California State Senate

You know, Ben Allen is, when you say a standard Democrat, he's a standard Gavin Newsom Democrat.

During his almost 12 years in the California State Senate, I actually spent two and a half hours chatting with Grok in my Tesla, going over the record of Ben Allen.

And suffice it to say, he's extremely liberal.

He has championed all the climate change stuff, the higher gas taxes, is a big champion of the high-speed rail, waste boondock, all the stuff that Gavin Newsom does.

It should be made by a human being, in many cases a doctor and a nurse, and it should not be replaced by some automatic mechanism which we know, and they do, is being used to figure out how to shortchange the patient, get a quicker diagnosis, get a quicker treatment program, rather than having a human being intervene and make that final decision.

Unfortunately, the nurses got together, had a bill written, and it was passed by sizable majorities in both the California Senate and the California House of Representatives.

However, it was vetoed by Governor Newsom.

And to override the veto, you need two-thirds of the vote, not just a solid majority.

who will be joining us live later this hour.

Also this hour, with Election Day approaching, on Tuesday, candidates hitting the campaign trail hard will be joined later this hour by Mike Netter, Republican candidate for California State Senate District 22 in the San Gabriel Valley.

Mike Netter will be joining us live.

But first, the biggest name in business here in Los Angeles, Rick Caruso, business, civic leader, philanthropist, developer of the most popular shopping destinations here in Southern California, places like The Grove, Americana Brand, Commons of Calabasas, other places too, like the Rosewood Miramar Hotel in Montecito, and his empire's expansion to the world of golf recently at the Miramar Lake Club, formerly known as the Sherwood Lake Club near Thousand Oaks.

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Well, with Election Day approaching on Tuesday, candidates hitting the campaign trail hard.

And joining us now, Mike Netter, Republican candidate for California State Senate, District 22 in the San Gabriel Valley, challenging the incumbent there, Democrat Susan Rubio.

Mike Netter, host of the Let's Take Back California podcast.

But here in California, here in Los Angeles, we run a jungle primary system, which means that everyone, Republicans, Democrats, Independents run in the primary and top to advance regardless of political party, which makes for a couple.

We've got some really interesting races, including the California State Senate District 24 between Democrat.

tech entrepreneur and political consultant, Brian Goldsmith, and West Hollywood City Councilor, former Planned Parenthood VP and community organizer.

And our guest today, please welcome to the show, progressive Democrat, John Erickson.

You know, I actually have done stuff.

I have a day job.

You know, I'm not just trying to buy this Senate seat with my mommy and my daddy running my super PAC.

So there you go.

I did that too.

And before serving in Congress, she built a career in public service that included serving on the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees the California State Assembly, and the California State Senate.

And she also serves on the House Judiciary Committee, including a subcommittee that addresses artificial intelligence and also the internet.

And we're going to talk about superintelligence too.