King Drew Update; Getty Update; Habitat Conservation Plans; FCC Reviews Media Ownership Rules; Earl Warren Biography
King Drew Update
LA County Health Services Department chief, Dr. Bruce Chernof, is expected to present the Board of Supervisors with a proposal to place the King-Drew Medical Center under the control of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance in order to keep the Willowbrook hospital operating as a public facility. Larry talks with supervisor, Zev Yaroslavsky, about the proposals.
Getty Update
A probe of the J. Paul Getty Trust by the state Attorney General has concluded that some money was spent improperly but further penalties will not be imposed against the trust. However, the state has appointed an independent monitor to be certain the foundation follows thorough on a list of reforms. Larry talks with KPCC reporter, Adolfo Guzman Lopez, Steve Gunderson, President of CEO of the Council on Foundations, and Ron Hartwig, Vice President of Communications for the J. Paul Getty Trust, about the most recent developments.
Habitat Conservation Plans
In an effort to accommodate Southern California's growing human population, developers are encroaching more and more on land critical to some of California's hundreds of endangered species. With bureaucratic wrangling and legal battles over habitat on the increase, "habitat conservation plans" are being seen more and more as an answer to the conflict. Larry Mantle talks with experts about the promising and sometimes controversial new trend.
FCC Reviews Media Ownership Rules
Beginning today, the Federal Communications Commission is holding public hearings in Los Angeles as part of a formal review of media ownership rules. This is the first in a series of hearings to be held across the country by the FCC, to public input on this heated issue. Larry talks with Michael Copps, FCC Commissioner, and Nick Gillespie, Editor-In-Chief of Reason Magazine, about media consolidation and its implications.
Earl Warren Biography
Larry Mantle talks with LA Times City/County Bureau Chief Jim Newton about his new book Justice For All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made (Riverhead Books). Earl Warren played a key role in nearly every defining political moment in American history in the latter half of the 20th century. Newton discusses Warren's beginnings through his appointment as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.