Inside Golden State Politics

By Bill Boyarsky & Sherry Jeffe

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Bill Boyarsky and Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, two experienced California political experts, argue about politics from Los Angeles to Sacramento to Washington.


Bill Boyarsky is former city editor of the Los Angeles Times and was also a columnist, bureau chief and political reporter for the newspaper. Previously, he reported on politics for the Associated Press in Sacramento.

He is the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes for team reporting.


Bill is the author of two biographies of Ronald Reagan, a biography of Jesse M. Unruh; Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times, and, with co-author Nancy Boyarsky, Backroom Politics.


Sherry Bebitch Jeffe is a retired  professor of the practice of public policy communication at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.


Sherry has been political analyst for KCAL-TV, NBC4 Los Angeles NBC's "Today" show and the BBC, where she was an analyst on American politics for programs in London, Scotland and Wales. In 2006, she was a nominee for the Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for NBC4’s news feature, “Decision 2005: A Voter’s Guide.


She has also appeared on MSNBC, CNN, Spectrum News 1 and Al Jazeera English and on radio shows in the United States and internationally. 


Sherry has a Ph.D in government from Claremont Graduate University and a master's in political science from Rutgers, where she was a fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.


Episode Date
Health Care Chaos: The Nation's And Trump's
Dec 11, 2025
Political And Other Wars
Dec 04, 2025
"Turkeys Of The Year" Awards
Nov 20, 2025
Circling The Drain
Nov 13, 2025
Great Day For Women, Bad Day For The GOP
Nov 07, 2025
Elections 2025: A Preview Of The 2026 Midterms
Oct 31, 2025
Destruction: A Way Of Life?
Oct 23, 2025
"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"
Oct 09, 2025
the-blame-games
Oct 03, 2025
Don't Get Mad Get Even
Sep 25, 2025
Trump. Kirk. The First Amendment.
Sep 18, 2025
The State Of Things
Sep 11, 2025
Trump vs. Newsom: The Redistricting Civil War
Aug 31, 2025
Ukraine. The Smithsonian. Redistricting Rumble
Aug 21, 2025
Call Out the Troops?
Aug 14, 2025
Election 2026: Redistricting Versus Epstein
Aug 07, 2025
Hardball
Jul 31, 2025
"Oh what a tangled web we weave . . . "
Jul 24, 2025
Immigration And Trump's War On California
Jul 17, 2025
FEMA, ICE, DHS: A Confusing And Disturbing Alphabet Soup
Jul 12, 2025
Our Last Independence Day?
Jul 04, 2025
"The Times They Are A- Changin'"
Jun 26, 2025
What's Next? Who Knows!
Jun 19, 2025
Los Angeles To Trump: Back Off!
Jun 12, 2025
Cracks In The Republican Agenda: Trump, Musk, Immigration
Jun 06, 2025
Trump Vs. Academia
May 30, 2025
Budgets' Fallout And Trump's Failed Ambush
May 22, 2025
"Come Josephine In My Flying Machine"
May 15, 2025
When Is Old Too Old? When Is Compliant Too Compliant?
May 08, 2025
One Hundred Bottles Of Beer On The Wall...
May 01, 2025
California And Academia Vs. Trump
Apr 24, 2025
What A Mess! Politicians Still Stumped By Homelessness
Apr 10, 2025
California In The Trump Era
Apr 03, 2025
Is The Cover-up Worse Than The Crime?
Mar 28, 2025
Will The Good Guys Finally Win?
Mar 21, 2025
Trump: Easin' On Down The (Wrong) Road
Mar 14, 2025
"Sinners Can Repent But Stupid Is Forever."
Mar 07, 2025
Havoc. Confusion. New Denmark.
Feb 28, 2025
Gulf Of Trump?
Feb 20, 2025
More Chaos
Feb 14, 2025
Chaos!
Feb 07, 2025
Lincoln Got It Right: "...If You Want To Test A Man's Character, Give Him Power."
Feb 01, 2025
"1984"?
Jan 23, 2025
Disaster Politics
Jan 15, 2025
The Naughty List and Muzzling the Media.
