ACLU Sues to Challenge Prop 69; Auto Makers Sue California Over Tough Emissions; UCLA's Anderson Forecast; Chanukah: Different Jewish Perspectives; Ben Gazzara
ACLU Sues to Challenge Prop 69
The ACLU’s California affiliates filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of Prop. 69, which requires DNA testing of all people arrested for felonies. The lawsuit targets specifically those portions of the law that require DNA testing of people arrested for a felony but never charged, those who are charged but found innocent, those who have never been convicted of a crime or who have already served time for their crime and are no longer under supervision by the criminal justice system. ACLU attorney Peter Eliasberg joins Larry Mantle to talk about the lawsuit.
Auto Makers Sue California Over Tough Emissions
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers sued to block California's vehicle emissions standards, considered the world's toughest, on Tuesday. The manufacturers argue that the standards, adopted in September, must be the federal government's responsibility. The regulations are scheduled to be phased in beginning in 2009 and would cut exhaust emissions in cars and light trucks by 25-percent -- and in larger trucks and S-U-V's by 18-percent. Larry's guests are Jerry Martin, Communications Director for the California Air Resources Board and Charles Territo, Director of Communications for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers.
UCLA's Anderson Forecast
Economist Chris Thornberg joins Larry Mantle to share details of the just released UCLA Anderson Forecast. The quarterly report forecasts the economies of the Southern California region, state, and the nation.
Chanukah: Different Jewish Perspectives
Rabbi David Eliezrie, Rabbi Alan Lachtman, and Rabbi Naomi Levy join Larry to discuss how they relate to and identify with Chanukah from the perspectives of the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements.
Ben Gazzara
Actor Ben Gazzara joins Larry Mantle to discuss his new memoir “In the Moment: My Life as an Actor” (Carroll and Graf). Gazzara established his name at the Actors Studio in 1952, and helped to introduce a new acting style to the world. He worked under Elia Kazan, Lee Strasburg, and John Cassavetes, and alongside screen legends like Marilyn Monroe, Orson Wells, Marlon Brando, James Dean and Laurence Olivier, among others.