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That branch of the family — Catholics from Goa, a part of India once colonized by Portugal — eventually relocated to Kenya.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be some really hot night in Mombasa. 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It was too heavy, they told her. She wouldn’t appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esmail’s response? “I will appreciate it. I will figure out how to appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember thinking, ‘I need to figure out how this music works,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esmail’s talent soon became clear. She began playing piano at age 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a practice curfew. My dad would kick me off the piano at 11:00 p.m. every night, [saying] ‘You have to be done. We need to go to sleep.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039918\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1331px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1331\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED.jpg 1331w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED-800x1202.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED-1020x1533.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-5-KQED-1022x1536.jpg 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reena Esmail studied Western classical music at Juilliard and Yale, and spent time as a Fulbright scholar studying Hindustani music in India. She’s drawn on both of those influences in her work over the past two decades. \u003ccite>(Hannah Arista)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But performing on stage was a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My arms would shake. My legs would be shaking. Sometimes when you panic, your fingers get sweaty and then your hands are sliding off the keys,” Esmail recalled. “Just an avalanche of disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are terrified every time you have to play in front of people,” she recalls her parents telling her. “Are you sure you want to do this for the rest of your life?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her teachers at the L.A. County High School for the Arts encouraged her to consider a different way of making music without having to perform on stage: composing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, her dad’s parents, who lived with her in L.A., loved Bollywood soundtracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those multicultural influences shaped what would become the driving question of her work: how do you invite people from different cultures onto the same stage to build a relationship and create music together?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1772px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1772\" height=\"1182\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED.jpg 1772w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-REENA-ESMAIL-3-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1772px) 100vw, 1772px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photograph taken in 1997, after Esmail’s first time playing a piano concerto with an orchestra at age 14, with her grandparents, Zaitoon Esmail and Esmail Abdul Kader. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Reena Esmail/Ozair Esmail)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It starts the dialogue because you’ve both already created beauty together,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an elementary school student, Esmail would beg her parents to tag along to classical music concerts. 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She’s drawn on both of those influences in her work over the past two decades. \u003ccite>(Hannah Arista)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But performing on stage was a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My arms would shake. My legs would be shaking. Sometimes when you panic, your fingers get sweaty and then your hands are sliding off the keys,” Esmail recalled. “Just an avalanche of disaster.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You are terrified every time you have to play in front of people,” she recalls her parents telling her. “Are you sure you want to do this for the rest of your life?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her teachers at the L.A. County High School for the Arts encouraged her to consider a different way of making music without having to perform on stage: composing. 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People with disabilities, pregnant women and caregivers will be exempted from the requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center on Budget on Policy Priorities \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/harsh-work-requirements-in-house-republican-bill-would-take-away-medicaid-coverage\">estimated\u003c/a> that the new documentation requirements could lead to health care coverage loss for between 2.2 million and 3.4 million Californians, depending on how strictly the state implements the law.[aside postID=news_12040842 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1020x680.jpg']Their study found that “much of the coverage loss due to work requirements would occur among people who work or should qualify for an exemption but nevertheless would lose coverage due to red tape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another provision of the bill would punish California more directly by reducing federal payments to states that allow undocumented residents to enroll in Medicaid or have expanded health coverage to children and pregnant women who have green cards. California has expanded Medi-Cal coverage eligibility to all residents, regardless of immigration status, and does so with state funds. The Center on Budget on Policy Priorities found the penalty could \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-republican-bill-grows-even-harsher-cutting-medicaid-funding-to-states-that\">cost California\u003c/a> $27 billion between 2028 and 2034.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our constituents lose, our hospitals and our clinics close, our veterans’ communities lose — this is a bad bill,” said Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts to Medi-Cal could be a particularly vulnerable issue for Republicans in California. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">KQED analysis\u003c/a> found that the congressional districts that moved the most toward President Trump in last year’s election also rely disproportionately on Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the health care cuts will have an outsized impact in working-class political battlegrounds, including many communities in the Central Valley, the GOP will likely tout a provision of the budget bill that expands the state and local tax (SALT) deduction limit — a boon to residents in competitive suburban districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SALT deduction allows taxpayers to subtract what they owe in state and local taxes, such as property taxes, from their federal tax bill. The legislation passed by the House raises the limit on that deduction from $10,000 to $40,000. 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But after a morning news conference, San Diego police officer Anthony Carrasco said five people from a single family were hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Another person was treated at a hospital for injuries sustained while climbing out of a window trying to flee. Two others were treated for minor injuries at the scene, Carrasco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego officials haven’t released details about the plane but said it was a flight from the Midwest. The flight tracking site FlightAware lists a Cessna Citation II jet scheduled to arrive at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive airport in San Diego at 3:47 a.m. from the small Colonel James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas. Officials at the Kansas airport said it made a fueling stop in Wichita. 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They described a frightening scene in the aftermath of the crash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t quite put words to describe what the scene looks like, but with the jet fuel going down the street, and everything on fire all at once, it was pretty horrific to see,” San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chunks of metal from the aircraft littered the street, but no discernible part of the plane could be seen. Half a dozen fully charred cars sat on the street, and tree limbs, glass and pieces of white and blue metal were scattered around. At the end of the street, black smoke billowed as a car continued to burn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wahl said more than 50 police officers were on the scene within minutes and began evacuating homes. At least 100 residents were displaced to an evacuation center at a nearby elementary school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Moore, who lives one street over from the crash site, said he and his wife were awakened by a loud bang. He saw smoke out the window.[aside postID=news_12033338 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-1243270396-1-1020x680.jpg']They grabbed their three young boys and ran out of the house. On their way out of the neighborhood, they saw a car engulfed in flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was definitely horrifying for sure, but sometimes you’ve just got to drop your head and get to safety,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police officers were rescuing multiple animals, including three husky puppies that were rolled away from the crash scene in a wagon. A few blocks away, families, including Moore’s, stood in their pajamas in a parking lot waiting for word on when they could return to their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The neighborhood is made up of single-family homes and townhomes. Montgomery-Gibbs airport is about 2 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eddy said it was very foggy at the time the private plane crashed. “You could barely see in front of you,” he said. Officials were looking into whether the plane clipped a power line before crashing into the neighborhood on land owned by the U.S. Navy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Federal Aviation Administration said the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2021, a twin-engine plane \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/san-diego-yuma-arizona-california-air-traffic-control-7907d92abae8e3bb50ebfa64da18a669\">plowed into a San Diego suburb\u003c/a>, killing the pilot and a UPS delivery driver on the ground and burning homes. It was preparing to land at the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December 2008, a U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet slammed into a house in San Diego’s University City neighborhood, causing an explosion that killed four people inside. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rise East\u003c/strong> did \u003cem>it\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Rise East — anchored by a collective of nonprofits known as the 40×40 Council — received a $50 million grant from \u003cstrong>Blue Meridian Partners\u003c/strong>, a national philanthropic organization. But there was a catch: The money could only be unlocked if Rise East raised $50 million from local donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909974/live-from-east-oakland-can-100-million-revitalize-oaklands-black-community\">Thursday episode of \u003cstrong>\u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, Rise East formally announced it had surpassed the goal. The work of investing $100 million in East Oakland to drive systemic change — with a focus on education, public safety and housing — has already begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we’re talking about is a 40-square-block area — roughly from Interstate 580 to the San Francisco Bay and from Seminary Avenue to the San Leandro border — that has the densest concentration of Black people in Oakland. It’s where our shared history of disinvestment in Black communities can’t hide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rise East has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.riseeast.org/\">10-year plan\u003c/a> to address decades of harm. And it’s East Oakland natives who are leading the effort with hopes of keeping Black families in the neighborhood while encouraging the return of those displaced by economic barriers and systemic disinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson\u003c/strong>, CEO of the \u003cstrong>Black Cultural Zone,\u003c/strong> which, among other things, addresses the displacement of Black People and Black businesses in Oakland, emphasizes the need for affordable housing and job creation. For a community to exist and thrive, there has to be a place reserved for the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There hasn’t been an effort like this that actually has the voices of folks who are born and raised in the area to be a part of the conversation,” Johnson told my colleague \u003cstrong>Brian Watt\u003c/strong> in November. “My vision is to see commercial corridors that are thriving, that are vibrant, that are filled with cultural artisans, makers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfO3NRN8jig\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Liberation Park project, a formerly abandoned lot that has been converted into a cultural hub, and the 8321 International Welcome Center are key Rise East initiatives. Johnson, who grew up in East Oakland, said Rise East is focused on healing and strengthening the Black community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t hold ‘place,’ we won’t be here,” she said. “So real estate is an important part, and really giving people opportunities to build economic wealth is critical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $100 million is an investment in the health, safety and prosperity of East Oakland. It’s not enough to cure systemic inequities, but it can change the fortunes of a neighborhood and city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $100 million experiment offers a glimpse of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/reparations\">what reparations could look like\u003c/a> — not as a payout, but as an investment in public safety, a response to the decades of mass incarceration that undermined a generation of Black and brown families and destabilized their communities. Ballooning police budgets won’t solve what that kind of harm has done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn Johnson (center right), CEO of Black Culture Zone, leads a fundraising walking tour for the Rise East collective along International Boulevard in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland residents deserve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040935/barbara-lee-sworn-in-as-oaklands-mayor-says-today-marks-a-new-era\">hope that doesn’t hinge on an election\u003c/a>. Oakland is the birthplace and home of much of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area’s culture\u003c/a>. Just ask the people rooted there; the people determined to build the future they want to see. For KQED, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/olivia-cruz-mayeda/\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> chronicled how the $100 million investment could bring its long-time residents relief in \u003cstrong>\u003cem>Deep Down\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedarts/reel/DABtsbHyy2l/\">a five-part Instagram video series\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Deep Down\u003c/em> captured the beauty and realness of East Oakland, as well as the artists, business owners, community leaders and residents who dream of a better future. The series centered East Oakland’s cultural intersections — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/east-oakland-neighborhood-diversity-20279937.php\">Black, Japanese, Filipino, Indigenous and Latino families\u003c/a> living next to each other — that cracked under the weight of history.[aside postID=news_12008909 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Deep-Down-1020x680.jpg']For a November 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> newsletter, I wrote about the disinvestment in East Oakland that began when the General Motors assembly plant closed and moved to Fremont in 1963. The closure started an exodus of resources, and white residents fled the city for the suburbs, attracted by low-interest housing loans and newly-built highways that made it easier to commute to work in downtown Oakland, San Francisco or the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943263/americas-highway-system-is-a-monument-to-environmental-racism-and-a-history-of-inequity\">Black neighborhoods in Oakland were bulldozed to make room for the highways\u003c/a>. Urban renewal, redlining and police violence contributed to East Oakland’s decline. Predatory check-cashing stores replaced banks. The one-two punch of the foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession crushed Black homeowners. Between 2007 and 2011, more than 10,500 Oakland homes were foreclosed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rise East plans to focus on investments in education, community safety, health care, affordable housing and boosting the local economy — you know, the areas that simply can’t be addressed through a tough-on-crime approach. The decade-long, community-led effort will be driven by local nonprofits and leaders rooted in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Oakland Youth Development Center in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I talked to \u003cstrong>Selena Wilson\u003c/strong>, CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://eoydc.org/\">East Oakland Youth Development Center\u003c/a>, for the \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> newsletter, she told me Rise East would succeed in raising $50 million. When we talked earlier this week, we reflected on how much Oakland — and the country — has changed in less than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038739/oakland-budget-keeps-fire-stations-closed-police-cuts-in-place-despite-new-sales-tax\">budget crisis\u003c/a> — and it could get worse. Same with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">school district\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041026/new-trump-administration-rules-could-cut-off-crucial-federal-homelessness-funding\">Federal dollars are drying up\u003c/a>, and the cuts are coming fast. Philanthropy, once eager in the wake of George Floyd’s murder five years ago, is stepping back — cautious now, quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034699/racial-justice-advocates-stay-course-dei-faces-mounting-attacks\">DEI has become a dirty word\u003c/a> in some circles, an easy target for people who’ve stopped pretending to care about systemic inequality. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033818/lgbtq-activists-rally-at-newsoms-home-demand-stronger-trans-rights-commitment\">queer and trans people are being demonized\u003c/a> — their existence politicized, their rights rolled back, their humanity debated like policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The marginalized communities that we’re centering in this work are literally under attack in a different way, and so in that way the need has become even greater,” Wilson, an East Oakland native, said. “It’s kind of one of those two steps forward, three steps back, but we shall persist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the renaissance of East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are undeterred. We are not discouraged. We are lionized, if anything, to triple down,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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For a community to exist and thrive, there has to be a place reserved for the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There hasn’t been an effort like this that actually has the voices of folks who are born and raised in the area to be a part of the conversation,” Johnson told my colleague \u003cstrong>Brian Watt\u003c/strong> in November. “My vision is to see commercial corridors that are thriving, that are vibrant, that are filled with cultural artisans, makers.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/lfO3NRN8jig'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/lfO3NRN8jig'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>The Liberation Park project, a formerly abandoned lot that has been converted into a cultural hub, and the 8321 International Welcome Center are key Rise East initiatives. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For a November 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> newsletter, I wrote about the disinvestment in East Oakland that began when the General Motors assembly plant closed and moved to Fremont in 1963. The closure started an exodus of resources, and white residents fled the city for the suburbs, attracted by low-interest housing loans and newly-built highways that made it easier to commute to work in downtown Oakland, San Francisco or the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943263/americas-highway-system-is-a-monument-to-environmental-racism-and-a-history-of-inequity\">Black neighborhoods in Oakland were bulldozed to make room for the highways\u003c/a>. Urban renewal, redlining and police violence contributed to East Oakland’s decline. Predatory check-cashing stores replaced banks. The one-two punch of the foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession crushed Black homeowners. Between 2007 and 2011, more than 10,500 Oakland homes were foreclosed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rise East plans to focus on investments in education, community safety, health care, affordable housing and boosting the local economy — you know, the areas that simply can’t be addressed through a tough-on-crime approach. The decade-long, community-led effort will be driven by local nonprofits and leaders rooted in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Oakland Youth Development Center in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I talked to \u003cstrong>Selena Wilson\u003c/strong>, CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://eoydc.org/\">East Oakland Youth Development Center\u003c/a>, for the \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> newsletter, she told me Rise East would succeed in raising $50 million. When we talked earlier this week, we reflected on how much Oakland — and the country — has changed in less than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038739/oakland-budget-keeps-fire-stations-closed-police-cuts-in-place-despite-new-sales-tax\">budget crisis\u003c/a> — and it could get worse. Same with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">school district\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041026/new-trump-administration-rules-could-cut-off-crucial-federal-homelessness-funding\">Federal dollars are drying up\u003c/a>, and the cuts are coming fast. Philanthropy, once eager in the wake of George Floyd’s murder five years ago, is stepping back — cautious now, quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034699/racial-justice-advocates-stay-course-dei-faces-mounting-attacks\">DEI has become a dirty word\u003c/a> in some circles, an easy target for people who’ve stopped pretending to care about systemic inequality. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033818/lgbtq-activists-rally-at-newsoms-home-demand-stronger-trans-rights-commitment\">queer and trans people are being demonized\u003c/a> — their existence politicized, their rights rolled back, their humanity debated like policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The marginalized communities that we’re centering in this work are literally under attack in a different way, and so in that way the need has become even greater,” Wilson, an East Oakland native, said. “It’s kind of one of those two steps forward, three steps back, but we shall persist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the renaissance of East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are undeterred. We are not discouraged. We are lionized, if anything, to triple down,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Bottom line: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ocean-beach\">Ocean Beach\u003c/a> don’t play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahead of a sunny Memorial Day weekend, the San Francisco Fire Department is urging anyone headed to the city’s beachfront to, in no uncertain terms, stay the hell out of the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ocean Beach is its own animal. And we want to just have people aware of it,” said Mariano Elias, a Fire Department spokesperson. “Because people have died. … That is the reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re a very strong swimmer or surfer familiar with the water at this beach and have reviewed the most recent tide charts, the general recommendation is “don’t go into the water,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://files.constantcontact.com/5e99cb80601/6958c4fd-a1c9-47bc-a470-d6c6ca6f880e.pdf\">The warning\u003c/a>, issued in partnership with local offices of the National Park Service and National Weather Service, which help manage and monitor the shoreline, follows a series of recent instances of people getting swept away by the beach’s notoriously strong rip currents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033006\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033006\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250325-APARTMENTSONWESTSIDE-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the Sunset District and Ocean Beach in San Francisco on March 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In one fatal incident this month, a man who tried to retrieve his dog from the water at Ocean Beach near Lawton Street got caught in the current and lost consciousness. Two bystanders pulled him out of the water, attempted CPR and called 911. Fire Department rescuers were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead, Elias said, noting that the dog made it out of the water on its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department has not yet released information on the man’s identity, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon, members of the department’s surf rescue team responded to another incident, near Fort Funston, where a young man from Modesto went swimming and got similarly pulled out by the current, Elias said. The man’s younger brother jumped in to try to help him but got caught as well, and he ended up fighting the current for about 20 minutes before making it back to shore, completely fatigued, with his unconscious brother in tow, onlookers reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12041149\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Rip_Currents_Sign4-20top-Copy-e1747867324142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"236\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has happened before, I’ve seen it in my career, where a family comes to the beach to enjoy the water and the warm weather,” said Elias, whose department fields an average of about 45 Ocean Beach-related rescue calls each year. “It’s warm, so they want to get in the water and swim.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A fire rescue crew was able to revive both brothers after transporting them to the parking lot on the cliff above the beach and performing life-saving measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elias, who was part of that day’s rescue operation, noted that when members of a surf rescue crew respond to an incident like this, it takes their entire fire station offline for the duration of the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does take quite a few individuals to do an operation like this,” he said. “Someone in the water would take out that whole station out of play for another 911 call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a rip current?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A rip current, sometimes referred to (incorrectly) as a rip tide, is defined as a localized current that flows toward the ocean “perpendicular or at an acute angle to the shoreline,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/03coastal3.html#:~:text=When%20waves%20travel%20from%20deep,the%20force%20of%20the%20current.\">the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u003c/a>. It commonly forms close to shore around low spots or breaks in sandbars, as well as near structures like jetties and piers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rip current can look like a strip of darker water forming a gap in the waves breaking around it, and it is much easier to spot from higher ground, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/safety/ripcurrent-science\">National Weather Service\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/RJ4hcaJ91TY?si=9uRQlApyBIdy53ki\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A person caught in a rip can be swept away from shore very quickly,” according to NOAA’s site, which notes that the currents don’t actually pull you under and emphasizes the importance of not panicking if caught in one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best way to escape a rip current is by swimming parallel to the shore instead of toward it, since most rip currents are less than 80 feet wide. A swimmer can also let the current carry them out to sea until the force weakens, because rip currents stay close to shore and usually dissipate just beyond the line of breaking waves, NOAA’s site said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 3.5-mile expanse of Ocean Beach lining San Francisco’s western perimeter is widely considered \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Why-S-F-s-Ocean-Beach-is-Deadly-Several-3002654.php\">among the most dangerous stretches of urban shoreline\u003c/a> in the country, the force of its rips fueled by billions of gallons of water that slosh in and out of the Golden Gate during each tidal shift, creating unusual lateral currents. Additionally, the beach faces prevailing westerly swells and winds, and its coarse-grained sand creates a steep gradient, all of which helps strengthen the force of rips.[aside postID=news_12036078 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-15_qed-1020x680.jpg']Although warning signs are posted at the entrances to the beach, there are no lifeguards, and the water can often appear deceptively calm, veiling the forces beneath its surface. Even shallow areas can be dangerous, with instances of people being swept out in just 3 feet of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ocean Beach is NOT a swimming beach, and the public should NOT enter the water,” the fire department’s joint press release states. The ocean, it said, is “insidiously dangerous in the summer months, luring people in during times of heat and seemingly benign conditions only to be swept into cold, turbulent waters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This statement encourages people who want to swim to go to nearby Stinson Beach, across the bridge in Marin, where Golden Gate National Recreation Area staffs on-duty lifeguards seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Memorial Day and Labor Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement goes on to note that the Pacific coastline attracts visitors from around the world for “its rugged beauty,” imploring visitors to “live to share your wonderful stories and photos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tips to stay safe in a rip current\u003c/h2>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Stay calm — rip currents don’t pull you under.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If caught in a rip current, do not fight it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Swim parallel to shore, and then once out of the current, back towards shore.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you can’t escape, float or tread water to conserve energy until you are rescued.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you need help, wave your hands high in the air and call for help.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Keep pets on a leash and do not swim after them if they get swept into the sea. 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Two bystanders pulled him out of the water, attempted CPR and called 911. Fire Department rescuers were unable to revive him, and he was pronounced dead, Elias said, noting that the dog made it out of the water on its own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The department has not yet released information on the man’s identity, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon, members of the department’s surf rescue team responded to another incident, near Fort Funston, where a young man from Modesto went swimming and got similarly pulled out by the current, Elias said. 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The number of TK students grew 17.2%, from 151,491 to 177,570, while most other grade levels saw a dip in enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we have more work to do, the dramatic growth in TK is inspiring and shows that providing rigorous and quality programs can be a key ingredient to bringing more families back to our schools,” Tony Thurmond, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, said in a statement.[aside postID=news_11989955 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']California is in the middle of expanding this new grade so that by this fall, any child who turns 4 by Sept. 1 can enroll in a free year of pre-kindergarten. San Francisco Unified School District, which is facing a major budget shortfall partly caused by declining enrollment, reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031802/san-francisco-public-schools-see-surge-applications-thanks-transitional-kindergarten-demand\">a 10% increase in applications\u003c/a> for the 2025-26 school year, with the biggest surge in enrollment for TK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom initially proposed spending $3.9 billion in the 2025–26 budget to fully implement the program, anticipating roughly 60,000 additional TK students would enroll. 