Riley is a senior at UC Berkeley, where she studies political science and journalism. Her work has appeared in SFGate, NBC Bay Area, Local News Matters and more. She enjoys reporting on politics, housing and homelessness — and using as many em dashes as her editors will allow.
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"content": "\u003cp>More than 1,000 labor and community organizers flooded the steps of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s City Hall on Wednesday to protest Mayor Daniel Lurie’s proposed budget, which city workers and activists have said insufficiently protects public services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This proposed budget completely misses the mark,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, the executive director of the city’s Coalition on Homelessness. “It’s really a politics-first budget that really deprioritizes the poorest and most vulnerable San Franciscans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protest was described as “the biggest budget rally in about 20 years in San Francisco history” by Anya Worley-Ziegmann of the People’s Budget Coalition, a collective of nonprofits and activists that organized the rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie proposed steep cuts to address the looming $782 million budget shortfall, as well as to bolster the city against the Trump administration’s threat to gut federal funding. That includes eliminating 1,400 city jobs — the vast majority of which currently sit vacant — and around $100 million in grants and other contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While dozens of union members with SEIU Local 1021 and IFPTE Local 21 received layoff notices, not all city departments will see job cuts. Advocates noted that the proposal maintained funding for the city’s police, sheriff, fire, district attorney, public defender and emergency management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An individual holds a sign reading “protect public services, no cuts no layoffs” at a rally in front of City Hall, where thousands of labor unions and community organizations are demanding an alternative to Mayor Lurie’s proposed budget cuts, on June 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Some departments are getting increases, those are the SFPD and the sheriff’s office,” Worley-Ziegmann said. “Daniel Lurie has marked them out as essential services, completely ignoring the fact that people need to eat, people need housing, they do not need mass arrests and jails.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judy Sorros is a member of SEIU Local 1021 and has spent more than 19 years working for the city. But she was among those who received a layoff notice as a result of Lurie’s budget proposal, just weeks after she celebrated 20 years of the CityBuild program with the mayor and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the mayor: please, you celebrated us, please continue celebrating us by not cutting our program,” Sorros said. “In fact, we could probably use a little boost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizers say the cuts could have “devastating” impacts on programs that address food and housing security, such as\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026600/sfs-black-social-equity-program-mired-in-scandal-being-revived-rebranded\"> All My Usos\u003c/a>, a nonprofit that provides community resources to San Francisco’s Pacific Islander community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12027265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12027265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250214-DREAMKEEPERRETURNS-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Program coordinator Jessica Ponce sits in the office of All My Usos in San Francisco on Feb. 14, 2025. Ponce keeps stuffed animals in her office to help create a welcoming space, especially for the children in the community. All My Usos supports marginalized communities, especially Pacific Islander families in the Bay Area, through programs that build relationships and foster leadership. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’re cutting the lifeline of many community members,” said Jessica Ponce, a program coordinator with All My Usos. “With these budget cuts, you’re cutting essential services and direct services, especially to families, and limiting their access to a better life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Lurie’s proposed budget includes an additional $2.2 million to the Citywide Food Access Team, organizers say cuts elsewhere will trickle down and impact community-based organizations that partner with the city.[aside postID=news_12042515 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250418-SFPDFile-45-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']The budget also proposes a restructuring of funding from Proposition C, a ballot measure that voters passed in 2018 to fund housing and homelessness services. The existing language specifies which funding can be used where, leaving millions of dollars unspent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s proposal would reallocate that unused funding to plug holes elsewhere in the budget, sparking fierce opposition from homelessness advocacy groups for prioritizing adult shelter beds over housing for children and families. Friedenbach described the move as a way to create a “big slush fund.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the most part, it would be moving [the money] from kids to grown-ups and from housing to shelter. That is something that we are vehemently opposed to,” she said. “We specifically structured Prop. C because we wanted to see efficient use of resources and that’s what the voters supported.