Episodes
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Today we're discussing Mayor Darrell Steinberg's State of the City address, as well as the far-right's attack on our local school boards.
Thanks for listening and, as always: Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
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Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
COMMINUSIAN YES
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Today we're discussing Sacramento City Council's committees and the undemocratic processes that come with them.
In particular, we take a look at the Law and Legislature Committee, and how conservatives like council members Lisa Kaplan and Eric Guerra can throw a wrench into the process.
Want to help renters who are being harassed by their landlords? Good luck.
Thanks for listening and, as always: Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Welcome back! District Attorney Thien Ho wants to arrest city council.
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
It's a big ol' brand new season of VOICES: River City, and we are feeling so good.
Today we're talking about some interesting new battles in Sacramento, with District Attorney Thien Ho threatening to put Mayor Darrell Steinberg and Councilmember Katie Valenzuela in jail because they're not being cruel enough to our unhoused neighbors near his courthouse and jail. Poor fella.
On the other end of the spectrum Sacramento Homeless Union leader and friend of the show Crystal Sanchez successfully sued the city of Sacramento to cease its violent homeless sweeps until mid-August, due to extreme heat conditions and the city violating their "bodily integrity."
It's shaping up to be a litigious autumn at city hall this year, which is perhaps why city council decided to pass the buck on homelessness to City Manager Howard Chan, who is totally trustworthy and doesn't have a long history of violence against the unhoused community.
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Culture wars! - migrants and trans’ rights
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
Thursday Jun 08, 2023
It's our last ep of the season!
Beyond that, today we're discussing the rising concerns with Florida governor Ron Desantis sending undocumented folks to California, and our officials' responses.
We also talk about the ridiculous right-wing frets over the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Are they really that bad?
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Pride Month and its malcontents, and bad takes by cops in office
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Today we do a fun little recap of the nazis who had been showing up to Sacramento City Council meetings in recent weeks, such as religious zealot Ryan Messano, Proud Boy Jeffrey Perrine, and "Scotty" from the dumbest white nationalist group in history.
Oddly enough, when Sacramento community members showed up to remind the nazis that they weren't welcome in our city, they stopped coming to the meetings.
We take a moment, however, to discuss how their hateful messaging has been popping up all around California, and how a woman associated with the far-right Moms of Liberty has been on a mission to put an end to rainbow crosswalks in Davis, CA, in anticipation of Pride Month. Should we expect more hatred in the coming weeks?
Finally, we discuss an anachronistic piece written by former cop/former state assembly member (and current sheriff of Sacramento County) Jim Cooper, arguing for a redux of the drug war.
Haven't we all been through enough?
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday May 25, 2023
The paradox of tolerance (nazis at Sacramento City Hall)
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
Today we're discussing the recent presence of horrific people at Sacramento City Hall in recent months.
What can city officials do about them? And what can the community do about them?
We are stronger than they are. And there are more of us.
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday May 18, 2023
At long last: Sacramento council members question a cop budget
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
Today we discuss a fascinating Sacramento City Council meeting discussing a proposed Sacramento Police Department budget that left at least three members on the dais questioning why we consider to spend our money on resources that simply do not prevent crime.
First, Councilmember Valenzuela asked the big questions on our city's insufficient data surrounding emergency calls, and whether cops or mental health professionals should be responding to them.
(Valenzuela was also interrupted by an incredibly rude City Manager Howard Chan, who is very defensive of his bad budget choices.)
We then heard from Councilmember Caity Maple, who may have turned over a new leaf. She questions the cops' ShotSpotter program and its efficacy. Should we really be throwing our money toward an unreliable program that yields so few results, or should tax dollars go toward actually helping our most vulnerable neighbors?
Finally, Councilmember Mai Vang asks the big question on why--in a world where Sacramento police can't fill 101 vacant cop positions--they're still allowed to toy with the $14+ million set aside for these roles that will never come to be.
Even Mayor Darrell Steinberg came out with some promising public safety rhetoric.
Is it a new day in Sacramento? The final weeks of budget debate will tell.
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced that he would convert San Quentin prison from one of the worst carceral establishments in history into a rehabilitative and instructive facility that would help incarcerated folks find their way back into society upon release.
And who would he pick to head up this project? None other than Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg.
We discuss the pros and cons of this storyline.
We then touch on Sacramento's new least favorite council member, Lisa Kaplan from District 1. She took all the money from the region's worst people, of course, but we can't help but be interested by her peculiar/horrible behavior on the dais these days.
Finally, Senator Dianne Feinstein is back, baby!
And how many things does that say about our crumbling gerontocracy?
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
A man who experts say appears to be a serial killer has been terrorizing the people of Davis this week, carrying out three stabbings that killed two and severely injured one. Two of the victims were unhoused.
We discuss the victims, the community's response, and the fact that police refused to follow up on a tip by one victim's friend two hours before her attack.
We also take a moment to discuss a political write-up by America's Landlord in Inside Sacramento.
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Bad firefighters and Tucker Carlson’s demise
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Thursday Apr 27, 2023
Today we're joined by an incredibly fun new host in one of the best people we know on earth--"antifa teacher" Gabriel Gipe!
We're discussing the recent storylines of bad behavior by the Sacramento Fire Department, as well as the recent firing of racist firebrand Tucker Carlson from Fox News.
This was extra special, given Carlson's segment on Gabe back when the right was on the attack here in Sacramento.
Thanks for listening and, as always:
Twitter: @youknowkempa, @ShanNDSTevens, @guillotine4you
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/voicesrivercity
Sacramentans can hear us on 103.1 KUTZ Thursdays at 6 pm and again Fridays at 8 am.
If you require a transcript of our episodes, please reach out to info@voicesrivercity.com and we’ll make it happen.