What should we expect from the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration? I interviewed Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) for KALW 91.7 FM to get her insights and wish list. We touched on COVID relief, race relations, and economic recovery priorities. I also got her thoughts on being on Gov. Newsom’s list as a potential replacement for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’s soon-to-be-open Senate seat. You can hear both an edited and full-length version here.
Election Day is here! I’ll be hosting a special City Visions afternoon election coverage show live on KALW radio 91.7 FM (and streaming live) from 4-6pm PT today. Joining me during the 4pm hour (which will include portions of the national NPR broadcast) will be:
- Mark DiCamillo, Director of IGS Poll, a non-partisan survey of California public opinion on matters of politics, public policy and public affairs conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley
- Sonia Narang, KALW’s Elections Coverage Manager
Then at 5pm I’ll be joined by:
- Jeremy White, who covers California politics for Politico
- Professor Laura Garcia Bedolla of UC Berkeley and author of “Latino Politics” and “Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate Through Get-Out-the-Vote Campaigns.”
The phone lines will be open. We want to hear from you. How are you feeling today? What was your voting experience like? What state and local races are you following? Call in at 866-798-TALK, Tweet us @cityvisionskalw, or email us at cityvisions@kalw.org. You can live-stream the show here.
Meanwhile, for more resources, you can find your polling place here and review the KALW Voter Guide here.
Feeling anxious about Election Day tomorrow? You’re not alone. According to the American Psychological Association, more than two-thirds of Americans say the 2020 presidential election is a significant source of stress in their lives. Tonight at 6pm on City Visions, we’ll discuss techniques for managing the emotional toll of this election and share some tips for how to cope with the potential days or weeks of uncertainty ahead.
Plus we’ll talk about San Francisco’s re-opening pause following an uptick in COVID cases last week, and we’ll hear our interview with Oakland-based singer and composer Bobi Céspedes, whose new album is “Mujer y Cantante.”
Joining me will be:
- Emily Anhalt, clinical psychologist & co-founder of Coa, the world’s first gym for mental health
- Emiliana Simon-Thomas, science director of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
- Bobi Céspedes, vocalist and composer in the Cuban son tradition
- Erin Allday, health reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Call us during the show with your questions at 6pm PT at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live. Hope you can join us!
On tonight’s City Visions, we’ll discuss California’s Prop 22, which would keep gig economy workers classified as independent contractors. We’ll ask: is the gig economy good for workers, or are they being exploited by it?
Companies like Uber, Lyft and Postmates have spent over $180 million dollars on the “Yes on 22” campaign, but polling suggests voters are still evenly divided on this question. Tune in to find out more!
We will also hear a COVID update and guest correspondent Sarah Ladipo Manyika’s edited interview of Marin-based poet Jane Hirshfield. Joining me at 6pm will be:
- Erin Allday – Health reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
- Dr. Peter Chin-Hong – Infectious disease specialist at UCSF
- David Cruz – National Communications Director for the League of United Latin American Citizens and President of Council 3288
- Cherri Murphy – Lyft driver, Social Justice Minister, Gig Workers Rising leader, and Ph.D candidate at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley
- Jane Hirshfield – award-winning poet, essayist, founder of Poets for Science, and practitioner of Zen for over 40 years. Her ninth book of poems, entitled Ledger, was published in March. You can find Jane’s work here.
Call us during the show at 6pm with your questions at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live. Hope you can join us!
Governor Newsom made a major announcement this week, issuing an executive order that California would ban the sale of new internal combustion engine passenger vehicles by 2035, and medium and heavy-duty vehicles by 2045. I’ll discuss the order and its implications this morning at 9am on KQED radio’s Forum.
We released a report at Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) on this very subject in 2018, called 100% Zero. The bottom line: this is a major new announcement that is necessary to tackle climate change and should be economically and technically feasible, assuming the state takes additional implementation steps discussed in the report.
However, whether it’s legally feasible for California to implement this order will almost inevitably revolve around this or future presidential elections, as well as the composition of the United States Supreme Court.
Tune in today for more details!
Do you understand what Prop 15’s proposed ‘split roll’ property tax measure is? On tonight’s City Visions at 6pm, we will hear arguments for and against Prop 15 on California’s ballot this November. Is it an appropriate amendment to Prop 13, as supporters claim, or a deliberate weakening of an important protection for commercial property owners?
