New Fire Prevention Law / Sacramento Homeless Resident Deaths / Debate Surrounding New Navigation Shelter / Remembering Scott Lay in California Politics
Summary: <p>A new bill signed into law creates a separate workforce from CalFire to help with fire prevention. PG&E manslaughter charges in a 2020 Zogg Fire. Winter was the deadliest season for Sacramento's homeless residents. How indigenous knowledge is changing how California tracks climate change. Remembering state political ‘insider’ Scott Lay, who passed away at the age of 48.</p> <p><strong>Today's Guests</strong></p> <ul> <li>CapRadio’s State Government Reporter <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/scott-rodd/" target="_blank">Scott Rodd</a></strong> explains a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that creates a separate workforce to help with fire prevention and also why <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/scott-rodd/" target="_blank">PG&E is facing manslaughter charges</a> in the 2020 Zogg Fire that killed four people. </li> <li>CapRadio Reporter <strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/chris-nichols/" target="_blank">Chris Nichols</a></strong> on his recent reporting regarding <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/articles/2021/09/21/winter-was-the-deadliest-season-report-shows-137-homeless-residents-died-in-sacramento-county-in-2020/" target="_blank">deaths among homeless residents</a> in Sacramento and the debate surrounding a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/articles/2021/09/22/as-sacramento-opens-new-navigation-center-for-unhoused-people-a-new-lawsuit-threatens-to-block-other-shelters-from-moving-forward/" target="_blank">new shelter built under the W-X overpass</a> in downtown. </li> <li>CapRadio Environment Reporter <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/about/bios/manola-secaira/" target="_blank"><strong>Manola Secaira</strong> </a>explains how indigenous knowledge is changing the way <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="/articles/2021/09/22/how-indigenous-knowledge-is-changing-the-way-california-tracks-the-effects-of-climate-change/" target="_blank">California tracks the effects of climate change</a>. </li> <li> <strong>Paul Mitchell</strong>, Vice President of Political Data, Inc., and <strong>Anthony York</strong>, the former editor at Capitol Weekly, remember <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://capitolweekly.net/remembering-scott-lay-dead-at-48/" target="_blank">Scott Lay</a>, who passed away at the age of 48. </li> </ul>
