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"content": "\u003cp>San Mateo County supervisors on Wednesday named Gilroy police official Ken Binder as the county’s next sheriff after ousting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059763/san-mateo-supervisors-to-issue-final-vote-on-sheriff-removal\">Christina Corpus\u003c/a> from office in a first in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Binder received votes from all members of the Board of Supervisors, except for President David Canepa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will be a sheriff that is approachable, reasonable and will always listen,” Binder said in his closing statement to the board. “I will work hard to defend all of the people of San Mateo County and ensure that everyone feels safe. And that no one has to decide whether calling 911 in an emergency is the best course of action for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Binder is the current interim police chief for the city of Gilroy. Previously, he was with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office for \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-binder-6347a9117\">26 years\u003c/a>, rising from deputy to undersheriff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Wednesday’s supervisors meeting, Binder was questioned about his time working under longtime Sheriff Laurie Smith, who was found \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/no-one-is-above-the-law-former-sheriff-found-guilty-of-corruption-misconduct\">guilty of corruption and willful misconduct\u003c/a> in 2022. Binder, then undersheriff, became acting sheriff after Smith stepped down amid the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had never asked me to do anything unethical or immoral … I would never follow an unlawful or immoral order,” Binder said. “If there’s a lawful and moral order, then I will follow the chain of command.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty-1920x1277.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff Christina Corpus (center) speaks about a shooting at the Half Moon Bay IDES Society in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County, on Jan. 24, 2023. \u003ccite>(Samantha Laurey/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Binder stood out \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/meet-candidates-san-mateo-county-sheriff\">among fellow candidates\u003c/a>, David Lazar, who worked in the San Francisco Police Department for decades, and Brian Wynn Huynh Travis, police chief of the Solano Community College District, as someone with experience with jails and more rural areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Binder’s predecessor, Christina Corpus, was elected sheriff in 2022 and faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052795/san-mateo-county-sheriff-facing-removal-takes-the-stand-in-her-own-defense\">a long campaign\u003c/a> to oust her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once considered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939844/why-some-police-departments-say-officer-wellness-is-key-to-protecting-communities\">a promising new figure in policing\u003c/a>, Corpus came to be embroiled in scandal, with an independent investigation commissioned by the county finding that she ran a department plagued by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015538/timeline-whats-going-on-with-the-san-mateo-county-sheriffs-office\">“lies, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest, and abuses of authority.”\u003c/a>[aside postID=news_12059763 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/BCN-20241113-SHERIFFCORPUS-01-1020x765.jpeg']She was accused of having a relationship \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037502/embattled-san-mateo-sheriff-brings-back-former-aide-alleged-romantic-partner\">with her chief of staff, Victor Aenlle\u003c/a>, using \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015538/timeline-whats-going-on-with-the-san-mateo-county-sheriffs-office\">racial slurs\u003c/a> as a captain, and, most recently, demanding the arrest of deputies union leader \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015538/timeline-whats-going-on-with-the-san-mateo-county-sheriffs-office\">Carlos Tapia\u003c/a> for alleged time-card theft — an arrest that the district attorney’s office said should not have happened in declining to prosecute the case. Tapia accused Corpus of targeting him for being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015538/timeline-whats-going-on-with-the-san-mateo-county-sheriffs-office\">a vocal critic of her office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid the turmoil, several members of Corpus’ leadership team resigned from her office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After voters granted them \u003ca href=\"https://padailypost.com/2025/10/28/split-board-of-supervisors-opts-to-appoint-sheriff/\">the power to do so\u003c/a>, San Mateo County supervisors pushed Corpus \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059763/san-mateo-supervisors-to-issue-final-vote-on-sheriff-removal\">out as sheriff\u003c/a> on Oct. 14. Two weeks later, the board announced that it would \u003ca href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/san-mateo-county-supervisors-move-appoint-new-sheriff-removing-christina-corpus/18085851/\">appoint a new sheriff\u003c/a> to replace Corpus instead of holding a special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new sheriff would have the chance to run for reelection in 2028, which Binder expressed interest in if he is “doing a good job and the community and the board trusts me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The process has been an odyssey,” Supervisor Jackie Speier said. “We have been through a holy hell as a county, and there is great interest in moving forward with clear-eyed intention to rid the department of corruption and an environment of recriminations and toxicity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936143\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936143\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61765_IMG_4622-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1235\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61765_IMG_4622-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61765_IMG_4622-qut-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61765_IMG_4622-qut-1020x656.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61765_IMG_4622-qut-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/RS61765_IMG_4622-qut-1536x988.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, joins Political Breakdown on Dec. 9, 2022. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Several supporters of Corpus spoke during public comment on Wednesday, insisting that the supervisors do not have the authority to remove her from office and calling the move unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Binder received an endorsement from the San Mateo County Organization of Sheriff’s Sergeants during public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, on the other hand, did not endorse any of the candidates, despite saying that all of the candidates represent “a significant improvement in leadership over what the membership has had to endure for the last several years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a statement from the union, which had pushed for Corpus’ removal, the lack of an endorsement “is not a reflection on the candidates” but “a reflection on the tight timeline afforded for this process, which has made it impossible to thoroughly vet each of the candidates to make a full and fair assessment of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a second statement after Binder’s appointment, the deputies’ union said it “welcomes Sheriff Binder. We look forward to working collaboratively with him as we begin rebuilding the agency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">\u003cem>Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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We were there not to visit a particular departed loved one, but all of them — the dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event featured some elements I’ve come to expect from a Mexican-themed lineup: performances by a mariachi, a folkloric dance company and traditional Aztec dancers.\u003cbr>\nIt was lively without feeling overly cheery, which I appreciated because it provided a sense of community among everyone who wanted to soak in culture, tradition and sacred rituals of mourning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did not grow up observing Día de los Muertos as anything more than the Mexican version of All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation for Catholics. I don’t build an elaborate altar. 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He noted that altars for public view often include political statements, call attention to issues and challenge the status quo.[aside postID=news_12059504 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg']I’m now used to seeing jack-o’-lanterns next to Catrinas in many American homes, signaling the holiday’s place in mainstream America. The irony is that while many non-Latinos now embrace Día de los Muertos, they often focus more on the aesthetics and festive aspects instead of seeing it as a channel for grief, remembrance and connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can stop Mattel from making Catrina Barbies,” Yañez told me. “Where we can make a difference and have some control is in what we can do as a community and for each other and how we engage with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Día de los Muertos has turned into a cultural phenomenon because it’s a rare opportunity to talk about the dead outside of a funeral context, said Luisa Navarro, a Texas native who runs a blog and gift shop in Brooklyn called \u003ca href=\"https://mexicoinmypocket.com/\">Mexico in My Pocket\u003c/a> and recently released a book titled Mexico’s Day of the Dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a very inviting culture. 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And I’m so so proud of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Santuario: Manteniendo Familias Unidas” (“Sanctuary: Keeping Families United”) during the Faith in Action “Walking Our Faith” vigil outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Nov. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year has been a psychologically difficult year for immigrant communities that are under attack by the Trump administration, which has used brutal tactics to detain immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I reflected on this, I thought of how Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, founder and CEO of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, a nonprofit that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021877/california-nonprofit-empowers-half-moon-bay-farmworkers-healing-resources\">serves the immigrant community\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay, uses culture as a cure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been especially important during the last couple of years of COVID, where there was a lot of loss. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was reported for K Onda KQED, a monthly newsletter focused on the Bay Area’s Latinx community. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/k-onda\">Click here to subscribe\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I had planned to spend Nov. 1, a Saturday, cleaning and organizing my house. Then my friend Susie Sanchez-Young, owner of The Designing Chica, texted me to suggest I come to a Día de los Muertos event in Lafayette, a mere 15 minutes from my home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That afternoon, my kids and I drove up a windy hill to find parking in Oakmont Cemetery, which sits on a serene and picturesque hill offering amazing views of the north Interstate 680 corridor. We were there not to visit a particular departed loved one, but all of them — the dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The event featured some elements I’ve come to expect from a Mexican-themed lineup: performances by a mariachi, a folkloric dance company and traditional Aztec dancers.\u003cbr>\nIt was lively without feeling overly cheery, which I appreciated because it provided a sense of community among everyone who wanted to soak in culture, tradition and sacred rituals of mourning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did not grow up observing Día de los Muertos as anything more than the Mexican version of All Saints Day, a holy day of obligation for Catholics. I don’t build an elaborate altar. But this year, I found myself leaning into Día de los Muertos as an act of honoring loved ones as well as resisting assimilation, embracing artistic expression and reclaiming my Indigenous heritage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The practice of honoring the deceased stretches back thousands of years to the Indigenous peoples of Mexico. Yet the rituals and iconography associated with this observation have modern roots in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco artist and curator \u003ca href=\"https://rioyanez.com/\">Rio Yañez\u003c/a> grew up immersed in Día de los Muertos. His father, the late Rene Yañez, co-founded the altar exhibits and procession in San Francisco’s Mission District in the 1970s and ‘80s that are credited with starting the Día de los Muertos celebrations on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063630\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/231029_OAKDiadelosMuertosFestival_EG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/231029_OAKDiadelosMuertosFestival_EG-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/231029_OAKDiadelosMuertosFestival_EG-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/231029_OAKDiadelosMuertosFestival_EG-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yobani Nava Chavez made an altar for her son, Eduardo Yobani Nava Chavez, a former teacher, at the Oakland Día de los Muertos Festival in Fruitvale in 2023. The altar is decorated with masks that his former students made by hand. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The holiday became a touchstone for the Chicano movement as a way to assert cultural identity and resistance. Still, Rio Yañez said his father, who was born in Mexico, was called out for not being Chicano enough and for reimagining traditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I grew up with my dad being constantly reminded that he was failing a purity test for Day of the Dead,” he said during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911846/how-dia-de-los-muertos-continues-to-evolve\">a show I produced for KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “As a Chicano, as a Mexican American, adaptation, reinvention, reinterpretation — that is always what (Día de los Muertos) has been about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yañez co-curated an exhibit at SOMArts called Día de Los Muertos 2025: We Love You that featured female and nonbinary artists presenting different interpretations of an altar. He noted that altars for public view often include political statements, call attention to issues and challenge the status quo.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>I’m now used to seeing jack-o’-lanterns next to Catrinas in many American homes, signaling the holiday’s place in mainstream America. The irony is that while many non-Latinos now embrace Día de los Muertos, they often focus more on the aesthetics and festive aspects instead of seeing it as a channel for grief, remembrance and connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can stop Mattel from making Catrina Barbies,” Yañez told me. “Where we can make a difference and have some control is in what we can do as a community and for each other and how we engage with each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Día de los Muertos has turned into a cultural phenomenon because it’s a rare opportunity to talk about the dead outside of a funeral context, said Luisa Navarro, a Texas native who runs a blog and gift shop in Brooklyn called \u003ca href=\"https://mexicoinmypocket.com/\">Mexico in My Pocket\u003c/a> and recently released a book titled Mexico’s Day of the Dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are a very inviting culture. We have room at the table for everyone, but it’s important to educate yourself and understand the holiday,” she told me. “I try to avoid shaming people and policing people who don’t understand. Instead, I tell stories and educate people about the meaning and origin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The essence of the holiday remains remembering deceased loved ones, but observing this practice has also served as an act of resistance and resilience since the time Spanish colonizers failed to stamp it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m on this mission to share our stories, to spread awareness because there’s so many misconceptions and stereotypes about our culture,” Navarro said. “It is so, so, so beautiful how the Chicano movement and how our community has continued to amplify our stories, to keep our traditions alive and to keep our duality alive. And I’m so so proud of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063326\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063326\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251106_ICE-VIGIL_GH-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign reading “Santuario: Manteniendo Familias Unidas” (“Sanctuary: Keeping Families United”) during the Faith in Action “Walking Our Faith” vigil outside the San Francisco Immigration Court on Nov. 