California Insider

“We have people not just living on the streets, but living in low-income supportive hotels who are going through absolute hell.”

Siyamak sits down with Deon Joseph, senior police officer with the Los …

“When I was young, we were looking at the gang members and saying, ‘Well, that’s what I want to be.’ When are you going to have these kids out there saying, ‘Oh, no, my uncle is out there. He’s 20-so…

“Oh, it’s just 1 percent more. It’s 1 percent more, but that extra 1 percent makes somebody say, ‘You know what? I don’t want to pay 13.9. How about I pay you nothing?'”

Siyamak sits down with Jim Rig…

“The criminal justice system has been fundamentally changed in California, not in a good way.”

Siyamak sits down with Jeff Reisig, district attorney of Yolo County. He shares with us the latest result…

“If you see the pictures, if you see the video, it looks like a third-world country. The crime is off the charts. We have people getting murdered at marijuana grows.”

My guest is Jeremiah LaRue, sheri…

“Criminals [are] just being completely emboldened and empowered to commit more crimes because there’s not a consequence.”

Siyamak sits down with Chad Bianco, sheriff of Riverside County. His departmen…

“Fentanyl right now is the largest killer of individuals between the age of 18 and 45. It exceeds all other causes of death. Every 8.57 seconds, somebody dies of a fentanyl overdose.”

Siyamak sits dow…

“Seventy percent of African American students are not reading at proficiency levels. It’s higher in math—it’s about 80 percent.”

Siyamak sits down with Gloria Romero, former state senator and first fe…

“We interviewed corporate CEOs as to what’s [their] future in California … What we heard back was, ‘We’re thinking of leaving the state, we can’t survive here.'”

Siyamak sits down with Jim Doti, presi…

In 2022 alone, “our Sheriff’s Department … eradicated 1,100 illegal cannabis locations,” says San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe. “They seized 1.4 million plants, cannabis plants, 97 tons of …

“This reparations payment will not do what its adherents say. What it will do is spark ethnic rivalry and racial conflict. That’s what it’ll do.”

Siyamak sits down with Will Swaim, president of the Ca…

“There’s a very specific definition [of] what an actual real gang member is. Never existed in the department, but it was useful just for a political game.”

Siyamak sits down with Alex Villanueva, form…

“It is really disheartening to see what’s going on. I mean, my own kids are wondering whether they should even try [farming]. Because they’re saying ‘dad, doesn’t look like there’s a future.’ And I c…

“The real threat, that if we don’t amp up our storage capability and our capacity, we simply won’t have power. We’ll be living by candlelight.”

Siyamak sits down with Mike Umbro, an energy expert and …

“The State Energy Commission came up with a model that makes no sense at all. But it gives them a way to calculate how big the impact will be, so they can bill you for money.”

Siyamak sits down with D…

“It’s a very helpless feeling. And it’s really bizarre. It’s really awkward to have a child punk you on [a] middle school campus … It’s just mayhem. It’s why teachers want to give up.”

Siyamak sits do…

“I got fed up seeing people die and no one else cares.”

Siyamak sits down with JJ Smith, a concerned resident of San Francisco, who discusses his experience with homelessness.

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“It’s the fun of it. You know, it’s, it’s the thrill. You know, it’s a showing off my car…it’s illegal and reckless and someone can die but they still do it.”

Siyamak sits down with Lili Trujillo Puck…

“A French operator was originally interested in working on California High Speed Rail, and then they walked away … because they thought it would be easier to work with Morocco to put in a high-speed …

These offenders will keep reoffending until they’re stopped.”

Siyamak sits down with Samuel Dordulian, victims attorney and former prosecutor.

Recent reports show that about 7,000 child molesters were …