This is a tale of two states. Northern california and Southern California. Here are the rankings. The top five counties with the highest number covid19 cases all in Southern California. Los angeles, riverside, san diego, orange county, san bernardino. Thats 71 of all of californias covid19 cases. Meanwhile the bay area counties make up just 11 . So how do you explain the divide . Its hard to say why. Some of this is luck but i think we have to assume it has mostly to do with behavioral differences. In orange county, the Public Health officer was criticized so badly for enforcing mandatory masks, she ended up quitting. In the bay area there happen been any major outcry against mandatory masks. I dont think were in any danger. We need to keep a close eye on it. If we have to, shut it down a bit. Here are a couple major differences. L. A. Countys is 10 million. There are some differences, too, when it comes to Outdoor Recreation culture. So cal beaches with the hotter temperatures made he
Chinatowns across the nation, is very near and dear to me. Gentrification is a phenomena and more complex than Public Discourse would have us believe. We are in logan square in chicago where catalytic investments like the 606 rail to trails project forced residents to move because they cannot upkeep the increasing cost of housing and in other neighborhoods folks are leaving for a different reason because you havent seen investment in decades. If we as a city does learn from our mistakes we will continue to suffer from unintended consequences related to gentrification, inaccessible education, housing, displacement. So much to do and we are thrilled the conversation is resonating with a lot of people. As such tonights event will be shown by season and live tweeted using equity section, the hashtag for the metropolitan Planning Council asked metro planning. A short question and book signing so when that time occurs, sarah is going to walk around with the mic. Wait for her to get to you. I
Presenting her new book from the war on poverty to the war on crime the fight the friday forum series takes place during the academic year. Our next and final of the season on policing reform handcuffed. To learn more about this in our many other Upcoming Events visit us online. Todays talk will conclude with some time for your questions after which we will have a book signing right here. We are very pleased to have cspan book tv here taping todays event. You will be recorded and please wait a moment for the microphone to come to you. It is part of how we say thanks. And finally just a quick reminder to silence yourself once. And so now we will introduce todays speaker. Shes the assistant professor in the department of history in the department of african and africanamerican studies at harvard. Research focus is on poverty and racial inequality in the 20h century. She is coeditor of the book the new black history revisiting the second reconstruction they had been published in the journ
Governor, but we didnt have it then. But i think if you look at the way you also used digital media, the white house photographer was still taking still photos in 20012003 and we didnt change that until 2004. And i still dont understand facebook. Ronald christie on twitter. And how could we utilize this technology with the staff. And you notice president obama caries a blackberry and president bush did not. President obama uses email, president bush did not. So i think by the time you get into 2006, 2007, the white house staff was a lot more sophisticated in dealing with the emerging technology but for our cousins now in the Obama Administration, it is night and day, the Technology Capabilities that they have and the tools they have at their disposal to get their message out versus what we had. Um, mike hayden, who was one of bushs cia directors gave an interesting talk earlier today about the cross roads of of change that is going on in terms of security end of all of this. And it str
Governor, but we didnt have it then. But i think if you look at the way you also used digital media, the white house photographer was still taking still photos in 20012003 and we didnt change that until 2004. And i still dont understand facebook. Ronald christie on twitter. And how could we utilize this technology with the staff. And you notice president obama caries a blackberry and president bush did not. President obama uses email, president bush did not. So i think by the time you get into 2006, 2007, the white house staff was a lot more sophisticated in dealing with the emerging technology but for our cousins now in the Obama Administration, it is night and day, the Technology Capabilities that they have and the tools they have at their disposal to get their message out versus what we had. Um, mike hayden, who was one of bushs cia directors gave an interesting talk earlier today about the cross roads of of change that is going on in terms of security end of all of this. And it str