{"id":434643,"date":"2026-08-16T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434643\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:12:12","slug":"california-politics-360-full-episode-governor-sparks-debate-on-wildfire-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/434643\/","title":{"rendered":"California Politics 360 full episode | Governor sparks debate on wildfire recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>California Politics 360 full episode | Governor sparks debate on wildfire recovery<\/p>\n<p>He is asking lawmakers to consider limiting who and how much utility companies pay using the state\u2019s wildfire liability fund<\/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 is sparking a debate on wildfire recovery. He is asking lawmakers to consider limiting who and how much utility companies pay using the state\u2019s wildfire liability fund. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The fund is set to run out soon, with Southern California Edison expected to use it to pay victims for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/southern-california-edison-equipment-2025-eaton-fire-cause-los-angeles-county\/73346640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">its role in the Eaton Fire<\/a>. Ashley Zavala speaks with victims, the insurance industry and the candidates running for governor. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">State lawmakers will consider new restrictions on social media companies to limit the impact on kids. Zavala sits down with the author of the legislation, Assembly Member <a href=\"https:\/\/lowenthal.asmdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Lowenthal<\/a>. <\/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 candidate for lieutenant governor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloriaromero4ltgov.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gloria Romero<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">This November, voters will decide again whether the state\u2019s government should borrow money to build more housing. Mike Cherry explains what could change under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ca.gov\/elections\/ballot-measures\/qualified-ballot-measures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Proposition 1<\/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 sparks debate on wildfire recovery He is asking lawmakers to consider&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8436,24875,172586,7,9,8,400,11751,13540,11799,67249,943,2929,172587,172588,2893,473,3410,7834,3001,63287,21039,11053,142914,4568,106984,225,2601,29470],"class_list":["post-434643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-utilities","tag-ashley-zavala","tag-assembly-member-josh-lowenthal","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-politics","tag-california-politics-360","tag-candidate","tag-full-episode","tag-gloria-romero","tag-governor","tag-governor-gavin-newsom","tag-housing-bond-act","tag-impact-on-kids","tag-insurance-companies","tag-kcra","tag-kid","tag-lawmaker","tag-legislation","tag-lieutenant-governor","tag-more-housing","tag-november","tag-proposition-1","tag-social-media","tag-social-medium-company","tag-state","tag-victim","tag-wildfire-recovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434643","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=434643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}