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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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This is simultaneously a perk of the job and an occupational hazard — one’s memory merges shows and guests, and too often we become blasé about interviews that give listeners \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/series/700000/driveway-moments\">driveway moments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, when you produce a show, you tend to be overly critical of it and engage in a lot of Monday-morning quarterbacking. You get mad at yourself because a guest was too tepid, a topic wasn’t discussed enough, or you let an off-topic call on air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that is to say, if those of us who work in radio recommend a show, chances are it warrants listening. 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From the get-go he called me “The Kras.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Friday Host Dave Iverson:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nTwo shows that were memorable for me: our program on kindness, which in turn prompted a show on apologies. What was striking to me was how each of those programs seemed to strike a real chord with listeners. It reminded me that as important as it is for Forum to cover policy issues, people’s lives, deep down, aren’t really about issues. What sticks inside us is often more basic. And getting a chance to hear stories about everyday moments that were turning points in someone’s life, in this case an act of kindness or an an apology, can be as important as our more usual fare. It’s the same reason we’re drawn to NPR’s \u003ca href=\"http://storycorps.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StoryCorps\u003c/a>. We all have a hunger to hear a good story, one that resonates within us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Senior Producer Dan Zoll:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Forum team is still talking about Michael Krasny’s fascinating interview with \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201302280930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boxer Mike Tyson\u003c/a>, who was refreshingly open and willing to address tough questions and uncomfortable subjects, including the time he discovered his ex-wife Robin Givens with Brad Pitt. Tyson may be the only guest to have called Michael “\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/mike-tyson-calls-michael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kraz-ster\u003c/a>.” The former heavyweight champ also talked passionately about his love of pigeons, the dangers of economic inequality, and military history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another program that stands out was our show on Propositions B and C on San Francisco’s November ballot. At Forum we take great pride in our election coverage. This year, there were not many high-profile issues on local ballots, but one exception was these two measures, which involved a proposal for the construction of a high-rise on the Embarcadero waterfront. Host Dave Iverson did a stellar job of breaking down a complex and contentious topic. Our panel was knowledgeable, passionate and well-matched, and featured one politician and one activist on each side. I think it was one of those shows that was both a service to voters and engaging radio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Producer Judy Campbell: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nWe did a really fun show on the “Magic and Mystery of the Bay Area’s Fog.” It was great to hear so many people chime in with their love, and their hate, for the fog, including a bar pilot who guided ships through the bay, who said that navigating a boat in the fog is like driving down a highway with the hood up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another favorite was our show marking the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Michael talked with four Californians whose lives were profoundly affected by the war — a woman who lost her son, a veteran of the war, an Iraqi translator who now lives in San Jose and a woman with small children whose husband was deployed. 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(Some of the best stories: A concentration camp survivor who remembered a starving child sharing food with him, a woman whose childhood bullies called her years later to apologize, and an alcoholic who tracked down his long-lost daughter — also an addict — and took her to Alcoholics Anonymous with him.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My second pick is our show on efforts to save African elephants. Researching this show was both informative and heartbreaking. We get to do a lot of in-depth research on the topics we cover, and for this show, I was talking to world experts who described both the caring nature and gentleness of the elephants they studied, and the horror of elephants being slaughtered for their tusks over the decades. At this rate, I wonder if my future grandchildren will ever see a wild African elephant; it’s still hard for me to imagine any species we’ve grown up with no longer existing. 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Our lines at the pantries and the number of people we’re serving are just as high as they were a year ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have more food going out the door than coming in the door,” Jackson said. “It’s the disconnect,” she said: If need and donations both went down or both went up, it’d be easier to deal with. But, with donations down and need remaining high, it’s causing concern among the food banks and service providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, cuts to federally funded food-assistance programs that went into effect on Nov. 1 have also driven more people to food banks just to make ends meet. The cuts, said Ash, averaged about $30-$40 per family. That may not seem like a lot if you have enough money to pay all your bills, but some San Francisco Food Bank clients said it was the difference between buying milk for the month or not. 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(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cold snap that sent a number of homeless residents to emergency rooms and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/santa-clara-county-coroner-four-die-in-san-jose-from-exposure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed four people in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> will also have consequences for those having trouble putting food on their tables. When budgets are tapped for higher heating bills, people will have less money for food and will need assistance even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the freezing weather of the past couple of weeks may cut the volume of surplus crops that Second Harvest and other food banks depend on. Jackson said that food is usually available for “pennies on the pound.” Without it, they’ll have to buy canned produce to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the food banks struggle to deal with the decreasing supply and increasing demand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/10/as-the-cold-continues-shelters-work-to-bring-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelters have rushed to open their doors during the cold\u003c/a>. San Francisco initiated a “cold snap procedure,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any empty beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees. The city has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some winter-only beds, and about 3,500 homeless people on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most counties in the Bay Area have emergency winter shelters, it’s rare for the weather to become dangerously cold. The recent cold temperatures made life tough for people on the streets. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A KQED report on living homeless and cold in San Francisco\u003c/a> started a discussion among our readers about what can be done and how people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never too late to make a donation. They can do it right up until the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve,” Ash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are a few resources for food donations, shelters and medical and social services. Organizations encourage monetary donations; Jackson argues they can often make the dollar stretch further than you could on your own because of contracts and arrangements, such as the ones they have with growers. The list primarily came from readers and is by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food Banks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodbankccs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.canv.org/foodbank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Or, if you need food, you can also call: 1-800-984-FOOD\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters and Service Providers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLIDE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ehclifebuilders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHC Lifebuilders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thegubbioproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gubbio Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/draft-website-lets-homeless-needy-san-franciscans-solicit-donations-throug/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandUp\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ivsn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnVision Shelter Network\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to start if you need help is at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Department of Public Health – Homeless Services\u003c/a>. 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That may not seem like a lot if you have enough money to pay all your bills, but some San Francisco Food Bank clients said it was the difference between buying milk for the month or not. And, the cuts often drive down the quality of food the family can afford with their food stamps, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120647\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120647 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cold snap that sent a number of homeless residents to emergency rooms and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/santa-clara-county-coroner-four-die-in-san-jose-from-exposure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed four people in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> will also have consequences for those having trouble putting food on their tables. When budgets are tapped for higher heating bills, people will have less money for food and will need assistance even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the freezing weather of the past couple of weeks may cut the volume of surplus crops that Second Harvest and other food banks depend on. Jackson said that food is usually available for “pennies on the pound.” Without it, they’ll have to buy canned produce to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the food banks struggle to deal with the decreasing supply and increasing demand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/10/as-the-cold-continues-shelters-work-to-bring-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelters have rushed to open their doors during the cold\u003c/a>. San Francisco initiated a “cold snap procedure,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any empty beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees. The city has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some winter-only beds, and about 3,500 homeless people on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most counties in the Bay Area have emergency winter shelters, it’s rare for the weather to become dangerously cold. The recent cold temperatures made life tough for people on the streets. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A KQED report on living homeless and cold in San Francisco\u003c/a> started a discussion among our readers about what can be done and how people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never too late to make a donation. They can do it right up until the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve,” Ash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are a few resources for food donations, shelters and medical and social services. Organizations encourage monetary donations; Jackson argues they can often make the dollar stretch further than you could on your own because of contracts and arrangements, such as the ones they have with growers. The list primarily came from readers and is by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food Banks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodbankccs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.canv.org/foodbank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Or, if you need food, you can also call: 1-800-984-FOOD\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters and Service Providers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLIDE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ehclifebuilders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHC Lifebuilders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thegubbioproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gubbio Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/draft-website-lets-homeless-needy-san-franciscans-solicit-donations-throug/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandUp\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ivsn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnVision Shelter Network\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to start if you need help is at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Department of Public Health – Homeless Services\u003c/a>. 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(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Turns out we’re conflicted about the tech boom in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contrary to many of the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/activists/\">news reports\u003c/a> of late, the majority of San Franciscans do not think the tech boom has been bad for the city. We are, however, worried about San Francisco’s affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are among the highlights of a just-released survey (embedded below) from the \u003ca href=\"http://www.usfca.edu/\">University of San Francisco\u003c/a>. The online poll of 553 San Francisco registered voters covered multiple topics, but the report focuses on questions of affordability and the tech sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, respondents were positive about the city and the economy, with 69 percent saying things are “generally going in the right direction.” Most believe economic conditions will continue to improve in the next six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But 39.5 percent feel cost of living is a “big problem,” and 28.1 percent think it is “somewhat of a problem.” These groups combined, the survey notes, cut across all demographic lines, including income, ethnicity, age, political leanings and living situation (homeowner vs. renter).