California Politics 360 Full Episode | Supreme Court considers Prop. 50 maps

The Republican Party filed an emergency application, asking the Supreme Court to block the maps.

CALIFORNIA’S VOTER APPROVED CONGRESSIONAL MAPS GOING BEFORE THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. WHAT’S NEXT? FIGHTING TO REOPEN A RURAL HOSPITAL? IT’S LIFE OR DEATH WITH HEALTH CARE FUNDING CHALLENGES AHEAD. THE PROGRESS SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF AND THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE DOUG LAMALFA MADE TO TRY TO RESTORE THIS HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO THE AREA. I WANT TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP AND DOUG’S ABSENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS HOSPITAL REOPEN. DRAMA BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND GOVERNOR NEWSOM UNFOLD ON A GLOBAL STAGE. OUR EXPERTS BREAK DOWN THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES FOR CALIFORNIA. HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR CALIFORNIA POLITICS. 360 I’M ASHLEY ZAVALA. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT IS SET TO REVIEW ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST CALIFORNIA’S U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT MAPS, WHICH VOTERS APPROVED UNDER PROPOSITION 50 THIS WEEK. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FILED AN EMERGENCY APPLICATION AND ASKING THE NATION’S HIGHEST COURT TO BLOCK THOSE MAPS. IT COMES AFTER A PANEL OF FEDERAL JUDGES SIDED WITH THE STATE, UPHOLDING THOSE NEWLY DRAWN MAPS. REPUBLICANS ARGUE THE NEW MAPS VIOLATE THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT BY FAVORING LATINO AND HISPANIC VOTERS OVER OTHERS. JOINING US NOW IS LONGTIME LOBBYIST AND ADJUNCT MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR CHRIS MICHELI. TO BREAK THIS DOWN FOR US. CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD MORNING. SO WITH THIS, WITH THE HIGHEST COURT TAKING ESSENTIALLY ASKING FOR A RESPONSE FROM CALIFORNIA LEADERS BY THIS UPCOMING THURSDAY, DOES THAT SIGNAL THE COURT WANTS TO WEIGH IN HERE? NO. I THINK JUSTICE KAGAN’S ORDER FOR THE STATE TO RESPOND BY THIS THURSDAY, THE 29TH, IS TO ENSURE THAT BOTH SIDES ARE HEARD. SO ONCE THE STATE RESPONDS AND THE SUPREME COURT HAS WHAT THE TWO SIDES HAVE TO SAY INITIALLY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WELL, THEY’LL MAKE A DECISION. THE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAVE ASKED FOR A DECISION BY FEBRUARY 6TH BECAUSE, OF COURSE, LEGISLATORS HAVE TO DECIDE OR CANDIDATES HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT RACES THEY WANT TO ENTER WITH. THE SUPREME COURT ALREADY ALLOWING TEXAS TO UPHOLD ITS GERRYMANDERED MAPS, ESSENTIALLY. I MEAN, WOULD YOU EXPECT THE SAME TO HAPPEN HERE FOR CALIFORNIA’S? WELL, IF THEY WERE INTELLECTUALLY CONSISTENT, YES. JUSTICE ALITO’S DECISION SPECIFICALLY CITED, SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED BY CALIFORNIA. SO THEY REFERENCED SPECIFICALLY CALIFORNIA. AND HE SAID THAT THE TEXAS MAPS WERE DRAWN PURELY FOR PARTIZAN ADVANTAGE, PURE AND SIMPLE, WAS THE EXACT LANGUAGE THAT HE USED. SO IF YOU ACCEPT THAT APPROACH, THE SAME SHOULD APPLY IN CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHT, CHRIS MICHELI, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WELL, I SPOKE WITH REPUBLICAN ASSEMBLYMAN DAVID HOURS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT ASKED FOR THE STATE TO RESPOND. IS ONE OF THE REPUBLICANS WHO FILED THIS ORIGINAL LAWSUIT AGAINST PROPOSITION 50. THE SUPREME COURT IS CONSIDERING THIS CASE BECAUSE A LOWER FEDERAL COURT IN LOS ANGELES REJECTED THOSE CLAIMS. THAT