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The Status of Women and Girls in California, with Darcy Totten
Episode 461
Monday, 27 April, 2026
Our guest is Darcy Totten, Executive Director at the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. The Commission on the Status of Women was established by the legislature in 1965 for the purpose of developing recommendations “which will enable women to make the maximum contribution to society.” In 1971 Governor Reagan made the Commission a permanent, independent agency. Totten joined us to talk about the history of the organization, the challenges women and girls face today and what the future might look like. 1:04 Telematics story 2:04 Cardroom regulations and impact on local governments 3:13 Affordability 8:40 Darcy Totten 11:41 Temperature check 15:09 The federal picture 18:17 Radical solidarity 21:01 The Girls' Agenda 26:15 'How do you bake gender equity into every system?" 30:33 What about the CA legislature? 36:05 Regulating AI or social media 38:07 "Sometimes you need the bigger change" 44:59 Statewide blueprint 45:44 #WWCA Want to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
