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Janice Hahn on How 'Alternative Learning Centers' Could Work, Sierra Club Denounces founder John Muir Over Racist Views, CA GOP V. Lincoln Project
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Jul 23, 2020
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Janice Hahn on How 'Alternative Learning Centers' Could Work, Sierra Club Denounces founder John Muir Over Racist Views, CA GOP V. Lincoln Project

LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn on how 'alternative learning centers' could work for K-12 students, Sierra Club denounces John Muir over racist views and CA GOP V. Lincoln Project.

Student ambassadors from Bell High School's STEM Magnet speak to prospective students at a school choice fair featuring traditional Los Angeles Unified schools, charter schools and private schools.
Student ambassadors from Bell High School's STEM Magnet speak to prospective students at a school choice fair featuring traditional Los Angeles Unified schools, charter schools and private schools.
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Janice Hahn on Parks and Schools

With most K-12 campuses expected to be closed this fall, there's been a lot of hand-wringing about what to do ...especially for the students most in need. The spring semester was mostly triage - once the stay-at-home orders were of thrust on us. Now that we have a little more time to plan, there are several different proposals being floated, such as using parks and libraries as alternative learning centers.

Guest: 

  • LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn

Outdoors Act

Now to the national picture...On Wednesday, some pretty historic things happened in Washington DC. One was that Republicans and Democrats agreed on legislation – which is almost unheard of. The other is what they agreed on: The Great American Outdoors Act, which is meant to help fix up our national parks and expand natural spaces available to the public. 

Guest:

  • Jacob Margolis, KPCC science reporter

Adolfo Guzman Lopez and LBPD

KPCC reporter Adolfo Guzman-Lopez was hit by a 40 millimeter foam round while covering an anti-police brutality protest in Long Beach on May 31. Now, the Long Beach Police Department says they know what happened.

Sierra Club Denounces Founder John Muir Over Racist Remarks

Yesterday, the environmental preservation organization — the Sierra Club announced it was DENOUNCING it's founder John Muir. The club cited Muir's racist remarks on Black and indigenous people among other problematic stances as the reason behind the move...In addition to establishing the group in 1892, Muir served as its first and longest acting president. 

Guest:

  • Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club

CA GOP V. Lincoln Project

A coalition of Republicans created The Lincoln Project last December with the sole purpose of defeating President Trump in his re-election bid. That effort has drawn the ire of other Republicans, and there's an effort in California to strip some of the powers held by local supporters of the Lincoln Project. 

Guest:

  • Harmeet Dhillon, California Committeewoman for the Republican National Party