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
Nearly everyone at this SF nursing home has been vaccinated
The vast majority of staff and residents at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, one of the largest nursing homes in the region, have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. 94% of staff and …
00:29:30 |
Sat 20 Feb 2021
After violent attacks, community groups call for social services and solidarity
A series of violent crimes against Asian seniors in the Bay Area have sparked concern and calls to action, and a coalition of community groups organized public gatherings in San Francisco and Oakland…
00:32:45 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
SF's new City Administrator on navigating the pandemic and a corruption scandal
Carmen Chu is San Francisco’s new City Administrator, which means she is stepping in to a position with wide-ranging and extensive responsibilities — her office comprises more than 25 departments and…
00:29:30 |
Wed 17 Feb 2021
The nonprofit sector is expected to shrink due to the pandemic
George Koster, host of the podcast and radio show “Voices of the Community,” returns to Civic to talk about new research on how the nonprofit sector is faring during the pandemic and share stories fr…
00:37:41 |
Tue 16 Feb 2021
San Francisco takes a step toward creating a public bank
State legislation paved the way for public banks in 2019, and now, a local supervisor has authored city legislation that would create a working group to figure out how to create one in San Francisco.…
00:29:30 |
Sat 13 Feb 2021
Assemblyman David Chiu on reforming the EDD
Nine California legislators have proposed a slate of reform bills that would try to address some of the biggest obstacles to getting unemployment benefits to those who are eligible for them. Among th…
00:33:09 |
Fri 12 Feb 2021
Love notes and care packages at SF Urban Film Fest's reflection on homelessness
At this year’s SF Urban Film Fest, several programs examining homelessness include activities in which participants will be asked to connect with one another. One of the films around which the events…
00:31:36 |
Wed 10 Feb 2021
How Proposition 22 is shaping the gig economy
Last year’s Proposition 22 allowed companies that dispatch app-based workers to continue considering them independent contractors, while adding some limited worker benefits. Veena Dubal, a professor …
00:32:41 |
Tue 09 Feb 2021
SF's Undocufund has disbursed more than $3 million in pandemic aid
Undocumented workers have suffered severe income losses and are shut out of many types of government support. A mutual aid effort called Undocufund has raised and distributed more than $3 million. Bu…
00:29:30 |
Sat 06 Feb 2021
Mission vaccine center opens to focus on "those closest to the pain"
The Mission District, and the city’s Latino population, have been among those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, so the Latino Task Force has been working to help bring testing and the vaccine …
00:29:29 |
Fri 05 Feb 2021
SF nonprofit navigates vaccine eligibility for frontline staff
This episode was updated at 8:15 p.m. on 2/3 to an extended version with the full statement from San Francisco's Covid Command Center.
00:31:00 |
Thu 04 Feb 2021
As California grapples with unemployment fraud, jobless claimants struggle
Read Lauren Hepler and Emily Hoeven's reporting at calmatters.org.
00:29:30 |
Wed 03 Feb 2021
San Francisco's new poet laureate on poetry as revolution
San Francisco has a new poet laureate, city native and child of local organizers Tongo Eisen-Martin. He reflects on national politics in the wake of the summer uprisings against police brutality and …
00:29:30 |
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Undeterred by a layoff, a local journalist launches her own bilingual newspaper
Read Portia Li's work at windnewspaper.com.
00:29:29 |
Thu 28 Jan 2021
How private is the state's exposure notification app? EFF weighs in
Millions of Californians have gotten a push notification on their phones asking them to opt in to get warnings from their phones if they have been in close proximity to someone who later tests positi…
00:29:30 |
Wed 27 Jan 2021
The "godfather of skating" and a dancer on the importance of play
Playing for Keeps will screen virtually Feb. 4-21 at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival.
00:29:30 |
Tue 26 Jan 2021
SF opens a mass vaccination site after a confusing initial rollout
San Francisco health officials have set an ambitious goal of vaccinating all 900,000 people who live and work in the city by the end of June, and took a step toward that goal Friday by opening a mass…
00:35:10 |
Sat 23 Jan 2021
During indefinitely extended lockdown, SF works on new aid programs for businesses
As local mainstays — cafes, bars and restaurants — launch fundraisers to ask neighbors to help them survive indefinitely extended shelter-in-place orders, governments at all levels are offering up va…
00:29:30 |
Fri 22 Jan 2021
State Senator who opened police disciplinary records to the public pushes expansion
If a police officer was found to have used deadly force or inflicted serious injuries on the job, until 2019, disciplinary records about that incident had been kept secret. That changed when SB 1421,…
00:27:26 |
Wed 20 Jan 2021
The story of “the man who legalized cannabis”
San Francisco has a vastly different attitude toward Cannabis than it did as recently as the 1990s. That's when Dennis Peron was fighting to get marijuana to HIV and cancer patients. Despite being re…
00:33:28 |
Tue 19 Jan 2021
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