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"content": "\u003cp>As if sending one’s child to public or private school were not a tough enough decision, parents now face issues related to the time and money they donate. Is it fair to focus your efforts only on the school your child attends? Should you only be concerned about other schools where parents lack the time and money to fundraise effectively? Do PTAs and booster clubs now contribute to education inequality ?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126598\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 293px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/14/ptasandthewideninggapineducation/rs7870_img_2615/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-126598\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-126598 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS7870_IMG_2615-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy sits at a desk, drawing a chart.\" width=\"293\" height=\"219\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A study by San Francisco Public Press found that the PTA budgets of San Francisco Public Schools quadrupled in the past five years. Photo: Francesca Segrè\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A feature in the \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/news/public-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a> by Jeremy Adam Smith lays out the difference between the haves and have nots very well — faced with severe funding cutbacks during the last five years, parents stepped in to help fill the need. But as Smith pointed out during a conversation on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402140900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>, not all schools anted up equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Fundraising Gap\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found that over the course of the recession, over the course of all these budget cuts, (San Francisco public schools’) PTA budgets approximately quadrupled. … But we also found that just 10 schools raised half that money, as much as the other 61 combined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how do those fundraising differences actually play out on school campuses? Smith cited two of the schools he reported on: Grattan Elementary School in San Francisco’s Haight district and Junipero Serra Elementary School in the city’s Bernal Heights neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grattan raised about $275,000, and that money “supports all or part of the salaries of about six staff,” Smith says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith says that during the five years of cuts, instead of laying off employees, Grattan was “able to expand their staffing. 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Carol Kocivar, the immediate past president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.capta.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California State Parent Teacher Association,\u003c/a> mentioned an effort called \u003ca href=\"http://www.capta.org/sections/school-smarts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School Smarts\u003c/a> to educate parents:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">“One of the things the state PTA has been involved in is creating parent academies, where parents are invited into the school and are given skills and resources to understand how the school system works. Because, as we know, we have a lot of parents who are new to the United States, or didn’t finish high school or go to college and give those parents the skills and resources to be advocates for their kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Another possible solution proposed was having well-to-do, more established PTAs partner with those at schools with lower-income families. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As if sending one’s child to public or private school were not a tough enough decision, parents now face issues related to the time and money they donate. Is it fair to focus your efforts only on the school your child attends? Should you only be concerned about other schools where parents lack the time and money to fundraise effectively? Do PTAs and booster clubs now contribute to education inequality ?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126598\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 293px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/02/14/ptasandthewideninggapineducation/rs7870_img_2615/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-126598\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-126598 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/RS7870_IMG_2615-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"A young boy sits at a desk, drawing a chart.\" width=\"293\" height=\"219\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A study by San Francisco Public Press found that the PTA budgets of San Francisco Public Schools quadrupled in the past five years. Photo: Francesca Segrè\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A feature in the \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/news/public-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a> by Jeremy Adam Smith lays out the difference between the haves and have nots very well — faced with severe funding cutbacks during the last five years, parents stepped in to help fill the need. But as Smith pointed out during a conversation on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402140900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>, not all schools anted up equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Fundraising Gap\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found that over the course of the recession, over the course of all these budget cuts, (San Francisco public schools’) PTA budgets approximately quadrupled. … But we also found that just 10 schools raised half that money, as much as the other 61 combined.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how do those fundraising differences actually play out on school campuses? Smith cited two of the schools he reported on: Grattan Elementary School in San Francisco’s Haight district and Junipero Serra Elementary School in the city’s Bernal Heights neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Jerry Brown is focused on another sort of rainy day issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A key plank in Brown’s 2014 agenda would force the state to save extra tax revenue and spend it only during deficit years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s proposed rainy day fund is the latest attempt to try and fix a major problem that has held the state’s budget process hostage over the last two decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_125894\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/capgainsgraphic.