It’s All Political
250 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 94 ratingsIt’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth & Mission podcast. You can hear It's All Political on Fifth & Mission by subscribing to Fifth & Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.
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A Cannabis Tax Revolt is Coming in California
December 13, 2021 09:00 - 30 minutesMikey Steinmetz, co-founder of the Flow Kana cannabis brand, tells host Joe Garofoli he's so frustrated with the industry’s high taxes and regulations that he says he’s not going to pay cultivation taxes next year if Gov. Newsom and the Legislature don't help out California’s legal growers and sellers. Get unlimited Chronicle access for 26 weeks for 99 cents: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Michael Tubbs Plans to End Poverty in California
December 06, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutesAs mayor of Stockton, Michael Tubbs started a national trend when he launched a universal basic income (UBI) pilot program in which 130 families received $500 a month, no strings attached. Now he's about to launch a new anti-poverty program in California — and he's talking about his new memoir. Get unlimited Chronicle access for 26 weeks for 99 cents: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
San Francisco's Archbishop on Abortion and Not Being Vaccinated
December 01, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutesConservative Catholic bishop Salvatore Cordileone talks about the Supreme Court hearing a Mississippi case that could overturn Roe vs. Wade. And he breaks some news on his vaccination status. Get unlimited Chronicle access for 26 weeks for 99 cents: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jackie Speier on Her Retirement Announcement
November 16, 2021 20:36 - 24 minutesThe Democrat, who first ran for office after she was wounded in the Jonestown massacre in 1978, has represented San Mateo County and part of San Francisco for decades and has been in Congress since 2008. She announced Tuesday that she won't seek reelection in 2022. She talks with host Joe Garofoli and reporters Tal Kopan and Kevin Fagan of The Chronicle about her decision. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
San Francisco Housing Politics Go Statewide
November 11, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutesIn this episode of the Fifth & Mission podcast, It's All Political host Joe Garofoli joins Heather Knight and Cecilia Lei to talk about the Board of Supervisors' rejection of a housing project, and what it means politically. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Youngkin's Virginia Win: Could It Happen in California?
November 03, 2021 17:21 - 21 minutesThe Republican's upset victory over Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the governor's race shocked many. Could something like it happen in super-blue California? Tal Kopan and Joe Garofoli talk about Youngkin's strategy: Less Trump, more parents. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congressional Underdogs’ Uphill Fight Against Incumbents
November 01, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesJoseph Rocha and Tamika Hamilton have overcome long odds their whole lives. Now Rocha, a Democrat from the San Diego area, is challenging one of the richest members of the House, Darrell Issa. Hamilton, a Republican from Dixon, is making a second run at longtime incumbent John Garamendi. They talk to Joe Garofoli about the challenges they face in trying to break into one of the nation’s most exclusive clubs: Congress. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad ...
Adam Schiff on the Crisis in Democracy
October 21, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesRep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, returns to talk to Joe Garofoli about his new book, “Midnight in Washington,” and share insider stories on Donald Trump, Robert Mueller, Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Devin Nunes and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A $32M Progressive Campaign to Win Texas
September 30, 2021 07:01 - 35 minutesNextGen America, the nation’s largest youth voter organization, is launching a major campaign across eight states. Executive director Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez joins Joe Garofoli to explain why the progressive organization is investing so heavily in Texas, one of the nation’s most conservative states. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What's Next for California GOP After Recall Drubbing?
September 28, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutesJessica Millan Patterson, chairwoman of the California Republican Party, joins Joe Garofoli to talk about the future of the state Republican Party after its failed attempt to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom. Is Larry Elder part of that future? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hakeem Jeffries on Pelosi, Trump, Biggie and Tupac
September 20, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutesRising Democratic Party star Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York chats with Joe Garofoli about possible new taxes in the infrastructure bill, what he's learned from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and more. Famously a fan of fellow Brooklynite Notorious B.I.G. — he quoted him during the first impeachment — Jeffries reveals his favorite Tupac Shakur lyric. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fifth & Mission: Now What for Gavin Newsom?
September 15, 2021 08:00 - 24 minutes"We said yes to pluralism," the governor said after Californians voted overwhelmingly to let him finish his term. With the recall attempt behind him, does Newsom have the wind at his back? Joe Garofoli, Dustin Gardiner and Alexei Koseff join Demian Bulwa on this joint episode of Fifth & Mission and It's All Political. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Listen to Kosseff's interview with Newsom on It's All Political: pod.fo/e/e708c Chronicle election coverage: sfchronicle.com/re...
Gavin Newsom on French Laundry and Other Errors
September 13, 2021 16:34 - 17 minutesAlexei Koseff, the reporter who broke the story of that ill-advised dinner during lockdown, talks to the governor about it on the eve of the recall election. Newsom also discusses his achievements and what he’ll do differently if he’s allowed to finish his term, which polls say he's favored to do. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CNN’s Dana Bash on California’s Two Recalls
September 09, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesThe longtime political correspondent talks to Joe Garofoli about Total Recall: California’s Political Circus, her new podcast series on the 2003 recall that made Arnold Schwarzenegger governor, and compares it to the current recall campaign against Gov. Gavin Newsom. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Crime in California: Is Proposition 47 a Success?
September 07, 2021 08:00 - 41 minutesJoe Garofoli talks criminal justice reform with Lenore Anderson, co-author of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act and co-founder of Californians for Safety and Justice, one of the leading criminal justice reform groups in California. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Good News for Newsom while Elder Dominates GOP Rivals
September 02, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesIn this Total Recall edition of the podcast, Sacramento reporters Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner join host Joe Garofoli to break down a new poll and explore what Republican Larry Elder would do if he became governor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Total Recall Podcast: Can Larry Elder Really Be Governor?
August 25, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutesState Capitol reporters Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner break down the Republican front-runner's chances, preview The Chronicle’s candidate debate Wednesday, and endure host Joe Garofoli's hacky Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonation. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Behind the Scenes of the Barbara Lee Documentary
August 17, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutesEast Bay director Abby Ginzberg talks to Joe Garofoli about “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power,” her new film about the longtime Oakland progressive icon, and about how she convinced a reluctant Lee to participate. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod More It's All Political: Rep. Barbara Lee Gets Personal to Explain Her Politics pod.fo/e/e0443 Barbara Lee Wants a Racial Healing and Truth Commission pod.fo/e/1dd52 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rep. Barbara Lee Gets Personal to Explain Her Politics
August 16, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesThe Oakland Democrat and progressive icon rarely discusses her private life, especially its most painful chapters. But she does so here as she chats with Joe Garofoli about a new documentary about her, “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power.” | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Gavin Newsom Could Get Recalled
July 29, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom seemed to be on a gilded path to surviving a recall attempt against him. But new polling shows that likely voters are now split on whether to boot Newsom out of office on Sept. 14. Chronicle reporters Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner explain what’s going on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can a Tough on Crime ex-Republican Be California's A.G.?
July 26, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesSacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert is running like a traditional Republican. But she's running as an independent candidate after leaving the GOP. Among Joe Garofoli's questions: Can she win without the party’s backing? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can Media Star/Policy Wonk Lanhee Chen Make the Jump to Politics?
July 06, 2021 11:00 - 37 minutesCalifornian Lanhee Chen is the GOP policy wonk who regularly turns up on Sunday political chat shows. On today’s podcast, the former policy director for Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio announces his plans to run for office in California -- and the challenges he faces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Can This Republican Be California’s Next Attorney General?