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"content": "\u003cp>Since taking office in January, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> and his administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024387/california-22-other-states-sue-to-block-trumps-federal-funding-freeze\">have repeatedly\u003c/a> moved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037376/sf-santa-clara-counties-ask-us-court-halt-trumps-sanctuary-city-funding-freeze\">to cut off funding\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13975661/national-endowment-for-the-arts-grants-canceled-nonprofits\">cities and counties\u003c/a> that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027607/sfs-long-history-as-sanctuary-city-faces-renewed-challenges-under-trump\">policies counter\u003c/a> to the president’s agenda — leaving people like R.J. Sloan caught in the middle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago, Sloan didn’t think he would need government help to keep his life on track. He was living the American Dream: working for a giant pharmaceutical company and owning two homes. Then a health issue triggered a bout of depression that led to more serious mental health challenges — and eventually, a psychotic break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started running away from helicopters, trying to read my thoughts, I was certain they were the CIA,” he recalled. “I left my apartment, lost everything, including my two dogs. … And I started running around San Francisco, living in Golden Gate Park, eating out of trash cans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several years living on the streets, Sloan, now age 60, connected with Episcopal Community Services, a nonprofit that operates 23 permanent supportive housing sites around the Bay Area, serving more than 2,300 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He secured an apartment at Bishop Swing Community House, a 134-unit supportive housing development in San Francisco’s South of Market District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, just surviving was a struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first five years here, I wore the same clothes every single day. I never changed my clothes. I rarely showered or brushed my teeth. I was in such a bottomed-out phase of life,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040771\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. J. Sloan, who requested that his face not be shown, stands in the patio of the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But over time — and with a lot of help — Sloan said he’s been able to rebuild his life. He credits the resources available at Bishop Swing Community House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of supportive housing developments don’t just provide a safe place to live: they offer mental health services, medical care, and, crucially for Sloan, case managers who encouraged him to move forward — when he was ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The supportive part of supportive housing is crucial,” he said. ”You’re encouraged to make your appointments and you’re encouraged to keep up with the goals that you set. Every six months, we set new goals. You know, what are you capable of now, R.J.? Of course, you couldn’t do this 10 years ago, but you know what, I have a feeling you could do this now.”[aside postID=news_12039730 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Eventually, Sloan started working part-time as a front desk clerk at a nearby homeless shelter — work that now helps pay for his apartment. However, the bulk of his rent is covered by the federal government through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/\">Continuum of Care\u003c/a> — a key source of funding for local governments and nonprofits trying to tackle homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program helps cover housing costs and support services for thousands of homeless individuals like Sloan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County receives around $34 million a year. San Francisco gets about $50 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, that funding is now at risk as the Trump administration moves to impose new conditions on the federal money. It’s part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">broader pattern of the Trump administration seeking to withhold money\u003c/a> to pressure democratically led cities and counties to change policies the administration doesn’t like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, when HUD sent out grant applications, local officials balked. Under the new rules, local governments must certify that they do not have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, don’t promote “gender ideology,” and don’t have sanctuary immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039999\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A studio unit in the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Santa Clara joined six other counties in suing the Trump administration over these new conditions. Earlier this month, they won a temporary restraining order halting the new grant conditions. Today, the counties return to court where the same judge will consider a permanent injunction as the case moves forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen this kind of dynamic with the Trump administration again and again, where they’re placing unlawful and unconstitutional conditions on federal funding,” Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti said. “They’re essentially weaponizing federal funding to force locals to take action that they cannot force local governments to take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HUD did not respond to a request for comment, but in March, HUD Secretary Scott Turner \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SecretaryTurner/status/1900257331184570703\">defended the change on the social media site X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HUD’s Continuum of Care Program was meant to provide funds to end homelessness, unfortunately, it was used as a tool by the left to push a woke agenda at the expense of people in need,” Turner wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti, however, insists that the new conditions are illegal, partly because they exceed what Congress outlined when authorizing the program. He also notes that many of the requirements are so vague that they’re impossible to comply with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039998\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The ongoing focus around diversity, equity, and inclusion is a great example of that,” he said, noting that there’s no clear definition of what qualifies as DEI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also highlights that while the new grants prohibit recipients from recognizing transgender people, “HUD’s own regulations mandate ‘equal access’ to CoC ‘programs, shelters, other buildings and facilities, benefits, services, and accommodations is provided to an individual in accordance with the individual’s gender identity.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said the stakes are incredibly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ability to really make progress in combating homelessness and making sure that those families have not only shelter, but the services that they need, really hinges in large part on our ability to access these federal funds,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness in the expensive Bay Area is a problem that leaders have struggled to address for decades. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping#:~:text=The%20overall%20number%20of%20people,the%20Point%20in%20Time%20Count.\">More than 8,000 people are unhoused in San Francisco\u003c/a>, a number that’s ticked up slightly in recent years. Santa Clara County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977258/despite-progress-santa-clara-county-sees-sharp-rise-in-first-time-homelessness\">has also struggled to curb homelessness\u003c/a> and saw a sizable increase in the number of unhoused people in its last count in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth Stokes, executive director of Episcopal Community Services, warned that cutting off funding to developments like Bishop Swing Community House would be incredibly shortsighted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beth Stokes, Executive Director at Episcopal Community Services, at the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center run in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Would you rather have people on the street, suffering, their health completely deteriorating, with no quality of life?” she asked, “Versus being here — this is stable. This is peaceful. People get well here. And it’s actually a better bargain for the taxpayers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stokes said if the new grant conditions go through, she is hopeful that her organization will be able to find other funding sources to help cover Sloan and other residents’ rent. However, she acknowledged that they might have to delay other projects aimed at getting even more homeless people off the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan, the Bishop Swing Community House resident, said he cannot imagine a world without the supportive housing he’s relied on for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without it, he said, “I would have entered homelessness, exited and entered and exited, and entered homelessness many, many times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine not living here, to be honest with you. I’m scared to death of that third psychotic break. I don’t know what caused the first two. So I think I’d like to age in place right here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Eventually, Sloan started working part-time as a front desk clerk at a nearby homeless shelter — work that now helps pay for his apartment. However, the bulk of his rent is covered by the federal government through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/\">Continuum of Care\u003c/a> — a key source of funding for local governments and nonprofits trying to tackle homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program helps cover housing costs and support services for thousands of homeless individuals like Sloan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County receives around $34 million a year. San Francisco gets about $50 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, that funding is now at risk as the Trump administration moves to impose new conditions on the federal money. It’s part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">broader pattern of the Trump administration seeking to withhold money\u003c/a> to pressure democratically led cities and counties to change policies the administration doesn’t like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, when HUD sent out grant applications, local officials balked. Under the new rules, local governments must certify that they do not have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, don’t promote “gender ideology,” and don’t have sanctuary immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039999\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A studio unit in the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Santa Clara joined six other counties in suing the Trump administration over these new conditions. Earlier this month, they won a temporary restraining order halting the new grant conditions. Today, the counties return to court where the same judge will consider a permanent injunction as the case moves forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen this kind of dynamic with the Trump administration again and again, where they’re placing unlawful and unconstitutional conditions on federal funding,” Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti said. “They’re essentially weaponizing federal funding to force locals to take action that they cannot force local governments to take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HUD did not respond to a request for comment, but in March, HUD Secretary Scott Turner \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SecretaryTurner/status/1900257331184570703\">defended the change on the social media site X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HUD’s Continuum of Care Program was meant to provide funds to end homelessness, unfortunately, it was used as a tool by the left to push a woke agenda at the expense of people in need,” Turner wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti, however, insists that the new conditions are illegal, partly because they exceed what Congress outlined when authorizing the program. He also notes that many of the requirements are so vague that they’re impossible to comply with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039998\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The ongoing focus around diversity, equity, and inclusion is a great example of that,” he said, noting that there’s no clear definition of what qualifies as DEI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also highlights that while the new grants prohibit recipients from recognizing transgender people, “HUD’s own regulations mandate ‘equal access’ to CoC ‘programs, shelters, other buildings and facilities, benefits, services, and accommodations is provided to an individual in accordance with the individual’s gender identity.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said the stakes are incredibly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ability to really make progress in combating homelessness and making sure that those families have not only shelter, but the services that they need, really hinges in large part on our ability to access these federal funds,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness in the expensive Bay Area is a problem that leaders have struggled to address for decades. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping#:~:text=The%20overall%20number%20of%20people,the%20Point%20in%20Time%20Count.\">More than 8,000 people are unhoused in San Francisco\u003c/a>, a number that’s ticked up slightly in recent years. Santa Clara County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977258/despite-progress-santa-clara-county-sees-sharp-rise-in-first-time-homelessness\">has also struggled to curb homelessness\u003c/a> and saw a sizable increase in the number of unhoused people in its last count in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth Stokes, executive director of Episcopal Community Services, warned that cutting off funding to developments like Bishop Swing Community House would be incredibly shortsighted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beth Stokes, Executive Director at Episcopal Community Services, at the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center run in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Would you rather have people on the street, suffering, their health completely deteriorating, with no quality of life?” she asked, “Versus being here — this is stable. This is peaceful. People get well here. And it’s actually a better bargain for the taxpayers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stokes said if the new grant conditions go through, she is hopeful that her organization will be able to find other funding sources to help cover Sloan and other residents’ rent. However, she acknowledged that they might have to delay other projects aimed at getting even more homeless people off the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan, the Bishop Swing Community House resident, said he cannot imagine a world without the supportive housing he’s relied on for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without it, he said, “I would have entered homelessness, exited and entered and exited, and entered homelessness many, many times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine not living here, to be honest with you. I’m scared to death of that third psychotic break. I don’t know what caused the first two. So I think I’d like to age in place right here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the center of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/stanford\">Stanford\u003c/a>’s campus on Monday evening, students biked to and from class, lounged outside the coffeehouse and passed through in white dresses and red sashes, taking pictures to commemorate graduation in a few short weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among them, 100 or so students, faculty, staff and community members wrapped in keffiyehs gathered to support a growing group of protesters on a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039733/california-students-hunger-strike-gaza-spreads-stanford\"> hunger strike\u003c/a> in solidarity with Palestinians at risk of starving in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The movement started with 15 students, faculty and staff members who pledged May 12 to stop eating until Stanford’s administration meets their demands, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038896/student-hunger-strikers-want-sf-states-divestment-deal-to-spread-across-csu-system\">following a hunger strike\u003c/a> that spread across the California State University system the week prior. A dozen more joined the Stanford strike this week, pushing the university to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza and take actions to ensure campus free speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the university has said it does not plan to negotiate with the strikers. In the fall, it declined to meet students’ divestment demands, and it said it keeps specific investments and endowment strategies private to ensure “continued and robust financial support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters gather nightly on the grassy White Plaza, which has become the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">de facto home base for pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations\u003c/a> since October 2023. This escalation from the protests that Stanford students have held since the war began comes at the tail end of a school year that many told KQED has been wrought with increasing hostility from the university’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enforcement of new protest guidelines, the Santa Clara County district attorney’s felony charges against Stanford protesters and a lack of movement on their divestment demands have pushed hunger strikers to this point of desperation, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040872 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign with student demands is displayed at the intake table at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on Monday, May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The university seems to think that they can put their fingers in their ears and ignore us, but we’re here to show them that they can’t do that,” said Owen Martin, a first-year student who has been part of the strike since last week. “Clearly, Stanford doesn’t seem to care that the companies they’re investing in are causing the mass starvation and death of thousands upon thousands of people, but maybe they’ll care that students are starving on their campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said he felt called to join the hunger strike because of its parallel to Israel’s 11-week blockade of food and aid to Gaza. Israeli officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d4kz8p00eo\">announced Monday\u003c/a> amid mounting international pressure that they had allowed five aid trucks into Gaza to prevent starvation, but the United Nations said it would only be a “drop in [the] ocean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sort of think of my own ancestors,” said Martin, who is Irish American. “We came here during the most severe man-made famine in history at the time, the Great Irish Famine, and now the same thing is happening to our brothers and sisters in Gaza.”[aside postID=news_12039733 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-036-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Since last week, Martin said he has lost more than 10% of his body weight and experienced extreme dips in his blood glucose levels. On Monday, medical staffers supplied him and other strikers with a plastic bag full of vitamins and a 10-gram glucose tablet, with instructions to take it in an emergency situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to have to do any permanent damage to my body … but I’m prepared to stand for my brothers and sisters,” Martin told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, Stanford was among more than 130 schools across the country whose students built nests of tents, tarps, blankets, Palestinian flags and large banners and spent weeks camped out on their campuses, bringing attention to U.S. support for Israel and pressuring their universities to pull financial investments from companies that supply weapons or surveillance technology to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a group of protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989050/pro-palestinian-stanford-protesters-detained-after-occupying-presidents-office\">occupied the university president’s office\u003c/a> in June and refused to leave until they were arrested, administrators shut down Stanford’s encampment and later updated “freedom of expression” policies with a new policy requiring demonstrators to remove face coverings when asked a clarification of the camping policy, requiring that tents and structures be removed overnight regardless of whether people are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040875 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaykh Alauddin Elbakri leads a prayer at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, 12 protesters face felony charges for the occupation of the president’s office, and other student activists have rallied around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that since he arrived on campus in the fall, there’s been a feeling of hostility between protesters and the administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had one major rally where we marched here from White Plaza around the main quad and back, and within five minutes, you saw administrators swarming, asking us to disperse, threatening to send the police to come and disperse us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Liu, a graduate student studying computational and mathematical engineering, has also felt a shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt more of a double standard,” he told KQED on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu, 25, a second-year graduate student at Stanford University, stands for a portrait at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. Liu is one of the several Stanford University students who have been on a hunger strike, pledging not to eat until the university agrees to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Liu said he’s often seen party details or advocacy messages chalked by fraternities and clubs stay on campus bike paths for weeks, “whenever [it’s] something that we talk about Palestine and bringing attention to the people whom Israel kills in Palestine, there’s immediate suspicion if there’s any university agent who walks over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And even if no one asks immediately, [the messages] usually get washed away or erased within just a few days,” Liu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday evening, students kneeled on the sidewalks surrounding White Plaza, drawing Palestinian flags and writing messages in colorful chalk. One student wrote “There is no clean water in Gaza” in block letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, who has also been a part of the strike since last week, said that as a member of Stanford’s Graduate Student Council, he’s been invited to have discussions with administrators about the ongoing conflict, and has been told repeatedly that they welcome engagement from students. Now, he said, they’re refusing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040873 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu holds a packet of supplements medical staff provided after getting his blood pressure checked at a pop-up station at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So far, they’ve been taking a completely opposite stance, and that’s very hypocritical,” Liu said. “We want them to apply the same standards to us and allow us to engage with them as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu said Stanford has a history of sit-ins against the Vietnam War and apartheid South Africa that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039733/california-students-hunger-strike-gaza-spreads-stanford\">campus policy changes\u003c/a> — and added that choosing not to see the June action as the same is shortsighted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we celebrate those protests of the past,” he said. “We hope that the university can learn its lessons from the past, and not wait until decades later to celebrate things that happened like last year’s occupation of the president’s office, but really take action now.”[aside postID=news_12035346 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg']On Monday, another dozen students joined Liu, Martin and others who are continuing their action into a second week. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the university has said it does not plan to negotiate with the strikers. In the fall, it declined to meet students’ divestment demands, and it said it keeps specific investments and endowment strategies private to ensure “continued and robust financial support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters gather nightly on the grassy White Plaza, which has become the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">de facto home base for pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations\u003c/a> since October 2023. This escalation from the protests that Stanford students have held since the war began comes at the tail end of a school year that many told KQED has been wrought with increasing hostility from the university’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enforcement of new protest guidelines, the Santa Clara County district attorney’s felony charges against Stanford protesters and a lack of movement on their divestment demands have pushed hunger strikers to this point of desperation, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040872 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign with student demands is displayed at the intake table at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on Monday, May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The university seems to think that they can put their fingers in their ears and ignore us, but we’re here to show them that they can’t do that,” said Owen Martin, a first-year student who has been part of the strike since last week. “Clearly, Stanford doesn’t seem to care that the companies they’re investing in are causing the mass starvation and death of thousands upon thousands of people, but maybe they’ll care that students are starving on their campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said he felt called to join the hunger strike because of its parallel to Israel’s 11-week blockade of food and aid to Gaza. Israeli officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d4kz8p00eo\">announced Monday\u003c/a> amid mounting international pressure that they had allowed five aid trucks into Gaza to prevent starvation, but the United Nations said it would only be a “drop in [the] ocean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sort of think of my own ancestors,” said Martin, who is Irish American. “We came here during the most severe man-made famine in history at the time, the Great Irish Famine, and now the same thing is happening to our brothers and sisters in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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On Monday, medical staffers supplied him and other strikers with a plastic bag full of vitamins and a 10-gram glucose tablet, with instructions to take it in an emergency situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to have to do any permanent damage to my body … but I’m prepared to stand for my brothers and sisters,” Martin told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, Stanford was among more than 130 schools across the country whose students built nests of tents, tarps, blankets, Palestinian flags and large banners and spent weeks camped out on their campuses, bringing attention to U.S. support for Israel and pressuring their universities to pull financial investments from companies that supply weapons or surveillance technology to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a group of protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989050/pro-palestinian-stanford-protesters-detained-after-occupying-presidents-office\">occupied the university president’s office\u003c/a> in June and refused to leave until they were arrested, administrators shut down Stanford’s encampment and later updated “freedom of expression” policies with a new policy requiring demonstrators to remove face coverings when asked a clarification of the camping policy, requiring that tents and structures be removed overnight regardless of whether people are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040875 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaykh Alauddin Elbakri leads a prayer at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, 12 protesters face felony charges for the occupation of the president’s office, and other student activists have rallied around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that since he arrived on campus in the fall, there’s been a feeling of hostility between protesters and the administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had one major rally where we marched here from White Plaza around the main quad and back, and within five minutes, you saw administrators swarming, asking us to disperse, threatening to send the police to come and disperse us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Liu, a graduate student studying computational and mathematical engineering, has also felt a shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt more of a double standard,” he told KQED on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu, 25, a second-year graduate student at Stanford University, stands for a portrait at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041463/memorial-day-weekend-weather-wont-feel-summer-much-bay-area\">Memorial Day is right around the corner\u003c/a> on May 26 — but if you’re still looking for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022427/things-to-do-in-the-bay-area-families-events-live-music-listings-newsletters\">things to do in the Bay Area\u003c/a> over the holiday weekend, don’t worry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you’re interested in checking out wetland wildlife, immersing yourself in a redwood forest, soaking up stunning ocean views or just getting a grueling workout in, we’ve rounded up five ideas for Bay Area holiday hikes to suit a range of interests and abilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so you can make a full day of it, we’ve included ideas for things to see and places to eat after your hike, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ImmerseyourselfinSantaCruzMountainsredwoods\">Immerse yourself in Santa Cruz Mountains redwoods\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"#EnjoysweepingoceanviewsintheMarinHeadlands\">Enjoy sweeping ocean views in the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#CheckoutSanFranciscosbrandnewoceanfrontpark\">Check out San Francisco’s brand-new oceanfront park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#BirdwatchasyoustrollEastBaywetlands\">Birdwatch as you stroll East Bay wetlands\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SteepclimbsforstunningvistasfromMissionPeak\">Steep climbs for stunning vistas from Mission Peak\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>If you want to immerse yourself in \u003ca id=\"ImmerseyourselfinSantaCruzMountainsredwoods\">\u003c/a>redwoods … hike in \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/purisima-creek-redwoods\">Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the lush Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Half Moon Bay, most of these towering trees are around a century old. Birds, snakes and other wildlife are plentiful here — and you may even spot a banana slug or two on your hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Purisima Creek Trail will offer the most immersive redwoods experience, but the Harkins Ridge Trail, Whittemore Gulch or the North Ridge Trail will also offer scenic coastal views from above if that’s more your style. For a longer day out, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/harkins-ridge-craig-britton-and-purisima-creek-trail\">combine one or two of the trails to form a loop.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of our most beloved preserves,” said Ryan McCauley, spokesperson for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/\">Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District\u003c/a>. But that also means it’s one of the busiest, so parking may be scarce, he warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana slug is found crawling around Purisima Creek Redwoods near Half Moon Bay on Sept. 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Luckily, you don’t actually have to brave the holiday weekend traffic to and from the coast to enjoy this preserve, as it’s also accessible inland from Highway 35 or Skyline Boulevard. In fact, starting the trail from above via these roads may be your best bet at snagging a parking spot, as there are only a handful available from the Highway 1 side. Because Purisima is so popular, Midpen is even working on \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/bay-area-ridge-trail-connection-and-parking-area-expansion-feasibility-study\">expanding parking\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/purisima-sea-trail\">and building a new trail\u003c/a>) to improve access to the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest times at Purisima, so if you can’t find a parking spot, McCauley suggests continuing on Highway 35 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/el-corte-de-madera-creek\">El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve\u003c/a>, where “you still get those spectacular redwoods” and more than 34 miles of trails to explore, but will find much more space to park. Even farther south is \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/skyline-ridge\">Skyline Ridge Preserve\u003c/a>, which also has a small nature center for kids. And if you strike out there too, \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/monte-bello\">Monte Bello\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/los-trancos\">Los Trancos\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/bear-creek-redwoods\">Bear Creek Redwoods\u003c/a> are three more options for hikers coming from all over the peninsula and South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make things even easier, the district has a handy \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/stories/new-interactive-trail-explorer-tool\">Trail Explorer Tool\u003c/a> that details every mile of its trail system — so you’ll never accidentally end up on a too-steep trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are not allowed at Purisima. Watch for bikes on certain trails, especially on tight blind turns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>If you arrive via Highway 35, stop at iconic \u003ca href=\"https://alicesrestaurant.com/\">Alice’s Restaurant\u003c/a> in Woodside for breakfast or lunch. If coming along the coast from the north, grab a deli sandwich from downtown Half Moon Bay’s \u003ca href=\"https://sanbenitohouse.com/\">San Benito House\u003c/a>, where the olive-walnut bread is a fresh-baked specialty. From the south, stop at \u003ca href=\"https://www.normsmarket.com/\">Arcangeli Grocery Co.\u003c/a> in Pescadero for their famous garlic herb and artichoke bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>Keep the adventure going by hitting one of the many \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/535/files/SanMateoCoastBeachesParksWeb2016.pdf\">state beaches south of Half Moon Bay\u003c/a>. You can also take a scenic drive on Highway 84 to La Honda or on Pescadero Creek Road to Loma Mar.