Patt Morrison schedule for Wednesday, August 1, 2012

 

1:06 – 1:39 - OPEN

 

 

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

UNCONFIRMED
Banksy vs. the London police
In the weeks leading up to the Olympics, the London police whitewashed the city.  Among the things they threatened to put behind a new coat of paint, some valuable graffiti by the renowned street artist Banksy.

 

Guests: TBD

 

 

2:06 – 2:19

U.S. Secretary of Labor talks jobs

For many Americans, November’s presidential election will come down to one thing: the economy. That means jobs, and the numbers have been less than sunny. While earlier in the year some analysts predicted an unemployment rate of less than 8% by November, last month’s number was 8.2%. The new report comes out Friday. Guest host Mario Solis-Marich checks in with current U.S. Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, to get the skinny on what’s expected.

 

Guest:

Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor

 

 

 

2:21:30 – 2:39 - OPEN

 

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Does chivalry still exist, and did it ever?

Chivalry. Gallantry. Heroism. Words that evoke selflessness and a certain type of moral code, such as “woman and children first” or “the captain must go down with the ship.” According to a study performed by two Swedish economists using the records of eighteen different shipping disasters, however, more often than not the slogan in the midst of crisis amounts to “every man for himself.” The researcher’s larger interest was in humankind’s tendency towards magnanimity in times of duress. Apparently, we flunked. Yet at the same time, we see examples like those of Jon Blunk, Matt McQuinn, and Alex Teves, all of whom died shielding their girlfriends at the Aurora shooting. What are the expectations when it comes to protecting loved ones in times of stress? Is chivalry dead? Does gender make a difference?

Guests: TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Producer - Patt Morrison
89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio
213.290.4201 – mobile/SMS
626-583-5171  – office
474 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA  91105
jarmstrong@kpcc.org

 

Coyote Alert!

Living safely with the Wildlife that shares our City

Coyotes are wild animals and can pose a risk to people and pets. The goal of Los Angeles Animal Services is to educate the public fostering a relationship of mutual respect between wildlife and the community so we can live together safely. 

Here are a few guidelines for how to have a safe community for you and for the coyotes:

• Do not approach or feed wild animals, including coyotes. It is unsafe and a violation of the law.
• Never leave small children and pets unattended outdoors even if your yard is fenced.
• Remove pet food dishes when your pet has finished eating and do not leave food outside. Pick ripe fruit and clean rotten produce off the ground.
• Walk your dog on a leash at all times, not only is it the law, but it will keep your pet safe. Do not allow your dog to interact or “play” with a coyote.
• When you are walking your dog in areas known to have coyotes, you can carry a loud whistle of even an umbrella that you can open and close rapidly to scare them away. Unlike the approach with an aggressive dog, you can raise your arms above your head and stomp your feet while shouting at the coyote to scare them away.
• Put all trash bags inside trashcans and keep all outdoor trashcan lids securely fastened on the containers. Ammonia or pepper sprinkled in the trash may also discourage a scavenging coyote.
• Keep your property well lit at night especially when you go out with your dog for the last potty break before bed.
• Trim hedges from the bottom and keep brush cleared to limit hiding places for coyotes.
• Close off crawl spaces under porches, decks and sheds. Coyotes use such areas for resting and raising young.
• Share this information with your neighbors to keep your neighborhood safe. If you belong to a neighborhood association, call Los Angeles Animal Services to schedule an educational presentation for your next meeting.

If you have coyotes near your home, please call (888) 452-7381 for non-lethal assistance.

The Los Angeles Animal Services Department has a Wildlife Expert and several very knowledgeable speakers.You can arrange for them to attend Neighborhood Council or other neighborhood meetings to talk about wildlife and to answer questions about wildlife.

For more information, visit our website: http://www.laanimalservices.com/aboutani_wildlife.htm

Patt Morrison schedule for Tuesday, July 31, 2012

 

1:06 – 1:18 - OPEN

 

 

 

1:21 – 1:39

Professor: Don’t waste your time on math!

One of the great galvanizing experiences of American youth is griping about algebra. Even if you displayed an aptitude for it, the majority of us who learned it never saw a practical use for it, and never pursued it in any remotely professional manner. Algebra has grown from a mere mathematical discipline into a larger symbol for academic rigor for academic rigor’s sake. There are millions of successful American professionals who do not use algebra to maintain their success, perform their jobs, run their lives, or anything else of consequence. Yet no one proposes that the teaching of algebra should go away. Until now. Professor Andrew Hacker writes in a recent edition of the New York Times that algebra and math erect an unnecessary impediment to educational success to many students. Professor Hacker says because of this, algebra specifically, and mathematics more generally, need not be universally taught in schools.

 

Guests: [ALL UNCONFIRMED]

Andrew Hacker op-ed writer, New York Times

Valerie Strauss, rebuttal op-ed from the Washington Post

TBD, UCLA mathematics professor

 

 

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

Emotional abuse as damaging as physical abuse to kids

In the latest issue of child health journal Pediatrics, researchers claim that psychological and emotional abuse can be just as damaging to children as physical or sexual abuse. The mental abuse identified by the researchers includes terrorizing, belittling or neglecting a child, according to the researchers. "We are talking about extremes and the likelihood of harm, or risk of harm, resulting from the kinds of behavior that make a child feel worthless, unloved or unwanted," Harriet MacMillan, one of the researches on the study, said to TIME. In their Pediatrics study, researchers said that 8% to 9% of women and 4% of men in the U.S and Britain reported severe psychological abuse in childhood. But the signs of psychological abuse can be tough to identify for those who work in children’s health industries. Unlike physical abuse, which could show visual signs or have events that pediatricians and health workers can identify as abusive, emotional abuse tends to be much more vague and nebulous, and instead usually involves a deeper relationship between a child and parents.

 

Guests: TBA

 

 

 

2:06 – 2:19

Democrats consider making same-sex marriage an official campaign issue

Two months after President Barack Obama reversed his position and personally endorsed same-sex marriage, Democrats appear closer than ever to including it in the party’s official platform. Party officials approved the first step at a meeting over the weekend in Minneapolis, and the entire platform committee will vote on the issue in two weeks. If approved, the vote moves to the convention delegates in Charlotte, N.C. for final approval. The proposed platform language includes a condemnation of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages. What do you think of this potential move? Could it alienate some in the party but attract other undecided voters? Considering Obama's competition with Republican contender Mitt Romney, do you think this would this help or hinder the Democrats’ campaign?

