2023: A look back, with Marisa Lagos

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: KQED’s Marisa Lagos joins us for a look back at the biggest stories of the past year. Lagos is a correspondent for KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk and co-hosts a weekly show and podcast, Political Breakdown. We discuss Governor Newsom’s year, hot labor Summer, the success of the YIMBY movement, the death of Dianne Feinstein and arrival of Laphonza Butler, and much, much more.  Plus, we offer up our pick for who had the Worst Week in California Politics.

1:06 Biggest stories: The Governor

1:51 Labor

2:36 Staff unionization

4:22 Tia Orr and SEIU

5:35 Reggie Jones-Sawyer

6:46 New Speaker: Robert Rivas

8:25 Generational shift

9:17 Surprises?

10:03 Pendulum swing on Housing

13:55 All politics Aren’t local

15:07 “None of us saw Laphonza Butler coming”

18:14 Where is Barbara Lee?

19:40 Anna Eshoo 

21:34 Tough state to campaign in

22:07 Kevin McCarthy

23:23 Mental Health Reform

25:05 Shoutout to Dana Williamson

30:26 Big issues for 2024?

31:56 Ballot initiatives

37:18 #WWCA: Jason Vasser