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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was reported for K Onda KQED, a monthly newsletter focused on the Bay Area’s Latinx community. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/k-onda\">\u003cem>Click here to subscribe.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 2012 to 2022, 2.1 million \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/latinos\">Latinos\u003c/a> in\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\"> California\u003c/a> became eligible to vote, according to the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, an advocacy and research organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group estimates that 4.8 million Latines will vote in the state in November, a whopping 200% jump from the 1.6 million who voted in 2000. 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Researchers found that while Latinos and Asian Americans make up half of the region’s population, they are just 25% of top local elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Latinos accounted for 13.6% of elected officials in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007983\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007983\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-EllenandRosemaryKamei-16-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellen Kamei, Mountain View Councilmember (left), and mother Rosemary Kamei, San José Vice Mayor representing District 1, walk through San José City Hall on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I wanted to learn more about the experience of Bay Area Latines serving in elected office, so I sat down with Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín. I also spoke with Rosemary Kamei and Ellen Kamei, a mother and daughter who are city council representatives in San José and Mountain View, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the Kameis, serving their neighbors while representing the Asian and Latino communities has been important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosemary Kamei grew up in the Bronx, New York, in a working-class family with a Chinese father and a Puerto Rican mother. She is the only Latina and woman of Asian descent on the San José City Council. Previously, she was on the Santa Clara Valley County Water Board, among other positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told me she hadn’t planned to run for city council but believed she could elevate cultural and linguistic understanding in the Bay Area’s largest city. San José is about 38% Asian and 30% Latino, according to U.S. Census data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is an important perspective and lens to have when you’re making decisions,” Kamei, 65, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she began her term in 2023, she noticed the city didn’t provide translations for meetings, so she worked to change that. She’s \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/the-first-six-months-san-jose-vice-mayor-rosemary-kamei/\">gained a reputation\u003c/a> for focusing on housing and public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"2024 California Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide,Learn everything you need to cast an informed ballot for the 2024 general election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/Aside-California-Voter-Guide-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Kamei, elected to the Mountain View City Council in 2018, didn’t have to look far for a role model. She spent hours of her youth accompanying her mother to public meetings and events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought that women in leadership and women of color in leadership was really natural,” said Ellen Kamei, who recalled accompanying her mother to public meetings and events growing up. “I always thought I would run for office, but I would run for office later when I was older and maybe when my kids were grown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she joined the city’s planning commission in 2012. She unsuccessfully ran for a council seat in 2014 before winning four years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The impetus for running for office came from her desire to address housing affordability and the rising cost of living for low-income residents. The city’s population of about 86,000 people is roughly 17% Hispanic and 35% Asian, according to census data. The median household income in Mountain View is $182,000 — twice the state median.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized early on in my career that people usually interface with the government in a negative way,” Ellen Kamei, 40, said. “Those who have the resources can usually manage and find the answers, but there’s a large swath of the population who can’t do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, representation is about who are those people who don’t have the luxury of sitting there and emailing or calling me or coming to a council meeting that’s at night?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her accomplishments include helping secure rental and financial assistance programs for residents and business owners who struggled during the pandemic. She established a maternity leave policy for the city council because she was the first council member to give birth while in office. She now has a 2-year-old and a 6-month-old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s connected with the Latinx community through her regular “cafecito” meetups with residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of her Japanese surname, Ellen Kamei said some people often dismiss her Latina identity — or expect her to pick one part of her heritage over another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t own your own story, somebody else will try to tell it for you,” she said. “My father is Japanese American, born at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. My mother is Chinese and Puerto Rican from New York City. And that’s how I lead my story. It avoids the ‘Where are you really from?’ question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellen Kamei’s second and final term expires in January 2026. She told me she’s not sure if she will pursue another office. She has been working on reviving the Bay Area Association of Latino Elected Officials, a local version of the NALEO, in hopes of building a support system for those already in office as well as a robust pipeline of future candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the Latino community, you’re so busy doing the work that it’s hard to create the infrastructure,” she said. “What are we doing to support those Latino electeds now, but also identify elected officials for the future? Where’s that Latinx person who’s just looking to be asked to run for office?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007183\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007183\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240930-JESSE-ARREGUIN-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín in his office at Berkeley City Hall in Berkeley on Sept. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One thing Arreguín has learned about running for public office is that “you’re never ready,” he said. In 2008, he was 23 when he was elected as the youngest person and first Latino to the Berkeley City Council. He served two terms before running for mayor, a post he’s held for the last eight years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, 39, he has his sights set on District 7’s state Senate seat, representing a large portion of the East Bay. If elected next month, he would be the only Latino in the chamber from Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín made his heritage and youth a cornerstone for his first campaign, which he said worked because his story resonated with non-Latinos seeking a change in Berkeley, where Latinos are 14% of the population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley is a largely affluent, white city, and there is not a large Latino and organized Latino political constituency,” he said. “But I felt it was important to step forward. And we really leaned into my Latino heritage. 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The city’s population of about 86,000 people is roughly 17% Hispanic and 35% Asian, according to census data. The median household income in Mountain View is $182,000 — twice the state median.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I realized early on in my career that people usually interface with the government in a negative way,” Ellen Kamei, 40, said. “Those who have the resources can usually manage and find the answers, but there’s a large swath of the population who can’t do that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, representation is about who are those people who don’t have the luxury of sitting there and emailing or calling me or coming to a council meeting that’s at night?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her accomplishments include helping secure rental and financial assistance programs for residents and business owners who struggled during the pandemic. She established a maternity leave policy for the city council because she was the first council member to give birth while in office. 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She has been working on reviving the Bay Area Association of Latino Elected Officials, a local version of the NALEO, in hopes of building a support system for those already in office as well as a robust pipeline of future candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the Latino community, you’re so busy doing the work that it’s hard to create the infrastructure,” she said. “What are we doing to support those Latino electeds now, but also identify elected officials for the future? 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In 2008, he was 23 when he was elected as the youngest person and first Latino to the Berkeley City Council. He served two terms before running for mayor, a post he’s held for the last eight years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, 39, he has his sights set on District 7’s state Senate seat, representing a large portion of the East Bay. If elected next month, he would be the only Latino in the chamber from Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín made his heritage and youth a cornerstone for his first campaign, which he said worked because his story resonated with non-Latinos seeking a change in Berkeley, where Latinos are 14% of the population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley is a largely affluent, white city, and there is not a large Latino and organized Latino political constituency,” he said. “But I felt it was important to step forward. And we really leaned into my Latino heritage. 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If true, it would be the second time the announcement is pushed back amid a tumultuous academic year for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a>. 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Friday’s news, and the lack of a clear response to it, has made them more confused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it would behoove the district to share soon to the public, to the media, anything in response to what came out on Friday. If that was inaccurate, then the district, it’s their responsibility to clear up anything that was inaccurate in the media that has a big reach,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that now that it’s Monday, we see something from the district that updates the media and the community. Are they still on schedule, or is there something to that piece from Friday? Do we need to worry that there’s a further delay?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erin Mapes, a middle school art teacher at Buena Vista Horace Mann K–8 community school, said that the lack of information has been frustrating and stressful for teachers, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish that there was more transparency on the district’s part about what is happening and like why the delays continue and what the plan is moving forward,” she said. “Even just not knowing, that impacts us, too, because this is just in the back of our mind that it’s coming, but we don’t know what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the district has lost trust in recent years after a slew of issues. A payroll fiasco resulted in incorrect and, in some cases, no pay for staff. 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The measure was proposed by the moderate political organizing group TogetherSF, which is also endorsing Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"From the 2024 Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Your Voter Guide to Navigate the Candidates and Issues on Your Ballot' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/02/Aside-Voter-Guide-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual campaign donations to candidates are capped at $500, but those limits don’t apply to ballot measures. Proposition D has raised millions of dollars from tech billionaires like Michael Moritz, and opponents allege that Farrell is using the funding intended for the ballot measure to boost his mayoral campaign by appearing in commercials and mailers for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former supervisor has defended his strategies, saying they are legal and were reviewed by his legal team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as I became the frontrunner for Mayor, my opponents started attacking me because they know that I have the courage and experience to make the tough choices to turn San Francisco around after six years of failed leadership,” Farrell said in a statement. “I lead both campaigns and make no apologies about it. I have disclosed everything from the beginning. Every penny for our shared expenses has been accounted for and disclosed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his bid for supervisor in 2010, Farrell was hit with the city’s largest ethics fine to date — $191,000 for alleged illegal coordination with an independent expenditure committee. 