Here's why it now takes way more signatures to get a proposition on California's ballot

Backers of constitutional amendments will now need to collect 997,139 signatures to get on the ballot, up from 585,407. For other initiatives, the number of signatures needed jumps to 623,212 from 365,880.

On Friday's show:

• What's happening in Golden State politics this week.
• We speak with California Congressman Mark Takano about heading the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
• La Tuna Canyon Road gets safety improvements.
• Spanish holiday music favorites that go beyond "Feliz Navidad."
• The Surfrider Foundation's annual State of the Beach report card is out...and only one state got an A grade — California.
• All the best stuff to do in SoCal this weekend.

On Friday's show:

• Fears stir in Vietnamese community that US seeks more refugee deportations
• RIP Weekly Standard: Conservative mainstay calls it quit after 23 years
• FilmWeek: ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and more

 

On Friday's episode:

• New York Times theater critic Jesse Green
• Nadine Labaki, director of the film "Caparnaum"
• musician Lindsay Buckingham 

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