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"content": "\u003cp>The 2024 general election in November will decide who will be the President of the United States for the next four years. But way before that, California voters have another big election around the corner on March 5: Our state’s presidential primary. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation\"]‘The good news is that nobody has to vote with the ballot that they get in the mail if they don’t want to.’ [/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among other things, the March primary election allows voters to choose the candidate from their preferred political party that they ultimately want to run for president in November. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11795384/whos-down-with-npp-what-to-know-about-no-party-preference-voting-in-californias-primary\">if you’re registered as a “no party preference”\u003c/a> voter (sometimes referred to as an “independent”), you’ll need to take action to be able to vote in these races — because the ballot you received in the mail \u003cem>won’t\u003c/em> have any presidential candidates on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another twist: The type of action you have to take depends on what party’s candidate you want to vote for in March. But luckily, it’s not too late. Keep reading for everything you need to know about voting in California’s presidential primaries as a no party preference (NPP) voter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if you’re looking for information about what’s on your ballot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">take a look at KQED’s Voter Guide\u003c/a>, which unpacks ballot measures and compares candidates in the most important races in the Bay Area.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: How to vote for a presidential candidate in\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#howtovote\">\u003cstrong>The Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#greenparty\">\u003cstrong>The Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>I can’t remember whether I’m registered as no party preference (NPP). How do I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can visit the state’s website, \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov\">registertovote.ca.gov,\u003c/a> and hit “Check your registration status.” You can also call the Voter Hotline at 800-345-VOTE (8683) for your voter status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You certainly won’t be the only California voter figuring this out, said Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. “It’s going to be challenging for voters and election officials alike because it’s been a while since people voted,” she noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They may have forgotten how they registered to vote, what party they registered to vote with,” Alexander said. “And that will determine their voting choices for president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/60day-presprim-2024/complete-ror.pdf\">21.95% of voters are registered as NPP in California \u003c/a>— a drop from 25.90% in 2020. At 27.11%, Santa Clara County actually holds the greatest percentage of NPP voters in the entire state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(One small thing to note: Even though being a no party preference Voter is sometimes known as being an independent voter, that’s not the same thing as being a member of the American Independent Party.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When I receive my NPP ballot in the mail without any presidential candidates on it, what should I do with it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The good news is that nobody has to vote with the ballot that they get in the mail if they don’t want to,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you, in fact, want to cast a vote for a presidential candidate in the primary, do not fill out and submit that first ballot you were sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know about voting in 2024?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Not only will that first ballot not give you any presidential nominees to vote on (because you’re an NPP voter), but if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> submit it, you will not be able to fill out any new ballot with presidential candidates on it because you will have already voted by submitting that first ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, you can follow the steps below, depending on which party you want to vote for, and that first ballot will be canceled. Your NPP status will also prevent you from voting for candidates for party central committees, the governing body of the local political parties. Those elections are only open to party members. But NPP voters won’t have to take any action to vote in the primary for U.S. Senate or state legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"howtovote\">\u003c/a>I’m NPP, and I want to vote for a presidential candidate in the Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These three political parties hold what’s called “modified-closed presidential primaries,” — which means that as well as accepting votes from their registered party members, they also allow NPP voters to vote for their presidential nominees without having to register with that party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To vote in the March primary for a presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party, you can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Request a cross-over ballot from your county elections office\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can print a \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/npp-application-march-5-2024.pdf\">cross-over ballot request form (PDF)\u003c/a>, fill it out, and return it to your county elections office by:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Mail\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fax\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Email (\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/npp-application-march-5-2024.pdf\">the online form is not editable\u003c/a>, so you’ll have to scan a completed print version and attach it to your email)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the state also said that you can submit your request for a cross-over ballot by phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-info/how-vote-president/#no-party\">find the PDF request form for a cross-over ballot in Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can request a cross-over ballot in person from your county elections office up until Election Day. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices/\">Find your local county elections office’s contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feb. 27 — one week before Election Day, March 5 — is your last day to request a cross-over ballot by mail, fax or email. Between Feb. 28 and March 5, you’ll need to request one in person (see below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As long as you requested it in time, your new cross-over ballot will arrive in the mail, and the original ballot you were sent in early February — the one that didn’t have any presidential candidates on it — will be canceled, as long as you haven’t already submitted it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Request a cross-over ballot when you vote in person\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to vote for a presidential candidate from the American Independent, Democratic, or Libertarian party in person, ask a poll worker for a new ballot with those candidates when checking in at an in-person voting location after voting opens in your county. And as mentioned above, you can do this at your county elections office, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll be handed a new ballot that includes that party’s presidential nominees, which you can fill out and submit there and then. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But again, remember: If you’ve already filled out and submitted that first ballot that arrived in the mail, you cannot request and submit any new cross-over ballot either by mail or in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"greenparty\">\u003c/a>I’m NPP, and I want to vote for a presidential candidate in the Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>These three political parties hold what’s called “closed presidential primaries,” — which means that only voters who’ve registered as a member of that party (also known as “indicating a preference for that party”) can vote for one of their presidential nominees. Unlike the Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party, these parties will not let you request a cross-over ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, if you want to vote for a candidate from the Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party in the primary, you’ll have to officially \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">re-register as a member of that party\u003c/a>. Remember: Re-registering as a member of a political party, even if you’re only doing it to be able to vote in the presidential primary, will mean you’ll remain a registered member of that party indefinitely unless you make further changes to your registration later. That is, there’s no such thing as a “temporary” re-registration for the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how to re-register with a political party, depending on when you’re reading this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Re-register online (before Feb. 20)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go to \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a> to input your details and select the party you now wish to register as a member of to be able to vote for one of their presidential candidates in the March primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to check the “I was previously registered or pre-registered to vote” box on the form to indicate you were previously registered as no party preference, and then select your desired new party under “Political Party Preference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You will then receive a new ballot in the mail that contains presidential nominees for that party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Re-register in person at your county elections office (after Feb. 20)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">The Same Day Registration system\u003c/a> allows voters to register for their preferred party in person and vote using what’s called a provisional ballot. 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Assigned voting locations will open a little later in San Francisco, Contra Costa or Solano for those counties’ voters. \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">See where early voting is available in your county.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with your county elections office, go to your voting location and tell them you want to re-register as a member of the Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party to be able to vote in their presidential primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll be handed a new provisional ballot that includes that party’s presidential nominees, which you can fill out and submit there and then, or take home and submit by mail or drop off later. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’ve already filled out the ballot that arrived in the mail that didn’t have any presidential candidates on it, you will not be able to re-register with a political party and request or submit any new ballot with those candidates — because you’ve already voted with that first ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I got a flyer in the mail in December about voting as a no party preference voter. Is that related to this?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. Your county’s election office sent out that mailer and will have included a postcard that an NPP voter could complete and send back to request a cross-over ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the deadline to send back these mailers passed long ago — so if you don’t remember filling out and sending back that postcard, you’ll still need to follow the steps below depending on what party presidential primary you want to vote in. (And if you don’t even remember seeing that mailer, that means there’s no point in stressing about it now anyway.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Voting in the presidential primary as an NPP voter seems … involved. Am I missing something?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, Alexander said — the system means that the roughly 22% of California voters registered as NPP “need to be proactive,” she said. “Some people are going to feel frustrated about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it comes to why the presidential primaries can get complex for NPP voters, Alexander noted that it’s the political parties themselves who decide to hold closed or modified-open primaries this way. The state does not decide it, and “it’s not [your] registrar’s fault or responsibility” either, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"election, ballot\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]This is, Alexander said, “just one of those things that makes California elections feel like you’re doing algebra sometimes, trying to figure out what’s what.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I’m not actually registered to vote at \u003cem>all\u003c/em>, but I want to vote in March. What now?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After the Feb. 20 deadline to register to vote online at \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a>, you can still \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/pres-prim-march-2024?mc_cid=638980d345&mc_eid=b5c444f6a0\">register in person\u003c/a> at your county elections office or an open voting location via \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">Same Day Registration\u003c/a> up until when polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day, March 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to vote in the March presidential primary for a candidate from the Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party, you’ll either need to register as a member of one of those parties or go through the processes above to request a cross-over ballot if you want to be a no party preference voter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to vote in either the Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party’s presidential primaries, you should register as a member of the party you want to vote for.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Will my choice to vote in California’s presidential primary affect my choice in the November general election?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No. In November, you can vote for any candidate from any party, regardless of how you are registered or if you previously voted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I’m actually registered with a political party, but I don’t want to vote for that party’s presidential candidate in the March primary\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>You can still vote for another party’s presidential nominee, but your options depend on which party you’re currently registered with and the party you want to vote for in the primary. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-info/how-vote-president/\">Read more on how to vote for a different party’s presidential nominee than the party you’re registered with\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"local\">\u003c/a>How to contact your county elections office\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, elections officials are encouraging voters to reach out — early — with any questions or concerns. You can also use the links below to find the mailing address of your county elections office to send back a printed request for a cross-over ballot:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>: For information about voting by mail, registration and polling place lookup, call 510-267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cocovote.us/\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>: Call 925-335-7800 or email \u003ca href=\"voter.services@vote.cccounty.us\">voter.services@vote.cccounty.us\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>: Call 415-473-6456 or go to the Marin County elections webpage to \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">send a form email\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>: Call 707-253-4321 or email the elections office at \u003ca href=\"elections@countyofnapa.org\">elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/\">San Francisco\u003c/a>: Call 415-554-4375 or email \u003ca href=\"sfvote@sfgov.org\">sfvote@sfgov.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections\">San Mateo\u003c/a>: Call 888-762-8683 or email \u003ca href=\"registrar@smcacre.org\">registrar@smcacre.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rov/Pages/Registrar-of-Voters.aspx\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>: Call toll-free at 866-430-VOTE (8683) or email \u003ca href=\"registrar@rov.sccgov.org\">registrar@rov.sccgov.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>: Call 707-784-6675 or 888-933-VOTE (8683). You can also email \u003ca href=\"elections@solanocounty.com\">elections@solanocounty.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/CRA/Registrar-of-Voters/\">Sonoma\u003c/a>: Call 707-565-6800 or toll-free at 800-750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The state also has a full list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices/\">every county elections office in California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bookmark \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/upcoming-elections/pres-prim-march-2024?mc_cid=638980d345&mc_eid=b5c444f6a0\">the state’s full list of deadlines for the California Presidential Primary Election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2024. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID-19\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among other things, the March primary election allows voters to choose the candidate from their preferred political party that they ultimately want to run for president in November. But \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11795384/whos-down-with-npp-what-to-know-about-no-party-preference-voting-in-californias-primary\">if you’re registered as a “no party preference”\u003c/a> voter (sometimes referred to as an “independent”), you’ll need to take action to be able to vote in these races — because the ballot you received in the mail \u003cem>won’t\u003c/em> have any presidential candidates on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another twist: The type of action you have to take depends on what party’s candidate you want to vote for in March. But luckily, it’s not too late. Keep reading for everything you need to know about voting in California’s presidential primaries as a no party preference (NPP) voter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(And if you’re looking for information about what’s on your ballot, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide\">take a look at KQED’s Voter Guide\u003c/a>, which unpacks ballot measures and compares candidates in the most important races in the Bay Area.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: How to vote for a presidential candidate in\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#howtovote\">\u003cstrong>The Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#greenparty\">\u003cstrong>The Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>I can’t remember whether I’m registered as no party preference (NPP). How do I check?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can visit the state’s website, \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov\">registertovote.ca.gov,\u003c/a> and hit “Check your registration status.” You can also call the Voter Hotline at 800-345-VOTE (8683) for your voter status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You certainly won’t be the only California voter figuring this out, said Kim Alexander, president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. “It’s going to be challenging for voters and election officials alike because it’s been a while since people voted,” she noted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They may have forgotten how they registered to vote, what party they registered to vote with,” Alexander said. “And that will determine their voting choices for president.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ror/60day-presprim-2024/complete-ror.pdf\">21.95% of voters are registered as NPP in California \u003c/a>— a drop from 25.90% in 2020. At 27.11%, Santa Clara County actually holds the greatest percentage of NPP voters in the entire state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(One small thing to note: Even though being a no party preference Voter is sometimes known as being an independent voter, that’s not the same thing as being a member of the American Independent Party.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When I receive my NPP ballot in the mail without any presidential candidates on it, what should I do with it?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The good news is that nobody has to vote with the ballot that they get in the mail if they don’t want to,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you, in fact, want to cast a vote for a presidential candidate in the primary, do not fill out and submit that first ballot you were sent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need to know about voting in 2024?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Not only will that first ballot not give you any presidential nominees to vote on (because you’re an NPP voter), but if you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> submit it, you will not be able to fill out any new ballot with presidential candidates on it because you will have already voted by submitting that first ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, you can follow the steps below, depending on which party you want to vote for, and that first ballot will be canceled. Your NPP status will also prevent you from voting for candidates for party central committees, the governing body of the local political parties. Those elections are only open to party members. But NPP voters won’t have to take any action to vote in the primary for U.S. Senate or state legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"howtovote\">\u003c/a>I’m NPP, and I want to vote for a presidential candidate in the Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>These three political parties hold what’s called “modified-closed presidential primaries,” — which means that as well as accepting votes from their registered party members, they also allow NPP voters to vote for their presidential nominees without having to register with that party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To vote in the March primary for a presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, the American Independent Party or the Libertarian Party, you can:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Request a cross-over ballot from your county elections office\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can print a \u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/npp-application-march-5-2024.pdf\">cross-over ballot request form (PDF)\u003c/a>, fill it out, and return it to your county elections office by:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Mail\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fax\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Email (\u003ca href=\"https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/vote-by-mail/pdf/npp-application-march-5-2024.pdf\">the online form is not editable\u003c/a>, so you’ll have to scan a completed print version and attach it to your email)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the state also said that you can submit your request for a cross-over ballot by phone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-info/how-vote-president/#no-party\">find the PDF request form for a cross-over ballot in Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can request a cross-over ballot in person from your county elections office up until Election Day. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices/\">Find your local county elections office’s contact details\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feb. 27 — one week before Election Day, March 5 — is your last day to request a cross-over ballot by mail, fax or email. Between Feb. 28 and March 5, you’ll need to request one in person (see below).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As long as you requested it in time, your new cross-over ballot will arrive in the mail, and the original ballot you were sent in early February — the one that didn’t have any presidential candidates on it — will be canceled, as long as you haven’t already submitted it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Request a cross-over ballot when you vote in person\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to vote for a presidential candidate from the American Independent, Democratic, or Libertarian party in person, ask a poll worker for a new ballot with those candidates when checking in at an in-person voting location after voting opens in your county. And as mentioned above, you can do this at your county elections office, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll be handed a new ballot that includes that party’s presidential nominees, which you can fill out and submit there and then. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But again, remember: If you’ve already filled out and submitted that first ballot that arrived in the mail, you cannot request and submit any new cross-over ballot either by mail or in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Remember: Re-registering as a member of a political party, even if you’re only doing it to be able to vote in the presidential primary, will mean you’ll remain a registered member of that party indefinitely unless you make further changes to your registration later. That is, there’s no such thing as a “temporary” re-registration for the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how to re-register with a political party, depending on when you’re reading this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Re-register online (before Feb. 20)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go to \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/\">registertovote.ca.gov\u003c/a> to input your details and select the party you now wish to register as a member of to be able to vote for one of their presidential candidates in the March primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to check the “I was previously registered or pre-registered to vote” box on the form to indicate you were previously registered as no party preference, and then select your desired new party under “Political Party Preference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You will then receive a new ballot in the mail that contains presidential nominees for that party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Re-register in person at your county elections office (after Feb. 20)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg/\">The Same Day Registration system\u003c/a> allows voters to register for their preferred party in person and vote using what’s called a provisional ballot. Once your county elections office has verified you are indeed eligible to register or re-register to vote, this ballot will be processed and counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Go to your county elections office and tell them you want to re-register as a member of the Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party to be able to vote in their presidential primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll be handed a new provisional ballot that includes that party’s presidential nominees, which you can fill out and submit there and then or take home and submit by mail or drop off later. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot. \u003ca href=\"#local\">Find your local county elections office’s contact details.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Re-register in person at your voting location when you vote (from as early as Feb. 24 in some counties)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live in Alameda, Marin, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara or Sonoma, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973915/california-primary-election-2024-find-your-early-voting-site-or-ballot-drop-off-location#find\">Vote Centers in your county are now open as of Feb. 24\u003c/a>, where you can go in person. Assigned voting locations will open a little later in San Francisco, Contra Costa or Solano for those counties’ voters. \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">See where early voting is available in your county.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As with your county elections office, go to your voting location and tell them you want to re-register as a member of the Green Party, the Peace and Freedom Party or the Republican Party to be able to vote in their presidential primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll be handed a new provisional ballot that includes that party’s presidential nominees, which you can fill out and submit there and then, or take home and submit by mail or drop off later. If you do this, it’s a good idea to bring along the original ballot you were sent so it can be canceled on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you’ve already filled out the ballot that arrived in the mail that didn’t have any presidential candidates on it, you will not be able to re-register with a political party and request or submit any new ballot with those candidates — because you’ve already voted with that first ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I got a flyer in the mail in December about voting as a no party preference voter. Is that related to this?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. Your county’s election office sent out that mailer and will have included a postcard that an NPP voter could complete and send back to request a cross-over ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the deadline to send back these mailers passed long ago — so if you don’t remember filling out and sending back that postcard, you’ll still need to follow the steps below depending on what party presidential primary you want to vote in. (And if you don’t even remember seeing that mailer, that means there’s no point in stressing about it now anyway.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Voting in the presidential primary as an NPP voter seems … involved. Am I missing something?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, Alexander said — the system means that the roughly 22% of California voters registered as NPP “need to be proactive,” she said. “Some people are going to feel frustrated about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it comes to why the presidential primaries can get complex for NPP voters, Alexander noted that it’s the political parties themselves who decide to hold closed or modified-open primaries this way. The state does not decide it, and “it’s not [your] registrar’s fault or responsibility” either, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent Sunday evening, about a hundred people packed into a community center in Palo Alto for an event titled “Town Hall to Save Our Neighborhoods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What were the neighborhoods being saved from? The answers were displayed along the walls: enlarged renderings of tall apartment buildings proposed in suburban neighborhoods and along California’s coast — a rogue gallery of potential developments critics call the monstrous byproducts of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11970993/these-new-california-housing-laws-are-going-into-effect-in-2024\">state laws encouraging the construction of dense housing\u003c/a> over the objections of some local residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lydia Kou, Palo Alto City Council member\"]‘Through the years that I have been a council member, I find it harder and harder to represent my constituents, mostly because of the state laws and state mandates that come forward that have really almost eliminated or usurped our local land use and zoning laws.’[/pullquote]“It’s dangerous for us to not have local input,” said Maria Bautista, who came to the event from nearby Los Altos. “It is the case that most residents choose to live where they live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lydia Kou, a Palo Alto City Council member, organized the town hall. For years, Kou has been one of the Bay Area’s most outspoken elected officials in opposition to state housing reforms to ease construction. Now, she is running for state Assembly, challenging incumbent Marc Berman, a fellow Democrat, on the March 5 primary ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kou is vowing to “shake up” the state capitol, where she said Democrats are “taking away local democracy” by limiting the ability of local governments to block developments. Berman, who has backed the Legislature’s pro-housing direction since taking office in 2016, is not softening his stances in the face of Kou’s attacks. That dynamic has turned the race into something of a referendum on state zoning reforms — a temperature check on housing for voters in the 23rd District, which includes Palo Alto, Mountain View and West San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976461\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 335px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11976461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of development on a wall in display\" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposed housing developments on display at the ‘Save Our Neighborhoods’ town hall in Palo Alto, on January 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re only weeks away now from knowing a great deal about what’s going on in our community,” said Liz Kniss, a former Santa Clara County supervisor and Palo Alto mayor, who supports Berman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two competing political currents underlie the Berman-Kou contest. Since 2017, the state legislature has passed dozens of laws aimed at boosting the supply of housing in California, in part by limiting the ability of local governments to block development. At the same time, Kniss said, an anti-housing coalition has grown in Palo Alto, home to the largest block of voters in the 23rd District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An inflection point came in 2013, when Berman (then a council member), Kniss and the rest of the Palo Alto City Council voted to rezone a parcel on Maybell Avenue to allow for a 60-unit apartment building for low-income seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of residents, including Kou, opposed the senior housing — calling it a giveaway to developers that was too large for the neighborhood. They gathered signatures to put the development plan up for a vote on the ballot, where it was defeated in November 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a shock to all of us; none of us knew that there was an underground that was really objecting to housing,” Kniss said. “I remember the night that Maybell was defeated, and we were all just like, this couldn’t be in Palo Alto. And since then, we’ve stayed on that new track.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Berman was elected to the state Assembly. In that same election, Kou won a seat on the Palo Alto city council, joining a wing of the council dedicated to limiting development that quickly chafed at the housing reforms gaining momentum in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Through the years that I have been a council member, I find it harder and harder to represent my constituents, mostly because of the state laws and state mandates that come forward that have really almost eliminated or usurped our local land use and zoning laws,” Kou said. “More and more [resident’s] voices are being diminished or eliminated through these housing laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Hong Kong, Kou moved to Sudan as a child, where her mother raised her while running what Kou describes as the first Chinese restaurant in the country. In Palo Alto, Kou has worked as a realtor — and embraced the role of needling housing supporters, like with a 2017 tweet that read, “There’s plenty of housing, you just need a superb Realtor, like me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came here because I’m looking for the American dream, and I work very hard, but as time went on, I started to realize people are saying, ‘Oh, you can’t say that, you know, it’s not politically correct,” Kou said. “And then as time went on a little bit further, you’re trying to be so politically correct all the time with everything you’re saying, you’re not saying anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kou is approaching her current quest for Assembly, a rare challenge by a local lawmaker against a state legislator of the same party with similar brashness and novel ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked how cities like Palo Alto and Mountain View can resist new housing after welcoming thriving tech companies and their workers for years, Kou turned the question on its head: Why can’t the state dampen demand by requiring remote work or encouraging companies to take their jobs elsewhere?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Diversify, make some incentives for companies to have their headquarters other places versus just all gathered here,” Kou said. “Why is it only focused on Mountain View and Palo Alto?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Berman is just as unapologetic about his support for laws that limit the ability of local governments to block new housing. With few signs that thriving tech, health care and university workforces will abandon the region, Berman said the housing-jobs imbalance in cities like Palo Alto has left many workers in the area with limited housing options or crushing commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve done a great job in Silicon Valley of creating jobs. We’ve done a terrible job in Silicon Valley of creating the housing we need to house all the people that are taking those jobs,” Berman said. “That pressure has been pushed down on the folks that can least afford it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, Berman has voted for bills to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11617088/housing-bills-clear-toughest-hurdle-at-state-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streamline housing approvals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885573/california-finally-passed-housing-laws-could-they-help-address-the-states-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalize duplexes\u003c/a>, along with other legislation to stop local governments from blocking new housing or limiting ADUs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to find ways to provide our local municipalities with as much support as possible; we want to provide them with as many carrots as possible,” he added. “But for decades, there has been no stick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Melendrez, a national chapter manager with YIMBY Action and local Democratic activist, said he has watched Berman take a pro-housing message into small gatherings across an Assembly district that includes some of the most exclusive zip codes in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Places where we sometimes think that maybe, given the audience, it wouldn’t be a very palpable thing,” Melendrez said. “But he’s using his platform to also educate his constituents on why this is important to them and their family members and their neighbors as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melendrez said it’s much too soon for the state to consider any pivot away from encouraging housing development, given the decades-deep hole in supply. However, some residents of the district feel that they’ve given up the ability to shape their neighborhoods without the promised impact on housing supply and affordability in return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a supporter of housing. I like more housing built,” said Badri Sridharan, a Saratoga resident who attended Kou’s town hall. “But when I see 150 laws being passed and nothing happening, I’m suspicious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A report \u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/research-and-policy/california-housing-laws/\">published last year by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley analyzed the dozens of housing laws passed in Sacramento over the last seven years and concluded, “It is too early to know whether the full set of new state laws is having a meaningful impact on spurring increased homebuilding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"left\" citation=\"Marc Berman, incumbent state Assembly member\"]‘We’ve done a great job in Silicon Valley of creating jobs. We’ve done a terrible job in Silicon Valley of creating the housing we need to house all the people that are taking those jobs.’[/pullquote]Berman said his conversations with residents lead him to believe that there’s support in the district for the state legislature to continue on a pro-housing path — even if that direction leads to a district that looks different in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amala Raj, a high school student from Menlo Park, will vote for the first time this year and supports Berman. She said the need for more affordable housing “outweighs the loss of the quiet and exclusive communities that we have going on right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This district is such an amazing place with so much culture and so much great food and so much wonderful stuff going on,” Raj said. “And so it sucks housing policies and just the way that we have built is pushing people out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"politics\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]Berman should have no problem amplifying his message in the closing days of the race: his campaign has spent $325,873 compared to just $68,751 by Kou — and a super PAC funded by groups representing doctors, dentists and landlords has shelled out $174,950 to send pro-Berman mailers across the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the presence of two Republicans on the primary ballot, Midcoast Community Council chair Gus Mattammal and attorney Allan K. 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That dynamic has turned the race into something of a referendum on state zoning reforms — a temperature check on housing for voters in the 23rd District, which includes Palo Alto, Mountain View and West San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976461\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 335px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11976461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Photos of development on a wall in display\" width=\"335\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5566-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposed housing developments on display at the ‘Save Our Neighborhoods’ town hall in Palo Alto, on January 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re only weeks away now from knowing a great deal about what’s going on in our community,” said Liz Kniss, a former Santa Clara County supervisor and Palo Alto mayor, who supports Berman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two competing political currents underlie the Berman-Kou contest. Since 2017, the state legislature has passed dozens of laws aimed at boosting the supply of housing in California, in part by limiting the ability of local governments to block development. At the same time, Kniss said, an anti-housing coalition has grown in Palo Alto, home to the largest block of voters in the 23rd District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An inflection point came in 2013, when Berman (then a council member), Kniss and the rest of the Palo Alto City Council voted to rezone a parcel on Maybell Avenue to allow for a 60-unit apartment building for low-income seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of residents, including Kou, opposed the senior housing — calling it a giveaway to developers that was too large for the neighborhood. They gathered signatures to put the development plan up for a vote on the ballot, where it was defeated in November 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a shock to all of us; none of us knew that there was an underground that was really objecting to housing,” Kniss said. “I remember the night that Maybell was defeated, and we were all just like, this couldn’t be in Palo Alto. And since then, we’ve stayed on that new track.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, Berman was elected to the state Assembly. In that same election, Kou won a seat on the Palo Alto city council, joining a wing of the council dedicated to limiting development that quickly chafed at the housing reforms gaining momentum in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Through the years that I have been a council member, I find it harder and harder to represent my constituents, mostly because of the state laws and state mandates that come forward that have really almost eliminated or usurped our local land use and zoning laws,” Kou said. “More and more [resident’s] voices are being diminished or eliminated through these housing laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Hong Kong, Kou moved to Sudan as a child, where her mother raised her while running what Kou describes as the first Chinese restaurant in the country. In Palo Alto, Kou has worked as a realtor — and embraced the role of needling housing supporters, like with a 2017 tweet that read, “There’s plenty of housing, you just need a superb Realtor, like me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came here because I’m looking for the American dream, and I work very hard, but as time went on, I started to realize people are saying, ‘Oh, you can’t say that, you know, it’s not politically correct,” Kou said. “And then as time went on a little bit further, you’re trying to be so politically correct all the time with everything you’re saying, you’re not saying anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kou is approaching her current quest for Assembly, a rare challenge by a local lawmaker against a state legislator of the same party with similar brashness and novel ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked how cities like Palo Alto and Mountain View can resist new housing after welcoming thriving tech companies and their workers for years, Kou turned the question on its head: Why can’t the state dampen demand by requiring remote work or encouraging companies to take their jobs elsewhere?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Diversify, make some incentives for companies to have their headquarters other places versus just all gathered here,” Kou said. “Why is it only focused on Mountain View and Palo Alto?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Berman is just as unapologetic about his support for laws that limit the ability of local governments to block new housing. With few signs that thriving tech, health care and university workforces will abandon the region, Berman said the housing-jobs imbalance in cities like Palo Alto has left many workers in the area with limited housing options or crushing commutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve done a great job in Silicon Valley of creating jobs. We’ve done a terrible job in Silicon Valley of creating the housing we need to house all the people that are taking those jobs,” Berman said. “That pressure has been pushed down on the folks that can least afford it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking office, Berman has voted for bills to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11617088/housing-bills-clear-toughest-hurdle-at-state-capitol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streamline housing approvals\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885573/california-finally-passed-housing-laws-could-they-help-address-the-states-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalize duplexes\u003c/a>, along with other legislation to stop local governments from blocking new housing or limiting ADUs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to find ways to provide our local municipalities with as much support as possible; we want to provide them with as many carrots as possible,” he added. “But for decades, there has been no stick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Melendrez, a national chapter manager with YIMBY Action and local Democratic activist, said he has watched Berman take a pro-housing message into small gatherings across an Assembly district that includes some of the most exclusive zip codes in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Places where we sometimes think that maybe, given the audience, it wouldn’t be a very palpable thing,” Melendrez said. “But he’s using his platform to also educate his constituents on why this is important to them and their family members and their neighbors as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melendrez said it’s much too soon for the state to consider any pivot away from encouraging housing development, given the decades-deep hole in supply. 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Matt Haney (D-San Francisco)\"]‘A two-tiered system that punishes people for having pets, or treats them differently, or has a greater burden on them just for that fact should not be allowed in the law.’[/pullquote]“A two-tiered system that punishes people for having pets, or treats them differently, or has a greater burden on them just for that fact should not be allowed in the law,” Haney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney’s staff analyzed Zillow apartment listings and found that 20% of San Francisco apartments allowed cats and dogs of all sizes, while 18% of those in Sacramento and 26% in Los Angeles did. Survey research finds that \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanpetproducts.org/news/press-release/latest-pet-ownership-and-spending-data-from-appa-reveals-continued-strength-of-national-pet-industry-in-the-face-of-economic-uncertainty#:~:text=Key%20findings%20from%20the%202023,Gen%20X%20and%20Baby%20Boomers).\">two in three households\u003c/a> own pets nationwide, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsandhousing.org/rental-housing-operators/\">72% of renters report\u003c/a> that pet-friendly housing is hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Property owners, however, are already expressing concerns about the proposal. Krista Gulbransen, executive director of the Berkeley Property Owners Association, said her opposition comes down to risk: Pets have the potential to damage property, she said, and limiting owners’ discretion to take on that added risk while stripping them of the pet deposit safeguard puts them in a terrible position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest concern is just not being able to make that determination of risk and make a decision based on that,” Gulbransen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976101\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976101\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merika Goolsby with her cat Josie in her home in Oakland on Feb. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Haney said exceptions would be made for landlords with a reasonable rationale for excluding pets from their properties, such as health and nuisance-related allowances, as long as owners can provide written documentation to a judge or rent board if a tenant contests the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Landlords] can’t just say, ‘No pets allowed,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be a welcome change for Oakland renter and tenant advocate Merika Goolsby, who struggled to find property owners who’d accept her with three small dogs. Goolsby is an alternate member of the Oakland Rent Board and sits on the state board of the tenant advocacy organization Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jenny Berg, California director, Humane Society of the United States\"]‘One of the reasons that people relinquish their pets is because they can’t find affordable housing or housing at all that can accommodate their pets.’[/pullquote]“There were very few places that were pet friendly, and those that were pet friendly wanted pet rent, plus a pet deposit, plus only one pet allowed,” she said. “At one point, I thought I was going to be living in my car with my pets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goolsby went as far as creating resumes for her small dogs, listing their behavior classes and vaccinations in an effort to win over landlords. When she finally found one who’d accept her, she had to put down an additional $500 pet deposit and pay $120 a month in pet rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rent was already high,” she said, “and the pet rent definitely didn’t help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goolsby now has four dogs, seven cats, a fish and a bird. But Haney said his legislation would likely limit the number of pets landlords must accept and allow landlords to require pet liability insurance. Details on how many pets would be covered under the bill are still being worked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we see too often is just these blanket prohibitions of pets with no good reason for it, with no required justification for it and no protection of pet owners, who represent the majority of California’s renters, to be able to access housing just like anyone else,” Haney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign hangs in Merika Goolsby’s home in Oakland on Feb. 15, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenny Berg, California director for the Humane Society of the United States, said added fees and outright bans contribute to an overcrowding crisis at animal shelters in California and nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that people relinquish their pets is because they can’t find affordable housing or housing at all that can accommodate their pets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gulbransen was relieved to hear the law only applies to common household pets — she heard an anecdote about a tenant who tried to pass off a tiger as a large cat — but is otherwise dismayed by the possibility of more regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said property owners are reeling from the stack of new local and state laws approved in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you put them all into a package, it’s so rife with possibilities for errors on the part of the landlord,” Gulbransen said. “That makes people think twice about renting out that empty unit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, she said the state already has laws in place to protect renters with disabilities or mental health issues who rely on emotional support or service animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976104\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three of Merika Goolsby’s cats (from right), Fred 2, Pantha and Trinity, in her home in Oakland on Feb. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Julia Howard-Gibbon, supervising attorney at Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California, sees room for improvement. Many renters with assistance animals aren’t aware of their right to request exceptions to policies prohibiting pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Or sometimes they do know, but the landlord really pushes back on that,” she said, noting that property owners sometimes request unreasonable documentation or otherwise make the process unnecessarily onerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oftentimes, Howard-Gibbon said landlords simply reject assistance animals outright. \u003ca href=\"https://files.constantcontact.com/0bd62b1a001/4b7708f7-bcb2-43c4-9c67-fa8a35d05c96.pdf\">A 2021 investigation (PDF)\u003c/a> by Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California found that 55% of properties with “no pets” policies they surveyed were unwilling to grant reasonable accommodations for people who need assistance animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney’s proposal could fix that, Howard-Gibbon said. “It would remove all of these barriers that they face in getting these reasonable accommodations, even though they currently have a right under the current law to access them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"forum_2010101895171,forum_2010101894032,news_11970993\"]She said not having to disclose pet ownership up front, as Haney’s bill proposes, could prevent landlords from using other pretexts to deny pet owners, including those with disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want a renter to be considered first and a decision made about whether they meet the requirements for an apartment,” Haney said. “And then, after that fact, they disclose that they have a pet. And only if there’s a reasonable rationale to deny them, that would be allowed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney’s proposed legislation builds on other efforts in California to open apartments to pet owners and follows other states that have taken similar steps. In 2022, the Humane Society successfully \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB971/id/2595934\">passed a bill\u003c/a> in California requiring residents to be allowed to own pets if they live in certain types of affordable housing developments built after January 2023. And \u003ca href=\"https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB23-1068\">Colorado last year\u003c/a> capped pet deposits at $300 and pet rent at $35 or 1.5% of the tenant’s monthly rent, whichever is greater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney chairs the Legislature’s Renters’ Caucus, and the proposal is the latest in a series of housing-focused measures he’s proposed. Last year, the governor signed legislation he authored that \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB12\">caps security deposits\u003c/a> to one month’s rent. His proposed pet bill clarifies that pet deposits are included in that cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not going to solve our housing crisis if we continue to allow for no protections for pet owners who represent the majority of our tenants,” he said. “This is simply about access to housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney said he wants to work with stakeholders to shape the legislation. “We’re open to having a dialog with landlords, of course, about everything in the bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“A two-tiered system that punishes people for having pets, or treats them differently, or has a greater burden on them just for that fact should not be allowed in the law,” Haney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney’s staff analyzed Zillow apartment listings and found that 20% of San Francisco apartments allowed cats and dogs of all sizes, while 18% of those in Sacramento and 26% in Los Angeles did. Survey research finds that \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanpetproducts.org/news/press-release/latest-pet-ownership-and-spending-data-from-appa-reveals-continued-strength-of-national-pet-industry-in-the-face-of-economic-uncertainty#:~:text=Key%20findings%20from%20the%202023,Gen%20X%20and%20Baby%20Boomers).\">two in three households\u003c/a> own pets nationwide, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.petsandhousing.org/rental-housing-operators/\">72% of renters report\u003c/a> that pet-friendly housing is hard to find.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Property owners, however, are already expressing concerns about the proposal. Krista Gulbransen, executive director of the Berkeley Property Owners Association, said her opposition comes down to risk: Pets have the potential to damage property, she said, and limiting owners’ discretion to take on that added risk while stripping them of the pet deposit safeguard puts them in a terrible position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest concern is just not being able to make that determination of risk and make a decision based on that,” Gulbransen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976101\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976101\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merika Goolsby with her cat Josie in her home in Oakland on Feb. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Haney said exceptions would be made for landlords with a reasonable rationale for excluding pets from their properties, such as health and nuisance-related allowances, as long as owners can provide written documentation to a judge or rent board if a tenant contests the policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Landlords] can’t just say, ‘No pets allowed,’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be a welcome change for Oakland renter and tenant advocate Merika Goolsby, who struggled to find property owners who’d accept her with three small dogs. Goolsby is an alternate member of the Oakland Rent Board and sits on the state board of the tenant advocacy organization Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“There were very few places that were pet friendly, and those that were pet friendly wanted pet rent, plus a pet deposit, plus only one pet allowed,” she said. “At one point, I thought I was going to be living in my car with my pets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goolsby went as far as creating resumes for her small dogs, listing their behavior classes and vaccinations in an effort to win over landlords. When she finally found one who’d accept her, she had to put down an additional $500 pet deposit and pay $120 a month in pet rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rent was already high,” she said, “and the pet rent definitely didn’t help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goolsby now has four dogs, seven cats, a fish and a bird. But Haney said his legislation would likely limit the number of pets landlords must accept and allow landlords to require pet liability insurance. Details on how many pets would be covered under the bill are still being worked out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we see too often is just these blanket prohibitions of pets with no good reason for it, with no required justification for it and no protection of pet owners, who represent the majority of California’s renters, to be able to access housing just like anyone else,” Haney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976102\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976102\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign hangs in Merika Goolsby’s home in Oakland on Feb. 15, 2024 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jenny Berg, California director for the Humane Society of the United States, said added fees and outright bans contribute to an overcrowding crisis at animal shelters in California and nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons that people relinquish their pets is because they can’t find affordable housing or housing at all that can accommodate their pets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gulbransen was relieved to hear the law only applies to common household pets — she heard an anecdote about a tenant who tried to pass off a tiger as a large cat — but is otherwise dismayed by the possibility of more regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said property owners are reeling from the stack of new local and state laws approved in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you put them all into a package, it’s so rife with possibilities for errors on the part of the landlord,” Gulbransen said. “That makes people think twice about renting out that empty unit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, she said the state already has laws in place to protect renters with disabilities or mental health issues who rely on emotional support or service animals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976104\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976104\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240215-RENTER-PET-LEG-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three of Merika Goolsby’s cats (from right), Fred 2, Pantha and Trinity, in her home in Oakland on Feb. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Julia Howard-Gibbon, supervising attorney at Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California, sees room for improvement. 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"content": "\u003cp>Uyên Lê has always loved food. That’s clear from the moment you step into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/beukitchen/?hl=en\">Bé Ù\u003c/a>, her tiny takeout restaurant in Silver Lake, where she serves up traditional items, like bánh mì, caramelized pork and eggs, spring rolls and rice noodle plates. Her weekend specials are often based on recipe ideas from her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Okay, which cousin is the best at the crispy pork skin?” Lê laughed. “Let me reach out to [see] which aunty knows how to make handmade noodles the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960456\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A restaurant with a blue facade on a city street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born in Vietnam, Lê and her family immigrated to Southern California in 1991 when she was seven. The transition to a new life in a new language was a challenge, especially for her parents. But Lê loved growing up surrounded by so much family in West Covina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all stayed in one room together, my cousins, my sister and my brother. And I remember it just really being a blast,” she said. “It was like a slumber party every day. I remember thinking, ‘This is so fun to have your family around you all the time. It’s just like in Vietnam.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Uyên Lê, owner of Bé Ù\"]‘I’m not going to feed somebody something less because it’s cheaper. I’m going to do the right thing because this is where my pride comes from.’[/pullquote]Lê remembers her uncle serving up Mì Quảng, a rice noodle soup with a thick broth, at family gatherings. “ I have just these core memories of food and what motivates me to cook food,” she said. “And it’s definitely family gatherings. When I say family gathering, it’s at a minimum, 50 people. And if the family members bring their friends, that’s 100 plus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After watching her relatives cook for such big groups, Lê dreamed of one day owning her own restaurant — one that family recipes and the eclectic food scene in the San Gabriel Valley would inspire. But that dream would take years and a pandemic to set in motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The First Ingredient: Community Organizing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During her final year at UC Berkeley in 2005, Lê found herself drawn to social and environmental justice issues. She traveled to the Gulf Coast, where she helped the Vietnamese community recover from Hurricane Katrina. That led to pursuing a master’s degree and eventually working with the UCLA Labor Center. Her work there focused on advocacy for worker’s rights, particularly day laborers and other low-wage workers in dangerous occupations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worked to ensure that these jobs led to long-term apprenticeable careers for workers while also helping local businesses generate sustainable economic opportunities,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lê eventually started to get burned out on community organizing work, though, and her love for cooking reemerged. So, she quit her job with an electrician’s union in 2016 to finally pursue a career in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960453\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960453\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person fills loaves of bread with meat and vegetables.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freddy Ward, line cook, prepares bánh mì’s at Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Pivoting to Cooking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Lê quit her union job, her initial hope was to create a Vietnamese food business that would not only be focused on the food she grew up with but also set a model for better pay and health benefits in L.A.’s restaurant industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But first, she had to learn the business. She got her feet wet working back of house as a cook in kitchens — including stints at \u003ca href=\"https://www.cassiala.com/\">Cassia\u003c/a> in Santa Monica and \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttonmashla.com/\">Button Mash\u003c/a> in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, an opportunity arose early in the pandemic that she couldn’t pass up. A location for a tiny restaurant opened up in a neighborhood she used to live in, on a mostly residential stretch of Hoover Street on the border of East Hollywood and Silver Lake. Her idea for the small space was to initially start as takeout only, especially since it was the height of the pandemic. She did some remodeling, and Bé Ù opened its doors in February of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people exchange something through a window at the front of a storefront.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front-of-house cashier Janet Todd takes carryout orders at Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lê said she had plenty of apprehension opening during a global pandemic, especially given supply chain issues, inflation raising the price of ingredients, employees getting COVID-19, and the threat of new shutdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was also committed, though, to paying her workers well above minimum wage. These days, that means $20 an hour, plus tips, to start — even though that’s a stretch for such a small operation. She’d love to increase wages even more and provide low-cost group plans for health insurance. But with such small profit margins, it’s still a work in progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been able to pay my staff. I’ve been able to pay my rent. And I’ve got some vendors who are nice, who are willing to extend credit out a little bit longer,” Lê said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But inflation has forced her to raise prices on menu items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a lot of heartburn around it because I do want to keep things affordable in this rent-controlled neighborhood,” she said. “I do see this as a time when a lot of other people are struggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she also wants to maintain the integrity of her cooking, with almost all of her menu items made from scratch. “I’m not going to feed somebody something less because it’s cheaper. I’m going to do the right thing because this is where my pride comes from,” Lê said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960451\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960451\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Takeout boxes filled with meat and vegetable dishes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rice Noodle dish at Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Trying to put equity into practice while still paying the bills\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As she celebrates the three-year-anniversary of Bé Ù, Lê said she appreciates the support from the neighborhood and frequent customers. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Uyên Lê has always loved food. That’s clear from the moment you step into \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/beukitchen/?hl=en\">Bé Ù\u003c/a>, her tiny takeout restaurant in Silver Lake, where she serves up traditional items, like bánh mì, caramelized pork and eggs, spring rolls and rice noodle plates. Her weekend specials are often based on recipe ideas from her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Okay, which cousin is the best at the crispy pork skin?” Lê laughed. “Let me reach out to [see] which aunty knows how to make handmade noodles the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960456\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960456\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A restaurant with a blue facade on a city street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8640-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Born in Vietnam, Lê and her family immigrated to Southern California in 1991 when she was seven. The transition to a new life in a new language was a challenge, especially for her parents. But Lê loved growing up surrounded by so much family in West Covina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all stayed in one room together, my cousins, my sister and my brother. And I remember it just really being a blast,” she said. “It was like a slumber party every day. I remember thinking, ‘This is so fun to have your family around you all the time. It’s just like in Vietnam.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Lê remembers her uncle serving up Mì Quảng, a rice noodle soup with a thick broth, at family gatherings. “ I have just these core memories of food and what motivates me to cook food,” she said. “And it’s definitely family gatherings. When I say family gathering, it’s at a minimum, 50 people. And if the family members bring their friends, that’s 100 plus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After watching her relatives cook for such big groups, Lê dreamed of one day owning her own restaurant — one that family recipes and the eclectic food scene in the San Gabriel Valley would inspire. But that dream would take years and a pandemic to set in motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The First Ingredient: Community Organizing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During her final year at UC Berkeley in 2005, Lê found herself drawn to social and environmental justice issues. She traveled to the Gulf Coast, where she helped the Vietnamese community recover from Hurricane Katrina. That led to pursuing a master’s degree and eventually working with the UCLA Labor Center. Her work there focused on advocacy for worker’s rights, particularly day laborers and other low-wage workers in dangerous occupations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worked to ensure that these jobs led to long-term apprenticeable careers for workers while also helping local businesses generate sustainable economic opportunities,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lê eventually started to get burned out on community organizing work, though, and her love for cooking reemerged. So, she quit her job with an electrician’s union in 2016 to finally pursue a career in the kitchen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960453\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960453\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person fills loaves of bread with meat and vegetables.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8487-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freddy Ward, line cook, prepares bánh mì’s at Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Pivoting to Cooking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Lê quit her union job, her initial hope was to create a Vietnamese food business that would not only be focused on the food she grew up with but also set a model for better pay and health benefits in L.A.’s restaurant industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But first, she had to learn the business. She got her feet wet working back of house as a cook in kitchens — including stints at \u003ca href=\"https://www.cassiala.com/\">Cassia\u003c/a> in Santa Monica and \u003ca href=\"https://www.buttonmashla.com/\">Button Mash\u003c/a> in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, an opportunity arose early in the pandemic that she couldn’t pass up. A location for a tiny restaurant opened up in a neighborhood she used to live in, on a mostly residential stretch of Hoover Street on the border of East Hollywood and Silver Lake. Her idea for the small space was to initially start as takeout only, especially since it was the height of the pandemic. She did some remodeling, and Bé Ù opened its doors in February of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people exchange something through a window at the front of a storefront.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8546-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Front-of-house cashier Janet Todd takes carryout orders at Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lê said she had plenty of apprehension opening during a global pandemic, especially given supply chain issues, inflation raising the price of ingredients, employees getting COVID-19, and the threat of new shutdowns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was also committed, though, to paying her workers well above minimum wage. These days, that means $20 an hour, plus tips, to start — even though that’s a stretch for such a small operation. She’d love to increase wages even more and provide low-cost group plans for health insurance. But with such small profit margins, it’s still a work in progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been able to pay my staff. I’ve been able to pay my rent. And I’ve got some vendors who are nice, who are willing to extend credit out a little bit longer,” Lê said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But inflation has forced her to raise prices on menu items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a lot of heartburn around it because I do want to keep things affordable in this rent-controlled neighborhood,” she said. “I do see this as a time when a lot of other people are struggling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she also wants to maintain the integrity of her cooking, with almost all of her menu items made from scratch. “I’m not going to feed somebody something less because it’s cheaper. I’m going to do the right thing because this is where my pride comes from,” Lê said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960451\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960451\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Takeout boxes filled with meat and vegetable dishes.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/090723_BeU_8391-LJ-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rice Noodle dish at Bé Ù, a Vietnamese restaurant in Los Angeles, on Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lauren Justice for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Trying to put equity into practice while still paying the bills\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As she celebrates the three-year-anniversary of Bé Ù, Lê said she appreciates the support from the neighborhood and frequent customers. 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"content": "\u003cp>Twelve years ago, when Tammy and Tim Babcock saw businesses closing in rural northeast California and families moving to bigger cities, they purchased the Big Valley Market in Bieber to revitalize the dying town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, their grocery store has become crucial to the day-to-day lives of residents in the surrounding communities, especially to the 200 or so people living in Bieber, about 250 miles north of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Tammy Babcock, co-owner, Big Valley Market in Bieber\"]‘If we close, people have to cross over a mountain, and in the winter the road is covered with ice and snow. We have to help take care of our people, our senior citizens.’ [/pullquote]But the store is struggling to survive. Tammy and Tim Babcock blame recent rate increases in their electric bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Babcocks paid Pacific Gas & Electric nearly $40,000 for electricity — about two-thirds of the store’s annual profit, Tammy Babcock said. This year, rates for businesses their size will grow by 17%, the utility said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I called PG&E, and I said, ‘Are you trying to put us out of business? Are you trying to kill small-town America?’” said Tammy Babcock, 62, as she stood in the store she works outside jobs to sustain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A view of a street down the middle with a few cars on it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view down Bridge St. in Bieber, Lassen County, on Jan. 30. 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As major California utilities like PG&E seek higher energy rates this year — in part to pay for upgrades and safety improvements — business owners like the Babcocks said that it’s pushing already struggling businesses toward closure. If that happens to the Babcocks’ market, the surrounding neighborhoods and towns would suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"pge, electric-bills\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates utilities, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/11/electric-rates-california/\">approved the latest rate hike in November\u003c/a>. At the time, the commission said it was to ensure that PG&E maintains a “safe and reliable energy system.” The rate hike, which took effect on Jan. 1, affected tens of thousands of residential and business customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For PG&E’s more than 764,000 business owner accounts, rates will rise this year by \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-prioritizes-safety-reliability-and-affordability-in-pge-rate-case-2023\">17%–21%\u003c/a>, depending on the size and type of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential electric rates \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240119-caladvocates-q4-2023-quarterly-rate-report.pdf\">have nearly doubled\u003c/a> in California over the last decade. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240118-caladvocates-fixed-charge-overview-web.pdf\">1 in 5 customers, some 2.4 million, are behind in utility bills\u003c/a> by an average of $744, said the Public Advocates Office, the consumer arm of the utilities commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Small town struggles with rate hikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Bieber, which has very little industry, the median annual household income is about $46,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Bieber%2C+california&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8\">U.S. census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Babcocks’ market sits below the verdant Big Valley Mountains, which overlook four small towns: Nubieber, Bieber, Lookout and Adin. Fewer than 2,000 people live in this flat farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The store is the main place to buy water, rice, bread and other necessities. The closest Walmart is in Susanville, more than 67 minutes away, and the closest Safeway is in Burney, about 44 minutes away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman in a purple shirt and a black apron stands in a room with produce in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tammy Babcock is co-owner of the Big Valley Market in Bieber. The store serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community space for the unincorporated town of Bieber in Lassen County. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to selling groceries, the Babcocks also serve ready-made meals at two tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before noon in January, six people walked into the Big Valley store and Tim Babcock seated them as his wife went back and forth to the kitchen, serving them tacos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulars, who have known each other for years, watched Fox News on the store TV and discussed community issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the customers said that if the Big Valley Market were to close, he would have to drive 52 miles east to get milk and other necessities in Alturas. Another customer said she’d have to drive at least 19 miles to get fresh fruit in Fall River Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that the Babcocks operate a hay business to generate outside income and cater weddings, funerals and hospital events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to sustain our business and make a place for the people in the valley so they don’t have to drive back and forth long distances,” Tim Babcock said. “They can’t even afford gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathlin Meyer, 73, said she visits the Big Valley Market at least three times a week. It’s the place where she feels most like part of a community, she said, after her move from Fortuna in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Tammy Babcock, Meyer is a cancer survivor. Last year, during Meyer’s chemotherapy, the Big Valley Market delivered food to her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue sky above with a small white building with a sign in front\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Valley Wellness Center off of Lassen State Highway in Lassen County on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we close, people have to cross over a mountain, and in the winter, the road is covered with ice and snow,” Tammy Babcock said. “We have to help take care of our people, our senior citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Babcock added that the Big Valley Market would have to close if the electric bills continue to increase. Tammy Babcock then recited how much they have paid in recent months, holding a list of the store’s electric payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, they paid nearly $3,000 toward the store’s PG&E bill. They made two payments because they couldn’t afford the entire amount immediately. In December, the Babcocks paid nearly $3,000. In November, it was nearly $4,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approved rate hike this year, the Babcocks expect to pay more than $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Getting regulators’ permission\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who is from Bieber, told CalMatters recently his office receives many calls from people complaining about electric bills and that the state should hold utilities accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E would not make an official available to answer CalMatters’ other questions about the rate hikes but sent a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Energy rates were adjusted for all customers to fund investments in the coming years,” the utility said, “to pay for permanent wildfire risk reduction, critical gas and electric safety and reliability work and capacity upgrades to support new business connections and California’s bold clean energy goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23?parent_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fcalifornia-divide%2F2024%2F02%2Futility-rate-hikes-california%2F&src=embed#async_embed\" data-id=\"02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" data-processed=\"1\" id=\"ig-2ccec01c-6c4b-8fb8-552e-04f1f13c7d7a\" style=\"border: none; width: 780px; height: 744px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Big Valley Market, medium-sized business customers will pay an average of 17% more this year, PG&E said, while small businesses will pay 21% more, agricultural businesses will pay 19% more and large businesses will have a 3.5% increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E is committed to providing ways for its business customers to save energy and money and has a variety of programs and tools available to find the best rate and to save money on their energy bills,” PG&E said. It listed a dozen programs, including monthly “budget billing,” loans to replace equipment, and “economic development rates” for some businesses that are 12% to 25% less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E also is seeking another overall rate increase for this year. In June, PG&E requested rate hikes to reimburse the utility $688 million for wildfire safety work it had completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, state regulators issued a counter-proposal allowing the utility giant to collect $516 million from customers. A typical residential customer’s bill would go up $4 to $6 a month during the first year, although the lowest-income customers would pay $3 or $4, according to the commission’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of men gather for lunch at Big Valley Market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small group gathers for lunch at Big Valley Market on Jan. 30. 2024. The market serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community gathering space for the town of Bieber. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Toney, executive director of the consumer group the Utility Reform Network (TURN), noted that if this relief is approved, the utilities would immediately start collecting it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E shouldn’t automatically be getting this money without a field inspection to make sure they did the right work in the right locations with the right result, and they certainly should not be getting advance payment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission is scheduled to vote on that on March 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California lawmakers’ objections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom appoints, and the state Senate confirms all \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/about-cpuc/commissioners\">five members\u003c/a> of the Public Utilities Commission, where they sit for staggered six-year terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2205\">a bill\u003c/a> that would force state regulators to cut electricity rates across the board by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Joe Patterson, the Republican from Rocklin who introduced the bill, noted existing law gives state regulators authority to fix utility rates and charges at a “just and reasonable” price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to the CPUC website, and I looked at what their mission statement said, and, honestly, they don’t even list affordability as their goal,” he said. “How is that possible? I am not saying they don’t think of it when discussing issues, but it should be their priority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers from both parties, meanwhile, are contesting a separate proposal from the state’s three major investor-owned utilities that would levy fixed rates on residential customers based on their income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A sign for the The California Public Utilities Commission office\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Public Utilities Commission offices at the Edmund G. Pat Brown building in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3700-pg-e-submits-proposal-lower-electric-bills-low-income-customers-provide-bill-transparency-stability-advance-clean-energy-goals\">monthly fixed charge\u003c/a> for PG&E’s low-income customers, for instance, would be as low as $15, the utility said, and no more than $30, while moderate-income customers would pay about $51 and customers in the top 25% of earners would pay a fixed $92.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, said the utilities’ proposal would place an unacceptable burden on middle-class Californians while removing incentives to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians already pay some of the highest electric bills in the nation and should not be forced to arbitrarily pay more to cover for a private utility’s poor business decisions,” Wiener said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Ong, chief policy advisor at the commission’s Public Advocate’s office, said the average monthly rate for PG&E customers is higher than all other utilities in the state due to the rate hike approved in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still really strong supporters of the fixed charge because it’s one of the only ways to reduce rates,” Ong told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioners who approved the PG&E rate hikes in November will decide on the fixed charge proposal in July. If that plan is authorized, it would be implemented in 2026, Ong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We want to keep rural America alive’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few blocks away from the Big Valley Market, Williams Wells, 55, picked up restaurant food for his mother, whose heart problems prevent her from taking care of herself. Wells said he moved to Beiber from Sacramento to help his 78-year-old mother, but that has become extraordinarily expensive. The breathing machine she needs has been plugged in 24 hours a day for the past six years, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom only receives $400 from Social Security, and I work three jobs to be able to take care of her,” Wells said. “I sleep with no heat, and we still pay over $300, and we have seen it go over $700. If it keeps going up, we’d probably be homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975734\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A man sits indoors near a sign.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Wells at the Old Mill Grill in Bieber on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides him, the streets in Bieber were empty. Many storefront windows were broken or boarded up. The town of 146 homes was quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except inside the Big Valley Market, Tammy Babcock was cutting pork into chops while her husband unpacked boxes and filled shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were preparing for a busy evening. A basketball game was scheduled at the Big Valley High School, a few blocks away. Whatever the Babcocks earned that night would likely go toward the next electricity bill, Tim Babcock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to move into the city; we are not that kind of people. But these energy rates ain’t helping, right?” said Tim Babcock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a struggle, but we want to keep rural America alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates utilities, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/11/electric-rates-california/\">approved the latest rate hike in November\u003c/a>. At the time, the commission said it was to ensure that PG&E maintains a “safe and reliable energy system.” The rate hike, which took effect on Jan. 1, affected tens of thousands of residential and business customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For PG&E’s more than 764,000 business owner accounts, rates will rise this year by \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-prioritizes-safety-reliability-and-affordability-in-pge-rate-case-2023\">17%–21%\u003c/a>, depending on the size and type of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential electric rates \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240119-caladvocates-q4-2023-quarterly-rate-report.pdf\">have nearly doubled\u003c/a> in California over the last decade. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240118-caladvocates-fixed-charge-overview-web.pdf\">1 in 5 customers, some 2.4 million, are behind in utility bills\u003c/a> by an average of $744, said the Public Advocates Office, the consumer arm of the utilities commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Small town struggles with rate hikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Bieber, which has very little industry, the median annual household income is about $46,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Bieber%2C+california&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8\">U.S. census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Babcocks’ market sits below the verdant Big Valley Mountains, which overlook four small towns: Nubieber, Bieber, Lookout and Adin. Fewer than 2,000 people live in this flat farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The store is the main place to buy water, rice, bread and other necessities. The closest Walmart is in Susanville, more than 67 minutes away, and the closest Safeway is in Burney, about 44 minutes away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman in a purple shirt and a black apron stands in a room with produce in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tammy Babcock is co-owner of the Big Valley Market in Bieber. The store serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community space for the unincorporated town of Bieber in Lassen County. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to selling groceries, the Babcocks also serve ready-made meals at two tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before noon in January, six people walked into the Big Valley store and Tim Babcock seated them as his wife went back and forth to the kitchen, serving them tacos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulars, who have known each other for years, watched Fox News on the store TV and discussed community issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the customers said that if the Big Valley Market were to close, he would have to drive 52 miles east to get milk and other necessities in Alturas. Another customer said she’d have to drive at least 19 miles to get fresh fruit in Fall River Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that the Babcocks operate a hay business to generate outside income and cater weddings, funerals and hospital events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to sustain our business and make a place for the people in the valley so they don’t have to drive back and forth long distances,” Tim Babcock said. “They can’t even afford gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathlin Meyer, 73, said she visits the Big Valley Market at least three times a week. It’s the place where she feels most like part of a community, she said, after her move from Fortuna in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Tammy Babcock, Meyer is a cancer survivor. Last year, during Meyer’s chemotherapy, the Big Valley Market delivered food to her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue sky above with a small white building with a sign in front\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Valley Wellness Center off of Lassen State Highway in Lassen County on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we close, people have to cross over a mountain, and in the winter, the road is covered with ice and snow,” Tammy Babcock said. “We have to help take care of our people, our senior citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Babcock added that the Big Valley Market would have to close if the electric bills continue to increase. Tammy Babcock then recited how much they have paid in recent months, holding a list of the store’s electric payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, they paid nearly $3,000 toward the store’s PG&E bill. They made two payments because they couldn’t afford the entire amount immediately. In December, the Babcocks paid nearly $3,000. In November, it was nearly $4,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approved rate hike this year, the Babcocks expect to pay more than $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Getting regulators’ permission\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who is from Bieber, told CalMatters recently his office receives many calls from people complaining about electric bills and that the state should hold utilities accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E would not make an official available to answer CalMatters’ other questions about the rate hikes but sent a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Energy rates were adjusted for all customers to fund investments in the coming years,” the utility said, “to pay for permanent wildfire risk reduction, critical gas and electric safety and reliability work and capacity upgrades to support new business connections and California’s bold clean energy goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23?parent_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fcalifornia-divide%2F2024%2F02%2Futility-rate-hikes-california%2F&src=embed#async_embed\" data-id=\"02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" data-processed=\"1\" id=\"ig-2ccec01c-6c4b-8fb8-552e-04f1f13c7d7a\" style=\"border: none; width: 780px; height: 744px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Big Valley Market, medium-sized business customers will pay an average of 17% more this year, PG&E said, while small businesses will pay 21% more, agricultural businesses will pay 19% more and large businesses will have a 3.5% increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E is committed to providing ways for its business customers to save energy and money and has a variety of programs and tools available to find the best rate and to save money on their energy bills,” PG&E said. It listed a dozen programs, including monthly “budget billing,” loans to replace equipment, and “economic development rates” for some businesses that are 12% to 25% less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E also is seeking another overall rate increase for this year. In June, PG&E requested rate hikes to reimburse the utility $688 million for wildfire safety work it had completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, state regulators issued a counter-proposal allowing the utility giant to collect $516 million from customers. A typical residential customer’s bill would go up $4 to $6 a month during the first year, although the lowest-income customers would pay $3 or $4, according to the commission’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of men gather for lunch at Big Valley Market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small group gathers for lunch at Big Valley Market on Jan. 30. 2024. The market serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community gathering space for the town of Bieber. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Toney, executive director of the consumer group the Utility Reform Network (TURN), noted that if this relief is approved, the utilities would immediately start collecting it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E shouldn’t automatically be getting this money without a field inspection to make sure they did the right work in the right locations with the right result, and they certainly should not be getting advance payment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission is scheduled to vote on that on March 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California lawmakers’ objections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom appoints, and the state Senate confirms all \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/about-cpuc/commissioners\">five members\u003c/a> of the Public Utilities Commission, where they sit for staggered six-year terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2205\">a bill\u003c/a> that would force state regulators to cut electricity rates across the board by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Joe Patterson, the Republican from Rocklin who introduced the bill, noted existing law gives state regulators authority to fix utility rates and charges at a “just and reasonable” price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to the CPUC website, and I looked at what their mission statement said, and, honestly, they don’t even list affordability as their goal,” he said. “How is that possible? I am not saying they don’t think of it when discussing issues, but it should be their priority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers from both parties, meanwhile, are contesting a separate proposal from the state’s three major investor-owned utilities that would levy fixed rates on residential customers based on their income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A sign for the The California Public Utilities Commission office\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Public Utilities Commission offices at the Edmund G. Pat Brown building in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3700-pg-e-submits-proposal-lower-electric-bills-low-income-customers-provide-bill-transparency-stability-advance-clean-energy-goals\">monthly fixed charge\u003c/a> for PG&E’s low-income customers, for instance, would be as low as $15, the utility said, and no more than $30, while moderate-income customers would pay about $51 and customers in the top 25% of earners would pay a fixed $92.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, said the utilities’ proposal would place an unacceptable burden on middle-class Californians while removing incentives to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians already pay some of the highest electric bills in the nation and should not be forced to arbitrarily pay more to cover for a private utility’s poor business decisions,” Wiener said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Ong, chief policy advisor at the commission’s Public Advocate’s office, said the average monthly rate for PG&E customers is higher than all other utilities in the state due to the rate hike approved in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still really strong supporters of the fixed charge because it’s one of the only ways to reduce rates,” Ong told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioners who approved the PG&E rate hikes in November will decide on the fixed charge proposal in July. If that plan is authorized, it would be implemented in 2026, Ong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We want to keep rural America alive’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few blocks away from the Big Valley Market, Williams Wells, 55, picked up restaurant food for his mother, whose heart problems prevent her from taking care of herself. Wells said he moved to Beiber from Sacramento to help his 78-year-old mother, but that has become extraordinarily expensive. The breathing machine she needs has been plugged in 24 hours a day for the past six years, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom only receives $400 from Social Security, and I work three jobs to be able to take care of her,” Wells said. “I sleep with no heat, and we still pay over $300, and we have seen it go over $700. If it keeps going up, we’d probably be homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975734\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A man sits indoors near a sign.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Wells at the Old Mill Grill in Bieber on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides him, the streets in Bieber were empty. Many storefront windows were broken or boarded up. The town of 146 homes was quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except inside the Big Valley Market, Tammy Babcock was cutting pork into chops while her husband unpacked boxes and filled shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were preparing for a busy evening. A basketball game was scheduled at the Big Valley High School, a few blocks away. Whatever the Babcocks earned that night would likely go toward the next electricity bill, Tim Babcock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to move into the city; we are not that kind of people. But these energy rates ain’t helping, right?” said Tim Babcock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a struggle, but we want to keep rural America alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The effort to change the fundamental way race is considered in the California justice system received a jolt last week when a Contra Costa Superior Court judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974853/judge-finds-8-antioch-police-officers-tainted-by-racial-bias-reduces-criminal-charges\">ruled that racism within the Antioch Police Department tainted a murder investigation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Feb. 5, Judge David Goldstein, a former public defender, removed all gang enhancements that could have resulted in life without parole sentences for the four men charged with the murder. Defense attorneys used the California Racial Justice Act to argue that racism tainted the handling of the case, from the murder investigation to the charges given to the four defendants, all of whom are Black and in their early 20s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Vienna Peterson Joiner, Eric Windom's mother \"]‘People think that just because slavery ended, racism was pulled out at the root. But it wasn’t.’[/pullquote]It was the second time Goldstein ruled that anti-Black bias had shaped elements of the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Race has been a mostly silent character in criminal courtrooms because race couldn’t be raised explicitly in court proceedings to defend someone accused of a crime until the RJA. The law, enacted in 2020, is the first of its kind in the country. Over several months, a KQED reporter attended the RJA hearings in the case. KQED also spoke with defense attorneys, prosecutors and community members about how the law is changing the way race is recognized in courtrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of July, four young men in yellow jumpsuits were spread across the courtroom as the afternoon sun streamed through windows behind Goldstein’s bench. Keyshawn McGee and Trent Allen sat in the jury box. Eric Windom and Terryonn Pugh were tucked in around the far end of the attorney’s table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind them, the gallery was packed. The hallway outside the courtroom was filled with an overflow of family members, reporters and curious attorneys taking advantage of breaks between court appearances to get a glimpse of the historic hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The four men were charged with an alleged gang-related murder and attempted murder. The murder charge included five enhancements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what happened: On March 9, 2021, police allege that the four men shot a car 40 times in a drive-by shooting on a residential street in Antioch. Arnold Marcel Hawkins, 22, was killed and another man was wounded. The shooting was allegedly part of a long-running feud between two East Bay gangs. The arrests of the men \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Gb7Z1vaLM\">were heralded by East Bay law enforcement\u003c/a> as a meaningful step toward reducing gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Updated last year, the RJA made two major changes to existing state law. First, it created a way for defense attorneys to raise racism in court to defend someone accused of a crime. Second, it broadened what kind of evidence the court can consider to include indications of implicit bias, usually an analysis of the outcomes of similar cases that reveal the preferential or discriminatory treatment of one demographic group or another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, a growing number of RJA claims have recently gained traction. The ruling in the case against McGee, Allen, Pugh and Windom was the third time a Contra Costa judge has sided with the RJA, which allows judges to exclude witness testimony and drop charges, among other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will hopefully be a model for defendants across the state,” said Evan Kuluk, Windom’s attorney. “If the police who investigated their case were racially biased, used excessive force or spoke about them in racially discriminatory ways, there truly is a remedy available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Reparations Task Force submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report\">1,000-page report\u003c/a> to the state Legislature last summer, which included provisions to strengthen the RJA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The heart of implicit bias is when racism becomes so endemic, so pervasive, so enduring, so intractable, that it’s normal course,” Donald Tamaki, an attorney and task force member, told KQED. “So how do you disrupt that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974445/california-reparations-backers-applaud-bills-even-without-big-cash-payouts\">members of California’s legislative Black Caucus introduced a package of bills\u003c/a>, including four proposed changes to the state’s justice system. The proposed legislation does not include cash payments, but Tamaki and fellow task member Lisa Holder said policies like the RJA are just as important to reducing racial disparities as cutting a check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971366\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11971366\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a dark suit stands in front of a large outdoor flight of brick stairs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Kuluk, a public defender who used the California Racial Justice Act to argue that racism in the Antioch Police Department tainted a murder investigation, in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez on Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The district attorney\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last spring, Kuluk was focused on how Contra Contra County district attorneys choose to add gang enhancements to murder charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve handled a lot of cases with gang allegations in this county and saw what I believe to be a disproportionate number of Black young men, especially from Richmond and Antioch, being charged with gang allegations,” said Kuluk, a public defender for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"left\" citation=\"Evan Kuluk, attorney\"]‘If the police who investigated their case were racially biased, used excessive force or spoke about them in racially discriminatory ways, there truly is a remedy available.’