Guests:Â Cannon Michael: Pres. Bowles Farming Co., & Bd Chair of the San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority; Sarge Green, a water management specialist with the California Water Institute at California State University, Fresno; Ashley Boren, Exec. Director of Sustainable Conservation; former Fresno Mayor Ashley Swearenginânow the CEO of the Central Valley Community Foundation
The Maddy Report – Valley Views Edition
Recreational Marijuana: A Greener Valley?
Guests:Â Brian Vincente -Founding Partner, Vincente Sederberg LLC, Fresno City Council member Garry Bredefeld, Fresno Co Sheriff Margaret Mims, Fresno Bee Reporter Rory Appleton, Hanford Sentinel Reporter Seth Nidever, Atwater City Council member Brian Raymond, Modesto Bee Editorial Bd Editor Mike Dunbar.
Information Illiteracy, Fake news and Real (California) Facts
Guests: Senator Bill Dodd (D), RenĂ©e Ousley-Swank, President Elect – CA School Library Association, John Myers,Sacramento Bureau Chief â LA Times and Dan Walters, Reporter of the Sacramento Bee and Mac Taylor – California Legislative Analyst, LAO
March 13, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  Dan Walters: Jerry Brown wants to kill a test of coordinated services — The âCoordinated Care Initiativeâ is one of those uber-wonky, densely complex, acronym-laden pieces of governmental policy that may affect millions but only a handful of folks even profess to understand. And they may not have to even try to understand it, […]
The Budget Process: 2017 Edition
Guests:Â Mac Taylor -Scott Graves, Director of Research for the Calif Budget & Policy Center, Mac Taylor (CA’s LAO Analyst), John Myers,Sacramento Bureau Chief â LA Times and Dan Walters, Reporter of the Sacramento Bee
March 1, 2017
Political Stories Top stories  California water bills are starting to trickle out on Capitol Hill â With a Republican in the White House and the GOP controlling Congress, Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, said Tuesday that he is hoping to build on last yearâs big and controversial California water bill that was loved by farmers and loathed by […]
Valley Seniors: The Growing Need for Nursing and In Home Care
Guest:Â Laurel Beck, Expert from Public Policy Institute of California
Closing the Valley’s Income Inequality Gap
Guests: Carol DâElia, Executive Director of Little Hoover Commission, Tom Scott, National Federation of Indep. Business, California and Luke Reidenbach, California Budget and Policy Center
February 13, 2017
Political Stories-Top stories George Skelton: California lawmakers are stuck on Trump, but thereâs a problem at home that needs attention: dirty water — While President Trump and his California resistors dominate the spotlight, a little outfit without much pizazz is trying to draw state governmentâs attention to sickening drinking water in the San Joaquin Valley. Skelton column in LA […]
A Program That Works: Madera County’s Foster Care System
Guests: Danny Morris, Deputy Director – Madera Co. Department of Social Services and CA State Auditor Elaine Howle.