2/20: Public Campaign Financing & Bay to Breakers

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6 pm: public campaign financing - What is it? Why do we need it? What's the latest in SF, CA, and the USA? Our guest Rob Arnow and Moira Brennan will tell us what's going on.
7 pm: Bay to Breakers - The race organizers announced a zero tolerance policy for 2009. Facebook went bonkers. Supervisor Mirkarimi held a press conference yesterday to propose a middle ground. Now the organizers are saying maybe we can work something out. WTF's going on? WTF is up with the war on fun in San Francisco? We'll talk about it.
Asshole of the Week: Diane Feinstein - For attempting to de-charter the Harvey Milk Democratic Club at last week's Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) meeting. Hope Johnson called in to talk about her FogCityJournal.com article about this. And DCCC members, Debra Walker and Michael Goldstein, joined us in the studio to tell us about how the progressives on the DCCC put the beatdown on Diane's attempted power grab.

2/14: SF Bike Coalition's "Love on Wheels" Dating Game (click here for podcast)

Doh! It looks like we had some technical difficulties and weren't able to broadcast the show live. But here are mp3 clips of the four dating games:


Or you can download the mp3s here:
- love-one-wheels_girl-boy.mp3
- love-one-wheels_boy-boy.mp
- love-one-wheels_boy-girl.mp3
- love-one-wheels_girl-girl.mp3

2/6: Dogpatch Biofuels & Melissa Griffin on City Hall Drama

Topics for Friday, February 6th:
6 pm: The women of Dogpatch Biofuels - The first biodiesel-only filing station in the City!
7 pm: Melissa Griffin's City Hall Update - Did Gavin really take advantage of a typo to give a campaign contributor a sweetheart deal? Why are Public Defender Jeff Adachi and Supervisor Sean Elsbernd so pissed at each other?
7:30 pm: American Apparel aftermath - Last night at the Planning Commission, Valencia street said a big "hell no" to American Apparel. Where does this new coalition go from here?

1/30: American Apparel in the Mission & an Update on the Possible June Election

Topics for Friday, January 30th:
- American Apparel in the Mission?
- San Francisco political update: Are we going to have a June election? What's happening with the budget? What the hell was that 9 hour Board of Supervisors meeting all about? We'll break it down.
- Eric Smith, talking about the upcoming Sustainable Biofuels Summit.

Playlist:
Minutemen - Working Men Are Pissed
Dan Reeder - Work Song
Boy Found Floating - Pushed to Kill
J Church - Nostalgic for Nothing
E. Doctor Smith - Blue Moon
Broun Fellinis - The Ark Has Landed
Prince - Musicology
Background music by Clutchy Hopkins

1/23: Savannah Blackwell and the Devil's Own

6pm: We'll be talking with local progressive writer Savannah Blackwell about her recent piece on the Battle for Board President, the upcoming special election, the Bay Guardian and the death of newspapers, what happens to the class of 2000 Supervisors after they leave the Board, law school, and random SF political gossip!

7pm: Live performance in the cafe by San Francisco country rockers, The Devil's Own, fronted by Piss Pissedofferson.
http://www.myspace.com/thedevilsown

1/16: Budget, Bikes, and the Inauguration

This weeks topics:
1. The Coalition to Save Public Health
Bob from the coalition talked with us about the San Francisco Budget Crisis, and what you can do to help:
- Call the Mayor and your Supervisor (311) and ask them to support the "budget de-appropriation" and the June Special Election.

2. Market and Octavia Bike Lane - We talked about the Bike Coalition's rally to save the bike lane at Market and Octavia.

3. Julian Davis and Heather Box joined us to talk about the Obama inauguration, and the need to keep working after Obama is president to keep him on the right path.

Playlist (Artist - Song - Album)

Minutemen - Working Men Are Pissed
Clinton Sparks - Pop Shots - Maybe You Been Brainwashed
Miles Davis - On the Corner (background music)
Dizzy Balloon - I'm Just Me - CD Sampler
Boy Found Floating - Boy Found Floating - The Push
Harvey Milk - Decades - Life... The Best Game in Town
Heartless Bastards - Searching for the Ghosts - All This Time
Mirah - Recommendation - Advisory Committee

1/9: Alex Clemens & John Dunbar on the Board of Supervisors, and Tom Radulovich about BART Police

6 - 7 PM: Alex Clemens from sfusualsuspects.com and political consultant John Dunbar will discuss about yesterday's vote for the new President of the Board and what 2009 has in store for San Francisco.
7 - 8 PM: A discussion about the shooting of Oscar Grant, BART Police oversight, and the recent protests in Oakland. Our guests including Tom Radulovich, San Francisco representative on the BART Board and several members of the League of Pissed Off Voters.

Music setlist (artist - song - album):
Broun Fellinis - Real Moments 1 - Real Moments
Lighter Thieves - Mission Street - Demo
My Last Day on Earth - Oubliette - Iron-On Tattoo
Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed - Wonder Boys Soundtrack

12/26: League Radio on Vacation

Happy holidays, everyone. We'll be back in January.

12/19: Chris Carlsson on Bikes in SF

Chris Carlsson is considered one of the founders of Critical Mass. He is the editor of the Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration."He is also one of the creators of the non-profit-project Shaping San Francisco.

12/12: Leah Shahum and Eric Mar

Tonight's guests:
6 - 7 PM: Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. We'll be talking about the state of biking in San Francisco, including the long awaited, recently completed Environmental Impact Report on the SF bike plan.
7 - 8 PM: Eric Mar, Supervisor-elect for San Francisco's 1st District, representing the Richmond. We'll talk to Eric about his plans for the Richmond as well as citywide issues. Eric's daughter, Jade, will also be joining us, which is sure to push the cuteness factor off the charts.