A beachfront property in, say Santa Monica or Malibu, might cost you millions of dollars, but a new report is putting the value of that investment into question. We also discuss the latest on immigration; examine the elimination of AP classes at seven private schools in the D.C. area; and more
Trump plans executive order to stop indefinite separation of detained families at the border. So what happens to those families next?
President Donald Trump says he'll issue an executive order to end the practice of separating families at the border.
Meanwhile, there are reports that young children and infants are being held in “tender age” shelters after being separated from their families at the border when illegal crossing into the U.S. There are separate facilities for adults, who are entitled to due process in court within 48 hours, where many plead guilty to criminal charges of crossing the border illegally. In Texas, “operation streamline” means that there are mass hearings that expedite this process, whether for better or for worse. This is something that’s being introduced in California.
So how does asylum play into all this? And what happens, step-by-step, when a migrant family crosses the border, from both the adult and the child’s perspective? Plus, after Trump signs the executive order to end indefinite separation, what happens to those families?
We get an explainer of how the process works in California and in Texas.
With files from the Associated Press
With guest host Libby Denkmann
Guests:
Andrew Nietor, immigration and criminal defense attorney; president of the board of directors of Federal Defenders of San Diego, who handles criminal cases after getting a notification of a case from the San Diego immigration court; he tweets
Elissa Steglich, clinical Professor at the University of Texas School of Law Immigration Clinic
Disney workers push for $18 in OC’s only living wage measure
More than 22,000 Anaheim voter signatures have landed a new measure on the November ballot that would require local businesses receiving city subsidies, including Disney, to pay its workers a “living wage.”
The signatures were collected in just three weeks by a coalition of 11 unions representing Disney workers after a study commissioned by the coalition found that a large amount of Disney employees have experienced homelessness and food insecurity in the last two years despite working full time.
If the measure passes, workers will see a minimum wage increase to $15 an hour by next year and subsequent $1 annual increases to reach $18 an hour by 2022.
Opponents of the measure say, if passed, the move would drive businesses away and kill jobs. Walt Disney Co. and Wincome group, a hotel developer, also might put the kibosh on two mega projects that are in the works in the Disneyland Resort district.
We reached out to Disney for comment but did not receive a response before the airing of this segment.
Here is a copy of the proposed measure:
With guest host Libby Denkmann.
Guests:
Ada Briceño, co-president of UniteHere! Local 11, one of the unions representing employees at several Disney hotels
Todd Ament, president and CEO of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, one of the groups opposing the living wage measure
How will climate change impact CA real estate? New report has bad news for coastal properties
A beachfront property in, say Santa Monica or Malibu, might cost you millions of dollars, but a new report is putting the value of that investment into question.
According to a report published by the Union of Concerned Scientists, nearly 20,000 California homes will be at risk of damage because of climate change-related sea level rise by 2045. Which means that a 30-year mortgage on a coastal property might be a lemon. And yet exorbitantly priced beach homes in California imply that the housing market isn’t responding to this medium-term risk.
What are the projections for how climate change will impact the California coast in the coming decades? How will this affect the housing market and related industries, such as home insurance? If you live or are considering buying a waterfront property, how did you assess that risk, if at all?
With guest host Libby Denkmann.
Guests:
Kristina Dahl, senior climate scientist for the Union of Concerned Scientists and a co-author of the new report
Aaron Terrazas, senior economist at Zillow Economic Research, an independent research group at Zillow
Seven private schools in DC area scrap Advanced Placement classes: We evaluate the program’s utility
Seven private schools in the D.C. area are planning to eliminate Advanced Placement classes from their curriculum over the next four years.
The schools say the program is not necessary for college-bound students. AP aims to provide high school students with experience in college-level coursework.
In a joint statement released Monday, the schools criticized the program saying it puts too much emphasis on memorization and that it has “diminished utility.” Thomas Toch, director of the think tank FutureEd at Georgetown University, says those private schools already have advanced curriculums and are serving high-achieving students.
But AP plays a crucial role as a “catalyst for raising the level of rigor in the nation’s high schools for low-income students, students of color and those traditionally underserved in American public education.” A pushback against AP, Toch argues, will not serve the majority of other students across the nation.
We examine the program’s utility.
With guest host Libby Denkmann.
Guests:
Thomas Toch, director of FutureEd, an education policy think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington, DC; former senior partner at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a California-based education policy and research center
Christopher Gruber, dean of admission and financial aid at Davidson College, a private liberal arts college in North Carolina
Patty Carver, teacher at Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, Maryland, one of the seven schools that is dropping AP classes; she tweets
Former US national coach Bruce Arena on the decline of American soccer, and how to fix it
The world of sports is full of highs and lows, and Bruce Arena can attest to this.
He, more than most people, has felt the pain of loving a sport that the U.S. just can’t seem to master – soccer. As a coach, he’s worked with soccer stars David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Christian Pulisic. Arena’s also lead the men’s national team to the 2002 World Cup, deemed their best performance. But his dreams were crushed for the 2018 Russia World Cup, when the U.S. men’s team failed to qualify for the first time in 32 years.
What needs to happen for the state of soccer to change on our home turf? In his new book, “What's Wrong with Us?: A Coach’s Blunt Take on the State of American Soccer After a Lifetime on the Touchline,” Arena looks back on his career, both as a player and coach. He speaks to fill-in host Libby Denkmann today with his take on what needs to be done to reform the game.
Guest:
Bruce Arena, author of the book, “What’s Wrong With US?: A Coach's Blunt Take on the State of American Soccer After a Lifetime on the Touchline" (HarperCollins 2018), former head coach of U.S. Men’s National Team; member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame