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"content": "\u003ch2>Airdate: Wednesday, February 18 at 10 AM\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California senator Adam Schiff says that President Donald Trump will try to “subvert” the midterm elections this year by attempting to overturn any result that disadvantages Congressional Republicans. The President has recently called for nationalizing elections, made multiple unproven claims about voter fraud and pushed the FBI to seize ballots from a Georgia district he lost in 2020. Meanwhile, election integrity experts say U.S. voting systems are secure and that the courts will continue to reject election challenges brought by Trump. 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While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"636\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"280\">Mina Kim:\u003c/strong> Welcome to \u003cem data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"299\">Forum\u003c/em>. I’m Mina Kim. Concerns have been building over whether the midterm elections will be free and fair. But in recent weeks, those worries have intensified after the FBI seized ballots and voter rolls in Fulton County, and President Trump this month floated nationalizing elections on the podcast of former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"945\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"638\" data-end=\"661\">Dan Bongino (clip):\u003c/strong> \u003cem>The Republicans should say, we want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least many—fifteen—places. The Republicans are to nationalize the voting. And then we have states that are so crooked, and they’re counting votes. We have states that I won that show I didn’t win.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"1171\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"960\">Mina Kim:\u003c/strong> The president’s drumbeat of false claims of a stolen 2020 election, as well as continued claims of illegal voting and mail-in ballot fraud, are being felt at the local level by elections officials and voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1295\">Listeners—do you worry about election interference? Have you contemplated getting more involved in this year’s election?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1412\">Joining me first is Natalie Adona, registrar of voters for Marin County. Natalie, thanks so much for being with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1472\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1432\">Natalie Adona:\u003c/strong> Thanks for the invite. Glad to be here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1631\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1487\">Mina Kim:\u003c/strong> Are you hearing from voters worried about the safety and security of elections in light of recent events? And what are you telling them, if so?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1851\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1633\" data-end=\"1651\">Natalie Adona:\u003c/strong> Yeah, I have heard more often now that the June primary is starting to feel real for us in California. Some voters are expressing concerns about what they’re hearing in the news about the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1853\" data-end=\"2131\">What I’m telling them is: please come to us—and I thank them for coming to us—because we are the primary source of information on how the elections process works. There are several elements of the law that are important for them to know, and I think that’s grounding for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"2133\" data-end=\"2435\">For example, there is the Constitution of the United States, which squarely puts responsibility for election administration with the states. Election officials such as myself take an oath to follow the law—not only state law, but also federal laws that define election administration in this country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"2437\" data-end=\"2974\">I’ve also heard concerns from voters about whether immigration agents or a federal presence will show up at voting locations. In California, there are laws against having uniformed officers—or anyone posing as a uniformed officer—stationing themselves at a voting location. That includes polling places and drop boxes. It is unlawful for anybody, law enforcement or not, to interfere with the elections process and the orderly conduct of an election. 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I know you speak with them regularly about people not wanting to be poll workers because of concerns about intimidation or a federal or law enforcement presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"5023\" data-end=\"5350\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"5023\" data-end=\"5041\">Natalie Adona:\u003c/strong> Lately, we’ve seen more interest in participating in elections. But you’re absolutely right—particularly after the 2020 election, we had a really hard stretch. In 2021 during the gubernatorial recall and again in 2022, we saw the fallout from misinformation and disinformation from the 2020 election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"5352\" data-end=\"5458\">A lot of poll workers bore the brunt of citizens’ frustrations about the previous presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"5460\" data-end=\"5849\">Now, people are starting to get interested again—mostly out of curiosity about how the process works. 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It was actually the county counsel’s idea to pursue a restraining order, which we obtained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"6422\" data-end=\"6714\">Unfortunately, it created tension with a small but very vocal group in the community. We had to work through that, because they were also very interested in election activities and frequently made data requests and other information requests. It was a very interesting working relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"6716\" data-end=\"7028\">When I decided to move to Marin, it was mostly because I’m from the Bay Area and my family is here. But I was also looking forward to being in an environment where I didn’t feel like I had to put myself out there so much. 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In California, there are laws against having uniformed officers—or anyone posing as a uniformed officer—stationing themselves at a voting location. That includes polling places and drop boxes. It is unlawful for anybody, law enforcement or not, to interfere with the elections process and the orderly conduct of an election. That applies to voting equipment, ballots, and also the people running the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"2976\" data-end=\"3313\">I’ve heard feedback from voters, and the response is largely positive—they’re glad there are laws on the books. But we’ll see how things develop. I noticed today there was a survey showing low confidence leading up to the election about whether the process will be fair. So yes, it’s an active conversation we’re having with voters here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"3315\" data-end=\"3660\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"3315\" data-end=\"3328\">Mina Kim:\u003c/strong> Yes. 