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year has been a psychologically difficult year for immigrant communities that are under attack by the Trump administration, which has used brutal tactics to detain immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I reflected on this, I thought of how Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, founder and CEO of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, a nonprofit that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021877/california-nonprofit-empowers-half-moon-bay-farmworkers-healing-resources\">serves the immigrant community\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay, uses culture as a cure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been especially important during the last couple of years of COVID, where there was a lot of loss. And with our recent, two years ago, the mass shooting of our seven farm workers, the Día de los Muertos and the altar gave us a place to come together as a community to grieve and to remember and to not forget,” she said during the Forum show. “It’s a portal for mental health. It’s also a portal for well-being and resistance and community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back at Oakmont Cemetery, I stood in a long line with my 6-year-old daughter, who waited patiently for close to an hour to have her face painted in the Catrina style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We watched the Aztec dancers light copal, a tree resin that has been used for rituals for thousands of years, and perform a ceremonial dance. I explained that the Indigenous people have populated Mexico for centuries and started the very practice we took part in that day. I then explained that after the Spanish arrived, the cultures mixed, and continue evolving into the version we have today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that evening, we lit a candle in front of a display of photographs of deceased loved ones and talked about who they were. Among the collection are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2021/12/15/how-vicente-fernandez-earned-appreciation-for-rancheros-like-my-dad/\">photos of my dad\u003c/a>, the only grandparent my children have not met because he passed away before they were born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They asked me about his favorite foods and what he was like. It was a simple observation of Día de los Muertos, and one small way to keep his memory alive for the next generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Before she applied for food assistance through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Santa Clara University student Kaylee Jensen remembers the anxiety she felt when thinking about how she was going to juggle paying for her rent with affording her next meal — all while studying miles from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when a staff member from her college’s basic needs program helped her apply for CalFresh, California’s version of SNAP, Jensen said, “it was like ‘night and day’ difference.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I could eat so much better,” Jensen, now 20, said. As a supplementary program, CalFresh is “not something you can really rely on fully, but it honestly changed so much for me,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it came to finally being able to afford certain kinds of fresh food, CalFresh “really just unlocked a whole new level of eating for me,” Jensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At SCU, a private college, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/santa-clara-university\">71% of students come from families in the top 20% of earners. \u003c/a>Jensen, a first-generation college student, said she told virtually no one that she was receiving benefits — including her friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students on campus at Santa Clara University on Nov. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“SNAP or EBT is almost like a bad word,” she said. “It’s almost an embarrassing part of shame that you’re holding within you … Like, oh, ‘I’m trying to catch up to everyone else, but I can barely afford to live, let alone to eat.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Jensen is no longer using CalFresh, she was one of over \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=55416\">41 million people\u003c/a> nationwide who depend on SNAP to put food on the table — a group that’s seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060770/snap-calfresh-food-stamps-government-shutdown-november-payments-ebt\">their November benefits delayed\u003c/a> due to what is now the longest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/government-shutdown\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/06/californians-are-beginning-to-see-cash-on-their-snap-cards-following-major-win-against-the-trump-administration/\">CalFresh recipients in the state have finally begun receiving this month’s benefits \u003c/a>after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-11-6-2025#0000019a-5af9-d003-addb-deffec620000\">a federal judge’s ruling, and Congress discusses a deal to end the shutdown, President Donald Trump’s administration is now fighting the states in the courts to\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063660/california-moves-to-protect-calfresh-payments-from-federal-confusion-and-chaos\"> “undo” this month’s SNAP money\u003c/a> — leaving recipients in even more confusion and anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown delays have sharply highlighted just how many people in California — \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/06/californians-are-beginning-to-see-cash-on-their-snap-cards-following-major-win-against-the-trump-administration/\">around 5.5 million people\u003c/a> — rely on SNAP. But among the program’s seniors, families, single parents and veterans, college students like Jensen are a group that’s often overlooked when it comes to depending on CalFresh to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Hunger on campus\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over 400,000 public university and college students participate in CalFresh statewide — a number that surprises people, according to Jennifer Hogg, a senior research manager at the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many people don’t think of college students when they think of who is impacted by the SNAP shut off,” Hogg said. “But today’s college student is largely lower-income — potentially first-generation — and doesn’t have a ton of financial support from home.” And as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/fact-check-beef-grocery-prices-trump-vis\">groceries have become more and more expensive\u003c/a>, some colleges are also \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6520682/\">located in food deserts\u003c/a>, making it even harder to find fresh, substantial meals.[aside postID=news_12063660 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/RobBontaAP.jpg']Jensen noted it’s common for college students to darkly joke among themselves about how little they’ve eaten that day, as they juggle studies and extracurriculars. But that could normalize the hunger, she said. According to \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/calfresh-college-students-food-insecurity\">a UCLA study\u003c/a> from earlier this year, half of the California college students surveyed said they experienced food insecurity, and 28% of respondents said they’d skipped a meal in the past because they couldn’t afford to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re having to deal with those things, it’s impossible to think about the larger academic responsibilities that you have,” Jensen said. “I couldn’t focus on anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://capolicylab.org/news/analysis-shows-govt-shutdown-could-lead-to-at-least-414000-college-students-not-receiving-their-nov-calfresh-benefits/\">California Policy Lab’s data\u003c/a> includes students from the 2022 to 2023 academic school year at California Community Colleges, the University of California and the California State University systems. The data does not include students like Jensen, who attend private schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the data, over 58,000 CalFresh recipients are within the University of California system, including Berkeley transfer student LisaMarie Fusco, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062685/eating-for-survival-with-november-snap-delays-how-will-bay-area-families-cope\">told KQED she was “broken-hearted” by the SNAP delays\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m devastated,” she said. “People are really tired. We’re done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to juggling the demands of her academic studies with reduced access to school, “I’ll have to bite the bullet and maybe just continue writing and not think about food,” Fusco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November delays in SNAP payments due to the government shutdown are keeping around $56 million from the hundreds of thousands of students on CalFresh this month, according to the California Policy Lab’s estimates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a huge amount of money that we’re talking about — that families and individuals across our state aren’t getting this month, and that isn’t going to support our economy,” Hogg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The view from community colleges\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the government shutdown stretched into October, some college administrators and experts began warning about a possible delay in benefits — and planning for the consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools like Chabot College were immediately “trying to brainstorm how to respond …. even before students were receiving letters from the county about their benefits being impacted,” explained Muna Taqi-Eddin, the college’s CalFresh Outreach Specialist.[aside postID=news_12062743 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-03-BL-KQED.jpg']College campuses quickly \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/CSU-Steps-Up-to-Support-Students-Amid-CalFresh-Delays.aspx\">deployed resources\u003c/a> for students, including expanding existing food pantries on campus and distributing grocery gift cards and fresh food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some colleges have also made emergency grants available to affected students. Evergreen Valley College in San Jose secured $100,000 worth of emergency funding for 250 students, according to a college spokesperson. It’s money that the college hopes could help alleviate some pressures facing students, said Sean Dickerson, Evergreen Valley College’s Interim Director of Student Development, Engagement, & Inclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his role, Dickerson has encountered students who’ve told him they’ve been unable to focus and engage fully in their studies as they miss their November payments, ahead of their upcoming midterm exams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just the increase of stress and anxiety,” he said — and students are wondering if they need to decide between “rent or gas or food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like all community colleges, Evergreen Valley is required to provide a \u003ca href=\"https://www.evc.edu/basic-needs\">basic needs program\u003c/a> to help provide resources regarding food, housing and transportation for their students, including those on CalFresh. According to the California Policy Lab, around 276,000 students attending a California community college use CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such student on CalFresh is 61-year-old Salimah Shabazz of Chabot College. Shabazz — known to friends and family as Mrs. Mak — recalled walking into her school’s resource center in tears when learning of the delayed November benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I suffer from different health problems also. It was in limbo. I didn’t know what I was going to do,” she said. “Thank God for the student resource hub.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of the shutdown, the Foundation for California Community Colleges \u003ca href=\"https://give.foundationccc.org/campaign/738630/donate\">launched a fundraising campaign\u003c/a> to assist students during the shutdown and beyond, and “to directly support our students regardless of what happens at the national level,” said Marisela Hernandez, a manager with the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that their financial aid is not enough to cover all of their living expenses in California,” Hernandez said. “Often our students are having to choose between going to class, or going to work, or being able to provide for their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community organizations step up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley student Fusco said she already relies on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodnetwork.org/\">Berkeley Food Network\u003c/a>, which operates food pantries and deliveries in the region. And community resources have been a vital lifeline for many CalFresh recipients during an unprecedented moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061440/calfresh-snap-ebt-shutdown-find-food-banks-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-alameda-oakland-contra-costa-newsom-national-guard#find-food-bank-near-me\">Food banks across the Bay Area\u003c/a> have prepared for the expected surges of people visiting their distribution sites, and local restaurants are providing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982957/snap-calfresh-ebt-november-shutdown-meals-food-assistance-san-francisco-bay-area\">free or discounted meals\u003c/a> for impacted residents, with many focusing on families. And continuing a history of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/black-activists-remember-radical-origins-food-justice-movement\">food justice in schools\u003c/a>, students themselves are collaborating to offer mutual aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: staff members of The Berkeley Student Food Collective, Yesenik Alfaro Puga, Emily Torres-Zepeda, Sadie Muller, Amory Marten and David Cho, at the co-op’s storefront in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. The student-run grocery aims to provide healthy and low-cost food options to the campus community. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.foodcollective.org/\">Berkeley Student Food Collective\u003c/a> is a non-profit “student-governed grocery co-op” located next to the UC Berkeley campus, led by J. Noven, the organization’s executive director. For Noven, the shutdown has highlighted existing problems, from “widespread food insecurity” to a “hollowing out of benefits for students and young people” — but the CalFresh delays were an additional blow to students already struggling to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Already, we’ve seen a significant downturn in utilization of EBT at the storefront,” Noven said — from students with dwindling or zero CalFresh funds to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite Noven’s determination to help students and Berkeley residents at this time, the food collective still has its restrictions. A month into the shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture told retailers — including grocery stores or corner stores — that providing discounts to EBT cardholders would be considered a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ebt/retailer/retailer-notice/reminder-snap-equal-treatment\">“SNAP violation.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are one of a network of individual or independent grocery stores that really want to be stepping up to support communities that use SNAP, and our hands are being tied by the USDA,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How \u003cstrong>‘a lifeline’ can still be out of reach\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jensen, the Santa Clara University student, said she got off CalFresh a few months ago. But her experience led her to study food insecurity at her own institution’s basic needs office, learning more about the cost-of-living in one of the most expensive regions in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt very alone at this school, in my issues,” Jensen said — but in the course of her research, she said she realized, “‘Wow, there’s a lot of students who are dealing with this.’”