It’s All Political

By San Francisco Chronicle senior political writer Joe Garofoli

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It’s All Political is now a part of the Fifth & Mission podcast. You can hear It's All Political on Fifth & Mission by subscribing to Fifth & Mission, the San Francisco Chronicle's flagship daily newscast. Joe Garofoli is the Chronicle’s senior political writer, covering national and state politics. He has worked at the Chronicle since 2000 and in Bay Area journalism since 1992, when he left the Milwaukee Journal. He has previously written about the intersection of tech and politics and about the politics of the cannabis industry.

Episode Date
A Cannabis Tax Revolt is Coming in California
Dec 13, 2021
How Michael Tubbs Plans to End Poverty in California
Dec 06, 2021
San Francisco's Archbishop on Abortion and Not Being Vaccinated
Dec 01, 2021
Jackie Speier on Her Retirement Announcement
Nov 16, 2021
San Francisco Housing Politics Go Statewide
Nov 11, 2021
Youngkin's Virginia Win: Could It Happen in California?
Nov 03, 2021
Congressional Underdogs’ Uphill Fight Against Incumbents
Nov 01, 2021
Adam Schiff on the Crisis in Democracy
Oct 21, 2021
A $32M Progressive Campaign to Win Texas
Sep 30, 2021
What's Next for California GOP After Recall Drubbing?
Sep 28, 2021
Hakeem Jeffries on Pelosi, Trump, Biggie and Tupac
Sep 20, 2021
Fifth & Mission: Now What for Gavin Newsom?
Sep 15, 2021
Gavin Newsom on French Laundry and Other Errors
Sep 13, 2021
CNN’s Dana Bash on California’s Two Recalls
Sep 09, 2021
Crime in California: Is Proposition 47 a Success?
Sep 07, 2021
Good News for Newsom while Elder Dominates GOP Rivals
Sep 02, 2021
Total Recall Podcast: Can Larry Elder Really Be Governor?
Aug 25, 2021
Behind the Scenes of the Barbara Lee Documentary
Aug 17, 2021
Rep. Barbara Lee Gets Personal to Explain Her Politics
Aug 16, 2021
How Gavin Newsom Could Get Recalled
Jul 29, 2021
Can a Tough on Crime ex-Republican Be California's A.G.?
Jul 26, 2021
Can Media Star/Policy Wonk Lanhee Chen Make the Jump to Politics?
Jul 06, 2021
Can This Republican Be California’s Next Attorney General?
Jul 04, 2021
Rob Bonta Says He’s "The People’s Attorney" Not the "Top Cop"
Jul 01, 2021
Are Republicans Softening on LGBTQ Issues? 
Jun 20, 2021
Dianne Feinstein "Needs to Resign"
Jun 17, 2021
How Democrats Are Blowing Their Messaging
Jun 09, 2021
How to Make Redistricting Sexy
May 28, 2021
Wealthy Donors: California Isn’t Progressive Enough
May 24, 2021
How Gavin Newsom Wants to Spend Billions
May 21, 2021
Jaime Harrison on Wokeness and the "Joke" of Kevin McCarthy
May 19, 2021
Jennifer Carroll Foy Could Be America’s First Black Female Governor
May 11, 2021
Hawaii Sen. Maize Hirono’s Immigrant Story
May 05, 2021
Is This Nancy Pelosi’s Last Term?
Apr 30, 2021
Pramila Jayapal Grades Biden’s 100 Days
Apr 28, 2021
Getting Cops Out of the 911 Business
Apr 26, 2021
How Can Politics Be More Inclusive?
