Point of Order with Assemblyman Josh Hoover

E48: Bipartisanship and Social Media w/ Josh Lowenthal

Episode Summary

Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and Josh Lowenthal discuss a number of topics including developing consensus in a divided Legislature, how to work effectively across the aisle, what high school was like with Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz in Long Beach, concerns with the Appropriations process, managing legislative caucuses with diverse interests, the harms of social media, and ways to interrupt the phone-based childhood.

Episode Notes

Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and Josh Lowenthal discuss a number of topics including developing consensus in a divided Legislature, how to work effectively across the aisle, what high school was like with Snoop Dogg and Cameron Diaz in Long Beach, concerns with the Appropriations process, managing legislative caucuses with diverse interests, the harms of social media, and ways to interrupt the phone-based childhood.

 

Host: Assemblyman Josh Hoover (R-Folsom)
 

Cohost: Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)

 

AB 2481: Social media reporting

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2481
 

AB 3172: Holding social media companies accountable

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article286929225.html

 

AB 3216: Phone-Free Schools Act

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/09/24/california-school-cellphone-ban/75368143007/
 

Ending the phone-based childhood

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/teen-childhood-smartphone-use-mental-health-effects/677722/

 

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https://x.com/joshua_hoover
 

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https://x.com/AsmLowenthal

 

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