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California District One MediaNevada City Residents Reflect on their Newly Divided CommunityBy now you've heard about the violent attacks by counter-protesters last Sunday in our beautiful downtown Nevada City. I must admit it broke my heart. It was painful to see our community torn in two by a jacked up, flag draped gang, tearing through a non-threatening peaceful protest of local families, women, and young people beating tambourines and pots and pans.
These tough guys draped themselves in ‘Thin Blue Line’ flags, as if in support of police,- but in reality they made our law enforcement's job even more impossible than it already is. Even police chief, Chad Ellis, said so...2020-08-1204 minCalifornia District One MediaConstitutional Law Group of Texas Comes to Nevada City, CANow, it doesn’t take a genius to walk around and see the big changes being made to our downtowns. The roll back of indoor restaurant dining due to the out of control coronavirus has put all restaurants in a fight to survive. Thanks to the Cities, County, and the Environmental Health Department, it looks like this summer our businesses have a workable solution. The outdoor dining is a creative fix and it has tons of community support. Our Nevada County looks darn near European with its festive patios and people feeling safe to come out again.
So it’s a bi...2020-07-2603 minCalifornia District One MediaCAD1, The 2018 Primaries - Episode 12As the first year of the Trump Administration and the 114th Congress wraps up its first chaotic year, let’s look forward to what positive change we CAN bring about in the year ahead.
This is the year of the 2018 midterm elections. Front and center on the agenda is the seat of incumbent Congressman, Doug LaMalfa. In 2017, LaMalfa served as a guaranteed rubber stamp for Representative Paul Ryan and the GOP lead congress. LaMalfa predictably voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act; voted to shrink Bears Ears and other national monuments; voted to allow mining pollution to be released into wa...2018-01-1803 min
California District One MediaEpisode Ten: Way-North JobsHere in California, District One is unique for its size and demographics. It consists of eleven counties making up a vast tract of land, a fifth of the state, yet it makes up only 3 percent of its population. Unlike its dense and diversified urban neighbors, 86 percent of the population here is white, with 20 percent living below the poverty line. In the far-North unemployment rates can run as high as 16 percent. A remarkable 18 percent of its sparse, rural population lives on Disability. One half of the population depends on Obamacare or Medi-Cal for their health coverage. One third of households living...2017-10-0703 min
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Ten: Way-North JobsHere in California, District One is unique for its size and demographics. It consists of eleven counties making up a vast tract of land, a fifth of the state, yet it makes up only 3 percent of its population. Unlike its dense and diversified urban neighbors, 86 percent of the population here is white, with 20 percent living below the poverty line. In the far-North unemployment rates can run as high as 16 percent. A remarkable 18 percent of its sparse, rural population lives on Disability. One half of the population depends on Obamacare or Medi-Cal for their health coverage. One third of households living...2017-08-0103 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Eleven: The Future of our Forest and The Westerman BillThis week the House began debate on the optimistically named, “Resilient Federal Forests Act”, otherwise known as the “Westerman Bill”. It is the least discussed bill that most directly impacts our daily lives here in District One. Presented as a ‘Common Sense Forest Protection Bill’, it does little, if anything to protect our forests. Instead it is littered with loopholes and exceptions, essentially giving free reign to unchecked, abusive land practices for generations at a time. It guts environmental protections and current forest management policy, making them strictly ‘optional’’. Here are just a few of the bill’s highlights:
It requires the Bureau...2017-07-1103 min
California District One MediaEpisode Eleven: The Future of our Forest and The Westerman BillThis week the House began debate on the optimistically named, “Resilient Federal Forests Act”, otherwise known as the “Westerman Bill”. It is the least discussed bill that most directly impacts our daily lives here in District One. Presented as a ‘Common Sense Forest Protection Bill’, it does little, if anything to protect our forests. Instead it is littered with loopholes and exceptions, essentially giving free reign to unchecked, abusive land practices for generations at a time. It guts environmental protections and current forest management policy, making them strictly ‘optional’’. Here are just a few of the bill’s highlights:
It requires the Bureau...2017-07-1103 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Nine: SB 562 - Rendon Blocks The BillWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest.
Last time we reported on The Healthy California Act, or SB 562, a popular and serious contender for a viable affordable healthcare system covering all Californians. It’s cleared the State Senate, and has been under review by the Assembly.
SB 562 creates a trust fund for all healthcare funding under a Single Payer system, with everyone in one payment plan; patients, doctors, and hospitals. One payment network where everyone is covered, where no one...2017-06-2603 min
California District One MediaEpisode Nine: SB 562 - Rendon Blocks The BillWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest.
Last time we reported on The Healthy California Act, or SB 562, a popular and serious contender for a viable affordable healthcare system covering all Californians. It’s cleared the State Senate, and has been under review by the Assembly.
SB 562 creates a trust fund for all healthcare funding under a Single Payer system, with everyone in one payment plan; patients, doctors, and hospitals. One payment network where everyone is covered, where no one...2017-06-2603 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Eight: The Healthy California Act or SB 562In District One, one in seven people depend on Obamacare for their healthcare and nearly one third have pre-existing conditions now protected. In Washington, thirteen republicans are working behind closed doors fast tracking a modified version of the disastrous Trumpcare bill, that will strip healthcare away from twenty-three million Americans. But here in California, a statewide movement for a single payer healthcare system has emerged. And it’s the most fiscally responsible way to provide equitable coverage to all Californians. It’s called the Healthy California Act, or SB 562. And it’s got momentum.