Apr 20, 2021
How Rich People Hurt the Rest of Us
Apr 13, 2021
Fifth & Mission: Polling on Recall is Good News for Newsom
Mar 31, 2021
A Bay Area Congressman's Near-death Experience
Mar 25, 2021
Medicare for All: The Politics Are Changing
Mar 24, 2021
Exit Interview: John Diaz
Mar 19, 2021
Gavin Newsom Recall: Everything You Need to Know
Mar 17, 2021
Introducing The Doodler Podcast
Mar 16, 2021
California Dreaming: Gavin Newsom’s Overly Sunny State of the State Speech
Mar 10, 2021
Best of IAP: "Stars and Strife": Can America Overcome Hate?
Feb 25, 2021
Shirley Weber, California's First Black Secretary of State
Feb 22, 2021
Phil Matier's Exit Interview
Feb 05, 2021
Kevin Faulconer: Moderate Enough to Challenge Newsom?
Feb 02, 2021
Senator Alex Padilla Gets Emotional
Jan 25, 2021
The Most Powerful Part of Joe Biden's Speech was the Silence
Jan 21, 2021
Can Joe Biden Make "Normal" Work Again?
Jan 20, 2021
House Impeaches Trump Again
Jan 14, 2021
Pelosi and the House Move to Impeach
Jan 12, 2021
Should the President be Removed?
Jan 08, 2021
Why Georgia's Senate Races Matter to California
Jan 05, 2021
Best of IAP: The Real Nancy Pelosi
Dec 30, 2020
Now What? Life After @realDonaldTrump
Dec 23, 2020
New Senator Alex Padilla
Dec 22, 2020
Alicia Garza says Gov. Newsom should appoint a Black Woman to the Senate
Dec 11, 2020
Ro Khanna on What Progressives Want From a Biden Administration
Dec 08, 2020
Fifth & Mission: Becerra's Departure is Newsom's Opportunity
Dec 08, 2020
Who Will Replace Kamala Harris in the Senate?
Dec 01, 2020
Best of IAP: Kamala Harris
Nov 25, 2020
It's Over: Biden Wins — What's Next?
Nov 07, 2020
Election Night Wrap: What We Know
Nov 04, 2020
The Lincoln Project: Trump's 24/7 Nightmare
Oct 23, 2020
What Was Prop 13 Creator Howard Jarvis Really Like?
Oct 14, 2020
“Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking”
Oct 08, 2020
Cyberattacks! Pandemic! Misinformation! Calming Voter Anxiety
Oct 02, 2020
Trump Biden Debate 1: What the Hell Was That?
Sep 30, 2020
Adam Schiff: What a Post-Trump World Looks Like
Sep 24, 2020
"Stars and Strife": Can America Overcome Hate?
Sep 17, 2020
Bob Woodward's Trump Book Won't Change the Race
Sep 11, 2020
A'shanti Gholar: Trump Is "Dog-Hollering" on Race
Sep 02, 2020
Fifth & Mission: Terror at the RNC!
Aug 26, 2020
Weirdest Democratic National Convention Ever: A Preview
Aug 17, 2020
Katie Hill: Sex Scandal Won't Stop My Comeback
Aug 13, 2020
Fifth & Mission: Why Kamala Harris is Joe Biden’s Pick
Aug 11, 2020
Can Joe Biden’s shift on immigration excite Latino voters?
Aug 06, 2020
Black Lives Matter's Alicia Garza on the future — and Joe Biden
Jul 31, 2020
Stacey Abrams: VP Search, Voter Suppression and Black Lives Matter
Jul 23, 2020
Women, Declare Your Independence From Men!
Jul 16, 2020
Potential Biden VP Pick Karen Bass
Jul 10, 2020
What Joe Biden Has to Do to Win Young Voters
Jul 08, 2020
How to Defund the Police
Jul 02, 2020
Eric Swalwell’s Insider View of Impeachment
Jun 12, 2020
Molly Ball on the Real Nancy Pelosi
Jun 09, 2020
How Silicon Valley Will Look Different After the Pandemic
Jun 08, 2020
Barbara Lee Wants a Racial Healing and Truth Commission
Jun 04, 2020
The Digital Divide Is Getting Worse
May 22, 2020
Michael Franti: Positivity in Politics and Life
May 18, 2020
Shahid Buttar Is Challenging Nancy Pelosi From Her Left
May 14, 2020
Pramila Jayapal on PPP, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden
May 12, 2020
Election Day Nightmare? Dirty Tricks, Suppression, No concessions
May 07, 2020
From the Tea Party to "Open the States"
Apr 30, 2020
Will a Presidential Transition Work?