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/capgainsgraphic-640x395.jpg\" alt=\"Capital gains reported on California income tax returns, 1970-2011. (California Department of Finance)\" width=\"640\" height=\"395\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-125894\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Capital gains reported on California income tax returns, 1970-2011. (California Department of Finance)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The problem is illustrated by the chart showing capital gains reported by California taxpayers over the last several decades. Jason Sisney of the Legislative Analyst’s Office described it as “a roller-coaster ride. Steep climbs and fast drops.” Assembly Speaker John Perez had another definition: “That looks like atrial fibrillation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That roller coaster — or whatever you want to call it — plays a major role in determining how much money the state has to spend on programs each year. “When the market does not do well, this part of our revenue structure declines rapidly,” explained Sisney. “When the market does well, as it’s been doing lately, it climbs very rapidly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capital gains tax revenue dropped by $7 billion during the last recession – that’s more than what this year’s budget would spend on all human services programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How does one area of revenue play such a big role in California’s budget health? It’s really a problem caused by the top 1 percent of the income tax bracket. “The personal income tax makes up about two-thirds of the state’s general fund,” said Sisney. “And the fraction of the personal income tax that’s paid by the 1 percent of returns with the most income has often been around 40 percent, or even more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason the top 1 percent of taxpayers accounts for 40 percent\u003cem> \u003c/em>of the income tax California takes in each year is because the state taxes higher earners at higher rates. And these extremely rich people have been earning a lot more in recent decades. They also make most of their money off stock market earnings and real estate sales, as opposed to a regular paycheck — thus the capital gains fluctuations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/134302299&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Brown’s plan is to prevent lawmakers from spending all of that tax revenue in the flush years. If capital gains revenues swell beyond 6.5 percent of California’s budget, the proposal would sock away anything over that into a rainy day fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/08/96580/\">The proposal initially came from Assembly Speaker John Perez\u003c/a>. “When we have these wild fluctuations, if we didn’t establish a meaningful rainy day fund like the one we’re proposing, what you have is massive cuts as the ones we saw over the last couple years,” said Perez. “Huge impacts on local governments. Huge impacts on education. Huge impact on doing business with the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A broader approach\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez said if his plan had been in place before the last recession, it would have reduced the state’s shortfall by half. Not everyone is so optimistic, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gerry Parsky \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/30/local/me-taxes30\">led the last major effort to try and fix this problem\u003c/a>. He chaired a 2009 commission on tax volatility put together by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cotce.ca.gov/documents/reports/documents/Commission_on_the_21st_Century_Economy-Final_Report.pdf\">Its proposed solution was much more drastic\u003c/a>: flatten out the income tax brackets so wealthy earners aren’t paying much more than everyone else, and completely rewrite California’s commercial and sales taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parsky said he’s “very skeptical “ of the latest rainy day fund proposal. “It’s impossible to deal adequately with volatility without changing the mix of the personal income tax, the corporate tax and the sales tax,” he said. “You certainly can’t do it with what I would call a weak rainy day fund.” Weak, said Parsky, because income tax would still account for two-thirds of the state’s tax revenue, and it would still be rocketing up and down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Perez said he and Brown aren’t interested in flattening out income taxes. “In essence what (Parsky) is suggesting is, ‘Let’s tax middle-class families more and let’s tax the wealthy less’. And I don’t think that that is good policy or good politics,” said Perez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>War of the Rainy Day Funds\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rainy day fund isn’t a new idea. In fact, voters approved one a decade ago. But it went into effect just before the last recession, so it never really got a chance to work. Governors can opt out of contributing money to it, which is what both Brown and Schwarzenegger have done since 2007. (Brown’s latest budget proposal would contribute more than $1 million to the fund, though.