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"content": "\u003cp>In a sign of the ongoing threats to its precious groundwater stores, half a dozen regions in California rank among the world’s most rapidly declining aquifers, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06879-8\">according to research published on Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, lack of local water drives migration, poverty, starvation and violence — while in California, it drives \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">decades-long regulatory battles\u003c/a> over how to stop over-pumping by growers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aquifers in Spain, Iran, China and Chile top the list of the 100 most rapidly dropping groundwater levels. \u003ca href=\"https://legal-planet.org/2023/09/18/why-is-there-a-carrot-boycott-in-cuyama-valley/\">California’s Cuyama Valley\u003c/a>, north of Santa Barbara, ranked 34th worldwide. 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It’s a sobering finding. We’ve got a lot of work to do here in California.’[/pullquote]“Some of the rates of groundwater level decline occurring in California really are some of the highest in the world,” said \u003ca href=\"https://bren.ucsb.edu/people/scott-jasechko\">Scott Jasechko\u003c/a>, a co-author of the study and an associate professor of hydrology, water resources and groundwater at UC Santa Barbara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a sobering finding,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do here in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research revealed that rapidly declining groundwater basins are virtually nonexistent in places without farming. Heavily farmed regions in drier climates, such as the San Joaquin Valley, Iran and parts of India, are especially hard hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plummeting groundwater levels \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">can cause drinking water wells to go dry\u003c/a>. Streams \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/12/klamath-basin-tribes-ranchers-water-salmon/\">can dwindle and disappear,\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/10/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater/\">desiccated earth can sink and collapse\u003c/a> — shrinking the storage capacity of aquifers and damaging roads, buildings, levees and other structures above ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://mydrywatersupply.water.ca.gov/report/publicpage\">thousands of wells have gone dry\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">years of drought and overpumping\u003c/a> — spreading from the San Joaquin Valley to the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">Sacramento Valley\u003c/a> during the most recent drought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Land in parts of the San Joaquin Valley has subsided so much that it has damaged the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/Programs/Engineering-And-Construction/Subsidence\">California Aqueduct\u003c/a>, which carries river water to Southern California, forced at least \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/News/News-Releases/2022/Jan-21/Friant-Kern-Canal-Groundbreaking\">$187 million of repairs on the Friant-Kern Canal\u003c/a>, and required \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-05-12/newsom-announces-funding-to-raise-corcoran-levee\">millions more to fortify a levee\u003c/a> around the sinking town of Corcoran to protect it from floodwaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers analyzed more than 170,000 groundwater wells in more than 40 countries\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>and reported “widespread acceleration in groundwater level deepening,” which they said “highlights an urgent need for more effective measures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-map-groundwater-global.netlify.app/\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study provides a global database that backs up observations that have long worried water watchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The major contribution is to bring into much sharper focus this global problem of groundwater depletion and over-pumping,” said \u003ca href=\"https://lawr.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/fogg-graham\">Graham Fogg\u003c/a>, a professor emeritus of hydrogeology at UC Davis who was not involved with the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With groundwater, if it’s left unmanaged and unregulated, it’s going to be abused in many, many cases. And if that abuse goes on long enough, some basins will be exhausted of water.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Violence over water is flaring around the globe. Water is a trigger, casualty and weapon in \u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/announcement/violence-over-water-increases-globally-according-to-new-data-from-pacific-institute-water-conflict-chronology/\">hundreds of conflicts just over the past two years\u003c/a> — from Russian troops destroying a Ukrainian dam to \u003ca href=\"https://worldwater.org/conflict/list/\">cyberattacks on Israeli water infrastructure\u003c/a> and Israeli military forces seizing or destroying Palestinian water sources. 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The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2021/08/california-groundwater-dry/\">Sustainable Groundwater Management Act\u003c/a> requires local agencies to achieve sustainable groundwater use by 2040 for the most critically overdrafted basins and 2042 for basins considered less depleted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Graham Fogg, professor emeritus of hydrogeology, UC Davis\"]‘We’ve built a food supply system that relies in large part on irrigated agriculture, which in turn relies in many areas … on pumped groundwater. So that has to change.’[/pullquote]But wells have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/02/california-depleted-groundwater-storms/\">continued to go dry,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/california-s-groundwater-semi-annual-conditions-updates/resource/7a9f6a69-0f43-474c-b9a5-b8b6f3e5ed48\">groundwater depletion continues\u003c/a> with few protections in place. So far, California water officials deemed plans for six San Joaquin Valley basins \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/10/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater/\">inadequate and called for probation hearings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the Cuyama Valley, the \u003cem>Nature \u003c/em>paper’s top 100 includes the \u003ca href=\"https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/244\">White Wolf Basin in Kern County\u003c/a> (52nd), the \u003ca href=\"https://sgma.water.ca.gov/portal/gsa/print/370\">San Pasqual Valley\u003c/a> in northeastern San Diego (55th), the \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/2003-Basin-Descriptions/5_022_05_ChowchillaSubbasin.pdf\">Chowchilla Basin (PDF)\u003c/a> straddling Merced and Madera counties (65th), the Northern Kern Basin (69th) and \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Groundwater-Management/Bulletin-118/Files/2003-Basin-Descriptions/5_022_11_KaweahSubbasin.pdf\">the Kaweah Basin (PDF)\u003c/a> in Kings and Tulare counties (93rd).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jasechko and his colleagues set out to understand how groundwater depletion in California compared to other aquifers globally. 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Otherwise, they are also going to be responsible for those violations.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DIRNews/2018/2018-40.pdf\">cited (PDF)\u003c/a> the popular restaurant chain, as well as Magic Touch Commercial Cleaning and Americlean Janitorial Services, for more than $4.5 million in 2018. State investigators uncovered minimum wage, overtime and other employment violations involving more than 550 janitors during a period from 2014 to 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was so much wage theft,” said Rafael Ventura, field director with the nonprofit Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund, which worked with dozens of victims to assist state regulators in pursuing the case. “This ensures that workers can recover the wages owed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most businesses with a workforce of 25 or more must share with their labor contractors civil liability for the payment of wages under a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1897\">California law\u003c/a> that went into effect in 2015. 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"content": "\u003cp>Inside the modestly decorated Veterans Memorial Building in Solano County’s Rio Vista on Wednesday, representatives for a company aiming to build a new Bay Area city described their bold aspirations and promises they hope will win voter support for the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://downloads.ctfassets.net/ivxuf0dn6dhw/7HRDCpGCxsRHFXTv0ZxDVZ/ed92f55f60f182530fab988d382da028/East_Solano_Homes_Jobs_and_Clean_Energy_Initiative_-_Submitted_to_Solano_ROV.pdf\">83-page initiative\u003c/a>, which could be on the ballot in November, lays out a series of commitments to existing Solano County residents, as well as plans to construct row houses, apartments, shops, parks and industrial spaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Anyé Spivey, director of development planning, California Forever\"]‘Everything we need has to be paid for by the residents and employers in the new community and not by anyone who resides outside it.’[/pullquote]California Forever CEO Jan Sramek said the grandeur of his company’s ambitions reflects the state of the region’s housing affordability crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a big problem to solve,” Sramek said. “In California, we have dug ourselves into such a deficit in terms of housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project – which aims to transform more than 60,000 acres of wheat, safflower, canola and other crop lands into a moderately-dense urban city, with as many as 400,000 new residents moving in over the next half century – would help solve that problem by taking advantage of economies of scale, Sramek said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can deliver a big solution to the problem,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972894\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG.jpg 1650w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-800x509.