Capitol Chat Capital Public
Radio's capitol reporter Ben Adler joins us for this week's edition
of Capitol Chat. Ben will bring sound
bites and analysis to the discussion as we talk
about the pile of bills still on Governor Jerry Brown's
desk as the Sunday at midnight deadline approaches.
Sierra Snowpack and Climate Change The
National Science Foundation gave UC Merced $2 million this week to design
a revolutionary network of wireless sensors that can track snowpack
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains northeast of Sacramento. We'll speak
with the man in charge of massive project, Dr Roger Bales. He is a professor of
engineering at UC Merced and the Director of the Sierra Nevada
Research Institute.
OccupySacramento A group of protestors have gathered in Cesar
Chavez Plaza in downtown Sacramento to show support for Occupywallstreet, another protest currently
happening in New York City. They're calling themselves OccupySacramento and we'll talk with some of
the participants about their goals and the recent arrest of 20
protestors.
100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage in
California This Monday is the 100 year anniversary of
women winning their right to vote in California. We'll speak
with a professor who teaches about the women's movement at American
River College, Alana Jeydel. She's also organizing
Sacramento State's Women's Suffrage Centennial Celebration
planned for this Tuesday. Also joining us is Debbie
Hollingsworth, an organizer of the California State Capitol
Museum's "We Won the Vote! 100 Years of Equal Suffrage in
California" exhibit. Plus, Sacramento State Women and
Politics Professor Kimberly Nalder will explain how women's
suffrage has changed California
politics.