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Katie Porter

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806 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

No, in the United States, people.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

San Diego County is the fifth most populous county in the United States, and they're making some progress on housing there.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

So yes, you're absolutely right.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

I think there are limits to what you can expect from master planning, but I do think innovation in housing is important.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

And at its core, if you take them at their word,

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

which is where I would start, might not be where I'd end, but it's where I'd start the conversation with California Forever.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

What they're saying is, let us innovate.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

Let us show people what a different model of living and working and recreating can look like.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

And I think we need imagination about what housing could be so that we're not just fighting about

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

40-story apartment buildings and single family.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

There are so many other permutations of housing.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

Long-term leases, which is something Europe has that we don't have, that I campaigned on this in my Senate race.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

I'm campaigning on it now.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

We need more housing innovation.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

And at its heart, that's what I think some of these projects offer.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

So a lot of my career, all of my career before I ran for office was about this exact question, studying families who fell into bankruptcy or were facing eviction or foreclosure.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

That was my life's work.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

That's how I got to know Elizabeth Warren, studying these families, talking to them, researching them.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

And it's the things you mentioned, job loss, income loss, it's medical debt or sickness that leads to the loss of income, it's family breakup, change in the family structure.

The Ezra Klein Show
I Have Some Questions for the Democrats Who Want to Run California

These are the same drivers of bankruptcy that are the drivers of foreclosure and eviction.