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scott shafer joins us now to talk about bills. >> hi. >> hi. let's return to the top story and talk about ann for a minute. sfwro put the spotlight on the secret money that comes into campaigns. not just in california, but all over the country. the important thing about this is -- although it is a victory, there's $1 million feign, we still don't know the names of the original donors. that's really what she was after. we do know that most of them were from california before it went back east and then to arizona and back to california, but what it points to is loopholes in california's election disclosure laws and the legislature now needs to fix that if they want to, and there is a bill in the legislature which passed the senate and it's been in the assembly. they may pick that up. obviously that's an important issue. >> bottom line, we're still left in the dark a little bit about who the individual donors are. >> absolutely. the ftpc released the documents that were mostly redacted, but they were kind of sloppy. first names and address and whe

scott shafer has our interview. >> chief, welcome to the program. >> it's a pleasure, scott. thank you. >> this has been quite a week for our country and for the bay area. we've had a shutdown. week two of the shutdown in washington, what do you make of the seeming intractability of the partisan divide and the inability to come together for what seems to be the best in the country? >> i think it's the best and the worst of a civics lesson. this is your check and balance in action. however, there needs to be action. not just check and balance. i think that's when the parties have to start discussing coming together and thinking about this is this as a long-term solution. >> here in california, of course, the courts have seen about a 65% loss of their state funding. i think you got a little bit of that funding back in this current year. what impact has that had on justice in california? >> it's undermined justice. it's also contributed to a two-tier system of justice. what it has done has made your day in court unattainable. when closing courts and reducing hours are basically

and scott shafer, host and correspondent for the "california report" on kqed public radio. he joins us from san francisco. welcome back to the newshour to all three of you. scott, let me start with you out on the west coast. what are you seeing in california? >> well, there is a rang of impacts, judy, ranging from annoyance to anger. california has about 150 civilian federal employees. they are disproportionately located in places like san diego which has a large military presence, 29 palms, los angeles, places where there are a lot of defense installations. and so what you are seeing is the impact not only on those individual employees who have been furloughed or are still furloughed, but on the businesses that rely on those employees. for example yosemite park, an iconic park in california, a lot of the businesses in small towns like sennora rely on those tourists but they are being turned away. some motels, hotel itsing restaurant its, cafes are really feeling the pinch. >> karen kasler what about in ohio, you heard what scott just said what would you say your sense is th