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Webcast: Assemblymember Mike Feuer discusses new Iran divestment legislation

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January 4, 2010

With the 42nd California Assembly district having the largest contingency of Iranian Jews in the state and in the country, the district’s Jewish member of assembly, Mike Feuer, has outreached to and found support among many in the local Iranian Jewish community. Feuer, who is running for re-election this year, attended a campaign fundraiser at the home of an Iranian Jewish family last month. Our webcast program caught up with him to discuss new Iran divestment legislation he is proposing to introduce in the state assembly this year and his views on activism regarding the Iranian government.

Here’s my interview with Feuer:

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