Will Swaim is the CEO of the California Policy Center and, with David L. Bahnsen, a co-host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast.
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Alex Padilla Can’t Get Arrested
Handcuffed and released after he blasted into a 2025 DHS press conference in Los Angeles, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla is still fighting ICE… but nobody cares.
Handcuffed and released after he blasted into a 2025 DHS press conference in Los Angeles, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla is still fighting ICE... but nobody cares. The L.A. Times makes it through an entire story about flooding without once referencing “climate change.” Bonus Track: Will talks with wealth manager Bill Exeter about La Mesa’s decision to appoint a 20-year-old UCLA undergrad as the city’s treasurer. Music by Metalachi.
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Show Notes:
- Exceptionally high tides will swamp California, ‘likely to get worse before it gets better’
- California votes. Trump’s Justice Department panics
- Sen. Alex Padilla makes surprise visit to Sacramento ICE facility. What he found
- AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see ‘no point’ in grading homework
- It’s Not Your Mom’s League of Women Voters
- Hollister Council fires City Manager Ana Cortez
- The City of Hollister Hasn’t Decided What It’s For
- Fresno County library privatization push effectively dead after fierce opposition
- San Joaquin County balks at $2 million gift for UOP medical school
- Karen Bass Needs the Voters Who Hate Her Most
Bill Exeter, La Mesa Treasurer’s Race:
La Mesa appoints its youngest officeholder ever, 20-year-old UCLA student, as treasurer
This week’s advertising sponsor: California Center for Nonprofit Law
David L. Bahnsen is the managing partner of a wealth-management firm and a frequent writer and public commentator on matters of economics, faith and work, and markets.




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