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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027395/ice-las-escuelas-y-los-ninos-lo-que-las-familias-deberian-saber\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]P[/dropcap]anic has continued to spread through immigrant communities across California ever since President Donald Trump’s inauguration in the light of his promises to conduct mass deportations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some immigrant families in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025930/keeping-ice-out-of-classrooms-how-california-leaders-are-stepping-up-efforts\">say this sense of fear is already affecting their daily lives\u003c/a> — and heightened by frequent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026582/fake-flyer-warning-sf-area-ice-raids-shows-how-false-rumors-spread-fear\">rumors\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sightings locally\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Concerns have also been stoked by the new administration’s reversal of a 2011 Department of Homeland Security policy that kept immigration agents away from “sensitive locations” like schools and churches. One East Bay mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025930/keeping-ice-out-of-classrooms-how-california-leaders-are-stepping-up-efforts\">told KQED\u003c/a> that her teenage daughter noticed many of her classmates stopped showing up to school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re staying home because they’re afraid they could be arrested,” said Reina, who asked not to have her last name shared. “Or their parents could be taken away while they’re in class.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the California Immigrant Data Portal, in 2021, 20% of minors in the state — around 1.8 million people — were either \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group\">undocumented or living with someone undocumented\u003c/a>. This was true for \u003ca href=\"https://immigrantdataca.org/indicators/mixed-status-families?breakdown=by-age-group&raceth=03\">32% of Latino teens and children, and 19% of Asian American youth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you are part of a family that has been affected by the administration’s deportation plans, keep reading for how experts and advocates recommend parents and guardians can talk to young people about their rights when it comes to immigration enforcement — and how to prepare for worst-case scenarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bear in mind that this is not legal advice, and it’s always recommended that you consult an immigration attorney for guidance on your family’s specific situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#schools\">What should families know about ICE in schools?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#talk\">How should you talk to your kids about ICE in the news?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What does a ‘family preparedness plan’ look like?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Kristina Lovato, the director of the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare Initiative at UC Berkeley, said that it’s “really important” for every family who could be affected by immigration enforcement to have what agencies and organizations call “a family preparedness plan” in case of an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\">Immigrant Legal Resource Center has a thorough tool kit\u003c/a> with guidance on ways to prepare for such a scenario, focusing on a care plan for children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024332]For example, ILRC suggests that parents should identify a trusted adult to take care of their kids, in case they are detained or deported. (There is a possibility that a child \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement\">may end up in the child welfare system\u003c/a> after a parent is detained or deported.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three avenues to designate a trusted adult to care for for your child:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Find another adult who can verbally agree to take care of your child in a situation where you cannot. The downside of a verbal agreement is that the trusted adult may not be able to make certain decisions for your child, like medical decisions, in the event that their parent or caregiver is deported.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Complete \u003ca href=\"https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/caregiver.pdf\">a Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (PDF)\u003c/a> so that the trusted adult can also make school and medical decisions on behalf of your child. This option does not impact your parental rights.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have the court \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-11/gc211.pdf\">appoint a guardian for your child (PDF)\u003c/a> by filling out a GC-211 form. This new guardian can, in certain situations, make more decisions than an authorized caregiver on behalf of your child, and the guardianship can also be made conditional, to “kick in” if a parent or caregiver is deported. This route does not take away your parental rights, but it does suspend them by granting legal custody of your child to someone else — making it \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\">“a serious decision” to embark on, notes ILRC\u003c/a>, and one which should be accompanied by legal advice.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, parents or caregivers should let their children know about their plan, recommends ILRC — telling them exactly who they would stay with if they were not there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The toolkit also suggests documenting your child’s medications and medical conditions — like allergies — and giving a copy to their school, and another to the adult you designated as an emergency caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of your child’s nationality, advocates suggest making sure they have a passport.\u003ca id=\"schools\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should families know about ICE in schools?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be familiar with California policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the election, California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">prepared to challenge Trump administration actions the state deems illegal\u003c/a>. And while \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">ICE can still operate in California\u003c/a>, the state is not providing resources to them for immigration enforcement, except for cases of detaining people \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299940659.html\">convicted of serious crimes\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter who is in the White House, in California, we will continue to lead with California values,” State Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">said in a December news release\u003c/a>. “My office will continue to use the full force of the law and every tool at our disposal to protect the rights of California’s immigrants — and we need staff at these critical locations to do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot let the Trump deportation machine create a culture of fear and mistrust that prevents immigrants from accessing vital public services,” said Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025930]California law \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">limits state and local participation in immigration enforcement activities\u003c/a>. Bonta’s office updated its official guidance surrounding immigration enforcement in the state, stipulating that state courthouses, public health care facilities and public schools are \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">required to adopt these policies “or equivalent policies.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">updated guidance for staff at schools and campuses\u003c/a> asks that they do the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Notify the local educational agency administrator of any immigration officer’s request to enter campus.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask to see — and make copies or notes of — the officer’s credentials, including name and badge number; the phone number of their supervisor; any documentation that allows school access, like a warrant.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Document the actions of any officer who enters the premises without consent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify children’s guardians as soon as possible of ICE activity, and do so before an officer questions or removes a student for immigration-enforcement purposes (“\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">unless prevented by a judicial warrant or subpoena\u003c/a>”).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify the California Department of Justice of any attempt by an immigration officer to access a school site or a student by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:immigration@doj.ca.gov\">immigration@doj.ca.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>According to the state attorney general, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">your family and your children have the right to\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>a public education, regardless of a parent or caregiver’s immigration status;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>have documents remain private and protected by schools, which can only be released by guardian permission or in response to a court order or subpoena;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>file a complaint or report a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827832/what-is-a-hate-crime-and-what-you-can-do-if-you-experience-one\">hate crime.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If anyone in California suspects that a school or its staff are assisting ICE, state Attorney General Rob Bonta urged them to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/report\">report these concerns to his office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know your right to remain silent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE agent can approach a minor in a public space to ask questions or ask for their identification, said Lovato. But in this case — and almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">all cases with law enforcement\u003c/a> — the young person should know that they do not need to respond to any questions, according to legal experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates counsel that children \u003ca href=\"https://mobilizationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/What-to-do-if-ICE-Comes-to-Your-School.pdf\">should not run away, and try to stay calm (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A minor can state that they want to remain silent until they speak with a lawyer,” Lovato said. “Do not answer any questions about your birthplace, immigration status or how you’ve entered the United States.” Lovato also recommended not giving an ICE agent “any personal information about yourself or anyone in your family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say it may also be helpful for a child to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">carry a card that details their rights\u003c/a> with them when they go out. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">find a printable version from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">what advocates and legal experts say you can do during ICE encounters\u003c/a>, which includes details like how to tell an ICE agent from a police officer and what advocates recommend you do if ICE knocks on your door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025647]If it is safe, legal experts say your child can also attempt to record ICE’s actions. KQED also has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">guide on your rights when recording officers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can ICE do with children?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE is \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Immigration-Detention-Factsheet_FINAL.pdf\">obligated to hand children over (PDF)\u003c/a> to the Office of Refugee Resettlement — part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — in 72 hours. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf\">This rule has, however, been violated before [PDF]\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for a minor who has been detained, you can call, text, or message (through Whatsapp) \u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/national-call-center-eng.pdf\">the Office of Refugee Resettlement (PDF)\u003c/a> at 1-800-203-7001 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:information@ORRNCC.com\">information@ORRNCC.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your child is 18 or over, you can use \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System\u003c/a> to search for them. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\">Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project\u003c/a>, it might take a few days for a person to show up in this ICE database. If this person has still not shown up in the database after those few days, you can contact advocacy organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a> through \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/reunite\">their form online\u003c/a> or call 209-757-3733.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations that support children include \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/\">Legal Services for Children, Kids in Need of Defense\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.icwclaw.org/\">Immigration Center for Women and Children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Vara (left), with the Latino Task Force, stands with a group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28 during a press conference to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a sanctuary city. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How should you talk to your kids about ICE in the news?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lovato studied the impact of deportations on Los Angeles families during the first Trump administration. She said many young people in these families faced an “\u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvjhzrh4\">ambiguous loss\u003c/a>” after seeing a parent forcibly separated from them, coupled with the uncertainty of when they may be reunited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a type of loss that is often unnoticed by the general public,” she said. She also noted many children in the study who had seen their parents deported then experienced anxiety that they themselves — or other family members — would be next, even if they had documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy for young people and children to pick up on any sense of tension around them — and kids “overhear everything,” said Ioanna Angelakis, a marriage and family therapist based in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might hear [something] in a certain way that they can’t understand and they can’t process,” she said. This stress can appear in different ways for kids, like acting out in school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of this, she said parents and caregivers should try to explain things to their child in age-appropriate language. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">National Association of School Psychologists has this advice\u003c/a> on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups. KQED also has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/59143/war-crisis-tragedy-how-to-talk-with-kids-when-the-news-is-scary\">multiple guides\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965530/how-to-talk-to-your-child-about-traumatic-world-events\">how to talk to children\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11764070/how-to-talk-with-kids-after-a-traumatic-event\">the news is disturbing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11764070]Some concrete advice advocates suggest for parents and caregivers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reassure your children\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while it may be difficult, parents need “to get their own fears under control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that parents should explain to their children — even if they’re teenagers — that their family will “continue to protect them” and will do everything they can to “make sure that the kids remain safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no easy solution for all of this and it is truly terrifying if a family is in danger,” she said. But Angelakis said that a parent’s reassuring tone can help children from developing tremendous anxiety — or from mirroring their family’s stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child you have a plan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said parents should try “putting some containment” on the anxiety their child is feeling, and let them know that “our family has a plan and we’re doing everything that we can to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These plans would include the back-up child care and guardian situations suggested by the ILRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child they don’t have to say anything to law enforcement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like adults, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/arrest#:~:text=Your%20child%20has%20the%20right,the%20court%20will%20appoint%20one.\">children have the right to remain silent\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">interacting with ICE \u003c/a>under the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, for some children, advocates acknowledge that going to a police officer or providing information to people or schools might not be helpful for them or their families. This can be the case for a child from a mixed-status family, or a young person whose community has historically experienced violent responses from the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lovato explained that immigration organizations have been encouraging parents to tell their kids and engage in a household practice of “saying no to ICE. Actually verbally, reciting it and practicing: just saying no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Regulate your own anxiety\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said in many situations, fear is warranted and rational — since for so many, ICE headlines hit close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasized that parents should try to regulate their response when talking to their children. A way for guardians to check on their own anxiety by consulting with other trusted people in their life, and make sure they are not getting “caught in [their] own head,” said Angelakis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes “making sure you breathe right,” she recommended. And that “we pass on the relevant information to the child” in a way that isn’t “skyrocketing anyone’s anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ways \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">advocates suggest you can do this include\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>having your child express their feelings, but not letting them try to comfort you;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>giving a child some positive forms of control, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">deciding what to have for dinner or choosing a game to play;\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>being a role model on how to handle distress and conflict, like making sure anger looks “in-control” rather than “out-of-control.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while families can also try to limit their news intake, she acknowledges that many families are hearing about “terrifying” situations which are hard to ignore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important that we do have these conversations with kids, and [that] we do minimize any kind of anxiety evoking or anxiety increasing conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasizes: “Kids are pretty incredible. And super resilient and awfully smart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED’s Tyche Hendricks and Ki Sung.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For example, ILRC suggests that parents should identify a trusted adult to take care of their kids, in case they are detained or deported. (There is a possibility that a child \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/us-citizen-children-impacted-immigration-enforcement\">may end up in the child welfare system\u003c/a> after a parent is detained or deported.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are three avenues to designate a trusted adult to care for for your child:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Find another adult who can verbally agree to take care of your child in a situation where you cannot. The downside of a verbal agreement is that the trusted adult may not be able to make certain decisions for your child, like medical decisions, in the event that their parent or caregiver is deported.