Marisa Lagos
California Politics and Government Desk Reporter at KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA)
Co-Host at Political Breakdown
Political correspondent for @KQED -- radio, TV and digital. Co-host of Political Breakdown podcast. Cali native, SF denizen. email - [email protected]
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Scott ShaferMarisa LagosGuy MarzoratiAlex HallApr 18Failed to save articlePlease try againOakland mayoral candidate Loren Taylor speaks with his family beside him at his election night party in Oakland on April 15, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)After weeks of trying to make nice with the president, Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta head to court, saying Trump’s unilateral tariffs are messing up California’s trade-dependent economy.
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Apr 17Failed to save articlePlease try againA march through the UC Berkeley campus in association with the national Stand Up for Science day of action in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)President Donald Trump is targeting higher education. Colleges and universities in California are feeling the heat as the administration threatens funding, cancels student visas, pressures schools to end diversity programs and cracks down on pro-Palestinian campus protests.
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Apr 17Failed to save articlePlease try againMayor Daniel Lurie delivers remarks on his first 100 days in office at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in San Francisco on Thursday, April 17, 2025. In the progress report address, Lurie noted a drop in crime and increased collaboration on combating homelessness and the city’s drug crisis.
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Failed to save articlePlease try againCalifornia is once again taking the Trump administration to court — this time to halt tariffs and avert harm to its economy. California is challenging President Donald Trump’s tariffs in court, arguing in a lawsuit to be filed Wednesday that he lacks the authority to unilaterally impose the levies on foreign goods and that they are doing irreparable harm to the state’s economy. Gov.
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Apr 15Failed to save articlePlease try againCal Calamia at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on April 11, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)Cal Calamia is a nonbinary transmasculine runner and an activist who has successfully pushed to create nonbinary running categories in some of the world’s largest marathons. Calamia joins Marisa in studio to dig into the debate over transgender participation in sports.
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But opponents say Prop 36 is cannibalizing the very funding needed to treat people, by sending more people to prison: “As prison costs rise under Prop. 36’s tough-on-drugs approach, it’s ironic that the money saved by Prop. 47 is being used to cover Prop. 36’s costs” @GavinNewsom
Supporters of Prop. 36 say the state needs to earmark hundreds of millions of dollars in next year's budget to fund county-level drug and mental health treatment: “I want to make sure that the mandate that the voters issued is fulfilled,” Sen. @TomUmbergCA says
Supporters of Prop. 36 say the state needs to earmark hundreds of millions of dollars in next year's budget to fund county-level drug and mental health treatment: “I want to make sure that the mandate that the voters issued is fulfilled,” Sen. @TomUmbergCA says
Ever since voters approved Prop. 36 there’s been a hot debate over how to pay for the tough-on-crime ballot measure. Officials at one state agency say there's money available, even as they warn that the funding will dry up in future years — bc of Prop 36. https://t.co/LHeOKoOFVh
Ever since voters approved Prop. 36 there’s been a hot debate over how to pay for the tough-on-crime ballot measure. Officials at one state agency say there's money available, even as they warn that the funding will dry up in future years — bc of Prop 36. https://t.co/LHeOKoOFVh