TOM AND OTHERS RAISED IN A 2 TO 1 DECISION. HERE’S PART OF OUR CONVERSATION. I MEAN, HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THE HIGHEST COURT WILL BLOCK THOSE MAPS? AGAIN, THE ENTIRE ARGUMENT IS WHETHER RACE WAS USED AS A PREDOMINANT FACTOR IN THE PROP 50 MAPS, AND I BELIEVE IT’S VERY CLEAR WE HAVE SEEN WHETHER IT WAS ON YOUR SHOW OR ON PODCASTS, THE MAP MAKER AND THE INTENT OF THE MAP MAKER HAD RACIAL IMPLICATIONS ON IT. I MEAN, AGAIN, WHEN SOMEBODY STATES THAT THE FIRST THING THEY DID WHEN MAKING THESE MAPS WAS CREATE A LATINO MAJORITY DISTRICT, WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN. SO WE’RE HOPEFUL THAT THE SUPREME COURT CAN SEE THAT THERE’S A LOT OF CASE LAW THAT SHOWS THAT THE INTENT OF THE MAP MAKER IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO WEIGH INTO THIS, AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE SUPREME COURT SEES IT. SO WE’RE EXPECTING AT LEAST HOPEFUL THAT BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, THAT THE SUPREME COURT IS ABLE TO WEIGH IN AND APPLY THAT EMERGENCY INJUNCTION. THE SUPREME COURT HAS UPHELD TEXAS’S GERRYMANDERED MAPS. AND ALSO, I MEAN, THEY WERE ACCUSED OF RACIALLY GERRYMANDERING THOSE. WHAT MAKES CALIFORNIA’S SITUATION ANY DIFFERENT THAN THAT? SPECIFICALLY, THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS USED WHEN THE SUPREME COURT WAS LISTENING TO TEXAS’S NEW MAPS, WHEN THE SUPREME COURT WAS LISTENING TO TEXAS’S NEW MAPS, THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ENTIRE LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT’S THE MAP MAKER IN TEXAS. THE LEGISLATORS ARE THE MAP MAKERS. OUR MAP MAKER WAS PAUL MITCHELL. PAUL MITCHELL ADMITTED TO BEING THE MAP MAKER, AND PAUL MITCHELL ADMITTED THAT HIS FIRST THING WAS A RACIAL GERRYMANDER. THAT’S THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE. THE LEGISLATORS IN TEXAS DID NOT SAY WE WILL RACIALLY GERRYMANDERING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE MAP MAKER IN CALIFORNIA, DID SAY THAT IT WAS RACE THAT PLAYED A PREDOMINANT FACTOR IN HIS CREATION. THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEXAS AND THE CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT. JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE PAID PAUL MITCHELL TO DRAW THESE MAPS AND AT LEAST ON OUR PROGRAM, IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT BREAKING UP COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST, HE SAID, QUOTE, THIS PLAN IN TOTAL IMPROVES ASIAN VOTING POWER. AND I EXPECT SOMETHING SIMILAR TO COME OUT FROM LATINO GROUPS THAT ARE LOOKING AT ANALYZING THIS TO DETERMINE HOW IT’S AFFECTING LATINO VOTING POWER, PARTICULARLY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THOSE COMMUNITIES. REDISTRICTING WILL ALWAYS HAVE CITIES GETTING SPLIT. SO HE’S NOT THERE DIRECTLY SAYING WE’RE HELPING ASIANS OVER OTHERS OR LATINOS OVER EVERYONE ELSE. I JUST YOUR YOUR RESPONSE TO TO THAT. WELL, THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHY I WISH PAUL MITCHELL WOULD HAVE TESTIFIED IN COURT WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO TESTIFY IN COURT AND EVEN IN THE DISSENT, IT ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT HOW HE CLAIMED LEGISLATIVE PRIVILEGE, WHICH HE’S NOT A LEGISLATOR THAT DOESN’T. BUT IS HE FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM THE PEOPLE WHO PAID HIM? I MEAN, IS HE SHOULD SHOULD IT BE INCUMBENT UPON DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS AND DEMOCRATS IN THE LEGISLATURE TO TO MAYBE DO MORE EXPLAINING FOR HIM? WELL, HERE’S THE PART THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE GREAT QUESTION WE COULD HAVE ASKED HIM FROM THAT