GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER’S GLOBAL WARMING PLAN; THE FUTURE OF PAY TV IN CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA’S UNIQUE PLACE IN A GLOBAL WORLD; MEETINGS AND EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING
GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER’S GLOBAL WARMING PLAN
The Governor is expected to announce his support for a market-based approach to combat global warming which has drawn criticism from Republicans and business leaders. Larry and Terry Tamminen, Special Advisor to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Larry Gersten, Professor of Political Science at San Jose State University, and Richard Stapler, Spokesman for California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez discuss the political ramifications of the Governor’s plan.
THE FUTURE OF PAY TV IN CALIFORNIA
A new Assembly bill would allow telephone companies to compete directly against cable television providers. The bill’s co-authors, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez and Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, say the legislation would give Californians lower cable television prices and more choice. Opponents say the bill does not assure all customers would have access to all services and that it would create a new formula for determining what revenue could be taxed. Larry and his Lloyd Levine, Assemblyman representing California’s 40th District, Marc Burgat, Director of Government Affairs for the California Cable & Telecommunications Association, Bill Bogaard, Mayor of Pasadena, Regina Costa, Telecommunications Research Director for TURN, The Utility Reform Network, and Professor Adam Clayton Powell III, Director of USC's Integrated Media Systems Center discuss the pros and cons of the pending legislation.
CALIFORNIA’S UNIQUE PLACE IN A GLOBAL WORLD
In this look at California politics, economics and culture, writer Peter Schrag is critical of the state’s current solutions to its many problems. Larry talks with Schrag about his new book, California: America’s High-Stakes Experiment, which addresses the effects of globalization of the California economy and culture and talks about the growing reliance of voters on referendums.
MEETINGS AND EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING
Employees are attending more workplace meetings than ever, but little is known about how employees actually feel about them. A new study reveals some surprising findings: Some people who publicly say they hate meetings, secretly enjoy them. For others, frequent meetings are seen not only as unwelcome interruptions, but barriers to productivity. Larry Mantle talks with the study’s lead author, organizational and industrial psychologist Steven Rogelberg.