SacTown Talks

Interview with Dr Eugene Allen

Today we welcome to SacTown Talks, Dr. Eugene Allen. Allen is a doctor, activist, family man, community leader, and is running for Insurance Commissioner 2022. Today, we discuss Dr. Allen's focus, co…

00:24:45 | Mon 16 May 2022

Interview with Chris Micheli

Today we welcome to SacTown Talks, Chris Micheli. Micheli is a Principal at Aprea & Micheli, Inc. and Adjunct Professor at McGeorge School of Law. As a lobbyist, attorney, author, and professor, Mich…

00:47:14 | Fri 13 May 2022

Interview with Asm Tom Lackey

Today we welcome Assemblymember Tom Lackey of the 36th Assembly District, encompassing Antelope Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, and Palmdale. Before his work in the political space, Mr. Lackey was a sp…

00:27:36 | Mon 25 Apr 2022

Interview with Tim Sparapani

Today we welcome Tim Sparapani, a constitutional law advocate and Senior Policy Fellow at CALinnovates, to discuss the past, present, and future of Proposition 22. Tim takes us on a journey from the …

00:25:26 | Mon 18 Apr 2022

Interview with Rick Goddard

Today our guest is Rick Goddard, CEO of Caylym, who joins us to discuss their Guardian system. The Guardian creates a raindrop effect over the target area and using a standard cargo plane, crews can …

00:20:25 | Mon 11 Apr 2022

Interview with Asm. Chris Ward

Today we welcome Assemblymember Christopher Ward of the 78th Assembly District, covering the San Diego coast. He joins us for an in depth look at AB 1771: The California Housing Speculation Act, whic…

00:29:50 | Mon 04 Apr 2022

Interview with Paul MItchell Pt 2

Welcome back for part 2 of our SacTown Talks episode with Paul Mitchell. Paul is an expert on California redistricting: he founded Redistricting Partners, Inc and is the VP of Political Data Intellig…

00:37:44 | Mon 28 Mar 2022

Interview with Paul Mitchell pt. 1

00:38:54 | Mon 21 Mar 2022

Interview with Senator Melissa Hurtado

Today we welcome California Senator Melissa Hurtado of the 14th Senate District which covers parts of the southern Central Valley between Fresno and Bakersfield. She joins us to discuss the water, bu…

00:23:26 | Mon 14 Mar 2022

Interview with Asm. Akilah Weber

Today on the show we have another new face in Sacramento: Dr. Akilah Weber of the 79th Assembly District, which covers much of east San Diego and its suburbs. Dr. Weber is the daughter of California …

00:33:42 | Mon 07 Mar 2022

Interview with Asm. Mia Bonta

Today we welcome California Assemblymember Mia Bonta to the show. Mia won a race in California’s 18th Assembly District covering Oakland and Alameda County to replace her partner, Rob Bonta, who was …

00:26:27 | Mon 28 Feb 2022

Interview with Senator Sydney Kamlager

Today we welcome California State Senator Sydney Kamlager, of the 30th Senate District which covers Century City to South Los Angeles and takes in Culver City, Cheviot Hills, Crenshaw District, USC, …

00:27:31 | Mon 21 Feb 2022

Interview with Matt Haney

Today we welcome San Francisco Supervisor and candidate for the California Assembly Matt Haney. Matt joins us in the thick of his campaign and talks about how he got into politics, why he’s running f…

00:21:59 | Mon 14 Feb 2022

Interview with Senator Bill Dodd

Today we welcome California State Senator Bill Dodd, representing the 3rd Senate District covering east to west from Petaluma to West Sacramento, and north to south Woodland to Martinez. Our most fre…

00:27:50 | Tue 08 Feb 2022

Interview with James Coleman

Today our interview is with James Coleman, South San Francisco City Councilmember, and candidate for the new Assembly District 21. We discuss how an early family tragedy shaped the course of his life…

00:19:58 | Mon 31 Jan 2022

Interview with CA Senator Nancy Skinner

Today we welcome California State Senator Nancy Skinner of the 9th California Senate District, which covers the eastern San Francisco Bay. Nancy has been in elected office since she became the only U…

00:26:55 | Mon 24 Jan 2022

Interview with Dr. Marty Ralph

Dr. Marty Ralph, Director, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography joins us to kick off 2022 by discussing his research into atmospheric riv…

00:22:47 | Mon 10 Jan 2022

Holiday Clip Show 2021 Part 2

Happy Holidays from SacTown Talks! We're taking a couple of weeks to recharge and refresh the show for 2022. While we're gone please enjoy some clips from the past year. And if any of you are joining…

00:18:55 | Mon 03 Jan 2022

Holiday Clip Show 2021