0:08 – Impeachment Watch Live from Capitol Hill with Mitch Jeserich
Depositions were scheduled to continue today, but four White House officials close to the President, that were subpoenaed by House Democrats did not show up: Trump lawyer John Eisenberg who moved the call transcript to a private server, associate counsel Michael Ellis, and Robert Blair and Brian McCormick with the Office of Management and Government (governing the Ukraine military aid). What recourse do Democrats have? And what will the House deposition transcripts, to be released this week, show? We discuss with our Capitol Hill correspondent, Mitch Jeserich (@MitchJeserich) is host of Letters and Politics, at 10am on KPFA and affiliated Pacifica stations.
0:34 – Santa Rita Jail strike update: An estimated 300 inmates protesting inhumane treatment have ended the strike on Friday due to health concerns. We speak with Sergeant Ray Kelly is a spokesman with the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department.
0:45 – Yolanda Huang is a long time civil rights attorney and has represented many clients in fighting for justice for abuses committed by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, and joins us with an update – inmates are protesting inhumane conditions, lack of clean facilities, clean clothing, and medical care, and excessive solitary confinement.
She says the Alameda County jail authorities have fired all the men involved in the work stoppage, confiscated food, and required the women to work 7 days a week to cover the work shifts, including producing 16,000 meals per day for Santa Rita jail and six other jails around the Bay Area.
1:08 – The future of PG&E: how could it be transformed into a publicly-owned utility?
Barry Moline is the executive director of the California Municipal Utilities Association.
*PG&E declined to comment for this segment.
1:34 – How to regulate PG&E power shut-offs
Senator Scott Weiner (@Scott_Wiener) represents Senate District 11 which includes the city and county of San Francisco – he’s introduced a bill (SB 378) to restrict PG&E power shut-offs.
1:45 – Mindy Spatt is the Communications Director with the Utility Reform Network, or TURN (@UtilityReform)
1:55 – KPFA News: The future of New York City’s Pacifica station WBAI, may be decided this week, when lawsuit filed by WBAI members against the Pacifica Foundation will be heard in the New York State Supreme Court. The suit was filed by WBAI staff and members after the staff who was abruptly laid off earlier last month. Pacifica management say they want to bring back local programming when it’s possible, but not until there’s a better financial plan in place. The station and members say the decision was about programming, not finances, and they want local programming restored immediately. Reporter Larry Buhl reports.
(Image: Google – Santa Rita Jail)