Leland Yee
By Nina Morente on Nov 30 2011 - 9:57am
A petition to recall Oakland Mayor Jean Quan will begin circulating as early as next week. The mayor’s opponents will need to collect 19,800 signatures in 160 days to qualify for the ballot...
Occupy Oakland demonstrators are looking for ways to maintain momentum after police dismantled their...
By Ben Trefny on Nov 3 2011 - 12:51pm
After conducting interviews with each one of the city's 16 mayoral candidates, I've prepared the following quick guide to the race for the top office. Click on the names to hear or read short versions of our conversations.
Jeff Adachi – A resident of the city's west side, documentary filmmaker...
By Ben Trefny on Nov 1 2011 - 3:58pm
Over the last few months, I've had the opportunity to sit down for one-on-one interviews with all of the men and women running for mayor of San Francisco. It's a remarkable race between 16 candidates.
They include the interim mayor (Ed Lee), two city supervisors (John Avalos and David Chiu),...
By Ben Trefny on Oct 18 2011 - 8:34pm
In the 1960s, an immigrant from Bolivia landed in the Bay with big dreams.
Cesar Ascarrunz attended UC Berkeley and USF before he decided to try his hand at owning a business. Soon, he was running three restaurants in North Beach and eight nightclubs around the city and, including Cesar's Latin...
By Jayme Catsouphes on Oct 18 2011 - 9:51am
After Republican Rand Paul lifted his legislative hold, the Senate approved a new pipeline regulation bill, thus closing a loophole that previously exempted old segments of pipeline from rigorous safety inspections. With stronger regulations in place, officials hope to avoid disasters like the San...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 22 2011 - 5:31pm
San Franciscans will see a fierce competition come to a head in less than two months. There are 16 contenders in the race to be San Francisco’s next mayor, and here at KALW News, we’re talking to all of them.
We’ve already heard from a wide range of candidates, including David Chiu, Leland Yee,...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 6 2011 - 4:30pm
In less than two months the city of San Francisco has a chance to change, as voters consider who should be the next mayor. There are 16 candidates, and rank choice voting makes it a truly wide-open contest. Last week, we spoke with president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors David Chiu and...
Under age and behind bars: how a Senate bill might give California’s juvenile felons a second chance
By Nancy Mullane on Sep 1 2011 - 5:55pm
Last week in Sacramento, lawmakers narrowly rejected SB9, a bill that would have impacted hundreds of prison inmates who were sentenced as juveniles to serve life sentences without the possibility of parole. After some slight adjustments, it’s up for reconsideration, as early as next week. KALW’s...
By Ben Trefny on Sep 1 2011 - 5:38pm
State Senator Leland Yee has served in public office as a member of the San Francisco Board of Education, as a city supervisor, a state assemblyman, and now in the Senate. And he’s one of 16 candidates running for mayor of San Francisco in the November election. Senator Yee joined KALW’s Ben Trefny...
By Crosscurrents Producer on Sep 1 2011 - 5:00pm
Bill SB 9 may change the game for felons serving life sentences without the possibility of parole; an alternative juvenile probation program called Log Cabin Ranch; a conversation with mayoral candiate Leland Yee; and local singer Art Elliot.
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