LAUSD NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION; KING/DREW UPDATE; THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION ACT; RACIAL PROFILING
LAUSD NEW SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
The LAUSD Board of Education is planning to place a nearly $4 billion bond measure on the Nov. 8 special election ballot. $1.6 billion of the total would go for school construction. Larry speaks with Jim McConnell, Chief Facilities Executive for LAUSD and Glenn Gritzner, Special Assistant to Superintendent Romer, about the district’s new and recent school construction.
KING/DREW UPDATE
Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services is recommending cutting services at King/Drew medical center, citing a rise in costs and a decline in patient visits. Larry Mantle checks in with LA Times staff writer Charles Ornstein for an update.
THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION ACT
The November 8th special election ballot includes a measure proposed by business and conservative Republicans that would require public employee unions to get permission from workers before spending dues for political purposes. The so-called Paycheck Protection initiative, Proposition 75 is considered a major threat to labor's clout in the Capitol. Larry Mantle speaks with representatives from both sides.
RACIAL PROFILING
It seems like an easy and obvious thing to do: if you’re looking for militants from the Middle East, look for young men who look the part. But does that actually work? And does it invite terrorists to walk by security screens undetected, simply because they don’t fit the profile? Larry talks to David Harris, author of Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work, and other experts about this controversial issue in counter terrorism.