Latest Assemblymembers Podcast Episodes
Assembly Democrats Continue the Fight Against Gun Violence
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - June 09, 2022 16:30 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsGun violence is rampant in many places in the United States, even in California. Recent mass shootings have sent an emotional wave of sorrow and pain throughout the country. In the wake of the recent gun violence, Assembly Democrats are continuing to fight back against the gun violence with eigh...
Let's Talk Abortion: Lessons from the Pink Bus
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - June 02, 2022 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsRoe v. Wade guaranteed every woman the right to an abortion. On May 3, 2022, a leak of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade shattered the nation. Protests erupted to fight for reproductive rights while states moved to either protect or destroy abortion access once the official deci...
The AAPI Equity Fund – What it is, Why it’s needed, Who it helps
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 26, 2022 19:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsMay is AAPI Heritage month and this year its also the first anniversary of the AAPI Equity Fund – which was created to assist Community Based Organizations fight back against a rising tide of anti-AAPI hate crimes. Assemblymember Phil Ting – who led the effort to create the AAPI Equity Fund – ex...
Meet the Newest Assembly Democrats - Mike Fong, Lori Wilson and Matt Haney
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 10, 2022 19:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe CA Assembly Democratic Caucus continues to grow and change. Three new Members have joined the Caucus recently. Today we’ll get a chance to meet new Assemblymember Lori Wilson, who was the first black female to serve as a Mayor in Solano County. Assemblymember Matt Haney, a former county supe...
California – A Reproductive Rights Sanctuary
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 05, 2022 19:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsMore than two years ago California designated itself a sanctuary for reproductive rights with the passage of a resolution written by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks. She and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Planned Parenthood’s Stacy Cross met to discuss the reason such a designation was needed...
Ukrainian Resistance Inspiring Californians
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - April 01, 2022 19:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsCalifornia is home to the largest concentration of Ukrainians in the United States. Many, like Ukrainian-American House founder Vlad Skots, still have family in Ukraine. In this episode of Look West Skots tells us what its like to have bombs falling on your homeland. And, Assemblymember Steve Be...
Trans Kids Are Our Kids
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - March 24, 2022 18:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThis episode features a poignant conversation between Assemblymember Alex Lee and Palm Springs Mayor Lisa Middleton because trans rights are under new attacks across much of the country. It started with keeping kids out of sports and bathrooms. Now, states are classifying parents who seek health...
Safe Storage Saves Lives
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - February 28, 2022 19:45 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAssemblymember Laura Friedman talks with her guests about her bill AB 452, which would require schools to inform students' parents or guardians each year about California’s safe storage laws. Look West also catches up with Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez, a teacher and school board trustee, whose district ...
Black History Month: Addressing Health and Wellness
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - February 10, 2022 19:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAssembly Democrats Mike Gipson and medical Dr. Akilah Weber know the real reasons behind poor health outcomes in Black communities. In this Black History Month episode of Look West the Assemblymembers talk openly about health problems in African-American communities, what causes those problems a...
California and Human Rights
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - December 29, 2021 20:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsCalifornia has often led the way on human rights. From the 1959 Unruh Civil Rights Act paving the way for the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 to same-sex marriage to farmworker overtime, California sets the tone that the nation eventually follows. But California isn’t perfect. Look West caught ...
New Year, New Laws
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - December 28, 2021 20:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsCalifornia has new laws going into effect in 2022. Look West took to the streets in Sacramento to see what folks think.
California Action on Missing and Murdered Native Americans
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - November 25, 2021 16:45 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we focus on the history of missing and murdered Native American people and how the allocation of new funds will help Native American communities. Murder is the 3rd leading cause of death for Native American women. In 2019, over 5,500 Native American women were reported missing. ...
Acting on it: Getting Veterans the help they need NOW!
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - November 11, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratings1.8 million veterans live in California. Our state is home to the largest number of veterans in the nation. Regretfully areas like Southern California, is also the where 1 out of every 10 homeless veterans live. We speak to Assembly Veterans Committee Chair Jacqui Irwin, CalVet Deputy Director K...
California is on Fire: How to be Prepared and What to do About It
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - October 14, 2021 18:45 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe state is on fire. Over 7,000 fires and 2.5 million acres have burned in 2021 alone, and the year is not even over yet. In this episode of Look West, Assemblymembers Wood and Bloom discuss the unique ways the fires have impacted their communities, as well as their thoughts on long-term fire p...
MAKING A BABY: Parental Rights and Alternative Methods
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - September 30, 2021 18:45 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAround the world, parents-to-be who aren’t able to make a baby the traditional way wonder whether their rights will be protected if, some day, a donor or surrogate makes parental claims. On the flip side, some potential donors or surrogates hesitate to provide services out of fear of being held ...
