"_blank\">Prop 46\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/proposition-47/\" target=\"_blank\">Prop 47\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/proposition-48/\" target=\"_blank\">Prop 48\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003c/ul>\r\n\u003c/div>\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"column-center\">\r\n\u003ch3>Statewide Races\u003c/h3>\r\n\u003cul>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/governor/\" target=\"_blank\">Governor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/lieutenant-governor/\" target=\"_blank\">Lieutenant Governor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/attorney-general/\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/secretary-of-state\" target=\"_blank\">Secretary of State\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/controller\" target=\"_blank\">Controller\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/treasurer\" target=\"_blank\">Treasurer\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/insurance-commissioner\" target=\"_blank\">Insurance Commissioner\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/Superintendent-of-Public-Instruction\" target=\"_blank\">Superintendent of Public Instruction\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003c/ul>\r\n\u003c/div>\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"column-right\">\r\n\u003ch3>Local Measures & Races\u003c/h3>\r\n\u003cul>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/soda-tax\" target=\"_blank\">Soda Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/17th-congressional-district\" target=\"_blank\">Congressional District 17\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/district-17\" target=\"_blank\">Assembly District 17\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-mayor\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Mayoral\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-mayor\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Mayoral\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003c/ul>\r\n\u003ch3>Guides\u003c/h3>\r\n\u003cul>\r\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/03/california-watch-2014-election-guide\" target=\"_blank\">KQED Election Guide\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\r\n\u003cbr />\r\n\u003c/ul>\r\n\u003c/div>\r\n\u003ch2>Latest Coverage\u003c/h2>",
"taxonomy": "series",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": "Get The Latest Follow @KQEDNews Propositions Prop 1 Prop 2 Prop 45 Prop 46 Prop 47 Prop 48 Statewide Races Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Secretary of State Controller Treasurer Insurance Commissioner Superintendent of Public Instruction Local Measures & Races Soda Tax Congressional District 17 Assembly District 17 Oakland Mayoral San Jose Mayoral Guides KQED Election Guide Latest Coverage",
"title": "California Election Watch 2014 Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6328,
"slug": "election-watch-2014",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/series/election-watch-2014"
},
"news_5215": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5215",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5215",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Field Poll",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Field Poll Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5236,
"slug": "field-poll",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/field-poll"
},
"news_152": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_152",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "152",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Government",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Government Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 159,
"slug": "government",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/government"
},
"news_139": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_139",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "139",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Leland Yee",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Leland Yee Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 143,
"slug": "leland-yee",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/leland-yee"
},
"news_6188": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6188",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6188",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Law and Justice",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Law and Justice Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6212,
"slug": "law-and-justice",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/law-and-justice"
},
"news_393": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_393",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "393",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Chinatown",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Chinatown Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 401,
"slug": "chinatown",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/chinatown"
},
"news_19522": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_19522",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "19522",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "corruption",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "corruption Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 19539,
"slug": "corruption",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/corruption"
},
"news_6058": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6058",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6058",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Shrimp Boy",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Shrimp Boy Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6082,
"slug": "shrimp-boy",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/shrimp-boy"
},
"news_596": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_596",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "596",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Darrell Steinberg",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Darrell Steinberg Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 605,
"slug": "darrell-steinberg",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/darrell-steinberg"
},
"news_425": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_425",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "425",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "FBI",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "FBI Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 434,
"slug": "fbi",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/fbi"
},
"news_4475": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_4475",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "4475",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Ron Calderon",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Ron Calderon Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 4494,
"slug": "ron-calderon",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/ron-calderon"
},
"news_38": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_38",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "38",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "San Francisco",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "San Francisco Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 58,
"slug": "san-francisco",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/san-francisco"
},
"news_6034": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_6034",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "6034",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "fundraising",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "fundraising Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 6058,
"slug": "fundraising",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/fundraising"
},
"news_1170": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1170",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1170",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Tim Donnelly",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Tim Donnelly Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1181,
"slug": "tim-donnelly",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/tim-donnelly"
},
"news_851": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_851",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "851",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Gender Issues",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Gender Issues Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 861,
"slug": "gender-issues",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/gender-issues"
},
"news_1052": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1052",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1052",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "John Perez",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "John Perez Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1063,
"slug": "john-perez",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/john-perez"
},
"news_82": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_82",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "82",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "LGBT",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "LGBT Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 83,
"slug": "lgbt",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/lgbt"
},
"news_356": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_356",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "356",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Science",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Science Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 364,
"slug": "science",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/science"
},
"news_1397": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_1397",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "1397",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Transportation",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "category",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Transportation Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 1409,
"slug": "transportation",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/category/transportation"
},
"news_5725": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5725",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5725",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "American River",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "American River Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5749,
"slug": "american-river",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/american-river"
},
"news_5724": {
"type": "terms",
"id": "news_5724",
"meta": {
"index": "terms_1716263798",
"site": "news",
"id": "5724",
"found": true
},
"relationships": {},
"featImg": null,
"name": "Folsom Dam",
"description": null,
"taxonomy": "tag",
"headData": {
"twImgId": null,
"twTitle": null,
"ogTitle": null,
"ogImgId": null,
"twDescription": null,
"description": null,
"title": "Folsom Dam Archives | KQED News",
"ogDescription": null
},
"ttid": 5748,
"slug": "folsom-dam",
"isLoading": false,
"link": "/news/tag/folsom-dam"
}
},
"userPermissionsReducer": {
"wpLoggedIn": false
},
"eventsReducer": {},
"fssReducer": {},
"tvDailyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvWeeklyScheduleReducer": {},
"tvPrimetimeScheduleReducer": {},
"tvMonthlyScheduleReducer": {},
"userAccountReducer": {
"user": {
"email": null,
"emailStatus": "EMAIL_UNVALIDATED",
"loggedStatus": "LOGGED_OUT",
"loggingChecked": false,
"articles": [],
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"phoneNumber": null,
"fetchingMembership": false,
"membershipError": false,
"memberships": [
{
"id": null,
"startDate": null,
"firstName": null,
"lastName": null,
"familyNumber": null,
"memberNumber": null,
"memberSince": null,
"expirationDate": null,
"pfsEligible": false,
"isSustaining": false,
"membershipLevel": "Prospect",
"membershipStatus": "Non Member",
"lastGiftDate": null,
"renewalDate": null,
"lastDonationAmount": null
}
]
},
"authModal": {
"isOpen": false,
"view": "LANDING_VIEW"
},
"error": null
},
"youthMediaReducer": {},
"checkPleaseReducer": {
"filterData": {
"region": {
"key": "Restaurant Region",
"filters": [
"Any Region"
]
},
"cuisine": {
"key": "Restaurant Cuisine",
"filters": [
"Any Cuisine"
]
}
},
"restaurantDataById": {},
"restaurantIdsSorted": [],
"error": null
},
"userAgentReducer": {
"userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)",
"isBot": true
},
"requestOutcomesReducer": {
"notFound": []
}
}