[aside postID=news_12063395 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/calfresh-students.jpg']In \u003ca href=\"https://www.scu.edu/media/environmental-justice-initiative/2023-24-SCU-Food-Security-and-Basic-Needs-Report.pdf\">a survey of around 830 SCU students\u003c/a>, over a quarter reported “having very low or low food security in 2023.” “It should never be something that anyone’s ashamed of,” Jensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/calfresh-college-students-food-insecurity\">the UCLA study\u003c/a>, student subpopulations that were most likely to report being food insecure were those who have been in the foster care system, first-generation students and disabled students — disparities that the study’s lead author said showed “food security is also a matter of educational equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her own studies, Jensen also delved deeper into systemic detriments of going without food as a student: \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9370637/\">the lower GPAs\u003c/a>, the higher rates of anxiety and depression, the disproportionate impacts on first-generation students and people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for many students, even just getting onto CalFresh is an issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the UCLA study, over a quarter of food-insecure students who have heard of CalFresh but never used it said they did not know how to apply. Half of them said they hadn’t applied because \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/calfresh-college-students-food-insecurity\">they didn’t think they’d qualify\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, in fact, many more students are eligible for CalFresh than are actually using it. According to Hogg’s UC Berkeley research, 1 in 3 UC undergrads qualify for SNAP benefits, as do 1 in 5 community college students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, according to 2019 data, “over a quarter of California high school students participated in CalFresh at some point during high school,” said Hogg. But those numbers then drop off after high school graduation — and a major factor is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/calfreshoutreach/res/toolkit/quickreference/regulationquickreference_e_students.pdf\">additional eligibility criteria\u003c/a> college students need to meet to stay on CalFresh, Hogg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians pass The Berkeley Student Food Collective on Bancroft Way in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. The co-op, known for its focus on affordability and sustainability, displays local produce outside its storefront. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students need to be either a parent, working for 20 hours a week or participating in work-study to keep receiving food benefits when they get to college. Some students may also lose eligibility for CalFresh if they live with their parents. Overall, “there’s a list of things that students have to do — above and beyond the general population — to be eligible for CalFresh,” Hogg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jensen said that thinking about the back-and-forth court battles still happening over SNAP, and what she called “food benefits being used as a political pawn,” she gets mad. Institutions — the government and colleges alike — need to provide for their students, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The UN has quite literally delegated \u003ca href=\"https://geneva.usmission.gov/2017/03/24/u-s-explanation-of-vote-on-the-right-to-food/\">food security as a human right\u003c/a>,” Jensen said. “And it’s a right that Americans aren’t getting … It’s genuinely a lifeline in an extremely unaffordable country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now I need to use my voice to speak up for those who can’t, because I was able to not rely on SNAP anymore,” she added. “And that’s something I did hold a lot of pride in myself for — but I also held a lot of pride when I did use SNAP.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">Carly Severn\u003c/a> 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>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And when it came to finally being able to afford certain kinds of fresh food, CalFresh “really just unlocked a whole new level of eating for me,” Jensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At SCU, a private college, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobility/santa-clara-university\">71% of students come from families in the top 20% of earners. \u003c/a>Jensen, a first-generation college student, said she told virtually no one that she was receiving benefits — including her friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251110-COLLEGE-STUDENTS-CALFRESH-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students on campus at Santa Clara University on Nov. 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“SNAP or EBT is almost like a bad word,” she said. “It’s almost an embarrassing part of shame that you’re holding within you … Like, oh, ‘I’m trying to catch up to everyone else, but I can barely afford to live, let alone to eat.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Jensen is no longer using CalFresh, she was one of over \u003ca href=\"https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/chart-detail?chartId=55416\">41 million people\u003c/a> nationwide who depend on SNAP to put food on the table — a group that’s seen \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12060770/snap-calfresh-food-stamps-government-shutdown-november-payments-ebt\">their November benefits delayed\u003c/a> due to what is now the longest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/government-shutdown\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> in U.S. history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/06/californians-are-beginning-to-see-cash-on-their-snap-cards-following-major-win-against-the-trump-administration/\">CalFresh recipients in the state have finally begun receiving this month’s benefits \u003c/a>after \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-11-6-2025#0000019a-5af9-d003-addb-deffec620000\">a federal judge’s ruling, and Congress discusses a deal to end the shutdown, President Donald Trump’s administration is now fighting the states in the courts to\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12063660/california-moves-to-protect-calfresh-payments-from-federal-confusion-and-chaos\"> “undo” this month’s SNAP money\u003c/a> — leaving recipients in even more confusion and anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown delays have sharply highlighted just how many people in California — \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/11/06/californians-are-beginning-to-see-cash-on-their-snap-cards-following-major-win-against-the-trump-administration/\">around 5.5 million people\u003c/a> — rely on SNAP. But among the program’s seniors, families, single parents and veterans, college students like Jensen are a group that’s often overlooked when it comes to depending on CalFresh to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Hunger on campus\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Over 400,000 public university and college students participate in CalFresh statewide — a number that surprises people, according to Jennifer Hogg, a senior research manager at the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many people don’t think of college students when they think of who is impacted by the SNAP shut off,” Hogg said. “But today’s college student is largely lower-income — potentially first-generation — and doesn’t have a ton of financial support from home.” And as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/politics/fact-check-beef-grocery-prices-trump-vis\">groceries have become more and more expensive\u003c/a>, some colleges are also \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6520682/\">located in food deserts\u003c/a>, making it even harder to find fresh, substantial meals.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Jensen noted it’s common for college students to darkly joke among themselves about how little they’ve eaten that day, as they juggle studies and extracurriculars. But that could normalize the hunger, she said. According to \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/calfresh-college-students-food-insecurity\">a UCLA study\u003c/a> from earlier this year, half of the California college students surveyed said they experienced food insecurity, and 28% of respondents said they’d skipped a meal in the past because they couldn’t afford to eat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re having to deal with those things, it’s impossible to think about the larger academic responsibilities that you have,” Jensen said. “I couldn’t focus on anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://capolicylab.org/news/analysis-shows-govt-shutdown-could-lead-to-at-least-414000-college-students-not-receiving-their-nov-calfresh-benefits/\">California Policy Lab’s data\u003c/a> includes students from the 2022 to 2023 academic school year at California Community Colleges, the University of California and the California State University systems. The data does not include students like Jensen, who attend private schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the data, over 58,000 CalFresh recipients are within the University of California system, including Berkeley transfer student LisaMarie Fusco, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062685/eating-for-survival-with-november-snap-delays-how-will-bay-area-families-cope\">told KQED she was “broken-hearted” by the SNAP delays\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m devastated,” she said. “People are really tired. We’re done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to juggling the demands of her academic studies with reduced access to school, “I’ll have to bite the bullet and maybe just continue writing and not think about food,” Fusco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The November delays in SNAP payments due to the government shutdown are keeping around $56 million from the hundreds of thousands of students on CalFresh this month, according to the California Policy Lab’s estimates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a huge amount of money that we’re talking about — that families and individuals across our state aren’t getting this month, and that isn’t going to support our economy,” Hogg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The view from community colleges\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the government shutdown stretched into October, some college administrators and experts began warning about a possible delay in benefits — and planning for the consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools like Chabot College were immediately “trying to brainstorm how to respond …. even before students were receiving letters from the county about their benefits being impacted,” explained Muna Taqi-Eddin, the college’s CalFresh Outreach Specialist.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>College campuses quickly \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Pages/CSU-Steps-Up-to-Support-Students-Amid-CalFresh-Delays.aspx\">deployed resources\u003c/a> for students, including expanding existing food pantries on campus and distributing grocery gift cards and fresh food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some colleges have also made emergency grants available to affected students. Evergreen Valley College in San Jose secured $100,000 worth of emergency funding for 250 students, according to a college spokesperson. It’s money that the college hopes could help alleviate some pressures facing students, said Sean Dickerson, Evergreen Valley College’s Interim Director of Student Development, Engagement, & Inclusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his role, Dickerson has encountered students who’ve told him they’ve been unable to focus and engage fully in their studies as they miss their November payments, ahead of their upcoming midterm exams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just the increase of stress and anxiety,” he said — and students are wondering if they need to decide between “rent or gas or food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like all community colleges, Evergreen Valley is required to provide a \u003ca href=\"https://www.evc.edu/basic-needs\">basic needs program\u003c/a> to help provide resources regarding food, housing and transportation for their students, including those on CalFresh. According to the California Policy Lab, around 276,000 students attending a California community college use CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such student on CalFresh is 61-year-old Salimah Shabazz of Chabot College. Shabazz — known to friends and family as Mrs. Mak — recalled walking into her school’s resource center in tears when learning of the delayed November benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I suffer from different health problems also. It was in limbo. I didn’t know what I was going to do,” she said. “Thank God for the student resource hub.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of the shutdown, the Foundation for California Community Colleges \u003ca href=\"https://give.foundationccc.org/campaign/738630/donate\">launched a fundraising campaign\u003c/a> to assist students during the shutdown and beyond, and “to directly support our students regardless of what happens at the national level,” said Marisela Hernandez, a manager with the foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that their financial aid is not enough to cover all of their living expenses in California,” Hernandez said. “Often our students are having to choose between going to class, or going to work, or being able to provide for their families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Community organizations step up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley student Fusco said she already relies on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyfoodnetwork.org/\">Berkeley Food Network\u003c/a>, which operates food pantries and deliveries in the region. And community resources have been a vital lifeline for many CalFresh recipients during an unprecedented moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061440/calfresh-snap-ebt-shutdown-find-food-banks-near-me-san-francisco-bay-area-alameda-oakland-contra-costa-newsom-national-guard#find-food-bank-near-me\">Food banks across the Bay Area\u003c/a> have prepared for the expected surges of people visiting their distribution sites, and local restaurants are providing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13982957/snap-calfresh-ebt-november-shutdown-meals-food-assistance-san-francisco-bay-area\">free or discounted meals\u003c/a> for impacted residents, with many focusing on families. And continuing a history of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nokidhungry.org/blog/black-activists-remember-radical-origins-food-justice-movement\">food justice in schools\u003c/a>, students themselves are collaborating to offer mutual aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: staff members of The Berkeley Student Food Collective, Yesenik Alfaro Puga, Emily Torres-Zepeda, Sadie Muller, Amory Marten and David Cho, at the co-op’s storefront in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. The student-run grocery aims to provide healthy and low-cost food options to the campus community. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.foodcollective.org/\">Berkeley Student Food Collective\u003c/a> is a non-profit “student-governed grocery co-op” located next to the UC Berkeley campus, led by J. Noven, the organization’s executive director. For Noven, the shutdown has highlighted existing problems, from “widespread food insecurity” to a “hollowing out of benefits for students and young people” — but the CalFresh delays were an additional blow to students already struggling to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Already, we’ve seen a significant downturn in utilization of EBT at the storefront,” Noven said — from students with dwindling or zero CalFresh funds to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite Noven’s determination to help students and Berkeley residents at this time, the food collective still has its restrictions. A month into the shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture told retailers — including grocery stores or corner stores — that providing discounts to EBT cardholders would be considered a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/ebt/retailer/retailer-notice/reminder-snap-equal-treatment\">“SNAP violation.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are one of a network of individual or independent grocery stores that really want to be stepping up to support communities that use SNAP, and our hands are being tied by the USDA,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How \u003cstrong>‘a lifeline’ can still be out of reach\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jensen, the Santa Clara University student, said she got off CalFresh a few months ago. But her experience led her to study food insecurity at her own institution’s basic needs office, learning more about the cost-of-living in one of the most expensive regions in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt very alone at this school, in my issues,” Jensen said — but in the course of her research, she said she realized, “‘Wow, there’s a lot of students who are dealing with this.’”