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Complete \u003ca href=\"https://www4.courts.ca.gov/documents/caregiver.pdf\">a Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit (PDF)\u003c/a> so that the trusted adult can also make school and medical decisions on behalf of your child. This option does not impact your parental rights.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Have the court \u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/sites/default/files/courts/default/2024-11/gc211.pdf\">appoint a guardian for your child (PDF)\u003c/a> by filling out a GC-211 form. This new guardian can, in certain situations, make more decisions than an authorized caregiver on behalf of your child, and the guardianship can also be made conditional, to “kick in” if a parent or caregiver is deported. This route does not take away your parental rights, but it does suspend them by granting legal custody of your child to someone else — making it \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/resources/step-step-family-preparedness-plan\">“a serious decision” to embark on, notes ILRC\u003c/a>, and one which should be accompanied by legal advice.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In any case, parents or caregivers should let their children know about their plan, recommends ILRC — telling them exactly who they would stay with if they were not there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The toolkit also suggests documenting your child’s medications and medical conditions — like allergies — and giving a copy to their school, and another to the adult you designated as an emergency caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of your child’s nationality, advocates suggest making sure they have a passport.\u003ca id=\"schools\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What should families know about ICE in schools?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Be familiar with California policy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the election, California has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024851/california-legislature-approves-50m-to-fight-trump-administration-in-court\">prepared to challenge Trump administration actions the state deems illegal\u003c/a>. And while \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">ICE can still operate in California\u003c/a>, the state is not providing resources to them for immigration enforcement, except for cases of detaining people \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article299940659.html\">convicted of serious crimes\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter who is in the White House, in California, we will continue to lead with California values,” State Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">said in a December news release\u003c/a>. “My office will continue to use the full force of the law and every tool at our disposal to protect the rights of California’s immigrants — and we need staff at these critical locations to do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot let the Trump deportation machine create a culture of fear and mistrust that prevents immigrants from accessing vital public services,” said Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California law \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">limits state and local participation in immigration enforcement activities\u003c/a>. Bonta’s office updated its official guidance surrounding immigration enforcement in the state, stipulating that state courthouses, public health care facilities and public schools are \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">required to adopt these policies “or equivalent policies.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">updated guidance for staff at schools and campuses\u003c/a> asks that they do the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Notify the local educational agency administrator of any immigration officer’s request to enter campus.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ask to see — and make copies or notes of — the officer’s credentials, including name and badge number; the phone number of their supervisor; any documentation that allows school access, like a warrant.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Document the actions of any officer who enters the premises without consent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify children’s guardians as soon as possible of ICE activity, and do so before an officer questions or removes a student for immigration-enforcement purposes (“\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">unless prevented by a judicial warrant or subpoena\u003c/a>”).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Notify the California Department of Justice of any attempt by an immigration officer to access a school site or a student by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:immigration@doj.ca.gov\">immigration@doj.ca.gov.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>According to the state attorney general, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-provides-guidance-students-educators-immigration\">your family and your children have the right to\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>a public education, regardless of a parent or caregiver’s immigration status;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>have documents remain private and protected by schools, which can only be released by guardian permission or in response to a court order or subpoena;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>file a complaint or report a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827832/what-is-a-hate-crime-and-what-you-can-do-if-you-experience-one\">hate crime.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If anyone in California suspects that a school or its staff are assisting ICE, state Attorney General Rob Bonta urged them to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/report\">report these concerns to his office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know your right to remain silent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ICE agent can approach a minor in a public space to ask questions or ask for their identification, said Lovato. But in this case — and almost \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955465/dolores-hill-bomb-legal-rights-spectator-onlooker\">all cases with law enforcement\u003c/a> — the young person should know that they do not need to respond to any questions, according to legal experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates counsel that children \u003ca href=\"https://mobilizationforjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/What-to-do-if-ICE-Comes-to-Your-School.pdf\">should not run away, and try to stay calm (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A minor can state that they want to remain silent until they speak with a lawyer,” Lovato said. “Do not answer any questions about your birthplace, immigration status or how you’ve entered the United States.” Lovato also recommended not giving an ICE agent “any personal information about yourself or anyone in your family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say it may also be helpful for a child to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">carry a card that details their rights\u003c/a> with them when they go out. You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas\">find a printable version from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">what advocates and legal experts say you can do during ICE encounters\u003c/a>, which includes details like how to tell an ICE agent from a police officer and what advocates recommend you do if ICE knocks on your door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If it is safe, legal experts say your child can also attempt to record ICE’s actions. KQED also has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">guide on your rights when recording officers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What can ICE do with children?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE is \u003ca href=\"https://immigrationforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Immigration-Detention-Factsheet_FINAL.pdf\">obligated to hand children over (PDF)\u003c/a> to the Office of Refugee Resettlement — part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — in 72 hours. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2019-07/OIG-19-51-Jul19_.pdf\">This rule has, however, been violated before [PDF]\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are looking for a minor who has been detained, you can call, text, or message (through Whatsapp) \u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/documents/orr/national-call-center-eng.pdf\">the Office of Refugee Resettlement (PDF)\u003c/a> at 1-800-203-7001 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:information@ORRNCC.com\">information@ORRNCC.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your child is 18 or over, you can use \u003ca href=\"https://locator.ice.gov/odls/#/search\">ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System\u003c/a> to search for them. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/faqs-other-topics/#detained-loved-one\">Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project\u003c/a>, it might take a few days for a person to show up in this ICE database. If this person has still not shown up in the database after those few days, you can contact advocacy organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/\">Freedom for Immigrants\u003c/a> through \u003ca href=\"https://www.freedomforimmigrants.org/reunite\">their form online\u003c/a> or call 209-757-3733.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations that support children include \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/\">Legal Services for Children, Kids in Need of Defense\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.icwclaw.org/\">Immigration Center for Women and Children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-42-BL_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Vara (left), with the Latino Task Force, stands with a group of elected and public safety officials, labor leaders, and community members fill the steps in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Jan. 28 during a press conference to reaffirm San Francisco’s commitment to being a sanctuary city. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How should you talk to your kids about ICE in the news?