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State-wide Rent Cap/Just Cause, Local Urgency Ordinances, with Stasha Powell and Jordan Grimes Jan 31, 2020

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Sacramento passed state-wide protections to limit rent increases and prevent just cause evictions, a real win for renters. BUT: various loopholes led to the need for a series of urgency ordinances on a city-by-city basis to prevent last-minute evictions. We hear from Stasha Powell, tenant activist (of One Redwood City) and Jordan Grimes (of Peninsula for Everyone) to hear about these actions, and some general thoughts about the challenges of implementation, and the future of tenant rights in California and beyond.

President Hotel Updates and Palo Alto Tenant Union history, with Roberta Ahlquist and Jeff Levinsky Dec 02, 2019

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Roberta Ahlquist (of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom) and Jeff Levinsky (of Palo Alto Matters) are on the show to talk about the aftermath of the evictions at the President Hotel, where AJ Capital is still attempting for a hotel conversion, and we hear background on the Palo Alto Tenants Union.

Talkin' Prop 13 Split Roll (Schools & Communities First), with Derek Sagehorn Nov 19, 2019

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Derek Sagehorn (of East Bay for Everyone) has been raising awareness for Prop 13 Split Roll (Schools and Communities First) through a series of walking tours, writing articles, and now comes on the show to discuss the nuances of the law, the urgent need to get this revenue to the cities who need it, the history of the political coalitions behind Prop 13, and more.

San Francisco: A Material Analysis of Its Disspiriting Politics, with Max Kapczynski Nov 05, 2019

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San Francisco is cursed, and leaves everybody with a no-win decision between lacklustre "progressives" and incrementalist moderates. Why is this so, and what can be done about it? We use material analysis to learn more. Chatter about the November election.

Alex Nunez on Mountain View: RV Bans vs Anti-Displacement Policy Oct 11, 2019

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Alex Nunez is a housing equity advocate for Cafecito and the Housing Justice Coalition, he's here to talk about the recent RV Ordinances in Mountain View, and discuss paths for real and effective anti-displacement programs.

Kelsey Banes on Housing Activism and Homeless Services in Palo Alto Oct 03, 2019

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Kelsey Banes is a leading voice for housing production in Palo Alto, while working in supplying support for our neediest: the homeless. How are the systems of supplying both affordable and market-rate housing related to the needs and struggles of those who are housing insecure, and what can we do to help?

Landownership in Ag, the Myths of Family Farms, and Sustainability, with Sarah Taber Sep 17, 2019

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Does landownership matter in agriculture? Turns out it does! Crop scientist and podcaster ("Farm to Taber") Sarah Taber is on the program to talk about how landownership drives power dynamics, creates inefficient classes of exploitative family farms, while destroying the environment. Showcasing approaches and technologies that deliver more productive and more sustainable results, from labor practices to alternate forms of ownership and tenure.

Book Club: "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro (with Max Kapczynski) Aug 22, 2019

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The legendary book about a fatal love of highways, the drive for land acquisition, and the seductive world of municipal bonds.

Article 34: How California Made Public Housing Illegal, with Diego Aguilar-Canabal and Jordan Grimes Jul 18, 2019

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Diego Aguilar-Canabal comes on the show to speak on his article about how an anti-public-housing movement began with Oakland homeowners, and Jordan Grimes discusses how the constitutional amendment that came out of this movement still affects affordable housing programs today. We talk about the unsuccessful Supreme Court challenge to this amendment, and rant for a while about how dumb dead-ends in leftist discourse undermine a future in which we are able to build public housing again.

On Having a Cupertino Planning Commissioner Threaten to Get You Fired, Local Democracy, and Free Speech, with Richard Mehlinger Jul 04, 2019

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Ray Wang, a Cupertino planning commissioner, threatened to get Richard Mehlinger fired, after a hubbub over a NextDoor post in which Mr. Wang called YIMBYs "fascists". We discuss the story, what it means for participation in local democracy, with some tangents, on the real nature of fascism.

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