Patt Morrison for Weds, May 20

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:30

Special Election Break Down: What Now?

Special Election Day has come and gone and with all propositions on the ballot failing (with the exception of 1F), where does that leave Californians? What did voters say, what does it mean, and now how are we going to get out of this budget crisis? We break down the post-election analysis.

 

Guests:

Senator Dennis Hollingsworth, Republican from the Inland Empire.  He is minority leader for the California State Senate.

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Senator Darrell Steinberg, Democrat from Sacramento.  He is president of the California State Senate.

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Jack O'Connell: State Superintendent of Public Education, California Department of Education

BY TAPE

 

Jean Ross, Executive Director of the California Budget Project

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1:30 – 2:00

Is California Ungovernable?

It isn’t a new question, by any stretch of the imagination, nor is this the first time that California has faced financial ruin, political sclerosis and voter apathy.  But after a year of bloody partisan battle in Sacramento that has only managed to produce a budget deficit of $20 billion or more, it might be time to ask the question again, only this time with a call to action:  Is California simply too big, too politically and demographically divergent to govern in a sensible way?  If the answer is yes, what are California’s leaders and voters to do to scramble their ways out of the current mess and ensure that the cycle of dysfunction is permanently broken?

 

Guest:

Mark Baldassare, president & CEO of the Public Policy Institute of California

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Other Guests TBD

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

2:00 – 2:40

Ask the Chief

It’s the day after the election and Chief Bratton joins Patt to talk about the results from the city attorney's race. Also on tap: the move by the city budget committee to put a freeze on hiring police officers (the action was later prevented by the full council); recent claims made by Bratton that the crime rate is down to levels of the 1950s; and the difference in LAPD resources given to two recent hit-and-run investigations - one a high-profile USC student and the other a little known construction worker. That—and your questions—for the Chief.

 

Guests:

LAPD Chief William Bratton

IN STUDIO

 

 

2:41 – 3:00

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