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.scu.edu/media/environmental-justice-initiative/2023-24-SCU-Food-Security-and-Basic-Needs-Report.pdf\">a survey of around 830 SCU students\u003c/a>, over a quarter reported “having very low or low food security in 2023.” “It should never be something that anyone’s ashamed of,” Jensen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/calfresh-college-students-food-insecurity\">the UCLA study\u003c/a>, student subpopulations that were most likely to report being food insecure were those who have been in the foster care system, first-generation students and disabled students — disparities that the study’s lead author said showed “food security is also a matter of educational equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her own studies, Jensen also delved deeper into systemic detriments of going without food as a student: \u003ca href=\"https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9370637/\">the lower GPAs\u003c/a>, the higher rates of anxiety and depression, the disproportionate impacts on first-generation students and people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for many students, even just getting onto CalFresh is an issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the UCLA study, over a quarter of food-insecure students who have heard of CalFresh but never used it said they did not know how to apply. Half of them said they hadn’t applied because \u003ca href=\"https://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/newsroom/blog/calfresh-college-students-food-insecurity\">they didn’t think they’d qualify\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, in fact, many more students are eligible for CalFresh than are actually using it. According to Hogg’s UC Berkeley research, 1 in 3 UC undergrads qualify for SNAP benefits, as do 1 in 5 community college students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, according to 2019 data, “over a quarter of California high school students participated in CalFresh at some point during high school,” said Hogg. But those numbers then drop off after high school graduation — and a major factor is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/calfreshoutreach/res/toolkit/quickreference/regulationquickreference_e_students.pdf\">additional eligibility criteria\u003c/a> college students need to meet to stay on CalFresh, Hogg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/20251110_College_students_CalFresh_GH-4_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians pass The Berkeley Student Food Collective on Bancroft Way in Berkeley on Nov. 10, 2025. The co-op, known for its focus on affordability and sustainability, displays local produce outside its storefront. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students need to be either a parent, working for 20 hours a week or participating in work-study to keep receiving food benefits when they get to college. Some students may also lose eligibility for CalFresh if they live with their parents. Overall, “there’s a list of things that students have to do — above and beyond the general population — to be eligible for CalFresh,” Hogg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jensen said that thinking about the back-and-forth court battles still happening over SNAP, and what she called “food benefits being used as a political pawn,” she gets mad. Institutions — the government and colleges alike — need to provide for their students, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The UN has quite literally delegated \u003ca href=\"https://geneva.usmission.gov/2017/03/24/u-s-explanation-of-vote-on-the-right-to-food/\">food security as a human right\u003c/a>,” Jensen said. “And it’s a right that Americans aren’t getting … It’s genuinely a lifeline in an extremely unaffordable country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now I need to use my voice to speak up for those who can’t, because I was able to not rely on SNAP anymore,” she added. “And that’s something I did hold a lot of pride in myself for — but I also held a lot of pride when I did use SNAP.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">Carly Severn\u003c/a> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Sarah Spillane is a proud native of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s Sunset District. “Born and raised, Sunset,” she said while standing outside of her current residence, a modest, tiny cabin near Mid-Market, several miles from the foggy avenues where she grew up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillane has lived in this homeless shelter with 70 private cabins for nearly two years, since being picked up by the city’s Homeless Outreach Team nearly a decade after she lost her housing on the westside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before that, “I did primarily stay in the Sunset when I was homeless,” Spillane said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her tiny home offers some privacy in the form of her own unit with a lock and key, her goal is to move closer to the Sunset, where her son, who is about to enter high school, still lives. But Spillane can’t afford to live in the neighborhood and the city’s homeless services are primarily concentrated downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though I’m from the city, it can get really ugly down here,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Bay Area cities like San Francisco, San José and Oakland look to curb homelessness, many are turning their focus to expanding transitional housing like this tiny home site, in order to move people off the street quicker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058494\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">RVs and trailers parked on Lake Merced Boulevard and State Drive near San Francisco State University in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But as community and government leaders push to add shelter space in neighborhoods where it’s traditionally been absent, they are grappling with fresh resistance from residents concerned that placing services for homeless people nearby will upend their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling in 2024, the \u003cem>City of Grants Pass v. Johnson\u003c/em>, that now allows cities to force unhoused people to move off sidewalks, regardless of whether shelter is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities can cite or arrest individuals who refuse offers of shelter, and instances of both have ramped up across the Bay Area since the ruling, particularly in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051236/an-unhoused-san-francisco-resident-navigates-a-new-era-of-street-enforcement\">major cities like San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-homeless-housing-wont-be-ready-ahead-of-big-sweep/\">San José\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco, San José look to put shelters in new neighborhoods\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, as elsewhere, political opposition and constraints on land and transportation have long kept shelters out of many neighborhoods, including single-family home communities like the Sunset. But that dynamic has angered many residents who live in areas like the Tenderloin, Bayview and Mission District, which have a higher concentration of shelters than other parts of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue recently spurred some local elected leaders to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059519/empty-tiny-homes-headed-to-the-bayview-ruffle-feathers-in-city-hall\">push for greater geographic equity\u003c/a> as more temporary housing is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051931\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks at an event celebrating the creation of a union by the workers at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation at Boeddeker Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Neighborhoods like the Tenderloin have more resources than unsheltered residents. Other parts of the city are unable to provide life-saving services to those that need it most,” said San Francisco Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who represents the Tenderloin and recently sponsored an ordinance that requires the city to build shelter in areas where they are lacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Budget and Legislative Office analysis shows which parts of the city have the greatest discrepancy between services and people who need them. The Sunset, for example, accounted for 3.8% of the total unhoused population according to 2024 federal data, but provides 0% of year-round shelter. That’s compared to the Tenderloin, which has 19.4% of the unsheltered population and 33.8% of the city’s shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed Mahmood’s legislation this fall. Beginning in January, the city will be prohibited from opening new shelters or transitional housing facilities in neighborhoods where the number of existing beds and services exceeds the number of unhoused residents.[aside postID=news_12059519 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS50006_047_SanFrancisco_JuneteenthKickoffRally_06172021-qut-1020x679.jpg']“Why should someone have to move across the city to access help?” said Edie Irons, director of communications at All Home, a nonprofit that works on regional approaches to solving homelessness. “They might turn down shelter for many reasons. One could be they are far away from where they became homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, proponents of the ordinance hope the legislation will help win over reluctant homeowners, which hasn’t proven easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vera Genkin lives in the Sunset and said she “has a big heart for all these people,” but she worries unhoused people from other places will come to her quiet neighborhood looking for services, despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/reports--september-2024--2024-point-time-count\">evidence\u003c/a> showing people often live in the neighborhoods and cities where they became homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we being expected to pick up problems of homelessness that did not start here?” she said. “Why is this county supposed to pay with city municipal funds for some other county’s homelessness? I don’t understand that either, so the same equation applies to me between districts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to expand shelters to new neighborhoods have been fraught across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a town hall meeting earlier this summer, San José’s housing director Erik Soliván presented a plan to open the first temporary housing site in the city’s sleepy Cambrian neighborhood: a converted motel that would provide shelter for senior women and mothers with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058493\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An RV trailer parked on Lake Merced Boulevard and State Drive near San Francisco State University in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He was met with jeers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Put it in your backyard!” one man yelled, in a video \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjosespotlight/video/7515232924657143082\">recorded by the San Jose Spotlight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in downtown, and I have three of them,” Soliván replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan and the city council have embarked on an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042688/mahan-unveils-final-san-jose-budget-plan\">aggressive expansion \u003c/a>of short-term shelter in recent years — building out a system of tiny home villages, RV parking lots and sanctioned encampments that have amounted to nearly 1,900 placements across 22 locations as of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in San Francisco, most of them remain clustered in the city’s downtown core, or in South San José near Monterey Road. Meanwhile, more upscale neighborhoods such as West San José and Evergreen have no shelter sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063652\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Councilmember Pamela Campos speaks the Day Without Childcare rally in front of the Federal Building in San José on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These emergency interim housing sites are one part of what is needed in the continuum of housing, and so we need to make sure that we are distributing them equitably throughout the city,” said Councilmember Pamela Campos, whose District 2 seat includes much of South San José. “Every district in San José is affected by homelessness; therefore, every district should be playing their part in addressing our homelessness crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Rue Ferrari interim housing site, in Campos’ district, was expanded from 122 to 266 beds, making it the largest tiny home community in the city. Campos celebrated the move but worried that her sprawling district lacks public transit for residents of Rue Ferrari to easily access jobs and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s a way to ensure that we are not putting more than the fair share of emergency interim housing in one district than others, that’s definitely a policy that is worth exploring,” she said. “It cannot continue to be the same neighborhoods and the same places, especially when we’re going into neighborhoods that are severely lacking in the resources and amenities that are needed to support people who are working hard to stabilize their lives and move forward in an upward trajectory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Resistance isn’t the only barrier\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mahan has said he would like to see shelters expand into every council district in the city. But he pointed to barriers beyond community pushback. In District 1, for example, which borders Sunnyvale and Cupertino, Mahan said available land is simply too scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is one of the most densely built-out and expensive places in the city, where it is very hard to secure land. We just don’t have a good parcel that is city-owned to build a solution there,” he said. “And it can’t be a tiny parcel because we need enough scale to make it worth taxpayers’ investment in providing services. So there are just many factors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050503 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference outside City Hall on July 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And he said any ordinance governing shelter placement, such as the one passed in San Francisco, could limit opportunities to quickly move people off the street. Mahan pointed to another South San José tiny home site that opened earlier this year, on private land owned by developer John Sobrato, who leased it to the city at virtually no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we had had a restriction on having a second site within half a mile, we would not have been able to move forward [with] that site,” Mahan said. “So if you create a straitjacket through policy, you start missing opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan and the council have instead sought to placate the concerns of residents living near existing shelters by instituting a no-encampment zone around each site, granting first preference for beds to people living in the immediate area, and starting community advisory groups to solicit feedback after a shelter opens.