A Conversation with Sen. Steve Glazer

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: We’re joined today by Democratic Senator Steve Glazer, who represents SD7 in the Bay Area. While Glazer was first elected to the senate in a 2015 Special Election, he has been engaged in politics for four decades, including stints working for Gray Davis, Chief Justice Rose Bird, and two stints – thirty years apart – for Governor Jerry Brown.

Glazer is the only California senator to host own podcast, Table Talk with Senator Steve Glazer. He recently broke news on the podcast, announcing that he will not seek reelection when his term ends. We asked him why, and what he plans to do after leaving office.

We also asked him about the unfolding situation in Israel. Glazer has made many trips to the region, most recently in 2021, where he and a group of lawmakers visited Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the site of a horrendous massacre during the October 7 Hamas attack that left more than 1400 people dead.

SHOW NOTES:

1:11 Why are you not running for reelection?

3:24 Table Talk with Senator Steve Glazer

7:20 Where to now?

9:33 The toxic culture of politics

13:45 Israel

15:15 Kibbutz Kfar Aza

16:52 A California connection?

19:36 Context

21:15 What can be done now?

25:16 The impact on America

28:14 Reflections on media

32:38 Who Had the Worst Week in CA Politics?