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September 15 - 19, 2003
Monday, Sept. 15
Recall on Hold?
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A ruling from the Federal Ninth Circuit of Appeals ruled that the October 7th will be postponed due to the disenfranchment of voters in five counties who still use punchcard voting machines. Kitty Felde speaks with assistnat professor of government at Claremont McKenna College, Ken Miller, and Donna Schuele, professor of constitutional history at UCLA.
ACLU, "Yes" and "No" Recall Advocates
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ACLU staff attorney Ranjana Natarajan serves as co-counsel on the case decidecd by the Court of Appeals. She joins Kitty Felde in discussion. Ted Costa from the YES on Recall campaign also joins the conversation. The No on Recall campaign declined our invitation to join the discussion.
What's Next?
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A federal appeals court halted the October 7th election. Has the decision changed the plans for those preparing for the election? Conny McCormick, LA County's Registrar of Voters, says not yet. She joins Kitty Felde. And, senior scholar at USC's school of Policy, Planning and Development, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe answers listener questions about the recall.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
Healthcare Proposed Changes in California
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On Saturday, California lawmakers passed a bill that would alter healthcare for working Californians. The bill requires that smaller businesses provide health insurance benefits to their employees. What are the benefits? And how might the regulations affect smaller businesses? Kitty Felde speaks with the director of UCLAÕs Center for Health Policy Research, E. Richard Brown, and with senior vice president of economic and public policy consulting from the L.A. Economic Development Corporation, Wally Brown.
Healthcare Maine and Hawaii
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Six months ago, the governor of Maine signed a law intended to provide health coverage to all state residents. Host Kitty Felde speaks with the head of the GovernorÕs Office of Health Policy & Finance, Trish Riley. Then Kitty Felde speaks with the CEO of California Medical Association and former director of the Department of Public Health in Hawaii, Dr. Jack Lewin, about Hawaii's health care program.
The Fight to Take Back DriverÕs Licenses for Illegal Immigrants
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California Republican Assembly President Mike Spence is spearheading an effort to repeal a new law that grants driverÕs licenses to illegal immigrants. To get a referendum on the issue before voters, the group will need to collect about 400,000 voter signatures over the next 90 days. Kitty catches up with Mike Spence at the Republican Convention to see how his group is faring.
Dr. Drew Pinsky
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You may know him from the popular late night call in show ÒLoveline,Ó but by day Dr. Drew works just down the street from our studios at Las Encinas hospital treating the most severe cases of drug addiction in the chemical dependency unit. He joins Kitty to discuss the pathology of addiction and how a few of his patients have been able to rise above their circumstances to overcome their addictions.
Dr. Drew will be discussing Cracked and signing books tonight at 7:30PM at Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica 3rd St. Promenade, 1201 3rd St.
Sparks
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TonightÕs deciding Game 3 of the WNBA finals could be the beginning of a new age for the womenÕs sports league says LA Times journalist Mike Terry. He joins Kitty live from Detroit to discuss the deciding game the LA Sparks will be playing against the Detroit Shock.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
Homeland Security Leadership Summit
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Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown is in Los Angeles to participate in Mayor HahnÕs first Homeland Security Leadership Summit. Kitty catches up with Mayor Brown to get the latest on Homeland Security challenges facing city leaders, like funding and urban area security.
Funding for Neighborhood Council Projects
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Newly elected City Councilman, Greig Smith speaks with Kitty about his motion to give Neighborhood Councils the power to prioritize the needs of their communities. Under this motion, the Councils would determine which public works projects should be undertaken by the City.
Demise of WomenÕs Professional Soccer
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Five days before the World Cup begins, the WUSA, the womenÕs professional soccer league, is folding due to a lack of financial backing. The paychecks and the attention paid to the women athletes in the WUSA would never rival that of the NBA, but is the problem one for womenÕs sports in general or just womenÕs soccer? Kitty talks about the WUSA with Diana Nyad of public radioÕs Savvy Traveler and Jill Ellis, head coach for UCLA womenÕs soccer team, currently ranked 3rd in the nation. Many of the soccer stars on the UCLA team went on to play for the league. Also, a look at women's basketball with LA Times journalist Mike Terry who recaps last night's Sparks game.