[aside postID=news_12058952 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20250616_UNHOUSEDCREEKRESTORATION_GC-37-KQED.jpg']Still, there’s a danger to this approach of trying to convince residents to “share the burden” of homelessness, said Marlene Bennett, an adjunct professor of health law at Santa Clara University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That unfortunately just propels these negative stereotypes and misinformation about the housing crisis and folks who are experiencing homelessness or maybe living with mental illness or using substances or all three,” Bennett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also the issue of funding. In San Francisco, Lurie shifted some of the city’s funding for permanent housing toward interim housing in the latest budget cycle, a move that was met with pushback from housing advocates and experts, pointing out that homelessness doesn’t end with shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But supporters say the funding is needed to build out temporary options where people can move off the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that they both have the same problem, which is there is not enough funding for shelter,” said Elizabeth Funk, CEO of Dignity Moves, which contracts with both San José and San Francisco to build tiny home shelters. “From HUD all the way down, they’ve decided shelter doesn’t work. We’re trying to change that form of shelter, what you think of as a big warehouse of bunk beds, and focus on interim housing. There needs to be funding for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has not expanded shelter as aggressively because of funding challenges, even as Alameda County is increasing resources for homelessness services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-scaled-e1760372488675.jpg\" alt=\"Tents line a city street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large tent encampment where people live in West Oakland in February 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun CoÅkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have observed that siting is often the most challenging part of the process of standing up new shelter, due to community pushback,” Irons, with All Home, said, pointing out that many smaller cities are not yet trying to build shelters in neighborhoods where they have historically been absent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, millions of dollars from Measure W, a 2020 ballot measure that authorized a 10-year sales tax, will soon go to a variety of homeless resources across the county, including for transitional housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are really trying to have a county-wide approach and distribute these resources,” Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas said. As a councilmember in Oakland, Fortunato Bas oversaw a tiny home project in her district, which has since transformed into an affordable housing project. “We know that it’s largely African-American residents and more and more seniors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is facing cuts to shelter services in the short term before those Measure W funds become available, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024498\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign says, “Housing is a Human Right” at the Cob on Wood Project at the Wood Street encampment in West Oakland on July 19, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Homelessness experts there say that the increased policing that stems from the Grants Pass ruling has not significantly decreased the unhoused population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing more and more of an attempt to solve homelessness through the enforcement-forward approach, and a belief that [unhoused] people who are in our community are not from here,” said Sasha Hauswald, interim chief homelessness solutions officer for Oakland. “Those two things actually are positively reinforcing of one another, because the more you have enforcement without real housing options for people to move into, the more people have to move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, just as in San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, most unhoused residents became homeless in the city where they were living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063655\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063655\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Spillane, a resident of the DignityMoves tiny home cabins, outside the entrance in SoMa on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Each person is someone’s child, sister, brother — often whole families who have nowhere to go and could use a helping hand,” Mahmood, the San Francisco supervisor, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillane, the Sunset native, hopes that as San Francisco expands shelter options across the city, she’ll be able to move to the neighborhood she considers home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said having a space like where she’s living now, but closer to her family in the Sunset, “would be an answer to my prayers, big time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She goes back to the neighborhood as often as she can. “That’s where my heart is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her tiny home offers some privacy in the form of her own unit with a lock and key, her goal is to move closer to the Sunset, where her son, who is about to enter high school, still lives. But Spillane can’t afford to live in the neighborhood and the city’s homeless services are primarily concentrated downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though I’m from the city, it can get really ugly down here,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Bay Area cities like San Francisco, San José and Oakland look to curb homelessness, many are turning their focus to expanding transitional housing like this tiny home site, in order to move people off the street quicker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058494\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">RVs and trailers parked on Lake Merced Boulevard and State Drive near San Francisco State University in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But as community and government leaders push to add shelter space in neighborhoods where it’s traditionally been absent, they are grappling with fresh resistance from residents concerned that placing services for homeless people nearby will upend their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate comes on the heels of a Supreme Court ruling in 2024, the \u003cem>City of Grants Pass v. Johnson\u003c/em>, that now allows cities to force unhoused people to move off sidewalks, regardless of whether shelter is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities can cite or arrest individuals who refuse offers of shelter, and instances of both have ramped up across the Bay Area since the ruling, particularly in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051236/an-unhoused-san-francisco-resident-navigates-a-new-era-of-street-enforcement\">major cities like San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-homeless-housing-wont-be-ready-ahead-of-big-sweep/\">San José\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco, San José look to put shelters in new neighborhoods\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, as elsewhere, political opposition and constraints on land and transportation have long kept shelters out of many neighborhoods, including single-family home communities like the Sunset. But that dynamic has angered many residents who live in areas like the Tenderloin, Bayview and Mission District, which have a higher concentration of shelters than other parts of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue recently spurred some local elected leaders to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059519/empty-tiny-homes-headed-to-the-bayview-ruffle-feathers-in-city-hall\">push for greater geographic equity\u003c/a> as more temporary housing is built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051931\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051931\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250812-TNDC-UNION-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks at an event celebrating the creation of a union by the workers at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation at Boeddeker Park in San Francisco on Aug. 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Neighborhoods like the Tenderloin have more resources than unsheltered residents. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Why should someone have to move across the city to access help?” said Edie Irons, director of communications at All Home, a nonprofit that works on regional approaches to solving homelessness. “They might turn down shelter for many reasons. One could be they are far away from where they became homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, proponents of the ordinance hope the legislation will help win over reluctant homeowners, which hasn’t proven easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vera Genkin lives in the Sunset and said she “has a big heart for all these people,” but she worries unhoused people from other places will come to her quiet neighborhood looking for services, despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/reports--september-2024--2024-point-time-count\">evidence\u003c/a> showing people often live in the neighborhoods and cities where they became homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we being expected to pick up problems of homelessness that did not start here?” she said. “Why is this county supposed to pay with city municipal funds for some other county’s homelessness? I don’t understand that either, so the same equation applies to me between districts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to expand shelters to new neighborhoods have been fraught across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a town hall meeting earlier this summer, San José’s housing director Erik Soliván presented a plan to open the first temporary housing site in the city’s sleepy Cambrian neighborhood: a converted motel that would provide shelter for senior women and mothers with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058493\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001_BAYAREASHELTER_-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An RV trailer parked on Lake Merced Boulevard and State Drive near San Francisco State University in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He was met with jeers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Put it in your backyard!” one man yelled, in a video \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sanjosespotlight/video/7515232924657143082\">recorded by the San Jose Spotlight\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in downtown, and I have three of them,” Soliván replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan and the city council have embarked on an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042688/mahan-unveils-final-san-jose-budget-plan\">aggressive expansion \u003c/a>of short-term shelter in recent years — building out a system of tiny home villages, RV parking lots and sanctioned encampments that have amounted to nearly 1,900 placements across 22 locations as of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As in San Francisco, most of them remain clustered in the city’s downtown core, or in South San José near Monterey Road. Meanwhile, more upscale neighborhoods such as West San José and Evergreen have no shelter sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063652\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Councilmember Pamela Campos speaks the Day Without Childcare rally in front of the Federal Building in San José on May 12, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These emergency interim housing sites are one part of what is needed in the continuum of housing, and so we need to make sure that we are distributing them equitably throughout the city,” said Councilmember Pamela Campos, whose District 2 seat includes much of South San José. “Every district in San José is affected by homelessness; therefore, every district should be playing their part in addressing our homelessness crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Rue Ferrari interim housing site, in Campos’ district, was expanded from 122 to 266 beds, making it the largest tiny home community in the city. Campos celebrated the move but worried that her sprawling district lacks public transit for residents of Rue Ferrari to easily access jobs and services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s a way to ensure that we are not putting more than the fair share of emergency interim housing in one district than others, that’s definitely a policy that is worth exploring,” she said. “It cannot continue to be the same neighborhoods and the same places, especially when we’re going into neighborhoods that are severely lacking in the resources and amenities that are needed to support people who are working hard to stabilize their lives and move forward in an upward trajectory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Resistance isn’t the only barrier\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mahan has said he would like to see shelters expand into every council district in the city. But he pointed to barriers beyond community pushback. In District 1, for example, which borders Sunnyvale and Cupertino, Mahan said available land is simply too scarce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is one of the most densely built-out and expensive places in the city, where it is very hard to secure land. We just don’t have a good parcel that is city-owned to build a solution there,” he said. “And it can’t be a tiny parcel because we need enough scale to make it worth taxpayers’ investment in providing services. So there are just many factors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050503\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050503 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250731-DEPORTBILL-JG-3_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a press conference outside City Hall on July 31, 2025. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And he said any ordinance governing shelter placement, such as the one passed in San Francisco, could limit opportunities to quickly move people off the street. Mahan pointed to another South San José tiny home site that opened earlier this year, on private land owned by developer John Sobrato, who leased it to the city at virtually no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we had had a restriction on having a second site within half a mile, we would not have been able to move forward [with] that site,” Mahan said. “So if you create a straitjacket through policy, you start missing opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan and the council have instead sought to placate the concerns of residents living near existing shelters by instituting a no-encampment zone around each site, granting first preference for beds to people living in the immediate area, and starting community advisory groups to solicit feedback after a shelter opens.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, there’s a danger to this approach of trying to convince residents to “share the burden” of homelessness, said Marlene Bennett, an adjunct professor of health law at Santa Clara University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That unfortunately just propels these negative stereotypes and misinformation about the housing crisis and folks who are experiencing homelessness or maybe living with mental illness or using substances or all three,” Bennett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also the issue of funding. In San Francisco, Lurie shifted some of the city’s funding for permanent housing toward interim housing in the latest budget cycle, a move that was met with pushback from housing advocates and experts, pointing out that homelessness doesn’t end with shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But supporters say the funding is needed to build out temporary options where people can move off the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that they both have the same problem, which is there is not enough funding for shelter,” said Elizabeth Funk, CEO of Dignity Moves, which contracts with both San José and San Francisco to build tiny home shelters. “From HUD all the way down, they’ve decided shelter doesn’t work. We’re trying to change that form of shelter, what you think of as a big warehouse of bunk beds, and focus on interim housing. There needs to be funding for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has not expanded shelter as aggressively because of funding challenges, even as Alameda County is increasing resources for homelessness services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986458\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-scaled-e1760372488675.jpg\" alt=\"Tents line a city street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A large tent encampment where people live in West Oakland in February 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun CoÅkun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have observed that siting is often the most challenging part of the process of standing up new shelter, due to community pushback,” Irons, with All Home, said, pointing out that many smaller cities are not yet trying to build shelters in neighborhoods where they have historically been absent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, millions of dollars from Measure W, a 2020 ballot measure that authorized a 10-year sales tax, will soon go to a variety of homeless resources across the county, including for transitional housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are really trying to have a county-wide approach and distribute these resources,” Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas said. As a councilmember in Oakland, Fortunato Bas oversaw a tiny home project in her district, which has since transformed into an affordable housing project. “We know that it’s largely African-American residents and more and more seniors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is facing cuts to shelter services in the short term before those Measure W funds become available, however.