0:08 – Monday’s with Mitch – in which we discuss the midterm elections, Trump’s new conservative appointees to lower US courts, and one upcoming case to have an impact on climate change, Juliana v US. It asserts that, through the government’s affirmative actions that cause climate change, it has violated the youngest generation’s constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property, as well as failed to protect essential public trust resources.
0:34 – SF Measure C – Gross Receipts Tax for homeless services
PRO: Ben Lintschinger (@BenLint) is the Advocacy Program Manager of the GLIDE Foundation, and speaks in support of Measure C.
CON: We made multiple requests over several days to the following proposition C opponents: the No on C Campaign, the Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco, the San Francisco Republican Party, the SF Chamber of Commerce, CA Senator Scott Weiner, and CA Assemblymember David Chiu — none agreed to come on for a debate.
Analysis: Tim Redmond (@timredmondsf)is the editor of 48 hills, and says Mayor London Breed coming out against Measure C when she says homelessness is #1 on her agenda as mayor is just plain weird.
1:08 – The Killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the geopolitics of Saudi Arabia
Ben Freeman (@BenFreemanDC)is the Director of the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative at the Center for International Policy.
1:34 – The Plight of the Rohingya people in Burma as seen in the new film, Mother, Daughter Sister
Jeanne Hallacy is a documentary filmmaker and human rights advocates. Her latest film is Mother, Daughter Sister covering the Rohingya refugee crisis and sexual violence as a weapon of war.
OCT 16 at 5:30pm
100 Boalt Hall at UC Berkeley. No tickets required.
