How is California preparing for climate change?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the impacts of climate change on California. How do we need to adapt our natural and built environments and our policies? The California Air Resources Board just adopted the nation's first cap-and-trade regulations. Will these air pollution controls work? What other policies are needed to adapt to climate change effects such as rising sea level? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is climate change affecting your area? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Healy Hamilton, former director of the Center for Applied Biodiversity Informatics at the California Academy of Sciences

Steve Goldbeck, chief deputy director of the SF Bay Conservation and Development Commission

Charlie Knox, public works and community development director for the City of Benicia

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What reforms will improve California's economic future?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Andreas Kluth, West Coast Correspondent for the Economist. In his special report on Californian, he reports California has been declared a "failed state," "dysfunctional," and "ungovernable." The good news is that California's problems, though complex, are now well understood, so reform has become possible. So where should we look for solutions? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Andreas Kluth, West Coast Correspondent for the Economist

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How are college students responding to economic austerity on campus?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about how students are organizing against budget cuts for higher education. In the UK, campuses have become the front line for resistance to economic austerity. Will students in California follow suit? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do the cutbacks at California campuses compare with those in other parts of the U.S., and in Europe? If you're a student, teacher, or parent, what actions are you taking? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Ateo Peruyero, student organizer at Lehman College in New York

Ben Beach, student organizer at University College of London

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What should Governor-elect Brown do to solve the budget crisis?

What should Governor-elect Jerry Brown do to solve California's budget crisis? On the next Your Call, on the day of his inauguration, we'll discuss what steps he can take to tackle the state's $28 billion budget deficit. What are your priorities for the state? Join us live at our new time, 10 a.m., or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What changes and solutions would you like to see? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Mark Paul, a visiting scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How It Can Be Fixed

Peter Schrag, writes weekly columns for California Progress Report and is the author of Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future and California: America's High Stakes Experiment

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What does AB32 actually do?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series with a conversation about California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, a.k.a. AB32. The opponents of AB32 are introducing a November initiative to suspend it; but what's really in AB32? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does AB32 help California's future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Steven Maviglio, spokesman for California Clean Energy and Jobs, an alliance of companies and environmental groups defending AB32. He is also the publisher of California Majority Report.

Susanne Rust, an investigative reporter for California Watch focused on the environment

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What will It Take to Save California's Salmon?

Why should you care about saving California's salmon? For the past two years, there's been no salmon-fishing season at all -- and a third year hangs in the balance. On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the plight of salmon. The dramatic decline in salmon population has cost thousands of jobs. And it indicates bigger problems with how California manages its water. But what would it take to restore a sustainable salmon fishery on the California coast?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's your role, whether you eat salmon or not? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Christina Swanson--Executive Director and Chief Scientist for The Bay Institute

Caleen Sisk-Franco--Chief of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California

Larry Collins--Commercial fisherman, president of the Crab Boat Owners Association of San Francisco, and a founding member of Salmon Water Now

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss the coverage of Vice President Biden's trip to Israel, California's plans to close down 188 of its "worst" schools and threats to 'take out' Democratic lawmakers who vote against the healthcare bill. How did the media cover these stories? We'll be joined by Contra Costa Times education reporter Theresa Harrington, Al Jazeera's Sherine Tadros and Media Channel founder and executive editor Danny Schechter. Where did you see the best reporting this week?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Theresa Harrington, education reporter for Contra Costa Times
Sherine Tadros, a correspondent for Al Jazeera English based in Jerusalem
Danny Schechter, founder and executive editor of Media Channel

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Does the State Budget Crisis Move You to Act?

Is the budget crisis in California creating a movement for fundamental change? On the next Your Call, we continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by talking about the reaction to the devastating budget cuts. Has the shock of budget cuts in the midst of a recession moved you from dissatisfaction to action? Join us at 11 a.m. or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are the range of people activated by the state's crisis making connections? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Blondell Rice, a San Francisco home care worker
Reuben Caneda, UC Berkeley student
Ethel Long-Scott, executive director of The Women's Economic Agenda Project

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Your Call 100709 The Commons: California's Water Crisis

California is running out of water. After three years of drought, is it the day of reckoning for California's water system? How do we get water to California's farms, businesses and houses, and still leave enough for the fish? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How can we share California's limited water with everyone, and still save enough for the future? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dave Runston in Davis
Policy director with the Community Alliance with Family Farms and the California Agricultural Water Stewardship Initiative.

John Cain in the studio
Director of conservation for flood management at American Rivers. He previously served as the Director of Restoration Programs at the Natural Heritage Institute in San Francisco.

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Your Call 092409 Can the 30% tuition increases at UC be stopped?

