Greg Lucas is the California State Librarian.

The more I see of California, the more I realize how special we are. I’ve been to European countries. I’ve been to South American countries. I’ve been to Malaysia. I’m fairly well-traveled. I’ve yet to find a country that has everything California has. [...] We forget sometimes how extraordinary a place this is.

Notes and references from this episode: 

@GregLucas20 - Greg Lucas on Twitter 

California State Library - Visitor’s center 

“Malcolm Lucas, former California chief justice, dies at 89,” by Bob Egelko, SFGate

Gov. George Deukmejian - California Governors’ Gallery / State Library

Stanislaus National Forest / Highway 108 Corridor - USDA

Episode 1: Gov. Jerry Brown - What is California? 

“Kevin Starr, author of California histories and former state librarian, dies at 76,” by David Zahniser and Matt Hamilton

Mary Coin, by Marisa Silver

Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange

California: The Great Exception, by Carey McWilliams

Gov. George Pardee - California Governors’ Gallery / State Library

“California Democratic Heavyweight John Burton Exiting the Political Stage,” by Scott Shafer, KQED

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