Category Archives: City Visions
While the 2018 Midterm Elections are widely seen as a referendum on President Trump, California voters have plenty to focus on right here at home. After a much-lauded second act, who will replace Governor Jerry Brown? Will Senator Dianne Feinstein be re-elected? With more cars than any other state, will California repeal the gas tax increase funding road repair?
Tonight on City Visions, we explore the biggest decisions facing California voters tomorrow. Joining me will be guests:
- Ben Trefny, News Director at public radio KALW
- Sean Walsh, former Republican strategist and Principle at Wilson Walsh George Ross Consulting
- Jason McDaniel, Associate Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University
Listen live at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream it on-line. Please call or email with questions for the panelists!
“Green” investing in environmentally friendly companies has become a lucrative investment strategy. With legislation in California demanding huge increases in clean, renewable energy and the requirement of pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, portfolio adjustments not only make financial sense, they’re now a fiduciary responsibility.
How are individual and institutional investors reacting to the changing legal and financial landscape? I’ll be moderating the discussion tonight at 7pm live on City Visions with guests:
- Betty Yee, California State Controller
- Reverend Kirsten Spalding, Senior Director of the Investor Network at Ceres
- Sandy Emerson, Board Member of Fossil Free California and Head of the “Move Your Money” campaign
- David Ellison, Creator of CleanPortfolios
Tonight’s show is the final one in our three-part series on climate change. You can listen live on 91.7FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or on the web. Please tune in and ask questions!
Tonight on City Visions, I’ll report on the highlights from the Global Climate Action Summit last week in San Francisco. Among the many major announcements were California’s new commitments to a 100% clean electricity grid and to carbon neutrality by 2045.
As the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in California, how will the transportation industry respond to the challenge to become fossil free? Join my co-host Joseph Pace and these guests:
- Sam Arons, Director of Sustainability at Lyft
- Holly Gordon, Sustainability Group Manager at BART
- Ellen Greenberg, Deputy Director for Sustainability at Caltrans
- Jonathan Levy, VP of Strategic Initiatives at EVgo
Tonight’s show is the second in our three-part series on climate change. You can listen live on 91.7FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or on the web. Please tune in and ask questions!
Governor Brown today signed SB 100 to put California on a path to achieve a carbon-free electricity grid by 2045. I’ll be interviewing bill author and candidate for U.S. Senate State Senator Kevin De Leon on tonight’s City Visions at 7pm, KALW 91.7 FM.
We’ll also discuss the Global Climate Action Summit this week in San Francisco, hosted by California Governor Jerry Brown. The Summit will highlight achievements from around the world as policymakers, businesses leaders and grassroots organizations share the ways they’re working together to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
Joining me in the studio will be:
- Sen. Kevin de León – California State Senator representing District 24 in Los Angeles
- Secretary Matthew Rodriquez – California Secretary for Environmental Protection
- Louise Bedsworth – Executive Director for the California Strategic Growth Council
This show will be the first of a three-part series on California’s groundbreaking clean energy policies and the fight against climate change. Tune in with your questions! You can also live-stream or listen to a recorded version of the show afterwards.
Research from local clinics and medical studies show that 87% of teenagers get less than the recommended amount of sleep on the average night. What role do the internet and social media play in causing this wide-scale sleep deprivation? What are the effects that we see in the daily life of our youth? And how is this problem being addressed by parents, teachers, and schools?
On tonight’s City Vision we explore the causes of teenage sleep deprivation and what we can do about them. Joining me to discuss will be:
- Dr. Jamie Mark Zeitzer – Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine;
- Julia Russell Eells – Head of San Francisco University High School; and
- Dr. Michael Tompkins – Author of the Insomnia Workbook for Teens, co-director of the San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Some residents of San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood feel like they’ve been lied to by the government about the toxicity of the adjacent Hunters Point Shipyard. The Navy used the area for decades as a nuclear energy and waste facility. After the Navy left, it became a designated Superfund site and underwent a major cleanup effort.
Yet while San Francisco has big plans to develop the site, questions remain about falsified soil tests, the health of Bayview residents, and the government’s failure to protect these communities of color.
On tonight’s City Vision we explore the accusations of environmental racism around the Hunters Point Shipyard clean up. Joining me to discuss will be:
Tune in at 7pm or live stream. Hope you can join the discussion!
Psychedelics are making a comeback. But is America ready? Tonight on City Visions, we’ll explore the history and new therapeutic applications of psychedelic drugs.
How are these substances being used in the treatment of addiction, depression, anxiety and PTSD? Are we near a “post-prohibition” era? And if so, what does it look like?
Joining me to discuss will be:
Tune in (and don’t drop out) or live-stream at 7pm, and call or email with your questions for the panel!
At the end of March, three electric scooter companies deposited over 2,000 scooters onto San Francisco streets. Controversy immediately ensued.
Some supported the scooters as an environmentally sustainable alternative to private cars or Uber or Lyft, while others considered them to be under-regulated nuisances that clog the streets and sidewalks and detract from public transportation.
They have since sparked a conversation about personal mobility in urban environments, involving electric bikes, electric skateboards, hoverboards, and others.
As scooter numbers increase, what are city officials and the scooter companies doing to address the concerns and realize the potential benefits? Do scooters and other new modes of urban personal mobility solve more problems than they create?
We’ll discuss tonight at 7pm on City Visions, KALW radio 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area. Joining me will be:
Tune in or live-stream and make sure to call or email with your questions for the panel!
With climate change and a surging global population, how will our agricultural sector continue to feed the planet in a sustainable way? How are Bay Area innovators and technology companies meeting these challenges, while promoting efficiency and profitability?
We’ll discuss tonight in our next installment of City Visions’ ongoing series on sustainable food production. I’ll be joined by:
- Charles Baron, co-founder and vice-president of product at Farmer’s Business Network.
- Jaleh Daie, Ph.D., founder and chair of AgriFood Tech and partner at Aurora Equity.
- Glenda Humiston, Ph.D., vice president of University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Bay Area residents can tune in on KALW 91.7 FM at 7pm, and anyone can livestream the show. You calls and emails with questions are welcome!
California’s historic five-year drought may be over, but water shortages remain — and may worsen in an era of climate change. What does ongoing uncertainty around water supplies mean for California farmers?
Last Wednesday, California’s water officials announced water allocations based on snow pack measurements, reviving concerns about the environment, urban vs. agricultural water needs, and the need to prepare for a future with a less reliable water supply.
Does water scarcity put our agricultural industry at risk? Can legislation help? We’ll discuss tonight at 7pm in the next installment of the City Visions ongoing series on sustainable food production. Joining me will be:
Bay Area residents can tune in on KALW 91.7 FM at 7pm, and anyone can livestream the show. Call or email with your questions for the panel!