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On the one hand, [voters in San Francisco] want the economy to be strong and think things are moving in right direction,” said Corey Cook, USF political science professor and co-author of the study, to KQED’s Joshua Johnson. “On the other hand … they said their chief concern is affordability — particularly housing affordability — so there’s clearly an underlying sense of anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most respondents see the tech boom as being most beneficial for tech execs and workers; a clear majority say that the city’s tech sector is also good for other white collar workers and the city overall. But that positive sentiment is qualified. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They say, ‘I don’t see it benefiting me and my family,’ and there’s anxiety about whether people will be allowed to stay,” Cook said. He notes that the highest numbers of respondents for whom cost of living is a problem are “middle earners,” those reporting income between $30,000 and $130,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Franciscans-ambivalent-on-future-poll-finds-5049659.php\">story\u003c/a> on the USF survey, the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out that:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Technology companies have created 23,500 jobs since 2009 and have helped drop the city’s unemployment rate to 5.3 percent, the lowest in five years. City coffers are once again full, and the big cuts to social services and parks that were seen during the recession aren’t happening anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, evictions are up 38 percent since 2010, and Ellis Act evictions, usually used when a landlord wants to sell a building, are up 170 percent. The median home sale price in the city hit $1 million in the summer.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The majority of USF survey respondents said the spike in the cost of living has been recent, and strongly support the idea that city government should enact policies to preserve affordability. These efforts range from addressing Ellis Act evictions to getting more affordable housing in the pipeline and built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most interesting to Cook was how respondents feel about the tech companies. 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(Nina Thorsen / KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There have been websites to help people connect with what they want to eat since the dawn of the Internet. But the idea that individual chefs should develop their online presence is still fairly new — and it was a hot topic at an industry gathering in mid-November at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ciachef.edu/california/\">Culinary Institute of America\u003c/a> in Napa Valley. Previous iterations of the Worlds of Flavor conference have included \"The Rise of Asia\" and \"Spain and the World Table.\" This year, it was \"Kitchens Connected.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I talked with several presenters, including Brendon Marshall, the co-founder and CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.kitchit.com/start\">Kitchit\u003c/a>. It’s a San Francisco company that connects chefs with customers looking for an in-home cooking experience. They’ve expanded to L.A., New York and Chicago since opening two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'Now [chefs are] expected to be reaching out to the dining public pretty much 24 hours a day, through social media, through television and video.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“We're very much in the early stages of seeing the world of food and the world of technology come together,” Marshall said, “and the companies that'll succeed are the ones that help the chefs succeed.” He got the idea for the site when he was at Stanford Business School, trying to plan dinner parties with his classmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kitchit chefs don’t specialize in the old-fashioned kind of catering, where most of the cooking was done off-site or behind closed doors. The chef is part of the dinner party’s entertainment. “We want to create incredible memories, where food is the conduit,” said Marshall. “Now you can really understand what the caterer's story is, what the chef's story is. They're really the artist of this food, and to be able to interact with them to create the best experience possible. It’s your menu, your items, but working with the chef to learn new things about the food.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marshall said it works out being a good deal for chefs as well as Kitchit’s users. “What the consumer's paying for is the chef's time and the cost of ingredients. So that's a much more efficient model than even a traditional restaurant. We have many chefs that are making close to 100 percent of their annual income off Kitchit. The other component is they're able to showcase their talents. So our restaurant chefs might want to experiment with new concepts, try new things in people's homes, and then that shows up on the restaurant menu.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jared Rivera is the co-creator of \u003ca href=\"http://www.chefsfeed.com/\">ChefsFeed\u003c/a>, which won “Best of 2012” from iTunes, and is now available as a website for all platforms. It collects restaurant recommendations from chefs and culinary experts. So even people who will never get a reservation at the French Laundry, much less hang out with chef Thomas Keller, can still find out where he likes to get pastrami sandwiches in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, there's no shortage of restaurant tips online. But Rivera says the ones that collect user-generated content from anybody with a keyboard aren't always accurate, which was a regular annoyance in his previous career doing public relations for restaurants. “There would be reviews about our clients that said things like ‘I had a great meal, but my bike got stolen while I was inside, so I'm giving this restaurant one star.’ Now that's not fair to the restaurant because they had nothing to do with that bike being stolen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some chefs want to bite off more new technology than they can chew, says cookbook author, editor and publisher Nick Fauchald of All Day Media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest surprise is how much it’s going to cost,” says Fauchald. “I get a call or an email every week from somebody who says, ‘I want to make an app, and I want it to do this, this and this — I want to wave at it and have it show me a new recipe….’ Well, all those things are possible to build, but you're going to spend thousands of dollars. 