 

Guest:  TBD

 

 

 

2:21:30 – 2:39 – OPEN

 

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Dumbing down the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
NBC’s co-hosts for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies on Friday night, Meredith Vieira and Matt Lauer were tasked with coming up with witty banter for an hours-long television broadcast that a billion people were watching. Some aspects of Britain’s big Olympics show contained elements of the country’s history that were likely lost on most viewers, like the British National Health Service fever dream segment. But it was Vieira’s repeated admissions that she didn’t know anything about a given aspect of director Danny Boyle’s elaborate production that drew the ire of many viewers. When Lauer described the effect of using small screens at every seat in the stadium as pixels that turned the entire venue into a giant screen, Vieira replied, “One more thing I don’t understand.” Vieira is no idiot, and both she and Lauer undoubtedly had a staff present to make them look sharp on-air, so why would a host play dumb in front of a billion people? How do television personalities pander to large audiences?

 

Guests: TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Producer - Patt Morrison
89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio
213.290.4201 – mobile/SMS
626-583-5171  – office
474 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA  91105
jarmstrong@kpcc.org

 

Patt Morrison Schedule for Friday, July 25, 2012

1:06 – 1:19

Wal-Mart’s new Neighborhood Market opens in Huntington Beach

The name Wal-Mart can be polarizing. For some, it’s their Graceland. For others, it’s a low-paying, anti-union juggernaut that robs mom-and-pop stores of their customers. Regardless of your feelings towards the company, it’s persistent, and it has a new strategy. Instead of building the gargantuan stores they are famous for, the company will be launching a sleeker, sexier version: Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets, meant to bring affordable groceries to underserved areas. The first Neighborhood Market opens Friday in Huntington Beach; over 200 are set to open nationwide. Because of the expansion, the company is also on track to create nearly 1000 jobs in Orange County alone. Critics argue that Wal-Mart’s Neighborhood Markets have the potential to kill smaller local businesses, but some locals welcome Wal-Mart’s price point. Has Wal-Mart found a way to break through their negative publicity? Would you want a Neighborhood Market in your neck of the woods?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

1:20 – 1:39 OPEN

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

Using Craigslist for…everything.

Imagine you have no money, no friends, no car, and no house. Imagine you have nothing but a computer and a connection to Craiglist.  Could you survive for a month based only on want-ads for gigs, rides, and friends? Would you be trusting (or naïve) enough to try? Joseph Garner did, and the experience took him all across the United States. Garner’s film, “Craigslist Joe,” opens August 2, and he stops in chat with guest host Brian Watt about the project.

 

Guests:

Joseph Garner, director of “Craigslist Joe”

 

2:06 – 2:19

The high cost of health care hits home for Aurora shooting victims

Like many Americans, some of Aurora’s 58 wounded did not have health insurance, and now face huge medical bills. No one knows the exact number of how many of the shooting victims lack health insurance, but nearly one in three Coloradans have inadequate or no health insurance at all. Who will pay the cost? Warner Brothers, the studio behind the Batman movie where the shooting took place, has pledged $2 million to help victims. And three of the five hospitals treating victims announced on Wednesday that they will lower or completely eliminate the cost of treatment. But for victims that need long-term treatment, will this be enough? Will the money still be there when the media attention has faded? And who will oversee the distribution of funds?

Guests:

TBD

 

2:20 – 2:40 OPEN

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

‘What would you take’ if your house was on fire?
That’s the question posed by a new book by Foster Huntington called “The Burning House.” It’s an age old conundrum incited by a question that everyone dearly hopes remains hypothetical. The book began its life as a conversation at a dinner party. That one four-word question caused people to look inward and truly consider what items in their life had the most value. The discussion soon blossomed into a blog, and then into a project so all encompassing that Huntington quit his job in New York and set off on a journey around the American West to seek out and document the answers of a diverse set of people. As the project gained momentum Huntington compiled hundreds of pictures submitted with respondents’ lists - and it is those pictures that make up the book “The Burning House.” The dozens of pictures in the book feature items practical (laptops, passports and shoes), valuable (laptops, musical instruments and jewelry) sentimental (photographs, family heirlooms and books) and intangible (loved ones and pets) and all of them provide intimate details about thoughts and values rarely shared with others. What irreplaceable items would you take if your house was on fire? 

Guest:
Foster Huntington, author of “The Burning House” (Harper Collins 2012)

 

 

 

 

Patt Morrison schedule for Thursday, July 26, 2012

 

1:06 – 1:19 – OPEN

1:23 – 1:39

President Obama looks to drum up support from African American voters

President Obama is looking to energize the black vote. On Thursday he will announce that he is creating the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans during a speech to the National Urban League. The program will coordinate efforts to harmonize programs for African American students.

 

Guests: TBA

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30
Baja California’s Secretary of Tourism talks up visiting south of the border

With all the drug violence, It might be one of the toughest jobs around: the director of tourism for Baja, Mexico. He’ll tell us how he does it.

 

Guests:

Juan Tintos, Baja California’s Secretary of Tourism

 

Hugo Torres, owner of the Rosarito Beach Motel; former mayor of Rosarito; member of the Baja Image Committee

 

 

2:06 – 2:19
The growing spectacle of the Olympic opening ceremonies
The 2012 Olympics get underway tomorrow (Friday) with opening ceremonies that start at 1pm California time. Along with the closing ceremonies, the inauguration of the Olympic Games is a gargantuan spectacle with much on the line for the host country when it comes to bragging rights. The 2012 ceremony in London will feature a dedication by The Queen of England and the traditional lighting of the torch - along with speculation that celebrities like soccer star David Beckham, Paul McCartney and Mary Poppins will make appearances. The current James Bond, actor Daniel Craig, is slated to appear in a taped short film from Buckingham Palace. Director Danny Boyle and games chief Sebastian Coe promise a celebration befitting the nation of Britain. But this grandiose production wasn’t always the case.  The first opening ceremony took place in Athens in 1896 and didn’t feature the pyrotechnics of modern opening ceremonies.  The torch relay that saw the flame begin in Greece and end at the ceremonies in the host city of Berlin, Germany began in 1936.  The 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China set the bar pretty high with nearly 14,000 participants and an awe-inspiring show. How big can the Olympics opening ceremony get? How have the opening ceremonies become another way for countries to compete?  

