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Anthony Rendon on the State Budget and Newsom's Executive Powers

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Marisa LagosScott Shafer
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State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 15, 2019. (Stephanie Lister/KQED)

Marisa and Scott discuss Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plans for a projected $75.7 billion surplus, and new polling that finds flat-lining support for recalling the governor. Then, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon joins to discuss the state budget, investments in transitional kindergarten, when the governor’s emergency powers should end and his pandemic reading list.

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