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EPISODE · May 21, 2026 · 33 MIN

California’s Public Defender Crisis & Coastal Controversies

from Monks & Merrill

Hour 3 - Assemblymember Nick Schultz joins the show to discuss California’s growing public defender crisis and a new bill aimed at forcing the state to address it. Plus, resistance builds over the future of Oceanwide Plaza, Heal the Bay releases its rankings of Southern California’s cleanest and dirtiest beaches — including troubling news for the Santa Monica Pier — and San Clemente voters weigh a sales tax proposal to fund more sand replenishment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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