Matters of Policy & Politics

Matters Of Policy & Politics: Headbangers’ Ball

Why this annual exercise in futility, the easing of mask mandates, the challenges in fast-tracking new housing construction, and adding more yellow school buses across the Golden State isn’t as straight forward as it may seem.

Matters of Policy & PoliticsFebruary 10, 2022
Matters Of Policy & Politics: Headbangers’ Ball

Each year, California lawmakers fail to implement single-payer healthcare and curb homelessness – 2022 being no exception to the rule. Hoover senior fellow Lee Ohanian and distinguished policy fellow Bill Whalen, both contributors to Hoover’s “California on Your Mind” web channel, join Hoover senior writer Jonathan Movroydis to discuss why this annual exercise in futility, the easing of mask mandates, the challenges in fast-tracking new housing construction, and adding more yellow school buses across the Golden State isn’t as black-and-white as it may seem.

Cast

Lee Ohanian

Lee Ohanian

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

Jonathan Movroydis

Jonathan Movroydis

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