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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

How Trump's budget affects housing and the environment in California

President Donald Trump released his budget blueprint today. Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development, and public education could deal a painful blow to California. Trump’s blueprint is so extreme that some top Republicans are pushing back against parts of it.

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By Madeleine Brand • Mar 16, 2017 • 1 min read

President Donald Trump released his budget blueprint today. Proposed cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development, and public education could deal a painful blow to California. Trump’s blueprint is so extreme that some top Republicans are pushing back against parts of it.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    staff writer at Washington Post

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    UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

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    Shelter Partnership

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