Dec 19, 2024
It's "Kiss The Ring" Time; It's Running Scared Time.
Dec 12, 2024
Will A Clown Car Cabinet Take Aim At California?
Dec 05, 2024
L.A. 2025
Nov 22, 2024
GOP Future, Dem Autopsy
Nov 16, 2024
The Post-Game Show
Nov 08, 2024
The Pre-Game Show
Nov 02, 2024
"Lies. Damned Lies And Statistics"
Oct 25, 2024
Closing Strategies
Oct 18, 2024
As The (Political) World Turns
Oct 10, 2024
The V.P. Debate And Beyond
Oct 03, 2024
Inside The City Of Angels
Sep 27, 2024
Translating Trump, Retooling LA County
Sep 19, 2024
Speech And Debate and Dogs and Cats
Sep 14, 2024
California, Dick Cheney, And Kamala Harris
Sep 07, 2024
The Final Lap
Aug 26, 2024
Biden Aftermath. Biden Agonistes.
Jul 05, 2024
"Strong And Wrong Beats Weak And Right"
Jun 29, 2024
What Debate?
Jun 20, 2024
Special Edition: Where Do We Go From Here?
Jun 01, 2024
"What Did I Miss?"
May 24, 2024
Winning Now Isn't Everything: Presidential Polls And Debates
May 16, 2024
From Gaza To The Campus: The Battle Continues
May 06, 2024
The Undercard
Mar 14, 2024
Schiff. Garvey. Biden .Trump.
Mar 07, 2024
Delay Of Game
Feb 29, 2024
The Chief And The Mayor And A Hot Primary
Feb 22, 2024
A Whiplash Election
Feb 15, 2024
Missing From The State Capitol: News
Feb 09, 2024
"And They're Off."
Feb 02, 2024
Stumbling Out Of The Starting Gate
Jan 18, 2024
"Cut, Squeeze And Trim:" Economics Drive California And Its Media
Jan 12, 2024
Welcome To The New Year, A Lot Like The Old Year
Jan 04, 2024
To Be Continued: Gaza, Colorado, Abortion
Dec 21, 2023
A Good Year For L.A.'s Mayor. Not So Much For Academia.
Dec 14, 2023
Congressional Exits: California Loses Clout
Dec 07, 2023
Life Is Full Of Uncertainties
Nov 30, 2023
First Annual Inside Golden State Politics Turkey Of The Year Awards
Nov 23, 2023
Words Matter--And They Should
Nov 16, 2023
"The Times: How The Newspaper Of Record Survived Scandal, Scorn, And The Transformation Of Journalism"
Nov 09, 2023
Anti-Semitism. Islamophobia. Global And Local Politics.
Nov 02, 2023
The "Trust Deficit" In Politics
Oct 25, 2023
Israel. Hamas. California.
Oct 19, 2023
Where Are We Heading?
Oct 11, 2023
And The Beat Goes On
Oct 03, 2023
Notice
Sep 27, 2023
Biden, Immigrants And Strikes
Sep 21, 2023
Is Age "Just A Number"?
Sep 14, 2023
Elections Have Consequences: Examples From Sacramento And Washington DC
Sep 07, 2023
"These Are The Days Of Our Lives"
Aug 31, 2023
The Media, The Debate and "The Man Who Wasn't There."
Aug 25, 2023
Groundhog Day: More Trump Reality TV?
Aug 17, 2023
Hot Labor, Abortion Rights, Indictment-Fueled Summer
Aug 10, 2023
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP
Aug 03, 2023
DeSantis, Newsom, Bass And Barbie
Jul 27, 2023
The Politics Of The "New West"
Jul 20, 2023
Ukraine, The CA Senate Race, Bass And Homelessness, A New CA Assembly Speaker
Jul 13, 2023
We're Back: Newsom For President? SCOTUS Versus Diversity?
Jul 06, 2023
Trump And "Britain Trump": Politics Here And Across The Pond
Jun 21, 2023
A Briefing By Our Washington Correspondent
Jun 08, 2023
Behind California's Looming Budget Deficit
Jun 01, 2023
Politics, Economics, Race: A Volatile Mix
May 11, 2023
A Peek Under The Golden State's Dome
May 03, 2023
The California Connection To 2024: Harris, Newsom, McCarthy, Abortion, Water.
Apr 27, 2023
A Tale Of Two Women: Bass And Feinstein
Apr 20, 2023
Everything But The Trump Show
Apr 13, 2023
Progressives Win Big; Donald Trump Not So Much
Apr 06, 2023
Guns. Again.
Mar 30, 2023
Big Tests: Trump, Bass and L.A. Schools
Mar 23, 2023
Freedom Of Speech: Gridiron And Dominion
Mar 15, 2023
California, Here Come The Republicans (Not You, Tucker).
Mar 09, 2023
Potpourri: Freedom Of Speech, Cancel Culture, Dilbert And Judy Chu
Mar 02, 2023
The Days Of Bass And Biden