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The company argued that under U.S. Supreme Court precedents, it wasn't required to charge tax because it had no physical presence in the state. But a 2011 California law, drafted to level the playing field for local brick-and-mortar businesses and capture lost sales tax revenue, declared that online merchants with affiliate sellers in the state did indeed have a taxable presence here. (Affiliate sellers are usually independent merchants who earn a commission from a larger company by referring customers there.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and some other major retailers fought the law. But in the end, Amazon cut a deal with the state to delay the requirement to collect the tax in return for an agreement to locate new fulfillment centers (and thousands of jobs) here. Amazon started collecting the tax in September 2012 while another big retailer, Overstock.com, decided to cut ties with thousands of affiliates based in the state so that it wouldn't be obligated to collect the sales tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'The world has changed dramatically in the last two decades, and it may be that the physical presence test is outdated.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Of course, the California action didn't settle the issue for the rest of the country. Other states, also watching sales tax proceeds decline as more people buy merchandise online, have passed similar laws. And Congress has gotten involved, too. The Senate has passed \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/22/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-senates-online-sales-tax-bill/\" target=\"_blank\">an online sales tax measure\u003c/a> ; it's unclear whether the House will go along, even as \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2013/11/14/state-republicans-making-the-case-for-internet-sales-tax-to-congress/\" target=\"_blank\">Republican state officials say\u003c/a> they need a national measure to help deal with a loss of revenue due to growing online sales. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which brings us to the state of New York's online sales tax and today's non-decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and Overstock have been fighting the New York law, which like California's statute says that affiliate sellers create a taxable business presence. The companies lost a March decision in the New York Court of Appeals. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/business/new-york-ruling-on-sales-tax-collection-by-online-retailers-will-stand.html?_r=0#h%5BIasTMF,3,FnAAti,1,3%5D\" target=\"_blank\">According to The New York Times\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[The court] ruled that the companies had a sufficient presence in the state because of affiliated independent sites that linked to the retailers in return for a commission. “The bottom line,” Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote for the majority, “is that if a vendor is paying New York residents to actively solicit business in this state, there is no reason why that vendor should not shoulder the appropriate tax burden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief judge added that it might be time to reconsider the basic rule that states may not collect taxes from out-of-state companies without some physical presence in the state, a principle recognized by the United States Supreme Court in its 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The world has changed dramatically in the last two decades,” Chief Judge Lippman wrote, “and it may be that the physical presence test is outdated. An entity may now have a profound impact upon a foreign jurisdiction solely through its virtual projection via the Internet. That question, however, would be for the United States Supreme Court to consider.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The next stop for Amazon and Overstock was the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, without comment, the high court declined to take the case. The bottom line for shoppers: state online sales tax laws in California, New York and elsewhere will stand. Maybe, somewhere down the road, Congress will act to make the tax collections universal for larger businesses. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And until then, remember: If you buy taxable goods online, \u003ca href=\"http://www.boe.ca.gov/taxprograms/usetax/\" target=\"_blank\">you owe the tax\u003c/a> whether it's collected or not. But that's another story. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below: The latest writeup on the New York case from the Associated Press:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jessejholland\">Jesse J. Holland\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state's taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com. The move likely will prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales — and ignite a furious battle in Congress involving Internet sellers, brick-and-mortar stores and states hungry for extra tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court without comment turned away appeals from Amazon and Overstock.com Inc., in their fights against a New York court decision forcing them to remit sales tax the same way in-state businesses do. This could affect online shopping in that state, since for many shoppers one of the attractions of Internet purchasing is the lack of a state sales tax, which makes some items a little cheaper than they would be inside a brick-and-mortar store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Council of State Legislatures estimated that states lost an estimated $23.3 billion in 2012 as a result of being prohibited from collecting sales tax on online and catalog purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Web retailers generally have not had to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. But New York and other states say that a retailer has a physical presence when it uses affiliates — people and businesses that refer customers to the retailer's website and collect a commission on sales. These affiliates range from one-person blogs promoting the latest gadgets to companies that run coupon and deal sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and Overstock both use affiliate programs. Amazon has been collecting sales tax in New York as it fights the state over a 2008 law that was the first to consider local affiliates enough of an in-state presence to require sales tax collection. Overstock ended its affiliate program in 2008 after the law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But each state has its own rules on Internet sales taxes. While this settles the issue for New York state, other states like Illinois have come to different conclusions — meaning that some Americans will still get state-tax free Internet purchases from certain websites, while others won't simply because of where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the big Internet sellers aren't giving up. After the decision, both Amazon and Overstock said they plan to take their case to Congress in hopes of getting a federal decision on state-level Internet sales taxes that would apply to every state uniformly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"States might take courage from this non-decision but they shouldn't,\" said Jonathan Johnson, executive vice chairman of Overstock.com. 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The companies lost a March decision in the New York Court of Appeals. \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/business/new-york-ruling-on-sales-tax-collection-by-online-retailers-will-stand.html?