California Underground

California Underground

California Underground is the podcast for the tens of millions of Californians who are fed up — and done being ignored.

Started in 2018 with a simple idea: in a state this big, this diverse, and this complicated, there are millions of people who don't fit the progressive orthodoxy — conservatives, moderates, independents, libertarians, and just plain frustrated Californians who want their state to actually work. They weren't extreme. They weren't fringe. They were underground.

Live every Tuesday at 8pm on YouTube, we break down California politics, policy failures, government waste, and the stories the mainstream California media won't touch — with honesty, commentary, and zero spin.

This isn't left. This isn't right. It's accountability.

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California Promised a Temporary Tax in 2012. Prop 3 Will Make It Permanent.
California UndergroundSeptember 01, 202600:00:00

California Promised a Temporary Tax in 2012. Prop 3 Will Make It Permanent.

California voters approved a temporary tax on high earners in 2012 to fund schools. Fourteen years and two extensions later, Proposition 3 would make it permanent — so we went looking for what the last fourteen years actually bought. The funding went up. Per-student spending rose 14% inflation-adjus...

Nonprofits Shouldn't Get a Dime of Government Money. Here's the Proof.
California UndergroundSeptember 01, 202600:22:42

Nonprofits Shouldn't Get a Dime of Government Money. Here's the Proof.

Corey Jackson funneled millions of your dollars to his own nonprofit. See exactly how your money funds radical political agendas. California taxes are being weaponized against the very people paying them. This investigation exposes the paper trail behind massive payouts to organizations that promote...

Why California Is The Most Expensive State In America (According To Berkeley)
California UndergroundAugust 28, 202600:20:07

Why California Is The Most Expensive State In America (According To Berkeley)

Is the California affordability crisis reaching a breaking point? See what a new UC Berkeley study reveals about the state's future. Why is living in the Golden State becoming so expensive for so many residents? This video breaks down the findings from one of the most prominent universities in the r...

Trump's 'America First' Message Just Got Stolen By a Socialist
California UndergroundAugust 27, 202600:16:23

Trump's 'America First' Message Just Got Stolen By a Socialist

A California state senator just won a competitive special election running on a message that sounds a lot like "America First" — focus on people at home, stay out of foreign wars, don't send money abroad. She's not a Republican. She's a Democratic Socialist. We break down why Aisha Wahab's winning m...

CA Assemblyman Corey Jackson's Nonprofit Got $6 Million After He Named It "Nonprofit of the Year."
California UndergroundAugust 26, 202601:14:08

CA Assemblyman Corey Jackson's Nonprofit Got $6 Million After He Named It "Nonprofit of the Year."

A California Assemblyman named his own nonprofit "Nonprofit of the Year" — three weeks before it received a $6 million line item in the state budget he helped pass. Tonight we pull that budget page and show you the other names on it: a group tied to last year's LA riots that helped write the law shi...