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lovato studied the impact of deportations on Los Angeles families during the first Trump administration. She said many young people in these families faced an “\u003ca href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvjhzrh4\">ambiguous loss\u003c/a>” after seeing a parent forcibly separated from them, coupled with the uncertainty of when they may be reunited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a type of loss that is often unnoticed by the general public,” she said. She also noted many children in the study who had seen their parents deported then experienced anxiety that they themselves — or other family members — would be next, even if they had documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy for young people and children to pick up on any sense of tension around them — and kids “overhear everything,” said Ioanna Angelakis, a marriage and family therapist based in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might hear [something] in a certain way that they can’t understand and they can’t process,” she said. This stress can appear in different ways for kids, like acting out in school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of this, she said parents and caregivers should try to explain things to their child in age-appropriate language. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources-and-podcasts/school-climate-safety-and-crisis/school-violence-resources/talking-to-children-about-violence-tips-for-parents-and-teachers\">National Association of School Psychologists has this advice\u003c/a> on how to explain traumas, especially in schools, to different age groups. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some concrete advice advocates suggest for parents and caregivers:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Reassure your children\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while it may be difficult, parents need “to get their own fears under control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that parents should explain to their children — even if they’re teenagers — that their family will “continue to protect them” and will do everything they can to “make sure that the kids remain safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no easy solution for all of this and it is truly terrifying if a family is in danger,” she said. But Angelakis said that a parent’s reassuring tone can help children from developing tremendous anxiety — or from mirroring their family’s stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child you have a plan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said parents should try “putting some containment” on the anxiety their child is feeling, and let them know that “our family has a plan and we’re doing everything that we can to stay safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These plans would include the back-up child care and guardian situations suggested by the ILRC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tell your child they don’t have to say anything to law enforcement\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like adults, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/juvenile-justice/arrest#:~:text=Your%20child%20has%20the%20right,the%20court%20will%20appoint%20one.\">children have the right to remain silent\u003c/a> when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025647/what-to-do-if-you-encounter-ice\">interacting with ICE \u003c/a>under the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, for some children, advocates acknowledge that going to a police officer or providing information to people or schools might not be helpful for them or their families. This can be the case for a child from a mixed-status family, or a young person whose community has historically experienced violent responses from the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lovato explained that immigration organizations have been encouraging parents to tell their kids and engage in a household practice of “saying no to ICE. Actually verbally, reciting it and practicing: just saying no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Regulate your own anxiety\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said in many situations, fear is warranted and rational — since for so many, ICE headlines hit close to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasized that parents should try to regulate their response when talking to their children. A way for guardians to check on their own anxiety by consulting with other trusted people in their life, and make sure they are not getting “caught in [their] own head,” said Angelakis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes “making sure you breathe right,” she recommended. And that “we pass on the relevant information to the child” in a way that isn’t “skyrocketing anyone’s anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ways \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">advocates suggest you can do this include\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>having your child express their feelings, but not letting them try to comfort you;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>giving a child some positive forms of control, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidpower.org/library/article/regain-emotional-safety/\">deciding what to have for dinner or choosing a game to play;\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>being a role model on how to handle distress and conflict, like making sure anger looks “in-control” rather than “out-of-control.”\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Angelakis said that while families can also try to limit their news intake, she acknowledges that many families are hearing about “terrifying” situations which are hard to ignore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important that we do have these conversations with kids, and [that] we do minimize any kind of anxiety evoking or anxiety increasing conversations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she emphasizes: “Kids are pretty incredible. And super resilient and awfully smart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Flood watch will be in effect in Santa Cruz County beginning at 10 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Flood watches will begin at 10 p.m. in Sonoma County, where the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025965/storm-linked-2-sonoma-county-deaths-another-round-rain-hits-bay-area\">Russian River and other waterways\u003c/a> overflowed last week, as well as in Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Those are set to remain in effect until Saturday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The commute [Thursday] morning is going to be terrible, to put it bluntly,” Behringer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As showers continue Thursday morning, saturated soils will increase the potential for downed trees and widespread shallow landslides, especially in those South Bay ranges. High winds are also forecast, which could lead to downed power lines and cause outages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County officials are warning residents to be prepared to lose electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Make sure that people have enough flashlights, different generators, and things like that, to make sure that they are prepared for potential power outages due to the damaging winds,” Santa Clara emergency management spokesperson Charles Harris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024562 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250127-BrooksIsland-38-BL.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county is extending hours at its warming centers and offering some overnight locations for unhoused people and anyone who wants to avoid traveling in the rough conditions. 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City leaders will need to close a projected $60 million shortfall in the budget — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018688/oakland-broad-cuts-public-safety-city-agencies-amid-massive-deficit\">a modest deficit compared to the fiscal woes of other large\u003c/a> Bay Area cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got some relatively weak revenue growth, and we still have costs that are continuing to increase at the same pace,” said Jim Shannon, the city’s budget director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Declining sales tax revenue, in particular, has had an impact on city coffers. Shannon said an initial burst of local consumer spending after the COVID-19 lockdowns has petered out. 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"content": "\u003cp>Sonoma Valley roads could turn into a “death trap” in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021444/many-communities-arent-ready-for-wildfire-evacuations-heres-what-they-can-do\">wildfire evacuation\u003c/a>, leaving residents stuck in up to nine hours of traffic, according to a recent study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 187-page \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uwgc0rw9ko6as04swc70y/KLD_TR_24-1462_Sonoma_Valley_Final_Report_01-28-25-v0.1.pdf?rlkey=h9fh5w7nd5y6221qxrotrfswp&e=1&st=k75olo3e&dl=0\">report\u003c/a>, released to the public on Monday, was commissioned by the local Valley of the Moon Alliance, or VOTMA, which plans to present it to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-county\">Sonoma County\u003c/a> Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really wanted to do something that would help make people aware of what some of the parameters are in trying to get out of the valley if it burns — and it’s going to burn again,” said Kevin Padian, who was an advisor on the study and part of a group that pushed for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of the study, although numerous, boil down to two concerning observations of the county’s current capacity for mass evacuations: it’s inadequate and severely outdated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The roads in the Sonoma Valley haven’t been improved in a major way for a century,” Padian said. “At present, they are not sufficient to service our present population in case of an evacuation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An evacuation of the valley would entail about 34,000 vehicles fleeing the area on two routes, which would cause traffic to move at 1–2 mph, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padian is a former member of the Kensington Fire Board near the Berkeley Hills, which conducted a similar study. He said he felt compelled to push for a Sonoma Valley traffic study after experiencing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621778/wind-whipped-wildfires-forcing-evacuations-in-napa-and-sonoma-counties\">2017 fires\u003c/a> that ripped through the valley and left residents trying to flee in gridlock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study simulated evacuations based on the outlined routes and current population and found that residents would spend hours in gridlock. Glen Ellen residents, notably, are projected to see up to nine hours of traffic congestion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s going to get choked in a fire,” Padian said. “They’ve [KLD Associates] got animations of what’s going to happen and how, and the results are really sobering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Cohen, a program director who managed the study for Texas-based firm KLD Associates, said the results showed the valley’s roadway capacity would likely fall short of demand in an evacuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do have concerns as to whether or not they would be able to evacuate in sufficient time,” said Cohen, who is a traffic engineer by trade. “It’s tough to say because without knowing exactly where a fire is going to start and how quickly it’s going to spread, I cannot say for sure if there is sufficient time to evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11622102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An out-of-control wildfire approaches Gundlach Bundschu winery on Oct. 9, 2017, in Sonoma, California. 