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want unbeatable ocean views with a side of history … check out the \u003ca id=\"EnjoysweepingoceanviewsintheMarinHeadlands\">\u003c/a>Marin Headlands from \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/rodeo-beach\">Rodeo Beach\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/marin-headlands\">Marin Headlands\u003c/a> area is rife with hiking trails and sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge for hikers of all levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re looking for something more ocean-oriented (and strenuous), park at \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/rodeo-beach\">Rodeo Beach\u003c/a>, where drinking water and bathrooms are available, and go up, up and up some more on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/trails/coastal-trail-marin-hike\">Coastal Trail\u003c/a> — where you can take in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean to the west.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040904\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three hikers head downhill to Rodeo Beach on the Coastal Trail in the Marin Headlands on April 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On your journey up, you’ll pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-townsley.htm\">Battery Townsley\u003c/a>: a historic — and formerly top secret — World War I military site that housed two guns each with a 25-mile range, designed to protect the entire San Francisco coastline from Point Reyes to Half Moon Bay.While the museum itself will be closed on Memorial Day (it’s open from noon to 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month), you can still see a gun barrel that was originally mounted aboard the battleship USS Missouri, that’s identical to the guns that were inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you make it up high enough, you’ll be rewarded with a unique view of San Francisco from the north. \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/old-springs-miwok-wolf-ridge-coastal-and-tennessee-valley-loop\">Continue on the Wolf Ridge and Miwok Trails\u003c/a> to connect back to the beach, or simply turn around to retrace your steps and take in the views, knowing the hard work is behind you.[aside postID=news_11979339 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/GettyImages-1244474782_qut-672x372.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This trail can get busy, especially on a holiday weekend, so for a quieter route, Julian Espinoza, spokesperson for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, suggested starting out on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/trails/miwok-trail\">Miwok Trail\u003c/a> from the eastern end of Rodeo Lagoon. And for a more relaxed — and accessible — journey, take the 1.5-mile \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/projects/rodeo-valley-trail\">Rodeo Valley Trail.\u003c/a> But no matter which trail you choose, get there early, Espinoza warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lot often fills up on holiday weekends and when the weather is nice,” Espinoza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>For lunch, remember that Sausalito’s restaurants can get crowded with tourists — so you may consider heading to \u003ca href=\"https://driversmarket.com/\">Driver’s Market & Deli\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggmsausalito.com/\">Golden Gate Market\u003c/a> there instead. Pack out a sandwich for a picnic at Rodeo Beach or eat right there at Sausalito’s waterfront, with sweeping views of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>Swing by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Bay-Model-Visitor-Center/\">Bay Model Visitor Center\u003c/a>: a free museum built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which houses an enormous working hydraulic model of the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to check out a brand-new \u003ca id=\"CheckoutSanFranciscosbrandnewoceanfrontpark\">\u003c/a>oceanfront park … head to \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1555/Sunset-Dunes\">Sunset Dunes Park\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s the first Memorial Day for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">San Francisco’s newest park,\u003c/a> and it’s sure to be a scene this holiday weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Formerly known as the Great Highway, Sunset Dunes is a 2-mile stretch of car-free road that was recently converted — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">not without controversy\u003c/a> — into a park along Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040913\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors are seen during the grand opening of the Sunset Dunes Park along the former Upper Great Highway, in San Francisco, on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only is the wide road perfect for strolling, biking or roller skating, many of the new street murals and sculptures are already in place for visitors to enjoy, while the city continues to install more park amenities like water fountains and benches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider taking transit to your hike to eliminate the stress of finding holiday weekend parking on nearby streets: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/n-judah\">N Judah Muni line\u003c/a> drops you off right at Sunset Dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>Grab a breakfast sandwich from \u003ca href=\"https://www.devilsteethbakingcompany.com/\">Devil’s Teeth Baking Company\u003c/a> or a coffee from \u003ca href=\"https://andytownsf.com/?srsltid=AfmBOop7KYyoPVhu9pbKD_y2vBiHQRXZAYt8GB5GjKC7A2WdFdGrohJb\">Andytown Coffee Roasters\u003c/a> — both are likely to be busy, but they’re popular for a reason, as nothing beats a buttermilk biscuit on the beach. If you’re really hungry, try \u003ca href=\"https://www.oldmandarinislamic.com/5npe1iul/restaurant/order-online\">Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant\u003c/a> for Halal Chinese food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>For a longer day, continue your walk north to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/lands-end\">Lands End\u003c/a> or east through \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/770/Golden-Gate-Park\">Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>, to experience as much of the city’s green space as possible. Or, bring a cooler and a towel and have a full-on beach day at Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to see wildlife teeming in the \u003ca id=\"BirdwatchasyoustrollEastBaywetlands\">\u003c/a>wetlands … try \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Community-Services/Open-Space-Parks/Neighborhood-Parks/Baylands-Nature-Preserve\">Baylands Nature Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/10408/the-baylands-nature-preserve-a-winter-birders-wonderland\">Known for its resident ducks and migratory birds\u003c/a>, the Baylands is perfect for a leisurely stroll on \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/parks/us/california/baylands-nature-preserve\">a mix of paved and gravel trails\u003c/a> that still offer plenty to see. Most of these trails are flat and wind their way through marshland with expansive views of the East Bay’s rolling hills. Another big plus, especially on a holiday weekend: parking is usually plentiful, Baylands Park Ranger David Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take along a \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/files/assets/public/v/1/community-services/parks-and-open-space/open-space-maps/baylands-birding-hotspots-map.pdf\">birding hotspots map\u003c/a> of the preserve published by the city of Palo Alto, and look for the areas circled in red for the best potential springtime sightings. The saltwater Duck Pond and the Harriet Mundy Marsh are noted for having swallows, stilts, herons and egrets in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-1536x982.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-1920x1227.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sixth graders from Jane Lathrop Middle School in Palo Alto line the banks of San Francisquito Creek to help plant 500 native wetland seedlings as part of a “Save The Bay” restoration project at the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the best birdwatching opportunities, Aguirre suggested \u003ca href=\"https://scvbirdalliance.org/self-guided-birding/emily-renzel-ponds\">Emily Renzel Ponds\u003c/a>, as well as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Community-Services/Facility-Rentals/Nature-Interpretive-Centers/Baylands-Nature-Interpretive-Center\">Lucie Evans Baylands Interpretive Center\u003c/a>, which is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the weekends. And while mornings tend to be best for birdwatching, “you’ll see wildlife out here no matter what,” Aguirre said — the preserve has “everything from pelicans and seagulls in the hundreds” to the chance to spot the Pacific Ridgway’s Rail, \u003ca href=\"https://www.greenfoothills.org/species-spotlight-ridgways-rail\">an endangered species\u003c/a> that likes to hide in these marshes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t much shade at the Baylands, so bring sun protection. Head to the Hilltop Trails in Byxbee Park for more hilly terrain and the best wildflowers, or try the Marsh Front Trail for interpretive signs about local natural history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are allowed on almost all trails, except near the Emily Renzel Pond, but must be on leash at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>Coffee from \u003ca href=\"http://www.adascafe.org/\">Ada’s Cafe\u003c/a> in Palo Alto and a panini of the day from \u003ca href=\"https://plazadelicafeca.com/\">Plaza Deli Cafe\u003c/a> in Mountain View will keep you caffeinated and fueled. Alternatively, head to one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.zareensrestaurant.com/\">Zareen’s\u003c/a> locations on the peninsula for a full meal of Indian and Pakistani cuisine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make it a day: \u003c/strong>Hang around the Baylands long enough and you can’t help but notice the \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Palo-Alto-Airport\">Palo Alto Airport\u003c/a> located next to the Duck Pond. You can grab a picnic table and watch as small planes land and take off, as their passengers and pilots go on weekend jaunts around the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’re up for a \u003ca id=\"SteepclimbsforstunningvistasfromMissionPeak\">\u003c/a>challenge (with a real reward) … take on \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission-peak\">Mission Peak Regional Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This day hike is no joke — it’s a 2,100-foot ascent in just \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/mission-peak-loop-from-stanford-avenue-staging-area\">three miles to the top of Fremont’s Mission Peak\u003c/a>. Allocate five hours to get there and back, bring \u003cem>lots\u003c/em> of water and some snacks and consider getting there as early as you can to avoid hiking uphill in the heat of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But rest assured: it’s all worth it. From the top, you can see the entire South Bay laid out in front of you, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol\">Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve\u003c/a> to the east and a handful of iconic Bay Area mountains like Mount Tam and Mount Diablo peeking out as well. While you’re catching your breath, you may even see hang gliders and paragliders at the summit, as well as resident hawks and vultures enjoying the breeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040906\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bench sits around halfway up the strenuous 3-mile hike up Mission Peak in Fremont, California, on April 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want a more gradual ascent, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol\">attempt the hike from Ohlone College\u003c/a>, where $4 parking is ample. This approach makes the trek slightly longer but much less aggressive. From either starting point, most of the trail is a wide gravel road, but the last half mile of packed dirt is steep, so trekking poles may be helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to avoid holiday weekend traffic on the roads, this trail is also accessible via transit. Take \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART to Warm Springs,\u003c/a> then an \u003ca href=\"https://tp.actransit.org/#/\">AC Transit\u003c/a> bus to either trailhead, but make sure to account for potentially reduced service and limited hours due to the holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are allowed, but make sure to bring extra water for them — there’s almost no shade on the entire hike. And be aware that cows live on the hills near this trail, as does other wildlife, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040111/rattlesnakes-bay-area-warning-venom-bites-rattlesnake-vs-gophersnake\">keep yourself and your dog safe\u003c/a> by leaving animals be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t worry if you don’t make it all the way to the top. Even midway up Mission Peak, you can enjoy sweeping views of the Bay and make the most of your holiday weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>Head to any one of the many Asian restaurants and cafes at \u003ca href=\"https://fremont-times-square.wheree.com/\">Fremont Times Square\u003c/a> for all the noodles and boba you can consume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>Let’s be real, this hike practically \u003cem>is\u003c/em> your full day. But if you’ve still got energy left and want to cool off, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976437\">head to Fremont’s Aqua Adventure Water Park in Fremont’s Central Park\u003c/a> and treat yourself to a well-deserved float in the park’s lazy river.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ImmerseyourselfinSantaCruzMountainsredwoods\">Immerse yourself in Santa Cruz Mountains redwoods\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"#EnjoysweepingoceanviewsintheMarinHeadlands\">Enjoy sweeping ocean views in the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#CheckoutSanFranciscosbrandnewoceanfrontpark\">Check out San Francisco’s brand-new oceanfront park\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#BirdwatchasyoustrollEastBaywetlands\">Birdwatch as you stroll East Bay wetlands\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#SteepclimbsforstunningvistasfromMissionPeak\">Steep climbs for stunning vistas from Mission Peak\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>If you want to immerse yourself in \u003ca id=\"ImmerseyourselfinSantaCruzMountainsredwoods\">\u003c/a>redwoods … hike in \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/purisima-creek-redwoods\">Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the lush Purisima Creek Redwoods Preserve in the Santa Cruz Mountains above Half Moon Bay, most of these towering trees are around a century old. Birds, snakes and other wildlife are plentiful here — and you may even spot a banana slug or two on your hike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Purisima Creek Trail will offer the most immersive redwoods experience, but the Harkins Ridge Trail, Whittemore Gulch or the North Ridge Trail will also offer scenic coastal views from above if that’s more your style. For a longer day out, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/harkins-ridge-craig-britton-and-purisima-creek-trail\">combine one or two of the trails to form a loop.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of our most beloved preserves,” said Ryan McCauley, spokesperson for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/\">Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District\u003c/a>. But that also means it’s one of the busiest, so parking may be scarce, he warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Purisima-sarah-wright-sept.-10-20202-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A banana slug is found crawling around Purisima Creek Redwoods near Half Moon Bay on Sept. 10, 2020. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Luckily, you don’t actually have to brave the holiday weekend traffic to and from the coast to enjoy this preserve, as it’s also accessible inland from Highway 35 or Skyline Boulevard. In fact, starting the trail from above via these roads may be your best bet at snagging a parking spot, as there are only a handful available from the Highway 1 side. Because Purisima is so popular, Midpen is even working on \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/bay-area-ridge-trail-connection-and-parking-area-expansion-feasibility-study\">expanding parking\u003c/a> (\u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/what-we-do/projects/purisima-sea-trail\">and building a new trail\u003c/a>) to improve access to the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Memorial Day weekend is among the busiest times at Purisima, so if you can’t find a parking spot, McCauley suggests continuing on Highway 35 to \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/el-corte-de-madera-creek\">El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve\u003c/a>, where “you still get those spectacular redwoods” and more than 34 miles of trails to explore, but will find much more space to park. Even farther south is \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/skyline-ridge\">Skyline Ridge Preserve\u003c/a>, which also has a small nature center for kids. And if you strike out there too, \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/monte-bello\">Monte Bello\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/los-trancos\">Los Trancos\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/bear-creek-redwoods\">Bear Creek Redwoods\u003c/a> are three more options for hikers coming from all over the peninsula and South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make things even easier, the district has a handy \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/stories/new-interactive-trail-explorer-tool\">Trail Explorer Tool\u003c/a> that details every mile of its trail system — so you’ll never accidentally end up on a too-steep trail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are not allowed at Purisima. Watch for bikes on certain trails, especially on tight blind turns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>If you arrive via Highway 35, stop at iconic \u003ca href=\"https://alicesrestaurant.com/\">Alice’s Restaurant\u003c/a> in Woodside for breakfast or lunch. If coming along the coast from the north, grab a deli sandwich from downtown Half Moon Bay’s \u003ca href=\"https://sanbenitohouse.com/\">San Benito House\u003c/a>, where the olive-walnut bread is a fresh-baked specialty. From the south, stop at \u003ca href=\"https://www.normsmarket.com/\">Arcangeli Grocery Co.