Guests: TBA

 

 

 

2:21:30 – 2:39

The Olympics provide a gambler’s playground
For some, betting is like breathing. Devoted gamblers will wager anything - like whether or not it will rain or a roll of the dice at a casino. But the biggest draw for people who favor chance is sporting events, and the upcoming summer Olympics provide a veritable feast for those looking to place bets. Opportunities range from the absurd – like whether or not the torch bearer will trip as they make their way to the flame – to the marquee – like whether or not the Jamaican Usain Bolt will retain his title as the fastest man in history in the 100-meter dash. Online gambling on the Olympics is prohibited in the U.S., but it is big business elsewhere in the world… really big business. The online betting realm is a $9 billion industry in Britain alone. Fears of match-fixing raises concerns for the International Olympic Committee, but is it possible to stop people from gambling on the biggest event in international sports? Should gambling be allowed on the Olympics?

Guest: TBA

 

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30 - OPEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Producer - Patt Morrison
89.3 KPCC - Southern California Public Radio
213.290.4201 – mobile/SMS
626-583-5171  – office
474 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA  91105
jarmstrong@kpcc.org

 

Patt Morrison for Wednesday, July 25, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

1:06 – 1:20 OPEN

1:21 – 1:39
Largest antitrust settlement in U.S. history is bad for banks, but may be good for economy

For years, Visa, Mastercard, and other card-issuing banks have been charging fees to merchants for access to their payment networks. Attorneys representing more than 7 million retailers, however, have argued that there has been no reasonable competition to keep the credit card swipe fees in check and were about to go to trial over the practice in September, until last week when banks finally settled. In addition to paying out $6 billion in damages, the banks will also reduce fees and even stop prohibiting retailers from imposing credit card surcharges to customers. Some economists predict the settlement will help smaller businesses, but no one knows yet exactly how this settlement will impact consumers and the general economy in the long run. One development that is clear about the settlement is that it marks a sizable loss for credit card companies in terms of profits and market control. Have credit card companies become too influential? How worried are you that retailers will pass the cost of using credit cards onto the individual consumer?

Guest: TBD

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30
‘Marilyn and Me’ showcases Lawrence Schiller’s photographs of Marilyn Monroe
Lawrence Schiller’s resume reads like few others. He has directed, produced and written for television and movies; he has worked for Life magazine, Time, Newsweek and The Saturday Evening Post and he collaborated with the iconic writer Norman Mailer. Although Schiller worked for years as a photojournalist, he didn’t begin to exhibition his own photographs until 2007. The seeds of his newest book, “Marilyn & Me” were sown when Schiller was hired to take pictures of the legendary actress Marilyn Monroe when he was 23 years old. He ended up shooting Marilyn several times near the end of her career, on movies sets and even after her untimely death at the age of 36 in 1962. “Marilyn and Me” includes Schiller’s photographs and personal recollections of the troubled superstar. Why does the legend of Marilyn Monroe still resonate fifty years after her death? How do photographers capture the essence of people in a still framed photograph?

 

Guest:
Lawrence Schiller, film producer, director, screenwriter and photographer; author of “Marilyn & Me, A Photographer's Memories” (Nan A. Talese 2012)
IN STUDIO

 

 

2:06 – 2:39
Ride along with Metro CEO Art Leahy

Metro chief Art Leahy joins Patt for another installment of our segment looking at transportation issues across the southland. (Blurb to be updated tomorrow.)

 

Guest:

Arthur Leahy, chief executive officer, Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority

IN STUDIO

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30
After LA City Council votes to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, is marijuana still “Too high to fail”?

Yesterday the LA City Council voted 13-1 to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. Because the vote wasn’t unanimous, it was scheduled to come back next week for a 2^nd vote until the lone dissenting councilman flipped his vote, negating need for a 2^nd vote. That means the ban now goes into effect in Los Angeles in about 45 days. Patt hears from several voices on the issue including Doug Fine, who spent a year researching cannabis and what the lucrative plant business might mean for the U.S. For his research, he examined the green marijuana belt of Humboldt county, where the economics of medical pot turn things on their heads; where pot growers voluntarily pay taxes that haven’t been levied. He joins Patt to talk about his year of research and his solution of taxing cannabis like alcohol. Do you agree?

 

Guests:

Doug Fine, author of Too High To Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution

IN STUDIO

 

TBD, other guests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Patt Morrison Schedule for Tuesday, July 24, 2012

1:06 – 1:19

Media coverage on sensational crimes

President Obama recently agreed to not use James Holmes’ name in the media, in hopes of avoiding giving Holmes more notoriety than he has already received. But should there be a ‘code of ethics’ in the media as well? Some hope that media outlets that cover events like the Aurora shooting would also be careful to not bring more attention and infamy to suspects. But in the age of the 24-hour news cycle and Twitter, the public is hungry for as much information as possible, and as fast as possible. People are eager to learn what could have driven James Holmes to commit such a horrible act. Some of the victims’ families have been outspoken against publicizing victims and their stories, and not glamorizing what James Holmes did. Do media outlets have an obligation to the victims? Does the attention that these crimes receive feed the media’s desire to cover them? Can this kind of attention also encourage people to commit these crimes?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

1:21 – 1:39

Amazon and Wal-Mart face off over state sales taxes
Online retailer Amazon has long been able to win the race to the bottom on the prices of merchandise through a number of ways, like being able to purchase merchandise in bulk and low operating costs, but their biggest competitive advantage could be avoiding state sales taxes. While a physical store on the street in Los Angeles County has to charge an additional 8.75% for state and local sales tax, Amazon has been able to sidestep sales taxes by moving distribution centers to states like Nevada, and offering free shipping to boot. But now, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on a bill that will allow states to collect sales taxes from companies that sell to their residents. And to the states’ taxes rescue is an unexpected ally, it’s Wal-Mart, who few people would expect to come to the aid of mom-and-pop brick and mortar stores. But only 2% of their sales come online, and with Amazon expanding same-day delivery, Wal-Mart might soon see their own competitive advantage declining.

 

Guests:

Selwyn Gerber, CPA and founder, Gerber & Co., Inc.

 

UNCONFIRMED

David Welch, reporter for Bloomberg

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

Can you beat ‘Jeopardy!’ record-holder Ken Jennings in a news quiz?

You know him as the 74-time "Jeopardy!” quizmaster champion, but Ken Jennings will now be quizzing your knowledge of current events every week on “The Slate Quiz” at slate.com. Jennings says he’s “enormously relieved to be on the other side of the host’s podium,” in reference to his “own trivia guru,” game show host Alex Trebek. Are you enough of a news junkie to pass Jennings’ weekly news quiz? Here’s a sample question: “After recent controversy, reform of Libor will be discussed at an international financial conference in September. What is Libor?” Call in with your answers. And questions.

