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Freshman Legislators Meet Gridlock in Sacramento

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Ongoing corruption, gruesome brutality and a death toll of 5000 this year alone. How long will Mexicans tolerate a climate of fear? Will the violence cross the border? We explore these issues in a rebroadcast of today's To the Point. Then, freshman legislators face partisan gridlock on a budget deficit that's growing by the day. Will new members make any difference? Is it time to amend the state constitution?

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Is Mexico Losing Its War against Drugs? ()

Five thousand people have been killed this year in Mexico's drug wars, twice the number of last year. The Mexican government has reports that 5000 people have been killed this year in that country's drug wars, almost 1000 in November alone, a monthly record. The violence is increasingly brutal, from Baja to Chihuahua, near the US border, and there's growing concern that it will cross over. In this rebroadcast from today's To the Point, how long will the Mexican public tolerate a climate of fear? Will the violence cross the border?

Guests:
  • Arian Campo-Flores: Miami Bureau Chief, Newsweek
  • Ricardo Blazquez: Executive Director, University of Texas' Center for Inter-American and Border Studies
  • Ken Ellingwood: Mexico City Correspondent, Los Angeles Times
  • Jorge Chabat: Professor of International Studies, Center fro Reserach and Teaching on Economics
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Freshman Legislators Meet Gridlock in Sacramento ()

In Sacramento yesterday, California's top four finance officials — appointed and elected — addressed a special session of the Assembly and Senate. They were unanimous: act now or the state will run out of money. Legislators listened, but did they get the message? We hear from Sacramento Bee syndicated columnist Dan Walters and ask freshman legislators from both parties what they'll do to end the gridlock. 

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

 

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