Your Call 051909 Are you voting in the special election?

Are you voting in California's special election? On the next Your Call, we want to hear from you. What do you hope your vote will accomplish? Regardless of the outcome, Governor Schwarzenegger says, there will be billions in state budget cuts. What are the solutions? You can send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What hard choices - and major reforms - need to happen to address the ongoing state budget crisis? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
John Howard, managing editor of Capitol Weekly

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Your Call 072808 The California Budget Standoff

What's going on with the California budget? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the state's budget stalemate. Governor Schwarzenegger wants to sign an executive order to lower 200,000 state workers to minimum wage until the budget is passed. But the state controller has described the governor's plan as "an untenable burden on state workers." Who is going to be impacted? And what does it take for the state to pass its budget? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

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

Jean M. Ross, founding executive director of the California Budget Project

John Laird, Assemblymember and chair of Budget Committee. He represents the 27th Assembly District portions of Monterey, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties.

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Your Call 031108 California Budget Cuts and the Future of our Parks

What can we do to keep our parks open? On the next Your Call, we'll have a discussion about Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed plan to close 48 state parks, including Candlestick Point and Armstrong Woods. Under the plan, the parks would be off-limits until the state's financial situation improves. Since the announcement, dozens of organizations from around the state have launched the "Save Our Parks" campaigns. Do the closures make fiscal sense? Are you willing to pay a fee to keep the parks open? If not, what's the alternative? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Joseph H. Engbeck, an environmental historian and on the board of directors of Regional Park Association.

Elizabeth Goldstein, president of The California State Parks Foundation. CSP along with dozens of organizations from around the state have launched the "Save Our Parks" campaigns.

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Your Call 120407 What happened to universal health care in California?

Whatever happened to universal health care in California? On the next Your Call we discuss the reform legislation long stalled in Sacramento. At the beginning of the year Speaker Fabian Nuñez and Governor Schwarzenegger were touting competing plans that would have insured every Californian. Insurance companies, consumer groups, even business groups were supporting a solution to the state's rising health care crisis. Why did reform stall and who is fighting to get it moving again? It's Your Call with guest host Ben Temchine and you.

Guests:
Anthony Wright, Executive Director for Health Access California

Donna Gerber, the Director of Government Relations for the California Nurses Association

Anmol S. Mahal, MD, the past president of California Medical Association

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