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They say that if the trade war persists, they’ll be forced to shut down or retire early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation has pushed San Francisco’s Chinatown — which has served as an immigrant gateway and economic hub for more than a century — into an existential crisis, according to Malcolm Yeung, executive director of the Chinatown Community Development Center.[aside postID=news_12035335 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250415_BIKETARIFF_GC-3-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“ This has always been a community that has been built around trade,” he said. “Trade created an opportunity for upward economic mobility for people through owning stores, or by leveraging relationships that they have back in China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeung said the tariffs signal that this way of life is cut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, President Donald Trump has deployed tariffs as a tool to pursue his policy agenda, which is meant to encourage domestic manufacturing and reduce trade deficits between the U.S. and its largest trading partners. 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He said his suppliers have raised their prices by $3 to $4 a pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owner Sam Liang weighs medical herbs at his shop, Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal Inc., in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The impact is already becoming apparent now. When we go to suppliers to get goods, they’re often out of stock or have shortages,” Liang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liang has operated Chinese medicine businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown for the past eight years. He said his business was already struggling, but with the latest tariffs, revenue and profit have decreased by around 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that some products might not appeal to his customers if they are manufactured in other countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried about running out of inventory,” Liang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owner Sam Liang at his shop, Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal Inc., in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These merchants may experience relief from the economic pressures soon. On Tuesday, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/business/trump-china-trade-war-reduction-hnk-intl/index.html\">signaled\u003c/a> that the “tariffs will come down substantially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult to predict; we’re just taking it one day at a time,” said Liu, owner of Beijing Shopping Center, which specializes in specialty clothing from China, such as hand-embroidered wedding dresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lui added that if the tariffs continue, she’ll consider pivoting to sell more clothing produced domestically — or close the store entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imported items fill the wall at Beijing Shopping Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yeung said business owners in the neighborhood are feeling an “emerging sense of powerlessness,” but he’s confident the community will weather the storm, given its history of surviving adversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the community has overcome discriminatory policies, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034009/angel-island-exhibit-aims-shine-light-border-surveillance-american-exclusion\">Chinese Exclusion Act\u003c/a>, urban redevelopment and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent rise in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961693/californias-anti-asian-hate-crimes-decline-but-long-term-pattern-persists\">hate crimes targeting Asian communities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ That’s actually the Chinatown story more than virtually anything else,” Yeung said. “We’ve found ways to just be here through thick and thin. I think we’re entering into a thin period, but this community in many ways is built for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Zhu, wholesalers have absorbed some of the price hikes associated with the tariffs, so she’s raised her prices by 50% for certain items. However, some products now cost 145% more, so she’s stopped stocking them. For the remaining stock, higher prices are driving customers away, and sales are down 30%, Zhu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If things continue like this for another month or two, the only option is to end the business and stop operating,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-24-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mei Zhu stocks items in her grocery store, Mei’s Grocery, in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several Chinatown business owners, interviewed by KQED through a Cantonese interpreter, echoed Zhu’s concerns. They say that if the trade war persists, they’ll be forced to shut down or retire early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The situation has pushed San Francisco’s Chinatown — which has served as an immigrant gateway and economic hub for more than a century — into an existential crisis, according to Malcolm Yeung, executive director of the Chinatown Community Development Center.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“ This has always been a community that has been built around trade,” he said. “Trade created an opportunity for upward economic mobility for people through owning stores, or by leveraging relationships that they have back in China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yeung said the tariffs signal that this way of life is cut off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, President Donald Trump has deployed tariffs as a tool to pursue his policy agenda, which is meant to encourage domestic manufacturing and reduce trade deficits between the U.S. and its largest trading partners. China, in particular, has retaliated by raising its tariffs on all U.S. goods to 125%. As of Friday, China \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/25/business/china-us-tariffs-semiconductors-exemptions-hnk-intl/index.html\">reportedly\u003c/a> appeared to roll back some of the tax on U.S.-made semiconductors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Bachman, a professor of China studies at the University of Washington, said Trump’s tariff policies could be better defined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If [the Trump administration] is out to re-establish American manufacturing, they could have confined those tariffs to manufactured products and ignored agricultural products or other areas where it was extremely unlikely that the U.S. would establish production lines,” Bachman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037241\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Consumers of Chinese imports are likely to feel the impacts of the tariffs, too, according to Bachman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Young lives in Antioch and travels to the Chinatowns in San Francisco and Oakland to get things he can’t get anywhere else. He had a grocery bag full of Chinese products, including “Spanish ham” and lamb-flavored potato chips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ These bags were $11 a piece. They used to be $7. It’s ridiculous,” Young said, referring to a bag of fortune cookies he had bought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sam Liang, owner of Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal in San Francisco’s Chinatown, sells ingredients used in traditional Chinese medicine, including Tangerine peels, ginseng and chrysanthemum flowers. He said his suppliers have raised their prices by $3 to $4 a pound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owner Sam Liang weighs medical herbs at his shop, Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal Inc., in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The impact is already becoming apparent now. When we go to suppliers to get goods, they’re often out of stock or have shortages,” Liang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liang has operated Chinese medicine businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown for the past eight years. He said his business was already struggling, but with the latest tariffs, revenue and profit have decreased by around 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that some products might not appeal to his customers if they are manufactured in other countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m worried about running out of inventory,” Liang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-09-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Owner Sam Liang at his shop, Run Feng Hai Wei Chinese Herbal Inc., in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These merchants may experience relief from the economic pressures soon. On Tuesday, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/business/trump-china-trade-war-reduction-hnk-intl/index.html\">signaled\u003c/a> that the “tariffs will come down substantially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very difficult to predict; we’re just taking it one day at a time,” said Liu, owner of Beijing Shopping Center, which specializes in specialty clothing from China, such as hand-embroidered wedding dresses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lui added that if the tariffs continue, she’ll consider pivoting to sell more clothing produced domestically — or close the store entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037245\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037245\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-31-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imported items fill the wall at Beijing Shopping Center in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Yeung said business owners in the neighborhood are feeling an “emerging sense of powerlessness,” but he’s confident the community will weather the storm, given its history of surviving adversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the community has overcome discriminatory policies, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034009/angel-island-exhibit-aims-shine-light-border-surveillance-american-exclusion\">Chinese Exclusion Act\u003c/a>, urban redevelopment and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent rise in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961693/californias-anti-asian-hate-crimes-decline-but-long-term-pattern-persists\">hate crimes targeting Asian communities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ That’s actually the Chinatown story more than virtually anything else,” Yeung said. “We’ve found ways to just be here through thick and thin. I think we’re entering into a thin period, but this community in many ways is built for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, California made sweeping changes to its \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/tag/medi-cal/\">Medi-Cal\u003c/a> program that reimagined what health care could look like for some of the state’s poorest and sickest residents by covering services from housing to healthy food. But the future of that program, known as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/02/california-medi-cal-reform/\">CalAIM\u003c/a>, could be at risk under the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, federal officials have signaled that support for creative uses of Medi-Cal funding is waning, particularly uses that California has invested in such as rent assistance and medically tailored meals. Medi-Cal is California’s name for Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The moves align with a narrower vision of Medicaid espoused by newly confirmed \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66PQk_npFm0\">Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Dr. Mehmet Oz\u003c/a>, who said during his swearing-in ceremony that Medicaid spending was crowding out spending on education and other services in states with the federal government “paying most of the bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This one really bothers me. There are states who are using Medicaid — Medicaid dollars for people who are vulnerable — for services that are not medical,” Oz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also fits with broader GOP calls to slim down the federal government. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/03/medicaid-cuts-republican-districts/\">Medicaid is under scrutiny as part of a GOP-led budget process\u003c/a> in the House of Representatives that calls for $880 billion in cuts over 10 years to programs including Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The messaging that we want to go back to the basics of Medicaid puts all of these waiver programs in jeopardy,” said John Baackes, former chief executive of L.A. Care, the state’s largest Medi-Cal health insurer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033802 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalAIM is authorized under a federal waiver that allows states to experiment with their Medicaid programs to try to save money and improve health outcomes. Under the waiver, California added extra benefits for high-cost users to help with food insecurity, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/12/calaim-federal-waivers/\">housing instability\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2025/04/medicaid-cuts-behavioral-health/\">substance use and behavioral health challenges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/CalAIM/Documents/CalAIM-ECM-a11y.pdf\">half of all Medi-Cal spending\u003c/a> can be attributed to 5% of high-cost users, according to state documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in March, the federal government \u003ca href=\"https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/cib03042025.pdf\">rescinded guidelines supporting Medi-Cal spending for social services\u003c/a>. It also sent states a letter in April indicating that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would no longer approve a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-refocuses-its-core-mission-and-preserving-state-federal-medicaid-partnership\">funding mechanism that helps support CalAIM\u003c/a>, although that money will continue until 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, these moves should worry states that operate programs like CalAIM, said Kathy Hempstead, senior policy officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under the Biden administration states were encouraged to experiment with things like that: To prescribe people prescriptions to get healthy food, to refer people to community-based services,” Hempstead said. “This administration is not receptive at all to … that vision of the Medicaid program.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a press release, CMS said it is putting an end to spending that isn’t “directly tied to health care services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/070523-Street-Medicine-Project-LV-CM_36-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Physician assistant Brett Feldman checks his patient, Carla Bolen’s, blood pressure while in her encampment at the Figueroa St. Viaduct above Highway 110 in Elysian Valley Park in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local\">\u003cfigcaption>Physician assistant Brett Feldman checks his patient, Carla Bolen’s, blood pressure while in her encampment at the Figueroa St. Viaduct above Highway 110 in Elysian Valley Park in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 2022. \u003cem>Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Mounting expenditures, such as covering housekeeping for individuals who are not eligible for Medicaid or high-speed internet for rural healthcare providers, distracts from the core mission of Medicaid, and in some instances, serves as an overly-creative financing mechanism to skirt state budget responsibilities,” the press release states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These signals from the federal government apply to future applications for Medicaid changes, and do not change California’s current programs or funding. The state’s CalAIM waiver expires at the end of 2026, and another similar waiver that supports \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2023/02/medi-cal-mental-health/\">California’s efforts to improve behavioral health care\u003c/a> expires in 2029.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a statement from the Department of Health Care Services, the agency that oversees Medi-Cal, all programs “remain federally approved and operational.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We appreciate our Medi-Cal providers and community partners, and together we will push full steam ahead to transform our health system and improve health outcomes,” the department said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Shafer, co-director of the Boston University Medicaid Policy Lab, said decades of public health research show that people have worse health outcomes that require more expensive treatment when their social needs aren’t met.[aside postID=forum_2010101908967 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/02/iStock-1156622320-1-1020x574.jpg']“We’ve spent the last few decades in public health and health policy, arguing that so much of health and medical costs is driven by environmental factors — people’s living conditions, income, etc.” Shafer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Shafer said, programs like CalAIM are relatively recent and the research hasn’t had enough time to show whether paying for non-traditional services saves money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2022/12/homeless-health-care/\">California’s street medicine doctors\u003c/a> who take care of people who are homeless say that their patients often cycle in and out of the emergency room — the most expensive point of service in the health care system. They have no place to recover from medical procedures, no address to deliver medications, and the constant exposure to the elements takes years off of their lives, doctors say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalAIM gives them options to help their clients find housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government’s decision not to fund programs like this in the future is a “step backward,” Shafer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we can all read the tea leaves and say that that means they’re sort of unlikely to be renewed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Supported by the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which works to ensure that people have access to the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. 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The sixth-largest refinery in the state, it currently produces up to 145,000 barrels of crude oil a day, accounting for \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-petroleum-market/californias-oil-refineries\">about 9%\u003c/a> of the state’s production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has been pursuing policies to move away from fossil fuels for really the past 20 years,” Riggs said, calling the state’s regulations “the most stringent and difficult of anywhere else in North America.