David and Will consider the sex-assault scandal roiling California’s Democratic party, the state assembly’s grab-bag California Green New Deal, and the rise of the New Loyalty Oath for University of California faculty. Intro music by Metalachi. Listen here!

SHOW NOTES:

• Hunter will likely receive his taxpayer funded congressional pension despite guilty plea
• California Democratic Party settles lawsuits alleging harassment and discrimination by former leader
• The Supreme Court just denied cities the right to combat homeless encampments
• California Democrats want their own Green New Deal to fight homelessness, climate change
• Can California Top Its Most Ironic Political Stories of 2019?
• Biden vows to ban standardized testing in public schools if elected
• University of California is sued over use of SAT and ACT in Admissions
• Bloomberg education plan to promote charter school expansion
• UC Davis professor under fire for opposing required ‘diversity statements’
• The University’s new Loyalty Oath
• Newsom puts $15 billion schools bond on ballot
• Sacramento schools should consider cuts to teacher salaries, state audit suggests
• Teachers pay high fees for retirement funds. Unions are partly to blame