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s actually another new rainy day plan on this year’s fall ballot as well. It was drafted as part of the 2010 budget deal – Schwarzenegger’s last — and then delayed. This ballot measure would make it more difficult to avoid payments. It determines excess tax revenue by averaging out the last 20 California budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown spokesman H.D. Palmer said that approach wouldn’t really fix the problem of volatile tax revenue. That’s why Brown and Perez want to replace it with their new plan, “so we believe that what’s on the ballot currently is an improvement over what current law is now. We think that this proposal deals with the issue of the fluctuations of the state’s revenue in a much better manner,” said Palmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown wants his rainy day fund proposal on the November ballot. It would be a constitutional amendment, so that means two-thirds of the Assembly and Senate need to OK the plan by the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But now, more than ever, KONO believes First Fridays are here to stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, KONO released a \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/199399474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report \u003c/a> on the benefits the monthly event has for local businesses, vendors and attendees. Key findings show that event attendees spend, on average, $80 per visit, and revenue for business owners increases 100 to 250 percent on event nights. Moreover, 48 percent of survey respondents reported that they would need to find replacement income if the event were no longer to occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Highlighting the importance of First Fridays for budding entrepreneurs, 38 percent of street vendors reported that Oakland First Fridays was their first vendor experience. Victoria Swift, the Mills College graduate student who implemented the five-month study, said this response indicates that “First Friday can be a mechanism to promote economic opportunity for hyper-localized business and entrepreneurs who otherwise wouldn’t be able to get a foot into the marketplace.” With its low vendor fees — starting at just $10 for a table — First Fridays presents resource-strapped entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to test out their business ideas and make valuable connections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surveys were collected between March and July 2013, beginning right after the shooting and ending around the time when the city cut off its funding for the event. Through some of the most uncertain months in the festival’s history, Swift diligently followed up with business owners in order to get a clearer picture about how the event impacts their businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swift said that at first she was surprised by the community response. “When I went to do the initial interviews, a lot of feedback was venting about the shooting,” she explained. But as she continued to follow up with local business owners, she said their attitudes turned away from wanting to shut the whole thing down. “Talking things through with them was a nice exercise to help them walk through their emotions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now local businesses are stepping up to offer sponsorships for the event. The commercial vacancy rate in the KONO district fell to just 12 percent, down from 47 percent two years ago. KONO Executive Director Shari Godinez believes this achievement is attributable to the popularity of First Fridays. Swift explained that “business owners are incorporating the event into their business plans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swift also added that “city officials have been monumental in supporting First Friday.” However, she points out some critical needs for increased cooperation at the end of her report. She suggests that the city:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Reallocate some Measure C funding to event organizers to better stabilize its infrastructure\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Work with the Special Business Permits office and Economic Workforce Development to find creative solutions that will protect and foster the entrepreneurial environment of Oakland First Fridays\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Encourage further cooperation among city agencies like the Oakland Police Department and Public Works to address public safety and cleanliness concerns for areas beyond the event footprint\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Promote Oakland First Fridays in official city marketing campaigns and Visit Oakland materials as a tourist destination for the region\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In all, the future is looking bright for First Fridays. Instead of continuing as a volunteer-run event, KONO is stepping in. The organization has hired Sarah Kidder to coordinate the monthly event in order to streamline some of the logistical issues. Kidder assures that the event budget is on track, and adds, “I do believe wholeheartedly that every aspect of the event will be more fun, more interesting, and more smoothly run.” Street closures will continue on Telegraph from West Grand up to 27th Street, and Kidder encourages folks to turn out early — festivities begin at 5 p.m. and promptly end at 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most importantly, First Friday is a unifying event for many Oakland residents and visitors alike. It’s a showcase of the incredible talent in The Town, but it also presents a great opportunity. Through this report, Swift says, “I hope that people get really excited about shopping local and supporting localized business — that will haul us out of this recession. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-118115\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/lyft.jpg\" alt=\"Two agents from the same insurance company gave TNC driver different answers on whether they could provide coverage. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Lyft vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n November we reported on the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">widespread confusion over insurance\u003c/a> for ride-share drivers who work for companies such as Lyft, Sidecar and UberX. These companies use smartphone apps to connect ordinary car owners with those seeking a ride. The growing industry has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">given the taxi industry fits\u003c/a>, siphoning off both customers and drivers. In San Francisco, where it has long been notoriously hard to find a cab, the transportation network companies, or TNCs for short, have stepped in to fill the gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One downside for both passengers and riders, however, is uncertainty over insurance coverage if a TNC driver gets into an accident, as several have in the past few weeks. Here's what we found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ride-service companies like Lyft and Sidecar say drivers’ personal insurance policies will cover some claims. But the insurance industry says the policies won’t provide any coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The insurance industry says ride-service drivers will have to buy commercial insurance to be covered when they’re driving for hire and maybe even when they’re not.