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Bolivia: Socialist party wins landslide election, one year after coup; Plus: Live debates on Prop 24 consumer privacy, and Prop 25 ending cash bail

Police make an arrest in Salinas, CA. In 2018, an estimated 66% of people detained in California jails could not make bail. (Photo: flickr)

0:08 – Bolivia’s Movement Toward Socialism Party wins in a landslide

Linda Farthing (@LCFarthing) is a journalist and researcher currently writing her fourth book on Bolivia.

0:34 – Debate: Prop 24 – Consumer privacy

Yes: Ariel Fox Johnson is Senior Counsel on Policy and Privacy with Common Sense Media, a group that rates content for age-appropriateness, and with the “Yes on Prop 24” campaign. 

No: Richard Holober is President of the Consumer Federation of California, and with the “No on Prop 24” campaign. 

1:08 – Oakland City Council to vote on “Encampment Management Policy”

Natalie Orenstein (@nat_orenstein) covers housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside. Her latest piece is A controversial homelessness policy comes to the Oakland City Council on Tuesday. Here’s how to watch.

Oakland City Council Meeting: Today, Tuesday 10/20 at 1:30pm, see login details here.

1:21 – KPFA News: California is one of only ten states that ban affirmative action by public institutions. Voters put that ban into the state’s constitution in 1996. But that could change this fall, when voters get a chance to overturn the ban with proposition 16. KPFA elections reporter Ariel Boone (@arielboone) has this story on how we got here.

1:34 – Debate: Prop 25 – Ending Cash Bail

Yes: John Bauters is the Budget Advocacy Director with Californians for Safety and Justice, and with the “Yes on Prop 25” campaign. 

No: Robert J. Apodaca is the co-founder of California Community Builders, a non-profit affordable housing developer, and with the “No on Prop 25” campaign.