COMMENT. WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU EXPECT LATINO GROUPS TO SEE THE SAME THING IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, WHY? WHY, AS THE MAP MAKER, YOU EXPECT LATINO IMPROVEMENTS. THAT MEANS THE INTENTION HE DID WAS TO IMPROVE LATINOS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, BECAUSE IF HE COULD ANSWER, YOUR EXPECTATION WAS, WAS THAT LATINOS WERE GOING TO SEE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY YOU DID THAT? WELL, THAT MEANS THAT HE PROBABLY CHOSE LATINO AREAS AND LATINO SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES TO PUT THEM IN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 13, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN OUR LAWSUIT. AND IF IT’S IF IT’S HIS EXPECTATION THAT THEY’RE GOING TO SEE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK, THAT MEANS IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO USE RACE TO DRAW THAT MAP. AND THAT’S EXACTLY HIS OPEN ADMISSION ON THAT. WE AGAIN WISH HE COULD HAVE CAME TO COURT AND TESTIFIED ON THAT. AND EVEN THE DISSENTING JUDGE SAYS THAT THIS FEELS LIKE A BAD ACTOR WHEN THEY REFUSE TO TESTIFY IN COURT ON THEIR INTENTIONS OF THE CREATION OF THE MAP. I ALSO TALKED WITH ASSEMBLYMAN ABOUT WHAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL DO MOVING FORWARD, DEPENDING ON THE COURT’S ACTIONS, PLUS HIS NEW POSITION ON THE STATE’S POWERFUL BUDGET COMMITTEE. THE ACTION HE HOPES TO TAKE AS THE STATE GRAPPLES WITH BIG MONEY PROBLEMS. YOU CAN WATCH OUR FULL CONVERSATION ON CAL POLITICS 360.COM. WELL, A DEAL IS ALMOST IN PLACE TO RESTORE CRITICAL FUNDING FOR A RURAL HOSPITAL IN THE STATE. THE BIPARTISAN PARTNERSHIP THAT’S TRYING TO HELP. WE’RE ON WITH THE CLIENT. RURAL HOSPITAL CLOSURES ARE TOP OF MIND FOR FEDERAL LAWMAKERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. WORK IS UNDERWAY TO TRY TO REOPEN ONE HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. GLENN MEDICAL CENTER CLOSED IN OCTOBER AFTER IT LOST ITS CRITICAL ACCESS DESIGNATION UNDER NEW FEDERAL RULES. WITHOUT THE DESIGNATION, THE HOSPITAL WAS HIT WITH A HUGE FINANCIAL LOSS. IT’S ONE OF SEVERAL RURAL HOSPITALS IN CALIFORNIA FACED WITH MAJOR FINANCIAL HURDLES. THIS WEEK, SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF VISITED THE CLOSED HOSPITAL IN GLENN COUNTY, TALKING WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. HE ANNOUNCED CONGRESS IS CLOSE TO RESTORING THAT HOSPITAL WITH ITS CRITICAL ACCESS DESIGNATION. SENATOR SCHIFF WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE LATE REPRESENTATIVE DOUG LAMALFA TO HELP REOPEN THIS HOSPITAL. I SPOKE WITH SENATOR SCHIFF OUTSIDE OF THAT HOSPITAL EARLIER THIS WEEK. HERE’S OUR CONVERSATION. SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME FOR US TODAY. PLEASURE. I WONDER WHAT PROMPTED YOU TO COME OUT TO GLENN COUNTY THIS WEEK? I MEAN, DID DID THE REPRESENTATIVE, DOUG LAMALFA PASSING HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? YOU KNOW, I WILL BE BACK, ACTUALLY, FOR HIS MEMORIAL ON SATURDAY, BUT I WANTED TO COME HERE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE, TO GIVE THEM THE NEWS OF THE UPDATE THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL. IT APPEARS IN INCLUDING LANGUAGE IN AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO RESTORE THE CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL DESIGNATION THAT GLENN MEDICAL HAD WHEN IT LOST THAT DESIGNATION. THAT’S WHAT CAUSED IT TO CLOSE, BECAUSE IT ENDED UP COSTING THE HOSPITAL GRAVELY IN ITS REIMBURSEMENTS. SO DOUG AND I HAD BEEN WORKING ON GETTING THIS LANGUAGE INCLUDED. WE FINALLY SUCCEEDED. WE’RE ON THE EVE OF SUCCEEDING, I SHOULD SAY. SO I BOTH