Hi this is Marc Levine and you're listening to "I Wasn't Going To Speak Today."  This is the inaugural podcast of my ongoing series discussing timely issues facing society.

I wasn't going to speak today, but the issue of the drought is just too important. California is in the middle of a four-year drought.  We have had only one truly "rainy year" in the last nine years. However, even in wet years California has a problem.  California has an aging water system that is unsustainable in the long-term.

The good news is that in the midst of any crisis there is always opportunity.

I am the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife and joining me today is a guest who is the czar of California water issues.

As the Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board she oversees how California captures, recycles, reuses, and transports water.   Some think she has the authority to determine where and when it will rain and how much.

Today we are talking with Felicia Marcus.


I Wasn't Going to Speak Today -- CA Water Czar, Felicia Marcus

This podcast is part of an ongoing series discussing timely issues of importance in California.

I wasn't going to speak today, but Californians are thirsty and the Beer Festival is right around the corner.

California is redefining the meaning of The Golden State. Today California's gold is served in a frosted glass.

California gave birth to American craft beer, and as a result, an entire new industry was born.

America is quite literally the envy of the entire brewing world.

I am the Chair of the Assembly Select Committee on Craft Brewing and Distilling and joining me today is a guest who knows a lot about beer making and the history of beer in California.

As owner of Rubicon Brewing Company, he knows craft brewing is one of the most vibrant and flourishing segments of the American manufacturing industry.

Today we are talking with Glynn Phillips.

I Wasn't Going to Speak Today -- Craft Beer in the Golden State

Republican political guru Rob Stutzman joins Assemblymember Marc Levine to talk about the state of politics in California and the United States and what it reveals about the country.

I Wasn't Going to Speak Today with Political Guru Rob Stutzman

The I wasn't Going to Speak Today podcast is part of an ongoing series discussing timely issues of importance in California.