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"content": "\u003cp>California State University is taking the forecast of a snowballing budget gap so seriously, even a recent message touting a new hire came with the equivalent of a financial weather advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nation’s largest university system \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/sonoma-state-interim-president-appointed-2024.aspx\">welcomed Emily F. Cutrer as the new interim president of\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/sonoma-state-interim-president-appointed-2024.aspx\"> Sonoma State University\u003c/a> last week with the stern reminder that she must address “enormous financial pressures” facing the university, where fall 2023 enrollment was down more than 36% over the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sobering message was repeated to the system’s 23 campuses at the last board of trustees meeting before the fall term — a moment of truth when campus leaders aiming to reverse declines in student enrollment will find out if their bids to attract and retain students worked. Even if efforts to boost enrollment succeed, cutting costs could prove a necessity on many campuses, CSU officials warned. Board Chair Jack B. Clarke Jr., addressing school presidents directly, said they ultimately will determine how to manage limited resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Presidents, we understand that you’re going to have to make some hard decisions and, within your campus communities and your general communities, you’re going to be criticized,” he said. “Understand that we’re behind you in terms of making the hard decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU could be staring down a $1 billion budget gap in the 2025–26 school year as the result of dwindling state support for higher education and rising costs, staff said at the July board of trustees meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU has also unveiled a plan to reshuffle dollars from campuses that fall short of enrollment goals. In April, the system \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/budget/Documents/fy-budget-coded-memos/B_2024-01_Preliminary_Budget_Allocations_Memo.pdf\">released a preliminary budget document (PDF)\u003c/a> sketching how the system could reallocate $32 million in enrollment funding from 12 campuses that didn’t meet resident enrollment targets or target increases and shift it into nine campuses where 2024–25 resident enrollment targets have been increased. A CSU spokesperson said the system is finalizing those plans over the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system expects more budgetary trade-offs going forward, CSU Chief Financial Officer Steve Relyea said to trustees at their July meeting. Major expenses include a backlog of facilities and infrastructure projects, employee compensation costs and obligations the schools must meet under legal mandates such as Title IX, the federal law barring sex-based discrimination in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We anticipate negative impacts on academic offerings and student support services,” Relyea said. “The funding that we’re receiving, while it’s more, is still not sufficient to cover the increased cost on our current operations, and at this point universities will likely have to redirect significant dollars from existing university budgets to cover employee compensation commitments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Enrollment drops lead to cuts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>CSU earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/cal-state-faculty-approve-new-salary-agreement\">agreed to a 10% raise\u003c/a> for faculty represented by the California Faculty Association following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-22/csu-and-faculty-reach-surprise-tentative-agreement-ending-strike\">one-day strike\u003c/a>. Trustees last week voted to approve salary increases for four campus leaders over the objections of some speakers during public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grim forecast underscores the challenges facing CSU at a time of \u003ca href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2024/03/13/doubts-about-value-are-deterring-college-enrollment\">flagging student enrollment\u003c/a> across higher education amid \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/508352/americans-confidence-higher-education-down-sharply.aspx\">declining public trust\u003c/a> in the value of a college degree. Systemwide, fall 2023 enrollment stood \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/facts-about-the-csu/enrollment\">more than 30,000 students shy\u003c/a> of its 2020 peak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campus efforts to entice students back to campus include \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/cal-states-new-online-transfer-planner-aims-to-ease-burden-on-community-college-students/707467\">easing transfers\u003c/a> into the system, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-state-university-adopts-new-approach-to-entice-students-back/663928\">reengaging students\u003c/a> who started but did not finish a degree and more support for \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/csu-campuses-focus-on-new-strategies-to-help-students-of-color/707174\">students of color\u003c/a>. And CSU leaders say they remain focused on long-term goals like boosting graduation rates for historically underrepresented students and rebuilding trust in Title IX and other anti-discrimination programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding those priorities will require hard choices. Officials anticipate they can partially plug holes in the budget with reserve funds, but they said school presidents and the system itself must tighten their belts to cover the rest — cuts they acknowledged could prove painful and unpopular. The university system also will have to contend with pressure from faculty, who argue they should have a greater say in university decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuts are nothing new at some CSU campuses. In recent years, as enrollment fell more than 15% from pre-pandemic levels at schools including \u003ca href=\"https://www.csuci.edu/apb/documents/2023-staffingplan-justificationform.pdf\">Cal State Channel Islands (PDF)\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/anticipating-less-state-aid-csu-campuses-start-making-cuts/705092\">San Francisco State\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonoma.edu/updates/2023/2023-24-campus-budget-plan%C2%A0\">Sonoma State\u003c/a>, campus leaders have held off on filling some open positions or launched voluntary separation programs to reduce staffing costs. \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereyherald.com/2024/05/23/csu-monterey-bay-announces-layoffs/\">Cal State Monterey Bay\u003c/a> in May announced 16 layoffs and an additional 86 departures under an early retirement program. At \u003ca href=\"https://www.csueastbay.edu/administration/sandeen-messages/staff-reduction-faq.html\">Cal State East Bay\u003c/a>, another campus that has seen a dip in enrollment, campus leaders in May \u003ca href=\"https://eastbaypioneers.com/news/2024/5/8/water-polo-cal-state-east-bay-announces-discontinuation-of-womens-water-polo-sponsorship.aspx\">announced\u003c/a> that the school would no longer sponsor its women’s water polo to save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Upending 19 student-athletes’ East Bay careers is without precedent,” said Jeff Newcomb, a lecturer and president of the California Faculty Association’s East Bay executive board, at the July meeting. “Going forward, authentic shared governance — it’s hard— but it’s crucial if we are to emerge from austerity measures with trust and strategic vitality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Sonoma State as another example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/18938489/embed\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school has weathered enrollment declines with serious cost-cutting. To manage a budget shortfall, spokesperson Jeffery Keating said in a statement, Sonoma State has trimmed $21.4 million from its base budget since 2020–21 and plans an additional $7.5 million cut in 2024–25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those savings have come from reducing the number of faculty and staff, including through attrition and early retirement programs. Keating said faculty and staff headcount fell 22% between 2019 and 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aim has been “to protect student services and academic programs,” according to the statement, and the school doesn’t plan to scale back areas like financial aid, health services or career counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the school sees some positive signs on the horizon: It projects that net student headcount will rise in 2024–25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the system, CSU anticipates a $218 million shortfall this school year, according to a budget presentation. Making up the difference in funds likely will require tapping into reserves and “aggressively pursuing new students and working to retain current students,” said Ryan Storm, the system’s assistant vice chancellor for budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget presentation was not the first time Cal State has flashed financial warning signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of educating CSU students far outstrips the money the system actually has to educate them, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2023/Documents/FIN-May-21-24-2023.pdf\">2023 report by CSU leaders found (PDF)\u003c/a>. Trustee Diego Arambula reminded colleagues last week that the gap between what the system estimated it \u003cem>should\u003c/em> spend to meet student needs and what it \u003cem>does\u003c/em> spend was $1.5 billion, and could grow as campuses trim their budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The search for savings\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The search for cost savings starts with the central office, Chancellor Mildred García said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chancellor’s Office is reviewing each of its divisions in pursuit of “not efficiency for its own sake or purely for cost savings, but for mission-driven efficiency,” she said in a report to the trustees. In that vein, the office will split the division of academic and student affairs into two, a reorganization García said was estimated to save at least $500,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The July meeting also highlighted CSU’s smallest university — Cal Maritime — as both a cautionary tale and a possible inspiration for how the system’s campuses might share costs and academic programs in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board considered a proposal to merge the maritime academy into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in a bid to save the Vallejo-based maritime school following a steep drop in enrollment and rising overhead costs. The board will resume those discussions in September and make a final decision in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Maritime interim President Michael J. Dumont \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/cal-state-trustees-weigh-bid-to-merge-cal-maritime-cal-poly-san-luis-obispo/715959\">told the board\u003c/a> the school has “taken a chainsaw to every expense on our campus” in pursuit of financial sustainability. Trustees praised the proposal to integrate the maritime academy into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as an “elegant solution” that would save costs as the campuses consolidate administrative services and other operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU officials have left the door open for future campus mergers but say no additional integrations are immediately planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A document \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2024/Documents/July-22-24-2024-Full-Binder.pdf\">announcing the integration proposal (PDF)\u003c/a> said it’s in keeping with CSU’s goal to look for cost savings “from consolidation of certain administrative functions and from inter-campus cooperation and collaboration in the offering of programs and services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions about whether future campus mergers are likely, a CSU spokesperson cited a \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/cal-poly-maritime-integration.aspx\">document\u003c/a> that says CSU “must remain open to considering all options in the future to ensure the financial health of the system and its universities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2024/Documents/Full-BoT-Agenda-Mar-24-27-2024.pdf\">ongoing initiatives to save money (PDF)\u003c/a> short of full mergers, such as negotiating systemwide contracts with vendors and purchasing electricity for multiple campuses on the wholesale energy market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of tools in the toolkit in addition to an integration like this,” CFO Relyea told trustees last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Relyea noted that the $1 billion budget gap forecast for the 2025–26 school year is an estimate based on assumptions that could prove flawed. A shortfall could be avoided by making permanent cuts this school year, pausing new investments, bridging the gap with reserves and successfully lobbying the state for additional money, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some campuses might try to streamline their budgets in ways students won’t notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the goal at Cal State Northridge, where administrators said that measures like cutting nonessential staff travel or delaying plans to replace older technology and equipment were among the ways they hope to save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that’s related to student success, we’re trying to shield that as much as we can,” said Edith Winterhalter, who leads the university’s budget department. “It’s really on the administrative side that we’re doing a lot of strategies to reduce our costs as much as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A painful year’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A wild card in CSU’s finances is its reliance on the California Legislature, which has funded \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/facts-about-the-csu/csu-funding\">roughly 60% of the school system’s operating costs\u003c/a> in recent years. That can expose the university system to swings in state revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU dodged the worst in this year’s budget. \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/gov-newsom-proposes-to-shield-schools-community-colleges-from-drop-in-state-revenue/703711\">Early budget drafts\u003c/a> proposed pushing a 5% funding hike that had been promised for 2024–25 into the following year. The \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/gov-newsoms-twists-and-tricks-to-spare-cuts-to-schools-and-community-colleges-in-state-budget/714604\">final budget\u003c/a> landed on a compromise: a one-time cut of $75 million, offset by an ongoing increase of $240 million. Staff attributed the improvement to an energetic lobbying campaign on behalf of the universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11986301,news_11961149,news_11990668\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget outlook going forward is less rosy. Anticipating more lean years ahead, state legislators envision an 8% cut to CSU’s ongoing state funding in 2025–26, according to a CSU budget presentation. On top of that, state legislators have proposed that CSU front $252 million in the 2025–26 school year, which the state would subsequently reimburse in 2026–27. A similar spend-and-reimburse maneuver would occur in the 2026–27 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such an arrangement could prove risky for Cal State, Storm observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we spend, in advance, hundreds of millions of dollars and the state does not reimburse us, it would significantly deplete our one-time balances and reserves, and we could be left with new ongoing commitments and no new funding to support them,” \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/nm9x5Umylek?feature=shared&t=3267\">he said\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That reality has compelled Cal State to look to grow other funding sources, including what students pay to attend its universities. Trustee Christopher Steinhauser defended the board’s previous decision to \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/cal-state-students-will-see-6-tuition-hike/697358\">increase tuition by 6% annually\u003c/a> starting this fall, saying the additional revenue will allow the system to save hundreds of jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We heard earlier in the spring we have to do less with less,” Steinhauser said. “This is going to be a painful year. … If we didn’t pass that tuition, we would be in a whole big mess, much bigger than we’re in now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU leaders have also pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://senate.humboldt.edu/sites/default/files/senate/8-24-5%20Draft%20Report%20of%20the%20CSU%20Sustainable%20Financial%20Model%20Task%20Force.pdf\">other possible sources of funding (PDF)\u003c/a>, including operating campuses year round and pursuing more public-private partnerships. Trustee Larry L. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California State University is taking the forecast of a snowballing budget gap so seriously, even a recent message touting a new hire came with the equivalent of a financial weather advisory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nation’s largest university system \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/sonoma-state-interim-president-appointed-2024.aspx\">welcomed Emily F. Cutrer as the new interim president of\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/sonoma-state-interim-president-appointed-2024.aspx\"> Sonoma State University\u003c/a> last week with the stern reminder that she must address “enormous financial pressures” facing the university, where fall 2023 enrollment was down more than 36% over the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sobering message was repeated to the system’s 23 campuses at the last board of trustees meeting before the fall term — a moment of truth when campus leaders aiming to reverse declines in student enrollment will find out if their bids to attract and retain students worked. Even if efforts to boost enrollment succeed, cutting costs could prove a necessity on many campuses, CSU officials warned. Board Chair Jack B. Clarke Jr., addressing school presidents directly, said they ultimately will determine how to manage limited resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Presidents, we understand that you’re going to have to make some hard decisions and, within your campus communities and your general communities, you’re going to be criticized,” he said. “Understand that we’re behind you in terms of making the hard decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU could be staring down a $1 billion budget gap in the 2025–26 school year as the result of dwindling state support for higher education and rising costs, staff said at the July board of trustees meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU has also unveiled a plan to reshuffle dollars from campuses that fall short of enrollment goals. In April, the system \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/budget/Documents/fy-budget-coded-memos/B_2024-01_Preliminary_Budget_Allocations_Memo.pdf\">released a preliminary budget document (PDF)\u003c/a> sketching how the system could reallocate $32 million in enrollment funding from 12 campuses that didn’t meet resident enrollment targets or target increases and shift it into nine campuses where 2024–25 resident enrollment targets have been increased. A CSU spokesperson said the system is finalizing those plans over the coming weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system expects more budgetary trade-offs going forward, CSU Chief Financial Officer Steve Relyea said to trustees at their July meeting. Major expenses include a backlog of facilities and infrastructure projects, employee compensation costs and obligations the schools must meet under legal mandates such as Title IX, the federal law barring sex-based discrimination in schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We anticipate negative impacts on academic offerings and student support services,” Relyea said. “The funding that we’re receiving, while it’s more, is still not sufficient to cover the increased cost on our current operations, and at this point universities will likely have to redirect significant dollars from existing university budgets to cover employee compensation commitments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Enrollment drops lead to cuts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>CSU earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/cal-state-faculty-approve-new-salary-agreement\">agreed to a 10% raise\u003c/a> for faculty represented by the California Faculty Association following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-22/csu-and-faculty-reach-surprise-tentative-agreement-ending-strike\">one-day strike\u003c/a>. Trustees last week voted to approve salary increases for four campus leaders over the objections of some speakers during public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The grim forecast underscores the challenges facing CSU at a time of \u003ca href=\"https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2024/03/13/doubts-about-value-are-deterring-college-enrollment\">flagging student enrollment\u003c/a> across higher education amid \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/508352/americans-confidence-higher-education-down-sharply.aspx\">declining public trust\u003c/a> in the value of a college degree. Systemwide, fall 2023 enrollment stood \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/facts-about-the-csu/enrollment\">more than 30,000 students shy\u003c/a> of its 2020 peak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campus efforts to entice students back to campus include \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/cal-states-new-online-transfer-planner-aims-to-ease-burden-on-community-college-students/707467\">easing transfers\u003c/a> into the system, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-state-university-adopts-new-approach-to-entice-students-back/663928\">reengaging students\u003c/a> who started but did not finish a degree and more support for \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/csu-campuses-focus-on-new-strategies-to-help-students-of-color/707174\">students of color\u003c/a>. And CSU leaders say they remain focused on long-term goals like boosting graduation rates for historically underrepresented students and rebuilding trust in Title IX and other anti-discrimination programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funding those priorities will require hard choices. Officials anticipate they can partially plug holes in the budget with reserve funds, but they said school presidents and the system itself must tighten their belts to cover the rest — cuts they acknowledged could prove painful and unpopular. The university system also will have to contend with pressure from faculty, who argue they should have a greater say in university decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuts are nothing new at some CSU campuses. In recent years, as enrollment fell more than 15% from pre-pandemic levels at schools including \u003ca href=\"https://www.csuci.edu/apb/documents/2023-staffingplan-justificationform.pdf\">Cal State Channel Islands (PDF)\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/anticipating-less-state-aid-csu-campuses-start-making-cuts/705092\">San Francisco State\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sonoma.edu/updates/2023/2023-24-campus-budget-plan%C2%A0\">Sonoma State\u003c/a>, campus leaders have held off on filling some open positions or launched voluntary separation programs to reduce staffing costs. \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereyherald.com/2024/05/23/csu-monterey-bay-announces-layoffs/\">Cal State Monterey Bay\u003c/a> in May announced 16 layoffs and an additional 86 departures under an early retirement program. At \u003ca href=\"https://www.csueastbay.edu/administration/sandeen-messages/staff-reduction-faq.html\">Cal State East Bay\u003c/a>, another campus that has seen a dip in enrollment, campus leaders in May \u003ca href=\"https://eastbaypioneers.com/news/2024/5/8/water-polo-cal-state-east-bay-announces-discontinuation-of-womens-water-polo-sponsorship.aspx\">announced\u003c/a> that the school would no longer sponsor its women’s water polo to save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Upending 19 student-athletes’ East Bay careers is without precedent,” said Jeff Newcomb, a lecturer and president of the California Faculty Association’s East Bay executive board, at the July meeting. “Going forward, authentic shared governance — it’s hard— but it’s crucial if we are to emerge from austerity measures with trust and strategic vitality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Sonoma State as another example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/18938489/embed\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school has weathered enrollment declines with serious cost-cutting. To manage a budget shortfall, spokesperson Jeffery Keating said in a statement, Sonoma State has trimmed $21.4 million from its base budget since 2020–21 and plans an additional $7.5 million cut in 2024–25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those savings have come from reducing the number of faculty and staff, including through attrition and early retirement programs. Keating said faculty and staff headcount fell 22% between 2019 and 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The aim has been “to protect student services and academic programs,” according to the statement, and the school doesn’t plan to scale back areas like financial aid, health services or career counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the school sees some positive signs on the horizon: It projects that net student headcount will rise in 2024–25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the system, CSU anticipates a $218 million shortfall this school year, according to a budget presentation. Making up the difference in funds likely will require tapping into reserves and “aggressively pursuing new students and working to retain current students,” said Ryan Storm, the system’s assistant vice chancellor for budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget presentation was not the first time Cal State has flashed financial warning signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cost of educating CSU students far outstrips the money the system actually has to educate them, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2023/Documents/FIN-May-21-24-2023.pdf\">2023 report by CSU leaders found (PDF)\u003c/a>. Trustee Diego Arambula reminded colleagues last week that the gap between what the system estimated it \u003cem>should\u003c/em> spend to meet student needs and what it \u003cem>does\u003c/em> spend was $1.5 billion, and could grow as campuses trim their budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The search for savings\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The search for cost savings starts with the central office, Chancellor Mildred García said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chancellor’s Office is reviewing each of its divisions in pursuit of “not efficiency for its own sake or purely for cost savings, but for mission-driven efficiency,” she said in a report to the trustees. In that vein, the office will split the division of academic and student affairs into two, a reorganization García said was estimated to save at least $500,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The July meeting also highlighted CSU’s smallest university — Cal Maritime — as both a cautionary tale and a possible inspiration for how the system’s campuses might share costs and academic programs in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board considered a proposal to merge the maritime academy into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in a bid to save the Vallejo-based maritime school following a steep drop in enrollment and rising overhead costs. The board will resume those discussions in September and make a final decision in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Maritime interim President Michael J. Dumont \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/cal-state-trustees-weigh-bid-to-merge-cal-maritime-cal-poly-san-luis-obispo/715959\">told the board\u003c/a> the school has “taken a chainsaw to every expense on our campus” in pursuit of financial sustainability. Trustees praised the proposal to integrate the maritime academy into Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as an “elegant solution” that would save costs as the campuses consolidate administrative services and other operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSU officials have left the door open for future campus mergers but say no additional integrations are immediately planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A document \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2024/Documents/July-22-24-2024-Full-Binder.pdf\">announcing the integration proposal (PDF)\u003c/a> said it’s in keeping with CSU’s goal to look for cost savings “from consolidation of certain administrative functions and from inter-campus cooperation and collaboration in the offering of programs and services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to questions about whether future campus mergers are likely, a CSU spokesperson cited a \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/cal-poly-maritime-integration.aspx\">document\u003c/a> that says CSU “must remain open to considering all options in the future to ensure the financial health of the system and its universities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/2024/Documents/Full-BoT-Agenda-Mar-24-27-2024.pdf\">ongoing initiatives to save money (PDF)\u003c/a> short of full mergers, such as negotiating systemwide contracts with vendors and purchasing electricity for multiple campuses on the wholesale energy market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a lot of tools in the toolkit in addition to an integration like this,” CFO Relyea told trustees last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Relyea noted that the $1 billion budget gap forecast for the 2025–26 school year is an estimate based on assumptions that could prove flawed. A shortfall could be avoided by making permanent cuts this school year, pausing new investments, bridging the gap with reserves and successfully lobbying the state for additional money, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some campuses might try to streamline their budgets in ways students won’t notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the goal at Cal State Northridge, where administrators said that measures like cutting nonessential staff travel or delaying plans to replace older technology and equipment were among the ways they hope to save money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that’s related to student success, we’re trying to shield that as much as we can,” said Edith Winterhalter, who leads the university’s budget department. “It’s really on the administrative side that we’re doing a lot of strategies to reduce our costs as much as we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A painful year’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A wild card in CSU’s finances is its reliance on the California Legislature, which has funded \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/about-the-csu/facts-about-the-csu/csu-funding\">roughly 60% of the school system’s operating costs\u003c/a> in recent years. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 4 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Firefighters made progress Saturday against California’s largest wildfire of the year ahead of expected thunderstorms that could unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds and erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-colorado-105e2106e0d65d9ea85888c9fa8e8890\">fire-stricken West\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not completely out of the woods yet, but we’re looking very, very good,” Cal Fire official Mark Brunton said in a video update Saturday. “This is moving at a very fast pace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Containment of the Park Fire, now California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record, is at 27% as of early Saturday. Brunton said the relatively milder weather the last few days allowed firefighters to build containment lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hotter weather, fuels and terrain will continue posing challenges for the estimated 6,500 firefighters battling the fire, which has spread over 626 square miles since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-evacuations-oregon-california-canada-1809c690e8902a4578c9f4286949550d\">allegedly being started by arson\u003c/a> in a park in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley city of Chico. For comparison, the city of Los Angeles covers about 503 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suppression crews will also start removing damaged infrastructure in some areas Saturday to allow residents to return home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story 12 p.m. Saturday:\u003c/strong> Firefighters battling California’s largest wildfire of the year are preparing for treacherous conditions entering the weekend, when expected thunderstorms may unleash fire-starting lightning and erratic winds that could erode progress made over the past week. Dry, hot conditions posed similar threats across the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-colorado-105e2106e0d65d9ea85888c9fa8e8890\">fire-stricken West\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather, fuels and terrain will pose challenges for the nearly 6,400 firefighters battling the Park Fire, which has spread over 624 square miles since \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-evacuations-oregon-california-canada-1809c690e8902a4578c9f4286949550d\">allegedly being started by arson\u003c/a> in a park in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of the Sacramento Valley city of Chico. It is now California’s fourth-largest wildfire on record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suppression crews working on more than 200 miles of active fire front gained 24% containment by early Friday, Cal Fire said. Temperatures were expected to range up to 103 degrees Fahrenheit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire originated at low elevations where it quickly burned through thick grass and oaks, destroying at least 542 structures and damaging 50 since erupting July 24. As it has climbed higher, the vegetation has changed to a greater concentration of trees and brush, Cal Fire said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire’s push northward has brought it toward the rugged lava rock landscape surrounding Lassen Volcanic National Park, which has been closed because of the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lava rocks make for hard and slow work for hand crews,” Cal Fire said in situation report. “Crews are being flown into access areas that have been hard to reach because of long drive times and steep, rugged terrain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After days of benign weather, increasing winds and a surge of monsoonal moisture were expected to increase fire activity and bring a chance of thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday, said Ryan Walbrun, incident meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11998471 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240729-ParkFireEvacuee-66-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concern with thunderstorms is any gusty outflow winds that would push the fire itself or create some new fire ignitions within the vicinity of the Park Fire,” Walbrun said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The collapse of thunderstorm clouds can blow wind in any and all directions, said Jonathan Pangburn, a fire behavior analyst with Cal Fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if there’s not lightning per se, it is very much a safety-watch-out environment for our firefighters out there,” Pangburn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walbrun said there was little prospect of beneficial rains from the storms and the forecast for next week calls for continued warming and drying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we look forward in time, we’re really just entering the peak of fire season in California,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Park Fire is among almost 100 large fires burning across the western U.S. Evacuation orders were in effect for 28 of the fires, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-colorado-105e2106e0d65d9ea85888c9fa8e8890\">burned in Colorado\u003c/a> on Friday near heavily populated areas north and south of Denver, with some 30 structures damaged or destroyed, thousands of people under evacuation orders and human remains found in a destroyed house earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office disclosed Friday that a blaze threatening hundreds of homes near the Colorado city of Littleton was being \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-evacuations-oregon-california-canada-1809c690e8902a4578c9f4286949550d\">investigated as arson\u003c/a>. Karlyn Tilley, a spokesperson for Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, said the investigation is ongoing and they are using a dog specially trained to sniff out sources and causes of fires. Tilley said just because they suspect the fire was human-caused doesn’t mean it was intentional. Firefighters were making good progress on the fire despite the steep, rocky terrain and blistering heat, and no houses had been burned, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11997808,forum_2010101906496,news_11997515\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cause and origin of a fatal blaze west of the town of Lyons was being probed by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, with specially trained fire investigators from the agency helping local authorities, agency spokesperson Crystal McCoy said. 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"content": "\u003cp>Nine years ago, tenants of the Pigeon Palace at 2840–2848 Folsom Street in San Francisco faced a dilemma. Their aging landlord, who had long rented at affordable rates, was unable to continue overseeing the place. Instead, a court-appointed conservator took steps to auction off the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Pigeon Palace is in the popular and increasingly expensive Mission neighborhood, the residents feared a new owner might dramatically raise their rents — or kick them out altogether. So they crowdfunded $300,000 and gave it to a nonprofit called the San Francisco Community Land Trust, which combined it with loans from a bank and the city to place the winning bid of more than $3 million. The trust then rented units back to the tenants at affordable rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the political debate about California’s housing crisis has focused on building new units. However, community land trusts, a method of preserving existing affordable housing that dates back to the Civil Rights Movement, have quietly been gaining steam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of community land trusts — nonprofits that buy up land and then sell or rent the buildings on top of it to residents with low-income — has tripled in California since 2014, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cacltnetwork.org/\">California Community Land Trust Network\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the housing units that such trusts oversee number only in the low thousands, supporters say the model is cheaper than building new and can help stabilize communities at risk of gentrification and displacement. Indigenous tribes, immigrant neighborhoods and formerly affordable inland cities are among the communities experimenting with community land trusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, tenants of Pigeon Palace, a six-unit Queen Anne building, pay between $1,400 and $3,000 per month for spacious two-bedroom apartments in one of the pricey city’s most desirable neighborhoods. They share a bike room and garden with outdoor meeting space and make decisions together about building management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shifted from being renters in a market where someone could buy our building any day to where no one’s coming to buy our building,” said Keith Hennessy, an experimental dance performer who’s lived at the Palace for 22 years. With that stability, he said, “it’s easier to build a family. It’s easier to build community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the San Francisco Community Land Trust has grown to oversee 150 units, including two larger buildings in the Tenderloin district that primarily house Spanish- and Mayan-speaking service workers. Last year, philanthropist \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bezo-s-ex-donates-20m-s-f-affordable-housing-18353981.php\">MacKenzie Scott gave the organization $20 million\u003c/a> to expand its portfolio and help incubate new land trusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community land trusts can oversee single-family homes or multi-unit buildings, and residents can rent or own. When residents own their homes, the trust retains control over the land, leasing it to homeowners long-term and requiring that any home sales be to other lower- or moderate-income buyers or back to the trust. Tenants in multi-unit buildings typically cooperate to manage the property and sit on the trust’s board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than just creating new affordable housing, community land trusts help stem the bleed of existing affordable housing being converted to units for wealthier residents. While the trusts are not new in California, concern about growing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/03/institutional-investors-corporate-landlords/\">corporate control of housing\u003c/a> and the rising cost of new construction have driven increased interest in the model, experts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Community Land Trust Network represents 50 established and emerging trusts across the state, with most of the newest ones springing up in working-class Black and brown communities, according to the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re giving control of buildings to the community. We’re taking it off the speculative market, and we’re ensuring that tenants can become homeowners if they want to,” said Jessica Melendez, director of policy for T.R.U.S.T. South LA, which recently bought two small multi-unit buildings in gentrifying South Los Angeles with the goal of turning them into cooperatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization also owns the Rolland Curtis Gardens, a 140-unit apartment complex with a health clinic and market near the University of Southern California, on a site that was slated for conversion to market-rate housing until the trust purchased and rehabbed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/327SC/6/\" width=\"800\" height=\"850\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Community land trusts could be a tool to help close the homeownership gap between Black and white individuals,” said Muhammad Alameldin, a policy associate at \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/\">UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation\u003c/a>. The construction of condominiums has slowed nationwide in the past 15 years, he said, restricting options for entry-level homeowners who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/03/california-home-prices-black-latino-households/\">lack generational wealth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said community land trusts also have to navigate a financial and legal system that doesn’t tend to favor cooperative ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge of raising capital has constrained the growth of community land trusts. They currently house about 3,500 California residents, with most properties consisting of fewer than 10 units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The movement took a hit this year when California lawmakers seeking to close a budget deficit scrapped a $500 million program that would have given tenants and community land trusts grants to buy properties at risk of foreclosure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pigeon Palace in San Francisco, on Aug. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Community land trusts are instead turning to local funding streams: A $20 billion affordable \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/06/california-housing-bond-bahfa-billion/\">housing bond on the ballot in the San Francisco Bay Area \u003c/a>this November would set aside $3 billion to preserve existing affordable housing, plus $6 billion for local communities to spend flexibly on priorities including preservation. And in Los Angeles, part of the revenue from the city’s “mansion tax” on real estate purchases, over $5 million, will go toward acquiring and rehabilitating affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once concentrated in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, community land trusts are spreading to other areas where the cost of living is rising. The Bakersfield City Council voted last year to establish a community land trust; Irvine already has one, and Long Beach is considering it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11979610,news_11992758,news_11997102\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fledgling Sacramento Community Land Trust just bought its first property — a garden used by residents transitioning out of homelessness — where it plans to build tiny homes, executive director Tamika L’Ecluse said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Wiyot Tribe in Humboldt County has set up a land trust focused on conservation as well as housing. “As housing prices are pricing our people out of the Tribe’s ancestral lands, this land trust is an attempt to make change in our community,” tribal administrator Michelle Vassel said by email. “Our intention is to take the profit margin out of housing development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not community land trusts can scale to become a significant part of California’s housing landscape, the model cuts across some of the traditional binaries of the state’s housing conversation. Land trust acquisitions can bring together cash-strapped tenants and small landlords who want to sell their properties, two groups often pitted against each other. And the idea goes beyond the debate between NIMBYs and YIMBYs about whether to build; community land trust advocates argue it’s not just about how much housing we have but who controls it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy, the Pigeon Palace tenant, said he loves co-managing his building with a multi-ethnic community of 11 adults, four kids and two regularly visiting grandchildren. The building is undergoing renovations, and he said the tenants made decisions together about everything, down to the paint colors for its facade (lavender in back, greens and blues in front).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is affordable housing for another generation,” he said. He doesn’t have children himself, but his unit will go to another lower- to moderate-income tenant after him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m building a house for people I don’t know in the future,” he said. “It’s another kind of legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ben Christopher contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Nine years ago, tenants of the Pigeon Palace at 2840–2848 Folsom Street in San Francisco faced a dilemma. Their aging landlord, who had long rented at affordable rates, was unable to continue overseeing the place. Instead, a court-appointed conservator took steps to auction off the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Pigeon Palace is in the popular and increasingly expensive Mission neighborhood, the residents feared a new owner might dramatically raise their rents — or kick them out altogether. So they crowdfunded $300,000 and gave it to a nonprofit called the San Francisco Community Land Trust, which combined it with loans from a bank and the city to place the winning bid of more than $3 million. The trust then rented units back to the tenants at affordable rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the political debate about California’s housing crisis has focused on building new units. However, community land trusts, a method of preserving existing affordable housing that dates back to the Civil Rights Movement, have quietly been gaining steam.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of community land trusts — nonprofits that buy up land and then sell or rent the buildings on top of it to residents with low-income — has tripled in California since 2014, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cacltnetwork.org/\">California Community Land Trust Network\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the housing units that such trusts oversee number only in the low thousands, supporters say the model is cheaper than building new and can help stabilize communities at risk of gentrification and displacement. Indigenous tribes, immigrant neighborhoods and formerly affordable inland cities are among the communities experimenting with community land trusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, tenants of Pigeon Palace, a six-unit Queen Anne building, pay between $1,400 and $3,000 per month for spacious two-bedroom apartments in one of the pricey city’s most desirable neighborhoods. They share a bike room and garden with outdoor meeting space and make decisions together about building management.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We shifted from being renters in a market where someone could buy our building any day to where no one’s coming to buy our building,” said Keith Hennessy, an experimental dance performer who’s lived at the Palace for 22 years. With that stability, he said, “it’s easier to build a family. It’s easier to build community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the San Francisco Community Land Trust has grown to oversee 150 units, including two larger buildings in the Tenderloin district that primarily house Spanish- and Mayan-speaking service workers. Last year, philanthropist \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bezo-s-ex-donates-20m-s-f-affordable-housing-18353981.php\">MacKenzie Scott gave the organization $20 million\u003c/a> to expand its portfolio and help incubate new land trusts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community land trusts can oversee single-family homes or multi-unit buildings, and residents can rent or own. When residents own their homes, the trust retains control over the land, leasing it to homeowners long-term and requiring that any home sales be to other lower- or moderate-income buyers or back to the trust. Tenants in multi-unit buildings typically cooperate to manage the property and sit on the trust’s board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than just creating new affordable housing, community land trusts help stem the bleed of existing affordable housing being converted to units for wealthier residents. While the trusts are not new in California, concern about growing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/03/institutional-investors-corporate-landlords/\">corporate control of housing\u003c/a> and the rising cost of new construction have driven increased interest in the model, experts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Community Land Trust Network represents 50 established and emerging trusts across the state, with most of the newest ones springing up in working-class Black and brown communities, according to the network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re giving control of buildings to the community. We’re taking it off the speculative market, and we’re ensuring that tenants can become homeowners if they want to,” said Jessica Melendez, director of policy for T.R.U.S.T. South LA, which recently bought two small multi-unit buildings in gentrifying South Los Angeles with the goal of turning them into cooperatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization also owns the Rolland Curtis Gardens, a 140-unit apartment complex with a health clinic and market near the University of Southern California, on a site that was slated for conversion to market-rate housing until the trust purchased and rehabbed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/327SC/6/\" width=\"800\" height=\"850\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Community land trusts could be a tool to help close the homeownership gap between Black and white individuals,” said Muhammad Alameldin, a policy associate at \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/\">UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation\u003c/a>. The construction of condominiums has slowed nationwide in the past 15 years, he said, restricting options for entry-level homeowners who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2022/03/california-home-prices-black-latino-households/\">lack generational wealth\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said community land trusts also have to navigate a financial and legal system that doesn’t tend to favor cooperative ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge of raising capital has constrained the growth of community land trusts. They currently house about 3,500 California residents, with most properties consisting of fewer than 10 units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The movement took a hit this year when California lawmakers seeking to close a budget deficit scrapped a $500 million program that would have given tenants and community land trusts grants to buy properties at risk of foreclosure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998629\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080124_PigeonPalace_FM_CM-06-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pigeon Palace in San Francisco, on Aug. 1, 2024. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Community land trusts are instead turning to local funding streams: A $20 billion affordable \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/06/california-housing-bond-bahfa-billion/\">housing bond on the ballot in the San Francisco Bay Area \u003c/a>this November would set aside $3 billion to preserve existing affordable housing, plus $6 billion for local communities to spend flexibly on priorities including preservation. And in Los Angeles, part of the revenue from the city’s “mansion tax” on real estate purchases, over $5 million, will go toward acquiring and rehabilitating affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once concentrated in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, community land trusts are spreading to other areas where the cost of living is rising. The Bakersfield City Council voted last year to establish a community land trust; Irvine already has one, and Long Beach is considering it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fledgling Sacramento Community Land Trust just bought its first property — a garden used by residents transitioning out of homelessness — where it plans to build tiny homes, executive director Tamika L’Ecluse said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Wiyot Tribe in Humboldt County has set up a land trust focused on conservation as well as housing. “As housing prices are pricing our people out of the Tribe’s ancestral lands, this land trust is an attempt to make change in our community,” tribal administrator Michelle Vassel said by email. “Our intention is to take the profit margin out of housing development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not community land trusts can scale to become a significant part of California’s housing landscape, the model cuts across some of the traditional binaries of the state’s housing conversation. Land trust acquisitions can bring together cash-strapped tenants and small landlords who want to sell their properties, two groups often pitted against each other. And the idea goes beyond the debate between NIMBYs and YIMBYs about whether to build; community land trust advocates argue it’s not just about how much housing we have but who controls it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hennessy, the Pigeon Palace tenant, said he loves co-managing his building with a multi-ethnic community of 11 adults, four kids and two regularly visiting grandchildren. The building is undergoing renovations, and he said the tenants made decisions together about everything, down to the paint colors for its facade (lavender in back, greens and blues in front).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is affordable housing for another generation,” he said. He doesn’t have children himself, but his unit will go to another lower- to moderate-income tenant after him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m building a house for people I don’t know in the future,” he said. “It’s another kind of legacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ben Christopher contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=396e3fe5db424fc39487bfa4d219cf81&hash=8529C4E1F1BC3073E31AD0337E875199\">fifth-largest wildfire\u003c/a> is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, potentially devastating a species already on the brink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The explosive \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-wildfire-map-tracker/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADM7b5fnW3mGXtExwmDCEiUAs79MF&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X5DbAkFK6qHOxZ4XVHXMv4B_ZnIYhxYUJf5o0jmOChQNE1AKz38MYhoCpUIQAvD_BwE\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has spread into the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Mill-Creek\">Mill\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">Deer Creek watersheds\u003c/a> in Tehama County, which are two of the three remaining creeks where wild, independent populations of spring-run Chinook, a threatened species, still spawn in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the Park Fire climbs to higher altitudes, federal and state officials said it could strike the final death blow to the region’s spring-run salmon, which are already at risk of extinction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really concerning. It’s really sad. Spring-run Chinook populations have taken such a hit over the past few years, and they’re just at a critically low point,” said Howard Brown, senior policy adviser with the Central Valley office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s West Coast fisheries region. “The emotional toll of seeing a fire like this hit such an important place, with (critically at-risk) populations that are suffering so bad, it just feels like the cards are stacked up deeply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts are anxiously awaiting the wildfire’s next move, hoping that it doesn’t spread farther into higher elevations. That’s where adult salmon wait in cool pools for water temperatures to drop and flows to rise so they can spawn and where year-old juveniles gain strength before migrating to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather and wind to see if these fires creep along doing beneficial to less-severe things, or if we see a big run that really cooks the watershed,” said Matt Johnson, a senior environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Northern Region Anadromous Fisheries Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The species is at real risk of extirpation or blinking out. We hope that doesn’t happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flames are not the primary, immediate threat. The spring-fed streams are moving so fast that ash in the water will quickly wash away, according to wildlife officials. Instead, firefighting efforts could pose a direct threat to the waterways, including the use of fire retardant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/documents/2021%20EcoRA-Retardants-Nov2021-final.pdf#page=%5B13%5D\">which is toxic to fish\u003c/a>, though experts say it’s a necessary tradeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The important thing right now is to just try to stop it on the head, so it doesn’t burn up these really precious watersheds,” Brown said.\u003cem> “\u003c/em>The next few days will be pretty telling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most severe damage could come later this year — if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/10/california-wildfires-unsafe-drinking-water/\">heavy rains wash ash, chemicals and sediment from the burn scar into the creeks\u003c/a>. Too much sediment can smother the eggs and baby fish or spark a microbial bloom that sucks oxygen from the water. Larger debris flows also could scour the waterways and fill in holding pools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like liquid cement coming down the river channel,” said Steve Lindley, director of fisheries ecology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center lab. “It just scours the river down to the bedrock, and everything in it is crushed and ground up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, flash floods sent debris from Siskiyou County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/7/29/mckinney-fire\">McKinney Fire\u003c/a> into the Klamath River, where the Karuk Tribe reported a devastating fish kill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protected by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/central-valley-spring-run-chinook-salmon#:~:text=The%20Central%20Valley%20spring%2Drun,under%20the%20Endangered%20Species%20Act.\">nation’s Endangered Species Act since 1999\u003c/a>, Central Valley spring-run Chinook have already \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">experienced catastrophic declines\u003c/a>, reaching record lows last year with only \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=84381&inline\">16 adults returning to spawn in Deer Creek and 34 to Mill Creek\u003c/a>. These populations, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">warned earlier this year,\u003c/a> “are now at high risk of extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see really big, hot fires like this move into what used to be their strongholds — it’s really a tough thing to witness,” Brown said. “Right now, it feels like the frontlines of climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-salmon-are-really-struggling\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salmon ‘are really struggling’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Spring-run Chinook salmon were once the cornerstone of California’s commercial fishery, with \u003ca href=\"https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1577/1548-8675%281998%29018%3C0487%3AHAADOC%3E2.0.CO%3B2\">more than half a million fish caught in 1883 alone\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California’s big dam era in the 20th century also sparked \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">a massive decline of spring-run Chinook\u003c/a>, one of the four runs of salmon named for the season when they return to freshwater to spawn. The dams cut off \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/\">critical upstream spawning habitat, shifted the timing of flows\u003c/a> and degraded downstream waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, nearly all of the Central Valley’s spring-run populations are gone. The remaining ones are largely confined to the northern Sacramento Valley, where Mill and Deer Creeks provide some of the last high-quality, high-elevation habitat for the species, as well as for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/california-central-valley-steelhead\">threatened Central Valley steelhead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both are \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/about-us/sacramento-river-basin-california\">tributaries to the Sacramento River\u003c/a>. Born in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mill Creek flows through forests and meadows before dropping through a steep rock canyon into the Sacramento Valley, where it meets the Sacramento River. Deer Creek emerges near the summit of Butt Mountain, flowing 60 miles before it reaches the valley floor and stretches another 11 miles to join the Sacramento River near Vina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deer and Mill Creeks have always represented this exceptional habitat piece for salmon,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, despite that great habitat, the fish populations are really struggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">the number of returning adults was so low that scientists described it as \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/state-and-federal-fish-agencies-take-urgent-actions-to-save-spring-run-chinook-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a cohort collapse\u003c/a>—\u003c/span>meaning there were too few to successfully produce a new generation. The catastrophic declines prompted state and federal wildlife agencies to begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-safeguard-spring-run-chinook-salmon-broodstock\">a conservation hatchery program at UC Davis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was in response to the “threat that this species could blink out because nothing would return in subsequent years. So the captive brood population is like a little insurance plan or bank account of genetic material,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so few returning adults, a hit to the next generation from the Park Fire could be catastrophic. Johnson said \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/13/dixie-fire/updates/697a2a02-5e2a-4454-af9d-2107e4e08f7a\">after the Dixie Fire in 2021\u003c/a>, he saw the first rains of the season turn \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/lavo/planyourvisit/visit-after-dixie-fire.htm\">Mill Creek black with runoff\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The adults returning this year are from that Dixie Fire cohort, and we’re looking at preliminary very low returns,” Johnson said. Though he doesn’t have the evidence yet to back it up, the fire “could be a contributing factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State wildlife officials warned water regulators in February that fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">have been in steep decline since 2015 (PDF)\u003c/a> — in part \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">because agricultural water diversions\u003c/a> from the lower rivers frequently drain the creeks. They urged the State Water Resources Control Board to set minimum water levels that must flow through the creeks to protect fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historical water diversion and water use practices have long been out of balance with ecological needs on these critical watersheds,” Tina Bartlett, regional manager of the northern region, wrote to the water board. In recent years, climate change and frequent droughts have amplified the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water board staff are \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/mill-deer-antelope-creeks.html#:~:text=Mill%2C%20Deer%2C%20and%20Antelope%20Creeks%20are%20tributaries%20to%20the%20Sacramento,%2C%20Steelhead%2C%20and%20Pacific%20Lamprey.\">reviewing the recommendations\u003c/a>, according to spokesperson Ailene Voisin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-eggs-and-young-fish-could-be-smothered\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eggs and young fish could be smothered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because of the fire, state wildlife officials cannot survey the number of adult salmon that returned this year, Johnson said. However, preliminary estimates for this year remain very low, prompting alarm from scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a really bad year last year. We had a really bad year this year,” said Andrew Rypel, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “Say we wipe out this cohort. Salmon are on a three-year lifecycle. That’s starting to look like the anatomy of an extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/wildfires/\">wildfire\u003c/a> is not an imminent threat to adults who are in the creeks right now, Johnson said. The creeks have abundant cool water, and as of Monday, the fire was not affecting flow or temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this fire represents, if it were to consume the habitat in the upper watersheds, is a degradation of that habitat. It’s just another hit to the species that’s already struggling,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these fire-prone landscapes, low-intensity fires can be beneficial. Some sediment in the water can help hide juveniles from predators. Downed trees in the stream can create fish habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Johnson and others are concerned about the heat and intensity of the fire. If the first rain events send mud and ash flooding into the creeks, the eggs or juveniles could be smothered by the sediment or suffocate if oxygen levels plummet. Chemicals could degrade the water quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that these hot fires could reshape this wild, remote landscape. Recent studies show that the one-two punch of climate change and severe fires can change \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2208120120\">which plants return\u003c/a> to a fire-scoured region.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Denuded slopes are primed for erosion, and the loss of tree cover could allow these vital, cool stretches of river to warm in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, my greatest concern is the fire moving any further up Mill and Deer Creek. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=396e3fe5db424fc39487bfa4d219cf81&hash=8529C4E1F1BC3073E31AD0337E875199\">fifth-largest wildfire\u003c/a> is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, potentially devastating a species already on the brink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The explosive \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-wildfire-map-tracker/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADM7b5fnW3mGXtExwmDCEiUAs79MF&gclid=CjwKCAjwnqK1BhBvEiwAi7o0X5DbAkFK6qHOxZ4XVHXMv4B_ZnIYhxYUJf5o0jmOChQNE1AKz38MYhoCpUIQAvD_BwE\">Park Fire\u003c/a> has spread into the \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Mill-Creek\">Mill\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">Deer Creek watersheds\u003c/a> in Tehama County, which are two of the three remaining creeks where wild, independent populations of spring-run Chinook, a threatened species, still spawn in the Central Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the Park Fire climbs to higher altitudes, federal and state officials said it could strike the final death blow to the region’s spring-run salmon, which are already at risk of extinction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really concerning. It’s really sad. Spring-run Chinook populations have taken such a hit over the past few years, and they’re just at a critically low point,” said Howard Brown, senior policy adviser with the Central Valley office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s West Coast fisheries region. “The emotional toll of seeing a fire like this hit such an important place, with (critically at-risk) populations that are suffering so bad, it just feels like the cards are stacked up deeply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts are anxiously awaiting the wildfire’s next move, hoping that it doesn’t spread farther into higher elevations. That’s where adult salmon wait in cool pools for water temperatures to drop and flows to rise so they can spawn and where year-old juveniles gain strength before migrating to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather and wind to see if these fires creep along doing beneficial to less-severe things, or if we see a big run that really cooks the watershed,” said Matt Johnson, a senior environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Northern Region Anadromous Fisheries Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The species is at real risk of extirpation or blinking out. We hope that doesn’t happen,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flames are not the primary, immediate threat. The spring-fed streams are moving so fast that ash in the water will quickly wash away, according to wildlife officials. Instead, firefighting efforts could pose a direct threat to the waterways, including the use of fire retardant, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fs.usda.gov/rm/fire/wfcs/documents/2021%20EcoRA-Retardants-Nov2021-final.pdf#page=%5B13%5D\">which is toxic to fish\u003c/a>, though experts say it’s a necessary tradeoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The important thing right now is to just try to stop it on the head, so it doesn’t burn up these really precious watersheds,” Brown said.\u003cem> “\u003c/em>The next few days will be pretty telling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most severe damage could come later this year — if \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/10/california-wildfires-unsafe-drinking-water/\">heavy rains wash ash, chemicals and sediment from the burn scar into the creeks\u003c/a>. Too much sediment can smother the eggs and baby fish or spark a microbial bloom that sucks oxygen from the water. Larger debris flows also could scour the waterways and fill in holding pools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like liquid cement coming down the river channel,” said Steve Lindley, director of fisheries ecology at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center lab. “It just scours the river down to the bedrock, and everything in it is crushed and ground up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, flash floods sent debris from Siskiyou County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2022/7/29/mckinney-fire\">McKinney Fire\u003c/a> into the Klamath River, where the Karuk Tribe reported a devastating fish kill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protected by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/central-valley-spring-run-chinook-salmon#:~:text=The%20Central%20Valley%20spring%2Drun,under%20the%20Endangered%20Species%20Act.\">nation’s Endangered Species Act since 1999\u003c/a>, Central Valley spring-run Chinook have already \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">experienced catastrophic declines\u003c/a>, reaching record lows last year with only \u003ca href=\"https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=84381&inline\">16 adults returning to spawn in Deer Creek and 34 to Mill Creek\u003c/a>. These populations, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">warned earlier this year,\u003c/a> “are now at high risk of extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To see really big, hot fires like this move into what used to be their strongholds — it’s really a tough thing to witness,” Brown said. “Right now, it feels like the frontlines of climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-salmon-are-really-struggling\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salmon ‘are really struggling’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Spring-run Chinook salmon were once the cornerstone of California’s commercial fishery, with \u003ca href=\"https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1577/1548-8675%281998%29018%3C0487%3AHAADOC%3E2.0.CO%3B2\">more than half a million fish caught in 1883 alone\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California’s big dam era in the 20th century also sparked \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">a massive decline of spring-run Chinook\u003c/a>, one of the four runs of salmon named for the season when they return to freshwater to spawn. The dams cut off \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/\">critical upstream spawning habitat, shifted the timing of flows\u003c/a> and degraded downstream waterways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, nearly all of the Central Valley’s spring-run populations are gone. The remaining ones are largely confined to the northern Sacramento Valley, where Mill and Deer Creeks provide some of the last high-quality, high-elevation habitat for the species, as well as for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/endangered-species-conservation/california-central-valley-steelhead\">threatened Central Valley steelhead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both are \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/about-us/sacramento-river-basin-california\">tributaries to the Sacramento River\u003c/a>. Born in Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mill Creek flows through forests and meadows before dropping through a steep rock canyon into the Sacramento Valley, where it meets the Sacramento River. Deer Creek emerges near the summit of Butt Mountain, flowing 60 miles before it reaches the valley floor and stretches another 11 miles to join the Sacramento River near Vina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Deer and Mill Creeks have always represented this exceptional habitat piece for salmon,” Johnson said. “Unfortunately, despite that great habitat, the fish populations are really struggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">the number of returning adults was so low that scientists described it as \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/state-and-federal-fish-agencies-take-urgent-actions-to-save-spring-run-chinook-salmon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a cohort collapse\u003c/a>—\u003c/span>meaning there were too few to successfully produce a new generation. The catastrophic declines prompted state and federal wildlife agencies to begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davis-safeguard-spring-run-chinook-salmon-broodstock\">a conservation hatchery program at UC Davis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was in response to the “threat that this species could blink out because nothing would return in subsequent years. So the captive brood population is like a little insurance plan or bank account of genetic material,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so few returning adults, a hit to the next generation from the Park Fire could be catastrophic. Johnson said \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/13/dixie-fire/updates/697a2a02-5e2a-4454-af9d-2107e4e08f7a\">after the Dixie Fire in 2021\u003c/a>, he saw the first rains of the season turn \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/lavo/planyourvisit/visit-after-dixie-fire.htm\">Mill Creek black with runoff\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The adults returning this year are from that Dixie Fire cohort, and we’re looking at preliminary very low returns,” Johnson said. Though he doesn’t have the evidence yet to back it up, the fire “could be a contributing factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State wildlife officials warned water regulators in February that fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/docs/2024/2024.04.16-revised-cdfw-ltr.pdf\">have been in steep decline since 2015 (PDF)\u003c/a> — in part \u003ca href=\"https://wildlife.ca.gov/Drought/Projects/Deer-Creek\">because agricultural water diversions\u003c/a> from the lower rivers frequently drain the creeks. They urged the State Water Resources Control Board to set minimum water levels that must flow through the creeks to protect fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historical water diversion and water use practices have long been out of balance with ecological needs on these critical watersheds,” Tina Bartlett, regional manager of the northern region, wrote to the water board. In recent years, climate change and frequent droughts have amplified the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water board staff are \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/bay_delta/mill-deer-antelope-creeks.html#:~:text=Mill%2C%20Deer%2C%20and%20Antelope%20Creeks%20are%20tributaries%20to%20the%20Sacramento,%2C%20Steelhead%2C%20and%20Pacific%20Lamprey.\">reviewing the recommendations\u003c/a>, according to spokesperson Ailene Voisin.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-eggs-and-young-fish-could-be-smothered\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eggs and young fish could be smothered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because of the fire, state wildlife officials cannot survey the number of adult salmon that returned this year, Johnson said. However, preliminary estimates for this year remain very low, prompting alarm from scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a really bad year last year. We had a really bad year this year,” said Andrew Rypel, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at UC Davis. “Say we wipe out this cohort. Salmon are on a three-year lifecycle. That’s starting to look like the anatomy of an extinction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/wildfires/\">wildfire\u003c/a> is not an imminent threat to adults who are in the creeks right now, Johnson said. The creeks have abundant cool water, and as of Monday, the fire was not affecting flow or temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this fire represents, if it were to consume the habitat in the upper watersheds, is a degradation of that habitat. It’s just another hit to the species that’s already struggling,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In these fire-prone landscapes, low-intensity fires can be beneficial. Some sediment in the water can help hide juveniles from predators. Downed trees in the stream can create fish habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Johnson and others are concerned about the heat and intensity of the fire. If the first rain events send mud and ash flooding into the creeks, the eggs or juveniles could be smothered by the sediment or suffocate if oxygen levels plummet. Chemicals could degrade the water quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said that these hot fires could reshape this wild, remote landscape. Recent studies show that the one-two punch of climate change and severe fires can change \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2208120120\">which plants return\u003c/a> to a fire-scoured region.