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Californian’s are down on their nation and their state. What changes would shift voter sentiment with government?

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In June, San Diego voters will decide if they want to make the strong mayor system permanent and whether to add a 9th city council district. We discuss why some city council members wanted to postpone the vote.

A non-profit group that monitors money and politics says California lawmakers often vote with their campaign checkbook in mind. MAPLight.org says a perfect example is a recent vote on a single payer health care system in the state senate.

Ukrainians vote in a runoff presidential election Sunday, five years after the Orange Revolution swept in democratic reforms. If the pro-Russia candidate wins, Ukraine could re-establish ties with Russia, and one of Europe's major democratic revolutions could become a memory.

As 10 Americans were charged with kidnapping after they attempted to remove a group of children from Haiti, the nation's longstanding restavek system, in which children become servants or worse, is under renewed criticism.

The country's unemployment rate hovers at 10 percent, and job cuts in January were at a five-month high. But a few recent announcements may give job searchers some hope: CarMax, Ford, Starwood Hotels and Oracle Corp. say they plan to add hundreds — or even thousands — of workers.

As a group of Americans waits Thursday to see child trafficking charges will be filed for their actions in Haiti, aid agencies say the primary risk comes from a generations-old practice that allows parents there to put their children into domestic servitude.

Steve Earle's singer-songwriter son plays The Loft, the Editors play the House of Blues, and that's just two of your music options for the weekend. Also, next week marks the beginning of the San Diego Jewish Film Festival and their 20th anniversary. We'll talk music and film on this Weekend Preview.

Should the City of San Diego consider municipal bankruptcy as a possible solution to its financial problems? We speak to City Attorney Jan Goldsmith about the impact bankruptcy would have on the city, and discuss Goldsmith's goals for his second year in office.