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1020x649.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/09_A-zoning-map-of-the-new-community-and-relationships-to-Travis-Air-Force-Base-and-Rio-Vista_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1536x977.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\">\u003c/a>The new community would include downtown centers, a rapid bus network, manufacturing and makerspaces that Sramek said would add jobs to the region, helping solve a twin problem of people commuting long distances into San Francisco, Oakland and other Bay Area cities for work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhoods would be a mix of row houses, apartment buildings and retail. Stretching from west to east between Travis Air Force Base and Rio Vista, it would double the security zone, or open space, abutting the base, and include a park separating it from Rio Vista.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11970694\" label=\"Related Story\"]But before development can begin, the company must first secure voter approval. Solano County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=6506\">Orderly Growth Initiative\u003c/a> requires urban development to be concentrated in cities where housing already exists. The proposed ballot measure California Forever released Wednesday is the first step to reclassifying its Solano County landholdings as eligible for this new development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference announcing the initiative, Srameck told reporters he was confident the measure would pass and committed to spending “as much [money] as we need to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972895\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1862\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-scaled.jpg 1862w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-800x1100.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1020x1402.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1490x2048.jpg 1490w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1920x2640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1862px) 100vw, 1862px\">\u003c/a>But outside the Veterans Memorial Building, curious residents expressed anger that they hadn’t been allowed inside the meeting, which was closed to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They barred me from coming in,” said Rio Vista resident Bill Mortimore, adding he had hoped it would be an opportunity to learn more. “How can I make a decision? I can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2019/07/05/large-rural-land-purchase-near-suisun-city-draws-questions/\">shrouded in secrecy for years\u003c/a> as Flannery Associates, a subsidiary of California Forever, discretely spent upward of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html\">$800 million\u003c/a> to purchase some 140 properties between Rio Vista and the Travis Air Force Base, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/mystery-company-buying-bay-area-land-new-city-18321807.php\">inviting\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-bought-nearly-1-billion-in-land-near-a-cali%5B%E2%80%A6%5Dforce-base-officials-want-to-know-who-exactly-they-are-fd868e38\">speculation\u003c/a> about the investors’ intentions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Brokaw, a spokesperson for California Forever, acknowledged the air of secrecy was one obstacle the company would have to overcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People have a right to be skeptical,” Brokaw said. “Hopefully now, when people actually can see what we are putting forward, they just give it a fresh look, and see that this is not just a crazy idea on a website. This is something that’s real.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969280\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As part of the ballot measure, the company is making a number of commitments to the community, said Anyé Spivey, director of development planning for California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief among them, Spivey said, is a promise to limit growth to 50,000 residents if the new city does not produce at least 15,000 jobs that pay 125% of the county’s average weekly salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This guarantee values the dignity of hard work and the concern that so many working families share: getting and keeping good paying jobs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spivey said California Forever would also pay the county $500 million for every 50,000 residents the new city adds – a community benefits package that includes $400 million in down payment assistance and affordable housing funds; $70 million in grants for college or vocational training, or to start new businesses; and $30 million for parks and ecological habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second fund, called Solano Downtowns, would contribute $200 million in for-profit investments for every 50,000 new residents to support infill development within the county’s existing cities, Spivey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Donnelly, a Rio Vista city councilmember, declined to voice support for or against the project but said she was skeptical of California Forever’s promised investments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m skeptical about them guaranteeing anything when they’re doing what you already heard of – \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970694/california-forever-lawsuit-looms-as-solano-county-farmers-fight-back\">suing our friends and neighbors\u003c/a> – so they can get their way,” Donnelly said after the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rio Vista will bear the brunt of the new developments impact on traffic, home prices, and water, Donnelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is where the most impact will happen, right up against us,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne Stiles-Donnelly speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for California Forever, a proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To mitigate some of those impacts, Spivey said California Forever would be on the hook to supply the right-of-way and part of the financing to widen highways 12 and 113. The plan also includes a bypass along the portion of HWY 12 adjacent to the new city, as a means of redirecting local traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, Spivey said California Forever would also pay to construct its own schools, which would be incorporated into local school districts, as well as its own utility infrastructure and municipal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our taxpayer guarantee says that the new community has to pay its own way for both infrastructure and services,” he said. “Everything we need has to be paid for by the residents and employers in the new community and not by anyone who resides outside it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Envisioned as a moderately-dense urban area, the proposed city conflicts with anti-sprawl efforts the county first enacted more than four decades ago. Another attempt to override those restrictions failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local residents fill a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for California Forever, a proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/131194680/\">In 1984, San Francisco developer Hiram Woo\u003c/a> proposed turning 886 acres of pasture land into a residential town called Manzanita, which promised to house almost 6,000 residents with 2,000 homes powered by solar energy with a matrix of bike paths and sidewalks connecting people’s homes with their jobs, restaurants and shops. The vision was not far off from what California Forever is proposing today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan was struck down by voters, many who believed farmland should be protected from encroaching developers. But today, amidst California’s increasingly dire housing shortage, some Solano County residents are open to a new development that could provide them with affordable housing and nearby jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the company is trying to win the trust of residents who wonder whether this new town will have a place for them, much less be built. Late last year, the company announced it was \u003ca href=\"https://californiaforever.com/news/grants/\">distributing $500,000\u003c/a> to local nonprofits, including a homeless shelter in Vacaville and two groups supporting people affected by domestic violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also announced it opened offices in Fairfield, Vallejo and Vacaville, where people can ask questions and share concerns with staff members in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sramek has promised to host another series of town hall meetings in February, similar to those held late last year, to answer questions from residents about the ballot text and next steps on the road to election day.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But before development can begin, the company must first secure voter approval. Solano County’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=6506\">Orderly Growth Initiative\u003c/a> requires urban development to be concentrated in cities where housing already exists. The proposed ballot measure California Forever released Wednesday is the first step to reclassifying its Solano County landholdings as eligible for this new development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference announcing the initiative, Srameck told reporters he was confident the measure would pass and committed to spending “as much [money] as we need to win.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972895\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1862\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-scaled.jpg 1862w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-800x1100.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1020x1402.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-160x220.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1490x2048.jpg 1490w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/10_An-illustrative-example-of-a-neighborhood-map-emphasizing-walkable-complete-and-connected-neighborhoods_IMAGE-CREDIT_-SITELAB-urban-studio_CMG-1920x2640.