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024498\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024498\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/027_KQED_WoodStreetEncampment_07192022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign says, “Housing is a Human Right” at the Cob on Wood Project at the Wood Street encampment in West Oakland on July 19, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Homelessness experts there say that the increased policing that stems from the Grants Pass ruling has not significantly decreased the unhoused population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing more and more of an attempt to solve homelessness through the enforcement-forward approach, and a belief that [unhoused] people who are in our community are not from here,” said Sasha Hauswald, interim chief homelessness solutions officer for Oakland. “Those two things actually are positively reinforcing of one another, because the more you have enforcement without real housing options for people to move into, the more people have to move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, just as in San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, most unhoused residents became homeless in the city where they were living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063655\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063655\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251001_BayAreaShelter_-16_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Spillane, a resident of the DignityMoves tiny home cabins, outside the entrance in SoMa on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Each person is someone’s child, sister, brother — often whole families who have nowhere to go and could use a helping hand,” Mahmood, the San Francisco supervisor, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spillane, the Sunset native, hopes that as San Francisco expands shelter options across the city, she’ll be able to move to the neighborhood she considers home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said having a space like where she’s living now, but closer to her family in the Sunset, “would be an answer to my prayers, big time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She goes back to the neighborhood as often as she can. “That’s where my heart is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Mere hours after his Jan. 20 inauguration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> issued an executive order stating that the federal government would recognize only two sexes, male and female. As a result, the State Department \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5300880/trump-passport-policy-trans-gender-intersex-nonbinary\">immediately eliminated the “X” gender\u003c/a> as an option and suspended its previous policy that permitted transgender, intersex and nonbinary people to update gender markers on their passports.\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5300880/trump-passport-policy-trans-gender-intersex-nonbinary\"> \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a back-and-forth in the federal courts following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623342/orr-v-trump-president-of-the-united-states/\">lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/695759/new-high-say-supreme-court-too-conservative.aspx\">conservative-leaning\u003c/a> Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration \u003cem>can \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-nonbinary-passport-sex-marker-5040c6412e06a072889af30cfae97462\">enforce this policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest update is not the end of the road for trans people and gender markers, San Francisco lawyer Alexis Levy said, since “this decision doesn’t dispose of the lawsuit in general.”“That will take several more months at least,” Levy said. “This was\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_23\"> an emergency stay\u003c/a>, which is a very specific subset that’s become a very frequent feature in this administration, and the Supreme Court during this administration.”[aside postID=news_12067497 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/PassportGetty.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/update-gender-marker-ID-documents\">California still allows people to change their gender marker\u003c/a> or use “X” on state-issued documents like their birth certificate or their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027050/apply-for-real-id-deadline-may-7-can-i-fly-without\">driver’s license\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy, who\u003ca href=\"https://www.identityaffirmation.org/about\"> specializes in name and gender marker changes\u003c/a> through their nonprofit\u003ca href=\"https://www.identityaffirmation.org/\"> Identity Affirmation Workshop\u003c/a>, said they’ve seen clientele increase “pretty significantly” since the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People saw the writing on the wall,” said Levy, who has been hosting free gender marker and name change clinics with other LGBTQ+ organizations, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGt_wDyAJ3/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">the Oakland LGBTQ Center\u003c/a>. “The whole process can be really daunting,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what does changing your name or gender marker on official government documents now entail? KQED spoke to Levy about what trans, intersex and nonbinary people can expect during the lengthy process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please bear in mind that this is not legal advice, and it’s always a good idea to talk to an expert about your individual situation before taking concrete action — especially because current events may have superseded some information online. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">Jump straight to: Organizations and resources offering advice about documentation changes for trans folks.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#updating-passport-sex-field\">What should I know about updating my gender marker on a U.S. passport right now, and what could the risks be?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#B\">How long does it take to update your name or gender marker on your documentation?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#C\">What are the costs associated with officially changing your name or gender marker?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029447\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney Alexis Levy poses for a portrait outside the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"updating-passport-sex-field\">\u003c/a>What’s the current situation for trans people’s U.S. passports?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in June, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts \u003ca href=\"https://www.gladlaw.org/issues/identity-document-updates-for-transgender-people/#:~:text=What%20did%20the%20court%20order,with%20your%20gender%20identity%20if:\">ruled\u003c/a> that the State Department “must allow people with a gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth to self-select the sex designation on their passport,” leaving a brief window of time in which trans Americans could update or renew their documents accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that window is \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">closed once again\u003c/a>. Following \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-nonbinary-passport-sex-marker-5040c6412e06a072889af30cfae97462\">the Supreme Court’s decision on Nov. 6\u003c/a>, all new, renewed and replacement passports will now use the gender marker assigned at birth — and the ‘X’ gender option is no longer available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s still another decision to come from the First Circuit Court of Appeals left, which could lead to another brief window in which trans people can once again adjust their gender markers, this timeline is “really hard to predict,” Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My advice remains the same: that it is better to have a passport with the wrong gender marker on it than it is to have no passport at all,” they said.[aside postID=news_12021521 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1158696624-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the confusion and anxiety caused by the frequent policy changes, the situation remains “demoralizing” for many trans, intersex, and gender non-conforming people across the country, Levy said — people who were already reeling from the Trump administration’s January executive order affecting their passports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5300880/trump-passport-policy-trans-gender-intersex-nonbinary\">24-year-old trans man told NPR\u003c/a> in February that after filing paperwork to change his gender marker to male on his passport \u003cem>before\u003c/em> Trump’s inauguration, he received a passport marking him as female. \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> actor Hunter Schafer detailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@csbvkjbvjkbkjjvkfsjk/video/7473999740842151214?_t=ZT-8u734MhV6Ew&_r=1\">on TikTok\u003c/a> how her new passport lists her as male, despite having female on her government documents since she was a teenager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just sort of scared of the way this stuff slowly gets implemented,” Schafer said in her social post, explaining her concerns about possibly being forced to out herself in front of a border patrol agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are never going to stop existing. I’m never going to stop being trans,” Schafer said in her February video. “A letter and a passport can’t change that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s really no purpose for policies like this one, apart from making the people it affects’ lives miserable,” Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can people who have changed their gender marker or have “X” still use their passports to travel?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The U.S. State Department’s site said that a passport with an “X” marker or that “lists a sex other than [your] sex as defined by the White House executive order” \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/sex-marker.html\">will “remain valid until its expiration date,”\u003c/a> and that you can still use it to travel in and out of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acknowledging the anxiety some may have around traveling these passports, Lambda Legal, \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">an organization serving LGBTQ+ people\u003c/a>, said it’s not aware of any confirmed incidents “where individuals have faced problems leaving or reentering the United States using an unexpired passport issued prior to the 2025 policy changes — including those with an X gender marker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have also been no verified reports of passports being confiscated upon reentry,” the \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">group’s website\u003c/a> reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, stressed Lambda Legal, travelers should weigh their personal circumstances, “including how you use your passport, your plans for international travel, and your individual safety needs and risk tolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Which documents can I change my name and/or gender markers on?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There is no one universal application where you can change your name or gender marker for all of your documents and changing one does not prompt another document to change. You have to do it “manually 100% of the time,” Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy said the four major documents people have historically wanted to change to reflect an update to their name or gender identity are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Federal:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html\">Passport\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-01981.html\">Social Security card and record\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>State:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Birth-Record.aspx\">Birth certificate\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">Driver’s license\u003c/a> or\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027050/apply-for-real-id-deadline-may-7-can-i-fly-without\"> REAL ID\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>California, along with several other states, still allows people to change their gender marker or use “X” on state-issued documents like their birth certificate or driver’s license.[aside postID=news_12028454 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2177324845-1020x680.jpg']Other documentation or information that a person might update to reflect a new name or correct gender marker could potentially include: green cards, visas, foreign passports, citizenship certificates, health insurance, insurance and information around banking and credit cards. And name changes, especially, don’t have to be confined to government documents, Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anywhere where your name is attached to it is somewhere where eventually you’re going to have to update it,” said Levy, who went through the name change process themself last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These updates could include mail, magazine subscriptions or their identity at a club or nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How can I legally have a change of name and/or gender identity recognized?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To update a lot of your major documentation to reflect a new name and/or correct gender marker, you’ll need to go to\u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm\"> your local county court\u003c/a> and obtain a court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, you can ask for the court to recognize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/name-change/name-match-gender-adult\">A change of name “to make it match your gender identity”\u003c/a> or\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult\">A change of gender identity\u003c/a> or\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult\">A change of both name and gender identity\u003c/a> at the same time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Depending on your individual situation, you will have to fill out \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/fill-forms\">at least two — and potentially several more — forms\u003c/a>, which will be filed with your local clerk (and be sure to make a copy of all of them). See \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/fill-forms\">which forms might be required\u003c/a> to change your name and/or gender identity in California.[aside postID=news_12026245 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/ap25023755326447-1020x681.jpeg']Some local courts will ask for their own additional forms to file, which\u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/find-my-court\"> you can check with your court’s clerk\u003c/a>. Levy notes that some counties may ask for more biographical information for background-checking purposes, including height, weight and place of birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After you’ve provided the information required by your county, generally, the clerk will then send the forms to a judge, who will then\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/file\"> sign a name change and gender recognition order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This certified signed order helps you change your \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/name-change/name-adult/get-decree\">other official documents, like state IDs\u003c/a>. You will need\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/get-decree\"> multiple copies of the signed order\u003c/a> to change each document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This process is also available to\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/out-state-name-gender-change\"> people born or married in California\u003c/a> but who now live out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Are there any documents I can change without a court order? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levy said you could change your gender marker on California documents — such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Assembly-Bill-(AB)-218.aspx\">birth certificates\u003c/a> and driver’s licenses/IDs — without a court order, although you’ll still be asked for some \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Assembly-Bill-(AB)-218.aspx\">“specific supporting documentation.”\u003c/a> Name change recognition, however, almost always needs a court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people may still consider obtaining the court order regardless of having their gender marker changed, even if it’s possible to do so in California without the order, Levy said. That includes people born in another state or country that \u003cem>does \u003c/em>require a court order to make such a change. Californians may also consider obtaining the court order as a kind of insurance against potential future changes in federal policy regarding self-selection on gender markers, Levy said, since the Constitution mandates that the federal government. As well as other states, \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIV-S1-1/ALDE_00013015/\">must respect a state court order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureaucratic process of updating a birth certificate without a court order can also be intricate and specific, according to Levy. And since any administrative mistakes on the applicant’s part can lead to long delays, they recommend you consult a legal expert if you choose to go this route.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do I need permission for a physician to change my name or gender marker?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. After a 2018 law, California residents do not need\u003ca href=\"https://eznamechange.com/transgender-name-change-in-california/\"> a physician’s letter\u003c/a> for a name and gender change petition.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Once I’ve obtained my court order recognizing my name and/or gender identity change, how can I start updating my documents?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your Social Security card\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can change your name on your Social Security card through\u003ca href=\"https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-01981\"> the Social Security Administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The card does not list a person’s gender marker, but \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents/know-your-rights-social-security\">the agency said\u003c/a> it “maintains information in its computer records on everyone who has a Social Security number, including name, date of birth, and sex.