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"content": "\u003cp>The town of Lucerne in Lake County is tucked between mountains and a lake. When you drive in on the main two-lane highway, the sign that greets you calls it the “Switzerland of America.” But David Cruz has a different nickname for the place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Welcome to the most expensive water in the whole United States,” Cruz says. He’s standing in his front yard, wearing a T-shirt that says: “FLAT BROKE -- DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She's out, but we're still paying,\" adds Cruz’s wife, Lorena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/11/09/501451368/here-is-what-donald-trump-wants-to-do-in-his-first-100-days\" target=\"_blank\">100-day action plan\u003c/a> to “Make America Great Again,” President Trump proposed privatization as the best strategy for fixing the country's infrastructure, including roads, bridges and water systems. That's already happened in Lake County's Lucerne and other small towns like it throughout California -- and it's not working out very well for people like the Cruz family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/03/2017-03-24b-tcrmag.mp3\" Image=\"https://u.s.kqed.net/2017/03/24/TapWater.jpg\" Title=\"Why This California Town’s Water Costs Way More Than the National Average\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Cruz is semi-retired, and says he can’t afford to pay his family’s water bill on his limited income. Lorena shows me their latest one: $712.70 for two months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two months of water costs the average U.S. household about $240. The Cruz family is paying three times that, and Lorena says her family of five doesn't waste water. They do dishes only once a day, wash their laundry every two weeks and take short showers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These habits might sound familiar after a drought that lasted half a decade. But this isn't about the drought. The Cruzes are conserving water because they can’t afford not to, rain or shine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11374347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11374347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-800x544.jpg\" alt=\"A sign displayed at a public hearing regarding Lucerne’s water rates.\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-800x544.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-1180x803.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-960x653.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-240x163.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-375x255.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-520x354.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign displayed at a public hearing regarding Lucerne’s water rates. \u003ccite>(Audrey Dilling/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It hasn’t always been like this. But just over a decade ago, David Cruz says, their water bill started to rise. The high cost of water has impacted the entire town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no trees, empty houses, no gardens,” says David Cruz. \"Pretty soon it’s going to be a ghost town.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cruz family's neighbor, Steve Theodorf, remembers more vibrant times in the area. He’s lived in Lucerne since high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"During the summer it was just wall-to-wall tourists,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theodorf was just doing something he rarely does: washing his car to get ready for a special trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I took the first damn shower in one month today. ... Do you know what that feels like?'\u003ccite>Lucerne resident Samuel Bonaccorso\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Otherwise we just leave our cars dirty because we can't afford to wash them,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of his neighbors, Theodorf is a retired veteran on a fixed income. Lucerne’s population skews mostly older and white, and many people live below the poverty line. The main highway through the town is dotted with shuttered hotels and restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hate to see the town go the way it’s gone,” Theodorf says. “The water is what killed the businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Thai restaurant that closed up shop and reopened in another town just a couple of miles down the road, where water bills are lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how does a town get priced out by its water?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11374351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11374351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"Clear Lake, the source of Lucerne’s drinking water, is full of algae, bacteria and other compounds that must be removed before the water reaches customers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-800x538.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-1180x793.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-960x646.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-240x161.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-375x252.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-520x350.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clear Lake, the source of Lucerne’s drinking water, is full of algae, bacteria and other compounds that must be removed before the water reaches customers. \u003ccite>(Audrey Dilling/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lucerne’s water comes from nearby Clear Lake. But, at least on this visit, it doesn’t quite live up to the name. The lake is teeming with green algae. Water like this needs a lot of treatment. And when the current water company in Lucerne took over about 15 years ago, the health department told them the treatment system they inherited wasn’t up to the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You simply cannot operate a system that does not provide safe drinking water to customers,” says Paul Townsley, vice president of regulatory matters for \u003ca href=\"https://www.calwater.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Water Services\u003c/a> (Cal Water). Townsley says the company had no choice but to upgrade the treatment plant, to the tune of about $7 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You take that cost and you divide it by the number of customers here\" -- that's about 1,800 households -- “and you have the issue that we have today,” Townsley says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even with two discounts offered by the company, the cost of water in Lucerne remains unaffordable for many customers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Townsley says that spending any less on the Lucerne system is not an option. “The alternative is to ignore the infrastructure,” he adds, which is the choice hundreds of small water systems around California are being forced to make because they can’t come up with the money to make improvements. As many as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_314EHR.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">160,000 Californians\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> get their water from a company that has failed to meet water quality standards in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Cal Water was able to secure a zero-interest loan from the state to build the plant, something smaller rural communities often don’t have the capacity to do. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And, as one of the largest private water companies in the West, Cal Water has access to pools of funding for infrastructure from investors. And it’s up to the customers in Lucerne to pay it back. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"An investor in a company like Cal Water is investing in infrastructure,\" says Townsley. \"The money has to come from somewhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might even be coming from you, if you’ve got a retirement fund. Some major mutual funds invest in Cal Water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it were a public company, money for big projects would come from bonds, Townsley explains. But people vote on bonds. The residents of Lucerne don’t get a vote. Instead, they get one chance every three years to plead their case at a public hearing with the\u003ca href=\"http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\"> California Public Utilities Commission\u003c/a> (CPUC).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took the first damn shower in one month today,” Lucerne resident Samuel Bonaccorso told a CPUC judge in front at the latest packed public hearing in December. “Do you know what that feels like?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the hearing, the water company agreed to consolidate Lucerne’s costs with other nearby water districts -- another option that’s only available to a large company like Cal Water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That brings down the monthly water bill for people like Bonaccorso from three times the national average to double what most Americans pay for their water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California faces a funding gap of as much as \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_314EHR.pdf\">$160 million per year\u003c/a> to ensure small, rural communities have access to safe and affordable water. With support from Cal Water, Governor Brown recently signed legislation converting state loans like the one used to build the Lucerne plants into grants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This story was produced with support from the UC Berkeley 11th-Hour Food and Farming Fellowship.