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1862px) 100vw, 1862px\">\u003c/a>But outside the Veterans Memorial Building, curious residents expressed anger that they hadn’t been allowed inside the meeting, which was closed to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They barred me from coming in,” said Rio Vista resident Bill Mortimore, adding he had hoped it would be an opportunity to learn more. “How can I make a decision? I can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project had been \u003ca href=\"https://www.timesheraldonline.com/2019/07/05/large-rural-land-purchase-near-suisun-city-draws-questions/\">shrouded in secrecy for years\u003c/a> as Flannery Associates, a subsidiary of California Forever, discretely spent upward of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html\">$800 million\u003c/a> to purchase some 140 properties between Rio Vista and the Travis Air Force Base, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/mystery-company-buying-bay-area-land-new-city-18321807.php\">inviting\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/investors-bought-nearly-1-billion-in-land-near-a-cali%5B%E2%80%A6%5Dforce-base-officials-want-to-know-who-exactly-they-are-fd868e38\">speculation\u003c/a> about the investors’ intentions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Brokaw, a spokesperson for California Forever, acknowledged the air of secrecy was one obstacle the company would have to overcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People have a right to be skeptical,” Brokaw said. “Hopefully now, when people actually can see what we are putting forward, they just give it a fresh look, and see that this is not just a crazy idea on a website. This is something that’s real.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969280\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-61-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jan Sramek, CEO of California Forever, speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for the proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As part of the ballot measure, the company is making a number of commitments to the community, said Anyé Spivey, director of development planning for California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief among them, Spivey said, is a promise to limit growth to 50,000 residents if the new city does not produce at least 15,000 jobs that pay 125% of the county’s average weekly salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This guarantee values the dignity of hard work and the concern that so many working families share: getting and keeping good paying jobs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spivey said California Forever would also pay the county $500 million for every 50,000 residents the new city adds – a community benefits package that includes $400 million in down payment assistance and affordable housing funds; $70 million in grants for college or vocational training, or to start new businesses; and $30 million for parks and ecological habitats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second fund, called Solano Downtowns, would contribute $200 million in for-profit investments for every 50,000 new residents to support infill development within the county’s existing cities, Spivey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarah Donnelly, a Rio Vista city councilmember, declined to voice support for or against the project but said she was skeptical of California Forever’s promised investments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m skeptical about them guaranteeing anything when they’re doing what you already heard of – \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970694/california-forever-lawsuit-looms-as-solano-county-farmers-fight-back\">suing our friends and neighbors\u003c/a> – so they can get their way,” Donnelly said after the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rio Vista will bear the brunt of the new developments impact on traffic, home prices, and water, Donnelly said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is where the most impact will happen, right up against us,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11969281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11969281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-75-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne Stiles-Donnelly speaks during a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for California Forever, a proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To mitigate some of those impacts, Spivey said California Forever would be on the hook to supply the right-of-way and part of the financing to widen highways 12 and 113. The plan also includes a bypass along the portion of HWY 12 adjacent to the new city, as a means of redirecting local traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, Spivey said California Forever would also pay to construct its own schools, which would be incorporated into local school districts, as well as its own utility infrastructure and municipal services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our taxpayer guarantee says that the new community has to pay its own way for both infrastructure and services,” he said. “Everything we need has to be paid for by the residents and employers in the new community and not by anyone who resides outside it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Envisioned as a moderately-dense urban area, the proposed city conflicts with anti-sprawl efforts the county first enacted more than four decades ago. Another attempt to override those restrictions failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972787\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/231205-SolanoCountyFarmers-68-BL-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Local residents fill a town hall meeting in Rio Vista on Dec. 5, 2023, for California Forever, a proposed California city backed by Silicon Valley investors on farmland in eastern Solano County. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner/131194680/\">In 1984, San Francisco developer Hiram Woo\u003c/a> proposed turning 886 acres of pasture land into a residential town called Manzanita, which promised to house almost 6,000 residents with 2,000 homes powered by solar energy with a matrix of bike paths and sidewalks connecting people’s homes with their jobs, restaurants and shops. The vision was not far off from what California Forever is proposing today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan was struck down by voters, many who believed farmland should be protected from encroaching developers. But today, amidst California’s increasingly dire housing shortage, some Solano County residents are open to a new development that could provide them with affordable housing and nearby jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the company is trying to win the trust of residents who wonder whether this new town will have a place for them, much less be built. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:10 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> San Francisco supervisors have now officially called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, making the city the largest in the United States to pass such a resolution. The resolution, which was approved on Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 8–3, also demands the release of all Israeli hostages and an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza and condemns antisemitic, anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972100/san-francisco-supervisors-approve-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Read more about the now-approved city resolution.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong> On Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will\u003c/a> vote on whether the city should pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971980/san-francisco-supervisors-advance-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaza \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">has been bombarded by Israeli forces for almost three months now\u003c/a>, resulting in a Palestinian death toll topping 23,000 and 58,000 wounded, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1223446855/israel-hezbollah-commander-killed-lebanon-gaza-hamas\">Gazan health officials, with nearly 85% of the population displaced\u003c/a>. The attacks on Gaza have prompted tens of thousands of Bay Area residents to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970376/demonstrators-pack-the-court-to-support-activists-arrested-for-blocking-bay-bridge-last-month\">protest on streets, bridges, and campuses in support of a cease-fire\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_11971980 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/KSM_PalestineRally_018-qut-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is not the first city in the Bay Area to consider a resolution concerning a cease-fire in Gaza. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11965698/the-bays-october-news-roundup-richmond-stands-with-palestine-cruise-suspended-in-sf-a-win-for-child-care-workers\">Richmond was the first in the United States\u003c/a> to pass a solidarity resolution back in October, and the city of Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11968400/oakland-city-council-set-to-vote-on-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">unanimously voted on a cease-fire resolution in late November\u003c/a>. Alameda City Council \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0IWu6AYJJs\">spent the first days of 2024\u003c/a> deliberating on its own cease-fire resolution, which ultimately \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/alameda-city-council-debate-over-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-ends-in-stalemate/\">failed to pass\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco cease-fire resolution was introduced by District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston and is co-sponsored by District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen — both of whom are Jewish. Similar to \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6426870&GUID=0B829E4E-DACD-4245-B5FA-3365F4E66CEB&Options=&Search=\">Oakland’s statement\u003c/a>, the city’s resolution for a sustained cease-fire in Gaza includes: \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24190172/preston-ceasefire-resolution-draft-12-4.pdf\">“humanitarian aid, release of hostages, and condemning antisemitic, anti-Palestinian, and Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks” (PDF)\u003c/a>, adding that over 1,200 Israelis have been killed, tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, and over a million Palestinians have been displaced from Gaza since Oct. 7. The resolution also notes \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222278024/gaza-airstrikes-us-weapons-sales-israel\">the United States’ “substantial” aid to Israel’s military\u003c/a>, as well as the United Nations’ adopted resolution that has called for a cease-fire. \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24190172/preston-ceasefire-resolution-draft-12-4.pdf\">Read the full text of the resolution as a PDF.