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Motor Vehicles — as well as the State Department, banks, insurance companies, credit card companies and more — often use the Social Security database to cross-reference and confirm people’s identities. Changing a name with the Social Security Administration is almost always a prerequisite before updating other government IDs (except birth certificates) and insurance, Levy said.[aside postID=news_12027050 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1808440413-1020x680.jpg']Lambda Legal, \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">an organization serving LGBTQ+ people\u003c/a>, notes that as of Jan. 31, the Trump administration has directed the Social Security Administration to “stop processing gender marker updates” associated with their records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for Trans Equality, a trans advocacy group, has \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents/know-your-rights-social-security\">noted\u003c/a> that Social Security benefits are not dependent on sex. However, “when applying for Medicare, Medicaid, or Obamacare health insurance through the marketplace, use the sex that matches Social Security,” the group said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your driver’s license or RealID\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are state documents, so you can update your name and/or your gender marker \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">through your local Department of Motor Vehicles\u003c/a>. According to the state, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/name-change/update-documents\">you should change your \u003cem>name \u003c/em>on your Social Security card\u003c/a> before you request a name update on your driver’s license or RealID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your birth certificate \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can update your name and your gender marker on your birth certificate through the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Birth-Record.aspx\"> California Department of Public Health\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Birth-Record.aspx\">Updating your name requires a court order\u003c/a>, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Assembly-Bill-(AB)-218.aspx\">updating your gender marker does not\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your passport \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can update your name on your passport through\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/change-correct.html\"> the U.S. Department of State\u003c/a>. \u003cstrong>Jump back to: \u003ca href=\"#updating-passport-sex-field\">What should I know about updating my gender marker on a U.S. passport right now, and what could the risks be?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your marriage certificate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you had a public marriage, you can update\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Marriage-Record.aspx\"> your name or gender marker on your marriage certificate with the State Registrar\u003c/a>. If you had\u003ca href=\"https://smcacre.gov/county-clerk-recorder/what-difference-between-confidential-and-public-marriage-license\"> a confidential marriage\u003c/a>, you can update your marriage certificate with\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/County-Registrars-and-Recorders.aspx\"> the county recorder’s office\u003c/a> that issued the certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"B\">\u003c/a>How long would changing my name or gender marker take?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the state, the decision period in which a judge signs the name change and gender recognition order is \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/file\">six weeks\u003c/a>. But in many cases, this can vary, Levy said, and the process can be delayed even longer if there are mistakes in your paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And once the court order is approved, “each of those individual documents takes different periods of time,” Levy said. “So California birth certificates take about four months. … Usually [with] Social Security, you do that, and you get a new card in the mail within two weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"C\">\u003c/a>How much money will changing my name and/or gender markers cost?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Name and gender marker changes can be a pricey process, with just some of the costs including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/file\">court petition is $435 to $450\u003c/a>, with\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/ask-fee-waiver\"> some fee waivers available\u003c/a> for people whose household income is below a set amount or who receive public benefits if a judge approves it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Each\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/get-decree\"> copy of a certified order is $40\u003c/a>. (This is free if you qualify for the fee waiver.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reissuing an updated \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/pages/vital-records-fees.aspx#:~:text=*The%20fee%20to%20change/correct,%2429%20per%20copy\">California birth certificate costs $26\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.usa.gov/social-security-card#:~:text=Replacing%20a%20Social%20Security%20card,replacement%20online%20or%20in%20person.\">Social Security cards are reissued for free\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>An\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/licensing-fees/\"> updated driver’s license is $36\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Passport renewals are\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/fees.html\"> $130\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do I need to circulate my name in the local newspaper?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. If you are changing\u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents/california-identity-documents\"> your name according to your gender identity\u003c/a>, you do not need to have your name change printed in a newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What if I am worried about my safety?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Court documents are usually public records. If you are in the state witness program or the\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home\"> Safe at Home address confidentiality program\u003c/a>, you can ask to keep your name change confidential by\u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm\"> asking your local court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do I need to be a certain age to update my name or gender marker? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If a person is under 18 and in California, they would need \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/id/NameChangesforMinors/NCTE%20Minor%20Name%20Change%20California.pdf\">parental permission\u003c/a> to change their name and gender marker on their state ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young people can also use their preferred names and pronouns in public schools without \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your-rights/lgbtq-student-rights-k-12-california-public-schools#:~:text=You%20should%20not%20need%20to,YES.\">having to show any legal documentation\u003c/a>. KQED has\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021521/new-year-new-law-know-more-about-your-rights-as-a-trans-student-in-california-schools\"> a guide further explaining the rights of trans students in public K–12 schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029448\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea and Milo Ronquillo sit with attorney Alexis Levy (right) near the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Where can trans folks find support and resources around documentation changes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levy holds regular clinic with their firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.identityaffirmation.org/\">Identity Affirmation Workshop \u003c/a>and said the service is pro bono to anyone living in California or, if they live out of state, born or married in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations offering advice in this area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/\">Trans Equality\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/helpdesk/\">Lambda Legal’s help desk\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://translifeline.org/resources/id-change-library/\">Trans Lifeline\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More about the name and gender marker changing process\u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/guide-to-legally-changingyour-name-genderwhile-incarcerated/\"> if you are incarcerated\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nnavarro\">Natalia Navarro\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on March 6 and has been updated to reflect that Alexis Levy’s nonprofit is called Identity Affirmation Workshop.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a back-and-forth in the federal courts following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69623342/orr-v-trump-president-of-the-united-states/\">lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/695759/new-high-say-supreme-court-too-conservative.aspx\">conservative-leaning\u003c/a> Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration \u003cem>can \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-nonbinary-passport-sex-marker-5040c6412e06a072889af30cfae97462\">enforce this policy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the latest update is not the end of the road for trans people and gender markers, San Francisco lawyer Alexis Levy said, since “this decision doesn’t dispose of the lawsuit in general.”“That will take several more months at least,” Levy said. “This was\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/rule_23\"> an emergency stay\u003c/a>, which is a very specific subset that’s become a very frequent feature in this administration, and the Supreme Court during this administration.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/update-gender-marker-ID-documents\">California still allows people to change their gender marker\u003c/a> or use “X” on state-issued documents like their birth certificate or their \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027050/apply-for-real-id-deadline-may-7-can-i-fly-without\">driver’s license\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy, who\u003ca href=\"https://www.identityaffirmation.org/about\"> specializes in name and gender marker changes\u003c/a> through their nonprofit\u003ca href=\"https://www.identityaffirmation.org/\"> Identity Affirmation Workshop\u003c/a>, said they’ve seen clientele increase “pretty significantly” since the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People saw the writing on the wall,” said Levy, who has been hosting free gender marker and name change clinics with other LGBTQ+ organizations, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGt_wDyAJ3/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\">the Oakland LGBTQ Center\u003c/a>. “The whole process can be really daunting,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what does changing your name or gender marker on official government documents now entail? KQED spoke to Levy about what trans, intersex and nonbinary people can expect during the lengthy process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Please bear in mind that this is not legal advice, and it’s always a good idea to talk to an expert about your individual situation before taking concrete action — especially because current events may have superseded some information online. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">Jump straight to: Organizations and resources offering advice about documentation changes for trans folks.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#updating-passport-sex-field\">What should I know about updating my gender marker on a U.S. passport right now, and what could the risks be?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#B\">How long does it take to update your name or gender marker on your documentation?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#C\">What are the costs associated with officially changing your name or gender marker?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029447\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-03-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney Alexis Levy poses for a portrait outside the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"updating-passport-sex-field\">\u003c/a>What’s the current situation for trans people’s U.S. passports?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Back in June, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts \u003ca href=\"https://www.gladlaw.org/issues/identity-document-updates-for-transgender-people/#:~:text=What%20did%20the%20court%20order,with%20your%20gender%20identity%20if:\">ruled\u003c/a> that the State Department “must allow people with a gender identity different from their sex assigned at birth to self-select the sex designation on their passport,” leaving a brief window of time in which trans Americans could update or renew their documents accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that window is \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">closed once again\u003c/a>. Following \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-nonbinary-passport-sex-marker-5040c6412e06a072889af30cfae97462\">the Supreme Court’s decision on Nov. 6\u003c/a>, all new, renewed and replacement passports will now use the gender marker assigned at birth — and the ‘X’ gender option is no longer available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s still another decision to come from the First Circuit Court of Appeals left, which could lead to another brief window in which trans people can once again adjust their gender markers, this timeline is “really hard to predict,” Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My advice remains the same: that it is better to have a passport with the wrong gender marker on it than it is to have no passport at all,” they said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the confusion and anxiety caused by the frequent policy changes, the situation remains “demoralizing” for many trans, intersex, and gender non-conforming people across the country, Levy said — people who were already reeling from the Trump administration’s January executive order affecting their passports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5300880/trump-passport-policy-trans-gender-intersex-nonbinary\">24-year-old trans man told NPR\u003c/a> in February that after filing paperwork to change his gender marker to male on his passport \u003cem>before\u003c/em> Trump’s inauguration, he received a passport marking him as female. \u003cem>Euphoria\u003c/em> actor Hunter Schafer detailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@csbvkjbvjkbkjjvkfsjk/video/7473999740842151214?_t=ZT-8u734MhV6Ew&_r=1\">on TikTok\u003c/a> how her new passport lists her as male, despite having female on her government documents since she was a teenager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just sort of scared of the way this stuff slowly gets implemented,” Schafer said in her social post, explaining her concerns about possibly being forced to out herself in front of a border patrol agent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are never going to stop existing. I’m never going to stop being trans,” Schafer said in her February video. “A letter and a passport can’t change that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s really no purpose for policies like this one, apart from making the people it affects’ lives miserable,” Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can people who have changed their gender marker or have “X” still use their passports to travel?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The U.S. State Department’s site said that a passport with an “X” marker or that “lists a sex other than [your] sex as defined by the White House executive order” \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/sex-marker.html\">will “remain valid until its expiration date,”\u003c/a> and that you can still use it to travel in and out of the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acknowledging the anxiety some may have around traveling these passports, Lambda Legal, \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">an organization serving LGBTQ+ people\u003c/a>, said it’s not aware of any confirmed incidents “where individuals have faced problems leaving or reentering the United States using an unexpired passport issued prior to the 2025 policy changes — including those with an X gender marker.