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>At least some ride-service drivers are keeping their status secret from their insurance companies because they’re afraid of losing coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These issues might take on increasing urgency as more and more drivers sign up and accidents occur. A \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/01/elderly_pedestrian_hit_by_car.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft driver was involved in an accident\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Friday, and an UberX driver \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">struck and killed a 6-year-old girl\u003c/a> on New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"bc1da10c030fd708c761553593624a03\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One question we posed in the past: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Are ride-service drivers at risk of losing their insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week on the Lyft Lounge, a Facebook meeting area for drivers, one member posted a cancellation notice she received from Geico. The termination was for \"commercial use of your 2012 Toyota Prius.\" The posting has sparked a long online discussion among Lyft drivers. Wrote one fellow Lyft driver in response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it. What's Lyft's response to the fact that serving for them may end up with us losing insurance and possibly our livelihood?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, journalist Josh Wolf, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/2013/08/06/driven-take-risks\" target=\"_blank\">writing for the San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/a>, reported on a similar cancellation of a Lyft driver's insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft has not gotten back to us with a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keeping TNC Status a Secret\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the fear over such cancellations, at least some ride-service drivers have kept their status a secret from their insurance companies. Several Lyft drivers we spoke to previously said they did not want their names used for this reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have heard about people being denied coverage because it was discovered they were driving for Lyft, and therefore their personal insurance policy would not be renewed, or canceled,\" Lyft driver Dan told us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another driver: \"I don’t think I should let my insurance company know because I’ll probably get dropped.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And another: “I figure the less they know the better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke Monday to yet another Lyft driver about the issue, and again he would talk only on the condition of anonymity out of fear of having his insurance canceled. This driver said he noted one bit of advice on the Lyft Lounge recently: If you get into an accident, end your ride immediately and turn off your app, so you cannot be identified as a ride-service driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He also said he displays the famous pink mustache that identifies Lyft vehicles only when picking up a passenger, then throws it in the back seat, against both Lyft rules and state regulations. He does this to lessen the risk of being identified as a TNC driver and also because he does not want to get \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">hassled by taxi drivers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There does seem to be a distinct feeling among some TNC drivers that it is bad practice to go public with your professional driver status. On the Reddit Uber Drivers subgroup, someone recently put up a post titled: \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.reddit.com/r/uberdrivers/comments/1v0lwd/do_not_mention_your_work_as_an_uber_driver_on_any/\" target=\"_blank\">Do not mention your work as an Uber Driver on any social media. Good way to get coverage denied in the case of an accident\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can You Get Insurance for TNC Work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K192/77192335.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">rules adopted last September\u003c/a>, the California Public Utilities Commission requires ride-service companies to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance for their drivers. But it remains unclear just when that insurance is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham Archer, the attorney for Syed Muzaffar, the UberX driver involved in the fatal accident on New Year’s Eve, says his client had driven to San Francisco with the express intent of serving UberX users and had already completed one trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although Muzaffar was logged in and awaiting another customer, he wasn’t on a call at the moment of the accident, so UberX does not consider him covered under its policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The companies' commercial insurance won't cover the personal use of a TNC vehicle — for instance, when a driver is running personal errands or going on a road trip. There is a real question as to whether ride-service drivers can obtain personal insurance if they tell insurance companies the true nature of their intended use of the vehicle. During my reporting last year, I contacted the American Automobile Association and Allstate to see if they’d insure me for the personal use of my car if I also wanted to use it for transporting paying passengers as a TNC. Both said they wouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they discover that your car’s being used that way, then that’s going to raise the red flag for any claim,” an Allstate broker told me. “Tracking if accidents have occurred involving such vehicles is difficult, as the insurer will not always have the knowledge that the passenger paid for transport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent experiences of two taxi drivers who wanted to switch to UberX also shows how hard it is for TNC drivers to get insurance coverage. Each uses Uber Taxi, a