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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without those funds, the City is unable to continue working with community partners and organizations to provide food in the summer of 2025,” Michael Akanji, a city analyst who helped coordinate SSBT funds, wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The summer food program was slated to begin after the Oakland Unified School District’s final day of classes on May 29. Last year, the program provided more than 100,000 free, hot lunches to children in an effort to “bridge the meal gap throughout the summer months,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/news/city-of-oakland-to-serve-more-than-100-000-free-meals-to-children-this-summer-2\">according to the city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize this is a significant loss for the children and families who rely on these meals,” Akanji wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He encouraged partner sites to seek support from food banks and local businesses or apply directly for USDA support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland previously used about $200,000 of sugar tax revenue each year to run the food program and separately paid two full-time employees and several part-time staff to manage it, according to a city spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-source/educator-prep/coa-agendas/2021-05/2021-05-item-15.pdf?sfvrsn=d81e2bb1_6#:~:text=Located%20in%20the%20Bay%20Area,receive%20free%20or%20reduced%20meals.\">Nearly 75%\u003c/a> of OUSD students — about 33,000 — qualify for free or reduced lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very, very critical and important program for us,” said Michael Altfest, a spokesperson for the Alameda County Community Food Bank, which has referred families to summer food distribution sites for the past 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altfest said he heard about the elimination of the food program from a community partner, but his organization had yet to receive any information from the city itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 1 in 4 residents in Alameda County experience some level of food insecurity, he said, noting that children are the single largest group that food banks serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you think of a low-income family, they often depend on school meals. So when schools are out, that is typically when we will start to see spikes in seasonal need,” Altfest said. “That’s why this program has been so enormously beneficial to the families that we serve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The elimination of the program makes it “almost certain” that the already stretched food bank will see a significant increase in demand this summer, likely forcing it to dip further into reserves, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really is one of the most uncertain, worrisome times that I’ve ever seen [here],” Altfest said, noting the food bank’s steep decline in contributions in recent years, as well as the massive cuts that Congress is currently considering making to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “Having this happen is like salt in the wound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, in Oakland’s Pill Hill neighborhood, has been serving lunches to children through the program for the past three summers. Many kids come through their day care centers, said Rev. Dr. Rosalynn Brookins, the church’s senior pastor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was devastated by the news that we would no longer have the opportunity to feed children any meals because of the cuts that we’re now facing,” she said. “This means that our city is going to have thousands of children at risk for hunger based on this cut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brookins said she’s praying for the city to reverse its decision and is now looking into other options to continue offering some food services to kids this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m asking for the council to reconsider, and I’m asking everyone in this community to stand up for the voiceless and the marginalized and the oppressed,” she said. “No child should go to bed hungry at night. No children should have to wonder if they’re going to have a decent meal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> Supervisor Bilal Mahmood unveiled a resolution this week that would protect support services and inclusion efforts for the city’s neurodivergent community, an issue that hits close to home for the newly elected official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood often struggled with navigating social interactions growing up. It was difficult for him to maintain eye contact, shake hands and exchange hugs. and he was frustrated by abrupt changes to his schedule. He knew he was different from his peers, but didn’t know why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he began his political career in San Francisco a few years ago, Mahmood found himself in the spotlight. Despite a shy and introverted nature, Mahmood was required to “put [himself] out there more” as a politician, and he struggled with exhaustion and burnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Mahmood was diagnosed with Level 1 autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects communication and other social behaviors. The diagnosis was liberating, Mahmood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement announcing his diagnosis on Wednesday, Mahmood said learning about his autism helped him embrace his differences as strengths. He may be the first elected official in San Francisco to publicly disclose an autism diagnosis — a decision he hopes will help others feel less alone, Mahmood said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-026-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk along Market Street while Board of Supervisors District 5 candidate Bilal Mahmood speaks during a press conference about his strategy to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In school, Mahmood was taught that autism primarily affects young white males — a widespread misconception that disproportionately affects people of color and women, he said. As a Muslim and South Asian man, Mahmood said he did not realize that some of his struggles could be a result of an undiagnosed neurological condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This resolution is about raising awareness and trying to destigmatize autism,” Mahmood told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood said he wants to advocate for vulnerable communities that rely on local government and organizations to provide them with essential services, such as specialized tutoring for students with neurological disorders and opportunities for community engagement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are lifelines for these communities, and I want to make sure we continue to advocate for them in the months ahead,” he continued.[aside postID=news_12027784 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/241119-SFHomelessArrests-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Programs that Mahmood seeks to protect are in danger of being cut because of San Francisco’s ongoing budget crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Unified School District is facing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031347/san-francisco-schools-may-cut-staff-face-backlash-over-new-hiring-limits\">$113 million budget shortfall\u003c/a> in the coming year, which could jeopardize programs for children with developmental disabilities, although Mahmood said SFUSD committed to preserving them. In past years, cuts were made to the Department of Children, Youth and Family Services, a city agency that provides funding to these support services, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service gaps remain for neurodivergent people in San Francisco. Lack of workforce inclusion, housing and health care access are major obstacles, and Mahmood said the city should consider the shortcomings ahead of budget negotiations with Mayor Daniel Lurie in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bird Sellergren, executive director of the Bay Area Autism Collective, said autistic adults experience extreme loneliness and isolation as they get older, a feeling that’s exacerbated by limited access to community-based services and neuro-affirming health care. Autistic people also face higher rates of unemployment, according to Sellergren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be able to actually address these issues in real time would be a significant move forward for the autistic community and having people in politics that are recognizing our struggle and willing to work with us to try to improve our circumstances is just a real gift,” they said, referencing Mahmood’s resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035013\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035013\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240410-BilalMahmood-044-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bus stop on 7th and Market streets in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sellergren said improving public understanding of autism and how it may show up in different populations could help address a lot of the issues the community faces. If autistic people had access to more support, it could even reduce rates of homelessness, they said, adding that neurodivergent people are particularly vulnerable to exploitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood recently visited The Arc San Francisco, a nonprofit that provides social, educational and residential services to people living with developmental disabilities. Esther Landau, The Arc’s senior director of advancement, said she appreciates city leaders who bring visibility to an underserved community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Trump administration\u003c/a> threatens to cut federal funding for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029294/california-has-a-lot-to-lose-if-trump-slashes-medicaid-seniors-kids-could-face-coverage-cuts\">Medicaid