How will measures C and D change S.F. pensions?

How will measures C and D change the pension system in San Francisco? On the next Your Call, we'll have a debate about two competing pension measures on the upcoming ballot. What happens in San Francisco will most likely affect what happens across the state and the country? What do you think about the existing pension and health-care package for city workers? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do you think the pension system needs to be reformed? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Gabriel Haaland is an organizer with SEIU 1021 and a supporter of Proposition C

Jeff Adachi is the Public Defender of San Francisco, and a candidate for Mayor. Jeff Adachi has spearheaded Proposition D.

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What's the value of local redevelopment agencies?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about how redevelopment agencies work and whether they should be saved. Governor Jerry Brown's proposal would eliminate funds for redevelopment agencies which are responsible for improving blighted areas. The plan would take billions of dollars out of city coffers and send it to school districts, counties, and the state. So what's at stake if we lose these agencies? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's an example of urban redevelopment you've seen? How did it change the neighborhood? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland

Gabriel Metcalf, executive director of SPUR

Richard Walker, professor of Geography and co-director of Global Metropolitan Studies at UC Berkeley

Amy Neches, manager of project area planning and development for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency

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How can we protect kids from marketers?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the industry of advertising to children. San Francisco supervisors voted to regulate Happy Meals in the city, but it's the slightest dent in the onslaught of clever marketing directed at kids--on TV, online, and in public. How has marketing directed at kids grown? How has it changed with the internet? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are the tools available for parents and communities to fight back? It's Your Call with Hana Baba and you.

Guests:
Susan Linn, director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood

Dan Coates, president of Youth Pulse, Inc.

Marisa Connolly, senior communications manager for Common Sense Media

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What's life like as a hotel worker today?

What's it like to be a hotel worker? On the next Your Call, hotel workers will tell us what it's like to serve food, make beds, clean bathrooms, and negotiate for fair treatment, pay, and benefits. On the 30th anniversary of the 1980 hotel strike in San Francisco, hotel workers nationwide are marching for better working conditions. What are current labor practices like? What do you want to know about how hotel workers are treated before you make your next reservation? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Riddhi Mehta, research analyst with Unite Here Local 2

Aurolyn Rush, telephone operator at the Grand Hyatt Hotel

Antonio Arenas, room service worker at the Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf Hotel

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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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Your Call 070909 Are bicyclists revolutionizing American cities?

Are bicyclists revolutionizing American cities? On the next Your Call we'll speak with political reporter Jeff Mapes about his new book Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities and SF Weekly political writer Matt Smith. San Francisco is about to implement their long delayed bicycle master plan building 34 miles of new bike lanes on city streets and removing hundreds of parking spaces. Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 am. What would it take to get you out of your car and onto a bike? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Matt Smith in San Francisco
Columnist and political reporter for the San Francisco Weekly, and an avid bicyclist.

Jeff Mapes in San Francisco
Senior political reporter for The Oregonian. He has covered Congress, state government, and numerous local, state, and national campaigns. He is also author of the blog, Mapes on Politics and the new book Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities.

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Your Call 121808 Starving Arts Budgets

As public arts budgets shrink, what should we save? On the next Your Call, we will have a conversation about funding of the Arts during the economic downturn. San Francisco and Oakland are among many cities across the country proposing massive cuts to Arts budgets, and also threaten many cultural and artistic institutions with closure. How are the cuts going to impact the vibrant and diverse arts and cultural scene of the Bay Area? And what should be done to support the Arts? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests: Marco Barricelli, Artistic Director Shakespeare in Santa Cruz

Nancy Gonchar, Deputy Director San Francisco Arts Commission

Thomas DeCaigny, Executive Director of Performing Arts Workshop

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Your Call 082508 Building a Slow Food Nation

How can we create and build a genuine food culture in the midst of an overdeveloped consumer society? On the next Your Call, we'll have a discussion about eating well and responsibly as the Slow Food Nation meeting arrives in San Francisco. For the past two decades, the slow food movement has promised that healthy eating is the key to a healthy planet. With the proliferation of farmers' markets and organic farming, has this promise been proven true? Who can afford it? And how has it changed our food consumption patterns? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Anya Fernald, Executive Director of Slow Food Nation

Christine Adams, manager of the Farmer's Market at San Francisco Civic Center

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Your Call 072208 What do you want from a public beach?

What do you want from a public beach? On the next Your Call, we'll have a discussion about the state of our beaches. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced the formation of Vision Council to transform Ocean Beach, the largest urban beach in the country. Makeover possibilities include bathrooms, more garbage cans, and possible commercial developments. So what are the competing visions and who should have a voice in the process? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Sarah Corbin, Central California Regional Manager of Surfrider Foundation

Keith Weissglass, Pacific Outreach Coordinator of Ocean Conservancy.

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Your Call 070108 Is San Francisco a great city for bicycling?

Is San Francisco a great city for bicycling? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about efforts to get people out of their cars and onto a bike. How effective have measures to encourage biking been so far? Does the proposed stop-and-roll law for bikers at red lights and stop signs make it easier to bike in the city, or risk a backlash against cyclists? Do safer streets for bikes inevitably mean it will be harder to drive cars? What sort of changes can city planners make to improve transportation for everyone in our city? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Leah Shahum in San Francisco
Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Bert Hill in San Francisco
Chair of the San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee

Dave Snyder in San Francisco
Transportation Policy Director at The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)

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Your Call 070108 Is San Francisco a great city for bicycling?

