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Second, they established the Cypress Mandela Training Center for West Oakland residents to be a part of the rebuilding process and set participants on a path toward secure, well-paying jobs in construction and related trades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001883\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emoni Jones, a former Cypress Mandela trainee, seals the door of a tiny home at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With time, Cypress Mandela expanded to provide foundational training for people all over the Bay Area, for an array of trades, including the basics of working with electricity. That sector is expected to grow \u003ca href=\"https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/47-2111.00?st=CA\">15% by 2034\u003c/a>, through an increase of roughly 12,000 electrician jobs, many of those to power California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001611/californias-solar-and-battery-boom-is-transforming-the-power-grid\">enormous transition away from fossil fuels\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workforce development programs like Cypress Mandela are an essential first step on a career path to build large-scale solar projects, fix up the electrical grid, and swap gas-burning appliances like furnaces for electric alternatives, not to mention build out data centers. Training programs like it are key to bringing low-income and minority trainees — at risk of getting left behind as the state abandons fossil fuels — into the fold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and California have a history of leaving minorities behind during major transitions. “The patterns of disparity and inequity are basically going to be reproduced when we do anything clean energy-wise, unless we approach it differently,” said Shrayas Jatkar, who worked for the U.S. Department of Energy under the Biden Administration. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A program that pushes you \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alejandro Ramos grew interested in the trades last year after his girlfriend gifted him a new gaming system that did not fit on the desk in his room.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Ramos took the table apart in his Oakland home and reassembled it to fit his video games. As he sweated, putting the slats of wood back together, he felt accomplished in a way he often had not during high school. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t really know how to explain it – but your own work – it feels good,” Ramos said, remembering the day last year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001882\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alejandro Ramos, right, quizzes a trainee on ladder specifications at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"2001885\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001885\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A board of tools and materials used in electrician work is displayed at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"2001879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001879\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tools are displayed for trainees to learn with at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramos is smart, he said, “but I can’t sit still in a classroom. I like to be up, moving.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramos’s high school advertised a five-week summer program in the trades at Cypress Mandela. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite some bumps at the program’s start — Ramos was late the first day, a transgression that cost him 100 push-ups — he was enthusiastic.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“The next day, I was the first one in line,” Ramos said. “It really pushes you to do better for yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued on past the summer, joining the center’s flagship training program: a free, four-month journey, including hands-on skill-building and classroom instruction. Participants learn the basics of construction, plumbing, carpentry, concrete and electricity. One day they’ll be working on how to climb ladders of varying sizes safely, and the next they’ll be constructing a small home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cohorts range from 40 to 80 people, and come from all kinds of backgrounds — some having just finished high school, others finding their footing after being incarcerated. Participants commute daily from as far as Sacramento or Salinas to the enormous warehouse in East Oakland, where the center moved a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘We don’t build suffice, we build superior’ \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cypress Mandela runs like a bootcamp. Participants don khaki uniforms and hard-toed work boots. They begin each day with an hourlong, rigorous workout, each person equidistant from their neighbor, in neat lines as they sweat through jumping jacks and crunches. If they fail to comply with the program’s high standards — a shirt is untucked, someone starts to doze in class — it’s more push-ups. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Lines are straight. Everything is neat,” said Charles E. Simmons Jr., the center’s executive director. “We have a saying here: We don’t build suffice, we build superior. I don’t want your half, I want your best.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001878\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cypress Mandela Training Center training director, Golden Scott, patrols as trainees do jumping jacks as part of their physical training at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tough-love approach is intentional, to match the real-world dangers of working in the trades. Occupations the students plan to go into have some of the highest rates of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/workplaceinjuriesandillnesses_california.htm\">injuries\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/fatalworkinjuries_california.htm\">fatalities\u003c/a> of all industries in California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This is not a game. You’re dealing with life and death situations here,” Simmons said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good quality green jobs\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workforce training programs like Cypress Mandela and dozens of others in the state are “really trying to create these on-ramps to registered apprenticeship and the construction trades,” Jatkar said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts in the construction trades underscore the difference between what are known as “high road” jobs — offering good pay, benefits, and opportunities