It’s a big week on the housing beat, as Newsmakers TV’s All-Star Panel of Top Local Journalists features Christina McDermott, Josh Molina, Ryan P. Cruz and Nick Welsh breaking down all the latest about that monstrosity project proposed for the Mission, the City Council’s latest misadventures with rent control, and the icy response city planners had to the first-look development at Paseo Nuevo. Plus: a big court ruling on the Sable Oil pipeline, local impacts of the federal government shutdown and a shock new budget report out of City Hall.

Rep. Salud Carbajal checks in with Newsmakers to discuss the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. He breaks down the key health care issue that Democrats are pressing in the conflict, talks about some of the real-life, day-to-day impacts of the government being closed, and expresses deep concern over some recent actions Donald Trump’s “fascist administration.”

Our All Star Panel of National Political Pundits returns, as veteran journalist Carla Marinucci, author Dan Morain and media strategist Bill Carrick join the genial host for a deep dive into Proposition 50, Gavin Newsom’s not-so-secret bid for president, and Donald Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House, among other matters, including the governor’s race, what’s up with Nancy Pelosi and fond farewells to two giants of California politics.