WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3
PROGRAM # 8904 12:00 PM PT
Alex Padilla on Voting and Census.
California will be mailing absentee ballots to allow all voters to vote by mail to ensure safe voting during the Covid pandemic. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla talks about this plan and responds to Republican allegations about the risk of voter fraud and Trump’s threats to cut federal funds, and discusses the many ways the pandemic is impacting how citizens will cast their ballot in November. He also talks about the continuing public protests against racism and police brutality over the murder of George Floyd and the declaration of state of emergency in several counties to deploy the National Guard.
Guest: Alex Padilla, Secretary of State, State of California, Chair, California Complete Count Committee, Los Angeles, CA.
The Hardest Hit: Latinos and Blacks. A leading medical researcher testifying before Congress pointed that the need to leave home to work and congregate living are driving Covid-19 infections throughout the US. The physician reported on how most people tested in San Francisco’s Mission District were essential, low-wage workers. She also shares observations on the impact on the coronavirus outbreak from the reopening of the economy in California and other states. Finally, she gives advice on how to reduce the risk of contagion for those who participate in street protests.
Guest: Dr. Alicia Fernández, Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco, Internist, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Dolores Huerta on George Floyd and the Mass Protests. The historic leader of the farm worker and civil rights movement Dolores Huerta supports activists who come out to the streets to protest against systemic police brutality and white supremacism, hails this time of marches as extraordinary and calls for demonstrations via non-violence. Pointing to his personal experience with police abuse, she calls for policies that overhaul the police system and calls on society to “commit to eliminating racism starting from schools.”
Guest: Dolores Huerta, Founder and President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers, Bakersfield, CA.
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