We’re back to our regular daily news and public affairs coverage, thank you for your generous support throughout our Spring Fund Drive. We’re now in the sprint to the June election in California, this week continuing our series with experts debating local ballot measures.
7am – San Francisco’s Prop F – Rapid Eviction Defense
Yes – Dean Preston is the founder of Tenants Together, California’s statewide renters’ rights organization, and the proponent of Prop F with the SF Right to Counsel Committee.
No – Howard Epstein is the Vice President of the Small Property Owners of San Francisco and a Vice President for the San Francisco Republican Party.
7:55am – KPFA News: US students on Capitol Hill pushing lawmakers for gun control legislation
Reported by Hope McKenney for KPFA News
8am – The Life and Politics of Harvey Milk
Author Lilian Faderman is a pioneer of LGBT scholarship as well as author of The Gay Revolution and the acclaimed memoir Naked in the Promised Land. On May 22, Harvey Milk’s birthday, Faderman released her new book Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death, which looks at his remarkably varied young life and his lasting impact, and how his Jewishness drove his politics.