5/8: Ross Mirkarimi, Worked Owned Co-Ops, and Live Funk

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1st hour: Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi - This week's Board of Supervisors meeting was probably the most substantive of the year. We talked with Supervisor Mirkarimi about the controversial Sunset Reservoir solar energy project, his effort to save Access SF, and the possibility of converting the Sharp Park golf course into a nature preserve and recreation area.

2nd hour: Worker-owned Cooperatives - Democracy in the Workplace, Responsibility in the Community. A conversation about the concept of worker-owned businesses and workplace democracy with guest hosts Poonam Whabi (Design Action Collective & Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives - NoBAWC) and Dan Thomases (Box Dog Bikes & NoBAWC)

They led a discussion with this panel: Tim Huet (Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives), Dave Karoly (NoBAWC Staff), Kasper Koczab (NoBAWC Staff), Annie Danger (Modern Times Bookstore)

BONUS 3rd hour: Frobeck - From Sebastapol, they place Funk, and not noodlely standard whiteguy instrumental funk, but real funk with real songs (originals and covers like "what is hip" by tower of power!) and they are great time. They joined us in the studio and played live in the cafe. Check the podcast:
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Playlist (song - artist - album)
Working Men Are Pissed (League theme song) - Minutemen
Ghosts of You and Me - Soulsavers - It's Not How Far You Fall, It's the Way You Land
Veni Vidi Vici - The Black Lips (Diplo remix) - Decent Work for Decent Pay
Life Is Cartoons - Arecee - Beating a Dead Horse
Rich Folks Hoax - Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Gunslinger - Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger
Not Gonna Happen to Me - Frobeck - Balancing the Sun
By My Side - Frobeck - Balancing the Sun

5/01: San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi

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First Hour: SF Public Defender Jeff Adachi - Jeff Adachi is currently fighting budget cuts proposed by Mayor Newsom that Adachi says would destroy his office's ability to provide adequate representation to their clients. Meanwhile, the Constitution Project, a bi-partisan commission, has issued a report on the poor state of indigent defense in this country. There has been a lot of interest both nationally and locally in how the criminal justice system may be affected by budget cuts to defender offices. Jeff will be discussing these issues and will tell us all about next week's Justice Summit that his office is hosting here in SF.

Second Hour: Educators for a Democratic Union - We'll be joined by Adrienne Johnstone and Darlene Anaya, two members of the EDU, a progressive reform-minded slate of candidates running for leadership of the United Educators - San Francisco. They'll tell us all about the changes they would bring as leaders of the SF teachers' union.

4/24: Carole Migden & MissionLoc@l.org Journalists

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6 pm: League endorsements for the May election
6pm: Former State Senator Carole Migden will join us to talk about old school San Francisco politics, what's going on in Sacramento, and her future plans.
7pm: Some folks from Young Workers United will join us to talk about their annual May Day event.
7:15pm: Several journalists from the new MissionLoc@l.org community news website.

4/17: Battle for the Golden Gate Board, Pirates, & Reverend Billy

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6 pm: League endorsements for the May election
6pm: Hope Johnson from FogCityJournal.com talking about the Board of Supervisors' nomination for the Golden Gate Bridge board.
7pm: Chloe from 99problems.org on What the hood could learn from the Somali Pirates.
7:30pm: Reverend Billy and the his campaign for Mayor of New York City.

Playlist (Artist - Song - Album)
Minutemen - Working Men Are Pissed
Dan Reeder - Work Song - Dan Reeder
Melvins - The Kicking Machine - Nude with Boots
The Bar Feeders - Lotto Beach ATM - Vomitorium
Totimoshi - Viva Zapata - Ladron
K'naan - Somalia
Sean Hayes - Rattlesnake Charm - Alabama Chicken
Bob Dylan - Fixin to Die - Bob Dylan
Heavy Trash - That Ain't Right - Going Way Out with Heavy Trash
Clinton Sparks - Hater Bug - Maybe You Been Brainwashed

4/10: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence & the Director of Medicine for Melancholy

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6 pm: League endorsements for the May election
6 pm: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - The Sisters are EVERYWHERE this weekend! They're celebrating their 30th anniversary in style with a show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, an exhibit at the main library, and the annual Easter Sunday Hunky Jesus competition.
7 pm: Barry Jenkins, the Director of Medicine for Melancholy - A new film shot entirely in San Francisco, now playing at the Roxie. Starring Wyatt Cynac from the Daily Show. This is the first feature film we've seen that captures modern life in SF, including scenes at Rainbow Grocery, the Knockout, and the Museum of the African Diaspora.

It's a love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with issues of class, identity, and the evolving conundrum of being a minority in rapidly gentrifying San Francisco—a city with the smallest proportional black population of any other major American city.

Playlist (artist - song - album)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - How Do I Let a Good Man Down - Naturally
Bill Withers - The Same Love That Made Me Laugh - Ultimate Bill Withers
Howard Tate - She's a Burglar - Howard Tate
Au Revoir Simone - Through the Backyards - Verses of Comfort
The Octopus Project - Truck - Hello Avalanche
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - New Year's Kiss - Etiquette
Canoe - C'mon - I Give You...