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s office, however, describes the reallocation as a way to unlock funding that may otherwise never be used to address homelessness in the city. In his proposal, that amounts to $90 million over the next three years from the proposition’s revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042748\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250604_SFBUDGETLABOR_GC-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Polovina, President of IFPTE Local 21, speaks to thousands of labor, community and human rights advocates rallying in front of City Hall, demanding an alternative to Mayor Lurie’s proposed budget cuts, on June 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rally organizers also pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041773/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-plans-to-cut-1400-jobs-in-city-budget-proposal\">an ongoing lawsuit filed by Airbnb\u003c/a> against the city: the company is seeking $120 million from San Francisco, claiming they were forced to overpay taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California democrats have called on Lurie to take a stand against Airbnb and other companies seeking to claw back money on business taxes, Lurie has instead tried to play ball with big business, to lure their tax base back to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This hasn’t sat well with organizers, who accused Lurie’s proposal of capitulating to “the billionaires and well-connected corporations refusing to pay their fair taxes and suing the City for half of its projected deficit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of protesters filled a budget hearing later in the afternoon with chants and public comments opposing the cuts. The Board of Supervisors has until the end of the month to approve the budget and can request amendments in the meantime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Because of the ruling, the man was released from jail and required to undergo mental health treatment instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-1920x1354.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaDoris Cordell, right, a retired judge and former San José police auditor, speaks regarding the recall election drive for Santa Clara County Superior Court judge Aaron Persky, left, with the editorial board of the Mercury News at the Mercury News offices in downtown San José, California, on April 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Nhat V. 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However, there is a difference between criticizing a judge’s ruling and personally attacking the judge and smearing an entire judiciary.”[aside postID=news_12037898 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250428_WARRANTLESSSEARCHES_GC-19-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“Once again, my political opponents are abusing the state bar complaint process by attempting to weaponize it against me in an effort to curtail my First Amendment right to free speech and attack my character,” Jenkins said in a statement. “Judges, as elected government officials, while entitled to judicial independence, are not entitled to secrecy, nor immune from comment or criticism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Bar recently took disciplinary action against Jenkins for a separate misconduct case, sending her to a diversion program over ethics complaints, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/brooke-jenkins-diversion-ethics-20259223.php\">the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/a> Among them was the allegation that Jenkins misrepresented herself as a volunteer on the campaign to recall former District Attorney Chesa Boudin more than two years ago, when she actually earned more than $120,000 consulting for nonprofits with connections to the campaign. She was also accused of sharing a confidential “rap sheet” of a defendant in a case where she was not involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Bar did not reach a formal decision on whether Jenkins did anything wrong. According to the state bar letters, Jenkins has less than a year to comply with the conditions of her diversion program, although it’s not clear when that process began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angela Chan, an assistant chief attorney at the Public Defender’s Office, said Jenkins’ behavior also puts pressure on judges to rule in her favor “even if the cases don’t merit that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve noticed that judges are more cautious of what they say and definitely feel more pressure to keep people in jail, especially pre-trial,” Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, a Santa Clara County Judge from 1982 to 2001, and the first Black female jurist to sit on a superior court in Northern California, was also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037502/embattled-san-mateo-sheriff-brings-back-former-aide-alleged-romantic-partner\">the investigator\u003c/a> behind a scathing 408-page report into San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and her former chief of staff — and alleged boyfriend — Victor Aenlle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys at the State Bar have up to 60 days to review Cordell’s complaint against Jenkins and decide whether to pursue a formal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The place for a prosecutor to respectfully disagree with a judge’s ruling is in the courtroom, not on social media and not in the streets, pandering to voters,” Cordell wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:00 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A retired judge is accusing San Francisco District Attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/brooke-jenkins\">Brooke Jenkins\u003c/a> of “incendiary attacks” toward local Superior Court judges in a complaint filed with the State Bar last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind the complaint is LaDoris Cordell, who used to work for the District Attorney’s Innocence Commission reviewing wrongful conviction claims. But Cordell resigned in March, citing Jenkins’ behavior toward judges when she disagreed with their rulings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was important for me not to remain silent, because I believe if you remain silent, then you’re complicit,” Cordell told KQED. “Having been a judge, I know how important judicial independence is and respect for the judiciary, which I do not see coming from the leader of the District Attorney’s office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell argued in the complaint that Jenkins’ behavior violates the California Business and Professions Code and the State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the complaint, she cited three cases where Jenkins spoke out against a judge’s ruling, either in a public setting or on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One involved Superior Court Judge Kay Tsenin, who issued a suspended sentence last March for a mentally disturbed man who stabbed an elderly Asian American woman. Because of the ruling, the man was released from jail and required to undergo mental health treatment instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038256\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038256\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1410\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-1536x1083.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/LaDorisCordellGetty-1920x1354.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LaDoris Cordell, right, a retired judge and former San José police auditor, speaks regarding the recall election drive for Santa Clara County Superior Court judge Aaron Persky, left, with the editorial board of the Mercury News at the Mercury News offices in downtown San José, California, on April 19, 2018. \u003ccite>(Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Jenkins condemned the ruling at a protest, the judge faced death threats that forced her to hear cases remotely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Jenkins also used her account on the social media platform X to describe a ruling from Superior Court Judge Gerardo Sandoval as “[epitomizing] the broken laissez-faire culture at the Hall of Justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell said that Jenkins’ behavior is especially concerning given a rise in threats to judges around the country, including attacks from President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jenkins’ outspoken disrespect to the San Francisco judiciary has contributed to an atmosphere of public hostility against the Court,” Cordell wrote in the complaint. “Judges are not immune from criticism. However, there is a difference between criticizing a judge’s ruling and personally attacking the judge and smearing an entire judiciary.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Once again, my political opponents are abusing the state bar complaint process by attempting to weaponize it against me in an effort to curtail my First Amendment right to free speech and attack my character,” Jenkins said in a statement. “Judges, as elected government officials, while entitled to judicial independence, are not entitled to secrecy, nor immune from comment or criticism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Bar recently took disciplinary action against Jenkins for a separate misconduct case, sending her to a diversion program over ethics complaints, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/brooke-jenkins-diversion-ethics-20259223.php\">the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/a> Among them was the allegation that Jenkins misrepresented herself as a volunteer on the campaign to recall former District Attorney Chesa Boudin more than two years ago, when she actually earned more than $120,000 consulting for nonprofits with connections to the campaign. She was also accused of sharing a confidential “rap sheet” of a defendant in a case where she was not involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Bar did not reach a formal decision on whether Jenkins did anything wrong. According to the state bar letters, Jenkins has less than a year to comply with the conditions of her diversion program, although it’s not clear when that process began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angela Chan, an assistant chief attorney at the Public Defender’s Office, said Jenkins’ behavior also puts pressure on judges to rule in her favor “even if the cases don’t merit that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve noticed that judges are more cautious of what they say and definitely feel more pressure to keep people in jail, especially pre-trial,” Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, a Santa Clara County Judge from 1982 to 2001, and the first Black female jurist to sit on a superior court in Northern California, was also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037502/embattled-san-mateo-sheriff-brings-back-former-aide-alleged-romantic-partner\">the investigator\u003c/a> behind a scathing 408-page report into San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and her former chief of staff — and alleged boyfriend — Victor Aenlle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys at the State Bar have up to 60 days to review Cordell’s complaint against Jenkins and decide whether to pursue a formal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The place for a prosecutor to respectfully disagree with a judge’s ruling is in the courtroom, not on social media and not in the streets, pandering to voters,” Cordell wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036576/oaklands-public-watchdog-starved-of-resources-loses-yet-another-top-official\">anti-corruption watchdog agency\u003c/a> is considering a parcel tax to fund its investigations and its stalled public campaign financing program rather than fall victim to the woes of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036060/oakland-pushes-coliseum-sale-next-year-delaying-funds-again\">city’s fiscal crisis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Ethics Commission, which investigates allegations against high-profile government officials such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">former Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, also oversees the Democracy Dollars program. Although voters overwhelmingly passed the program into law in 2022, it has yet to be implemented in any election due to Oakland’s ongoing budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democracy Dollars promised to \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cao-94612.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/RESO-89316-Campaign-Reform-filed-materials_2022-07-30-033124_scna.