\u003c/a> in Pescadero for their famous garlic herb and artichoke bread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>Keep the adventure going by hitting one of the many \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/535/files/SanMateoCoastBeachesParksWeb2016.pdf\">state beaches south of Half Moon Bay\u003c/a>. You can also take a scenic drive on Highway 84 to La Honda or on Pescadero Creek Road to Loma Mar.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want unbeatable ocean views with a side of history … check out the \u003ca id=\"EnjoysweepingoceanviewsintheMarinHeadlands\">\u003c/a>Marin Headlands from \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/rodeo-beach\">Rodeo Beach\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The entire \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/marin-headlands\">Marin Headlands\u003c/a> area is rife with hiking trails and sweeping views of the Golden Gate Bridge for hikers of all levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re looking for something more ocean-oriented (and strenuous), park at \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/rodeo-beach\">Rodeo Beach\u003c/a>, where drinking water and bathrooms are available, and go up, up and up some more on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/trails/coastal-trail-marin-hike\">Coastal Trail\u003c/a> — where you can take in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean to the west.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040904\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040904\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/RodeoBeach6April2025SarahWright.jpg2_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three hikers head downhill to Rodeo Beach on the Coastal Trail in the Marin Headlands on April 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On your journey up, you’ll pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/battery-townsley.htm\">Battery Townsley\u003c/a>: a historic — and formerly top secret — World War I military site that housed two guns each with a 25-mile range, designed to protect the entire San Francisco coastline from Point Reyes to Half Moon Bay.While the museum itself will be closed on Memorial Day (it’s open from noon to 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month), you can still see a gun barrel that was originally mounted aboard the battleship USS Missouri, that’s identical to the guns that were inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you make it up high enough, you’ll be rewarded with a unique view of San Francisco from the north. \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/old-springs-miwok-wolf-ridge-coastal-and-tennessee-valley-loop\">Continue on the Wolf Ridge and Miwok Trails\u003c/a> to connect back to the beach, or simply turn around to retrace your steps and take in the views, knowing the hard work is behind you.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This trail can get busy, especially on a holiday weekend, so for a quieter route, Julian Espinoza, spokesperson for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, suggested starting out on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/trails/miwok-trail\">Miwok Trail\u003c/a> from the eastern end of Rodeo Lagoon. And for a more relaxed — and accessible — journey, take the 1.5-mile \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/projects/rodeo-valley-trail\">Rodeo Valley Trail.\u003c/a> But no matter which trail you choose, get there early, Espinoza warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lot often fills up on holiday weekends and when the weather is nice,” Espinoza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>For lunch, remember that Sausalito’s restaurants can get crowded with tourists — so you may consider heading to \u003ca href=\"https://driversmarket.com/\">Driver’s Market & Deli\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.ggmsausalito.com/\">Golden Gate Market\u003c/a> there instead. Pack out a sandwich for a picnic at Rodeo Beach or eat right there at Sausalito’s waterfront, with sweeping views of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>Swing by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Bay-Model-Visitor-Center/\">Bay Model Visitor Center\u003c/a>: a free museum built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which houses an enormous working hydraulic model of the entire Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to check out a brand-new \u003ca id=\"CheckoutSanFranciscosbrandnewoceanfrontpark\">\u003c/a>oceanfront park … head to \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/1555/Sunset-Dunes\">Sunset Dunes Park\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s the first Memorial Day for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">San Francisco’s newest park,\u003c/a> and it’s sure to be a scene this holiday weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Formerly known as the Great Highway, Sunset Dunes is a 2-mile stretch of car-free road that was recently converted — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">not without controversy\u003c/a> — into a park along Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040913\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/SunsetDunesGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors are seen during the grand opening of the Sunset Dunes Park along the former Upper Great Highway, in San Francisco, on April 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not only is the wide road perfect for strolling, biking or roller skating, many of the new street murals and sculptures are already in place for visitors to enjoy, while the city continues to install more park amenities like water fountains and benches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consider taking transit to your hike to eliminate the stress of finding holiday weekend parking on nearby streets: the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/n-judah\">N Judah Muni line\u003c/a> drops you off right at Sunset Dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>Grab a breakfast sandwich from \u003ca href=\"https://www.devilsteethbakingcompany.com/\">Devil’s Teeth Baking Company\u003c/a> or a coffee from \u003ca href=\"https://andytownsf.com/?srsltid=AfmBOop7KYyoPVhu9pbKD_y2vBiHQRXZAYt8GB5GjKC7A2WdFdGrohJb\">Andytown Coffee Roasters\u003c/a> — both are likely to be busy, but they’re popular for a reason, as nothing beats a buttermilk biscuit on the beach. If you’re really hungry, try \u003ca href=\"https://www.oldmandarinislamic.com/5npe1iul/restaurant/order-online\">Old Mandarin Islamic Restaurant\u003c/a> for Halal Chinese food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>For a longer day, continue your walk north to \u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/lands-end\">Lands End\u003c/a> or east through \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/770/Golden-Gate-Park\">Golden Gate Park\u003c/a>, to experience as much of the city’s green space as possible. Or, bring a cooler and a towel and have a full-on beach day at Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you want to see wildlife teeming in the \u003ca id=\"BirdwatchasyoustrollEastBaywetlands\">\u003c/a>wetlands … try \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Community-Services/Open-Space-Parks/Neighborhood-Parks/Baylands-Nature-Preserve\">Baylands Nature Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/10408/the-baylands-nature-preserve-a-winter-birders-wonderland\">Known for its resident ducks and migratory birds\u003c/a>, the Baylands is perfect for a leisurely stroll on \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/parks/us/california/baylands-nature-preserve\">a mix of paved and gravel trails\u003c/a> that still offer plenty to see. Most of these trails are flat and wind their way through marshland with expansive views of the East Bay’s rolling hills. Another big plus, especially on a holiday weekend: parking is usually plentiful, Baylands Park Ranger David Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take along a \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/files/assets/public/v/1/community-services/parks-and-open-space/open-space-maps/baylands-birding-hotspots-map.pdf\">birding hotspots map\u003c/a> of the preserve published by the city of Palo Alto, and look for the areas circled in red for the best potential springtime sightings. The saltwater Duck Pond and the Harriet Mundy Marsh are noted for having swallows, stilts, herons and egrets in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-800x511.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-1536x982.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/BaylandsGetty-1920x1227.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sixth graders from Jane Lathrop Middle School in Palo Alto line the banks of San Francisquito Creek to help plant 500 native wetland seedlings as part of a “Save The Bay” restoration project at the Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For the best birdwatching opportunities, Aguirre suggested \u003ca href=\"https://scvbirdalliance.org/self-guided-birding/emily-renzel-ponds\">Emily Renzel Ponds\u003c/a>, as well as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Community-Services/Facility-Rentals/Nature-Interpretive-Centers/Baylands-Nature-Interpretive-Center\">Lucie Evans Baylands Interpretive Center\u003c/a>, which is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the weekends. And while mornings tend to be best for birdwatching, “you’ll see wildlife out here no matter what,” Aguirre said — the preserve has “everything from pelicans and seagulls in the hundreds” to the chance to spot the Pacific Ridgway’s Rail, \u003ca href=\"https://www.greenfoothills.org/species-spotlight-ridgways-rail\">an endangered species\u003c/a> that likes to hide in these marshes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There isn’t much shade at the Baylands, so bring sun protection. Head to the Hilltop Trails in Byxbee Park for more hilly terrain and the best wildflowers, or try the Marsh Front Trail for interpretive signs about local natural history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are allowed on almost all trails, except near the Emily Renzel Pond, but must be on leash at all times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>Coffee from \u003ca href=\"http://www.adascafe.org/\">Ada’s Cafe\u003c/a> in Palo Alto and a panini of the day from \u003ca href=\"https://plazadelicafeca.com/\">Plaza Deli Cafe\u003c/a> in Mountain View will keep you caffeinated and fueled. Alternatively, head to one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.zareensrestaurant.com/\">Zareen’s\u003c/a> locations on the peninsula for a full meal of Indian and Pakistani cuisine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make it a day: \u003c/strong>Hang around the Baylands long enough and you can’t help but notice the \u003ca href=\"https://www.paloalto.gov/Departments/Public-Works/Palo-Alto-Airport\">Palo Alto Airport\u003c/a> located next to the Duck Pond. You can grab a picnic table and watch as small planes land and take off, as their passengers and pilots go on weekend jaunts around the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’re up for a \u003ca id=\"SteepclimbsforstunningvistasfromMissionPeak\">\u003c/a>challenge (with a real reward) … take on \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/mission-peak\">Mission Peak Regional Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This day hike is no joke — it’s a 2,100-foot ascent in just \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/mission-peak-loop-from-stanford-avenue-staging-area\">three miles to the top of Fremont’s Mission Peak\u003c/a>. Allocate five hours to get there and back, bring \u003cem>lots\u003c/em> of water and some snacks and consider getting there as early as you can to avoid hiking uphill in the heat of the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But rest assured: it’s all worth it. From the top, you can see the entire South Bay laid out in front of you, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol\">Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve\u003c/a> to the east and a handful of iconic Bay Area mountains like Mount Tam and Mount Diablo peeking out as well. While you’re catching your breath, you may even see hang gliders and paragliders at the summit, as well as resident hawks and vultures enjoying the breeze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040906\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040906\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/25April2025MissionPeakSarahWright3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bench sits around halfway up the strenuous 3-mile hike up Mission Peak in Fremont, California, on April 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want a more gradual ascent, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/sunol\">attempt the hike from Ohlone College\u003c/a>, where $4 parking is ample. This approach makes the trek slightly longer but much less aggressive. From either starting point, most of the trail is a wide gravel road, but the last half mile of packed dirt is steep, so trekking poles may be helpful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re hoping to avoid holiday weekend traffic on the roads, this trail is also accessible via transit. Take \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/planner\">BART to Warm Springs,\u003c/a> then an \u003ca href=\"https://tp.actransit.org/#/\">AC Transit\u003c/a> bus to either trailhead, but make sure to account for potentially reduced service and limited hours due to the holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dogs are allowed, but make sure to bring extra water for them — there’s almost no shade on the entire hike. And be aware that cows live on the hills near this trail, as does other wildlife, so \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040111/rattlesnakes-bay-area-warning-venom-bites-rattlesnake-vs-gophersnake\">keep yourself and your dog safe\u003c/a> by leaving animals be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t worry if you don’t make it all the way to the top. Even midway up Mission Peak, you can enjoy sweeping views of the Bay and make the most of your holiday weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Pit stop: \u003c/strong>Head to any one of the many Asian restaurants and cafes at \u003ca href=\"https://fremont-times-square.wheree.com/\">Fremont Times Square\u003c/a> for all the noodles and boba you can consume.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a day of it: \u003c/strong>Let’s be real, this hike practically \u003cem>is\u003c/em> your full day. But if you’ve still got energy left and want to cool off, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13976437\">head to Fremont’s Aqua Adventure Water Park in Fremont’s Central Park\u003c/a> and treat yourself to a well-deserved float in the park’s lazy river.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe\n src='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true?embedded=true'\n title='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCeDp_MY_h4G6VWj_-VPl-BJlQ3Uya2H0vxRZZd_47BpXwVA/viewform?embedded=true'\n width='760' height='500'\n frameborder='0'\n marginheight='0' marginwidth='0'>\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035971/california-forever-2-solano-cities-team-up-annexation-talks-move-forward\">Two of Solano County’s smallest cities\u003c/a> are exploring whether to get bigger — by taking over portions of California Forever’s property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company is behind a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972769/not-just-a-crazy-idea-california-forever-releases-ballot-details-for-new-bay-area-city\">proposed ballot initiative\u003c/a> that, if approved, would allow it to eventually build an \u003ca href=\"https://californiaforever.com/the-bold-city-project-of-the-tech-elite/\">Oakland-sized city\u003c/a> from scratch over what is currently farmland. Earlier this year, elected officials in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031818/another-solano-county-city-wants-annex-some-california-forevers-land\">Suisun City\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029950/rio-vista-explores-annexing-some-california-forevers-land\">Rio Vista\u003c/a>, two of California Forever’s closest neighbors, directed staff in their respective cities to explore annexing some of the company’s 60,000 acres of unincorporated land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since news of the potential annexations broke, county residents have raised questions about the process, how it could impact their cities and the county, and whether voters will be able to weigh in on the proposed ballot initiative, expected to go before voters in November 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We break it all down: why the cities are considering annexation, what that process could look like and how it might impact the company’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why would Suisun City and Rio Vista want to annex California Forever’s land?