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This story has been updated from its original version to provide more details about Cal Water’s efforts to reduce the cost of water in Lucerne.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two months of water costs the average U.S. household about $240. The Cruz family is paying three times that, and Lorena says her family of five doesn't waste water. They do dishes only once a day, wash their laundry every two weeks and take short showers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These habits might sound familiar after a drought that lasted half a decade. But this isn't about the drought. The Cruzes are conserving water because they can’t afford not to, rain or shine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11374347\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11374347\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-800x544.jpg\" alt=\"A sign displayed at a public hearing regarding Lucerne’s water rates.\" width=\"800\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-800x544.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-1180x803.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-960x653.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-240x163.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-375x255.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/LucerneWaterSign-520x354.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign displayed at a public hearing regarding Lucerne’s water rates. \u003ccite>(Audrey Dilling/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It hasn’t always been like this. But just over a decade ago, David Cruz says, their water bill started to rise. The high cost of water has impacted the entire town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no trees, empty houses, no gardens,” says David Cruz. \"Pretty soon it’s going to be a ghost town.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cruz family's neighbor, Steve Theodorf, remembers more vibrant times in the area. He’s lived in Lucerne since high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"During the summer it was just wall-to-wall tourists,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theodorf was just doing something he rarely does: washing his car to get ready for a special trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I took the first damn shower in one month today. ... Do you know what that feels like?'\u003ccite>Lucerne resident Samuel Bonaccorso\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"Otherwise we just leave our cars dirty because we can't afford to wash them,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like a lot of his neighbors, Theodorf is a retired veteran on a fixed income. Lucerne’s population skews mostly older and white, and many people live below the poverty line. The main highway through the town is dotted with shuttered hotels and restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hate to see the town go the way it’s gone,” Theodorf says. “The water is what killed the businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Thai restaurant that closed up shop and reopened in another town just a couple of miles down the road, where water bills are lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, how does a town get priced out by its water?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11374351\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11374351\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-800x538.jpg\" alt=\"Clear Lake, the source of Lucerne’s drinking water, is full of algae, bacteria and other compounds that must be removed before the water reaches customers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-800x538.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-1020x686.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-1180x793.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-960x646.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-240x161.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-375x252.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/ClearLake-520x350.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clear Lake, the source of Lucerne’s drinking water, is full of algae, bacteria and other compounds that must be removed before the water reaches customers. \u003ccite>(Audrey Dilling/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lucerne’s water comes from nearby Clear Lake. But, at least on this visit, it doesn’t quite live up to the name. The lake is teeming with green algae. Water like this needs a lot of treatment. And when the current water company in Lucerne took over about 15 years ago, the health department told them the treatment system they inherited wasn’t up to the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You simply cannot operate a system that does not provide safe drinking water to customers,” says Paul Townsley, vice president of regulatory matters for \u003ca href=\"https://www.calwater.com/\" target=\"_blank\">California Water Services\u003c/a> (Cal Water). Townsley says the company had no choice but to upgrade the treatment plant, to the tune of about $7 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You take that cost and you divide it by the number of customers here\" -- that's about 1,800 households -- “and you have the issue that we have today,” Townsley says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even with two discounts offered by the company, the cost of water in Lucerne remains unaffordable for many customers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Townsley says that spending any less on the Lucerne system is not an option. “The alternative is to ignore the infrastructure,” he adds, which is the choice hundreds of small water systems around California are being forced to make because they can’t come up with the money to make improvements. As many as \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_314EHR.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">160,000 Californians\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> get their water from a company that has failed to meet water quality standards in recent years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Cal Water was able to secure a zero-interest loan from the state to build the plant, something smaller rural communities often don’t have the capacity to do. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And, as one of the largest private water companies in the West, Cal Water has access to pools of funding for infrastructure from investors. 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"content": "\u003cp>BIG SUR — Almost all the hotels, restaurants and state parks cut off when a bridge on the Central California coast crumbled last month remain closed, but Kurt Mayer chose to keep his deli and taproom open — even though it's costing him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heavy rains this winter damaged the span on iconic Highway 1 beyond repair, splitting the touristy Big Sur area in two and stranding more than 400 residents on one side. Visitors have been blocked from reaching part of the community known for its luxury spas, posh hotels and scenic retreats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Mayer, the bridge closure means a six-hour, round-trip route several times a week to buy goods to stock the shelves. He also had to temporarily lay off 11 of his 16 employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet he's keeping his doors open for locals who need produce, milk and propane.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They support me all year long, and I appreciate it,\" Mayer said. \"In the bad times, you've got to try to come through for the people who come through for you all the time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The damaged Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge sits on an active landslide, which pushed out one of two columns holding it up. Crews are working to tear down the old span and replace it with a single-span steel bridge across the canyon, which will not sit on the slide. A large section of the bridge was demolished on March 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea/status/843545203629875200\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susana Cruz, a spokeswoman for Caltrans, said construction is expected to cost about $20 million and take six to nine months — too long for some.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We as a community simply will not survive in any way that is recognizable without a timely rebuild of that bridge,\" said Big Sur Chamber of Commerce President Kirk Gafill, owner of the historic Nepenthe Restaurant, which has been serving Big Sur since 1949. The area also is without law enforcement and public services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gafill said Caltrans needs to prioritize the bridge replacement over other projects, or some businesses may go under. He had hoped for a different bridge design that could be built more quickly, but Cruz said the work is being expedited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bridge closure also has affected Gafill personally. His wife and 14-year-old son have moved to a friend's condominium in Monterey to keep the boy in high school, creating chaos for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are constantly packing and unpacking,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11369833\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11369833\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-800x563.jpg\" alt=\"Kirk Gafill, owner of the historic Nepenthe Restaurant, says they're using the unexpected closure to refinish the wood and update the restaurant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-800x563.