for growth, often found through union membership — and those that cut costs at a worker’s expense. High road jobs are more common when it comes to large-scale industrial or commercial projects than single-family residential work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001884\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trainees take notes as a Pacific Gas and Electric representative talks about the road to working at PGE at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julia Hatton, who heads a training program in the Bay Area and Central California, the Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, said some centers are focused on high-road jobs after learning hard lessons from President Barack Obama’s 2009 initiative to stimulate green jobs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back then, Hatton’s organization trained people to go into home solar installation and home weatherization, but the pay was low, the schedules were inconsistent, and people received no benefits. “We realized that those jobs were keeping people in poverty,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Rising Sun saw money coming back to support more “green jobs” in recent years, they advocated for worker protections, like competitive wages for employees working on a state-funded program to cut sources of pollution from low-income homes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beyond pre-apprenticeships \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Cypress Mandela graduates interested in becoming electricians, one path forward is to enter an apprenticeship program, like that offered through the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 595. Like most union apprenticeships, it’s yearslong and “earn while you learn,” meaning apprentices work and get paid while they also attend classes. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they’re competitive to get into. Each year, roughly 3000 people apply for IBEW Local 595’s apprenticeship program, and only 50 to 75 get in, said Jason Bates, who directs its training.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants who go through Cypress Mandela’s vetted workforce development program, or others like it, have a few legs up, Bates said. For one, they don’t have to take a math and reading comprehension test, because they’ve gone through an algebra and reading comprehension curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-18-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001880\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-18-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-18-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-18-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-18-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A trainee balances at the top of a ladder to show his balancing capability at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are also trained in how to interview, another key piece of IBEW Local 595’s selection process. They take classes on it and go through mock versions of the real thing, which is hugely important for people preparing for their first professional interview.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It’s just like riding a bike. The first time you ride a bike, you’re not very good. But when you practice riding a bike, you get better and better until your training wheels are off,” Bates said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connecting participants to union jobs is important. These careers come with benefits, salary increases, pensions and more. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The center also has close partnerships with \u003ca href=\"https://jobs.pge.com/power-pathway\">PG&E\u003c/a>, East Bay Municipal Utility District, BART and other local contractors and employers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-05-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001877\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-05-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-05-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-05-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-05-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A trainee does push-ups after his row of students was deemed not straight enough at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Programs like Cypress Mandela “play a really vital role in creating pathways to registered apprenticeship in the trades,” Jatkar said. The reason they’re able to do that is “because of the long history and relationship that they have with one another, the familiarity, the trust. They know Cypress is turning out good graduates that are going to pan out.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cypress Mandela’s job placement success has been one of the forces sustaining it for so long.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“It gained a lot of notoriety for getting people jobs,” Simmons said. Roughly one-third of the most recent cohort was employed before the program finished, said Crystal McDowell, the center’s office manager. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Into the labor force \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are three main qualities that make for successful green job workforce development programs, said Jessie Hammerling, director of the Green Economy Program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, programs should teach a wide range of skills, avoiding going too deep on one kind of job that is currently in demand as California builds out its clean grid, but may fade as trends change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, education should be responsive to market demands for certain jobs, tweaking curriculum to better match trends, like a surge in interest in heat pumps.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-20-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001881\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-20-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-20-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-20-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-20-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trainees wait for their turn to train on proper ladder usage at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And third, training should teach students to consider job quality, union representation, and the progression of wages they can make by following certain paths, while avoiding others. In the construction sector in particular, “most of the jobs are really bifurcated,” Hammerling said, between those that lead to family-sustaining work versus jobs that barely make ends meet. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These qualities are central to Cypress Mandela, and likely one of the reasons the program born from a quick, violent jolt has had such staying power.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" style=\"width: 500px;margin: 80px auto 40px\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KQED-membership-your-support-makes-this-work-possible-500x353@2x.png\" alt=\"Your support makes this work possible.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"706\" />\nFrom KQED’s Climate desk, “Flipping the Switch” documents California’s transition to clean energy and what it means for you. What works? What doesn’t? How much does it cost? Help us find these answers and more by donating today.\n\u003ca href=\"https://donate.kqed.org/sojo?ms=W2510EANXXXX26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"width: 272px;margin: 40px auto\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/KQED-membership-support-kqed-journalism-272x57@2x.png\" alt=\"Button: Support KQED journalism\" width=\"544\" height=\"114\" />\u003c/a>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>This story is part of\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://next.kqed.org/flippingtheswitch\">\u003cem>Flipping the Switch\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KQED’s series about California’s transition to clean energy and what it means for you. What works? What doesn’t? And how much does it cost?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took just 15 seconds of shaking for the top level of the Cypress Freeway in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/west-oakland\">West Oakland\u003c/a> to flatten with force onto the section of road below.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>This structural failure was the deadliest catastrophe of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing 42 people driving in Bay Area rush hour traffic. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The breakdown was especially devastating for West Oaklanders, who’d opposed the overpass’s construction — slicing through the heart of their neighborhood — in the first place. But out of the twisted rebar and tragedy, they created an opportunity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, they lobbied to relocate the freeway and build a greenbelt \u003cem>—\u003c/em> Mandela Parkway \u003cem>—\u003c/em> in its footprint. Second, they established the Cypress Mandela Training Center for West Oakland residents to be a part of the rebuilding process and set participants on a path toward secure, well-paying jobs in construction and related trades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001883\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-28-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emoni Jones, a former Cypress Mandela trainee, seals the door of a tiny home at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With time, Cypress Mandela expanded to provide foundational training for people all over the Bay Area, for an array of trades, including the basics of working with electricity. That sector is expected to grow \u003ca href=\"https://www.onetonline.org/link/localtrends/47-2111.00?st=CA\">15% by 2034\u003c/a>, through an increase of roughly 12,000 electrician jobs, many of those to power California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2001611/californias-solar-and-battery-boom-is-transforming-the-power-grid\">enormous transition away from fossil fuels\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workforce development programs like Cypress Mandela are an essential first step on a career path to build large-scale solar projects, fix up the electrical grid, and swap gas-burning appliances like furnaces for electric alternatives, not to mention build out data centers. Training programs like it are key to bringing low-income and minority trainees — at risk of getting left behind as the state abandons fossil fuels — into the fold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and California have a history of leaving minorities behind during major transitions. “The patterns of disparity and inequity are basically going to be reproduced when we do anything clean energy-wise, unless we approach it differently,” said Shrayas Jatkar, who worked for the U.S. Department of Energy under the Biden Administration. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A program that pushes you \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alejandro Ramos grew interested in the trades last year after his girlfriend gifted him a new gaming system that did not fit on the desk in his room.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Ramos took the table apart in his Oakland home and reassembled it to fit his video games. As he sweated, putting the slats of wood back together, he felt accomplished in a way he often had not during high school. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t really know how to explain it – but your own work – it feels good,” Ramos said, remembering the day last year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001882\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-26-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alejandro Ramos, right, quizzes a trainee on ladder specifications at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"2001885\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001885\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-32-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A board of tools and materials used in electrician work is displayed at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"2001879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001879\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-16-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tools are displayed for trainees to learn with at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramos is smart, he said, “but I can’t sit still in a classroom. I like to be up, moving.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramos’s high school advertised a five-week summer program in the trades at Cypress Mandela. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite some bumps at the program’s start — Ramos was late the first day, a transgression that cost him 100 push-ups — he was enthusiastic.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“The next day, I was the first one in line,” Ramos said. “It really pushes you to do better for yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued on past the summer, joining the center’s flagship training program: a free, four-month journey, including hands-on skill-building and classroom instruction. Participants learn the basics of construction, plumbing, carpentry, concrete and electricity. One day they’ll be working on how to climb ladders of varying sizes safely, and the next they’ll be constructing a small home. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cohorts range from 40 to 80 people, and come from all kinds of backgrounds — some having just finished high school, others finding their footing after being incarcerated. Participants commute daily from as far as Sacramento or Salinas to the enormous warehouse in East Oakland, where the center moved a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘We don’t build suffice, we build superior’ \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cypress Mandela runs like a bootcamp. Participants don khaki uniforms and hard-toed work boots. They begin each day with an hourlong, rigorous workout, each person equidistant from their neighbor, in neat lines as they sweat through jumping jacks and crunches. If they fail to comply with the program’s high standards — a shirt is untucked, someone starts to doze in class — it’s more push-ups. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Lines are straight. Everything is neat,” said Charles E. Simmons Jr., the center’s executive director. “We have a saying here: We don’t build suffice, we build superior. I don’t want your half, I want your best.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001878\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-10-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cypress Mandela Training Center training director, Golden Scott, patrols as trainees do jumping jacks as part of their physical training at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tough-love approach is intentional, to match the real-world dangers of working in the trades. Occupations the students plan to go into have some of the highest rates of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/workplaceinjuriesandillnesses_california.htm\">injuries\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/regions/west/news-release/fatalworkinjuries_california.htm\">fatalities\u003c/a> of all industries in California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This is not a game. You’re dealing with life and death situations here,” Simmons said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good quality green jobs\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workforce training programs like Cypress Mandela and dozens of others in the state are “really trying to create these on-ramps to registered apprenticeship and the construction trades,” Jatkar said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts in the construction trades underscore the difference between what are known as “high road” jobs — offering good pay, benefits, and opportunities for growth, often found through union membership — and those that cut costs at a worker’s expense. High road jobs are more common when it comes to large-scale industrial or commercial projects than single-family residential work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2001884\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/08/082026-WESTOAKLANDTRAINING-29-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trainees take notes as a Pacific Gas and Electric representative talks about the road to working at PGE at the Cypress Mandela Training Center on Aug. 20, 2026, in Oakland. 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Prominent supporters included a political action committee formed by Silicon Valley tech executives, the California Building Industry Association, the California Chamber of Commerce and California Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-East Bay, who championed successful legislative CEQA changes last year. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>“This election has come to an end, but the journey is far from over,” said Jennifer Barrera, president and CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce. “There’s simply no path forward that doesn’t begin with establishing clear and consistent rules for building the essentials of a prosperous future. We will continue to advocate for reform that’s both comprehensive and consequential, and we will hold elected officials accountable for whether they take action that makes a difference.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/013_KQED_AlamedaAffordableHousing_01122023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12100626\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/013_KQED_AlamedaAffordableHousing_01122023_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/013_KQED_AlamedaAffordableHousing_01122023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/013_KQED_AlamedaAffordableHousing_01122023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Del Monte warehouse is under construction to become an apartment building in Alameda on Jan. 12, 2023. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ballot measure asked voters to amend the state’s landmark environmental review law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), to expedite specific “essential” projects, including housing, healthcare facilities, water, wildfire mitigation, educational buildings, internet access, clean energy and transportation. It sets a 365-day time limit on these environmental reviews and requires courts to rule on CEQA-related lawsuits within 270 days. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debate swirling around the proposition centered on whether the language would allow jurisdictions to fast-track the approval of data centers, falling under the “broadband internet” category — supporters argued it would not, and opponents said the opposite.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Jason Elliot worked with the California Chamber of Commerce to write the measure and emphasized that data centers were not included. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“A data center is not a broadband line; they’re just different things,” Elliot said on KQED’s Forum. Elliot noted that data centers are hugely unpopular. “Will someone somewhere try to make some argument? Sure, but the text of the measure is absolutely clear. The data centers are just simply not covered.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But opponents argued the language might allow for the controversial centers, saying there’s a provision in the measure that applies to “ancillary infrastructure.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both sides cited lawyers who supported their arguments. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proposition 45 supporters argued the environmental review process is too slow, bureaucratic and costly, and that the measure will not get rid of that process, but simply expedite it. Those in support said the change would reduce frivolous lawsuits, blamed in part for slowing the building of any kind in the state. Ballot measure language excluded specific, more controversial projects, like nuclear power, high-speed rail and a proposed underground tunnel to move water from the Sacramento River south under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opponents argued the proposition limited the environmental review of major development projects and the public’s right to be heard. They argued the measure is too broad, and while it may fast-track hospitals, the language allows for the fast-tracking of other, less desirable projects, like freeway expansions or carbon dioxide pipelines. Opponents said long-term environmental degradation costs would be passed on to agencies and taxpayers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Major opponents include philanthropist Wendy Schmidt, environmental groups and the State Building Construction Trades Council of California.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters raised more than $40 million while opponents raised more than $30 million. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>Editor’s Note: The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Family Foundation is a supporter of KQED. KQED maintains editorial control of its coverage, and our editorial judgments are made independently — not based on or influenced by donors or any revenue source.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They’ve lived through the worst horrors a family can endure, and they were promised their murdered loved ones would receive justice through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12108596/newsom-moves-to-empty-californias-death-row-by-commuting-548-sentences\">an execution\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>They suffered through years, if not decades, of appeals and hearings where they were forced to hear the stories of their loved ones’ violent deaths graphically retold again and again.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They watched courts — and then Gov. Gavin Newsom — suspend executions. The last one was carried out in 2006, before he was elected, despite California voters repeatedly reaffirming their support for the death penalty over the past 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then on Thursday, they learned that Newsom, in one of his final acts as governor, had commuted the death sentences to life in prison for each of the 548 murderers on death row.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at the Friendship House Association of American Indians in San Francisco on Jan. 16, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“These are not just numbers on a legal document,” said Sandy Friend, whose 8-year-old son was raped, tortured and murdered by a man facing a death sentence. “Each case has a family left behind. Each case has a story of a horrific, violent end to someone’s loved one. To wipe all of that away with one stroke of a pen, without looking at the details or looking into the eyes of the families, was completely unthinkable.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsom in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-5-26-GGN-Open-Letter-FINAL.pdf\">open letter\u003c/a> about the commutations said the decision was among the most difficult of his career, “not because I doubt its necessity for our state but because I know its announcement may surface excruciating memories for victims’ families.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The California Supreme Court will have to sign off on the commutations for around 400 of the prisoners who were convicted of multiple felonies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Newsom’s announcement, CalMatters spoke with Friend and two others whose loved ones were victims of California killers sentenced to death.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Their reactions ranged from acceptance to fury.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little boy’s mother feels ‘soul-hurting pain’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 16, 1996, 8-year-old Michael Lyons was walking home from his Yuba City elementary school when Robert Boyd Rhoades grabbed him and drove him to a secluded spot along the Feather River. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhoades raped and tortured the boy for the next 10 hours. When detectives found his body, it was naked from the waist down, his Batman shirt pulled over his head. He’d been cut and stabbed 70 to 80 times, according to Friend, the boy’s mother. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignright size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1585\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108804\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567.jpg 1585w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567-160x202.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567-1217x1536.jpg 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1585px) 100vw, 1585px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An undated family photo of Michael Lyons. (Courtesy of Sandy Friend)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Friend went to see his body, investigators would only let her see his face and one hand.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“I could see those scrape marks — those knife wounds — across his little face,” \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6986699a364b1ef37bc16ee4/6adfc7f929c51821b815858a_6b2c570c92de0040b62d7fece9eea9a7_MichaelLyons.AMothersPleaforJustice.pdf\">she wrote\u003c/a> in an essay posted on the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation’s website. “That image will forever be the last image of his beautiful face I would ever see.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In text messages Friday with CalMatters, Friend called Newsom’s decision a betrayal of everything she and other victims’ families have gone through. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I feel a deep, soul-hurting pain and an angry, screaming feeling inside,” she said. “We fought for justice, and now one man has swiped away these monsters’ true sentences in one moment, just like the monsters who took our loved ones’ voices and silenced our loved ones.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friend said she is worried that Rhoades may some day walk free, despite Newsom’s insistence that these murderers never will. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent experience makes her believe those concerns are valid.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was only last December that Rhoades, now 73, had his most recent effort to lower his sentence \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article312794269.html\">rejected\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhoades tried to use a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB483\">law\u003c/a> Newsom signed in 2021 allowing inmates to petition to have certain sentences reduced, one of several laws the Legislature and California voters have passed over the years to increase opportunities for parole and early release. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael’s family prevailed, but it was a painful experience. Once again, Friend and Michael’s loved ones had to go to court to relive the worst days of their lives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He was a little boy. He was my son,” Friend said. “He had a voice, and that voice deserved to be heard, just as the voices of the hundreds of other victims and their loved ones deserved to be heard.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A grieving sister bears governor no ill will\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaVerne Brison’s sister, Cynthia Annette Johnson, was one of the 14 victims of serial rapist and murderer Chester Dewayne Turner, who prowled south Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turner preyed on vulnerable women in the Figueroa Corridor, an area notorious for sex work, drug use and violent crime during the crack epidemics.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Detectives found the body of Johnson, 30, in February 1997 in nearby Green Meadows.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108811\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At right, Chester Dewayne Turner and attorney John Tyre, left, listen as a jury sentences Turner on murder charges in Superior Court in Los Angeles on May 15, 2007. Turner was convicted of the murders of 11 people over more than a decade. (Francine Orr-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brison, a 75-year-old retired nurse who now lives in Georgia, said she has no hard feelings toward Newsom for his decision. She never expected Turner to be executed in her lifetime. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t put the blame on (Newsom),” she said. “After all, he just inherited it. If he didn’t do anything, what was the next governor going to do?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has mixed feelings about the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She knows how imperfect the justice system can be. Another man was initially charged with Johnson’s murder before being exonerated, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-chester-turner-penalty-20140627-story.html\">the Los Angeles Times\u003c/a>. 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The last one was carried out in 2006, before he was elected, despite California voters repeatedly reaffirming their support for the death penalty over the past 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then on Thursday, they learned that Newsom, in one of his final acts as governor, had commuted the death sentences to life in prison for each of the 548 murderers on death row.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070630\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260116-NewsomLuriePresser-32-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at the Friendship House Association of American Indians in San Francisco on Jan. 16, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“These are not just numbers on a legal document,” said Sandy Friend, whose 8-year-old son was raped, tortured and murdered by a man facing a death sentence. “Each case has a family left behind. Each case has a story of a horrific, violent end to someone’s loved one. To wipe all of that away with one stroke of a pen, without looking at the details or looking into the eyes of the families, was completely unthinkable.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newsom in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/2026-11-5-26-GGN-Open-Letter-FINAL.pdf\">open letter\u003c/a> about the commutations said the decision was among the most difficult of his career, “not because I doubt its necessity for our state but because I know its announcement may surface excruciating memories for victims’ families.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The California Supreme Court will have to sign off on the commutations for around 400 of the prisoners who were convicted of multiple felonies. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Newsom’s announcement, CalMatters spoke with Friend and two others whose loved ones were victims of California killers sentenced to death.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Their reactions ranged from acceptance to fury.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little boy’s mother feels ‘soul-hurting pain’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 16, 1996, 8-year-old Michael Lyons was walking home from his Yuba City elementary school when Robert Boyd Rhoades grabbed him and drove him to a secluded spot along the Feather River. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhoades raped and tortured the boy for the next 10 hours. When detectives found his body, it was naked from the waist down, his Batman shirt pulled over his head. He’d been cut and stabbed 70 to 80 times, according to Friend, the boy’s mother. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"alignright size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1585\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108804\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567.jpg 1585w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567-160x202.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/110626-Michael-Lyons-CM-01-a018c567-1217x1536.jpg 1217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1585px) 100vw, 1585px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An undated family photo of Michael Lyons. (Courtesy of Sandy Friend)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Friend went to see his body, investigators would only let her see his face and one hand.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“I could see those scrape marks — those knife wounds — across his little face,” \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6986699a364b1ef37bc16ee4/6adfc7f929c51821b815858a_6b2c570c92de0040b62d7fece9eea9a7_MichaelLyons.AMothersPleaforJustice.pdf\">she wrote\u003c/a> in an essay posted on the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation’s website. “That image will forever be the last image of his beautiful face I would ever see.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In text messages Friday with CalMatters, Friend called Newsom’s decision a betrayal of everything she and other victims’ families have gone through. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I feel a deep, soul-hurting pain and an angry, screaming feeling inside,” she said. “We fought for justice, and now one man has swiped away these monsters’ true sentences in one moment, just like the monsters who took our loved ones’ voices and silenced our loved ones.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friend said she is worried that Rhoades may some day walk free, despite Newsom’s insistence that these murderers never will. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent experience makes her believe those concerns are valid.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was only last December that Rhoades, now 73, had his most recent effort to lower his sentence \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article312794269.html\">rejected\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rhoades tried to use a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB483\">law\u003c/a> Newsom signed in 2021 allowing inmates to petition to have certain sentences reduced, one of several laws the Legislature and California voters have passed over the years to increase opportunities for parole and early release. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael’s family prevailed, but it was a painful experience. Once again, Friend and Michael’s loved ones had to go to court to relive the worst days of their lives. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“He was a little boy. He was my son,” Friend said. “He had a voice, and that voice deserved to be heard, just as the voices of the hundreds of other victims and their loved ones deserved to be heard.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A grieving sister bears governor no ill will\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LaVerne Brison’s sister, Cynthia Annette Johnson, was one of the 14 victims of serial rapist and murderer Chester Dewayne Turner, who prowled south Los Angeles in the 1980s and 90s.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turner preyed on vulnerable women in the Figueroa Corridor, an area notorious for sex work, drug use and violent crime during the crack epidemics.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Detectives found the body of Johnson, 30, in February 1997 in nearby Green Meadows.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108811\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/051507-Chester-Dewayne-Turner-GETTY-CM-01-ca1783f6-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At right, Chester Dewayne Turner and attorney John Tyre, left, listen as a jury sentences Turner on murder charges in Superior Court in Los Angeles on May 15, 2007. Turner was convicted of the murders of 11 people over more than a decade. (Francine Orr-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brison, a 75-year-old retired nurse who now lives in Georgia, said she has no hard feelings toward Newsom for his decision. She never expected Turner to be executed in her lifetime. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I don’t put the blame on (Newsom),” she said. “After all, he just inherited it. If he didn’t do anything, what was the next governor going to do?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has mixed feelings about the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She knows how imperfect the justice system can be. Another man was initially charged with Johnson’s murder before being exonerated, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-chester-turner-penalty-20140627-story.html\">the Los Angeles Times\u003c/a>. Turner was eventually tied to Johnson’s murder through DNA evidence.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I was a nurse. I saved lives. I don’t believe in killing,” Brison said. “But there are people who deserve it. And he’s one of them.” When he was done with his victims, Turner tossed their bodies like trash. One of Turner’s victims was found in a portable toilet.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brison said she knows of others in her situation who have spent their lives filled with grief, rage and frustration as they waited years hoping for their loved one’s killer to be executed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She’s not one of them.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brison said she chooses to picture Turner, who’s now 60 and housed at California State Prison, Los Angeles County, rotting in a cell — when she thinks of him at all.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“I choose not to waste any time on him,” she said. “I don’t let him invade my thoughts. He’s not worth it. He really isn’t worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘He would have made a spectacular father’\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phyllis Loya, a 78-year-old former attorney, is furious at Newsom for disrespecting her son’s memory and for adding more trauma on top of everything she and other victims’ families have endured.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“It was a deliberate political decision, and he could care less about what happens to victims,” she said. “He doesn’t want our input. He doesn’t want to hear our stories. He doesn’t want to consider us.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her son, Larry Lasater, 36, an officer with the Pittsburg Police Department, got the call on April 23, 2005 to be on the lookout for two armed suspects who’d just robbed a bank branch inside a grocery store.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officers spotted their stolen getaway car and tried to pull it over. It crashed. The two suspects got out and took off running down a trail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lasater and other officers chased the suspects. One of them was hiding in the brush, armed with a 9mm Glock handgun. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That suspect, 18-year-old Alexander Rashad Hamilton, fired four shots, two of which hit Lasater. Hamilton continued firing at other officers until the gun’s magazine was empty before he surrendered.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>At his sentencing hearing, Hamilton said he was fine with being sentenced to death. He had no interest in hearing from Lasater’s family, telling the judge, “Let me get on my way,” the San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/killer-of-pittsburg-officer-said-death-penalty-is-3235591.php\">reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamilton is now 39 and housed at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lasater left behind a wife who gave birth to their son 2 ½ months after his death.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>Loya said her son lived his life in service to others and to his country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her voice shook as she described how her son, a U.S. Marine reservist, had volunteered to lead the Marines in his former tank unit in Iraq shortly before his death.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“He was a wonderful son, and a brother, and a grandson, and he would have made a spectacular father,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2026/11/death-penalty-commutations-families/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mid-term-elections\">2026 midterm elections\u003c/a> were historic for Democrats, but those who kept the Golden State blue are adamant that now is not the time for party leaders to get complacent. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Area voters rallied in San Francisco and San José on Saturday to celebrate a “tsunami” of firsts and accomplishments for the Democratic Party – multiple flipped red-to-blue seats, the first-ever Black female governor in the country and the first Muslim member of the Senate, to name a few – in what many say is a repudiation of President Donald Trump and the issues that took priority in his Make America Great Again movement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized by the Can’t Stop California campaign, the demonstrations brought together unions, advocates, community members and some elected officials to take the win in stride. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_006_qed-4811720e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108822\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_006_qed-4811720e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_006_qed-4811720e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_006_qed-4811720e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supporters and SEIU union members cheer during a rally celebrating the midterm election results at Civic Center in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Our work is just beginning, because he has left a tsunami of horror and a horrible mess behind him,” Lisa Hesselgesser of Oakland said at the San Francisco rally. “Top Democrats – their main concern should be supporting the new Democrats coming in.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats will start 2027 in control of both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, having \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-districts-flipped-2026-midterm-elections/\">flipped\u003c/a> dozens of Republican-held seats. In California, where outgoing Gov. Gavin Newsom proudly gerrymandered district maps, Democrats \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107117/california-democrats-flip-multiple-house-seats-adding-to-nationwide-blue-wave\">picked up at least five\u003c/a> Republican seats. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attendees of Saturday’s rallies told KQED they want Democratic Party leaders to pass the torch to the “new guard”; abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement or take a more humane approach to immigration; curb the power of billionaires; and focus on healthcare. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellen Simms of Berkeley said the left has created a big tent of diverse views that need to be managed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When you have a big tent, you have a lot of different ideas about where to go, and I think we need to have a very frank discussion about what it is. and why they came out to vote,” Simms said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the San Francisco rally, Anita Medal of Berkeley, said she felt “relief” from Tuesday’s results and a similar joy to when President Barack Obama was elected in 2008. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“But it didn’t quite materialize. I’m much more skeptical now,” said Medal, rocking a cowboy hat and a jacket spotted with pins and patches saying things like, “ICE, GTFO.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Locally, community members also noticed a shift left that comes with its own work ahead. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Progressive San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan, who fell short in her bid for Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in Congress against state Sen. Scott Wiener, said that work also needs to continue in San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“This is that moment when we win an election, we say, ‘We won – what do we do?’” Chan told attendees in front of San Francisco’s City Hall. “We have to hold the people we elected – hold their feet to the fire.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_005_qed-c7eadc20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108823\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_005_qed-c7eadc20.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_005_qed-c7eadc20-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_005_qed-c7eadc20-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Berkeley resident Anita Medal holds a sign reading “The people united will never be divided” during a post-election rally at Civic Center in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Esteen, vice president of organizing at SEIU 1021, called out San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, in particular — earning cheers from Saturday’s crowd: “Daniel, do right!” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lurie, whose popularity has \u003ca href=\"https://www.thedemocracylab.com/pdfs/ca11_poll.pdf\">polled\u003c/a> high in recent months, appears to have won in his own campaign push to “Clean Up City Hall,” despite pushback from some progressives. Lurie-backed Propositions D, E and F are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107984/lurie-backed-propositions-appear-headed-to-victory-in-san-francisco\">probably going to come out\u003c/a> in his favor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the East Bay, progressive Claudia Jiménez, a Richmond City Council member, declared victory Friday in her bid for mayor of the city after Contra Costa County elections officials released updated results on her contest with moderate Ahmad Anderson. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Richmond City Council member Melvin Willis, part of the same progressive group to which Jiménez belongs, said he was excited to see what Jiménez had in store for the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“When she dives into an issue, she dives into it – will dedicate herself to it and check in with the community and try to understand it as much as possible and try to make the right decision,” Willis said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_025_qed-2e2b8964.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108825\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_025_qed-2e2b8964.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_025_qed-2e2b8964-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/11072026_PostElex-Rallies_GH_025_qed-2e2b8964-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs calling for political change and collective action line the stage area during a post-election rally at Civic Center in San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2026. 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