Thursday, Sept. 18
Grand Avenue Project
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Making Grand Avenue from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Cathedral pedestrian-friendly is only one of the goals of the Grand Avenue project. Kitty takes a tour of that section of Grand Avenue with Eli Broad, co-chairman of the Grand Avenue Committee, to get a glimpse of what the project entails. Kitty also talks with Los Angeles Mayor Hahn about the cost for the project and the newly approved power and revenue sharing agreement between the city and the county.
LA Past
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Grand Avenue Project is just one of many plans to develop downtown LA. Kitty Felde looks at LAÕs past with D.J. Waldie, author of Real City: Downtown Los Angeles Inside and Out (Angel City Press), in order to better understand itÕs future.
D.J. Waldie will speak on Saturday at Caltech in the Ramo Auditorium as part of the two-day seminar ÒA Sustainable Future? Environmental Patterns and the Los Angeles PastÓ starting tomorrow (9/19-9/20). All sessions are free, but those interested are encouraged to send an e-mail in advance to the Haynes Foundation
Maxine Hong Kingston
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Years ago, author Maxine Hong Kingston was writing a book called the Fourth Book of Peace to complement the ancient Chinese texts called books of peace. The supposed texts, three books offering advice on how to avoid warfare, were either lost or burned ages ago. Ironically enough, KingstonÕs own book was burned in a fire in 1991. Today she talks with Kitty about her latest book, The Fifth book of Peace (Knopf), part of which is a recreation of her lost book.
Maxine Hong Kingston will be reading and signing from her book tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Skylight Books, 1818 North Vermont Ave. For more information, call 323-660-1175. She will also be at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena tomorrow night (Friday) at 7 p.m. For more information, call 626-449-2742.
Henry Jaglom
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First it was a play that never made it out of workshops, then it was the basis for Henry JaglomÕs first film starring Tuesday Weld, Jack Nicholson and Orson Welles in 1971, now itÕs finally on the stage here in LA. Jaglom joins Kitty to discuss the long strange journey of ÒA Safe Place.Ó
"A Safe Place" will be presented at the Skylight Theatre (1816 1/2 North Vermont) now through Sunday, October 5, 2003. For reservations, call 310-358-9936.
Friday, Sept. 19
Reconsidering the Recall
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Eleven judges on the 9th circuit court of Appeals will take up the question of whether or not to delay the October 7 recall election. Late this morning, the full court voted to reconsider a three-judge panel's earlier delay of the election. Kitty talks with USC law professor Elizabeth Garrett and KPCC reporter Frank Stoltze about the significance of the decision.
Phil Angelides: Power of the Pensions
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The California State Treasurer joins Kitty to discuss the effect of the recall on the stateÕs economy and his officesÕ role in two of the other biggest stories this week, the resignation of the head of the NY Stock Exchange, Dick Grasso and the possible bankruptcy of the tobacco companies upon whom California is dependent for millions of dollars worth of bond money.
The Society of Mutual Autopsy
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In France in the late 1800Õs, a group called the Society of Mutual Autopsy was formed with the aim of proving that souls do not exist. The group adherents to this new faith, including novelist Emile Zola and Arthur Conan Doyle, agreed to dissect one anotherÕs brain after death to determine the relationship between personal attributions or character and the size and shape of a brain. Kitty philosophizes about the existence of the soul with Jennifer Michael Hecht, the author of a new book about the society and their goals called The End of the Soul: Scientific Modernity, Atheism, and Anthropology in France 1876-1936 (Columbia University Press).
Jennifer Michael Hecht will be the guest speaker at the Skeptics Society Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. in Baxter Lecture Hall at the California Institute of Technology. For more information, call 626-794-3119.
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