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Not only is it a way for them to stretch, relax and mark territory, it’s also about you as their owner. “When your cat scratches where you sat or where you are, it’s to tell other cats that she loves you and you’re hers,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While cat owners around the world have found different ways to manage what kitties do with their claws (more on this below), the United States is unique in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/us-news/declawing-cats-provokes-a-billion-dollar-debate-596bff0c\">widespread reliance on declawing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some might assume this process is akin to filing down a cat’s claws, it’s actually a surgical procedure in which a veterinarian removes a segment of the bone on each toe, taking out the claw entirely. A similar procedure on a human would cut the fingers on a hand down to the first knuckle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#InwhatsituationsdoesCaliforniasnewlawstillallowdeclawing\">In what situations does California’s new law still allow declawing?\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Animal advocates have \u003ca href=\"https://pawproject.org/about-declawing/position-statement-on-declawing/\">long criticized this practice\u003c/a>, arguing that declawing is excessively cruel, negatively impacts a cat’s ability to take care of itself, and often results \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-16288-8\">in long-term pain\u003c/a>. Dozens of countries \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48528968\">have already banned cat declawing\u003c/a>, and on Jan. 1, 2026, California will prohibit this practice, following the lead of states like New York and Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066807 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1287\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty-1536x988.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“When your cat scratches where you sat or where you are, it’s to tell other cats that she loves you and you’re hers,” said Santa Monica-based veterinarian Jennifer Conrad. \u003ccite>(Huayang/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The problem is that too many people value human and furniture convenience over the well-being of their beloved cats,” said state Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San José, who authored \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB867\">the new law\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bans declawing for any cosmetic or convenience purpose,” Lee told KQED. “But if there’s some medical reason that amputation is necessary, then it can still happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as California moves to end declawing, how can you, as a responsible pet-owner, better manage your beloved cat’s claws — keeping them safe and happy while hopefully preventing expensive damage to your home? Keep reading to hear the expert advice veterinarians want you to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I stop my cat from scratching everywhere?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The short answer is: You can’t completely stop your cat from scratching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Scratching is a normal behavior for cats,” reiterated veterinarian Jennifer Scarlett, who is also the CEO of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. “It’s like yawning or stretching. This is part of their normal repertoire of behaviors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts recommend these two strategies:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Manage the sharpness of your cat’s nails\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Encourage your cat to scratch different things (e.g., \u003cem>not\u003c/em> furniture)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003ch2>1. How to cut down on sharpness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just like with human nails, cat claws can be clipped. Using \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/CatAdvice/comments/w3svsx/what_nail_clippers_do_you_use_on_your_cat/\">a specialized nail clipper\u003c/a>, you can gently trim the sharp tips on your kitty’s claws. This won’t stop them from scratching, but it will reduce the sharpness with which they scratch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you haven’t clipped your cat’s claws before, you will have to train them. And cats are — to put it gently — tricky when trying new things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066822 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting Jan. 1, veterinarians in the state will no longer be allowed to declaw cats. \u003ccite>(Wirestock/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, it’s not impossible, said Conrad, who also leads the Paw Project: an animal advocacy group that helped author the state’s declawing ban. “You can train a cat if you figure out what sort of reward the cat wants,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the cat is food-motivated, find out which treat the cat likes,” she recommended. “And then you can begin to train them to \u003cem>allow \u003c/em>you to trim their nails.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conrad advised starting by getting your cat comfortable with you just touching their paws. You can do this by offering a taste of their favorite treat after you touch their paws.[aside postID=arts_13978816 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/07/250713-streetcats_00111_TV_qed.jpg']“Your cat will want you to touch their paws because they get a lick of their treat,” she explained. “And then you build up a little bit and say to them, ‘If I clip one nail, you get a lick.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, it’s normal for cats to feel anxious while you touch their paws, so don’t be dissuaded if your pet is initially reluctant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t try to clip all of their nails in one fell swoop,” SF SPCA’s Scarlett said. “What you want to do is build on good experiences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meaning, “If you can clip two claws, that’s great,” she said. “Stop on a good note.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason to take it slow: When we push a kitty beyond what they’re comfortable with, they most likely will end up really hating getting their claws trimmed, explained Scarlett. “Don’t ever do it if it’s gonna be a fight. It’s just not worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if the nail clipper is not working out for you? Remember that you can also try gently filing their claws with an emery board (and while you’re at it, consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UTJXvM/\">a cat spa day\u003c/a>?). But if it feels that your cat is really not having it, don’t be afraid to ask your vet or a pet groomer for help reducing the sharpness of their claws.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. How to redirect where your kitty scratches\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did you buy a scratching post that your cat has refused to use?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First of all, it might be that they don’t like what the post is made out of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get different types of scratching posts, some cats like sisal, others like jute twine and some like wood or cardboard,” Scarlett said. “Get a variety and put them in different places that your cat likes to be in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066825\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4-1536x1008.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cats lounge on a sofa at The Cat House on the Kings on Aug. 25, 2017, in Parlier, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Observe what kind of material your cat enjoys scratching the most. It might be that they’re drawn to a surface similar to the furniture they like to scratch on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Give them lots of options to do the right thing and make the couch — and things that you don’t want them to scratch on — a little less desirable,” Scarlett added. If you are keeping a tight budget, remember that it’s also possible to make a scratching post on your own: materials like corrugated cardboard, felt and wood are often available at your local crafts or home improvement store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And to convince your pet that your furniture is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> scratch-friendly, you can place double-sided sticky tape on surfaces they are drawn to. Another option is to make a homemade mix of citrus and water that you can gently spray on furniture. While citrus is not harmful to cats, they are not the biggest fans of the smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing I don’t recommend is punishment. You can shoo them away, but remember it’s a normal behavior. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While cat owners around the world have found different ways to manage what kitties do with their claws (more on this below), the United States is unique in its \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/us-news/declawing-cats-provokes-a-billion-dollar-debate-596bff0c\">widespread reliance on declawing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some might assume this process is akin to filing down a cat’s claws, it’s actually a surgical procedure in which a veterinarian removes a segment of the bone on each toe, taking out the claw entirely. A similar procedure on a human would cut the fingers on a hand down to the first knuckle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#InwhatsituationsdoesCaliforniasnewlawstillallowdeclawing\">In what situations does California’s new law still allow declawing?\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Animal advocates have \u003ca href=\"https://pawproject.org/about-declawing/position-statement-on-declawing/\">long criticized this practice\u003c/a>, arguing that declawing is excessively cruel, negatively impacts a cat’s ability to take care of itself, and often results \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-16288-8\">in long-term pain\u003c/a>. Dozens of countries \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48528968\">have already banned cat declawing\u003c/a>, and on Jan. 1, 2026, California will prohibit this practice, following the lead of states like New York and Massachusetts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066807 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1287\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatClawsGetty-1536x988.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“When your cat scratches where you sat or where you are, it’s to tell other cats that she loves you and you’re hers,” said Santa Monica-based veterinarian Jennifer Conrad. \u003ccite>(Huayang/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The problem is that too many people value human and furniture convenience over the well-being of their beloved cats,” said state Assemblymember Alex Lee, D-San José, who authored \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB867\">the new law\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bans declawing for any cosmetic or convenience purpose,” Lee told KQED. “But if there’s some medical reason that amputation is necessary, then it can still happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as California moves to end declawing, how can you, as a responsible pet-owner, better manage your beloved cat’s claws — keeping them safe and happy while hopefully preventing expensive damage to your home? Keep reading to hear the expert advice veterinarians want you to know.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can I stop my cat from scratching everywhere?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The short answer is: You can’t completely stop your cat from scratching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Scratching is a normal behavior for cats,” reiterated veterinarian Jennifer Scarlett, who is also the CEO of the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. “It’s like yawning or stretching. This is part of their normal repertoire of behaviors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts recommend these two strategies:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Manage the sharpness of your cat’s nails\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Encourage your cat to scratch different things (e.g., \u003cem>not\u003c/em> furniture)\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003ch2>1. How to cut down on sharpness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just like with human nails, cat claws can be clipped. Using \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/CatAdvice/comments/w3svsx/what_nail_clippers_do_you_use_on_your_cat/\">a specialized nail clipper\u003c/a>, you can gently trim the sharp tips on your kitty’s claws. This won’t stop them from scratching, but it will reduce the sharpness with which they scratch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you haven’t clipped your cat’s claws before, you will have to train them. And cats are — to put it gently — tricky when trying new things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066822 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Starting Jan. 1, veterinarians in the state will no longer be allowed to declaw cats. \u003ccite>(Wirestock/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, it’s not impossible, said Conrad, who also leads the Paw Project: an animal advocacy group that helped author the state’s declawing ban. “You can train a cat if you figure out what sort of reward the cat wants,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the cat is food-motivated, find out which treat the cat likes,” she recommended. “And then you can begin to train them to \u003cem>allow \u003c/em>you to trim their nails.