The Maddy Report is a weekly public affairs TV program covering how State and Federal policy and politics impact California, generally, and the San Joaquin Valley, in particular. It is broadcast on KFSN ABC 30.
The goal of The Maddy Report is to encourage a deeper understanding of the issues facing our nation, state and region through a thoughtful, objective, fair and civilized exchange of ideas.
Modeled after such programs as Meet the Press, Washington Week, This Week and Face the Nation, The Maddy Report is a public affairs program that includes interviews with national, state and regional leaders and experts on the issues of the day, as well as a roundtable discussion with invited political reporters and columnists.
The Maddy Report debuted in 2006.
The following is a list with links to the most recent Maddy Report shows, which can be viewed on our YouTube page by clicking here.
Season 13 (2023-2024)
California’s Top 10 Most Influential Un-elected Political Leaders
Original air date: October 29, 2023
Guest: Rich Ehisen, Capitol Weekly
Status Report: Key Initiatives at the Valley’s Four Public Universities
Original air date: November 11, 2023
Guests: President Saul Jiménez-Sandoval, CSU Fresno; President Lynnette Zelezny, CSU Bakersfield; President Susan Borrego, CSU Stanislaus; Chancellor Juan Munoz, UC Merced
Universal Broadband: Closing the Digital Divide
Original air date: December 3, 2023
Guests: Joseph Hayes, Senior Research Associate – Public Policy Institute of California
Can Valley Ag Survive with Limited Water?
Original air date: December 10, 2023
Guest: Caitlin Petersen, PPIC
CalFresh: Is it a SNAP or Not?
Original air date: December 17, 2023
Guests: Tess Thorman, Research Associate and Caroline Danielson, Interim Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California
Who Are the Most Reputable Watchdogs of State Government?
Original air date: January 7, 2024
Guests: Gabe Petek, Legislative Analysts Office; Pedro Nava, Little Hoover Commission; Dan Walters, Calmatters; Laurel Rosenhall, LA Times
An Insider’s Guide to the Legislative Process
Original air date: January 21, 2024
Guest: Chris Micheli, Snodgrass & Micheli, Inc.
SGMA Means Valley Ag is About to Change: Are We Ready?
Original air date: January 28, 2024
Guests: Ellen Hanak and Caity Peterson, PPIC
California’s Fair Political Practices Commission
Original air date: February 11, 2024
Guest: Richard Miadich, Chair, FPPC
Priorities for California Water
Original air date: March 17, 2024
Guests: Caity Peterson, Jeff Mount, PPIC
Balancing Act: Equitable Economic Development Across California
Original air date: March 24, 2024
Guest: Pedro Nava, Little Hoover Commission
Environmental Water Budgets: A Way to Achieve a Water Balance?
Original air date: April 7, 2024
Guest: Sarah Null, PPIC
Season 12 (2022-2023)
The State of Higher Education in the Valley
Original air date: October 16, 2022
Guests: Lynette Zelezny, President – CSU, Bakersfield; Ellen Junn, President – CSU, Stanislaus; Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, President – Fresno State; Juan Sánchez Muñoz, Chancellor – UC Merced
California’s Top Ten Most Influential Unelected Leaders
Original air date: October 23, 2022
Guest: John Howard, Editor – Capitol Weekly
The Documented Health Care of California’s Documented
Original air date: October 30, 2022
Guests: Paulette Cha, Research Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California; Shannon McConville, Research Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California
Closing the Digital Divide: Going the Last Mile
Original air date: November 20, 2022
Guests: Joseph Hayes, Research Associate – Public Policy Institute of California; Brian Metzker, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst – California Legislative Analyst’s Office
Does Requiring Higher Graduation Requirements Improve Student Performance?
Original air date: December 4, 2022
Guest: Niu Gao, Senior Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California
California’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment
Original air date: December 11, 2022
Guests: Christopher S. Elmendorf, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law – UC Davis; Dan Dunmoyer, President and CEO of the California Building Industry Association
Is the State Bar Missing the Bar on Attorney Misconduct?
