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Those consolidations drew criticism for disproportionately affecting schools with higher percentages of Black students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four schools in the Western Addition neighborhood shuttered in those two years, along with a K-8 school in the Bayview. The Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program was merged with Rosa Parks Elementary School in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district has made a point to center equity in this round of cuts, citing an equity audit and weighing equity heavily in the “composite scores” it is giving schools to guide its decisions. 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They typically would be first generation, newly arrived immigrants, or their family, are typically monolingual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that while the goal of an immersion program is often for students to become bilingual, the biliteracy program at Sutro is geared toward families whose first language is Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers at the event got emotional discussing the school communities affected by the list of potential closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a press conference outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a similar situation for me because … during my senior year of high school, we were told our school was cutting a bunch of teachers because we didn't have money because enrollment was down,” said Queena Chen, an alumna of Spring Valley Elementary. “Does that sound familiar?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD last \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/MANY-S-F-SCHOOLS-TO-CLOSE-OR-MERGE-In-front-of-3237431.php\">closed schools in 2005 and 2006\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>Less than a month from the November election, a group of high-profile East Bay politicians are speaking out against the recall effort targeting Alameda County District Attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pamela-price\">Pamela Price\u003c/a> as she pushes back against criticism over public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee and state Sen. Nancy Skinner, both of whom represent the northern end of Alameda County, announced this week that they oppose the potential recalls of Price Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. The volley of support for the embattled officials comes a week after Rep. Eric Swalwell, who has long been a critic of Price, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007542/recall-targeting-alameda-county-da-is-endorsed-by-east-bay-congressman\">endorsed the recall campaign against her\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on the social media platform X, Skinner said that, like Lee, she opposes recalls on principle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Except in rare circumstances of serious misconduct, recalls are undemocratic and a waste of public funds,” Skinner wrote. “That’s especially true in the case of the Nov. 5 recalls, when the incumbents have only been in office for 2 years and will be up for reelection just 2 years from now. Wealthy interests should not be able to circumvent the regular democratic process and pay to put a recall on the ballot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcements follow prior anti-recall endorsements from Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/BarbaraLee_CA/status/1843448291251359838\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether we are Democrats or not, it should make us sick to our stomach that a few people, in this case, real estate developers and hedge fund managers, can use their money to undo our democratic vote,” Yoana Tchoukleva, co-chair of Alameda County Democrats’ legislation committee, said at a press conference on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Swalwell, who represents southeastern Alameda County, was joined by all 14 law enforcement unions in Alameda County in announcing support for the recall of Price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot use reform rhetoric to allow criminals to continue victimizing our citizens with little to no consequences,” law enforcement union leaders said in a joint statement on Saturday. “Those of us who literally patrol the streets of Alameda County, we see first-hand how District Attorney Pamela Price is failing to keep us safe and hold criminals accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008986\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008986\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceRecallEffort1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sam Singer (center), spokesperson for Alameda County’s 14 law enforcement unions, holds up a $5,000 donation check from the Hayward Police Officers Association during a press conference in Emeryville on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. He is joined by Carl Chan (left) and Brenda Grisham (right), principal officers for Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE), the group leading the recall effort against Alameda County DA Pamela Price. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Thursday’s press conference, Price said the county’s police unions are upset because she has brought criminal charges against law enforcement officers who killed civilians in the line of duty, something Price’s predecessor Nancy O’Malley did once during her nearly 14 years in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The days when police and rogue police officers and police unions controlled this office are over,” Price said. “When you have a solution to the problem, then you become the problem to people who have prospered, participated and profited off of our pain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008407/2-of-3-alameda-officers-charged-in-mario-gonzalez-death-have-their-case-dismissed\">involuntary manslaughter charges were dismissed\u003c/a> against two of the three Alameda police officers that Price’s office had sought to prosecute over the 2021 death of Mario Gonzalez. A judge ruled that prosecutors failed to file the necessary paperwork in time to bring charges within the statute of limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price stands with Oakland residents and members of the Protect the Win campaign during a Thursday morning press conference at Everett & Jones Barbeque in Jack London Square. The group gathered to rally support against the recall effort. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Price had announced those charges in April, reversing a decision by O’Malley just days after the recall effort qualified for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two weeks, law enforcement unions in the county donated $47,500 to the campaign to recall Price, according to campaign finance filings with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. The union representing prosecutors in Price’s office contributed $40,000, and O’Malley gave $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12001150 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240821-ANTIRECALL-AF-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, the recall campaign released a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB7uJPs8rdg\">video advertisement\u003c/a> attacking Price, alleging that she refuses to prosecute crimes. According to last year’s annual report from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.alcoda.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/ACDAO-2023-ANNUAL-REPORT-4.pdf\">Alameda County district attorney’s office\u003c/a>, prosecutors filed criminal charges that year at a rate similar to that of the final four years of O’Malley’s administration. The report does not provide details on what types of charges were filed; Price has said the format of the office’s electronic case management system does not allow it to extract data with that level of detail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price has been criticized for charging and settling cases for less than the most severe punishment possible. She was elected on a platform that promised to use alternatives to incarceration and rehabilitation programs for people convicted of crimes to reduce mass incarceration and racial inequities in the criminal justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad features a clip from a press conference with Gov. Gavin Newsom from July when he announced his decision to rescind an offer to send state attorneys to assist with drug prosecutions by Price’s office. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996494/newsom-tried-to-send-a-prosecutor-to-help-alameda-county-da-heres-why-it-collapsed\">Price said the offer would not have benefited her office as much as the governor contended.\u003c/a> Newsom’s campaign manager did not respond to a request for comment about whether he supports the Price recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Off the campaign trail, Price this week announced what she called “the largest grant investment in the history of the Alameda County district attorney’s office.” The $6 million state grant will go toward expanding the Alameda County Community Assessment Referral Engagement Services (CARES) Navigation Center, which provides programs where law enforcement officers can send people experiencing drug use or mental health-related challenges without having to make an arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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A judge ruled that prosecutors failed to file the necessary paperwork in time to bring charges within the statute of limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008951\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/PamelaPriceAntiRecall2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price stands with Oakland residents and members of the Protect the Win campaign during a Thursday morning press conference at Everett & Jones Barbeque in Jack London Square. The group gathered to rally support against the recall effort. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Price had announced those charges in April, reversing a decision by O’Malley just days after the recall effort qualified for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last two weeks, law enforcement unions in the county donated $47,500 to the campaign to recall Price, according to campaign finance filings with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. The union representing prosecutors in Price’s office contributed $40,000, and O’Malley gave $5,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The others include a Clipper BayPass pilot program to offer free rides for some students and residents of affordable housing communities, an all-agency transit pass and a vision for a shared zone or distance-based fare for regional transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea behind the pilot is that a customer should not have to pay extra just for switching agencies,” said Lisa Raffetto, principal financial analyst at BART. “We want customers to be able to make use of the whole network as one transit system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12005173 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240823-ValenciaTelegraphBikeLanes-05-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to BART spokesperson Alicia Trost, the program is set to begin next spring after the new generation of Clipper Cards are released. 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We need to consider human beings,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, which has an ongoing lawsuit against the city over its homelessness policies. She said people often end up sleeping rough after their camps are cleared until they can buy another tent or get one donated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have seen progress from Prop C,” she added, referring to a business tax passed in 2018 that funds services and housing, “but high rents are driving more people into homelessness. 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The city recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000285/unhoused-rv-families-return-to-winston-drive-after-eviction-from-s-f-zoo-road\">evicted an RV community\u003c/a> near the zoo and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007425/san-francisco-bans-overnight-parking-for-rvs-on-most-city-streets\">banned overnight RV parking\u003c/a> on most streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, whose District 8 saw the steepest decline in tents, celebrated the latest numbers. Just one tent remained in his district at last count, down from 24 last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look at the progress the city has made over the last six years, it is remarkable,” he said. “This is not to say the work is done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:05 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After touring eight different schools, Nicole Macias and her husband fought through rounds of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\">difficult enrollment lottery\u003c/a> for a spot at their top pick: Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro, just two blocks from their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a dream,” Macias said. “Our daughter loves it. Her kindergarten teacher is wonderful. The curriculum is wonderful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Macias and her family must prepare for the likelihood of a new school. Harvey Milk is on the list of 11 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">San Francisco campuses that could close\u003c/a> after this academic year as the district grapples with declining enrollment and a staggering budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias said it wasn’t a huge surprise to see Harvey Milk on the list, which SFUSD finally released Tuesday afternoon following months of uncertainty. She knew the school was small and had spoken with her district supervisor over the weekend, who gave her the sense it was likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said that as she picked her daughter up from school and walked her and 15 or so students over to soccer practice, she wasn’t sure how she would have the conversation about the decision with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m honestly scared,” she told KQED outside a Tuesday night school board meeting where frustrated parents turned out to vent. “I’ve kind of mentioned to her that this could happen, but just really high level. I’m at a loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also thinking about the logistics that families will have to take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the district’s tentative proposal, Harvey Milk students would merge with Sanchez Elementary. However, the two schools have significantly different schedules; Harvey Milk starts at 9:30 a.m. and gets out later than Sanchez, which starts at 7:50 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to force a lot of people to have to get aftercare who don’t have it because the school will end much earlier in the day,” Macias said. “The idea that the community will stay together is not really possible. It’s not going to be viable for a lot of families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">campuses that could close or merge\u003c/a> — meaning all of their students would move together to another campus — are small elementary schools that have fewer than 260 enrolled students and fall in the bottom half of the district’s “composite scores,” which rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Two are high schools that have fewer than 400 students without a specialized program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of Sara Sullivan’s kids have attended San Francisco Community School, a K-8 campus in the Excelsior that is proposed to merge with Paul Revere TK-8. While her daughter transferred to a different middle school, her son is in third grade this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said parents are hoping they’ll be able to keep the campus open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still fighting to not let them close our school because it’s such a special place,” Sullivan said. “It’s been a place that both of my kids have really grown up and flourished and many other kids have grown up and flourished. It doesn’t make sense to close a thriving school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias, meanwhile, said she’s “envisioning a lot of Harvey Milk tactics” in the coming weeks as parents try to keep that campus open, too. On Wednesday afternoon, some plan to march from the school to Harvey Milk Plaza to protest Tuesday’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last year has been difficult as families navigate confusing messaging from the district and an “incredibly not transparent rollout,” Sullivan told KQED. 