{"id":421823,"date":"2026-08-02T15:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421823\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:58:10","slug":"california-politics-360-full-episode-governor-first-partner-release-tax-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/421823\/","title":{"rendered":"California Politics 360 full episode | Governor, First Partner release tax returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California Politics 360 full episode | Governor, First Partner release tax returns<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the Department of Justice is apparently investigating them and their nonprofits<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b\" aria-label=\"Ashley Zavala profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b_1759272616.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Ashley Zavala\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Gov. Gavin Newsom and the First Partner released their most recent tax returns. The move comes as the Department of Justice is apparently investigating them and their nonprofits. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Ashley Zavala was among a few selected journalists to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/gavin-newsom-recent-tax-returns-jennifer-siebel-newsom\/73318597\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">review their personal tax returns<\/a> from 2021 to 2024. Zavala was joined by a panel of political analysts to talk about the impact of releasing the tax returns. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Some California leaders in Congress are calling on the Trump administration to stop a state tax increase on health insurance that still needs federal approval. Zavala sits down with Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/fong.house.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rep. Vince Fong<\/a>, who has been speaking out against this. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Ahead of the general election in November, we are sitting down with candidates running for major statewide offices. This week, Zavala sits down with a candidate for Attorney General, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gates4ag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Gates<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">This November, voters will decide whether to make it harder to pass new taxes in cities and counties. Zavala explains what could change under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ca.gov\/elections\/ballot-measures\/qualified-ballot-measures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposition 43<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/21271fb1-6e06-4bcf-8b56-97b158a0e14b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KCRA 3 Political Director Ashley Zavala <\/a>reports in-depth coverage of top California politics and policy issues. She is also the host of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/california-politics-360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California Politics 360<\/a>.&#8221; Get informed each Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on KCRA 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"California Politics 360 full episode | Governor, First Partner release tax returns The move comes as the Department&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[24875,168444,7,9,8,400,7045,41589,709,157711,168446,152683,68461,119123,168447,168445,48064,57047,104183],"class_list":["post-421823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-ashley-zavala","tag-attorney-general-candidate","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-politics","tag-department-of-justice","tag-first-partner","tag-governor-newsom","tag-health-care-tax","tag-local-taxes","tag-mco-tax","tag-michael-gates","tag-political-analysts","tag-premiums-increase","tag-prop-43","tag-rep-vince-fong","tag-roundtable","tag-tax-returns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}