Bienvenitos. That's California for welcome to this special edition of National Review's Radio Free California podcast. I'm Will Swain, president of the California Policy Center.

You can find my colleagues and me at California PolicyCenter.org.

You'd ordinarily find me here, of course, with my friend and co-host, David Bonson,

and my gosh, we miss him.

But there's been so much news that no regular one-hour episode of our show could track everything, even though,

as you know, I'm always inclined to try. So in this special episode, we'll hear three conversations.

My talk with Silicon Valley tech leader who packed up his family and moved from California to Texas

and then to France, and with Pacific Legal Foundations Caleb Trotter about his legal

work to eliminate a California law that blocks telemedicum.

But we're going to start with our billorama.

That's the annual rundown of this year's most important bills headed for the governor's desk.

And for that work, of course, we turn to our tour guide, Lance Christensen, California Policy Center's VP of Education Policy and Government Affairs, Sarah.

Please roll that conversation.

With me now is my friend and colleague Lance Christensen.

He's vice president of education policy and government affairs at the California Policy Center.

You'll notice that pause in there.

I have to make

sure I always get your very lengthy title. Absolutely correct. And for purposes of this conversation,

Lance, you and I are going to talk about the government affairs part of your job. You have been in the

legislature. The legislative session ostensibly ended Friday at midnight. I understand that it went

longer. I don't know how. I guess we just

get to flout the law wherever it's inconvenient. So were you there, Lance? Were you watching this

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