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
Overdose Prevention Centers Save Lives, But Is SF Listening?
Fighting Secrecy in Local Government
Decisions by local and state governments have major impacts on our daily lives. But as transparency about those decisions decreases, and underfunded newsrooms struggle to get answers, many affected c…
Is San Francisco a Sanctuary When You Don’t Have Housing?
Increases in the number of migrants arriving in San Francisco have stress-tested the city’s shelter system, revealing the dire need for more housing and support for families. We talk to migrant paren…
Unheard: The Plight of Maya Struggling with Addiction in SF
Forgetting the Lessons and Losses of Covid
The first years of the COVID-19 pandemic are behind us and it’s time for an early reckoning of our successes and failures. An epidemiologist shares how a lack of public trust led to unnecessary death…
Group Helps Asian American Communities Feel Safe
Three years ago, when violence against Asian Americans spiked, local organizations took action to improve public safety. One group, the Coalition for Community Safety and Justice in San Francisco, is…
Civic Roundtable: Three San Francisco Reporters Talk About Covering Drug Use and Overdoses
Lila LaHood, publisher of the San Francisco Public Press, talks with Nuala Bishari from the San Francisco Chronicle, Sydney Johnson from KQED, and Sylvie Sturm from “Civic” and the San Francisco Publ…
What You Might Find on Your San Francisco Ballot: Party County Central Committees
Election Special: Voters in San Francisco registered with the Peace & Freedom, Green, Republican or Democratic parties have extra choices in the March 5th election that only come around once every fo…
Proposition F: Tying Cash Welfare to Drug Screening
March 2024 Election Special: Mayor London Breed is facing one of the most pivotal moments of her political career as she campaigns for reelection amidst a dual crisis of addiction and homelessness. H…
Making Sense of Voting on Judges in San Francisco
March 2024 Election Special: Why are San Francisco residents being asked to vote on County Superior Court Judges? We talk to University of San Francisco professor of politics Keally McBride about the…
FIXED: The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6
*Audio fixed - Previously uploaded episode was the wrong audio and has been fixed*
Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two…
The Grassroots Effort to Save Lives: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 6
Fentanyl-related deaths among teens more than tripled across the U.S. from 2019 to 2021. And the CDC reports that two thirds of teens who died had someone nearby who didn’t provide an overdose respon…
The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5
The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5
As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are…
The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 4
The War on Drugs Revisited: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
Some San Francisco city officials are advocating jail for unhoused people who use drugs and murder charges for people who sell drugs. …
Criminalizing Drug Use: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3
San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 3
*Content Warning: Explicit language and a description of an overdose experience.*
San Francisco city officials have decided that arresting unhoused people …
How Drug Addiction and Homelessness Connect: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2
Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 2
While San Francisco is on track to break records for the highest number of fatal overdoses in one year, health experts say the city is fail…
The Origins of Rampant Opioid Addiction: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 1
Civic Presents: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis
San Francisco is experiencing its worst rate of drug-related fatalities ever, and as city officials impose increasingly punitive measures against …
Update: Maya and Sebastian
Seven months after being violently removed from their grandmother’s Santa Cruz home and taken to reunification therapy, Maya and Sebastian take to social media to announce that they have escaped. We …
Why Black San Franciscans Are Fighting for Reparations
San Francisco is considering reparations for Black San Franciscans. To understand why advocates are pushing for reparations in the city, we dive deep into the history of redlining, urban renewal, and…
Report Card: SF and Winter Storms
The extreme winter storms put San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management to the test. Early in the storm cycle, the department faced challenges communicating with people experiencing homeless…