California Groundbreakers
96 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWe're a civic-minded, community-focused organization putting together moderated panels, interviews, discussions, events focused on cool people doing groundbreaking things and possibly causing earth-shattering change in California and beyond.
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This Changes Everything #20: The Show Must Go On in Post-Pandemic Hollywood
August 01, 2021 19:24 - 1 hour - 157 MBThis pandemic has created a major upheaval in Los Angeles, the global hub of entertainment. We’re now used to streaming movies and TV shows whenever we want, and we’re finding new types of entertainment in places like YouTube, Twitch and TikTok. So what does the future hold for movie theaters, streaming services, film and TV studios, and the people who work for all of them, when this pandemic ends? Listen to two experts in entertainment and pop culture who tell us what types of things we’l...
This Changes Everything #19: How Technology Is Getting Better, Worse & More Dominant In Our Lives
August 01, 2021 19:24 - 55 minutes - 128 MBSilicon Valley has always been the global hub of technology, and in the past 18 months, it has made the tools that allowed Americans -- and the American economy -- to survive the pandemic. Right now, California’s tech industry is triumphant, and flush with profits. What will it do with all that money and power? And who, if anyone, can restrain tech, and its potential to dominate the way we live our lives? We talk with Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a...
This Changes Everything #18: Redesigning the Art World
July 18, 2021 19:09 - 1 hour - 184 MBCalifornia's arts institutions are dealing with budget cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the pandemic, and a reckoning with systemic racism in the art world. So what progress have they made in diversifying their staffs, their artwork, and their audiences over the past year? And will any of us ever look at art, and the meaning of it, in the same way again? We talk with two people who present great works of art to the public, but do it in very different ways. GUESTS * Thomas Campbell, C...
This Changes Everything #17: A Very Different Type of Food Scene
July 11, 2021 20:43 - 42 minutes - 98.1 MBFew business sectors in California were more battered by the pandemic than the dining industry -- nearly a third of the state’s restaurants permanently closed in the past year, and two-thirds of workers temporarily lost their jobs. Now as California opens back up, how many restaurants will reopen, and will they bounce back? We talk with two people who write about California’s dining scene about how restaurants are adapting post-pandemic, and what we should expect now when we go out to eat....
This Changes Everything #16: The New "Experience" of Shopping
July 04, 2021 18:39 - 37 minutes - 86.5 MBThe pandemic has changed the concept of physical stores – do we still need them, what’s their purpose now, and how should they change to stay relevant? And what about the stuff we buy – do we need to have the same things we bought before the pandemic, and do we still need to shop for so much of it? We talk with two retail experts about how the coronavirus has shaken up the industry, how our consumer spending habits are shifting, and what shopping will look like in the future. GUESTS * D...
This Changes Everything #15: New Types of Trips and Travel Styles
July 04, 2021 18:39 - 48 minutes - 110 MBTravel is bouncing back, but there’s still plenty we don’t know about how the pandemic -- and new variants of the coronavirus -- will play out, either here in California or overseas. And those big unknowns are still dramatically shaping the future of travel. We talk with two California-based travel experts who have been on the road this year about what to expect for local, domestic and international travel, what’s quickly going back to normal, what may be changing permanently, and what’s st...
This Changes Everything #13: How We'll Be Getting Around California
June 19, 2021 22:38 - 1 hour - 154 MBNow that California is reopening, where do we go and how do we get there? This three-part episode focuses on the future of transportation in the state, from clean cars and electric trucks to high-speed rail and highway removals. We're talking with three people who are working on innovations in all those areas. GUESTS * Part 1: Robert Powers, general manager of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART ) * Part 2: Craig Segall, deputy executive officer of mobile sources and incentives at California's A...
This Changes Everything #12: Covid's Effect on Cities, Suburb and Small Towns
June 13, 2021 01:46 - 49 minutes - 113 MBThe pandemic has re-shifted our priorities, particularly where we want to live and work. For many Californians, that location may be a different one than the place they were living before the coronavirus hit. And that’s causing major changes in cities, suburbs and small towns across the state. Join us as we talk with two planning and development experts about how the pandemic is changing the urban and rural regions they live and work in, and what those changes mean for California overall. ...