Apr 29, 2020
Kamala Harris "Would Be Honored" to Be VP
Apr 17, 2020
Katie Porter: We Need Real Time Stimulus Oversight
Apr 16, 2020
Will Coronavirus Boost Support for Medicare for All?
Apr 13, 2020
Who's Showing Leadership in the Pandemic?
Apr 02, 2020
Elizabeth Warren Out: Revisiting "Electability"
Mar 05, 2020
Fifth & Mission: What Did We Learn?
Mar 04, 2020
Fifth & Mission: Super Tuesday Troubles
Mar 03, 2020
Can Bernie Sanders win?
Feb 25, 2020
What Nevada Voters Are Saying
Feb 21, 2020
What's a Never-Trumper To Do?
Feb 20, 2020
Dan Pfeiffer: Who Can Beat Trump?
Feb 17, 2020
California Lt. Governor Endorses Buttigieg
Feb 13, 2020
Democrats Explain How They Will Win California
Feb 13, 2020
Fifth & Mission Live: Primaries 2020
Feb 06, 2020
Can Trump Win Again In Battleground States?
Feb 04, 2020
The Most Political Super Bowl Ever
Jan 29, 2020
Bill Weld: The GOP Alternative to Trump
Jan 21, 2020
Mike Bloomberg on Apologies, Facebook and Biden
Jan 18, 2020
Orange County: Still a Political Hotbed
Jan 17, 2020
Diving Into the Mind of Jerry Brown
Jan 13, 2020
Can Barbara Lee Stop the War in Iran?
Jan 09, 2020
Could This Democrat Win Texas?
Dec 30, 2019
How Trump’s Inner Circle Profited From the Housing Crisis
Dec 23, 2019
Debate Recap: In Vino (Cave) Veritas?
Dec 20, 2019
How Latinos Will Decide the Presidency
Dec 18, 2019
Tom Steyer: I'm ‘Completely Different’ Than Mike Bloomberg
Dec 13, 2019
The Impeachment Veteran
Dec 09, 2019
Can Orange County Remain Blue?
Dec 02, 2019
How Old is Too Old to Be President?
Nov 27, 2019
Scandalous Stanford
Nov 21, 2019
Trump, Impeachment and the California GOP
Nov 14, 2019
What’s Next for Indivisible?
Nov 12, 2019
Could Voter Suppression Wreck the 2020 Election?
Nov 07, 2019
“How the Rich Dodge Taxes”
Nov 05, 2019
How Close Are Joe Biden and Barack Obama — Really?
Oct 24, 2019
Tom McClintock: Impeachment Is a Terrible Idea
Oct 22, 2019
Bernie or Warren: Who Should Progressives Pick?
Oct 17, 2019
A Master Class in Shade: Dem Debate Review
Oct 16, 2019
Ro Khanna on Impeachment and Bernie Sanders
Oct 02, 2019
How Trump's Impeachment Could Help ... Julian Castro?
Sep 27, 2019
Fifth & Mission: Pelosi Pulls the Impeachment Trigger
Sep 25, 2019
Tommy Vietor: The Ball Has Moved on Impeachment
Sep 24, 2019
Is Getting Picked on Good for Joe Biden?
Sep 13, 2019
The Gig Worker War: Live Event
Sep 12, 2019
The California GOP’s Great Hope
Sep 05, 2019
Michael Bennet: The Backup Joe Biden?