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Its organizers raised $90,000 to fund the Sonoma Area Fire Evacuation report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said the firm is usually contracted by governmental municipalities or private utility nuclear plants, so it was a surprise when VOTMA reached out to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was actually really nice because there was a ton of community engagement, review, input and concern,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padian said that while KLD Associates compiled traffic and road data, VOTMA conducted a survey of evacuation behaviors and needs and gathered other demographic data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think that every municipality in the wildlife-urban interface should have something like this to guide them in how to plan to get people out,” Padian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins acknowledged the concerns brought up by Padian and VOTMA, writing in a statement that “when Sonoma County’s infrastructure and communities were built decades ago, leaders weren’t planning for an era of catastrophic wildfire and mass evacuations.”[aside postID=news_12021444 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192874110_resize.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins also noted that the area is “seeing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025777/north-bay-rivers-flood-after-storm-little-time-prepare-next-round-rain\">major landslides\u003c/a> that take out critical evacuation routes and require complicated engineering solutions and permitting processes to repair — projects that can take years and millions of dollars to complete.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Rebecca Hermosillo, whose district includes the Sonoma Valley, thanked VOTMA for their “initiative and leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look forward to reading the study and working through our county process that will also seek to address public safety,” she said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VOTMA plans to hold a community meeting on Feb. 24 to present the study’s findings and rally other residents before taking the report to the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Feb. 13: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Kevin Padian was a VOTMA founder and former member of the Sonoma County Fire Board. He advised on the study commissioned by VOTMA and served on a different fire board in the East Bay. It has been updated to correct the error.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of the study, although numerous, boil down to two concerning observations of the county’s current capacity for mass evacuations: it’s inadequate and severely outdated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The roads in the Sonoma Valley haven’t been improved in a major way for a century,” Padian said. “At present, they are not sufficient to service our present population in case of an evacuation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An evacuation of the valley would entail about 34,000 vehicles fleeing the area on two routes, which would cause traffic to move at 1–2 mph, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padian is a former member of the Kensington Fire Board near the Berkeley Hills, which conducted a similar study. He said he felt compelled to push for a Sonoma Valley traffic study after experiencing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621778/wind-whipped-wildfires-forcing-evacuations-in-napa-and-sonoma-counties\">2017 fires\u003c/a> that ripped through the valley and left residents trying to flee in gridlock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study simulated evacuations based on the outlined routes and current population and found that residents would spend hours in gridlock. Glen Ellen residents, notably, are projected to see up to nine hours of traffic congestion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything’s going to get choked in a fire,” Padian said. “They’ve [KLD Associates] got animations of what’s going to happen and how, and the results are really sobering.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Cohen, a program director who managed the study for Texas-based firm KLD Associates, said the results showed the valley’s roadway capacity would likely fall short of demand in an evacuation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do have concerns as to whether or not they would be able to evacuate in sufficient time,” said Cohen, who is a traffic engineer by trade. “It’s tough to say because without knowing exactly where a fire is going to start and how quickly it’s going to spread, I cannot say for sure if there is sufficient time to evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622102\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11622102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27338_GettyImages-859542984-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An out-of-control wildfire approaches Gundlach Bundschu winery on Oct. 9, 2017, in Sonoma, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>VOTMA, a nonprofit grassroots organization founded in 2002 by Sonoma Valley residents, has been vocal in challenging various policy and development proposals in the county, specifically as they relate to wildlife and agriculture. Its organizers raised $90,000 to fund the Sonoma Area Fire Evacuation report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen said the firm is usually contracted by governmental municipalities or private utility nuclear plants, so it was a surprise when VOTMA reached out to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was actually really nice because there was a ton of community engagement, review, input and concern,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padian said that while KLD Associates compiled traffic and road data, VOTMA conducted a survey of evacuation behaviors and needs and gathered other demographic data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really think that every municipality in the wildlife-urban interface should have something like this to guide them in how to plan to get people out,” Padian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma County Supervisor Lynda Hopkins acknowledged the concerns brought up by Padian and VOTMA, writing in a statement that “when Sonoma County’s infrastructure and communities were built decades ago, leaders weren’t planning for an era of catastrophic wildfire and mass evacuations.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopkins also noted that the area is “seeing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025777/north-bay-rivers-flood-after-storm-little-time-prepare-next-round-rain\">major landslides\u003c/a> that take out critical evacuation routes and require complicated engineering solutions and permitting processes to repair — projects that can take years and millions of dollars to complete.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Rebecca Hermosillo, whose district includes the Sonoma Valley, thanked VOTMA for their “initiative and leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look forward to reading the study and working through our county process that will also seek to address public safety,” she said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VOTMA plans to hold a community meeting on Feb. 24 to present the study’s findings and rally other residents before taking the report to the Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Feb. 13: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Kevin Padian was a VOTMA founder and former member of the Sonoma County Fire Board. He advised on the study commissioned by VOTMA and served on a different fire board in the East Bay. It has been updated to correct the error.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The goal is for more people to be exiting homelessness than entering it every month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Matt Mahan, who has consistently championed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">aggressive shift\u003c/a> toward prioritizing interim shelters over permanent affordable housing, is bullish on the new plan that he has put forth, though he acknowledges a timeline isn’t clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan does, however, put an estimate for the first time on how much money it will cost to reduce San José’s unsheltered homelessness to functional zero: $255 million in one-time spending from a mix of city, state and philanthropic sources to build or buy the shelter capacity, and $234 million in annual spending to operate those spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we ought to have a safe and dignified place for every person on our street,” Mahan said. “We know we don’t have the resources today to completely end homelessness in our community. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan does, however, put an estimate for the first time on how much money it will cost to reduce San José’s unsheltered homelessness to functional zero: $255 million in one-time spending from a mix of city, state and philanthropic sources to build or buy the shelter capacity, and $234 million in annual spending to operate those spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we ought to have a safe and dignified place for every person on our street,” Mahan said. “We know we don’t have the resources today to completely end homelessness in our community. What this is is our best mathematical model for a line of sight to that outcome without being able to quite put an exact timeline on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference in support of a regional affordable housing measure at Five88, a mixed-use residential and retail property, in the Mission Bay neighborhood in San Francisco on June 20, 2024.” \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, some advocates for people who are unsheltered are concerned that too much focus on temporary places to live will eventually leave people using those shelters in the lurch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first problem is that when people’s temporary stay is over, they have no place to go,” said Sandy Perry, the vice president of the South Bay Community Land Trust, a nonprofit that advocates for affordable housing. “And so what happens is people become unhoused all over again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need both temporary housing and permanent housing,” Perry said. “We need a balanced approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff estimate 5,477 unsheltered people are living in San José, and the city’s 2,968 shelter spots, run by both the city and Santa Clara County, are already largely full.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city and county expect 1,700 more shelter spots to come online in San José across several other projects over the coming months, but an estimated 3,000 more would be needed to close the gap in the coming five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That would require SFUSD to dip into funds that are supposed to be targeted toward low-income and foster youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear exactly how many positions will be funded at each school, but in January, Su said about 535 staffers would need to be cut since personnel makes up the “bulk” of the district’s ongoing costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to put in front of you in a few short months a list of people that are our colleagues, our friends, our neighbors, our kid’s favorite teacher,” Su told the board in January. “It is going to be awful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supplemental roles, like counselors, social workers and assistant principals, won’t be a given. Whether schools can pay for those positions will depend on how statewide, restricted and grant funding shake out in the spring — much to the ire of parents, staff and board commissioners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we say as a district is sufficient for our students in our schools may just be different than what the state defines as a base allocation,” Board President Phil Kim shot back after Duchon, who has veto power over district spending, said staffing expectations might need to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hard part about this is you are used to a lot of resources at your schools,” Duchon told the board. “Social workers are wonderful, but they are not generally part of the school allocation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Educators and union leaders ride on a trolley car from Malcolm X Academy Elementary School to Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 Community School in San Francisco’s Mission District on Feb. 4, 2025. 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Each department head has been instructed to make recommendations to cut anywhere from 20% to 100% of their budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the central office has committed to cutting $20 million in unrestricted funds, while other positions and services will likely be cut when restricted dollars are distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain programs or initiatives within central office and within divisions that we’re asking folks to completely eliminate because we do not have the luxury of dollars to do it,” Su told the board on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other positions will be cut from school sites. Layoff notices have to go out by mid-March and will primarily affect staff who are not in the state’s definition of “base” funding. Parents and educators say many of these roles deemed “supplemental” are essential for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD isn’t planning to eliminate all social work positions or the other supplemental roles that parents say are needs, not wants. However, Su said any of the funding for such educators is going to have to come out of the district’s restricted money, which has stricter use parameters and is more variable since the state and federal governments allocate some. Duchon noted that the district won’t know exactly how much is available until Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget revision in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More precise numbers for layoffs also depend on how many veteran educators take a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017631/embattled-sf-school-district-offer-hundreds-buyouts-potential-layoffs\">buyout SFUSD offered in December\u003c/a>. It would be reversed if at least 314 didn’t take the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Site staffing models haven’t been presented publicly, but school principals and leaders have gotten drafts, according to Cassondra Curiel, president of United Educators of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That roll-out hasn’t gone smoothly. 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It delivered a petition with its demands and more than 3,000 signatures to the board on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union noted that some classroom teachers would likely get pink slips since senior educators who have moved to support roles targeted for layoff, like English learning specialists, would have the option to go back to the classroom, bumping a newer employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents and students also pushed back against the sparse staffing plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens when dedicated social workers like Ms. Carrie Tanabi at McKinley Elementary are potentially eliminated? The plan, as it is presented to us, does not seem to keep the lights on. It keeps it dim for our children’s future,” parent Rasheq Zarif said at Tuesday’s meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are school counselors — who constantly support students in their success goals, whether it is to advance, catch up or be on track — classified under pending available funding?” student board delegate Yzabel Lam said.[aside postID=news_12017631 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsFamiliesGetty.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duchon, the state adviser assigned to SFUSD, said that as enrollment decreases, realigning staffing levels is a prerequisite for getting the district out of a year-over-year budget hole, which would balloon to $127 million by 2027 if no changes are made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until you do that, you will really not have and be able to utilize the resources that are available to you from a very generous city,” he told board members at the January meeting. The district is under a hiring freeze enforced by the state, which won’t be reversed until it stops overspending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As district staff turns to evaluate what restricted funding sources could be used to pay for supplemental positions and programs, unprecedented expenses like the Los Angeles wildfires and federal changes since Newsom’s January budget proposal could affect public school spending by the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also new questions around federal dollars under the Trump administration, which has promised to cut funding to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025068/sf-leaders-vow-to-protect-transgender-students-after-latest-trump-threat-to-withhold-funding\">schools that support transgender students\u003c/a> and suggested drastic \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65195/trump-administration-targets-education-department-research-arm-in-latest-cuts\">cuts to the Department of Education\u003c/a>. 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That would require SFUSD to dip into funds that are supposed to be targeted toward low-income and foster youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear exactly how many positions will be funded at each school, but in January, Su said about 535 staffers would need to be cut since personnel makes up the “bulk” of the district’s ongoing costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to put in front of you in a few short months a list of people that are our colleagues, our friends, our neighbors, our kid’s favorite teacher,” Su told the board in January. “It is going to be awful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supplemental roles, like counselors, social workers and assistant principals, won’t be a given. Whether schools can pay for those positions will depend on how statewide, restricted and grant funding shake out in the spring — much to the ire of parents, staff and board commissioners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we say as a district is sufficient for our students in our schools may just be different than what the state defines as a base allocation,” Board President Phil Kim shot back after Duchon, who has veto power over district spending, said staffing expectations might need to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hard part about this is you are used to a lot of resources at your schools,” Duchon told the board. “Social workers are wonderful, but they are not generally part of the school allocation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025663\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025663\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250204-WeCantWait-04-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Educators and union leaders ride on a trolley car from Malcolm X Academy Elementary School to Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 Community School in San Francisco’s Mission District on Feb. 4, 2025. 