Tonight on State of the Bay we’ll talk with pollster Mark Baldassare, Statewide Survey Director of the California Public Policy Institute, to find out who the likely voters are in this November’s election and how they feel about the statewide ballot measures.
Then we’ll talk to Tom Steyer, climate investor and 2020 presidential candidate, about his new book Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War.
Then we’ll hear from Rahsaan Thomas, executive director of Empowerment Ave, a Bay Area organization that helps incarcerated people put their art out in the world.
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Tonight on State of the Bay: Is an education in civics essential in shaping our understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship? Tonight, we’re exploring the role of civic education in preparing our youth for the challenges they encounter on college campuses and beyond. Joining us will be:
- Dan Edelstein, faculty director of the civic, liberal and global education program, Stanford University
- Emma Humphries, chief education officer, iCivics
We’ll also hear about San Francisco’s pioneering lawsuit against some of the websites that host and create nonconsensual deepfake pornography. Joining us to discuss will be David Chiu, city attorney for San Francisco.
And finally we chat with Sean Dorsey, the Emmy-winning transgender choreographer and founder of the Sean Dorsey Dance Company.
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I’m back hosting State of the Bay tonight at 6pm PT after a brief summer break. First, local wildlife expert and CEO of Humane Wildlife Control Inc. Rebecca Dmytryk will join us to explain why coyotes seem to be proliferating in the Bay Area and give us tips to keep safe. If you want more, check out Living With Coyotes in the Bay Area: a discussion.
Then: what role should artificial intelligence play in the classroom? Will it help teachers teach and students learn, or will it facilitate cheating or trip users up with misinformation? We unpack the issues with:
- Gwen Hornig, eighth grade English teacher at Black Pine Circle School in Berkeley
- Dan Schwartz, Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Education
- Victoria Thorp, writing instructor at San Jose State University.
Finally, local author Nina Schuyler joins us to discuss her latest short story collection, In This Ravishing World.
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Tonight on State of the Bay, we’ll hear all about the upcoming Pride celebrations from SF Pride director Suzanne Ford.
Then we’ll explore why income inequality in California is reaching new extremes. Did you know that the top 1% of the wealthiest households in Silicon Valley hold 65X the wealth of the bottom 50% of households in the region? Joining us will be:
- Batya Ungar-Sargon, author of Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women
- Anji Buckner-Capone, Ed.D, investigator of the Silicon Valley Pain Index
Finally, photographer Stefan Thuilot, founder of the California Forest Project, talks about his extraordinary exhibit of California forests, before and after wildfires.
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Tonight on State of the Bay, I’ll interview SFMTA director Jeff Tumlin about the new plan for the controversial Valencia St. center bike lane. How can the city keep bicyclists safe on this busy corridor?
Then we’ll have a panel discussion on the prospect of office-to-residential conversions in downtown San Francisco. Many mayoral candidates argue that turning empty offices into homes is a way to revitalize our city, but are these conversions financially feasible? Guests include Sujata Svristava from SPUR, State Assemblymember Phil Ting, and Marc Babsin of the Emerald Fund.
Finally, producer Anne Harper sits down with local author William Gee Wong about his new book Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America.
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On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, we’ll speak with award-winning investigative journalist Nate Halverson about THE GRAB, a riveting new documentary that investigates how wealthy governments, private investors and mercenaries are working to seize food and water resources around the world, at the expense of local communities.
As climate shocks and food shortages worsen, these groups are now establishing themselves as the new OPEC, where the future world powers will be those who control not oil, but food and water resources. The documentary focuses on the impacts of communities from Arizona to Zambia.
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Climate change is causing multiple types of impacts on communities, from wildfires to sea level rise. But investigative journalist Lois Parshley says climate change is also driving a dangerous increase in landslides in Alaska, and I’ll speak to her as guest host of Your Call today at 10am PT.
Up to half of downtown Juneau is at moderate to severe risk of landslides. But Juneau officials faced significant backlash from the public when they tried to adopt new city maps that outlined that risk. Parshley says that with few resources to address the problem, some residents want to ignore it all together.
What can we do to protect people in Alaska and elsewhere from climate change-induced landslides? Tune in at 91.7 FM in the San Francisco Bay Area or stream live at 10am PT. What comments or questions do you have for our guest? Call 866-798-TALK to join the conversation!
On State of the Bay tonight at 6pm PT, we’ll get book recommendations and learn about the many offerings on tap at the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) this summer from Michelle Jeffers, Chief of Community Programs and Partnerships at SFPL.
Then we’ll delve into the issue of gun violence in the Bay Area with Griffin Dix, gun safety activist and author of Who Killed Kenzo?: The Loss of a Son and the Ongoing Battle for Gun Safety, and Reygan Cunningham, co-director of California Partnership for Safe Communities.
Finally, Aimee Good and Isabella Celedon from Environmental Traveling Companions will tell us about pioneering accessible outdoor adventure for people with a variety of abilities and backgrounds.
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On today’s Your Call Media Roundtable, I’ll be guest hosting to discuss the presidential election in Mexico.
Last Sunday, Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, won the election with nearly 60 percent of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority.
Her party, the ruling Morena party, founded by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will control two-thirds of both chambers of the national Congress and 24 of Mexico’s 32 governorships. Joining us to get the latest will be Alfredo Corchado, executive editor of the Puente News Collaborative.
Then in the second half of the show, we’ll discuss a Washington Post investigation that reveals how billions in US taxpayer dollars are paying for private-school tuition at conservative religious schools. Almost five million private school students are benefiting from vouchers.
The programs, popular with conservatives, are rapidly growing in GOP-run states, with a total of 29 states plus DC operating some sort of voucher system, according to the investigation. Eight states created or expanded voucher programs last year, and this year, Alabama, Georgia and Missouri have approved or expanded voucher-type programs. Some recently enacted plans are just starting to take effect or will be phased in over the next few years.
- Ohio: This year, more than 150,000 Ohio students are using vouchers, with 91 percent attending religious schools.
- Wisconsin: About 55,000 vouchers were given this school year with 96 percent attending religious schools.
- Indiana: About 98 percent of vouchers go to religious schools.
- Florida: This year, 400,000 students participated, with at least 82 percent of them attending religious schools. Florida has the largest voucher program with a cost of $3 billion this year alone.
- Arizona: More than 75,000 students are benefiting from the Empowerment Scholarship Program, which pays for any educational expense. 87 percent of $229 million that was spent for that program in 2022-2023 went to religious schools.
Our guest will be Laura Meckler, national education writer at the Washington Post.
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I’m guest hosting Your Call this morning, where we’ll talk with two media makers about their work exposing government corruption and neglect.
First, we’ll discuss a new PBS Frontline film “A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela” with director Juan Ravell. The film documents the perilous work of investigative journalism in Venezuela.
Then we’ll interview Chris Egusa about his award-winning 2-part documentary series on KALW, “Without A Voice: Abuse and Neglect in California Disability Group Homes.” It reports on California’s developmental disability system, where residents in group homes have been victims of abuse and neglect.
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