WANTED TO COME DELIVER THAT GOOD NEWS, BUT ALSO FIND OUT WHAT ELSE WILL BE REQUIRED TO REOPEN THIS HOSPITAL. AND THERE’S A LOT MORE THAT’S NECESSARY. SO I WANT TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP AND DOUG’S ABSENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS HOSPITAL REOPENED. MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THIS COUNTY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD CARE IN A TIMELY WAY, BECAUSE IT’S LIFE OR DEATH. ASIDE FROM THAT CRITICAL ACCESS DESIGNATION, RURAL HOSPITALS ACROSS CALIFORNIA, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, I ACKNOWLEDGE ARE AT RISK OF CLOSURE, ESPECIALLY WITH OTHER FUNDING CUTS THAT ARE EXPECTED. REPRESENTATIVE LAMALFA WAS KNOWN FOR REPRESENTING A VERY FOR REPRESENTING RURAL CALIFORNIA. AND RIGHT NOW THERE’S THE VACANT SEAT IN IN THE HOUSE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HERE IN SACRAMENTO IT’S HE DOESN’T REALLY THERE IS NO POWER AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR THIS REGION REALLY BECAUSE IT’S THEY’VE ELECTED REPUBLICANS JUST WHO STEPS IN TO FILL THE VOID IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. WELL, I WANT TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO REPRESENT THIS AREA AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE HERE ARE MET. WHEN I RAN FOR THE SENATE, I MADE IT VERY CLEAR RURAL AREAS ARE GOING TO BE JUST AS IMPORTANT TO ME AS URBAN AREAS OR SUBURBAN AREAS, WHETHER PEOPLE VOTED FOR ME OR THEY DIDN’T. PEOPLE HERE DESERVE HEALTH CARE. AND, YOU KNOW, DOUG AND I HAD VERY DIFFERENT POLITICS. HE WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE. I’M MORE MODERATE, PROGRESSIVE. BUT WE BOTH WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THIS TOWN THERE’S A GOOD HOSPITAL OPEN. AND AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WE HAD IN COMMON, TOO. AND SO WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THE THINGS WE HAD IN COMMON, NOT THE THINGS THAT DIVIDED US. AND AND ALSO DEVELOPED A FRIENDSHIP. HE WAS WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH AND I WILL DEEPLY MISS HIM. BUT THAT WORK HAS TO GO ON AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH DOUG’S STAFF UNTIL THERE IS A NEW HOUSE MEMBER HERE. WE’LL WORK WITH WHOEVER THAT NEW HOUSE MEMBER IS, BECAUSE CERTAIN THINGS JUST HAVE TO TRANSCEND PARTY AND MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN GET LIFESAVING CARE. I CAN’T IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT. DO YOU EXPECT HEALTH CARE FUNDING TO BE A FIGHT IN WASHINGTON, DC OR A CONTINUED ONE? I SHOULD SAY THIS UPCOMING YEAR IT WILL BE. THERE ARE MAJOR, REALLY MASSIVE MEDICAID CUTS COMING NEXT YEAR, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WAVE OF PROBLEMS FOR RURAL HOSPITALS. SO AT THE TOP, YOU KNOW, YES, THERE ARE GOING TO BE FIGHTS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES OVER FUNDING HEALTH CARE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WAY BELOW THAT TOP LINE FIGHT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS, BIPARTISAN EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE HOSPITALS LIKE THIS ONE CAN CONTINUE SERVING THE PUBLIC. THERE ARE SOME STATE LEVEL PROPOSALS RIGHT NOW. ONE VERY POPULAR. IT’S NOT EVEN ON THE BALLOT. NOWHERE CLOSE YET, BUT THE SEIU, US HEALTH CARE LABOR GROUP IS PUSHING A BILLIONAIRES TAX, POINTING TO MORE HOSPITAL CLOSURES. EVENTUALLY, OTHER HEALTH CARE NEEDS THAT WILL BE CUT OFF AS A REASON TO PUSH A ONE TIME 5% TAX ON BILLIONAIRES. WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THAT? YOU KNOW, I’VE HEARD A LOT OF PROS AND CONS ABOUT THE BALLOT MEASURE. I USUALLY DON’T GET INVOLVED IN BALLOT MEASURE