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conrad advised starting by getting your cat comfortable with you just touching their paws. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Your cat will want you to touch their paws because they get a lick of their treat,” she explained. “And then you build up a little bit and say to them, ‘If I clip one nail, you get a lick.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, it’s normal for cats to feel anxious while you touch their paws, so don’t be dissuaded if your pet is initially reluctant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t try to clip all of their nails in one fell swoop,” SF SPCA’s Scarlett said. “What you want to do is build on good experiences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meaning, “If you can clip two claws, that’s great,” she said. “Stop on a good note.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason to take it slow: When we push a kitty beyond what they’re comfortable with, they most likely will end up really hating getting their claws trimmed, explained Scarlett. “Don’t ever do it if it’s gonna be a fight. It’s just not worth it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if the nail clipper is not working out for you? Remember that you can also try gently filing their claws with an emery board (and while you’re at it, consider \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UTJXvM/\">a cat spa day\u003c/a>?). But if it feels that your cat is really not having it, don’t be afraid to ask your vet or a pet groomer for help reducing the sharpness of their claws.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. How to redirect where your kitty scratches\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Did you buy a scratching post that your cat has refused to use?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First of all, it might be that they don’t like what the post is made out of.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can get different types of scratching posts, some cats like sisal, others like jute twine and some like wood or cardboard,” Scarlett said. “Get a variety and put them in different places that your cat likes to be in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066825\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066825\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1312\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty4-1536x1008.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cats lounge on a sofa at The Cat House on the Kings on Aug. 25, 2017, in Parlier, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Observe what kind of material your cat enjoys scratching the most. It might be that they’re drawn to a surface similar to the furniture they like to scratch on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Give them lots of options to do the right thing and make the couch — and things that you don’t want them to scratch on — a little less desirable,” Scarlett added. If you are keeping a tight budget, remember that it’s also possible to make a scratching post on your own: materials like corrugated cardboard, felt and wood are often available at your local crafts or home improvement store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And to convince your pet that your furniture is \u003cem>not\u003c/em> scratch-friendly, you can place double-sided sticky tape on surfaces they are drawn to. Another option is to make a homemade mix of citrus and water that you can gently spray on furniture. While citrus is not harmful to cats, they are not the biggest fans of the smell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing I don’t recommend is punishment. You can shoo them away, but remember it’s a normal behavior. 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For one thing, cats usually don’t like scratching posts that are hidden away, since scratching is also used to mark territory, Paw Project’s Conrad said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So you can’t ask them to use a scratching post that’s in the garage behind the dryer,” she said. “It has to be centrally located because what they’re doing is they’re telling other cats — and the world — that you are their human, and this is their territory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"InwhatsituationsdoesCaliforniasnewlawstillallowdeclawing\">\u003c/a>In what situations does California’s new law still allow declawing?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>AB 687 does allow declawing, but only when it’s considered “medically necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A cat may have an injury to a claw, a deep infection, or a tumor where we would need to amputate — that would be a medical necessity,” Scarlett said. “Declawing because you don’t want your cat to scratch the couch: that’s an elective procedure, and that’s being banned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066827\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066827\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/CatsGetty5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cat in the adoption center at CatCon Worldwide 2018 at Pasadena Convention Center on Aug. 4, 2018, in Pasadena, California. \u003ccite>(Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If a vet continues to offer declawing for aesthetic or convenience purposes, they could potentially have their professional license suspended or removed by the California Veterinary Medical Board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This law does not prevent cat owners from seeking out the procedure in other states where it’s still widely permitted. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Efforts to ban PFAS statewide have advanced this year: in October, Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/california-bans-pfas-firefighting-gear-protect-health/509-e8913821-b052-4786-a02e-427ca3eba5db\">signed\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://a17.asmdc.org/press-releases/20250916-california-bill-removing-cancerous-chemicals-firefighter-uniforms-passes\">AB 1881\u003c/a>, introduced by San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney, which banned the use of PFAS in firefighting equipment for all California firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And across the U.S., other departments have begun to make the transition: earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pfas-cancer-massachusetts-san-francisco-american-cancer-society-b2816452.html\">Providence, Rhode Island\u003c/a>, rolled out new gear, and in 2024, Massachusetts passed a\u003ca href=\"https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2902\"> ban\u003c/a> on the use of PFAS in firefighting PPE, set to take effect in 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’ve been some setbacks — finding alternatives to a moisture barrier without using PFAS has been a challenge, according to SFFD, and in other cities, some gear purchased to replace the toxic suits has tested \u003ca href=\"https://www.firerescue1.com/personal-protective-equipment-ppe/mass-fds-pfas-free-gear-fails-lab-test-shows-high-toxic-levels\">positive\u003c/a> for the chemicals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But SFFD said a new flame-resistant, non-PFAS moisture barrier introduced by textile innovator Milliken & Company last October made it possible for the department’s manufacturer, Fire-Dex, to meet all of its requirements to deliver on the new gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The equipment was purchased with a $2.35 million FEMA grant and matching funds from SFFD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This distribution represents more than new gear,” Crispen said. “A protected workforce is the foundation of a protected community. By investing in the well-being of our firefighters, we strengthen the health, resilience, and safety of San Francisco as a whole.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The suspension, handed down at a time of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032030/uc-berkeley-faculty-rally-to-defend-free-speech-and-protest-cuts\">heightened tensions over free speech on campus\u003c/a>, drew criticism from groups and faculty advocates, who immediately called for his reinstatement and launched a hunger strike in solidarity on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some argued that the university’s decision was a blatant violation of Kao’s First Amendment rights and part of a broader effort to chill pro-Palestinian speech on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nxdR0hTEkSqv4LcHqp3t7SNU1BcWbrI0/view\">an October letter\u003c/a> from UC Berkeley Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Benjamin Hermalin, Kao misused the classroom “by distorting the instructional process” and deviated from “the responsibilities inherent in academic freedom” during the spring 2024 and fall 2025 semesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kao maintains that he followed university policy by making the comments outside of official class time. He said his suspension is part of what’s called “\u003ca href=\"https://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-times/article/8/1/1/400618/Beyond-the-Palestine-Exception\">the Palestine exception\u003c/a>,” or the selective enforcement of rules to restrict Palestinian advocacy. Kao questioned whether he would have been suspended if he criticized the U.S. government or international issues that have drawn \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/09/23/with-3-million-gift-berkeley-prepares-to-build-premier-ukrainian-studies-program/\">condemnation\u003c/a> by the university, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066692 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Peyrin-at-Regents-meeting-still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Peyrin-at-Regents-meeting-still.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Peyrin-at-Regents-meeting-still-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Peyrin-at-Regents-meeting-still-1536x864.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Peyrin-at-Regents-meeting-still-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peyrin Kao speaking at a UC Regents meeting on Sept. 17, 2025, at UCSF Mission Bay. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Peyrin Kao )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s this gaping exception in this so-called free speech that our university and our country champions,” Kao told KQED. “The university loves to talk about how they are ‘the free speech university,’ ‘the home of the free speech movement,’ … but when it comes to Palestine: ‘Sorry, we’re drawing the line, your free speech does not apply.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley spokesperson Janet Gilmore declined to comment, saying the university doesn’t comment on confidential personnel matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Hermalin’s report, Kao was accused of twice violating Regents’ Policy 2301, a \u003ca href=\"https://evcp.berkeley.edu/news/political-advocacy-academic-freedom-and-instruction\">rule\u003c/a> that explicitly prohibits “political indoctrination” as misuse of the classroom and has been frequently cited by the university to regulate campus protest in the wake of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent analysis by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062192/uc-berkeley-law-school-says-school-likely-violated-civil-rights-of-pro-palestinian-protesters\">Berkeley law students found that the university’s administration\u003c/a> enforces the rule more harshly against faculty who speak in support of Palestinians, and Zahra Billoo, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Bay Area office, said the policy’s vague language lends itself to weaponization against Palestine advocacy.[aside postID=news_12062192 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/uc-berkeley-malak-afaneh-handout_qed-1020x680.jpg']“One very important question: Is the policy being enforced in an even-handed way?” said Eugene Volokh, a former First Amendment law scholar at UCLA. “I do think that people ought to be asking, well, are you doing this fairly with regard to all viewpoints?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Volokh and other free speech advocates, however, questioned whether an argument for pedagogical autonomy works in this case, and argued that Kao’s use of the classroom to advocate for his political beliefs may have gone a step too far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, the protection of free speech and academic freedom of students and faculty is essential to providing for the education of students and teaching them how to think — the university’s chief role, Volokh said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the same time, we have to recognize that in order for the educational process to work, there have to be limits on what is said in the classroom,” he continued. “In a classroom, I’m talking to a captive audience of students who are there to learn a particular subject, presumably not for political indoctrination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspension is not Kao’s first brush with the administration over his vocal support for Palestinian human rights: the letter notes a 2023 censure by a former chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences over the school’s anti-advocacy policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of the school year, Kao’s name appeared on a list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055827/uc-berkeley-gives-trump-administration-160-names-in-antisemitism-investigation\">160 staff and faculty members whose identities UC Berkeley disclosed to the federal Department of Education\u003c/a> as part of what the university described as an antisemitism investigation. Around the same time, Kao began a 38-day hunger strike to protest the war and “how our tech is being to fuel genocide in Gaza,” the lecturer told KQED’s The Bay in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058103\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250929_UCBERKELEY_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250929_UCBERKELEY_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250929_UCBERKELEY_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250929_UCBERKELEY_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sather Tower at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Sept. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In April 2024, after dismissing students of an introductory computer science course at the end of his last lecture of the semester, Kao spoke for about four minutes about ethics in technology — using Google’s collaboration with the Israeli military as an example — and expressed solidarity with fellow educators in Gaza, according to the university’s report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kao made those comments after the end of class, and prefaced his remarks by saying that students were free to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But again, if you want to go, then I don’t take any offense. It’s all good. And I will try not to waste too much of your time because it’s after 2 [pm],” Kao said, according to a transcription created by the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, Kao drew attention to his hunger strike in class, informing students that he was in poor health due to his activism — without explicitly stating that the act was in protest of the war in Gaza.[aside postID=news_12066592 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-9_qed.jpg']“Just a heads up that the lectures I give may be a little bit wobbly and poor quality,” Kao allegedly said during a class in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on these statements, the university determined that Kao “misused” his authority over students. Even without explicit acknowledgement of the advocacy during class time, the “visible toll” of the hunger strike, and Kao’s own admission that the strike may have affected his teaching, was enough for the university to determine it a violation of policy, Hermalin wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University Council–American Federation of Teachers, the union that represents lecturers, filed a grievance against the “wrongful discipline” of Kao, said field representative Jessica Conte. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.stem4pal.org/\">STEM 4 Palestine\u003c/a>, a campus group that Kao co-founded, announced a hunger strike beginning Wednesday, in solidarity with Kao and other “repressed academics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Peyrin is known as a committed educator. He is not just committed to students at Berkeley,” the group told KQED by email. “Putting his own body on the line, he demonstrated public commitment to the students of Palestine, whose universities have been bombed into rubble using technology our university builds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kao maintained that all of the discussions in question took place outside of official class time, during an optional lecture that many students elected not to attend, and that the hunger strike took place entirely outside of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were very careful not to talk about it in class with any of our students or any of my students or my staff. And it was something that I think is totally protected by the First Amendment, because I’m doing it in my own capacity,” Kao said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456-800x543.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456-1020x693.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2149730456-1920x1304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a tent encampment in front of Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on April 22, 2024, in Berkeley, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He also pushed back against the university’s claims that his ethics discussion — and his presentation on cloud-computing contracts between Google and Amazon with Israel — was not germane to the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are companies that our students are going to work for. We’re giving our students the tools that they’re then going to use to go and work for these companies and others that are complicit in this ongoing American-Israeli genocide in Gaza,” Kao said. “When you don’t talk about this, that is also making a political decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Academic freedom enshrined in the First Amendment protects a professor’s right to discuss pedagogically relevant material during class, and allows some breathing room — as long as it’s furthering the purpose of the course, said Zach Greenberg, director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.thefire.org/defending-your-rights/legal-support/faculty-legal-defense-fund\">Faculty Legal Defense Fund\u003c/a> at advocacy group FIRE. However, the university has some leeway to limit free speech of faculty within the bounds of the institution’s own academic freedom and, ultimately, to make the judgment call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question that we always ask when it comes to political speech is, what’s related to the class and what were they speaking as a professor or as a private citizen?” Greenberg said. “And if you’re going on tangents during class or expressing a political advocacy to students during class as a professor, you’re on company time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a California state employee, Kao was entitled to a Skelly hearing, in which the proposed disciplinary action is reviewed by a third party. The lecturer met with Eric Meyer, the dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Information, but his appeal was denied, Kao said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s currently working to \u003ca href=\"https://chuffed.org/project/157643-make-back-peyrins-salary\">fundraise\u003c/a> the salary he will lose for the next semester, about $68,000, Kao said, which he vowed to donate to mutual-aid efforts in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/tgoldberg\">\u003cem>Ted Goldberg\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Just a heads up that the lectures I give may be a little bit wobbly and poor quality,” Kao allegedly said during a class in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on these statements, the university determined that Kao “misused” his authority over students. Even without explicit acknowledgement of the advocacy during class time, the “visible toll” of the hunger strike, and Kao’s own admission that the strike may have affected his teaching, was enough for the university to determine it a violation of policy, Hermalin wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University Council–American Federation of Teachers, the union that represents lecturers, filed a grievance against the “wrongful discipline” of Kao, said field representative Jessica Conte. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.stem4pal.org/\">STEM 4 Palestine\u003c/a>, a campus group that Kao co-founded, announced a hunger strike beginning Wednesday, in solidarity with Kao and other “repressed academics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Peyrin is known as a committed educator. He is not just committed to students at Berkeley,” the group told KQED by email. “Putting his own body on the line, he demonstrated public commitment to the students of Palestine, whose universities have been bombed into rubble using technology our university builds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kao maintained that all of the discussions in question took place outside of official class time, during an optional lecture that many students elected not to attend, and that the hunger strike took place entirely outside of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were very careful not to talk about it in class with any of our students or any of my students or my staff. 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However, the university has some leeway to limit free speech of faculty within the bounds of the institution’s own academic freedom and, ultimately, to make the judgment call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question that we always ask when it comes to political speech is, what’s related to the class and what were they speaking as a professor or as a private citizen?” Greenberg said. “And if you’re going on tangents during class or expressing a political advocacy to students during class as a professor, you’re on company time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a California state employee, Kao was entitled to a Skelly hearing, in which the proposed disciplinary action is reviewed by a third party. 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"content": "\u003cp>A federal judge on Wednesday \u003ca href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450934/gov.uscourts.cand.450934.225.0_3.pdf\">ordered\u003c/a> President Donald Trump to end his deployment of 300 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles and return control to Gov. Gavin Newsom, ruling that there is no evidence to justify the ongoing military presence among civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, which followed a Friday \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066202/california-renews-push-to-bring-national-guard-back-under-newsoms-command\">hearing,\u003c/a> bluntly rejects the Trump administration’s argument that the troops’ presence in Los Angeles remains necessary in order to enforce federal laws and flatly dismisses their contention that the courts have no place to review such an order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one,” Breyer wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Six months after they first federalized the California National Guard, defendants still retain control of approximately 300 Guardsmen, despite no evidence that execution of federal law is impeded in any way — let alone significantly. What’s more, defendants have sent California Guardsmen into other states, effectively creating a national police force made up of state troops,” he added in his scathing opening remarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California leaders celebrated the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once again, a court has firmly rejected the president’s attempt to make the National Guard a traveling national police force,” said Attorney General Rob Bonta. “The president is not king. And he cannot federalize the National Guard whenever, wherever, and for however long he wants, without justification. This is a good day for our democracy and the strength of the rule of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058864\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058864\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta is briefed by members of his Civil Rights Enforcement Section on litigation challenging the Trump administration at his offices in downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ruling will not take effect until Monday, giving the Trump administration time to appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043920/judge-weighs-californias-lawsuit-over-trumps-troop-deployment-in-la\">halted\u003c/a> a previous, temporary ruling by Breyer that also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043935/how-solid-is-californias-legal-case-against-trump-deploying-troops-to-la\">blocked the president from using the troops\u003c/a>. The appeals court later \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/06/9th-circuit-los-angeles-national-guard/\">ruled in favor\u003c/a> of the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appeals court is also considering a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054322/judge-rules-trump-violated-law-by-sending-troops-to-los-angeles\">separate decision\u003c/a> from Breyer that prohibited the administration from using troops to patrol civilians in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice declined to comment on the ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At issue in the current ruling is whether Trump had the authority to call up 300 members of the California National Guard over Newsom’s objections in June, amid immigration raids and subsequent protests in L.A. The state sued after that initial deployment. In August, the president extended the deployment through Nov. 4 — Election Day in California — and then, in October, moved again to lengthen the deployment through Feb. 2, 2026.[aside postID=news_12066492 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240212-ImmigrationCourt-31-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg']Loyola Law School professor Jessica Levinson said that although the 9th Circuit might accord the Trump administration more deference on appeal, Breyer’s order painstakingly spells out why the government has not met the necessary standard under the law it used to justify the deployment: that it was unable to execute federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we have here is a decision that basically says the Trump administration doesn’t get to just point to statutory language and say that the conditions are satisfied,” she said. “And Judge Breyer spends a good deal of time in this 35-page decision saying, I think you are able to execute federal law through the regular forces. And what happened on the ground doesn’t rise to the level of what you need to, as a president, do to take this fairly extraordinary step of federalizing National Guard members — again, when a governor doesn’t want you to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breyer homed in on that question of whether there was an ongoing inability to execute federal laws in L.A., noting that in mid-August, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem “announced that the immigration enforcement mission had succeeded: the administration had ‘Removed the Worst of the Worst Illegal Aliens,’ arresting ‘4,481 illegal aliens in the Los Angeles area’ since June 6.