and other programs\u003c/a>, state and local representatives need to step up so that organizations like The Arc can continue flourishing, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a community that tends to be unseen,” Landau said. “A really big thing that needs to happen for this population to succeed is to not have to carry that load all themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As fighting continues in Myanmar’s yearslong civil war even after last month’s devastating earthquake, Kim Aris, the son of the country’s ousted democratic leader, visited the Bay Area to call for humanitarian aid, his mother’s release and freedom for the Burmese people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aris, a U.K. citizen who is quick to clarify he is not a politician and has no political ambitions, was greeted at the Oakland airport on Sunday by a group of 20 people who had waited for hours with large banners and several bouquets of flowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His mother, Aung San Suu Kyi, was arrested in February 2021 after the military seized power from her democratically elected government, sparking \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860391/we-need-help-myanmar-solidarity-protesters-in-sf-hope-rallies-will-spur-us-officials-to-act\">mass protests\u003c/a> and eventually an armed resistance in Myanmar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Aris has only received \u003ca href=\"https://www.voanews.com/a/in-letter-from-prison-former-myanmar-leader-writes-of-suffering/7482036.html\">one letter\u003c/a> from his mother, through the British Foreign Office. She will be 80 in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know very little except she’s getting old, she’s got ongoing health care issues, and she’s in prison where the conditions are diabolical,” he said. “Even though I don’t get involved with politics, I’ve had to step up over the last four years to try and do what I can to help her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034862\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034862\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-04-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Aris (left), the youngest son of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, speaks during a fireside chat with moderator David Cohen at Stanford University on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We just want her free. She wants all the political prisoners free as well, and she wouldn’t accept her freedom before their freedom,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aris \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/01/nx-s1-5341751/son-of-ousted-myanmar-leader-speaks-to-npr-about-her-imprisonment\">told NPR\u003c/a> last week that he believes his mother is in a prison in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyidaw, which was hit by the magnitude 7.7 earthquake on March 28 that has \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-ceasefire-military-resistance-earthquake-disaster-05329d5a2448d0afd9d7c09e55a1c759\">killed 3,600 people\u003c/a> and counting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, we’re very concerned about her well-being, obviously,” he told NPR. “It’s very hard to confirm anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph Ong, who is from Myanmar and has lived in San Francisco for the last 50 years, helped greet Aris at the airport and said he has extended family members who are worried about aftershocks and “were sleeping out in the soccer fields at night and afraid to go back home.”[aside postID=news_12025604 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250105-BalajiDeathOpenAI-08-1020x680.jpg']Khin Thiri Nandar Soe of Pinole, one of the co-organizers for Aris’ visit, was born and raised in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city and closest to the epicenter of the quake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s extremely difficult for people to have even basic water and necessary medical supplies,” she said. Though she has been in touch with some family, she has yet to reach everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, reports of continued fighting are widespread despite a temporary ceasefire declared by the military government and its armed opponents. The army has been heavily criticized for continuing aerial bombing, according to independent Myanmar media and eyewitnesses, the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-ceasefire-military-resistance-earthquake-disaster-05329d5a2448d0afd9d7c09e55a1c759\">Associated Press reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khin Thiri Nandar Soe said she’s hoping Aris’ visit will put pressure on Myanmar’s military junta to “stop the bombing of innocent civilians while people are facing a crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, a day after speaking to hundreds of Burmese community members in Newark, Aris was in conversation with \u003ca href=\"https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/people/david-cohen\">David Cohen\u003c/a>, an expert in human rights at \u003ca href=\"https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/her-myanmar-fireside-chat-kim-aris\">Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034865\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034865\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-SONOFOUSTEDMYANMARLEADER-10-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donald Emmerson, former director of the Southeast Asia Program, asks Kim Aris, the youngest son of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a question during a fireside chat at Stanford University on April 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He took several questions from audience members, including a few critiquing his mother’s response to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/asia/aung-san-suu-kyi-rohingya-myanmar-genocide-hague.html\">accusations of genocide\u003c/a> against Rohingya Muslims, whom the Myanmar military massacred by the thousands in what the United Nations called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101861574/textbook-ethnic-cleansing-occurring-in-myanmar-u-n-says\">textbook ethnic cleansing\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was trying to make sure that everybody in Burma had a place, not just the Rohingya,” Aris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His discussion at Stanford ranged from regional politics to how it was being on house arrest with his mother (“boring” but somewhat enjoyable to cook together).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Audience members included Bay Area Burmese such as Wai Yan, a student at the College of San Mateo who leads a Burmese Student Association. He asked Aris for advice on how to unify and uplift students here to ensure they do not lose hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know it seems like Burma has been abandoned by the world now. If you look at the news, often there’s nothing about them, people don’t seem to care,” Aris said. “Just because you don’t see the work they’re doing doesn’t mean it’s not happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lastly, he added, “Please don’t feel like you’re alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">Daniel Lurie\u003c/a> is banking on San Francisco’s wealthy elite to finance downtown revitalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, several of Lurie’s supporters with backgrounds in finance, tech and philanthropy announced the Downtown Development Corporation (DDC), a new nonprofit that will raise money for projects aimed at improving street conditions and business opportunities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034713/california-bill-would-let-cities-extend-last-call-4-a-m-some-downtown-areas\">downtown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move is the latest step in Lurie’s play to prop up major public-private partnerships to boost San Francisco’s economic comeback as the city faces a nearly $1 billion budget deficit. It’s also raised eyebrows among some government ethics watchdogs who say that a small but powerful business class is gaining influence in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco’s comeback depends on the recovery of our downtown, and we are bringing every tool to the table to secure that future,” Lurie said in a statement. “The Downtown Development Corporation … will help bring to life our plans for downtown by driving investment, supporting small business, and partnering in our work to keep downtown safe, clean, and vibrant.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DDC is led by David Stiepleman, co-president of the investment firm Sixth Street, as well as Sam Cobbs, CEO of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029619/luries-nonprofit-giving-san-francisco-11-million-prevent-family-homelessness\">Tipping Point Community\u003c/a>, the anti-poverty nonprofit that Lurie founded before becoming mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/104517976_qed-1920x1276.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former eBay CEO and one-time California gubernatorial candidate, Meg Whitman, speaks during a debate with California attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown at UC Davis’ Mondavi Center on Sept. 28, 2010 in Davis, California. \u003ccite>(Jose Luis Villegas-Pool/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other heavy hitters on the DDC board include cryptocurrency company founder Chris Larsen and former eBay CEO and one-time California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. SFMOMA board chair Bob Fisher, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund CEO Rebecca Foster and SEIU Local 87 president Olga Miranda are also on the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re assembling the right team to raise funds and help execute on the mayor’s vision for downtown,” Stiepleman said. “We feel great urgency to convert the amazing resources of our community and to get to work revitalizing our city center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s latest fundraising drive has set off alarm bells for some skeptics of private interest in politics, including Sean McMorris, program manager for transparency, ethics and accountability at California Common Cause, a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on government transparency.