Supreme Court likely to limit abortion access; Oil company to blame in plastics pollution; Oakland rent control; Plus, it’s AAPI Heritage Month

0:08 – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced that his office issued a subpoena to ExxonMobil as part of its launch into its investigation of the role of fossil fuel and petrochemical companies in creating the plastics pollution crisis. Joining us to discuss are Anja Brandon (@anjambrandon), the US Plastics Policy Analyst at the Ocean Conservancy, as well as Judith Enck (@enckj), the President of Beyond Plastics and a former Regional Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency.

0:34 – Stanford nurses have ended their strike after reaching an agreement that was ratified last Sunday. Kathy Stormberg is the Vice President of the union, called CRONA, and a nurse in the Radiology Department at Stanford Health Care. She joins us to discuss significant wins from the strike action

0:41 – Oakland rent hikes within the city’s rent control program are tied to the regional Consumer Price Index, also known as inflation. The latest numbers give landlords the ability to raise rent by a whopping 6.7% – significantly increased from the city’s usual 1-to-3%. Natalie Orenstein (@nat_orenstein), covers housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside, and joins us to discuss the latest numbers and how it may affect renters.

0:50 – Marking Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we hear from “We Are the Leaders”, a project of the Powerleegirls of KPFA’s APEX Express, to explore the legacy of Yuri Kochiyama.

1:08 – A leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision shows that the highest court plans to reverse Roe v. Wade and remove the federal right to abortion. If the decision follows as is written in the draft, it would have sweeping effects. We are joined by Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady), Senior Editor of Law and Policy at Rewire News and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered, joins us to discuss