Original air date: January 1, 2023
Guests: Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times; Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times
School Funding: Does More Money Mean Better Results?
Original air date: January 8, 2023
Guest: Dr. Julien Lafortune, Research Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California
California Politics: A Look Back at 2022 and A Look Forward to 2023
Original air date: January 15, 2023
Guests: Dan Walters, Journalist – CalMatters; Laurel Rosenhall, Journalist – Los Angeles Times
California Election Infrastructure: Making a Good System Better
Original air date: January 22, 2023
Guest: Pedro Nava, Chair – Little Hoover Commission
The Federal Government Bets Big on the Valley: Will it be a Game Changer?
Original air date: February 19, 2023
Guests: Alejandra Y. Castillo, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development – U.S. Department of Commerce
Improving California’s Water Markets
Original air date: February 26, 2023
Guests: Ellen Hanak, Director – Public Policy Institute of California Water Center; Dr. Andrew Ayres, Research Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center; Dr. Alvar Escriva-Bou, Senior Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center
The Future of California Agriculture and Food Systems
Original air date: March 26, 2023
Guest: Dr. Anastasia Telesetsky, Professor – Cal Poly, SLO
From Chief Justice to Think Tank CEO: A Conversation with a Public Policy Influencer
Original air date: April 16, 2023
Guest: Tani Cantil-Sakauye, President and CEO, PPIC and former Chief Justice, California Supreme Court
Improving Career Education Pathways into California’s Workforce
Original air date: May 14, 2023
Guest: Shannon McConville, Research Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California
Supreme Court: Upcoming Cases
Original air date: May 21, 2023
Guest: Aaron Tang, UC Davis
Dan Walters: California’s Long and Complicated History with Water
Original air date: May 28, 2023
Guest: Dan Walters, CalMatters
California’s Current Regulatory Environment: A Business Perspective
Original air date: July 23, 2023
Guest: Jennifer Barrera – President and Chief Executive Officer, California Chamber of Commerce
California’s Care Courts: Pros and Cons
Original air date: July 30, 2023
Guests: Daniel Jamison; Darrell Steinberg, Mayor of Sacramento; Olivia Ensign Senior Advocate – Human Rights Watch; Michelle Doty Cabrera, Executive Director – County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
Dealing with Our Weather Whiplash: From Droughts to Floods
Original air date: August 6, 2023
Guests: Lois Henry, San Joaquin Valley Water
Under Smoky Skies: The Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke
Original air date: August 6, 2023
Guests: Helen Kerstein, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst – Legislative Analyst’s Office
Season 11 (2021-2022)
Mitigating Wildfire Risk
Original air date: August 11, 2022
Guest: Michael Tilde, California’s State Auditor
Addressing California’s Housing Crisis
Original air date: August 11, 2022
Guests: Lourdes Morales, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst; Dan Dunmoyer, CEO of the California Building Industry Association; Pedro Nava, Chairman – Little Hoover Commission
Carbon Capture: A Viable Climate Change Strategy?
Original air date: August 11, 2022
Guest: Roger Aines, Senior Scientist – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
California Hospice Licensure and Oversight
Original air date: August 11, 2022
Guest: Michael S. Tilden, California State Auditor
Police Use of Force and Misconduct
Original air date: June 27, 2022
Guest: Deepak Premkumar, co-author of a recent report entitled “Police Use of Force and Misconduct in CA” published by the non-partisan PPIC
Priorities for California Water
Original air date: June 22, 2022
Guest: Ellen Hanak, State’s leading authorities on water and Director of the Water Policy Center and the non-partisan PPIC
Law Enforcement Training: Identifying What Works for Officers and Communities
Original air date: June 17 2022
Guest: Janna Sidley, Little Hoover Commissioner
Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space
Original air date: June 17, 2022
Guest: Helen Kerstein, policy analyst — specializing in forest management
Racial Disparities in Law Enforcement Stops
Original air date: April 8, 2022
Guest: Magnus Lofstrom, Policy Director and Senior Fellow at PPIC
California’s Changing Political Landscape in 2022
Original air date: April 11, 2022
Guest: Dan Walters, CalMatters and John Myers, LA Times
Targeted K-12 Funding and Student Outcomes
Original air date: March 14, 2022
Guest: Dr. Julien Lafortune, Research Fellow with the Public Policy Institute of California
Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley
Original air date: March 6, 2022
Guest: Dr. Andrew Ayres, a natural resource economist with the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California
What’s the Role Unions Play in the 21st Century?