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-160x113.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-1020x717.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-1180x830.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-960x675.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-240x169.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-375x264.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/NepentheRestaurant-520x366.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirk Gafill, owner of the historic Nepenthe Restaurant, says they're using the unexpected closure to refinish the wood and update the restaurant. \u003ccite>(jongela19/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>East of the bridge, a 2-foot-wide trail is under construction to allow people who live south of the damaged span to bypass it by walking about 30 minutes each way through steep terrain. Fire brigade escorts will bring them back and forth in the morning and evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a godsend compared to what we have now, which is nothing,\" Gafill said. \"People are going to be in the best shape of their lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The New Camaldoli Hermitage, a monastery known for its ocean views, is among the places that have been cut off. The two dozen monks and staff members there have been working on their spiritual fitness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The morale of the house has been really good,\" Prior Cyprian Consiglio said. \"We are using this to simplify and get back to basics.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staff cooks are no longer on the property, so the monks have been making meals. When the phones went down, they communicated with walkie-talkies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monks usually make money by hosting at least 15 people at a time on their sprawling property. But with access cut off, the rooms sit empty. 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Those who rent out second properties could continue to deduct mortgage interest from their state tax returns (the Internal Revenue Service defines a rental property as a property where the owner spends less than 10 percent of time compared to rental tenants.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, Californians can deduct interest from up to $1 million in mortgage debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers failed to reach a compromise on affordable housing funding last year, Assembly and Senate Democrats now are championing a fleet of bills to address California’s soaring housing costs. 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But it wouldn’t necessarily affect the richest of the rich, who may not need to finance a second property. Over the past 10 years, about 44 percent of second homes not used for rentals were purchased without a mortgage, according to data from the California Association of Realtors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mlevin.carto.com/viz/0146a2b5-fcd3-4904-a36f-28148c68e67b/embed_map\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on data from the federal home lender Fannie Mae (and not their own internal tax data), the Franchise Tax Board estimates that 195,000 homeowners would be affected by AB 71. On average, each of these second homeowners reduces his or her taxes by about $1,140 annually by taking advantage of the second mortgage interest deduction. That’s in addition to the sizable tax breaks they receive at the federal level on both their properties, which disproportionately benefit households with high incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state lacks a surprising amount of data on second homeowners, including their average income. So while it’s safe to assume that second homeowners are more wealthy than your average California taxpayer, by how much more remains unknown. The National Association of Realtors estimates that nationally, second home buyers have a median household income of about $91,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for their location within California, certain regions contain high concentrations of second homes. In tiny Alpine County, home of the Kirkwood Mountain ski resort, more than 70 percent of the housing stock is comprised of vacation homes, according to U.S. Census data analyzed by the National Association of Home Builders. More than half of the homes in Mono County, near Mammoth Mountain, are seasonal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has led to concern from some of these regions that the bill could exact a hefty toll of their local economies and housing markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Local county assessors from my district have relayed their concerns regarding the removal of the (second mortgage interest deduction) and the potential impacts it could have for property values throughout California,\" said Republican Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, whose district includes all of Alpine and Mono counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The revenue rub and the governor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bigelow and legislators from both sides of the aisle supported a 2015 bill Chiu sponsored that increased funding for the state Low Income Housing Tax Credit program by $300 million, but it did not eliminate the mortgage interest deduction on second homes. After it won near-unanimous passage in both chambers, Gov. Brown vetoed the bill, noting that it lacked a way to pay for itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown has not taken a position on the new bill, Chiu expressed confidence that eliminating the second mortgage interest deduction would appease the fiscally cautious governor. “I have received every indication that if we are successful in passing this, that the governor will consider it seriously,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while attaching a new revenue source to affordable housing may satisfy the governor, it means the bill faces a precarious political path through the Legislature, where it needs a two-thirds approval vote in both chambers because it is a tax measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means supporters can’t afford to lose moderate Democratic votes in the Assembly or Senate, and will need to deflect the potent lobbying influence of the California Association of Realtors, which opposes the bill. The Realtors contributed $1.1 million to state legislative candidates in 2016, including $723,000 to Democrats, according to data from the National Institute on Money in Politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Realtors]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu “is trying to do the right thing,” said Stan Wieg, the association’s vice president. “He’s looking for a source of funding. We just think it’s misdirected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for Assemblyman Jim Cooper of Elk Grove, co-chair of the Assembly moderate Democratic caucus, said that he had not yet had time to study the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump complicates 'dire need' for housing dollars\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even with its designated new funding source, AB 71 could face pushback from the governor’s office on the amount of revenue the bill forecasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state will be on the hook for $300 million in additional state housing funds regardless of how much money the elimination of the second mortgage interest deduction actually brings in. But the Franchise Tax Board did not incorporate into its initial revenue forecast any possible behavioral responses to the bill -- such as a drop in the number of people buying second homes, or more second homeowners converting their properties to rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affordable housing advocates across the state argue that the $300 million would provide a small but critical boost to the state’s affordable housing supply, given the state’s urgent need and looming federal housing programs cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration is \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-considers-6-billion-cut-to-hud-budget/2017/03/08/1757e8e8-03ab-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html?utm_term=.23a9107f8718\">reportedly\u003c/a> mulling a proposal to cut $6 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a dramatic rollback that could affect multiple affordable housing programs in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 71 would direct $300 million to the state’s low-income housing tax credit program, which pairs state tax credits with federal tax credits to attract investors in low income housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-trump-tax-affordable-housing-20170226-story.html\">investor demand\u003c/a> for affordable housing tax credits could be waning, the U.S. tax credit program is one of the few federal housing programs receiving significant bipartisan support and not on Trump’s chopping block. 