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The weaponization of ethics charges is a very common thing in San Francisco politics. I’m not saying it’s never called for, but I’ve seen it in about every campaign,” McDaniel said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s possible that Mark Farrell has opened himself up to this — there has been a slow drip of these stories,” he added. “But this letter is obviously designed to affect the campaign and we need to be careful of what actual ethics processes play out.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the mayors, former City Attorney Louise Renne, former Supervisor Angela Alioto, former state Sen. 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Another, a 17-year-old gang member in 2019 who admitted to a double homicide and could have faced life in prison, was released last February and arrested months later in connection with a new killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hochman, a former Republican running as an independent, has raised nearly $4 million for his campaign, compared with $678,000 for Gascón.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1698\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-1920x1274.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former federal prosecutor Republican candidate Nathan Hochman (left) and incumbent Democratic Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón speak during the 2024 Los Angeles County district attorney candidate forum in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Frustration over retail theft has pushed Gov. Gavin Newsom to champion \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-smash-grab-laws-6142f191e5229cf0682827a864a42c61\">a slate of bills\u003c/a> cracking down on serial offenders and auto thieves, but stopping short of making retail crimes felonies again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/proposition-36\">Proposition 36\u003c/a> goes further: It would make theft of any amount a felony if a person already has two theft convictions, lengthen some theft and drug felony sentences, make fentanyl possession a felony and require people with multiple drug charges to complete treatment or else serve time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters rejected a similar initiative in 2020, but this time around there is a bipartisan coalition backing Proposition 36. Over 180 Democratic elected officials, including 64 mayors, signed onto a campaign supporting the initiative last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure also is endorsed by the California Chamber of Commerce and major retailers such as Walmart, Target and Home Depot. A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found 71% of likely voters said they would vote yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard for businesses and communities who are really on the front line of it,” said Jennifer Barrera, president of the California Chamber of Commerce. “I think that it will likely increase incarceration … but I do also hope and expect that it certainly will have an impact on reducing crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of Prop 36, who include Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders, say it would take the state back to the policies of prosecuting a failed war on drugs and locking up tens of thousands of people, mostly Black and Hispanic, in overcrowded prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure could increase California’s 90,000-strong prison population by a few thousand and would cost tens of millions of dollars annually at both the state and county level, according to a Legislative Analyst’s Office report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also would reduce drug and mental health funding that comes from savings from incarcerating fewer people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-two counties with no treatment beds would shoulder the financial burden under the measure, Newsom said. California is already thousands of beds short of being able to meet current demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know people are frustrated. I know people are angry. I am too,” the governor said at a recent news conference. “But this is not the way of solving it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is insufficient data quantifying retail crime in California, but many point to major store closures and everyday products like toothpaste being locked behind plexiglass as evidence of a crisis.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12007880,news_12005230,news_12004659\"]A recent report from the Public Policy Institute of California found a 16% increase in commercial burglaries between 2019 and 2022. However, the research showed reduced enforcement for property and drug offenses during the COVID-19 pandemic had a much greater impact on crime than Proposition 47, and it also found no evidence that changes in drug arrests led to any increase in crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salil Dudani, a senior attorney with the legal nonprofit Civil Rights Corp, said making misdemeanors felonies again will lead to more pre-trial jailing and in turn increase crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so destabilizing to a person’s life to pluck them out of their community … that they become more likely to commit crime,” Dudani said. “It undermines public safety to lock people up on low-level offenses, exactly like Prop 36 provides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That assertion is borne out by a 2017 Stanford Law Review study focusing on misdemeanors in Texas’ Harris County, which found that people jailed for even just a week were 32% more likely to commit a felony within 18 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many business owners say the current situation is unsustainable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aaron Cardoza, who owns Mobil Fits, used to run an affordable clothing shop in a historically Black neighborhood of Del Paso Heights in Sacramento. 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His office says it prosecuted over 100,000 “serious crimes” in the last four years, a rate comparable to the previous decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gascón also has come under scrutiny for his office’s policy of not trying juveniles as adults, with critics pointing to cases of recidivism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They include a man who at age 16 took part in a 2018 gas station robbery and was later released from a youth detention facility, only to be arrested and charged this April in connection with a homicide. Another, a 17-year-old gang member in 2019 who admitted to a double homicide and could have faced life in prison, was released last February and arrested months later in connection with a new killing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hochman, a former Republican running as an independent, has raised nearly $4 million for his campaign, compared with $678,000 for Gascón.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008115\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1698\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-800x531.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-1020x677.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-1536x1019.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-2048x1359.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AP24274101197208-1-1920x1274.