“Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” AND Recognizing Native Americans in OC

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Pull up a chair to a very different Thanksgiving table. Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer prize winner, journalist and immigration activist, brings essential perspectives from his new book Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, and his thriving “Define American” campaign, https://defineamerican.com/. JFK, who’s assassination was 45 years ago this week, wrote “A Nation of Immigrants,” a book that figures several times in Jose’s book. Copies of Dear America are available at: joseantoniavargas.com, or your favorite independent book dealer.
In the second segment (minute 31:00), Patricia Martz returns to the show, joined by Rebecca Robles, nurse and Acjachemen descendent, to unearth local Native American culture in our midst. Behold the cog wheel in Surf City!  The Panhe annual celebration is scheduled on March 24, 2019. Details will be available at:http://www.ccrpa.com/.

#FreeThemAll AND #MeeToo

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The first guest is Colby Lenz, organizer and legal advocate with the CA Coalition for Women Prisoners and the Transgender Advocacy Group, who is in a dash to have Governor Brown commute as many sentences as possible before he crosses the finish line of his 4th and final term as governor of California. Concerned parties can follow up with: https://survivedandpunished.org/freethemca/.

In the second half (min 28:10) UCI political science professor Kristen Renwick Monroe considers the backlash to #MeToo with prescriptions toward a constructive resolution. Her manuscript, soon to be published, is entitled “Ending Sexual Harassment: Protecting the Process of #FreeThemAll  AND #MeToo.”

Ask A Voter: Finally, The November 2018 Midterm Elections

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The Midterm elections are here. In keeping with our ritual on elections, it’s “Ask A Voter,” and we check around the country: Monique Wong at the UCI polling place, (min 1:28); Sue Jones in Madison, WI, (min 9:00); Ann Bidlingmaier in Tallahassee, FL (min 21:53); and Marcos Scauso in South Bend, IN (min 36:00). Vote. Get your friends, families, and co-workers out to vote.  Check your county’s registrar of voters for all the information that you need!

Meet Irvine City Council Candidates: Carrie O’Malley and Jaci Woods

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We continue local election coverage with Irvine City Council candidates: Carried O’Malley, Irvine Transportation Commission Vice-Chair; and (minute 28:26) Jaci Woods, Irvine real estate broker at Seven Gables.

Meet Irvine City Council Candidate Lauren Johnson-Norris AND League of Women Voters Review CA Propositions

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Lauren Johnson-Norris, local attorney and Irvine Community Services Commissioner, makes her case for why she should fill one of the two open seats on the Irvine City Council.

In the second segment (min 29:21), Rebecca Newman, president of the League of Women Voters of Orange Coast offers the pros and cons of the California statewide propositions. Useful resources for voters include: https://votersedge.org/ca, https://cavotes.org/news/our-pros-and-cons-ballot-measures-online-now-english-and-spanish, and http://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/.

SB 54 at Irvine City Council AND Meet CA 49th Congressional Dist. Candidate Mike Levin

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Jennifer Koh, immigration attorney and professor at Western State College of Law, takes up Irvine Mayor Don Wagner’s resolution pertaining to SB 54, the CA Values Act. Postponed, the resolution is once again on the City Council agenda the same day as this show, 10-9-18. Its agenda Item 4.1 may begin at 5 p.m., at the City Council Chambers The legal and political implications of this resolution will be considered. 949-724-6205 is the City Clerk’s number.

In the second segment (min 30:00), is Mike Levin, Congressional candidate for CA’s 49th District spanning Southern Orange County and Northern San Diego County.  He talks policy: the ACA, governmental incentives toward managing climate change, the Tax Overhaul of 2017, and the Consumer Protection Bureau, among other topics.

Meet Kevin de León for CA US Senate AND OC Registrar of Voters On Task for Nov 6

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We begin electoral coverage with a CA State Senator Kevin de León, challenging incumbent US Senate Diane Feinstein in this year’s general election on November 6th.

In the second segment (min 24:30), OC Registrar of Voters, Neal Kelley weighs in with how he’s managing this year’s midterm election; it’s the ritual, we have elections – we talk to Neal. Important voter information is available on his always improving website: https://www.ocvote.com/. On November 6th the office can be reached by phone at: 714-567-7600.