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I know you speak with them regularly about people not wanting to be poll workers because of concerns about intimidation or a federal or law enforcement presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"5023\" data-end=\"5350\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"5023\" data-end=\"5041\">Natalie Adona:\u003c/strong> Lately, we’ve seen more interest in participating in elections. But you’re absolutely right—particularly after the 2020 election, we had a really hard stretch. In 2021 during the gubernatorial recall and again in 2022, we saw the fallout from misinformation and disinformation from the 2020 election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"5352\" data-end=\"5458\">A lot of poll workers bore the brunt of citizens’ frustrations about the previous presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"5460\" data-end=\"5849\">Now, people are starting to get interested again—mostly out of curiosity about how the process works. 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"content": "\u003ch2>Airdate: Wednesday, February 18 at 9 AM\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Facing a $376 million deficit, BART announced that without more funding, it will consider drastic cuts including closing one-third of its 50 stations and raising fares by 30%. The agency is pinning its financial future on a proposed sales tax on the November ballot as it struggles to recover from a changed post-pandemic commuting pattern. What would the Bay Area be without BART? We’ll talk to the agency’s manager and hear from you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>This partial transcript was computer-generated. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n\u003carticle class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:1fe7d419-ef86-45ea-8840-49d22799e1b4-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"05de490b-5763-4b8c-88be-731f007ffc0f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"365\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"20\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Welcome to \u003cem data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"39\">Forum\u003c/em>. I’m Alexis Madrigal. The story of how BART got into a financial crisis is really very simple. BART was built to deliver commuters to downtown San Francisco, and it did this admirably well—recovering 71 percent of its operating budget just from fares in the years before the pandemic, one of the highest rates in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"669\">Then the pandemic hit. Workers still have not returned to downtown San Francisco in their previous numbers, and it seems as likely as not that they never will. So now the system is in a terrible bind, running a massive deficit, with almost no hope that there will be a boom in ridership anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"956\">The agency now has its hopes pinned on a November ballot measure that would deliver over $300 million per year, according to BART, mostly closing its deficit. Today, we talk about the various scenarios for service, what the ballot measure might not fix, and dig into the BART budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1035\">We’re joined first by Robert Powers, general manager of BART. Welcome, Bob.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1090\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1055\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> Thank you for having me, Alexis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1281\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1112\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Yeah, thanks for joining us. So let’s talk about this budget deficit. Is it really just the ridership, as I described, or are there other factors we haven’t included?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1691\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1301\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> I think your synopsis—a bit of history on how we got here—is accurate. The pandemic and remote work are major factors. I would just add that we are starting to see a few more folks returning to the office, and some movement in remote work policies, with major companies shifting to one or two remote days per week. Our ridership has been steadily increasing, just not at a dramatic pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1990\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1713\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Yeah. I follow these ridership numbers really closely—probably embarrassingly closely. I kept expecting that one day the line would just shoot up. But instead, it’s never really done that. I think we’re at 42 percent of pre-pandemic ridership, and it’s just been inching up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1992\" data-end=\"2146\">Is there some event or moment that you feel could bend that line more quickly? San Francisco has this AI boom going—shouldn’t there be people riding in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"2148\" data-end=\"2289\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"2148\" data-end=\"2166\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> It’s difficult. We’re in a position where many jobs in the Bay Area can be done remotely, and that complicates the math.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2321\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2311\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Mm-hmm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"2323\" data-end=\"2707\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"2323\" data-end=\"2341\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> But I would say this: as people get out there and experience what I call the “new BART,” I think more people are coming back and riding. You’re right—the number of people riding BART is similar to pre-COVID levels. But the number of trips they take has changed. 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If we stay focused there, I think that will lead to good outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"3362\" data-end=\"3643\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"3362\" data-end=\"3382\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Okay, let’s talk about how you’re funding the agency right now. Ridership hasn’t fully come back. The state and, under the previous administration, the federal government were helping transit agencies. How are you piecing things together before this measure?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"3645\" data-end=\"3963\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"3645\" data-end=\"3663\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> We’re at—or very near—the end of the federal assistance we received during COVID. There were three allotments of federal help dedicated to operations while ridership was down. We’ll deplete all of those resources this fiscal year, and that’s what’s driving this $300 million deficit going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"3965\" data-end=\"4149\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"3965\" data-end=\"3985\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> As I understand it from BART documents, the deficit is closer to $400 million. The sales tax would generate more than $300 million. What else will close the gap?