 

Guest:

UNCONFIRMED

Ken Jennings, 74-time "Jeopardy!” quizmaster champion

 

2:06 – 2:19

Olympic security firm GS4 remains short on manpower

With an extra 4.6 million overseas visitors expected in London for the Olympics, it should come as no surprise that the city is in a panic over the fact that the firm tapped to provide its security has less than half of the number of staff it originally promised to deliver. GS4 won a contract worth 284 millions pounds after promising to deliver 13,700 guards; as of Friday, the firm has only confirmed hiring a total of 4,000 people. On Thursday, GS4 sent out a Hail Mary request to the National Association of Retired Police Officers stating that it is “currently and urgently recruiting for extra support for the Olympics.” Both the Guardian and the Daily Mail have also reported concerns over the quality of training that the 4,000 confirmed employees received.

 

Guest:

UNCONFIRMED

Brian Michael Jenkins, terrorism expert and senior advisor to the President of the Rand Corporation

 

2:21:30 – 2:39

How does the gender disparity among Wikipedia editors influence what you read?
What’s more culturally important, Kate Middleton’s wedding gown or the most obscure of Linux distributions? For Wikipedia editors, Linux distribution wins hands down, with over 100 articles. As for the wedding dress, someone flagged it for deletion—on the day of the royal wedding itself. The entry was ultimately saved by a group of editors worried about the Wiki-community’s persistent gender gap, including Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. While plenty of female editors also scoffed at the entry, and representatives of both genders rolled their eyes over the notion that an entry on a dress could correct Wikipedia’s hormonal imbalance (only 9% of the site’s editors are female), the incident raised questions about how much influence Wikipedia’s gender gap actually has on its content. Are Wiki-editors with itchy keyboard fingers getting rid of pertinent content that someone of a different chromosome set would find more relevant than (for the sake of argument) Linux distributions?

 

Guest:

Mary Gardiner, co-founder of the Ada Initiative, a project to encourage women in the open-source community

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Ken Burns takes on the American Dust Bowl [ON TAPE]

When it comes to documentary filmmaking, there are two eras: BKB and AKB. That would be “before” and “after” Ken Burns. Burns revolutionized the form through his attention to detail, his use of music, and his sweeping pans that gave motion to still photographs (hence the Ken Burns effect in Apple’s iPhoto slideshow toolkit). Burns has a special penchant for Americana – his first documentary was on the Brooklyn Bridge and subsequently he has covered the Civil War, jazz, baseball, and the country’s National Park system. Burn’s latest documentary on the American Dust Bowl will air in November on PBS. He came to Los Angeles to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the Dust Bowl’s poet laureate, Woody Guthrie, and stopped by to talk with Patt about his newest project.

 

Guest:

Ken Burns, director and producer of documentary films including “Prohibition” and "The National Parks: America's Best Idea;" his new documentary “The Dust Bowl” premieres in November

Patt Morrison schedule for Monday, July 21, 2012

1:06 – 1:19

OPEN

 

 

1:21 – 1:39

Crowdsourcing breaking news, is social media the future newsroom?

The quickest reports from the scene of the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado didn’t come from the police or traditional media; they instead came from social sites like Twitter and Reddit. Reddit quickly became a go-to spot for wide-ranging information about the shooting, from a comprehensive timeline of police activity to posts from people who were in the movie theater. One person on Reddit who claimed to be at the movie theater even uploaded pictures of a bullet wound and bloody T-shirt from the incident. It wasn’t social media’s first foray into journalism this month, Twitter and Reddit was also a comprehensive source for a shooting at a block party in Scarborough, Ontario. Is social media better equipped to handle breaking news in the era of budget cuts in journalism?

 

Guests:

UNCONFIRMED

Andrew Beaujon, reporter for Poytner Institute

 

Matthew Ingram, senior writer for GigaOM

 

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

Ken Burns takes on the American Dust Bowl [ON TAPE]

When it comes to documentary filmmaking, there are two eras: BKB and AKB. That would be “before” and “after” Ken Burns. Burns revolutionized the form through his attention to detail, his use of music, and his sweeping pans that gave motion to still photographs (hence the Ken Burns effect in Apple’s iPhoto slideshow toolkit). Burns has a special penchant for Americana – his first documentary was on the Brooklyn Bridge and subsequently he has covered the Civil War, jazz, baseball, and the country’s National Park system. Burn’s latest documentary on the American Dust Bowl will air in November on PBS. He came to Los Angeles to celebrate the 100^th anniversary of the Dust Bowl’s poet laureate, Woody Guthrie, and stopped by to talk with Patt about his newest project.

 

Guest:

 

Ken Burns, filmmaker

 

2:06 – 2:30

Olympic security firm GS4 remains short on manpower

With an extra 4.6 million overseas visitors expected in London for the Olympics, it should come as no surprise that the city is in a panic over the fact that the firm tapped to provide its security has less than half of the number of staff it originally promised to deliver. GS4 won a contract worth 284 millions pounds after promising to deliver 13,700 guards; as of Friday, the firm has only confirmed hiring a total of 4,000 people. On Thursday, GS4 sent out a Hail Mary request to the National Association of Retired Police Officers stating that it is “currently and urgently recruiting for extra support for the Olympics.” Both the Guardian and the Daily Mail have also reported concerns over the quality of training that the 4,000 confirmed employees received.

 

Guest:

TBD

 

2:30-2:40

Ralph Lauren chooses to have its new US Olympic uniforms manufactured in China
“Meh.” That’s been the general reaction of fashion moguls to Ralph Lauren’s reboot of the U.S. Olympic uniforms. “What else did we expect from all-American Ralph Lauren, beyond some preppy gold-buttoned blazers and plenty of Hamptons white,” wrote a style blogger at the Washington Post. Apparently, some expected Ralph Lauren to buck the general clothing industry trend towards manufacturing out of the country. Instead, the designer went with China, causing furor on both sides of the political aisle. Democratic Senator Harry Reid demanded that the clothes be burned (which some protestors have taken action on), while Republican Representative John Boehner stated that Ralph Lauren “should have known better.” The company promised to have the 2014 uniforms manufactured in house, but that didn’t stop multiple senators from crafting legislation that would turn the promise into a guarantee— the "Team USA Made in America Act” requires that future Olympic uniforms be made in the U.S. and the U.S. alone. Is Ralph Lauren’s decision worth the upset? Is it time for the United States to be less concerned about the fact that its lower-wage manufacturing jobs are migrating, especially given the fact that we’re holding on to advanced manufacturing jobs? Or is the Chinese-made uniform a symbolic slap in the face with real consequences?