[/pullquote]As a member of the county’s Alternate Defender Office, Kuluk was assigned to represent Windom, now 24, who was pursuing a music career at the time of his arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kuluk and Windom requested charging records from Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton. With the help of a UC Irvine statistician, they found that from 2015–2022, Black men accused of gang-related murders were 44% more likely to be charged with enhancements than defendants of other races accused of similar gang-related murders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because they carry mandatory LWOP, the filing of special circumstances is an assertion that an individual is irredeemable,” Kuluk told KQED, referring to a life without the possibility of parole sentence. “It is beyond unfair and unacceptable for the government to more frequently deem Black people unworthy to ever get the opportunity to prove their redemption to a parole board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton’s office disputed Kuluk’s findings, but in May, Windom and his co-defendants convinced the court that the district attorney had applied the enhancement in a biased way. The gang enhancement was dismissed. It was the first time in the United States, a country where Black residents are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/the-color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons-the-sentencing-project/\">five times more likely to be incarcerated in state prison than white residents\u003c/a>, that an argument of implicit bias in the justice system resulted in a charge being dropped from a criminal case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Chief Assistant District Attorney Simon O’Connell said he doubted anyone in the office was knowingly targeting Black defendants for harsher punishment. But he said the RJA challenge gave the DA a reason to look more closely at their charging data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know what we don’t know,” he said. “It was important for us to start looking at historical data to see if, in fact, there were implicit biases and trends in our data, which would be surprising to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The police\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Windom and his three co-defendants had a second RJA hearing related to racist text messages uncovered by an FBI probe into alleged criminal activity by the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the messages were sent during the murder investigation. Here’s one exchange sent over the course of 22 minutes while officers were surveilling McGee, Allen, Pugh and Windom eating at a barbecue restaurant in Concord in March 2021:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Antioch police officer Eric Rombough:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “Sooo many black peolpe (sic).”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Antioch police officer Jonathan Adams:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “Bro. They all look the same.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Rombough: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>“Tell me about it. I feel like I’m at the zoo.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Rombough:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “They’re getting ice cream. Swarming to it like Hennessy. I bet its chicken.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Adams:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “Could be ribs.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Rombough:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “For sure watermelon and kool aid. I hate these idiots.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other messages suggest Black people don’t like pools and can’t be seen in the dark, employing tropes used to demean Black people. Still, other messages use the N-word and include photos of Pugh and Allen in hospital beds after being injured by officers during their arrests. In the messages, the officers joke about kicking Allen’s head like a football.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shirelle Cobbs, Allen’s mother, shook with rage outside of the courtroom after the texts were read during a hearing. “If it was the other way around, my son would be under the courthouse or dead,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton has recommended at least 30 criminal cases for dismissal that involve police work by officers involved in the text messaging exchanges. But not in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the second RJA claim, the men asked Goldstein to dismiss all the enhancements and to downgrade a number of the top charges. They argued that the racist text messages made it impossible for the investigating officers to have done their jobs free of bias. They argued that not only were the officers who sent the messages compromised but so was the entire police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, Claire Jean Kim, a UC Irvine political science professor and expert in racial bias, testified for the defense. The text messages included department supervisors. She said only in a department with an entrenched culture of racism would no one report the violations of department policy. And that, she said, is exactly what happened in the Antioch Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The law can and must repudiate the decisions made by such decision-makers, both for the sake of the defendant and for the community that rests its trust in the justice system,” she told the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11961176\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two people with their hair in buns stand together looking at the camera in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vienna Peterson Joiner (right) and Mariah Thomas drove up from Los Angeles to be in the courtroom during Eric Windom’s Racial Justice Act hearing in Martinez on Sept. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vienna Peterson Joiner was frequently in the gallery watching Windom, her son, closely. She told KQED she was trying to decipher how he was feeling and whether he’d eaten by the way he sat in his chair. Peterson Joiner and Windom are not allowed to speak at his court appearances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to run up there and hug him,” she said. “I want to tell [the court] what we know about Eric.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drove to Martinez from Los Angeles for court dates, sometimes stopping to pick up her son’s fiance, Mariah Thomas, and their 1-year-old daughter. When Windom was a toddler, his father was incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His own experience with his father and his current situation and lack of ability to be fully there for his child now is weighing on him,” Kuluk told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Thomas, the disruption to building a family with Windom is painful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s being held by people who don’t like the color of his skin,” she said. “That’s really what it boils down to because if these people were white, they would’ve been home. They would’ve been with their family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peterson Joiner said it was a relief when the judge dropped the gang enhancement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was glad that the judge did see that and paid attention to what was actually really going on,” she said. “People think that just because slavery ended, racism was pulled out at the root. But it wasn’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Data is the mechanism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Natasha Minsker, a criminal justice reform policy consultant, said Becton’s willingness to provide data on charging practices has made the county a hot spot for attorneys testing the limits of the RJA using statistical evidence of discriminatory treatment. She, like Kuluk, is a member of the Racial Justice Act Implementation Working Group, a collection of advocates, attorneys and policymakers moving to bring claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Jan. 1, people who are currently and formerly incarcerated are now able to challenge their convictions using the RJA. Minsker said more than three-quarters of the state’s prison population — about 90,000 people — could have viable claims. If implemented, she said, the law could help end mass incarceration in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to get there, defense attorneys need more funding and more data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were incredibly cooperative,” Kuluk said of Becton’s office. “That’s not what has been happening in many other counties in California where DA’s offices have been hostile to public records requests that they interpret as potentially leading to Racial Justice Act claims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and counties aren’t currently required to collect data on the race of defendants or to make that data public. According to a statewide survey conducted by the reparations task force, 12 out of 57 responding county DA offices, including Sacramento, do not collect data on an accused person’s race, making RJA claims extremely challenging, if not impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano County, home to the Vallejo Police Department, did not respond to the survey. In October, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11964674/trust-has-been-broken-california-demands-vallejo-police-reforms-citing-major-rights-violations\">the state Department of Justice expanded oversight of the Vallejo police\u003c/a> after the department failed to comply with the vast majority of court-mandated reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without access to data, the promise of the [Racial Justice] Act has the potential to ring hollow to many,” the task force wrote in its report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"racial-justice, racism\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]Among the 115 policy proposals suggested by the task force are \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/ch28-ca-reparations.pdf\">a series meant to strengthen and expand the Racial Justice Act (PDF)\u003c/a>, including additional funding to help defense attorneys hire data analysts, penalties for district attorneys who fail to provide complete data and calls to fund the Justice Data Accountability and Transparency Act fully. The law, passed in 2022 and set to go into effect in 2027, will require district attorneys to report case data, including the race of the defendant and the victim, to the state DOJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can bring irrefutable evidence of anti-Black bias within the criminal justice system to a court, then they will have no choice but to respond and to right the wrongs,” said Holder, who is also the president of the Equal Justice Society, an Oakland-based racial justice nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Becton hired an analyst to guide the office’s data collection and preservation practices. In response to Windom’s claim, the office also established a committee review system for evaluating all special circumstances charges on articulable, race-neutral grounds before they are filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the power of the Racial Justice Act,” Minsker said. “It makes all actors in the justice system responsible for pushing forward racial justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the California DOJ published the state’s first-ever race-blind charging guidelines for prosecutors. A state law passed in 2022 will require county prosecutors to institute race-blind charging practices starting next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959229\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11959229\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people hold signs, one depicting a man with a deep wound to his head, as one of the people speaks emphatically in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathryn Wade (left) and Carolyn Simmons speak out against the police violence that Wade says her son, Malad Baldwin, experienced at the hands of the Antioch Police Department at a rally in front of the AF Bray Courthouse in Martinez on Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some, the recent RJA successes in Contra Costa come with a sting. At each court date for Windom’s RJA hearing, Hawkins’ family members were there, including his mother, Brandi Griffin. For six months after he was shot outside of their Antioch home, she kept him on life support, hoping her son, who she described as free-spirited, would recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our family has been sacrificed based on what the Antioch Police Department has done,” said Griffin, who told KQED that the case has stripped her faith in the justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the courthouse in July, she shouted at a scrum of reporters, her voice strained with grief and rage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t give a shit about no racist shit!” she said. “What about my son?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It was the second time Goldstein ruled that anti-Black bias had shaped elements of the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Race has been a mostly silent character in criminal courtrooms because race couldn’t be raised explicitly in court proceedings to defend someone accused of a crime until the RJA. The law, enacted in 2020, is the first of its kind in the country. Over several months, a KQED reporter attended the RJA hearings in the case. KQED also spoke with defense attorneys, prosecutors and community members about how the law is changing the way race is recognized in courtrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of July, four young men in yellow jumpsuits were spread across the courtroom as the afternoon sun streamed through windows behind Goldstein’s bench. Keyshawn McGee and Trent Allen sat in the jury box. Eric Windom and Terryonn Pugh were tucked in around the far end of the attorney’s table.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Behind them, the gallery was packed. The hallway outside the courtroom was filled with an overflow of family members, reporters and curious attorneys taking advantage of breaks between court appearances to get a glimpse of the historic hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The four men were charged with an alleged gang-related murder and attempted murder. The murder charge included five enhancements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what happened: On March 9, 2021, police allege that the four men shot a car 40 times in a drive-by shooting on a residential street in Antioch. Arnold Marcel Hawkins, 22, was killed and another man was wounded. The shooting was allegedly part of a long-running feud between two East Bay gangs. The arrests of the men \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Gb7Z1vaLM\">were heralded by East Bay law enforcement\u003c/a> as a meaningful step toward reducing gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Updated last year, the RJA made two major changes to existing state law. First, it created a way for defense attorneys to raise racism in court to defend someone accused of a crime. Second, it broadened what kind of evidence the court can consider to include indications of implicit bias, usually an analysis of the outcomes of similar cases that reveal the preferential or discriminatory treatment of one demographic group or another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Contra Costa County, a growing number of RJA claims have recently gained traction. The ruling in the case against McGee, Allen, Pugh and Windom was the third time a Contra Costa judge has sided with the RJA, which allows judges to exclude witness testimony and drop charges, among other options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It will hopefully be a model for defendants across the state,” said Evan Kuluk, Windom’s attorney. “If the police who investigated their case were racially biased, used excessive force or spoke about them in racially discriminatory ways, there truly is a remedy available.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Reparations Task Force submitted a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121/report\">1,000-page report\u003c/a> to the state Legislature last summer, which included provisions to strengthen the RJA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The heart of implicit bias is when racism becomes so endemic, so pervasive, so enduring, so intractable, that it’s normal course,” Donald Tamaki, an attorney and task force member, told KQED. “So how do you disrupt that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974445/california-reparations-backers-applaud-bills-even-without-big-cash-payouts\">members of California’s legislative Black Caucus introduced a package of bills\u003c/a>, including four proposed changes to the state’s justice system. The proposed legislation does not include cash payments, but Tamaki and fellow task member Lisa Holder said policies like the RJA are just as important to reducing racial disparities as cutting a check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971366\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11971366\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a dark suit stands in front of a large outdoor flight of brick stairs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-11-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Kuluk, a public defender who used the California Racial Justice Act to argue that racism in the Antioch Police Department tainted a murder investigation, in front of the Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez on Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The district attorney\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last spring, Kuluk was focused on how Contra Contra County district attorneys choose to add gang enhancements to murder charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve handled a lot of cases with gang allegations in this county and saw what I believe to be a disproportionate number of Black young men, especially from Richmond and Antioch, being charged with gang allegations,” said Kuluk, a public defender for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As a member of the county’s Alternate Defender Office, Kuluk was assigned to represent Windom, now 24, who was pursuing a music career at the time of his arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kuluk and Windom requested charging records from Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton. With the help of a UC Irvine statistician, they found that from 2015–2022, Black men accused of gang-related murders were 44% more likely to be charged with enhancements than defendants of other races accused of similar gang-related murders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because they carry mandatory LWOP, the filing of special circumstances is an assertion that an individual is irredeemable,” Kuluk told KQED, referring to a life without the possibility of parole sentence. “It is beyond unfair and unacceptable for the government to more frequently deem Black people unworthy to ever get the opportunity to prove their redemption to a parole board.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton’s office disputed Kuluk’s findings, but in May, Windom and his co-defendants convinced the court that the district attorney had applied the enhancement in a biased way. The gang enhancement was dismissed. It was the first time in the United States, a country where Black residents are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/the-color-of-justice-racial-and-ethnic-disparity-in-state-prisons-the-sentencing-project/\">five times more likely to be incarcerated in state prison than white residents\u003c/a>, that an argument of implicit bias in the justice system resulted in a charge being dropped from a criminal case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contra Costa Chief Assistant District Attorney Simon O’Connell said he doubted anyone in the office was knowingly targeting Black defendants for harsher punishment. But he said the RJA challenge gave the DA a reason to look more closely at their charging data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t know what we don’t know,” he said. “It was important for us to start looking at historical data to see if, in fact, there were implicit biases and trends in our data, which would be surprising to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The police\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Windom and his three co-defendants had a second RJA hearing related to racist text messages uncovered by an FBI probe into alleged criminal activity by the Antioch and Pittsburg police departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the messages were sent during the murder investigation. Here’s one exchange sent over the course of 22 minutes while officers were surveilling McGee, Allen, Pugh and Windom eating at a barbecue restaurant in Concord in March 2021:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Antioch police officer Eric Rombough:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “Sooo many black peolpe (sic).”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Antioch police officer Jonathan Adams:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “Bro. They all look the same.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Rombough: \u003c/strong>\u003cem>“Tell me about it. I feel like I’m at the zoo.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Rombough:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “They’re getting ice cream. Swarming to it like Hennessy. I bet its chicken.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Adams:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “Could be ribs.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cstrong>Rombough:\u003c/strong>\u003cem> “For sure watermelon and kool aid. I hate these idiots.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other messages suggest Black people don’t like pools and can’t be seen in the dark, employing tropes used to demean Black people. Still, other messages use the N-word and include photos of Pugh and Allen in hospital beds after being injured by officers during their arrests. In the messages, the officers joke about kicking Allen’s head like a football.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shirelle Cobbs, Allen’s mother, shook with rage outside of the courtroom after the texts were read during a hearing. “If it was the other way around, my son would be under the courthouse or dead,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becton has recommended at least 30 criminal cases for dismissal that involve police work by officers involved in the text messaging exchanges. But not in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the second RJA claim, the men asked Goldstein to dismiss all the enhancements and to downgrade a number of the top charges. They argued that the racist text messages made it impossible for the investigating officers to have done their jobs free of bias. They argued that not only were the officers who sent the messages compromised but so was the entire police department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, Claire Jean Kim, a UC Irvine political science professor and expert in racial bias, testified for the defense. The text messages included department supervisors. She said only in a department with an entrenched culture of racism would no one report the violations of department policy. And that, she said, is exactly what happened in the Antioch Police Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The law can and must repudiate the decisions made by such decision-makers, both for the sake of the defendant and for the community that rests its trust in the justice system,” she told the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11961176\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Two people with their hair in buns stand together looking at the camera in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230914-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-AF-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vienna Peterson Joiner (right) and Mariah Thomas drove up from Los Angeles to be in the courtroom during Eric Windom’s Racial Justice Act hearing in Martinez on Sept. 8, 2023. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vienna Peterson Joiner was frequently in the gallery watching Windom, her son, closely. She told KQED she was trying to decipher how he was feeling and whether he’d eaten by the way he sat in his chair. Peterson Joiner and Windom are not allowed to speak at his court appearances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to run up there and hug him,” she said. “I want to tell [the court] what we know about Eric.