0:08 – Court orders 50% transferred or released from San Quentin
Brad O’Connell is Assistant Director of the First District Appellate Project.
0:15 – What’s happening inside
James King is a state campaigner with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and was formerly incarcerated in San Quentin.
0:34 – Local explainer: Berkeley Mayor’s race
Francis Dinkelspiel is co-founder and executive editor of Berkeleyside, where she’s covering Berkeley elections.
0:46 – Vallejo mayoral candidate Hakeem Brown has a history of domestic violence
Geoffrey King (goes by Geoff) is an attorney and journalist, and founder of Open Vallejo, a new non-profit newsroom. He just published an investigation into Vallejo City Council-member and Mayoral candidate Hakeem Brown, revealing his history of domestic violence and abuse.
1:08 – In California, a State Senator represents more people than the average member of Congress. And there’s an open seat in the Bay: Senate District 15, covering big chunk of San Jose and the surrounding area. Voters will face a choice between two Democrats, which can make it hard to suss out the differences, so we walk them both through their positions on some of the biggest policy fights at the ballot and in the legislature.
1:09 – Ann Ravel is formerly an Obama Appointee on the Federal Election Commission.
1:34 – David Cortese is currently a member of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors.