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Podcasts Take Two
Breaking Down The Vote, Silverado Fire Update, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution
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Oct 27, 2020
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Breaking Down The Vote, Silverado Fire Update, Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution

We break down more critical races ahead of next Tuesday, update you on the Silverado Fire and dive into the history of Salvadoreños in the greater Los Angeles area.

Voters cast their ballots for the 2020 US Elections at an offical ballot drop box on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, California on October 12, 2020, where election officials are looking into the use of unofficial ballot drop boxes installed by California's Republican Party. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Voters cast their ballots for the 2020 US Elections at an offical ballot drop box on a sidewalk in Los Angeles, California on October 12, 2020, where election officials are looking into the use of unofficial ballot drop boxes installed by California's Republican Party. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Breaking Down The Vote

There's one week left before election day, but voting has been happening all month. We break down more races ahead of next Tuesday's critical fall election.

Guest:

  • Libby Denkmann, KPCC's Senior Politics Reporter

Sheriff Removal

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors are expected to ask staff to research ways to impeach or otherwise remove the sitting sheriff, as well as how to move from an elected to an appointed sheriff.

Guest:

  • Frank Stoltze, KPCC's Public Safety Correspondent 

Silverado Fire

Two firefighters remain hospitalized with burns and over 90,000 Irvine residents were evacuated out of the Silverado Canyon area. We share the latest updates.

Guest:

  • Sharon McNary, KPCC's Infrastructure Correspondent 

Homeless: LA's Anti-Camping Measure

LA Municipal Code 41.18 bans sitting, lying down or sleeping in public areas in the City of Los Angeles. Proponents say that doing this gets homeless people off the street and into shelters, while opponents say it criminalizes homelessness. In 2018, a federal court ruled in Martin V Boise that cities couldn’t enforce laws against sleeping outside if there wasn’t shelter available for unhoused people to go into. Now the LA City Council is attempting to rewrite 41.18 to comply with Martin Vs. Boise and is once again attracting controversy.

Guest:

  • Gary Painter, Director of the Homelessnes Policy Research Institute at the University of Southern California

SCOTUS: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation

Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court, and one of the first cases the justices will hear: the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Take Two looks at what happens to California's health care system if it's struck down.

Guest:

  • Bernard Wolfson, Columnist and Senior Correspondent at Kaiser Health News

Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs and Revolution

As of 2017, there were over 2.3 million Salvadoreños living in the US, with over 500,000 living in the Greater Los Angeles area. Chances are if you live here, you've experienced some part of the culture of El Salvador, I mean who here hasn't had one or a thousand pupusas in their lifetime? But over the last few decades, El Salvador gets thrown into a pot along with the terms "immigration crisis" and "gang violence"...often to stir up feelings around elections. It's both true and misleading but with damaging consequences for the people who have to live with the political and identity aftermath. It's something Roberto Lovato has been grappling with his whole life -- and he decided to write it all down. His book is Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas.

Guest:

  • Roberto Lovato, author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution