<description>&lt;p&gt;In this wide-ranging podcast conversation, Senator Caroline Menjivar explains how she is starting her second year in office feeling 'way more confident' - while helping tackle a sobering state budget deficit, introducing a 21-bill policy package focused on issues important to her San Fernando Valley district, pushing back against culture wars that threaten LGBTQ+ youth, and navigating life as a lesbian lawmaker, daughter and military veteran. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/PjsjBbAKdxg"&gt;Click here for a closed-captioned version of this episode!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Then There's California

State Senators...in Conversation About California!

A Second-Year Conversation with Senator Caroline Menjivar: "How I'm looking at it this year is, how to be more strategic..."

MAR 19, 202448 MIN
Then There's California

A Second-Year Conversation with Senator Caroline Menjivar: "How I'm looking at it this year is, how to be more strategic..."

MAR 19, 202448 MIN

Description

In this wide-ranging podcast conversation, Senator Caroline Menjivar explains how she is starting her second year in office feeling 'way more confident' - while helping tackle a sobering state budget deficit, introducing a 21-bill policy package focused on issues important to her San Fernando Valley district, pushing back against culture wars that threaten LGBTQ+ youth, and navigating life as a lesbian lawmaker, daughter and military veteran. 

Click here for a closed-captioned version of this episode!