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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. -
Bay MadeAs Election Day nears, BAY MADE is featuring “The Bay Votes 2024,” a series of conversations hosted by KALW and our partners. -
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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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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Bay MadeAs Election Day nears, BAY MADE is featuring “The Bay Votes 2024,” a series of conversations hosted by KALW.
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Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we profile two LGBTQ+ politicos — one in SF, the other in DC. -
Your CallCritical legislation affecting issues like gun control and abortion, and judicial confirmations are on the line. We might even have another Supreme Court nomination. -
An important panel discussion with community leaders, advocates and academics about the diverse Black electorate. Moderated by KALW’s Hana Baba, host of "Crosscurrents" and co-host of "The Stoop" podcast. Featuring panelists Pastor Michael McBride, Aimee Allison, and Professor James Lance Taylor. -
Queer Power HourThis week on QUEER POWER HOUR, we profile two LGBTQ+ politicos — one in SF, the other in DC. -
Your Legal RightsTen years ago, California voters passed Proposition 47 which classified certain crimes as misdemeanors that had theretofore been charged as felonies. In recent years, media coverage suggests an uptick in property crime for which some law enforcement groups have long-blamed proposition 47.Is the perception of a surge in crime fair, or has crime remained near historic lows?For that matter, has the increase in property crime in San Francisco or Oakland different from what we see throughout rest of the country? Proposition 36 is being offered in response, purporting to address three of our largest hot-button issues: property crime, the opiate crisis and homelessness. Some, such as former California Senate President Darryl Steinberg, have called into question whether Proposition 36 offers the right solution to these problems; others, including the San Francisco Police Officers Association have pointed to their increased use of technology and dramatic drops in such property crimes as auto burglary. Governor Newsom has commented that the surge in organized retail theft was not only not common at the time proposition 47 was passed, but would never have been affected by proposition 47, that is, those large thefts remain chargeable as felonies.Tonight on Your Legal Rights, we look at Proposition 36, the problems that ail us, and whether Proposition 36 is the right solution to these problems.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton, Attorney, Consultant and Activist Natasha Minster, San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe, and Santa Clara County Judge Eugene Hyman, retired.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.
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. -
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. -
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.
