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Average audio length:
54 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
12 episodes
since April 14, 2025
episodic

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In our final episode of the year, and for the season, our host Christopher discuss with his guest Rita and Juan, about the lawsuit that the Trump administration has brought forward to challenge California's laws that support undocumented students attending California colleges and universities.…

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Governor Gavin Newsom just finished signing legislation for 2025 and only has one year left to act on legislation and a budget. Our host Christopher Sanchez and guest Carol Gonzalez, Yesenia Jimenez, and Dubrea Sanders discuss their thoughts on what it means to be an advocate during Governor Newsom…
As the California legislature finished their business on September 13th, Governor Newsom acted on over 900 bills sent to his desk on a range of issues related to the education, immigrants, child care, human services and much much more. Our host, Christopher Sanchez, sits down with guest Dubrea Sand…
In this episode our host Christopher Sanchez brings together guest Manuel Buenrostro, Ruth Sosa, and your Latina Advocate Carol Gonzalez, to discuss California redistricting and the upcoming special election for Proposition 50 that will be in front of California voters on November 4th, 2025. Our gu…
Our host Christopher Sanchez and his guest Carol Gonzalez, Yesenia Jimenez, and Eddie Carmona provide some important legislative updates on bills that are still moving through the legislative process and on their way to the Governor's desk and what are some trends they are seeing from the legi…
In this filmed episode our podcast our host Christopher Sanchez and his guest Yesenia Jimenez, Eddie Carmona, and our favorite returning guest Carol Gonzalez sit down and discuss how the federal administration anti-immigrants are rewriting the political and policy playbooks which should be a call t…
On June 6th the Trump Administration began its aggressive attack on immigrant communities across California with first raiding a garment factory in the fashion district of Los Angeles and since communities have continued to see unethical aggressive enforcement from federal law enforcement. Our gues…
On May 14, 2025 Governor Newsom provided his revised budget that differs from what he released in January because actions from the federal administration despite California being an economic leader. Our host Christopher Sanchez is joined by guest Alexandrina Chavez, Andrew Avila, and our favorite r…
Our host Christopher Sanchez is joined by his friends Carol Gonzalez and Juan Altamirano and new guest Maria Morales. Our guest discuss the recent visit from Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) to California, the current state of corridos and how recent actions from Mexico and the Uni…
The Mesa Verde Group's very own Christopher Sanchez brings back friends Carol Gonzalez and Juan Altamirano while Andrea Rivera joins the podcast for her first appearance on the podcast. Our guest talk about Governor Newsom's special legislative session, the outpouring of youth and advocat…
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