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| This Week in Northern California: Mayoral Election |
KQED Public Television to Broadcast "A Vision For Oakland," THIS WEEK IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Oakland Mayoral Election Special
Guests include Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, Candidate Wilson Riles and Guest Reporters Phil Matier, San Francisco Chronicle Columnist and Randy Shandobil, Political Editor for KTVU
San Francisco, California -- On Friday January 11, 2002 at 9 p.m. (directly following the regular 8:30 p.m. broadcast), This Week in Northern California -- KQED's weekly public affairs program -- airs an half-hour special report focusing on the 2002 Oakland mayoral race. The special, entitled "A Vision for Oakland," will consist of a live thirty-minute discussion among incumbent Mayor Jerry Brown and mayoral hopeful Wilson Riles Jr.; plus guest journalists Phil Matier of the San Francisco Chronicle and Randy Shandobil of KTVU; and award-winning host Belva Davis. The special will explore the many challenges facing the city of Oakland and its next mayor.
The 2002 Oakland mayoral election promises to be a pivotal one, rife with politically charged issues. Topics include: downtown development vs. the needs of the neighborhoods and calls for affordable housing; how to best deal with the state of education in the city; police community relations and the upcoming trials of the rogue cops known as the "raiders;" plus the continuing debate about building a new stadium and keeping the A's in Oakland.
The two candidates vary as widely as the issues. The incumbent, Mayor Jerry Brown, appears to enjoy wide support and has had some measured success in implementing his goals of urban revitalization focusing on Oakland's downtown. Some of his other ideas for change -- such as the "boot camp" school program which sought to provide additional structure for some of Oakland’s school children -- have gotten mixed reactions from his constituency.
Brown's opponent, former City Council member Wilson Riles Jr., is a veteran of Oakland politics. He has spent a number of years in Oakland politics authoring the city's nuclear-free ordinance, championing the city's anti-apartheid bill and helping to found the city's Community Bank of the Bay. Riles' vision for Oakland includes neighborhood revitalization, with less of a focus on Oakland's downtown and more resources devoted to the city's diverse neighborhoods.
This Week in Northern California will investigate these and other issues through live discussions, interviews and video roll-ins. Viewers will be encouraged during the week of the show to submit questions of the guests via the show's interactive Web site at kqed.org/thisweek.
This Week in Northern California offers insightful, thought-provoking roundtable discussions and news analysis of the latest political topics. Bay Area reporters from diverse media outlets throughout the region open their notebooks to give an inside look at the stories behind the headlines every Friday night. This Week in Northern California debuted on KQED in February 1990. Award-winning broadcast journalist Belva Davis became the host in 1993.
KQED operates KQED Public Television 9, the nation's most-watched public television station (in prime-time), and Digital Television 30, Northern California's only public television digital signal; KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM, the most listened-to public radio station in the nation; the KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources; and kqed.org, which harnesses the power of the Internet to bring KQED to communities across the Web.
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