Taxes, Wildfires & City Hall Showdowns

Hour 3 - Firefighters rally behind a new LAFD tax measure as Los Angeles voters brace for yet another possible sales tax hike tied to healthcare funding concerns. Plus, Monica Rodriguez joins The Monks & Merrill Show to break down Council File 25-0006-S35 — a wildfire preparedness initiative launched after the devastating January 2025 wind and fire disaster, spearheaded by Nithya Raman, Katy Yaroslavsky, and seconded by Ysabel Jurado.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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