Joining me will be:
- Susan Shelley – Columnist and member of the editorial board for the Southern California News Group and Vice President of Communications for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association.
- Ben Grieff – Campaign Director and Spokesperson for Evolve California, which organizes grass-roots campaigns in support of middle-class and center-left Californians.
We will also hear an update on San Francisco’s latest reopening guidelines from Erin Allday, health reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Call us during the show at 6pm with your questions at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live. Hope you can join us!
Has the time come for reparations for slavery? Tonight on City Visions on 91.7 FM KALW San Francisco at 6pm, we’ll explore the history of the reparations movement in the United States and discuss what can be done to bridge the racial wealth divide.
Joining us will be:
- Angela Glover Blackwell, founder in residence of PolicyLink; co-author of the June New York Times Op-Ed “Banks Should Face History and Pay Reparations”
- Dr. Charles Henry, professor emeritus of African American Studies at the UC Berkeley; author of “Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations”
- Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, associate professor in the Department of History at UC Berkeley ; author of “They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South”
We’ll also get the latest on COVID in the Bay Area, with:
- Erin Allday, health reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor and infectious disease specialist, UCSF Medical School
Call us during the show at 6pm with your questions at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live. Hope you can join us!
“Defund the Police” by Taymaz Valley, used under CC license, resized and cropped
As protests against racial injustice and police violence continue across the country, Bay Area cities are now considering measures to reform, defund or even dismantle their police forces.
But what will it take to build trust between our communities and law enforcement? Tonight on City Visions on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco at 6pm (our new time and back to Monday evening), I’ll discuss these efforts with:
- Matthew Barge, police practices and civil rights expert at 21CP Solutions; senior consultant with the Policing Project at N.Y.U. School of Law
- Cat Brooks, activist and cofounder of Anti-Police Terror Project; executive director of Justice Teams Network
- Malia M. Cohen, member of the California State Board of Equalization; former president of the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco
We’ll also get an update on the coronavirus pandemic with:
- Erin Allday, health reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor and infectious disease specialist, UCSF Medical School
And finally we’ll chat with Oakland artist Oree Originol, a visual artist and activist and creator of “Justice For Our Lives” portrait series, depicting individuals killed by police.
Call us during the show with your questions at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live. Hope you can join us!
What can be done to keep COVID-19 out of California’s prisons? On tonight’s City Visions on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco, we look at these high-risk environments, where social distancing is virtually impossible. We’ll hear from doctors on the front lines of this effort.
At the top of the hour, we’ll have a coronavirus update from health and medical experts, and we’ll also hear about how one local theater company, ACT, is handling what it’s calling this “long intermission.”
Our guests include:
- San Francisco Chronicle reporter Erin Allday and USCF’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong.
- COVID-19 and prisons expert Dr. Alison Pachynksi, Head of Internal Medicine at San Quentin Prison; Adnan Khan, Executive Director of Re:Store Justice; and Dr. Brie Williams, Founder of AMEND at UCSF.
- American Conservatory Theater performance of Rocky Horror Picture Show (prerecorded) and conversation with Pam Mackinnon, Artistic Director of ACT (donate here to support Theatre Bay Area).
Call us during the show with your questions at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live.
Schools are closed, and Zoom is the new classroom for thousands of Bay Area students. Tonight on City Visions (new time from 9-10pm) on KALW local public radio we’ll discuss how local school districts are handling distance learning, get tips from teachers and hear about what we can do to create equitable learning experiences for all.
We’ll also get an update on the latest local pandemic developments and hear a specially composed reflection on life in the COVID-19 era by Bay Area novelist Vanessa Hua.
Guests will include:
- Erin Allday, health reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, professor of medicine and infectious diseases specialist, UCSF
- JC Farr, principal, Tamalpais High School in Marin County
- Lisa Kelly, 6th grade English teacher at the Life Academy in Oakland
- Jill Tucker, K-12 education reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
- Vanessa Hua, novelist whose books include “Deceipt and Other Possibilities” and “A River of Stars”
Call us during the show with your questions and experiences at 866-798-TALK or send an email to cityvisions@kalw.org. We’re airing on 91.7 FM KALW in San Francisco and streaming live.
