On this episode of North Gate Radio, five reporters explore how local residents across the Bay Area are navigating current political realities and systemic challenges. You’ll hear from a Latino organizer in South San Francisco who is using air quality monitors and community empowerment to combat climate change and sex worker advocates in the Mission district fighting new legislation that threatens to roll back decades of progress. We also visit Berkeley to speak with an unhoused advocate about the city’s push to tow inhabited vehicles, and learn how a new California law is making university admission automatic for eligible high school students. We close with a trip to Oakland to see how a nonprofit arts organization is empowering the next generation of queer and trans nightlife performers. This is a recording of North Gate Radio that was broadcast live on KALX radio station, 90.7FM. A full transcript for this episode can be found at https://projects.journalism.berkeley.edu/radio/show/how-politics-are-shaping-the-bay-area/