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Those who rent out second properties could continue to deduct mortgage interest from their state tax returns (the Internal Revenue Service defines a rental property as a property where the owner spends less than 10 percent of time compared to rental tenants.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, Californians can deduct interest from up to $1 million in mortgage debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given that Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers failed to reach a compromise on affordable housing funding last year, Assembly and Senate Democrats now are championing a fleet of bills to address California’s soaring housing costs. Legislators already have sent more than 100 housing-related bills to the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee alone -- well above the number introduced last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where are these second homes, and who owns them?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While traditionally considered an untouchable third rail of tax policy, the mortgage interest deduction has come under \u003ca href=\"https://qz.com/851483/trump-wants-to-cap-the-mortgage-interest-deductions-says-treasury-apointee-steve-mnuchin/\">renewed\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.aol.com/article/2013/03/29/mortgage-interest-tax-deduction-Common-Sense-Housing-Investment-Act/20518913/\">scrutiny\u003c/a> of late, precisely because the deduction disproportionately benefits wealthy homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly three-quarters of the tax benefit from mortgage interest deductions at the federal level go to households with cash incomes above $100,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/model-estimates/major-individual-income-tax-expenditures-2011/tax-expenditure-benefits-mortgage-1\">Tax Policy Center\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 71 targets an affluent group of Californians -- those wealthy enough to afford a second house and not use it primarily for rental income. But it wouldn’t necessarily affect the richest of the rich, who may not need to finance a second property. Over the past 10 years, about 44 percent of second homes not used for rentals were purchased without a mortgage, according to data from the California Association of Realtors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mlevin.carto.com/viz/0146a2b5-fcd3-4904-a36f-28148c68e67b/embed_map\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on data from the federal home lender Fannie Mae (and not their own internal tax data), the Franchise Tax Board estimates that 195,000 homeowners would be affected by AB 71. On average, each of these second homeowners reduces his or her taxes by about $1,140 annually by taking advantage of the second mortgage interest deduction. That’s in addition to the sizable tax breaks they receive at the federal level on both their properties, which disproportionately benefit households with high incomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state lacks a surprising amount of data on second homeowners, including their average income. So while it’s safe to assume that second homeowners are more wealthy than your average California taxpayer, by how much more remains unknown. The National Association of Realtors estimates that nationally, second home buyers have a median household income of about $91,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for their location within California, certain regions contain high concentrations of second homes. In tiny Alpine County, home of the Kirkwood Mountain ski resort, more than 70 percent of the housing stock is comprised of vacation homes, according to U.S. Census data analyzed by the National Association of Home Builders. More than half of the homes in Mono County, near Mammoth Mountain, are seasonal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That has led to concern from some of these regions that the bill could exact a hefty toll of their local economies and housing markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Local county assessors from my district have relayed their concerns regarding the removal of the (second mortgage interest deduction) and the potential impacts it could have for property values throughout California,\" said Republican Assemblyman Frank Bigelow, whose district includes all of Alpine and Mono counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The revenue rub and the governor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Bigelow and legislators from both sides of the aisle supported a 2015 bill Chiu sponsored that increased funding for the state Low Income Housing Tax Credit program by $300 million, but it did not eliminate the mortgage interest deduction on second homes. After it won near-unanimous passage in both chambers, Gov. Brown vetoed the bill, noting that it lacked a way to pay for itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Brown has not taken a position on the new bill, Chiu expressed confidence that eliminating the second mortgage interest deduction would appease the fiscally cautious governor. “I have received every indication that if we are successful in passing this, that the governor will consider it seriously,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while attaching a new revenue source to affordable housing may satisfy the governor, it means the bill faces a precarious political path through the Legislature, where it needs a two-thirds approval vote in both chambers because it is a tax measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means supporters can’t afford to lose moderate Democratic votes in the Assembly or Senate, and will need to deflect the potent lobbying influence of the California Association of Realtors, which opposes the bill. The Realtors contributed $1.1 million to state legislative candidates in 2016, including $723,000 to Democrats, according to data from the National Institute on Money in Politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Realtors]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu “is trying to do the right thing,” said Stan Wieg, the association’s vice president. “He’s looking for a source of funding. We just think it’s misdirected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesman for Assemblyman Jim Cooper of Elk Grove, co-chair of the Assembly moderate Democratic caucus, said that he had not yet had time to study the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump complicates 'dire need' for housing dollars\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even with its designated new funding source, AB 71 could face pushback from the governor’s office on the amount of revenue the bill forecasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state will be on the hook for $300 million in additional state housing funds regardless of how much money the elimination of the second mortgage interest deduction actually brings in. But the Franchise Tax Board did not incorporate into its initial revenue forecast any possible behavioral responses to the bill -- such as a drop in the number of people buying second homes, or more second homeowners converting their properties to rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affordable housing advocates across the state argue that the $300 million would provide a small but critical boost to the state’s affordable housing supply, given the state’s urgent need and looming federal housing programs cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration is \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-considers-6-billion-cut-to-hud-budget/2017/03/08/1757e8e8-03ab-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html?utm_term=.23a9107f8718\">reportedly\u003c/a> mulling a proposal to cut $6 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a dramatic rollback that could affect multiple affordable housing programs in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 71 would direct $300 million to the state’s low-income housing tax credit program, which pairs state tax credits with federal tax credits to attract investors in low income housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-trump-tax-affordable-housing-20170226-story.html\">investor demand\u003c/a> for affordable housing tax credits could be waning, the U.S. tax credit program is one of the few federal housing programs receiving significant bipartisan support and not on Trump’s chopping block. That makes affordable housing advocates all the more eager to tap one of the remaining reliable sources of federal funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the face of greater cuts to federal funding through the HUD budget, California needs affordable housing investments at the state level now more than ever,” said Sarah Brundage, state and local policy director for the affordable housing developer and advocacy group Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The (tax credit program) in California and nationally is currently the greatest investment we make in housing. So this build would play a crucial role in ensuring developments can pencil out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other pending California bills take a different approach to funding affordable housing. One, by Democratic Sen. Toni Atkins of San Diego, would levy a $75 recording fee on real estate documents, excluding property sales. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Updated: 11:06 a.m. ET\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration's \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/03/16/520379061/read-president-trumps-budget-blueprint\" target=\"_blank\">new budget blueprint\u003c/a> aims to quantify the president's nationalistic agenda in dollars and cents. The plan, released Thursday morning, calls for significant increases in military and border security spending, along with corresponding cuts in many other parts of the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The blueprint was designed to \"send a message to our allies and our potential adversaries that this is a strong-power administration,\" Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney explained on Wednesday as he previewed the document in a briefing with reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also sends a clear message domestically: This administration is willing to make drastic, controversial cuts to fund that \"strong-power\" message. That includes slashing spending on foreign aid and the environment, as well as long-standing programs aimed at boosting the arts and humanities, as well as the fortunes of the most vulnerable Americans. The question now is how much the Republican-controlled Congress will go along with that vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like any White House budget, Trump's blueprint is more of a political document than an accurate predictor of government spending. Congress controls the pursestrings and lawmakers may have very different priorities. As a statement of presidential intention, though, the blueprint is crystal clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the America First budget,\" said Mulvaney. \"In fact, we wrote it using the president's own words. We went through his speeches. We went through articles that have been written about his policies ... and we turned those policies into numbers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There's no question this is a hard-power budget,\" Mulvaney also said Wednesday. \"It is not a soft-power budget. This is a hard-power budget. And that was done intentionally.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump wants lawmakers to boost military spending in the coming fiscal year by 10 percent, or $54 billion. Rather than raise taxes or increase the deficit, the president is calling for equivalent cuts in other areas. Foreign aid would be especially hard hit, with the State Department's budget cut by about 28 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alongside Defense, the agencies for which the White House proposes spending increases are almost entirely military- and national security-related. The Department of Homeland Security would see a hike in funding of 6.8 percent, as would the Department of Veterans Affairs (5.9 percent) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (11.3 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[TrumpBudget]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The president ran [his campaign] saying he would spend less money overseas and more money back home,\" Mulvaney said. \"When you go to implement that policy, you go to things like foreign aid, and those get reduced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics argue the administration's single-minded focus on hard power is shortsighted, and could ultimately be detrimental to national security. They point to past comments from Defense Secretary James Mattis, a retired Marine general, who \u003ca href=\"http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/03/06/brass-tone-down-the-ask-for-foreign-aid/\" target=\"_blank\">once told lawmakers\u003c/a>, \"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition, ultimately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House blueprint does not address major safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare, which the president has promised to protect. But Trump is calling for sharp cuts in discretionary spending, including the Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration is proposing cutting the EPA's budget by 31 percent, from $8.2 billion in fiscal year 2017 to $5.7 billion in fiscal year 2018. That's the largest cut among all Cabinet departments and major agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget says that slash in funding is necessary \"to ease the burden of unnecessary Federal regulations that impose significant costs for workers and consumers without justifiable environmental benefits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of carrying out many of its current functions, the agency would \"primarily support States and Tribes in their important role protecting air, land, and water in the 21st Century,\" the document adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA's new administrator, Scott Pruitt, is a longtime critic of what he sees as the agency's activist agenda. He and the president have both promised to scale back environmental regulation, including efforts to curb carbon pollution and promote alternative energy. Last week, Pruitt reiterated his doubts that carbon emissions are a primary contributor to climate change. That puts him at odds with the overwhelming scientific consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate research at NASA could also take a hit under Trump's budget. The plan would reduce overall spending at NASA by around 1 percent, Mulvaney said, but would increase spending on space exploration, which Trump supports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, funding for the National Institutes of Health would fall by 18 percent, or $5.8 billion. That cut involves \"a major reorganization of NIH's Institutes and Centers,\" including closing some of those centers, \"to help focus resources on the highest priority research.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/28/516717981/watch-live-trump-addresses-joint-session-of-congress\" target=\"_blank\">speech to a joint session of Congress\u003c/a> last month, Trump promised to bring renewed hope and opportunity to what he called \"our neglected inner cities.\" The Department of Housing and Urban Development will not be the vehicle for that effort, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've spent a lot of money on housing and urban development over the last decades without a lot to show for it,\" Mulvaney said. He added that Trump prefers to invest in cities' infrastructure and school choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The president's plan calls for a 6 percent increase in spending by the Department of Homeland Security, including $2.6 billion to begin work on a planned border wall. The White House is also asking Congress to devote $1.5 billion to the wall in the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among all the proposed spending hikes and cuts, some areas would see spending cuts of 100 percent. The administration wants to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Together, the two groups receive about $300 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump also wants to eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps to finance public radio and television stations. CPB received $445 million in the current fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several of these eliminated programs aim to help the poorest Americans. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) helps people pay utility bills and weatherize their homes. And the Community Development Block Grant, a part of HUD, helps support affordable housing and infrastructure (among many other things).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget also proposes eliminating the \u003ca href=\"https://www.arc.gov/about/index.asp\">Appalachian Regional Commission\u003c/a>, which promotes economic development in the region stretching from northern Mississippi to western New York. Many counties in that swath \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president\">heavily supported Trump\u003c/a> in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Foreign aid would be especially hard hit, with the State Department's budget cut by about 28 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alongside Defense, the agencies for which the White House proposes spending increases are almost entirely military- and national security-related. The Department of Homeland Security would see a hike in funding of 6.8 percent, as would the Department of Veterans Affairs (5.9 percent) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (11.3 percent).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[TrumpBudget]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The president ran [his campaign] saying he would spend less money overseas and more money back home,\" Mulvaney said. \"When you go to implement that policy, you go to things like foreign aid, and those get reduced.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics argue the administration's single-minded focus on hard power is shortsighted, and could ultimately be detrimental to national security. They point to past comments from Defense Secretary James Mattis, a retired Marine general, who \u003ca href=\"http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/03/06/brass-tone-down-the-ask-for-foreign-aid/\" target=\"_blank\">once told lawmakers\u003c/a>, \"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition, ultimately.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House blueprint does not address major safety net programs such as Social Security and Medicare, which the president has promised to protect. But Trump is calling for sharp cuts in discretionary spending, including the Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration is proposing cutting the EPA's budget by 31 percent, from $8.2 billion in fiscal year 2017 to $5.7 billion in fiscal year 2018. 