Original air date: February 27, 2022
Guest: Jesse Bedayn, CalMatters reporter
Status Report: Key Initiatives at the Valley’s Four Public Universities
Original air date: February 13, 2022
Guests: CSU Fresno President, Dr. Saul Jimenez-Sandoval, CSU Bakersfield President Lynnette Zelezny, CSU Stanislaus President Ellen Junn, and UC Merced Chancellor Juan Munoz.
California Supreme Court: Year in Review
Original air date: January 2, 2022
Guests: Dr. David Carrillo, the Executive Director of the California Constitution Center at UC Berkeley’s School of Law
California Politics: A Look Back at 2021 and a Look Forward to 2022
Original air date: December 26, 2021
Guests: Dan Walters, CalMatters
California’s Top 10 for 2021
Original air date: December 12, 2021
Guests: John Howard, editor of Capitol Weekly
California’s Changing Electorate
Original air date: December 5, 2021
Guests: Mindy Romero, Director – Center for Inclusive Democracy, Price School of Public Policy at USC; Dean Bonner, Associate Survey Director and Research Fellow – PPIC
State Auditor Elaine Howle: A Retrospective
Original air date: November 28, 2021
Guests: Elaine Howle, CPA, California State Auditor
Veteran’s Programs and Services
Original air date: November 14, 2021
Guests: Carole D’Elia, Executive Director of Little Hoover Commission; Jacqueline Barocio, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst – LAO
A Ripple Effect: Will the Drought Increase Emissions?
Original air date: November 7, 2021
Guests: F. Noel Perry, Founder – Next 10
On-line Democracy
Original air date: October 31, 2021
Guests: Pedro Nava, Chairman – California Little Hoover Commission
Distressed Communities: Are Regional Public Universities the Answer?
Original air date: October 10, 2021
Guests: Robert Maxim, Senior Research Associate – The Brookings Institution
Have We Learned from Past Droughts or Are Doomed to Repeat it?
Original air date: October 3, 2021
Guests: Rachel Ehlers – Legislative Analyst’s Office; Jeanine Jones – California Department of Water Resources
Season 10 (2020-2021)
Fracking: Energy Bridge or a Dead End?
Original air date: August 8, 2021
Guests: Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President – Western States Petroleum Association; John Cox – Bakersfield California
Nursing Homes: How COVID Revealed a Quality Care Problem
Original air date: August 1, 2021
Guests: Barbara Feder-Ostrov – CalMatters; Jocelyn Wiener – CalMatters
A Conversation with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla
Original air date: July 25, 2021
Guest: U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
High Speed Rail: Back on Track?
Original air date: July 4, 2021
Guests: Brian Kelly, CEO – CA High Speed Rail Authority; Dan Walters – CalMatters; Tom Richards, Chairman – CA High Speed Rail Authority
The State of Aging
Original air date: June 20, 2021
Guests: Kim McCoy Wade, Director – CA Department of Aging
Recreational Cannabis: Hashing out the Issues
Original air date: June 13, 2021
Guests: Van Butsic – Cannabis Research Center, UC Berkeley; Phoebe Parker-Shames – UC Berkeley Center for Cannabis Research; Jay Kelly, Chief Operations Officer – California Cannabis Co.; Tim Dodd, CEO & Co-Founder – Sweet Flower
Medical School in the Valley
Original air date: June 6, 2021
Guests: Dr. Michael Peterson, Associate Dean – UCSF Fresno; Chancellor Juan Sanchez Munoz – UC Merced; CA State Asm. Adam Gray – (D-Merced); CA State Asm. Dr. Joaquin Arambula – (D-Fresno); Congressman Jim Costa (D-Fresno)
Air Quality: Has the Valley Hit the Invisible Wall?
