Who can Save California's Public Schools?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the statewide day of action to protest the cuts in education. Where is the power to halt the decline of California's schools and colleges? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the strategy to bring together the coalition to defend what was the country's best system of public education? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
José Luis Santos, assistant professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA

Mark Lisip, an organizer with against cuts campaign, and English and philosophy instructor at Berkeley City College

Dr. Robert Ovetz, adjunct professor of Sociology and Political Science at Cañada College

Craig Gordon, high school teacher at Robeson High in Oakland

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it is our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the healthcare bill and whether California is a failed state. We'll be joined by Gail Chaddock of Christian Science Monitor, McClatchy's Nancy Youssef and Calitics' Brian Leubitz. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gail Russell Chaddock, Christian Science Monitor staff writer

Nancy Youssef, McClatchy's chief Pentagon correspondent

Brian Leubitz, publisher & editor of Calitics.com, a news and commentary site about California politics from a progressive perspective

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Your Call 061809 Is it time for a California Constitutional Convention?

Time for a California Constitutional Convention? On the Next Your Call, we'll continue our week-long series on California's economic crisis. What would it take to call a constitutional convention in California, and what could be achieved? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. If a convention comes to pass, what would you want on the table? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jean Ross, executive director of California Budget Project

John Grubb, spokesperson for the Bay Area Council

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Your Call 061609 How did California's budget crisis happen?

How did California's budget crisis happen? On the next Your Call, we continue our week long series about California's economic crisis by focusing on how we got here in the first place. The State has a 24 billion dollar budget deficit. What caused it? Overspending? The state's tax system? Prop 13? The 2/3 majority requirement? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What can we learn from the current mess as we look toward fundamental reform? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lenny Goldberg, executive director of the California Tax Reform Association

Mark Paul, senior scholar at the New America Foundation, was formerly deputy treasurer of California and deputy editorial page editor of the Sacramento Bee.

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