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Cal pauses construction at People’s Park; Plus Newsom’s new Delta tunnel plan

Proposed Delta Conveyance Project Facility Corridor Options. From Scoping Summary Report. | Delta Conveyance Design & Construction Authority

0:08 – Michael T. Klare, professor emeritus of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College and defense correspondent for The Nation discusses Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

0:33 – We discuss the closure of People’s Park with Supriya Yelimeli (@SupriyaYelimeli), who reports on housing and homelessness for Berkeleyside and Alastair Boone (@alastairboone) editor in chief of Street Spirit, which is published by Youth Spirit Artworks.

0:43 – René Christian Moya (@rcmoya84) an organizer with the Debt Collective discusses the newly launched Tenant Power Toolkit.

1:08 – Rachel Becker (@RA_Becks), a science writer who reports on California water policy for CalMatters discusses the Governor’s new Delta tunnel plan. Her latest on the project is

1:20 – Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta explains how the water conveyance project could impact surrounding communities.

1:33 – Lyndsie Bourgon (@lbourgon), a writer, oral historian, and 2018 National Geographic Explorer based in British Columbia discusses her book Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America’s Woods.