\u003c/a>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jess Ghannam, professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco\"]‘The concept of a cease-fire really has to do with saving and protecting a vulnerable civilian population [in Gaza], which has no ability to protect itself, no ability to flee and no ability to secure any kind of safety.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities across the country are seeing passionate, charged debate among residents — both in support of and against a cease-fire resolution passing in their local government. Places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/long-beach-city-council-passes-proclamation-supporting-ceasefire-in-gaza/3294979/\">Long Beach\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/on-second-attempt-seattle-city-council-calls-for-cease-fire-in-gaza/\">Seattle (in a second attempt\u003c/a>) and \u003ca href=\"https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/11/21/detroit-city-council-calls-for-cease-fire-in-gaza-israel/71579439007/\">Detroit\u003c/a> have passed a cease-fire resolution — whereas municipalities like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-leaders-fail-to-pass-resolutions-condemning-hamas-antisemitism-islamophobia-as-tensions-flare/\">Baltimore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vtdigger.org/2023/12/12/burlington-city-council-rejects-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-resolution/\">Burlington\u003c/a> voted against their resolutions. (You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1uS25W_9SHby-cGlnnCuZpuCNxz5ucpE&ll=41.18594380949727%2C-106.0053548985378&z=5\">see a map tracking such resolutions\u003c/a> around the country, created by the pro-cease-fire activist group Solidarity Is.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how does a city resolution like this get passed — or not? And what does such a resolution actually do?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a cease-fire resolution?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Resolutions differ from ordinances — or laws — passed by a city government. They’re an \u003ca href=\"https://www.escribemeetings.com/blog/city-ordinance-vs-city-resolution/\">opportunity for a city to state a position\u003c/a>, expressing \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/legislation-passed\">approval or disapproval\u003c/a>. Resolutions usually take effect \u003ca href=\"https://www.dublin.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4588/City-Council-Brochure#:~:text=An%20ordinance%20is%20the%20most,certain%20types%20of%20administrative%20actions.\">immediately upon adoption\u003c/a> and are often symbolic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://sfciti.org/sf-politics-101/the-sf-legislative-process/#:~:text=In%20most%20cases%20in%20order,head%20to%20the%20Mayor's%20desk.\">resolutions are often written by the sponsoring supervisor’s staff\u003c/a> or by the supervisor and then looked over by the city attorney. In some cases, it can be submitted by the public to a supervisor, who then meets with the group to review the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a resolution is introduced in San Francisco, it must go before a board committee to be voted on before it passes to the full board of supervisors. In the case of the Gaza cease-fire resolution, it went before the rules committee on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/resources__LEAGUE_OF_CA_CITIES__VOTING_REQUIRMENTS__ABSENCES_VACANCIES_ABSTENTIONS_AND_DISQUALIFICATIONS-1.pdf?1395441985\">Requirements to pass resolutions\u003c/a> are mostly the same — they require a majority of the city council to vote yes. In San Francisco, six out of the eleven supervisors would need to vote yes to pass a resolution. The resolution is then handed to Mayor London Breed, who has \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/legislation-passed\">ten days to sign it, return it unsigned, or veto it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the impact of passing a resolution like this?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Passing a resolution is a way for the city to make an “unambiguous, moral stand,” said Jess Ghannam, professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco and a proponent of the resolution. Ghannam has worked in Gaza for over two decades, specifically focusing on the \u003ca href=\"http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/1/health-gaza-children.html\">traumatic effects of war and displacement on women and children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept of a cease-fire really has to do with saving and protecting a vulnerable civilian population [in Gaza], which has no ability to protect itself, no ability to flee and no ability to secure any kind of safety,” Ghannam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html\">Biden administration bypassing Congress to continue providing financial support to the Israeli military\u003c/a>, Ghannam said passing the resolution is a form of civic engagement — one that can go beyond local impact and contribute to national consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we pass these resolutions … we say no to this country promoting genocide, and promoting the death of innocent civilians in this case,” Ghannam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghannam is part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.donoharmcoalition.org/free-palestine.html\">group of health care workers\u003c/a> who have been leading the call for a cease-fire resolution in San Francisco, and he said they have been particularly incensed by the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hospitals-be55b16dd18e55be1b8ad395163ca19b\">targeting of hospitals in Gaza by Israel\u003c/a> and by the Palestinian people deprived of medical attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco city resolution would, Ghannam said, also support the city’s Palestinian American community, of which he is a part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you believe that the board of supervisors and city government should represent all of its community members, there’s been a direct impact on local San Francisco communities of the war in Palestine, in Gaza. It’s affecting families here,” he said. “It’s causing them emotional distress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The war is also bringing those families “significant distress in terms of the Islamophobic and anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian rhetoric that’s going on,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghannam said that residents also have a particular stake in such resolutions because some tech companies in the Bay Area are involved with the Israeli Defense Force. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971467/protesting-project-nimbus-what-rights-do-silicon-valley-employees-have\">Project Nimbus\u003c/a> — a contract between Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government and military — has already garnered pushback from the company’s employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think residents in San Francisco, in the Bay Area, would want to know that they are supporting tech companies — maybe even investing in tech companies — that are actively engaged in killing civilians,” Ghannam said. “That just needs to be called out and needs to be challenged and needs to be known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why is there debate around passing cease-fire resolutions?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">Supervisor Preston — who is the son of Holocaust survivors\u003c/a> — said in December that he received “thousands” of calls from people who wanted their city government to weigh in on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also noted that “there’re some folks that don’t want to see a resolution and don’t want to see the board take action.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dean Preston, District 5 supervisor \"]‘The things we’re calling for in this resolution are directly related to what people are experiencing here, in terms of rising antisemitism, rising Islamophobia. So I do think that local legislators have an increased interest and duty to act.’[/pullquote]For example, \u003ca href=\"https://jweekly.com/2023/11/29/berkeley-mayor-rejects-calls-for-pro-palestinian-resolution-for-now/\">Berkeley’s mayor would not introduce a resolution in late November\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is impossible to ignore the suffering that is occurring, just as it is impossible to ignore the disturbing rise in antisemitism and [I]slamophobia spreading throughout the world,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/berkeleyside/status/1729683036663341196\">Mayor Jesse Arreguín said in a November statement\u003c/a>. “As Mayor, it is my job to keep this community safe, and I remain committed to working with everyone impacted by this conflict to ensure Berkeley remains a safe haven for all. These resolutions will not end the violence abroad, but they do fan the flames of hatred here at home. That’s a threat I cannot ignore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the Jewish Community Relations Council, a pro-Israel organization, also opposed the idea of a city resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">a statement released in December, JCRC Bay Area wrote\u003c/a> that the group had “many concerns about the pending resolution,” which it said, “fails to condemn or hold Hamas responsible for the pogrom of Oct. 7 nor does it recognize that Hamas is an impediment to any sustained and peaceful cease-fire.” The proposed resolution, wrote the JCRC, also “does not recognize that Hamas has failed to adhere to the temporary cease-fire in effect since Oct. 24.