California’s eviction moratorium protecting tenants affected by the coronavirus pandemic was set to expire June 30. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation extending it, but the state law supersedes local pandemic eviction protections and prevents city legislators from adding new ones through March of next year. Ora Prochovnick, director of litigation and policy at the Eviction Defense Collaborative, a nonprofit organization that helps low-income tenants respond to eviction lawsuits, explained the details on “Civic.”
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Posted in“Civic” Podcast, California, Government & Politics, Law & Justice, Social Justice
Pastor: Reparations Are Medicine for ‘Evil’ of Inhumane Treatment
The Rev. Amos Brown, senior pastor at Third Baptist Church of San Francisco and president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, is on both committees. He discussed with “Civic” California’s legacy of racism and what form reparations could take in this state and city.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Economy & Business, Health
Ventilation Won’t Make Offices as Safe as Pre-Pandemic, Expert Says
Engineers are fielding questions about whether upgrades to heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems will make their buildings as safe as they were prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Steve Taylor told “Civic” that’s not possible, but if workers wear masks, existing systems that meet ventilation standards we already have should be enough to bring the risk of infection to acceptable levels.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Environment, Utilities
Reduce First, Then Recycle: Sorting Out SF’s Waste
In recent years, the mills and foundries that receive recyclables from Recology have stopped accepting bales of material with more than 1% impurities, so the sorting facility at Pier 96 must work to a very high standard. Through a recent tour of the sorting center, “Civic” reported on what happens when things that cannot be recycled end up there, and what should be done about material that is difficult to recycle, like plastic bags.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Community, Coronavirus, Parks & Open Space, Social Justice
Return to Alcatraz: 50 Years After Native American Occupation, National Park Service Considers Permanent Cultural Center
As California reopens to tourism, Alcatraz is once again drawing visitors from around the world and featuring an exhibit celebrating the 19-month-long Native American occupation of the island 50 years ago. And in a dramatic, if delayed, response to the occupation, the National Park Service is contemplating the installation of a permanent Native American cultural center on Alcatraz in collaboration with a group that formed with that as one of its key objectives more than 50 years ago.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Government & Politics, Immigration
US Policy Frustrates Honduran Immigrant Who Crossed Border at 14
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday to tour a detention facility and meet with people who have made the journey to the United States.
For San Francisco resident Soledad Castillo, who left her home country of Honduras at age 14 to cross the border, the vice president’s visit and her previous statements on immigration have been frustrating.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Coronavirus, Health
With California Reopened, Should We Keep Social Distancing?
Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, a professor of pediatrics – infectious diseases and of health research and policy at Stanford University, and Dr. Lee Riley, professor of infectious diseases at the School of Public Health in the division of infectious diseases and vaccinology at the University of California, Berkeley talked with “Civic” about the relative benefit of social distancing in concert with other prevention measures and under what circumstances distancing still makes sense.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Community, Homelessness
Nonprofit Leaders Reframe Homelessness as Systemic, Not Personal, Problem
With the state emerging from a pandemic that prompted emergency action and investment to bring people living on the street indoors, and after recent pledges from state and local officials to invest in solutions to homelessness, local nonprofit leaders discussed what long-lasting solutions might look like.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Homelessness, Housing, Social Services
Invest in Temporary, Permanent and Preventive Measures to House Homeless, Report Says
“Civic” spoke with Tomiquia Moss, founder and CEO of AllHome, a regional organization working to disrupt cycles of poverty and homelessness and to create more economic mobility for extremely low-income people. Moss describes the need for more investment across different interventions to reduce the pressure to prioritize those who have the most complex and chronic needs over those who could exit homelessness with shorter-term help, or over prevention strategies.
Posted in“Civic” Podcast, Arts & Culture, LGBTQ+
Documentary Revisits Transgender Protagonists Decades Later
In Monika Treut’s new film, “Genderation,” she follows up with he earlier protagonists to see how shifting social scenes, political climates and individual circumstances of their lives have affected them.