service that connects passengers with regular cabs. Each said they considered driving for UberX after learning Uber offers financing for that service's drivers to buy new vehicles. But each said their plans hit a roadblock when they found they couldn't get insurance for the new cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those drivers was John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't find anybody who would insure an UberX vehicle,\" he says. \"When I talked to my personal insurance company, I was trying to be very honest. I said I had just been approved for a car loan but wanted to work for UberX. They said they can’t insure that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han says he was referred to a company that provides limousine insurance, but the broker said she couldn't find anyone to cover an UberX vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can’t really insure a car as both a personal vehicle and commercial at the same time,\" says Han, who has written about taxi issues for his own blog. \"Someone might create that kind of package. But it doesn't exist now. The insurance industry is under no obligation to insure something just because the CPUC says it’s OK.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only way I can do UberX would be to lie to my insurance company. I didn't want to do it that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bill Clark drives for Luxor Cab and was also ready to try driving for UberX. He says he was part of a group of about 25 cab drivers that Uber was encouraging to convert to its ride-service platform. He says he was turned down for insurance when he tried to buy a new car for his planned UberX work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went to Geico, filled out an application and told them I was going to transport people,\" he says. \"The application was declined as 'undesirable.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Han, he then tried to get commercial insurance, going through a broker, and couldn't find anyone to insure a TNC vehicle. \"They had never heard of TNCs,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No Answer to Request for Advice\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark then emailed the following to a contact at Uber complaining that he couldn't obtain insurance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I would like to discuss some concerns that have come up in researching the insurance for TNCs. According to the law the requirements to operate a TNC vehicle are: The California PUC requires personal insurance from the driver and excess liability insurance from the TNC (UBER). However when I applied for personal insurance from Geico and I truthfully represented the use of the vehicle, they declined, stating that my use was commercial. It also seems they do not offer the type of commercial insurance I would need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle, which I do not feel comfortable with. My conclusion from this indicates that if there were claims against a TNC driver and the insurance company found out that the true use of the vehicle was falsified, they would deny coverage.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Uber rep told Clark he would see what he could do. Clark then wrote a followup email saying he was still excited about working for Uber, but that the insurance matter needed to be resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he never got any answers and he now assumes the other cab drivers in his group who obtained insurance for TNC work told insurance companies their new cars were for personal use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musing about his quest to leave the taxi business, Clark says, \"I could get a brand-new Prius, drive any time I wanted to, and just make money. That’s like a dream; too good to be true. In fact, it was too good to be true. You can’t get insurance on them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, many people are obtaining insurance on vehicles for TNC use. But it's unclear how many insurers, if any, know about the insured's ride-service work and would balk at coverage if they found out. Almost all personal insurance policies contain an exclusion for commercial use of vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many insurers don’t know their customers are involved in these kinds of program,\" says Pete Moraga of the Insurance Information Network of California. \"If these drivers aren’t telling their insurers, there’s no way for them to know.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the California Department of Insurance has \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0200-bulletins/bulletin-notices-commiss-opinion/TransNetwkDrvrs.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning to TNC drivers\u003c/a> about possible gaps in insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent Uber a number of questions about insurance, including one asking the company if it could name any personal insurers who were willing to insure a TNC vehicle. The company would not answer any of those questions on the record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Jan 22:\u003c/strong> Uber now tells us it did respond to Clark in a phone conversation. Clark, however, says that while an Uber rep did call him, he merely listened to Clark's concerns, saying he would get back to him with a response. But Clark never heard back with any answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2: \u003c/strong>Kara Cross, general counsel for the Personal Insurance Federation of California, an industry group made up of State Farm, Farmers', Progressive, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, and Mercury, contacted us with some insurance implications for TNC passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cross says that if you are injured as a result of riding in a TNC vehicle, you can draw on the $1 million-per-incident coverage TNCs are required to have, but only if the TNC driver is judged to be at fault. If the other vehicle is judged to be at fault, you will have to rely on that driver's insurance, which will very likely cover a much lower amount than $1 million if it is a private vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-118115\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/lyft.jpg\" alt=\"Two agents from the same insurance company gave TNC driver different answers on whether they could provide coverage. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Lyft vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n November we reported on the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">widespread confusion over insurance\u003c/a> for ride-share drivers who work for companies such as Lyft, Sidecar and UberX. These companies use smartphone apps to connect ordinary car owners with those seeking a ride. The growing industry has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">given the taxi industry fits\u003c/a>, siphoning off both customers and drivers. In San Francisco, where it has long been notoriously hard to find a cab, the transportation network companies, or TNCs for short, have stepped in to fill the gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One downside for both passengers and riders, however, is uncertainty over insurance coverage if a TNC driver gets into an accident, as several have in the past few weeks. Here's what we found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ride-service companies like Lyft and Sidecar say drivers’ personal insurance policies will cover some claims. But the insurance industry says the policies won’t provide any coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The insurance industry says ride-service drivers will have to buy commercial insurance to be covered when they’re driving for hire and maybe even when they’re not.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>At least some ride-service drivers are keeping their status secret from their insurance companies because they’re afraid of losing coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These issues might take on increasing urgency as more and more drivers sign up and accidents occur. A \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/01/elderly_pedestrian_hit_by_car.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft driver was involved in an accident\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Friday, and an UberX driver \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">struck and killed a 6-year-old girl\u003c/a> on New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One question we posed in the past: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Are ride-service drivers at risk of losing their insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week on the Lyft Lounge, a Facebook meeting area for drivers, one member posted a cancellation notice she received from Geico. The termination was for \"commercial use of your 2012 Toyota Prius.\" The posting has sparked a long online discussion among Lyft drivers. Wrote one fellow Lyft driver in response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it. What's Lyft's response to the fact that serving for them may end up with us losing insurance and possibly our livelihood?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, journalist Josh Wolf, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/2013/08/06/driven-take-risks\" target=\"_blank\">writing for the San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/a>, reported on a similar cancellation of a Lyft driver's insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft has not gotten back to us with a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keeping TNC Status a Secret\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the fear over such cancellations, at least some ride-service drivers have kept their status a secret from their insurance companies. Several Lyft drivers we spoke to previously said they did not want their names used for this reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have heard about people being denied coverage because it was discovered they were driving for Lyft, and therefore their personal insurance policy would not be renewed, or canceled,\" Lyft driver Dan told us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another driver: \"I don’t think I should let my insurance company know because I’ll probably get dropped.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And another: “I figure the less they know the better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke Monday to yet another Lyft driver about the issue, and again he would talk only on the condition of anonymity out of fear of having his insurance canceled. This driver said he noted one bit of advice on the Lyft Lounge recently: If you get into an accident, end your ride immediately and turn off your app, so you cannot be identified as a ride-service driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He also said he displays the famous pink mustache that identifies Lyft vehicles only when picking up a passenger, then throws it in the back seat, against both Lyft rules and state regulations. He does this to lessen the risk of being identified as a TNC driver and also because he does not want to get \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">hassled by taxi drivers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There does seem to be a distinct feeling among some TNC drivers that it is bad practice to go public with your professional driver status. On the Reddit Uber Drivers subgroup, someone recently put up a post titled: \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.reddit.com/r/uberdrivers/comments/1v0lwd/do_not_mention_your_work_as_an_uber_driver_on_any/\" target=\"_blank\">Do not mention your work as an Uber Driver on any social media. Good way to get coverage denied in the case of an accident\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can You Get Insurance for TNC Work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K192/77192335.