Capitol Annex Project Leaders Break Promise To Be More Transparent
Leaders of California’s Capitol Annex Project have backed away from promises of transparency, refusing to release updated cost estimates or key financial records for the billion‑dollar taxpayer‑funded building. Lawmakers Blanca Pacheco and John Laird say withholding the documents serves the public …
Laird says he will preserve school funding if Diablo Canyon stays open
State Senator John Laird told KCBX he will make sure funding to local communities is included on any potential bill to extend the Diablo Canyon Power Plant’s operations past the year 2030.
John Laird - California State Senator - 17th District - interviewed on "The Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club" by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)
Currently on Spring Break and in the district; as one of the first openly gay elected officials to city & state office, what's his take on Governor Newsom's homophobic slurs of conservative influencers & politicos? Quoting Barney Frank, Senator Laird said, "You have a right to privacy, but no right…
Chris Berry & Laurie Egan_State of the San Lorenzo River 2026 Symposium & Tour_interview 2026-04-10 on KZSC's 'Bushwhacker's Breakfast Club' by "Dangerous Dan" Orange & DJ "Spark Plug" (Dylan Estevez)
Started in 2015 with a grant to improve the scientific literacty of lay people about our watershed & its issues, inspired by former Santa Cruz city water director Rosemary Menard - & they've held the State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium almost every year since; our California State Senator John…
AI Agents to Model Human Cognition with John Laird
Tom chats with John Laird, who has spent the past 40 years trying to build an AI agent that accomplishes the full range of human cognitive abilities, beginning with his 1980s PhD research on the SOAR model of human cognition with Allen Newell and Paul Rosenbloom.
John E. Laird received his Ph.D. fr…
Senator John Laird on 50 Years of Conservation in California
Imagine sitting by Mission Street for an hour and only seeing 5 cars pass through, or being in one of the first graduating classes from the “new” school of UC Santa Cruz. That’s the perspective Senator John Laird brings to this episode as shares his extensive experience across California’s local an…
Water and Power on the Central Coast
Communities like SLO County are studying the feasibility of desalination given ongoing climate impacts. Dr. David Jassby a UCLA civil and environmental engineering professor discusses the potential of desalination. Then, State Senator John Laird talks about a bill that would bring back local fundin…
Senator Laird ‘not totally surprised’ by Diablo Canyon extension delay
State Senator John Laird spoke with KCBX about Governor Gavin Newsom’s choice to not push for extending operations at the Diablo Canyon Power Plant this year.
# 134 LIVING WITH FIRE: BIG SUR - Kate Daniels, Responsibility Without Authority
What happens when local knowledge meets the machinery of government during the Timber and Plaskett Fires.
This is the fourth conversation in Living With Fire: Big Sur, an ongoing A Big Sur Podcast examination of the Timber and Plaskett Fires and of Big Sur’s larger relationship with wildfire.
The p…
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