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0:08 – Behind the new unemployment numbers
Michele Evermore (@EvermoreMichele) is a senior policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C. focusing on social insurance.
0:25 – KPFA News: The Census Bureau recently released statistics on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage for last year. It shows median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points — all before COVID hit. KPFA’s Linda Khoury has more.
0:34 – South Bay sweeps threaten curbside communities, as several shelters close permanently Aug 15. Caltrans has scheduled a sweep for today, and Cupertino has a sweep scheduled Sep 21.
Shaunn Cartwright is an advocate with the ‘Unhoused Response Group,’ which formed at the beginning of the pandemic and advocates and supports curbside communities in the South Bay.
0:49 – In another edition from our series Taken from Us, we hear from Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa, the sisters of 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa. Sean was unarmed and kneeling with his hands raised when Vallejo Police Officer Jarrett Tonn fatally shot him through the windshield of a moving police vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot during the early morning hours of June 2nd. The family couldn’t get any answers from the police that night. Instead, it took a day and a half for the police department to admit an officer had killed someone, and the police union filed a temporary restraining order to prevent the release of the names of officers involved. Later it was discovered that vital evidence, the windshield from the police car, had been destroyed, prompting an investigation by the California Department of Justice. Our reporter Chris Lee (@chrislee_xyz) spoke with Sean’s two sisters in San Francisco, where he was born and raised.
There is a car caravan to demand justice this Saturday, Sep 19th at 12 noon at Holly Park in San Francisco.
Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa are currently fundraising and working with Bay Area artist Oree Originol to display pictures of Sean and other victims of police violence on a billboard space directly in front of the Vallejo Police Department.
1:08 – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Trump’s repeal of TPS protections for 400,000 people
Rosa Carranza is a Bay Area activist, preschool teacher, and TPS recipient herself.
1:20 – Is California Waste Solutions laundering money and bribing Oakland City officials? The Oakland Public Ethics Commission and The Oaklandside are investigating.
Darwin Bond Graham is news editor of the Oaklandside. His latest investigation is Accusations of political ‘money laundering’ under investigation in Oakland.
1:34 – How can outdoor performing arts happen in SF. And how to do it safely.
Andrew Wood is Director of the SF International Arts Fest, which is calling for the reopening of outdoor sites for the performing arts.
1:45 – The Oakland International Film Festival kicks off today (Sep 17-27)
David Roach is the director of the Oakland International Film Festival, now in its 18th year and virtual. The festival will feature 68 filmmakers and kicks off *today, Thursday Sep 17 at 3pm with the film, We Are the Dream, The Kids of the MLK Oratorical Festival and panel discussion.