0:08 – Los Angeles teachers have reached a deal with LA Unified, ending a historic strike
What’s behind the wave of teacher militancy? Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe )is a reporting fellow at the Type Media Center, who’s been covering the LA Teachers’ strike for The Nation. Her most recent book is Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt.
0:15 – What did the district give up? What did the teachers? Howard Blume (@howardblume) covers education for the Los Angeles Times. He also co-hosts “Deadline LA” on our sister station, KPFK in Los Angeles.
We hear excerpts from speeches by UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl and LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner yesterday.
0:34 – Community intensifies calls for an audit of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office
We’re joined by Jose Bernal is a Senior Organizer and Advocate at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (@ellabakercenter) to discuss the audit. The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office declined an interview, but we read a statement by Sergeant Ray Kelly, who says they welcome the audit. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors could authorize such an audit, so we asked them why it hasn’t happened – none of the five Supervisors’ offices returned our request except Supervisor Richard Valle (listen to his reply at 0:45).
Then, we’re joined by Barbara Doss is the mother of Dujuan Armstrong found dead in Santa Rita Jail on June 23, 2018. He was 23 years old.
1:08 – BART – criminalization and surveillance
Brian Hofer (@b_haddy) is with the Oakland Privacy Coalition and currently Chair of the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission.
Rasheed El Shabazz (@Rasheed_Shabazz) is a journalist, photographer, historian, and urban and planning community development researcher based in Alameda, CA.
1:34 – Transportation and gentrification
Bob Allen is the Director of Policy and Advocacy Campaigns with Urban Habitat (@Urban_Habitat). Since 2007, he has led the Transportation Justice Program focused on regional equity.
Listener calls: What is it costing you to commute in the Bay Area? What are you sacrificing? What do you do, and why?