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
Call 311 about tents? Here’s what homeless people and advocates say happens
San Francisco’s Healthy Streets Operations Center, a cross-departmental collaboration tasked with addressing tent encampments, is intended to clean up tents while offering residents services. But a r…
00:31:36 |
Thu 04 Nov 2021
What's New & What's Next for 11/1/21
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: Nearly 500 units of housing voted down; $40 million all…
00:06:51 |
Mon 01 Nov 2021
From the Bay Area to a global conference, indigenous organizers advance climate justice
Thousands of people are heading to Glasgow, Scotland for COP26, the annual U.N. Climate Change Conference, and among them are two local indigenous climate organizers. They’ll be focused on discussion…
00:31:32 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
What's New & What's Next for 10/25/21
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: An update on ride-hailing's dark data; three school boa…
00:07:41 |
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Knock-knock: Have you been vaccinated against COVID-19?
Bayview Hunters Point has one of the highest estimated vaccination rates in the city, a fact one community organizer attributes to outreach workers efforts to improve education and access. Outreach w…
00:27:37 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
What's New & What's Next for 10/18/21
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: Mask rules relax; vote on funding allocation for school…
00:05:35 |
Mon 18 Oct 2021
This school is crumbling around its students. How long before it gets fixed?
Vermin infestation and electrical malfunction. A copy machine in the restroom. Falling ceiling tiles. Parents, students and staff at Buena Vista Horace Mann School in the Mission have been testifying…
00:32:09 |
Thu 14 Oct 2021
What's New & What's Next for 10/11/21
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: Report alleges tent removal practices are illegal; thou…
00:07:01 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Debt is piling up for tenants who paid pandemic rent they couldn't afford
Thousands of San Francisco tenants have borrowed thousands of dollars from payday lenders, credit card companies, family or friends to pay rent during the pandemic. And that makes them in some ways w…
00:27:34 |
Thu 07 Oct 2021
What's New & What's Next for 10/4/21
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: Eviction moratorium expires and tenant advocates offer …
00:07:25 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
The Bay Area is diverse. Its elected officials are mostly white
More people of color are running for office, but in the diverse Bay Area, elected officials are still whiter than the populations they represent. Some city councils are entirely white. Michelle Huang…
00:31:08 |
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Evictions are coming. Here’s what renters and cities can do.
The application for rent relief can be found here.
00:33:11 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
What's New & What's Next for 9/20/21
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: SF the only county where Elder didn't lead as recall re…
00:07:01 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Muni's making plans. Do you want in on this?
Find out more about Transit Month here.
Take Muni's survey on plans for 2022 here.
00:32:27 |
Thu 16 Sep 2021
What's New & What's Next for 9/13/21
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: Recology fined; no in-school COVID-19 transmissions rec…
00:07:11 |
Mon 13 Sep 2021
Battling Despair Over a New Climate Change Reality
As wildfires rage, unprecedented heat waves become deadly and cities are drowned, climate worry is turning to climate grief for many people. We talk to a young Bay Area climate activist and a psychia…
00:29:01 |
Fri 10 Sep 2021
Rebroadcast: A sanitation worker hauls mountains of pandemic cardboard
Pandemic or no, sanitation workers are still collecting the city's waste material. Back in April, Civic hitched an early morning ride with Recology recycling driver Gareth Willey to get a sense for h…
00:24:15 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
What's New & What's Next for 9/6/21
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: COVID cases decline; advocates call for safe consumptio…
00:07:47 |
Mon 06 Sep 2021
Rebroadcast: Gary Kamiya and John Law talk about "The End of the Golden Gate"
Every city is special in some way to the people who call it home, but as author Gary Kamiya writes, San Francisco is a more potent touchstone than most thanks to the unique place it occupies in the A…
00:32:54 |
Sat 04 Sep 2021
Rebroadcast: The responsibilities of SF's school board
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00:31:01 |
Thu 02 Sep 2021
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