>> WELCOME BACK EVERYONE TO
JENNER'S NEWS WRAP ON THIS
THURSDAY YOUNG PEOPLE WERE
HUGE PART THE REASON THAT JOE
BIDEN WAS ABLE TO PIECE
TOGETHER A
WINNING COALITION AND THEY WERE
BOOM TO DEMOCRATS UP AND DOWN
THE BALLOT THERE LARGELY
PROGRESSIVE ENERGY AND
ENTHUSIASM, NOT ONLY PUSHED
ESTABLISHED CANDIDATES INTO
OFFICE. BUT ALSO A FEW NEW
FACES AS WELL INCLUDING SOME
VERY YOUNG ONES JOINING US NOW
IS ALEX LEE SET TO BECOME THE
FIRST GEN Z MEMBER OF THE
THE STATE ASSEMBLY OUT GREAT
HAVE YOU CAN BEFORE YOU GET
GOING THERE BEEN A LOT OF
DEBATE ABOUT WHERE DOES GEN Z
START AND WHERE IS MILLENNIALS
START AND HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY
YOURSELF WITH REGARD TO YOUR
AGE BRACKET IF YOU DON'T MIND
ME STARTING THERE.
>> IDENTIFY AS GEN Z I WAS BORN
IN 1995 AND WHETHER OR NOT
WHICHEVER MEASURE YOU GO BY
IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE
GRAY ZONE. AND I THINK AT THE
END OF DAY IT'S ARBITRARY
SOCIAL CONSTRUCT BUT IT IS AN
IMPORTANT REFERENCE HOW I VIEW
THE WORLD AND I FROM IDENTIFIES
GEN Z.
>> THAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER
WELL DONE MY FRIEND LITTLE BIT
OF A GRAY ZONE. SO THANK YOU
FOR LET ME START OKAY COURSE
THE PEOPLE AS IF THEY WANT TO
GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS, ALEX
AND I'VE BEEN COVERING THE
SPACE IN WASHINGTON FOR
MANY YEARS, THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS YOU CAN DO YOU GO TO LAW
SCHOOL YOU CAN BECOME A
LOBBYIST YOU BECOME A STAFFER
AND THE BRIEF YOU DECIDE I'M
GOING TO RUN AND BE A CANDIDATE
MYSELF TALKING ABOUT THAT
DECISION THAT DELIBERATION
FOR YOURSELF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR
LOVED ONES IT IS NOT EASY TO
TEAR YOURSELF OUT THERE IN
PUBLIC LIFE AT ANY AGE.
WHAT DID THOSE CONVERSATIONS
LOOK LIKE FOR YOU WHY DID YOU
FEEL LIKE AT THIS POINT THIS
WAS THE THING THAT YOU ARE BEST
SUITED TO DO.
>> ABSOLUTELY RUN 2016 4 YEARS
AGO IT WAS A GREAT WAKE-UP CALL
TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY RIGHT, EVEN BACK THEN
WHEN I WAS SO JUST SEEING BODY
PRESIDENT AT U C DAVIS AND JUST
BEFORE I START MY CAREER
WORKING FOR THE
STATE LEGISLATURE. I KNEW A
SENSE THAT IF IT WERE NOT ME
THEN WHO WE'RE ALL PART OF A
GRAND PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
TOGETHER MAKING CHANGE IT'S NOT
JUST ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, OR EVEN
ONE LEGISLATOR DOES IT HOLD IT
TOGETHER SO WHEN THE
OPPORTUNITY CAME TO RUN THIS
CYCLE
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY APPLY THE
SKILLS I LEARNED FROM WORKING
THE STATE LEGISLATURE, I JUMPED
AT THE CHANCE TO EVEN THOUGH I
WAS 23 YEARS OLD A LOT OF
COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPECT A LOT
OF CONFIDENCE IN ME WE RAN A
REALLY STRONG GRASSROOTS
CAMPAIGN AGAINST ALL ODDS.