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>Denuded slopes are primed for erosion, and the loss of tree cover could allow these vital, cool stretches of river to warm in the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, my greatest concern is the fire moving any further up Mill and Deer Creek. A hot fire blowup could have devastating ecological consequences for the watershed health of these streams,” he said. “The watersheds and the salmon are irreplaceable resources in the state of California, and they are almost gone. This hurts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many seniors are grateful when they turn 65 and become eligible for Medicare. But to get enrolled they first have to make a big decision — choosing a Medicare plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial choice is whether to go with traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditional Medicare has deductibles, co-pays, and co-insurance, and the extra costs can add up. To fill in the gaps, people often buy a private supplemental plan called Medigap insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the main benefits of Medigap is that it provides people on Medicare predictable expenses, because people pay monthly premiums to avoid unpredictable expenses if they get sick,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/person/tricia-neuman/#:~:text=Tricia%20Neuman%20is%20senior%20vice,Americans%20and%20people%20with%20disabilities\">Tricia Neuman\u003c/a>, Executive Director for KFF’s Program on Medicare Policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This combination also gives people the most options in choosing doctors, because most accept traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other option a newly eligible senior can choose is Medicare Advantage. This plan, sold by a private insurance company, streamlines the upfront costs, making a separate Medigap plan unnecessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance companies often \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicare/report/how-health-insurers-and-brokers-are-marketing-medicare/\">heavily market\u003c/a> their Medicare Advantage plans, and offer extra benefits like dental and vision insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the initial appeal of Medicare Advantage plans, over half of people eligible for Medicare \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/half-of-all-eligible-medicare-beneficiaries-are-now-enrolled-in-private-medicare-advantage-plans/\">opted\u003c/a> for a Medicare Advantage plan in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a major drawback to Medicare Advantage plans: they lock patients into a preferred network of doctors and hospitals, narrowing options for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might be 65, 66, 67 — in the scheme of things, they’re at their healthiest, but it could be that over the course of several years, they develop a serious illness,” Neuman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limited nature of the Advantage plans, Neuman added, means seniors might not be able to go to the specialists they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes seniors decide they’d rather have the flexibility and choice of providers available under traditional Medicare and try to switch back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they might be stuck. If they try to switch back after the first 6 months of enrollment in Medicare, there’s no guarantee they can get a Medigap policy to pair with traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because private insurers who issue Medigap policies have the power to refuse coverage or set a high price once the six-month window is closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can be denied a policy because they have a pre-existing condition, or they can be charged more, or they can get the policy — but not for the particular condition that will require medical attention,” Neuman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These coverage denials and price hikes were common in the individual health insurance market before reforms under the Affordable Care Act. However, the ACA’s regulations don’t apply to seniors seeking Medigap plans after the six-month window.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>California takes a stab at opening Medigap enrollment\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A bill that would have changed that was introduced in the California legislature this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving the effort was concern among legislators that California seniors on Medicare Advantage plans were facing fewer and fewer choices in their networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Scripps Health, a major San Diego hospital system, stopped accepting \u003ca href=\"https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/106483\">Medicare Advantage plans\u003c/a>, saying the plans paid less than other insurers for the same treatments and required doctors to navigate prior authorization protocols that were burdensome and time-consuming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move sent seniors in the San Diego region scrambling to sign up for traditional Medicare, supplemented by Medigap plans. The high number of people who found Medigap plans unaffordable drew the attention of State Senator \u003ca href=\"https://sd38.senate.ca.gov/\">Catherine Blakespear\u003c/a>, who put forward a Medigap reform \u003ca href=\"https://sd38.senate.ca.gov/news/legislation-protect-seniors-high-health-care-costs-passes-senate-health-committee#:~:text=SB%201236%20protects%20people%20who,regular%20private%20health%20insurance%20markets\">bill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four states reformed Medigap in the 1990s — Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York. The rest, including California, allow Medigap insurers wide leeway in setting prices and issuing denials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s bill would have created a 90-day open enrollment period for Medigap every single year. That would allow seniors to opt in or out each year and not be denied — or face exorbitant premiums due to pre-existing conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/844x423+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F96%2F8e%2F9e96bd744cccaf43a7ca65b5f266%2Fsteffanie-watkins.png\" alt=\"Insurance industry representative Steffanie Watkins testifies April 24 before the Senate Standing Committee on Health, in opposition to a bill that would have created an annual open enrollment period for Medigap insurance. 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(Senate of the State of California)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society became a major supporter of the effort to pass the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cancer or any chronic illness is very, very expensive, and that’s why having supplemental coverage is important,” said Adam \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-zarrin/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\">Zarrin\u003c/a>, a policy analyst for the Society. “The second part is about making sure that patients have access to the best health care available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zarrin says leukemia and other blood cancers are more commonly diagnosed in older adults after age 55.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the case for Oakland resident \u003ca href=\"https://healthtree.org/myeloma/community/articles/a-myeloma-patient-s-story-judith-dambowic-and-her-cancer-cafe\">Judith Dambowic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dambowic was 58 and working as a physical therapist when she found out her swollen and painful eye was a symptom of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ten years after being diagnosed, Dambowic has become a patient advocate in the effort to reform Medigap in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the options. 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She thinks it’s unlikely she could get a Medigap policy that would allow her to return to traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s some evidence that indicates cancer patients may have fewer options in Medicare Advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that “[Medicare Advantage] beneficiaries have significant barriers in accessing optimal surgical cancer care” when compared to people with traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Insurance rates would increase, industry fights back\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As the bill was being debated in the state Capitol this spring, \u003ca href=\"https://aclhic.com/about-us/steffanie-watkins/\">Steffanie Watkins\u003c/a> spoke to lawmakers on behalf of the insurance lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more sick Californians are able to move onto Medigap plans, Watkins argued, insurance companies would have to raise premiums for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are concerned with the potential devastating impacts this bill could have on the 1.1 million seniors who, by no fault of their own, would experience significant rate increases if this bill were to pass,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.chbrp.org/sites/default/files/bill-documents/SB1236/SB%201236%20Infographic_revised.pdf\">state budget analysis\u003c/a> of the proposed bill found the average Medigap premium would increase by 33%, about $80 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a valid concern, according to KFF’s Tricia Neuman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people with modest incomes, people [on]of the sort of lower end of the income scale who have Medigap, they might feel priced out of the market,” she said.[aside postID=news_1993623,news_11764070]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the end, the bill failed to advance to a full vote in the Senate after being passed through the appropriations committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zarrin blamed legislators for siding with the insurance companies but said his group will keep pushing for this reform in future sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judith Dambowic was also disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, she’ll continue to focus on educating friends and other cancer patients about their Medicare options, so they know what they’re signing up for from the start — and how difficult it might be to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story comes from NPR’s health reporting partnership with\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/\">CapRadio\u003c/a> \u003cem>and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/\">KFF Health News.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other option a newly eligible senior can choose is Medicare Advantage. This plan, sold by a private insurance company, streamlines the upfront costs, making a separate Medigap plan unnecessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance companies often \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicare/report/how-health-insurers-and-brokers-are-marketing-medicare/\">heavily market\u003c/a> their Medicare Advantage plans, and offer extra benefits like dental and vision insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the initial appeal of Medicare Advantage plans, over half of people eligible for Medicare \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/half-of-all-eligible-medicare-beneficiaries-are-now-enrolled-in-private-medicare-advantage-plans/\">opted\u003c/a> for a Medicare Advantage plan in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s a major drawback to Medicare Advantage plans: they lock patients into a preferred network of doctors and hospitals, narrowing options for treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They might be 65, 66, 67 — in the scheme of things, they’re at their healthiest, but it could be that over the course of several years, they develop a serious illness,” Neuman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limited nature of the Advantage plans, Neuman added, means seniors might not be able to go to the specialists they want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes seniors decide they’d rather have the flexibility and choice of providers available under traditional Medicare and try to switch back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they might be stuck. If they try to switch back after the first 6 months of enrollment in Medicare, there’s no guarantee they can get a Medigap policy to pair with traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because private insurers who issue Medigap policies have the power to refuse coverage or set a high price once the six-month window is closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can be denied a policy because they have a pre-existing condition, or they can be charged more, or they can get the policy — but not for the particular condition that will require medical attention,” Neuman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These coverage denials and price hikes were common in the individual health insurance market before reforms under the Affordable Care Act. However, the ACA’s regulations don’t apply to seniors seeking Medigap plans after the six-month window.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>California takes a stab at opening Medigap enrollment\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A bill that would have changed that was introduced in the California legislature this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving the effort was concern among legislators that California seniors on Medicare Advantage plans were facing fewer and fewer choices in their networks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Scripps Health, a major San Diego hospital system, stopped accepting \u003ca href=\"https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/106483\">Medicare Advantage plans\u003c/a>, saying the plans paid less than other insurers for the same treatments and required doctors to navigate prior authorization protocols that were burdensome and time-consuming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move sent seniors in the San Diego region scrambling to sign up for traditional Medicare, supplemented by Medigap plans. The high number of people who found Medigap plans unaffordable drew the attention of State Senator \u003ca href=\"https://sd38.senate.ca.gov/\">Catherine Blakespear\u003c/a>, who put forward a Medigap reform \u003ca href=\"https://sd38.senate.ca.gov/news/legislation-protect-seniors-high-health-care-costs-passes-senate-health-committee#:~:text=SB%201236%20protects%20people%20who,regular%20private%20health%20insurance%20markets\">bill\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four states reformed Medigap in the 1990s — Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York. The rest, including California, allow Medigap insurers wide leeway in setting prices and issuing denials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s bill would have created a 90-day open enrollment period for Medigap every single year. That would allow seniors to opt in or out each year and not be denied — or face exorbitant premiums due to pre-existing conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/844x423+0+0/resize/1200/quality/75/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F96%2F8e%2F9e96bd744cccaf43a7ca65b5f266%2Fsteffanie-watkins.png\" alt=\"Insurance industry representative Steffanie Watkins testifies April 24 before the Senate Standing Committee on Health, in opposition to a bill that would have created an annual open enrollment period for Medigap insurance. 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(Senate of the State of California)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\u003cfigcaption>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society became a major supporter of the effort to pass the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cancer or any chronic illness is very, very expensive, and that’s why having supplemental coverage is important,” said Adam \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-zarrin/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F\">Zarrin\u003c/a>, a policy analyst for the Society. “The second part is about making sure that patients have access to the best health care available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zarrin says leukemia and other blood cancers are more commonly diagnosed in older adults after age 55.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was the case for Oakland resident \u003ca href=\"https://healthtree.org/myeloma/community/articles/a-myeloma-patient-s-story-judith-dambowic-and-her-cancer-cafe\">Judith Dambowic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dambowic was 58 and working as a physical therapist when she found out her swollen and painful eye was a symptom of multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ten years after being diagnosed, Dambowic has become a patient advocate in the effort to reform Medigap in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the options. 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She thinks it’s unlikely she could get a Medigap policy that would allow her to return to traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s some evidence that indicates cancer patients may have fewer options in Medicare Advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that “[Medicare Advantage] beneficiaries have significant barriers in accessing optimal surgical cancer care” when compared to people with traditional Medicare.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Insurance rates would increase, industry fights back\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As the bill was being debated in the state Capitol this spring, \u003ca href=\"https://aclhic.com/about-us/steffanie-watkins/\">Steffanie Watkins\u003c/a> spoke to lawmakers on behalf of the insurance lobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more sick Californians are able to move onto Medigap plans, Watkins argued, insurance companies would have to raise premiums for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are concerned with the potential devastating impacts this bill could have on the 1.1 million seniors who, by no fault of their own, would experience significant rate increases if this bill were to pass,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.chbrp.org/sites/default/files/bill-documents/SB1236/SB%201236%20Infographic_revised.pdf\">state budget analysis\u003c/a> of the proposed bill found the average Medigap premium would increase by 33%, about $80 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a valid concern, according to KFF’s Tricia Neuman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people with modest incomes, people [on]of the sort of lower end of the income scale who have Medigap, they might feel priced out of the market,” she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Of all the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/park-fire-california-wildfires/\">insidious threats faced by wildland firefighters\u003c/a> — extreme heat, desiccated forests, unpredictable fire behavior and a nearly year-round fire season — what might be the most fearsome?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Humans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People do dangerous things, things that start \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/wildfires/\">wildfires.\u003c/a> Pushing a burning car into a gully. Mowing the lawn on a hot summer day. Mis-wiring a hot tub. Driving cars with flat tires. Burning toilet paper rather than packing it out of a campsite. Setting off smoke bombs at gender reveal parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In hot, dry conditions already primed for fire, people’s actions can quickly escalate from a harmless mistake — such as hammering a metal stake into the parched ground — to igniting a blaze that kills a firefighter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People — whether purposeful, reckless or simply careless — are responsible for about 95% of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-wildfire-map-tracker/\">California’s wildfires\u003c/a>. Last year alone, people caused \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/statistics/human-caused\">more than 7,000 wildfires\u003c/a> in California; nationally, it was more than 50,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humans are incredibly predictable,” Cal Fire Battalion Chief David Acuna said. “They drag chains, and they leave campfires to burn or they have a flat tire but think they can \u003cem>juuust \u003c/em>make it to the next exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s people not using appropriate judgment,” he added. “They are not looking at what they are doing and whether or not it’s going to start a fire. I believe in the ability of humans to recognize what is not in their best interest, but people constantly prove me wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add to the list the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">Park Fire\u003c/a>, a fierce fire raging across 600 square miles in four Sacramento Valley counties that is already the fifth \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=396e3fe5db424fc39487bfa4d219cf81&hash=8529C4E1F1BC3073E31AD0337E875199\">largest in California history (PDF)\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttecounty.net/DocumentCenter/View/13770/July-25-2024---CHICO-MAN-ARRESTED-FOR-PARK-FIRE-ARSON---UPDATE\">Butte County authorities (PDF) \u003c/a>arrested a 42-year-old Chico man suspected of pushing a burning vehicle into a ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Human action, tragically, also may have caused the 57,300-acre \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.fs2c.usda.gov/incident-information/casqf-borel-fire\">Borel Fire in Kern County\u003c/a>, which began last week on the side of Highway 178, possibly sparked when a vehicle crashed, killing the driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a summer of severe fires, with dangerous lightning storms possible in the coming weeks, authorities wish people would stop doing stupid stuff. Nature doesn’t need any help starting fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would include the man accused of driving his truck for more than four miles, minus a front tire, in Sonoma County last week. The metal scraping on the road sparked the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/flora-fire\">Flora Fire\u003c/a>, a small blaze east of Healdsburg. The fire was contained last Sunday and a suspect is in custody. Cal Fire lists the cause as “vehicle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar maneuver started the 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/7/23/carr-fire\">Carr Fire\u003c/a> near Redding. The fire, which killed three people fighting the fire and five civilians and burned nearly 230,000 acres, was ignited by a spark caused by someone driving a trailer with a flat tire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another major human cause is related to institutions — the power utilities — rather than reckless individuals. “Since 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://information.auditor.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2021-117.pdf\">power lines (PDF)\u003c/a> have caused six of the state’s 20 most destructive wildfires,” according to a 2022 report from the State Auditor’s office. \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-destructive-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=9e4974c273274858880c2dd28292a96f&hash=29E21CBFCE8D9885F606246607D21CEB\">California’s most deadly fire (PDF)\u003c/a>, the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people, was started by arcing transmission lines whipped by high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natural causes still play a significant role, especially \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/09/california-fires-lightning/\">lightning, which could become an even bigger threat due to climate change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-intentional-arson-is-rare-in-wildfires\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intentional arson is rare in wildfires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arsonists purposefully setting fires is not common, accounting for about 10% of California fires, depending on the year. Last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/our-impact\">111 people were arrested for arson-caused fires\u003c/a> in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of human-caused fires fall into the unofficial category of people being knuckleheads: Folks doing something they think is safe or, absent any thinking, something they come to regret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few examples:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>A smoke bomb at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/21/couple-gender-reveal-party-wildfire-charged\">gender-reveal party\u003c/a> sparked the deadly 2020 El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, which killed a firefighter and cost $42 million to suppress.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>A person using a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/4/french-fire\">lawnmower\u003c/a> in Mariposa County caused the French Fire on July 4.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiego.gov/fire/about/majorfires/2003cedar\">Starting a fire to signal for help\u003c/a>, a hunter inadvertently started the 2003 Cedar Fire near San Diego, which burned 280,278 acres, destroyed 2,820 buildings and killed 15 people.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2015/9/12/valley-fire\">Faulty wiring on a hot tub\u003c/a> in 2015 ignited a fire that burned for longer than a month in Lake County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2017/7/16/detwiler-fire\">Weapons fired in the backcountry\u003c/a> started the 2017 Detwiler Fire, destroying 134 structures and threatening Yosemite National Park. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2008/7/25/telegraph-fire/\">The same cause in the same area\u003c/a> sparked the Telegraph Fire nine years earlier.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>A homeowner attempting to install a shade cloth on his property \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/7/27/ranch-fire-mendocino-complex\">used a hammer to drive a metal stake into the ground\u003c/a>. The sparks set off the Ranch Fire, which killed a firefighter and burned more than 410,000 acres in Colusa, Glenn, Lake and Mendocino counties in 2018.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Throw into the mix: escaped Mylar balloons sparking utility lines, unattended campfires, Weedwackers, cigarette butts tossed out of car windows, trains, backyard fireworks. It’s a wonder that the state doesn’t burn down every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dispatching crews to human-caused fires takes resources away from the fires that nature creates, said Adrienne Freeman, a spokesperson with the U.S. Forest Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The answer is to use common sense,” she said. “It’s important not to place blame, but if you have a flat tire and you are 500 feet from the gas station, you may want to push (the car instead.) Think about it in the bigger picture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Freeman said a particular numbskull decision she’s seen is, evidently, common: backcountry campers setting fire to used toilet paper so they don’t have to pack it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-vehicles-lawn-equipment-are-leading-causes-of-wildfires\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vehicles, lawn equipment are leading causes of wildfires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The unsung reason is parking on dry grass. It’s common,” she said. “People pull up to a river access and see all these cars parked on the same strip you are parked on. What do you do? You park there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California firefighters respond to countless brush fires every summer that were started by a hot tailpipe making contact with high and dry grasses next to a road. The flammability of grasses is so well known that even those in the fire service are on guard not to spark fires when they use or move equipment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can actually start fires while fighting fires,” Freeman said, noting that heavy-duty fire engines and other fire vehicles can kick up rocks and cause sparks. “You are moving your dozers to respond to a fire, you have to be very careful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Winnacker, fire chief of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mofd.org/our-district/district-overview/fire-chief\">Moraga-Orinda Fire District\u003c/a> east of Berkeley, said human-caused fires commonly involve using equipment outdoors unsafely and vehicle accidents. His department operates a rigorous fire awareness program but sometimes education and warnings are not enough. In June, the fire district instituted a near-total \u003ca href=\"https://www.mofd.org/our-district/fuels-mitigation-fire-prevention/burn-ban-status#:~:text=What%20is%20banned%3F,or%20NG)%20outdoor%20flame%20devices.