[aside postID=news_12032892 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250310-TRUMP-SF-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“It’s not that it’s not a worthy cause,” McMorris said about the DDC’s goals to improve downtown. “But it raises the issue of purchasing influence. I’m sure the people who are being solicited are pretty well-heeled and have their own interests with the city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even simple beautification projects can be a concern, he said: “That has to do with housing and real estate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters in 2022 passed a law making it harder for public officials to solicit private donations after a massive corruption scandal sent former city leaders, including Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru, to prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the DDC, Lurie will seek a waiver for behested payments — essentially donations requested by public officials for city projects or funds. But this effort is separate from the expanded authority that Lurie gained shortly after taking office through his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031581/first-look-sf-mayor-luries-yearlong-plan-homelessness-response\">fentanyl emergency ordinance\u003c/a>, which allows him to accept private dollars for programs and services related to homelessness and overdose response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DDC will primarily be focused on downtown recovery through “physical upgrades like trees and outdoor dining to economic tools like credit and small business support,” according to a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group could potentially fundraise to get housing projects off the ground faster as well, according to Stiepleman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034961 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed-1020x674.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed-1536x1015.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-32_qed-1920x1268.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk past a banner reading ‘Chinatown celebrates Mayor Daniel Lurie’ at the intersection of Clay Street and Grant Avenue during Chinatown’s Night Market in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Shelter and housing are covered by an actual department of the city. And that’s where it ought to be. But to the extent we can be helpful in supplementing plans that bear on making downtown more economically viable, we will be open to that,” he said. “We’re not going to be prescriptive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stiepleman did not share what the group’s initial fundraising goals are or which of the city’s mega donors are tapping in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another question McMorris raised: What happens to these private fundraising streams once a new mayoral administration steps in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re constantly relying on the private sector to implement or buy into your policies, you become reliant upon them, then the efficacy of government becomes less,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stiepleman said the vision is to use private capital to move more quickly on essential projects downtown in the short term, but he hopes the efforts can eventually transfer over to public financing pipelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’ve done our job correctly, this becomes a sustained generational kind of effort. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:23 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers are introducing a bill that would allow drivers for ride-hailing apps to bargain collectively over pay and working conditions, even as they remain classified as independent contractors for companies such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033648/uber-lyft-withheld-billions-in-pay-california-alleges-settlement-talks-are-underway\">Uber and Lyft\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the measure, announced Tuesday at a rally with dozens of drivers near the state Capitol, unions that are certified by the state would be able to negotiate with app-based transportation companies on behalf of drivers to resolve disputes and improve working conditions. The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency would enforce the provisions, though details on the process have not yet been worked out, according to a draft of the bill reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Independent contractors are not entitled to employee benefits such as minimum wage and overtime. They are also excluded from the National Labor Relations Act, a federal law that grants most private-sector employees the right to collectively bargain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed legislation, AB 1340, would not cover delivery drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) and Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), who are among several Democratic co-authors of the bill, spoke at Tuesday’s rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stand for the right of every worker to truly have a voice,” Wicks told the crowd of people holding signs that read “Gig Drivers Union Now.” “We’re here today to talk about respecting the voices of our rideshare drivers and offering you the choice to build power in your union. To build power for better wages, to build power for better working conditions, to build power for financial stability in your homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber drivers and advocates rally outside the company’s driver support center in South San José on June 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Service Employees International Union, which supports AB 1340, backed a similar initiative in Massachusetts that \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/massachusetts-voters-allow-uber-lyft-drivers-unionize-2024-11-06/#:~:text=BOSTON%2C%20Nov%206%20(Reuters),based%20companies%20like%20Uber%20(UBER.\">voters approved\u003c/a> last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Uber, Lyft and other gig companies spent more than $200 million to back \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002988/some-gig-workers-say-they-are-seeing-little-of-prop-22-promises-and-lack-of-enforcement-from-state\">Proposition 22\u003c/a>, a 2020 ballot initiative that exempted them from having to classify their drivers as employees. Studies show employers often save money by hiring independent contractors, as they generally avoid paying for payroll taxes and employee benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Drivers overwhelmingly voted for and continue to support Prop. 22 because it is their preferred way to structure benefits and protections,” a Lyft spokesperson said in a statement. “And for years, we’ve been building upon this framework to roll out new products and features designed to improve the driver experience.”[aside postID=news_12034478 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/FederalEmployeeLayoffsGetty-1020x680.jpg']As part of Proposition 22, the gig companies promised that drivers would receive at least 120% of the local minimum wage while giving a ride or doing a delivery, a health care stipend of up to $426 for those that qualified, and accident insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Uber spokesperson said AB 1340, if implemented, would end up increasing the price of rides and suggested that most drivers’ voices may be left out of a union process because only a small proportion work a significant number of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BRG-Economic-Impact-Analysis_FINAL_1.21.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a report (PDF)\u003c/a> by the Berkeley Research Group, a consulting firm, that found only 7% of drivers for app-based ride and delivery platforms worked more than 20 hours per week. The research was commissioned by Protect App-Based Drivers & Services, a group that counts Uber and Lyft among its members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians are already feeling the squeeze — and this proposal would drive up rideshare costs even more while threatening the flexible jobs thousands depend on,” the Uber spokesperson said. “Drivers have been clear: they want to stay independent and keep the freedom to choose when and how they work, with access to meaningful benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, at the Sacramento rally, several drivers said their payment for rides has dropped as Uber and Lyft keep a greater share of what customers pay. A \u003ca href=\"https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/gig-passenger-and-delivery-driver-pay-in-five-metro-areas/\">report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center\u003c/a> last year found that ride-hail drivers in the San Francisco Bay and four other metro areas made less than minimum wage after taking into account expenses and wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11770515\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-800x607.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-1200x911.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at Uber headquarters in San Francisco in August 2019 before heading to Sacramento to push for legislation classifying them as employees. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nick Calabar Jr. of Stockton said that when he started driving for Uber and Lyft 16 years ago, the pay was decent, but now it’s a struggle to survive. During a ride last week that cost the customer $60, Lyft only paid him $14, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How is that fair? I do all the work, pay for the cost of my car payment each month, cost of charging my vehicle, and not to mention taking all the risks,” Calabar said. “Like thousands of rideshare drivers, working for Uber or Lyft isn’t just a side gig, it’s our job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort to carve a new path for ride-hail drivers to collectively bargain in California comes as attorneys for the state and the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego are meeting Tuesday for a closed-door \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033648/uber-lyft-withheld-billions-in-pay-california-alleges-settlement-talks-are-underway\">mediation session\u003c/a> with Lyft. Another is planned with Uber for next month.