As of July 1, California is the country's first full-time Legislature to allow Capitol staffers to form a union (free link). And they're already starting to organize.

Today we're taking a look at what a unionized legislature means not just for the Senate and Assembly, but also for workers throughout the state who have been yearning for solidarity in downtown Sacramento.

Does this strengthen the positions of teachers and nurses as well? What does legislative solidarity look like for state workers like SEIU Local 1000, the California Association of Professional Scientists, and the Professional Engineers in California Government?

As it stands, Gavin Newsom has proven himself to be the most anti-worker governor since Arnold Schwarzenegger, forcing state workers back into the office and reneging on the raises promised to California's scientists.

It's hard to imagine that an organized legislative staff couldn't throw a lot of heft around in standing in solidarity with these unions.

We then take a moment to discuss a couple of the golden state's 2028 presidential hopefuls' recent gaffes on the genocide in Gaza. Newsom is now speaking out of both sides of his mouth, claiming that he no longer believes Israel is an apartheid state (to say nothing of the other war crimes it is committing throughout the Middle East). And Ro Khanna is afraid to embargo/sanction Israel in response to the genocide.

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