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drove to Martinez from Los Angeles for court dates, sometimes stopping to pick up her son’s fiance, Mariah Thomas, and their 1-year-old daughter. When Windom was a toddler, his father was incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His own experience with his father and his current situation and lack of ability to be fully there for his child now is weighing on him,” Kuluk told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Thomas, the disruption to building a family with Windom is painful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s being held by people who don’t like the color of his skin,” she said. “That’s really what it boils down to because if these people were white, they would’ve been home. They would’ve been with their family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peterson Joiner said it was a relief when the judge dropped the gang enhancement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was glad that the judge did see that and paid attention to what was actually really going on,” she said. “People think that just because slavery ended, racism was pulled out at the root. But it wasn’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Data is the mechanism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Natasha Minsker, a criminal justice reform policy consultant, said Becton’s willingness to provide data on charging practices has made the county a hot spot for attorneys testing the limits of the RJA using statistical evidence of discriminatory treatment. She, like Kuluk, is a member of the Racial Justice Act Implementation Working Group, a collection of advocates, attorneys and policymakers moving to bring claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Jan. 1, people who are currently and formerly incarcerated are now able to challenge their convictions using the RJA. Minsker said more than three-quarters of the state’s prison population — about 90,000 people — could have viable claims. If implemented, she said, the law could help end mass incarceration in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to get there, defense attorneys need more funding and more data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were incredibly cooperative,” Kuluk said of Becton’s office. “That’s not what has been happening in many other counties in California where DA’s offices have been hostile to public records requests that they interpret as potentially leading to Racial Justice Act claims.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and counties aren’t currently required to collect data on the race of defendants or to make that data public. According to a statewide survey conducted by the reparations task force, 12 out of 57 responding county DA offices, including Sacramento, do not collect data on an accused person’s race, making RJA claims extremely challenging, if not impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano County, home to the Vallejo Police Department, did not respond to the survey. In October, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11964674/trust-has-been-broken-california-demands-vallejo-police-reforms-citing-major-rights-violations\">the state Department of Justice expanded oversight of the Vallejo police\u003c/a> after the department failed to comply with the vast majority of court-mandated reforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without access to data, the promise of the [Racial Justice] Act has the potential to ring hollow to many,” the task force wrote in its report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Among the 115 policy proposals suggested by the task force are \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/media/ch28-ca-reparations.pdf\">a series meant to strengthen and expand the Racial Justice Act (PDF)\u003c/a>, including additional funding to help defense attorneys hire data analysts, penalties for district attorneys who fail to provide complete data and calls to fund the Justice Data Accountability and Transparency Act fully. The law, passed in 2022 and set to go into effect in 2027, will require district attorneys to report case data, including the race of the defendant and the victim, to the state DOJ.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can bring irrefutable evidence of anti-Black bias within the criminal justice system to a court, then they will have no choice but to respond and to right the wrongs,” said Holder, who is also the president of the Equal Justice Society, an Oakland-based racial justice nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Becton hired an analyst to guide the office’s data collection and preservation practices. In response to Windom’s claim, the office also established a committee review system for evaluating all special circumstances charges on articulable, race-neutral grounds before they are filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the power of the Racial Justice Act,” Minsker said. “It makes all actors in the justice system responsible for pushing forward racial justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the California DOJ published the state’s first-ever race-blind charging guidelines for prosecutors. A state law passed in 2022 will require county prosecutors to institute race-blind charging practices starting next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959229\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11959229\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people hold signs, one depicting a man with a deep wound to his head, as one of the people speaks emphatically in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230825-ANTIOCH-RACIAL-JUSTICE-HEARING-MD-03-KQED-scaled.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathryn Wade (left) and Carolyn Simmons speak out against the police violence that Wade says her son, Malad Baldwin, experienced at the hands of the Antioch Police Department at a rally in front of the AF Bray Courthouse in Martinez on Aug. 25, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some, the recent RJA successes in Contra Costa come with a sting. At each court date for Windom’s RJA hearing, Hawkins’ family members were there, including his mother, Brandi Griffin. For six months after he was shot outside of their Antioch home, she kept him on life support, hoping her son, who she described as free-spirited, would recover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our family has been sacrificed based on what the Antioch Police Department has done,” said Griffin, who told KQED that the case has stripped her faith in the justice system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In front of the courthouse in July, she shouted at a scrum of reporters, her voice strained with grief and rage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t give a shit about no racist shit!” she said. “What about my son?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Christian Robinson always planned to go to college, but when she graduated from Adelanto High School in California’s High Desert, she felt aimless. Without a plan or preparation for higher education, she decided to go to work instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She regrets that now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish I would have gone straight into college because I would have had everything done, finished and over with,” said Robinson, who, at 20, is now enrolling at Victor Valley College.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Melissa Valenzuela-Stookey, director of P-16 research for Ed Trust-West\"]‘These kinds of numbers should be treated as a five-alarm fire.’[/pullquote]Currently, Robinson juggles two jobs, working for a security company and serving fast food. She wishes she had received more guidance about attending college from her school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson’s story was typical for Black students at Adelanto High School, where over 8 out of 10 Black students graduated in 2020 without the college prep courses — known as A-G — required for admission to California’s public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The path has been different for her younger brother, MarQuan Thornton, currently a high school senior at Adelanto. Months away from graduation, Thornton is one of a small group of students deciding not whether he will go to college but which one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975561\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975561 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Edsource_2_IMG_0022-768x576-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Edsource_2_IMG_0022-768x576-1.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Edsource_2_IMG_0022-768x576-1-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MarQuan Thornton is a senior at Adelanto High in California’s High Desert. He credits the Heritage Program at his school, aimed at Black students, for helping to keep him on track for attending college. \u003ccite>(Emma Gallegos/EdSource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thornton has worked hard but recognizes that the key difference between his trajectory and his sister’s is the support he’s getting from school that did not exist during his sister’s time there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years after his sister graduated, his high school began the Heritage Program to ensure that Black students like him are on track to complete their A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thornton knows he’s on track to meet the requirements that will make him eligible to attend a state university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If she (Christian Robinson) had this type of chance when she was in high school, she probably would have been where I am at,” Thornton said. “I can see the difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the vast majority of students in California — 86% of seniors in 2023 — graduate from high school, most — 56% in 2023 — do not complete their A-G requirements, according to an EdSource analysis of data from the California Department of Education. EdSource’s analysis found that Black and Latino students are the hardest hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, 68% of Black students and 64% of Latino students did not meet A-G requirements, compared with 26% of Asian students and 48% of white students, according to EdSource’s analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/16412611/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highest non-completion group is foster students at 88%, followed by disabled students at 85% and English learners at 82%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These kinds of numbers should be treated as a five-alarm fire,” said Melissa Valenzuela-Stookey, director of P-16 research for Ed Trust-West, a nonprofit that advocates for justice in education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valenzuela-Stookey said high school graduates are being shut out of affordable four-year public college options because they are not getting the support they need to complete the A-G coursework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our education systems urgently need to invest more in our students of color,” Valenzuela-Stookey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Robinson neared graduation in the early days of the pandemic, she said everyone, even teachers, seemed to lose track of how to prepare students for college and life after high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But long before the pandemic, the district was not preparing its Black students to meet their A-G requirements and be ready for higher education, according to Ratmony Yee, assistant superintendent of educational services for Victor Valley Union High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson’s mother, Crystal Francisco, said she is proud of how hard her daughter works to earn her own money. But she concurs that if Heritage had been around, Robinson might have gone straight to college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She probably would have gone a different way,” Francisco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/16412809/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Snapshot of California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Of 1,766 high schools in California, about half graduated more than 56% of students lacking the required college preparatory courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than 2 out of 10 students met A-G rates in 2023 in many northern counties, such as Lake, Del Norte, Plumas, Lassen, Nevada, Tehama, Trinity. Just 3 out of 10 students in Kern, Merced, Tulare and Kings counties met the requirements. That compares to the Bay Area in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Marin counties, where more than 5 out of 10 students met A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11975572\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/EdSource_graphic-800x528.png\" alt=\"Graphic showing that to attend a UC or CSU requires that a student takes 15 courses in seven areas: history, English, math, science, foreign language, arts and an elective. Each category has its own letter, A-G, which is where the requirements get their name.\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/EdSource_graphic-800x528.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/EdSource_graphic-1020x673.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/EdSource_graphic-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/EdSource_graphic.png 1118w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Improving low A-G completion rates has been a longtime goal of both educators and state policymakers. Still, it’s a problem that resists easy answers or quick fixes, said Sherrie Reed, executive director of the California Education Lab at UC Davis and a researcher with Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), an independent research nonprofit affiliated with several California universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of simply aligning the state’s minimum high school requirements with A-G requirements hasn’t gained steam because of the concern that it would result in fewer students graduating, said Mayra Lara, the director of Southern California partnerships and engagement with Ed Trust-West.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\">What are A-G requirements?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>The details of A-G requirements can be arcane, especially for students and parents who are not familiar with the college admissions process. The state requires students to complete a minimum of 13 courses to receive a high school diploma.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>But to attend a UC or CSU requires that a student takes 15 courses in seven areas: history, English, math, science, foreign language, arts and an elective. Each category has its own letter, A-G, which is where the requirements get their name.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>These courses overlap with high school requirements, but they are also more rigorous. For instance, three years of English are required to graduate from high school, while A-G eligibility requires four years. Only one of those years can include English as a Second Language or English Language Development — courses that English learners are often enrolled in.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>Low grades are a common way students fall off the A-G track. A “D” is considered a passing grade for a high school diploma, but A-G classes require at least a “C” to count as eligible.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state, instead, has offered carrots for districts working on improving poor A-G rates, especially those that have a large marginalized student population, such as those who are low-income, English learners, homeless or have a disability. In 2021–22, the state set aside over $547 million for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=5785&recID=5785\">A-G Completion Improvement Grant Program\u003c/a>. The state has also pushed dual enrollment and career technical education to the high school curriculum, both of which can help students meet their A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progress has been slow. The number of students who have met A-G requirements statewide has ticked up just shy of four points over the last six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understanding why any given student may or may not meet A-G requirements requires examining what is happening in a particular region or district, as well as disparities within schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The answer is that it is all of that,” Reed said. “No one factor accounts for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some students said that graduating without meeting A-G requirements sent them the message that they were not college material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brock Wooster-Mills, 20, said he felt “doomed to fail” as a student with a disability attending Liberty High School in Bakersfield, where 49% of students do not meet A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partial hearing loss had affected Wooster-Mills’ ability to speak and follow lessons in elementary school. But even when his hearing improved, his counselors in the Kern High School District wouldn’t allow him to transfer into required A-G courses such as French and geometry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"education\" label=\"More Education Stories\"]He remembers one special education teacher telling his class they likely wouldn’t even attend a community college, but Wooster-Mills said he always knew he was capable of more. He enrolled in Bakersfield College in 2021, the fall after he graduated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s now in his sixth semester, but his lack of academic confidence and inadequate preparation continue to dog him. In high school, he had never been taught how to write an essay. He had never studied a foreign language, which made Spanish daunting. He failed the first time he took it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like I’m still behind,” he said. “I wasn’t taught what I was supposed to be taught.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>College increasingly important for economy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Researchers said preparing students for college is increasingly important for the American economy. By 2031, 72% of jobs will require a college degree or post-secondary education, such as an associate degree, \u003ca href=\"https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/projections2031/\">according to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most high schools in the state — 91.4% of traditional district schools, according to PACE — do offer a full slate of A-G coursework that puts them on track for college. But the degree of access students get to those courses or support, once they have enrolled, varies greatly, resulting in wide disparities between groups of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Interactive Map\" link1=\"https://edsource.org/2024/interactive-map-most-california-high-school-students-dont-take-courses-needed-to-apply-to-csu-or-uc/705550, Most California high school students don't take courses needed to apply to CSU or UC\"]PACE released a \u003ca href=\"http://blog.csba.org/ag-completion/\">series of briefs and reports\u003c/a> on the A-G completion rates in summer 2023, noting that access to rigorous coursework — whether dual enrollment, Advanced Placement or other college preparatory courses — can profoundly change the trajectory of a student’s life. These courses not only set students up for college admission but make it more likely that a student will pursue college in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers found that some high schools do not offer the full range of A-G courses. In 2018–19, 2.5% of schools offered no A-G courses, and another 6% only offered some A-G courses. The list also includes small and rural schools that struggle to hire teachers who are qualified to teach A-G required classes in fields such as math, science or foreign language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, 84% of schools that do not offer a full range of A-G courses are charter schools focused primarily on credit recovery for students at risk of not graduating from high school. Charter schools tend to be outliers in both directions; schools with the highest and lowest A-G rates — where fewer than 40% or greater than 80% of students meet A-G requirement — tend to be charters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changes in high school can help\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Adelanto High is a part of Victor Valley Union High School District, which serves communities in the High Desert, including Victorville. Cheap, abundant land attracts residents priced out of the Southern California housing market, but there is little economic opportunity. Unemployment is high, and so is the poverty rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kids get stuck here because there’s a cycle of poverty,” said Aleka Jackson-Jarrell, the coordinator of the Heritage program at Adelanto High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Educators in Victor Valley Union High said that beyond ensuring that students have all of their options open to them upon graduation, it is not their role to choose a path for students. Military or trade school are options celebrated at the school, but educators tell students that a bachelor’s degree will be key for most students who aim to earn better wages and escape the cycle of poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Money talks,” said Yee, assistant superintendent of instructional services for Victor Valley Union High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District leaders said ensuring that students meet their A-G requirements opens up two key options for students: being eligible to apply for a CSU or UC school and having the preparation to succeed at a community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like much of inland California, the rate of students completing their A-G is low in Victor Valley Union High. In 2016–17, 13% of students in the district completed their A-G coursework, but it has been improving: that number rose to 29% last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Valley Union High has been making districtwide changes that administrators said are key to putting more students on track for A-G completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scheduling is important, Yee said. Creating a master schedule that prioritizes disabled students or English learners ensures these students aren’t missing A-G coursework because of a scheduling conflict. Some schools also build tutoring into daily schedules for struggling students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district studied students’ transcripts to figure out how to improve their chances of meeting A-G requirements. For instance, they found that students who took foreign language classes as freshmen or sophomores were more likely to fulfill this requirement because they had time to retake classes to make up for any poor grades. Students are now required to begin their foreign language courses by sophomore year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Valley Union High also rolled out two programs aimed specifically at groups of students that were struggling the most: Black students and long-term English learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Homing in on groups who need the most help\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Heritage program, aimed at Black students like MarQuan Thornton, was piloted in 2022–23 at Adelanto High. Beginning sophomore year, every Black student in this High Desert school is automatically enrolled in this program that ensures students are prepared for graduation as well as college and a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thornton said the program had helped him, even ensuring he made up classes he struggled with during his sophomore year. He now boasts a 3.7 GPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A-G completion rates for Black students at his high school improved. In 2021–22, 6% of Black students met their A-G. The following year, when Heritage began, that number jumped to 26%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of its early success, the program is not only being rolled out at other campuses in the district but is also being used as a model for Legacy, a program aimed at long-term English learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students in both Heritage and Legacy are sorted into four groups. Level 1 students are on track to graduate from high school with A-G requirements, while Level 4 students may be in danger of not graduating from high school at all. The coordinators hold monthly sessions with each group on topics ranging from filling out the FAFSA form or making up failed classes to basic life skills students need when approaching adulthood. Students also visit college campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents are invited for workshops at school to understand the importance of A-G classes and learn how to support — and perhaps badger — their children into staying on track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heritage coordinator Jackson-Jarrell said that having a background similar to her students’ helps her connect with them. She dropped out of high school when she was younger. She tells students that earning degrees — starting with an associate degree and ultimately obtaining a doctorate — helped her go from making $4.25 an hour to making six figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her counterpart at Silverado High, Jose Velasco, teaches Spanish and runs the Legacy program. Like many of his students, Velasco is a child of immigrants whose first language was Spanish. He checks in to make sure students have access to bilingual aides so that they can understand the content in their college preparatory classes, such as geometry or history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Heritage first began, Jackson-Jarrell experienced pushback from non-Black teachers, parents and students questioning the need for a program focused solely on one group of students and pointing to other programs, such as AVID, that focused on college and career readiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were hit with questions like, ‘Why is this program just for Black students? It’s not fair,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson-Jarrell would tell them that the data was showing that overwhelmingly, Black students need the most support meeting A-G requirements and that they have unique needs and challenges that Heritage addresses. When students visit college campuses, they try to imagine themselves fitting in. Not seeing Black students on campus can reinforce the idea that they don’t belong on a college campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re looking for themselves,” Jackson-Jarrell said. “They feel like they don’t belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Heritage will often ensure that when they visit campuses, they can meet directly with students from the Black student resource centers. This upcoming spring, Heritage students are invited on a tour through the American South, visiting historically Black colleges and universities. Legacy makes a point of visiting with Latino student groups on campus for similar purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson-Jarrell said that programs like Heritage and Legacy are important for the community’s economic development and hopes to see more programs like them in other districts in the High Desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superintendent Carl Coles concurs. Increasing the rigor of students’ coursework and preparing them for higher education doesn’t just set students up for success; it improves the prospects of their families and the larger community. The district’s renewed focus on A-G requirements, he said, goes right to the core of why education is so important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coles said, “It really is so that every kid can live a life of purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/most-california-high-school-seniors-shut-out-of-even-applying-to-the-states-universities/705635\">\u003cem>This story originally appeared on EdSource.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Currently, Robinson juggles two jobs, working for a security company and serving fast food. She wishes she had received more guidance about attending college from her school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson’s story was typical for Black students at Adelanto High School, where over 8 out of 10 Black students graduated in 2020 without the college prep courses — known as A-G — required for admission to California’s public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The path has been different for her younger brother, MarQuan Thornton, currently a high school senior at Adelanto. Months away from graduation, Thornton is one of a small group of students deciding not whether he will go to college but which one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975561\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 768px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975561 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Edsource_2_IMG_0022-768x576-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Edsource_2_IMG_0022-768x576-1.