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That puts him at odds with the overwhelming scientific consensus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate research at NASA could also take a hit under Trump's budget. The plan would reduce overall spending at NASA by around 1 percent, Mulvaney said, but would increase spending on space exploration, which Trump supports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, funding for the National Institutes of Health would fall by 18 percent, or $5.8 billion. 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"content": "\u003cp>The owners of the 32 teams in the NFL will gather March 26-29 for their annual meeting in Phoenix, and one item likely to be on their agenda is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000776434/article/oakland-raiders-file-las-vegas-relocation-paperwork\" target=\"_blank\">relocation application filed earlier this year\u003c/a> by the owners of the Oakland Raiders, who have an offer on the table to move to a new stadium in Las Vegas for the 2020 football season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raider Nation is a big tent, and there are many fans who like the idea of combining their football with the other attractions of Sin City. But especially here in the Bay Area, there's been\u003ca href=\"http://www.csnbayarea.com/raiders/raiders-fans-send-message-vegas-fly-banner-over-oakland-coliseum\" target=\"_blank\"> vocal, and visible, opposition\u003c/a> since the Vegas plan became public -- and even before, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/12/28/raiders-fans-have-faith-that-this-christmas-wasnt-last-in-oakland/\" target=\"_blank\">during a failed attempt \u003c/a>to take the team to Los Angeles for the second time. A new effort is underway to focus that opposition prior to any NFL vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's why on a sunny Sunday in March, about 100 fans gathered in an Oakland hotel just down the street from the stadium where they've spent so many autumn Sundays. Instead of beers and barbecue at a tailgate, they picked up sodas and slices of pizza to accompany PowerPoint presentations and discussions of the finer points of NFL governance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gathering was organized by Ray Bobbitt, a local business owner who's calling his group the Oakland Coliseum Economic Impact and Legal Action Committee (OCEILAC). About that: \"People ask me, Ray, why would you have a name that long? And it's because then I don't have to explain what we're going to do if they try and move.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11359776\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11359776 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Organizer Ray Bobbitt encouraged fans to get in touch with elected officials throughout the state,\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-240x240.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-375x375.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-520x520.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Bobbitt-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Bobbitt brought together fans, experts, celebrities and community organizers. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \"economic impact\" part of the equation, says Bobbitt, includes construction jobs if a new stadium rises on the site of the existing Coliseum -- but in the longer term, the jobs it provides for neighborhood residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Entry-level positions, something they can do to develop a skill set, whether it be a young person or one of our grandparents that need to make ends meet,\" Bobbitt says. \"You go to the Coliseum now, and you'll see them at parking, at security, selling food. People take that for granted, and they don't understand the impact of that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community advocate John Jones III told the group he, too, wants the economic stimulus of a new stadium for the neighborhoods immediately around the Coliseum. But he said it's also important for the NFL to hear that they're not being asked to make a business decision on charitable grounds. Oakland and the East Bay are stronger economically than Las Vegas, he said, and the NFL can't afford to lose this market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know Uber's going to open at the old Sears building. Google is looking at the Fruitvale district,\" Jones says. \"The point is, this is not Oakland of 1995 when the Raiders came back. It's a very new, prosperous Oakland, and it does present the most viable opportunity for the Raiders.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NFL legend Ronnie Lott dropped by to greet the attendees -- he's leading the investment group that wants to build a new Raiders stadium here. Also making the case for Oakland: radio host Chuy Gomez, DJ TJ Martinez, and rapper and activist Stanley Cox, better known as Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're talking about our hometown here -- the kids, the influence, the jobs, the economy, the schools,\" Cox said. \"And for me, the most important part of this: football, sports, bring people under one roof that have never been in the same room together. Some of us would have never crossed paths if it wasn't for our aligned love and passion for sports.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leo Bazile served on the Oakland City Council during the Raiders' 12 years in Los Angeles. He told fans that in those days team owners could play Northern and Southern California against each other, and state leaders stayed out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How many of you realize that the fight you're in now is between California and Nevada?\" Bazile said. \"Now every elected official in California should support this team staying here. Organize your communication, start with Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and say where are you on the Raiders deal? Because the more the drums are beating, the more the politicians are going to start looking for angles. Otherwise, out of sight?\" Bazile said, and the crowd responded, \"Out of mind.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11359778\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11359778\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Fans representing some of the other NFL teams came to cast a symbolic vote against relocation.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans representing some of the other NFL teams came to cast a symbolic vote against relocation. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The conference also featured a mock \"relocation vote,\" with members of fan groups for the 31 other teams in the NFL as well as the Raiders weighing in by text, email and in person. Not surprisingly, this vote was unanimously against the move. Nick Wilson, representing the Chicago Bears expressed a common concern: \"If the NFL can do this to Oakland, it raises the question of whose team is safe? What's the point of being a fan?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment was echoed by another guest, Patrick Healy, who has founded a national group called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fanfairness.org/\" target=\"_blank\">FanFairness Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Don't kid yourself. This is about money,\" Healy said. \"They're using your love and your passion for your team for their financial benefit. And the only way that I know to fix that is for fans across the country to organize themselves online to start a national movement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healy wants lovers of all four major sports to demand financial transparency from leagues and put an end to taxpayer funding of stadiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the days tick down before the NFL meets, Ray Bobbitt's action items include setting up a meeting with Bank of America officials -- they're reportedly in line to finance the Vegas deal. He also wants state legislators to hold hearings on the relocation issue. And he plans a very visible show of support -- a human chain of fans linking arms to embrace the Oakland Coliseum. OCEILAS is signing people up through another fan group, \u003ca href=\"http://www.saveoaklandsports.net/\">Save Oakland Sports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobbitt's best-case scenario is that at least nine NFL team owners vote against relocation. It's also possible the league will postpone the vote until later this year, since Las Vegas doesn't have a draft lease agreement with the Raiders or a definite site for a stadium. He and other members of the group are staying positive and working their connections within the NFL as well as outside it. But if the worst case happens -- well, Bobbitt says, Raider fans aren't particularly renowned for their graceful acceptance of defeat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's in our blood that when people walk up to us, and they try to take something out of our hands, at a minimum they know that they've been in a fight,\" Bobbitt says. \"The last thing that's going to happen is that we'll allow the Raiders to pack up in the middle of the night, and all of us will go over to the Coliseum and burn a few jerseys and that's it. That's not going to happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're going to take every legal action that we can to block relocation. This isn't going to be like [the last two cities to lose their teams] San Diego and St. Louis -- with all due respect to those fans. We're going to mobilize like they've never seen before.