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24190172/preston-ceasefire-resolution-draft-12-4.pdf\">The text of the San Francisco resolution\u003c/a> does mention Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, noting that “[f]ollowing the brutal attack by Hamas militants on Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, San Francisco Israelis, Jews and others have experienced, and continue to experience shock, trauma, grief, and fear, compounded by rising antisemitism in our nation and our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">Preston said last month that he wanted to focus on the current \u003c/a>situation and “bringing folks together and toward a goal of saving lives and not trying to assign relative blame, not trying to advance sort of different visions of long-term solutions for the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The things we’re calling for in this resolution are directly related to what people are experiencing here, in terms of rising antisemitism, rising Islamophobia,” Preston said. “So I do think that local legislators have an increased interest and duty to act.”[aside postID=forum_2010101895300 label=\"Read More\"] \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/10/27/1209184834/some-jewish-american-peace-activists-pay-a-personal-price-for-backing-ceasefire\">The Jewish American community is not a monolith\u003c/a> concerning the cease-fire — with Jewish Voice for Peace being \u003ca href=\"https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2023/11/09/ceasefire-now-media-roundup/\">one of the largest organizers for the cease-fire resolution\u003c/a>. District 9 Supervisor Ronen told the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> that she wants a cease-fire because of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-supervisors-ceasefire-18535295.php\">the lessons she learned from family members who fled or were affected by the Holocaust\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By supporting the resolution before us and calling for an end to the killing of hostages, bombing, starving and dehumanization of people in Palestine and Israel, I am not antisemitic,” Ronen said on Dec. 5. “I am not one-sided. I am not overstepping the bounds of my job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am engaging very thoughtfully in a conflict fueled by my and my constituents’ tax dollars. And this conflict is deeply rooted in my personal life and my identity,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent national poll in December shows that most\u003ca href=\"https://pro.morningconsult.com/instant-intel/gaza-cease-fire-poll-december-2023\"> American voters support a cease-fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where do Bay Area representatives stand on this issue?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-12) is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/786/cosponsors\">only Californian co-sponsor of the cease-fire statement at the federal level\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_11971518 label=\"Read More\"]According to the Working Families Party, as of early January, at least \u003ca href=\"https://workingfamilies.org/ceasefire-tracker/\">64 members of Congress have called for a de-escalation or a cease-fire\u003c/a>. In California, that includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. John Garamendi (CA-08)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Robert Garcia (CA-42)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Tony Cárdenas (CA-29)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It does not include either of California’s senators, Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967633/heres-where-bay-area-electeds-stand-on-israels-siege-of-gaza\">Most Bay Area congresspeople opposed a cease-fire in mid-November\u003c/a>, with Nancy Pelosi calling a cease-fire a “gift to Hamas.”[aside postID=news_11967439 label=\"Read More\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Have there been similar resolutions in the past?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Resolutions are a common practice in city councils. For example, in 2017, following the election of Donald Trump, \u003ca href=\"https://ca.cair.com/sfba/updates/bay-area-sanctuary-city-resolutions/\">several Bay Area cities passed resolutions showing solidarity with diverse communities\u003c/a> — with some explicitly emphasizing groups Trump spoke disparagingly of, such as undocumented people and Muslims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11967633 label=\"Read More\"]At that time,\u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/12/13/santa-clara-county-resolution-opposing-trump-plans-draws-heat/\"> Santa Clara County passed a resolution\u003c/a> calling “on President-Elect Trump to serve and protect all Americans, without prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, or disability; to serve as President without regard for ego or personal gain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/12/05/oakland-city-council-resolution-war-gaza-israel-history-foreign-policy-human-rights/\">\u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Oakland has previously passed resolutions calling for the end of the Vietnam War, opposing apartheid in South Africa, against human rights abuses in Nigeria, and \u003ca href=\"https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=739150&GUID=3BC2F7FF-BA58-4B13-AFD6-4BC189D4999A&Options=ID%7CText%7C&Search=iraq\">opposing the invasion of Iraq in 2003\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, San Francisco passed a resolution \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2022/11/30/sfs-symbolic-stand-with-iranian-protests-means-more-than-you-think/\">commending protests by the Iranian people against their government\u003c/a> and condemning Iran’s leadership for human rights abuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve heard over and over again that the [Iranian] protesters are looking for beacons of light … that they’re not dying in vain, they’re not protesting in vain,” SF Supervisor Ahsha Safaí told The Standard in 2022. The resolution, Safai said, was “our attempt to show some solidarity and encouragement in any way we can that this is happening, and the world is watching.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"israel, gaza\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]For UCSF’s Jess Ghannam, the cease-fire resolution would be a natural part of San Francisco’s long history of activism and commitment to human rights — from anti-Vietnam war demonstrations, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration, and free speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s what San Francisco symbolizes. Everybody knows that,” Ghannam said. “We get attacked for it in various media sectors all the time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that somehow San Francisco would shy away from such an important moment historically … it’s really outrageous that someone would say, ‘San Francisco shouldn’t do this,’” Ghannam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Marisa Lagos and Sydney Johnson contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:10 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> San Francisco supervisors have now officially called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, making the city the largest in the United States to pass such a resolution. The resolution, which was approved on Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 8–3, also demands the release of all Israeli hostages and an increase in humanitarian aid to Gaza and condemns antisemitic, anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic rhetoric and attacks. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972100/san-francisco-supervisors-approve-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">Read more about the now-approved city resolution.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story:\u003c/strong> On Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors will\u003c/a> vote on whether the city should pass \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971980/san-francisco-supervisors-advance-gaza-cease-fire-resolution\">a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaza \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza/\">has been bombarded by Israeli forces for almost three months now\u003c/a>, resulting in a Palestinian death toll topping 23,000 and 58,000 wounded, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/08/1223446855/israel-hezbollah-commander-killed-lebanon-gaza-hamas\">Gazan health officials, with nearly 85% of the population displaced\u003c/a>. The attacks on Gaza have prompted tens of thousands of Bay Area residents to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970376/demonstrators-pack-the-court-to-support-activists-arrested-for-blocking-bay-bridge-last-month\">protest on streets, bridges, and campuses in support of a cease-fire\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities across the country are seeing passionate, charged debate among residents — both in support of and against a cease-fire resolution passing in their local government. Places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/long-beach-city-council-passes-proclamation-supporting-ceasefire-in-gaza/3294979/\">Long Beach\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/on-second-attempt-seattle-city-council-calls-for-cease-fire-in-gaza/\">Seattle (in a second attempt\u003c/a>) and \u003ca href=\"https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/11/21/detroit-city-council-calls-for-cease-fire-in-gaza-israel/71579439007/\">Detroit\u003c/a> have passed a cease-fire resolution — whereas municipalities like \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/baltimore-leaders-fail-to-pass-resolutions-condemning-hamas-antisemitism-islamophobia-as-tensions-flare/\">Baltimore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://vtdigger.org/2023/12/12/burlington-city-council-rejects-israel-hamas-war-ceasefire-resolution/\">Burlington\u003c/a> voted against their resolutions. (You can \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1uS25W_9SHby-cGlnnCuZpuCNxz5ucpE&ll=41.18594380949727%2C-106.0053548985378&z=5\">see a map tracking such resolutions\u003c/a> around the country, created by the pro-cease-fire activist group Solidarity Is.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how does a city resolution like this get passed — or not? And what does such a resolution actually do?