4/3: May Special Election & a Documentary on the Financial Crisis

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6 pm: League endorsements for the May election - Pssst! Did you know we're having a special election on May 17th? The League got down to business and researched the six sorry statewide propositions on the ballot. Some folks from our research team will tell you all about it.

7 pm: New Documentary on the Financial Crisis - Donald Goldmacher, the Producer of the new documentary Heist tells the story of how Wall Street orchestrated the greatest theft in history -- the robbery of Americans’ prosperity, savings, and retirement security. Watch the trailer at http://mourningamerica.com. Or read this Huffington Post article by the narrator about the problem with the Geithner/Summers plan.

We'll also be discussing tomorrow's Cesar Chavez Festival and Parade and have updates on the tragic and ever-fascinating Ed Jew saga etc.

3/27: Worker-owned Cooperatives

7 - 8 pm: Worker-owned Cooperatives - Democracy in the Workplace, Responsibility in the Community. A conversation about the concept of worker-owned businesses and workplace democracy. We'll be joined by two guest hosts:
- Poonam Whabi (Design Action Collective and Board Member of NoBAWC - Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives)
- Dan Thomases (Box Dog Bikes, Board member - NoBAWC)

They will be leading a discussion with this panel:
- Tim Huet (Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives)
- Kasper Koczab (Rainbow Grocery Cooperative)
- Suzanne (AK Press)

NOTE: Only a one-hour show this week because we're going to stop by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi's office for his annual Persian New Year party. Come on by City Hall from 5:30 - 8. The party is free and open to the public. Meanwhile, back on Pirate Cat Radio, Common Thread radio will be covering for us from 6-7 with their usual amazing collection of local musicians, poets, and other performers.

3/20: Joe Lynn on the Ethics Commission & the LGBT March to Sacramento

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6pm: Joe Lynn on the Ethics Commission - Former Ethics Commissioner Joe Lynn talks to us about how what's wrong with the San Francisco Ethics Commission, how lobbyists and politicians exploit loopholes in the law, and what can be done to close the loopholes. Check out his Guardian editorial about reforming the ethics enforcement division, and this open letter about reforming rules for lobbyists.

7pm: Kip Williams on the LGBT March to Sacramento - Kip Williams from One Struggle One Fight talks to us about their civil rights march from San Francisco to Sacramento. They're marching for the repeal of Proposition 8, but they're also working to connect the marriage rights movement to other issues of discrimination like immigration, health care, and employment.

Join them for a kick-off rally next Tuesday, March 24th at City Hall at 12:30. Speakers will include:
- Cleve Jones, friend of Harvey Milk and long time LGBT activist
- Andrea Shorter, the Director of And Marriage for All
- Biko Baker, a hip-hop activist and Executive Director of the League of Young Voters.

3/13: Gavin's Sunshine Problem & Ammiano Tries to Legalize It

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1st hour: Is Gavin Avoiding Transparency? - The Newsom administration claims it strongly believes in government transparency and that it adheres to the City's Sunshine Ordinance, but Rebecca Bowe's excellent cover story in this week's Guardian tells a different story. We'll speak with Bowe and Sunshine Task Force member Rick Knee to get to the bottom of this issue that is so crucial to the health of our city's democracy.

2nd hour: Can Legalization Save California? - Assemblyman Tom Ammiano is introducing a first-of-its-kind marijuana legalization bill that could generate billions of dollars of revenue for the State coffers, cut down on thousands of arrests, and drastically reduce drug traffic related violence. Ammiano's press secretary, Quintin Mecke, will be in the studio to break it down.

Also: Anarchist Bookfair - James Tracy stopped by to tell us about the Anarchist Bookfair happening tomorrow at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park at 9th and Irving. He also read us one of his kick-ass poems.

3/6: PowerShift Report Back & Sanctuary City Update

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6 pm: PowerShift Report Back - Last weekend, the SF League joined 12,000 young people in D.C. at PowerShift 09, a conference on clean energy and green jobs, culminating in 350 meetings with our representatives in congress, and a protest that shutdown the coal-fired power plant that powers the Capitol. We were joined by a bunch of folks from the League and Green for All.
Here's what we learned from lobbying our SF representatives and CA senators:
- Speaker Pelosi: We had a positive meeting with her chief of staff who said that our pressure made it easier to push for stronger legislation. She's hopeful that Pelosi will be able to make it to our climate townhall meeting in April.
- Congresswoman Speier: Her climate policy staffer said Speier supports our platform and will push for strong climate legislation.
- Senator Boxer: Her climate policy guy basically lectured at us. Boxer won't push for an outright ban on coal or nuclear plants, and it sounds like she wants to put most of the money from a carbon cap into tax cuts instead of green jobs for disadvantaged communities.
- Senator Feinsten: Her staff strung us along all day and ultimately wouldn't meet with 100 young people from California. Really, Diane? Friggin Oren Hatch met with PowerShift, and you wouldn't? Once again, you're our Asshole of the Week.

7 pm: Our Sanctuary City - Immigrant rights, ICE raids, and racial profiling. Why isn't San Francisco living up to it's sanctuary city status and what needs to be done about it? Our guests included:
- Bobbi Lopez and others from the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Defense Committee
- Several members of Young Workers United
- Supervisor John Avalos called in to tell us about his work on legislation to make it City policy that the police shouldn't turn over youth charged with felonies to ICE.