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Google is looking at the Fruitvale district,\" Jones says. \"The point is, this is not Oakland of 1995 when the Raiders came back. It's a very new, prosperous Oakland, and it does present the most viable opportunity for the Raiders.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NFL legend Ronnie Lott dropped by to greet the attendees -- he's leading the investment group that wants to build a new Raiders stadium here. Also making the case for Oakland: radio host Chuy Gomez, DJ TJ Martinez, and rapper and activist Stanley Cox, better known as Mistah F.A.B.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We're talking about our hometown here -- the kids, the influence, the jobs, the economy, the schools,\" Cox said. \"And for me, the most important part of this: football, sports, bring people under one roof that have never been in the same room together. Some of us would have never crossed paths if it wasn't for our aligned love and passion for sports.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leo Bazile served on the Oakland City Council during the Raiders' 12 years in Los Angeles. He told fans that in those days team owners could play Northern and Southern California against each other, and state leaders stayed out of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How many of you realize that the fight you're in now is between California and Nevada?\" Bazile said. \"Now every elected official in California should support this team staying here. Organize your communication, start with Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, and say where are you on the Raiders deal? Because the more the drums are beating, the more the politicians are going to start looking for angles. Otherwise, out of sight?\" Bazile said, and the crowd responded, \"Out of mind.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11359778\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11359778\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Fans representing some of the other NFL teams came to cast a symbolic vote against relocation.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Fan-Vote-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans representing some of the other NFL teams came to cast a symbolic vote against relocation. \u003ccite>(Nina Thorsen/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The conference also featured a mock \"relocation vote,\" with members of fan groups for the 31 other teams in the NFL as well as the Raiders weighing in by text, email and in person. Not surprisingly, this vote was unanimously against the move. Nick Wilson, representing the Chicago Bears expressed a common concern: \"If the NFL can do this to Oakland, it raises the question of whose team is safe? What's the point of being a fan?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That sentiment was echoed by another guest, Patrick Healy, who has founded a national group called the \u003ca href=\"http://www.fanfairness.org/\" target=\"_blank\">FanFairness Initiative\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Don't kid yourself. This is about money,\" Healy said. \"They're using your love and your passion for your team for their financial benefit. 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"content": "\u003cp>The vast assortment of reclaimed junk at Urban Ore in Berkeley draws all kinds of people, like Chicken John.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I visited \u003ca href=\"http://urbanore.com/\">Urban Ore\u003c/a>, Chicken John was picking up some rusty, squeaky ironing boards. John is from “the San Francisco Institute of Possibility.” He runs this “\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfiop.org/camp-tipsy/\">rotten boat-building contest\u003c/a>” in the summer, where kids and adults create vessels out of trash. “Whoever builds the worst boat wins,” John said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban Ore operates out of a cavernous 3-acre warehouse. It’s filled with all sorts of thrown-out stuff for sale: appliances, furniture, scrap metal, artwork, antiques, a giant papier-mache dragon head. The collection of old doors alone is impressive. The place has somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11353208\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 564px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11353208\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Urban Ore is filled to the brim with all sorts of reclaimed trash.\" width=\"564\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Stuff-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Urban Ore is filled to the brim with all sorts of reclaimed trash. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>End of an Era\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The owners of Urban Ore estimate that the business keeps some 7,000 or 8,000 tons of trash per year out of landfills. It's difficult to verify how much Urban Ore actually diverts from the landfill, but even if it's only a fraction of what the owners claim, it would make the business a major cog in Berkeley’s thriving recycling ecosystem. And it could disappear. That’s because the owners of the 36-year-old business, Dan Knapp and Mary Lou Van Deventer, are ready to retire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Urban Ore is one of the many businesses in the Bay Area run by baby boomers on the edge of retirement. New analysis of census data by the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://www.project-equity.org/communities/small-business-closure-crisis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project Equity\u003c/a> finds that in the Bay Area, boomers hold nearly half of all privately owned businesses with employees. As they retire, they're selling off their companies or just closing shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Iron Law\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades ago, Knapp quit his job as a sociology professor and started riding his bike to the dump, salvaging what he could. Over the years, he and Van Deventer built the business by sorting and selling garbage — squeezing juice from the trash, as they say around here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11353209\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 491px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11353209\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This is the key to the business: Dan Knapp's 12-category system for sorting and processing trash.\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the key to the business: Dan Knapp's 12-category system for sorting and processing trash. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Knapp devised a meticulous system for splitting it all into categories. By separating reusable items, from metal and chemicals, there is less cross-contamination. The trash can be resold, the scrap metal recycled and the chemicals disposed of safely. “I call it the iron law of recycling,” Knapp said. “The more categories the more money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2000, the couple bought Urban Ore’s spacious warehouse. Today it’s a real estate gold mine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knapp said, “We bought the place at $3 million and it's worth three times that now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both our lawyer and our banker have advised us to sell the property and take the money.” Van Deventer added, “but we said we spent our lives building \u003cem>the business\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transition of Power\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple are now in their 70s, and they want the business to be around long after they’re gone. But Knapp's kids don’t want the Ore, and they said an outsider wouldn’t know how to run it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I call it the iron law of recycling. The more categories the more money.' \u003ccite>Dan Knapp, Co-owner of Urban Ore\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The nature of the business is in the activity of it,” Van Deventer said. “It's in the busyness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s in the 38 busy employees who know how the Ore works -- what makes the business tick. If only the couple could somehow transfer the company to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alison Lingane is co-founder of Project Equity, a 3-year-old nonprofit that aims to help companies move to employee ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people aren't aware that employee ownership is an option,\" Lingane said. \"That they have a potential buyer right there under their nose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lingane thinks employee ownership could be a great way to keep baby boomer businesses and the income they generate local. Project Equity crunched census numbers and found that over 60,000 businesses in the Bay Area are owned by aging boomers. The nonprofit is working with Urban Ore, which Lingane hopes can be a model for other entrepreneurs getting ready to retire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are we going to sit back and let these businesses either quietly go away or be consolidated -- bought by out-of-area buyers, so wealth becomes concentrated? Or are we going to take this opportunity to keep at least a chunk of them locally owned and deepen their roots by transitioning them to employee ownership?” Lingane asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said American business owners are unfamiliar with how to transfer power to their workers. With Lingane’s guidance, employees are preparing to use Urban Ore’s equity to take out a loan and buy the company. It would become a worker-owned co-op like Rainbow Grocery or Arizmendi Bakery. There would still be a similar management structure, but workers would share in both the profits and the decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shoulders of Giants\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11353205\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 503px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11353205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Sprague, receiving manager, says it would be great for employees to have greater ownership of Urban Ore.\" width=\"503\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Sprague, receiving manager at Urban Ore, says it would be great for employees to have greater ownership of the business. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Max Wechsler, Urban Ore’s assistant manager, is excited to keep the original owners’ vision going. “At night I read stuff that they’ve written,” Wechsler said. “They’re such valuable resources. So I am standing on the shoulders of giants here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wechsler, like many of the Ore’s employees, is deeply connected to the mission of the company: working toward a world with zero waste. He grew up at a scrap yard and paid his way through college salvaging trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My brother, my father and I would drive around in a pickup truck, just a few blocks ahead of the garbage truck, trash-picking,” Wechsler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Letting Go\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucked in their office at Urban Ore, Knapp and Van Deventer said they want to transfer the business as soon as possible. I asked Van Deventer if she will be nostalgic handing over the company after all these years building it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh yes, for sure,\" she replied, \"but I’ll get over that in about three days.\" That made them both laugh heartily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What about all the stuff?” I asked. “Will you miss it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you've been in the business this long, and you've seen so much flow past your eyes every single day, you lose your lust to own and possess,\" Van Deventer said. \"You can see a beautiful thing and appreciate its beauty and maximize its beauty, so that somebody will come in and find it as beautiful as you find and they'll take it home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wondered aloud if you could say the same thing about their whole business. “That’s right,” she said, “That’s right.” The pair spent their lives building a successful company out of heaps of trash. In the process they’ve lost the lust to possess, and now, they're ready to pass it all on.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Over the years, he and Van Deventer built the business by sorting and selling garbage — squeezing juice from the trash, as they say around here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11353209\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 491px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11353209\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This is the key to the business: Dan Knapp's 12-category system for sorting and processing trash.\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Twelve-Categories-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the key to the business: Dan Knapp's 12-category system for sorting and processing trash. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Knapp devised a meticulous system for splitting it all into categories. By separating reusable items, from metal and chemicals, there is less cross-contamination. The trash can be resold, the scrap metal recycled and the chemicals disposed of safely. “I call it the iron law of recycling,” Knapp said. “The more categories the more money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2000, the couple bought Urban Ore’s spacious warehouse. Today it’s a real estate gold mine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knapp said, “We bought the place at $3 million and it's worth three times that now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Both our lawyer and our banker have advised us to sell the property and take the money.” Van Deventer added, “but we said we spent our lives building \u003cem>the business\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transition of Power\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple are now in their 70s, and they want the business to be around long after they’re gone. But Knapp's kids don’t want the Ore, and they said an outsider wouldn’t know how to run it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I call it the iron law of recycling. The more categories the more money.' \u003ccite>Dan Knapp, Co-owner of Urban Ore\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The nature of the business is in the activity of it,” Van Deventer said. “It's in the busyness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s in the 38 busy employees who know how the Ore works -- what makes the business tick. If only the couple could somehow transfer the company to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alison Lingane is co-founder of Project Equity, a 3-year-old nonprofit that aims to help companies move to employee ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people aren't aware that employee ownership is an option,\" Lingane said. \"That they have a potential buyer right there under their nose.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lingane thinks employee ownership could be a great way to keep baby boomer businesses and the income they generate local. Project Equity crunched census numbers and found that over 60,000 businesses in the Bay Area are owned by aging boomers. The nonprofit is working with Urban Ore, which Lingane hopes can be a model for other entrepreneurs getting ready to retire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Are we going to sit back and let these businesses either quietly go away or be consolidated -- bought by out-of-area buyers, so wealth becomes concentrated? Or are we going to take this opportunity to keep at least a chunk of them locally owned and deepen their roots by transitioning them to employee ownership?” Lingane asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said American business owners are unfamiliar with how to transfer power to their workers. With Lingane’s guidance, employees are preparing to use Urban Ore’s equity to take out a loan and buy the company. It would become a worker-owned co-op like Rainbow Grocery or Arizmendi Bakery. There would still be a similar management structure, but workers would share in both the profits and the decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shoulders of Giants\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11353205\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 503px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-11353205\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Sprague, receiving manager, says it would be great for employees to have greater ownership of Urban Ore.\" width=\"503\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/03/Chris-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Sprague, receiving manager at Urban Ore, says it would be great for employees to have greater ownership of the business. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Max Wechsler, Urban Ore’s assistant manager, is excited to keep the original owners’ vision going. “At night I read stuff that they’ve written,” Wechsler said. “They’re such valuable resources. So I am standing on the shoulders of giants here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wechsler, like many of the Ore’s employees, is deeply connected to the mission of the company: working toward a world with zero waste. He grew up at a scrap yard and paid his way through college salvaging trash.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My brother, my father and I would drive around in a pickup truck, just a few blocks ahead of the garbage truck, trash-picking,” Wechsler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Letting Go\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucked in their office at Urban Ore, Knapp and Van Deventer said they want to transfer the business as soon as possible. I asked Van Deventer if she will be nostalgic handing over the company after all these years building it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oh yes, for sure,\" she replied, \"but I’ll get over that in about three days.\" That made them both laugh heartily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What about all the stuff?” I asked. “Will you miss it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you've been in the business this long, and you've seen so much flow past your eyes every single day, you lose your lust to own and possess,\" Van Deventer said. \"You can see a beautiful thing and appreciate its beauty and maximize its beauty, so that somebody will come in and find it as beautiful as you find and they'll take it home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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