Guest:
Dana Thomas, contributing editor for the Wall Street Journal and author of “Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster”

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling offer Democrats guidance in ‘The Little Blue Book’

As voters prepare to elect the next president of the United States later this year, the political atmosphere across the country is becoming more polarized than usual. In such a partisan environment, some Democratic party members struggle to articulate their positions on hot button issues including health care, taxes and community values. That is why George Lakoff, a professor of cognitive science and linguistics, and Elisabeth Wehling, a political strategist and author, have written a new book in which they offer guidance to Democrats in need of effective language to voice their ideas. The authors aim to help Democrats support their policy-based assertions with correlating moral values. Do you think that many Democrats rely on political policy to assert their ideologies too often? Should Democrats state their moral bearings more vehemently?

 

Guest:

George Lakoff, professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley; he is the author of “Don’t Think of an Elephant!” and co-author with Elisabeth Wehling of “The Little Blue Book: The Essential Guide to Thinking and Talking Democratic”

Patt Morrison schedule for Friday July 20, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Friday, July 20, 2012

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

1:06 – 1:39 - OPEN

 

1:41:30 – 1:58:30

Consumers are ‘Overdressed’ for pennies on the high fashion dollar

Elizabeth Cline was your typical clothing consumer lured in by fashion trends, but sold on low prices. Cline was buying a new article of clothing every week until she realized how many tops, hoodies, and pants she had that she barely ever wore. It wasn’t until Elizabeth caught herself bringing home seven pairs of identical canvas flats at seven bucks a pair when she realized she had a real problem on her hands. In her book, “Overdressed,” Cline examines the accession of the cheap fashion market along with the decline of independent retailers, why we just can’t say no to the good old deal and steal, and how consumers can break away from the buy and toss cycle.

 

Guest:

Elizabeth L. Cline, author, ‘Overdressed’

 

2:06 – 2:30

Military personnel to march in uniform at San Diego’s Gay Pride parade this Saturday

Guests:
Ben Gomez, San Diego Pride committee

TBD

 

2:30 – 2:39

Ralph Lauren chooses to have its new US Olympic uniforms manufactured in China
“Meh.” That’s been the general reaction of fashion moguls to Ralph Lauren’s reboot of the U.S. Olympic uniforms. “What else did we expect from all-American Ralph Lauren, beyond some preppy gold-buttoned blazers and plenty of Hamptons white,” wrote a style blogger at the Washington Post. Apparently, some expected Ralph Lauren to buck the general clothing industry trend towards manufacturing out of the country. Instead, the designer went with China, causing furor on both sides of the political aisle. Democratic Senator Harry Reid demanded that the clothes be burned (which some protestors have taken action on), while Republican Representative John Boehner stated that Ralph Lauren “should have known better.” The company promised to have the 2014 uniforms manufactured in house, but that didn’t stop multiple senators from crafting legislation that would turn the promise into a guarantee— the "Team USA Made in America Act” requires that future Olympic uniforms be made in the U.S. and the U.S. alone. Is Ralph Lauren’s decision worth the upset? Is it time for the United States to be less concerned about the fact that its lower-wage manufacturing jobs are migrating, especially given the fact that we’re holding on to advanced manufacturing jobs? Or is the Chinese-made uniform a symbolic slap in the face with real consequences?

Guest:

NOT CONFIRMED:
Dana Thomas, contributing editor for the Wall Street Journal and author of “Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster”

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

London: Portrait of a City

London is the subject of Taschen’s most recent edition of their “Portrait of a City” series. The big book of pictures is positively resplendent with magnificent and memorable color (and black and white) images of London spanning from the Victorian Era to 2012. London native Reuel Gordon is the editor of the 552-page volume.

Guest:

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

Patt Morrison for Thursday, July 19, 2012

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Thursday, July 19, 2012

1-3 p.m.

 

CALL-IN @ 866-893-5722, 866-893-KPCC; OR JOIN THE CONVERSATION ONLINE ON THE PATT MORRISON BLOG AT KPCC-DOT-ORG

 

 

1:06 – 1:50 - OPEN

 

1:50:00-1:58:30

BongHwan Kim leaves Los Angeles

For the past 25 years, BongHwan Kim has advanced social and economic development throughout the many diverse communities of Los Angeles, first as an executive director of the MultiCultural Collaborative and the Korean Youth and Community Center, and most recently as the general manager of the city’s Department of Neighborhood Empowerment. But now, he’s moving to San Diego. Patt talks with Kim about the civil rights legacy he leaves behind in Los Angeles and how he’s seen the community transform over the last several decades.

 

Guests:

BongHwan Kim, former general manager, Department of Neighborhood Empowerment

 

2:06 – 2:19

Rose Bowl renovation funding gap
The 2010 proposed renovations to the Rose Bowl have ballooned in costs to $177 million dollars, $25 million more than the original price tag. Facing a current funding gap of over $37 million, published reports say Rose Bowl officials are considering postponing $14 million worth of the planned remodel until more funding can be secured. With private donations, public bond interest, and BCS championship revenues all being funneled into the project, is the Rose Bowl remodel turning into a murky black hole where monies public and private are sunk, never to be seen again?

Guests:

Darryl Dunn, general manager of the Rose Bowl

 

2:21:30 – 2:30 - OPEN

 

2:30 – 2:58:30

Lauren Greenfield documents one family’s big American Dream in ‘The Queen of Versailles’

What does it take to make an American Dream become a reality? David and Jackie Siegel’s pursuit of their American Dream manifested in an attempt to build the largest and most expensive single-family house in America; however, their dream did not materialize as smoothly as the Siegel family hoped it would after the housing bubble burst in 2008. Director Lauren Greenfield documented the family’s rags-to-riches-to-rags story in a new film, “The Queen of Versailles.” The documentary won the U.S. Directing Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in theaters tomorrow. David Siegel, through his company Westgate Resorts, is currently suing Greenfield, executive producer Frank Evers and distributors Magnolia and Bravo for defamation on the grounds that the film is misleading. Greenfield previously directed the 2006 HBO documentary “Thin,” which explores the treatment of eating disorders and which also received the Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2006 Boston Independent Film Festival among other awards. Are you looking forward to seeing the award-winning documentary?

