A sound-rich informative piece about an important issue. I would suggest that local stations find ways to "balance" the progressive viewpoint from which this piece was produced. It's nicely done but It comes off as an "advocacy piece" that presents essentially one side of the issue.

The focus of the piece is very California-centric, posing a challenge for local programmers to find a "hook." I suggest that this piece would work nicely in a local talk show needing a set-up, maybe for Labor Day programming. Your guests and/or callers will then help address the balance issue I raise above. It could also be useful as a feature during local segments of Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Day to Day or entirely local magazine shows. At nearly 7:00 in length, most stations will have a hard time squeezing this in to regular programming avails.

From a technical point of view, the piece gets off to a slow start...with :32 of "nat sound" before we hear the reporter. That's a little long for my taste, especially given the overall length of the piece and the "ambient quality" of the "sound."

Thanks to produer/host Rose Qguilar for the generic out cue. ("In San Francisco, I'm rose Aguilar.") This is the kind of detail that helps make a piece fit in, whether it's being used in San Francisco, Peoria or Oxford, Ohio.