\">outdoor fire ban\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many California counties suggest mowing grass early in the day or late afternoon, but it’s not mandatory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We rely on our education and spreading the word. At the end of the day, some people are going to get it and some are not,” said Andy VanSciver, public information officer for the \u003ca href=\"https://vcfd.org/fire-hazard-reduction-program-fhrp/\">Ventura County Fire Department.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Humans are incredibly predictable,” Cal Fire Battalion Chief David Acuna said. “They drag chains, and they leave campfires to burn or they have a flat tire but think they can \u003cem>juuust \u003c/em>make it to the next exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s people not using appropriate judgment,” he added. “They are not looking at what they are doing and whether or not it’s going to start a fire. I believe in the ability of humans to recognize what is not in their best interest, but people constantly prove me wrong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add to the list the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/park-fire\">Park Fire\u003c/a>, a fierce fire raging across 600 square miles in four Sacramento Valley counties that is already the fifth \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-largest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=396e3fe5db424fc39487bfa4d219cf81&hash=8529C4E1F1BC3073E31AD0337E875199\">largest in California history (PDF)\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttecounty.net/DocumentCenter/View/13770/July-25-2024---CHICO-MAN-ARRESTED-FOR-PARK-FIRE-ARSON---UPDATE\">Butte County authorities (PDF) \u003c/a>arrested a 42-year-old Chico man suspected of pushing a burning vehicle into a ravine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Human action, tragically, also may have caused the 57,300-acre \u003ca href=\"https://inciweb.fs2c.usda.gov/incident-information/casqf-borel-fire\">Borel Fire in Kern County\u003c/a>, which began last week on the side of Highway 178, possibly sparked when a vehicle crashed, killing the driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a summer of severe fires, with dangerous lightning storms possible in the coming weeks, authorities wish people would stop doing stupid stuff. Nature doesn’t need any help starting fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would include the man accused of driving his truck for more than four miles, minus a front tire, in Sonoma County last week. The metal scraping on the road sparked the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/24/flora-fire\">Flora Fire\u003c/a>, a small blaze east of Healdsburg. The fire was contained last Sunday and a suspect is in custody. Cal Fire lists the cause as “vehicle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similar maneuver started the 2018 \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/7/23/carr-fire\">Carr Fire\u003c/a> near Redding. The fire, which killed three people fighting the fire and five civilians and burned nearly 230,000 acres, was ignited by a spark caused by someone driving a trailer with a flat tire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another major human cause is related to institutions — the power utilities — rather than reckless individuals. “Since 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://information.auditor.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2021-117.pdf\">power lines (PDF)\u003c/a> have caused six of the state’s 20 most destructive wildfires,” according to a 2022 report from the State Auditor’s office. \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-destructive-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=9e4974c273274858880c2dd28292a96f&hash=29E21CBFCE8D9885F606246607D21CEB\">California’s most deadly fire (PDF)\u003c/a>, the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people, was started by arcing transmission lines whipped by high winds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natural causes still play a significant role, especially \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/09/california-fires-lightning/\">lightning, which could become an even bigger threat due to climate change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-intentional-arson-is-rare-in-wildfires\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Intentional arson is rare in wildfires\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Arsonists purposefully setting fires is not common, accounting for about 10% of California fires, depending on the year. Last year \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/our-impact\">111 people were arrested for arson-caused fires\u003c/a> in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of human-caused fires fall into the unofficial category of people being knuckleheads: Folks doing something they think is safe or, absent any thinking, something they come to regret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few examples:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>A smoke bomb at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/21/couple-gender-reveal-party-wildfire-charged\">gender-reveal party\u003c/a> sparked the deadly 2020 El Dorado Fire in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, which killed a firefighter and cost $42 million to suppress.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>A person using a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/7/4/french-fire\">lawnmower\u003c/a> in Mariposa County caused the French Fire on July 4.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiego.gov/fire/about/majorfires/2003cedar\">Starting a fire to signal for help\u003c/a>, a hunter inadvertently started the 2003 Cedar Fire near San Diego, which burned 280,278 acres, destroyed 2,820 buildings and killed 15 people.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2015/9/12/valley-fire\">Faulty wiring on a hot tub\u003c/a> in 2015 ignited a fire that burned for longer than a month in Lake County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2017/7/16/detwiler-fire\">Weapons fired in the backcountry\u003c/a> started the 2017 Detwiler Fire, destroying 134 structures and threatening Yosemite National Park. \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2008/7/25/telegraph-fire/\">The same cause in the same area\u003c/a> sparked the Telegraph Fire nine years earlier.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>A homeowner attempting to install a shade cloth on his property \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2018/7/27/ranch-fire-mendocino-complex\">used a hammer to drive a metal stake into the ground\u003c/a>. The sparks set off the Ranch Fire, which killed a firefighter and burned more than 410,000 acres in Colusa, Glenn, Lake and Mendocino counties in 2018.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Throw into the mix: escaped Mylar balloons sparking utility lines, unattended campfires, Weedwackers, cigarette butts tossed out of car windows, trains, backyard fireworks. It’s a wonder that the state doesn’t burn down every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dispatching crews to human-caused fires takes resources away from the fires that nature creates, said Adrienne Freeman, a spokesperson with the U.S. Forest Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The answer is to use common sense,” she said. “It’s important not to place blame, but if you have a flat tire and you are 500 feet from the gas station, you may want to push (the car instead.) 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"content": "\u003cp>Flames curled around a white 1997 Buick as the airbags exploded, sounding like gunshots. The tires popped next, sending metal pieces flying. Four men battled the blaze, shooting water through a firehose while Captain Michael Chapman looked on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the day, he said, this training academy of the Los Angeles County Fire Department will torch 10 cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is the training free for these firefighters-in-training — they also get paid. They’re in an apprenticeship program, which means \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2023/06/california-apprenticeships/\">they learn on the job\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a model that’s gaining \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/06/california-workers-apprenticeships-ideas-festival/\">new attention\u003c/a>. During his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@GavinNewsom/heres-how-we-grow-california-s-economy-for-everyone-b1b06c7b49c9#:~:text=Second%2C%20we%20will%20establish%20500%2C000%20earn%2Dand%2Dlearn%20apprenticeships%20by%202029%2C%20creating%20a%20new%20vocational%20pipeline%20of%20high%2Dskill%20workers.%20In%20an%20increasingly%20global%20world%2C%20apprenticeships%20provide%20the%20education%20and%20training%20necessary%20to%20prepare%20Californians%20for%20the%20jobs%20of%20today%20and%20tomorrow.\">500,000 new apprenticeships\u003c/a> in the decade after taking office. Firefighting is the most popular so far, with nearly 18,000 apprentices joining programs since Newsom’s inauguration in January 2019, according to Adele Burnes, the deputy chief of the state’s Division of Apprenticeship Standards. As of this month, she said the state has registered more than 180,000 apprentices across all industries in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee helps create these firefighter apprenticeships by bringing together local fire departments and their union leaders, who jointly set the terms for apprentice pay and training. The state subsidizes apprenticeship training just like it subsidizes public colleges and universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learning without getting burned\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today, the majority of professional firefighters in California are trained through apprenticeship programs, said Yvonne de la Peña, who oversees the joint committee. She said getting to that point took more than 30 years of incremental work, negotiating apprenticeship agreements department by department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 36 Los Angeles County apprentices, all men, each with the same buzz cut. After every lesson in their 18-week training program, they split into small groups and lined up in rows, where their instructors shouted commands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be militaristic,” Chapman said. “Someone has to take charge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pay varies, but in large fire departments, apprentices can make more than $40 an hour, according to de la Peña. Once they finish apprenticeship training, they get a raise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997537\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2150px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997537\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2150\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x952.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-2048x1270.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1190.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2150px) 100vw, 2150px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A car burns during firefighter training. Right: An apprentice carries a saw. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997538\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices work to extinguish the flames on a burning car. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state reimburses the departments for some training costs, typically about $10 an hour for each hour of training. In the 2022–23 budget year, which ended last June, the state gave fire departments a total of more than $24 million for apprenticeship training, according to Melissa Villarin, a spokesperson for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. The money passes through education agencies because it comes from Proposition 98, the same source used to fund K–12 education and community colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its hourly reimbursement, which is provided to almost any registered apprenticeship program, California allocated around $130 million for apprenticeships in the last budget year. Most of that money went to programs that help diversify apprenticeships or to industries that are interested in launching an apprenticeship model for the first time. It’s part of an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/08/500000-californians-stand-to-benefit-from-new-apprenticeship-plan/#:~:text=The%20recently%20enacted%20budget%20includes%20an%20unprecedented%20%24480%20million%20over%20the%20next%20three%20years%20to%20support%20this%20expansion.\">unprecedented state investment\u003c/a> in apprenticeships in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles County, the fire department didn’t qualify for many of those grants, but it received over $4 million from the state for training reimbursement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hours after quenching the car fire, the apprentices rotate to other lessons, including the most dangerous one: a burning building. For that section, instructors outnumber students. “The last thing we want is to burn one of them,” said Chapman, pointing to the apprentices. “Or burn one of the staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To simulate a burning building, the instructors use shipping containers, lining sections of the interior walls with wooden pallets and sound boards, then lighting them on fire. Four apprentices run from a fire truck in the parking lot toward the shipping containers, carrying a firehouse between them, and crawl inside, one by one, escorted by their instructors at the front and the rear of the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, while inside, the firehose snags a corner, but the apprentices struggle to communicate with one another to ask for more slack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997539\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997539\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-2048x683.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x641.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices, in yellow helmets, run a hose over to the entrance of a shipping container during training. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997540\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997540\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several instructors take off their gear and cool off between training sessions. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They lose about 30 seconds but put out the fire nonetheless. They exit the shipping container slowly, too exhausted to run, then they strip off their uniforms and dunk their heads into a trash bin filled with ice water. Both apprentices and instructors are dripping in water and sweat as they sit down to debrief the lesson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did they not hear you, or did you not understand?” said instructor Zack Balderrama, referring to the moment when the firehose got stuck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both,” said a group of four apprentices in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Parallels’ to education\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On-the-job training has long been a part of firefighting, said de la Peña, with the joint apprenticeship committee. “The apprenticeship model hasn’t changed how someone becomes a firefighter.” The difference, she said, is that now fire departments are reimbursed directly by the state for some of their training costs. Their training is more standardized and union leaders play a larger part in determining it, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some industries, such as carpentry, have also created robust apprenticeship programs. Since 2019, the state has registered roughly 14,000 carpenter apprentices, said Burnes, with the state standards division.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries such as firefighting and carpentry will continue to add apprentices, but not at the scale needed to meet the governor’s goal of 500,000. “If we do nothing and maintain the status quo, we will serve approximately 330,000 apprentices by 2029,” wrote state agency leaders in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DAS/e-News/2022/Five-Point-Action-Plan.pdf#page=11\">2022 report (PDF)\u003c/a>. One of the solutions, they wrote, is to “expand new and innovative apprenticeships” in fields such as education, health care, and technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers and firefighters have few skills in common, but when it comes to forming apprenticeship programs, Burnes said there are “parallels.” Both industries are primarily composed of unionized, public sector employees who are spread out across hundreds of independently governed districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997535\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997535\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices turn to walk to their next lesson. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California — population 39 million — currently has two teacher apprentices, according to the organization, and they’re registered with the federal government, not the state. California has yet to certify an apprenticeship program for K–12 teachers, Burnes said. “There’s a whole system of teacher credentialing in California. That’s a different nut to crack.” The goal, she said, is to create a pathway for students to earn while they learn without diminishing the quality of the state’s teaching credentials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In health care, Burnes pointed to one promising program, which trains licensed vocational nurses to become registered nurses. She said it has enrolled 84 apprentices since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Making room for women in firefighting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To train in Los Angeles County, the 36 apprentices needed to pass physical agility, medical and written tests, and to be certified Emergency Medical Technicians or paramedics before starting training. Many took over 20 different written exams, in multiple counties and states, waiting years just to get hired with a department. This particular class of apprentices took its written exam in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greatest challenge is often physical. During training, apprentices must prove they can carry ladders, chainsaws, and hoses while wearing heavy uniforms, helmets, and oxygen tanks — in over 100° heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, the fire department accepted 56 people, but in the first few weeks of class, 20 apprentices either got injured or failed to meet the performance requirements. Among those who failed was the sole woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is held to the same standard,” said Chapman, adding that both men and women struggle with the physical agility exam and apprenticeship training. “Size or gender has nothing to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the governor’s goal focuses on the volume of apprentices in California, state agencies and fire departments are also concerned about diversity. Apprenticeships help\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/03/youth-apprenticeships-california/#:~:text=Those%20who%20complete%20apprenticeships%20can%20earn%20starting%20salaries%20of%20%2477%2C000%2C%20and%20their%20average%20lifetime%20earnings%20could%20outpace%20their%20peers%E2%80%99%20by%20more%20than%20%24300%2C000%2C%20according%20to%20research%20by%20Jobs%20for%20the%20Future%2C%20a%20national%20organization%20that%20promotes%20workforce%20development.\"> train people for high-paying jobs,\u003c/a> but historically, the industries that offer apprenticeships have been male-dominated. In firefighting and construction, for example, just 4% of apprentices are women, according to the state’s 2022 report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diversifying those industries and creating new apprenticeship programs in female-dominated industries, such as education, can help close the pay gap between men and women, Burnes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_201720180ab579\">a 2017 bill\u003c/a>, the state Legislature required the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee to create programs that prepare applicants, especially women and people of color, for firefighter jobs. Last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors called on its fire department to \u003ca href=\"https://hahn.lacounty.gov/supervisors-move-to-improve-diversity-in-la-county-fire-department/#:~:text=To%20ensure%20a%20more%20inclusive,of%20color%2C%20and%20LGBTQ%20individuals.\">do the same\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, de la Peña said the joint committee offers classes in San Diego, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, where students can get certified as a paramedic and practice for the other components of the firefighter apprenticeship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997541\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2135px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997541\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2135\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED.jpg 2135w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-800x499.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-1020x637.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-1536x959.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-2048x1279.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-1920x1199.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2135px) 100vw, 2135px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices’ gear and a helmet are laid out on a bench. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Michaela Levell, a student in Los Angeles, the greatest benefit is the cost. “It’s free,” she said, referring to her paramedic class, and she’s able to continue working as an EMT since school is only three days a week. The UCLA paramedic program nearby is four days a week and costs \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.mednet.ucla.edu/paramedic-planningforcosts\">about $13,000.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in Indiana, Levell said she didn’t see any other women in the fire service, so she decided to go to college and study social work instead. “It’s a daunting thing to know how few females there are in the fire department,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting her bachelor’s degree, she has around $50,000 in debt and said she wishes she had pursued a firefighter apprenticeship earlier. Once she moved to Los Angeles, she came across female firefighters through her EMT work. She said they’re some of “the most badass women I’ve ever met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adam Echelman covers California’s community colleges in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Financial support for this story was provided by the Smidt and Irvine foundations.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Flames curled around a white 1997 Buick as the airbags exploded, sounding like gunshots. The tires popped next, sending metal pieces flying. Four men battled the blaze, shooting water through a firehose while Captain Michael Chapman looked on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the end of the day, he said, this training academy of the Los Angeles County Fire Department will torch 10 cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only is the training free for these firefighters-in-training — they also get paid. They’re in an apprenticeship program, which means \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2023/06/california-apprenticeships/\">they learn on the job\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a model that’s gaining \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/06/california-workers-apprenticeships-ideas-festival/\">new attention\u003c/a>. During his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create \u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/@GavinNewsom/heres-how-we-grow-california-s-economy-for-everyone-b1b06c7b49c9#:~:text=Second%2C%20we%20will%20establish%20500%2C000%20earn%2Dand%2Dlearn%20apprenticeships%20by%202029%2C%20creating%20a%20new%20vocational%20pipeline%20of%20high%2Dskill%20workers.%20In%20an%20increasingly%20global%20world%2C%20apprenticeships%20provide%20the%20education%20and%20training%20necessary%20to%20prepare%20Californians%20for%20the%20jobs%20of%20today%20and%20tomorrow.\">500,000 new apprenticeships\u003c/a> in the decade after taking office. Firefighting is the most popular so far, with nearly 18,000 apprentices joining programs since Newsom’s inauguration in January 2019, according to Adele Burnes, the deputy chief of the state’s Division of Apprenticeship Standards. As of this month, she said the state has registered more than 180,000 apprentices across all industries in the last five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee helps create these firefighter apprenticeships by bringing together local fire departments and their union leaders, who jointly set the terms for apprentice pay and training. The state subsidizes apprenticeship training just like it subsidizes public colleges and universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Learning without getting burned\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Today, the majority of professional firefighters in California are trained through apprenticeship programs, said Yvonne de la Peña, who oversees the joint committee. She said getting to that point took more than 30 years of incremental work, negotiating apprenticeship agreements department by department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 36 Los Angeles County apprentices, all men, each with the same buzz cut. After every lesson in their 18-week training program, they split into small groups and lined up in rows, where their instructors shouted commands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be militaristic,” Chapman said. “Someone has to take charge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pay varies, but in large fire departments, apprentices can make more than $40 an hour, according to de la Peña. Once they finish apprenticeship training, they get a raise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997537\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2150px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997537\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2150\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x99.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x952.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-2048x1270.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1190.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2150px) 100vw, 2150px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: A car burns during firefighter training. Right: An apprentice carries a saw. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997538\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-10-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices work to extinguish the flames on a burning car. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state reimburses the departments for some training costs, typically about $10 an hour for each hour of training. In the 2022–23 budget year, which ended last June, the state gave fire departments a total of more than $24 million for apprenticeship training, according to Melissa Villarin, a spokesperson for the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. The money passes through education agencies because it comes from Proposition 98, the same source used to fund K–12 education and community colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to its hourly reimbursement, which is provided to almost any registered apprenticeship program, California allocated around $130 million for apprenticeships in the last budget year. Most of that money went to programs that help diversify apprenticeships or to industries that are interested in launching an apprenticeship model for the first time. It’s part of an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/08/500000-californians-stand-to-benefit-from-new-apprenticeship-plan/#:~:text=The%20recently%20enacted%20budget%20includes%20an%20unprecedented%20%24480%20million%20over%20the%20next%20three%20years%20to%20support%20this%20expansion.\">unprecedented state investment\u003c/a> in apprenticeships in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles County, the fire department didn’t qualify for many of those grants, but it received over $4 million from the state for training reimbursement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few hours after quenching the car fire, the apprentices rotate to other lessons, including the most dangerous one: a burning building. For that section, instructors outnumber students. “The last thing we want is to burn one of them,” said Chapman, pointing to the apprentices. “Or burn one of the staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To simulate a burning building, the instructors use shipping containers, lining sections of the interior walls with wooden pallets and sound boards, then lighting them on fire. Four apprentices run from a fire truck in the parking lot toward the shipping containers, carrying a firehouse between them, and crawl inside, one by one, escorted by their instructors at the front and the rear of the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, while inside, the firehose snags a corner, but the apprentices struggle to communicate with one another to ask for more slack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997539\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997539\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x267.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x340.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x53.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-2048x683.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x641.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices, in yellow helmets, run a hose over to the entrance of a shipping container during training. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997540\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997540\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-35-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Several instructors take off their gear and cool off between training sessions. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They lose about 30 seconds but put out the fire nonetheless. They exit the shipping container slowly, too exhausted to run, then they strip off their uniforms and dunk their heads into a trash bin filled with ice water. Both apprentices and instructors are dripping in water and sweat as they sit down to debrief the lesson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did they not hear you, or did you not understand?” said instructor Zack Balderrama, referring to the moment when the firehose got stuck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both,” said a group of four apprentices in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Parallels’ to education\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On-the-job training has long been a part of firefighting, said de la Peña, with the joint apprenticeship committee. “The apprenticeship model hasn’t changed how someone becomes a firefighter.” The difference, she said, is that now fire departments are reimbursed directly by the state for some of their training costs. Their training is more standardized and union leaders play a larger part in determining it, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some industries, such as carpentry, have also created robust apprenticeship programs. Since 2019, the state has registered roughly 14,000 carpenter apprentices, said Burnes, with the state standards division.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries such as firefighting and carpentry will continue to add apprentices, but not at the scale needed to meet the governor’s goal of 500,000. “If we do nothing and maintain the status quo, we will serve approximately 330,000 apprentices by 2029,” wrote state agency leaders in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DAS/e-News/2022/Five-Point-Action-Plan.pdf#page=11\">2022 report (PDF)\u003c/a>. One of the solutions, they wrote, is to “expand new and innovative apprenticeships” in fields such as education, health care, and technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teachers and firefighters have few skills in common, but when it comes to forming apprenticeship programs, Burnes said there are “parallels.” Both industries are primarily composed of unionized, public sector employees who are spread out across hundreds of independently governed districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997535\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997535\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-01-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices turn to walk to their next lesson. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California — population 39 million — currently has two teacher apprentices, according to the organization, and they’re registered with the federal government, not the state. California has yet to certify an apprenticeship program for K–12 teachers, Burnes said. “There’s a whole system of teacher credentialing in California. That’s a different nut to crack.” The goal, she said, is to create a pathway for students to earn while they learn without diminishing the quality of the state’s teaching credentials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In health care, Burnes pointed to one promising program, which trains licensed vocational nurses to become registered nurses. She said it has enrolled 84 apprentices since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Making room for women in firefighting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To train in Los Angeles County, the 36 apprentices needed to pass physical agility, medical and written tests, and to be certified Emergency Medical Technicians or paramedics before starting training. Many took over 20 different written exams, in multiple counties and states, waiting years just to get hired with a department. This particular class of apprentices took its written exam in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The greatest challenge is often physical. During training, apprentices must prove they can carry ladders, chainsaws, and hoses while wearing heavy uniforms, helmets, and oxygen tanks — in over 100° heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, the fire department accepted 56 people, but in the first few weeks of class, 20 apprentices either got injured or failed to meet the performance requirements. Among those who failed was the sole woman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody is held to the same standard,” said Chapman, adding that both men and women struggle with the physical agility exam and apprenticeship training. “Size or gender has nothing to do with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the governor’s goal focuses on the volume of apprentices in California, state agencies and fire departments are also concerned about diversity. Apprenticeships help\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/03/youth-apprenticeships-california/#:~:text=Those%20who%20complete%20apprenticeships%20can%20earn%20starting%20salaries%20of%20%2477%2C000%2C%20and%20their%20average%20lifetime%20earnings%20could%20outpace%20their%20peers%E2%80%99%20by%20more%20than%20%24300%2C000%2C%20according%20to%20research%20by%20Jobs%20for%20the%20Future%2C%20a%20national%20organization%20that%20promotes%20workforce%20development.\"> train people for high-paying jobs,\u003c/a> but historically, the industries that offer apprenticeships have been male-dominated. In firefighting and construction, for example, just 4% of apprentices are women, according to the state’s 2022 report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diversifying those industries and creating new apprenticeship programs in female-dominated industries, such as education, can help close the pay gap between men and women, Burnes said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_201720180ab579\">a 2017 bill\u003c/a>, the state Legislature required the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee to create programs that prepare applicants, especially women and people of color, for firefighter jobs. Last year, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors called on its fire department to \u003ca href=\"https://hahn.lacounty.gov/supervisors-move-to-improve-diversity-in-la-county-fire-department/#:~:text=To%20ensure%20a%20more%20inclusive,of%20color%2C%20and%20LGBTQ%20individuals.\">do the same\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, de la Peña said the joint committee offers classes in San Diego, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, where students can get certified as a paramedic and practice for the other components of the firefighter apprenticeship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997541\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2135px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997541\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2135\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED.jpg 2135w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-800x499.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-1020x637.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-1536x959.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-2048x1279.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/070824-FireFight-Training-JAH-CM-29-DIPTYCH-3-KQED-1920x1199.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2135px) 100vw, 2135px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apprentices’ gear and a helmet are laid out on a bench. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Michaela Levell, a student in Los Angeles, the greatest benefit is the cost. “It’s free,” she said, referring to her paramedic class, and she’s able to continue working as an EMT since school is only three days a week. The UCLA paramedic program nearby is four days a week and costs \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpc.mednet.ucla.edu/paramedic-planningforcosts\">about $13,000.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in Indiana, Levell said she didn’t see any other women in the fire service, so she decided to go to college and study social work instead. “It’s a daunting thing to know how few females there are in the fire department,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After getting her bachelor’s degree, she has around $50,000 in debt and said she wishes she had pursued a firefighter apprenticeship earlier. Once she moved to Los Angeles, she came across female firefighters through her EMT work. She said they’re some of “the most badass women I’ve ever met.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adam Echelman covers California’s community colleges in partnership with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on higher education. \u003c/em>\u003cem>Financial support for this story was provided by the Smidt and Irvine foundations.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.saforamerica.org/harini-krishnan\">Harini Krishnan\u003c/a> became a Democratic organizer after former President Donald Trump was elected in 2016. When she spoke to KQED on Monday, she wore a T-shirt emblazoned with “KAMALA” in rainbow colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m proud to call Kamala Harris a friend, and [I’m] ready to do whatever it takes to get her across the finish line,” said Krishnan, an Indian American classical vocalist and Hillsborough resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Krishnan is an elected Democratic National Convention delegate and the national director for \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C9v4guzRDLn/\">South Asians for Harris\u003c/a>. Five days ago, she led South Asians for Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21 and endorsed Harris, who is the Democratic Party’s likely nominee. If Harris becomes the nominee, she will be the first Black woman and the first South Asian American to top a major party’s presidential ticket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her campaign has energized Democrats, but it has especially galvanized South Asian Democrats in Silicon Valley in ways that 2024 presidential bids by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, both Republicans of South Asian descent, did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Krishnan pointed to polls, like the 2022 Asian American Voter Survey, that show a \u003ca href=\"https://apiavote.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-Asian-American-Voter-Survey-Report.pdf\">majority of Indian Americans nationwide (PDF)\u003c/a> identify as Democrats. Harris, who was born in Oakland, is the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Representation matters. The first woman. The first South Asian. The first Asian American. The first African American woman. From California. All those things matter to me,” Krishnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997363\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11997363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harini Krishnan (left) with Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in Atherton in 2019. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Harini Krishnan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>M.R. Rangaswami, a tech executive, angel investor and philanthropist, is originally from Chennai, the same Indian city Harris’ mom emigrated from. Rangaswami, 69, said he has closely followed Harris’ political rise. “Every step of the way, she was a quick study,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rangaswami, a San Francisco resident who first came to the United States in 1982, said he plans to vote for Harris. He is currently working with others to plan a fundraiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way in my wildest dreams would some scenario like this come true,” he said. “And that’s the beauty of the United States, and that’s why I’m proud to be a U.S. citizen and have my family here. That’s the good side of America. And along with it comes challenges, but net net, it’s a positive thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech executive Sunil Mehta has lived in Silicon Valley for 40 years. He co-founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.theyseeblue.org\">They See Blue\u003c/a>, which mobilizes South Asian voters to support Democrats in battleground states. The name is a play on words, pronounced by many Indians and Indian Americans as “Desi” Blue. The word “Desi” means “countryman” in Hindi or Urdu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are agnostic in terms of who the candidate is,” Mehta said. “We don’t blindly support South Asian candidates just because they are South Asian. Now, if they happen to be South Asian, that’s a bonus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what benefits Harris with older South Asian voters — closer to the political center than left on foreign policy, economics and the environment — may complicate her reception among Gen Z South Asian Democrats in tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Divya Jakatdar, who works in sales at Harmonic, an AI startup. The Los Altos Hills resident is still shaking off her dread at the prospect of Biden losing in November. Her first reaction upon hearing Harris will top the ticket?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was such a confusing feeling, because I felt relief and also stress at the same time. There was a little bit of a sigh, like, ‘OK, they’re listening,’” said Jakatdar, 21, referring to Democratic Party leaders who initially supported Biden staying in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jakatdar is not a single-issue voter, but she says she knows a lot of young progressive voters are. Whether the topic is abortion, Gaza or police brutality, she’s worried they’ll sit this election out or vote for Trump as a protest against another four years of a Biden-like president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can envision all of the new rights that are going to be taken away in a couple months should we not go with her,” she said. “So I hope people remember that you would be voting against a lot of Black and brown people in the United States as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump may have chosen J.D. Vance for his Silicon Valley connections, but South Asians in the Bay Area took note of the fact his wife, Usha Vance, is Indian American. South Asian Democrats watched Republican National Convention attendees hold up anti-immigration signs as she introduced her husband.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The raw image was Usha Vance talking about being a child of immigrants to a sea of women holding signs that said ‘Mass Deportation Now’ — they’re telling us who they are,” Krishnan said. “Trump is an anti-immigrant xenophobe. And Vance is no different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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All those things matter to me,” Krishnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997363\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11997363\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/KRISHNANHARRIS1-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harini Krishnan (left) with Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in Atherton in 2019. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Harini Krishnan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>M.R. Rangaswami, a tech executive, angel investor and philanthropist, is originally from Chennai, the same Indian city Harris’ mom emigrated from. Rangaswami, 69, said he has closely followed Harris’ political rise. “Every step of the way, she was a quick study,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rangaswami, a San Francisco resident who first came to the United States in 1982, said he plans to vote for Harris. He is currently working with others to plan a fundraiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way in my wildest dreams would some scenario like this come true,” he said. “And that’s the beauty of the United States, and that’s why I’m proud to be a U.S. citizen and have my family here. That’s the good side of America. And along with it comes challenges, but net net, it’s a positive thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech executive Sunil Mehta has lived in Silicon Valley for 40 years. He co-founded \u003ca href=\"https://www.theyseeblue.org\">They See Blue\u003c/a>, which mobilizes South Asian voters to support Democrats in battleground states. The name is a play on words, pronounced by many Indians and Indian Americans as “Desi” Blue. The word “Desi” means “countryman” in Hindi or Urdu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are agnostic in terms of who the candidate is,” Mehta said. “We don’t blindly support South Asian candidates just because they are South Asian. Now, if they happen to be South Asian, that’s a bonus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what benefits Harris with older South Asian voters — closer to the political center than left on foreign policy, economics and the environment — may complicate her reception among Gen Z South Asian Democrats in tech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Divya Jakatdar, who works in sales at Harmonic, an AI startup. The Los Altos Hills resident is still shaking off her dread at the prospect of Biden losing in November. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]J[/dropcap]avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">J\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Not even 24 hours after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996616/biden-ends-reelection-campaign-leaving-democrats-next-steps-unclear\">Joe Biden announced his exit from the presidential race on Sunday\u003c/a>, Republican strategists had a new target: Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Harris became the likely Democratic nominee \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/g-s1-12804/kamala-harris-delegates-nominee-dnc-vote\">after receiving the support of enough party delegates to secure the nomination\u003c/a>. That same day,\u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/07/22/kamala-harris-senate-republicans-nrsc-president\">\u003cem> Axios\u003c/em> obtained a strategy memo\u003c/a> from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which works to get Republicans elected to the Senate. \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/rbeggin/status/1815469097045692658\">The document, which lists out multiple attack lines\u003c/a>, refers to the vice president as “San Francisco radical Kamala Harris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris served as San Francisco district attorney from 2004–10, California attorney general from 2011–17 and U.S. senator for California from 2017–21 before becoming the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to be vice president in 2020. However, despite it being over a decade since Harris last lived in San Francisco (\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-01-07/kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-los-angeles-home-brentwood\">she and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff moved to Los Angeles in 2014\u003c/a>), Republican officials and operatives continue to tie Harris to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The region has long been a punching bag for Donald Trump and his allies, who blame Democratic leadership for things \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Trump-criticizes-San-Francisco-for-not-addressing-16664879.php\">like smash-and-grab robberies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html\">homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to know what America would be like under a President Kamala Harris, go visit her hometown of San Francisco,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KevinKileyCA/status/1815091252989481408\">Congressman Kevin Kiley \u003c/a>— a California Republican whose district covers most of the Sierra Nevada — said on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995538/a-california-story-kamala-harris-road-to-the-white-house\">Harris was, in fact, born in Oakland\u003c/a> and raised in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Time and time again’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Oakland-based journalist Liam O’Donoghue, the reason why conservative commentators continue to invoke — and attack — the Bay Area is clear: The region is a national symbol for progressive policies, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anytime there’s a failure or a problem in the Bay Area, they use that to extrapolate and say, ‘Oh, this is the reason why liberalism is bad,’” said O’Donoghue, who also hosts the Bay Area history podcast \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayyesterday.com/\">East Bay Yesterday\u003c/a>. “We’ve seen this time and time and time again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days before Biden announced he was leaving the race, \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/prepare-to-defend-the-bay-area\">O’Donoghue urged his East Bay Yesterday audience to “defend the Bay Area”\u003c/a> from “a coordinated campaign to besmirch” the region for political ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t the only one: Oakland-based writer Abraham Woodliff, who runs the popular Bay Area-focused meme account \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/realbayareamemes/\">realbayareamemes\u003c/a>, warned his Instagram followers that same day that “If Kamala Harris ends up replacing Biden, the media is going to start attacking the Bay Area hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People should consider the message that they want to spread about the Bay Area,” O’Donaghue told KQED. “When they’re talking to their relatives or arguing with their uncles on Facebook, be ready to have your examples of why you love the Bay and what you want to share about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, given the renewed focus that Republican campaign messaging — and Democratic too — will have on the Bay Area over the next 100 days until Election Day, we’ve brought together just some of the claims already heard from both sides to explore their accuracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll keep updating this story with new claims — with fact-checks — as they’re made, and if you’ve seen a claim about our region that you’d like us to clarify, you can submit it below.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Immigration and sanctuary cities\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ever since his first 2016 presidential campaign, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/19/g-s1-12087/watch-trump-rnc-speech\">Trump has blamed immigrants lacking permanent legal status for almost every societal ill in the United States\u003c/a>. “It’s a massive invasion at our \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">southern\u003c/span> border that has spread misery, crime, poverty, disease and destruction to communities all across our land,” he said in his speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/d4e10c51-01c6-4506-bacd-7047aa9a46d1\">In a memo released on Monday\u003c/a>, the Trump campaign linked Harris directly with the immigration issue, stating that during her time as vice president, she had “helped fuel the invasion at our southern border.” But \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GOP/status/1815118190768173111\">an attack ad from the Republican Party’s official X account\u003c/a> went further, claiming that during her time as a prosecutor in San Francisco, “Harris allowed illegal immigrant drug dealers to enter job training and have their criminal records wiped clean.” The attack ad also states that “One of the illegal immigrants Harris released went on to steal an SUV and ran down a young woman, seriously injuring her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “job training” in question refers to “Back on Track,” a program launched by Kamala Harris in 2005 when she was district attorney for San Francisco. Back on Track provided professional and personal development to \u003ca href=\"https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/Publications/BackonTrackFS.pdf\">young people ages 18–30 convicted for low-level drug trafficking\u003c/a> with the aim of providing alternatives to selling drugs and preventing participants from committing the same crime in the future. During its initial run, \u003ca href=\"https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/Publications/BackonTrackFS.pdf\">Back on Track reported that less than 10% of its participants ended up committing the same crime\u003c/a> after completing the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the participants was Alexander Izaguirre, an immigrant lacking permanent legal status, who in 2009 was accused of robbing an SF woman of her purse. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/D-A-s-office-let-illegal-immigrants-go-3226767.php\">According to reports, Izaguirre then jumped into a nearby SUV\u003c/a> driven by an unidentified accomplice, who then \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-22-me-harris22-story.html\">ran down the woman and fractured her skull.\u003c/a> Under Harris, the SF District Attorney’s Office later told ABC7 \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/archive/6878510/\">that they were not aware that Izaguirre lacked\u003c/a> permanent legal status because the program did not ask for participants’ immigrant status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time that the Trump campaign has specifically targeted the Bay Area’s immigration population for political gain. In 2015, Kate Steinle was fatally shot at San Francisco’s Pier 19 when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916187/do-not-return-to-this-country-sf-judge-gives-time-served-to-man-acquitted-of-murder-in-2015-kate-steinle-shooting\">a bullet from a gunshot by José Inez García Zárate nearby ricocheted off the ground and hit Steinle\u003c/a>. García Zárate was in the country without legal status and had a criminal history, but the San Francisco sheriff had released him from jail shortly before the shooting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916187/do-not-return-to-this-country-sf-judge-gives-time-served-to-man-acquitted-of-murder-in-2015-kate-steinle-shooting\">despite a federal immigration request to detain him so he could face deportation proceedings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an absolutely disgraceful situation, and I am the only one that can fix it,”\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10590304/kate-steinle-shooting-opens-can-of-worms-on-san-francisco-immigration-policy\"> Trump said in 2015\u003c/a> as part of his 2016 presidential campaign, blaming \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information/sanctuary-city-ordinance\">San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy\u003c/a>, which blocks local law enforcement from collaborating with federal immigration agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Trump campaign pins this one on Harris: San Francisco first adopted a sanctuary city policy in 1989 — long before Harris entered politics. The city enacted the policy thanks to a widely organized grassroots effort led by organizers from \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/community-rallies-amid-sanctuary-city-backlash/\">the city’s Latino and Asian communities, who have consistently supported it ever since\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What other claims about the Bay Area have you heard from the Election 2024 campaigns?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Homelessness and substance abuse\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This one is a popular attack line from Republicans: Point to the Bay Area’s unhoused population as proof that the region is in complete and utter decay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — then an aspiring Republican presidential candidate — \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/florida-governor-ron-desantis-san-francisco-gavin-newsom-2024-presidential-election/13408706/\">came to San Francisco to film a campaign ad\u003c/a>, pointing to one littered street corner in the Tenderloin as proof that the city had “really collapsed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s absolutely true that Bay Area cities have frequently struggled to provide adequate shelter to their unhoused population. In some cities, like Oakland,\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/05/15/pit-count-oakland-homeless-numbers/#:~:text=The%20latest%20point%2Din%2Dtime,Credit:%20Florence%20Middleton\"> homelessness has continued to grow in the past few years\u003c/a> despite record investments from both local and state governments in affordable housing and drug treatment efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it would be incorrect to attribute homelessness in the Bay Area to a single reason. The work of dozens of Bay Area journalists over the years — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">including KQED’s very own Housing desk\u003c/a> — has shown that homelessness is caused by multiple factors, including insufficient affordable housing, stagnant wages and a shrinking social safety net. We’ve also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993217/debunking-6-common-myths-about-homelessness-in-california\">debunked persistent myths about unhoused communities\u003c/a>, including false notions that all homeless people abuse substances or reject work opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there isn’t any unified “Bay Area approach” to unhoused communities, either. If you’ve followed Bay Area politics long enough, you know that there are deep differences among local leaders on how to tackle homelessness, which ranges from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">investing millions in temporary housing units\u003c/a> — like what we saw this year in San José — to pushing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">more aggressive and punitive sweeps of homeless encampments\u003c/a>, like what is now happening in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Crime and retail theft\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2020, Trump branded himself as “the law and order candidate” and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html\">blasted Democrat-led cities as crime-ridden national embarrassments\u003c/a>. This time around, he’s doubling down on that message, focusing on retail theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see these gangs of hundreds of young — usually young people — go and attack a department store … in San Francisco and Los Angeles and Chicago, and they run in by the hundreds, and they’re running out carrying refrigerators and carrying air conditioners and big stuff,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.c-span.org/video/?536217-1/president-trump-speaks-turning-point-action-town-hall-arizona\">Trump said at a speech in Arizona last month\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2020, multiple videos have gone viral of groups of people robbing stores in the middle of the day and fleeing the scene with law enforcement nowhere to be seen. Several of these robberies have taken place in Bay Area cities but also are seen in less historically liberal areas of California, like \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/video/smash-and-grab-robbery-of-t-mobile-store-in-orange-caught-on-camera/8008705/\">the 2022 smash-and-grab in a T-Mobile store captured on camera in Orange County\u003c/a>. Thieves go after big-name stores \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/group-dashes-out-of-san-francisco-neiman-marcus-store-after-handbag-robbery\">like Neiman Marcus\u003c/a> but also target smaller family businesses, as in the case of an Oakland jewelry store owned by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/robbery-jewelry-store-oakland-chinatown/3508655/\">an elderly couple who, in April of this year, lost almost everything in a smash-and-grab robbery\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican officials have already linked these robberies to Harris. On Sunday, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Patterdude/status/1815123927519416662\">California State Assemblymember Joe Patterson wrote on X\u003c/a> that “Kamala Harris is largely responsible for the increased retail theft and drug abuse you see today. She wrote the insanely misleading ballot title and summary for Prop 47.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 47 is a statewide ballot measure passed by voters in 2014 that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990587/californias-democratic-leaders-clash-with-businesses-over-curbing-retail-theft-heres-what-to-know\">reduced certain theft and drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors\u003c/a>. In California, the attorney general does, in fact, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/initiatives\">prepare a title and summary for proposed ballot initiatives\u003c/a>, and that’s what Harris did for Proposition 47, which in the 2014 ballot was named “Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did Harris act in a way biased in favor of Proposition 47? There’s no evidence to make that claim:\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/kamala-harris-prosecutor-19588933.php\"> Harris did not take a position for or against the ballot measure\u003c/a>, something progressives criticized her for. What’s more, these specific kinds of smash-and-grab thefts are also felonies that remain unaffected by Proposition 47, although \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975692/prop-47s-impact-on-californias-criminal-justice-system#blame\">that hasn’t stopped other politicians from linking the two.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for a broader spike in shoplifting in California that both Patterson and Trump point to — that story is also a little more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Little Hoover Commission — an independent state oversight commission — released \u003ca href=\"https://lhc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Report_RetailTheft-1.pdf\">a report tracking retail theft across California (PDF)\u003c/a>. The commission found that while reports of retail theft had indeed increased since 2019, they not only remained on par with numbers from the 2010s, but they were even lower than the 2000s and 1990s. The bump in theft around 2020–21 also happened in all other 49 states, according to the FBI data obtained by the commission. (An important caveat: the commission could only track \u003cem>reported\u003c/em> incidents of shoplifting and commercial burglary and acknowledges that an important chunk of data could potentially be missing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data aside, public perception is much more focused on retail theft than ever before, thanks to how newsrooms cover retail theft — in addition to the compelling nature of viral footage on social media. According to the Center for Just Journalism, which promotes best practices in the industry, \u003ca href=\"https://justjournalism.org/page/retail-theft\">news outlets nationwide published around 200 stories mentioning “organized retail crime” or “organized retail theft”\u003c/a> in 2019. Just two years later, that number had tripled, a rate far outpacing the actual pandemic-era crime bump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big-name retailers used the narrative to justify closing locations across the Bay Area. Walgreens, for example, closed five stores in San Francisco in 2021, blaming theft, but an analysis of San Francisco Police Department data later found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php\">other factors were likely to have also played a role\u003c/a>, including competition from online shopping, reduced foot traffic and an oversaturation of Walgreens locations within the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe we cried too much last year,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/business/walgreens-shoplifting.html\">James Kehoe, chief financial officer for Walgreens, said in an earnings call last year\u003c/a>, admitting that the company may have overstated how much theft actually happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What other claims about the Bay Area have you heard in the run-up to the 2024 election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Use our form below to tell us what you’re hearing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Not even 24 hours after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996616/biden-ends-reelection-campaign-leaving-democrats-next-steps-unclear\">Joe Biden announced his exit from the presidential race on Sunday\u003c/a>, Republican strategists had a new target: Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Harris became the likely Democratic nominee \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/22/g-s1-12804/kamala-harris-delegates-nominee-dnc-vote\">after receiving the support of enough party delegates to secure the nomination\u003c/a>. That same day,\u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/07/22/kamala-harris-senate-republicans-nrsc-president\">\u003cem> Axios\u003c/em> obtained a strategy memo\u003c/a> from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which works to get Republicans elected to the Senate. \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/rbeggin/status/1815469097045692658\">The document, which lists out multiple attack lines\u003c/a>, refers to the vice president as “San Francisco radical Kamala Harris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris served as San Francisco district attorney from 2004–10, California attorney general from 2011–17 and U.S. senator for California from 2017–21 before becoming the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to be vice president in 2020. However, despite it being over a decade since Harris last lived in San Francisco (\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-01-07/kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-los-angeles-home-brentwood\">she and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff moved to Los Angeles in 2014\u003c/a>), Republican officials and operatives continue to tie Harris to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The region has long been a punching bag for Donald Trump and his allies, who blame Democratic leadership for things \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Trump-criticizes-San-Francisco-for-not-addressing-16664879.php\">like smash-and-grab robberies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html\">homelessness\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to know what America would be like under a President Kamala Harris, go visit her hometown of San Francisco,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KevinKileyCA/status/1815091252989481408\">Congressman Kevin Kiley \u003c/a>— a California Republican whose district covers most of the Sierra Nevada — said on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995538/a-california-story-kamala-harris-road-to-the-white-house\">Harris was, in fact, born in Oakland\u003c/a> and raised in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>‘Time and time again’\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Oakland-based journalist Liam O’Donoghue, the reason why conservative commentators continue to invoke — and attack — the Bay Area is clear: The region is a national symbol for progressive policies, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anytime there’s a failure or a problem in the Bay Area, they use that to extrapolate and say, ‘Oh, this is the reason why liberalism is bad,’” said O’Donoghue, who also hosts the Bay Area history podcast \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayyesterday.com/\">East Bay Yesterday\u003c/a>. “We’ve seen this time and time and time again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days before Biden announced he was leaving the race, \u003ca href=\"https://eastbayyesterday.substack.com/p/prepare-to-defend-the-bay-area\">O’Donoghue urged his East Bay Yesterday audience to “defend the Bay Area”\u003c/a> from “a coordinated campaign to besmirch” the region for political ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t the only one: Oakland-based writer Abraham Woodliff, who runs the popular Bay Area-focused meme account \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/realbayareamemes/\">realbayareamemes\u003c/a>, warned his Instagram followers that same day that “If Kamala Harris ends up replacing Biden, the media is going to start attacking the Bay Area hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People should consider the message that they want to spread about the Bay Area,” O’Donaghue told KQED. “When they’re talking to their relatives or arguing with their uncles on Facebook, be ready to have your examples of why you love the Bay and what you want to share about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, given the renewed focus that Republican campaign messaging — and Democratic too — will have on the Bay Area over the next 100 days until Election Day, we’ve brought together just some of the claims already heard from both sides to explore their accuracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ll keep updating this story with new claims — with fact-checks — as they’re made, and if you’ve seen a claim about our region that you’d like us to clarify, you can submit it below.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Immigration and sanctuary cities\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ever since his first 2016 presidential campaign, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/19/g-s1-12087/watch-trump-rnc-speech\">Trump has blamed immigrants lacking permanent legal status for almost every societal ill in the United States\u003c/a>. “It’s a massive invasion at our \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\">southern\u003c/span> border that has spread misery, crime, poverty, disease and destruction to communities all across our land,” he said in his speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/d4e10c51-01c6-4506-bacd-7047aa9a46d1\">In a memo released on Monday\u003c/a>, the Trump campaign linked Harris directly with the immigration issue, stating that during her time as vice president, she had “helped fuel the invasion at our southern border.” But \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/GOP/status/1815118190768173111\">an attack ad from the Republican Party’s official X account\u003c/a> went further, claiming that during her time as a prosecutor in San Francisco, “Harris allowed illegal immigrant drug dealers to enter job training and have their criminal records wiped clean.” The attack ad also states that “One of the illegal immigrants Harris released went on to steal an SUV and ran down a young woman, seriously injuring her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “job training” in question refers to “Back on Track,” a program launched by Kamala Harris in 2005 when she was district attorney for San Francisco. Back on Track provided professional and personal development to \u003ca href=\"https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/Publications/BackonTrackFS.pdf\">young people ages 18–30 convicted for low-level drug trafficking\u003c/a> with the aim of providing alternatives to selling drugs and preventing participants from committing the same crime in the future. During its initial run, \u003ca href=\"https://bja.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh186/files/Publications/BackonTrackFS.pdf\">Back on Track reported that less than 10% of its participants ended up committing the same crime\u003c/a> after completing the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the participants was Alexander Izaguirre, an immigrant lacking permanent legal status, who in 2009 was accused of robbing an SF woman of her purse. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/D-A-s-office-let-illegal-immigrants-go-3226767.php\">According to reports, Izaguirre then jumped into a nearby SUV\u003c/a> driven by an unidentified accomplice, who then \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-22-me-harris22-story.html\">ran down the woman and fractured her skull.\u003c/a> Under Harris, the SF District Attorney’s Office later told ABC7 \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/archive/6878510/\">that they were not aware that Izaguirre lacked\u003c/a> permanent legal status because the program did not ask for participants’ immigrant status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time that the Trump campaign has specifically targeted the Bay Area’s immigration population for political gain. In 2015, Kate Steinle was fatally shot at San Francisco’s Pier 19 when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916187/do-not-return-to-this-country-sf-judge-gives-time-served-to-man-acquitted-of-murder-in-2015-kate-steinle-shooting\">a bullet from a gunshot by José Inez García Zárate nearby ricocheted off the ground and hit Steinle\u003c/a>. García Zárate was in the country without legal status and had a criminal history, but the San Francisco sheriff had released him from jail shortly before the shooting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916187/do-not-return-to-this-country-sf-judge-gives-time-served-to-man-acquitted-of-murder-in-2015-kate-steinle-shooting\">despite a federal immigration request to detain him so he could face deportation proceedings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an absolutely disgraceful situation, and I am the only one that can fix it,”\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10590304/kate-steinle-shooting-opens-can-of-worms-on-san-francisco-immigration-policy\"> Trump said in 2015\u003c/a> as part of his 2016 presidential campaign, blaming \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information/sanctuary-city-ordinance\">San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy\u003c/a>, which blocks local law enforcement from collaborating with federal immigration agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the Trump campaign pins this one on Harris: San Francisco first adopted a sanctuary city policy in 1989 — long before Harris entered politics. The city enacted the policy thanks to a widely organized grassroots effort led by organizers from \u003ca href=\"https://eltecolote.org/content/en/community-rallies-amid-sanctuary-city-backlash/\">the city’s Latino and Asian communities, who have consistently supported it ever since\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What other claims about the Bay Area have you heard from the Election 2024 campaigns?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Homelessness and substance abuse\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This one is a popular attack line from Republicans: Point to the Bay Area’s unhoused population as proof that the region is in complete and utter decay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — then an aspiring Republican presidential candidate — \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/florida-governor-ron-desantis-san-francisco-gavin-newsom-2024-presidential-election/13408706/\">came to San Francisco to film a campaign ad\u003c/a>, pointing to one littered street corner in the Tenderloin as proof that the city had “really collapsed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s absolutely true that Bay Area cities have frequently struggled to provide adequate shelter to their unhoused population. In some cities, like Oakland,\u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/05/15/pit-count-oakland-homeless-numbers/#:~:text=The%20latest%20point%2Din%2Dtime,Credit:%20Florence%20Middleton\"> homelessness has continued to grow in the past few years\u003c/a> despite record investments from both local and state governments in affordable housing and drug treatment efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it would be incorrect to attribute homelessness in the Bay Area to a single reason. The work of dozens of Bay Area journalists over the years — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">including KQED’s very own Housing desk\u003c/a> — has shown that homelessness is caused by multiple factors, including insufficient affordable housing, stagnant wages and a shrinking social safety net. We’ve also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993217/debunking-6-common-myths-about-homelessness-in-california\">debunked persistent myths about unhoused communities\u003c/a>, including false notions that all homeless people abuse substances or reject work opportunities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there isn’t any unified “Bay Area approach” to unhoused communities, either. If you’ve followed Bay Area politics long enough, you know that there are deep differences among local leaders on how to tackle homelessness, which ranges from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">investing millions in temporary housing units\u003c/a> — like what we saw this year in San José — to pushing for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996234/sf-mayor-says-very-aggressive-encampment-sweeps-will-start-in-august\">more aggressive and punitive sweeps of homeless encampments\u003c/a>, like what is now happening in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Crime and retail theft\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2020, Trump branded himself as “the law and order candidate” and \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html\">blasted Democrat-led cities as crime-ridden national embarrassments\u003c/a>. This time around, he’s doubling down on that message, focusing on retail theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see these gangs of hundreds of young — usually young people — go and attack a department store … in San Francisco and Los Angeles and Chicago, and they run in by the hundreds, and they’re running out carrying refrigerators and carrying air conditioners and big stuff,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.c-span.org/video/?536217-1/president-trump-speaks-turning-point-action-town-hall-arizona\">Trump said at a speech in Arizona last month\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2020, multiple videos have gone viral of groups of people robbing stores in the middle of the day and fleeing the scene with law enforcement nowhere to be seen. Several of these robberies have taken place in Bay Area cities but also are seen in less historically liberal areas of California, like \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/video/smash-and-grab-robbery-of-t-mobile-store-in-orange-caught-on-camera/8008705/\">the 2022 smash-and-grab in a T-Mobile store captured on camera in Orange County\u003c/a>. Thieves go after big-name stores \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/group-dashes-out-of-san-francisco-neiman-marcus-store-after-handbag-robbery\">like Neiman Marcus\u003c/a> but also target smaller family businesses, as in the case of an Oakland jewelry store owned by \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/robbery-jewelry-store-oakland-chinatown/3508655/\">an elderly couple who, in April of this year, lost almost everything in a smash-and-grab robbery\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican officials have already linked these robberies to Harris. On Sunday, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Patterdude/status/1815123927519416662\">California State Assemblymember Joe Patterson wrote on X\u003c/a> that “Kamala Harris is largely responsible for the increased retail theft and drug abuse you see today. She wrote the insanely misleading ballot title and summary for Prop 47.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 47 is a statewide ballot measure passed by voters in 2014 that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990587/californias-democratic-leaders-clash-with-businesses-over-curbing-retail-theft-heres-what-to-know\">reduced certain theft and drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors\u003c/a>. In California, the attorney general does, in fact, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/initiatives\">prepare a title and summary for proposed ballot initiatives\u003c/a>, and that’s what Harris did for Proposition 47, which in the 2014 ballot was named “Reduced Penalties for Some Crimes Initiative.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Did Harris act in a way biased in favor of Proposition 47? There’s no evidence to make that claim:\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/kamala-harris-prosecutor-19588933.php\"> Harris did not take a position for or against the ballot measure\u003c/a>, something progressives criticized her for. What’s more, these specific kinds of smash-and-grab thefts are also felonies that remain unaffected by Proposition 47, although \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975692/prop-47s-impact-on-californias-criminal-justice-system#blame\">that hasn’t stopped other politicians from linking the two.