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As heard on August 5 - August 9, 2002 on Talk of the City
Monday, August 5
Study on Lending
A recent USC study noted efforts to increase lending in low-income neighborhoods dries up in a matter of a few years. Kitty Felde speaks with USC
Professor Raphael Bostic from the School of Policy, Planning, and Development, about his findings.
DONE Congress
This past weekend, neighborhood councils convened for a Congress. Kitty gets an update with the general manager of Department of Neighborhood
Empowerment (DONE), Greg Nelson. Are neighborhood councils being heard by City Hall? Has the secession movement fostered greater responsiveness?
Kitty also speaks with the following representatives from several neighborhood councils who attended the congress:
Michael Gagan, Interim President of the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council
Evelyn Davis, Director of Marketing and Communications at the Autry and a member of the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council
Steve Zimmer, Representative with the Elysian Valley Riverside Neighborhood Council
Jorge Quezada, Member of the Pacoima Neighborhood Council
Kim Thompson, On the Steering Committee for the Granada Hills North Neighborhood Council
For more information on neighborhood councils, call 866-LAHELPS or visit LA City Neighborhoods
Wilco Documentary
Kitty speaks with Sam Jones, the director of the new documentary film, Im Trying to Break Your Heart, which followed the band Wilco while recording their fourth
album, ²Yankee Hotel FoxtrotÓ.
I am Trying to Break Your Heart is now playing at the Nuart in West LA. It will open in Pasadena at UA Marketplace and in Orange
County at University Town Center this Friday, August 9.
Tuesday, August 6
Chick Hearn Remembered
Writer Elizabeth Kaye, author of Aint No Tomorrow: Kobe, Shaq, and the Making of the Lakers Dynasty, remembers the legendary
Laker announcer Chick Hearn.
Bows and Bow Wows
Last weeks audit of LAs Animal Services department made national headlines with its unintentionally humorous recommendation that grooming and
dressing up dogs and even cats will ²facilitateÓ speedy and increased adoptions. But for a cash-strapped agency that houses about 1,000 orphaned animals
every day there are far greater needs than neckerchiefs according to general manager Jerry Greenwalt. Kitty speaks to LA city controller Laura Chick to hear
the details of the audit and then gets reaction from Jerry Greenwalt, general manager of LA's Animal Services department.
We'll also see how Orange Countys animal services are coping with the same issues with guest Dr. Julie Ryan Johnson, director of the Orange
County Department of Animal Services.
Mais America
Mai is a smart, vivacious and resilient Vietnamese teenager, an exchange student in the US sent from North Vietnam. Her experiences, documented
on PBS POV program tonight turn upside down any stereotypical East meets West encounter one may expect. Sent to live in a trailer park, Mais dreams
of American success contrast sharply with her surroundings. Kitty speaks with Mai, who is now back in Vietnam, and with the films director, Marlo Poras, about her
high expectations and the unexpected outcome of Mais journey.
Mais America airs tonight on KCET and KOCE at 10 pm
Wednesday, August 7
Sacramento Update
Kitty speaks with Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters on the latest news happening in our state capital.
Balancing State Budgets-Lessons Learned
As California languishes with an unbalanced budget, Kitty Felde looks at what other states have done to resolve budget deadlocks. Kitty Felde speaks with
Executive Director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, Scott Pattison, about creative solutions to the age-old crisis of balancing the budget.
Also, with a look at how California balances its budget (or not) is Jenny Oropeza, Democratic Assemblywoman for the 55th and chair of the Assembly Budget Committee.
Falling
One in three people over 65 falls each year. Falls are known in geriatric medicine as precipitating events leading to more severe health issues and lifestyle changes.
Increasingly, insurance companies are making it more difficult to get coverage after a fall. Chick Hearns fall this weekend is the latest example of a worst case
scenario for a senior who falls. Well look at research being done locally to help the elderly prevent falls and what to do if a fall occurs with Dr. Lawrence Rubenstein,
professor of geriatric medicine at UCLA and director of Geriatrics Research, Education and Clinical Center at Sepulveda VA Medical Center.
Thursday, August 8
²Sin depth:Ó Envy
Envy - the second sin in our series on the seven deadly. Kitty explores the historical and theological definitions of envy and why it became one of the
seven deadly sins with Rabbi Neal Weinberg of the University of Judaism. Then we take a look at what we are calling the ugly side of envy - Schadenfreude,
taking pleasure in the misfortune of others with Dr. Robert deMayo, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychological and Educational
Clinic at Pepperdine University.
Twelve
Every once in a while a writer comes along with a novel that captures the soul of their generationô.is Nick McDonell one of them? The Harvard-bound high
school grad with publishing connections joins Kitty to discuss how his first novel Twelve may or may not be the soundpiece of an emerging generation.
Friday, August 9
Historic Districts
Does your neighborhood have an interesting history? How is it a neighborhood becomes ²historicÓ? What are the
benefits? And, how can you promote the interesting history of your neighborhood to become a historic district? Kitty
Felde asks these questions and more as she maps the path to preparing a historic preservation plan with a panel of
preservation experts. Guests include: Roberta Deering, Executive Director of the California Preservation Foundation;
Jeffrey Samudio, Managing Partner at Design Aid Architects; Christy McAvoy,
Managing Principal at Historic Resources Group; and, Sally Schacht, Historic
Resources Commissioner for the City of Whittier.
Buddha Heads
Based on true stories of Asian gangs in Los Angeles, writer-producer-director Brian Maeda joins Kitty Felde in studio to talk
about his film that debuts August 9th at Laemmle Monica Theater located at 1332 2nd Street in Santa Monica. For more information,
visit buddhaheads.com.
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