The bill has passed the State Senate...2017-06-1203 min
California District One MediaEpisode Eight: The Healthy California Act or SB 562In District One, one in seven people depend on Obamacare for their healthcare and nearly one third have pre-existing conditions now protected. In Washington, thirteen republicans are working behind closed doors fast tracking a modified version of the disastrous Trumpcare bill, that will strip healthcare away from twenty-three million Americans. But here in California, a statewide movement for a single payer healthcare system has emerged. And it’s the most fiscally responsible way to provide equitable coverage to all Californians. It’s called the Healthy California Act, or SB 562. And it’s got momentum.
The bill has passed the State Senate...2017-06-1203 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Seven: The CBO Score and the Trump BudgetWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest.
In Washington this week, presidential scandals are grinding the government’s gears to a halt. But between the headlines, the big news is the release of the congressional budget office’s report on the Trump budget. The CBO score was issued after the House GOP rushed the vote and passed it along party lines without knowing its financial reality.2017-05-3003 min
California District One MediaEpisode Seven: The CBO Score and the Trump BudgetWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest.
In Washington this week, presidential scandals are grinding the government’s gears to a halt. But between the headlines, the big news is the release of the congressional budget office’s report on the Trump budget. The CBO score was issued after the House GOP rushed the vote and passed it along party lines without knowing its financial reality.2017-05-3003 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Six: Executive Overreach and Federal SpendingWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest.
A recent Gallup poll shows Donald Trump’s approval rating of his first 100 days in office at a record low of only thirty-seven percent, an approval rating lower than any president in modern U.S. history.
On Wednesday, Senator Feinstein demanded the Senate Judiciary Committee hold hearings to assess President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. Both Senators Harris and Feinstein continue to call for an independent counsel. But despit...2017-05-2203 min
California District One MediaEpisode Six: Executive Overreach and Federal SpendingWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress. Here’s the latest.
A recent Gallup poll shows Donald Trump’s approval rating of his first 100 days in office at a record low of only thirty-seven percent, an approval rating lower than any president in modern U.S. history.
On Wednesday, Senator Feinstein demanded the Senate Judiciary Committee hold hearings to assess President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. Both Senators Harris and Feinstein continue to call for an independent counsel. But despit...2017-05-2203 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Five: CAD1 and Trump's TaxesThis week, the nation was rocked by the chaotic firing of FBI Director, James Comey. The Senate, House, and FBI are all investigating mounting evidence of President Trump’s ties to Russian organized crime and interference in the 2016 election. There was bipartisan uproar at the President’s poorly timed firing of the very man investigating him, resulting in demands from both sides of the aisle for a special investigator. CNN confirms a US court in Virginia has issued Grand Jury subpoenas into Michael Flynn’s financial dealings. Growing implications of racketeering and money laundering are being reported, and answers to many q...2017-05-1503 min
California District One MediaEpisode Five: CAD1 and Trump's TaxesThis week, the nation was rocked by the chaotic firing of FBI Director, James Comey. The Senate, House, and FBI are all investigating mounting evidence of President Trump’s ties to Russian organized crime and interference in the 2016 election. There was bipartisan uproar at the President’s poorly timed firing of the very man investigating him, resulting in demands from both sides of the aisle for a special investigator. CNN confirms a US court in Virginia has issued Grand Jury subpoenas into Michael Flynn’s financial dealings. Growing implications of racketeering and money laundering are being reported, and answers to many q...2017-05-1503 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Four: The ACA Repeal BillWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
District One is California’s largest congressional district which includes Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties plus portions of Glenn, Nevada, and Placer counties. District One has been gerrymandered and is considered a GOP ‘safe’ district. The redrawing of the district into a more balanced electorate is not up for redistricting for three more years.
At the top of this week’s news, Congress approved a disastrous...2017-05-0703 min
California District One MediaEpisode Four: The ACA Repeal BillWelcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
District One is California’s largest congressional district which includes Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties plus portions of Glenn, Nevada, and Placer counties. District One has been gerrymandered and is considered a GOP ‘safe’ district. The redrawing of the district into a more balanced electorate is not up for redistricting for three more years.
At the top of this week’s news, Congress approved a disastrous...2017-05-0703 min
California District One MediaEpisode Two: April Congressional Recess and Town Halls in Grass Valley, Oroville and ReddingWelcome to California District One Media. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
Episode Two reports on Doug LaMalfa's Oroville and Redding April Town Hall meetings. - 3 minutes2017-04-2403 min
California District One MediaEpisode One: Congressman LaMalfa's Voting Record for Week Ending April 9, 2017Welcome to California District One Media. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
Episode One includes Congressman Doug LaMalfa's voting record so far under the Trump Administration. - 3 minutes2017-04-2403 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Two: April Congressional Recess and Town Halls in Grass Valley, Oroville and ReddingWelcome to California District One Media. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
Episode Two reports on Doug LaMalfa's Oroville and Redding April Town Hall meetings. - 3 minutes2017-04-2403 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode One: Congressman LaMalfa's Voting Record for Week Ending April 9, 2017Welcome to California District One Media. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
Episode One includes Congressman Doug LaMalfa's voting record so far under the Trump Administration. - 3 minutes2017-04-2403 minBritish Highways And Byways From A Motor Car by MUEpisode Three: Science and Environment April 2017Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
This week, congress returned to Washington from their April recess and local town hall meetings. Returning to work, our leaders in Congress delivered the nation a near-budget shutdown, the return and retreat of Trump’s Tea-Party-care, and a cavalcade of executive orders from President Donald Trump. - 3 minutes2017-02-0403 min
California District One MediaEpisode Three: Science and Environment April 2017Welcome to California District One Media. I’m Tony West. This is your weekly watchdog news report on your District One elected officials in Congress, their votes and public actions.
This week, congress returned to Washington from their April recess and local town hall meetings. Returning to work, our leaders in Congress delivered the nation a near-budget shutdown, the return and retreat of Trump’s Tea-Party-care, and a cavalcade of executive orders from President Donald Trump. - 3 minutes2017-02-0403 min