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News & Analysis
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Your CallAs Florida braces for a powerful category 5 hurricane, we continue discussing the climate crisis and what’s at stake in the presidential election. -
Your CallA Type Investigations/The Guardian report reveals that if Trump wins the election, he would go even further to dramatically weaken environmental protections. -
Your CallWhat role is fracking playing in the presidential election and the critical race between Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and his challenger Republican Dave McCormick? -
tbhThe ongoing war in Palestine has created a divide across the country. In this story, tbh producer Jeremy Strause explores his experience as a Jewish teen in these times, and re-examines what Israel means to young Jewish people. -
State of the BayWe explore the implications of Sonoma County's Measure J on local farmers, residents, and the environment. We'll also hear from Stanford climate scientist Rob Jackson about his new book "Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restoring Our Atmosphere." Finally, we'll learn about the impact of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover with authors and New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac. -
Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we profile two LGBTQ+ politicos — one in SF, the other in DC. -
Your CallJessica Valenti says women's lives are on the line next month. Republicans support a national abortion ban and at least 10 states will vote on abortion ballot measures. -
CrosscurrentsBerkeley voters have a lot to make sense of this election cycle. KALW’s Sunni Khalid spoke with senior Berkeleyside reporter, Alex N. Gecan, to try and tease out some of the knots in two different sets of dueling ballot measures. -
Your CallJD Vance refused to say Trump lost the 2020 election and lied about supporting an abortion ban. Tim Walz was tame compared to his fiery interviews and had a rocky start. -
San Francisco Mayor London Breed did not appear for a mayoral forum last night that was hosted by the San Francisco League of Women Voters.
Gimme My Props
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Proposition J would create an oversight body to monitor city government spending on programs helping children and young people. -
Proposition I would improve retirement packages for 9-1-1 dispatchers, as well as nurses who transition from temporary to full-time roles. -
Proposition H would lower the retirement age for San Francisco firefighters from 58 to 55. -
Proposition G would reduce rent in hundreds of units serving extremely low-income seniors, families and people with disabilities. -
Proposition F allows retirement eligible police officers to stay on the job while receiving both their salary and pension for up to five years. -
Proposition E would create a five member task force to assess San Francisco’s many commissions and recommend whether any should be altered or eliminated to improve local governance. -
Proposition D would dramatically alter governance in San Francisco, slashing City Hall commissions from the current 130 to a maximum of 65, retaining 20 major commissions. -
Proposition C aims to fight corruption in the San Francisco government by creating an inspector general to investigate fraud, waste and abuse. -
Proposition B would let San Francisco borrow up to $390 million to build new infrastructure and upgrade existing buildings, roads, and public spaces. -
Proposition A would let the San Francisco Unified School District borrow up to 790 million dollars to upgrade, repair and retrofit its properties.
Bay Area Headlines
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The results of the election have had a polarizing effect on communities across the country. KALW asked San Franciscans about how they were moving forward. -
Monday was the last day for California voters to register by mail or online for the November 5 election. -
Continued San Francisco Unified School District travails, an Oakland election explainer, Bay Area voter outreach to swing states. -
A group of business and community leaders held a press conference in Oakland’s Chinatown today to speak out against the campaign to recall Mayor Sheng Thao. -
A Bay Area-based nonprofit polled 900 Latinos from across the state on their election concerns. -
The first week back for 50,000 students in San Francisco’s public schools was capped with an unexpected change of leadership on the school board last Friday. -
Amid campaigns to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, a group of recall opponents gathered in East Oakland to push back. -
While a huge showing of California delegates are at the Democratic National Convention to support Kamala Harris, not all in attendance are there to root for her. -
The San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association — or SPUR — is a public policy think tank that aims to develop solutions to the problems facing Bay Area cities. The nonprofit released a 44-page report that details the inefficiencies it sees in San Francisco’s government. -
Some residents in the Bay Area have been receiving text messages regarding their voter registration status in a possible scam to get their personal information.
