Today on AirTalk, we recap the latest major headlines in California's political news and discuss what these stories mean for the weeks ahead. 

• CA to receive $42 billion from American Rescue Plan

• CDC warns of fourth coronavirus wave, what this means for Newsom's reopening efforts

• Potential Democratic challengers gauge whether or not to dip foot in gubernatorial race

• Latest poll on Gov. Newsom’s approval rating

• National GOP puts money behind recall effort

• Rob Bonta appointed as the state’s new Attorney General

• GOP’s misinformation leads to flipped California House seats

• State lawmakers push to expand hate crime legislations

GUESTS:

Nicole Nixon, reporter covering politics and government for CapRadio; she tweets @_Nixo

Raphael J. Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs at Cal State Los Angeles; author of “Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles” (Princeton University Press, 1994); he tweets @SonensheinPBI