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What \u003cem>is\u003c/em> a cease-fire resolution?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Resolutions differ from ordinances — or laws — passed by a city government. They’re an \u003ca href=\"https://www.escribemeetings.com/blog/city-ordinance-vs-city-resolution/\">opportunity for a city to state a position\u003c/a>, expressing \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/legislation-passed\">approval or disapproval\u003c/a>. Resolutions usually take effect \u003ca href=\"https://www.dublin.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4588/City-Council-Brochure#:~:text=An%20ordinance%20is%20the%20most,certain%20types%20of%20administrative%20actions.\">immediately upon adoption\u003c/a> and are often symbolic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, \u003ca href=\"https://sfciti.org/sf-politics-101/the-sf-legislative-process/#:~:text=In%20most%20cases%20in%20order,head%20to%20the%20Mayor's%20desk.\">resolutions are often written by the sponsoring supervisor’s staff\u003c/a> or by the supervisor and then looked over by the city attorney. In some cases, it can be submitted by the public to a supervisor, who then meets with the group to review the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When a resolution is introduced in San Francisco, it must go before a board committee to be voted on before it passes to the full board of supervisors. In the case of the Gaza cease-fire resolution, it went before the rules committee on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ca-ilg.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/resources__LEAGUE_OF_CA_CITIES__VOTING_REQUIRMENTS__ABSENCES_VACANCIES_ABSTENTIONS_AND_DISQUALIFICATIONS-1.pdf?1395441985\">Requirements to pass resolutions\u003c/a> are mostly the same — they require a majority of the city council to vote yes. In San Francisco, six out of the eleven supervisors would need to vote yes to pass a resolution. The resolution is then handed to Mayor London Breed, who has \u003ca href=\"https://sfbos.org/legislation-passed\">ten days to sign it, return it unsigned, or veto it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the impact of passing a resolution like this?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Passing a resolution is a way for the city to make an “unambiguous, moral stand,” said Jess Ghannam, professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Francisco and a proponent of the resolution. Ghannam has worked in Gaza for over two decades, specifically focusing on the \u003ca href=\"http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/1/health-gaza-children.html\">traumatic effects of war and displacement on women and children\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept of a cease-fire really has to do with saving and protecting a vulnerable civilian population [in Gaza], which has no ability to protect itself, no ability to flee and no ability to secure any kind of safety,” Ghannam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In light of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/29/politics/biden-congress-israel-military-aid/index.html\">Biden administration bypassing Congress to continue providing financial support to the Israeli military\u003c/a>, Ghannam said passing the resolution is a form of civic engagement — one that can go beyond local impact and contribute to national consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we pass these resolutions … we say no to this country promoting genocide, and promoting the death of innocent civilians in this case,” Ghannam said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghannam is part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.donoharmcoalition.org/free-palestine.html\">group of health care workers\u003c/a> who have been leading the call for a cease-fire resolution in San Francisco, and he said they have been particularly incensed by the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hospitals-be55b16dd18e55be1b8ad395163ca19b\">targeting of hospitals in Gaza by Israel\u003c/a> and by the Palestinian people deprived of medical attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco city resolution would, Ghannam said, also support the city’s Palestinian American community, of which he is a part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you believe that the board of supervisors and city government should represent all of its community members, there’s been a direct impact on local San Francisco communities of the war in Palestine, in Gaza. It’s affecting families here,” he said. “It’s causing them emotional distress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The war is also bringing those families “significant distress in terms of the Islamophobic and anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian rhetoric that’s going on,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ghannam said that residents also have a particular stake in such resolutions because some tech companies in the Bay Area are involved with the Israeli Defense Force. For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11971467/protesting-project-nimbus-what-rights-do-silicon-valley-employees-have\">Project Nimbus\u003c/a> — a contract between Google, Amazon, and the Israeli government and military — has already garnered pushback from the company’s employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think residents in San Francisco, in the Bay Area, would want to know that they are supporting tech companies — maybe even investing in tech companies — that are actively engaged in killing civilians,” Ghannam said. “That just needs to be called out and needs to be challenged and needs to be known.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://jweekly.com/2023/11/29/berkeley-mayor-rejects-calls-for-pro-palestinian-resolution-for-now/\">Berkeley’s mayor would not introduce a resolution in late November\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is impossible to ignore the suffering that is occurring, just as it is impossible to ignore the disturbing rise in antisemitism and [I]slamophobia spreading throughout the world,” \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/berkeleyside/status/1729683036663341196\">Mayor Jesse Arreguín said in a November statement\u003c/a>. “As Mayor, it is my job to keep this community safe, and I remain committed to working with everyone impacted by this conflict to ensure Berkeley remains a safe haven for all. These resolutions will not end the violence abroad, but they do fan the flames of hatred here at home. That’s a threat I cannot ignore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the Jewish Community Relations Council, a pro-Israel organization, also opposed the idea of a city resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">a statement released in December, JCRC Bay Area wrote\u003c/a> that the group had “many concerns about the pending resolution,” which it said, “fails to condemn or hold Hamas responsible for the pogrom of Oct. 7 nor does it recognize that Hamas is an impediment to any sustained and peaceful cease-fire.” The proposed resolution, wrote the JCRC, also “does not recognize that Hamas has failed to adhere to the temporary cease-fire in effect since Oct. 24.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24190172/preston-ceasefire-resolution-draft-12-4.pdf\">The text of the San Francisco resolution\u003c/a> does mention Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, noting that “[f]ollowing the brutal attack by Hamas militants on Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, San Francisco Israelis, Jews and others have experienced, and continue to experience shock, trauma, grief, and fear, compounded by rising antisemitism in our nation and our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11969094/sf-supervisor-preston-calls-for-city-to-adopt-resolution-demanding-gaza-cease-fire\">Preston said last month that he wanted to focus on the current \u003c/a>situation and “bringing folks together and toward a goal of saving lives and not trying to assign relative blame, not trying to advance sort of different visions of long-term solutions for the region.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The things we’re calling for in this resolution are directly related to what people are experiencing here, in terms of rising antisemitism, rising Islamophobia,” Preston said. “So I do think that local legislators have an increased interest and duty to act.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>According to the Working Families Party, as of early January, at least \u003ca href=\"https://workingfamilies.org/ceasefire-tracker/\">64 members of Congress have called for a de-escalation or a cease-fire\u003c/a>. In California, that includes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. John Garamendi (CA-08)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Robert Garcia (CA-42)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-02)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Judy Chu (CA-28)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Tony Cárdenas (CA-29)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rep. Mark Takano (CA-39)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>It does not include either of California’s senators, Alex Padilla and Laphonza Butler. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967633/heres-where-bay-area-electeds-stand-on-israels-siege-of-gaza\">Most Bay Area congresspeople opposed a cease-fire in mid-November\u003c/a>, with Nancy Pelosi calling a cease-fire a “gift to Hamas.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of protesters calling for a cease-fire in the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war\">Israel-Hamas\u003c/a> war interrupted the first day of California’s legislative session on Wednesday, forcing the state Assembly to adjourn moments after convening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers had just listened to the opening prayer and said the Pledge of Allegiance when protesters wearing matching black t-shirts stood from their seats and started singing “Cease-fire now” and “Let Gaza live.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Los Angeles)\"]‘The level of fear and anxiety and tension is unlike anything I have ever seen in my lifetime.