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In August of 2025, the situation in Los Angeles was calm,” Breyer wrote, adding that the administration at that point justified the extension of the deployment through Election Day by citing the June protests and a July incident in Ventura County — 50 miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The October extension order, he wrote, was similarly justified based on past events, minor recent incidents and the situation in another state, Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052297\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardLAAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardLAAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardLAAP-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/NationalGuardLAAP-1536x1020.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters stand off against California National Guard soldiers at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles during a “No Kings” protest on June 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Richard Vogel/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Breyer noted that the law cited by the Trump administration states that the president may call up National Guard troops when he “is unable” to execute federal law, writing that it’s clear “that the word ‘is’ conveys the present tense,” and that mere risk of future violence cannot justify something as serious as using military troops to police civilians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is also a core right of the people to be able to gather in protest of their government and its policies — even when doing so is provocative, and even when doing so causes inconvenience,” Breyer wrote. “It is profoundly un-American to suggest that people peacefully exercising their fundamental right to protest constitute a risk justifying the federalization of military forces. Such logic, if accepted, would dangerously water down this precondition for federalization and run headfirst into the First Amendment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has also deployed troops to Illinois, Oregon and Washington, D.C., over local objections. Lawsuits related to those cases are pending; the Illinois case is before the U.S. Supreme Court. California has filed in support of all of those cases, and also secured a ruling in October blocking the deployment of California National Guard troops to Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levinson said those cases will remain separate because the legality of the deployment hinges on the facts on the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So these cases can’t really be consolidated,” she said. “This is not just a question of what does the law say. It’s a question of what does the law allow under different circumstances. … And so, what we see in all of these cases is federal judges looking at what’s actually happening. Are these protests turning violent? 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"content": "\u003cp>A hearing in the case of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested for breaking into and vandalizing the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/stanford-university\">Stanford University\u003c/a> president’s office was marked Tuesday by heated discussions over the word genocide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the court session focused on pretrial motions — which attorneys and the judge use to lay out the ground rules for a trial — a debate over whether the term genocide should be allowed during the proceedings elicited the most impassioned arguments from defense attorneys and a deputy district attorney alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point, defense attorneys and the county prosecutor verbally sparred over whether Israel’s actions in Gaza being characterized as a genocide is a settled fact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Using the word genocide is the same as saying the sky is blue. It is what it is,” Leah Gillis, a defense attorney in the case, said in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Robert Baker, the prosecutor heading up the case for the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, said Gillis’ comment was offensive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s absolutely absurd. And I think there’s people who were murdered in World War II that would probably think that the word genocide is a lot different than just the word blue,” Baker said, raising his voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flashpoint between attorneys in court stemmed from discussions on Tuesday about one of the central fights in the case thus far: the motivations of the protesters during their action on June 5, 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066600\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066600\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/251209-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Robert Baker listens during a Dec. 9, 2025, pretrial hearing in San José in the case of a group of pro-Palestinian protesters charged with vandalism and conspiracy for breaking into the Stanford University president’s office last year. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gillis and other defense attorneys representing the five former and current Stanford students in the trial have emphasized in court filings and in court on Tuesday that their clients’ actions were motivated by what they believe is a genocide in Gaza, and their protest was aimed at saving Palestinian lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prosecution has questioned the validity of those arguments and has tried to limit the scope of what the jury could be influenced by during the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very clear the whole point of this argument is to prevent the defense from blaming a country that is currently litigating that very point,” Baker said of Israel’s dispute over its actions being labeled as genocide. “It is currently the subject of litigation in the United Nations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Hanley Chew ultimately agreed to allow the use of the word genocide, he asked defense attorneys to be “very judicious” about it, and warned that if he felt they overused it, he would change his mind.[aside postID=news_12064351 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed.jpg']“I’m not going to exclude the use of the word genocide, but I don’t want the word genocide paraded throughout this trial. And if it is, I will exclude it,” Chew said. “As all of you have pointed out, the word genocide is very powerful and is very politically charged. And if I feel that the parties are exploiting that word with their own use … I will exclude its further use.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courtroom at the Hall of Justice in San José was packed with several dozen people on Tuesday, nearly all of whom appeared to be supporting the protesters and donning keffiyehs, patterned black and white scarves that have become a visible signifier of Palestinian solidarity and resistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group of what was 12 protesters said on social media at the time they entered the university offices that they wanted Stanford leaders to “address their role in enabling and profiting from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action came amid a series of larger campus demonstrations aimed at pressuring the school to divest from companies that support Israel’s military bombardment in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorneys emphasized that international bodies and experts, such as the International Association of Genocide Scholars and an independent United Nations commission, have labeled Israel’s actions genocide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a word like genocide is “setting the stage” for what was in the minds of their clients when they took their actions, Gillis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062229\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-6-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-6-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-6-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-6-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Hoover Tower on the Stanford University campus in Stanford on Oct. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The prosecution asked the court to bar all use of the word genocide, arguing it is “inflammatory” and could prejudice the case, and also sought to exclude explanations of the motives of the protesters during testimony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker said the motives of the protesters are irrelevant to a jury trying to decide whether they are guilty of felony vandalism and conspiracy charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they were protesting the Gaza War, if they were protesting the 2020 election, if they were protesting President Biden, if they were protesting President Trump, it makes no difference,” Baker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to transform this trial into a political forum rather than a search for the truth and determinative facts,” Baker said. “I think there needs to be significant limitations to sanitize what is presented to a jury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Chew took a middle stance in his ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12062228\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12062228\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251029_STANFORDFILE-_GH-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk and bike past the fountain outside Memorial Auditorium at Stanford University in Stanford on Oct. 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to do a blanket prohibition on defendants speaking about their motivation. However, I will severely limit that ability to speak about motivation,” Chew said, noting he would ban any hearsay evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chew also decided to exclude, for now, testimony from a professor of human rights whom Gillis argued the defense should be able to use during the trial as an expert witness, to help establish facts around “Palestine and the genocide and the motivations of these young people in their request to Stanford to divest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point during the hearing, some people in the audience of the courtroom chuckled, sighed or let out brief comments in response to arguments from Baker, prompting Chew to later issue a warning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the court, and you should act in accordance with the fact that you are in a courtroom. If there are any additional outbursts, I will clear this courtroom. You understand that?” Chew said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hunter Taylor-Black, one of the defendants, said the trial amounts to “political persecution.”[aside postID=news_12065375 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/240508-Berkeley-High-File-MD-03_qed.jpg']Taylor-Black said the case from prosecutors feels “meant to discourage future student activists from acting on the things they believe in in the ways that student activists have acted in the past.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While students at campuses across the country were arrested last spring for Gaza-related demonstrations, few of those arrests resulted in felony charges or trials, making the Stanford case unusual. And defense attorneys argued earlier this year that the District Attorney’s office was overcharging the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five defendants chose to go to trial last month, after six other protesters who were charged in the case entered into mental health diversion programs, or indicated they would take a court-offered deal that would include pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges, with a pathway to potential dismissal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One other protester, Jack Richardson, served as a witness for prosecutors in a grand jury indictment and is now enrolled in a youth deferred entry of judgment program. Such programs allow young people to eventually have a charge dismissed if they do not commit crimes while free, and often include rehabilitative requirements like counseling and community service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Germán González, also a defendant in the trial, said after the court hearing that it was disheartening to hear “genocide denialism” in the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Throughout this sort of fear and anxiety that I do feel in the courtroom, I am just reminding myself that it is a privilege,” González said. “Nothing that happens in a courtroom or what happened to me is as severe as what’s happening to the Palestinians, who are facing genocide right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More pretrial conferences are scheduled this week, including a hearing over whether or not the provost of Stanford, Jenny Martinez, will be called to testify as a witness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jury selection in the trial is set to begin in early January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Casey Pitts quizzed lawyers for the government, as well as for the Bay Area civil rights organizations that brought the lawsuits alleging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has essentially turned mandatory court hearings and ICE check-ins into traps — ensnaring people who are following the rules in hopes of winning a legal way to stay in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cases are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060821/bay-area-advocates-head-to-court-to-halt-trump-administrations-immigration-policies\">part of a larger legal pushback\u003c/a> by immigrant advocacy groups across the country, challenging the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been handcuffing asylum seekers and others in the halls of immigration courthouses and at required check-ins with ICE, resulting in more than 100 arrests in Northern and Central California. 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This Administration is once again implementing the rule of law.”[aside postID=news_12062774 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/CORECIVICCALCITY1-KQED.jpg']With regard to rearresting immigrants who are following the law and abiding by the terms of their release, the government lawyers deny there’s a new policy and say the Trump administration is simply reinterpreting the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bernwanger said the administration has radically reversed a four-decade-long policy of not redetaining immigrants unless there is a material change in their circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Congress has never interpreted the detention statutes that way,” she said. “Immigration agencies, under every prior president since these immigration statutes were enacted, have never interpreted the laws that way. 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"content": "\u003cp>Californians overwhelmingly view \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> and his policies negatively, according to a new poll that also found growing enthusiasm in the state for the 2026 midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-december-2025/?utm_source=ppic&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=epub\">poll from the Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>, meanwhile, also suggests the race for governor remains \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12065058/california-governors-race-is-still-up-for-grabs\">up for grabs\u003c/a>. Former Rep. Katie Porter leads a crowded field, though the survey was conducted last month, before Rep. Eric Swalwell and businessman Tom Steyer, both fellow Democrats, entered the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Porter had 21% support among likely voters, followed by former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, and businessman Steve Hilton, a Republican, tied at 14 %.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mark Baldassare, the PPIC survey director, noted that 40% of voters said they were not satisfied with their choices of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s a wide-open race, and many people say that they’re currently not satisfied with the choices that they had, so we’ll see how people feel now that there are more choices,” he said, noting that Porter likely benefited from her run for U.S. Senate last year, which helped raise her profile among voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, smiles as she prepares to address supporters at an election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Long Beach, California. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The other important thing to keep in mind is that many Californians are saying they’re looking for somebody with experience and a proven track record, but not necessarily somebody who’s gonna continue to do what Gavin Newsom has done, although he remains popular as governor,” Baldassare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PPIC survey also found Trump with the lowest approval ratings since his term started nearly a year ago: 25% of California adults and 29% of likely voters approve of his performance, down from 30% and 33% at the start of the year, respectively. Those numbers are driven by partisan identity: Just 4% of Democrats and 21% of independent voters approve of the president, while 79% of GOP voters say they approve of Trump’s performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two-thirds of Californians and likely voters also disapprove of some of the president’s key policy pushes, including the job Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing and the deployment of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066202/california-renews-push-to-bring-national-guard-back-under-newsoms-command\">National Guard troops\u003c/a> to U.S. cities, including Los Angeles. And 70% of both groups say Congress should take action to extend the tax credits for Affordable Care Act insurance, which are set to expire at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of what we’re seeing in terms of the president’s approval rating, and for that matter Congress, has to do with a misalignment between the priorities of Californians, policy-wise, and what they’re seeing coming out of Washington right now,” Baldassare said.[aside postID=news_12066235 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/GettyImages-1153108468-1020x671.jpg']Given those concerns about the direction of the federal government, Baldassare said it’s perhaps unsurprising that Californians are more enthusiastic than usual about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060682/california-at-forefront-as-democrats-tap-doctors-for-high-stakes-house-races\">2026 midterm elections\u003c/a>, particularly the battle for control of the House of Representatives. About 6 in 10 voters say they want to see Democrats regain control of Congress, and more than 60% said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063016/how-prop-50s-win-reshapes-californias-2026-elections\">passing Proposition 50\u003c/a> was “mostly a good thing” for California, with more than half saying it was worth the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve asked this question in other special elections and didn’t get a similar response,” Baldassare said. “We’re seeing fairly positive ratings for the direction of the state overall and both Governor Newsom and the Legislature. And that’s pretty remarkable given how doom and gloom people are about the economy and democracy in general.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldassare said, however, that voters list different concerns when they are asked about the biggest problems facing the U.S. and the state. When asked about the most important problem facing the U.S. today, the largest segment — one-third of voters — cited political extremism and threats to democracy. For California, poll respondents cite the cost of living and economic conditions as the most important issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see very few people saying that they’re satisfied with the way democracy is working in the U.S.,” Baldassare said. “For me, most alarming in this poll was the increase that we saw in the number of people who thought that there’s going to be more political violence in the future. … Overall, Californians are feeling that, yeah, the economy is a problem, but what we’re seeing coming out of Washington right now really bothers us in terms of where democracy is headed, both for the president and the Congress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey of more than 1,600 Californians was conducted between Nov. 13 and Nov. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mark Baldassare, the PPIC survey director, noted that 40% of voters said they were not satisfied with their choices of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, it’s a wide-open race, and many people say that they’re currently not satisfied with the choices that they had, so we’ll see how people feel now that there are more choices,” he said, noting that Porter likely benefited from her run for U.S. Senate last year, which helped raise her profile among voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030712\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030712\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/AP25069706250720-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, smiles as she prepares to address supporters at an election night party, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Long Beach, California. \u003ccite>(Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The other important thing to keep in mind is that many Californians are saying they’re looking for somebody with experience and a proven track record, but not necessarily somebody who’s gonna continue to do what Gavin Newsom has done, although he remains popular as governor,” Baldassare said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PPIC survey also found Trump with the lowest approval ratings since his term started nearly a year ago: 25% of California adults and 29% of likely voters approve of his performance, down from 30% and 33% at the start of the year, respectively. Those numbers are driven by partisan identity: Just 4% of Democrats and 21% of independent voters approve of the president, while 79% of GOP voters say they approve of Trump’s performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than two-thirds of Californians and likely voters also disapprove of some of the president’s key policy pushes, including the job Immigration and Customs Enforcement is doing and the deployment of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12066202/california-renews-push-to-bring-national-guard-back-under-newsoms-command\">National Guard troops\u003c/a> to U.S. cities, including Los Angeles. And 70% of both groups say Congress should take action to extend the tax credits for Affordable Care Act insurance, which are set to expire at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of what we’re seeing in terms of the president’s approval rating, and for that matter Congress, has to do with a misalignment between the priorities of Californians, policy-wise, and what they’re seeing coming out of Washington right now,” Baldassare said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Given those concerns about the direction of the federal government, Baldassare said it’s perhaps unsurprising that Californians are more enthusiastic than usual about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060682/california-at-forefront-as-democrats-tap-doctors-for-high-stakes-house-races\">2026 midterm elections\u003c/a>, particularly the battle for control of the House of Representatives. About 6 in 10 voters say they want to see Democrats regain control of Congress, and more than 60% said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063016/how-prop-50s-win-reshapes-californias-2026-elections\">passing Proposition 50\u003c/a> was “mostly a good thing” for California, with more than half saying it was worth the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve asked this question in other special elections and didn’t get a similar response,” Baldassare said. “We’re seeing fairly positive ratings for the direction of the state overall and both Governor Newsom and the Legislature. And that’s pretty remarkable given how doom and gloom people are about the economy and democracy in general.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baldassare said, however, that voters list different concerns when they are asked about the biggest problems facing the U.S. and the state. When asked about the most important problem facing the U.S. today, the largest segment — one-third of voters — cited political extremism and threats to democracy. For California, poll respondents cite the cost of living and economic conditions as the most important issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see very few people saying that they’re satisfied with the way democracy is working in the U.S.,” Baldassare said. “For me, most alarming in this poll was the increase that we saw in the number of people who thought that there’s going to be more political violence in the future. … Overall, Californians are feeling that, yeah, the economy is a problem, but what we’re seeing coming out of Washington right now really bothers us in terms of where democracy is headed, both for the president and the Congress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey of more than 1,600 Californians was conducted between Nov. 13 and Nov. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health is urging people to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-023.aspx\">avoid foraging for and eating wild mushrooms\u003c/a> this season after 21 people have been hospitalized with severe liver damage from a toxic mushroom known as the “death cap” — and one person has died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDPH issued the blanket advisory after detecting what the agency called two “significant clusters” of poisoning cases in Monterey and San Francisco counties, caused by the \u003ca href=\"https://bayareamushrooms.org/poisonings/amatoxin.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOj_p9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRWGFSZ3BDdkxQQjZUZEpLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHm6uB-fl8VEDH6lwTnkrtHe7PSQ62ldX_KGl8_DtWwfsMIrPL_FI8nT97Dmu_aem_6lPJH-zUJgryCje6CFebnA\">amatoxin\u003c/a> found in the fungi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Death cap mushrooms contain potentially deadly toxins that can lead to liver failure,” CDPH director and state public health officer Dr. Erica Pan said. “Because the death cap can easily be mistaken for edible safe mushrooms, we advise the public not to forage for wild mushrooms at all during this high-risk season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death cap mushroom, whose Latin name is \u003cem>Amanita phalloides\u003c/em>, is particularly dangerous because it can easily be confused with different, safe-to-eat mushrooms because of their similar appearance and normal taste, said Bruch Reed, chief operating officer at the \u003ca href=\"https://namyco.org/\">North American Mycological Association\u003c/a>. The state has warned that cooking, boiling, drying, or freezing these mushrooms will not make them safe to eat, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When in doubt, throw it out,” warned Reed, whose organization also has a toxicology committee. As a rule, he urged foragers at any time to never consume a mushroom they aren’t 100% sure is safe — meaning, if you’re reading this article to try to decide if you should eat a mushroom that might be a death cap, \u003cem>don’t.