Original air date: May 30, 2021
Guests: Rachel Becker, Environmental Reporter – CalMatters
LAO Report on Safe Drinking Water
Original air date: May 23, 2021
Guests: Rachel Ehlers, Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst – Legislative Analyst’s Office
Eliminating Fraud, Waste & Abuse: Who You Gonna Call?
Original air date: May 16, 2021
Guests: Gabriel Petek – Legislative Analyst’s Office; CA State Auditor Elaine Howle; Pedro Nava, Chairman – Little Hoover Commission; John Myers – LA Times; Dan Walters – CalMatters
Redistricting 2.0: New and Improved?
Original air date: May 2, 2021
Guests: Alvaro Hernandez, Executive Director – Citizens Redistricting Commission; Pedro Toledo, Commissioner – Citizens Redistricting Commission; Eric McGhee, Senior Fellow – PPIC; Dan Walters – CalMatters
State Auditor’s Report: Evaluating Affordable Housing Programs
Original air date: April 18, 2021
Guests: CA State Auditor Elaine Howle; John Myers – LA Times; Dan Walters – CalMatters
California’s Post-Pandemic Economy: From Crisis to Opportunity
Original air date: March 28, 2021
Guests: Lenny Mendonca, former Chief Economic & Business Advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom and former head of GOBiz
The Mess at Unemployment Comp: Truth and Consequences
Original air date: March 21, 2021
Guests: CA State Auditor Elaine Howle; John Myers – LA Times; Dan Walters – CalMatters
State Legislative Agenda for 2021
Original air date: March 14, 2021
Guests: CA State Senator Anna Caballero (D); Asm. Devon Mathis (R); Asm. Rudy Salas (D); Asm. Heath Flora (R)
Federal Response to Looming Crises
Original air date: March 7, 2021
Guests: Congressman Jim Costa (D), Congressman David Valadao (R)
State Legislative Response to the Pandemic
Original air date: Feb. 28, 2021
Guests: State Sen. Andreas Borgeas (R); State Sen. Anna Caballero (D); Asm. Rudy Salas (D)
Little Hoover Commission Report: Saving California’s Small Businesses
Original air date: Feb. 21, 2021
Guest: Pedro Nava, Chairman – Little Hoover Commission
The Valley’s Mayors: What’s on their 2021 Agendas?
Original air date: Dec. 27, 2020
Guests: Merced Mayor Matthew Serratto; Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer; Visalia Mayor Steve Nelson; Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh
California Politics: What Does 2020 mean for 2021?
Original air date: Dec. 20, 2020
Guests: John Myers, Los Angeles Times; Dan Walters, CalMatters
The James Irvine Foundation: Closing the Valley’s Opportunity Gap
Original air date: Nov. 15, 2020
Guest: Don Howard, President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation
Capitol Weekly’s Top 10: Tales from the Pandemic
Original air date: Nov. 8, 2020
Guest: John Howard, Editor – Capitol Weekly
The November 2020 Propositions
Original air date: Oct 25, 2020
Guest: Ben Christopher, CalMatters
UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz: Valley Roots
Original air date: Oct. 18, 2020
Guest: UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz
Telemedicine – Path to Better and More Affordable Health Care?
Original air date: Oct. 11, 2020
Guests: Dr. Casey Gray, Kaiser; Laurence Du Sault, Mercury News/CalMatters; Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula; Barb Yellowlees, CETF
What Have We Learned About Distance Learning?