Sep 04, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand on Gender Equality, Al Franken and Redemption
Aug 27, 2019
Democrats’ Health Care Plans in Plain English
Aug 21, 2019
"The Democratic Party Is Like Eeyore”
Aug 19, 2019
Marianne Williamson Comes Down to Earth
Aug 15, 2019
“Electability” Is A Myth
Aug 14, 2019
Terry McAuliffe Takes on White Supremacy
Aug 09, 2019
Big Finish for the California Legislature
Aug 08, 2019
Rep. Josh Harder on Guns, Pelosi and the Death Penalty
Aug 07, 2019
Breaking Down the Second Democratic Debate
Aug 01, 2019
Washington Governor Jay Inslee
Jul 23, 2019
Trump is Following Obama's Re-Election Playbook
Jul 11, 2019
Best Of: Will Pete Buttigieg Be America’s First Gay, Millennial, Veteran President?
Jul 05, 2019
Best Of: What's Kamala Harris Really Saying?
Jul 04, 2019
What To Know from the First Democratic Debates
Jun 28, 2019
Everything to Know About First Dem Presidential Debates
Jun 25, 2019
Gov. Gavin Newsom on His Conversations with Trump; PG&E, Weed and Immigration
Jun 21, 2019
Mayor Michael Tubbs on Why Stockton Is Giving Residents $500 a Month
Jun 20, 2019
Pioneering Native American Rep. Deb Haaland on Impeachment and Identity
Jun 11, 2019
Is Steve Bullock Too Much of a Red State Democrat?
Jun 07, 2019
Beto O’Rourke Tries to Jumpstart His Campaign
Jun 06, 2019
Cory Booker Won’t Go Low To Battle Trump
Jun 05, 2019
Julian Castro takes on Police Brutality
Jun 04, 2019
Which Presidential Candidates Stood Out at the California Democratic Party State Convention
Jun 03, 2019
When 14 Presidential Candidates Invaded San Francisco
May 31, 2019
How Donald Trump Will Be Re-Elected
May 23, 2019
Why Jackie Speier Has Been a Vanguard of the Me Too Movement Since Before It Had a Name
May 23, 2019
Can Dan Baer Be the First Out Gay Man in the Senate?
May 21, 2019
Seth Moulton Wants to Be the Dems Military/Foreign Policy Candidate
May 17, 2019
How Ted Lieu Became Trump’s Twitter Gadfly
May 07, 2019
The Wine Caucus: They Don’t Just Drink!
May 03, 2019
Meet John Hickenlooper, Dark Horse From the Rockies
Apr 26, 2019
Do “Aspirational” Politics Work in the Age of Donald Trump?
Apr 19, 2019
John Delaney? For president?
Apr 11, 2019
How She the People, the First Women of Color Presidential Forum, Happened
Apr 10, 2019
Tom Perez on Joe Biden and Too Many Candidates
Apr 09, 2019
What Shaped Robert Mueller
Apr 03, 2019
Rep. Adam Schiff On What Happens Next to President Trump
Mar 22, 2019
Can Midwesterner Amy Klobuchar Win Votes in California?
Mar 20, 2019
Why Andrew Yang Wants to Give Every American $1,000 a Month
Mar 19, 2019
Zoe Lofgren, ‘Mayor of Capitol Hill’
Mar 18, 2019
Kamala Harris: What's She Really Saying?
Mar 14, 2019
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Isn’t Afraid of Fox News
Mar 12, 2019
Burn the Boats: Why Rep. Eric Swalwell Wants to Run for President
Feb 26, 2019
Will Pete Buttigieg Be America’s First Gay, Millennial, Veteran President?
Feb 26, 2019
Who Can Rescue the California Republican Party?
Feb 21, 2019
Can California Afford Everything Gavin Newsom Wants?
Feb 14, 2019
Is the Democratic Party Getting Too Liberal?
Feb 07, 2019
Can Any Republican Get Elected in California?
Feb 01, 2019
Nancy Pelosi on Trump, 2020 and Nuclear Weapons
Feb 01, 2019
Rep. Barbara Lee Thinks Cannabis Reform Is No Laughing Matter
Jan 21, 2019
Does the Women’s March Still Matter This Year?