This Changes Everything #11: How Higher Education Will Be Totally Different
June 06, 2021 21:03 - 1 hour - 183 MBAfter more than a year of closed campuses and online-only learning, California’s higher education system has been completely changed in a way that will persist when students head back to class in real life for a new school year. But there are other changes still developing, like: * what's the right mix of face-to-face, virtual and hybrid learning * how to better help students with their mental health, financial aid, and food and housing needs * how to make campuses get more flexible in the ...
This Changes Everything #10: The Outlook for Youth and Young Adults
May 30, 2021 21:17 - 29 minutes - 66.5 MBThis pandemic has been a wild ride for everyone, especially for young Millennials and Generation Z. These teens and 20-somethings are dealing with some turbulent stuff -- mental health issues, remote learning, a rocky economy and job market -- during some pivotal life stages. On the other hand, what happened in 2020 made many young people far more aware of politics and activism, and their generation is set to take over the economy in just a decade. So what are the specific ups and downs...
This Changes Everything #9: Dating, Relationships and a "Hot Vax Summer"
May 30, 2021 21:16 - 39 minutes - 90.5 MBRemember when a first date often involved dinner and a movie, a few drinks in a crowded bar, and if things went well, a goodnight kiss? 2020 changed all that with social distancing, mask-wearing and the threat of catching a deadly disease. But right now, when every adult is eligible for vaccination, what does this summer -- and the future -- hold for modern dating, romance and relationships? GUESTS * Paul Eastwick, professor of psychology at UC Davis and head of the university’s Attracti...
This Changes Everything #8: Will Parents Get a Better Work/Life Balance?
May 16, 2021 15:22 - 42 minutes - 97 MBWhat does the future hold for working parents in California? Will the childcare crisis, homeschooling debacle and issues involving remote work and essential work put us on a new path to better work-life balance? Are the federal and state governments going to make parenting easier to do going forward? And how can we use what we’ve learned during the pandemic to ensure that raising kids while working full-time fills us with happiness instead of with heartburn? We talk with two people who f...
This Changes Everything #7: California's Plan for Your Senior-Citizen Years
May 09, 2021 20:19 - 41 minutes - 95.2 MBCOVID-19 caused the early deaths of many seniors, but even as we see the light at the end of the tunnel, the big issues of aging and senior care in California won't be easing up. The new Census data shows that California keeps getting older, and by the year 2030, nearly a quarter of our population will be over age 65. That affects nearly everything in this state, including housing, pensions, jobs and of course, healthcare. That’s why California has created a new Master Plan of Aging to addr...
This Changes Everything #6: How to Improve Our Public Health System
May 02, 2021 19:43 - 35 minutes - 81.7 MBEven though coronavirus infections have sharply dropped, and the CDC is relaxing the rules around masks and mingling, what are we going to do about California’s healthcare system and our shell-shocked hospitals? How can we make sure we prevent so many unnecessary deaths among the people who cook our food, clean our houses, take care of our kids and do all the essential work we rely upon them for? Join us as we talk with Elaine Batchlor, M.D. -- or "Dr. B" for short -- the CEO of Martin Luth...
This Changes Everything #5: Doing Business in California: The Workers' Point of View
April 25, 2021 19:25 - 47 minutes - 108 MBWith recent headlines about scandals and snafus at Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, tech workers in Silicon Valley are fed up with doing business as usual, and they’re fighting back. Software coders and engineers who earn six-figure salaries are joining forces with the lower-paid workers who make their tech campuses run and embracing the idea of labor unions. in this episode, we’re talking with two people who believe in the power of collective action to make Silicon Valley a more...
This Changes Everything #5: Doing Business in California - The Workers' Point of View
April 25, 2021 19:25 - 47 minutes - 108 MBWith recent headlines about scandals and snafus at Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, tech workers in Silicon Valley are fed up with doing business as usual, and they’re fighting back. Software coders and engineers who earn six-figure salaries are joining forces with the lower-paid workers who make their tech campuses run and embracing the idea of labor unions. in this episode, we’re talking with two people who believe in the power of collective action to make Silicon Valley a more...
This Changes Everything #4: Doing Business in California - The CEOs' Point of View
April 25, 2021 18:52 - 46 minutes - 107 MBThirteen months of statewide shutdowns have meant shuttered doors and bankruptcies for businesses in all types of industries, and the exodus of companies leaving California for other states seems to have accelerated. Governor Gavin Newsom has promised that the state will be fully open for business by June 15 if all goes well, but how many businesses will make it to that date? And will they be able to recover and thrive in a post-pandemic economy? We’re talking to two CEOs in industries that ...