Original air date: Oct. 4, 2020
Guests: Sydney Johnson, EdSource; E. Toby Boyd, Presdient – California Teachers Association; Amy Li, Fiscal and Policy Analyst – Legislative Analyst’s Office; Sunne McPeak, President & CEO – CETF
Season 9 (2019-2020)
California Latinos: An Economic Analysis
California’s Legislation in Review: 2019
State Auditor: Medi-Cal in Rural Areas
PPIC: K-12 Test Scores – What do they tell us?
California’s Housing Crisis Hits Home
Gig Workers: What’s Old is New Again
State Auditor: City & County Contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
PPIC: Reducing Recidivism Among Felons
Does Granny (Flat) Have a Solution to the Housing Crisis?
California Migration: The Story of Us
Poverty and Income Inequality in California
California Utility-Caused Wildfires: Who Pays?
Season 8 (2018-2019)
“Higher Ed: A Good Investment for Students and Taxpayers?”
The 2018 Turnout: What it Means for 2020?
California Politics with Dan Walters: “Brown’s Legacy and Newsom’s Agenda”
Water in the San Joaquin Valley: A PPIC Report
“Cal Facts”: Everything You Need To Know About California
“The Valley’s New State Senators: Return of the Valleycrats
Ready, Fire, Aim: High Speed Rail’s Initial Rollout
Retrospective: State Sen. Min Leader Jean Fuller
Federal Courts with Judge O’Neil
Medi-Cal Premiums and Claims Because It Failed to Follow Up on Eligibility Discrepancies
State Fiscal Outlook: Remarkable Good
Retrospective with LAO Mac Taylor
HSR’s New Business Plan: Finally on the Right Track?
California’s 2018 Election Results: A Political Tsunami?
Nothing Extravagant: California’s Spending Plan for 2018-19
Groundwater Banking: Saving for a Not-So-Rainy Day
Protecting Students from Active Shooters: Are Schools Making the Grade?
November Elections: The Propositions
Proposition 6 & the Gas Tax: Are Better Roads in for a Bumpy Ride?
Season 7 (2017-2018)
Saving for a Rainy Day: Preparing for the Next Recession
Public Employee Union Dues: “Fair Share” v. “Free Speech”
Candidate for Governor: Amanda Renteria
To Catch A Thief: Worker’s Compensation Fraud
California’s Concealed Carry Permits: The Wild West of Permitting?
Reducing Recidivism: Do Prisoner Rehabilitation Programs Actually Work?
Fighting Fire with Fire: Rethinking Forest Management
Governor’s Brown’s Last Budget: Caution Despite Surplus
Out of District Charter Schools: Does Out of Sight, Mean Out of Mind?
Is California Prepared for the Next Emergency?
Gov’s Twin Tunnels Project: Planning Snafus?
California’s Educational Reforms: Are They Making the Grade?
Candidate for Governor Delaine Eastin
Immigration: Dreaming in a Sanctuary State
Candidate for Governor Antonio Villaraigosa
State Auditor To UC: UCPath on the Wrong Path
Candidate for Governor John Cox
Voting in California: No Longer Coming to a Neighborhood By You
California Supreme Court: Special Taxes are Special
Little Hoover Commission: What’s So Special About Special Districts?
Candidate for Governor John Chiang
New State Transportation Tax: Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later?
Season 6 (2016-2017)
Veterans Programs and Services
Bond Measures: Are Californians Paying More for Less?
Cal Facts 2016: Everything You Wanted To Know About California
’Follow the Money!’ A Primer on the Calif Budget Process
State Auditors Nurses: What would California do with a Nurse Ratched
The San Joaquin Valley’s Water Challenges: A Comprehensive Review
Is Legalized Recreational Marijuana About to Go Up in Smoke?
The Governor’s 2017: Cloudy, and Rain in the Forecast
Occupational Licensing: Worth the Cost?
California’s Foster Care System
California’s Public Employee Pensions Challenge
Recent Crime Trends: Should We Feel Safe or Sorry?
Trump Presidency: Will California Become Texas 2.0?
In-Home Services & Nursing Homes: The Coming Senior Care Tsunami
California 2016 Election: Political Sea-Change or Political Mirage?