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And now, they’re telling us that they’re going to close us because we’re not good enough,” she said. “That is not OK. That is not equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the schools are on the city’s east side. Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the list for potential closure, offers Cantonese and biliteracy programs in kindergarten through fifth grade in addition to its general education classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that school shutters, students enrolled in Cantonese biliteracy would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary near Buena Vista Park, about two and a half miles southeast of Sutro Elementary’s Richmond campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the district’s language programs, like Sutro’s, are under-enrolled, according to Frank Lara, the executive vice president of the San Francisco teacher’s union. He said that based on feedback from families, the union is suggesting more dual immersion programs, where two language programs could be taught on one school site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how you can actually attract families and increase enrollment,” Lara told KQED. “The challenge we have with the current district and the level of mismanagement — and to some degree incompetence — is that instead of talking about how to expand these types of programs, they’re looking to cancel out the programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg\" alt='A white man speaks to the audience from behind a dais with an \"SFUSD\" emblem on it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superintendent Matt Wayne speaks during a ceremony celebrating the first class of graduates from San Francisco high schools using the Kindergarten to College (K2C) savings account at the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s also the question of whether the eventual school closures will be enough. Superintendent Matt Wayne has said significant staff reduction will be needed to rightsize the district’s budget, and there are already schools that are understaffed and under-resourced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the district has said, declining enrollment over many years has left about 14,000 empty seats across its campuses, even if all of the closures and mergers on the list released Tuesday are made, only about 2,000 students will be affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meredith Dodson, the executive director of San Francisco Parents Coalition, said it appears district officials are suggesting “they can’t deliver on the education that our kids deserve at these really underserved schools because they can’t provide enough staff to support a high-quality education there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008524 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240916-UnionSFSchoolClosures-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If that is your rationale,” Dodson said, “how are we going to actually deliver on that on the other side of this if we’re still going to see not the staffing capacity that we need for that high-quality education because we’re not making enough adjustments?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple Board of Education members have said that about two dozen schools would need to close to make the necessary staffing and budget impacts, Dodson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others who have done independent analyses put that number as high as 30 or 40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the question remains, ‘Is it worth it to put these communities through this pain if we’re not even going to see the results that we desire in terms of a higher-quality education across San Francisco?” Dodson asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Tuesday night’s school board meeting, President Matt Alexander said the board encourages people at affected schools to engage in upcoming town halls and discussions with Wayne and his staff. Wayne said he plans to meet with families and staff at every campus on the list to discuss their budget impacts next year and what the transition to a new school would look like for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander said the board expects “meaningful community engagement,” as well as an independent equity audit and fiscal analysis of the closures to be approved by the California Department of Education when a final recommendation is presented next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne’s proposal will undergo a first reading on Nov. 12, and the board is set to vote on Dec. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That will be after November’s general election, when San Franciscans will vote on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco/propositions#proposition-a\">a $790 million school bond\u003c/a>, which, if passed, would mostly go toward modernizing district buildings and creating a new central food hub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey Milk underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in the last few years in a modernization project funded by another bond measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was money from a bond measure in 2016,” Macias said. “What does that say to voters when they’re just as willing to abandon buildings that they invest in?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias said it wasn’t a huge surprise to see Harvey Milk on the list, which SFUSD finally released Tuesday afternoon following months of uncertainty. She knew the school was small and had spoken with her district supervisor over the weekend, who gave her the sense it was likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said that as she picked her daughter up from school and walked her and 15 or so students over to soccer practice, she wasn’t sure how she would have the conversation about the decision with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m honestly scared,” she told KQED outside a Tuesday night school board meeting where frustrated parents turned out to vent. “I’ve kind of mentioned to her that this could happen, but just really high level. I’m at a loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also thinking about the logistics that families will have to take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the district’s tentative proposal, Harvey Milk students would merge with Sanchez Elementary. However, the two schools have significantly different schedules; Harvey Milk starts at 9:30 a.m. and gets out later than Sanchez, which starts at 7:50 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to force a lot of people to have to get aftercare who don’t have it because the school will end much earlier in the day,” Macias said. “The idea that the community will stay together is not really possible. It’s not going to be viable for a lot of families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">campuses that could close or merge\u003c/a> — meaning all of their students would move together to another campus — are small elementary schools that have fewer than 260 enrolled students and fall in the bottom half of the district’s “composite scores,” which rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Two are high schools that have fewer than 400 students without a specialized program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And now, they’re telling us that they’re going to close us because we’re not good enough,” she said. “That is not OK. That is not equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the schools are on the city’s east side. Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the list for potential closure, offers Cantonese and biliteracy programs in kindergarten through fifth grade in addition to its general education classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that school shutters, students enrolled in Cantonese biliteracy would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary near Buena Vista Park, about two and a half miles southeast of Sutro Elementary’s Richmond campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the district’s language programs, like Sutro’s, are under-enrolled, according to Frank Lara, the executive vice president of the San Francisco teacher’s union. He said that based on feedback from families, the union is suggesting more dual immersion programs, where two language programs could be taught on one school site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how you can actually attract families and increase enrollment,” Lara told KQED. “The challenge we have with the current district and the level of mismanagement — and to some degree incompetence — is that instead of talking about how to expand these types of programs, they’re looking to cancel out the programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg\" alt='A white man speaks to the audience from behind a dais with an \"SFUSD\" emblem on it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superintendent Matt Wayne speaks during a ceremony celebrating the first class of graduates from San Francisco high schools using the Kindergarten to College (K2C) savings account at the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s also the question of whether the eventual school closures will be enough. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:28 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After months of waiting and a frustrating last-minute delay, San Francisco’s school superintendent announced Tuesday that 11 schools are being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008286/is-san-franciscos-school-closure-list-delayed-again-district-offers-little-clarity\">considered for closures and mergers\u003c/a>, and two others will take in students from shuttered campuses instead of closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of campuses that meet the district’s criteria for closure includes eight elementary campuses, as well as one serving kindergarten through eighth grade and two high schools. Two other elementary schools that met the criteria for closure will remain open and welcome students from closing schools. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> workplace safety regulators have fined a farm labor contractor for heat-related issues, months after former employees alleged they were fired for walking out amid extreme temperatures and called out the contractor as an example of the need for bolstering heat-illness protections for farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2024/2024-85.html\">issued nearly $17,600\u003c/a> in initial penalties against Ruiz Farm Labor on Monday for three serious heat-related safety violations, including failing to train employees on steps to prevent overheating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Employees deserve a safe work environment, especially in extreme conditions, and businesses that fail to follow the rules will be held accountable,” Cal/OSHA Chief Debra Lee said in a statement. “Every worker should be treated with dignity and respect, and no one should face retaliation for protecting their health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six workers who picked tomatoes for Ruiz Farm Labor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999978/california-farmworkers-call-for-more-employers-to-comply-with-heat-illness-prevention\">said they were fired\u003c/a> in June after leaving their shifts early during triple-digit heat in Yolo County. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six workers who picked tomatoes for Ruiz Farm Labor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999978/california-farmworkers-call-for-more-employers-to-comply-with-heat-illness-prevention\">said they were fired\u003c/a> in June after leaving their shifts early during triple-digit heat in Yolo County. Erika Barros, one of the farmworkers now known as the “Yolo Six,” said she experienced heat stroke symptoms, such as nausea and shivering, but didn’t know that she had the right to rest in the shade while on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barros told KQED she’s hopeful that the Cal/OSHA citations will push her former employer to improve conditions for current and future employees as heat waves continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Carrillo-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A farmworker harvests mandarins in an orchard west of Fresno on March 21, 2017. \u003ccite>(Alexandra Hall/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The lack of shade, the lack of water, it was just something he wasn’t doing right,” Barros, a 32-year-old single mother of three who lives in Davis, said in Spanish. “One way or another, he’s going to have to comply with the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ruiz Farm Labor, based in Dixon, near Sacramento, has appealed the initial penalties. The company, which also contested a Cal/OSHA fine of more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1483044.015\">$7,800\u003c/a> in 2020, could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California employers \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/heatillnessinfo.html#:~:text=On%20June%2020%2C%202024%2C%20the,both%20indoor%20and%20outdoor%20workplaces.\">are required\u003c/a> to allow outdoor workers to take cool-down breaks in the shade when temperatures exceed 80 degrees Fahrenheit and provide clean drinking water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agricultural laborers, who often do strenuous physical labor in direct sun, are \u003ca href=\"https://www.lung.org/blog/climate-change-impacts-farmworkers#:~:text=As%20outdoor%20workers%2C%20they%20are,harmful%20exposures%20to%20wildfire%20smoke.\">more likely to die\u003c/a> from heat-related stress than workers in other industries. The federal government estimates that roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/farm-labor/#legalstatus\">half of the farmworkers\u003c/a> in the U.S. are undocumented. Many don’t know about their rights or worry that they could be fired if they complain about problems at their worksite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1299\">vetoed\u003c/a> a bill supported by the Yolo Six as well as the United Farm Workers. SB 1299 would have made it easier for agricultural laborers to win workers’ compensation insurance if they were hurt by heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed measure, opposed by a long list of agricultural and business groups, created a presumption that a farmworker’s heat-related injury or death arose from their job if the employer was shown to have violated heat safety rules. Newsom concluded that it was not an effective way to protect farmworkers from increasing heat hazards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I stand firmly committed to continuing to work with the Legislature and worker advocates on strengthening safety and health enforcement strategies to ensure aggrieved workers can come forward without fear of retaliation,” Newsom wrote in his veto message. “However, conditioning a workers’ compensation presumption on compliance with standards set and enforced by another regulatory division is not an effective way to improve working conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Labor Commissioner’s Office continues investigating the allegation of retaliation against Ruiz Farm Labor involving the Yolo Six. If the contractor is found guilty, remedies may include lost wages for the workers and other penalties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Barros said she hasn’t been able to find steady work to support her family, working only a couple of weeks in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a really complicated and difficult situation,” she said. “But we are trying. Surviving day by day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5:25 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A walkout at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/uc-berkeley\">UC Berkeley\u003c/a> in support of the Palestinian people, one year into the deadly siege that followed Hamas’ surprise attacks in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/israel\">Israel\u003c/a> last October, grew tense on Tuesday afternoon amid a standoff with pro-Israel counterprotesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As hundreds of people gathered at Sproul Plaza, the site of last school year’s pro-Palestinian encampment, a group of about half a dozen counterprotesters draped in Israeli flags walked across the steps behind the speakers and started shouting things like, “Bring them home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the pro-Palestinian protesters formed a circle around them, and both sides shouted at each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the tense mood, students like Yousuf Abubakr of Students for Justice in Palestine were undeterred. He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; 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We are here to do a critical education project where all of us are united as students and as teachers and as people embodying multiple roles. And this work that we’re starting today on Oct. 8 is just the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFSU student Rithik Hemanth came to support the Students for Gaza picket, in part because he sees conditions for Palestinians and students on campus as connected. He cited Gov. 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He said although he doesn’t believe student protests will be enough to “free Palestine,” he believes it will help move the needle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We enjoy the fact that, you know, we piss off university officials,” Abubakr said. “The fact that they had these new encampment and new masking policies, I smile because it’s like … we have their attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/1W9A8664-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students cheer at a rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a man chanted, “No Zionist racists,” Jewish transfer student Ethan Tallman said he came out to show his support for the Israeli community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[My] reasons are for the hostages, for their families, and for the world to see that they matter,” Tallman said, adding that he found the crowd overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Signs carried by the protesters included messages like “No Votes for Genocide,” featuring the image of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008657 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rally attendees hold signs that read “No Votes for Genocide” at a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sameeha Ahmed, who studies cognitive science and public health at Berkeley, said Tuesday morning that she planned to take time away from the busy midterm season to participate in the walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>We’ve gotten to a point in the movement where I think people are able to sort of turn a blind eye toward the horrors that are happening in Gaza just because this has been going on for so long. People are becoming so desensitized to all of the injustice that’s been occurring,” said Ahmed, who added that she is focused on the call for the University of California to divest from Israel and its war effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that makes it all the more imperative for us to … continue showing that we are not going to stand for this any longer,” Ahmed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008655\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008655 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon on the steps of Sproul Hall at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a social media \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DA1CDoLPVJa/?img_index=1\">post\u003c/a>, a group calling itself UC Berkeley Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine wrote “The university, too, has blood on its hands. The University of California system has long committed to war and destruction through research and development of nuclear weapons, drones and other military technologies — as well as investments in weapons manufacturing, fossil fuel, and settler industries profiting from this atrocity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group also cited accusations that the UC has supported the firing, arrests and investigations of professors, the approval of military surplus for UC police forces, and the chilling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005478/university-of-california-is-accused-of-trying-to-silence-faculty-speech-about-war-in-gaza\">free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Stett Holbrook, a UC Office of the President spokesperson, said while most protests over the past year were peaceful and lawful, administrators have had to take steps to address some that were not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In some instances, campuses faced significant disruptions due to protests that resulted in violence, vandalism, class and research interruption, and restricted access to public spaces,” he said. “While we provide many opportunities and venues for the expression of diverse viewpoints at UC campuses, activities that violate the law, University policy, or both, will not be tolerated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holbrook added that UCPD’s equipment is not military surplus, military-grade nor designed for military use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The University’s use of this equipment provides UC police officers with non-lethal alternatives to standard-issue firearms, enabling them to de-escalate situations and respond without the use of deadly force,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008658\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12008658 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Tallman (center), a pro-Israel student at Berkeley, counter-protests a walkout and rally for Gaza and Lebanon at the University of California, Berkeley on Oct. 8, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said the campus had been planning for walkouts and other events since July. “We’re aware what moment in time we’re in,” said Mogulof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at San Francisco State University, protesters were back at the picket lines and faculty-led teachouts after a midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the event, a crowd of about 200 broke into chants like, “Not another penny, not another dollar, we won’t pay for Israel’s slaughter,” and “I can’t even pay my rent; 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Oct. 10: An earlier version of the headline for this story incorrectly identified the percentage of state-owned excess land that would stay vacant. The actual percentage is unknown. The headline has been edited. The story was also edited to clarify that the Department of General Services analyzed 44,000 parcels, which includes all state-owned land.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> became governor of California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2019/09/new-california-surplus-lands-maps-and-legislation\">he campaigned\u003c/a> on a promise to make excess state-owned land available for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after he entered office, he made good on that promise, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EO-N-06-19.pdf\">issuing an executive order\u003c/a> that directed state agencies to assess more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.dgs.ca.gov/RESD/Projects/Page-Content/Projects-List-Folder/Executive-Order-N-06-19-Affordable-Housing-Development#@ViewBag.JumpTo\">44,000 parcels to determine their suitability for development\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order reads, in part, that “state agencies own thousands of parcels of land throughout the state, some of which exceed those agencies’ foreseeable needs,” and that “state land is often located in or near urban areas where the need for new housing is acute.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as it turned out, only 46 of those 44,000 parcels, which represent all of the state’s land, were found to be both in excess of the state’s needs and suitable for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those, 19\u003ca href=\"https://www.dgs.ca.gov/RESD/Projects/Page-Content/Projects-List-Folder/Executive-Order-N-06-19-Affordable-Housing-Development#@ViewBag.JumpTo\"> have concrete plans\u003c/a> for development, and one has finished construction. Last week, Newsom announced the most recent project under his executive order: a 372-unit apartment building that will be built on top of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/outdated-san-francisco-dmv-will-soon-become-site-over-370-new-homes\">outdated San Francisco DMV office\u003c/a>. Once construction is complete, the DMV office will be renovated and will continue to operate as it did before, but with tenants living above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, the properties propose adding an estimated 4,200 units of new housing — a not insignificant amount that is nonetheless dwarfed by the state’s goal of planning for some \u003ca href=\"https://statewide-housing-plan-cahcd.hub.arcgis.com/\">2.5 million new homes\u003c/a> by 2031.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Affordable Housing\" aria-label=\"Interactive area chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-NJdtu\" src=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f9b1ccf48e864ac8af8014cbb89371b8/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 2000; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"1000\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n \u003cem>A map of \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f9b1ccf48e864ac8af8014cbb89371b8/\">California’s excess sites\u003c/a>. (California Department of General Services)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of the state’s excess land was disqualified for housing because it’s located in forests, on beaches or far from cities and existing infrastructure required for people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where you have ‘vacant land’ that folks refer to, that land is not [actually] available,” said Ana Lasso, director of California’s Department of General Services. “It doesn’t have the utilities or the infrastructure to accept housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For affordable housing developers, the dearth of buildable excess land underscores a point they’ve long argued with state leaders: Quick-fix solutions to the housing crisis are usually neither quick nor a real fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>JT Harechmak, policy director of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, said finding available land is only one part of the problem. The bigger issue is getting the funding to construct housing on it. While the state has invested an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/08/23/governor-newsom-awards-more-than-789-million-to-build-thousands-of-sustainable-homes-for-californians/#:~:text=Since%20taking%20office%2C%20Governor%20Newsom,%2427%20billion%20to%20address%20homelessness.\">$40 billion\u003c/a> in affordable housing, most of that funding represents one-time allocations as opposed to ongoing support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of our developers have a backlog of projects — many of them are shovel-ready and ready to go,” he said. “They just lack the final amount of funding that they need to cross the finish line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008493\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sonrisa, a 58-unit building in downtown Sacramento that provides affordable housing for individuals earning up to $56,000 annually. Completed under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2019 executive order, the project broke ground in June 2021, with tenants moving in last year. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Sonrisa Studio Apartments)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonrisadowntown.com/\">Sonrisa\u003c/a>, a 58-unit apartment building in downtown Sacramento, is the first project to be completed under Newsom’s 2019 executive order and offers housing to people earning up to $56,000 annually. The project broke ground in June 2021, and tenants moved in last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danielle Foster, executive director of the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA), said Newsom’s executive order helped speed construction. By allowing CADA to lease the land for practically pennies, the state helped her organization reduce construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great help to have parcels that are primed for affordable housing development,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property, located on just a quarter of an acre of land, also forced her organization to think more creatively about building infill housing — new homes and apartments built within an existing city — so CADA sought to maximize the number of units it could build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008492\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of an apartment at Sonrisa, a 58-unit building in downtown Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Sonrisa Studio Apartments)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonrisa’s 58 apartments are micro-units: small studio apartments that fit within 267 square feet. Each unit has a small kitchenette with a stove and fridge and an area that doubles as both a living room and bedroom. A Murphy bed folds into the wall so tenants can prop a couch against the wall during the day. Tenants receive a free local transit pass and access to onsite bike storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We showed how we could create livability in small spaces,” Foster said. “We have private developers also building like this now. It’s fun to see how this work contributes to the affordable housing stock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener said projects like these are not a silver bullet for the housing crisis but rather one piece of the puzzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12007934 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/AP24207558088069-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically, we’ve not had nearly enough money, and many cities have made it impossible to zone for and approve this kind of housing, so we’ve been methodically resolving permitting and zoning issues,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he reiterated affordable housing developers’ concerns that freeing up excess state land isn’t the biggest piece of that puzzle: “The funding issue remains.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some housing experts have likened the budget for an affordable housing project to a lasagna, with many layers often overlapping to hold up the project. Developers have long complained that without a permanent statewide source of funding, financing affordable housing will continue to be convoluted and inefficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many affordable housing developers relied on two multibillion-dollar bond measures to fund their projects — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000157/bay-areas-20-billion-housing-bond-pulled-from-ballots-leaving-advocates-heartbroken\">$20 billion Bay Area-wide bond\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993185/why-a-10-billion-california-housing-bond-wont-be-on-novembers-ballot\">$10 billion statewide bond\u003c/a>. Both failed to make it to the voters this November. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007340/how-prop-5-would-impact-affordable-housing-and-property-taxes\">Proposition 5\u003c/a>, which would make it easier for local governments to pass bond measures for affordable housing and public infrastructure, is seen by some developers as the best bet to secure future funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welton Jordan, chief real estate development officer for affordable housing developer EAH Housing, said his company has submitted a proposal for one project on an excess state-owned site. Though EAH’s proposal was not ultimately chosen, the nonprofit is interested in submitting proposals for other sites in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as construction costs soar and demand grows, it only becomes more expensive to build, Jordan said. He hopes the state can dedicate more subsidies to actually build affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never enough,” Jordan said. “While every little bit helps, and you don’t want to sound ungrateful, you really need a permanent source at the state level for affordable housing, and that hasn’t happened quite yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are 26 excess sites the state identified as suitable for housing that have not yet been offered to developers. Some are in high-fire risk zones, regulatory floodways, or on steep slopes. Others are within a quarter-mile of hazardous waste sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tara Gallegos, a spokesperson for the governor’s office, said all of those parcels are “gearing up for development.”\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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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Oct. 10: An earlier version of the headline for this story incorrectly identified the percentage of state-owned excess land that would stay vacant. The actual percentage is unknown. The headline has been edited. The story was also edited to clarify that the Department of General Services analyzed 44,000 parcels, which includes all state-owned land.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> became governor of California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2019/09/new-california-surplus-lands-maps-and-legislation\">he campaigned\u003c/a> on a promise to make excess state-owned land available for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after he entered office, he made good on that promise, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EO-N-06-19.pdf\">issuing an executive order\u003c/a> that directed state agencies to assess more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.dgs.ca.gov/RESD/Projects/Page-Content/Projects-List-Folder/Executive-Order-N-06-19-Affordable-Housing-Development#@ViewBag.JumpTo\">44,000 parcels to determine their suitability for development\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order reads, in part, that “state agencies own thousands of parcels of land throughout the state, some of which exceed those agencies’ foreseeable needs,” and that “state land is often located in or near urban areas where the need for new housing is acute.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as it turned out, only 46 of those 44,000 parcels, which represent all of the state’s land, were found to be both in excess of the state’s needs and suitable for housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those, 19\u003ca href=\"https://www.dgs.ca.gov/RESD/Projects/Page-Content/Projects-List-Folder/Executive-Order-N-06-19-Affordable-Housing-Development#@ViewBag.JumpTo\"> have concrete plans\u003c/a> for development, and one has finished construction. Last week, Newsom announced the most recent project under his executive order: a 372-unit apartment building that will be built on top of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/outdated-san-francisco-dmv-will-soon-become-site-over-370-new-homes\">outdated San Francisco DMV office\u003c/a>. Once construction is complete, the DMV office will be renovated and will continue to operate as it did before, but with tenants living above.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, the properties propose adding an estimated 4,200 units of new housing — a not insignificant amount that is nonetheless dwarfed by the state’s goal of planning for some \u003ca href=\"https://statewide-housing-plan-cahcd.hub.arcgis.com/\">2.5 million new homes\u003c/a> by 2031.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Affordable Housing\" aria-label=\"Interactive area chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-NJdtu\" src=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f9b1ccf48e864ac8af8014cbb89371b8/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 2000; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"1000\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n \u003cem>A map of \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/f9b1ccf48e864ac8af8014cbb89371b8/\">California’s excess sites\u003c/a>. (California Department of General Services)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of the state’s excess land was disqualified for housing because it’s located in forests, on beaches or far from cities and existing infrastructure required for people to live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where you have ‘vacant land’ that folks refer to, that land is not [actually] available,” said Ana Lasso, director of California’s Department of General Services. “It doesn’t have the utilities or the infrastructure to accept housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For affordable housing developers, the dearth of buildable excess land underscores a point they’ve long argued with state leaders: Quick-fix solutions to the housing crisis are usually neither quick nor a real fix.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>JT Harechmak, policy director of the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, said finding available land is only one part of the problem. The bigger issue is getting the funding to construct housing on it. While the state has invested an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/08/23/governor-newsom-awards-more-than-789-million-to-build-thousands-of-sustainable-homes-for-californians/#:~:text=Since%20taking%20office%2C%20Governor%20Newsom,%2427%20billion%20to%20address%20homelessness.\">$40 billion\u003c/a> in affordable housing, most of that funding represents one-time allocations as opposed to ongoing support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of our developers have a backlog of projects — many of them are shovel-ready and ready to go,” he said. “They just lack the final amount of funding that they need to cross the finish line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008493\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/StateSurplusLand1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sonrisa, a 58-unit building in downtown Sacramento that provides affordable housing for individuals earning up to $56,000 annually. Completed under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2019 executive order, the project broke ground in June 2021, with tenants moving in last year. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Sonrisa Studio Apartments)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sonrisadowntown.com/\">Sonrisa\u003c/a>, a 58-unit apartment building in downtown Sacramento, is the first project to be completed under Newsom’s 2019 executive order and offers housing to people earning up to $56,000 annually. The project broke ground in June 2021, and tenants moved in last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danielle Foster, executive director of the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA), said Newsom’s executive order helped speed construction. By allowing CADA to lease the land for practically pennies, the state helped her organization reduce construction costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great help to have parcels that are primed for affordable housing development,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The property, located on just a quarter of an acre of land, also forced her organization to think more creatively about building infill housing — new homes and apartments built within an existing city — so CADA sought to maximize the number of units it could build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008492\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008492\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1.jpg 1000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SonrisaInterior1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of an apartment at Sonrisa, a 58-unit building in downtown Sacramento. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Sonrisa Studio Apartments)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonrisa’s 58 apartments are micro-units: small studio apartments that fit within 267 square feet. Each unit has a small kitchenette with a stove and fridge and an area that doubles as both a living room and bedroom. A Murphy bed folds into the wall so tenants can prop a couch against the wall during the day. Tenants receive a free local transit pass and access to onsite bike storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We showed how we could create livability in small spaces,” Foster said. “We have private developers also building like this now. It’s fun to see how this work contributes to the affordable housing stock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener said projects like these are not a silver bullet for the housing crisis but rather one piece of the puzzle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his year’s \u003ca href=\"https://explore.org/fat-bear-week\">\u003cem>Fat Bear Week\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in Alaska’s Katmai National Park – an annual event allowing fans to vote online for their favored portly bear – is drawing to a close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while these huge creatures you can see on \u003ca href=\"https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls\">the \u003cem>Fat Bear Week\u003c/em> live-cams\u003c/a> are grizzlies and \u003cem>not\u003c/em> the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">black bears\u003c/a> we have here in California, the behavior on display every year in the contest is shared among all kinds of bears: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/articles/bears-winter.htm\">the process known as hyperphagia\u003c/a>, which sees the animals relentlessly seek out extra food to fuel up for their winter hibernation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#fat-bear-week\">This biological motivation to seek out more food in the fall \u003c/a>doesn’t just make for bulky bears. It also means that if you’re enjoying some late-season camping, you might be more likely to encounter a bear in your campground – one who’s even more food motivated and bold than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953853/how-to-find-a-camping-spot-in-california-when-they-always-seem-to-be-fully-booked\">campers in Northern California\u003c/a>, especially the Lake Tahoe region, encountering a black bear for the first time can be a rite of passage. But even if you’ve done your homework on bear encounters and patiently listen every time to the bear advisories given at the campground check-in, the first time a bear wanders into your campsite in search of food can be a jarring – even nerve-wracking – moment. Especially if you didn’t \u003cem>really \u003c/em>expect to see a bear during your trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We definitely have a denser population of bears” in the Lake Tahoe region compared to other parts of the state, said Sarinah Simons, human-bear management specialist at the California Department of Parks and Recreation. “And so if you come and camp in Tahoe, you’re probably going to see a bear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#bear-campsite\">If a bear comes into my campsite, how do I scare it away?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The rare but alarming headlines about bears – \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/first-california-fatal-black-bear-attack-0e511f4dd2f07f2df9b06802847105b9\">the confirmation of the state’s first documented fatal black bear attack\u003c/a> on a human in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-10/ultra-runner-attacked-by-a-bear-in-yosemite-valley\">an ultra-marathon runner’s collision with a bear\u003c/a> in Yosemite this July – can be unsettling, especially for newer campers. But “we can’t demonize bears for just existing and sharing space with us,” said Simons, who spends much of her days fostering good relations between campers and bears in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whether you’re heading to somewhere like Tahoe on a camping trip this weekend or just want to be fully prepared without anxiety in the moment, keep reading for everything to know about encountering a bear in your campsite for the first time – including how to successfully drive a bear away, the mistakes many campers make when locking up food, how to talk to young campers about bear encounters, using bear spray and what to do if a bear comes to investigate your tent in the middle of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Or jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-cars\">Why is using my car for storage a bad idea?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-campsite\">If a bear comes into my campsite, how do I scare it away?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-smell\">What are some non-food items that might still attract a bear?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-tent\">What should I do if I accidentally bring food into my tent overnight?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-hiking\">How should I act differently if I see a bear on the trail?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-aggression\">How do I know if a bear is being aggressive?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-spray\">Should I bring bear spray camping?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Going camping? Don’t skip the refresher on bears\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Remember, the bear species you’ll see camping in California are \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">black bears\u003c/a> – there \u003ca href=\"https://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/state-symbols/state-animal-grizzly-bear/\">haven’t been grizzly bears in California since the 1920s\u003c/a> – although in reality, you’ll see black bears in many shades including brown, cinnamon and blonde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if you grew up in bear country, or have been exploring the Tahoe area for decades, you might still be taken aback by the boldness and persistence of today’s black bears in California, said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an evolving situation,” she said. “People that grew up camping in a particular area over the years … the bears have changed over those years. And the bear \u003cem>behavior\u003c/em> has changed over those years.” Simons said she hears from “old timer campers” in Tahoe that they remember seeing a bear once a summer decades ago, but “now, it’s multiple bears a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increasing presence of humans in once-wild areas means that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/lake-tahoe-bears-trash-garbage-collection-19535187.php?utm_content=cta&sid=5fb5333729fa2e011e279f8b&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=roundup&utm_campaign=sfgt%20%7C%20the%20daily&stn=nf\">more bears are now venturing into built-up spaces like campsites and neighborhoods\u003c/a> in search of the food and trash they know humans bring. So when you enter a campground in bear country, you’ll get what Simons calls the “bear spiel” from the staff at the entrance checking you in – and you should really listen to what they have to say, she advises. \u003ca href=\"#bear-aggression\">Jump straight to tips on bear behavior.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dICg4q3TU8o\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Remember: Bears care about food, not humans…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In essence, a bear is a “walking nose with a big, hungry belly,” said Simons – albeit a belly that can weigh up to 400 lbs. And while bears can be audacious in their quest for your food, they don’t want to hurt you for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even a bear that we would consider a ‘’Tahoe bear’ that eats garbage every day, goes to the neighborhoods and sees humans on a daily basis? Ultimately, they just don’t want anything to do with us,” she said. “If we don’t have food, they don’t care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know about getting outdoors?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“And I know that that can feel really strange, especially with an animal that’s so big, that has amazing, powerful claws, that has sharp teeth,” Simons acknowledged. “But I think we have to get back to a place where we just recognize that they’ve been here a lot longer than we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not here to hurt us. They’re not here to scare us. If anything, we’ve encroached on their habitat and made it even harder for them to just be wild bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>…but bears should never be allowed to snag human food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just because bears \u003cem>really\u003c/em> want our food doesn’t mean they should get it. On the contrary, not only are bears “perfectly capable of foraging for food out in the wild,” said Simons, feeding a bear – whether accidentally or purposefully – will teach it that food is worth pursuing humans for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over time, this can make bears lose their instinctive fear of humans and even begin to act aggressively in pursuit of a food reward. This is the source of the phrase \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">“a fed bear is a dead bear” \u003c/a> – because a bear that’s no longer afraid of humans can start to pose a physical danger, and at worst, may have to be euthanized to prevent it from attacking humans. And even if a bear does not ultimately become physically aggressive, losing a natural fear of being in human spaces makes bears more vulnerable to being killed by vehicles on the road.[aside postID='science_1983841,arts_13961982,science_1993633' label='More Outdoor Guides']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, when you’re camping you should do everything in your power to prevent a bear from eating your food – not only so you don’t lose your costly groceries, but to prevent a potential chain of events that leads to a bear being killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s just try to set bears up for success, do what we can to keep them wild and keep them safe,” urged Simons. “And in doing so, that’s going to keep us safe, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-smell\">\u003c/a>Never underestimate a bear’s sense of smell – and the importance of your campsite’s ‘bear box’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I really can’t express how incredible a bear’s sense of smell is,” said Simons. “We’re talking 7,000 times better than our own – seven times better than a bloodhound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bear’s keen nose will lead them straight to anything that smells \u003cem>remotely\u003c/em> exciting in your campsite. Which is why campgrounds in bear country provide each site with a heavy-duty bear-proof box in which to store not just every scrap of food you’ve brought, but anything that is at all scented, including stoves and cookware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even responsible campers who are otherwise super conscientious about locking all their food away in bear boxes can forget that they’ve brought many other things that smell good to a bear, said Simons – including cans and beverages even when they’re unopened. Beer cans, wine bottles, even that lone can of Lacroix: “Basically anything other than plain water or ice” left out in your camp will smell interesting to a bear, and be considered a food violation by campground staff, warned Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Folks also forget that non-food smells will attract a bear, said Simons – “even things that we consider maybe not attractive to a bear, like cleaning products or toothpaste, lotion, bug spray, candles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a rule, “literally anything that has a scent should be considered a scented item and should go in the bear box at all times,” she said – because even if you think you’ve really hidden an item away in your tent or your car, the bear still knows it’s there due to its phenomenal sense of smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bears can keenly remember places – and specific campsites – where they’ve found food in the past, and will return to them in the hope of striking it lucky again. They can also recognize specific types of objects which have yielded treats before, said Simons. “Even just the sight of a cooler gets a bear really excited even if there’s nothing inside,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simons also warned against placing your trust in expensive “bear-proof” or “bear-resistant” coolers, because “they don’t advertise that you need to have locks on all corners of those, and that a bear can easily get into them without those locks.” And even when a bear-proof locker is correctly locked, you still might get a bear that will try to get inside – “and there goes your $400 cooler.” (One of Simons’ most treasured props for educating campers about bears is the “completely destroyed” bear-proof cooler she found tossed in a campsite dumpster by a clearly-dismayed owner.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bear safe food storage lockers for campers in Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-cars\">\u003c/a>Remember: Your car is not bear-proof\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As tempting as it might be to use your car as convenient storage, your vehicle is absolutely \u003cem>not\u003c/em> a substitute for the bear-proof storage box in your campsite – even when locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bay Area folks, Simons said it’s helpful to think of all the ways you try to reduce your chances of suffering a car break-in at home – and translate that to bear country, with bears in place of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">bippers\u003c/a>. So just like in the Bay, you want to clear your car of anything remotely alluring to reduce the risks of being broken into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calling bears the “petty criminals” of the wild, Simons said that parks staff refer to bears as “‘opportunivores,’ because if they have time, they’re going to try it” – and that includes checking your car door to see if it’s unlocked. And a bear that’s intrigued by a smell inside your car – “not even necessarily good, but just something maybe they’ve never smelled before,” said Simons – will often try to do “whatever it takes to get inside” your vehicle to investigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that can lead to a car being completely totaled, just for, like, a lip balm or a tiny candy or toddler crumbs behind the car seat,” said Simons. “It definitely pays to be extra diligent, because the trade off can be pretty, pretty destructive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be prepared for a bear to wander into your camp at any time\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A bear can visit your campsite at any time of day or night. And the #1 way to be prepared for that is “keep a clean, tidy, consolidated campsite,” advised Simons – having your stuff gathered in a way “so that if you do get a bear coming into your campsite while you’re there, you can easily grab everything and put it in the bear box.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What this looks like in practice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your food, scented items are stored in your bear box, and only come out when you’re actively cooking or eating\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When your items \u003cem>are\u003c/em> out, everything is gathered close together and not sprawled over your table and campsite\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your trash bag is also kept close by, and either stored in your bear box or deposited in the nearest bear-proof dumpster.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If a bear does wander into your campsite, and your things are out of the bear box, Simons recommends you move quickly but calmly to gather your things and swiftly lock them back in the bear box. Don’t panic, she said, because “really, all that bear wants is your food or your garbage. They just want what smells good to them. And so if you eliminate that, they’re probably going to move away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bear wearing a tag and transmitter collar walks near a campground in Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But what if the bear \u003cem>doesn’t\u003c/em> move away after you’ve locked up your scented stuff? Bears usually show this kind of tenacity “because they’ve learned over time that if they stay persistent, stay diligent, they’re going to get a food reward,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in this situation, it’s especially important that you and your camping party stay calm and stand your ground, she said. Because it’s folks doing exactly the opposite – panicking at the sight of the bear and running away from their campsite, leaving all their goodies up for grabs – that teaches bears that merely announcing their presence to humans could win them a table full of tasty treats to enjoy solo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which leads us to…\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-campsite\">\u003c/a>Know how you’ll drive a bear away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How you should act around a bear depends on whether you’re in human territory or bear territory. The campground is human territory, so it’s important to stand your ground and drive the bear out by making loud noises. (\u003ca href=\"#bear-hiking\">Jump to what to do if you see a bear in the bear’s territory.)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Physically, you should stand tall – and folks who aren’t tall, including children, can raise their hands over their heads to seem bigger – but don’t make aggressive moves toward the bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make a suitable amount of noise:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shout “Go bear, go!”