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">rules adopted last September\u003c/a>, the California Public Utilities Commission requires ride-service companies to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance for their drivers. But it remains unclear just when that insurance is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham Archer, the attorney for Syed Muzaffar, the UberX driver involved in the fatal accident on New Year’s Eve, says his client had driven to San Francisco with the express intent of serving UberX users and had already completed one trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although Muzaffar was logged in and awaiting another customer, he wasn’t on a call at the moment of the accident, so UberX does not consider him covered under its policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The companies' commercial insurance won't cover the personal use of a TNC vehicle — for instance, when a driver is running personal errands or going on a road trip. There is a real question as to whether ride-service drivers can obtain personal insurance if they tell insurance companies the true nature of their intended use of the vehicle. During my reporting last year, I contacted the American Automobile Association and Allstate to see if they’d insure me for the personal use of my car if I also wanted to use it for transporting paying passengers as a TNC. Both said they wouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they discover that your car’s being used that way, then that’s going to raise the red flag for any claim,” an Allstate broker told me. “Tracking if accidents have occurred involving such vehicles is difficult, as the insurer will not always have the knowledge that the passenger paid for transport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent experiences of two taxi drivers who wanted to switch to UberX also shows how hard it is for TNC drivers to get insurance coverage. Each uses Uber Taxi, a service that connects passengers with regular cabs. Each said they considered driving for UberX after learning Uber offers financing for that service's drivers to buy new vehicles. But each said their plans hit a roadblock when they found they couldn't get insurance for the new cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those drivers was John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't find anybody who would insure an UberX vehicle,\" he says. \"When I talked to my personal insurance company, I was trying to be very honest. I said I had just been approved for a car loan but wanted to work for UberX. They said they can’t insure that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han says he was referred to a company that provides limousine insurance, but the broker said she couldn't find anyone to cover an UberX vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can’t really insure a car as both a personal vehicle and commercial at the same time,\" says Han, who has written about taxi issues for his own blog. \"Someone might create that kind of package. But it doesn't exist now. The insurance industry is under no obligation to insure something just because the CPUC says it’s OK.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only way I can do UberX would be to lie to my insurance company. I didn't want to do it that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bill Clark drives for Luxor Cab and was also ready to try driving for UberX. He says he was part of a group of about 25 cab drivers that Uber was encouraging to convert to its ride-service platform. He says he was turned down for insurance when he tried to buy a new car for his planned UberX work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went to Geico, filled out an application and told them I was going to transport people,\" he says. \"The application was declined as 'undesirable.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Han, he then tried to get commercial insurance, going through a broker, and couldn't find anyone to insure a TNC vehicle. \"They had never heard of TNCs,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No Answer to Request for Advice\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark then emailed the following to a contact at Uber complaining that he couldn't obtain insurance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I would like to discuss some concerns that have come up in researching the insurance for TNCs. According to the law the requirements to operate a TNC vehicle are: The California PUC requires personal insurance from the driver and excess liability insurance from the TNC (UBER). However when I applied for personal insurance from Geico and I truthfully represented the use of the vehicle, they declined, stating that my use was commercial. It also seems they do not offer the type of commercial insurance I would need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle, which I do not feel comfortable with. My conclusion from this indicates that if there were claims against a TNC driver and the insurance company found out that the true use of the vehicle was falsified, they would deny coverage.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Uber rep told Clark he would see what he could do. Clark then wrote a followup email saying he was still excited about working for Uber, but that the insurance matter needed to be resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he never got any answers and he now assumes the other cab drivers in his group who obtained insurance for TNC work told insurance companies their new cars were for personal use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musing about his quest to leave the taxi business, Clark says, \"I could get a brand-new Prius, drive any time I wanted to, and just make money. That’s like a dream; too good to be true. In fact, it was too good to be true. You can’t get insurance on them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, many people are obtaining insurance on vehicles for TNC use. But it's unclear how many insurers, if any, know about the insured's ride-service work and would balk at coverage if they found out. Almost all personal insurance policies contain an exclusion for commercial use of vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many insurers don’t know their customers are involved in these kinds of program,\" says Pete Moraga of the Insurance Information Network of California. \"If these drivers aren’t telling their insurers, there’s no way for them to know.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the California Department of Insurance has \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0200-bulletins/bulletin-notices-commiss-opinion/TransNetwkDrvrs.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning to TNC drivers\u003c/a> about possible gaps in insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent Uber a number of questions about insurance, including one asking the company if it could name any personal insurers who were willing to insure a TNC vehicle. The company would not answer any of those questions on the record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Jan 22:\u003c/strong> Uber now tells us it did respond to Clark in a phone conversation. Clark, however, says that while an Uber rep did call him, he merely listened to Clark's concerns, saying he would get back to him with a response. But Clark never heard back with any answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2: \u003c/strong>Kara Cross, general counsel for the Personal Insurance Federation of California, an industry group made up of State Farm, Farmers', Progressive, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, and Mercury, contacted us with some insurance implications for TNC passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_123362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-123362\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/RS7960_106397785-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The good news from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.calpers.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\">California Public Employees' Retirement System\u003c/a>, the pension system that serves about 1.7 million public sector workers, retirees and their dependents: 2013 was a very good year for the fund's investments. CalPERS reported Monday that its portfolio grew by 16.2 percent last year, boosted by last year's runup in stock prices, and is now worth $282 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-calpers-investment-return-20140114,0,2189294.story#axzz2qNvNoJ1v\" target=\"_blank\">the Los Angeles Times reports\u003c/a>, the gains are the latest turn for CalPERS' up-and-down fortunes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The results for 2013 capped a wild ride for the agency over the last 11 years. The fund was especially hard hit during the Great Recession of 2007-09. In 2008, amid the depths of the worst global economic slowdown in half a century, the fund lost 27.8 percent of its value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, it has climbed back. In 2011, the fund's increase in value was a mere 1.1 percent. For 2012, the rate of investment growth was up to 13.3 percent. By early 2013, the total value of the fund officially surpassed its pre-recession high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalPERS' overall rate of return for 2013 was more than twice the 7.5 percent minimum that the fund's board has said it needs to meet current and future obligations to retirees.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>CalPERS performance actually was well below the major stock indexes for 2013, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach a record high and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index rise about 30 percent for the year. CalPERS saw more modest gains because it is required to balance its portfolio with other assets, like bonds, commodities and real estate, which didn't perform as well as stocks last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the CalPERS report, though, looms the reality that the state's public sector retirement funds are still facing hundreds of billions of dollars in future retirement obligations that it hasn't yet figured out a way to pay for. CalPERS reportedly accounts for about $100 billion of the shortfall. The state's other major retirement fund, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, or CalSTRS, faces another $80 billion in unfunded liabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Associated Press notes in a story today that despite Gov. Jerry Brown's promise to start tackling the state's biggest fiscal challenges, he's not yet proposing any specific action on CalSTRS. (The system is vital to California teachers because they don't pay into Social Security and thus don't get it when they retire.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AP's Don Thompson notes the CalSTRS liability is \"a gap so large that the fund is projected to deplete all its assets in about 30 years. ... The deficit for the nation's largest educator-only pension fund is so huge it would cost teachers, local school districts, community colleges and the state budget a combined $4.5 billion a year to bridge. The California State Teachers' Retirement System says it grows by $22 million each day nothing is done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thompson also spells out some of the obstacles that must be surmounted to get CalSTRS back on track:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>And unlike the California Public Employees' Retirement System, which covers a wide range of state and municipal employees, CalSTRS cannot unilaterally increase the amount it collects from state and local governments. CalSTRS contributions can be increased only if the Legislature votes to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While CalPERS plans to boost contribution levels again next month for the third time in the last two years, the 8 percent that teachers pay into the pension fund from their salaries has not changed since 1972. The 8.25 percent that school districts pay has not been altered since 1990.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the state's share can vary slightly, it has hovered at 5.5 percent, including an annual cost-of-living adjustment — about $1.4 billion a year. The state's general fund contribution to CalPERS is projected to top $1.8 billion next fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bulk of the pension funds' revenue comes not from contributions but from investment income. And that also is the cause of CalSTRS' problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dot.com boom led to the fund being fully funded by 1998, but the windfall prompted state lawmakers to increase benefits and decrease the state's contribution. CalSTRS Chief Executive Officer Jack Ehnes said the fund has been seeking an increase ever since the tech market balloon deflated more than a decade ago, but the bottom really dropped out during the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Brown administration says the state cannot afford to absorb the full $4.5 billion annual increase because it would overwhelm other budget priorities. Paying $4.5 billion on top of the current $1.4 billion would eclipse state spending for the University of California and California State University systems combined, according to the legislative analyst. It calls the unfunded teacher pensions perhaps the state's most difficult fiscal challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local districts \"should anticipate absorbing much of any new CalSTRS funding requirement,\" advises Brown's budget, while \"the state's long-term role as a direct contributor to the plan should be evaluated.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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