Is San Francisco a great city for bicycling? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about efforts to get people out of their cars and onto a bike. How effective have measures to encourage biking been so far? Does the proposed stop-and-roll law for bikers at red lights and stop signs make it easier to bike in the city, or risk a backlash against cyclists? Do safer streets for bikes inevitably mean it will be harder to drive cars? What sort of changes can city planners make to improve transportation for everyone in our city? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Leah Shahum in San Francisco
Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

Bert Hill in San Francisco
Chair of the San Francisco Bicycle Advisory Committee

Dave Snyder in San Francisco
Transportation Policy Director at The San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)

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Your Call 062608 The State of Black San Francisco

What happened to San Francisco's black population? On the next Your Call we talk with the organizers of a conference on the "State of Black San Francisco." Africans Americans were 13.5% of the population in 1970 but only half that now -- the biggest percentage decline in any major American city. With the passage of Proposition G, the last truly black neighborhood in the city, Bayview-Hunters Point, is about to undergo a multi-year, multi billion dollar make over. How many African Americans will call San Francisco home when it's done? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Julian Davis in San Francisco
Founder of the Osiris Coalition, organizer of this weekend's community forum on the State of Black San Francisco, Saturday, June 28th from 9 AM to 12 noon at the West Bay Conference Center at 1290 Fillmore Street in San Francisco

Sean Reynolds in San Francisco
Social worker and health educator and co-founder of the Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women, with Rhodessa Jones and Idirs Ackamore.

Malo Hutson in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley.

Dr Raye Richardson in San Francisco
Founder of Marcus Books, former chair of African American Studies at SF State

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Your Call 062008 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, the New York Times ran the headline, "Sense of Calm as Gay Couples Wed in California." While it would be easy to criticize the Times and say the true emotion was joy, did this headline and overall coverage of the nuptials capture the true spirit of the week? We'll also talk about coverage of Tim Russert's death and the success of a local newspaper unionization drive. On the next Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Bill Scher in Northhampton, MA
Online editor for Campaign for America's Future, executive editor of LiberalOasis.com and author of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America

Janet Kornblum in San Francisco
Staff reporter for USA Today in San Francisco

Sara Steffens in San Francisco
Staff reporter at the Contra Costa Times and co-chair of the successful union organizing campaign at the Bay Area News Group.

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Your Call 061708 The future of gay marriage in CA and the US

What's in store for the future of gay marriage in California and across the country? On the next Your Call, we'll discuss the recent California Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage. In November Californians will vote on a state constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage. Will gay marriage influence the presidential race? And will California influence other courts around the country? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kate Runyon, interim executive director of Triangle Foundation in Michigan.

Ian Palmquist, executive director of Equality North Carolina

Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a public interest law firm that joined the legal battle to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage

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Your Call 061608 Rough times at the S.F. Zoo

What is happening at the San Francisco Zoo? On the Next Your Call, well have a conversation about future plans for the Zoo. The San Francisco Zoological Society oversees zoo operations for the city and San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly recently introduced a resolution to turn the 100-acre facility into a rescue house for domestic and exotic animals. What changes would you like to see? And what do you want from the zoo? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:

Les Schobert worked in zoos for more than 30 years, including as General Curator of the Los Angeles Zoo and the North Carolina Zoo.

Deniz Bolbol, spokesperson for In Defense of Animals.

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Your Call 060908 Can the Bay Area impact the pres. election?

How can we in the Bay Area have an impact on the national conversation in this election year? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with our guests and you, our listeners, about the ways in which we can positively influence the current presidential race. What are the conversations you would want us bring to the air? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Lisa Margonelli, California-based Fellow at the New America Foundation

Shanell Williams, Program Director of the Center for Young Women's Development

William Poy Lee, Berkeley based author of Eighth Promise

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Your Call 060208 What Do You Think of Term Limits Now?

Is this Tuesday's election evidence that term limits work? On the next Your Call, talk about the profound effects that state and local term limits are having on the political landscape of the Bay Area this year. There are open city council races in Oakland and San Francisco; contested Democratic primaries between incumbents and a termed out politician looking to move up. Is your judgment of term limits confirmed by what you are seeing this year? And if your opinion is changing, which way are you shifting? On the next Your Call with me, Ben Temchine and you.

Guests:
David Latterman in San Francisco
Heads the political consultancy firm Fall Line Analytics that looks at survey and voting data and uses them to understand how our elections and politics are working. He joins us from his office in San Francisco.

Thad Kousser in San Diego
Professor of political science at UC San Diego and the author of the book Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism. He joins us on the line from Southern California.

Jesse Taylor in Berkeley
Writes about East Bay politics in his Undercurrents column which is published in the Berkeley Daily Planet. He joins us from Oakland.

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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 050508 Healthy San Francisco

What is the status of Healthy California? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about a new plan to provide health care to 82,000 uninsured city residents. So far 700 business representing almost 13,000 employees have signed up. But the Golden Gate Restaurant Association opposes the program, so how does the plan work? Who is paying for it? And is it the best way to provide the uninsured with health care? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Mitchell Katz, director of San Francisco Department of Public Health

Kevin Westlye, executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association

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Your Call 103107 Election 2007

Next Tuesday is Election Day. Do you know what’s on the ballot? On the next Your Call, the Chronicle’s John Diaz, SPUR’s Egon Terplan, and the Green Party’s Christina O’Lague will join us to discuss their endorsements of measures on the San Francisco ballot. With no real competition for Mayor, District Attorney, or Sheriff, the big fights this election are over MUNI, libraries, free Wi-Fi, and parking. Who’s supporting and funding these measures? What are you voting for? It’s Your Call with Sandip Roy.
 
Guests:
John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor for the SF Chronicle
Egon Terplan, Economic Development and Governance Policy Director of SPUR
Christina O'Lague, Green Party Coordinating Council Member

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