If at first you don't succeed try try again; a previously unsuccessful effort to lower the voting age to 16 in the city of San Francisco is once again underway. 

If passed the measure would grant 16 and 17-year-old San Franciscans the right to vote in local elections.

Previous attempts to lower the voting age narrowly failed in 2016 and 2020. 

For more on the effort, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising are joined by, Ewan Barker Plummer, Chair of the San Francisco Youth Commission. 

If at first you don't succeed try try again; a previously unsuccessful effort to lower the voting age to 16 in the city of San Francisco is once again underway. 
If passed the measure would grant 16 and 17-year-old San Franciscans the right to vote in local elections.
Previous attempts to lower the voting age narrowly failed in 2016 and 2020. 
For more on the effort, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising are joined by, Ewan Barker Plummer, Chair of the San Francisco Youth Commission.

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A daily deep dive into an issue of public policy or politics that's driving 
the conversation in California. Each day, we interview a guest who's a 
newsmaker, public official, or expert.

For those who think young: SF Youth Commission want to expand franchise

The issue of anti-semitism in the schools took center stage this week as a
Congressional subcommittee, controlled by Republicans, summoned the
superintendents of several K thru 12 school districts to Capitol Hill for a hearing,
including the leader of the Berkeley Unified School District, Enikia Ford Morthel.

Berkeley of course has been a hotbed of protest since Hamas attacked Israel last
October 7 and Israel retaliated by invading the Gaza Strip. The demonstrations
and walkouts against Israel and in support of the Palestinians have not been
confined to the Cal campus, they have been common in the public schools too,
and while the district says it has been doing everything it can to prevent and
respond to anti-semitism and Islamaphobia in this climate of tension and
confrontation, it is now under investigation, with a federal complaint filed that
alleges it is allowing “severe and persistent” anti-Semitism.

For more on this, we are joined on the KCBS Ring Central Newsline by Ilana Pearlman, a midwife from Berkeley who is the mother of a Berkeley High
student who is half-Jewish and half-Black. She is one of the leaders of a group
called Berkeley Jews In School and she went to Washington D.C. to attend the
hearing and meet with members of Congress.

The issue of anti-semitism in the schools took center stage this week as a Congressional subcommittee, controlled by Republicans, summoned the superintendents of several K thru 12 school districts to Capitol Hill for a hearing, including the leader of the Berkeley Unified School District, Enikia Ford Morthel.
Berkeley of course has been a hotbed of protest since Hamas attacked Israel last October 7 and Israel retaliated by invading the Gaza Strip. The demonstrations and walkouts against Israel and in support of the Palestinians have not been confined to the Cal campus, they have been common in the public schools too, and while the district says it has been doing everything it can to prevent and respond to anti-semitism and Islamaphobia in this climate of tension and confrontation, it is now under investigation, with a federal complaint filed that alleges it is allowing “severe and persistent” anti-Semitism.
For more on this, we are joined on the KCBS Ring Central Newsline by Ilana Pearlman, a midwife from Berkeley who is the mother of a Berkeley High student who is half-Jewish and half-Black. She is one of the leaders of a group called Berkeley Jews In School and she went to Washington D.C. to attend the hearing and meet with members of Congress.

Inside look at the anti-semitism  hearing at  Capitol Hill for K-12  superintendents

Two new reports say the city of San Francisco and the state of California are making significant progress in the homelessness crisis, but are things really getting better, or are unhoused people just being shuffled somewhere else, with a shortage of shelter beds still a very real problem?

San Francisco officials declared this week that the number of tents and tent encampments on the streets has dropped significantly, 41% since last summer.

They say that’s proof that the crisis is easing, partly because a federal court ruled that police can take down tents if the people in them are voluntarily refusing shelter, as opposed to having no choice because there are not enough shelter beds available.

Meanwhile, another report said Governor Newsom’s Project Roomkey program did help move more than 60-thousand people off the streets into hotel rooms, declaring it a success as well, but most of those people ended up moving back into homelessness eventually. 

For more KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Bret Burkhart, and Patti Reising spoke with Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco.

Two new reports say the city of San Francisco and the state of California are making significant progress in the homelessness crisis, but are things really getting better, or are unhoused people just being shuffled somewhere else, with a shortage of shelter beds still a very real problem?
San Francisco officials declared this week that the number of tents and tent encampments on the streets has dropped significantly, 41% since last summer.
They say that’s proof that the crisis is easing, partly because a federal court ruled that police can take down tents if the people in them are voluntarily refusing shelter, as opposed to having no choice because there are not enough shelter beds available.
Meanwhile, another report said Governor Newsom’s Project Roomkey program did help move more than 60-thousand people off the streets into hotel rooms, declaring it a success as well, but most of those people ended up moving back into homelessness eventually. 
For more KCBS Radio's Doug Sovern, Bret Burkhart, and Patti Reising spoke with Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco.

SF decreases it's homeless population: The progress and what more can be done

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his aggressive campaign to shake up the presidential race.

He has qualified for the ballot in at least ten states now, including California.

And in a sign that the Biden and Trump campaigns are no longer dismissing Kennedy as a fringe third party guy who’s no real threat, they are both putting out a lot of opposition research material on him, and attacking him as either a liberal or a conservative in a moderate’s clothing, depending on who’s doing the attacking. 

For more on this, KCBS Radio anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by KCBS insider Doug Sovern.

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues his aggressive campaign to shake up the presidential race.
He has qualified for the ballot in at least ten states now, including California.
And in a sign that the Biden and Trump campaigns are no longer dismissing Kennedy as a fringe third party guy who’s no real threat, they are both putting out a lot of opposition research material on him, and attacking him as either a liberal or a conservative in a moderate’s clothing, depending on who’s doing the attacking. 
For more on this, KCBS Radio anchors Bret Burkhart and Patti Reising were joined by KCBS insider Doug Sovern.

For those who think young: SF Youth Commission want to expand franchise

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