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Board approves KALW grant-funded contracts after debate over automation and contracting
Summary
After extended public testimony from KALW staff and union representatives, the board approved a set of KALW contractor agreements while members pressed staff on station employment structure, pandemic-era automation, and whether work could be transitioned to SFUSD employees.
The board considered several KALW-related contract resolutions (K-items) that fund journalism training programs, grant-supported reporting projects and public-media partnerships. KALW representatives and union leaders spoke repeatedly during public comment. Union members expressed concern that increasing use of contractors and pandemic automation threaten live, local programming and the positions of announcer/operators. “Automation replacing our union workers…
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