State Senator Scott Wiener is angling for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat but a New York Times magazine investigation links Wiener’s 2022 “Safer Streets for All Act” to a boom in the sex-trafficking of children in California. In other news: Newsom matches Trump in the theatrical use of National Guardsmen, the Los Angeles school teacher who called for armed resistance to immigration enforcement, the “Wealth Tax” makes a California comeback, and how I Love Lucy changed television and the world. Bonus: Lance Christensen discusses some 800 bills now turned into law, as Gavin Newsom force-feeds Californians already choking on regulation. Music by Metalachi.Email Us:<a href="mailto:dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com" target="_blank">dbahnsen@thebahnsengroup.com</a><a href="mailto:will@calpolicycenter.org" target="_blank">will@calpolicycenter.org</a>Follow Us:<a href="https://twitter.com/DavidBahnsen" target="_blank">@DavidBahnsen</a><a href="https://twitter.com/WillSwaim" target="_blank">@WillSwaim</a><a href="https://twitter.com/TheRadioFreeCA" target="_blank">@TheRadioFreeCA</a>Show Notes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/magazine/sex-trafficking-girls-la-figueroa.html" target="_blank">Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12061445/newsom-says-trump-is-rigging-the-election-with-federal-poll-monitors" target="_blank">Newsom Says Trump Is ‘Rigging the Election’ With Federal Poll Monitors</a></li><li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/san-francisco-troops-tech-ceos-45623a7f?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcCxCedNxAOiCBeD2dRfALROSexR8Mhn7eqYLtgqAr1pHdq9y1HJfjp&gaa_ts=68ffbbca&gaa_sig=mtexHGLGx_i862Qq__BRoZD2W7IfQol7OB_Cd2_RNJC7zlI0Lz4MgMO_IO1G_nUsY3G7RPa_wJoIHitHAjZdTg%3D%3D" target="_blank">Inside the Tech CEO Campaign to Stop Trump From Sending Troops to San Francisco</a></li><li><a href="https://abc7.com/post/national-guard-troops-deployed-newsom-arrive-la-regional-food-bank-amid-government-shutdown/18067250/" target="_blank">National Guard troops, deployed by Newsom, arrive at LA Regional Food Bank amid government shutdown</a></li><li><a href="https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1623&context=parameters" target="_blank">The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012 The Origins of the American Military Coup of 2012</a></li><li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-teacher-says-ice-agents-not-only-ones-guns-shooting-federal-agent" target="_blank">Los Angeles teacher says ICE agents are 'not the only ones with guns' following shooting of federal agent</a></li><li><a href="https://calmatters.org/health/2025/10/billionaire-tax-initiative/" target="_blank">Should billionaires pay more? California unions want voters to decide</a></li><li><a href="https://www.opportunitynowsv.org/blog/the-force-awakens" target="_blank">The Force awakens in San Jose </a></li><li><a href="https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/cash-payments-unhoused-people-california-usc-study" target="_blank">Cash payments to unhoused people likely won't end homelessness, but recipients spent wisely, California study says</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dailybreeze.com/2025/10/21/phillips-66-kinder-plan-first-ever-california-bound-fuel-pipe/" target="_blank">Phillips 66, Kinder plan first-ever California-bound fuel pipeline</a></li></ul>Bill-O-Rama with Lance Christensen:<ul><li><a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/bills/sb-414-adopts-numerous-components-of-ab-84-anti-charter-bill/" target="_blank">SB 414 (Ashby)</a> – Regulating charter schools to death (cf AB 84, Muratsuchi) – VETOED</li><li><a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/bills/sb-848-enhances-school-safety-by-requiring-stronger-safeguards-to-prevent-child-abuse/" target="_blank">SB 848 (Perez)</a> – Stop passing the trash teachers bill from the Senate Ed Chair – SIGNED</li><li><a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/the-reading-crisis-why-illiteracy-threatens-californias-future-and-what-we-can-do-now/" target="_blank">AB 1454 (Rivas)</a> – Holding school districts accountable for literacy scores now that AB 1454 (Rivas) passed</li><li><a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/bills/ab-1370-prohibits-california-legislators-from-using-ndas-in-legislative-process/" target="_blank">AB 1370 (Patterson)</a> – NDA prohibitions for the legislature (<a href="https://x.com/ZavalaA/status/1977771815813661110" target="_blank">Zavala interview</a>) – SIGNED</li><li><a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/bills/sb-237-reduces-some-targeted-environmental-regulations-for-drilling-and-pumping-fuel/" target="_blank">SB 237 (Grayson)</a> – Allowing more oil drilling in CA – SIGNED</li><li><a href="https://californiapolicycenter.org/bills/ab-1207-extends-the-failed-cap-and-tax-program/" target="_blank">AB 1207 (Irwin)</a> – Continuing cap and tax program – SIGNED </li><li>Is cap and tax slowly dying to accommodate need for massive increase in electrical production to provide for more AI, datacenter capacity? (<a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/09/climate-change-package-legislature/" target="_blank">CalMatter's piece</a>)</li><li><a href="https://aptnewsinc.com/news/ab-628-a-costly-new-mandate-for-california-landlords/" target="_blank">AB 628: A Costly New Mandate For California Landlords</a> – SIGNED </li><li>AB 1264 that eliminated ultra processed foods for kids, but is still gung-ho on sterilizing and mutilating them (<a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/08/governor-newsom-signs-first-in-the-nation-law-to-ban-ultra-processed-foods-from-school-lunches/" target="_blank">Gov press release</a>) – SIGNED</li></ul> Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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