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former federal prosecutor Republican candidate Nathan Hochman (left) and incumbent Democratic Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón speak during the 2024 Los Angeles County district attorney candidate forum in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Frustration over retail theft has pushed Gov. Gavin Newsom to champion \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-smash-grab-laws-6142f191e5229cf0682827a864a42c61\">a slate of bills\u003c/a> cracking down on serial offenders and auto thieves, but stopping short of making retail crimes felonies again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/proposition-36\">Proposition 36\u003c/a> goes further: It would make theft of any amount a felony if a person already has two theft convictions, lengthen some theft and drug felony sentences, make fentanyl possession a felony and require people with multiple drug charges to complete treatment or else serve time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters rejected a similar initiative in 2020, but this time around there is a bipartisan coalition backing Proposition 36. Over 180 Democratic elected officials, including 64 mayors, signed onto a campaign supporting the initiative last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure also is endorsed by the California Chamber of Commerce and major retailers such as Walmart, Target and Home Depot. A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found 71% of likely voters said they would vote yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard for businesses and communities who are really on the front line of it,” said Jennifer Barrera, president of the California Chamber of Commerce. “I think that it will likely increase incarceration … but I do also hope and expect that it certainly will have an impact on reducing crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After a famed Richmond nursery abruptly shut down Thursday, former and current employees are accusing its owner of being a “bully” and driving the business into the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Hundley took over Annie’s Annuals and Perennials when owner Annie Hayes retired in 2021 after 30 years of running the nursery known for rare and beautiful plant varietals, native plants and knowledgeable staff. In a note posted on the company’s social media on Thursday and attributed to her, Hundley said that health issues had played a significant role in needing to shut down the nursery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Despite my best efforts, the challenges — both personal and business-related — escalated much faster than I ever anticipated, and I could no longer maintain business operations,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Williams, who began working at Annie’s Annuals and Perennials in 2013, said that since Hundley took over, the business has gone downhill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A shady person bought a wonderful business. She was able to convince [Hayes] that she was a great person and [Hayes] believed her,” Williams told KQED. “We’ve been fighting ever since to keep our sanity and keep the business productive. Now that’s all gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008025\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Hundley took over ownership of Annie’s Annuals and Perennials in 2021 after founder Annie Hayes’ 30-year tenure. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Kaylan Segev)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, after KQED’s story was published, Hundley denied the allegations made by her former employees, saying that she cares about her employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have tried since the day I purchased Annie’s to make changes that would improve the lives and safety of each team member, and I closed the business in a way that I could best take care of them one last time by providing them with severance,” Hundley said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said that a condition of that severance was to not speak negatively of Hundley or the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth VanTassell, who had also worked at Annie’s since 2013, shared a story similar to Williams’.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VanTassell, who a colleague described as one of the “matriarchs” of the nursery, told KQED that soon after Hundley took over, she began acting verbally abusive to managers, seemingly in an effort to drive them to quit. Two other former employees, who spoke to KQED on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation and litigation, corroborated this claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Williams, only four of the roughly 10 managers on staff when Hundley became the owner remained by the time the business shut down this week, and three of those leaders had quit their managerial roles and come back on the condition that they would not have to interact with Hundley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have so many coworkers who have left under mental, emotional and physical duress,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12006203 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/017_Richmond_ChevronRefinery_01132022_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VanTassell said that despite Hundley’s behavior, she didn’t want to leave her job and stayed because of the relationships she had with other employees, including several who worked under her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said one of the final straws came after Hundley repeatedly reprimanded her for placing an order and accusing her of spending too much money and causing budgetary strain on the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would call me to her office and just belittle me and tell me how horrible I was and how I was ruining everything for the business,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After months of this, VanTassel said, Hundley yelled at her in front of coworkers during a managers’ meeting, kicked her out and told her she was no longer welcome at these high-level staff discussions. Williams and another coworker, Roxanne Seraphin, confirmed VanTassel’s telling of the events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I left the room, and I proceeded to fall on the ground and just burst into tears,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I continued to work until I knew that everybody that I cared about, and I was in charge of, was gone. And sure enough, they left,” VanTassell said. She left Annie’s in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundley said that VanTassell made the decision without consulting her, and it “cost the company a great deal of money that could not be recovered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said that the business had been losing money for at least a few years, and there were signs that the nursery might close, but Wednesday’s announcement that they would be shutting down almost immediately came as a surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She found out about the closure on Wednesday when another