CAMPAIGNS. AND I CERTAINLY BEFORE THEY’RE EVEN QUALIFIED FOR THE BALLOT. SO I WILL MAKE THAT JUDGMENT LATER. BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT’S A ONE TIME PROPOSAL. WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO ADDRESS THE INADEQUACY OF FUNDING OF RURAL HEALTH CARE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS. AND AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT’S WHAT TAKES PLACE. AND THAT’S A FEDERAL PROBLEM. WE JUST NOT REIMBURSING HOSPITALS FOR THE COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE ARE MORE RELIANT ON MEDICAID THAN ON PRIVATE INSURANCE. THE ECONOMICS JUST DON’T PENCIL OUT FOR A LOT OF HOSPITALS. SO UNLESS WE IMPROVE THOSE MEDICAID RATES, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BE A PARTIAL BAND-AID KIND OF A SOLUTION. SO WE NEED SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN HOW WE FUND HEALTH CARE. AND THE MOST URGENT CHANGES NEED TO TAKE PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO RURAL HOSPITALS. SENATOR SCHIFF, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YOU BET. THANK YOU. THE BIPARTISAN HEALTH FUNDING BILL PASSED THE HOUSE ON THURSDAY. IT NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE AND WILL NEED TO BE SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. WELL DENIED ENTRY. GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS HE WAS BLOCKED FROM ENTERING THE USA HOUSE IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, ALLEGING PRESSURE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. THE IMPACT CALIFORNIANS COULD SEE FROM THE FRAYING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR NEWSOM AND PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FRAYING RELATIONSHIP WAS ON DISPLAY AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM THIS WEEK. THE GOVERNOR ALLEGED THAT THE PRESIDENT BLOCKED HIM FROM SPEAKING AT AN EVENT THERE IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND. TWO POLITICAL STRATEGISTS. JOINING ME NOW, DEMOCRAT STEPHEN NAVIGLIO AND REPUBLICAN TIM ROSALES. AND JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THIS MEANS FOR CALIFORNIANS, I MEAN, DOES DOES THAT FEUD HELP EITHER POLITICAL PARTY HERE, STEVE? WELL, YOU KNOW, HE WAS CLEARLY TRYING TO BE THE SKUNK AT THE GARDEN PARTY THERE AND GET INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES FOR CRITICIZING TRUMP AS WELL AS THE EUROPEAN LEADERS AND ALSO CEOS DIDN’T GO OVER TOO WELL WITH SOME OF THOSE PARTIES, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HAWK HIS KNEE PADS AND HIS WEBSITE A LITTLE INAPPROPRIATE, I THINK, AT TIMES, BUT I THINK IT PLAYED WELL FOR HIM AMONG DEMOCRATIC VOTERS AS THE LEADER OF THE RESISTANCE, BECAUSE HE PUNCHED TRUMP IN THE NOSE AGAIN. AND THAT’S WHAT DEMOCRATS WANT RIGHT NOW. TIM, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T LOOK GOOD FOR CALIFORNIA AND DOESN’T SHED THE BEST LIGHT ON CALIFORNIA. ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. BUT IT DOES DO EXACTLY WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH. HE PUT IT HIMSELF AT ODDS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHICH HE’S DONE PREVIOUSLY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. BUT NOW HE ELEVATED IT ONTO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE. AND SO I AGREE WITH STEVE. IT’S IT’S A IT’S A WIN WIN REALLY FOR NEWSOM. BUT A LOSE FOR CALIFORNIA. WHAT ABOUT THE UNITED STATES IN GENERAL THOUGH. I MEAN, HOW DOES THIS MAKE THIS COUNTRY LOOK? WELL, NEWSOM IS TRYING TO POSITION HIMSELF AS THE OPPOSITION PARTY, AND WE SEE THAT IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IF WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, GREAT