Civic
Civic is the flagship audio program from the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit news institution, covering important local issues and the unique experiences of living and working in San Francisco. The radio program airs Tuesdays and Thursdays on KSFP -LP 102.5 FM in San Francisco.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 569
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The path toward fully reopening SF schools
Some students in the San Francisco Unified School District are back in classrooms — as of April 26, more than 19,000 of them. But there are tens of thousands more students in the district. The school…
00:23:17 |
Tue 04 May 2021
A military coup's impacts in Burma and the Bay Area
On February 1, after a democratic election, the Burmese military seized control of the government and declared a year-long state of emergency. Burmese people have been protesting that takeover, and t…
00:31:51 |
Sat 01 May 2021
Exploring mourning, place and change at YBCA
More information about Mourning is an Act of Love here.
00:28:31 |
Thu 29 Apr 2021
In two shootings a decade apart, police said officers confused their Tasers and guns
In 2009, BART police officer Johannes Mehserle shot and killed Oscar Grant, later claiming he had meant to use his Taser and not his gun. In April 2021, Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter shot…
00:32:01 |
Wed 28 Apr 2021
Responding to violence against Asian-Americans with bystander intervention training
Many people are unsure how to respond when they find themselves observing a conflict, or when someone might be bothering, harassing or even about to attack another person. In response to a wave of vi…
00:31:49 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Homeless outreach workers navigate a changing shelter landscape during the pandemic
Members of San Francisco's Homeless Outreach Team — also known as the “HOT team” — walk neighborhood beats to offer support, information, and referrals to services for people living on the streets. D…
00:30:40 |
Sat 24 Apr 2021
Youth are running peer-led life skills workshops
A youth-led, youth-run initiative called San Francisco Communities who Help Advance the New Generation of Education — or SFCHANGE — is offering workshops to young people on topics that might not be …
00:29:31 |
Thu 22 Apr 2021
San Francisco will redraw its electoral districts
Redistricting, the process by which electoral districts are drawn, will happen locally as well as at the state and federal levels. San Francisco will use Census data but also, crucially, resident inp…
00:32:33 |
Wed 21 Apr 2021
Bloated police budgets crowd out alternatives, activist says
At the uprisings sparked by the killing of George Floyd last year, demonstrators all over the country were calling on their municipalities to “defund the police.” In Oakland, a Reimagining Public Saf…
00:33:31 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
How the combination of a pandemic and Prop 22 has affected ride-hail drivers
Under California's Proposition 22, passed last year, companies whose apps dispatch gig workers aren’t considered those workers' employers, so they are exempt from providing benefits for them like une…
00:29:43 |
Fri 16 Apr 2021
Examining narratives about anti-Asian attacks with Jeff Chang
Violence against Asian-Americans has sparked discussions about the racist policies, animus and attacks that have been part of US history for a long time, from exclusionary and segregationist policies…
00:33:30 |
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Invest in prevention and community initiatives to stop Asian hate, advocate says
Nearly 4,000 attacks on Asian-Americans — including verbal and physical assaults — were reported to Stop AAPI Hate, a national tracking project launched by a coalition of activist groups last year, a…
00:32:11 |
Wed 14 Apr 2021
50 Years of LGBTQ History in Print, the Stories of the B.A.R.
San Francisco based community newspaper the "Bay Area Reporter" began publishing on April 1st, 1971 chronicling the earliest days of Queer activism. On this episode we speak with the publisher and ne…
00:28:01 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
For sanitation workers, the pandemic has brought mountains of cardboard
Pandemic or no, sanitation workers are still collecting the city's waste material. Civic hitches an early morning ride with Recology recycling driver Gareth Willey to get a sense for how the pandemic…
00:24:15 |
Fri 09 Apr 2021
Political phone bankers pivot to vaccine outreach
Volunteers are calling seniors to make sure they know how to get vaccine appointments if they want them. Former state Senate candidate and public bank advocate Jackie Fielder recently launched a poli…
00:25:14 |
Thu 08 Apr 2021
SF's District Attorney on criminally charging officers and the Derek Chauvin trial
Former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial in Minneapolis, charged with the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, when Chauvin was an officer. Charging decisions are made by district attorneys, an…
00:24:09 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Muni operators face threats from coronavirus and hostile passengers on the job
Roger Marenco, president of the Transport Workers Union Local 250 A, says hundreds of Muni workers have been infected with the coronavirus and two have died from complications of COVID-19. For others…
00:29:57 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
SF New Deal connects struggling restaurants with community groups distributing food
Hear Part 1 of this series here.
00:29:30 |
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Two restaurants hope to weather the pandemic by feeding the hungry
Editor's note: This podcast was updated on 3/30/21 to remove an outdated reference to a commercial eviction moratorium.
00:40:23 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
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