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bang pots and pans together\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sound an air horn, if you have one\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Set off your car’s alarm.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>All this combined “usually does the trick pretty quickly,” said Simons. And if your heart is pounding, that’s normal – but as nerve-wracking as a first bear encounter can be in the moment, try shifting your perspective, said Simons. That involves “changing our perception of bears not as something that’s scary, but as an animal that’s curious and intelligent,” she said. “And understanding what they really want, which is the food, not you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that helps kind of reframe that mindset of fear that people tend to have, especially if you’re not used to bears,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Set yourself up for a less stressful night by shutting your campsite down fully\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s an experience many campers in bear country campgrounds are familiar with: Just as you manage to get cozy inside your tent and fall asleep, you’re woken by the sound of loud noises coming from the campsites around you, indicating that a bear is moving through the campground …. and might be on its way to your site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This, said Simons, is where you’ll truly thank yourself for putting absolutely \u003cem>everything\u003c/em> away inside your bear box and cleaning up your site before going to bed – because you’ll know that even if you hear a bear visiting your site in search of treats, it’s going to strike out and move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is also when you’ll be grateful you made sure you didn’t bring anything remotely scented – even a lip balm – into your tent, because now you won’t have to worry about a curious bear coming over to investigate those smells. If you’re sharing your tent with others, remind them to check their pockets too before going to bed for the night. And to be extra sure, don’t sleep in clothing you’ve worn while cooking in your campsite, as the tasty smells can linger for a long time on material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do hear a bear in your campsite, Simons said it’s always a good idea to remind the bear it’s not welcome by making loud noises, either from inside your tent or by getting out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re nervous about a nighttime bear encounter or have frozen up, there’s zero harm in just staying put in your sleeping bag and quietly waiting for the bear to pass by once it realizes it’s not going to find any food, she confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t stress enough: The bears are not interested in us,” said Simon. “They just want our food and garbage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-tent\">\u003c/a>If you accidentally bring food into your tent, it’s never too late to use the bear box\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So despite your best intentions, your attempts to remove all food and scented items from your tent before bedtime failed – and you’ve woken up to the sound of a bear headed your way to investigate the protein bar you forgot was in your pocket. What do you do then?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is \u003cem>exactly\u003c/em> the scenario where you definitely want to make loud noises immediately to scare the bear away, said Simons: “Make that potential food reward not worth the experience of dealing with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as making noise get out of your tent, move swiftly to your bear box and throw the item inside. \u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> throw the offending foodstuff out of your tent, said Simons, because then you’re essentially just feeding the bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t be discouraged if the bear doesn’t immediately back off, she said. All bears are different, and you might just be dealing with one that’s gotten pretty used to humans by this point. Match the bear’s persistence with your own in making noise, and it should eventually leave your campsite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1401\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-1020x715.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-1536x1076.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-1920x1345.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A black bear scavenges for food at Sequoia National Park. \u003ccite>(Mark Ralston/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Prepare your youngest campers for camping and bears\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As unsettled as some kids might be by seeing a bear in their campground, Simons said that children are often way more likely to find these encounters exciting – especially if they witness how relatively quickly a bear will amble on when it doesn’t find food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think as soon as a kid sees a bear for the first time, then they’re good,” she said. “They’re like, ‘Whoa, that was really cool, awesome!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let the kids in your camping party know that they might see a bear up-close on their trip, and remind them repeatedly of the bear’s priorities: It wants to find food, not mess with people. In her work in bear education, Simons said she’s found it helpful to stress that bears and humans are co-existing in this camping environment – and that humans aren’t #1 in this conversation. “I think kids get it the fastest and the best,” she said. “They really understand that they are part of the ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remind kids of what you’re all going to do if a bear wanders into your campsite – why everyone needs to swiftly pack away food and scented items in the bear box, and how you’ll all make noise to drive the bear away, rather than run away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simons also recommends chatting as a family to campground staff about bears, as they may have more tips and materials for kids around bear education. “Once you start to really understand them, I think the fear just kind of melts away,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-hiking\">\u003c/a>If you spot a bear while hiking away from your campsite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How you should act when you see a bear outside a campground, on its own turf, is quite different to how you should act in your campsite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the bear’s space, not yours, said Simons – so instead of making noise and trying to drive the bear away, as you would in the campsite, you should:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Stop, but don’t run away\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make yourself seem big: Raise your hiking poles, and pick up small children if you’re hiking with them\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make the bear aware of your presence with low noise, so you don’t startle it: Calmly say something like “Hello bear!” and jangle your keys\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Give the bear as much space as you can and slowly back away.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“People often ask ‘Well, how do I act around bears?’” said Simons, “and I ask, ‘Well, how would you want a bear to act around you?’ You would want that bear to give you a respectful distance, and just kind of go about business as usual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re both not looking for trouble,” she said. “So I think there’s just kind of a mutual respect that has to happen, where you give each other space, you acknowledge each other’s presence, and then you move on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Only\u003c/em> when the bear approaches you should you revert to what you’d do in the campground to drive the bear away: Make noise and yell “go bear, go!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-aggression\">\u003c/a>How to know when a bear is being aggressive (and when it’s not)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A common misconception about bears, said Simons, is that an animal that’s rearing up on its hind legs is about to attack you. But rearing up is usually always because a bear’s eyesight – unlike its sense of smell – is poor, and they’re just trying to get a better look at what’s going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what \u003cem>is\u003c/em> actually a sign of aggression is what’s called “bluff charging”: when a bear assumes a low stance with ears back, and starts huffing and chomping and kicking up the dirt with its paws. And if the bear in front of you is doing this, you should realize that it’s almost certainly because of something it thinks \u003cem>you’re\u003c/em> doing, said Simon. [aside postID=\"news_11910495,news_11953853,news_11973183\" label=\"More KQED Outdoor Guides\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nine times out of ten it’s because you are between them and a food reward” she said. “Or you’re between a sow and her cubs, or you’re between the bear and its escape route.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As intimidating as this behavior can be, it’s important to think in the moment about why this bear is expressing itself this way, “because the bear isn’t isn’t doing this for fun, or for no reason,” said Simons. And the sooner you work out what you’re doing that is making the bear agitated, the sooner you can fix it – whether that’s moving away from any cubs you can see, getting out of the bear’s escape route, or locking up the food on display and backing off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you’ve tried to fix the situation and the bear still hasn’t backed off? In these “very, very rare cases” Simons advised contacting park rangers or calling 911, once you’ve backed off and moved into a safe place. “Sometimes in that case, it’s a sick animal,” she said: “A bear that’s really confused, maybe it’s dehydrated. Maybe it has something else going on, so wildlife staff or ranger staff can get involved at that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simons stressed that calling rangers or 911 isn’t condemning the bear to anything, although she encouraged campers and hikers to “recognize when there’s actually a real problem, versus just a bear being curious.” But rangers will take reports of a truly aggressive bear seriously, she said, and they’ll investigate to “get into that conversation of a public safety issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-spray\">\u003c/a>Do you need bear spray?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some campers and hikers choose to carry bear spray – essentially a form of pepper spray with a long range which will irritate and repel a bear. Simons said she doesn’t personally carry it for use in California with black bears – not least because any type of pepper spray “can lead to a lot of human error,” namely accidentally spraying yourself in the face, and causing a lot of pain. “I feel like the risk versus the use case [from] pepper spray – it’s not something I personally recommend,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pepper spray is more commonly carried in other states – the ones with grizzly bears. For Simons, “the better thing to carry around this area” that carries less risk of human error would be an airhorn, or some other kind of item that can produce loud noise. “I feel like that just deters the bear better, and has more of a distance if you need it,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, if not carrying bear spray is “keeping you at home versus enjoying nature, which I think is really important, then do what feels comfortable,” said Simons. Remember that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/scarebears.htm\">bear spray is not permitted in certain areas, including Yosemite National Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you own a firearm, strongly consider leaving it at home even if it’s legal to carry where you’re going. The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies note that in the rare instances a bear encounter does turn aggressive,\u003ca href=\"https://bearwise.org/bear-safety-tips/bear-spray/\"> “studies show that even if you are a firearms expert, bear spray offers several advantages”\u003c/a> – including the fact that you can seriously injure or kill someone, including yourself, with an “accidental or inaccurate shot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"fat-bear-week\">\u003c/a>Why bears get extra-hungry (and bold) in the fall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before entering into hibernation for the winter, bears need to gain weight and go into what Simons calls “eating overdrive: like, ‘no amount of food can satiate me.’” (If you’re familiar with Katmai National Park’s\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week.htm\"> Fat Bear Week tournament \u003c/a>in Alaska, then you’ll know about this process.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/articles/bears-winter.htm\">hyperphagia\u003c/a>, this period in the fall sees bears become even more food motivated than usual – and extra bold in their quest for your campsite’s food. So during this period, which can span from late August through October and even November during mild years, you should be “extra diligent” about locking up all your food and scented items, urged Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, there are now bears in Tahoe that no longer hibernate over winter, said Simons: “Because there’s humans here year round, not just here in the summer, but for ski season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With food and trash up for grabs during all four seasons, “there’s really no biological need for them to hibernate if they, in their mind, think that they can get a food reward any time of the year,” said Simons. “Hibernation is really only a way for them to survive the winter. And if they don’t need that tool, they’re not going to use it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words: Don’t assume that just because it’s winter, the takeout trash in your unlocked car is necessarily safe from a bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area (and beyond) in 2024. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on Aug. 30, 2024.