[aside postID=news_12033648 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-1020x680.jpg']The negotiations stem from yearslong lawsuits by the California labor commissioner’s office, as well as the attorney general’s office and the three cities. Those legal challenges allege Uber and Lyft owe potentially billions of dollars in wages and damages to drivers misclassified as independent contractors before Proposition 22 passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Massachusetts \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/massachusetts-voters-allow-uber-lyft-drivers-unionize-2024-11-06/#:~:text=BOSTON%2C%20Nov%206%20(Reuters),based%20companies%20like%20Uber%20(UBER.\">became the first state\u003c/a> to allow ride-hail drivers to unionize as independent contractors. The companies did not formally oppose that measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Massachusetts Department of Labor is drafting regulations on the nuts and bolts of how the measure will work, including what happens if negotiations break down or what behavior constitutes as an unfair labor practice, said Maria O’Brien, who teaches employment law at Boston University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though Uber and Lyft did not formally oppose this, I would be very surprised if they simply rolled over once the regs are issued,” O’Brien said, pointing to companies’ track record of fighting policies they perceived as threats to their revenue and profits. “It wouldn’t surprise me, depending on what the regulations say, if you were to see lawsuits from Uber and Lyft.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the estimated 70,000 ride-hail drivers in that state, an option to engage in collective negotiations could build on gains achieved through a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mass.gov/info-details/uber-and-lyft-settlement-information-and-frequently-asked-questions\">settlement \u003c/a>between the Massachusetts attorney general’s office and Uber and Lyft last year, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that deal, the companies agreed to pay a combined total of $175 million, most of it in restitution to drivers who were underpaid. Uber and Lyft must also compensate drivers at least $33.48 per hour for time spent picking up and driving a customer, an amount that will be adjusted annually for inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the drivers themselves view the settlement as a promising first step, but view the union as a mechanism by which they’re going to get increases going forward,” O’Brien said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As part of Proposition 22, the gig companies promised that drivers would receive at least 120% of the local minimum wage while giving a ride or doing a delivery, a health care stipend of up to $426 for those that qualified, and accident insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Uber spokesperson said AB 1340, if implemented, would end up increasing the price of rides and suggested that most drivers’ voices may be left out of a union process because only a small proportion work a significant number of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/BRG-Economic-Impact-Analysis_FINAL_1.21.25.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a report (PDF)\u003c/a> by the Berkeley Research Group, a consulting firm, that found only 7% of drivers for app-based ride and delivery platforms worked more than 20 hours per week. The research was commissioned by Protect App-Based Drivers & Services, a group that counts Uber and Lyft among its members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians are already feeling the squeeze — and this proposal would drive up rideshare costs even more while threatening the flexible jobs thousands depend on,” the Uber spokesperson said. “Drivers have been clear: they want to stay independent and keep the freedom to choose when and how they work, with access to meaningful benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, at the Sacramento rally, several drivers said their payment for rides has dropped as Uber and Lyft keep a greater share of what customers pay. A \u003ca href=\"https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/gig-passenger-and-delivery-driver-pay-in-five-metro-areas/\">report by the UC Berkeley Labor Center\u003c/a> last year found that ride-hail drivers in the San Francisco Bay and four other metro areas made less than minimum wage after taking into account expenses and wait times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11770515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11770515\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1457\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-160x121.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-800x607.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-1020x774.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/RS38759__M6A2447-qut-1200x911.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at Uber headquarters in San Francisco in August 2019 before heading to Sacramento to push for legislation classifying them as employees. \u003ccite>(Sruti Mamidanna/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nick Calabar Jr. of Stockton said that when he started driving for Uber and Lyft 16 years ago, the pay was decent, but now it’s a struggle to survive. During a ride last week that cost the customer $60, Lyft only paid him $14, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“How is that fair? I do all the work, pay for the cost of my car payment each month, cost of charging my vehicle, and not to mention taking all the risks,” Calabar said. “Like thousands of rideshare drivers, working for Uber or Lyft isn’t just a side gig, it’s our job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort to carve a new path for ride-hail drivers to collectively bargain in California comes as attorneys for the state and the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego are meeting Tuesday for a closed-door \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033648/uber-lyft-withheld-billions-in-pay-california-alleges-settlement-talks-are-underway\">mediation session\u003c/a> with Lyft. Another is planned with Uber for next month.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Silicon Valley companies, especially those that rely heavily on international supply chains, have seen their stocks drop precipitously since President Trump revealed \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/\">his tariff plan\u003c/a> on April 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 10% tariff on all imported goods went into effect on April 5 and higher tariffs on specific countries (like China and Mexico) are scheduled to begin on April 9. While it’s unclear whether all the tariffs are here to stay, companies are already acting as if Trump will deliver on his threats in the long term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More of Apple’s iPhones, famously constructed from parts sourced all over the world, may soon be \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/apple-iphone-production-china-tariffs-6cc37f40\">assembled in India\u003c/a> to sidestep Chinese tariffs that could raise the hardware cost of the iPhone 16 Pro by $300 each. Nintendo is \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-04/nintendo-delays-pre-orders-for-switch-2-after-trump-tariffs\">delaying pre-orders\u003c/a> for the new Switch 2 in the U.S. while it games out-market conditions. It’s about to become much more expensive for Amazon, Meta, Google and Microsoft to build the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/16/technology/ai-data-centers.html\">supercomputers to power artificial intelligence\u003c/a>, and while they have the cash reserves to stay in the game, rivals in China and elsewhere will become a graver threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The global economy has run on international trade for half a century. So, Trump’s decision to upend the status quo is disruptive for global industries like tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Apple and Tesla and other leading firms are selling to people all across the world,” said economics professor Neale Mahoney, who is also director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. “We’re going to really feel that in not just the stock price of these firms, but their decisions around investment and expansion, and ultimately, their decisions to pull back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell Hancock, head of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, which studies economic and social trends in the region, says he can’t see any silver lining for tech companies, whether or not they’re involved in manufacturing or consumer retail. 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But Hancock isn’t just talking about tariffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay Area has historically enjoyed a proximity to top academic institutions like Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley and San José State University, providing a ready talent pool and a steady stream of start-ups. 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Tech companies are telling immigrant employees on visas \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/31/immigration-h1b-fear-siliconvalley/\">not to leave the U.S.\u003c/a>, for fear they might not be let back in.