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benicia Mayor Steve Young doesn’t disagree with the assessment, but said he wishes the company had provided more lead time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12036242 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/ValeroBenicia-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get moving on this quickly because 12 months is not a long time given the severity of the economic impact,” said Young, noting that nearly 20% of Benicia’s $60 million budget comes from the refinery. “I think that’s part of my frustration, is how little time we have to try to plan for some kind of an alternative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shutting down the facility, he added, would also be a major blow to the hundreds of residents who work there, not to mention the scores of restaurants, hotels and other businesses that provide services to those workers in this city of some 27,000 residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Valero refinery is also the exclusive supplier of jet fuel to nearby Travis Air Force Base, which it delivers through a direct pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If that is stopped, what does that mean to the base?” Young said. “Travis uses an amazing amount of fuel to fly all their planes, much more than can be easily replaced, and certainly not replaced within a year. 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And last month, city leaders voted unanimously to impose moderate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029845/benicia-moves-toward-tougher-oversight-of-valero-refinery\">new safety regulations\u003c/a> on the facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11906319\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 345px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11906319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png\" alt=\"Map showing location of Valero's Benicia refinery\" width=\"345\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png 940w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-800x839.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-160x168.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I suspect that compared to other refinery operators, they’re a pretty good business operator. But they’ve also had a pretty bad track record on public safety,” said Terry Mollica, who leads a group of residents that pushed for the city’s new safety rules to increase oversight of the refinery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mollica said that he doesn’t think anybody in his group is particularly excited about the possibility of the facility closing altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There would be long-term and short-term impacts on the community,” he said. “People would lose their jobs. None of us want to see that happen particularly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has owned and operated the Benicia refinery since 2000. 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Phillips 66 also \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-10-16/phillips-66-will-shut-historic-wilmington-refinery\">plans to close\u003c/a> its Los Angeles-area refinery — the seventh largest in the state — later this year.[aside postID=news_12011785 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Refinery-1920x1440.jpg']And Valero executives, in this week’s earnings call, hinted that they may also soon consider “strategic alternatives” for the company’s only other California refinery, located near Los Angeles, which accounts for more than 5% of the state’s crude oil supply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is phasing out its gasoline consumption and refiners see that coming,” said Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley energy economist. “We should be seriously concerned about how all that gasoline supply is going to get replaced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has dramatically reduced its reliance on fossil fuels in recent decades, but most residents still drive gas-powered cars and will continue to do so for years to come, Borenstein said, even though the state already has some of the highest gas prices in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom underscored that sense of urgency this week \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GovNewsomLetterCECGunda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a letter (PDF)\u003c/a> to California Energy Commission Vice Chair Siva Gunda. He urged the commission to “redouble” its efforts to ensure refiners “continue to see the value in serving the California market, even as demand for fossil fuels continues its gradual decline over the coming decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am directing you … to reinforce the State’s openness to a collaborative relationship and our firm belief that Californians can be protected from price spikes and refiners can profitably operate in California — a market where demand for gasoline will still exist for years to come,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1947px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037805\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1947\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed.jpg 1947w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-800x548.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-1536x1052.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/174246469_qed-1920x1315.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1947px) 100vw, 1947px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A customer prepares to pump gas into his truck at a Valero gas station on July 22, 2013 in Mill Valley. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Almost immediately after Valero’s announcement, Newsom was lambasted by state Assembly Republicans, who said the potential closure was among the growing number of “real-world consequences” of [his] war on California energy producers that was “becoming clearer by the day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his letter, Newsom defended two different laws he signed in the last two years that give the state more oversight of the oil industry and regulate backup supply when refineries go offline in order to prevent market irregularities. He also asked state energy and environmental officials to produce a report by July 1 on “any changes in the State’s approach that are needed to ensure adequate supply during this transition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The California Energy Commission continues to be committed to working with stakeholders to explore options to ensure an affordable, reliable, and safe transportation fuel supply,” Sandy Louey, a spokesperson for the commission, said in an email in response to Newsom’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young, whose city has long felt the health impacts of the refinery’s toxic releases, said he understands the motivation behind California’s ambitious regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think certainly [California’s] done them for lots of good environmental reasons, and that obviously climate change is a real thing and burning fossil fuels is a direct contributor to it,” he said. “Did they go too far? I don’t want to say that. 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It would also bar future similar litigation as the ranches finish out their existing property leases, some of which are set to last nearly 20 more years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, preventing future lawsuits hinges on the ranchers meeting the settlement’s terms for ceasing operations, according to a letter that environmental groups Advocates for the West, the Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project sent Thursday in response to a document request from the House committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ranchers say that there isn’t any turning back on the deal and that the investigation only threatens to upend their protection from litigation and their payouts from the Nature Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One ranch has already closed down,” according to the letter from the members of the Point Reyes Seashore Ranchers Association. “Another ranch has purchased property elsewhere. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036576/oaklands-public-watchdog-starved-of-resources-loses-yet-another-top-official\">anti-corruption watchdog agency\u003c/a> is considering a parcel tax to fund its investigations and its stalled public campaign financing program rather than fall victim to the woes of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036060/oakland-pushes-coliseum-sale-next-year-delaying-funds-again\">city’s fiscal crisis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Ethics Commission, which investigates allegations against high-profile government officials such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">former Mayor Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, also oversees the Democracy Dollars program. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Mateo County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029793/san-mateo-county-poised-historic-removal-sheriff-after-special-election\">Sheriff Christina Corpus\u003c/a> is once again under fire, this time for rehiring her former chief of staff — and alleged boyfriend — last week to a reserve deputy position in the department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Aenlle, who was dismissed last year by county supervisors, was rehired to process applications for concealed carry weapons permits, according to an email Corpus sent to law enforcement officials requesting he be added to “the active list [of reserve deputies]” and begin “receiving all correspondence related to the reserve unit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A county spokesperson confirmed to KQED that Aenlle had been rehired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes amid months of turmoil surrounding the sheriff’s office and Corpus, who has clung to her position despite mounting calls for her to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, county officials commissioned an “\u003ca href=\"https://sanmateocounty.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13544883&GUID=95923619-2B6F-477A-8684-CD64124A3BAA\">independent fact-finding investigation\u003c/a>” into a spate of complaints against Corpus and Aenlle, a real estate agent that she tapped to serve as her executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation, conducted by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell, found that the pair had created a culture of “retaliation and intimidation,” failed to follow legal procedures and were involved in an inappropriate romantic relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lies, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest, and abuses of authority are the hallmarks of the Corpus administration,” Cordell wrote in the scathing, 408-page audit. “Sheriff Corpus should step down and Victor Aenlle’s employment with the Sheriff’s Office should be terminated immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12015538 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-1459218721-1020x694.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors eliminated Aenlle’s position after the report’s publication in November and barred him from county facilities reserved for sworn officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, San Mateo County voters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029793/san-mateo-county-poised-historic-removal-sheriff-after-special-election\">overwhelmingly passed\u003c/a> a charter amendment granting supervisors the authority to remove Corpus from office with \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-accept-special-election-results-discuss-next-steps-consideration-sheriffs\">a four-fifths vote\u003c/a>. The board will likely begin moving forward with those proceedings next month. Corpus has refused to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corpus said the hire was necessary to handle the sharp increase in applications for concealed carry licenses. She noted that it was a volunteer position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mr. Aenlle will be assisting with actively addressing that backlog,” she said in a statement to KQED, adding that it was within her authority to assign reserve deputies where needed. “Mr. Aenlle has been an active reserve deputy with the Sheriff’s Office for over 17 years. There has been no lapse in his reserve deputy status.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, which has pushed for Corpus’ removal, blasted the decision to rehire Aenlle. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was pretty shocked and I still have not quite been able to fully wrap my head around it just because of how ridiculous it is,” said Detective Eliot Storch, the union’s secretary, who emphasized that Aenlle’s abusive behavior within the department was well documented. “It is a giant middle finger to everyone. It’s really just evidence that she only cares about Victor and herself, nobody else.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite being assigned a voluntary, unpaid role with limited scope on paper, Aenlle may try to inappropriately gain influence over other parts of the agency, much like he did in his previous position, Storch added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have no reason to believe that’s not going to happen again,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unrelated to Aenlle’s recent reinstatement, Corpus’ integrity was again questioned by the Board of Supervisors this week when it was revealed that her department had attempted to purchase 10 massage chairs with county funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The request, which drew a sharp rebuke from Supervisor Jackie Speier, was ultimately rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The threat to withhold funding causes them irreparable injury in the form of budgetary uncertainty, deprivation of constitutional rights and undermining trust between the Cities and Counties and the communities they serve,” Orrick wrote in the six-page ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president’s initial \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-02006/protecting-the-american-people-against-invasion\">order\u003c/a> was issued on his first day in office and called for the Department of Homeland Security and attorneys general to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions — those that restrict local law enforcement officials from cooperating with immigration enforcement — to lose federal funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was followed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/ending-taxpayer-subsidization-of-open-borders/\">another executive order \u003c/a>in February that broadened the directive to include all taxpayer funds to sanctuary jurisdictions, as well as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388531/dl?inline\">memo\u003c/a> from Attorney General Pam Bondi directing the Department of Justice to stop sending money to cities, counties and states with those types of policies and investigate local officials that “impede” operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orrick ordered that the defendants are restrained and enjoined “from directly or indirectly taking any action to withhold, freeze, or condition federal funds,” and the administration must provide written notice of his order to all federal departments and agencies by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024430\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024430\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-08-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2025, during a press conference to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a Sanctuary City. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In all, 16 cities and counties from around the U.S. have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">sued\u003c/a> in an action brought Feb. 7 and led by Santa Clara and San Francisco. The suit asks the court to block all of the Trump administration’s actions related to stripping funding from sanctuary jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their lawsuit, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties argue that the government’s threats are unconstitutional, and note that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031821/legal-showdown-over-sanctuary-laws-tests-federal-vs-state-power-again\">the issue has been litigated before\u003c/a>: In 2017, courts of appeals \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/21/565678707/enter-title\">sided\u003c/a> with the counties, as well as the city of Chicago, in two cases challenging a similar executive order issued during Trump’s first term in office. That case was also heard by Orrick, who presided over Wednesday’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both this court and the Ninth Circuit found that the clear and specific directive to ensure that sanctuary jurisdictions are not eligible to receive federal grants was unconstitutional,” Deputy City Attorney Karun Tilak told the court Wednesday.[aside postID=news_12035610 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-72_qed-1020x680.jpg']In court — and a filing last month — lawyers for the Trump administration argued that an injunction would be premature because the federal government hasn’t actually withheld any money yet, meaning that the cities and counties can’t show they’ve been harmed by the executive order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without knowing which programs are going to be impacted upon what conditions, under what basis. It’s difficult to evaluate the contours of how preliminary relief would be appropriate right now,” said Caroline McGuire, an attorney for the Department of Justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tilak responded that the cities and counties suing cannot continue paying for programs that rely on federal reimbursements, and that even the threat of withholding funds is harming local governments by making it difficult for them to plan and budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are incurring costs every day, contingent on being able to get reimbursement. If that reimbursement were frozen or if those funds were taken away, that would harm their ability to carry out those programs, and for present purposes, creates an existential uncertainty about whether they should continue funding those programs,” Tilak said, noting that most jurisdictions must finalize their budgets for next fiscal year by the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGuire said that in previous cases, during Trump’s first term, the plaintiffs only won injunctions when they identified specific money that was withheld, and could specify the harm that was caused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1920x1250.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Orrick agreed with the counties, telling the government lawyers that while the administration may not have withheld money yet, the orders issued this time are more sweeping in nature, because they threaten to cut off all federal funds to sanctuary jurisdictions — not just specific law enforcement grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The distinction, though, that I think will be hard for you to get around is that the executive order speaks to all federal funds. It’s not speaking to a discrete grant. And so that becomes coercive, as the plaintiffs argue, to governments that rely on federal funding for health care and other things that are at risk,” Orrick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If an injunction is issued, the government argued, it should be limited to the jurisdictions that brought the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The counties say sanctuary policies make communities safer by ensuring that all residents, including those who lack legal status, are willing to cooperate with local police. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>This column was reported for Political Breakdown, a bi-monthly newsletter offering analysis and context on Bay Area and California political news. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Click here to subscribe\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moderate San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie marked his first 100 days in office by sticking to a pledge to focus on local issues \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">rather than national headlines\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressive icon Barbara Lee \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036919/barbara-lee-pledges-to-unite-oakland-in-first-remarks-as-mayor-elect\">promises to fight against Trump’s policies\u003c/a> when she takes over as Mayor of Oakland next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ydsoaJBWBk4\">warned Democrats\u003c/a> that focusing on Trump’s immigration policies is a distraction from what the party should be talking about. He received forceful blowback from fellow Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, these messages underscore the confusion and competing priorities among elected Democrats as they search for a path forward following November’s electoral wipeout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stepping into that void, the San Francisco Democratic Party is working to reframe its message — from public safety to closing the achievement gap in public schools — and even floating the idea of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037076/san-francisco-democrats-consider-mandatory-retirement-ages-for-representatives\">age limits for elected officials\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have gotten too far away from the kitchen table concerns of working people, young people and immigrants,” said Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung said this repositioning is a response to recent elections where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">voters recalled school board members\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">ousted a progressive district attorney\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">elected a moderate mayor\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12037076 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2300/12/GettyImages-2174968250-e1736293413905.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, it really was this reckoning in San Francisco politics that led to a change in the direction of where our government is going,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung, who works in the office of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, said, at the very least, party positions need a serious update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last resolution that passed by the state party around police was to defund the police in 2020,” she added. “And what we’re hearing from voters is that people want to be safe on their streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Tung’s leadership, the San Francisco Democratic Party’s moderate-leaning majority is trying out resolutions on public safety, schools, housing and more. She hopes the state party will adopt – or at least discuss – these course corrections at its convention in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung insists this is not a retreat from core Democratic values, like support for women’s access to abortion or LGBTQ+ rights. But she thinks it’s time to focus on results rather than “performative resolutions and just pontificating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will need to be the party that can get things done and that basic government services in our Democrat-controlled cities are not just functional, but excellent,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024943\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi meets with KQED in her office in the San Francisco Federal Building on Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most controversial proposal? A resolution suggesting the party consider age limits for elected officials. On the heels of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s\u003c/a> serious health decline during her final years in office, Tung said the party should encourage and cultivate younger leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The obvious question: Does this apply to 85-year-old Nancy Pelosi, who would be seeking a 21st term if she runs for reelection next year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to criticize Nancy Pelosi for staying in office because she is exceptional,” Tung said, sidestepping any criticism of the iconic Democrat. “I think Nancy Pelosi is just phenomenal. She is one of a kind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saikat Chakrabarti begs to differ. The 39-year-old former staffer to Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running against Pelosi, hoping to force her into retirement. He sat down with me and my colleague Marisa Lagos last month for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033097/hes-challenging-nancy-pelosi-and-the-democratic-party\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely about not just challenging Pelosi, but challenging the party as it is right now. The party is underwater with its own voters. Democrats are saying that they are mad at their own Democrats,” Chakrabarti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033173\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saikat Chakrabarti in the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He argues Pelosi hasn’t done enough to position Democrats as the party of accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think she’s moved far enough on getting rid of the corrupting influence of money in politics, things like banning insider stock trading,” Chakrabarti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With no clear national leader and limited power in Washington, Democrats are struggling to settle on a message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the one hand, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are attracting \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-trump-democrats.html\">tens of thousands of people\u003c/a> to rallies promoting economic populism, with stops in Trump-friendly territories like Bakersfield and Folsom. In San Francisco, Lurie supports the city’s sanctuary policies, but also resists getting drawn into national issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her first post-election press conference, Mayor-elect Lee promised not to let the president “divide and conquer” Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we stay unified in pushing back and resisting what’s going to be devastating for Oakland. So that’s going to be up to us,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung said she’s optimistic that the state and local Democratic party are responding to voters’ frustrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to see more leadership from national Democrats on these issues, yeah. And I don’t see it,” Tung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, these messages underscore the confusion and competing priorities among elected Democrats as they search for a path forward following November’s electoral wipeout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stepping into that void, the San Francisco Democratic Party is working to reframe its message — from public safety to closing the achievement gap in public schools — and even floating the idea of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037076/san-francisco-democrats-consider-mandatory-retirement-ages-for-representatives\">age limits for elected officials\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have gotten too far away from the kitchen table concerns of working people, young people and immigrants,” said Nancy Tung, chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung said this repositioning is a response to recent elections where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">voters recalled school board members\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">ousted a progressive district attorney\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">elected a moderate mayor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, it really was this reckoning in San Francisco politics that led to a change in the direction of where our government is going,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung, who works in the office of District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, said, at the very least, party positions need a serious update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last resolution that passed by the state party around police was to defund the police in 2020,” she added. “And what we’re hearing from voters is that people want to be safe on their streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Tung’s leadership, the San Francisco Democratic Party’s moderate-leaning majority is trying out resolutions on public safety, schools, housing and more. She hopes the state party will adopt – or at least discuss – these course corrections at its convention in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung insists this is not a retreat from core Democratic values, like support for women’s access to abortion or LGBTQ+ rights. But she thinks it’s time to focus on results rather than “performative resolutions and just pontificating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will need to be the party that can get things done and that basic government services in our Democrat-controlled cities are not just functional, but excellent,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024943\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024943\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_Pelosi_DB_00406-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi meets with KQED in her office in the San Francisco Federal Building on Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The most controversial proposal? A resolution suggesting the party consider age limits for elected officials. On the heels of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s\u003c/a> serious health decline during her final years in office, Tung said the party should encourage and cultivate younger leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The obvious question: Does this apply to 85-year-old Nancy Pelosi, who would be seeking a 21st term if she runs for reelection next year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to criticize Nancy Pelosi for staying in office because she is exceptional,” Tung said, sidestepping any criticism of the iconic Democrat. “I think Nancy Pelosi is just phenomenal. She is one of a kind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saikat Chakrabarti begs to differ. The 39-year-old former staffer to Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running against Pelosi, hoping to force her into retirement. He sat down with me and my colleague Marisa Lagos last month for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033097/hes-challenging-nancy-pelosi-and-the-democratic-party\">\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is absolutely about not just challenging Pelosi, but challenging the party as it is right now. The party is underwater with its own voters. Democrats are saying that they are mad at their own Democrats,” Chakrabarti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033173\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033173\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250326-SAIKAT-CHAKRABARTI-ON-PB-MD-01-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saikat Chakrabarti in the KQED offices in San Francisco on March 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He argues Pelosi hasn’t done enough to position Democrats as the party of accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think she’s moved far enough on getting rid of the corrupting influence of money in politics, things like banning insider stock trading,” Chakrabarti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With no clear national leader and limited power in Washington, Democrats are struggling to settle on a message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the one hand, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are attracting \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-trump-democrats.html\">tens of thousands of people\u003c/a> to rallies promoting economic populism, with stops in Trump-friendly territories like Bakersfield and Folsom. In San Francisco, Lurie supports the city’s sanctuary policies, but also resists getting drawn into national issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her first post-election press conference, Mayor-elect Lee promised not to let the president “divide and conquer” Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that we stay unified in pushing back and resisting what’s going to be devastating for Oakland. So that’s going to be up to us,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tung said she’s optimistic that the state and local Democratic party are responding to voters’ frustrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to see more leadership from national Democrats on these issues, yeah. And I don’t see it,” Tung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:56 p.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several high-profile \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">housing \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/homelessness\">homelessness \u003c/a>bills are moving through key legislative committees this week, as lawmakers act with renewed urgency to address the affordability crisis facing Californians. While the housing shortage has long been a top concern at the Capitol, voters last fall made it clear that the high cost of living was their number one issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The urgency for action and for results on housing in the legislature this year could not be higher,” said Assemblymember Matt Haney, who chairs the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee and leads the Legislative Renters’ Caucus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 160 housing-related bills have been introduced this year, \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/2025-california-legislative-preview-rebuilding-accelerating-production-and-strengthening-protections/\">according to\u003c/a> the Terner Center for Housing Innovation. Haney said it’s not just the quantity that’s notable — a new class of diverse lawmakers has come in hungry to take on the state’s greatest challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing more bills introduced that are bolder, that are bigger in terms of their impact than we’ve seen in the state legislature in a long time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, a precarious budget picture will likely hamstring lawmakers’ ability to act. Delayed tax receipts from Southern California residents affected by January’s wildfires and the need to brace against federal budget cuts and tariffs are contributing to fiscal uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “For Rent” sign on a house in the Mission District of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Affordability: The word of the day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Affordability, especially for renters, is the issue driving many of the most closely watched proposals. “We have seen a major signal from the electorate that affordability is a number one concern,” said Anya Svanoe, communications director at the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susannah Parsons, director of policy and legislation at the policy nonprofit All Home, called it “the word of the day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That focus accompanies an increase in renter representation in Sacramento: The Legislative Renters’ Caucus now boasts 10 members, up from three when it launched a few years ago, and both the Senate and Assembly housing committees are chaired by lawmakers who rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This entire institution has not seen enough renters come through it, that’s the reality,” Senator Aisha Wahab, chair of the Senate Housing Committee, said during a Renters’ Caucus press conference Wednesday. “That is why we have the laws we have today. That is, we are still renters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee will take up \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1157\">AB 1157,\u003c/a> which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034212/california-lawmakers-push-lower-rent-cap-expand-protections-property-owners-worried\">would amend the 2019 Tenant Protection Act\u003c/a>, lowering the state’s annual rent cap to 5%, down from 10%. It would also extend renter protections to single-family homes and make them permanent. The TPA is currently set to expire in 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12036599 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250409-LIVERMORE-BLACK-LAND-MD-10-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants’ advocates say lowering the cap is a crucial step to prevent displacement and homelessness, given \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-renters/\">nearly half\u003c/a> of Californians rent and about a third of renters are severely cost-burdened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, landlord groups like the California Apartment Association are pushing back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It ignores the will of the voters and puts an unfair burden on housing providers,” said Embert Madison, State Advocacy and Compliance Counsel for the California Apartment Association, pointing to the fact that California voters have three times rejected state ballot measures to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which restricts local rent control laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The devastating LA wildfires also generated a slate of bills \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB610\">aimed at protecting\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB380\">impacted renters\u003c/a> and ensuring a faster and more coordinated response to future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of pretty dramatic events that have happened that kind of just amplify the urgency of tenant protections on top of the housing crisis that we already have,” said Shanti Singh of advocacy group Tenants Together, noting that the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures could also threaten vulnerable renters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other housing cost-focused bills this year include \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1248\">AB 1248\u003c/a>, which would require landlords to include all recurring charges in the advertised rent and ban them from adding new fees during a lease. Renter advocacy groups support the bill, while property owners’ groups don’t. “The focus shouldn’t be on making housing providers’ business more difficult to run,” California Rental Housing Association President Adam Pearce said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825-160x108.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on Jan.15, 2025, in Malibu, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB52\">SB 52 \u003c/a>would prohibit the use of AI algorithms to set rents, which critics say drives up rents and mimics price fixing. The technology is the subject of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-six-large-landlords-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions\">federal antitrust lawsuit\u003c/a> and has already been banned in cities including Berkeley, San Francisco and San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246\">AB 246\u003c/a> would protect seniors from eviction if their Social Security payments are interrupted, and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB436\">SB 436, authored by Wahab,\u003c/a> would extend the window that renters have to pay past-due rent after getting a three-day notice. It would allow tenants to pay the full amount owed or provide proof of approved rental assistance at any point before they’re evicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As lawmakers continue to take aim at the supply side of the housing crisis with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033092/housing-legislation-snips-away-californias-red-tape\">sprawling package of over 20 bills designed\u003c/a> to cut red tape and speed up housing construction, Wahab cautioned they’re no panacea. “We’ve seen those bills, but has it translated to cost savings to the home buyer or the renter? No. But it has translated to cost savings for the developer,” she said. “This legislature needs to not only focus on production, they also need to start focusing on preservation of housing from multiple different angles, and that also includes protection of renters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other affordability-focused measures include a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB736\">AB 736\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB417\">SB 417\u003c/a>, which supporters hope to put before voters in 2026. Matt Schwartz of the California Housing Partnership said it’s key to achieving the state’s housing goals, noting that there are 45,000 shovel-ready affordable homes awaiting funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar bond failed to make it onto the ballot last year, when education and climate bonds got approved. But Haney and advocates expect the housing bond to get its moment this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accountability for homeless services\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The legislature’s approach to homelessness this year centers on tightening oversight, strengthening local coordination, and rethinking enforcement practices. Lawmakers are advancing bills that aim to improve how funding is tracked, how cities and counties share responsibility for services, and how the state invests in supportive housing, behavioral health, and upstream solutions to prevent homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A controversial bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB16\">SB 16\u003c/a>, which would have required counties to shoulder half the cost of running homeless shelters and interim housing facilities, got a total overhaul Tuesday, removing those cost-sharing terms before it passed out of the Senate Housing Committee. The bill now directs the state to develop a plan for ending unsheltered homelessness within 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Association of Counties, which strongly opposed the measure as originally written, has now removed its opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037142 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/NO-TECH-FOR-APARTHEID-01-KQED-1-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other bills aim to strengthen transparency and oversight. The conversation around homelessness funding is increasingly shaped by skepticism over spending, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982237/california-audit-questions-state-homelessness-spending-san-jose\">audits\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-homeless-audit-spending-transparency-45a5aa98fc0d4ff88a08b8ad43b530a6\">have raised questions\u003c/a> about its efficacy, but Caroline Grinder, a lobbyist for the League of California Cities, said the focus on accountability risks placing unfair blame on cities. “We’re open to increased accountability and transparency,” she said, “Our cities are ready and willing to be partners in that, but we also know that needs to be paired with the investment to actually do the work and have the infrastructure to collect this data in the first place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB750\">AB 750\u003c/a> would add new oversight to state-funded shelters, requiring annual inspections and clearer complaint processes. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1432\">AB 1432\u003c/a> would put in place new performance metrics for nonprofits receiving state or local funding for homelessness programs and allow more investment in programs that require sobriety, even if these programs don’t align with the state’s current “Housing First” model.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB606\">SB 606,\u003c/a> which passed out of the Senate Committee on Human Services on Tuesday, would require local jurisdictions receiving state homelessness funding to submit a financial assessment of what it would take to achieve functional zero for unsheltered homelessness, and to demonstrate how they’re collaborating with small cities in their region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/SantaClaraCountyHomelessnessGetty1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clusters of tents belonging to unhoused residents line the banks of Coyote Creek near Tully Road on Jan. 4, 2023, in San José, California. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow with the National Alliance to End Homelessness, warned that the bill’s focus on \u003cem>unsheltered\u003c/em> homelessness, rather than overall homelessness, could inadvertently pull resources away from permanent housing solutions and toward a “permanent state of shelter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some bills also reflect growing interest in connecting housing to health care and recovery. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB804\">AB 804\u003c/a> would make housing support a Medi-Cal benefit, integrating housing with the state’s health care system. “We see this as a really exciting and important bill,” Parsons said, “because of how many people experiencing homelessness can receive these services and ensure they are in supportive housing, that they have the wraparound support that is needed to stay stably housed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB255\">AB 255\u003c/a>, also heard this week, would create a new supportive recovery housing program for people coming out of substance use treatment. The bill allows abstinence-focused homes as part of a county’s supportive housing mix — capped at 25% — and includes eviction protections for residents who relapse. Visotzky is watching closely and said, “We want to make sure that that intent doesn’t lead to unintended consequences and doesn’t lead to loss of choice for folks for whom that’s not an appropriate intervention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocacy organizations like the National Alliance to End Homelessness are enthusiastically backing \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB634\">SB 634\u003c/a>, which would bar local governments and state agencies from punishing unhoused people for basic survival activities, like sitting or sleeping, in public spaces. Paul Webster, a senior fellow at the Cicero Institute, a conservative leaning think tank, is not a fan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you take enforcement away, you are undercutting one of the great incentives to move people from the street into housing,” he said. Cicero has pushed legislation across the country banning public camping.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is a response to the proliferation of such bans, enacted since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">Supreme Court opened the door\u003c/a> for cities to enforce them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB897/2025\">AB 897\u003c/a>, which would take California in the opposite direction, making squatting a misdemeanor, failed to pass out of committee Tuesday. And\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB748\"> SB 748 \u003c/a>would expand the eligible uses of state Encampment Resolution Funding to include towing and disposing of vehicles — a move some advocates say misuses homelessness resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037346 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AntiochHousingDevelopmentGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t think it makes sense to spend our valuable homeless program dollars on things like towing and disposing of people’s vehicles,” Visotzky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates have for years been clamoring for an ongoing source of funding to address homelessness and affordable housing, and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1165\">AB 1165\u003c/a> is the latest legislative effort to do so. It would create the California Housing Justice Fund within the state’s General Fund, mandating ongoing annual allocations to address homelessness and housing unaffordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the legislative momentum around housing and homelessness, the state’s fiscal outlook will likely force lawmakers to triage, and bills that require significant new spending aren’t expected to fare well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know we’re going to have a May Revise, and the whole deck is going to be reshuffled,” Webster said, referring to upcoming revisions in the state budget. “Then it’s kind of like, well, what can we actually do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, some advocates are prioritizing cost-neutral measures, and advocates and lawmakers say a number of proposals that don’t immediately add to the budget, like the affordable housing bond, could have a better shot than in years past, given the renewed sense of urgency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a rubber hits the road moment here,” Haney said. “We haven’t acted with enough boldness and urgency, and so enough is enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This story was updated to reflect the overhaul of Senate Bill 16.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing more bills introduced that are bolder, that are bigger in terms of their impact than we’ve seen in the state legislature in a long time,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, a precarious budget picture will likely hamstring lawmakers’ ability to act. Delayed tax receipts from Southern California residents affected by January’s wildfires and the need to brace against federal budget cuts and tariffs are contributing to fiscal uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034321\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034321\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/003_KQED_SanFrancisco_RentStrike_03312020_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “For Rent” sign on a house in the Mission District of San Francisco on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Affordability: The word of the day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Affordability, especially for renters, is the issue driving many of the most closely watched proposals. “We have seen a major signal from the electorate that affordability is a number one concern,” said Anya Svanoe, communications director at the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susannah Parsons, director of policy and legislation at the policy nonprofit All Home, called it “the word of the day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That focus accompanies an increase in renter representation in Sacramento: The Legislative Renters’ Caucus now boasts 10 members, up from three when it launched a few years ago, and both the Senate and Assembly housing committees are chaired by lawmakers who rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This entire institution has not seen enough renters come through it, that’s the reality,” Senator Aisha Wahab, chair of the Senate Housing Committee, said during a Renters’ Caucus press conference Wednesday. “That is why we have the laws we have today. That is, we are still renters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee will take up \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1157\">AB 1157,\u003c/a> which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034212/california-lawmakers-push-lower-rent-cap-expand-protections-property-owners-worried\">would amend the 2019 Tenant Protection Act\u003c/a>, lowering the state’s annual rent cap to 5%, down from 10%. It would also extend renter protections to single-family homes and make them permanent. The TPA is currently set to expire in 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants’ advocates say lowering the cap is a crucial step to prevent displacement and homelessness, given \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-renters/\">nearly half\u003c/a> of Californians rent and about a third of renters are severely cost-burdened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, landlord groups like the California Apartment Association are pushing back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It ignores the will of the voters and puts an unfair burden on housing providers,” said Embert Madison, State Advocacy and Compliance Counsel for the California Apartment Association, pointing to the fact that California voters have three times rejected state ballot measures to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which restricts local rent control laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The devastating LA wildfires also generated a slate of bills \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB610\">aimed at protecting\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB380\">impacted renters\u003c/a> and ensuring a faster and more coordinated response to future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of pretty dramatic events that have happened that kind of just amplify the urgency of tenant protections on top of the housing crisis that we already have,” said Shanti Singh of advocacy group Tenants Together, noting that the Trump administration’s cost-cutting measures could also threaten vulnerable renters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other housing cost-focused bills this year include \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1248\">AB 1248\u003c/a>, which would require landlords to include all recurring charges in the advertised rent and ban them from adding new fees during a lease. Renter advocacy groups support the bill, while property owners’ groups don’t. “The focus shouldn’t be on making housing providers’ business more difficult to run,” California Rental Housing Association President Adam Pearce said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194153825-160x108.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of beachfront homes that burned in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on Jan.15, 2025, in Malibu, Los Angeles County. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB52\">SB 52 \u003c/a>would prohibit the use of AI algorithms to set rents, which critics say drives up rents and mimics price fixing. The technology is the subject of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-six-large-landlords-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions\">federal antitrust lawsuit\u003c/a> and has already been banned in cities including Berkeley, San Francisco and San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB246\">AB 246\u003c/a> would protect seniors from eviction if their Social Security payments are interrupted, and \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB436\">SB 436, authored by Wahab,\u003c/a> would extend the window that renters have to pay past-due rent after getting a three-day notice. It would allow tenants to pay the full amount owed or provide proof of approved rental assistance at any point before they’re evicted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As lawmakers continue to take aim at the supply side of the housing crisis with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033092/housing-legislation-snips-away-californias-red-tape\">sprawling package of over 20 bills designed\u003c/a> to cut red tape and speed up housing construction, Wahab cautioned they’re no panacea. “We’ve seen those bills, but has it translated to cost savings to the home buyer or the renter? No. But it has translated to cost savings for the developer,” she said. “This legislature needs to not only focus on production, they also need to start focusing on preservation of housing from multiple different angles, and that also includes protection of renters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other affordability-focused measures include a proposed $10 billion affordable housing bond, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB736\">AB 736\u003c/a>/\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB417\">SB 417\u003c/a>, which supporters hope to put before voters in 2026. Matt Schwartz of the California Housing Partnership said it’s key to achieving the state’s housing goals, noting that there are 45,000 shovel-ready affordable homes awaiting funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar bond failed to make it onto the ballot last year, when education and climate bonds got approved. But Haney and advocates expect the housing bond to get its moment this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accountability for homeless services\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The legislature’s approach to homelessness this year centers on tightening oversight, strengthening local coordination, and rethinking enforcement practices. Lawmakers are advancing bills that aim to improve how funding is tracked, how cities and counties share responsibility for services, and how the state invests in supportive housing, behavioral health, and upstream solutions to prevent homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A controversial bill, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB16\">SB 16\u003c/a>, which would have required counties to shoulder half the cost of running homeless shelters and interim housing facilities, got a total overhaul Tuesday, removing those cost-sharing terms before it passed out of the Senate Housing Committee. The bill now directs the state to develop a plan for ending unsheltered homelessness within 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California State Association of Counties, which strongly opposed the measure as originally written, has now removed its opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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