California’s Climate Change Legislation: Too Little/Too Late or Too Much/Too Soon?
California’s Prop 13: Holy Grail or Epic Fail?
California Economic Summit 2016
California 2016 Election Special
California Propositions 2016: Revenue Issues
California Propositions 2016: It’s a Crime – Or Is It?
Season 5 (2015-2016)
Democracy at Risk: Voter Registration and Turnout Really Do Matter
High Speed Rail’s New Business Plan: Necessary Detour or Off the Tracks?
2016 May Revise: The Governor’s Aesop Fable
Eureka! (?): Exposing the Secret Money in California Politics
California’s Looming Housing Crisis
California Establishes Nation’s (Maximum) Minimum Wage: Economic Boom or Bust?
Cap and Trade 2.0: What Changes?
The Governor’s 2016 Budget: Sunny Today, Rain Tomorrow?
How Political Influence is Changing California’s Political Landscape
Mission Possible: Making Government More Customer Friendly
Bad Apples: Blowing the Whistle on Improper Government Activities
Eliminating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Who You Gonna Call?
Flunking College: California’s Looming Higher Ed Skills Gap
California’s End of Life Law: New Law, Old Question
The Senior Boom: Preparing for the Baby Boom Aftershock
Employment Conditions Post-Recession: Same As It Ever Was
Californian’s View of State Regulation and the Environment: Too Much, Too Little or Just Right?
Unintended Consequences: Do Open Meeting Laws Undermine Good Decision Making?
Political Influence in California Politics: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Climate Change Legislation: Has the Political Climate Changed?
Highway Funding: Still Stuck in Political Gridlock
Year Two of Obamacare: How is The Patient Doing?
I Didn’t Vote!: Civic (Dis)Engagement and the (Dis)Interested Voter
Season 4 (2014-2015)
The California Water Equation Made Simple: Demand-Supply
Prop 63 & The State’s Mental Health Programs: Promises (Un) Fulfilled?
Local Street & Road: Filling the Financial Potholes
Livable Communities: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?
IT Issues in State Government: Avoiding Another (Computer) Crash
Redistricting: Is the Fox About to be Let Back in the Henhouse?
Fixing California’s Highways and Bridges: Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later?
Solar Energy & Clean Air Vehicles: Are State Initiatives Worth the Cost?
Public Employee Retiree Health Plans: A Promise Made to be Broken?
2015 California Legislative Session Democratic & Republican Agendas
Administration of the California Courts: What’s the Verdict?
Dealing with the Higher Costs of Higher Education
CalFacts: Everything you wanted to know…
The Governor’s 2015-16 Budget: To Save or Invest, That is the Question
Realignment and Recidivism: More or Less?
Realignment: Is More Street Crime Resulting in More Street Crime?
The Current California Budget Surplus: Mirage or a Trend?
Community Development in the Valley: A Federal Response
2014 November Election: Looking at Valley Results
Adapting to Climate Change: Implications for the Valley
Ready or Not, Here We Come: High Speed Moving in the Valley
Covered California: A First Year Examination
New Ground Water Regulations: Valley Concerns
Stockton: Gound Zero for Public Employee Pensions?
California’s 2014 Propositions: Fewer Propositions Doesn’t Mean Less is at Stake
California’s 2014 Election: Plenty of Reason to Vote
Season 3 (2013-2014)
Medi-Cal Providers: Is the Doctor In?
Fresno Bridge Academy Story: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Public Safety Realignment: Emerging Trends in Year Two
2015 California Legislative Session: Democratic and Republican Agendas
Climate Change: Adapting to a Slow Moving Emergency
The Federal Reserve Does Community Development: Who Knew?
Drilling Down on California’s New Rules on Groundwater Pumping
High Speed Rail: Are We Any Further Down the Tracks?
Public Employee Pensions: Just How Defined is the Benefit?
Congressional Election Results: What Are the Implications?