 

Guest:

Lauren Greenfield, director of the documentaries, ‘Thin’ and ‘The Queen of Versailles’, recipient of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Directing Award

 

UNCONFIRMED:

Adrian Glick Kudler, senior editor of real estate blog Curbed LA

or

Richard Green, director and chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lauren Osen

Southern California Public Radio - 89.3 KPCC

626-583-5173 / 626-483-5278

losen@scpr.org @Patt_Morrison

 

Weekly Transit eNewsletter, July 17, 2012

Weekly Transit eNewsletter Tuesday, July 17, 2012 Volume 8, Issue 28 Welcome to  The Transit Coalition weekly newsletter! Our organization participates in meetings with key decision makers and community leaders. Our goal is to keep you informed on the latest developments in the transportation scene across Southern California. New Meeting Location: We are now in Metro Gateway Headquarters. Also, you must prepay for food by noon on the day of the event. Please register. Please Join Us: The Transit Coalition will host its monthly Dinner Meeting next Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles in the 3rd Floor Union Station Conference Room, where we will feature Bruce Shelburne, Interim Executive Director of Rail Operations for Metro. Also, the July, June, and May issues of Moving Southern California are now available online with new features and news, as is our archive of past issues and video coverage of our meetings. See Upcoming Events below for details. Please Support our Efforts: The Transit Coalition is in need of $3,000 to print our August Moving Southern California newsletter. We need your help so that we can complete our work and continue our transportation education efforts through print materials. Metro is planning the Sepulveda Pass/I-405 project as stipulated in Measure R. From what we understand, the planning staff is developing a Bus Rapid Transit project to fit the available funding. The Transit Coalition has a superior solution that includes a rail tunnel underneath the Santa Monica Mountains rather than climbing over them. The Transportation Tiger Team is developing a comprehensive plan to garner overwhelming public support to back our position of a rail tunnel that will get you from the San Fernando Valley to West LA in 10 minutes. Please support our efforts to make the JEM Line a reality with a generous contribution. Several weeks after the passage of the MAP-21 federal transportation bill, groups are continuing to pore through the 600 page legislation and what it means for states and communities. Overall, the bill is a clear step backwards and will require California to be very proactive so that the state can invest in a comprehensive transportation system. Thanks to an outpouring of support from across the country dedicated funding for transit will be maintained and states and regions will, for the first time, be required to document the conditions that their transit systems are being maintained. Outside of this positive step forward, bicycle and pedestrian funding was cut by a third, environmental review was weakened, funding for repair of bridges was eliminated, and flexibility for states to invest in cleaner freight rail and invest in expanding the frequency of trains and buses was restricted. Read more about the top 10 policy and funding changes in the bill. Ever wondered how strong the unmet need for a San Fernando Valley to Westside rail transit connection is? Just a few weeks after the opening of the Expo Line, the Los Angeles Daily News found Valley commuters on almost every Expo train, having gone east on the Red Line to go west on the Expo Line. However, the Expo and Blue Line junction in Downtown Los Angeles is still posing problems for Metro. The junction has been continually inspected and re-welded as officials search for a permanent solution. Metro previously claimed to have stopped the abnormal wear and tear that was causing damage to the train's wheel assemblies, but a report by the California Public Utilities Commission contradicted Metro's claims. The CPUC says that Metro's re-welding efforts failed when the weld broke once in May and again in July. Metro does not believe the problem poses a safety risk, but experts unnamed by the Los Angeles Times say that there is a risk of derailment if the problem is not resolved. The Big News: You've asked for it and now you're getting it. Metro will be running trains (and the Orange Line) until at least 2 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Trains will operate every 20 minutes between midnight and 2 a.m., and the Green and Orange Line will operate until 2:40 a.m. to allow for Red and Blue Line connections. Also, Metro is looking at the feasibility of extending Silver Line service hours, as well as working with Metrolink to offer late-night trains. The new service hours will begin on July 27. Aside from offering more alternative transportation options, proponents of late-night service believe it will cut down on drunk driving. Want a recap of Metro's recent successes? Our friends at Move LA have put together a nice summary. Two separate columns in the Los Angeles Times note that while critics argue that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might not have fully achieved all of his political goals, he has delivered a tremendous amount by aiming high, a noteworthy accomplishment even at an international level. Metro is talking farebox recovery in a recent posting in the blog The Source. For the current fiscal year, Metro's farebox recovery ratio, the proportion of operating costs covered by fares, will be 27%. According to Metro's long-range transportation plan, the farebox recovery figure must be increased to 33% in the long run. They plan to accomplish that through cost savings and fare adjustments; transit advocates call on Metro to focus on increasing ridership as another revenue source, rather than simply slashing service further. If Metro can reach that level of farebox recovery, the agency will not see an operating deficit in the long run. One fear about Measure R is that fare increases will be required to operate all of the measure's anticipated projects once completed, but Metro stresses that even without Measure R projects fares will have to be raised over time in order to balance its budget as required by law. No, the fare will not be $1.50 forever. It is better to raise fares on a consistent and predictable schedule than to put it off for years, necessitating one big fare hike in the future that just makes everybody angry. Following the success of the "More Trains, More Often" marketing program, Metro should identify corridors with high choice ridership potential to attract more riders through a coordinated marketing and service program. Consistent with Metro Board Chair Mike Antonovich's request for a regional approach, these could include Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley, Colorado Boulevard in Glendale/Pasadena, and Pacific Coast Highway in the South Bay, in addition to corridors in the heart of the service territory. By contrast, transit planning professionals have shown how some of the lines created by the Bus Riders Union's consent decree not only had low ridership but also provided little advantage over connecting bus lines. With the approval of the initial funds required to start construction on California's high-speed rail system, it may be productive to take a breather and look at the status of high-speed rail in the United States. Luckily, Next American City has done all the hard work. In the Northeast Corridor, where the bank-vault-on-wheels Acela Express already hits speeds of 150 mph, Amtrak is planning for the next generation of high-speed rail lines at an estimated cost of $151 billion. In Pennsylvania, a $70 million improvement project would allow trains to reach 125 mph, but construction has not started yet. In Texas and Florida, high-speed rail is either on life support or completely dead. All other projects tend to be in the planning process but will not yield true high-speed rail lines. California continues to have the only true high-speed rail project in the nation that is within months of construction, if the lawsuits don't stop it first, that is. Assessing the state of California high-speed rail, California Majority Report, The Transport Politic, and Patt Morrison of the Los Angeles Times all look at the big picture. Southern California Public Radio reports that the project will now fund run-through tracks at Union Station, which would provide tremendous capacity and time savings. While a study from UCLA does not find a significant boost in economic activity between two Japanese regions when one opened Shinkansen (bullet train) service, critics note that even the existing rail service is faster than Amtrak Acela Express, let alone the Coast Starlight or the Thruway bus over the Grapevine, making comparisons to California inaccurate. Moreover, the study did not look at the economic impact of construction. The East Japan Railway has publicly reiterated its interest in California's project, while the Central Japan Railway appears to be looking at Maglev for the northeast. The Atlantic Cities reviews studies that compare California to European HSR corridors, concluding that not only will the project draw a large portion of air and car travelers, but that it will generate new trips that would not otherwise be made. The Urbanist echoes these findings by noting how the enhanced connectivity will be a boon to business in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, whose industries are increasingly converging. Former CHSRA Chair Quentin Kopp, who opposed the blended plan that provides improvements for commuter rail, is now alleging that the blended plan is illegal. You can also share your opinion of the Frenso-Bakersfield Revised EIR/EIS, which demonstrates that the segment will reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the San Joaquin Valley, even as a stand-alone project. Could Internet sales taxes fund transportation infrastructure improvements? An editorial in The Boston Globe urges that Massachusetts tax purchases made over the Internet from retailers like Amazon and earmark the funds for transportation infrastructure spending. If such a move is implemented successfully, there is no doubt that other states will seriously consider similar proposals. California has also wrestled with the question of whether to require Internet retailers to collect sales tax. Technically, both states already require individuals to report Internet purchases on their annual tax returns but few shoppers actually do. In California it is estimated that over $1 billion in sales tax revenue is lost annually when consumers purchase goods online. For counties with transportation sales tax measures, like Los Angeles County, this means transportation infrastructure misses out on badly needed funds when purchases are made online. The Brookings Institute has taken a look at the relation of US jobs to public transit and has found some good news and bad news. The good news is that over 75% of jobs in the 100 metropolitan areas studied have access to public transportation. Western regions such as Los Angeles have among the highest coverage rates. The bad news is that only 27% of the metropolitan workforce in America can get to work via transit in 90 minutes or less. Brookings blames this on the suburbanization of jobs, with the majority of metropolitan jobs now located in the suburbs. Unsurprisingly, city jobs are more accessible than suburban jobs. Providing good transit to sprawled out office parks with limited resources is a difficult economic challenge that usually cannot pay for itself, requiring subsidies. The Brookings Institute report emphasized the importance of multi-modal mobility options in relation to getting people to/from work on time. The northern Inland Empire regions, namely San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ontario, were ranked 98 out of 100 urban areas studied. LA ranked 42nd. On a related note, a new report documents how traffic studies systematically overstate the potential benefits of proposed road projects by underestimating the impact of induced demand, otherwise known as "build it and they will come." While transit projects are in the works for the Inland Empire, better balancing the area's job-to-housing ratio is a key solution according to the study. The Transit Coalition's Smarter Growth for US-395 Project aims to achieve this solution through business-friendly pubic policies for the private sector. Also envisioned for the future are rail links through Southwest Riverside County which includes the heavily traveled I-15 freeway corridor. Getting a rail line to connect between LA and San Diego through inland cities remains a costly challenge for public agencies due to steep grades and local demographics. Officials would need to clear the way for private sector investments according to previous feasibility studies. Behind the Orange Curtain, Costa Mesa has banned the parking of bikes on public property anywhere other than the handful of spaces located in the entire city. While claiming that this action was to deter the homeless from using local parks, the current Tea Party-dominated city council ignored the pleas of families and kids using local parks and employees working service jobs to be able to use their bikes. Perhaps the council members think that bikes are part of an Agenda 21 attempt to undermine Americans' freedom—never mind that not being able to park a bike is a significant limit on personal freedom. Meanwhile, the state legislature has blocked cities from issuing tickets for parking a car at broken meters, creating a potential incentive for scofflaws to jam meters. LA Streetsblog Editor Damien Newton reviews the new Orange Line Extension bike path, noting how it's actually slower than riding on the street because LADOT forces cyclists and pedestrians to press a button to cross the intersection...do car drivers have to press a button to cross an intersection, too? It could be said that there are two South LA's. The first one was pre-Riots. The second is post-Riots. Since the riots in 1992, what was rebuilt was locked away from pedestrians in this transit-rich area of Los Angeles, so would-be rioters would be deterred by concrete and wrought iron fences encircling their premises like a green zone in a war-torn desert city, which South Los Angeles is not. Often times transit brings pedestrians very close to a destination, but these paying customers are sent hiking to the shopping destination and leaving with their selected wares on circuitous routes around the protective wall, if there is a sidewalk, through a lagoon of parking to somewhere to shop which is already short in supply in this area. As a regular dabbler with shopping while on transit I say it is tall order for businesses to rethink how they connect with pedestrians (generally, transit-borne) by asking them to, "tear this wall down!" (from Steveland Harris, Editor-In-Chief subwayjoyride.com). While NBCUniversal has removed housing from its proposed development, it has not updated its transit mitigation measures. The Transit Coalition calls on NBCUniversal to remove the unnecessary, wasteful requirement that Metro build a pedestrian bridge over the intersection of Lankershim and Campo de Cahuenga, part of a legal settlement for constructing the Red Line. By implementing diagonal crosswalks on a dedicated, all-direction pedestrian-only signal, both pedestrian access and traffic flow could be improved at a fraction of the cost. The savings could then be allocated to building an additional elevator for the recently proposed Orange Line-Red Line underground connection at North Hollywood, as well as increased bus service on Ventura Boulevard. Also, NBCUniversal should allow Metro to reallocate the funds for buying articulated buses on Ventura Boulevard, as described in the EIR, for service enhancement instead. Action Alert: The Transit Coalition is working diligently to advocate for higher-capacity bike racks on local buses. What's stopping transit agencies from increasing bike capacity on buses? For starters, it's illegal: Racks that hold three bikes instead of two protrude too far from the front of the bus. The Transit Coalition has written letters to two California legislators asking them to support calls to change the law to allow a 50% increase in bus bike rack capacity. This will make it less likely that cyclists are left waiting at the bus stop with nowhere to put their bikes. As cycling becomes a more important facet of Los Angeles commuting culture, higher capacity bike racks will allow Metro to meet future demand and help achieve clean air goals. However, Assemblymembers Bonnie Lowenthal and Bob Blumenfield are rejecting the requests of cyclists to allow Metro to install higher-capacity bike racks throughout its fleet because some transit unions want to use this issue as leverage over contract negotiations. Thanks to your support, our campaign for more hours and increased span of service on Metro Rail was a success (see our print newsletter). However, we continue to advocate for three other important transportation initiatives: The GRID Project, the Metro JEM Line, and connections to the Orange Line. However, to keep you informed on progress and to help with our public outreach, we need funding to keep our momentum. Can you help through a donation or a subscription? You may donate via our webpage, where you will have the option to use PayPal, a credit card or a check by printing out our donation form to mail in your contribution. You may also subscribeto our newsletter. Thank you to those who have donated. Donate and Join! If you have not done so yet, we invite you to donate and join The Transit Coalition. A monthly subscription to Moving Southern California comes with your membership. You can donate now via PayPal or through check or money order via our Donations page. Please include The Transit Coalition in your will, trust or estate. Your contribution is greatly appreciated. Upcoming Events: Consider attending our monthly Transit Coalition Dinner Meeting on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 6:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at Metro Gateway Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. We hope to see you there! Metro Committee Meetings: Wednesday and Thursday, July 18 and 19, Board Room, Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. Ad Hoc Sustainability Committee: Wednesday, July 18, 10 a.m. Finance, Budget & Audit Committee: Wednesday, July 18, 1 p.m. Planning & Programming Committee: Wednesday, July 18, 2:30 p.m. Ad Hoc Congestion Pricing Committee Meeting: Wednesday, July 18, 3:30 p.m. Construction Committee: Thursday, July 19, 9 a.m. Executive Management Committee: Thursday, July 19, 10:30 a.m. System Safety and Operations Committee: Thursday, July 19, 12 noon. Expo Line Phase 2 Community Update Meeting: Wednesday, July 18, 6:30 p.m., Santa Monica Civic Auditorium East Wing Meeting Room, 1855 Main St., Santa Monica. Antelope Valley Transit Authority Hearing on the North County TRANSporter: Thursday, July 19, 7:30 p.m., AVTA Boardroom, 42210 6th Street West, Lancaster. OCTA Board Meeting: Monday, July 23, 9 a.m., OCTA Headquarters, 600 S. Main St., Orange. Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Board Meeting: Wednesday, July 25, 7 p.m., Arcadia City Hall, Council Chambers, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Metro Board Meeting: Thursday, July 26, 9 a.m., Board Room, Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. Riverside Transit Agency: Thursday, July 26, 2 p.m., Board of Supervisors Conference Room, County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon Street, 1st floor, Riverside. Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority Meeting: Thursday, July 26, 4 p.m., Rolling Hills Estates City Hall, 4050 Palos Verdes Drive North, Rolling Hills Estates. Foothill Transit Executive Board Meeting: Friday, July 27, 8 a.m., 100 S. Vincent Ave., 2nd floor, West Covina. SCRRA (Metrolink) Committee Meetings: Friday, July 27, 9 a.m., Board Room, Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. Metro San Fernando Valley Service Council Meeting: Wednesday, August 1, 6:30 p.m., Marvin Braude Constituent Center, 6262 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority Board Meeting: Thursday, August 2, 2:30 p.m., Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, 500 W. Temple, 3rd floor, Board of Supervisors Hearing Room 381B, Los Angeles. Angeles Chapter Sierra Club Transportation Committee: Thursday, August 2, 7 p.m., Angeles Chapter Office, 3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 320, Los Angeles. Metro Westside/Central Service Council Meeting: Wednesday, August 8, 5 p.m., Beverly Hills Tennis Center, 325 S. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills. Orangeline Development Authority Board of Directors Meeting: Wednesday, August 8, 6 p.m., Huntington Park. LOSSAN Technical Advisory Committee Meeting: Thursday, August 9, 10 a.m., SANDAG Headquarters, 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. Metro Gateway Cities Service Council Meeting: Thursday, August 9, 2 p.m., Salt Lake Park Community Center, Lounge Room, 3401 E. Florence Ave., Huntington Park. SCRRA (Metrolink) Legislative & Communications Committee Meeting: Friday, August 10, 9 a.m., Board Room, Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. Metro South Bay Service Council Meeting: Friday, August 10, 9:30 a.m., Inglewood City Hall, One Manchester Blvd., City Hall Conference Room A, Inglewood. SCRRA (Metrolink) Board Meeting: Friday, August 10, 10 a.m., Board Room, Metro Headquarters, One Gateway Plaza (adjacent to Union Station), Los Angeles. Southern California Transit Advocates: Saturday, August 11, 1 p.m. Metro San Gabriel Valley Service Council Meeting: Monday, August 13, 5 p.m., City Hall East, 11333 Valley Blvd., El Monte. Los Angeles City Bicycle Advisory Committee: Tuesday, August 14, 7 p.m., Hollywood Neighborhood City Hall Community Room, 6501 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles. 5th National Bus Rapid Transit Conference: August 20 through 22, Paris Las Vegas, 3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV. Register here. LOSSAN Board of Directors Meeting: Thursday, August 30, 12:45 p.m., San Luis Obispo. Ventura County Transportation Commission: Friday, September 7, 9 a.m., Camarillo City Hall, 601 Carmen Dr., Camarillo. Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place 2012 Conference: September 10 through 13, Long Beach Convention Center, 300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. Register now to receive a discount rate. Missed last week's newsletter? Read it here! Get the Print Edition of Moving Southern California, our monthly newsletter. Request a sample copy. Contact Us: We welcome your thoughts and comments on our new electronic newsletter. Please write us: Bart Reed, Executive Director Faramarz Nabavi, Legislative Director Mina Nichols, Consultant Numan Parada, Communications Director Zach Gutierrez, Communications Donna Gooley, Calendar Editor / Circulation Manager Carlos Velasquez, Planning Director Damien Newton, Editor LA Streetsblog About The Transit Coalition: The Transit Coalition is a non-profit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501[c](3) of the Internal Revenue Service. Our goal is to increase Transit Options and Mobility in Southern California by mobilizing citizens to press for sensible public policy to grow our bus and rail network. As a grass roots group, we depend upon your contributions to allow us to pursue our important work. Add yourself to our mailing list and please donate to help us grow. Visit our Discussion Board for the latest dialogue on transit. bart.reed@thetransitcoalition.us * The Transit Coalition

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