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State Sen. Scott Wiener wants to force apartment buildings in their single family neighborhoods. Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch really doesn't like that idea.

On this episode of Gimme Shelter, Matt Levin of CalMatters and Liam Dillon of the Los Angeles Times discuss the argument for local control over housing decisions with Marin County slow growth activist Susan Kirsch and Juan Guarza, mayor pro tem of the city of Bellflower in Southern California.

Pressure is increasing on counties to sign up more people for food stamps in a state with one of the nation’s lowest participation rates. But greater enrollment may require more money or more state intervention.

California, which has the nation's highest poverty rate, ranks near the bottom for participation in its food stamp program, CalFresh.

John Mirisch: Scores of housing bills circulate in Sacramento, one worse than the next. Collectively, they threaten to destroy our unique and dynamic communities to various degrees, many in the service of Wall Street and other special interest groups. Wall Street is notorious for not caring about the path of destruction it leaves in its wake in search of ever-greater profits.

By a significant margin, a majority of Californians want the state Legislature to force local governments to build more housing. They're in for a disappointment.

Jared Martin: In this legislative session, our state’s leaders have spoken with great passion about solving the housing crisis. They say this is the most critical issue facing California. They question how our state’s future will look if we don’t act now. Yet lawmakers haven’t been willing to take the tough votes to move forward meaningful policy that advances the solution: supply.

A bill that would allow 10 California cities to extend last call at bars from 2 to 4 a.m. has a fresh shot at making it to the governor's desk. Will Sen. Scott Wiener's SB 58 get a friendlier reception from winemaker-turned-governor Gavin Newsom?

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