California Retrospective: A Conversation with Connie Conway
California Retrospective: A Conversation with Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
California Retrospective: A Conversation with Bill Lockyer
2014 State Budget: ‘Joyfully Normal’?
Capitol Crimes: Personal Failings or a Culture of Corruption?
Unemployment Compensation Reimbursements: Penny Wise and Pound Foolish?
Groundwater Pumping: A Race to the Bottom?
CalFresh: Is California’s Food Stamp Program Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?
Universal Pre-K: State and Valley Legislators Weigh In
Affordable Care Act: Diagnosing the Costs and Benefits
ACA: The Initial (Medical and Political) Prognosis Is…
California Republicans: A Minority Report
California’s Initiative Process: Time for a Makeover?
Private, For Profit Colleges: Good Deal or No Deal?
High Speed Rail: The Little Engine that Could, or Couldn’t?
The Local Control Funding Formula: The Devil is in the Details
Common Core: A Course Correction?
The Drought: Is There a Silver Lining in the Non-Existent Clouds?
Armed and Potentially Dangerous: Crime, Weapons and Mental Illness in the Valley
California’s High Risk Issues and How They’re Impacting the Valley
Master Plan for Higher Education: Time for a New Edition
The State Water Plan: A Peace Treaty in the Water Wars
California Business and Jobs Climate: What’s the Forecast?
California’s Political Climate: Just (Not) Right?
Public Employee Pensions: Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right?
California’s Legislative Session: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
High Speed Rail: Derailed in the Valley?
Covered California: California’s New Health Care Exchange Opens for Business
Building Up or Building Out: The Dollars and Cents (Sense) of Smart Growth
Fresno State President Joseph Castro: A Look Forward
Season 2 (2012-2013)
California Retrospective: A Conversation with Peter Schrag
Immigration Reform: Ag/Farmworkers
Immigration Reform: Generally
2013 May Revise: A Debate Over Restoring Cuts v. Holding the Line
Trade with China: Challenges and Opportunities
Water Woes: Dealing with the Legacy of Nitrate Contamination
The Delta: Fixing California’s Water Faucet
UC’s and CSU’s – Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck
California’s Community Colleges: Can They Meet the State’s Education and Workforce Needs?
Crime in California: Just the Facts
Reforming State Government: First, Do No Harm…
California Retrospective: A Conversation with George Skelton
California Retrospective: A Conversation with Dan Walters
Government Regulations and Lawsuits: Balancing Jobs and Justice
School Financing Reform: Show Me the Money!
CEQA Reform: Trying Not to Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
The Governor’s 2013 Budget: Back in Black?
California 2025: Planning for a Better Future
Cap and Trade: What’s the Forecast for California’s Climate Change Program?
Money in Politics: The Costs of Free Speech
Tea Party: Are Reports of its Demise Premature?
Legislative Year in Review and Legislative Agenda for 2013
The Fiscal Cliff and the Political Divide: Is Compromise Possible?
2012 Election: Implications for California and the San Joaquin Valley
California’s Congressional Delegation: A View from Washington
Capital Punishment and Three Strikes – Propositions 34 and 36
Taxes to Fund Education: Propositions 30 and 38
Prop 32: Declaration of War Against the Union(s)?
Prop. 31: Government Reform or Proposition Overreach?
State Agency Shenanigans: Squirreling Away Money- Is that Just Nuts?
Public Employee Pension Reform: Was it A Touchdown, First Down or a Punt?
California State Parks: Going Extinct?
Reforming the California Legislature: Mission Impossible?
After the Fall: What is the Future of Redevelopment Agencies in California?
California’s Agricultural Value Chain: Cultivating (Economic) Growth?
The State of K-12 Education (Part 1): Gov. Brown’s Education Agenda
The State of K-12 Education (Part 2): The California Legislature’s Education Agenda
The State of K-12 Education (Part 3): The Divergent Voices of Reform
Federal Health Care Reform Comes to California (Part 1): The Devil is in the Details (of Implementation)
Federal Health Care Reform Comes to California (Part 2): The State’s Role
California’s Master Plan for Higher Education