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
Health survey finds elevated toxin levels in workers and residents near shipyard
Read Chris Roberts' story here.
00:29:27 |
Wed 20 May 2020
Less than half of nursing home patients and staff have been tested
Some two weeks after a universal coronavirus testing mandate for nursing facilities was announced, 40% of the city’s nursing patients and staff have been tested, according to San Francisco health dir…
00:48:30 |
Wed 20 May 2020
What's New & What's Next for 5/18/20
In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. The news: CA faces deep budget cuts, shelter-in-place restriction…
00:05:00 |
Tue 19 May 2020
SF youth make their case for extending voting rights to 16- and 17-year-olds
Youth aged 16 and 17 could gain the right to vote in municipal elections if existing voters approve a charter amendment in November. City supervisors have introduced that amendment, and if it continu…
00:29:29 |
Tue 19 May 2020
Outbreaks among food supply workers reflect crowded conditions
Read Gosia Wozniacka's reporting at Civil Eats.
00:29:19 |
Fri 15 May 2020
SF to allow curbside retail sales and warehouses to reopen Monday
Mayor London Breed announced Wednesday that up to 95% of retail businesses should be able to reopen for limited curbside service starting on Monday, May 18th. Many warehouses and factories should als…
00:48:17 |
Thu 14 May 2020
Reporting on homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic
How to best support the thousands of people who are homeless in San Francisco, and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus among them, during this pandemic has been a point of contention for months…
00:29:29 |
Wed 13 May 2020
Businesses to reopen if COVID-19 hospitalization rate doesn't rise
Some nonessential businesses will be able to resume limited operations starting May 18 if the rate of coronavirus-related hospitalizations in San Francisco does not increase in the next week, Mayor L…
00:53:12 |
Tue 12 May 2020
How we're producing and broadcasting "Civic" remotely
Under shelter-in-place orders, the Public Press staff has been producing the local current affairs program “Civic” from home, conducting interviews remotely and managing a radio station at a distance…
00:29:30 |
Tue 12 May 2020
Testing initiative revealed disparities, but also continued community spread
A Mission District coronavirus testing initiative has shown stark disparities in who has been getting sick — 95% of those who tested positive in this initiative identified as Hispanic or Latinx. Amon…
00:29:29 |
Sat 09 May 2020
Mission coronavirus tests reveal longstanding inequities
In late April, a coalition of medical, community and government organizations called Unidos En Salud tested nearly 3,000 people in one Mission District census tract for the new coronavirus. Among tho…
00:29:29 |
Fri 08 May 2020
S.F. targets 13 Tenderloin blocks for tent relocation, cleanup, services
In response to an increase in tent encampments in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood, city officials will target 13 blocks with outreach, services, cleaning and enforcement. People living in some enc…
01:25:18 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Why homeless activists occupied a vacant SF home
Last Friday, two homeless women, Couper Orona and Jess Gonzalez, briefly occupied a long-vacant home in the Castro before police removed them. They are part of Reclaim SF, an organization inspired by…
00:28:43 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Activist: Racists Stoke Anti-Asian Fears to Divide Us
The anti-Asian racist rhetoric around the coronavirus pandemic is part of a long history of anti-Asian racism in America. Author and activist Helen Zia warns that the surge of violence against Asian …
00:29:30 |
Wed 06 May 2020
Testing Expanded for Essential S.F. Workers
As part of the effort to expand testing to all San Franciscans the city is offering free coronavirus testing to all essential workers, even those without symptoms. Mayor London Breed expressed concer…
00:58:59 |
Tue 05 May 2020
What's New & What's Next for 5/4/20
Updated 5/5 to reflect Board of Supervisors vote.
00:04:59 |
Tue 05 May 2020
Sustaining local news during the COVID-19 economic downturn
Gina Baleria, assistant professor of communication and media studies at Sonoma State University and host of News In Context, guest hosts this discussion about the future of news media with Martin Rey…
00:34:20 |
Sat 02 May 2020
Homeless are "last in line" for help, says SF service provider
Among the most exposed and often vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic are people who don’t have a place of shelter. Joe Wilson, executive director of Hospitality House, a nonprofit that offers a va…
00:29:29 |
Fri 01 May 2020
SF offers hotels for local homeless, not newcomers, mayor says
As San Francisco officials worked to expand housing options for the homeless, city leaders warned that anyone from outside San Francisco seeking a hotel room or other shelter would be turned away to…
00:58:55 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Excluded from federal relief, sex workers strategize for survival
Many sex workers are barred from accessing protections and resources meant to help workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic — federal small business loans, for example, specifically excludes thos…
00:29:30 |
Thu 30 Apr 2020
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