COVID-19 and Kids
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - September 03, 2021 19:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe episode begins by talking to kids as they get their vaccine. Julia and her parent discusses vaccines and what she is looking forward to on her way to get vaccinated. Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris and her kids talk about how the pandemic affected their family and how things are changing...
As Life After COVID Begins
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - June 17, 2021 19:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn March 2020 Look West visited with Assemblymembers to find out what life under lockdown was like for them and the State Assembly. In this episode of Look West we catch up with some of those same Assemblymembers to find out what As Life After Covid Begins will be like for them and the Assembly D...
Keeping a Roof Over their Heads…What California is doing to help Tenants and Landlords
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 20, 2021 18:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsCalifornia approved a new law to address the needs of landlords and tenants while avoiding evictions. We spoke to Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Reyes, Assemblymember David Chiu, and advocates of both sides of the rental crisis about how this law was accomplished and what comes next.
Legislative Families: The Story of Gene and Kevin Mullin
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 12, 2021 19:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWe started this episode doing research on the number of people from the same family that have served in the State Legislature. Our first interview was with Gene and Kevin Mullin. A Father and son that have represented the same area in the State Assembly. With the passing of Gene Mullin, we offer...
Legislative Families: The Story of Gene and Kevin Mullin
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 12, 2021 19:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWe started this episode doing research on the number of people from the same family that have served in the State Legislature. Our first interview was with Gene and Kevin Mullin. A Father and son that have represented the same area in the State Assembly. With the passing of Gene Mullin, we offer ...
Connecting Californians: Expanding High Speed Internet
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - May 06, 2021 19:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe COVID-19 pandemic highlighted something many already knew before it struck last year – California needs to expand and improve high speed internet, or broadband, to everyone. Availability, Affordability, Devices and Digital Skills are just a few of the challenges facing Assembly Democrats as ...
Earth Day: A Greener Future
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - April 19, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsLearn about Earth Day and legislation authored by Assembly Democrats that can protect our environment.
Vaccine Equity – Vaccinating All 58
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - March 23, 2021 18:45 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAs California works tirelessly to make sure everyone has access to vaccines, it is left to each individual county to determine how they are distributed. Listen in as Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula speaks with two local health experts Tania Pacheco-Werner, PhD, and Joe Prado about COVID-19 v...
International Women's Day - Women of the California State Assembly
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - March 05, 2021 17:15 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsMarked annually on March 8, International Women's Day is a global day of celebrating the social, cultural and political achievements of women. California continues to lead in the inclusion of women and their leadership. Meet some of the amazing leaders in the CA State Assembly: Majority Leader E...
The State of Water
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - February 26, 2021 16:45 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWater is an issue addressed by the California State Legislature every session. We had the opportunity to speak with Assemblymember Cristina Garcia, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner Horvath, grassroots organizers Susana De Anda, Executive Director of Community Water Center and Michael Claiborne, Dire...
Make A Plan to Get the Vaccine
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - February 16, 2021 20:30 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe novel vaccines are on the cutting edge of science. While the technology has been studied for years, this is the first in-human use of this technology, so some are slow to say Yes to being vaccinated. On this episode Dr. Shirley Weber describes her experience receiving her vaccine. Plus - a c...
Roots and Heritage: Speaker Anthony Rendon
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - January 29, 2021 16:45 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsGet to know Speaker Anthony Rendon like never before. Join us as he shares how a son of Mexican immigrants came to be the Speaker of the CA State Assembly.
Covid-19 Vaccines: Hope is Here
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - January 15, 2021 21:15 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsHope is finally here. Listen to Look West as Dr. Elaine Batchlor and Dr. Jorge Reyno, experts from MLK Hospital in LA talk vaccines with Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, a former first responder. We also chat up two front line health workers who talk about their experiences with the vaccine to ...
New Laws You Should Care About
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - December 21, 2020 23:15 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWith 2020 in the rearview mirror, new laws are coming your way on January 1st. In this episode of Look West you’ll hear from the authors of legislation that will affect millions of Californians in 2021. Listen as Assemblymembers Eloise Gómez Reyes, Mike Gipson, Dr. Shirley Weber, Jacqui Irwin an...
Your New Assembly Legislators
Look West: How California is Leading the Nation - December 07, 2020 16:30 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Assembly Democratic Caucus will continue to be the most diverse majority in the history of the California State Assembly. Joining more than four dozen returning Democratic Assembly Members are five newly elected legislators: Steve Bennett (AD 37 – Ventura), Alex Lee (AD 25 – San Jose), Chris...
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