WE WON EVEN THOUGH WE TOOK NO
CORPORATE MONEY, NO FOSSIL
FUEL MONEY AT ALL AND WE WOULD
BEAT THE ODDS AND THAT'S I
THINK THE KIND OF ENERGY THAT
WE NEEDED TO MOCK SEE TODAY.
>> AND WHAT I AGREE WITH YOU
ABSOLUTELY IS THAT AGE IS JUST
A CONSTRUCT IF YOU LOOK BACK AT
HISTORY. MANY OF OUR FOUNDING
FATHERS WERE BELIEVE IT OR NOT
WRITE ABOUT YOUR AGE IF NOT
VERY
MUCH OLDER. AS THEY'RE OUT
THERE WRITING AND INFLUENCING
AND DELIBERATING AND
DELIBERATING SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT FOUNDING DOCUMENTS OF
OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY. I THINK
PEOPLE WOULD BE
SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE
ACTUALLY SPOT ON LET'S GO TO
THE ISSUE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING
THERE ARE A LOT OF KEY ISSUES
OUT HERE A NEW CAMPAIGN ON I
KNOW THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
AS IT PERTAINS TO YOUR
CONSTITUENCY
IN CALIFORNIA. WHY IS IT SO
IMPORTANT IN YOUR VIEWS AT
INCREDIBLY CRUCIAL TOP.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE
CENTERPIECE OF OUR CAMPAIGNS
CORPS PRIORITY FIGHTS FOR US IS
CENTRAL TO OUR CONSTITUENCY
BUT ALSO COMPLETELY PERSONAL TO
ME THE ROOM I'M TALKING FROM
TALKING TO YOU FROM A CHILDHOOD
THAT ROOM I CAN ONLY AFFORD TO
LIVE IN THE BAY AREA, ONE OF
ITS MOST EXPENSIVE PLACES IN
THE
WORLD BECAUSE AS I HAVE THAT
THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING BACK AT
HOME. IT IS THE
CENTRAL STRUGGLE THAT SO MANY
PEOPLE IN THE BAY AREA IN
CALIFORNIA FACE RIGHT NOW EVERY
METROPOLITAN AREA. THE COST OF
HOUSING AND THE COST OF LIVING
IS SO OUT OF CONTROL AND WE
NEED TO
ADDRESS IT NOW AND THAT'S WHY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IS GOING
TO BE TOP PRIORITY AND
ESPECIALLY ABOUT BRINGING
SOCIAL HOUSING BACK INTO THE
FOREFRONT. SO THAT WE HAVE A
PUBLIC OPTION WHEN IT COMES TO
BUILDING CONSTRUCTING HOUSING
COSTS AND AS A SOCIAL GOOD
RATHER THAN FOR PROFIT AND
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO CENTRAL
FOCUS WILL BE.
>> IT'S A CENTRAL FOCUS FOR A
LOT OF A SELF-DESCRIBED
PROGRESSIVES WITHIN THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THERE'S NO
DOUBT SO IS
THE ISSUE OF GETTING MONEY OUT
OF POLITICS AND IT'S A LITTLE
BIT OF DOUBLE EDGE SWORD RIGHT
NOW IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE RUNNING
FOR OFFICE. IF YOU GOT TO PLAY
THE RULES OF THE GAME AS THEY
ARE DESIGNED TO TODAY RIGHT
IT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD TO SAY I
DON'T THINK CAMPAIGN SHOULD
HAVE ALL THIS MONEY.
BUT THEN YOU PROBABLY GOT A
VERY SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN IF YOU
DON'T RELY HEAVILY
ON MONEY. HOW DO YOU VIEW THIS
ISSUE HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO TO
LARGELY CAMPAIGN TO GET YOUR
MESSAGE OUT THERE AND HOW DO
YOU ENVISION THE ISSUE OF
TRYING TO GET MONEY OUT OF
POLITICS AND THE CHALLENGES
THEY'RE AT.
