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Los Angeles Times housing reporter Liam Dillon joins the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro to report affordable housing in California is costing, on average, over one million dollars per apartment, and offers some alternatives to the cost inefficiency. Also, with Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong saying he's going to renounce his U.S. citizenship after Roe is overturned, what would motivate you to move out of the country or state? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With very low approval ratings for President Biden and Vice President Harris, Politico National Correspondent David Siders wonders if California Governor Gavin Newsom's higher profile on the national stage is an effort to push up his possible run for the U.S. presidency, and he tells the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro how the recent Roe decision may have helped Newsom.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before last Friday's Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade, abortion rights were low on the voting priority list for most. But the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro speculates people's minds will be changed by the ruling and hopes it will motivate Californians to fight for abortion rights here and in other states. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With ABC Washington Correspondent Justin Finch telling us lawmakers across the country trying to preserve abortion rights for all Americans, the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro asks what it means to be pro-life beyond abortions...what about being pro-life with gun control, welfare, paid family leave? KGO listeners weigh in on their thoughts on what being pro-life means to them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Americans everywhere voiced their opinion on abortion rights and were mostly peaceful, but ABC News Senior Investigative Reporter Aaron Katersky says there were a few incidents that got violent for a time. Political commentators speculate on how this Supreme Court decision will affect the midterm elections this fall, and pro-choice lawmakers strategize their next move. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

San Francisco's Pride celebration came roaring back this weekend after a two-year COVID hiatus, and the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro highlights the freedom to live your best life as best you can, respecting those around you even if they have different viewpoints. Also, interactions with friends and family dominated by Roe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They converged on busy streets, in parking lots and outside government buildings, waving cardboard signs and cheering — though some looked solemn, and at times they wept. In the wake of Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, fury erupted across the Bay Area, where residents organized a string of rallies and protests expected to continue well into the evening. Hundreds of people gathered for rallies outside San Francisco and Oakland city halls. In front of San Francisco’s gold-domed building around 5 p.m., four young women stood back-to-back on a concrete barrier, one chanting “keep your rosaries” until her voice grew hoarse as the crowd roared back “off my ovaries.” Later, the crowd shouted, “Abort the court!” and some roared in rage. Two women stood on the steps of City Hall, one with “hands off” written on her bared belly and clutching the other, who was weeping. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

During a two-hour meeting in her Senate office with the Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh on Aug. 21, 2018, Senator Susan Collins of Maine pressed him hard on why she should trust him not to overturn Roe v Wade if she backed his confirmation. Judge Kavanaugh worked vigorously to reassure her that he was no threat to the landmark abortion rights ruling. “Roe is 45 years old, it has been reaffirmed many times, lots of people care about it a great deal, and I’ve tried to demonstrate I understand real-world consequences,” he continued, according to the notes, adding: “I am a don’t-rock-the-boat kind of judge. I believe in stability and in the Team of Nine.” Persuaded, Ms. Collins, a Republican, gave a detailed speech a few weeks later laying out her rationale for backing the future justice that cited his stated commitment to precedent on Roe, helping clinch his confirmation after a bitter fight. On Friday, Justice Kavanaugh joined the majority in overturning the decision he told Ms. Collins he would protect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Supreme Court on Friday overruled Roe v Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years in a decision that will transform American life, reshape the nation’s politics and lead to all but total bans on the procedure in about half of the states. The ruling will test the legitimacy of the court and vindicate a decades-long Republican project of installing conservative justices prepared to reject the precedent, which had been repeatedly reaffirmed by earlier courts. It will also be one of the signal legacies of President Donald J. Trump, who vowed to name justices who would overrule Roe. All three of his appointees were in the majority in the 6-to-3 ruling. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Thurston shares who the abortion ban will truly affect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Movie critic Tim Sika joins Pat Thurston to share which movies you should watch this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Thurston hears from KGO 810 listeners about their thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.