BRITAIN AND OTHERS, WHERE YOU’VE GOT AN OPPOSITION PARTY AND YOU’VE GOT A LEADER OF THAT OPPOSITION PARTY. BUT CERTAINLY THE UNITED STATES HAS A REPUTATION OF POLITICS ENDING AT THE WATER’S EDGE. AND WHEN YOU GO OVERSEAS THAT YOU CAN SPEAK IN A UNITED VOICE. WELL, GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAD A VERY DIFFERENT AGENDA IN GOING OVER OVERSEAS. CERTAINLY, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS KIND OF LEANED INTO THAT AND PLAYED OFF OF HIM, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IT BENEFITS ALSO, PRESIDENT TRUMP, IN A WAY, HE GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVERSARY IN FOIL FOR FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME. AND PICKING UP FROM THERE, STEVE, DOING THAT IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WITH THE STATE HAVING THE ISSUES THAT IT STILL DOES, ESPECIALLY WITH MAJOR FINANCIAL ONES THAT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FLUSH OUT THIS WEEK. I MEAN, DO DEMOCRATS, ARE THEY. IS THIS WHAT THEY WANT OR DO THEY WANT SOMEONE HERE AT HOME WHO’S TAKING CARE OF THESE ISSUES? YOU KNOW, I THINK HE RUNS THE RISK OF LOOKING LIKE THE CHIHUAHUA BARKING AT THE GERMAN SHEPHERD WALKING BY. AND I THINK THAT DAVID AXELROD, OBAMA’S CHIEF STRATEGIST, CALLED HIM TEDIOUS AND SELF-PROMOTING. SO HE’S STARTING TO GET A LITTLE FLACK, EVEN FROM DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE THIS FLAVOR OF THE MONTH ACT IS GETTING A LITTLE OLD. WHAT IS THIS? NOT NECESSARILY WHAT HAPPENED IN DAVOS, BUT JUST WITH THE STATES ISSUES. WE’VE GOT SOME BIG FINANCIAL ONES, OBVIOUSLY OUTSTANDING ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO FUEL HOMELESSNESS. THE LIST GOES ON. I MEAN, WHERE DOES THE GOVERNOR’S RACE STAND, THE RACE TO REPLACE GAVIN NEWSOM? YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, NEWSOM HAS A SMORGASBORD OF VULNERABILITIES, AND WE’RE SEEING EVEN SOME OF THE DEMOCRATS BEATING UP ON HIM INDIRECTLY TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, ENERGY PRICES, HEALTH CARE. THOSE ARE ISSUES THAT NEWSOM SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF WHILE HE’S BEEN GOVERNOR FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND HE HASN’T. SO I THINK EVEN DEMOCRATS ARE SEIZING ON THAT. YEAH, TIM, I MEAN, NEITHER PARTY HAS SOME HUMONGOUS NAME IN THE RACE RIGHT NOW. WHY IS THAT? WELL, I THINK IT IS A COMPLETE CHALLENGE TO FIX KIND OF WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS LEFT BEHIND THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS. AND THE QUESTION IS, IS WHO REALLY WANTS THAT JOB? IT IS A HUGE JOB. THE THAT THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA HAS. AND SO WHOMEVER IS GOING TO FILL THOSE SHOES, CERTAINLY YOU’VE SEEN REPUBLICANS, BUT ALSO, LIKE STEVE SAID, DEMOCRATS TALKING ABOUT NOT CONTINUING ON NEWSOM LEGACY, WHICH YOU SEE FROM TYPICALLY FROM YOUR OWN PARTY. BUT HOW CAN WE MOVE BEYOND THAT AND FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED? SO GOVERNOR NEWSOM REALLY IS A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW FOR BOTH PARTIES, AND THEY’RE LOOKING AT WHAT’S NEXT. ALL RIGHT, TIM, STEVE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WELL, NEXT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF NAVAL AVIATION AND THE PIONEER BEHIND THE NAVY’S FIRST AIRCRAFT. NAVAL AVIATION BEGAN IN SAN DIEGO’S NORTH ISLAND BACK IN 1911 WITH THE HELP OF PIONEER AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER GLENN CURTISS. CURTISS WAS A VERY ENTREPRENEURIAL. YOU KNOW, HE VERY CUSTOMER FOCUSED, MEANING THAT HE WASN’T GOING TO SHOW UP WITH SOMETHING THE NAVY WASN’T INTERESTED IN. AND AND, YOU KNOW, HE HE