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:
Trump versus California on so many policy decisions: immigration, DACA, and what is next for the Dreamers. Healthcare, environment, taxes, national monuments and on and on and on. There's been a political as well as a policy disconnect between Washington and Sacramento.
I think one of the most impactful stories was the story which changed politics, entertainment, business, feminism and even our culture and that's the "me too" story.
Remember this is a story that began in California — that firestorm over producer Harvey Weinstein. And that has burned all the way to Washington, to Silicon Valley, to Sacramento. It's brought down not only major names in entertainment like Kevin Spacey and Louis C.K. but media, Charlie Rose. In Congress: Al Franken and John Conyers. And as we mentioned, it's already sparked the resignation of two Assemblymen and placed enormous pressure on state Senator Tony Mendoza also to resign. He's hanging on, but he's been stripped of leadership positions.
This is important because Sacramento is now under pressure to change in a big way.