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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. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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>. 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. 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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. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\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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(Beth LaBerge/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=\"1333\" data-id=\"12108466\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-33-BL-KQED-afecb86e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108466\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-33-BL-KQED-afecb86e.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-33-BL-KQED-afecb86e-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-33-BL-KQED-afecb86e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries player Veronica Burton greets the crowd lining the Embarcadero during the team’s championship parade in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2026. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12108460\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-21-BL-KQED-274174d8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12108460\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-21-BL-KQED-274174d8.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-21-BL-KQED-274174d8-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/11/261104-ValkyriesParade-21-BL-KQED-274174d8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Golden State Valkyries fans line the Embarcadero in San Francisco on Nov. 4, 2026, for a parade celebrating the team’s WNBA championship victory. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BART also set a single-day post-pandemic ridership record on Wednesday. The agency said in a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SFBART?lang=en\">post\u003c/a> on the social media platform X that it provided over 260,000 trips, with big upticks at Embarcadero and Montgomery stations, near the start of the parade’s route. BART’s previous single-day record was Oct. 6 with over 254,000 trips. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bay Area sports fans have driven these ridership bumps in recent history. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority broke an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091975/vtas-record-breaking-world-cup-ridership-nets-just-around-1-per-trip\">all-time special event ridership record\u003c/a> when World Cup matches came to Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BART said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2026/news20261102\">press release\u003c/a> that 6 out of ten of its highest ridership days have been championship parades. The agency has even attributed bumps in ridership to star baseball players, like the Los Angeles Dodgers’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081663/the-ohtani-effect-and-more-whats-behind-bay-area-transits-comeback\">Shohei Ohtani\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>This week’s packed trains and buses came less than a day after voters in several Bay Area counties carried to victory \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12107133/death-spiral-averted-bay-area-transit-taxes-rtm-and-prop-h-declare-victory\">two tax measures\u003c/a> that avert significant service cuts at BART, Muni and several other Bay Area transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While public transit ridership has been steadily improving across the region since the COVID-19 pandemic, agencies are still not carrying the same number of riders as before shelter-in-place orders and remote work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, BART has notched monthly year-over-year weekday ridership increases of over 10%, but overall weekday ridership remains slightly above half of what it was before the pandemic. The agency has said remote work has brought “unprecedented ridership changes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muni’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/muni-bounds-back-september-hitting-post-pandemic-ridership-record\">ridership\u003c/a> has rebounded more significantly. The agency said overall ridership in September was about 84% of pre-pandemic levels, and weekend ridership reached 99% of pre-pandemic levels. Safarzadeh said the agency has seen its 16 highest ridership days since August.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said Muni ridership on the Valkyries’ parade day was more than double what it was in 2022, when the Golden State Warriors held their NBA championship parade.\u003c/p>\n",
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(Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three were endorsed by moderate political group GrowSF, which has been a major player in recent city elections, and the San Francisco Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The educators union’s slate of endorsed candidates — Virginia Cheung, Ryan Hazelton and Reina Tello — trailed behind the three front-runners, in that order. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kim prevailed despite recent discontent from some of his backers after he voted for Superintendent Maria Su’s recommended plan to replace the district’s lottery for elementary school assignments. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents had overwhelmingly pushed for an enrollment system that would give families more choice to enroll in district-wide schools, but Kim voted with the board majority to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12104230/sfusd-moves-closer-to-neighborhood-based-enrollment-in-historic-vote\">pass Su’s alternative proposal\u003c/a> that will place students in a neighborhood school, with the option to apply to a small number of other campuses with special city-wide programs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement on Tuesday night, Kim said he was focused on the “next chapter” for SFUSD, acknowledging the district’s struggles with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095382/as-sfusd-welcomes-back-students-officials-plan-to-revamp-enrollment-consider-closures\">declining enrollment and limited resources\u003c/a>: “That means making difficult decisions about school consolidation and ensuring our schools are fully enrolled, adequately funded and positioned to thrive,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result deals a blow to the union’s long-standing dominance over the school board’s elections. Since 2016, just two UESF-endorsed candidates have lost their races — one in 2018 and one in 2024. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tung told KQED he was “feeling really good” shortly after polls closed Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">“Throughout this entire journey on the campaign trail, the people I’ve talked to have really appreciated my views, and it’s been really enlightening being able to understand from the community what’s important to them,” he said. “I’m looking forward to hopefully being elected and then also being able to move the district forward in a responsible way.”\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/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12036911\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The San Francisco Unified School District Administrative Offices in San Francisco on April 18, 2025. 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