scene of intense political clashes in recent months. so much so that on wednesday, u.c. berkeley canceled the appearance of right wing pundit ann coulter out of safety concerns. a day later, the university reversed itself and invited coulter back. joining me to talk about this further is frances dinkelspiel, co-founder of berkeleyside.com. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. there s been a flurry of activity in the last 24 hours. bring us up to speed. what are the details of u.c. berkeley s new proposal, and how are ann coulter and the berkeley college republicans reacting to that, that group being the group florida invited her? the university that group that invited her? the university extended an olive branch to coulter and the college republicans saying, look, we can t accommodate you april 27th, but we ll accommodate you may 2nd. it turns out that that date is not available supposedly to ann coulter, and she s not happy it s in the middle of dead
scene of intense political clashes in recent months. so much so that on wednesday, u.c. berkeley canceled the appearance of right wing pundit ann coulter out of safety concerns. a day later, the university reversed itself and invited coulter back. joining me to talk about this further is frances dinkelspiel, co-founder of berkeleyside.com. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. there s been a flurry of activity in the last 24 hours. bring us up to speed. what are the details of u.c. berkeley s new proposal, and how are ann coulter and the berkeley college republicans reacting to that, that group being the group florida invited her? the university that group that invited her? the university extended an olive branch to coulter and the college republicans saying, look, we can t accommodate you april 27th, but we ll accommodate you may 2nd. it turns out that that date is not available supposedly to ann coulter, and she s not happy it s in the middle of dead
the university town has been the scene of intense political clashes in recent months. so much so that on wednesday, u.c. berkeley canceled the appearance of right wing pundit ann coulter out of safety concerns. a day later, the university reversed itself and invited coulter back. joining me to talk about this further is frances dinkelspiel, co-founder of berkeleyside.com. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. there s been a flurry of activity in the last 24 hours. bring us up to speed. what are the details of u.c. berkeley s new proposal, and how are ann coulter and the berkeley college republicans reacting to that, that group being the group florida invited her? the university that group that invited her? the university extended an olive branch to coulter and the college republicans saying, look, we can t accommodate you april 27th, but we ll accommodate you may 2nd. it turns out that that date is not available supposedly to ann coulter, and she s not
questioning the mayor s ability to lead. the mayor sat down with us yesterday for a bay area exclusive one-on-one interview. mayor, thanks so much for being on the program. when and how did you first learn about the alleged sexual relationships between the oakland police officers and the teenaged sex worker? i learned about them in march from the city administrator, sand are sabrina landris. but i should have been briefed earlier. that s why we are not just investigating the misconduct but also investigative process. oakland has had three police chiefs in nine days. it currently has no chief. the city administrator is overseeing the department. did you have a succession plan in place whether you let chief sean wentz go? the fact that he went quickly of not anticipated. we made decisions that we thought were the fweft moment. i have said the best at the moment. i have said it was a mistake to bring ben farrell in without completely having vetted him prior to announcin
questioning the mayor s ability to lead. the mayor sat down with us yesterday for a bay area exclusive one-on-one interview. mayor, thanks so much for being on the program. when and how did you first learn about the alleged sexual relationships between the oakland police officers and the teenaged sex worker? i learned about them in march from the city administrator, sand are sabrina landris. but i should have been briefed earlier. that s why we are not just investigating the misconduct but also investigative process. oakland has had three police chiefs in nine days. it currently has no chief. the city administrator is overseeing the department. did you have a succession plan in place whether you let chief sean wentz go? the fact that he went quickly of not anticipated. we made decisions that we thought were the fweft moment. i have said the best at the moment. i have said it was a mistake to bring ben farrell in without completely having vetted him prior to announcin