Weekly Political Evaluation
As confusion continues to swirl over what precisely was stated throughout President Trump’s personal assembly with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday in Helsinki, Finland, the White Home introduced that Trump will invite Putin to fulfill with him this fall in Washington, D.C. Within the California Senate race, the state Democratic Get together snubbed Sen. Dianne Feinstein by endorsing her rival, Kevin de León, on this November’s normal election. The transfer comes as Feinstein prepares to take a lead function within the looming partisan battle over confirming Supreme Court docket nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Visitors:
– Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle senior political author
– Marisa Lagos, KQED politics and authorities reporter
– Sean Walsh, Wilson Walsh Consulting
Wildfire Cleanup Invoice
The North Bay wildfires final October burned greater than 240,000 acres, claimed the lives of 43 individuals and price greater than $1 billion to wash up. The U.S. Military Corps of Engineers supervised the elimination of greater than 2 million tons of particles in Sonoma, Napa, Lake and Mendocino counties. KQED legal justice reporter Sukey Lewis discovered troubling flaws in how the cleanup contracts had been awarded and executed in her investigation.
Local weather Change and Hearth Season
This yr’s fireplace season in California is off to the worst begin in a decade, and local weather change could also be partly accountable. Sizzling, dry circumstances and hotter nights have made it tougher to combat lethal wildfires, whereas the state’s multiyear drought left behind thousands and thousands of useless bushes which have elevated the fireplace danger. KQED Science editor Craig Miller discusses the function that local weather change has performed in damaging California’s surroundings.
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