Can the 30% tuition increases at UC be stopped? On the next Your Call we speak with the organizers of the faculty and staff walk-outs on the 10 University of California campuses. The legislature cut $813 million from UC budgets this year alone, and last Wednesday the regents approved layoffs, program cuts and tuition hikes. Is UC President Mark Yudof right that the highway to higher education is closed in California?

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What is at stake with these cuts, and what can be done to stop them? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Shannon Steen in UC Berkeley
Associate Professor of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies at UC Berkeley. Professor Steen is a specialist in critical race and performance theory, and writes on the intersection of Asian and African American racial determinations. She is also one of the organizers of today's walk out and a member of the coordinating committee of Save UC, 170 professors working to preserve access to education, excellence in teaching and transparency of administrative decisions.

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Your Call 082409 When the recovery comes, where will the jobs be?

When the recovery comes, where will the jobs be? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the jobs of the future. 15 million people are without jobs right now, so which parts of the economy are creating new jobs? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What kind of investments and incentives can government make that would create long-term employment opportunities? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Paul Fassinger, director of Economic and Demographic Research and economist with Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

Cathy Calfo, executive director of Apollo Alliance

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Your Call 072709 What's the state of the Stimulus in California?

What's the state of the economic stimulus in California? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about California's share of the 787 billion dollar fiscal stimulus package that Congress passed in February. Where's the federal money headed? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. Is it likely to provide a basis for long-term growth? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Michael Grabell covers transportation and stimulus spending for ProPublica

Aaron Glantz, journalist, author and New America Media stimulus editor

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Your Call 072009 Is California in a depression?

Is California already dealing with a depression? On the next Your Call, we continue our Monday series Agenda for a New Economy by focusing on how unemployment and foreclosures are affecting the Central Valley. Some members of Congress want the Obama administration to declare the region an economic disaster area. How does the economic crisis look different in the San Joaquin Valley? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. How could what's happening there now affect us later? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Jeffrey Michael, director of Business Forecasting Center and associate professor at Eberhardt School of Business at University of the Pacific in Stockton

Sandy Beals, executive director of Food Link in Visalia

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Your Call 071309 Who are California's newly unemployed?

Who are the tens of thousands of people who have lost their jobs in California? On the next Your Call, we'll put a face on the unemployment numbers. California's unemployment rate in May hit 11.5%, its highest level since 1941. What resources are available to people who can't find jobs? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Unemployment is expected to get worse. So what are the solutions? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Adrienne Suffin, chair of the Employment Development Department (EDD) Task Force

Lauren Appelbaum, research director for UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment

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Your Call 070709 Will non-profits survive state budget cuts?

How are the non-profits that hold together our social safety net surviving the economic downturn and government budget cuts? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the impact of the California budget crisis on non-profit organizations. One third of Bay Area non-profits struggle to survive. Who is being impacted the most? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What can we do to help? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lorne Needle, vice president of Community Development with United Way of the Bay Area

Steven Toy, past president and chairman emeritus of the Board of Friends of Vision Literacy

Karen Delaney, executive director of the Santa Cruz County Volunteer Center

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Your Call 061909 Media RoundTable

On the next Your Call it's our Friday media roundtable, where we discuss how the news of the week was covered. This week we ask what's left of the news media in California that informs and engages the people of the state? What are the new initiatives that should give us hope? How is California's ongoing budget crisis being covered? And how do we support real journalism in California? Who's got it wrong, and who's getting it right?

We'll be joined by Louis Freedberg, Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting's California Project, Jerry Roberts of CalBuzz-dot-com and Steve Harmon of the Contra Costa Times.

It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Louis Freedberg Director of The Center for Investigative Reporting's California Project

Jerry Roberts, former managing editor for the San Francisco Chronicle and co-founder of Calbuzz.com

Steve Harmon, Sacramento Reporter for the Contra Costa Times and Media News

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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 061709 What state services can we live without?

What state services can we live without? On the next Your Call, we continue our week-long series about California's economic crisis. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed billions of dollars of cuts in social services affecting everyone from poor children to college students. What does the budget say about the state's priorities? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. If cuts are inevitable, where should they happen? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

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

Jerry Nickelsburg, a senior economist with the UCLA Anderson Forecast. Among his responsibilities are the economic forecast for California and authorship of the associated quarterly California Report.

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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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Your Call 061509 How does the world's 7th largest economy actually work?

How does the world's 7th largest economy actually work? On the next Your Call, we're kicking off a weeklong series focusing on California's economic crisis. We'll kick it off by discussing how the state's economy functions. Which parts of the California economy are most productive and dynamic? Who's paying the taxes that fund public services? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Does the recession look any different in California than it does in the rest of the country? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Terry Connelly, dean of the Ageno School of Business at Golden Gate University

William Shughart, a senior fellow at The Independent Institute and Frederick A. P. Barnard Distinguished Professor of Economics at the University of Mississippi.

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