[aside postID=news_12026185 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1020x680.jpg']“We’re already seeing that companies are expanding elsewhere, at a faster rate than they are here, in Silicon Valley,” Hancock said. “If you’re a major tech company, you’ve also been adding people in Boston, Miami, London and Asia. [Tariffs] will accelerate that trend.” He also anticipates that companies and individuals from abroad will not be as keen to invest in the Bay Area as\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11738951/something-in-the-silicon-valley-air-why-multinational-firms-send-their-entrepreneurs-here\"> they have been\u003c/a> over the last half century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Valley watchers are holding out hope that the president is rattling his sabre as a bargaining tactic to wring more concessions from the nation’s trading partners. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>This story was reported for K Onda KQED, a monthly newsletter focused on the Bay Area’s Latinx community. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/k-onda\">Click here to subscribe\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland artist DELACiiO’s latest EP features a corrido titled “R94,” which tells the story of a teenager who hustles to make money, only to find himself in trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One verse contains the following lyrics in Spanish: “En las calles de East Oakland / Yo me he ganado el respeto / Muchos dan la mano /Pero te ponen el dedo (But they snitch on you).” In English, it translates to: “On the streets of East Oakland / I have earned respect / Many shake your hand / But they snitch on you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song is one of many corridos that have come out of the Bay Area music scene since the 1960s. Corridos are a type of a narrative ballad — a song that tells a story — that is one of the most cherished traditions within the genre of Mexican regional music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 28-year-old DELACiiO, whose actual name is Ignacio Lopez Jr., started rapping as a teenager but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13953430/oakland-delaciio-regional-mexican-music\">changed gears to Mexican music\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once I started dabbling with corridos, it was just something super fun, natural and organic because I was writing what was going on around me in my neighborhood and in Oakland where I’m from,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wanted to know more about how corridos have evolved and why younger generations think they are cool, so I talked to three Bay Area musicians who have recorded corridos, as well as a UC Berkeley professor who studies corridos as a tool for teaching literacy to young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The corrido, as it emerged in the late 1800s in Northern Mexico, was really a type of oral tradition, oral storytelling and story sharing,” said San Francisco artist La Doña, whose real name is Cecilia Peña-Govea. La Doña, 32, grew up listening to and performing corridos with her family’s band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A big role of art, especially during times of social upheaval, is to witness and to document,” she said. “One of my favorite things about corridos is that it takes you into a time and place, a moment in that story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034711\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED-800x478.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED-1020x610.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED-1536x919.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/CATI-DE-LOS-RIOS-HEADSHOT-KQED-1920x1148.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cati de los Ríos is a professor at UC Berkeley who incorporates corridos as a teaching tool in the courses she teaches on literacy and multilingual education. \u003ccite>(Roger Viet Chung / Courtesy of Cati de los Ríos)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago, Cati de los Ríos taught high school in Southern California to students who were mostly immigrants or children of immigrants who spoke Spanish at home. Schools, she said, often treated those students as if they hadn’t been exposed to literature or literary traditions, when in fact many of them were voracious consumers of corridos. She saw an opportunity to use corridos to teach literature and storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so thirsty for materials,” to use in classrooms, she said. She created them through academic research, earning a doctorate from Columbia University. She now teaches courses on literacy and multilingual education at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt this desire to enter the world of teacher education, get my PhD, and prepare future teachers to not just acknowledge these literacy practices, but sanction them as a legitimate academic practice,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hernan Hernandez Jr. is the lead singer of Bay Area band Suenatron, which performs corridos and other musical styles. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hernan Hernandez Jr. is the lead singer of the Bay Area band Suenatron, which blends a variety of musical genres from cumbia to norteño. The band plans to release a corrido later this year, titled “El Robo,” about a son who turns to crime to pay for his ailing mother’s medical care. Another song, “Bienvenidos,” explores the kinds of welcomes immigrants receive when they arrive in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez grew up immersed in corridos, especially those popularized by his father’s group, Los Tigres Del Norte, a legendary band that formed in San José in the late 1960s. Some of Los Tigres’ biggest hits include “Contrabando Y Traición,” a story about a scorned woman who takes revenge, and “La Jaula de Oro,” about a man who feels trapped in the United States after his children assimilate.[aside postID=news_11904539 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/Chalino-master.jpg']“When I was a kid, I would see people bumping rap songs; now I see young kids bumping corridos. When I was a kid, people were embarrassed to talk about corridos,” said Hernandez, 45. “I like how corridos have evolved and how they are becoming something new and fresh. This younger generation in the United States, that’s how they connect with the culture, through food or art or music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DELACiiO agrees that there was a time when corridos were seen as music for family parties and parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I compare corridos to reggaetón. Reggaetón had to break the walls and the barriers to get a worldwide platform and be accepted by everybody,” he said. “I feel like corrido is doing the same thing. You have artists like Natanael Cano and Peso Pluma that cross boundaries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cano and Peso Pluma are known for corridos tumbados, a fusion of American hip-hop and trap music with Mexican norteño and banda rhythms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034712\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DELACiiO_KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1066\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DELACiiO_KQED.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/DELACiiO_KQED-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland artist DELACiiO’s latest EP features a corrido titled “R94.” \u003ccite>(Luis Montoya / Courtesy of DELACiiO)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This music slaps with everybody, right?” de los Ríos said. “When I am doing some research in the East Bay at different high schools, and I hear Southeast Asian kids blasting Peso Pluma, I hear African-American kids blasting Peso Pluma. The horn-driven sound, the accordion, the acoustic guitars — that sound really speaks to a lot of young people in different ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I’m also seeing for the first time a lot kids saying like, ‘Wow, my culture is at the center for once.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De los Ríos said that while corridos are a valuable art form, some go beyond telling a story to condoning and glorifying misogyny, crime and violence. The current president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2025-04-02/mexican-corrido-band-us-government-cancel-visas\">called for an investigation\u003c/a> of a musical group that displayed the photo of a notorious cartel leader during a concert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, corridos, de los Ríos said, have also been a powerful tool for challenging authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My favorite corrido that I’ve written is called ‘Corrido Palestina,’ and it’s about the genocide happening in Palestine, and it really takes to heart that role of truth telling, witnessing and documenting,” said La Doña.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song talks calls for a cease fire and ends with “Viva Palestina.” After she \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13963789/la-dona-los-altos-de-la-soledad\">released the song last fall\u003c/a>, blowback was swift from supporters of Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve lost a lot of gigs. I have lost performance opportunities. I have lost contact with certain people in the industry. It has definitely been felt financially, spiritually, and in a lot of ways,” she said. “I expected it, and it’s been difficult, but it’s also not a surprise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact that the song received pushback demonstrates the power of corridos today, La Doña said. She hopes young artists continue producing corridos and reinventing the art form.