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>his year’s \u003ca href=\"https://explore.org/fat-bear-week\">\u003cem>Fat Bear Week\u003c/em>\u003c/a> in Alaska’s Katmai National Park – an annual event allowing fans to vote online for their favored portly bear – is drawing to a close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while these huge creatures you can see on \u003ca href=\"https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls\">the \u003cem>Fat Bear Week\u003c/em> live-cams\u003c/a> are grizzlies and \u003cem>not\u003c/em> the \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">black bears\u003c/a> we have here in California, the behavior on display every year in the contest is shared among all kinds of bears: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/articles/bears-winter.htm\">the process known as hyperphagia\u003c/a>, which sees the animals relentlessly seek out extra food to fuel up for their winter hibernation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#fat-bear-week\">This biological motivation to seek out more food in the fall \u003c/a>doesn’t just make for bulky bears. It also means that if you’re enjoying some late-season camping, you might be more likely to encounter a bear in your campground – one who’s even more food motivated and bold than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11953853/how-to-find-a-camping-spot-in-california-when-they-always-seem-to-be-fully-booked\">campers in Northern California\u003c/a>, especially the Lake Tahoe region, encountering a black bear for the first time can be a rite of passage. But even if you’ve done your homework on bear encounters and patiently listen every time to the bear advisories given at the campground check-in, the first time a bear wanders into your campsite in search of food can be a jarring – even nerve-wracking – moment. Especially if you didn’t \u003cem>really \u003c/em>expect to see a bear during your trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We definitely have a denser population of bears” in the Lake Tahoe region compared to other parts of the state, said Sarinah Simons, human-bear management specialist at the California Department of Parks and Recreation. “And so if you come and camp in Tahoe, you’re probably going to see a bear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#bear-campsite\">If a bear comes into my campsite, how do I scare it away?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The rare but alarming headlines about bears – \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/first-california-fatal-black-bear-attack-0e511f4dd2f07f2df9b06802847105b9\">the confirmation of the state’s first documented fatal black bear attack\u003c/a> on a human in 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-07-10/ultra-runner-attacked-by-a-bear-in-yosemite-valley\">an ultra-marathon runner’s collision with a bear\u003c/a> in Yosemite this July – can be unsettling, especially for newer campers. But “we can’t demonize bears for just existing and sharing space with us,” said Simons, who spends much of her days fostering good relations between campers and bears in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whether you’re heading to somewhere like Tahoe on a camping trip this weekend or just want to be fully prepared without anxiety in the moment, keep reading for everything to know about encountering a bear in your campsite for the first time – including how to successfully drive a bear away, the mistakes many campers make when locking up food, how to talk to young campers about bear encounters, using bear spray and what to do if a bear comes to investigate your tent in the middle of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Or jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-cars\">Why is using my car for storage a bad idea?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-campsite\">If a bear comes into my campsite, how do I scare it away?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-smell\">What are some non-food items that might still attract a bear?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-tent\">What should I do if I accidentally bring food into my tent overnight?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-hiking\">How should I act differently if I see a bear on the trail?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-aggression\">How do I know if a bear is being aggressive?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bear-spray\">Should I bring bear spray camping?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Going camping? Don’t skip the refresher on bears\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Remember, the bear species you’ll see camping in California are \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">black bears\u003c/a> – there \u003ca href=\"https://capitolmuseum.ca.gov/state-symbols/state-animal-grizzly-bear/\">haven’t been grizzly bears in California since the 1920s\u003c/a> – although in reality, you’ll see black bears in many shades including brown, cinnamon and blonde.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if you grew up in bear country, or have been exploring the Tahoe area for decades, you might still be taken aback by the boldness and persistence of today’s black bears in California, said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an evolving situation,” she said. “People that grew up camping in a particular area over the years … the bears have changed over those years. And the bear \u003cem>behavior\u003c/em> has changed over those years.” Simons said she hears from “old timer campers” in Tahoe that they remember seeing a bear once a summer decades ago, but “now, it’s multiple bears a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The increasing presence of humans in once-wild areas means that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/renotahoe/article/lake-tahoe-bears-trash-garbage-collection-19535187.php?utm_content=cta&sid=5fb5333729fa2e011e279f8b&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=roundup&utm_campaign=sfgt%20%7C%20the%20daily&stn=nf\">more bears are now venturing into built-up spaces like campsites and neighborhoods\u003c/a> in search of the food and trash they know humans bring. So when you enter a campground in bear country, you’ll get what Simons calls the “bear spiel” from the staff at the entrance checking you in – and you should really listen to what they have to say, she advises. \u003ca href=\"#bear-aggression\">Jump straight to tips on bear behavior.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/dICg4q3TU8o'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/dICg4q3TU8o'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>Remember: Bears care about food, not humans…\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In essence, a bear is a “walking nose with a big, hungry belly,” said Simons – albeit a belly that can weigh up to 400 lbs. And while bears can be audacious in their quest for your food, they don’t want to hurt you for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even a bear that we would consider a ‘’Tahoe bear’ that eats garbage every day, goes to the neighborhoods and sees humans on a daily basis? Ultimately, they just don’t want anything to do with us,” she said. “If we don’t have food, they don’t care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know about getting outdoors?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“And I know that that can feel really strange, especially with an animal that’s so big, that has amazing, powerful claws, that has sharp teeth,” Simons acknowledged. “But I think we have to get back to a place where we just recognize that they’ve been here a lot longer than we have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not here to hurt us. They’re not here to scare us. If anything, we’ve encroached on their habitat and made it even harder for them to just be wild bears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>…but bears should never be allowed to snag human food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just because bears \u003cem>really\u003c/em> want our food doesn’t mean they should get it. On the contrary, not only are bears “perfectly capable of foraging for food out in the wild,” said Simons, feeding a bear – whether accidentally or purposefully – will teach it that food is worth pursuing humans for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over time, this can make bears lose their instinctive fear of humans and even begin to act aggressively in pursuit of a food reward. This is the source of the phrase \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=29317\">“a fed bear is a dead bear” \u003c/a> – because a bear that’s no longer afraid of humans can start to pose a physical danger, and at worst, may have to be euthanized to prevent it from attacking humans. And even if a bear does not ultimately become physically aggressive, losing a natural fear of being in human spaces makes bears more vulnerable to being killed by vehicles on the road.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, when you’re camping you should do everything in your power to prevent a bear from eating your food – not only so you don’t lose your costly groceries, but to prevent a potential chain of events that leads to a bear being killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s just try to set bears up for success, do what we can to keep them wild and keep them safe,” urged Simons. “And in doing so, that’s going to keep us safe, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-smell\">\u003c/a>Never underestimate a bear’s sense of smell – and the importance of your campsite’s ‘bear box’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“I really can’t express how incredible a bear’s sense of smell is,” said Simons. “We’re talking 7,000 times better than our own – seven times better than a bloodhound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bear’s keen nose will lead them straight to anything that smells \u003cem>remotely\u003c/em> exciting in your campsite. Which is why campgrounds in bear country provide each site with a heavy-duty bear-proof box in which to store not just every scrap of food you’ve brought, but anything that is at all scented, including stoves and cookware.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even responsible campers who are otherwise super conscientious about locking all their food away in bear boxes can forget that they’ve brought many other things that smell good to a bear, said Simons – including cans and beverages even when they’re unopened. Beer cans, wine bottles, even that lone can of Lacroix: “Basically anything other than plain water or ice” left out in your camp will smell interesting to a bear, and be considered a food violation by campground staff, warned Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Folks also forget that non-food smells will attract a bear, said Simons – “even things that we consider maybe not attractive to a bear, like cleaning products or toothpaste, lotion, bug spray, candles.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a rule, “literally anything that has a scent should be considered a scented item and should go in the bear box at all times,” she said – because even if you think you’ve really hidden an item away in your tent or your car, the bear still knows it’s there due to its phenomenal sense of smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bears can keenly remember places – and specific campsites – where they’ve found food in the past, and will return to them in the hope of striking it lucky again. They can also recognize specific types of objects which have yielded treats before, said Simons. “Even just the sight of a cooler gets a bear really excited even if there’s nothing inside,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simons also warned against placing your trust in expensive “bear-proof” or “bear-resistant” coolers, because “they don’t advertise that you need to have locks on all corners of those, and that a bear can easily get into them without those locks.” And even when a bear-proof locker is correctly locked, you still might get a bear that will try to get inside – “and there goes your $400 cooler.” (One of Simons’ most treasured props for educating campers about bears is the “completely destroyed” bear-proof cooler she found tossed in a campsite dumpster by a clearly-dismayed owner.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearBoxes-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bear safe food storage lockers for campers in Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-cars\">\u003c/a>Remember: Your car is not bear-proof\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As tempting as it might be to use your car as convenient storage, your vehicle is absolutely \u003cem>not\u003c/em> a substitute for the bear-proof storage box in your campsite – even when locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bay Area folks, Simons said it’s helpful to think of all the ways you try to reduce your chances of suffering a car break-in at home – and translate that to bear country, with bears in place of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">bippers\u003c/a>. So just like in the Bay, you want to clear your car of anything remotely alluring to reduce the risks of being broken into.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calling bears the “petty criminals” of the wild, Simons said that parks staff refer to bears as “‘opportunivores,’ because if they have time, they’re going to try it” – and that includes checking your car door to see if it’s unlocked. And a bear that’s intrigued by a smell inside your car – “not even necessarily good, but just something maybe they’ve never smelled before,” said Simons – will often try to do “whatever it takes to get inside” your vehicle to investigate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And that can lead to a car being completely totaled, just for, like, a lip balm or a tiny candy or toddler crumbs behind the car seat,” said Simons. “It definitely pays to be extra diligent, because the trade off can be pretty, pretty destructive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be prepared for a bear to wander into your camp at any time\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A bear can visit your campsite at any time of day or night. And the #1 way to be prepared for that is “keep a clean, tidy, consolidated campsite,” advised Simons – having your stuff gathered in a way “so that if you do get a bear coming into your campsite while you’re there, you can easily grab everything and put it in the bear box.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What this looks like in practice:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your food, scented items are stored in your bear box, and only come out when you’re actively cooking or eating\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>When your items \u003cem>are\u003c/em> out, everything is gathered close together and not sprawled over your table and campsite\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your trash bag is also kept close by, and either stored in your bear box or deposited in the nearest bear-proof dumpster.