Just over a year ago, we dared ask such questions as "What is it going to take before Congress will take up fair and just immigration reform." Since that time, it seems the situation has worsened.We asked: "When someone shows up at the border, claiming asylum, does the system give him or her the benefit of the doubt? If not, why not?" Again, is there a change? For the better?Tonight, we again ask: Isn't the fight for immigrant and refuge rights a forgotten part of the fight for racial justice?Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by Professor Bill Hing, author of Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform Our Racist and Unjust System.Questions for Jeff, David and their guest? Please call (866) 798-8255.

There is a growing movement that contends that animals themselves may have legal rights.Tonight, our panel of outstanding guests will help us illuminate our relationship with animals, whether our pets, animals raised for food or those wild animals in our environment.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by tonight’s co-host, Dean Johnson, and Pets In Need Chief Executive Officer Laura Toller Gardner, Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Dr. Barry Kipperman, and Brent Turner, The Real Activist. Questions for Jeff, Dean and their guests? Please call, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.

There is a growing movement that contends that animals themselves may have legal rights.Tonight, our panel of outstanding guests will help us illuminate our relationship with animals, whether our pets, animals raised for food or those wild animals in our environment.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by tonight’s co-host, Dean Johnson, and Pets In Need Chief Executive Officer Laura Toller Gardner, Veterinary Specialist in Animal Welfare Dr. Barry Kipperman, and Brent Turner, The Real Activist. Questions for Jeff, Dean and their guests? Please call, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.

You are having problems with your homeowners association?What is a homeowners association – does it only seem they are everywhere?How does a homeowners association come into being.Can you just opt out? Or what if you fully buy into the homeowners association – you fully believe in it, and decide to join the board – just what experience is in store?Do good homeowners associations necessarily make good neighbors?Join YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and his guests Ron Rohde and Paul Lee, to discuss how to get the most out of your Homeowners Association. Questions for Jeff's guests? Call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Join us for our Spring installment of Landlord-Tenant law for 2025.Tonight, YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by two of San Francisco's best: Jessica Chylik and Sal Timpano.Questions for Jeff's guests? Please call (415) 841-4134.

Amidst a deteriorating legal and political atmosphere, at this moment in time, we can celebrate the constitution and the rule of law while, at the same time recognizing there may be changes afoot that we should all be watching.Tonight’s broadcast is a call to action.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Professor Brian Soucek, Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, Certified Criminal Law Specialist Peter Goldscheider, mediator and trial attorney Jean Hyams, Sonya Mehta, a trial attorney representing individual employees and labor unions, and Cheryl Niro, attorney and mediator who serves on the board of Lawyers Defending American Democracy, an organization focused on the unique responsibility of lawyers to defend the Constitution.Questions for Jeff's guests? Call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

An all-star cast discussion on "Good Science" versus "junk science", and question: What is the state of science education in our country? What is the state of scientific inquiry and research in our country, given the current administration?

YLR Host Jeff Hayden, joined by co-hosts Brent Turner and David Bigeleisen, welcome tonight's special guest Trent Lange from California Clean Money Campaign and California Clean Money Action Fund.Where do we stand on legislation, PACs and Money? What changes are afoot in Washington that might make voting less accessible? Locally, where does the issue of ranked-choice fit into the analysis?Questions for the panel? Please call (866) 798-8255.

A troubling phenomenon has been occurring across the United States: lawyers and law firms are getting targeted solely for handling issues with which the administration of President Donald Trump disagrees.Some weeks ago, we began discussing threats to the independence of the judiciary.Tonight, we conclude this series with a look at the administration efforts to stifle opposition by attacking lawyers and firms who represent folks seeking relief from the President’s initiatives.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by attorneys John Keker, Robert VanNest and Eliot Peters, of the San Francisco law firm Keker, VanNest and Peters, who are leading the resistance to the attacks upon the lawyers and law firms.Questions for Jeff and David's guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Whether the case is criminal or civil, about freedom or money or the workings of our government – why it is so important to have an impartial judiciary?Is not following the agenda of an elected official – whether it be a local prosecutor or the President of the United States -- truly good cause to recall the judge or call for impeachment, or is this merely one branch of government attacking another from fulfilling its constitutional duty?YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined tonight by Judge Stephen Kaus of the Alameda County Superior Court, retired, and David Bigeleisen, attorney and leader in criminal justice reform.Questions for Jeff's guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.