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At just 4 and 6.6 square miles, respectively, Suisun City and Rio Vista are the smallest cities in the county, geographically speaking. And staff from both cities have said they want to explore annexation to broaden their cities’ tax bases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The town of Collinsville in Solano County on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, in Rio Vista, staff have also said they want to maintain the city’s character as a “\u003ca href=\"https://riovista-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=1&event_id=2363&meta_id=59354\">quaint river town\u003c/a>.” They hope, by controlling some of California Forever’s land, they can influence what eventually gets built there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City managers from both Suisun City and Rio Vista have not said how much land either city might annex. They’re both in the process of drafting reimbursement agreements with California Forever that would allow them to explore annexation on the company’s dime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s in it for California Forever?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The company said it isn’t sure yet. Representatives have repeatedly told KQED they are interested in working with both cities as they explore annexation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is still early innings and there are important procedural steps to work through, but we’re looking forward to getting a reimbursement agreement signed with the cities and getting into discussions of what could be possible,” California Forever CEO Jan Sramek told KQED in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apart from the company’s specific motivations, there are myriad reasons a landowner might want to incorporate into a city, said Jim Burling, vice president of legal affairs with the Pacific Legal Foundation and a property rights expert. He said annexation talks usually start after a developer or landowner approaches a city with a plan to build something in an unincorporated area. In this case, the situation was reversed, with Suisun City and Rio Vista initiating the discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The landowner may not have access to various city services: water, sewer, utilities, police departments — that kind of thing — and the landowner might want to become part of the city in order to get those kinds of services,” he said. “The city might want to get the development, especially if it’s a commercial development, because the city can acquire the tax revenues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all landowners want to be annexed. When Suisun City reached out to other nearby property holders, some said \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3265707/Attachment_2_-_Response_Letters.pdf\">they weren’t interested\u003c/a> because they already have their own trash, water and septic services and didn’t want their property taxes to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who gets to decide?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, the ultimate decision of whether land can be incorporated into a city lies in the hands of the Local Agency Formation Commissions. LAFCOs are independent government agencies made up of elected and appointed officials from cities, the county and the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agencies were created in 2000 under the \u003ca href=\"https://alcl.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2024-11/4416-ckh-guide-2023-final.pdf\">Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act\u003c/a> to manage city growth and make sure they could provide services to areas under their jurisdictions. According to urbanist and land use expert Alex Schafran, that’s because during the 1940s and ’50s, California experienced a huge boom in population following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostalafco.org/documents/handbook/ii%20Why%20LAFCO%20final%205-07.pdf\">surge in land speculation and development\u003c/a>. Cities across the state grew aggressively and ate up farmland in the process.[aside postID=news_12035971 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240502-CaliforniaForever-96-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']That was the case in Solano County, as well, with cities growing rapidly from the 1970s through the early 2000s, County Administrator Bill Emlen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Schafran said some cities, such as Richmond, grew and annexed land that was geographically disconnected from other parts of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “checkerboard” nature of city growth made it difficult to provide municipal services and infrastructure to all the areas the city controlled. As a result, some counties were left with their own checkerboard of less valuable unincorporated land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“LAFCO was created to rein in this crazy annexation wave and, in particular, to put some guardrails around it so that you weren’t leaving the county with islands of less valuable land that it was on the hook to somehow maintain and provide services to,” Schafran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apart from Suisun and Rio Vista in Solano County, Emlen sees a new wave of cities, including Dixon and Vacaville, that are also interested in further expanding their boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How does annexation work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The short answer is that a city will put together an application to present to LAFCO, and then the commission votes to approve or deny the annexation. But the process of just getting to the application phase is incredibly lengthy and involves dozens of hearings, negotiations and reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first report is a \u003ca href=\"https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/solanocountylafcoca/2024/10/MSR-Guidelines.pdf\">municipal services review\u003c/a>, which outlines the infrastructure and public services that would be needed in the incorporated area and how the city has managed those services within its current boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040859\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then comes the “\u003ca href=\"https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/solanocountylafcoca/uploads/2023/05/Standards-and-Procedures-June-2019.pdf\">Sphere of Influence\u003c/a>” report, which lays out what the annexed land will be used for — whether it will remain farmland, for instance, or be redeveloped into homes, retail or office space. It also establishes a physical boundary for the annexed land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annexation proposal has to be compliant with the California Environmental Quality Act and reviewed for potential impacts to the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if a developer wants to build something on the annexed land, it might also enter into a development agreement with the city to clarify what the project would include and how it could impact the city. Burling said this agreement can also assure the developer that its project can be built on the annexed land after it becomes part of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a city completes the necessary reviews to submit an application to LAFCO, the agency reviews it and conducts studies of its own, if necessary, on how the city will service the unincorporated land. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanolafco.com/\">commission\u003c/a> then votes on whether the annexation can move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When can the public weigh in?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of the reports included in the annexation process will be presented during public meetings, where residents can voice opinions in support or opposition of incorporating the land into the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there are landowners or registered voters in the unincorporated area who don’t want their land to be annexed, they can file documentation asking for a protest hearing. If enough landowners are opposed, the proposal either dies or goes to an election among residents in the area slated to be annexed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Christina Love, the deputy executive director for Solano LAFCO, who worked in the city of Vacaville for 13 years, said protest hearings are unusual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Speaking from my experience from the city-side of it, the developers have done their homework and either work with the property owners or own the land, so a protest hearing is usually not a big deal,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How soon could this all happen?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On average, it can take two to five years, but in extreme cases, it can take up to a decade to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How would annexation impact California Forever’s proposal?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We don’t know yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Rio Vista and Suisun City have not decided how much land they will each annex, or where the annexed land could be located in relation to California Forever’s proposed new city, it’s still unclear how annexation could affect the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A barn stands along the road near Birds Landing in Solano County on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The company has also not stated whether it will delay placing its initiative on the 2026 ballot if annexation talks move forward, though both processes could happen simultaneously if the proposed city remains in an unincorporated part of the county. Although California Forever owns some 60,000 acres, its proposed city would sit on only 17,500 acres, with the rest preserved as a buffer zone for the nearby Travis Air Force Base, agricultural land and open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emlen has previously indicated that if either city were successful in annexing all of the land for the new city, California Forever would not be required to present its plan to Solano voters because the company would no longer be building in an unincorporated area and would not be subject to the county’s Orderly Growth Ordinance. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=6506\">county law\u003c/a> requires voter approval to build on agricultural land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said it is unlikely that would happen because LAFCO would require the cities to be able to provide services to the new community, and right now, neither city has that capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do counties have any say?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The county enters the group chat pretty early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a city updates its “sphere of influence” plan, the county must sign off and make sure it is consistent with its own general plan. Love said that if the county and city can agree on the sphere of influence, it makes her job a lot easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If not, LAFCO would have to prepare an analysis, including a list of pros and cons for how annexation would impact the county and the city. The commission would have to consider that for its final vote.[aside postID=news_12031818 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240502-CaliforniaForever-43-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']While an area of the county is unincorporated, it’s the county’s responsibility to provide services there. It also receives taxes from landowners on properties within its jurisdiction. During the annexation process, the county and city have to agree on how both parties will split the tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The county is going to be losing [its] portion of the property tax,” she said. “So, there is an impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last July, Solano County officials \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SolanoCountyReport.pdf\">released a damning report\u003c/a> on California Forever’s proposed new town and predicted it would cost the county more than it would bring in revenue. Emlen said the county has not established a position on the potential annexations because he and other staff have not seen a specific proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burling said it will likely take years to get answers to the many questions surrounding annexation and California Forever’s project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Something of the magnitude of California Forever is not going to happen in the blink of an eye,” he said. “I would suspect that you’re going to have an army of lawyers from both sides negotiating this stuff for quite a bit of time. It’s not going to happen overnight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why would Suisun City and Rio Vista want to annex California Forever’s land?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At just 4 and 6.6 square miles, respectively, Suisun City and Rio Vista are the smallest cities in the county, geographically speaking. And staff from both cities have said they want to explore annexation to broaden their cities’ tax bases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-42-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The town of Collinsville in Solano County on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, in Rio Vista, staff have also said they want to maintain the city’s character as a “\u003ca href=\"https://riovista-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=1&event_id=2363&meta_id=59354\">quaint river town\u003c/a>.” They hope, by controlling some of California Forever’s land, they can influence what eventually gets built there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City managers from both Suisun City and Rio Vista have not said how much land either city might annex. They’re both in the process of drafting reimbursement agreements with California Forever that would allow them to explore annexation on the company’s dime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s in it for California Forever?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The company said it isn’t sure yet. Representatives have repeatedly told KQED they are interested in working with both cities as they explore annexation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is still early innings and there are important procedural steps to work through, but we’re looking forward to getting a reimbursement agreement signed with the cities and getting into discussions of what could be possible,” California Forever CEO Jan Sramek told KQED in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apart from the company’s specific motivations, there are myriad reasons a landowner might want to incorporate into a city, said Jim Burling, vice president of legal affairs with the Pacific Legal Foundation and a property rights expert. He said annexation talks usually start after a developer or landowner approaches a city with a plan to build something in an unincorporated area. In this case, the situation was reversed, with Suisun City and Rio Vista initiating the discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The landowner may not have access to various city services: water, sewer, utilities, police departments — that kind of thing — and the landowner might want to become part of the city in order to get those kinds of services,” he said. “The city might want to get the development, especially if it’s a commercial development, because the city can acquire the tax revenues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all landowners want to be annexed. When Suisun City reached out to other nearby property holders, some said \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/3265707/Attachment_2_-_Response_Letters.pdf\">they weren’t interested\u003c/a> because they already have their own trash, water and septic services and didn’t want their property taxes to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who gets to decide?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, the ultimate decision of whether land can be incorporated into a city lies in the hands of the Local Agency Formation Commissions. LAFCOs are independent government agencies made up of elected and appointed officials from cities, the county and the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agencies were created in 2000 under the \u003ca href=\"https://alcl.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2024-11/4416-ckh-guide-2023-final.pdf\">Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act\u003c/a> to manage city growth and make sure they could provide services to areas under their jurisdictions. According to urbanist and land use expert Alex Schafran, that’s because during the 1940s and ’50s, California experienced a huge boom in population following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostalafco.org/documents/handbook/ii%20Why%20LAFCO%20final%205-07.pdf\">surge in land speculation and development\u003c/a>. Cities across the state grew aggressively and ate up farmland in the process.