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Each department head has been instructed to make recommendations to cut anywhere from 20% to 100% of their budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the central office has committed to cutting $20 million in unrestricted funds, while other positions and services will likely be cut when restricted dollars are distributed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are certain programs or initiatives within central office and within divisions that we’re asking folks to completely eliminate because we do not have the luxury of dollars to do it,” Su told the board on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other positions will be cut from school sites. Layoff notices have to go out by mid-March and will primarily affect staff who are not in the state’s definition of “base” funding. Parents and educators say many of these roles deemed “supplemental” are essential for their children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD isn’t planning to eliminate all social work positions or the other supplemental roles that parents say are needs, not wants. However, Su said any of the funding for such educators is going to have to come out of the district’s restricted money, which has stricter use parameters and is more variable since the state and federal governments allocate some. Duchon noted that the district won’t know exactly how much is available until Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget revision in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More precise numbers for layoffs also depend on how many veteran educators take a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017631/embattled-sf-school-district-offer-hundreds-buyouts-potential-layoffs\">buyout SFUSD offered in December\u003c/a>. It would be reversed if at least 314 didn’t take the deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Site staffing models haven’t been presented publicly, but school principals and leaders have gotten drafts, according to Cassondra Curiel, president of United Educators of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That roll-out hasn’t gone smoothly. 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In what appears to be the first ban of its kind, it also prohibits anyone from “permitting, aiding, abetting or concealing” camping on those lands — a provision so broad advocates warn it could have a chilling effect on outreach, food distribution and other efforts to provide much-needed help to unhoused people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A violation is punishable by up to six months in jail or a fine of up to $1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After four and a half hours of discussion and impassioned public comment, the City Council voted 6–1 in favor of the plan, with only Vice Mayor Desrie Campbell opposed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must balance accountability with compassion,” Mayor Raj Salwan said. “We can’t just say, ‘Let’s just leave things as they are,’ because whatever we’re doing is not enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities across California have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">cracked down\u003c/a> on encampments since the Supreme Court gave local officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">more power to do so\u003c/a> last summer, though none to the extent of Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Tars, policy director for the National Homelessness Law Center, called the city’s ordinance “both unprecedented and deeply cruel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NHLC was among 20 organizations that signed on to a Feb. 7 letter to the council warning that the law could lead to “devastating humanitarian consequences” and arguing that the language was so broad as to be “patently unreasonable,” exposing the city to legal liability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Council members were prepared to amend the ordinance on Tuesday by asking the city attorney to add language clarifying that providing food or clothing to people living on the streets wouldn’t be punishable under the ordinance while helping someone to build a shelter outdoors would.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they opted against that because it would have meant delaying a vote until March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026493\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00117-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasmine Grijalva poses for a portrait near Quarry Lakes Drive in Fremont, California, on Feb. 10, 2025. Grijalva has been unhoused since moving from the Central Valley to the Bay Area in June 2020. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local services providers have raised concerns that they would run afoul of the law by performing core job functions, like handing out water and blankets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If my staff gives someone a blanket so they don’t freeze at night or a bottle of water, that would be considered aiding, right?” Vivian Wan, CEO of Abode Services, told KQED. Abode runs a shelter and other housing programs in Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabyl Landrum, an attorney for the East Bay Community Law Center’s homelessness unit, said the ordinance was so broad that residents could potentially be cited for letting a family member stay in an RV in their driveway or pitch a tent in their backyard if they did so for more than three days in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Salwan dismissed those concerns. In an interview, he said the language in the ordinance had been “weaponized” and insisted the council was taking a “common sense” approach intended to give officials a tool to deal with the camps that have received the most complaints about health and safety hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal is not to penalize people for giving water or food or a tent or some support services,” he said. “Absolutely not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026496\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026496\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devante Booth practices the acoustic guitar outside of his makeshift shelter near Quarry Lakes Drive in Fremont, Calif. In addition to playing the guitar, Booth collects Lego sets and repairs bicycles for others in the community. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The council heard public comment on Tuesday from over 70 community members, who were deeply divided on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those in favor appealed to the council to address trash, noise, loose dogs and campfire smoke in their neighborhoods. They complained about urine-soaked parking lots, people showering in their yards or stealing from them, and worried aloud about encampment fires spreading to their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Gutierrez, a small-business owner, said customers have to navigate an encampment to reach his door and voice concerns about their safety, “or they’ve just decided not to patronize our business at all,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents argued the law was inhumane and counterproductive, misusing money while driving people deeper into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are better ways these funds can be used, such as social services like Housing First initiatives and affordable housing, which are the only true long-term options if you don’t want people to camp,” said resident Sierra Fields, “and these are true public safety options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026498\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasmine Grijalva drives a golf ball across open public space as Devante Booth looks on near Quarry Lakes Drive in Fremont, Calif., on Feb. 10, 2025. They are among approximately 40 people who live in an encampment at this location. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salwan and other council members acknowledged that the ordinance is not a solution and said they would continue to invest in emergency shelter and affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont’s budget for the 2024–25 fiscal year included $8 million on homelessness services and enforcement, according to city staff. The city has \u003ca href=\"https://homelessness.acgov.org/data_point_in_time.page?\">cut homelessness by more than 20% since 2022\u003c/a>, but there were still over 600 people living unsheltered at last count — and the city has just 129 year-round shelter beds.[aside postID=news_11997352 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GavinNewsomGetty.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law is set to go into effect in 30 days. Fremont Police Chief Sean Washington told the council his officers would only rely on it in “extreme situations,” where there are health or safety hazards and “we are unable to get voluntary compliance,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legal advocates emphasized that regardless of agency policies and lawmakers’ intentions, as written, the law’s broad language allows it to be applied broadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those concerned is state Assemblymember Alex Lee, who represents Fremont and said he was “frankly embarrassed” by the city’s move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was looking into legislative action to reign in proliferating laws policing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to continue helping, aiding and abetting unhoused neighbors,” he said. “I’m never going to stop doing that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZ-ZKtuSHdeWqxooQwfEcr-oiOpdpJcf2RLZInU7aqjjQlRQ/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Grijalva has been unhoused since moving from the Central Valley to the Bay Area in June 2020. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local services providers have raised concerns that they would run afoul of the law by performing core job functions, like handing out water and blankets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If my staff gives someone a blanket so they don’t freeze at night or a bottle of water, that would be considered aiding, right?” Vivian Wan, CEO of Abode Services, told KQED. Abode runs a shelter and other housing programs in Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sabyl Landrum, an attorney for the East Bay Community Law Center’s homelessness unit, said the ordinance was so broad that residents could potentially be cited for letting a family member stay in an RV in their driveway or pitch a tent in their backyard if they did so for more than three days in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Salwan dismissed those concerns. In an interview, he said the language in the ordinance had been “weaponized” and insisted the council was taking a “common sense” approach intended to give officials a tool to deal with the camps that have received the most complaints about health and safety hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal is not to penalize people for giving water or food or a tent or some support services,” he said. “Absolutely not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026496\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026496\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00457-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devante Booth practices the acoustic guitar outside of his makeshift shelter near Quarry Lakes Drive in Fremont, Calif. In addition to playing the guitar, Booth collects Lego sets and repairs bicycles for others in the community. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The council heard public comment on Tuesday from over 70 community members, who were deeply divided on the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those in favor appealed to the council to address trash, noise, loose dogs and campfire smoke in their neighborhoods. They complained about urine-soaked parking lots, people showering in their yards or stealing from them, and worried aloud about encampment fires spreading to their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Gutierrez, a small-business owner, said customers have to navigate an encampment to reach his door and voice concerns about their safety, “or they’ve just decided not to patronize our business at all,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents argued the law was inhumane and counterproductive, misusing money while driving people deeper into homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are better ways these funds can be used, such as social services like Housing First initiatives and affordable housing, which are the only true long-term options if you don’t want people to camp,” said resident Sierra Fields, “and these are true public safety options.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12026498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12026498\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250210_Unhoused-Ban_DMB_00765-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jasmine Grijalva drives a golf ball across open public space as Devante Booth looks on near Quarry Lakes Drive in Fremont, Calif., on Feb. 10, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ten days after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025377/huge-martinez-refinery-fire-renews-neighbors-fear-frustration\">a refinery fire\u003c/a> injured six employees and prompted a shelter-in-place order for thousands of Martinez residents, Contra Costa County health officials released new details on Tuesday about toxic chemicals released during the four days it took to put the fire out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/Home/Components/News/News/886/415\">a statement \u003c/a>on the incident that the Martinez Refining Co., which operates the facility where the Feb. 1 fire occurred, reported that the cloud of thick black smoke that billowed over the East Bay community contained petroleum products at various stages of refinement and several other hazardous chemicals, including benzene, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and xylene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health officials said some of the substances that were released can cause cancer and heart and lung disease, but they also noted that weather conditions at the time of the fire may have limited local exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Health Director Dr. Ori Tzvieli said the wind blew most of the smoke away from populated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This could have been much worse,” Tzvieli said. “We got lucky this time. But our community shouldn’t have to rely on luck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s disclosure marks the first time health authorities have gotten a detailed look at what was in the plume that wafted over the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Martinez Refinery Co., owned by PBF Energy in Martinez, California, touches residential neighborhoods on Sept. 21, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fifteen minutes after the fire started on Feb. 1, a refinery employee told the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services that a flaring incident had released more than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide. The report also noted that it was “unknown if any other material is releasing due to the fire other than sulfur dioxide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sulfur dioxide has adverse health effects on humans and animals, and high-level exposure can result in heart problems and an increased risk of death, according to studies cited by the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/sulfur-dioxide-and-health#:~:text=Sulfur%20dioxide%20(SO2)%20is,sulfur%20oxides%20(SOX).\">California Air Resources Board\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The actual effects on residents, refinery workers and first responders depended on how much sulfur dioxide they were exposed to and for how long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024233 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ElkhornSlough-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A day after the fire started, Contra Costa Health hazardous materials employees who were investigating reports of a sulfur smell near the refinery reported feeling dizzy and left the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seventy-two hours after the start of the fire, the refinery company filed a report with the county, attributing the fire to an incident involving two workers who tried to restart an idle unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While opening the equipment, hydrocarbon material \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025273/martinez-refining-company-investigating-if-leak-during-maintenance-contributed-to-fire\">started to leak\u003c/a>,” the report said. “The two workers immediately evacuated the area, and the material subsequently caught fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the report lacked any new information about what substances might have burned during the fire. The report also lacked chemical safety data sheets required by the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County health officials responded last Wednesday with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cchealth.org/home/showpublisheddocument/31494\">letter\u003c/a> to the company requesting a list of everything inside the refinery that might have burned and giving the company until Monday to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The information being requested has been deemed essential for assessing health impacts that may have occurred as a result of that incident,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Martinez Refining Company in Martinez, California, on Feb. 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In its response, the refinery reported that the fire released several substances produced in the refining process, including naphtha and petroleum distillates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The combustion byproducts from the fire — including benzene, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and xylene — pose the greatest public health concern, Contra Costa Health’s statement said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It added that the department is assessing whether there may be any long-term health effects from the chemicals, including potential impacts to soil and water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The refinery is scheduled to provide a 30-day follow-up report in early March. The county said it would hire an outside firm to investigate how the incident happened and what steps can be taken to prevent it from happening again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Air District and Contra Costa Health have each launched an investigation into the fire and have restricted access to the area where the fire burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025294\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621-800x553.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621-1020x706.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/475966196_17941090172958161_4612211217959910985_n-e1738464480621-160x111.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Contra Costa County Fire Department firefighters outside the Martinez Refining Company as smoke billows from the refinery on Saturday in Martinez. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the city of Martinez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The refinery, which operates as the Martinez Refining Co., also has an incident investigation into the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are working urgently and thoroughly to identify the root cause(s) and take appropriate corrective actions,” an update on the company’s website reads. “Personnel continue to monitor the scene of the recent incident to assess equipment and ensure the safety of the general area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all of the refinery’s operating units have been shut down, but MRC warned there could be more flaring over the next several weeks as workers drain operating units.[aside postID=news_11998887 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ShellRefineryMartinez-1020x765.jpg']The Martinez refinery, which is more than a century old, was owned by Shell until 2020 when it was acquired by the current owners, New Jersey’s PBF Energy. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Health Director Dr. Ori Tzvieli said the wind blew most of the smoke away from populated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This could have been much worse,” Tzvieli said. “We got lucky this time. But our community shouldn’t have to rely on luck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s disclosure marks the first time health authorities have gotten a detailed look at what was in the plume that wafted over the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/230921-PBF-MARTINEZ-REFINERY-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Martinez Refinery Co., owned by PBF Energy in Martinez, California, touches residential neighborhoods on Sept. 21, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fifteen minutes after the fire started on Feb. 1, a refinery employee told the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services that a flaring incident had released more than 500 pounds of sulfur dioxide. The report also noted that it was “unknown if any other material is releasing due to the fire other than sulfur dioxide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sulfur dioxide has adverse health effects on humans and animals, and high-level exposure can result in heart problems and an increased risk of death, according to studies cited by the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/sulfur-dioxide-and-health#:~:text=Sulfur%20dioxide%20(SO2)%20is,sulfur%20oxides%20(SOX).\">California Air Resources Board\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The actual effects on residents, refinery workers and first responders depended on how much sulfur dioxide they were exposed to and for how long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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