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t distinguish between the two, if you have any doubt whatsoever, it’s not worth dying over,” Reed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The toxic death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) is pictured in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Britt Bunyard, from the book “Amanitas of North America”)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re worried about friends and family who forage and who may not know about the state’s recent warning, read on for more information about the toxic mushroom, how to spot symptoms of death cap poisoning and what to do if you accidentally eat a dangerous mushroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you experience any symptoms yourself after eating wild or foraged mushrooms, go to a hospital immediately and call California Poison Control System’s free 24-hour line at 1-800-222-1222. They can direct you to the nearest hospital and will not share your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatdoesadeathcaplooklike\">What does a death cap look like?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatarethesymptomsofdeathcappoisoning\">What are the symptoms of death cap poisoning?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whattypesofmushroomsaredeathcapsconfusedwith\">What types of mushrooms are death caps confused with?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatdoesadeathcaplooklike\">\u003c/a>What are death cap mushrooms?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just like many other mushrooms you might find on the forest floor, or even on the shelves of the supermarket, death cap mushrooms are generally white, light yellow-green or even bronze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death cap has a cap and stalk, and “honestly, it looks like lots of other mushrooms,” said Britt Bunyard, a mycologist, former university professor and editor-in-chief of \u003cem>FUNGI Magazine\u003c/em>. He is also the author of “Amanitas of North America,” a book focused on the species that includes the death cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooking the mushroom does not eliminate its toxicity, reiterated Heather Hallen-Adams, associate professor of Practice in Food Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the toxicology chair for the North American Mycological Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hallen-Adams received a report of the poisoning last week from a hospital in Salinas, where staff were seeking identification of the mushrooms after treating patients with gastrointestinal symptoms who said they had eaten them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why are death caps so dangerous?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The death cap species causes 90-95% of mushroom-related fatalities worldwide, Bunyand said. The death cap mushroom itself has a mortality rate of around 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like lots of other mushrooms, so there’s nothing really to tell you that it’s dangerous,” Bunyard stressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066450\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The toxic death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) is pictured alongside the non-toxic Amanita vernicoccora, illustrating how commonly the two can be mistaken for each other. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Britt Bunyard, from the book “Amanitas of North America”)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That goes for its taste, too, Bunyard said. While it’s technically not harmful to put the mushroom in your mouth to chew it and spit it out — which he absolutely still doesn’t recommend — this won’t be helpful either, Bunyard said, because “it doesn’t taste foul or bitter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no hint that it’s poisonous in any way,” he said. “There’s no foul smell about them.” And despite their lethal danger, death cap mushrooms “actually smell quite nice and they taste quite nice,” Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are death caps dangerous to pets?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, these mushrooms are also dangerous to pets like dogs, Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, not all animals are harmed by death cap mushrooms — and he said it’s still not entirely clear what the purpose of the toxin itself serves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of those things that just so happens to be incredibly poisonous to mammals and especially humans, but not a lot of other organisms,” Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How common are deathcap mushrooms?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With more rain comes an uptick in mushrooms like these, the experts said.[aside postID=forum_2010101904477 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2024/01/Mushroom-Foraging-1020x574.jpg']\u003cem>Amanita phalloides\u003c/em> is an invasive species from Europe arriving in California around the 1930s, which has since spread rapidly up and down both the East and West Coasts, mostly near urban areas, but not yet deep or widespread in forests, Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re just inherently around places where people are,” Bunyard said — making their proximity to humans even more dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death cap also has a mutually dependent relationship with local trees, including the Coast Live Oak and pine trees, which are abundant across the Bay Area and state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, it just seems that this \u003cem>Amanita phalloides\u003c/em> is having a moment of fruiting in California right now,” Reed said. “No one would eat it on purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatarethesymptomsofdeathcappoisoning\">\u003c/a>What are the symptoms of deadly mushroom poisoning?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’ve eaten a toxic mushroom like the death cap, you may not feel symptoms immediately, Reed said. It might take six, eight or even 24 hours to start feeling sick, with flu-like symptoms that include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Vomiting\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aches\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stomach pain\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Watery diarrhea\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nausea\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dehydration\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In these recently reported poisonings, Hallen-Adams said symptoms didn’t show up until around 24 hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might even start to feel better, Reed said, thinking you just had the flu and not bothering to go to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066452 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Death Cap Amanitas resemble common edible field and button mushrooms, such as Agaricus californicus, which is toxic but not deadly. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Britt Bunyard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And then two or three days later, your organs shut down, and you probably don’t make it,” Reed said. “It’s insidiously misleading.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s advisory also warned of the “deceptive” brief improvement that victims of mushroom poisoning can experience. But once the poison gets in your system, Bunyard said, it targets your liver and other organs, recirculating through your bloodstream and essentially re-dosing you with the toxin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you’re starting to feel better, the damage has already been done, Bunyard said. Your liver is destroyed, and you may die from the other toxins already in your body that your liver can no longer treat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re basically either on dialysis the rest of your life, or you get a liver transplant or you die,” he said. “So not only is it potentially lethal, but it’s not a good way to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re able to identify the toxin early and get to a hospital right away, Bunyard said, death cap poisoning is treatable — “but you wouldn’t want to chance it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you experience any symptoms yourself after eating wild or foraged mushrooms, go to a hospital immediately and call the California Poison Control System’s free 24-hour line at 1-800-222-1222. They can direct you to the nearest hospital and will not share your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whattypesofmushroomsaredeathcapsconfusedwith\">\u003c/a>What types of mushrooms are death caps easily confused with?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, death caps look a lot like common edible field and button mushrooms like \u003cem>Agaricus campestris,\u003c/em> Bunyard said. They can also be confused with \u003cem>Amanita vernicoccora\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t know anything about mushrooms, it looks real similar,” Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t ever use AI to help you identify mushrooms, warned Reed — and never eat wild foraged mushrooms from people you don’t 100% trust to identify them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some common myths about mushroom foraging?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When giving lectures, Bunyard said, people always want to know the hard-and-fast rules of what not to eat. But the No. 1 truth about mushroom foraging, he said, is that there are no real rules of thumb — except one.[aside postID=news_12064291 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/SnowCampingGetty1.jpg']“The only rule of thumb is that you really have to know exactly what the mushroom is that you’re eating before eating it,” he said. “Otherwise, you could get in trouble.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He warned against following adages like cooking the fungi with silver and waiting for it to turn black as evidence of toxins, pure myth, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Bunyard reiterated that not every toxic mushroom gives you a warning that it’s harmful, either visually, by taste or by smell. Plus, the death cap in particular is completely safe to handle, smell and look at — and it’s not hurting anyone growing on a lawn or in a forest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, Reed said increasing mushroom knowledge via education — particularly local, in-person knowledge — can help prevent such “terrible” mistakes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story has been updated to clarify that the \u003c/em>Agaricus californicus\u003cem> mushroom , while not deadly, is still toxic.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The California Department of Public Health is urging people to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR25-023.aspx\">avoid foraging for and eating wild mushrooms\u003c/a> this season after 21 people have been hospitalized with severe liver damage from a toxic mushroom known as the “death cap” — and one person has died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDPH issued the blanket advisory after detecting what the agency called two “significant clusters” of poisoning cases in Monterey and San Francisco counties, caused by the \u003ca href=\"https://bayareamushrooms.org/poisonings/amatoxin.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOj_p9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFRWGFSZ3BDdkxQQjZUZEpLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHm6uB-fl8VEDH6lwTnkrtHe7PSQ62ldX_KGl8_DtWwfsMIrPL_FI8nT97Dmu_aem_6lPJH-zUJgryCje6CFebnA\">amatoxin\u003c/a> found in the fungi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Death cap mushrooms contain potentially deadly toxins that can lead to liver failure,” CDPH director and state public health officer Dr. Erica Pan said. “Because the death cap can easily be mistaken for edible safe mushrooms, we advise the public not to forage for wild mushrooms at all during this high-risk season.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death cap mushroom, whose Latin name is \u003cem>Amanita phalloides\u003c/em>, is particularly dangerous because it can easily be confused with different, safe-to-eat mushrooms because of their similar appearance and normal taste, said Bruch Reed, chief operating officer at the \u003ca href=\"https://namyco.org/\">North American Mycological Association\u003c/a>. The state has warned that cooking, boiling, drying, or freezing these mushrooms will not make them safe to eat, either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When in doubt, throw it out,” warned Reed, whose organization also has a toxicology committee. As a rule, he urged foragers at any time to never consume a mushroom they aren’t 100% sure is safe — meaning, if you’re reading this article to try to decide if you should eat a mushroom that might be a death cap, \u003cem>don’t.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t distinguish between the two, if you have any doubt whatsoever, it’s not worth dying over,” Reed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/1-Amanita-phalloides-Victoria-S-Vanc-Island-2011-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The toxic death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) is pictured in Victoria on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Britt Bunyard, from the book “Amanitas of North America”)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’re worried about friends and family who forage and who may not know about the state’s recent warning, read on for more information about the toxic mushroom, how to spot symptoms of death cap poisoning and what to do if you accidentally eat a dangerous mushroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you experience any symptoms yourself after eating wild or foraged mushrooms, go to a hospital immediately and call California Poison Control System’s free 24-hour line at 1-800-222-1222. They can direct you to the nearest hospital and will not share your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatdoesadeathcaplooklike\">What does a death cap look like?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whatarethesymptomsofdeathcappoisoning\">What are the symptoms of death cap poisoning?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Whattypesofmushroomsaredeathcapsconfusedwith\">What types of mushrooms are death caps confused with?