Journalist Panel | Newsmakers with JR

About this episode

The episode discusses various issues affecting the Central Coast, including immigration actions, local litigation, and health care costs.

This week’s laundry list of horrors the Trump Administration is inflicting upon the Central Coast leads off with ICE agents staging home invasions against immigration advocates in Ventura, continues to the government moving local litigation against Sable Offshore into federal court and winds up with the county facing an $11 million bill to pay for health care for poor people, as Ryan P. Cruz, Nick Welsh and Josh Molina join the genial host to also break down the latest news from City Hall, from rent control and the mayor’s race to the collapse of that deal for housing in the Paseo Nuevo mall. Open

People in this episode

Host: JR

Guests: Ryan P. Cruz, Nick Welsh, Josh Molina

Topics covered

• Trump Administration
• immigration
• local government
• health care
• housing
• rent control

Keywords

• ICE agents
• home invasions
• litigation
• health care
• rent control
• mayor’s race
• housing deal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trump Administration, Sable Offshore

Places: Central Coast, Ventura, county

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