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/Edsource_2_IMG_0022-768x576-1-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">MarQuan Thornton is a senior at Adelanto High in California’s High Desert. He credits the Heritage Program at his school, aimed at Black students, for helping to keep him on track for attending college. \u003ccite>(Emma Gallegos/EdSource)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thornton has worked hard but recognizes that the key difference between his trajectory and his sister’s is the support he’s getting from school that did not exist during his sister’s time there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years after his sister graduated, his high school began the Heritage Program to ensure that Black students like him are on track to complete their A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thornton knows he’s on track to meet the requirements that will make him eligible to attend a state university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If she (Christian Robinson) had this type of chance when she was in high school, she probably would have been where I am at,” Thornton said. “I can see the difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the vast majority of students in California — 86% of seniors in 2023 — graduate from high school, most — 56% in 2023 — do not complete their A-G requirements, according to an EdSource analysis of data from the California Department of Education. EdSource’s analysis found that Black and Latino students are the hardest hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, 68% of Black students and 64% of Latino students did not meet A-G requirements, compared with 26% of Asian students and 48% of white students, according to EdSource’s analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/16412611/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The highest non-completion group is foster students at 88%, followed by disabled students at 85% and English learners at 82%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These kinds of numbers should be treated as a five-alarm fire,” said Melissa Valenzuela-Stookey, director of P-16 research for Ed Trust-West, a nonprofit that advocates for justice in education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valenzuela-Stookey said high school graduates are being shut out of affordable four-year public college options because they are not getting the support they need to complete the A-G coursework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our education systems urgently need to invest more in our students of color,” Valenzuela-Stookey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Robinson neared graduation in the early days of the pandemic, she said everyone, even teachers, seemed to lose track of how to prepare students for college and life after high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But long before the pandemic, the district was not preparing its Black students to meet their A-G requirements and be ready for higher education, according to Ratmony Yee, assistant superintendent of educational services for Victor Valley Union High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robinson’s mother, Crystal Francisco, said she is proud of how hard her daughter works to earn her own money. But she concurs that if Heritage had been around, Robinson might have gone straight to college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She probably would have gone a different way,” Francisco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/16412809/embed\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" class=\"flourish-embed-iframe\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Snapshot of California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Of 1,766 high schools in California, about half graduated more than 56% of students lacking the required college preparatory courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than 2 out of 10 students met A-G rates in 2023 in many northern counties, such as Lake, Del Norte, Plumas, Lassen, Nevada, Tehama, Trinity. Just 3 out of 10 students in Kern, Merced, Tulare and Kings counties met the requirements. That compares to the Bay Area in San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda and Marin counties, where more than 5 out of 10 students met A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11975572\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/EdSource_graphic-800x528.png\" alt=\"Graphic showing that to attend a UC or CSU requires that a student takes 15 courses in seven areas: history, English, math, science, foreign language, arts and an elective. 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Still, it’s a problem that resists easy answers or quick fixes, said Sherrie Reed, executive director of the California Education Lab at UC Davis and a researcher with Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), an independent research nonprofit affiliated with several California universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of simply aligning the state’s minimum high school requirements with A-G requirements hasn’t gained steam because of the concern that it would result in fewer students graduating, said Mayra Lara, the director of Southern California partnerships and engagement with Ed Trust-West.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"padding-left: 40px\">What are A-G requirements?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>The details of A-G requirements can be arcane, especially for students and parents who are not familiar with the college admissions process. The state requires students to complete a minimum of 13 courses to receive a high school diploma.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>But to attend a UC or CSU requires that a student takes 15 courses in seven areas: history, English, math, science, foreign language, arts and an elective. Each category has its own letter, A-G, which is where the requirements get their name.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>These courses overlap with high school requirements, but they are also more rigorous. For instance, three years of English are required to graduate from high school, while A-G eligibility requires four years. Only one of those years can include English as a Second Language or English Language Development — courses that English learners are often enrolled in.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u003cem>Low grades are a common way students fall off the A-G track. A “D” is considered a passing grade for a high school diploma, but A-G classes require at least a “C” to count as eligible.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state, instead, has offered carrots for districts working on improving poor A-G rates, especially those that have a large marginalized student population, such as those who are low-income, English learners, homeless or have a disability. In 2021–22, the state set aside over $547 million for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=5785&recID=5785\">A-G Completion Improvement Grant Program\u003c/a>. The state has also pushed dual enrollment and career technical education to the high school curriculum, both of which can help students meet their A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progress has been slow. The number of students who have met A-G requirements statewide has ticked up just shy of four points over the last six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understanding why any given student may or may not meet A-G requirements requires examining what is happening in a particular region or district, as well as disparities within schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The answer is that it is all of that,” Reed said. “No one factor accounts for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some students said that graduating without meeting A-G requirements sent them the message that they were not college material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brock Wooster-Mills, 20, said he felt “doomed to fail” as a student with a disability attending Liberty High School in Bakersfield, where 49% of students do not meet A-G requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Partial hearing loss had affected Wooster-Mills’ ability to speak and follow lessons in elementary school. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>PACE released a \u003ca href=\"http://blog.csba.org/ag-completion/\">series of briefs and reports\u003c/a> on the A-G completion rates in summer 2023, noting that access to rigorous coursework — whether dual enrollment, Advanced Placement or other college preparatory courses — can profoundly change the trajectory of a student’s life. These courses not only set students up for college admission but make it more likely that a student will pursue college in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers found that some high schools do not offer the full range of A-G courses. In 2018–19, 2.5% of schools offered no A-G courses, and another 6% only offered some A-G courses. The list also includes small and rural schools that struggle to hire teachers who are qualified to teach A-G required classes in fields such as math, science or foreign language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, 84% of schools that do not offer a full range of A-G courses are charter schools focused primarily on credit recovery for students at risk of not graduating from high school. Charter schools tend to be outliers in both directions; schools with the highest and lowest A-G rates — where fewer than 40% or greater than 80% of students meet A-G requirement — tend to be charters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changes in high school can help\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Adelanto High is a part of Victor Valley Union High School District, which serves communities in the High Desert, including Victorville. Cheap, abundant land attracts residents priced out of the Southern California housing market, but there is little economic opportunity. Unemployment is high, and so is the poverty rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kids get stuck here because there’s a cycle of poverty,” said Aleka Jackson-Jarrell, the coordinator of the Heritage program at Adelanto High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Educators in Victor Valley Union High said that beyond ensuring that students have all of their options open to them upon graduation, it is not their role to choose a path for students. Military or trade school are options celebrated at the school, but educators tell students that a bachelor’s degree will be key for most students who aim to earn better wages and escape the cycle of poverty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Money talks,” said Yee, assistant superintendent of instructional services for Victor Valley Union High.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District leaders said ensuring that students meet their A-G requirements opens up two key options for students: being eligible to apply for a CSU or UC school and having the preparation to succeed at a community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like much of inland California, the rate of students completing their A-G is low in Victor Valley Union High. In 2016–17, 13% of students in the district completed their A-G coursework, but it has been improving: that number rose to 29% last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Valley Union High has been making districtwide changes that administrators said are key to putting more students on track for A-G completion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scheduling is important, Yee said. Creating a master schedule that prioritizes disabled students or English learners ensures these students aren’t missing A-G coursework because of a scheduling conflict. Some schools also build tutoring into daily schedules for struggling students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district studied students’ transcripts to figure out how to improve their chances of meeting A-G requirements. For instance, they found that students who took foreign language classes as freshmen or sophomores were more likely to fulfill this requirement because they had time to retake classes to make up for any poor grades. Students are now required to begin their foreign language courses by sophomore year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Valley Union High also rolled out two programs aimed specifically at groups of students that were struggling the most: Black students and long-term English learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Homing in on groups who need the most help\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Heritage program, aimed at Black students like MarQuan Thornton, was piloted in 2022–23 at Adelanto High. Beginning sophomore year, every Black student in this High Desert school is automatically enrolled in this program that ensures students are prepared for graduation as well as college and a career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thornton said the program had helped him, even ensuring he made up classes he struggled with during his sophomore year. He now boasts a 3.7 GPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A-G completion rates for Black students at his high school improved. In 2021–22, 6% of Black students met their A-G. The following year, when Heritage began, that number jumped to 26%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of its early success, the program is not only being rolled out at other campuses in the district but is also being used as a model for Legacy, a program aimed at long-term English learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students in both Heritage and Legacy are sorted into four groups. Level 1 students are on track to graduate from high school with A-G requirements, while Level 4 students may be in danger of not graduating from high school at all. The coordinators hold monthly sessions with each group on topics ranging from filling out the FAFSA form or making up failed classes to basic life skills students need when approaching adulthood. Students also visit college campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents are invited for workshops at school to understand the importance of A-G classes and learn how to support — and perhaps badger — their children into staying on track.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heritage coordinator Jackson-Jarrell said that having a background similar to her students’ helps her connect with them. She dropped out of high school when she was younger. She tells students that earning degrees — starting with an associate degree and ultimately obtaining a doctorate — helped her go from making $4.25 an hour to making six figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her counterpart at Silverado High, Jose Velasco, teaches Spanish and runs the Legacy program. Like many of his students, Velasco is a child of immigrants whose first language was Spanish. He checks in to make sure students have access to bilingual aides so that they can understand the content in their college preparatory classes, such as geometry or history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Heritage first began, Jackson-Jarrell experienced pushback from non-Black teachers, parents and students questioning the need for a program focused solely on one group of students and pointing to other programs, such as AVID, that focused on college and career readiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were hit with questions like, ‘Why is this program just for Black students? It’s not fair,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson-Jarrell would tell them that the data was showing that overwhelmingly, Black students need the most support meeting A-G requirements and that they have unique needs and challenges that Heritage addresses. When students visit college campuses, they try to imagine themselves fitting in. Not seeing Black students on campus can reinforce the idea that they don’t belong on a college campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re looking for themselves,” Jackson-Jarrell said. “They feel like they don’t belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Heritage will often ensure that when they visit campuses, they can meet directly with students from the Black student resource centers. This upcoming spring, Heritage students are invited on a tour through the American South, visiting historically Black colleges and universities. Legacy makes a point of visiting with Latino student groups on campus for similar purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson-Jarrell said that programs like Heritage and Legacy are important for the community’s economic development and hopes to see more programs like them in other districts in the High Desert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superintendent Carl Coles concurs. Increasing the rigor of students’ coursework and preparing them for higher education doesn’t just set students up for success; it improves the prospects of their families and the larger community. The district’s renewed focus on A-G requirements, he said, goes right to the core of why education is so important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coles said, “It really is so that every kid can live a life of purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/most-california-high-school-seniors-shut-out-of-even-applying-to-the-states-universities/705635\">\u003cem>This story originally appeared on EdSource.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Las Vegas glittered with San Francisco red and gold this weekend as 49ers fans from around the globe took over Sin City for the biggest football game of the year.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Fran Thompson, 49ers fan\"]‘I’ve been a Niners fan since I was 12. I used to hear my family screaming in the living room about football.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Niners faithful put aside any game-day worries on Saturday evening as they congregated at fan parties, like the one hosted at Splash Supper Club, a night lounge off the Las Vegas Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento resident Fran Thompson, 54, was there to celebrate her birthday, and her favorite team making it to the big game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975401\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975401 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Ceasars Palace illuminated in anticipation of the Super Bowl on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ceasars Palace, on the Las Vegas Strip, is fully illuminated Saturday night in anticipation of the Super Bowl. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been a Niners fan since I was 12. I used to hear my family screaming in the living room about football,” said Thompson, who has been a season ticket holder for a decade. “I’ve been very faithful. This is so awesome to be back in the Super Bowl. I hope we beat Kansas City this time. We almost had them last time, and we’re gonna do it this time.”[aside postID=news_11974882,news_11974954]The championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers kicks off Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. But super fans have been attending events all weekend to get hyped and hang close to the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some, like Joe Leonor, who organizes the Niner Empire fan club and helped put together the event at Splash, don’t plan to go inside Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. Tickets were too expensive, Leonor said, and he’d rather be watching the game alongside the people he tailgates with for every other game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975396 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Bui, Tony Lam, Toddy Su watch the Golden State Warriors play at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Adam Bui, Tony Lam and Toddy Su watch the Warriors-Suns game on the big screen at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never been inside a Super Bowl. If tickets were given to me, that would be cool. But I really want to be around my people. We put in the work throughout the season and those are the people I want to sit with,” Leonor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also having a drink with friends at Splash on Saturday evening was Rey Pena, the official 2022 49ers “\u003ca href=\"https://www.49ers.com/fans/fanoftheyear\">Fan of the Year\u003c/a>.” Several years ago, at age 30, Pena was diagnosed with cancer in his right eye, which had to be removed to stop the disease from spreading. But he didn’t let that dampen his enthusiasm for his favorite team. The Manteca resident, aka “Eye of the Niner,” now has an unmistakable prosthetic eye with a 49ers logo front and center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel great about this season. I couldn’t hope for a better team this year,” Pena said. “We’re going to go tailgate near the stadium and then we’re going to the Super Bowl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975400\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975400 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Arredondo, from Los Angeles, places a bet at Ceasars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sammie Lewis has been a season-ticket holder for 16 years and thinks “this is the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been 30 years for us since the last time we won a Super Bowl,” Lewis said, during Saturday night’s Niners party at Splash. “I am feeling really, really good about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his wife moved to North Las Vegas from San José in September, and he said he’s excited to have his team appear in the Super Bowl in his new hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have friends coming over tomorrow, we’ll have a good time and eat and celebrate,” Lewis said. “But I will be in San Francisco for the parade. I wouldn’t miss that. I’d lose my job for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sun set over the desert on Saturday, Niners fans descended on the Strip, turning the iconic thoroughfare red and gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unreal. This is a dream come true, especially watching my team,” said Joseph Torres from Fresno, who came here to attend his first Super Bowl. “I’m hoping we get that W. That would be the cherry on top of the trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975392\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975392 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a black sweatshirt stands against a white wall. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Clark, president of the Dallas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club, stands outside Splash Supper Club in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the 49ers fans at Saturday’s festivities on the Strip said they had traveled here from locations much farther afield than California. Among them was Ray Clark, aka DJ RC, who is president of the Dallas, Texas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here to watch my 49ers play the game. Let’s get our sixth ring,” said Clark, who was DJing a party on Saturday. Niners fandom in Texas is huge, he said. “We have like 11 chapters across the state of Texas and we come together throughout the year and have fun with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975395\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975395 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-05-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Marcelli (left) and Kyle Woodruff, from Sacramento, pose in front of a display on the Strip on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Saturday night, the Strip became a catwalk for 49ers fans aiming to show off their best looks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans Anita West, Michelle Jordan and Shelly Begay strolled together in style. The three friends sported shimmering 49ers-themed cowboy boots, hats, shirts and earrings they had bedazzled themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975417\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 224px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-11975417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Two bedazzled shoes with red and gold 49ers colors.\" width=\"224\" height=\"299\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_5754-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Jordan (left) and Shelly Begay traveled together in style. ‘We do our own outfits. I did my boots and the jacket,’ said Jordan, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We do our own outfits. I did my boots and the jacket,” said Jordan, who lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, pointing to the red and gold rhinestone Niners logos on her black leather jacket and boots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further up the street, Albert Vann was parked on the sidewalk in a red and gold Niner-themed mobile recliner chair he had fashioned himself. The San José resident is a regular at Niners tailgates, and multiple fans on Saturday immediately recognized his vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a little shuttle I use to get from tailgate to tailgate. Just having a good time and put a smile on people’s faces,” Vann said. “I grew up in the Bay, I’ll always be faithful to the Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers kicks off Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time. But super fans have been attending events all weekend to get hyped and hang close to the action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some, like Joe Leonor, who organizes the Niner Empire fan club and helped put together the event at Splash, don’t plan to go inside Allegiant Stadium on Sunday. Tickets were too expensive, Leonor said, and he’d rather be watching the game alongside the people he tailgates with for every other game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975396\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975396 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Bui, Tony Lam, Toddy Su watch the Golden State Warriors play at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Adam Bui, Tony Lam and Toddy Su watch the Warriors-Suns game on the big screen at Caesars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never been inside a Super Bowl. If tickets were given to me, that would be cool. But I really want to be around my people. We put in the work throughout the season and those are the people I want to sit with,” Leonor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also having a drink with friends at Splash on Saturday evening was Rey Pena, the official 2022 49ers “\u003ca href=\"https://www.49ers.com/fans/fanoftheyear\">Fan of the Year\u003c/a>.” Several years ago, at age 30, Pena was diagnosed with cancer in his right eye, which had to be removed to stop the disease from spreading. But he didn’t let that dampen his enthusiasm for his favorite team. The Manteca resident, aka “Eye of the Niner,” now has an unmistakable prosthetic eye with a 49ers logo front and center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel great about this season. I couldn’t hope for a better team this year,” Pena said. “We’re going to go tailgate near the stadium and then we’re going to the Super Bowl.