This Changes Everything #3: Back to School
April 11, 2021 21:54 - 28 minutes - 65.8 MBWhen kids go back to in-person learning, what will that be like? How will the classroom be set up? How will school administrators handle the needs of their students, parents and teachers? And how will California’s public schools be different, for better or for worse, when the new school year begins? We’re asking these questions to David Miyashiro, superintendent of the Cajon Valley Union School District. His was one of the few in California, and the nation, to keep schools open for in-per...
This Changes Everything #2: Back to Work
April 04, 2021 19:01 - 53 minutes - 121 MBIn this episode, we’re taking a look at The Future of Work in California – how we’ll be doing it, and where we’ll be doing it from. In Part One, we’re talking about the post-pandemic office, and what it will look like, with two people in the Bay Area who are designing it now - Christopher Good, creative director of One Workplace, and Melissa Pesci, a principal at HGA Architecture in San Francisco. Then it’s a conversation with Adam D’Angelo, CEO of the technology firm Quora. Last June, he ...
This Changes Everything #1: The Future of News in California
March 28, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBIn this first episode, we’re taking a look at The Future of News in California, and how the pandemic has added more stress to local newspapers, which are already in a downward spiral. If they keep cutting back, or close for good, how will we Californians get our news? We’re talking about that with: * Colleen McCain Nelson, the brand new editor in chief of the Sacramento Bee, and regional editor of the McClatchy company’s four other newspapers in California * Jeff VonKaenel (pictured top ri...
This Changes Everything: Our New Podcast Series
March 26, 2021 14:47 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MBWe're doing a new podcast series about California's post-pandemic future. Here's a quick intro so you know what to expect. Episodes will drop weekly between March 28 and July 4.
What Does Systemic Change Look Like #2: Xavier Brown & Assemblyman Kevin McCarty Talk Politics
July 19, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 142 MBWe're doing a specific group of podcasts in July -- conversations focused on what systemic change looks like, particularly here in California, in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Each conversation has two people: a young leader who has galvanized others by speaking out and leading demonstration and campaigns, and a "veteran" activist/ decision makers who has been working on race equity and justice issues for decades. For this podcast, we're looking at some proposed laws on racial justice an...
What Does Systemic Change Look Like: Stevante Clark and Chief Bob Harrison Talk Police Reform
July 19, 2020 23:00 - 53 minutes - 123 MB** This conversation was recorded on July 13 ** We're doing a specific group of podcasts in July -- conversations focused on what systemic change looks like, particularly here in California, in the wake of George Floyd’s death. Each conversation features two people: a young leader who has galvanized others by speaking out and leading demonstration and campaigns, and a "veteran" activist/ decision maker who has been working on race equity and justice issues for decades. This conversation i...
The New Normal in California #9: The Future of Restaurants
May 21, 2020 00:25 - 56 minutes - 130 MB** This podcast was recorded on May 18 ** NOTE: Forgive us for the spots of glitchy audio in this one -- they're worst in the first 4-5 minutes, and then it gets better. Such is podcasting during Pandemic Time! After nearly two months in lockdown, restaurant owners got their first concrete guidelines for opening up again when the state of California issued a 12-page document with 99 new regulations covering everything from physical partitions and closed bars to dishwasher goggles and table ...
The New Normal in California, #8: Strategies for Keeping Your Mental Health Strong and Sound
May 17, 2020 23:02 - 37 minutes - 86.1 MBIn this episode, we’re talking about how to keep our mental health and our sanity intact during Pandemic Time. Dr. Peter Yellowlees, Chief Wellness Officer at UC Davis Health System, has been writing a newsletter called “Good Stuff” about how to keep one’s mental health in good shape. He started writing it when the pandemic began, specifically for essential workers on the frontlines at UC Davis Medical Centers. But because his advice is applicable to other people stressed out by the current ...
The New Normal in California, #7: TV and Podcast Picks for "Pandemic Time"
May 15, 2020 01:58 - 1 hour - 160 MBIf you’re running out of things to watch on streaming TV or favorite podcasts to listen to, have we got suggestions for you. We talked with a few people who read books, watch TV and produce podcasts for a living, and they gave us great suggestions for what to tune into during this “Pandemic Time." Listen to their picks for current news, "comfort food" selections, for kids, learning new skills and hobbies, and episodes that will make us escape from reality, connect with others, and celeb...
