State of Affairs: Gov. Brown's big pitch to lawmakers as cap-and-trade vote looms

California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, joined by Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, urges members of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee to approve a pair of climate change bills, Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. The committee advanced the the bills, AB 398, that would extend the state's cap and trade program. and AB617. that is intended to improve air quality around oil refineries. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Governor Jerry Brown told Sacramento lawmakers on Thursday that the upcoming cap-and-trade extension will be the "most important vote of your life."

California Governor Jerry Brown told Sacramento lawmakers on Thursday the upcoming cap-and-trade extension will be the "most important vote of your life."

Brown is spending a lot of political capital to push through a package of environmental legislation, which would include preserving past 2020 his signature legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions by California businesses. The vote has already been delayed once. It's now scheduled for Monday. Meanwhile, state lawmakers are looking to use the cap-and-trade deal as their opportunity to strike a compromise on affordable housing.

Plus, California's Attorney General is vowing to defend Dreamers from deportation. Xavier Becerra could even find himself in an unlikely alliance with the Trump administration to protect DACA.

It's all in this week's State of Affairs, our weekly look at politics in the Golden State.

GUESTS:

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, professor of Public Policy at USC Carla Marinucci, Senior Editor for Politico's California Playbook

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