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    Which Way, L.A.?

    State Officials Regroup after Brown Gives Up on Budget Negotiations

    Governor Brown's best hopes for closing the $26 billion budget gap collapsed yesterday and, in another YouTube performance , he blamed the Republicans. Senate leader Darrell Steinberg said the Republicans have become “irrelevant,” and that Democrats, “will use the power of our majority.” What might that mean?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Governor Brown's best hopes for closing the $26 billion budget gap collapsed yesterday and, in another YouTube performance, he blamed the Republicans. Senate leader Darrell Steinberg said the Republicans have become “irrelevant,” and that Democrats, “will use the power of our majority.” What might that mean? Wyatt Buchanan is in Sacramento for the San Francisco Chronicle.

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    Mayor Villaraigosa and 'America Fast Forward'
    1. 0:00State Officials Regroup after Brown Gives Up on Budget NegotiationsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:36Mr. Villaraigosa Goes to Washington…Again
    3. 20:13The New President-Elect of United Teachers Los Angeles
    4. 28:12Public Spending and Political Brinksmanship
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Wyatt Buchanan

      San Francisco Chronicle

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Mayor Villaraigosa and 'America Fast Forward'
    1. 0:00State Officials Regroup after Brown Gives Up on Budget NegotiationsYou’re reading this
    2. 8:36Mr. Villaraigosa Goes to Washington…Again
    3. 20:13The New President-Elect of United Teachers Los Angeles
    4. 28:12Public Spending and Political Brinksmanship
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