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Landshark Office Park
From Evan Jacoby | 12:25
The Ellis Act lets California landlords evict rent-controlled tenants. Supporters call it an important tool for repurposing land, but opponents fear "repurposing" is code for cheating rent control.
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California has the highest poverty rate in the country, and ranks 49th for housing units per resident. Officials say that’s one of the reasons why a quarter of the nation’s homeless live in California, even though only 12% of the national population lives there. Against this backdrop, a controversial housing law called the Ellis Act allows California landlords to remove any building from the rental market, even if it's rent-controlled. Reporter Evan Jacoby shares the story of one of these buildings, observing it through the lenses of both tenant and landlord, as the building turns into an office park.
The Amish Pandemic Sewing Frolic
From The Kitchen Sisters | 19:31
It was Friday, April 10th, 2020. The pandemic was really starting to roar. PPE was scarce and the supply chains were already breaking down. Every hospital was scrambling to find enough masks, gowns and face shields. It was already every state, every institution for itself.
It was everywhere in the papers. Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. On Page 9 of the New York Times, dateline: Sugarcreek, Ohio, a headline caught our eye: “Abe Make a Sewing Frolic” — In Ohio The Amish Take on the Coronavirus.
This isolated, centuries-old, self-reliant community was rising to the occasion and collaborating with the world outside to fill the PPE needs of the massive Cleveland Clinic and beyond. The story inspired us and we headed to Sugarcreek with our microphone.
In the attempt to record this story in Amish country in the midst of social distancing and the ever deepening pandemic, a new collaboration was born — artist Laurie Anderson, Ohio-born designer Stacy Hoover and producer Evan Jacoby all joined with The Kitchen Sisters to bring these voices to air.
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- The Amish Pandemic Sewing Frolic
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- The Kitchen Sisters
It was Friday, April 10th, 2020. The pandemic was really starting to roar. PPE was scarce and the supply chains were already breaking down. Every hospital was scrambling to find enough masks, gowns and face shields. It was already every state, every institution for itself.
It was everywhere in the papers. Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. On Page 9 of the New York Times, dateline: Sugarcreek, Ohio, a headline caught our eye: “Abe Make a Sewing Frolic” — In Ohio The Amish Take on the Coronavirus.
This isolated, centuries-old, self-reliant community was rising to the occasion and collaborating with the world outside to fill the PPE needs of the massive Cleveland Clinic and beyond. The story inspired us and we headed to Sugarcreek with our microphone.
In the attempt to record this story in Amish country in the midst of social distancing and the ever deepening pandemic, a new collaboration was born — artist Laurie Anderson, Ohio-born designer Stacy Hoover and producer Evan Jacoby all joined with The Kitchen Sisters to bring these voices to air.