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatdoesadeathcaplooklike\">\u003c/a>What are death cap mushrooms?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Just like many other mushrooms you might find on the forest floor, or even on the shelves of the supermarket, death cap mushrooms are generally white, light yellow-green or even bronze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death cap has a cap and stalk, and “honestly, it looks like lots of other mushrooms,” said Britt Bunyard, a mycologist, former university professor and editor-in-chief of \u003cem>FUNGI Magazine\u003c/em>. He is also the author of “Amanitas of North America,” a book focused on the species that includes the death cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooking the mushroom does not eliminate its toxicity, reiterated Heather Hallen-Adams, associate professor of Practice in Food Science at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the toxicology chair for the North American Mycological Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hallen-Adams received a report of the poisoning last week from a hospital in Salinas, where staff were seeking identification of the mushrooms after treating patients with gastrointestinal symptoms who said they had eaten them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why are death caps so dangerous?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The death cap species causes 90-95% of mushroom-related fatalities worldwide, Bunyand said. The death cap mushroom itself has a mortality rate of around 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looks like lots of other mushrooms, so there’s nothing really to tell you that it’s dangerous,” Bunyard stressed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066450\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/2-Amanita-vernicoccora-and-A-phalloides-LA-2019-7-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The toxic death cap mushroom (Amanita phalloides) is pictured alongside the non-toxic Amanita vernicoccora, illustrating how commonly the two can be mistaken for each other. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Britt Bunyard, from the book “Amanitas of North America”)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That goes for its taste, too, Bunyard said. While it’s technically not harmful to put the mushroom in your mouth to chew it and spit it out — which he absolutely still doesn’t recommend — this won’t be helpful either, Bunyard said, because “it doesn’t taste foul or bitter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no hint that it’s poisonous in any way,” he said. “There’s no foul smell about them.” And despite their lethal danger, death cap mushrooms “actually smell quite nice and they taste quite nice,” Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Are death caps dangerous to pets?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, these mushrooms are also dangerous to pets like dogs, Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, not all animals are harmed by death cap mushrooms — and he said it’s still not entirely clear what the purpose of the toxin itself serves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one of those things that just so happens to be incredibly poisonous to mammals and especially humans, but not a lot of other organisms,” Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How common are deathcap mushrooms?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With more rain comes an uptick in mushrooms like these, the experts said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cem>Amanita phalloides\u003c/em> is an invasive species from Europe arriving in California around the 1930s, which has since spread rapidly up and down both the East and West Coasts, mostly near urban areas, but not yet deep or widespread in forests, Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re just inherently around places where people are,” Bunyard said — making their proximity to humans even more dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death cap also has a mutually dependent relationship with local trees, including the Coast Live Oak and pine trees, which are abundant across the Bay Area and state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, it just seems that this \u003cem>Amanita phalloides\u003c/em> is having a moment of fruiting in California right now,” Reed said. “No one would eat it on purpose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whatarethesymptomsofdeathcappoisoning\">\u003c/a>What are the symptoms of deadly mushroom poisoning?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you’ve eaten a toxic mushroom like the death cap, you may not feel symptoms immediately, Reed said. It might take six, eight or even 24 hours to start feeling sick, with flu-like symptoms that include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Vomiting\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aches\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stomach pain\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Watery diarrhea\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nausea\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dehydration\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In these recently reported poisonings, Hallen-Adams said symptoms didn’t show up until around 24 hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might even start to feel better, Reed said, thinking you just had the flu and not bothering to go to the hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12066452 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/3-Agaricus-californicus-LA-2016-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Death Cap Amanitas resemble common edible field and button mushrooms, such as Agaricus californicus, which is toxic but not deadly. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Britt Bunyard)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“And then two or three days later, your organs shut down, and you probably don’t make it,” Reed said. “It’s insidiously misleading.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s advisory also warned of the “deceptive” brief improvement that victims of mushroom poisoning can experience. But once the poison gets in your system, Bunyard said, it targets your liver and other organs, recirculating through your bloodstream and essentially re-dosing you with the toxin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While you’re starting to feel better, the damage has already been done, Bunyard said. Your liver is destroyed, and you may die from the other toxins already in your body that your liver can no longer treat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re basically either on dialysis the rest of your life, or you get a liver transplant or you die,” he said. “So not only is it potentially lethal, but it’s not a good way to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re able to identify the toxin early and get to a hospital right away, Bunyard said, death cap poisoning is treatable — “but you wouldn’t want to chance it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you experience any symptoms yourself after eating wild or foraged mushrooms, go to a hospital immediately and call the California Poison Control System’s free 24-hour line at 1-800-222-1222. They can direct you to the nearest hospital and will not share your name.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Whattypesofmushroomsaredeathcapsconfusedwith\">\u003c/a>What types of mushrooms are death caps easily confused with?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In California, death caps look a lot like common edible field and button mushrooms like \u003cem>Agaricus campestris,\u003c/em> Bunyard said. They can also be confused with \u003cem>Amanita vernicoccora\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you don’t know anything about mushrooms, it looks real similar,” Bunyard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don’t ever use AI to help you identify mushrooms, warned Reed — and never eat wild foraged mushrooms from people you don’t 100% trust to identify them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are some common myths about mushroom foraging?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When giving lectures, Bunyard said, people always want to know the hard-and-fast rules of what not to eat. But the No. 1 truth about mushroom foraging, he said, is that there are no real rules of thumb — except one.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Andie Rounds’ Novato home is blue, two stories, with white trim around the windows and doors. In the backyard, her son grows summer vegetables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But her favorite part might be the small balcony off the master bedroom, where she can people-watch and look out over a nearby hill. “And I love sitting on it — especially when it’s a little colder, and I’ll sit there with my cup of coffee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This home, now a source of comforts both big and small, was very nearly not hers. In 2016, she won a literal lottery for the chance to purchase it at an affordable price, an opportunity made possible by Habitat for Humanity’s Greater San Francisco chapter with help from a state grant program called CalHome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As homeownership remains out of reach for many — with just \u003ca href=\"https://www.car.org/marketdata/data/haitraditional\">17% of Californians\u003c/a> able to afford a typical single-family home — CalHome is an outlier. It offers rare state funding for the construction of affordable homes to buy, rather than rent, and supports first-time homebuyer and home repair programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the state allocated \u003ca href=\"https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/2024-homeownership-super-nofa/\">around $170 million\u003c/a> to CalHome and a farmworker housing program, and on Monday \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/08/governor-newsom-helps-provide-more-than-a-thousand-californians-with-homes/\">issued the grants\u003c/a>, which will benefit nearly 1,200 households in 22 counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But funding was cut from the current state budget, and advocates are urging it be replenished with as much as $500 million in the coming fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1899px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066259\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1899\" height=\"1266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-03-KQED.jpg 1899w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1899px) 100vw, 1899px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andie Rounds inside her Novato home in August 2024. She was able to purchase the affordable home, in part, because of state funding through the CalHome grant. Advocates are calling for more funding for the program after it was zeroed out in this year’s budget. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is not money that’s going to go into a black hole,” said Maureen Sedonaen, CEO of Habitat Greater San Francisco. “This is people’s lives you’re going to see that get transformed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds had been renting an apartment in Novato in 2016, when her property manager told her the company wouldn’t renew her lease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It felt as though the rug was getting pulled out from under her. A night nurse and single mom with three kids — a toddler and two girls in middle school — she was worried her family could be forced to leave with little notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was mad,” Rounds said. “It was that feeling of insecurity and, ‘Oh my goodness, what’s going to happen to my family?’ You know, what do I do?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She learned about Habitat’s lottery about a month later, while scrolling on Facebook. It was the day before applications were due. She rushed to submit hers with mere hours to spare.[aside postID=news_12065708 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250325-ApartmentsonWestside-06-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Then, on the day of the drawing, her number came up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just burst out crying. I mean, going from a feeling of insecurity and instability to like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m gonna be able to provide stability for my children,’” Rounds recalled. “That feeling — every parent deserves to have that feeling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds was vying for one of just 10 spots. Sedonaen said Habitat lotteries are typically vastly oversubscribed, with hundreds of applicants for very few homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My colleagues are seeing this all throughout the state,” Sedonaen said, referring to Habitat’s 33 chapters statewide, “because so many people are looking for permanent affordable housing and the opportunity to become a first-time homeowner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Habitat’s program isn’t a give-away, Sedonaen said. Participants have to complete more than 100 hours of training in financial literacy and home maintenance. And, they actually help build their homes — what Habitat calls sweat equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not Oprah,” she said. “It’s not like, ‘You get a house, and you get a house!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Habitat’s San Francisco chapter doesn’t require homeowners to put any money down and offers a no-interest loan for the mortgage. Payments are structured so owners pay no more than a third of their income on total expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State funding from CalHome subsidizes about 30% of the total cost, Sedonaen said. But with this year’s funding cut, she said some 500 homes statewide that Habitat has queued for construction won’t be able to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11768320 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/IMG_7728-e1566159751750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People with Habitat for Humanity help build a tiny home in San José, California, on Aug. 17, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And there aren’t many other state programs that support that kind of work, said Sosan Madanat, a lobbyist with W Strategies LLC. Besides CalHome, only the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/funding/fwhg\">Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant\u003c/a> provides funding for the construction of affordable, for-sale housing, according to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is why it has been so detrimental to organizations like Habitat that build affordable homeownership projects,” Madanat said. “It’s the funding they rely on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other homebuyer assistance programs — such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976218/california-will-help-fund-the-down-payment-for-your-first-house-heres-how-to-apply\">California Dream for All\u003c/a> program, which offers shared equity down payments. But Madanat said that while it helps on the demand side, allowing prospective homebuyers to better compete on the private market, it doesn’t help with the supply side, ensuring there are enough affordable homes available to purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a projected \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091\">$18 billion state budget deficit\u003c/a> looming in the upcoming fiscal year, along with expected federal funding cuts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/resource/how-massive-federal-cuts-will-create-unprecedented-challenges-medi-cal-patients-providers/\">myriad\u003c/a> social services, it’s unclear whether California will allocate more money to the program in the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066257\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andie Rounds and her son, Eli, outside their Novato home with their dog, Luna, in August 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Funding is probably one of the biggest things that we could do to make it easier for folks like Habitat to build. But given the current financial outlook of the state, it’s much more challenging to do that,” Madanat said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is evidence that the ability to purchase an affordable home leads to \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-6229.t01-2-00053\">better\u003c/a> outcomes for kids, particularly in educational attainment, school attendance and health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds said having predictable monthly payments allowed her to focus on her career and even \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM198J7D?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_R4RT8JSMPJ4PHH31FCCQ&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_R4RT8JSMPJ4PHH31FCCQ&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_R4RT8JSMPJ4PHH31FCCQ&bestFormat=true&csmig=1\">publish a book\u003c/a>. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years after moving in, her home was a source of stability during her recovery, she said. “Every morning I would wake up, open my eyes, look up and be grateful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds gets emotional when she talks about her two daughters. Being able to save money meant she could afford to send them to college. When it came time to move them into dorms, she was able to buy furnishings and get them settled in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the pride in it,” Rounds said. “I have no words really.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They graduated this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And, that’s huge,” she said, “to be able to say that was all possible because of our home and the stability it provided.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Then, on the day of the drawing, her number came up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just burst out crying. I mean, going from a feeling of insecurity and instability to like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m gonna be able to provide stability for my children,’” Rounds recalled. “That feeling — every parent deserves to have that feeling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds was vying for one of just 10 spots. Sedonaen said Habitat lotteries are typically vastly oversubscribed, with hundreds of applicants for very few homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My colleagues are seeing this all throughout the state,” Sedonaen said, referring to Habitat’s 33 chapters statewide, “because so many people are looking for permanent affordable housing and the opportunity to become a first-time homeowner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Habitat’s program isn’t a give-away, Sedonaen said. Participants have to complete more than 100 hours of training in financial literacy and home maintenance. And, they actually help build their homes — what Habitat calls sweat equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not Oprah,” she said. “It’s not like, ‘You get a house, and you get a house!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Habitat’s San Francisco chapter doesn’t require homeowners to put any money down and offers a no-interest loan for the mortgage. Payments are structured so owners pay no more than a third of their income on total expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State funding from CalHome subsidizes about 30% of the total cost, Sedonaen said. But with this year’s funding cut, she said some 500 homes statewide that Habitat has queued for construction won’t be able to move forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11768320\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11768320 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/IMG_7728-e1566159751750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People with Habitat for Humanity help build a tiny home in San José, California, on Aug. 17, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sara Hossaini/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And there aren’t many other state programs that support that kind of work, said Sosan Madanat, a lobbyist with W Strategies LLC. Besides CalHome, only the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/funding/fwhg\">Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant\u003c/a> provides funding for the construction of affordable, for-sale housing, according to the California Department of Housing and Community Development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is why it has been so detrimental to organizations like Habitat that build affordable homeownership projects,” Madanat said. “It’s the funding they rely on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other homebuyer assistance programs — such as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976218/california-will-help-fund-the-down-payment-for-your-first-house-heres-how-to-apply\">California Dream for All\u003c/a> program, which offers shared equity down payments. But Madanat said that while it helps on the demand side, allowing prospective homebuyers to better compete on the private market, it doesn’t help with the supply side, ensuring there are enough affordable homes available to purchase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a projected \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091\">$18 billion state budget deficit\u003c/a> looming in the upcoming fiscal year, along with expected federal funding cuts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/resource/how-massive-federal-cuts-will-create-unprecedented-challenges-medi-cal-patients-providers/\">myriad\u003c/a> social services, it’s unclear whether California will allocate more money to the program in the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12066257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12066257\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251205-CALHOME-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andie Rounds and her son, Eli, outside their Novato home with their dog, Luna, in August 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Funding is probably one of the biggest things that we could do to make it easier for folks like Habitat to build. But given the current financial outlook of the state, it’s much more challenging to do that,” Madanat said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is evidence that the ability to purchase an affordable home leads to \u003ca href=\"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-6229.t01-2-00053\">better\u003c/a> outcomes for kids, particularly in educational attainment, school attendance and health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds said having predictable monthly payments allowed her to focus on her career and even \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM198J7D?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_R4RT8JSMPJ4PHH31FCCQ&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_R4RT8JSMPJ4PHH31FCCQ&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_R4RT8JSMPJ4PHH31FCCQ&bestFormat=true&csmig=1\">publish a book\u003c/a>. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer two years after moving in, her home was a source of stability during her recovery, she said. “Every morning I would wake up, open my eyes, look up and be grateful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rounds gets emotional when she talks about her two daughters. Being able to save money meant she could afford to send them to college. When it came time to move them into dorms, she was able to buy furnishings and get them settled in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the pride in it,” Rounds said. “I have no words really.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They graduated this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And, that’s huge,” she said, “to be able to say that was all possible because of our home and the stability it provided.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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However, because federal appeals court judges \u003ca href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca9.33862d2f-fcee-484b-82e0-2aefd5de7aaa/gov.uscourts.ca9.33862d2f-fcee-484b-82e0-2aefd5de7aaa.7.0.pdf\">granted\u003c/a> the government’s request for a stay, the order never took effect.[aside postID=news_12060875 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/NationalGuardGetty.jpg']Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth initially federalized 4000 National Guard troops and more than 700 Marines to Los Angeles in early June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Violent protests threaten the security of and significant damage to Federal immigration detention facilities and other Federal property,” Trump said in a June 7 memo. “To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The necessity of that deployment has been the center of a see-sawing legal battle between California and the Trump administration, and has become the model for mobilizations throughout the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, the Trump administration redeployed 214 California National Guard troops to Portland, an action ultimately prevented by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059205/sf-appeals-court-appears-reluctant-to-block-trumps-national-guard-deployment-to-portland\">a federal judge in Oregon\u003c/a>. Those guards remained outside the city at a base until November, when the president released them from their mission. At this time, the troops are in the process of demobilizing at Fort Hood, Texas, according to a spokesperson for Northern Command, but are still under the federal government’s command.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 100 troops in Los Angeles “remain staged at various locations” according to the U.S. government’s \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/214.pdf\">court filings\u003c/a>, “to provide rapid response protection support to federal facilities, functions, and personnel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s argument also drew attention to an \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/212-2.pdf\">Aug. 25 presidential order\u003c/a> instructing “the Secretary of Defense [to] ensure the availability of a standing National Guard quick reaction force that shall be resourced, trained, and available for rapid nationwide deployment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the administration’s justification for the initial mobilization in Los Angeles remained the subject of fierce national debate over the limits of presidential power, California argued that the continued federalization of the 100 troops could no longer be rationalized by any measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lack of any violence or other justifying events in Los Angeles and Defendants’ choice to remove most of those troops from Los Angeles confirms it,” Bonta asserted in \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/Renewed-Motion.pdf\">court filings\u003c/a> urging the court to “enjoin any continued federalization and deployment of National Guard troops in and around Los Angeles, and end this unlawful federalization now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has also argued that the Trump administration’s federalization of the state’s National Guard has become a blueprint in a war against blue states and cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Defendants began to implement in other parts of the country the model of military occupation that began in Los Angeles,” attorneys wrote in court filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It remained unclear, however, what effect a ruling on California’s renewed motion would have, given other cases challenging the federalization of state’s national guard moving through the courts. 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