Feb 23, 2023
The Week Of The Women: Feinstein And Haley
Feb 16, 2023
SOTU: "Annual National Root Canal"
Feb 09, 2023
The Mayor, The Chief, And More On The Classified Documents
Feb 02, 2023
Monterey Park: An Insider's Perspective
Jan 25, 2023
Classified Documents! Debt Limit! California Senate Race!
Jan 19, 2023
The Governor. The Mayor. The Congress. And The Cop.
Jan 12, 2023
The "Groundhog Day" Games
Jan 06, 2023
The January Sixth Report: Another Nail In The Trump Coffin?
Dec 22, 2022
2023: "Follow The Yellow Brick Road"
Dec 15, 2022
Mid-term Conundrum: Glass Half Full? Glass Half Empty?
Dec 08, 2022
The Rise Of Anti-Semitism--Again
Dec 01, 2022
New Realities And Old Problems
Nov 24, 2022
The Next Los Angeles
Nov 17, 2022
The Post-Game Show
Nov 11, 2022
Democracy On The Ballot?
Nov 03, 2022
Pre-election Punditry: Part Two
Oct 27, 2022
Pre-election Punditry
Oct 20, 2022
L.A.'s October Surprise
Oct 13, 2022
Si, Se Puede: Will Latino Voters Decide The 2022 Elections?
Sep 29, 2022
Big L.A. Debates: Winners And Losers
Sep 22, 2022
Fight On For LA Mayor
Sep 15, 2022
"Politics And Poker": Bass, Caruso, Newsom
Sep 08, 2022
Mike Bonin: A Frank Farewell To City Hall
Aug 18, 2022
The Complex Politics Of August
Aug 11, 2022
Politics After Kansas
Aug 04, 2022
Newsom Boomlet: Troubles Ahead?
Jul 28, 2022
Erwin Chemerinsky On The Supreme Court, The Abortion Decision And Indicting Trump
Jul 21, 2022
Meanwhile...
Jul 14, 2022
Did America Deserve Its Fourth Of July Celebration This Year?
Jul 07, 2022
Will The Politics Of Abortion And Insurrection Impact The Midterm Elections?
Jun 30, 2022
Anatomy Of Democracy's Subversion
Jun 23, 2022
Spawn Of Watergate
Jun 16, 2022
The Post-Game Show
Jun 09, 2022
The Pre-Game Show
Jun 02, 2022
This Just In: Guns And Elections
May 26, 2022
Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Kevin de Leon
May 20, 2022
Money, Abortion And The L..A. Mayor's Race
May 12, 2022
Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Mike Feuer
May 03, 2022
The Rodney King Riots 30 Years Later: What's Changed? What Hasn't?
Apr 28, 2022
Conversations With Candidates For L.A. Mayor: Karen Bass
Apr 20, 2022
A Tale Of Two Issues: Guns And Abortion
Apr 07, 2022
"Take This Job..."
Mar 31, 2022
"Which Way L.A.?"
Mar 24, 2022
The TikTok War
Mar 17, 2022
Politics In The Time Of War
Mar 10, 2022
The State Of The Union: Putin Encroaches
Mar 03, 2022
The Los Angeles Mayor's Race: A National Weather Vane?
Feb 24, 2022
Super Bowl! Super City? Super Hype?
Feb 17, 2022
Grassroots Power Grab: Pointing Toward A Right Wing Future?
Feb 10, 2022
Health care. Homelessness. Help! How?
Feb 03, 2022
Abortion. Crime. SCOTUS. Elections.
Jan 27, 2022
They're Off And Running: Biden, Bass, DeLeon And Many More
Jan 20, 2022
Gavin's In Good Shape, Biden Not So Much
Jan 13, 2022
Is Democracy Dead--Yet?
Jan 06, 2022
Tracking Two Pandemics: Covid 19 and Voter Suppression
Dec 23, 2021
Gavin Takes On Texas; Eric Confronts The Hill
Dec 16, 2021
Donald, Joe, Kamala and the MSM: What's Next?
Dec 09, 2021
How Did We Get Here? The Schneider Perspective
Dec 02, 2021
We're Ba-a-a-ck!
Nov 23, 2021
Steve Lopez vs. City Hall
Oct 21, 2021
Today's Battlegrounds: Schools and Cargo Ships
Oct 14, 2021
"Nobody's On Nobody's Side."
Oct 07, 2021
What a Mess!
Oct 01, 2021
Summer's Rocky End: Newsom's Stock Rises, Biden's Falls
Sep 23, 2021
Gavin, Larry and Donald Shrink the GOP
Sep 16, 2021
The Politics of Fear and Turnout
Sep 09, 2021
California and Kabul: Part III.
Sep 02, 2021
California and Kabul: Part Deux
Aug 26, 2021
California And Kabul
Aug 19, 2021
Revenge Of The Suburbs
Jul 15, 2021
Jury's Out On Infrastructure And Kamala
Jul 08, 2021
Quality Of Life Issues Drive California Politics
Jul 01, 2021
