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From KQED.

From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

You know, our political discourse, even here at the local level, has gotten pretty nasty.

On the key issues in our city's housing, homelessness, schools, public safety, the debates have gotten meaner,

and yet we don't seem any closer to actually

solving the deep problems of our region. Two members of KQED's Youth Advisory Board, high school

students, have a suggestion for something that might help. It's called deliberative democracy,

and we're going to spend this next hour, learning what it is and how to put it

into practice. That's all coming up next, right after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. I know it's hard to believe in democracy right now, in large part because it feels like it's under attack at the national level and perhaps just failing us at the local one.

But today we're going to look at some alternative ways of thinking about and doing democracy, including at least one case in which it's been implemented here in the Bay Area.

This show is part of our annual showcase of Bay Area High Schoolers, which we call

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