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for a broader spike in shoplifting in California that both Patterson and Trump point to — that story is also a little more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Little Hoover Commission — an independent state oversight commission — released \u003ca href=\"https://lhc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/Report_RetailTheft-1.pdf\">a report tracking retail theft across California (PDF)\u003c/a>. The commission found that while reports of retail theft had indeed increased since 2019, they not only remained on par with numbers from the 2010s, but they were even lower than the 2000s and 1990s. The bump in theft around 2020–21 also happened in all other 49 states, according to the FBI data obtained by the commission. (An important caveat: the commission could only track \u003cem>reported\u003c/em> incidents of shoplifting and commercial burglary and acknowledges that an important chunk of data could potentially be missing.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data aside, public perception is much more focused on retail theft than ever before, thanks to how newsrooms cover retail theft — in addition to the compelling nature of viral footage on social media. According to the Center for Just Journalism, which promotes best practices in the industry, \u003ca href=\"https://justjournalism.org/page/retail-theft\">news outlets nationwide published around 200 stories mentioning “organized retail crime” or “organized retail theft”\u003c/a> in 2019. Just two years later, that number had tripled, a rate far outpacing the actual pandemic-era crime bump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big-name retailers used the narrative to justify closing locations across the Bay Area. Walgreens, for example, closed five stores in San Francisco in 2021, blaming theft, but an analysis of San Francisco Police Department data later found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Is-shoplifting-forcing-Walgreens-to-cut-back-in-16536960.php\">other factors were likely to have also played a role\u003c/a>, including competition from online shopping, reduced foot traffic and an oversaturation of Walgreens locations within the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe we cried too much last year,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/business/walgreens-shoplifting.html\">James Kehoe, chief financial officer for Walgreens, said in an earnings call last year\u003c/a>, admitting that the company may have overstated how much theft actually happened.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What other claims about the Bay Area have you heard in the run-up to the 2024 election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Use our form below to tell us what you’re hearing. 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"content": "\u003cp>Maria Vargas sells sliced jicama, cucumbers, and watermelon, among other fruits, from a sidewalk stand in San Francisco’s Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The El Salvadoran immigrant has two children and is expecting a third. After losing her previous job, she said she had no other choice but to find some way to support them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything is more expensive,” Vargas said in Spanish. “Food and rent are increasing by a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of increasing household costs are top of mind for many Latinos in San Francisco and across the country, and are becoming a key campaign issue in this election year. While Latino voters have historically supported Democrats, Latino voter organizations say these concerns — and in particular, skyrocketing rents — are propelling some to shift their political alliances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That should worry presidential candidates, along with politicians competing for seats in congressional battleground states, though experts say there isn’t much evidence that trend has taken root yet in California. The Pew Research Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/party-affiliation/by/racial-and-ethnic-composition/among/state/california/\">found\u003c/a> that among adults in the state, approximately 50% of Latinos lean Democratic, 21% lean Republican and 29% expressed no party preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Madrid, a partner at the public relations firm Grassroots Lab, said Democrats’ concern with cultural issues is missing the core political issue for many Latinos: the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really no longer the party of the working class, and it shows in its policy and its priorities,” he said. “The working class is starting to revolt. They’re starting to say, ‘Enough.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that for the past 30 years, Latinos have always focused on growth in the economy, but the current climate is different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996023\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Vargas sells fruit on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was always about what opportunities lay before me, for my family, for my children, those were the primary economic concerns,” he said. “Today, it’s basic survival. It’s affordability and the inability to support a family in any reasonable way, with paying rents and trying to buy a home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/research/latino-public-opinion-forum/annual-hispanic-public-opinion-survey-2023.pdf\">survey (PDF)\u003c/a> from Florida International University and marketing firm Adsmovil, 1 in 5 Latino voters nationally have considered changing their political affiliation to another party or registering as independents. A majority of those voters — 61% — said that they would be open to leaving the Democratic Party, with a plurality of those — 38% — becoming Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an important group for either party to woo: According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/10/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2024/\">Pew Research Center,\u003c/a> Latinos are projected to account for nearly 15% of all eligible voters in November 2024, a new high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/unidosus_national_surveyoflatinovoters.pdf\">national poll conducted last year (PDF) \u003c/a>from the Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS, and Mi Familia Vota shows that Latinos ranked inflation and the rising cost of living, jobs and the economy, and health care as the three most important issues they would like to see addressed by Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996021\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Avila stands in the shop he runs, Bay Area Revives, on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 47% of Latino voters approved of President Joe Biden’s job performance, with nearly as many — 44% — disapproving. But, despite that, many were willing to stick with Democrats, as 39% of respondents said Democrats would be better able to address inflation and the rising cost of living, while only 21% said Republicans would be more effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want solutions that they’re going to feel in their pocketbook in the near-term,” said Laura Arce, senior vice president of economic initiatives at UnidosUS. “Not just … promises of policies in the future, but how will I be able to afford my mortgage or my rent?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, President Joe Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995878/ai-raising-the-rent-san-francisco-could-be-the-first-city-to-ban-the-practice\">announced a plan\u003c/a> to withhold some federal tax breaks for large landlords if they raise rents by more than 5% per year. And former President Donald Trump, who’s made combating rising inflation a central tenet of his campaign, focused \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-plans-fix-housing-market-1811663\">his housing plan\u003c/a> on cutting energy costs and interest rates to increase housing construction\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As November rolls around, Arce is glad that housing has garnered mainstream attention and “entered the political debate” in a way she hasn’t seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is growing recognition by our elected officials and our candidates that a lot of the angst around our economic situation is centered around housing, and something needs to happen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission District resident Blanca Trujillo stands in front of an empty building on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arce pointed to past \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/unidosus_systemicracism_executivesummary.pdf\">policies of exclusion and discrimination (PDF)\u003c/a> that have led to historically lower homeownership rates among Latinos, adding that because of these policies, Latino homebuyers are at a disadvantage when it comes to purchasing a home. They are less likely to be able to rely on generational wealth, she said, and also less likely to be able to rely on “generational knowledge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to white households, Latino households’ median income is 45% lower, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-housing-divide/\">according to the Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. And, nearly 60% of Latinos pay more than a third of their income on housing. In 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/snapshot-of-race-and-home-buying-in-america\">51% of Latinos were homeowners\u003c/a>, compared to 72% of white residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a lot of Latino first-time homebuyers, they are also first-generation homebuyers, and so they don’t have the family wealth to lean on to help with a down payment,” Arce said. “They also may not have that expertise within the family of someone they can ask for advice about how to determine what’s a good mortgage product for me [and] what should I be looking for in a house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco — as well as in much of the Bay Area — rising rents make it even harder for Latino residents to save for a down payment, said Julio Vidal, owner of Ceviche 19, a Peruvian restaurant in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordable housing is out of reach for Latinos because rent costs are too high,” Vidal said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Vidal sits in Plaza Adelante on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nor does it help, said Blanca Trujillo, a Mexican-American woman living in San Francisco’s Mission District, that many Bay Area Latinos have to sometimes work two or three jobs to be able to afford stable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a family has stable housing, it helps with safety and with mental health,” Trujillo said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message for both Democrats and Republicans nationally, Trujillo said, is simple: “This is a basic need for any family. They should focus more on building more housing in neighborhoods. As politicians, they know what our neighborhoods and families need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Madrid said the question is whether local leaders want a society with “de facto segregation” when it comes to housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless San Francisco wants to lose its image as sort of a diverse, multiethnic, multiracial community,” he said, “it’s going to have to address housing for this community as a central part of its governance strategy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That should worry presidential candidates, along with politicians competing for seats in congressional battleground states, though experts say there isn’t much evidence that trend has taken root yet in California. The Pew Research Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/party-affiliation/by/racial-and-ethnic-composition/among/state/california/\">found\u003c/a> that among adults in the state, approximately 50% of Latinos lean Democratic, 21% lean Republican and 29% expressed no party preference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Madrid, a partner at the public relations firm Grassroots Lab, said Democrats’ concern with cultural issues is missing the core political issue for many Latinos: the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really no longer the party of the working class, and it shows in its policy and its priorities,” he said. “The working class is starting to revolt. They’re starting to say, ‘Enough.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added that for the past 30 years, Latinos have always focused on growth in the economy, but the current climate is different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996023\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Vargas sells fruit on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was always about what opportunities lay before me, for my family, for my children, those were the primary economic concerns,” he said. “Today, it’s basic survival. It’s affordability and the inability to support a family in any reasonable way, with paying rents and trying to buy a home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://gordoninstitute.fiu.edu/research/latino-public-opinion-forum/annual-hispanic-public-opinion-survey-2023.pdf\">survey (PDF)\u003c/a> from Florida International University and marketing firm Adsmovil, 1 in 5 Latino voters nationally have considered changing their political affiliation to another party or registering as independents. A majority of those voters — 61% — said that they would be open to leaving the Democratic Party, with a plurality of those — 38% — becoming Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s an important group for either party to woo: According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/01/10/key-facts-about-hispanic-eligible-voters-in-2024/\">Pew Research Center,\u003c/a> Latinos are projected to account for nearly 15% of all eligible voters in November 2024, a new high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/unidosus_national_surveyoflatinovoters.pdf\">national poll conducted last year (PDF) \u003c/a>from the Latino civil rights organization, UnidosUS, and Mi Familia Vota shows that Latinos ranked inflation and the rising cost of living, jobs and the economy, and health care as the three most important issues they would like to see addressed by Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996021\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LATINOVOTERSENTIMENT-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar Avila stands in the shop he runs, Bay Area Revives, on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 47% of Latino voters approved of President Joe Biden’s job performance, with nearly as many — 44% — disapproving. But, despite that, many were willing to stick with Democrats, as 39% of respondents said Democrats would be better able to address inflation and the rising cost of living, while only 21% said Republicans would be more effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want solutions that they’re going to feel in their pocketbook in the near-term,” said Laura Arce, senior vice president of economic initiatives at UnidosUS. “Not just … promises of policies in the future, but how will I be able to afford my mortgage or my rent?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, President Joe Biden \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11995878/ai-raising-the-rent-san-francisco-could-be-the-first-city-to-ban-the-practice\">announced a plan\u003c/a> to withhold some federal tax breaks for large landlords if they raise rents by more than 5% per year. And former President Donald Trump, who’s made combating rising inflation a central tenet of his campaign, focused \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/how-donald-trump-plans-fix-housing-market-1811663\">his housing plan\u003c/a> on cutting energy costs and interest rates to increase housing construction\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As November rolls around, Arce is glad that housing has garnered mainstream attention and “entered the political debate” in a way she hasn’t seen before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is growing recognition by our elected officials and our candidates that a lot of the angst around our economic situation is centered around housing, and something needs to happen,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-06-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission District resident Blanca Trujillo stands in front of an empty building on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arce pointed to past \u003ca href=\"https://unidosus.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/unidosus_systemicracism_executivesummary.pdf\">policies of exclusion and discrimination (PDF)\u003c/a> that have led to historically lower homeownership rates among Latinos, adding that because of these policies, Latino homebuyers are at a disadvantage when it comes to purchasing a home. They are less likely to be able to rely on generational wealth, she said, and also less likely to be able to rely on “generational knowledge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to white households, Latino households’ median income is 45% lower, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-housing-divide/\">according to the Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>. And, nearly 60% of Latinos pay more than a third of their income on housing. In 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/research-reports/snapshot-of-race-and-home-buying-in-america\">51% of Latinos were homeowners\u003c/a>, compared to 72% of white residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a lot of Latino first-time homebuyers, they are also first-generation homebuyers, and so they don’t have the family wealth to lean on to help with a down payment,” Arce said. “They also may not have that expertise within the family of someone they can ask for advice about how to determine what’s a good mortgage product for me [and] what should I be looking for in a house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco — as well as in much of the Bay Area — rising rents make it even harder for Latino residents to save for a down payment, said Julio Vidal, owner of Ceviche 19, a Peruvian restaurant in the Mission District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordable housing is out of reach for Latinos because rent costs are too high,” Vidal said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240716-LatinoVoterSentiment-17-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julio Vidal sits in Plaza Adelante on Mission Street in San Francisco on July 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nor does it help, said Blanca Trujillo, a Mexican-American woman living in San Francisco’s Mission District, that many Bay Area Latinos have to sometimes work two or three jobs to be able to afford stable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a family has stable housing, it helps with safety and with mental health,” Trujillo said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The message for both Democrats and Republicans nationally, Trujillo said, is simple: “This is a basic need for any family. They should focus more on building more housing in neighborhoods. As politicians, they know what our neighborhoods and families need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Madrid said the question is whether local leaders want a society with “de facto segregation” when it comes to housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unless San Francisco wants to lose its image as sort of a diverse, multiethnic, multiracial community,” he said, “it’s going to have to address housing for this community as a central part of its governance strategy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Badminton, among the handful of sports the U.S. has never medaled in the Olympics, now has a majority California roster of athletes on Team U.S.A. competing in this year’s Summer Games, which begin Friday in Paris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five of the seven athletes hail just from the Bay Area: Vinson Chiu of Milpitas, Jennie Gai of Fremont, Annie and Kerry Xu, twin sisters from San José, and Joshua Yuan of San Mateo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the team includes a fellow Californian, Howard Shu from Orange County, and Beiwen Zhang from Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the exception of Shu and Zhang, who competed in Rio and Tokyo, respectively, their peers are first-time Olympians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Xu sisters, who will compete in the women’s doubles, won a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games. Chiu and Yuan, who will compete in the men’s doubles, won a bronze medal at the XXVII YONEX Pan Am Individual Championships in 2024. Chiu and Gai, who will compete in the mixed doubles, also won a silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996567\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1833\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1536x1100.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-2048x1466.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-514522952-1920x1374.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badminton player Howard Shu poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills. \u003ccite>(Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our players definitely have the potential to put up a fight and really give the top players a run for their money,” said Timothy Lam of Mountain View, who grew up and trained with some of these athletes during his Olympic run, which culminated in Tokyo in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badminton, which has been an official Olympic sport since 1992, is popular outside the U.S. in many European and Asian countries, including China, Japan and Korea. Lam said badminton doesn’t get the same recognition as other Olympic sports in the U.S. but it has still cultivated a network in some states, like California, producing top-notch players.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He talked more about this with KQED’s Brian Watt. Here’s an excerpt of their conversation, which has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: Many of us have probably seen badminton. It looks a bit like tennis. There are rackets and a net. But then there’s the birdie, which is different from a bouncing ball. So how would you describe badminton for people who aren’t so familiar with it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Lam:\u003c/strong> Believe it or not, it’s actually the fastest racket sport in the world with shots going \u003ca href=\"https://olympic.ca/2014/09/11/shuttlecock-and-balls-the-fastest-moving-objects-in-sport/\">over 400 mph\u003c/a>. So it’s important to have good reflexes and train your body to be able to react in like a split second. And I think the misconception about badminton in the U.S. is that it’s played outdoors in someone’s backyard, like with a racket in your right hand and holding a beer in your left hand while the whole family is doing an outdoor barbecue kind of thing. But the reality is that professional, competitive badminton is really meant to be played indoors at a really high intensive pace and level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did you get into badminton? What drew you to this sport so much that you eventually went on to compete in the Tokyo Olympics?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 6 years old, my parents wanted me to do something to stay active, as an extracurricular activity. Eventually, as I got older and started to win more competitions, it turned into an after-school, five-days-a-week thing. And then I think at that point I started winning more local, national and then international competitions. From there it just sort of progressed into something that I was really passionate about, and I wanted to see myself take it to the next level. Which is why, after college, I decided to go pro and give it a shot for competing at the Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How did it come to be that California is such a big producer of badminton players?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badminton is really popular in Europe and Asia, especially. So considering that a lot of people from Asia immigrate to either California or New York, I’d say that those two states are pretty popular in terms of badminton. And considering the high amount of resources that California has to build these badminton clubs for the players to get started in the sport, I think is a huge reason as to why California is able to produce these players at such a high level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996570\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996570\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287.jpg 2400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1536x960.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-2048x1280.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-563978287-1920x1200.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badminton students line up for a match during badminton practice at Orange County Badminton Club in Orange. \u003ccite>(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>We hear about support for certain Olympic sports, very high profile ones like gymnastics and swimming. But what does support for badminton look like?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a huge lack of endorsements and sponsors. And I think that really is also due to the fact that we don’t have an official government-supported national team. I really feel like there’s a huge difference between the U.S. and countries like Japan or Korea or China, where they have a state or government-sponsored national team, whereas our players in the U.S. are all independent, self-funded, which really makes it more difficult to get the players to sacrifice all other aspects of their lives. Many of our upcoming juniors have aspirations outside of badminton to go to a top tier university. And so I think that’s probably one of the biggest things that is preventing badminton from increasing in terms of popularity in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who are the countries to beat?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denmark, China, Japan and Korea. But I definitely say more so China. Because in the past 20 years at the Olympics, they’ve earned medals in all five disciplines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>You can find the schedule of badminton matches \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/badminton\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> You can learn more about the Bay Area athletes competing in the Paris Olympics \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993783/paris-2024-olympic-games-san-francisco-bay-area-athletes-competing\">\u003cem>here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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There are rackets and a net. But then there’s the birdie, which is different from a bouncing ball. So how would you describe badminton for people who aren’t so familiar with it?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Timothy Lam:\u003c/strong> Believe it or not, it’s actually the fastest racket sport in the world with shots going \u003ca href=\"https://olympic.ca/2014/09/11/shuttlecock-and-balls-the-fastest-moving-objects-in-sport/\">over 400 mph\u003c/a>. So it’s important to have good reflexes and train your body to be able to react in like a split second. And I think the misconception about badminton in the U.S. is that it’s played outdoors in someone’s backyard, like with a racket in your right hand and holding a beer in your left hand while the whole family is doing an outdoor barbecue kind of thing. 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