The Maddy Report – Valley Views Edition is our weekly one-hour public affairs radio program and podcast covering how State and Federal policy and politics impact the north, central and southern regions of the San Joaquin Valley. The goal of The Maddy Report – Valley Views Edition will be to provide a balanced, fact-based and thought-provoking examination of issues facing the San Joaquin Valley—from Bakersfield to Stockton and every city in between. It is intended to advance our mission of fostering more informed discussion and a more engaged electorate.
On this episode of Valley Views, Executive Director Blake Zante engages in a thought-provoking conversation with Pete Peterson, the Dean of the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. Together, they delve into the importance of public policy in shaping society and how the intersection of government, law, and social issues drives meaningful change. With a focus on effective governance, Peterson offers insights into the role of education in cultivating future leaders who can navigate the complexities of policy-making. This discussion sheds light on the challenges and opportunities within public policy and its significant impact on communities nationwide.For more resources, click here to stay connected with The Maddy Institute.
On this episode of Valley Views, our Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Lois Henry, CEO and Editor of SJV Water, to share California's water challenges. As one of the most critical issues facing our state, water policy is at the center of agriculture, communities, and ecosystems across the Central Valley. Lois brings her extensive experience in reporting on water issues to discuss the current state of water policy, the implications of drought, and what's next for California's water future.For more resources, click here to stay connected with The Maddy Institute.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Ashley Swearengin, President/CEO, Central Valley Community Foundation.
On this episode of Valley Views, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Gabe Petek a Legislative Analyst from the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO).
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua and Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Diane Pearce.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Michael Lyman, President, Pediatric Day Health Care Coalition (PDHCC); Katelyn Ashton, President & CEO, Loretta's Little Miracles and Katie Bewarder, Valley resident and Parent.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Bill McEwen, News Director, GV Wire; Jim Boren, Executive Director, Institute for Media and Public Trust at Fresno State; and Joe Kieta, Executive Editor, Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Austin Gilbert, Right Choice Strategies and Navkaran S. Gurm, Principal, Five River Strategies.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Robert Costa, Chief Election and Campaign Correspondent for CBS News.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Jeff Pishney, CEO, Love Our Cities.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Mayor Jerry Dyer, City of Fresno and Omar Rashad, Government Accountability Reporter at Fresnoland.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Laura Ramos, Interim Director of the California Water Institute; Tom Holyoke, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Fresno.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Mayor Jerry Dyer, City of Fresno and Omar Rashad, Government Accountability Reporter, Fresnoland
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Ryan Jacobsen, CEO, Fresno County Farm Bureau!
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Executive Director Blake Zante, is joined by Austin Gilbert, Right Choice Strategies and Navkaran S. Gurm, Principal, Five River Strategies.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Marian Kaanon, President and CEO, Stanislaus Community Foundation.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Scott Miller, President and CEO of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Executive Director, Blake Zante, is joined by Dr. Nate Monroe and Tony Coelho - Chair of Public Policy, UC Merced.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak and Caity Peterson, PPIC.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Artie Padilla, Julie Vue, Justin Salters, and Amanda Hughes.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Dan Walters, CalMatters.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Mindy Romero, the Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the Price School of Public Policy in USC; and Dean Bonner, an Associate Survey Director and Research Fellow at the PPIC.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director - Public Policy Institute of California Water Center; Dr. Andrew Ayres, Research Fellow - Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center; Dr. Alvar Escriva-Bou, Senior Fellow - Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Dillon Savory, California Labor Federation; Tal Eslick, Vista Consulting; Mike Prandini, Building Industry Association.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Jim Boren- fmr Editorial Pg Editor (Fresno Bee), Danielle Bergstrom, Fresnoland, Lois Henry, SJV Water.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Shannon McConville, Research Fellow - Public Policy Institute of California.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ryan Jacobsen from the Fresno County Farm Bureau; Jason Gianelli & Jenny Holtermann from the Kern County Farm Bureau; and Tom Orvis from the Stanislaus County Farm Bureau.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Joseph Hayes, Senior Research Associate - Public Policy Institute of California, and Pedro Nava, Chair - Little Hoover Commission.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by President Chris Vitelli, Merced College; President Chad Redwing, Modesto Junior College; Chancellor Kristin Clark, West Hills College; President Brent Calvin, College of the Sequoias; President Kim Armstrong, Clovis Community College; President Robert Pimentel, Fresno City College.
On this episode of the Maddy Report: Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Rich Ehisen, Editor in Chief of Capitol Weekly, Josh Yeager, Bakersfield Reporter of KVPR, Paul Hurley, Editor of Visalia Times-Delta, Danielle Bergstrom, Executive Director of Fresnoland, and Michelle Morgante, Editor in Chief of Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Paulette Cha, Research Fellows at the Public Policy Institute of California and Paul Brown, Professor of Health Economics at UC Merced
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Frank Jimenez and Sarah Cornett, Fiscal and Policy Analysts at the Legislative Analyst's Office.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Paulette Cha and Shannon McConville, Research Fellows at the Public Policy Institute of California.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Pedro Nava, Chair of California Little Hoover Commission.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director - Public Policy Institute of California Water Center.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Thomas Curwen, LA Times.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Jesse Bedayn, Reporter - CalMatters; Judy Lin, Assistant Editor - CalMatters; and Grace Gedye, Economy Reporter - CalMatters.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director - Public Policy Institute of California Water Center.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Leslie Jacobs, Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ashley Swearengin, Executive Director - Central Valley Community Foundation; Lee Ann Eager, President - Fresno County Economic Development Corporation.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times; Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times; and Elaine Howle, Former State Auditor.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Tani Cantil-Sakauye, President/CEO, PPIC and former Cheif Justice, California Supreme Court.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Roger Aines, Senior Scientist - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sarah Cornett, Fiscal and Policy Analyst, LAO.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ryan Jacobsen, CEO - Fresno County Farm Bureau and Tricia Stever Blattler, Executive Director - Tulare County Farm Bureau.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ashley Swearengin, Executive Director - Central Valley Community Foundation and Lee Ann Eager, President - Fresno County Economic Development Corporation. He is also joined by Alejandra Y. Castillo, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development - U.S. Department of Commerce.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Ellen Hanak, Director of the Public Policy Institute of California Water Center, Dr. Andrew Ayres, Research Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center, Dr. Alvar Escriva-Bou, Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California Water Policy Center, Charles Hillyer, Interim Associate Vice President of the California Water Institute, Dr. Steve Blumenshine, Director of Research and Education at the Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center, and Helle Petersen, Director of the Water, Energy and Technology (WET) Center. They will discuss the changes to California's water markets and updates to regional and local water conservation.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by a senior fellow at the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California, specializing in K–12 education, with an emphasis on math and science education. He'll also talk to school superintendents, Sara Noguchi, Robert Nelson, Eimear O'Brien, Mark Luque, and Kirk Shrum, from throughout the Valley—from Modesto to Bakersfield—to see what they think about raising high school graduation requirements.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Tami Lundberg the Chief Technology Officer at FUSD, Don Soyinthisane, Director of Learner Support at FUSD, and Peter Sonkeen, the Director of Technology at Lindsey USD. We'll find out what one large urban district and one small rural school district are doing to meet the challenge of Improving Digital Equity in Valley K-12 Education.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Scott Linesburg, the editor of Stocktonia, Joe Kieta, the editor of the Fresno Bee, Paul Hurley with the College of the Sequioas, and Robert Price, with the KGET, Bakersfield's NBC affiliate. They will discuss those folks who are unelected, yet highly influential, when it comes to local politics and government.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by university leaders Lynnette Zelezny, Dr. Ellen Junn, Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz. We'll ask the university presidents at each of the Valley's 4 public universities questions regarding the impact of COVID19, school accomplishments, and future plans. After that, we'll take a close look at a Brookings Institution proposal.
On this episode of the Maddy Report Valley Views Edition, Mark Keppler is joined by Anthony Rathburn, Interim Director of the California Energy Research Center, CSUB; Liz Rozell, Director, Valley Strong Energy Institute, Bakersfield College. They will discuss the future of energy in Kern County.
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