Jan 17, 2019
Does Kamala Harris Have a Path to the White House?
Jan 15, 2019
Richard Ojeda: The 2020 Candidate Democrats Fear
Jan 03, 2019
Best of It’s All Political: Gavin Newsom
Jan 02, 2019
Miriam Pawel on the Legacy of Jerry Brown
Dec 26, 2018
Best of It's All Political: Dianne Feinstein
Dec 21, 2018
Best of It's All Political: Julian Castro
Dec 14, 2018
The real legacy of George H.W. Bush
Dec 04, 2018
Stacey Abrams on fighting voter suppression
Dec 01, 2018
What Nancy Pelosi must do to be Speaker of the House again
Nov 29, 2018
Election 2018: Analysis from The Chronicle's political team
Nov 07, 2018
On the midterms: Live from the Grand Theater
Nov 01, 2018
Will Michael Avenatti run for President?
Nov 01, 2018
The Dems will flip two GOP House seats in California
Oct 26, 2018
ANALYSIS: Sen. Dianne Feinstein and state Sen. Kevin de León debate
Oct 18, 2018
Julian Castro on Running for President
Oct 15, 2018
Washington: "Epically Dysfunctional"
Oct 12, 2018
Breaking down the California gubernatorial debate
Oct 08, 2018
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom
Oct 06, 2018
Rock the Vote? Is that still something?
Oct 03, 2018
John Cox, Republican candidate for CA governor
Oct 03, 2018
Do you believe Kavanaugh or Ford?
Sep 28, 2018
UC Berkeley Professor John Yoo
Aug 30, 2018
Gina Ortiz Jones, Stephanie Schriock
Aug 23, 2018
Can Democrats win back statehouses?
Aug 03, 2018
Dan Pfeiffer on how to win the media war
Jul 31, 2018
When techies and scientists run for office
Jul 26, 2018
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
Jun 21, 2018
Chelsea Handler
Jun 15, 2018
San Francisco has a new mayor: London Breed
Jun 13, 2018
2018 California Primary Election recap
Jun 06, 2018
Virginia Delegate Danica Roem
Jun 01, 2018
Congressional candidate Shahid Buttar
May 30, 2018
Chuck Todd from Meet the Press
May 01, 2018
What can we learn from James Comey?
Apr 20, 2018
Leon Panetta offers clarity on Washington chaos
Apr 13, 2018
Sen. Dianne Feinstein offers a rare look at how tragedy, death and illness shaped her
Apr 03, 2018
God and politics with Rep. Jared Huffman
Mar 19, 2018
Ro Khanna on legal marijuana and SOTU
Feb 26, 2018
California state Sen. Kevin de Leon and the #MeToo movement
Feb 24, 2018
'Liddle' Adam Schiff standing tall against Trump
Feb 22, 2018
George Lakoff on the art of political rhetoric
Feb 20, 2018
Governor debates breakdown and Doug Ose interview
Feb 07, 2018
Retired Sen. Barbara Boxer discusses the women's march, sexual harassment in D.C and California politics
Jan 21, 2018
Candidate for California governor Delaine Eastin
Jan 19, 2018
Heather Knight on the S.F. mayoral race
Jan 12, 2018
Heather Knight on the death of S.F. Mayor Ed Lee
Dec 13, 2017
Political activist, TV host and author Van Jones
Dec 01, 2017
Assemblyman Travis Allen
Nov 30, 2017
Assembly Candidate Buffy Wicks
Nov 30, 2017
EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock
Nov 30, 2017
Crowdpac CEO Steve Hilton
Nov 30, 2017
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Nov 30, 2017
State Treasurer John Chiang
Nov 30, 2017
Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams
Nov 30, 2017
Congressman Adam Schiff
Nov 30, 2017
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
Nov 17, 2017