The New Normal in California #6: Grocery Stores in Pandemic Time, or Where's the Toilet Paper?
May 13, 2020 00:38 - 38 minutes - 87.2 MB** This Q&A was recorded on May 8, 2020** We’re taking a look at California’s grocery stores -- how they’ve handled becoming the “public square” that everyone is still allowed to go to, and all the stressful issues that go along with it, from ensuring the health and safety of their front-line employees, to making sure there’s enough toilet paper, flour and beef cuts on the shelves. And now, with more people using e-commerce to get their groceries delivered, and cooking more meals at home...
The New Normal in California #5: Fixing the Broken Food Supply Chain
May 03, 2020 21:02 - 1 hour - 147 MBIn this episode, we’re taking a look at California’s food supply chain – how it’s under stress, and even breaking, because of the coronavirus crisis. We’re talking with a couple of people who are literally “in the field” and seeing how pandemic-induced glitches in the food supply chain are playing out. First is Evan Wiig, communications director for the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, which is helping California’s small farms get through the pandemic by matchmaking them with food b...
The New Normal in California #4: One Chef's Plan to Feed California and Save Its Restaurants
April 27, 2020 21:26 - 39 minutes - 90.2 MBIn this episode, we’re taking a look at California’s restaurant industry – the efforts happening now to keep it going, and what it will look like after the pandemic is over. Our guest to explain all that today is Patrick Mulvaney, chef and owner of Mulvaney’s B&L in Sacramento. Like many other restaurants, Mulvaney’s B&L closed its doors once the shutdown started, but that’s when Patrick Mulvaney started cooking up his biggest project yet: serving thousands of meals to Sacramento’s most v...
The New Normal in California #3: Ordinary People Doing Amazing Things
April 22, 2020 03:27 - 1 hour - 141 MBIn this episode (taped April 19), we’re talking with a couple of everyday people who are doing amazing things in this New Normal -- and got their local communities to step up by offering volunteer time, skills and financial support. First up: Cris Stellar, owner of Dry Diggins Distillery, who pivoted from brewing spirits for cocktails to making hand sanitizers and disinfectant sprays for California medical and law-enforcement workers. In the second half, Alan Puccinelli talks about his Oper...
The New Normal in California #2: How Will This Thing (Hopefully) End?
April 17, 2020 01:11 - 51 minutes - 118 MBOver the next few weeks – or however long it takes before we are allowed to leave our houses again – we’ll be looking at the ways our coronavirus-affected lives are changing over the short- and long-term, and talking with Californians making significant change in this New Normal. In episode #1 of this series, we talked with a UC Davis epidemiologist about how COVID-19 got its start. In this episode, we‘re asking the question: How will it meet its end? How close are we to a vaccine? Will it k...
The New Normal in California #1: How Did This Thing Get Started?
April 16, 2020 22:55 - 57 minutes - 132 MBDoing live, in-person events is off the table for a while, but we’re still interviewing Californians doing groundbreaking things during “Pandemic Time.” So here is our podcast series “The New Normal in California.” Over the next few weeks – or however long it takes before we get the all-clear to leave our houses again – we’ll be looking at the ways our coronavirus-affected lives are changing over the short- and long-term, and talking with Californians making significant change in this New N...
Groundbreakers Q&A: The Women Training Other Women to Run for Political Office -- and Win
March 14, 2020 23:48 - 1 hour - 183 MB2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, so we’re running a Q&A series this year called “The Women in Charge,” focusing on California women who are doing groundbreaking things in policy and politics, both here in the Golden State and around the nation. Because it’s also an Election Year, we’re going to talk with the women in charge of getting other women inspired to run for political office, funding them so they can go the distance, and t...
Christine Pelosi and "The Nancy Pelosi Way"
February 22, 2020 21:05 - 1 hour - 195 MBMom knows best . . . especially when she’s the Speaker of the House. So Christine Pelosi decided to write a book about her mom, Nancy, the homemaker and mother of five who became a Congresswoman from San Francisco and is now the most powerful woman in U.S. politics. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, so we've started a new Q&A series called “The Women in Charge,” focusing on California women who are doing groundbreaking things in pol...