July 04, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutesNathan Hochman has never run for elective office, but the ex-George W. Bush-era Justice Department attorney and federal prosecutor promises to be tougher on crime than Democrat Attorney General Rob Bonta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rob Bonta Says He’s "The People’s Attorney" Not the "Top Cop"
July 01, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutesCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta is the most progressive person to hold the position in a long time. He will soon find out if California voters agree with his stances on how to discipline bad cops, whether to eliminate cash bail and ending the death penalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are Republicans Softening on LGBTQ Issues?
June 20, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutesA new Gallup poll says that for the first time, a majority of Republicans support same sex marriage -- just four years after only 40% supported it. What’s changed? Log Cabin Republicans managing director Charles Moran guests to explain and talk about the GOP and transgender issues, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dianne Feinstein "Needs to Resign"
June 17, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesYvette Simpson, CEO of the group Democracy for America, brings the heat to Democrats who are moving too slowly for progressives — from President Biden's insistence on pursuing bipartisanship to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who Simpson says has stayed in the Senate far too long. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Democrats Are Blowing Their Messaging
June 09, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesA study of the TV ads run during 2020 House races shows Dems are misspending millions of dollars on the wrong messages to the wrong voters. Jenifer Fernandez Ancona of Way To Win, the progressive donor/strategy group that did the study, talks about what the party should do differently. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How to Make Redistricting Sexy
May 28, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesCalifornia Redistricting Commission member Sara Sadhwani explains how redistricting works, how to get involved and what challenges the panel faces — particularly in how to make it intersting enough for Californians to want to get involved. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wealthy Donors: California Isn’t Progressive Enough
May 24, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutesA small group called the California Donor Table is ready to spend $10 million on progressive Legislature and House candidates over the next year — even if they’re going up against fellow Democrats. The group’s executive director, Ludovic Blain, tells Joe Garofoli about the why and how. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Gavin Newsom Wants to Spend Billions
May 21, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesSacramento correspondents Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner break down the governor's revised budget in the wake of a huge tax revenue surplus. Plus: What bills got suddenly killed in the Legislature and why a live bear was on the campaign trail with one of Newsom's GOP opponents in the recall campaign. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jaime Harrison on Wokeness and the "Joke" of Kevin McCarthy
May 19, 2021 08:00 - 27 minutesThe New Democratic National Committee chairman talks about how Democrats will try to hold the House and Senate, what he thinks of the House Minority Leader and whether he agrees with James Carville that the Democratic Party is “too woke.” | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer Carroll Foy Could Be America’s First Black Female Governor
May 11, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutesJennifer Carroll Foy faces an uphill battle in her race to be Virginia’s governor. But unlike many politicians, she’s faced more than her share of challenges, from being one of the first women to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute to dealing with tough times financially. As she says, “I don’t have to empathize because I understand.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hawaii Sen. Maize Hirono’s Immigrant Story
May 05, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutesMany Americans first learned about Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono during her tough questioning of Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court hearings. She shares her long journey from growing up poor in Hawaii to how she is leading the fight against attacks against the AAPI community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Is This Nancy Pelosi’s Last Term?
April 30, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesSusan Page, author of the new biography, “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power” talks about what shaped Pelosi, her relationship with AOC and when she might retire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pramila Jayapal Grades Biden’s 100 Days
April 28, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesThe progressive caucus leader supported Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2020. But the Washington congresswoman says that — so far — he’s not just listening to progressives, he’s incorporating their ideas. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Vote for Joe in the Webby Awards! bit.ly/JoeVote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Getting Cops Out of the 911 Business
April 26, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutesCalifornia state Sen. Sydney Kamlager wants to change how police respond to nonviolent emergency calls. Her legislation is based, in part, on her experience when she called 911 after an ex-boyfriend showed up at her house. She's had emergencies since that experience, but she's never again called 911. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Can Politics Be More Inclusive?