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That was the case in Solano County, as well, with cities growing rapidly from the 1970s through the early 2000s, County Administrator Bill Emlen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Schafran said some cities, such as Richmond, grew and annexed land that was geographically disconnected from other parts of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “checkerboard” nature of city growth made it difficult to provide municipal services and infrastructure to all the areas the city controlled. As a result, some counties were left with their own checkerboard of less valuable unincorporated land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“LAFCO was created to rein in this crazy annexation wave and, in particular, to put some guardrails around it so that you weren’t leaving the county with islands of less valuable land that it was on the hook to somehow maintain and provide services to,” Schafran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apart from Suisun and Rio Vista in Solano County, Emlen sees a new wave of cities, including Dixon and Vacaville, that are also interested in further expanding their boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How does annexation work?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The short answer is that a city will put together an application to present to LAFCO, and then the commission votes to approve or deny the annexation. But the process of just getting to the application phase is incredibly lengthy and involves dozens of hearings, negotiations and reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first report is a \u003ca href=\"https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/solanocountylafcoca/2024/10/MSR-Guidelines.pdf\">municipal services review\u003c/a>, which outlines the infrastructure and public services that would be needed in the incorporated area and how the city has managed those services within its current boundaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040859\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040859\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then comes the “\u003ca href=\"https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/solanocountylafcoca/uploads/2023/05/Standards-and-Procedures-June-2019.pdf\">Sphere of Influence\u003c/a>” report, which lays out what the annexed land will be used for — whether it will remain farmland, for instance, or be redeveloped into homes, retail or office space. It also establishes a physical boundary for the annexed land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The annexation proposal has to be compliant with the California Environmental Quality Act and reviewed for potential impacts to the environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if a developer wants to build something on the annexed land, it might also enter into a development agreement with the city to clarify what the project would include and how it could impact the city. Burling said this agreement can also assure the developer that its project can be built on the annexed land after it becomes part of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a city completes the necessary reviews to submit an application to LAFCO, the agency reviews it and conducts studies of its own, if necessary, on how the city will service the unincorporated land. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanolafco.com/\">commission\u003c/a> then votes on whether the annexation can move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When can the public weigh in?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Most of the reports included in the annexation process will be presented during public meetings, where residents can voice opinions in support or opposition of incorporating the land into the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there are landowners or registered voters in the unincorporated area who don’t want their land to be annexed, they can file documentation asking for a protest hearing. If enough landowners are opposed, the proposal either dies or goes to an election among residents in the area slated to be annexed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Christina Love, the deputy executive director for Solano LAFCO, who worked in the city of Vacaville for 13 years, said protest hearings are unusual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Speaking from my experience from the city-side of it, the developers have done their homework and either work with the property owners or own the land, so a protest hearing is usually not a big deal,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How soon could this all happen?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On average, it can take two to five years, but in extreme cases, it can take up to a decade to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How would annexation impact California Forever’s proposal?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>We don’t know yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Rio Vista and Suisun City have not decided how much land they will each annex, or where the annexed land could be located in relation to California Forever’s proposed new city, it’s still unclear how annexation could affect the plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040012\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CALIFORNIAFOREVERANNEXEXPLAINER-39-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A barn stands along the road near Birds Landing in Solano County on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The company has also not stated whether it will delay placing its initiative on the 2026 ballot if annexation talks move forward, though both processes could happen simultaneously if the proposed city remains in an unincorporated part of the county. Although California Forever owns some 60,000 acres, its proposed city would sit on only 17,500 acres, with the rest preserved as a buffer zone for the nearby Travis Air Force Base, agricultural land and open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emlen has previously indicated that if either city were successful in annexing all of the land for the new city, California Forever would not be required to present its plan to Solano voters because the company would no longer be building in an unincorporated area and would not be subject to the county’s Orderly Growth Ordinance. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=6506\">county law\u003c/a> requires voter approval to build on agricultural land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said it is unlikely that would happen because LAFCO would require the cities to be able to provide services to the new community, and right now, neither city has that capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Do counties have any say?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The county enters the group chat pretty early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a city updates its “sphere of influence” plan, the county must sign off and make sure it is consistent with its own general plan. Love said that if the county and city can agree on the sphere of influence, it makes her job a lot easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If not, LAFCO would have to prepare an analysis, including a list of pros and cons for how annexation would impact the county and the city. The commission would have to consider that for its final vote.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to reauthorize California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036063/california-doubles-down-key-emissions-program-after-trump-calls-radical\">cap-and-trade\u003c/a> program has kicked off high-stakes negotiations over the state’s landmark climate initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cap-and-trade, which Newsom proposed renaming Cap-and-Invest last week, limits greenhouse gas emissions and raises billions of dollars annually through auctions where companies buy credits that allow them to pollute. But the system has come under fire, from both President Donald Trump — who targeted the program in \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/protecting-american-energy-from-state-overreach/\">an executive order\u003c/a> last month — as well as progressives who argue it hasn’t been strict enough on oil and gas companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Extending cap-and-trade, which sunsets in 2030, raises key questions for state leaders: Should money raised from the program pay for environmentally-friendly projects or help Californians manage the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023129/how-climate-change-complicating-california-democrats-affordability-agenda\">mounting costs\u003c/a> of climate change? Will key decisions about the emissions cap be made by state lawmakers, many of whom are just learning the intricacies of the program, or by unelected state regulators with deeper expertise?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And how can the state balance global climate leadership by improving the air and water quality in communities located near major sources of pollution?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a primer on the program and what’s at stake:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How does cap-and-trade work? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>About three-quarters of California’s greenhouse gas emissions come from sources covered under cap-and-trade, including oil refineries, steel and paper factories, electricity generators and cement plants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every year, the California Air Resources Board sets a limit on carbon emissions for polluters. This “cap” decreases annually, helping the state meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goal of lowering emissions to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/16/california-releases-worlds-first-plan-to-achieve-net-zero-carbon-pollution/\">40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 85% below 1990 levels\u003c/a> by 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023129 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240116-OaklandHillsHouseFire-30-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CARB then issues a number of tickets to pollute, known as allowances, equal to the cap. A little less than half of the allowances, around 46%, are sold to companies at auctions held four times a year. Roughly 37% are given to utilities such as PG&E, which are required to sell the allowances at auction and return most of the proceeds to ratepayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, about 15% are given to companies for free to help them comply with the law and prevent them from going out of business or leaving the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses can reduce emissions, use allowances to legally pollute or, in limited cases, pay for an emission-reduction project known as an “offset,” such as paying forest owners not to cut down trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Where does the money raised through cap-and-trade go? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Revenue from the quarterly auctions goes to the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, or GGRF. Since its inception, cap-and-trade has brought $31.4 billion to the GGRF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the cap on emissions declines over time, allowance prices are expected to rise, adding more money to the fund. The Legislative Analyst’s Office estimates that the total value of allowances from 2030 to 2045 could reach $260 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The single largest recipient is California’s high-speed rail program, which receives 25% of the revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 20% is spent on building affordable housing near transit and 15% funds local transit. The remaining 40% pays for a variety of programs, including providing safe drinking water and forest management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, there are the free allowances that utilities are required to auction off. Most of the proceeds pay for the California Climate Credit, a twice-annual credit on ratepayers’ bills — $58.23 for PG&E customers this April and October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-2198598573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-2198598573.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-2198598573-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-2198598573-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GettyImages-2198598573-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial image shows construction workers building the Hanford Viaduct over Highway 198 and past agricultural fields as part of the California High Speed Rail (CAHSR) transit project in Hanford, California, on Feb. 12, 2025. The Hanford Viaduct is the largest high-speed rail structure in the Central Valley over 6,000 feet long. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Does cap-and-trade regulate local air pollution? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not directly. The program allows businesses to decide how and, crucially, where to reduce carbon emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB617\">Assembly Bill 617\u003c/a>, which passed as part of the last cap-and-trade authorization in 2017, gave air regulators and residents new tools to reduce the release of particulate matter and air toxins in impacted communities such as West Oakland and Richmond.[aside postID=news_12040042 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-002_qed-1020x680.jpg']In a letter written last month to legislative leaders, a coalition of environmental justice organizations said AB 617 had not delivered on promised improvements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Design flaws and lack of clarity in the legislation means that environmental justice communities are still waiting for the air pollution reductions they were promised,” the groups wrote. “The Legislature should strengthen AB 617 by improving accountability, community voice and funding, as well as the statewide pollution controls required in the program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What changes is Gov. Newsom proposing to cap-and-trade? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom is not advocating for any major alterations to the design of the program as he seeks to extend cap-and-trade to 2045. A Newsom spokesperson said he “is focused on the program’s stability in an increasingly uncertain world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is seeking to change where cap-and-trade revenues are spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor is proposing to set aside $1.5 billion — it could grow to $1.9 billion by the 2029–30 fiscal year — from the GGRF to pay for Cal Fire, which Newsom billed Wednesday as a way to direct money paid by carbon polluters toward fighting fires made more powerful by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think it’s more appropriate that the impacts related to the burning of fossil fuels — those impacts that come through the cap-and-trade program that are intended to be mitigated — that those impacts are having a direct result on the investments we need to make,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers on Thursday expressed some skepticism over the idea of paying for state firefighting with fluctuating auction revenue. But far sharper opposition could come in response to Newsom’s doubling down on his commitment to the construction of a high-speed rail line.[aside postID=news_12040025 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1020x680.jpg']While not officially in his budget plan, Newsom said last week he would ask the Legislature to set aside $1 billion each year from the GGRF for high-speed rail, allowing project planners to borrow against a fixed appropriation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Thursday budget hearing, Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) said the High-Speed Rail Authority would need to show a plan to move the beleaguered project forward before receiving a guaranteed cash flow from the GGRF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think you are going to get … the Legislature just writing you a blank check because [the High-Speed Rail Authority] tells us, ‘Don’t worry, trust us, this time it’s different,’” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How do state legislators want to see the program changed? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers haven’t yet released plans for a reauthorization of cap-and-trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some support Newsom’s “clean” authorization proposal that grants CARB flexibility. Others want to write changes into law, as questions over the program’s price ceiling and free allowances will have trickle-down effects for gas and electricity prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly over my last decade in the Assembly, we’ve heard some frustration with the Air Resources Board, that the Legislature has not very much input except at times when we were reauthorizing,” Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, said. “This is a program that is going to be with us for the next 15 to 20 years, and I think it’s really important to take a deep look and make sure the Legislature has input.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the spending side, lawmakers have discussed a handful of ideas to use cap-and-trade revenue to put more money back into the pockets of Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could include using auction proceeds to increase the Climate Credit on utility bills, upgrade utility equipment to reduce wildfire risk — a major driver of electricity rates — or provide subsidies for homeowners insurance, which have risen due to wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is not enough money to do high-speed rail, to do transmission infrastructure upgrades, to pay for wildfire costs, to pay for insurance reform, to do all of the big ideas I hear out there,” said University of Pennsylvania senior fellow Danny Cullenward, at a Senate hearing earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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