Food for Thought: Meatless Meat, Plant-Based Dairy and the New "Alt Proteins"
February 08, 2020 21:27 - 1 hour - 203 MBA new food economy is taking root in places like the dairy section of grocery stores and the drive-thrus of Burger King. Plant-based and lab-made meat, cheese, ice cream and even sushi are appearing more regularly on menus, and many of the companies creating them are based here in the Golden State. The Age of Animal Protein — with its environmental, ethical and health baggage — seems to be giving way to the Age of Alternative Protein. But are these newfangled proteins all they’re supposed ...
Policy and a Pint: California's Chief Business and Economic Advisor Lenny Mendonca
November 24, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 208 MB** This podcast was recorded on November 18, 2019** Our final “Policy and a Pint” of 2019 is with a former farm boy from the Central Valley who is now Gavin Newsom’s go-to guy for advice on California ‘s economy and business affairs, and also chair of the state’s High Speed Rail project. Lenny Mendonca grew up milking cows on his family’s farm in Turlock, but he was the first one in his family to go to college -- Harvard University -- where he became student body president. A Stanford M...
Policy and a Pint: How California Is Changing "Gig Economy" Employment
November 20, 2019 01:30 - 1 hour - 203 MBIs the jig up for the “Gig Economy” in California? Governor Gavin Newsom just signed California’s Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) legislation into law — and it’s one of the most contentious bills this year that we’ll probably still be talking about (and voting on) during Election Year 2020. AB5, which kicks in on January 1, changes the test used to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. The legislation will affect at least one million workers, ranging from ride-hail...
Icebreaker Q&A: Talking Wildfire Season with California's Chief Firefighter
October 29, 2019 00:24 - 1 hour - 139 MBWith fires blazing yet again in Wine Country and the hills of Los Angeles, PG&E power outages, and historic, triple-digit-m.p.h. windstorms blowing through the state, we thought it would be a good time to talk with someone who could help us make some sense of all this Wildfire Season craziness, someone with 30-plus years of experience dealing with it on a daily basis. So we sat down with California's top firefighter Ken Pimlott, the just-retired head of Cal Fire, who was in charge over the p...
Groundbreakers Q&A: Architecture and Urban Planning with Kristopher Barkley and Nikky Mohanna
October 13, 2019 20:18 - 1 hour - 229 MBKristopher Barkley and Nikky Mohanna are two people who are literally changing the shape of Sacramento’s skyline. They’re designing and constructing buildings that aim to show off the Capitol City at its best, and they’re striving to innovate the places in which we live, work and play. Barkley, who has just hit the 30-year mark at Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture (which is about to celebrate its 70th birthday), has designed or contributed to nearly all of the firm’s projects, including rem...
Food for Thought: Getting "Farm to Fork" into California's Public Schools
October 06, 2019 20:21 - 1 hour - 212 MBEating local, sustainable and seasonal is something we hear a lot in the “Farm-to-Fork” capital city of Sacramento. Is that message making its its way to school lunchrooms here as well? Many school districts are trying to get local ingredients on the menu. And other organizations, from Bay Area startups to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, are helping them out with a big push to promote healthy eating and local agriculture. But three questions: How will school districts pay...
Policy and a Pint: How to Handle Living in a High-Risk Wildfire Zone
September 24, 2019 01:36 - 1 hour - 184 MBWe took a road trip to hold this conversation (our 50th event!) at the lovely Gold Rush town of Auburn because, according to Cal Fire maps, it sits in the “high” risk zone of wildfire hazards, and it’s right next to the “very high” risk zone that includes much of the Sierra Nevadas, including Paradise, Grass Valley and Nevada City, and all of Lake Tahoe. In fact, one in four Californians live in a high- or very-high risk wildfire zone. So a lot of people are at risk of being hit when the ...
Groundbreakers Q&A with UC Davis Chancellor Gary May
September 16, 2019 00:28 - 1 hour - 162 MBIt’s a special “Back to School” edition of Groundbreakers Q&A as we sit down with Gary May, Chancellor of UC Davis, and talk with him about his vision and goals for UC Davis and the Sacramento region, and his take on the state of higher-education today — the college admission scandals, massive student loan debt, improving diversity levels and graduation rates, boosting students’ STEM skills and career opportunities while trying to find them affordable housing and food. We’ll also ask him ...
Policy and a Pint: Can We Fix California's Crazy Cannabis Market?