April 20, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesSwati Mylavarapu, who went from Silicon Valley VC to top Pete Buttigieg fundraiser, talks about her journey as the child of immigrants in Florida — and her efforts to get "non-political" people to be more active in civic life. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How Rich People Hurt the Rest of Us
April 13, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutesJournalist Michael Mechanic talks about his new book, "Jackpot: How the Super-rich Really Live — and How Their Wealth Harms Us All." Wealthy Americans have rigged the system. What can be done to change it? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fifth & Mission: Polling on Recall is Good News for Newsom
March 31, 2021 08:00 - 17 minutesJoe Garofoli joins Demian Bulwa on the Chronicle’s flagship podast discussing a new poll that shows that opponents of California Gov Gavin Newsom have a lot of work to do. A strong 56% of likely voters oppose the recall, compared to 40% backing it. Meanwhile, Newsom’s job approval rating among likely voters is 53%, virtually unchanged from the before the pandemic that ignited anger against him. Joe explains the numbers, how the pandemic is at the center of recall momentum, and how leading Dem...
A Bay Area Congressman's Near-death Experience
March 25, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutesRep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, who was on a ventilator last year, talks with Joe Garofoli and Tal Kopan about where Washington may land on a $15 minimum wage, his friendship with AOC and his former life as a Republican. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Medicare for All: The Politics Are Changing
March 24, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutesTop Bernie Sanders advisor Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, author of the new book “Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide,” talks to Joe Garofoli about how the drive for a single-payer health plan is growing — but it’s going to take a while to succeed. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Exit Interview: John Diaz
March 19, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutesJohn Diaz is retiring after 25 years as The Chronicle’s editorial page editor. He talks about the national leaders he’s watched from the beginning -- like Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom -- and what editorials he’d want a do-over on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gavin Newsom Recall: Everything You Need to Know
March 17, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutesJoshua Spivak of The Recall Elections Blog explains the challenges faced by those who want to oust the governor, as well as how long the process could take — and how the whole thing might end up benefiting Newsom. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Introducing The Doodler Podcast
March 16, 2021 08:00 - 12 minutesIt's All Political producer King Kaufman joins Joe Garofoli to talk about The Chronicle's new podcast miniseries, The Doodler, about a serial killer who preyed on San Francisco's gay community just as it was starting to gain political power — but was still marginalized enough that a string of murders could escape mainstream notice. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
California Dreaming: Gavin Newsom’s Overly Sunny State of the State Speech
March 10, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutesGov. Gavin Newsom delivered his State of the State speech as California battles the coronavirus pandemic and he likely faces a recall. Sacramento reporters Alexei Koseff and Dustin Gardiner join host Joe Garofoli to break down key points. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Best of IAP: "Stars and Strife": Can America Overcome Hate?
February 25, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutesFilmmaker David Smick and Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome join Joe Garofoli to talk about a new documentary that says America’s "epidemic of hate" is preventing leaders from finding compromise and solving problems. First published Sept. 17, 2020. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shirley Weber, California's First Black Secretary of State
February 22, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutesFrom daughter of an Arkansas sharecropper to top election official in California, Shirley Weber traces her path and and talks about the challenges the state could face in running a recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Phil Matier's Exit Interview
February 05, 2021 17:15 - 45 minutesA Bay Area media institution, Matier covered Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi before they were in politics. As he leaves his Chronicle column, he sits down in Joe Garofoli's back yard to talk about all he's seen. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Have you listened? Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris? podfollow.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kevin Faulconer: Moderate Enough to Challenge Newsom?
February 02, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutesThe former mayor of San Diego is pro-choice, pro-same sex marriage and pro-immigrant rights, and he believes in the science behind climate change. But can even a moderate Republican get elected statewide in California? | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Related: The California GOP’s Great Hope pod.fo/e/17ab4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Senator Alex Padilla Gets Emotional
January 25, 2021 09:00 - 25 minutesCalifornia's newly minted senator, Alex Padilla, the first Latino to represent California and the child of Mexican immigrants, talks to Joe Garofoli about how his background will shape his Senate career. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Have you listened? Chronicled: Who Is Kamala Harris?: podfollow.com/chronicled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices