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49ers linebacker Chris Borland retires at 24 due to head trauma concerns

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Chris Borland #50 of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates after a tackle against the New York Giants in the fourth quarter at MetLife Stadium on November 16, 2014 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ; Credit: Al Bello/Getty Images

Fearing future head trauma, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland told ESPN’s Outside the Lines on Monday that he would retire from the NFL.

Borland said, in part, that he wants to do what’s best for his health, and that based on his experiences and research, the risk isn’t worth it. His choice to retire at the young age of 24, just one season into what looked like it would be a promising NFL career, surprised his team, the league, and fans. The 49ers took Borland in the third round of the 2014 NFL draft out of Wisconsin, and he was being groomed to take over the 49ers middle linebacker spot after veteran Patrick Willis announced his retirement last week, which was not related to concerns of head injury.

Is Borland’s retirement a sign of things to come in the NFL? Will we start to see more players retiring at younger ages because of concerns about head trauma? Is football safe enough or could the NFL do more to make players feel confident that they are safe when playing?

Guest:

Matt Barrows, covers the 49ers for the Sacramento Bee. He has a blog on the team as well, which you can find at SacBee.com


The chasm between intention and outcome: Starbucks’ ‘Race Together’ campaign

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A Starbucks snapshot taken on the Upper West Side in New York City on November 19, 2008. The company is under fire after launching it's "Race Together" campaign this week, sparking backlash on social media with the hash tag #RaceTogether.; Credit: Ed Yourdon/Flickr

Starbucks’ new “Race Together” campaign wants baristas at its 4,700 stores to engage in conversations with customers about race in America. It didn’t take long for the Internet to react.

From the Washington Post to Twitter, everyone seems to have something to say about the coffee giant’s latest effort.

What do you think? Is something like this, however well-meaning, bound to fail? Or can it incite substantive conversation?

Guest:

Bryant Simon, author of "Everything But the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks" (University of California Press, 2011) and a professor of History at Temple University

Pay for play? 9th Circuit hears arguments in Ed O’Bannon case

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Forward Ed O' Bannon of the UCLA Bruins looks on during a game against the Oregon State Beavers. UCLA won the game, 86-67 on March 9, 1995.; Credit: J.D. Cuban/Getty Images

The NCAA is continuing its battle to keep amateurism in college sports. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on whether the NCAA should be allowed to prevent college athletes from earning money from their names, images, or likenesses.

The NCAA is challenging a ruling by a U.S. district judge that said the NCAA’s policies “unreasonably restrain trade” by preventing college athletes from earning money from things like TV broadcasts, advertisements, and video games. In her ruling last year, Judge Claudia Wilken ordered that some college athletes get deferred payments of $5,000 a year. The case was originally brought by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon.

Should college athletes get a slice of the action for the use of their name or image? What did the judge’s questions at Tuesday’s hearing show about the direction in which they might be leaning?

Guests:

Dan Levine, legal reporter for Reuters. He was at Tuesday’s 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on the O’Bannon vs. NCAA case.

Alcohol abusers seek solace in resurgence of Moderation Management Network

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The Moderation Management (MM) Network is reintroducing a nuanced approach to treating addiction, that provides an alternative to Alcoholic's Anonymous abstinence approach.; Credit: Jillian Corinne/Flickr

The troubled history of the Moderation Management (MM) Network is fading slowly and allowing the program to reintroduce a nuanced approach to treating addiction.

Founded in 1994 as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous’s (AA) strict abstinence program, MM was derailed when its founder (who had since left MM and tried AA), Audrey Kishline, killed a father and daughter in a drunk driving car collision in 2012, and later took her own life. Marc Kern, MM's long-time director, says AA’s high relapse rate is a major reason he thinks a moderate approach should be explored by people who find themselves drinking (or smoking marijuana) to excess. The program advises 30 days sober to start then a slow reintroduction of alcohol and eventually no more than 14 drinks a week for men, nine for women, over no more than three or four days a week. There is no spirituality component that is a turn-off for some who turn to AA.

Are there some types of people better suited to MM? Does it work for people who might have family history of alcoholism?  Have you or anyone you know tried MM? What was your experience? Does it simply turn people into functional alcoholics? Should MM start counseling chronic marijuana smokers?

Guest:

Marc Kern, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, Moderation Management Network; Licensed Clinical Psychologist with Alternatives Addiction Treatment in Beverly Hills

California Blue Shield’s future as nonprofit unclear after losing tax-exempt status

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Protesters advocate for health care reform in San Francisco's Financial District on October 28, 2009. ; Credit: Steve Rhodes/Flickr

Blue Shield of California may be on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in taxes owed each year to the state of California after the San Francisco-based insurer was stripped of its tax-exempt status back in August.

An L.A. Times article says the news comes months after the California Franchise Tax Board actually made the decision, raising questions of why no one knew about this until now. There have also been concerns about the surplus of $4.2 billion the insurer ended 2014 with, since it’s four times as much as the company would need to cover future claims. Blue Shield says it believes it is fulfilling its mission as a nonprofit and is protesting the decision. For now, they will have to file tax returns back to 2013. Blue Shield insures 3.4 million Californians and employs 5,000 people.

How will premiums be affected by Blue Shield’s loss of tax exempt status? Does Blue Shield stand a chance against the state in its appeal? What would the implications be for the insurer and consumers if Blue Shield became a for-profit company?

Guests:

Anthony Wright, Executive Director for Health Access, a statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition based in Sacramento.

Yevgeniy Feyman, Fellow at the Center for Medical Progress at the Manhattan Institute

France battles so-called planned obsolescence of consumer appliances

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Customers look at Maytag and Whirlpool washers and dryers July 18, 2005 in New York City. ; Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The joke goes if you want to know how long your new TV, phone or dishwasher will last, just check the warranty’s expiration.

Not so in France, where a new law mandates manufacturers to inform consumers how long their electronic appliances will last and how long repair parts will be made available. The decree aims to fight so-called planned obsolescence - when companies design strategies to limit the lifespan of appliances, so that consumers have to buy new ones.

Vendors say new product designs are not a conspiracy of planned obsolescence, simply advances in designs of parts such as tamper-proof screws and sealed-in batteries. Next year, the French government might up the ante by forcing manufacturers to repair products that break within two years of purchase.

What frustrations in time-sensitive design and manufacturing have you encountered?

Guests:

Drew Prindle, Writer for DigitalTrends.com news and review site focused on technology

James Moore, Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Physicists talk firing up CERN’s Large Hadron Collider after two year hiatus

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This file picture taken on March 22, 2007 shows a woman walking near the world's largest superconducting solenoid magnet (CMS), at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)'s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particule accelerator in Geneva. In the most complex scientific experiment ever undertaken, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be switched on September 10, 2008 accelerating sub-atomic particles to nearly the speed of light before smashing them together. ; Credit: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images

For the last two years, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (known as CERN), has been hibernating while scientists tinkered with and worked on upgrading the massive machine, which sports a 17-mile circumference that particle beams are fired around, with the hope being that the resulting collision will produce elusive particles that will tell physicists more about the makeup of the universe.

Now, the upgrades are done, and scientists are turning the LHC back on to continue their research.

The upgrades to the LHC will allow it to accelerate particle beams at more than double the speed of what it was previously capable of, which physicists hope will allow them to find out more about things like why the cosmos are full of dark matter and where all the universe’s anti-matter went.

How could the experiments being conducted using the LHC at CERN change the way we understand the universe? Specifically, what kinds of new experiments will scientists be able to conduct with the upgrades to the LHC?

Guests:

Maria Spiropulu, Professor of Physics in the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Department at Caltech. She’s also a former senior research physicist at CERN.

Jean-Roch Vlimant, postdoctoral research scientist with Caltech who is stationed at CERN.

Consumer attorney, wine industry advocate debate lawsuit filed over high levels of arsenic in wine (correction)

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A case and a few bottles of Charles Shaw wine, colloquially known as "Two-Buck Chuck"; Credit: Peter Robinett via Flickr

Have you ever wondered what’s really in that $5 bottle of wine you’re drinking?

Researchers at a lab in Denver decided to find out, since there aren’t federal labeling requirements telling you what’s actually in wine. What did they find? Very high levels of arsenic, they claim - high enough to launch a class action lawsuit that accuses over 24 California winemakers and sellers of saying their wine is safe when it could be dangerous.

More than a quarter of the 1,300 bottles of wine that Kevin Hicks and his team tested at the wine analysis lab BeverageGrades had arsenic levels higher than the EPA’s maximum amount allowed in drinking water, which is 10 parts per billion. Hicks says he noticed a pattern: the cheaper the per-liter price of the wine, the higher the level of arsenic. The attorneys who launched the suit claim the defendants - including makers of Trader Joe’s famous “Charles Shaw” two-buck chuck, Franzia, Sutter Home, Cupcake, and others - produce and market wines containing dangerously high levels of inorganic arsenic.  The experts say that even though “parts per billion” sounds like a small amount, 50 parts per billion of arsenic in wine could be deadly over time.

A spokesperson for The Wine Group, one of the companies that was named in the lawsuit, told CBS News that it would be inaccurate and irresponsible to use the drinking water standard as the benchmark, since people generally don't drink as much wine as they do water. He added that the highest arsenic level referenced in the lawsuit is still only half of Canada's standard for arsenic in wine, which is 100 parts per billion.

Is there a potential health threat to heavy wine drinkers? Should there be more transparency for what actually goes into wine? Will you stop buying certain kinds of wine due to concerns about arsenic levels? How much wine would an individual have to consume for it to be risky?

Correction: An earlier version of this article stated the lawsuit identified arsenic levels in Charles Shaw and Franzia wines. The claim does not include toxicology results.

Guest:

Michael Burg, Trial attorney with Burg Simpson based in Denver; Co-counsel filing suit against a dozen California wineries over arsenic levels in wine

Nancy Light, Vice President of Communications, The Wine Institute - a California industry organization representing more than 1,000 wineries


City struggles with preserving controversial Parker Center

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A patrol car sits outside Parker Center in downtown LA. LA City Hall is reflected in the Caltrans Building.

As Los Angeles ages, it’s grappling with whether to preserve parts of its history or to do away with outdated buildings.

You might fondly recognize the Parker Center from the 1950s TV police drama Dragnet, but the LAPD’s fractious relationship with some communities clouds the image of the building. The City of Los Angeles is currently looking at possibly demolishing and replacing it with a redevelopment project despite complaints from The L.A. Conservancy, which argues that Parker Center should be preserved and integrated into new construction. But opponents point to the cost and some bad memories from the community.

Should Parker Center be demolished or preserved? What are some of the viable preservation alternatives? AirTalk wants to hear from you:  How can L.A. keep its history and defining characteristics intact while still being open to progress? What are some other L.A. landmarks you want to see preserved or done away with?

Guests:

Glynn Martin, retired LAPD Sergeant and Executive Director of the Los Angeles Police Museum

Alan Hess, architect, historian, and author of nineteen books on modernism

What an interest rate hike might mean for your wallet

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Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaking Monday in Chicago.

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaking Monday in Chicago.; Credit: John Gress/Reuters/Landov

Interest rates have remained historically low since the recession, but probably not for much longer.

The Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday that the central bank is finally ready to hike rates, leading to speculation that the move could happen as soon as June.

What does a rate hike mean for your wallet? How would a rate hike affect the economy?

Guest:

Jeff Kearns, Federal Reserve reporter at Bloomberg News. He tweets @jeffkearns

Debating dueling data on the effect of a minimum wage hike on the LA economy

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Fast food workers, healthcare workers and their supporters shout slogans at a rally and march to demand an increase of the minimum wage to 15USD per hour, in Los Angeles on December 4, 2014. The nationwide protest is expected to reach 190 US cities.; Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images

Raising the minimum wage has been a hot topic of national debate in recent months, and now we’re getting a look at two separate studies on exactly how a minimum wage hike would affect the Los Angeles economy.

The L.A. City Council commissioned labor-friendly UC Berkeley to run a study that looked at the economic effects of raising minimum wage from $9 an hour to $13.25 an hour by 2017, and then to $15.25 an hour by 2019. However, because it was the second study of this kind done by a UC Berkeley team, the Chamber of Commerce decided to commission its own study on behalf of the local business community.

Some business leaders oppose the wage hike, saying it could lead to layoffs or increased costs for products and services. City Council’s Economic Development Committee will be holding meetings in the coming weeks to review the studies’ results.

What will the economic effects of a minimum wage hike be? How will Los Angeles residents interpret the results? Do you support or oppose the plan to raise minimum wage?

Guests: 

Chris Thornberg, principal at Beacon Economics. Author of report, “Cost-Benefit Analysis: Los Angeles Minimum Wage Proposal,” commissioned by the LA Chamber of Commerce

Dan Flaming, President of the Economic Roundtable and author of the report, “Los Angeles Rising: A City That Works for Everyone”

LA County Fire Dept. damage control over cheating, nepotism

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A Los Angeles Fire Department inspector leaves the MGM Tower (L) in Century City after a woman was trapped in an elevator when a 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the US-Mexico border region, on April 4, 2010. ; Credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

Firefighters who cheated on LA County Fire Department (LACFD) tests could be fired or suspended, in a new proposal from Daryl Osby, Chief of LACFD.

He made the announcement as thousands of aspiring firefighters took a new test yesterday that arrived in Brinks armored trucks in Pomona to underscore the added scrutiny. Last year, an LA Times investigation into nepotism at the department revealed evidence of cheating on at least nine different tests that had been circulated among employees. They included exams for fire captains and tests for driving and emergency medical skills.

The earlier Times investigation found the county department had hired at least 183 sons of current or former firefighters since the start of 2012. Now, Osby says current LACFD staff will be prohibited from aiding the hiring of any family members or friends. (Similar malfeasance has occurred at the Los Angeles Fire Department [LAFD], which has spurred ongoing reforms.)

Is it certain that cheating fire fighters will face discipline? How will the department whittle down thousands of applicants?

Guest: 

Daryl Osby, L.A. County Fire Chief

Sacramento releases details on $1 billion drought-relief proposal

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Drought Stricken Town Of East Porterville Deals With Severe Water Shortage

Foliage and flowers the extremely low waters of Lake Success in the wake of recent storms but rain totals remain insufficient to break the worsening drought on February 11, 2015 near East Porterville, California. Many local residents, whose water wells have run dry, fill their tanks with free non-potable water for flushing toilets, bathing and laundering and use bottled water for drinking and washing dishes. ; Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Governor Jerry Brown and leading Democratic legislators in Sacramento have proposed a $1 billion proposal to provide California with additional funding for drought-relief.

Among other details, the proposal would accelerate access to bond money, fund programs for water recycling, and support local drought relief and infrastructure projects. The core of the legislation would accelerate the roll-out of various portions of last year’s $7.5 billion water bond measure.

Join us on AirTalk, where we get the latest details.

Guest:

John Myers, KQED's senior editor for California Politics and Government

FilmWeek: ‘Insurgent,’ ‘The Gunman,’ ‘3 Hearts’ and more

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(L-R) Producer/actor Sean Penn, Director Pierre Morel and CEO of Open Road Films Tom Ortenberg attend the premiere of Open Road Films' "The Gunman" at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on March 12, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.; Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major and Tim Cogshell review this week’s releases, including "Insurgent," "The Gunman," "3 Hearts," and more. TGI-Filmweek!

 

Film Lists on Ranker

Guests:

Tim Cogshell, film critic for KPCC and Alt Film Guide

Wade Major, film critic for KPCC and host for IGN’s DigiGods.com

Offensive proposal by Huntington Beach lawyer exposes shortcomings of ballot initiative process

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A man carries a rainbow flag and whistle at the LA Pride Parade on June 8, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. ; Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

An offensive, anti-LGBT ballot proposed by a lawyer in Huntington Beach has raised important questions about the state’s initiative process

It’s safe to say that the proposal in question, called the “Sodomite Suppression Act,” would never qualify for the ballot, but it does bring to the fore several questions, including issues over free speech and whether additional mechanisms need to be in place to filter out ideas that are obviously illegal.  Would raising the filing fee, now at just $200, be an adequate deterrent, and what unintended consequences might that bring?

Guests:

Vikram Amar, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at UC Davis. He’s a constitutional law expert

Bob Stern, former president of the Center for Governmental Studies, a nonprofit working to improve political and government processes in California. Author of the book “Democracy by Initiative: Shaping California’s Fourth Branch of Government, 2nd Edition. (Center for Governmental Studies, 2008)


As deadline looms for Iran nuclear deal, foreign policy experts debate framework

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EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini (3rd R) and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (4th L) lead nuclear talks with foreign Ministers from France, Germany and Britain at the European External Action Service (EEAS) headquarters in Brussels on March 16, 2015.

(Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images); Credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

Talks over a nuclear deal have stalled between Iran and six other world powers in Lausanne, Switzerland, said Western officials on Friday. They are expected to resume later next week and the hope is that the deadlock will be broken and the two sides will be able to come to an agreement over the lifting of sanctions and the Iran’s production of nuclear materials.

However, exactly when those sanctions would be lifted is become one of the biggest sticking points for Iran in this deal, and it appears to be one of the major things that is continuing to stall talks. Iranian negotiators want the U.N. sanctions lifted at the front end of any deal that is reached. The U.S. and Europe, however, want the sanctions to be lifted in phases over several years.

There is also disagreement over whether there should be limits on the nuclear research Iran can do as well as the number of centrifuges (which are used to purify uranium for using in nuclear reactors or, if it’s highly-enriched, in nuclear weapons) Iran would be allowed to operate and develop. Currently, there is a March 31st deadline for political framework to be drawn up and a June 30th deadline for a full nuclear deal.

Can the two sides agree on political framework by the end of March? What are the biggest sticking points for the two sides? Is the U.S. compromising too much?

Guests:

Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution

Robert Kaufman, professor in the School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University

The Obama Administration rolls out new fracking regulations

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Fracking In California Under Spotlight As Some Local Municipalities Issue Bans

A high pressure gas line crosses over a canal in an oil field over the Monterey Shale formation where gas and oil extraction using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is on the verge of a boom on March 23, 2014 near Lost Hills, California. ; Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Big changes could be coming to the nation’s booming fracking industry. The Obama Administration announced today new regulations for fracking on public lands.

It’s a move that is sure to ruffle some feathers throughout the oil and natural gas industry.

Fracking is an oil mining process in which chemicals are blasted into shale rocks at high pressure. Environmental experts are concerned about what those chemicals could wind up doing to the nation’s water supplies.

The regulations will require companies to disclose the chemicals that they use while mining, and will allow government inspectors to investigate chemical storage and mining practices at will. Most fracking is done on private lands, however, which means the new regulations won’t apply to some of the nation’s largest suppliers. Roughly 100,000 oil wells fall under the new guidelines.

Today on AirTalk, Larry Mantle talks to experts on both sides of the debate about the effect that these new laws will have on the industry and the environment.

