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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How Trump's budget affects housing and the environment in California

    President Donald Trump released his budget blueprint today. Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development, and public education could deal a painful blow to California. Trump’s blueprint is so extreme that some top Republicans are pushing back against parts of it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 16, 2017 • 1 min read

    President Donald Trump released his budget blueprint today. Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development, and public education could deal a painful blow to California. Trump’s blueprint is so extreme that some top Republicans are pushing back against parts of it.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Trump's budget could deal a painful blow to California
    1. 0:00How Trump's budget affects housing and the environment in CaliforniaYou’re reading this
    2. 14:47US to get more money to fight hackers
    3. 27:21Is the world too far from normal?
    4. 41:56March Madness: UCLA has serious shot to win
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