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1745530836557143&usg=AOvVaw3jo9C3Dyg8F0ZcQSkAMkbn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refresh Oakland’s public financing program\u003c/a>, inspired by a similar initiative in Seattle, Commission Chair Francis Upton IV said. It would distribute $100 vouchers to Oakland residents, who could then use the vouchers to donate to participating campaigns for public office, such as mayoral and City Council candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea is to increase the number and diversity of the donors,” Upton said. “One of the problems that Oakland has is a lot of the money for the elections comes from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036921/lee-takes-the-flats-taylor-wins-the-hills-but-labor-unions-deliver-the-city\">rich people in the hills\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program costs around $2 million per year, but the ballot measure that created it requires funding to come from the city’s general fund — leaving it vulnerable to the city’s budget crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the city declares a fiscal emergency, which it has, then they have the right to cut anything they want from the general fund,” Upton said. “Democracy Dollars was one of the programs they decided to cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12015107 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Public Ethics Commission, known for investigating high-profile officials like former Mayor Sheng Thao, also oversees Oakland’s Democracy Dollars program—approved by voters in 2022 but still unlaunched due to the city’s persistent budget shortfall. \u003ccite>(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ethics commissioners remained hopeful that they could secure the funding for Democracy Dollars in time for 2024, but that election came and went. Now, commissioners say 2026 is likely off the table as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of 2024, Upton said the city made do by temporarily reimplementing its previous public campaign financing program, which for 20 years had reimbursed candidates for certain campaign expenses. The pot of money was small in 2024, though — just $155,000 for eligible candidates to split, Upton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s 2025-2027 budget will be adopted in June, but Upton and Public Ethics Commission executive director Nicolas Heidorn said it is unlikely that city officials will be able to carve out the money to fund Democracy Dollars. In that case, the commission intends to go forward with the plan to put a parcel tax on the ballot for the 2026 primary election.[aside postID=news_12036576 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-07_qed-1020x680.jpg']Heidorn, who will be the commission’s second top official to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006538/oaklands-top-ethics-investigator-is-resigning-citing-a-chronic-lack-of-resources\">resign in the last year\u003c/a> when he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036576/oaklands-public-watchdog-starved-of-resources-loses-yet-another-top-official\">steps down in July\u003c/a>, said the agency does not have the resources to carry out its work investigating corruption in Oakland. It has just one investigator and a chief tasked with over 170 open cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a dedicated and stable funding source for the ethics commission is important to ensure that we can perform our role as an ethics watchdog agency,” Heidorn said. “And it’s also important for our independence. The commission’s budget should not be controlled by the same officials that the commission regulates from an ethics perspective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/PEC-Item-10-PEC-Ballot-Measure-Revenue-Options-03-19-2025.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1745530756367943&usg=AOvVaw34JxYD0VCy_eHfF2qbjpnp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">staff report to the commission\u003c/a>, Heidorn outlined three different options for the parcel tax: one that funds just Democracy Dollars, a second that also funds the enforcement unit of the commission, and a third to fully fund Democracy Dollars and the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of those ranges from around $3.8 million to fund just Democracy Dollars, to around $7.2 million for the fully funded option. That translates to a parcel tax between $18.10 and $34.10 per parcel, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The process to get a parcel tax on the ballot is not dissimilar from the ballot measure that created Democracy Dollars, Upton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the voters approved the parcel tax, which would include the Democracy Dollars, then it would certainly be implemented by 2028,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As part of efforts to treat the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033622/sf-is-moving-away-from-harm-reduction-in-its-drug-crackdown-doctors-are-concerned\">city’s drug crisis\u003c/a>, San Francisco’s Department of Public Health is expanding a program for unhoused people that combines a shelter bed with opioid addiction treatment under one roof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RESTORE — which stands for Rapid Engagement Shelter and Treatment for Opioid Recovery — currently operates 35 beds at the Adante Hotel on Geary Street in Lower Nob Hill. Officials will soon double the number of beds, with the hope of operating up to 200 across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expansion comes as the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released its latest \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/2025_04_OCME_Overdose_Report.pdf\">data \u003c/a>showing 65 accidental overdose deaths in March 2025, including 52 cases involving fentanyl. Public Health Director Daniel Tsai said the goal of RESTORE is to initiate treatment as soon as someone is off the streets to better transition them to long-term care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can think of very few interventions that we have from a public health standpoint where we’re getting people plugged into a bed and initiating treatment literally immediately,” Tsai said at a press conference on Wednesday. “We will do telehealth prescribing to start someone on medications for opioid use disorder that same day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Potential clients will be required to engage with a case manager daily and agree to an opioid or mental health treatment plan to secure their stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RESTORE started as a pilot program over the past 12 months and saw success rates “unlike anything we have ever seen,” Tsai added, although he did not disclose the specific numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021632\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021632\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SFDepartmentPublicHealth-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Feb. 6, 2014. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“When you talk to our teams on the street, they will tell you that the availability of a RESTORE bed completely changes the type of discussion they can have with a client,” Tsai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter beds offered in the program are non-congregate and stays are short-term: usually between one and two weeks. These factors lower the barrier of entry for unhoused people, Tsai said. Additionally, the combination of a bed and treatment plan means that clients don’t have to coordinate the two themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The brief stay is meant to stabilize clients and put them on the path to recovery, which varies significantly from person to person.[aside postID=news_12035625 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/023_KQED_OBICBuprenorphineClinic_03292023_qut-1020x680.jpg']Keith Humphreys, a Stanford University professor and addiction policy researcher, said even one or two weeks could provide a “time-out” that is long enough to get people back on their feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a period of stability where they can stop taking any substances that they’re taking, start taking any medications they should be taking for their mental illness or for their addiction and have a sort of headspace to make good decisions about their future,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tsai said the biggest problem is capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of our biggest barriers is we only have 35 beds, and there are people on the street who are willing to start treatment in this sort of setting,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in light of the upcoming expansion, Humphreys noted that scaling services like those offered through RESTORE can quickly run into quality issues, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed to HealthRIGHT 360, the city’s largest, publicly-funded addiction treatment provider, which saw five \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/healthright-360-drug-overdoses-19897492.php\">fatal overdoses\u003c/a> in 13 months. Wesley Saver, director of policy & public affairs for HealthRIGHT 360, said in a statement that it is “encouraging” to see the Department of Public Health scale programs like RESTORE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11995962\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11995962\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFOverdoseDeathDecline-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A harm reduction program representative speaks with people on a popular alleyway in the Tenderloin neighborhood to hand out Narcan, fentanyl detection packets and tinfoil to those who need them as a part of drug addiction outreach in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Nick Otto/Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A lot of life, particularly street life, is lived in five-minute intervals,” Humphreys said. “Just to have the time-out to say, OK, you’re stable, you’re safe, you don’t have to survive, you’ve got food, you’ve got shelter. Let’s talk about where you want to be in a month or six months, as opposed to where you want to be in five minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expansion of RESTORE follows a slight decrease in accidental overdose deaths, down from 68 overdose deaths in February, breaking a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031847/sf-sees-decline-in-overdose-deaths-but-fentanyl-remains-a-major-threat\">trend of monthly increases since October\u003c/a>. Of the 192 total deaths from January through March of this year, the vast majority are fentanyl-related.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That translates to an average of at least two deaths per day, Tsai noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every overdose death we have here in the city and county of San Francisco is preventable, and it’s unacceptable, and it’s tragic,” Tsai said. “The current approach of what we’ve done historically here has not delivered the results that we need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The union representing editorial staffers at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-rosa\">Santa Rosa\u003c/a> Press Democrat voted Friday to waive their current contract in the newspaper’s sale to media conglomerate Hearst, clearing the last major hurdle in a deal that would take the paper back out of local ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By voting to approve the memorandum of understanding, union members agreed to waive their current contract — which would otherwise last through August 2026 — as soon as the sale is finalized, reporter Phil Barber said, adding that members were stuck between two less-than-ideal options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were put in a very difficult position by our current and future owners, and we wound up with a couple of very imperfect outcomes,” Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement also stipulates that union members cannot file a legal injunction to block the deal with Hearst Corporation, which owns the San Francisco Chronicle and many other outlets across the country. Barber said the union was considering doing so in earlier negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the outcome of Friday’s vote was decisive, Barber described uncertainty and frustration among union members. Journalists also feel that the current ownership under Sonoma Media Investments did not sufficiently fight to ensure the union’s contract would be recognized under Hearst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Press Democrat’s former printing facility in Rohnert Park on April 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Union members were told by leadership at the Press Democrat that if they rejected the memorandum of understanding, Hearst would pull out of the deal, forcing the owners to consider other bids that would be less sympathetic to the union’s demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among them was Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that has earned a sour reputation among journalists for buying distressed newspapers and gutting their ranks. A group of Santa Rosa business leaders also put in an offer to buy the Press Democrat. That group includes the publisher of NorthBay biz, a magazine covering Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said it’s unclear whether Hearst would have actually pulled out of the deal or whether it was simply a negotiation tactic to move the sale through with fewer roadblocks from the union.