Guests:

Amy Mall, land policy expert with the National Resources Defense Council

John Felmy, chief economist with the American Petroleum Institute

Renowned pianist Seymour Bernstein and Ethan Hawke wrestle with artists’ identity

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Pianist Seymour Bernstein in the subject of Ethan Hawke's first documentary, "Seymour: An Introduction."; Credit: Sundance Selects

Seymour Bernstein is a renowned classical pianist - who, more than 30 years ago during the peak of his career at age 50, gave up performing to compose and teach - and is the star of actor Ethan Hawke’s first venture into documentary filmmaking.

The unlikely duo met at a dinner party in New York and quickly bonded over their experiences with stage fright. After Bernstein helped Hawke deal with his crippling bouts of stage fright, Hawke felt compelled to share Bernstein’s wisdom with the world.

“Seymour: An Introduction” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival last fall and was released in LA over the weekend. The film features interviews from previous and current students who all sing Bernstein’s praises. Beyond music, he teaches his students to find fulfillment in life beyond just music, with life lessons that can be applied to any art.  

Guests:

Seymour Bernstein, Classical pianist and central figure in new documentary “Seymour: An Introduction” playing at Laemmle’s Playhouse in Pasadena and The Landmark

Ellen Langer, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; Artist and Author "On Becoming an Artist: Reinventing Yourself Through Mindful Creativity"   and the newly published “The Art of Noticing”

SCOTUS: Does the ADA apply to arrests and detentions?

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A March 12, 2015 photo shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. ; Credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

The Supreme Court hears oral argument on “City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan,” a case that could have huge implications for the treatment of the disabled and the mentally ill by police.

The case centers around the 2008 shooting of Teresa Sheehan, a mentally ill woman living in San Francisco, by two police officers. Police were called to the group home where Sheehan was staying to help transport her to a mental health facility. The two officers charged into the room without waiting for backup and shot her at least five times after she lunged at them with a knife.

Sheehan survived and sued the police. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in February upheld her right to sue. And now the Supreme Court will get to decide.

At issue is whether the Americans with Disability Act requires police officers to provide reasonable accommodations and change their procedures when they are taking an armed and mentally ill person into custody.

Guests:

Claudia Center, Senior Staff Attorney specializing in disability rights for the ACLU. The organization filed an amicus brief on “City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan”

Lisa Soronen, Executive Director of the State and Local Legal Center, which provides legal support to states and local governments in connection with Supreme Court cases. The organization filed an amicus brief on “City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan”

Sacramento Democrat wants DNA collection for drug misdemeanors, shoplifting

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A civilian scientist working in the Broward County crime lab handles processed DNA extractions that were taken from blood samples of convicted criminals July 13, 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, FL.; Credit: Robert King/Getty Images

The California Assembly is considering a bill that would mandate DNA collection for people convicted of certain misdemeanors.

Assembly Bill 390 (Cooper) is a legislative response to the recent, successful passage by ballot initiative of Prop 47, which downgraded six felonies to misdemeanors. Unlike California felony convictions, which mandate that even individuals charged must have their DNA collected, at present the Golden State does not collect DNA samples for misdemeanor charges or convictions.

If AB 390 passes, those convicted of the six recently downgraded misdemeanors would have to submit to DNA collection by the state. The proposal has drawn negative attention, most prominently from the Los Angeles Time Editorial Board. The misdemeanors at question include: shoplifting (where the value of property stolen does not exceed $950), writing a bad check (where the value of the check does not exceed $950), and personal use of most illegal drugs.

Should conviction of these misdemeanors require mandatory DNA collection? How much latitude should state legislators have in shaping recently passed ballot initiatives?

Guests: 

Sheriff Adam Christianson, Stanislaus County Sheriff and President, California State Sheriffs' Association

Jessica Farris, Policy and Advocacy Counsel, ACLU of Southern California, American Civil Liberties Union- specializes in criminal justice and privacy.

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