Voices of the Community

Our voices of the community are: Edward Reiskin the Director of Transportation of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency also know as SFMTA San Francisco Board of Supervisor Scott Wiener who also sits on the SFMTA board and Melvin Clark a long time Muni Operator, Driver, Trainer Please rate us on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and share this story with your friends. Follow me...

The Unpacking Gentrification: Leveraging the Shift in Communities Show will feature a panel discussion I lead with these voices of the community: • Jose Corona the Director of Equity & Strategic Partnerships, Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf, City of Oakland http://bit.ly/25bwzPF • Corrina Gould, Co-Organizer, Indian People Organizing for Change http://bit.ly/1Nz4Gck an • Junious Williams, CEO, Ur...

Our panel discussion focuses on how the lack of affordability is driving the cost of living up in the San Francisco Bay Area and in turn, is continuing to expand economic disparity. Today's Voices of the Community are: Stephanie Zamudio of the Family Independence Initiative www.fii.org Angela Woodall of the San Francisco Public Press http://sfpublicpress.org/costofliving Caroline Danielson of the...

Our show on the Digital Divide features fellow community members and organizations that are working to provide support and solutions to the digital inequality of people who do not have the resources and access to technology. We also discuss solutions to address the discrepancy between those who have the skills, knowledge, and abilities to use the technologies and those who do not. In this episode,...

Context of the Homelessness situation in San Francisco in the 2015-2016 time period when this episode was first broadcast: • In 2004 then-Mayor Gavin Newsom launched the Ten Year Plan to Abolish Chronic Homelessness in San Francisco. Ten years and over 1.5 Billion Dollars later 19,500 homeless people (about the size of the Castro neighborhood) have been moved off the street • But, in the 2014 surv...

There are between 1,500 to 2,000 homeless families in San Francisco alone. This episode is the second part of our Homeless in San Francisco series. To get more context about our fellow citizen’s experiencing homelessness I would recommend that you listen to our Part One show. Please copy the link: http://bit.ly/2Y3rc7T Part Two of the Three-Part series Homeless in San Francisco features fellow com...

University of Wisconsin professors Satish and Priya Nambisan, says that a trifecta of austerity, complexity, and digital technology has created this new opportunity for everyday citizens to help “co-create” new solutions for solving civic problems in their communities. http://brook.gs/MsUtPU This episode is focused on Civic Innovation and its impact on our economy, community, and democracy. In thi...

This show on Economic Development and Civic Innovation features fellow community members and organizations that are working to provide support and solutions to the Mom and Pop businesses that make up a large portion of our local economy, workforce and the fabric of our community. In this episode, we feature the voices of: Cathy Hickey, Founder of Hickey Consulting http://bit.ly/2YfgxqM Carla Mays,...

Welcome to Part One of Doing Business In the Bayview. This episode is focused on economic and community development efforts being executed by community members in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The Bayview community is experiencing gentrification which in turn is pushing out some of its longtime residents and changing the face of the community. Our show features Community m...

Welcome to Part Two of Doing Business in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. This second show is focused on the importance of the emerging artisanal food and beverage startups in the Bayview, as well as the economic and cultural significance of the long-standing artist colony in the Bayview and Hunters Point communities. In this episode, we feature the voices of: Barbara Gratta of Gratta Wi...

In this episode, our guest is Michael Stoll the Editor and Executive Director of the San Francisco Public Press. We discussed three of the most important issues facing our San Francisco Bay Area communities and the investigative reporting that Michael and his team at the San Francisco Public Press have developed and reported on in 2015. The top three stories we discussed during this episode are: T...

This is part one of a four-part series focused on the accreditation crisis of City College of San Francisco. City College of San Francisco’s accreditation crisis began in 2012. Over the past four years’ multiple issues and stories have been covered by the media. This four-part series attempts to provide listeners Twelve different interviews and points of view from the various Voices of City Colleg...

This is Part Two of a Four-Part series focused on the Accreditation of City College of San Francisco. If you are just tuning in for this show, I would recommend that you listen to our Part One show https://simplecast.com/s/dcc421a5 to provide more context to this episode. This four-part series attempts to provide listeners with Twelve different interviews and points of view from the various Voices...

This is part Three of a Four-part series focused on the accreditation crisis of the City College of San Francisco. This four-part series attempts to provide listeners Twelve different interviews and points of view from the various Voices of City College of San Francisco and the community. If you are just tuning in for this show, I would recommend that you listen to our Part One https://simplecast....

This is Part Four of a Four-Part series focused on the Accreditation of City College of San Francisco. If you are just tuning in for this show, I would recommend that you listen to our Part One show https://simplecast.com/s/dcc421a5 and Part Two show https://simplecast.com/s/255a2b15 as well as Part Three show https://simplecast.com/s/415fda42 to provide more context to this episode. This four-par...

Welcome to our Election Day Show. The goal of today’s show is to educate our listeners on the San Francisco Election and discuss the Pros and Cons of the key Propositions. I hope that after listening to our show today you will participate in the election, especially given the prediction that only 25-30 percent of eligible voters in San Francisco will actually Vote. In this episode, we feature the...