employee shared a photo of a letter they received. On Thursday, a message went out on social media alerting the public that it would shut down the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff gathered at the nursery on Friday for a meeting to discuss severance, according to Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundley said that current health issues she is experiencing needed to be addressed immediately, and made it impossible to run the nursery, which is a strenuous task. She said that she has not found a buyer for the business at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is unclear what will happen to the store’s current stock, though Williams said she believes a few employees might be retained to ensure the plants stay alive in the short term. Customers with gift cards or items to return were told they were not able to be accommodated, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://blog.anniesannuals.com/annies-annuals-closure_notice/\">frequently asked questions page\u003c/a> posted on the nursery’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She isn’t sure what she’ll do next but said she’s worried about her coworkers — especially at least two households that two of Annie’s employees support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love what I do, and that’s how everybody there feels. It’s a wonderful group of people, and we just couldn’t imagine it ending this way,” Williams said. “There were signs, but we didn’t see this coming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to include Sarah Hundley’s responses to KQED’s questions. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Williams, who began working at Annie’s Annuals and Perennials in 2013, said that since Hundley took over, the business has gone downhill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A shady person bought a wonderful business. She was able to convince [Hayes] that she was a great person and [Hayes] believed her,” Williams told KQED. “We’ve been fighting ever since to keep our sanity and keep the business productive. Now that’s all gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008025\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008025\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Annies-Annuals-3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Hundley took over ownership of Annie’s Annuals and Perennials in 2021 after founder Annie Hayes’ 30-year tenure. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Kaylan Segev)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, after KQED’s story was published, Hundley denied the allegations made by her former employees, saying that she cares about her employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have tried since the day I purchased Annie’s to make changes that would improve the lives and safety of each team member, and I closed the business in a way that I could best take care of them one last time by providing them with severance,” Hundley said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams said that a condition of that severance was to not speak negatively of Hundley or the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth VanTassell, who had also worked at Annie’s since 2013, shared a story similar to Williams’.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VanTassell, who a colleague described as one of the “matriarchs” of the nursery, told KQED that soon after Hundley took over, she began acting verbally abusive to managers, seemingly in an effort to drive them to quit. Two other former employees, who spoke to KQED on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation and litigation, corroborated this claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Williams, only four of the roughly 10 managers on staff when Hundley became the owner remained by the time the business shut down this week, and three of those leaders had quit their managerial roles and come back on the condition that they would not have to interact with Hundley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have so many coworkers who have left under mental, emotional and physical duress,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday dangled a new carrot in front of cities looking to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/encampment-sweeps\">clean up homeless encampments\u003c/a>: money in exchange for compliance with state housing laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said the $131 million in new \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-and-funding/programs-active/encampment-resolution-funding-program\">Encampment Resolution Funding Program\u003c/a> dollars would be available to 18 cities and counties across the state, including seven in the Bay Area, representing a nearly $50 million investment in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the money comes with new conditions, including that local governments maintain a compliant housing element — a state-mandated document detailing where cities propose to permit new housing — and follow all state housing laws. If they fail to do so, the state could revoke the grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to provide carrots, not just sticks,” Newsom said. But, he warned, “We will claw back funds. … If you’re out of compliance, we’re no longer interested in funding failure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement comes after Newsom on Thursday said the city of Norwalk, southeast of Los Angeles, was far behind on its housing element and violated state law by imposing a shelter moratorium, making it ineligible for state housing and homelessness funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor has increased pressure on cities to clear encampments following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991340/supreme-court-says-laws-criminalizing-homeless-camping-do-not-violate-constitution\">Supreme Court decision\u003c/a> in June that gave them the green light to enforce camping bans by citing and arresting people, whether or not there are shelter beds available. In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997352/newsom-orders-state-agencies-to-dismantle-homeless-encampments-across-california\">July executive order\u003c/a>, he directed state agencies to dismantle camps on their land and urged cities to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959131\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959131\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS43040_011_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"a row of tents in a plaza in front of city hall\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS43040_011_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS43040_011_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS43040_011_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS43040_011_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS43040_011_KQED_SanFrancisco_TentEncampments_05052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tents line Fulton Street near San Francisco City Hall in 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since then, at least 18 jurisdictions around the state have enacted anti-camping laws, according to a tally maintained by the National Homelessness Law Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Newsom said that since the beginning of July, California has cleared 991 encampments and 18,771 cubic yards of debris on state-owned land, while 12,200 camps have been removed since 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President and CEO Jim Wunderman of Bay Area Council, a business-backed advocacy organization, said he was encouraged to see the governor maintain a focus on clearing encampments and provide “real money to cities to make that possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said there’s been tremendous frustration in the business community in recent years over the lack of progress on homelessness. “Now,” he said, “we’re seeing that happen,” thanks to the opening provided by the Supreme Court. “It really enables cities now to take control of their destiny.