[aside postID=news_12035299 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/17306665486_9d1bff4693_k-1180x787.jpg']“We don’t know if it was a tangible threat, or if it was a bluff, or somewhere in between the two,” Barber said. “We were put in the position of being the adults in the room and making the logical decision that wasn’t going to blow up the Press Democrat and our other publications, and in the end, we may not have had much real choice but to sign this agreement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forty-five newsroom employees at the Press Democrat are represented by the Pacific Media Workers Guild, which also oversees units at the Chronicle. An acquisition by Hearst would include not just the Press Democrat but also other outlets under Sonoma Media Investments, such as the Petaluma Argus-Courier and Sonoma Index-Tribune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma Media Investments also made concessions as part of the memorandum of understanding, according to a guild representative, which includes a payout to all union members and a requirement that Hearst offer employment to everyone at their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Press Democrat has been under local ownership since 2012, when real estate developer Darius Anderson and several business partners \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/79576/santa-rosa-press-democrat-sold\">purchased it from newspaper chain Halifax Media Group,\u003c/a> which had owned it for less than a year after buying it from the New York Times Company. The potential acquisition by Hearst, first reported by the San Francisco Standard in February, could be in the low eight figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Press Democrat’s former printing facility in Rohnert Park on April 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anderson and Hearst did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said it’s not the first time the union has made sacrifices for the sake of a smooth transfer of ownership. When Sonoma Media Investments initially purchased the Press Democrat, union members took wage cuts and gave up their pensions to secure a new local owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Barber said it’s “disappointing” that the owners did not fight harder to secure protections for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members are concerned that ownership by a large media conglomerate would alienate community members in the North Bay, who they say trust the Press Democrat in large part because of its historic local ownership.[aside postID=news_12034860 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1020x680.jpg']“Our community has felt that their needs were really being looked after because we had local ownership,” Barber said. “We’re all sacrificing something as we lose local ownership. It’s also sort of the reality of today’s newspaper world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearst also recently acquired the Austin American-Statesman in Texas, where part of the deal included not recognizing the union’s existing contract. Barber said journalists at the Press Democrat were in conversation with reporters in Austin to learn more about what may be in store for them under Hearst ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members at the American-Statesman are currently in contract negotiations with Hearst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the corporation does not have to recognize the Press Democrat’s current contract, it will still be obligated to recognize the union itself. Barber said the union hopes Hearst will bargain in good faith when it comes to negotiating a new contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, our members voted to make yet another sacrifice in order to preserve strong, local journalism in our community,” the union said in a statement. “We look forward to working with Hearst to negotiate a fair contract that provides our local journalists with the wages and working conditions we need to continue our excellent work and to serve our readers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We don’t know if it was a tangible threat, or if it was a bluff, or somewhere in between the two,” Barber said. “We were put in the position of being the adults in the room and making the logical decision that wasn’t going to blow up the Press Democrat and our other publications, and in the end, we may not have had much real choice but to sign this agreement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forty-five newsroom employees at the Press Democrat are represented by the Pacific Media Workers Guild, which also oversees units at the Chronicle. An acquisition by Hearst would include not just the Press Democrat but also other outlets under Sonoma Media Investments, such as the Petaluma Argus-Courier and Sonoma Index-Tribune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma Media Investments also made concessions as part of the memorandum of understanding, according to a guild representative, which includes a payout to all union members and a requirement that Hearst offer employment to everyone at their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Press Democrat has been under local ownership since 2012, when real estate developer Darius Anderson and several business partners \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/79576/santa-rosa-press-democrat-sold\">purchased it from newspaper chain Halifax Media Group,\u003c/a> which had owned it for less than a year after buying it from the New York Times Company. The potential acquisition by Hearst, first reported by the San Francisco Standard in February, could be in the low eight figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Press Democrat’s former printing facility in Rohnert Park on April 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anderson and Hearst did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said it’s not the first time the union has made sacrifices for the sake of a smooth transfer of ownership. When Sonoma Media Investments initially purchased the Press Democrat, union members took wage cuts and gave up their pensions to secure a new local owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Barber said it’s “disappointing” that the owners did not fight harder to secure protections for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members are concerned that ownership by a large media conglomerate would alienate community members in the North Bay, who they say trust the Press Democrat in large part because of its historic local ownership.