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
'Unforgetting' confronts painful histories of U.S. and Central America
'Unforgetting' launches Sept. 1
00:33:33 |
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Census education falls to community groups as Trump fans confusion
The 2020 census is well under way, but a timetable muddled by the coronavirus pandemic coupled with attempts by President Trump to make disruptive changes have set the stage for the spread of misinfo…
00:26:07 |
Sat 15 Aug 2020
Online census yields mixed accessibility results
This year the census, a constitutionally mandated count of every person in the country every 10 years, is being conducted primarily online for the first time. While the shift offered convenience to t…
00:25:46 |
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Threats to exclude undocumented from census exemplify fears in other communities
The decennial census is used to determine how many seats each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives. And according to the Project on Government Oversight, California can also expect to rece…
00:31:30 |
Thu 13 Aug 2020
COVID-19 is Priority for S.F. Budget, Mayor Says
In this press conference, Mayor London Breed announced that hundreds of millions of dollars have been set aside in San Francisco’s budget for COVID-19 prevention, testing and treatment. Over the next…
00:30:38 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
SF Gay Men's Chorus goes virtual
The Crescendo gala takes place Monday, August 17 at 7 pm.
00:29:30 |
Tue 11 Aug 2020
You’re on Camera: Surveillance and Protests
A recording of a Public Press Live event featuring a panel discussion on law enforcement agencies’ use of surveillance technology and the San Francisco police department’s access to live feeds of pri…
00:35:19 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
A professor's take on how governments and individuals can address anti-Asian hate
Nearly 2,500 cases of verbal and physical attacks against Asian Americans were reported between March 19 and July 22 to a tracking project called Stop AAPI Hate. In San Francisco, an Asian American b…
00:30:45 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
How a blended police, fire, and medical department gives officers a "caretaker" role
Local governments around the nation are grappling with police reform. One proposal that's been floated is to change the role and thereby the approach of law enforcement officers by giving them respon…
00:29:30 |
Thu 06 Aug 2020
Contact tracers prioritize timely, culturally competent calls as coronavirus surges
In contact tracing, health workers identify and reach out to people who have an infectious disease, then try to determine with whom they have been in close contact and to whom they may have transmitt…
00:29:30 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
New Coronavirus Cases Fall Slightly, Food Assistance Extended
San Francisco’s coronavirus infection rate falls slightly but remains in the red zone, with the city expected to reach 7,000 cases overall in days. Also: SF extends the Great Plates program until Sep…
00:24:50 |
Wed 05 Aug 2020
Richmond housing group addresses community's uncertainty and finance questions in pandemic
When the fallout of the pandemic started to hit Richmond, the affordable housing organization Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services jumped into action, setting up a rapid response fund for families …
00:29:30 |
Tue 04 Aug 2020
A photojournalist documents vehicle dweller communities — while living in an RV
In the reporting series “Driving Home: Surviving the Housing Crisis,” photojournalist Yesica Prado documents life on four wheels in Berkeley and San Francisco. The project, in partnership with CatchL…
00:29:30 |
Sat 01 Aug 2020
For Central Americans in U.S., federal enforcement actions recall authoritarian crackdowns
For some of the Bay Area’s Central American residents, there are parallels between the deployment of federal law enforcement to American cities and their own experiences with authoritarian government…
00:29:30 |
Fri 31 Jul 2020
Major COVID-19 surge in San Francisco
In this press conference, SF officials announce that the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in San Francisco is rising rapidly and the city is facing “a major surge.” Department of Public He…
00:24:00 |
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Working from home may drastically change the workplace, even post-pandemic
Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom says what had once been uncommon is now a necessity. “Before COVID, about 5% of working days were spent at home and that was done by about 15% of Americans, with an …
00:29:30 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
Months into pandemic, a physician reflects on changing coronavirus knowledge
In March, Dr. Monica Bhargava, a pulmonary critical care physician at the county hospital in Oakland, predicted on Civic that the novel coronavirus would deeply affect the region’s health care system…
00:29:29 |
Tue 28 Jul 2020
Empowering youth to advance justice in Vallejo
Local organizers in Vallejo have been raising the alarm about police brutality for years. Among them is Club Stride, Incorporated, an organization dedicated to cultivating civic participation in comm…
00:29:30 |
Sat 25 Jul 2020
New book captures history of American protests for young audiences
San Francisco Public Press publisher Lila LaHood talks with 48Hills publisher Marke Bieschke and arts editor about his new book "Into the Streets: A Young Person's Visual History of Protests in the U…
00:49:30 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
S.F. to expand testing capacity as demand rises and cases surge
In this press conference, hear Mayor London Breed and Director of Health Dr. Grant Colfax discuss the expansion of coronavirus testing. San Francisco is conducting more than 3,000 coronavirus tests p…
00:24:58 |
Wed 22 Jul 2020
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