DEVELOPED A QUALITY PRODUCT AND, AND THAT KIND OF A REPUTATION. SO I THINK IT WAS A VERY NATURAL FIT FOR US, YOU KNOW, IN THE NAVY, AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OF HIS A-1 TRIAD, CURTISS WAS ABLE TO SELL THE SEAPLANE TO THE NAVY. JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHEN CURTISS CAME IN AND MADE THE SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT RIGHT HERE AT NORTH ISLAND. I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY FOR CALIFORNIA. OKAY, SAN DIEGO, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE NATION, THE A-1 TRIAD MADE 285 FLIGHTS AND HAD NUMEROUS REBUILDS BEFORE IT WAS DAMAGED IN A CRASH IN OCTOBER OF 1912. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS WEEK’S CALIFORNIA POLITICS 360. SEE YOU NEXT SUNDAY.

California Politics 360 Full Episode | Supreme Court considers Prop. 50 maps

The Republican Party filed an emergency application, asking the Supreme Court to block the maps.

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Updated: 8:25 AM PST Jan 25, 2026

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The United States Supreme Court is set to review arguments for and against California’s U.S. House district maps, which voters approved under Proposition 50. The Republican Party filed an emergency application, asking the Supreme Court to block the maps. Adjunct McGeorge School of Law professor and longtime lobbyist Chris Micheli breaks down the legal proceedings. Ashley Zavala sits down with Republican Assembly Member David Tangipa hours before the Supreme Court asked the state to respond. Senator Adam Schiff announced Congress is close to restoring key funding for a rural hospital that closed after losing its critical access designation. Schiff worked closely with the late Representative Doug LaMalfa to help reopen the Glenn County hospital. Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump’s fraying relationship was on display at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsom says an interview was canceled after he was denied entry to the USA House, alleging pressure from the White House. Two political strategists break down the impact Californians could see and look at where the governor’s race stands right now.KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of “California Politics 360.” Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3.

The United States Supreme Court is set to review arguments for and against California’s U.S. House district maps, which voters approved under Proposition 50.

The Republican Party filed an emergency application, asking the Supreme Court to block the maps. Adjunct McGeorge School of Law professor and longtime lobbyist Chris Micheli breaks down the legal proceedings. Ashley Zavala sits down with Republican Assembly Member David Tangipa hours before the Supreme Court asked the state to respond.

Senator Adam Schiff announced Congress is close to restoring key funding for a rural hospital that closed after losing its critical access designation. Schiff worked closely with the late Representative Doug LaMalfa to help reopen the Glenn County hospital.

Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump’s fraying relationship was on display at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Newsom says an interview was canceled after he was denied entry to the USA House, alleging pressure from the White House. Two political strategists break down the impact Californians could see and look at where the governor’s race stands right now.

KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of “California Politics 360.” Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3.