The Maddy Report (TV)

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
Guest: Tess Thorman, Research Associate and Caroline Danielson, Interim Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow – Public Policy Institute of California

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; SaĂşl JimĂ©nez-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

Policing the Police

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

California’s Top 10

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”

Countdown to the 2020 Census

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

New Laws – Future Legislation

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

California’s Top 10

Groundwater Banking: Saving for a Not-So-Rainy Day

Protecting Students from Active Shooters: Are Schools Making the Grade?

November Elections: The Propositions

November Elections: The Races

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?

2017: The Year That Was

Gov’s Twin Tunnels Project: Planning Snafus?

California’s Educational Reforms: Are They Making the Grade?

Candidate for Governor Delaine Eastin

2018: The Political Forecast​

2017: A Look Back

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?

California’s Top Ten 2017 

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

California’s Future Part Two

California’s Future: Part One

The San Joaquin Valley’s Water Challenges: A Comprehensive Review

Is Legalized Recreational Marijuana About to Go Up in Smoke?

Fake News & Info Illiteracy

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’s Top 10

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

Corporate Tax Breaks

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?

Senate Legislative Leaders

El Niño and the Drought

Cap and Trade 2.0: What Changes?

The Price of Education

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?

Fracking: Boom or Bust?

California’s Legislative Session: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

California’s Prisoner Dilemma

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

High Speed Rail: All Aboard?

2013 May Revise: A Debate Over Restoring Cuts v. Holding the Line

Trade with China: Challenges and Opportunities

President Welty Retrospective

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