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Our community has felt that their needs were really being looked after because we had local ownership,” Barber said. “We’re all sacrificing something as we lose local ownership. It’s also sort of the reality of today’s newspaper world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearst also recently acquired the Austin American-Statesman in Texas, where part of the deal included not recognizing the union’s existing contract. Barber said journalists at the Press Democrat were in conversation with reporters in Austin to learn more about what may be in store for them under Hearst ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members at the American-Statesman are currently in contract negotiations with Hearst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the corporation does not have to recognize the Press Democrat’s current contract, it will still be obligated to recognize the union itself. Barber said the union hopes Hearst will bargain in good faith when it comes to negotiating a new contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the end, our members voted to make yet another sacrifice in order to preserve strong, local journalism in our community,” the union said in a statement. “We look forward to working with Hearst to negotiate a fair contract that provides our local journalists with the wages and working conditions we need to continue our excellent work and to serve our readers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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But commissioners ultimately landed on Sunset Dunes at the nomination of president Kat Anderson, who said the name contained two of the three main themes identified by city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[That name] does a great job of honoring the neighborhood and hitting the two primary benefits of the area: the fact that you can enjoy the dunes and the sunset,” said public commenter Ben Davis, who leads the arts nonprofit Illuminate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to land at those five choices to recommend to the commission, city staffers narrowed the field from over 4,000 submissions over the course of several stages since the beginning of March, outlined in a \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/DocumentCenter/View/25804/Item-2-Great-Highway-Naming-Proposal---Staff-Report-040925\">staff report filed Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houses line the Great Highway near Ocean Beach in San Francisco’s Sunset District neighborhood on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many residents used the submission process to air their grievances against District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, whose support for Proposition K to permanently close the section of the Great Highway to vehicles put him at odds with many people in his district. Among them were names like “Engardio’s Folly” and “Traitor Joel’s,” \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/sf-great-highway-ocean-beach-park/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 3,000 submissions remained even after weeding out unsavory ones that took aim at Engardio or those that could cause confusion with existing parks like Land’s End or Ocean Beach. Staffers identified top themes such as dunes, sunset and esplanade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top 15 contenders were then selected for a trial by survey. Thousands of residents voted on their favorites from the shortlist and graded them on a rubric based on historical significance, natural and geographical importance, community relevance, placemaking impact, and appropriateness and clarity.[aside postID=news_12032868 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-33-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']“As the space enters its next chapter, it’s great that San Franciscans got to have a say in the park’s name,” said Heidi Moseson, vice president of the nonprofit Friends of Ocean Beach Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all residents are as excited about the park’s grand opening. Although voters passed Proposition K by a narrow margin in November, a majority of westside residents voted in opposition, with many opponents calling the road a necessary throughway for neighborhoods like the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioner Larry Mazzola, a lifelong resident of the city’s westside, said Proposition K should never have gone to a citywide vote. During the meeting, he jokingly suggested the name Reopen the Great Highway Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go into this vote today not feeling excited or proud. Instead, I feel pressured to name something I never wanted in the first place,” he said. “And a supermajority of the westside feels the same way I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the section of the highway \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031300/this-stretch-san-franciscos-great-highway-now-permanently-closed-cars\">closed\u003c/a> on March 14, the park has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032868/sf-park-repeatedly-vandalized-after-great-highway-closed-cars\">vandalized multiple times\u003c/a> with graffiti — and, like the name suggestions, many of the tags called out Engardio specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anger toward the supervisor by his own constituents boiled over into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017070/sf-supervisor-faces-a-recall-campaign-over-great-highway-closure\">a recall campaign\u003c/a> launched against him shortly after the November election. Others also unsuccessfully \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030751/days-before-san-franciscos-great-highway-closure-opponents-aim-block-it\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> to block the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite legal and cultural backlash to the project, the park is expected to have a grand opening Saturday under its new name. City staff compared the undertaking to the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 10, 20 years, everybody will be like, ‘I’m glad that that commission did that, I’m glad that that vote did that, I’m glad that that happened,’” said Commissioner Sonya Clark-Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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