Civic

By San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker

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... more

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August 07, 2025 Social Security Under Strain
If you’ve experienced issues with Social Security — missed checks, delayed responses, or inaccessible services — you can file a complaint with the California Department of Justice at oag.ca.gov/socialsecurity.
APPEARING IN THIS EPISODE:
Kelly Dearman – Executive Director, San Francisco Department of Disability and Aging Services
Paul Aguilar – Social Security disability beneficiary, long-term HIV survivor
Dr. Monica Gandhi – Professor of Medicine, UCSF; HIV/AIDS specialist
Joanna Parnes – Managing Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Laura Chiera – Director of Legal Services, Legal Assistance to the Elderly, San Francisco
Jacqueline Hopkins – Claims Specialist, Social Security Administration, Richmond office; union representative
Sylvia Norman – President, AFGE Local 3172, SSA workers union, Northern and Central California
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30min
July 11, 2025 The Silent Killer — Chronic Hepatitis B Threatens the Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
About the ‘Silent Killer’ Series
The San Francisco Public Press examined recent efforts to step up diagnosis, vaccination and treatment for hepatitis B. Chronic hepatitis B affects an estimated 305,000 people in California, with the vast majority of cases affecting people in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Deep racial and cultural disparities in illness caused by the hepatitis B virus have persisted for decades. A cure is in trials, but those inequities, along with federal funding cuts, could hamper its rollout.  
This reporting was supported with a California Health Equity Fellowship from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
PART 1: Poorly Tracked Virus Is a ‘Silent Killer’ Affecting Asian Americans Most
PART 2: Stigma, Insufficient Screening Keep Hepatitis B in the Shadows
PART 3: Researchers Seek Hepatitis B Cure as Trump Slashes Health Agency Funding
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Hep B Free
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30min
May 15, 2025 Sidelined After Service: What Federal Cuts Mean for Veterans
Veterans and advocates are sounding the alarm as massive federal job cuts and plans to eliminate 83,000 positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — championed as “efficiency reforms” by the Trump administration — threaten to strip away critical services.
In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the human toll of sweeping layoffs and the privatization push at the VA. And we spotlight community resilience, with programs like Vets in Tech, co-founded by Craig Newmark, helping veterans transition into Silicon Valley careers—without tapping into their VA benefits.
Learn more: vetsintech.co
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32min
May 09, 2025 How Do We Respond to Attacks on Public Media, DEI and Democracy?
The San Francisco Public Press on April 30, 2025, hosted a fireside chat recorded for this “Civic” episode about attacks on diversity, democracy and media with Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, the public editor at PBS, and Lila LaHood, executive director of the San Francisco Public Press.
In addition to discussing how journalists can do better covering issues their audiences care about in a political environment that is fraught with conflict, how PBS engages with listeners and viewers about their critiques and concerns, and why public media newsrooms aim to reflect the diversity of the communities they serve, Sandoval-Palos and LaHood talked about what might happen if the federal government were to cut funding to PBS and NPR, which receive a portion of their funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
The next day, President Trump signed an executive order attempting to do just that.
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56min
April 24, 2025 Progress or Political Theater? Factions Disagree on How to Clean Up San Francisco Street Conditions
San Francisco's mayor and police department are facing praise and scorn for cracking down on homelessness and visible substance use amidst shelter and treatment bed shortages and jail overcrowding.
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30min
March 07, 2025Journalists Are Fighting Back Against Investors Dismantling Newspapers Around the Country
Join the San Francisco Public Press for a screening of “Stripped for Parts” in San Francisco on Thursday, March 13. Details and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-stripped-for-parts-american-journalism-on-the-brink-tickets-1250795746749
Website for the film: https://strippedforpartsfilm.com/Rick Goldsmith’s production company: https://kovnocommunications.org/
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30min
March 05, 2025 Thousands Across Bay Area Are Mobilizing Against Mass Deportation
San Francisco's immigrant communities are facing a crisis as the Trump administration threatens mass deportations.
For four decades, San Francisco has been a refuge for immigrants seeking a better life and a battleground for justice when federal policies target vulnerable communities. Today, legal aid networks, rapid response teams, and mass protests are showing that the city will not stand by while so many of its residents are at risk. In this episode, we’ll hear from people affected by mass deportation efforts. We’ll also hear from experts with a historical perspective, and resistance movement organizers.
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41min
February 26, 2025 RE-RELEASE: Ukrainians in SF Are Anxious and Angry
This week marks three years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the conflict shows no signs of ending. On the eve of this grim anniversary, Russia launched its largest drone attack yet, causing widespread destruction and civilian casualties. Days later, the U.S. voted against a U.N. resolution calling for Russia’s withdrawal.
In this episode, we revisit conversations first aired on April 7, 2022 — just six weeks after the invasion began — as San Francisco residents with deep ties to Ukraine were fearing for loved ones and desperately trying to help. From sending vital medical supplies to welcoming refugees into the Bay Area, their stories remain powerful and urgent as the crisis continues.
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30min
January 16, 2025 A New Aggressive Anti-Abortion Group Was Founded in San Francisco
Ever since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, emboldened anti-abortion activists have used increasingly aggressive efforts to shut down abortion access in San Francisco.
In October, an anti-abortion crusader entered the local Planned Parenthood brandishing a gun. And a new anti-abortion movement that launched in San Francisco is gaining popularity through TikTok posts of members performing clinic invasions.
City officials stepped up abortion protections with new legislation and Proposition O — a ballot measure to support women seeking abortions, which passed with 84% of the vote. That’s in keeping with a long San Francisco tradition of fighting for abortion access going back to the mid-1960s when a trial widely known as the San Francisco Nine sparked a nationwide movement that led to loosened restrictions.
In this episode, we take a look at San Francisco’s 60-year history in the battle for reproductive rights, a new increasingly aggressive anti-abortion movement, and what reproductive justice activists are doing to keep up the fight.
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31min
December 19, 2024 Thank you for listening 2024
Thank you for listening. To support this work, visit: https://www.sfpublicpress.org/donate/
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3min

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