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have also been no verified reports of passports being confiscated upon reentry,” the \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">group’s website\u003c/a> reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, stressed Lambda Legal, travelers should weigh their personal circumstances, “including how you use your passport, your plans for international travel, and your individual safety needs and risk tolerance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Which documents can I change my name and/or gender markers on?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There is no one universal application where you can change your name or gender marker for all of your documents and changing one does not prompt another document to change. You have to do it “manually 100% of the time,” Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy said the four major documents people have historically wanted to change to reflect an update to their name or gender identity are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Federal:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html\">Passport\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-01981.html\">Social Security card and record\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>State:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Birth-Record.aspx\">Birth certificate\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">Driver’s license\u003c/a> or\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027050/apply-for-real-id-deadline-may-7-can-i-fly-without\"> REAL ID\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>California, along with several other states, still allows people to change their gender marker or use “X” on state-issued documents like their birth certificate or driver’s license.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Other documentation or information that a person might update to reflect a new name or correct gender marker could potentially include: green cards, visas, foreign passports, citizenship certificates, health insurance, insurance and information around banking and credit cards. And name changes, especially, don’t have to be confined to government documents, Levy said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anywhere where your name is attached to it is somewhere where eventually you’re going to have to update it,” said Levy, who went through the name change process themself last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These updates could include mail, magazine subscriptions or their identity at a club or nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How can I legally have a change of name and/or gender identity recognized?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To update a lot of your major documentation to reflect a new name and/or correct gender marker, you’ll need to go to\u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm\"> your local county court\u003c/a> and obtain a court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, you can ask for the court to recognize:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/name-change/name-match-gender-adult\">A change of name “to make it match your gender identity”\u003c/a> or\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult\">A change of gender identity\u003c/a> or\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult\">A change of both name and gender identity\u003c/a> at the same time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Depending on your individual situation, you will have to fill out \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/fill-forms\">at least two — and potentially several more — forms\u003c/a>, which will be filed with your local clerk (and be sure to make a copy of all of them). See \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/fill-forms\">which forms might be required\u003c/a> to change your name and/or gender identity in California.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Some local courts will ask for their own additional forms to file, which\u003ca href=\"https://courts.ca.gov/find-my-court\"> you can check with your court’s clerk\u003c/a>. Levy notes that some counties may ask for more biographical information for background-checking purposes, including height, weight and place of birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After you’ve provided the information required by your county, generally, the clerk will then send the forms to a judge, who will then\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/file\"> sign a name change and gender recognition order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This certified signed order helps you change your \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/name-change/name-adult/get-decree\">other official documents, like state IDs\u003c/a>. You will need\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/get-decree\"> multiple copies of the signed order\u003c/a> to change each document.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This process is also available to\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/out-state-name-gender-change\"> people born or married in California\u003c/a> but who now live out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Are there any documents I can change without a court order? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levy said you could change your gender marker on California documents — such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Assembly-Bill-(AB)-218.aspx\">birth certificates\u003c/a> and driver’s licenses/IDs — without a court order, although you’ll still be asked for some \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Assembly-Bill-(AB)-218.aspx\">“specific supporting documentation.”\u003c/a> Name change recognition, however, almost always needs a court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people may still consider obtaining the court order regardless of having their gender marker changed, even if it’s possible to do so in California without the order, Levy said. That includes people born in another state or country that \u003cem>does \u003c/em>require a court order to make such a change. Californians may also consider obtaining the court order as a kind of insurance against potential future changes in federal policy regarding self-selection on gender markers, Levy said, since the Constitution mandates that the federal government. As well as other states, \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIV-S1-1/ALDE_00013015/\">must respect a state court order\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bureaucratic process of updating a birth certificate without a court order can also be intricate and specific, according to Levy. And since any administrative mistakes on the applicant’s part can lead to long delays, they recommend you consult a legal expert if you choose to go this route.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do I need permission for a physician to change my name or gender marker?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. After a 2018 law, California residents do not need\u003ca href=\"https://eznamechange.com/transgender-name-change-in-california/\"> a physician’s letter\u003c/a> for a name and gender change petition.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Once I’ve obtained my court order recognizing my name and/or gender identity change, how can I start updating my documents?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your Social Security card\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can change your name on your Social Security card through\u003ca href=\"https://faq.ssa.gov/en-us/Topic/article/KA-01981\"> the Social Security Administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The card does not list a person’s gender marker, but \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents/know-your-rights-social-security\">the agency said\u003c/a> it “maintains information in its computer records on everyone who has a Social Security number, including name, date of birth, and sex.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Motor Vehicles — as well as the State Department, banks, insurance companies, credit card companies and more — often use the Social Security database to cross-reference and confirm people’s identities. Changing a name with the Social Security Administration is almost always a prerequisite before updating other government IDs (except birth certificates) and insurance, Levy said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Lambda Legal, \u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/tgnc-checklist-under-trump/\">an organization serving LGBTQ+ people\u003c/a>, notes that as of Jan. 31, the Trump administration has directed the Social Security Administration to “stop processing gender marker updates” associated with their records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for Trans Equality, a trans advocacy group, has \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents/know-your-rights-social-security\">noted\u003c/a> that Social Security benefits are not dependent on sex. However, “when applying for Medicare, Medicaid, or Obamacare health insurance through the marketplace, use the sex that matches Social Security,” the group said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your driver’s license or RealID\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are state documents, so you can update your name and/or your gender marker \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/updating-information-on-your-driver-license-or-identification-dl-id-card/\">through your local Department of Motor Vehicles\u003c/a>. According to the state, \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/name-change/update-documents\">you should change your \u003cem>name \u003c/em>on your Social Security card\u003c/a> before you request a name update on your driver’s license or RealID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your birth certificate \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can update your name and your gender marker on your birth certificate through the\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Birth-Record.aspx\"> California Department of Public Health\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Birth-Record.aspx\">Updating your name requires a court order\u003c/a>, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Assembly-Bill-(AB)-218.aspx\">updating your gender marker does not\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your passport \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can update your name on your passport through\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/have-passport/change-correct.html\"> the U.S. Department of State\u003c/a>. \u003cstrong>Jump back to: \u003ca href=\"#updating-passport-sex-field\">What should I know about updating my gender marker on a U.S. passport right now, and what could the risks be?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updating your marriage certificate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you had a public marriage, you can update\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/Amending-a-California-Marriage-Record.aspx\"> your name or gender marker on your marriage certificate with the State Registrar\u003c/a>. If you had\u003ca href=\"https://smcacre.gov/county-clerk-recorder/what-difference-between-confidential-and-public-marriage-license\"> a confidential marriage\u003c/a>, you can update your marriage certificate with\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/Pages/County-Registrars-and-Recorders.aspx\"> the county recorder’s office\u003c/a> that issued the certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"B\">\u003c/a>How long would changing my name or gender marker take?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to the state, the decision period in which a judge signs the name change and gender recognition order is \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/file\">six weeks\u003c/a>. But in many cases, this can vary, Levy said, and the process can be delayed even longer if there are mistakes in your paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And once the court order is approved, “each of those individual documents takes different periods of time,” Levy said. “So California birth certificates take about four months. … Usually [with] Social Security, you do that, and you get a new card in the mail within two weeks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"C\">\u003c/a>How much money will changing my name and/or gender markers cost?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Name and gender marker changes can be a pricey process, with just some of the costs including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/file\">court petition is $435 to $450\u003c/a>, with\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/ask-fee-waiver\"> some fee waivers available\u003c/a> for people whose household income is below a set amount or who receive public benefits if a judge approves it.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Each\u003ca href=\"https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/gender-recognition/gender-name-adult/get-decree\"> copy of a certified order is $40\u003c/a>. (This is free if you qualify for the fee waiver.)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Reissuing an updated \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHSI/pages/vital-records-fees.aspx#:~:text=*The%20fee%20to%20change/correct,%2429%20per%20copy\">California birth certificate costs $26\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.usa.gov/social-security-card#:~:text=Replacing%20a%20Social%20Security%20card,replacement%20online%20or%20in%20person.\">Social Security cards are reissued for free\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>An\u003ca href=\"https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification-cards/licensing-fees/\"> updated driver’s license is $36\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Passport renewals are\u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/fees.html\"> $130\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do I need to circulate my name in the local newspaper?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No. If you are changing\u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents/california-identity-documents\"> your name according to your gender identity\u003c/a>, you do not need to have your name change printed in a newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What if I am worried about my safety?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Court documents are usually public records. If you are in the state witness program or the\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home\"> Safe at Home address confidentiality program\u003c/a>, you can ask to keep your name change confidential by\u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/find-my-court.htm\"> asking your local court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do I need to be a certain age to update my name or gender marker? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If a person is under 18 and in California, they would need \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/id/NameChangesforMinors/NCTE%20Minor%20Name%20Change%20California.pdf\">parental permission\u003c/a> to change their name and gender marker on their state ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young people can also use their preferred names and pronouns in public schools without \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your-rights/lgbtq-student-rights-k-12-california-public-schools#:~:text=You%20should%20not%20need%20to,YES.\">having to show any legal documentation\u003c/a>. KQED has\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021521/new-year-new-law-know-more-about-your-rights-as-a-trans-student-in-california-schools\"> a guide further explaining the rights of trans students in public K–12 schools\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029448\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-07-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrea and Milo Ronquillo sit with attorney Alexis Levy (right) near the Civic Center Courthouse in San Francisco on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Where can trans folks find support and resources around documentation changes?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Levy holds regular clinic with their firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.identityaffirmation.org/\">Identity Affirmation Workshop \u003c/a>and said the service is pro bono to anyone living in California or, if they live out of state, born or married in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other organizations offering advice in this area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/\">Trans Equality\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lambdalegal.org/helpdesk/\">Lambda Legal’s help desk\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://translifeline.org/resources/id-change-library/\">Trans Lifeline\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>More about the name and gender marker changing process\u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/guide-to-legally-changingyour-name-genderwhile-incarcerated/\"> if you are incarcerated\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nnavarro\">Natalia Navarro\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on March 6 and has been updated to reflect that Alexis Levy’s nonprofit is called Identity Affirmation Workshop.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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