Is It Better To Be Feared Than Loved?
Jun 24, 2021
Too Early To Celebrate?
Jun 17, 2021
Race In The Classroom And The Polling Place
Jun 10, 2021
Democracy?
Jun 03, 2021
Too Much Hate, Not Enough Water
May 27, 2021
Questions Of Equity: Mideast Conflict, California Budget
May 20, 2021
The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg
May 13, 2021
Is The Republican Party Imploding?
May 06, 2021
Deconstructing Madam Speaker With Susan Page
Apr 29, 2021
Rodney King To George Floyd: Can Reform Save The Day?
Apr 23, 2021
Police Shootings: A Dilemma Forever?
Apr 16, 2021
From Bridges To Baseball: America Divided
Apr 08, 2021
The One That Doesn't Dwell On Covid
Apr 01, 2021
Journalism And A Racist World
Mar 25, 2021
When "Cancel" Politics Becomes "Cancel" Policy: CA and DC.
Mar 18, 2021
When "Cancel" Politics Becomes "Cancel" Policy: CA and DC
Mar 18, 2021
Will Biden's Covid Relief Package Squelch Newsom Recall?
Mar 11, 2021
Recall, Pandemic and The Rock--Oh, My
Mar 04, 2021
Amazing Grace, Amazing Misogyny
Feb 25, 2021
The President, "The Former Guy," And The California Recall
Feb 18, 2021
"Is This America?"
Feb 11, 2021
Uncivil Wars
Feb 04, 2021
Vax Mess!
Jan 28, 2021
"Land of Hope And Dreams"?
Jan 21, 2021
Did The Media Miss The Story?
Jan 14, 2021
"American Carnage"
Jan 08, 2021
Agism, New Blood And A Worried Glance Back
Dec 24, 2020
The Golden State Loses Its Luster
Dec 17, 2020
Becerra: Another Bright Spot For California And The Rest of The Country
Dec 10, 2020
The Myth of the Latino Monolith
Dec 03, 2020
American Diversity--Impacting Elections from Georgia to Orange County
Nov 19, 2020
Biden In Charge. California In the Spotlight. Trump In Trouble?
Nov 12, 2020
California And The Nation: Record Turnouts, Tight Races
Nov 05, 2020
Whither the Supreme Court? And a Peek At Hot California Congressional Races.
Oct 29, 2020
A Gentler--Not Kinder--Presidential Debate
Oct 23, 2020
Political Potholes and California Ballot Propositions: On the Rocky Road to Election Day
Oct 15, 2020
California Sends a Favorite Daughter Into Battle
Oct 08, 2020
The End of Civilization As We Know It?
Oct 01, 2020
The Rocky Road To Election Day Gets Rockier
Sep 24, 2020
Trump and Newsom, Strange Political Bedfellows and a Strange Political World
Sep 17, 2020
Donald, Bob, Covid and Chaos
Sep 10, 2020
The presidential campaign ignites and the California legislature flounders
Sep 03, 2020
Donald, Melania, Joe and Kamala
Aug 27, 2020
Michelle, Kamala, Nancy and Donald
Aug 21, 2020
Kamala! Kamala! Kamala!
Aug 13, 2020
The media's challenge: Reporting the pandemic election.
Aug 06, 2020
Asian Americans join Latinos as targets of Trump's bigoted rhetoric
Jul 30, 2020
Pandemic Politics: Is Trump Channeling Newsom? Is Newsom Channeling Trump?
Jul 23, 2020
Bigger Than Politics: The Future of Public Education
Jul 16, 2020
Electoral college, the pandemic, Trump's psyche: What a mess!
Jul 09, 2020
Newsom, Trump, Roberts: Politics and Policy
Jul 02, 2020
Trump: Wild on the trail
Jun 25, 2020
Are Latinos being ignored in the debate over police brutality
Jun 20, 2020
Protests: Anger and hope
Jun 11, 2020
The protests: Our takes
Jun 04, 2020
Disruption
May 28, 2020
The Media, Obamagate and Gavin Newsom
May 22, 2020
Woes: Budget and political
May 14, 2020
Newsom, Biden, and the poor
May 07, 2020
Coronavirus: Tracing, Privacy—a Challenge for California
Apr 30, 2020
Searching For Joe Biden, Voting By Mail
Apr 23, 2020
Social Media, Politics and the Coronavirus
Apr 16, 2020
The Media:Covering Politics and the Pandemic
Apr 09, 2020
Politics And Policy In The Time of Coronavirus
Apr 02, 2020
Leadership
Mar 26, 2020
MIXED BAG: Polls, politics and the virus
Mar 22, 2020
Sexism and the Presidential Race
Mar 10, 2020