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few people unfurled banners from the chamber’s gallery that read: “Jews say never again for anyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Jim Wood, a Democratic assemblymember from Healdsburg who was presiding over the session, tried to continue the session despite the singing. Eventually, he called for a recess and adjourned a few minutes later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly all of the lawmakers left the floor. Protesters cheered when officials turned off the lights in the chamber, holding up the flashlights on their phones as they continued to sing, which included a lengthy call-and-response chant from the gallery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are Jews and Californians, Assembly members, we call on you to join us in demanding a cease-fire now,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11971602\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-800x552.jpg\" alt=\"Several people stand on a balcony waving their phones.\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-800x552.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-1020x703.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-2048x1412.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/AP24004020199072-1920x1324.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After the lights had been turned off, protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza use the lights from cell phones to demonstrate during the first day of the California legislative session in Sacramento on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democratic Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas said he supports First Amendment rights but added, “The only real impact from today’s protest is that the Legislature was prevented from doing the people’s work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Thousands of groups come to the Capitol every year to express their diverse viewpoints, but their free-speech actions do not impede the Legislature’s work,” he said. “While this is a tense and difficult moment for communities in California and across the world, our job in the Legislature is to stay focused on the issues we can affect here in our state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s protest was organized by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-college-protests-c94bb0cd246bcc692de86b76b9b2a8cf\">Jewish Voice for Peace\u003c/a>, IfNotNow and the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. Binya Kóatz, a Jewish teacher and artist who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, said Americans have “not only the right but the responsibility to stop business as usual as long as our country is giving a blank check to Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"israel, gaza\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]Kóatz said the groups chose to protest at the California Legislature because, while those lawmakers do not control federal money sent to Israel, “we know that state Legislatures have the ear of their national counterparts in California and that getting this body to call for a cease-fire now can put California at the forefront of the national movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time protesters have called for a cease-fire disrupted events in California’s capital. In November, protesters forced their way inside a Sacramento convention hall and prompted the California Democratic Party to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-democrats-schiff-porter-lee-senate-endorsement-efab466366b5a3a57d7edea813324390\">cancel some events\u003c/a> during their nominating convention. And last month, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-christmas-tree-lighting-prerecorded-ceremony-7a6688964175a0da32b2a88427ab284c\">canceled an in-person Christmas tree lighting ceremony\u003c/a> after protesters planned an action at the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters did not disrupt the state Senate, which held its session as scheduled and included lawmakers giving speeches in memory of former U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dianne-feinstein-dead-c831f3228ac44faa9653234570bb8ce9\">died in September\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, it was a day of disruptions at state capitols. A bomb threat emailed to officials in multiple states \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/state-capitol-threat-evacuation-lockdown-dfef5fbb98ec6572474807c260533b05\">prompted evacuations\u003c/a> of statehouse offices or buildings in Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana. Other states — including Missouri, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Wyoming — received threats but did not evacuate. The brief email threat made no mention of a motive and did not reference the Israel-Hamas war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s legislative session, which runs through Aug. 31, is expected to be dominated by decisions on artificial intelligence and the massive budget deficit. 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"content": "\u003cp>If any year is looked back on as pivotal in California’s fight to curb mental illness, homelessness and drug-related deaths, 2023 could be the one. Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed major — and at times controversial — \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2023/08/california-mental-health-services-newsom/\">reforms of the state’s mental and behavioral health systems\u003c/a> through the Legislature, but a mere two months after signing the laws, Newsom accused counties of moving too slowly to adopt them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom on Friday, at a press conference, took local governments to task, publicly pressuring them to take action on the state’s new conservatorship law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state has done its job. It’s time for the counties to do their job,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, lawmakers significantly loosened long-standing rules limiting who can be placed in involuntary treatment. The change to the state’s conservatorship rules allows people who can’t take care of their own medical needs or personal safety to be deemed “gravely disabled” and placed in treatment facilities without consent. This includes people struggling with addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the vast majority of counties have opted to delay implementing the conservatorship expansion, putting them at odds with the governor’s timeline. They play a critical role in the law because they administer the state’s social services and mental health programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County leaders said they need more guidance and resources. They argue they lack the staff and funding to move this new policy forward. The law goes into effect in 2024 but allows counties to defer implementation until 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty-six counties out of the state’s 58 are requesting permission to delay implementing the law, Tony Vartan, Stanislaus County’s Behavioral Health Director, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smlBBytSgQ4\">told his Board of Supervisors\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"California Gov. Gavin Newsom\"]‘You have a crisis out there. There’s a crisis on the streets and people are talking about delaying the conservatorship efforts till 2026. We can’t afford to wait.’[/pullquote]Only San Luis Obispo and \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/san-francisco-prepared-implement-new-conservatorship-law-help-people-struggling-severe\">San Francisco\u003c/a> counties plan on beginning implementation next month, Vartan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said during Friday’s press call that the “lack of urgency” at the local level was disappointing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a crisis out there. There’s a crisis on the streets and people are talking about delaying the conservatorship efforts till 2026. We can’t afford to wait,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michelle Doty Cabrera, executive director of the County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California, said in a statement behavioral health departments are “already stretched” thin and need time to coordinate such a complex change. In the past two years, they’ve been hit by increased demand for services, widespread provider shortages, and a series of new state mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“County boards of supervisors across California have heard clearly from hospitals, law enforcement officials, and county behavioral health professionals that infrastructure capacity, staffing and training must be in place to make the law successful,” Cabrera said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-california-counties-singled-out\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">California counties singled out\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The change comes on the heels of another major Newsom mental health initiative. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/09/california-lawmakers-approved-care-court-what-comes-next/\">CARE Court\u003c/a>, which passed last year and began rolling out in October, allows people with untreated mental illness to be placed in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2023/08/care-court-california-start/\">court-mandated treatment programs and housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, eight counties are operating a CARE court. Now, most of those early adopters have chosen to delay the conservatorship expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11964791,science_1984855,news_11961241\"]One of the counties that is operating a CARE Court, Riverside, is taking more time to adopt the conservatorship law. Newsom singled it out at his press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Riverside County (is) doing great work on CARE Court, but decided not to move forward with the implementation of conservatorship,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside County officials said they’re not ready to carry out changes to the conservatorship law, which carries “significant responsibilities.” The county’s behavioral health department, hospitals and law enforcement need time to expand treatment facilities, increase housing capacity, develop new protocols and train staff, Dr. Matthew Chang, behavioral health director of Riverside University Health System, said to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Setting an implementation date in 2026 would signal our commitment to getting it right for our community,” Chang said during board remarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-mayors-back-newsom-s-timeline\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mayors back Newsom’s timeline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several California mayors, by contrast, are urging counties to move faster. Mayors often bear the brunt of residents’ complaints about homelessness, but they tend to have little influence over social services and mental health spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, who supported a majority of Newsom’s mental health reforms, urged his county’s board of supervisors to implement the conservatorship expansion immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970238\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764.jpg\" alt=\"A Latino man in a dark gray suit with a maroon tie gestures as he speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria in a photo from July 21, 2022 in San Diego. \u003ccite>(Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“While the law allows for counties to delay implementation until 2026, our county is experiencing an unacceptable behavioral health crisis — one all of us see clearly every day in our communities. Putting implementation off will cost people their lives,” Gloria and other \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/20231204-sb43-county-signon-letter-final.pdf\">San Diego County mayors wrote in a letter \u003c/a>to the board this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nora Vargas, chair of the board of supervisors, initially proposed delaying implementation to 2025 after hospital and behavioral health leaders argued more people would cycle in and out of the emergency room without proper support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Diego County will implement (the conservatorship law) in a way that is methodical and equitable because these are real people and real families seeking care,” Vargas said in a statement to CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim McClain, a spokesperson for San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, said the county is moving as quickly as possible despite receiving no support from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law “comes with no new resources for hospitals, substance use disorder treatment providers, or county-run public conservator offices. It doesn’t establish clinical assessment criteria that will incline clinicians to extend holds. And it doesn’t do anything to create the operational tools that will actually get people with substance use disorder from (emergency departments) into ongoing addiction treatment,” McClain said in a statement to CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-demand-on-mental-health-system\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Demand on mental health system\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Among the concerns raised by counties is a dramatic influx in the number of people needing treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Kern and Santa Barbara counties, behavioral health officials have said they expect the number of people who would qualify for involuntary treatment to increase tenfold, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bakersfield.com/news/45-counties-including-kern-to-delay-launch-of-major-mental-health-law/article_6db580bc-90dd-11ee-8f8b-935b4dc28496.html\">\u003cem>The Bakersfield Californian\u003c/em> \u003c/a>and \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.com/2023/12/12/grave-disability-law-poses-grave-problems-for-santa-barbara-countys-mental-health-system/\">Santa Barbara Independent\u003c/a>\u003c/em> have reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Supervisor Robert Rickman, San Joaquin County\"]‘We need the state to provide us with guidance on how we can best apply this law to help the vulnerable and protect people’s civil rights while ensuring their treatment.’[/pullquote]Behavioral health officials in Stanislaus County told their board of supervisors that because the expanded definition of “gravely disabled” will now include people with drug use disorders, the number of conservatees will likely go up. 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There are also very few treatment settings for people with severe substance use disorders in the county, health officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors agreed to push back implementation, but supervisors said they would like to enact the law sometime before 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In neighboring San Joaquin County, supervisors this week also voted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjgov.org/press-releases/press-release-detail/2023/12/13/board-protects-local-services-by-deferring-sb-43\">delay the law’s implementation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need the state to provide us with guidance on how we can best apply this law to help the vulnerable and protect people’s civil rights while ensuring their treatment,” Supervisor Robert Rickman said in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of the recent changes at the state level target serious mental illness among the state’s growing homeless population, which has ballooned by more than 30% to 170,000 people since Newsom took office in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, voters will be asked to approve or reject yet another major overhaul of the state’s mental and behavioral health system. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2023/09/gavin-newsom-mental-health-2024-election/\">Proposition 1\u003c/a> includes two key provisions: a $6.4 billion bond to pay for 10,000 treatment beds and supportive housing and a revamp of the state’s 20-year-old law that funds mental health services through a tax on personal income over $1 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>One of the counties that is operating a CARE Court, Riverside, is taking more time to adopt the conservatorship law. Newsom singled it out at his press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Riverside County (is) doing great work on CARE Court, but decided not to move forward with the implementation of conservatorship,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside County officials said they’re not ready to carry out changes to the conservatorship law, which carries “significant responsibilities.” The county’s behavioral health department, hospitals and law enforcement need time to expand treatment facilities, increase housing capacity, develop new protocols and train staff, Dr. Matthew Chang, behavioral health director of Riverside University Health System, said to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Setting an implementation date in 2026 would signal our commitment to getting it right for our community,” Chang said during board remarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-mayors-back-newsom-s-timeline\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mayors back Newsom’s timeline\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several California mayors, by contrast, are urging counties to move faster. Mayors often bear the brunt of residents’ complaints about homelessness, but they tend to have little influence over social services and mental health spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, who supported a majority of Newsom’s mental health reforms, urged his county’s board of supervisors to implement the conservatorship expansion immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970238\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970238\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764.jpg\" alt=\"A Latino man in a dark gray suit with a maroon tie gestures as he speaks into a microphone.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1410298764-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria in a photo from July 21, 2022 in San Diego. \u003ccite>(Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“While the law allows for counties to delay implementation until 2026, our county is experiencing an unacceptable behavioral health crisis — one all of us see clearly every day in our communities. 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"content": "\u003cp>An hour-and-a-half east of Redding, out past the cow pastures, is the tiny town of Hat Creek — population 266. It’s the perfect place to listen for transmissions from space. The mountains surrounding it block interference from human sources, which there aren’t many of out here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are constantly searching the skies in order to find evidence of other life in the universe,” said Dr. Vishal Gajjar, a staff astronomer with \u003ca href=\"https://www.seti.org/\">the SETI Institute\u003c/a>. “This is actually the only site in the world which is dedicated 24/7 to do this research.”\u003cbr>\n[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Vishal Gajjar, staff astronomer, SETI Institute\"]‘If you want to communicate across large interstellar distances, radio waves are the best possible way to do that.’[/pullquote]Forty-two giant white radio \u003ca href=\"https://www.seti.org/ata-technical-overview\">telescopes\u003c/a> are positioned across a field. Each one is the size of a three-story building. They’re not like the cylindrical telescopes often used for stargazing. These look more like giant satellite dishes. 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They’re also observable both day and night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"science_992707,science_1983602\" label=\"Related Stories\"]For now, the Allen Telescope Array is all about listening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not broadcasting,” Gajjar said. “We are a very new kid in this big jungle. So we shouldn’t start shouting; we should first listen to what’s out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The input gathered by the telescopes runs underground through optical cables to a main lab, where it is processed and displayed on screens. Scientists monitor the display for the appearance of a streak running through it, indicating an intense radio signal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they have a temperature, all objects in the universe emit radio waves at some level. Stars emit them, and so do humans. 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