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Representation of any type of Latinx stories is really important within the pop culture canon,” she said. “I also see a lot of opportunity for diversifying narratives like having more female stories, having more queer stories, having like a lot of different experiences being reflected in a genre that’s typically been very machista, male-dominated and patriarchal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Schools, she said, often treated those students as if they hadn’t been exposed to literature or literary traditions, when in fact many of them were voracious consumers of corridos. She saw an opportunity to use corridos to teach literature and storytelling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so thirsty for materials,” to use in classrooms, she said. She created them through academic research, earning a doctorate from Columbia University. She now teaches courses on literacy and multilingual education at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt this desire to enter the world of teacher education, get my PhD, and prepare future teachers to not just acknowledge these literacy practices, but sanction them as a legitimate academic practice,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034710\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034710\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231101-MUSICTHERAPYHMBFARMWORKERS-43-BL_QED-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hernan Hernandez Jr. is the lead singer of Bay Area band Suenatron, which performs corridos and other musical styles. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hernan Hernandez Jr. is the lead singer of the Bay Area band Suenatron, which blends a variety of musical genres from cumbia to norteño. The band plans to release a corrido later this year, titled “El Robo,” about a son who turns to crime to pay for his ailing mother’s medical care. Another song, “Bienvenidos,” explores the kinds of welcomes immigrants receive when they arrive in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez grew up immersed in corridos, especially those popularized by his father’s group, Los Tigres Del Norte, a legendary band that formed in San José in the late 1960s. Some of Los Tigres’ biggest hits include “Contrabando Y Traición,” a story about a scorned woman who takes revenge, and “La Jaula de Oro,” about a man who feels trapped in the United States after his children assimilate.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The fate of former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/fci-dublin\">FCI Dublin\u003c/a> correctional officer Darrell Wayne Smith is now in the hands of a jury, who will have to decide whether he is guilty of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031584/east-bay-prison-sex-abuse-trial-opens-account-guards-ultimate-control\">sexual abuse\u003c/a> or another “victim” of the prison, as suggested by his defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His case will bring to a close the criminal proceedings stemming from a sprawling investigation into a culture of sexual abuse, cover-up and retaliation at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031367/for-years-abuse-plagued-an-east-bay-prison-dubbed-the-rape-club-one-trial-remains\">now-shuttered East Bay federal prison\u003c/a>, as he is the final former official to face trial. Seven others, including the warden, have been sentenced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith is charged with 15 counts related to the sexual abuse of five women formerly incarcerated at FCI Dublin between 2017 and 2021. During closing arguments on Monday, prosecutors described him as “untouchable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The defendant abused all of these women with impunity,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Paulson said. “He thought that his power, threats and intimidation would insulate him — his buddies would insulate him. Indeed, that’s what the defense is hoping will insulate him today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The defendant wants you to view these women like he did: as objects … as felons … especially because some of them have immigration issues and have filed lawsuits [against him and the prison].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith is accused of touching the women’s buttocks and vaginas, forcing them to show their breasts and ordering one woman to have sex with him — allegations uncovered by the FBI probe that ensnared several other prison officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031941\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031941\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1404\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1-800x562.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1-1020x716.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1-1536x1078.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-3-KQED-1-1920x1348.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A courtroom sketch shows former FCI Dublin correctional officer Darrell Wayne Smith, right, listening as a witness testifies in federal court in Oakland on March 18, 2025. \u003ccite>(Vicki Behringer for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, Smith’s defense argued that his case is different, calling him an outlier among those who were charged. Defense attorney Naomi Chung told the jury that the trial lacked context of Smith’s own mistreatment at Dublin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung said that Smith’s time working at Dublin became a “nightmare” after rumors began swirling about an alleged inappropriate relationship between him and a woman incarcerated at the prison in 2016. At the time, he was a correctional counselor, but amid an investigation into the alleged relationship — which the woman testified was untrue — he was demoted from a counselor to a guard, bringing a downgrade in pay and status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung alleged that Smith was hated by then-Warden Ray Garcia and other management staff since he was a “thorn in their side,” picketing for FCI Dublin’s union and standing up for workers’ rights. The investigation into Smith spanned six years, and he was ultimately given a six-day suspension in May 2021 for the “appearance of an inappropriate relationship.”[aside postID=news_12032044 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250318-FCI-DUBLIN-VB-1A-KQED-1020x574.jpg']She said that the prosecution’s argument that Smith was powerful had “cracks” in it that “are not small. They’re big enough to drive reasonable doubt right through this entire case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung said it “goes against common sense” to assume Smith would be “brazenly” assaulting women during periods of intense scrutiny — especially when management had access to real-time camera feeds in the housing units. It makes more sense, she argued, that after Garcia was walked off the prison grounds over the abuse allegations — and a special task force came to Dublin as more officials faced similar allegations — “Smith became a scapegoat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rumors [about Smith’s demotion] had spread like wildfire throughout the whole prison … and his nickname [“Dirty Dick,” according to testimony] … became a weapon,” she told jurors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant U.S. Attorney Sailaja Paidipaty pushed back, asking: “What was [Smith] so paranoid after that big six-year investigation? A six-day suspension?” That was not the punishment of a management that hated Smith and was set on retaliating against him, she told the jury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987297\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240408-FCIDublin-008-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240408-FCIDublin-008-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240408-FCIDublin-008-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240408-FCIDublin-008-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240408-FCIDublin-008-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240408-FCIDublin-008-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, a prison for women, in Dublin on April 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The defense also sought to cast doubt on the women who testified that they had been abused by Smith, citing discrepancies in the indictment and their testimony and pointing to the fact that many women had the same lawyers and brought forward allegations around the same time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The timing matters,” Chung said. “None of the accusers came forward until Dublin was in scandal. Because what happens when you put a group of people in a desperate situation and then show them a golden ticket? A ticket that gets you closer to home, a payout, even released. The answer is obvious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, Paidipaty countered that in the years between interviews with lawyers and re-telling their stories, it is not uncommon for victims to forget or become more blurry on some details.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That doesn’t mean they’re liars,” she said. “That means they are trying as hard as they can to remember and give accurate information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the jury left the courtroom to begin deliberations, both the defense and the prosecution asked them to consider the context surrounding this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Context does matter, and the context here is a prison,” Paidipaty said. “They want you to believe that the inmates had the power. The people in the cells. 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"content": "\u003cp>The night is young — keep those drinks flowing!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s at least what San Francisco Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/matt-haney\">Matt Haney\u003c/a> is aiming to do with new legislation to allow venues in certain areas throughout the state to extend last call until 4 a.