In this episode, host Damien Newton welcomes back Zack Deutsch-Gross, the new executive director of Transform, for a wrap-up of California’s 2025 legislative session. Zack also shares his vision for Transform’s next chapter: expanding partnerships across housing, climate, health, and democracy; innovating locally while pushing state policy; and ensuring California’s climate investments center equity and justice. We’re wrapping up the legislative session with Zack Deutsch-Gross, the new executive director of Transform. The idea was to put a major transportation funding measure on the 2026 ballot in the nine-county Bay Area. People across California understand that transit, housing, and climate action are interconnected.