CALPERS Head Reportedly To Be Ousted; The State Of Los Angeles’ Mayoral Candidates’ Campaigns; Alexander Sanger; Early Comic Book Heroes
CALPERS Head Reportedly To Be Ousted
Sean Harrigan, president of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System since early 2003, said Monday that he is being ousted from the board of the nation’s largest public pension fund where he has used his control of the fund’s $177 billion investment portfolio to promote an array of corporate reforms resisted by big business interests. Larry Mantle talks with Marc Lifsher, Business Writer for the Los Angeles Times, Phil Angelides, State Treasurer of California, and Rob Feckner, Chairman of the CALPERS Investment Committee and VP of the Board about Harrigan’s ouster and the issues of corporate governance that it highlights.
The State Of Los Angeles’ Mayoral Candidates’ Campaigns
Larry checks in on the LA race for mayor. He speaks with Raphael Sonenshein, Professor of Political Science, Cal State Fullerton, and Joel Kotkin, Irvine Fellow with the New America Foundation, about which candidate has hired which consultant, who has a healthy war chest, and the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate. Mayor Hahn faces challenges from four major opponents: state Senator Richard Alarcon, former Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, and City Councilmen Antonio Villaraigosa and Bernard Parks.
Alexander Sanger
Alexander Sanger, grandson of reproductive rights trailblazer Margaret Sanger, joins Larry Mantle to talk about his book Beyond Choice: Reproductive Freedom in the 21st Century.
Early Comic Book Heroes
Larry Mantle talks with author Gerard Jones about his new book Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book.