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB342\">AB 342\u003c/a>, co-authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a fellow San Francisco Democrat, would give local governments the option to create “hospitality zones” in their cities, allowing various nightlife establishments to keep the liquor flowing for up to two hours beyond the state-mandated 2 a.m. cutoff. It would take effect next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill comes amid ongoing efforts to lure more visitors to the many downtown districts across the state that have struggled to recover since the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need people in our downtowns. We need them to come here, not just during the day, but at night,” Haney told reporters at a press briefing in downtown Los Angeles on Monday morning. “We know that when people come to our cities, whether for conventions, for basketball games, for big events, even to work or to live, they are often looking for not only thriving daytime opportunities, but nighttime opportunities as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034721\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250218-SFDowntown-12-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Matt Haney speaks during a press conference in Union Square, San Francisco, on Feb. 18, 2025, announcing legislation to increase nightlife in Downtown San Francisco to help the recovery of the neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the bill, local governments could also establish temporary “special events hospitality zones” for up to a month at a time to coincide with music festivals and other major events, including next year’s World Cup and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032881/oakland-coliseum-host-major-league-cricket-could-2028-la-olympics-be-next\">2028 Summer Olympics\u003c/a>, both slated to take place in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ben Bleiman, founder of the SF Bar Owner Alliance and owner of Harrington’s Bar & Grill in the city’s downtown, said Haney’s most recent effort to extend last call is “near and dear” to his heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t believe that it’s OK for cities just to be clean and safe in California, though those are very important,” Bleiman said at Monday’s briefing. “We believe they also have to be fun. And we want California to be able to compete with other very fun places in the U.S. and in the world.”[aside postID=news_12032246 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/98579521_qed-1020x680.jpg']California cities, he said, need to “re-envision” their downtowns if they want to remain viable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe nightlife is going to be the catalyst,” he said. “It’s going to be the main engine for bringing activity and business and life and culture back to our downtowns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney’s amended bill, a more limited version than the one he introduced in January, requires cities that are interested in creating hospitality zones to consider public safety resources, access to transportation and hotels, walkability, and cultural appropriateness, among other factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, there is a one size fits all, top down mandate that every single business in California stops serving at 2 a.m. It makes no sense,” Haney said. “It’s out of step with over 12 states across the country and most cities around the world that are world-class destinations. It is time that we have a pro-local control, pro-business solution that allows California cities to do what they need to do to recover and to attract the conventions, the visitors, the events that all of us can benefit from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation follows multiple failed efforts to challenge California’s blanket prohibition — \u003ca href=\"https://www.abc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020_CA_ABC_Act.pdf\">dating back to 1935\u003c/a> — on the sale of alcohol between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-08-24/california-lawmakers-reject-a-bill-to-extend-bar-hours-in-three-cities\">lawmakers rejected\u003c/a> Haney and Wiener’s bid to authorize weekend alcohol service until 4 a.m. at bars, nightclubs and restaurants in San Francisco, West Hollywood and Palm Springs, citing concerns about an uptick in drunk driving incidents. The Legislature also rebuffed Wiener’s 2019 bill to extend alcohol sales in 10 cities, a year after then-Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill of his.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe we have enough mischief from midnight to 2 without adding two more hours of mayhem,” Brown wrote in his veto message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the only venue in the entire state where you can now legally buy booze until 4 a.m. is the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, home of the Los Angeles Clippers — following \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-30/newsom-signs-bill-to-push-last-call-until-4-a-m-but-only-for-vips-at-new-clippers-arena\">legislation Gov. Gavin Newsom signed last year\u003c/a>. And that’s only for dues-paying VIP members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-mayor\">Oakland mayor’s office\u003c/a> staff will be let go at the end of the week, interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins said Monday, a day after he fired his chief of staff following the release of a note in which she appeared to refer to Black people as “tokens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins, Deputy Mayor Burt Jones, Deputy Mayor LaNiece Jones and the office’s executive assistant and scheduler will remain in the office, with Burt Jones serving as chief of staff, the mayor’s office said in a statement on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to thank everyone who is leaving the office for their service,” Jenkins said in the statement. “It has always been our intention to allow our next Mayor to choose their own staff after the April 15 special election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The handwritten note by chief of staff Leigh Hanson was included among records the city made public last week related to the FBI’s probe of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, whose recall in November led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032042/oakland-special-election-candidate-guide-and-how-to-vote\">this month’s special mayoral election\u003c/a>. Hanson was chief of staff for Thao and stayed on after her recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the note, which KQED obtained last week, the word “Recall” appears at the top with people and groups known to have financially backed or opposed the recall campaign against Thao jotted down below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf-800x609.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf-1020x776.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf-160x122.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf-1536x1169.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/OAK_PRA_0054921.pdf-1920x1461.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This handwritten note by chief of staff Leigh Hanson was included among records the city made public last week related to the FBI’s probe of former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the upper right-hand corner, “CM Fife can outreach to NAACP” is written, seemingly referring to Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underneath that, the words “use BP as tokens” appear, set off by dashes. Hanson \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/leigh-hanson-oakland-20261051.php\">told the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, which first reported her firing, that “BP” referred to Black people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a text message to KQED on Monday, Hanson said the note was taken out of context.[aside postID=news_12033381 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250218_Oak-Mayoral_DMB_00156_qed-1020x680.jpg']“These handwritten meeting notes record a group discussion that included proposed messaging points that the anti-recall campaign wanted to provide to potential surrogates,” Hanson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanson said the notes were a reference to recall organizer Seneca Scott, who she said was hired by wealthy white \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998651/a-hedge-fund-manager-is-funding-bid-to-oust-oaklands-mayor-and-its-not-his-first-recall\">funders of the effort\u003c/a> to obscure the public’s understanding of the campaign’s political origins. According to Hanson, Thao and her political team believed that the paid involvement of Scott, who is Black, in the recall campaign constituted tokenization — when a member of an underrepresented group is used to create the appearance of diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I regret that my short-hand note-taking has been taken out of context on social media and inadvertently harmed close friends, colleagues and members of my community who have been marginalized by our political system,” Hanson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Monday morning, the Oakland chapter of the NAACP thanked Jenkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never dreamed in Oakland, California, that we would be called a token,” said Cynthia Adams, president of the chapter. “I just want to thank our interim mayor Kevin Jenkins for having courage to do what he did, to make a stand for the people of Oakland and for his Black community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12012869 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Adams, president of the Oakland NAACP chapter, smiles at the election watch party organized by the Oakland NAACP chapter pro-recall group at Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar in Jack London Square in Oakland on election night, Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Camille Cohen for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing behind Adams at the press conference were Scott and fellow Thao recall organizer Brenda Harbin-Forte; Brenda Grisham and Carl Chan, organizers of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">recall of former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price\u003c/a>; and Oakland mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033381/fake-news-oakland-election-ads-raise-concerns-over-misleading-headlines\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about the note’s reference to Fife reaching out to the NAACP, Adams said the chapter had not heard from the councilmember for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s darkness what’s in that City Hall. I was wondering why it was so dark over there. It was dark because it was a lot of darkness going on. But now, it’s light,” Adams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife did not respond to a request for comment Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Harami, another staffer in the mayor’s office who served under Thao, told KQED he was informed in a meeting on Monday morning that he was being placed on leave and would be terminated Friday. Deputy Mayor Burt Jones and City Administrator Jestin Johnson were both in the meeting, he said.