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If a bear does wander into your campsite, and your things are out of the bear box, Simons recommends you move quickly but calmly to gather your things and swiftly lock them back in the bear box. Don’t panic, she said, because “really, all that bear wants is your food or your garbage. They just want what smells good to them. And so if you eliminate that, they’re probably going to move away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002438\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002438\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BearCollarCamp-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bear wearing a tag and transmitter collar walks near a campground in Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But what if the bear \u003cem>doesn’t\u003c/em> move away after you’ve locked up your scented stuff? Bears usually show this kind of tenacity “because they’ve learned over time that if they stay persistent, stay diligent, they’re going to get a food reward,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So in this situation, it’s especially important that you and your camping party stay calm and stand your ground, she said. Because it’s folks doing exactly the opposite – panicking at the sight of the bear and running away from their campsite, leaving all their goodies up for grabs – that teaches bears that merely announcing their presence to humans could win them a table full of tasty treats to enjoy solo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which leads us to…\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-campsite\">\u003c/a>Know how you’ll drive a bear away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How you should act around a bear depends on whether you’re in human territory or bear territory. The campground is human territory, so it’s important to stand your ground and drive the bear out by making loud noises. (\u003ca href=\"#bear-hiking\">Jump to what to do if you see a bear in the bear’s territory.)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Physically, you should stand tall – and folks who aren’t tall, including children, can raise their hands over their heads to seem bigger – but don’t make aggressive moves toward the bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make a suitable amount of noise:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Shout “Go bear, go!”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bang pots and pans together\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sound an air horn, if you have one\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Set off your car’s alarm.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>All this combined “usually does the trick pretty quickly,” said Simons. And if your heart is pounding, that’s normal – but as nerve-wracking as a first bear encounter can be in the moment, try shifting your perspective, said Simons. That involves “changing our perception of bears not as something that’s scary, but as an animal that’s curious and intelligent,” she said. “And understanding what they really want, which is the food, not you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that helps kind of reframe that mindset of fear that people tend to have, especially if you’re not used to bears,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Set yourself up for a less stressful night by shutting your campsite down fully\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s an experience many campers in bear country campgrounds are familiar with: Just as you manage to get cozy inside your tent and fall asleep, you’re woken by the sound of loud noises coming from the campsites around you, indicating that a bear is moving through the campground …. and might be on its way to your site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This, said Simons, is where you’ll truly thank yourself for putting absolutely \u003cem>everything\u003c/em> away inside your bear box and cleaning up your site before going to bed – because you’ll know that even if you hear a bear visiting your site in search of treats, it’s going to strike out and move on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is also when you’ll be grateful you made sure you didn’t bring anything remotely scented – even a lip balm – into your tent, because now you won’t have to worry about a curious bear coming over to investigate those smells. If you’re sharing your tent with others, remind them to check their pockets too before going to bed for the night. And to be extra sure, don’t sleep in clothing you’ve worn while cooking in your campsite, as the tasty smells can linger for a long time on material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do hear a bear in your campsite, Simons said it’s always a good idea to remind the bear it’s not welcome by making loud noises, either from inside your tent or by getting out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you’re nervous about a nighttime bear encounter or have frozen up, there’s zero harm in just staying put in your sleeping bag and quietly waiting for the bear to pass by once it realizes it’s not going to find any food, she confirmed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t stress enough: The bears are not interested in us,” said Simon. “They just want our food and garbage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-tent\">\u003c/a>If you accidentally bring food into your tent, it’s never too late to use the bear box\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So despite your best intentions, your attempts to remove all food and scented items from your tent before bedtime failed – and you’ve woken up to the sound of a bear headed your way to investigate the protein bar you forgot was in your pocket. What do you do then?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is \u003cem>exactly\u003c/em> the scenario where you definitely want to make loud noises immediately to scare the bear away, said Simons: “Make that potential food reward not worth the experience of dealing with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well as making noise get out of your tent, move swiftly to your bear box and throw the item inside. \u003cem>Don’t\u003c/em> throw the offending foodstuff out of your tent, said Simons, because then you’re essentially just feeding the bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t be discouraged if the bear doesn’t immediately back off, she said. All bears are different, and you might just be dealing with one that’s gotten pretty used to humans by this point. Match the bear’s persistence with your own in making noise, and it should eventually leave your campsite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002439\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1401\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-800x560.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-1020x715.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-1536x1076.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/BlackBearWalks-1920x1345.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A black bear scavenges for food at Sequoia National Park. \u003ccite>(Mark Ralston/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Prepare your youngest campers for camping and bears\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As unsettled as some kids might be by seeing a bear in their campground, Simons said that children are often way more likely to find these encounters exciting – especially if they witness how relatively quickly a bear will amble on when it doesn’t find food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think as soon as a kid sees a bear for the first time, then they’re good,” she said. “They’re like, ‘Whoa, that was really cool, awesome!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let the kids in your camping party know that they might see a bear up-close on their trip, and remind them repeatedly of the bear’s priorities: It wants to find food, not mess with people. In her work in bear education, Simons said she’s found it helpful to stress that bears and humans are co-existing in this camping environment – and that humans aren’t #1 in this conversation. “I think kids get it the fastest and the best,” she said. “They really understand that they are part of the ecosystem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remind kids of what you’re all going to do if a bear wanders into your campsite – why everyone needs to swiftly pack away food and scented items in the bear box, and how you’ll all make noise to drive the bear away, rather than run away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simons also recommends chatting as a family to campground staff about bears, as they may have more tips and materials for kids around bear education. “Once you start to really understand them, I think the fear just kind of melts away,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-hiking\">\u003c/a>If you spot a bear while hiking away from your campsite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How you should act when you see a bear outside a campground, on its own turf, is quite different to how you should act in your campsite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the bear’s space, not yours, said Simons – so instead of making noise and trying to drive the bear away, as you would in the campsite, you should:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Stop, but don’t run away\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make yourself seem big: Raise your hiking poles, and pick up small children if you’re hiking with them\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make the bear aware of your presence with low noise, so you don’t startle it: Calmly say something like “Hello bear!” and jangle your keys\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Give the bear as much space as you can and slowly back away.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“People often ask ‘Well, how do I act around bears?’” said Simons, “and I ask, ‘Well, how would you want a bear to act around you?’ You would want that bear to give you a respectful distance, and just kind of go about business as usual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re both not looking for trouble,” she said. “So I think there’s just kind of a mutual respect that has to happen, where you give each other space, you acknowledge each other’s presence, and then you move on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Only\u003c/em> when the bear approaches you should you revert to what you’d do in the campground to drive the bear away: Make noise and yell “go bear, go!”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-aggression\">\u003c/a>How to know when a bear is being aggressive (and when it’s not)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A common misconception about bears, said Simons, is that an animal that’s rearing up on its hind legs is about to attack you. But rearing up is usually always because a bear’s eyesight – unlike its sense of smell – is poor, and they’re just trying to get a better look at what’s going on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what \u003cem>is\u003c/em> actually a sign of aggression is what’s called “bluff charging”: when a bear assumes a low stance with ears back, and starts huffing and chomping and kicking up the dirt with its paws. And if the bear in front of you is doing this, you should realize that it’s almost certainly because of something it thinks \u003cem>you’re\u003c/em> doing, said Simon. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nine times out of ten it’s because you are between them and a food reward” she said. “Or you’re between a sow and her cubs, or you’re between the bear and its escape route.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As intimidating as this behavior can be, it’s important to think in the moment about why this bear is expressing itself this way, “because the bear isn’t isn’t doing this for fun, or for no reason,” said Simons. And the sooner you work out what you’re doing that is making the bear agitated, the sooner you can fix it – whether that’s moving away from any cubs you can see, getting out of the bear’s escape route, or locking up the food on display and backing off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What if you’ve tried to fix the situation and the bear still hasn’t backed off? In these “very, very rare cases” Simons advised contacting park rangers or calling 911, once you’ve backed off and moved into a safe place. “Sometimes in that case, it’s a sick animal,” she said: “A bear that’s really confused, maybe it’s dehydrated. Maybe it has something else going on, so wildlife staff or ranger staff can get involved at that point.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simons stressed that calling rangers or 911 isn’t condemning the bear to anything, although she encouraged campers and hikers to “recognize when there’s actually a real problem, versus just a bear being curious.” But rangers will take reports of a truly aggressive bear seriously, she said, and they’ll investigate to “get into that conversation of a public safety issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bear-spray\">\u003c/a>Do you need bear spray?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some campers and hikers choose to carry bear spray – essentially a form of pepper spray with a long range which will irritate and repel a bear. Simons said she doesn’t personally carry it for use in California with black bears – not least because any type of pepper spray “can lead to a lot of human error,” namely accidentally spraying yourself in the face, and causing a lot of pain. “I feel like the risk versus the use case [from] pepper spray – it’s not something I personally recommend,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pepper spray is more commonly carried in other states – the ones with grizzly bears. For Simons, “the better thing to carry around this area” that carries less risk of human error would be an airhorn, or some other kind of item that can produce loud noise. “I feel like that just deters the bear better, and has more of a distance if you need it,” said Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, if not carrying bear spray is “keeping you at home versus enjoying nature, which I think is really important, then do what feels comfortable,” said Simons. Remember that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/scarebears.htm\">bear spray is not permitted in certain areas, including Yosemite National Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you own a firearm, strongly consider leaving it at home even if it’s legal to carry where you’re going. 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So during this period, which can span from late August through October and even November during mild years, you should be “extra diligent” about locking up all your food and scented items, urged Simons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, there are now bears in Tahoe that no longer hibernate over winter, said Simons: “Because there’s humans here year round, not just here in the summer, but for ski season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With food and trash up for grabs during all four seasons, “there’s really no biological need for them to hibernate if they, in their mind, think that they can get a food reward any time of the year,” said Simons. “Hibernation is really only a way for them to survive the winter. 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