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240814-ENCAMPMENTSWEEP-45-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Works employees clear debris left under Highway 101 near Cesar Chavez Street. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governor also announced a new effort to streamline encampment sweeps by allowing local communities to get reimbursed by the state for clearing encampments on state-owned land in their jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow for the National Alliance to End Homelessness, welcomed that emphasis on shared responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Communities can only address homelessness when all levels of government are working together and leveraging each other’s resources,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12007425 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231017-LakeMercedRVs-023-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This marked a change in tone for the governor, who’s struck a more combative note in the recent past, blaming cities for making excuses and not doing enough to address the crisis. “He talked about sharing responsibility with cities, which felt important,” Visotzky said. “He was stepping away from some of the finger-pointing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Newsom took office in 2019, the state has funneled more than $27 billion toward the homelessness crisis. Despite that, the number of homeless Californians has risen nearly 20% in that time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-ahar-part-1.Pdf\">surpassing 180,000 at last count\u003c/a> — with nearly 70% of those unsheltered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the state’s investment is unprecedented, researchers at the policy nonprofit All Home said it doesn’t come close to what’s needed. The organization \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991834/slashing-bay-area-homelessness-would-cost-9-5-billion-report-says\">estimates\u003c/a> that slashing homelessness in the Bay Area alone would require an additional $9.5 billion on top of current spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has disbursed $737 million through the Encampment Resolution Funding Program since 2021, according to Newsom’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Here’s a list of the latest Encampment Resolution Fund recipients:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>City of Antioch: $6,812,686\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Berkeley: $5,395,637\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Carlsbad: $2,994,225\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Los Angeles: $11,351,281\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Palm Springs: $5,106,731\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Petaluma: $8,098,978\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Redlands: $5,341,800\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Richmond: $9,336,746\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Sacramento: $18,199,661\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of San José: $4,821,083\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Victorville: $6,365,070\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City of Visalia: $3,000,000\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>County of Contra Costa: $5,708,516\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>County of Riverside: $12,612,779\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>County of San Bernardino: $11,000,000\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>City and County of San Francisco: $7,975,486\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Humboldt County — Continuum of Care: $3,784,294\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pasadena — Continuum of Care: $2,772,801\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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The winner will hold a safe Democratic seat that stretches from Pacifica to Los Gatos and will be an essential voice on issues important to Silicon Valley in Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo, the former mayor of San José, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977963/liccardo-leads-south-bay-house-primary-simitian-confident-hell-make-general-election\">finished first in the March primary\u003c/a>. He led Low, a state Assemblymember, in a late September poll from \u003ca href=\"https://today.usc.edu/california-house-poll-democrats-hold-slim-leads-in-states-closest-races/\">USC, Cal State Long Beach and Cal Poly Pomona\u003c/a>. Low \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984495/evan-low-takes-second-place-in-silicon-valley-congressional-race-after-recount-breaks-historic-tie\">advanced to the general election after a controversial recount\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995771/heres-who-funded-the-controversial-recount-for-congress-in-silicon-valley\">funded by Liccardo supporters\u003c/a>, over Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent days, Low and his allies have increased their attacks on Liccardo, aiming for Liccardo’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/40879/just-how-bad-is-san-joses-budget-situation-really\">support for public employee pension reform and the decline in police staffing\u003c/a> that occurred while Liccardo was on the San José City Council. 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The city’s budget plan, also passed in July, relies on one-time funds from the Coliseum sale and includes a contingency plan with drastic cuts triggered on Oct. 1 if the city hadn’t received the first $15 million from AASEG.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That second $10 million payment did not come in before the budget’s contingency cutoff date. 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If it seems as though this money isn’t going to come in on time, we want to help problem solve and see what we can do to soften the blow of the contingency budget,’” Ramachandran told KQED. “We were denied an opportunity to engage with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Tuesday’s council meeting, she asked about the status of the $10 million payment that was expected Sept. 1, with an apparent grace period of about three weeks. 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