The popular media presents a very misleading image of recent changes in law and punishment, immigrants entering or already living in this country, and create a perception that both sentences and overall incarceration rates are at historic lows, when quite the opposite is true.To help flush out the related issues of crime, immigration, and immigration consequences of often minor transgressions, YLR Host Jeff Hayden is joined by Stanely Radtke, an immigration attorney, and Mara Feiger, a certified criminal law specialist.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll-free, at (866) 798-8255.

We’ve spoken of elections, election law, and election software. And now there is a revolution afoot from an unlikely place: Shasta County.YLR host Jeff Hayden is joined by elections expert Brent Turner to discuss the fight for best voting technology, and the recent system upheaval in Shasta County, in California and nationally.Our attention will shift home, where our panel will be joined by Chris Jerdonek, Vice-President of the San Francisco Election Commission.Questions for Jeff and his guests — for as always, we take your calls and answer your questions — please call, toll free at (866) 798-8255.

Your tax filings are coming due in just about two weeks.Tonight, on your legal rights, we will focus on tips for preparation and filing of your state and local taxes.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Frank Adam, of Pacifica, -- Frank is an, attorney, real estate broker and certified public accountant – and Cindy Ho of Cindy Ho Law, APC, in San Jose, now in her 20th year and focused extensively on tax controversy and litigation.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

When disaster strikes, are you truly covered? Is there a difference between whether the hillside behind your house comes calling, or a tree comes knocking? You lost your business due to COVID — when are you covered?Tonight, YLR Host Jeff Hayden is joined by Kathleen M. Defever, an insurance litigator and an insurance adjuster, with a Master's of Insurance Law from the University of Connecticut School of Law.Questions for Jeff and his guest? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Tonight we present the second installment of our popular feature, Landlord/Tenant Law. Joining YLR Host Jeff Hayden are three of the San Francisco Bay Area's Best: Jessica Chylik of San Francisco, David Finkelstein of San Mateo, and Sal Timpano of San Francisco. Questions for Jeff's guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Marjorie Taylor-Green first voiced the idea of a national divorce. Given the source, is it really to be taken seriously? Is there a case to be made?Tonight's YLR Host, Dean Johnson, is joined by New York Times columnist David French.Questions for Dean and his guest? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

The last few years have seen an increase in union organizing and employee protests in non-traditional areas – retail, tech, cannabis dispensaries, college campuses, non-profits. We also saw a spike in the number of strikes in 2022. Organizing has definitely been in the news as well-known employers have experienced organizing campaigns – Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe’s, Apple retail stores, Peets coffee etc. What does “union organizing” mean? Why are employees seeking assistance from unions? Why might they be willing to strike? Do employees have rights to act together even without a union?YLR Host is joined tonight by Jill Coffman, Regional Director of The National Labor Relations Board, Beth Mora of Mora Employment Law, Thomas Lenz, a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo in Pasadena, Ca, and Jill Coffman, Regional Director of The National Labor Relations Board.Questions for Jeff's guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Tonight, on Your Legal Rights, with the help and participation from the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association, we’re talking about the evolving world of Labor and Employment Law.YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by Beth W. Mora of Mora Employment Law, and Thomas Lenz of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

Tonight, we bring you the second installment in our 2-part series on legal issues affecting our military veterans.Just what happens when veterans come into the criminal justice system, the specialized courts and resources devoted to helpfully lending a helping hand to those individuals to whom we owe so much . . . .Tonight, you will hear of an award-winning program, The Veteran’s Treatment Court Of The San Mateo County Superior Court.YLR host, Jeff Hayden is joined by Judge Michael Wendler, Judge of the San Mateo County Superior Court and Colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, and Sean Noland, Management Analyst at the San Mateo County Superior Court.As this is an encore broadcast, we will not be taking calls this evening.

In recent months, there have been an uptick in the number of mass-casualty shooting events. Despite the publicity surrounding two recent events occurring in California, California has been said to have the most restrictive laws in the nation and has one of the lowest gun death rates in the nation.Next week, our discussion continues as we take a look at some of these gun-control measures. Tonight, we will discuss one of the tools to address gun violence before it happens, the gun violence restraining order. California’s red flag law allows people in certain specified roles or with specified relationships to an individual to seek a gun violence restraining order to remove firearms from a person who has been deemed a threat to themselves or someone else.But who is to decide who is deemed a threat? What standards will that person apply?Joining YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, is Lance Bayer, a municipal attorney in private practice. Questions for Jeff and his guest? Please call us at (866) 798-8255.