>> YEAH WELL I THINK I'M ONE OF
THE GREAT BUT RARE EXAMPLES OF
SOMEONE BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE
INTEGRITY OF SENT UP TO
CORPORATE SPECIAL INTERESTS AND
STILL WIN
THAT RACE. I AS A MATTER OF
POLICY ONLY ENDORSED OTHER
CORPORATE FREE CANDIDATES, AND
YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS MAKE
SUCCESS
THERE, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BE
EVENING THE PLAYING FIELD AND
THAT'S WHY ON MONDAY JUST
COMING UP THAT WILL BE THE
SWORN IN I'M GOING TO BE
INTRODUCING A BILL TO BAN
CORPORATE DONATIONS TO
CANDIDATES IN THE STATE WHETHER
YOU'RE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL
OR STATE LEGISLATURE FOR
GOVERNOR IT'S GOING TO EVEN THE
POINT THAT WE AS WELL AS BRING
IN A PUBLIC
FINANCE LAWS. SHE JUST SIMPLY
EVEN GOT TO MAKE SURE MORE
WORKING CLASS CANDIDATES ARE
GOING YOU KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT WE TELL A STORY OF OUR
VICTORIES OF PEOPLE WHO WENT
AGAINST
THE ODDS AND HAD THE INTEGRITY
NOT TO STAND UP AGAINST
CORPORATE SPECIAL INTERESTS,
THIS AS A KEY TIME THAT STORY
AND IF YOU KEEP MAKING THAT
VICTORY POSSIBLE. RESHAPE
IT BECAUSE ELECTIONS ARE ALWAYS
ABOUT WHO HAD THE MOST MONEY
WHO HAD THE MILLIONS TO SPEND
IT WAS SITTING UP TO LOBBY US
IT WAS ABOUT WHO AS A GRAZE
CONNECTION TO A DISTRICT I
THINK THAT'S ALWAYS RETURN TO
IT. IT'S NOT A NOVEL IDEA, IT'S
NOT A
RADICAL IDEA IN FACT IT'S GOING
BACK TO A LITTLE TIME THERE ARE
BOXES.
>> TALKING
WHO HAS INFLUENCE YOU IN
POLITICS I CAN'T HELP BUT
NOTICE WE DO HAVE A SIGN OVER
YOUR SHOULDER
FOR CENTER. BERNIE SANDERS OF
COURSE HE IS SOMEONE WHO WITHIN
THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS
INFLUENCED MILLIONS BUT HAS
REALLY INFLUENCED A LOT OF KEY
NAMES.
>> IN TERMS
OF BOTH STATE LOCAL POLITICS AS
WELL AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
HERE IN WASHINGTON
D C DO YOU VIEW KIND OF THE THE
CHARTED SUCCESS HERE OF OF
SENATOR SANDERS HAS BEEN A BIT
OF A BENCHMARK FOR
YOU AND HOW DO LINE AND OTHER
ISSUES WERE PERHAPS YOU DIFFER
MANY PROMINENT PROGRESSIVE SO
TO SPEAK.
>> WELL ABSOLUTELY I THINK
BERNIE SANDERS, A GREAT
INSPIRATION OF MINE, I WAS
LUCKY ENOUGH TO SERVE AS ONE OF
HIS DELEGATES, THE DNC THIS
SUMMER AS WELL AS LUCKY TO BE
ENDORSED BY BERNIE SANDERS
DURING MY RUN FOR THE STATE
ASSEMBLY AS WELL SO IT'S A
GREAT.
WAITING TO HAPPEN GREED OR I
ALSO MODEL MYSELF AFTERWARD ALL
MODELS LIKE
ILHAN OMAR SEE WERE PROMINENT
FIGURES AND PROGRESSIVE
MOVEMENT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE PROGRESSIVE LEADERS AT
EVERY LEVEL COVER OTHER BEER
CITY COUNCIL IN YOUR STATE
LEGISLATURE. AND I THINK THAT
CONTINUE TO LEARN FROM THEM AND
THEIR SUCCESS IS GOING TO BE
IMPORTANT SHIPPING THIS
NATIONAL DIALOGUE THAT WE HAVE.
>> OUT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER A LOT.
>> IT AND I BELIEVE COME MONDAY
YOU GET SWORN IN AS YOU'VE SAID
I'VE COVERED POLITICS FOR QUITE