Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
This week on State of Affairs, the latest on embattled state senator Leland Yee, the final price tag on Made in America and whatever happened to L.A.'s ban on fracking?
Southern California Public Radio's political reporter Alice Walton and Regional Desk editor Chris Knap join Take Two to discuss more.
Let's begin with Leland Yee. He was arrested back in March, and is now facing racketeering and conspiracy charges. Some news this week about how and when he'll be tried. Chris, can you bring us up to date?
And now to the Made in America Festival. This was the big Jay-Z backed concert held in Grand Park over Labor Day weekend. Alice, you've been keeping a close eye on this. The final tab came in. What's the total damage? How much of this will taxpayers be on the hook for?
Chris, let's move southward to the city of Anaheim and talk about the controversial Measure L. Remind us what this was about. Does this new system go into effect right away?
The L.A. City Council voted yesterday on a settlement that might finally shed some light on how millions of dollars in DWP funds were spent by two nonprofits. Alice, what's the latest?
Now back to Chris with a look at last week's election. There were a number of California Congressional races which looked like they were following the national trend: Republicans taking over a Congressional seat from a Democrat. Yesterday the county Registrars updated the vote counts. What do the new numbers show?
Finally Alice, it's been nine months since the Los Angeles City Council voted to ban fracking. This week the Planning Department released a report showing that ban never took effect. What went wrong here?