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"4151\" data-end=\"4459\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"4151\" data-end=\"4169\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> Over the last couple of years, we’ve been looking for efficiencies. One example is the decision to run shorter trains. That has several benefits, but at the core, it saves about $8 million a year in energy costs. It also reduces maintenance, cleaning, and some safety and security needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"4461\" data-end=\"4657\">Those kinds of changes add up. We’ve reduced non-labor budgets and peak-period service. 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While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n\u003carticle class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:1fe7d419-ef86-45ea-8840-49d22799e1b4-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"05de490b-5763-4b8c-88be-731f007ffc0f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"365\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"20\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Welcome to \u003cem data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"39\">Forum\u003c/em>. I’m Alexis Madrigal. The story of how BART got into a financial crisis is really very simple. BART was built to deliver commuters to downtown San Francisco, and it did this admirably well—recovering 71 percent of its operating budget just from fares in the years before the pandemic, one of the highest rates in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"669\">Then the pandemic hit. Workers still have not returned to downtown San Francisco in their previous numbers, and it seems as likely as not that they never will. So now the system is in a terrible bind, running a massive deficit, with almost no hope that there will be a boom in ridership anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"956\">The agency now has its hopes pinned on a November ballot measure that would deliver over $300 million per year, according to BART, mostly closing its deficit. Today, we talk about the various scenarios for service, what the ballot measure might not fix, and dig into the BART budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"958\" data-end=\"1035\">We’re joined first by Robert Powers, general manager of BART. Welcome, Bob.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1090\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1055\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> Thank you for having me, Alexis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1281\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1112\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Yeah, thanks for joining us. So let’s talk about this budget deficit. Is it really just the ridership, as I described, or are there other factors we haven’t included?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1691\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1283\" data-end=\"1301\">Robert Powers:\u003c/strong> I think your synopsis—a bit of history on how we got here—is accurate. The pandemic and remote work are major factors. I would just add that we are starting to see a few more folks returning to the office, and some movement in remote work policies, with major companies shifting to one or two remote days per week. Our ridership has been steadily increasing, just not at a dramatic pace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1990\">\u003cstrong data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1713\">Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/strong> Yeah. I follow these ridership numbers really closely—probably embarrassingly closely. I kept expecting that one day the line would just shoot up. But instead, it’s never really done that. I think we’re at 42 percent of pre-pandemic ridership, and it’s just been inching up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-start=\"1992\" data-end=\"2146\">Is there some event or moment that you feel could bend that line more quickly? 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"content": "\u003ch2>Airdate: Tuesday, February 10 at 10 AM\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Since Donald Trump broke into the political scene in 2015, the United States has seen a surge in white supremacist hate groups. Investigative journalist Eric Lichtblau uses the 2018 murder of a gay, Jewish college student by a neo-Nazi in Orange County to explore the rise of white, Christian nationalism there – digging into how Trump’s attacks on immigrants, pardons of the January 6th rioters and use of racism memes have fueled and emboldened right wing extremism in California and across the country. We talk to him about his new book “American Reich.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>This partial transcript was computer-generated. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Scott Shafer:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forum\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. I’m Scott Shafer, in for Mina Kim. Since Donald Trump broke onto the political scene in 2015, the United States has seen a surge in white supremacist and neo-Nazi hate groups.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our guest today, investigative journalist Eric Lichtblau, uses the 2018 murder of a gay Jewish college student by a neo-Nazi in Orange County to explore the rise of white Christian nationalism there. He digs into how Trump’s attacks on immigrants, pardons of the January 6 rioters, and use of racist memes—including one he posted recently about the Obamas—have fueled and emboldened right-wing extremism in California and across the country.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">His new book is titled \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Reich: Murder in Orange County, Neo-Nazis, and a New Age of Hate\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Eric Lichtblau, welcome to \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forum\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Lichtblau:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thanks for having me, Scott.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Scott Shafer:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This is your fourth book. One of them was a bestseller, \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nazis Next Door\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which explores how, after World War II, the U.S. became a refuge for former Nazis. You started \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Reich\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in 2020 during the pandemic. What drew you to Orange County for this investigation?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Lichtblau:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I was looking for a place that might surprise people because of its racism and the surge in hate crimes. We often think of the Deep South as the base for that, understandably. But Orange County has a deep-seated culture of racism going back to the Ku Klux Klan and its influence in places like Anaheim, dating to the early 1900s.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">That continued through the John Birch Society and Orange County’s reputation as the “Orange Curtain,” well into this century. That’s only begun to change very recently, with Democrats taking over congressional seats just a few years ago. That shift has led to a backlash—a violent backlash—from white supremacists, resulting in a disturbing wave of attacks in Orange County.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We’ve seen the emergence of groups like Rise Above Movement and Atomwaffen. These groups have shown a willingness to carry out attacks in many forms in Orange County. 