What's happening in the foreclosure crisis in California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about high foreclosure rates in the state. Attorney General Kamala Harris pulled out of negotiations with the nation's biggest banks, calling the proposal "inadequate for California homeowners." And California House Democrats have criticized the administration's policy on home foreclosures. So what is the best way out of the foreclosures crisis? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who's been hit the hardest? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Anna Georges Eshoo, the U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district

John Atlas, the author of Seeds of Change, The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Antipoverty Organizing Group

Kevin Stein, the Associate Director of the California Reinvestment Coalition

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of midterm elections, the investigation into Goldman Sachs's secret bets against the housing market and the anti-government protests in Iran on the 30th anniversary of the siege of the U.S. embassy. We'll be joined by The Nation's John Nichols, McClatchy's Greg Gordon, and The Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fassihi. 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:
John Nichols, the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine
Farnaz Fassihi, the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal
Greg Gordon, an investigative reporter with McClatchy Newspapers

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Agenda for a New Economy: Does public housing have a future?

The federal government has destroyed tens of thousands of public housing units in the last decade and is considering a plan that would push more people into the private housing market with vouchers. Why have even liberals turned their back on building housing for the poor? And what are the results for the people who depend on the government for a place to live? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's future of public housing? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tiffany Gardner, the director of the Human Right to Housing Program at the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative

Ethel Long-Scott, executive director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project

Robbie Clark, organizer with Just Cause Oakland

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Your Call 071609 Can we green the American Dream?

Can we green the American Dream? On the next Your Call we speak with John Wasik, author of The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream. Wasik, a personal finance columnist for Bloomberg, sees the sub-prime mortgage crisis as the first of a wave of problems we'll see as the dream suburb of the 1950's dissolves. Too far away, too expensive, too wasteful. What's next? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Is freedom and independence possible when you never own your own piece of land? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guest:
John Wasik in northside Chicago
Personal finance columnist for Bloomberg News and the author of several books. His last book, The Merchant of Power, was praised by both Studs Terkel and the New York Times.

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Your Call 031209 What's in it for California?

How does President Obama's housing plan help Bay Area homeowners in trouble? On the next Your Call we'll discuss the $75 billion national effort to forestall foreclosures. Obama's plan stands in stark contrast to the inaction of the Bush Administration to directly help homeowners in favor of the banks, but less than 10% of mortgages in the Bay Area qualify. 40% of foreclosures nationally are here in California. Does the only national program to turn back the tide stop at the Sierra Nevada? You can send us an email anytime to feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. Did you find a way to save your house? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Eller in San Francisco
Head Organizer & Northern California Campaign Director for ACORN. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now is the nation's largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families working together for social justice and stronger communities.

Ginna Green in Oakland
Spokesperson for the California office of the Center for Responsible Lending. CRL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research and policy organization dedicated to protecting homeownership and family wealth by fighting abusive financial practices.

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Your Call 012709 After Bush, what's left of HUD and federal housing?

After eight years of George W. Bush, what's left of HUD and federal housing? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Under the Bush Administration, HUD's budget was drastically scrapped, dozens of economic development projects were purged, and low-income housing programs were cut. So what should be done to fix HUD? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Danilo Pelletiere, research director of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, senior fellow at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University

John Bartlett, executive director of the Metropolitan Tenants Organization

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Your Call 011309 How do we learn about the economy?

As President-elect Barack Obama moves forward with his economic stimulus plan, what do we need to know about the staples of economic coverage? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the GDP, the Dow Jones, unemployment and poverty rates, consumer confidence, housing foreclosures, and bubbles. What do these reports and numbers tell us? What do they fail to tell us? What's missing? And what questions do we need to ask when we read them? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guests: Sylvia Alegretto, labor economist with the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at UC Berkeley

John Schmitt, senior economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research

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Your Call 091808 Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz

How much is the war in Iraq really costing us? What will be long term consequences of rock bottom lows in the economy? Inflation and unemployment are on the rise while the housing and stock markets are crashing. On Your Call we will speak with Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, about the economy and his latest book The Three Trillion Dollar War. Since 2004, the costs of the war in Iraq have increased by 130 percent. What has made the price tag on the war skyrocket, and how is it affecting our economy day to day? Join us, it's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize winning economist and co-author of The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict

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Your Call 071708 U.S. Economic Woes

Has the U.S. economy reached a tipping point? On the next Your Call, we will have a discussion about the recent housing crisis and the broader economic outlook for the United States. Oil prices are soaring, the dollar has fallen to a new low and the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve are proposing steps to possibly bail out the nation's two largest mortgage lenders. Where is the U.S. economy heading and how are you being impacted? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Catherine Austin Fitts Catherine, president of Solari, Inc. and the managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services.

Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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Your Call 052008 Redevelopment Props F and G

What's the best way forward for economic development in Hunters Point? On the next Your Call, hear a debate on San Francisco Propositions F & G, which put forward competing visions for the San Francisco neighborhood. Then tune in at 9 p.m. for a special Trans-Pacific edition of the program, as we look at the situation in Burma. How have the disastrous cyclone and the slow response of the military government changed the prospects for democracy in Burma? It's Your Call - Propositions F & G at our usual time of 11 a.m., then a special nighttime program focusing on Burma at 9 p.m. It's Your Call, with me Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Johnnie Carter, spokesperson for Lennar Corp.

Julian Davis, director of SF Tomorrow and housing activists

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Your Call 051908 Eminent Domain Debate- Prop 98 vs. 99

Where do you stand on Propositions 98 and 99? On the next Your Call, we'll have conversation about the two competing eminent domain initiatives on the upcoming June ballot. Prop 98 supporters say it will defend homes against a takeover through eminent domain. Opponents say it goes much further. They say it would threaten environmental regulations and prohibit any new rent control laws. Who's funding Props 98 and 99? And how would you be impacted? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Ted Gullikson, San Francisco Tenants Union Director

Marko Mlikotin, spokesperson for Yes on 98

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