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975400\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975400 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Arredondo, from Los Angeles, places a bet at Ceasars Sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sammie Lewis has been a season-ticket holder for 16 years and thinks “this is the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been 30 years for us since the last time we won a Super Bowl,” Lewis said, during Saturday night’s Niners party at Splash. “I am feeling really, really good about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and his wife moved to North Las Vegas from San José in September, and he said he’s excited to have his team appear in the Super Bowl in his new hometown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have friends coming over tomorrow, we’ll have a good time and eat and celebrate,” Lewis said. “But I will be in San Francisco for the parade. I wouldn’t miss that. I’d lose my job for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the sun set over the desert on Saturday, Niners fans descended on the Strip, turning the iconic thoroughfare red and gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unreal. This is a dream come true, especially watching my team,” said Joseph Torres from Fresno, who came here to attend his first Super Bowl. “I’m hoping we get that W. That would be the cherry on top of the trip.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975392\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11975392 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a black sweatshirt stands against a white wall. \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/240210-NINERS-EMPIRE-IN-LAS-VEGAS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Clark, president of the Dallas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club, stands outside Splash Supper Club in Las Vegas on Feb. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many of the 49ers fans at Saturday’s festivities on the Strip said they had traveled here from locations much farther afield than California. Among them was Ray Clark, aka DJ RC, who is president of the Dallas, Texas chapter of the Niner Empire fan club.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here to watch my 49ers play the game. Let’s get our sixth ring,” said Clark, who was DJing a party on Saturday. 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"content": "\u003cp>Walking into \u003ca href=\"http://larryspringmuseum.org/\">the Larry Spring Museum\u003c/a> in downtown Fort Bragg is an experience in sensory overload. The space is small, just two rooms, but they are full of interesting objects that call for closer attention. The central table is covered in small mechanisms that whirl when a direct light shines on them. Other tactile exhibits line the walls and the shelves are covered in whimsical wooden figurines that look like woodland creatures. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Anne Maureen McKeating, executive director of the museum\"]‘I think when people discover it, they’re pretty happy with themselves.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of those little treasures that’s off the beaten path,” said Anne Maureen McKeating, the museum’s executive director. “And I think when people discover it, they’re pretty happy with themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the corner, a video of an older man in a blue checked shirt runs on a loop. He beckons viewers inside, saying:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hello, you folks seem to be interested in what’s in this shop, this electromagnetic experimental shop. Why don’t you come on in, and I’ll show you a lot more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is Larry Spring, the man behind this collection. Spring spent most of his life in Fort Bragg, Mendocino County. He owned the Larry Spring Zenith Television Shop, where he sold and repaired TVs. Now, his shop is the museum. He also installed antennas in people’s homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was the guy that brought TV to the North Coast,” McKeating said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through that work, he got curious about radio waves and electromagnetism. As a boy, he’d been fascinated by radios, \u003ca href=\"http://larryspringmuseum.org/larryspring\">tinkering with oatmeal boxes, wire coils and galena crystals to pick up radio stations from San Francisco\u003c/a>. Later, he was a pilot during WWII, specializing in radio wave transmission. He loved to experiment, observe and make improvements, but he had no formal training in science. Once he got access to larger TV antennas, his hobby felt more meaningful. He thought what he was observing differed a bit from what traditional textbooks teach about electromagnetic waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In his library, I have a whole bunch of textbooks filled with marginalia and corrections around how electromagnetism works,” McKeating said. “So, for him, electromagnetism is a result of two weightless, massless spheres, that he calls \u003ca href=\"http://larryspringmuseum.org/models\">magnespheres\u003c/a>, and they change in size and speed according to their purpose. So rather than, the waveform or the particle we traditionally understand as being energy, for him, it’s these magnespheres.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzgIvzlGofE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Spring’s theories may have deviated from traditional science, McKeating admires his boundless curiosity and desire to explain the world in simple terms that people from any background can understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Larry didn’t have a lot of use for the world being described in mathematics. That model for him was very dense,” McKeating said. For Larry, it was his keen powers of observation that made the world real to him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He loved physics. He wanted to make the invisible world visible. As he got older, he increasingly spent his time at his shop building models and holding three-hour lectures about his theories that no one could interrupt. He was able to devote his time in this way, in part because he had done well in real estate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFRQWcv2oiw\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He worked in real estate because, yes, he wanted to gain some money, but also, he was a good citizen and really believed in sharing the wealth,” McKeating said. “If he knew of local families [for whom their] homes had gone into foreclosure, he would buy up the homes and give them back to the families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he earned enough from his real estate business to close the TV repair store and turn it into “a school of common sense physics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Larry Spring Museum is essentially a display of his models, collections and theories. McKeating cautions that not all Spring’s theories made perfect sense, but the items he amassed over his lifetime have their unique charm. [aside tag=\"hidden-gems, rocks\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]“It’s a constellation of objects, one might say, an amalgamation of art and science and all that lies in between,” McKeating said. “And it’s kind of the in-between-ness that people really are interested in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s certainly true for her. She came by this collection in a roundabout way. Her friend, Heather Brown, worked with Spring. When he died in 2009, he left his collection and the building to Brown. McKeating volunteered to help Brown sort and organize all of the items. But when Brown herself passed away a few years later, McKeating’s name was on the will, and she inherited it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am interested in odd little collections and place-based production,” McKeating said. “So the collection itself is right up my alley. I love the models. There [are] a lot of paintings that Larry did as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the most delightful things in the museum are Spring’s solar motors. He attached solar panels to different models that then spin an object or play music using magnetic propulsion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wanted to know how the world worked,” McKeating said. “And these are the ways in which he decided were a good way for him to learn. I think they’re wonderful. They’re like little kinetic sculptures to me, and he’s clearly taken time to make them aesthetically pleasing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The little woods creatures are also delightful, but Spring didn’t think of them as sculptures. For him, they are an extension of his keen powers of observation — he’d notice sticks in the woods that resembled a beaver or a dancing person and then enhance those features until they looked even more like what he’d observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974810\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of Larry Spring with motor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Spring with his Mendocino Brushless Levitating Solar Motor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Larry Spring Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But he didn’t identify as an artist,” McKeating said. “He identified as an experimenter. So it’s pretty interesting because a lot of people experience this place as just kind of an overwhelming curiosity cabinet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other visitor favorites include a “rock dinner party” and Spring’s “picture rocks.” The rock dinner party is spread out on a yellow Formica table. Each item on the table looks like a common element of a dinner party — glasses full of wine or water, slices of ham and cheese, brussels sprouts — but they are actually rocks. It’s a delightful illusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “picture rocks” are cross sections of rock that somehow look like landscape paintings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His label for this particular cabinet is, ‘the oldest pictures in the world painted by Mother Nature millions of years ago,’” McKeating said. “They do look like pictures. People use [their] imagination to create something out of what they’re seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the things McKeating loves most about the items in the museum is their impermanence. Spring was a regular guy, curious about the world around him and creating models out of the materials he had available to him — pop tops, music boxes, tinfoil. That makes it a challenge to maintain the items on display, some of which are already deteriorating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a bad thing to show the passage of time with these kinds of artifacts,” McKeating said. “In a sense, I look at it as curated decay. Its value is in being all together in this particular place, in this particular building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman stand holding a frame.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Spring and his wife, Louise, demonstrate one of Larry’s theories. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Larry Spring Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And Larry is still in the building, too. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It’s a constellation of objects, one might say, an amalgamation of art and science and all that lies in between,” McKeating said. “And it’s kind of the in-between-ness that people really are interested in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s certainly true for her. She came by this collection in a roundabout way. Her friend, Heather Brown, worked with Spring. When he died in 2009, he left his collection and the building to Brown. McKeating volunteered to help Brown sort and organize all of the items. But when Brown herself passed away a few years later, McKeating’s name was on the will, and she inherited it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am interested in odd little collections and place-based production,” McKeating said. “So the collection itself is right up my alley. I love the models. There [are] a lot of paintings that Larry did as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the most delightful things in the museum are Spring’s solar motors. He attached solar panels to different models that then spin an object or play music using magnetic propulsion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wanted to know how the world worked,” McKeating said. “And these are the ways in which he decided were a good way for him to learn. I think they’re wonderful. They’re like little kinetic sculptures to me, and he’s clearly taken time to make them aesthetically pleasing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The little woods creatures are also delightful, but Spring didn’t think of them as sculptures. For him, they are an extension of his keen powers of observation — he’d notice sticks in the woods that resembled a beaver or a dancing person and then enhance those features until they looked even more like what he’d observed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974810\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974810\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photo of Larry Spring with motor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYMOTOR-KQED.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Spring with his Mendocino Brushless Levitating Solar Motor. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Larry Spring Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“But he didn’t identify as an artist,” McKeating said. “He identified as an experimenter. So it’s pretty interesting because a lot of people experience this place as just kind of an overwhelming curiosity cabinet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other visitor favorites include a “rock dinner party” and Spring’s “picture rocks.” The rock dinner party is spread out on a yellow Formica table. Each item on the table looks like a common element of a dinner party — glasses full of wine or water, slices of ham and cheese, brussels sprouts — but they are actually rocks. It’s a delightful illusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “picture rocks” are cross sections of rock that somehow look like landscape paintings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“His label for this particular cabinet is, ‘the oldest pictures in the world painted by Mother Nature millions of years ago,’” McKeating said. “They do look like pictures. People use [their] imagination to create something out of what they’re seeing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the things McKeating loves most about the items in the museum is their impermanence. Spring was a regular guy, curious about the world around him and creating models out of the materials he had available to him — pop tops, music boxes, tinfoil. That makes it a challenge to maintain the items on display, some of which are already deteriorating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a bad thing to show the passage of time with these kinds of artifacts,” McKeating said. “In a sense, I look at it as curated decay. Its value is in being all together in this particular place, in this particular building.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974809\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974809\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman stand holding a frame.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/LARRYLOUISESM-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larry Spring and his wife, Louise, demonstrate one of Larry’s theories. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Larry Spring Museum)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And Larry is still in the building, too. 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"content": "\u003cp>The 49ers made it to the Super Bowl — and on Sunday, they’ll be facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re headed to Vegas to experience the showdown in person, there’s a good chance you’re looking for ways to watch the Super Bowl right here in the Bay Area. Keep reading for where to stream Super Bowl LVIII, ideas for bars that’ll be showing the game and hosting Super Bowl watch parties, and who is playing the halftime show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Looking for more ways to get ready? Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951328/49ers-fans-super-bowl-events-activities\">KQED Arts’s 49 things to do before watching the big game\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974954/how-to-enjoy-the-super-bowl-in-the-bay-area-if-you-dont-follow-football\">what fair-weather football fans should know about supporting the Niners in true Bay Area fashion\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where to watch the 2024 Super Bowl\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The 49ers vs. Chiefs Super Bowl kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. If you don’t have cable, you can stream the Super Bowl on the following online services. (Be sure to check if you can get a free trial version):[aside postID=\"news_11975159,news_11974954,arts_13951795,arts_13951328\" label=\"More on the Super Bowl\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssports.com/watch/nfl?ftag=CBS-16-10adb4e\">Stream the Super Bowl on CBS Sports\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs.com/all-access/?ftag=AAM-00-10ach0c\">Stream the Super Bowl on Paramount Plus\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nfl.com/apps/?icampaign=mob-nav-ctc-SB_Waystowatch\">Stream the Super Bowl on the official NFL app\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fubo.tv/welcome\">Stream the Super Bowl on Fubo\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/\">Stream the Super Bowl on YouTube TV\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-to-watch-the-super-bowl-without-cable-2024\">Stream the Super Bowl on Hulu (with Live TV)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Attend a Super Bowl watch party in the Bay Area\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Countless bars, restaurants, cafes and event spaces around the Bay will be hosting their own Super Bowl watch parties on Sunday. Some will be ticketed, some will require RSVPs, but one thing’s virtually certain: You’ll need to show up early to get a seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here is just a small selection of the various Super Bowl watch parties happening around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-biggest-game-ever-watch-party-tickets-814626849837?aff=oddtdtcreator\">District Six\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-bowl-lviii-free-viewing-party-tickets-795879716657?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Barbarossa Lounge\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-bowl-lviii-viewing-party-novela-tickets-814683760057?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Novela\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-49ers-super-bowl-lviii-watch-party-at-madarae-massive-165inch-screen-tickets-793850346757?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Madarae\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-gay-super-bowl-watch-party-at-mannys-tickets-814333241647?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Super Gay Super Bowl Watch Party\u003c/a> at Manny’s in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/do-it-for-the-bay-49ers-vs-chiefs-super-bowl-view-party-mayes-sf-tickets-813713126867?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Mayes Oyster House\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/49ers-super-bowl-58-vs-chiefs-view-party-the-grand-san-francisco-tickets-813741963117?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">The Grand\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/49er-super-bowl-watch-party-tickets-814502748647?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">United Irish Cultural Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/official-49ers-vs-chiefs-super-bowl-watch-party-the-grand-sf-tickets-815711323527?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">The Grand Nightclub\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/r-b-brunch-tickets-790726312687?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">R&B BRUNCH at MARKET & MAIN\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/49ers-vs-chiefs-super-bowl-58-watch-party-skylark-021124-tickets-814637852747?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Skylark\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C2_Cm6wPHQ_/?igsh=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ==\">Mother\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/C3BTe2ayM3A/?igsh=ZDE1MWVjZGVmZQ%3D%3D\">Church of 8 Wheels Roller Disco\u003c/a> is hosting a Super Bowl watch and a Taylor Swift-themed skate in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-bowl-brunch-watch-party-tickets-799818798557?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Fluid510\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sway-super-bowl-party-tickets-816189664257?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete\">SWAY\u003c/a> in Berkeley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-bash-at-the-brit-watch-the-big-game-and-win-big-all-day-long-tickets-805461877157?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Britannia Arms Almaden\u003c/a> in San Jose\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-huts-super-bowl-lviii-sunday-tickets-816101600857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">The Hut\u003c/a> in Santa Clara\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/renew-595-super-bowl-party-tickets-802196008857?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Alameda Co. JATC\u003c/a> in San Leandro\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-bowl-watch-party-tickets-816157157027?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Flights Restaurant\u003c/a> in Burlingame\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sf.funcheap.com/big-outdoor-super-bowl-watch-party-springline-menlo-park-2024/\">Big Outdoor “Super Bowl” Watch Party\u003c/a> in Menlo Park\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/niners-vs-chiefs-free-super-bowl-viewing-party-building-43-in-alameda-tickets-800293117257?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Building 43 Winery\u003c/a> in Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/touchdown-showdown-the-ultimate-super-bowl-bash-tickets-795802405417?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">Five22\u003c/a> in El Sobrante\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/49ers/comments/170kf62/i_made_a_map_of_active_niners_fan_meet_up_spots/\">Reddit user Agreeable-Ostrich773\u003c/a> has also created a \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1ekLi8SEaHDqNW9yl5TIsmY6vnVyh_tc&ll=37.951957534320755%2C-94.87504861520415&z=2\">map of places Niners fans are known to meet up\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>More Super Bowl-adjacent entertainment to watch Sunday\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>This year will also be the first year that \u003ca href=\"https://people.com/super-bowl-2024-spongebob-squarepants-cast-ready-for-goofy-crazy-crossover-event-exclusive-8558770\">Nickelodeon is airing its own version of the Super Bowl, with Spongebob and Patrick as the commentators\u003c/a>. You can watch this on CBS/Nickelodeon on cable or Paramount Plus’ streaming service. You may also consider pre-gaming this historic moment with the best \u003cem>Spongebob Squarepants\u003c/em> episode aired: “Band Geeks,” to better understand why \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-super-bowl-spongebob-squarepants-to-recreate-sweet-victory-performance-before-big-game-on-nickelodeon/\">Nickelodeon will be playing a new version of the track “Sweet Victory” before their version of Sunday’s game.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96NUsT-1k2A\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important thing in the world, the Puppy Bowl, is airing before the Super Bowl at 11 a.m. PST, and you can stream it on \u003ca href=\"https://www.hssv.org/puppybowl/\">Max, Animal Planet, TBS, Discovery and TruTV\u003c/a>. (And if you are thinking of taking the big step and committing to dog adoption yourself, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hssv.org/puppybowl/\">you may be able to do it for $49 from the Humane Society Silicon Valley\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who is playing the Super Bowl half-time show?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Legendary performer Usher will be headlining the half-time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/usher-closes-out-vegas-residency-tears-1234909146/\">hot off his wildly successful Las Vegas residency\u003c/a> and new album, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/usher-coming-home-track-list-1234957853/\">\u003cem>Coming Home\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcRLTbQxgcI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Usher has also announced \u003ca href=\"https://pitchfork.com/news/usher-to-follow-2024-super-bowl-halftime-show-with-north-american-tour/\">a North America tour\u003c/a> — so keep your eyes out for ticket sign-ups after the Super Bowl if you’re hoping to attend. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The 49ers made it to the Super Bowl — and on Sunday, they’ll be facing off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re headed to Vegas to experience the showdown in person, there’s a good chance you’re looking for ways to watch the Super Bowl right here in the Bay Area. Keep reading for where to stream Super Bowl LVIII, ideas for bars that’ll be showing the game and hosting Super Bowl watch parties, and who is playing the halftime show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Looking for more ways to get ready? Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13951328/49ers-fans-super-bowl-events-activities\">KQED Arts’s 49 things to do before watching the big game\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974954/how-to-enjoy-the-super-bowl-in-the-bay-area-if-you-dont-follow-football\">what fair-weather football fans should know about supporting the Niners in true Bay Area fashion\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Where to watch the 2024 Super Bowl\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The 49ers vs. Chiefs Super Bowl kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. If you don’t have cable, you can stream the Super Bowl on the following online services. (Be sure to check if you can get a free trial version):\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A powerful storm fueled by an \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/atmospheric-rivers-explainer-pineapple-express-pacific-california-8ab9a1f5bcda656055f11b71ed5b31c0\">atmospheric river\u003c/a> pounded Southern California on Monday, causing widespread flooding, turning hillsides into rivers of mud and rocks, knocking out power to many and leading to evacuation orders in some areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area, including the Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills, were under a flash flood warning Monday morning. Up to 9 inches of rain had already fallen in the area, with more expected, according to the National Weather Service, which called the flash flooding and threat of mudslides “a particularly dangerous situation.”\u003cbr>\n[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Keki Mingus, resident of Studio City, Los Angeles\"]‘I can’t believe it. It looks like a river that’s been here for years. 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Gusts exceeding 80 mph were recorded in the mountains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just to the south in San Jose, emergency crews pulled occupants out of the windows of a car that was stranded by flooding and rescued people from a homeless encampment alongside a rising river.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11974720\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11974720\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Search and rescue workers investigate a car surrounded by floodwater\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/AP24035841785066-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Search and rescue workers investigate a car surrounded by floodwater as heavy rains caused the Guadalupe River to swell on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in San Jose, California. 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