A team of vets at UC Davis are creating evacuation plans for the next wildfire -- for animals. On my podcast, I interview UC Davis Veterinary Medicine CA Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) vets about why this is important for human safety too. Listen wherever you get podcasts or here: sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

A piece with poignancy, perspective and peril. What are we going to do about it?

Column: L.A.'s ultimate heartbreak industry isn’t Hollywood. It's local journalism latimes.com/california/sto…

A piece with poignancy, perspective and peril. What are we going to do about it?

Column: L.A.'s ultimate heartbreak industry isn’t Hollywood. It's local journalism latimes.com/california/sto…

An important and strong statement from our Senate leader Mike McGuire

The platforms have contributed to the hollowing out of our independent newsrooms. Now they work to restrict access to news. We need constructive engagement to protect journalism, not bully tactics. Buffy Wicks

Full house here in Rossmoor for a discussion of the insurance crisis. It’s a difficult situation for residents, businesses and homeowners associations like Rossmoor. Climate change forces a recalculation about a fair determination of rates. No time to waste . .

“As long as nuclear weapons exist, there will always be a risk of them being used. So the only way to reduce that risk completely is to eliminate all nuclear weapons' -- Hiroshima, Japan Gov. 湯崎　英彦 on my podcast Table Talk, on all platforms or here: 
sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

I visited Japan recently and spoke with Governor Hidehiko Yuzaki of Hiroshima Prefecture where he shared views on world conflict and nuclear weapons. In this week’s Table Talk, you’ll also hear from Americans touring their special memorial. sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

Worth watching.

If BART is going off a “fiscal cliff”, where are the belt tightening decisions? “BART . . is running more train service than it did before 2020, when it had more than double the ridership. Here’s how bad BART’s operating deficit will be . sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… via San Francisco Chronicle

Is it just me or are others getting record spam emails? I unsubscribe but that seems to make it worse. Should there be a law to make a failure to unsubscribe the same as our ‘do not call’ requirement?

Is it just me or are others getting record spam emails? I unsubscribe but that seems to make it worse. Should there be a law to make a failure to unsubscribe the same as our ‘do not call’ requirement?

I am very appreciative that Gavin Newsom and the CHP are directing new resources to crack down on car thefts in the east bay. These crimes often lead to serious safety issues in communities and it is the proper action to ensure that there is no safe space for these criminals.

How will autonomous vehicles change our daily life? This week on my podcast Table Talk I interview Dan Chatman Glydways and Monarch Tractor about their work on AVs, happening right in our backyards. Listen on all podcast platforms or here: sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

How will autonomous vehicles change our daily life? This week on my podcast Table Talk I interview Dan Chatman Glydways and Monarch Tractor about their work on AVs, happening right in our backyards. Listen on all podcast platforms or here: sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

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This week on my podcast Table Talk: Inside the Legislative Sausage Factory; the backstory on 5 bills affecting health care, lobbyists, housing, BART and taxes and the special interest power that will likely kill them. Available on all platforms, or ⬇️: sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

Thank you BART Office of the Inspector General for your continuing good work:

BART inspector general finds employees cost transit agency thousands in time theft sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… via San Francisco Chronicle

This week on my podcast Table Talk: Inside the Legislative Sausage Factory; the backstory on 5 bills affecting health care, lobbyists, housing, BART and taxes and the special interest power that will likely kill them. Available on all platforms, or ⬇️: sd07.senate.ca.gov/podcasts

“The first amendment is not an open invitation for violence”

On behalf of the CA Legislative Jewish Caucus, we will announce legislation today that would prohibit violence, harassment, intimidation and discrimination from impeding free speech at institutions of higher education. Press advisory and link to a live feed is here: sd07.senate.ca.gov/press-release/…