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He later kept what he called a diary of hate against many groups, especially gay people and Jews.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Scott Shafer:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> How did these two kids even know each other? They seem like unlikely friends—if they were friends at all.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Lichtblau:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They were acquaintances at best. They barely nodded to each other in the hallways. They shared some classes but ran in completely different circles. They didn’t reconnect until years later.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">By then, Sam had dropped out of college after a semester in Santa Barbara. He was using drugs, trying to find himself, working at a children’s party supply store, and immersing himself in neo-Nazi ideology. He attended a hate camp in Texas and joined Atomwaffen.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Scott Shafer:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Which means “atomic bomb” in German.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Lichtblau:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Exactly. Meanwhile, Blaze was attending an Ivy League school—Penn in Philadelphia—and was considering medical school. He was a sophomore when Sam reached out to him online.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">At that point, Sam was frequenting many online platforms, sometimes pretending to be gay. He wrote in his journal that he enjoyed catfishing young men—making them think he was gay, then outing or frightening them, and sometimes even meeting them in person. Evidence presented at trial showed that he did this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Scott Shafer:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Sometimes the most outwardly homophobic people are struggling with internal conflicts themselves. Did you get any sense of that with Sam?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Lichtblau:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That was a theory raised by the defense—that he might have been a self-hating gay man. There was some evidence to support that, but we may never know the truth. His father feared that possibility and repeatedly warned him against it. Sam’s journal makes clear that he did not want to be gay and that he hated gay people intensely. Whatever his internal struggles were, his outward hatred was unmistakable.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Scott Shafer:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> These two are on completely different life paths. 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We’re talking about the Bay Area rental market this morning—specifically what looks like a real divergence between San Francisco and Oakland. We’ll discuss a number of factors that may be contributing to this widening gap in rents, especially for one-bedroom apartments, and consider what these trends tell us about our strategies for addressing the housing crisis.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joining us this morning, we have Chris Salviati, chief economist at Apartment List, who researches economic trends in the housing market. Thanks for joining us.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chris Salviati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thanks for having me on.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> We’re also joined by J.K. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle reporter covering housing and real estate. Welcome back, J.K.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>J.K. 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Dineen:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thanks, Alexis.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And Tim Thomas is with us as well, research director at UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project. Welcome, Tim.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Tim Thomas:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Good morning. Thank you.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thanks so much. So, Chris, you’re working with Apartment List data. Tell us what you’re seeing in the rental market in San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chris Salviati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah. Right now, we’re seeing a real divergence between the two cities. Over the past year—the last 12 months—we’ve seen a 13 percent increase in median rent in San Francisco. That’s a huge spike. In Oakland, rents are only up about 2 percent. Oakland has always been more affordable than San Francisco, but that gap has really widened.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Right now, our median one-bedroom estimate in San Francisco is about $3,150. In Oakland, it’s about $1,850. That’s almost a 70 percent gap, which is really significant.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alexis Madrigal:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah. For places that are, in some cases, 10 or 15 minutes apart—and in some cases, parts of Uptown Oakland are closer to downtown San Francisco than to other parts of San Francisco. So tell us about the methodology here, because median one-bedroom data is a pretty specific slice of the rental market, right?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chris Salviati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Totally. This is an important methodological caveat. 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For this type of apartment, you had the pandemic, which disrupted everything, and then a wave of new supply coming online. From your data, it doesn’t really bottom out until 2024.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Chris Salviati:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That’s right. While rents are up 2 percent over the past year, if you go back to 2023 or early 2024, Oakland rents were declining 5 to 10 percent year over year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What we’re really seeing is that a big construction boom in Oakland—started before the pandemic, when the market was strong—continued, and all of that inventory hit just as the city was hollowing out due to remote work and other pandemic effects. Oakland had both a supply surge and a demand slowdown, and demand hasn’t come back as quickly. 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When you multiply that by 0.8—80 percent—you get what HUD defines as low income, which in the Bay Area is shockingly about $102,000.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So when prices drop from pre-pandemic Oakland rents of $2,600 or $2,700 down to $1,800, that creates a real opportunity for people who aren’t in the tech industry to stay in place.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the pandemic, I moved to Berkeley in 2019. When I was looking for an apartment, I was competing with nurses from San Francisco because they couldn’t afford to live there. What happens at the epicenter of San Francisco affects the entire region—Marin County, Alameda County, and definitely Oakland.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the pandemic, Oakland was experiencing a revival. 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