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News & Analysis
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State of the Bay gives you on update on our favorite local sports teams. And we dig into Prop 4, the $10 Billion Bond for Climate Change. Plus, we hear about the upcoming SF International Hip Hop Dance Fest.
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Dark money and charity organizations led by former intel officers and ex-feds are spreading propaganda and laying the groundwork for presidential election challenges.
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Longtime radio host Thom Hartmann discuss media coverage of the election and his latest piece, US fascism has arrived thanks to 30 years of right-wing talk radio.
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Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we continue Election Season by focusing on the very real impact of politics on trans youth.
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Your CallDuring COVID, wellness influencers blended spirituality and conspiracy theories. Many support RFK Jr. who has joined the Trump campaign. How is this shaping politics?
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Bay MadeAs Election Day nears, BAY MADE is featuring “The Bay Votes 2024,” a series of conversations hosted by KALW and our partners.
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Proposition O would strengthen access to abortions in San Francisco.
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Proposition N would create a fund to help police officers, firefighters, paramedics, sheriffs, nurses and 911 dispatchers employed by the city pay off their student loan debt.
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Proposition L would tax ride-hail companies, including those that operate self-driving cars.
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Proposition K would start a process that could permanently close part of San Francisco’s Great Highway to traffic.
Gimme My Props
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If passed, California Proposition 36 would enforce harsher penalties for certain crimes to address concerns about shoplifting and drug possession.
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If passed, California Proposition 35 would require the state to use money from a tax on health insurance plans towards payments to doctors who serve Medi-Cal patients.
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If passed, California Proposition 34 would require some California health providers to use profits from prescription drug sales to directly fund patient care.
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If passed, California Proposition 33 would let cities remove current limits on rent control.
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If passed, California Proposition 32 would mandate a higher statewide minimum wage.
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If passed, Proposition 6 would end California’s practice of forcing incarcerated people to work.
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California Proposition 5 would lower the threshold of voter support required to pass certain local bond measures.
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California Proposition 4 would fund projects across the state to pay for climate and environmental projects.
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If passed, Proposition 3 would enshrine the right to same-sex marriage in the California constitution.
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If California Proposition 2 passes, it would pay for repairs and upgrades at thousands of K-12 schools and community colleges across California.
Bay Area Headlines
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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.
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More than $5 million in donations has poured into campaigns for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors races so far, with even more money expected before this November’s elections.
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J.D. Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate and former venture capitalist, returns to Silicon Valley today to bolster campaign funds through his network of tech moguls and conservatives.
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The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted four-to-one on Tuesday to approve the final agreement for Measure QQ. This would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in Oakland and Berkeley school board elections. But, it’s unclear if it will make it onto the November ballot.
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California Forever pulled its ballot measure for a planned city in rural Solano County on Monday, just one day before it was up for a vote by county supervisors.
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Tom LoBianco, a longtime national political reporter, whose been covering Washington for 20 years and currently the co-founder and editor of 24sight News. KALW News Editor Sunni Khalid asked him about this historic moment with President Biden withdrawing from his re-election bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee.
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Tech CEOs and business leaders were the main sources of funding behind a contentious Silicon Valley congressional recount earlier this year.
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Congressman Adam Schiff urges Biden to drop out of the Presidential race due to “serious concerns” about Biden’s ability to win against Trump this fall.
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The Berkeley City Council this week approved an ordinance that gives 16- and 17-year olds the ability to vote for school board members in the city this fall. We went to UC Berkeley’s campus and asked around: Why should youth be able to vote?
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A controversial ballot measure challenging restrictions on oil and gas wells in California will not be on the ballot in November.