[aside postID=news_12031370 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250311_Oakland-Budget_DMB_00061-1020x680.jpg']“This is clearly retaliatory action in response to an inaccurate and misleading release from the leadership of the Oakland NAACP, who has reason to dislike me after I landed a settlement with one of their officers for harassment,” Harami said in a statement, referring to Scott. “I am pursuing next steps with both my Union and other avenues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, the city filed a petition for a workplace violence restraining order against Scott after he posted Harami’s address and cellphone number on social media and accused Harami of being a pedophile, according to court records. Scott agreed in a Feb. 6 settlement not to post Harami’s contact information or location, or accuse him of being a pedophile or of being abused by his parents. Harami also agreed not to post Scott’s contact information or home address, although the settlement notes he had not previously done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adams declined to comment on Harami’s claim of retaliation, saying that she didn’t know anything about that. A city spokesperson also declined, saying the city does not comment on personnel matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland City Councilmember Janani Ramachandran said she was glad to see Hanson go, criticizing her involvement in and defense of the decision to tie the city’s budget \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030157/supervisors-aim-to-finalize-coliseum-sale-offering-hope-for-oaklands-budget-woes\">to the sale of the Coliseum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think that the office led by Leigh Hanson as a whole was responsible for some very destructive decisions in the city, and I’m glad she is gone,” Ramachandran said. “I fully stand by the mayor and his decisions to fire many of these people associated with two years of some really horrible decisions for the city – on many fronts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other council members did not respond to KQED’s requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanson’s note appeared in a trove of documents released last week after the city produced them in response to Department of Justice subpoenas last year following the FBI’s raid of Thao’s home and addresses tied to the Duong family, which owns California Waste Solutions, Oakland’s recycling contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thao \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022612/ex-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao-3-others-charged-with-bribery-sprawling-corruption-probe\">was indicted\u003c/a> in January on bribery and fraud charges, alongside her boyfriend, Andre Jones, California Waste Solutions CEO David Duong and his son, Andy Duong. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“These handwritten meeting notes record a group discussion that included proposed messaging points that the anti-recall campaign wanted to provide to potential surrogates,” Hanson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hanson said the notes were a reference to recall organizer Seneca Scott, who she said was hired by wealthy white \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998651/a-hedge-fund-manager-is-funding-bid-to-oust-oaklands-mayor-and-its-not-his-first-recall\">funders of the effort\u003c/a> to obscure the public’s understanding of the campaign’s political origins. According to Hanson, Thao and her political team believed that the paid involvement of Scott, who is Black, in the recall campaign constituted tokenization — when a member of an underrepresented group is used to create the appearance of diversity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I regret that my short-hand note-taking has been taken out of context on social media and inadvertently harmed close friends, colleagues and members of my community who have been marginalized by our political system,” Hanson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference on Monday morning, the Oakland chapter of the NAACP thanked Jenkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I never dreamed in Oakland, California, that we would be called a token,” said Cynthia Adams, president of the chapter. “I just want to thank our interim mayor Kevin Jenkins for having courage to do what he did, to make a stand for the people of Oakland and for his Black community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012869\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12012869 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONNIGHT-CC-7-KQED_1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cynthia Adams, president of the Oakland NAACP chapter, smiles at the election watch party organized by the Oakland NAACP chapter pro-recall group at Scott’s Seafood Grill and Bar in Jack London Square in Oakland on election night, Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Camille Cohen for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Standing behind Adams at the press conference were Scott and fellow Thao recall organizer Brenda Harbin-Forte; Brenda Grisham and Carl Chan, organizers of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">recall of former Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price\u003c/a>; and Oakland mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033381/fake-news-oakland-election-ads-raise-concerns-over-misleading-headlines\">Loren Taylor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked about the note’s reference to Fife reaching out to the NAACP, Adams said the chapter had not heard from the councilmember for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s darkness what’s in that City Hall. I was wondering why it was so dark over there. It was dark because it was a lot of darkness going on. But now, it’s light,” Adams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fife did not respond to a request for comment Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brandon Harami, another staffer in the mayor’s office who served under Thao, told KQED he was informed in a meeting on Monday morning that he was being placed on leave and would be terminated Friday. Deputy Mayor Burt Jones and City Administrator Jestin Johnson were both in the meeting, he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He’s also joined Democrats like California Attorney General Rob Bonta in pursuing legal action against the Trump administration, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta is leading the charge against many of Trump’s policies, joining suits against orders that impose \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033731/trumps-election-order-creates-confusion-before-the-next-federal-election-in-2026\">new voting restrictions and guidelines\u003c/a> and cut funding for universities and other research institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should organize. We should get together,” Thompson said. “There’s a ton of opportunities out there. The rallies have been going well. The court cases have been going well. We’ve got a midterm election right around the corner. We’re going to do well by sticking together and being unified.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San José, who represents a section of Silicon Valley, said he’s focused on fighting Trump policies that are hurting Californians economically — especially as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034425/how-much-will-tariffs-raise-prices-trumps-economists-revealed-their-answer\">new tariffs\u003c/a> go into effect this week that he said will disproportionately affect working families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=forum_2010101909183 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/03/GettyImages-1166902886-1-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’ll see me on the House floor next week, battling against a bill Republicans are introducing to lift the caps on overdraft fees that we know have cost American families $1 billion a year,” he said. “You’ll see me certainly in lots of other districts in California [where] residents do not have a representative willing to have a town hall because the Republican leadership told their delegation not to have town halls in their district. We’re going to go there and talk to folks about the impacts of cutting Medicaid and the impacts on Social Security.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since succeeding Rep. Barbara Lee in November, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030116/rep-lateefah-simon-rebukes-trump-in-fiery-speech-calls-for-bold-progressive-action\">Rep. Lateefah Simon, \u003c/a>D-Oakland, said she’s been in her East Bay district talking to constituents and hosting round tables with local businesses and experts every weekend. This Saturday, though, she’s staying in Washington to join the “Hands Off” protest against the Trump administration happening there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other demonstrations are planned across the country, including in San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks need us and want us to have a visceral but also strategic reaction to the dismantling of government,” said Simon, who has a background as a liberal activist and organizer. “We have been in very dangerous governments before, and the newness of this country demands that we use everything that we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon said Democrats have been working behind the scenes to pressure Republican colleagues in committee meetings and on the floor. 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