September 07, 2019 20:36 - 1 hour - 227 MB** This podcast was recorded live on August 28, 2019** On the surface, the legal cannabis business looks like the greatest thing since sliced bread to hit California’s tax coffers. Sorry to harsh your buzz, but no. California's cannabis industry is an absolute mess. In May, the Governor’s office released state budget documents showing that it has cut cannabis tax revenue projections of $1 billion by a whopping $223 million through 2020, so it’s only expecting $288 million this year, and $3...
Pop-up Panel: Travel and Tourism in the Central Valley
July 19, 2019 00:34 - 1 hour - 206 MB*This event was recorded on July 10, 2019 * Sacramento is still sometimes called “that place halfway between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe.” And travelers often drive to those two tourist attractions without stopping to see what’s in between them. But that’s changing. Sacramento is dedicated to turning the Old Sacramento waterfront into a new type of tourism draw. The town of Winters in Yolo County just got selected by USA Today as one of the country’s best small-town food scenes. And Lodi,...
Groundbreakers Q&A with State Senator Scott Wiener
July 07, 2019 18:41 - 1 hour - 183 MB** This discussion was recorded on June 26, 2019** State Senator Scott Wiener, who represents San Francisco, has made waves since he came to Sacramento in 2016. His efforts to build more housing around public transportation and in wealthy suburbs have made his legislation the most talked-about so far this year at the Capitol, and in the media. He’s also famous for his proposal to “keep the bars open till 4 a.m.”, citing the cultural and economic benefits of nightlife. Wiener compares S...
Policy and a Pint: Talking "Wildfire Season" with Wade Crowfoot, Secretary of Natural Resources
June 09, 2019 20:26 - 1 hour - 182 MB** This conversation was recorded on June 4, 2019 ** Wildfire Season is here! (Although in California, it’s now almost year-round, right?) To find out how the Golden State is planning for it, we talked with the man who is now responsible for a lot of those fire management and firefighting efforts — Wade Crowfoot, California’s new Secretary for Natural Resources. He’s in charge of CAL Fire and the Departments of Water Resources, Fish and Wildlife, and Parks and Recreation. Basically, Crowfoo...
Grapes and Groundbreakers: Talking and Tasting Sacramento-Grown Wines
June 02, 2019 22:09 - 48 minutes - 110 MB** This event was recorded on May 23, 2019** California is known for its amazing wines and its innovative, offbeat ways of growing, producing and marketing them. So in our offbeat and innovative way, we’re going doing a new type of tasting, mixing plenty of great wine with good gab by California Groundbreakers who turn grapes into liquid bliss. Our wine pros this time around are: * Andrew Willsen, manager and sommelier at top Sacramento restaurants including Mulvaney’s B&L, the Waterboy...
Groundbreakers Q&A: Chefs Rick Mahan and Patrick Mulvaney
May 05, 2019 21:26 - 1 hour - 130 MB**This event was recorded on April 30, 2019** This "Groundbreakers Q&A" is with two guys who know their way around a kitchen. Rick Mahan and Patrick Mulvaney are Sacramento's Top Chefs. Their restaurants, The Waterboy (opened in 1996) and Mulvaney B&L (in 2006), set the bar for fine dining in Sacramento, and they're still atop the list of places worth opening up your wallet for a memorable meal. When they're not cooking, they're still doing plenty to promote good food, boost Farm to For...
Pop-Up Panel: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency - What Are They, and How California Wants Us to Use Them
April 24, 2019 21:26 - 1 hour - 87.3 MB** This conversation was recorded on April 17, 2019** California’s legislature is looking at how to make blockchain and cryptocurrency easier to use here. One bill would set up a structure for regulating virtual-currency business activities in the state. Another would require California to start accepting “stablecoins,” digital currency tied to the U.S. dollar, from cannabis businesses starting in 2020, so they don't have to pay their taxes and fees via briefcases full of cash. And block...
The Future of Transportation in Sacramento
April 13, 2019 00:20 - 1 hour - 110 MB**This discussion was recorded on April 8, 2019** Sacramento is getting attention nationwide for its alt-transportation methods, which focus on smarter, safer and more efficient ways of getting people from A to B, while reducing carbon emissions and traffic congestion in a big way. But it’s not always a smooth ride. There are multiple complaints about how Jump bikes are blocking sidewalks, and Jump scooters are not that safe for their drivers or the people they run into. The City is puttin...