_r=0#h%5BIasTMF,3,FnAAti,1,3%5D\" target=\"_blank\">According to The New York Times\u003c/a>: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>[The court] ruled that the companies had a sufficient presence in the state because of affiliated independent sites that linked to the retailers in return for a commission. “The bottom line,” Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman wrote for the majority, “is that if a vendor is paying New York residents to actively solicit business in this state, there is no reason why that vendor should not shoulder the appropriate tax burden.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chief judge added that it might be time to reconsider the basic rule that states may not collect taxes from out-of-state companies without some physical presence in the state, a principle recognized by the United States Supreme Court in its 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. 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But that's another story. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below: The latest writeup on the New York case from the Associated Press:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By \u003ca href=\"http://www.twitter.com/jessejholland\">Jesse J. Holland\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WASHINGTON — On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state's taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com. The move likely will prompt more states to attempt to collect taxes on Internet sales — and ignite a furious battle in Congress involving Internet sellers, brick-and-mortar stores and states hungry for extra tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high court without comment turned away appeals from Amazon and Overstock.com Inc., in their fights against a New York court decision forcing them to remit sales tax the same way in-state businesses do. This could affect online shopping in that state, since for many shoppers one of the attractions of Internet purchasing is the lack of a state sales tax, which makes some items a little cheaper than they would be inside a brick-and-mortar store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Council of State Legislatures estimated that states lost an estimated $23.3 billion in 2012 as a result of being prohibited from collecting sales tax on online and catalog purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Web retailers generally have not had to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. But New York and other states say that a retailer has a physical presence when it uses affiliates — people and businesses that refer customers to the retailer's website and collect a commission on sales. These affiliates range from one-person blogs promoting the latest gadgets to companies that run coupon and deal sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon and Overstock both use affiliate programs. Amazon has been collecting sales tax in New York as it fights the state over a 2008 law that was the first to consider local affiliates enough of an in-state presence to require sales tax collection. Overstock ended its affiliate program in 2008 after the law passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But each state has its own rules on Internet sales taxes. While this settles the issue for New York state, other states like Illinois have come to different conclusions — meaning that some Americans will still get state-tax free Internet purchases from certain websites, while others won't simply because of where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the big Internet sellers aren't giving up. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118632\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 442px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/15/listeners-weigh-in-gentricication-is-_____________/attachment/93075709/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118632\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118632 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/93075709.jpg\" alt=\"Thinkstock Image\" width=\"442\" height=\"386\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thinkstock Image\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In nearly every \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum\u003c/a> show on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/priced-out/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priced Out\u003c/a>, KQED’s series on affordable housing in the Bay Area, many listeners and commenters opine, to paraphrase, “Build Baby Build.” That is to say, San Francisco simply needs to accept its popularity and booming economy and build more housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Forum decided to take up the question, “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201311251000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Can the Bay Area build its way out of a lack of affordable housing?\u003c/a>” The answer, to paraphrase again, is “It’s complicated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Forum guests agreed that building needs to be part of the solution, they also agreed that creating housing is a complex problem, requiring a multi-pronged, nuanced approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a person who enjoys listening, the full Forum show is online \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201311251000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>. But if you’re short on time and just want the highlights, this post’s for you:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1.Work backwards\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are so many places for a new housing development to start — a plot of land, a vacant building, heck, just the need for housing itself is a starting point. But according to Peter Cohen, co-director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfccho.org/\">Council of Community Housing Organization\u003c/a>, the best way to ensure affordable housing is to first consider who will live in a given building, and then take the steps necessary to achieve housing for that population. \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">If Bay Area officials are serious about providing housing for the middle class, they need to start with that in mind.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Affordable housing is typically built for a very specific income-level of household and also for a particular population. Maybe it’s built for seniors, maybe it’s for families, and maybe it’s for transitional-age youth. So the calculation at the front – of how much those rents or those ownership prices will be — is already known, and then that works backwards into operating costs and construction costs, and the subsidy is calculated from there. But it’s very intentional about who we are building for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Prioritize regional solutions \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too often San Francisco gets all the attention. But unfortunately a lack of middle-class-friendly housing is not unique to San Francisco, and the solution won’t be found within its 49 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rest of the region has not done its share,” said Gabriel Metcalf, executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/\">SPUR\u003c/a>, a San Francisco-based urban planning organization. “It has not either permitted enough affordable housing or simply has not created walkable places. So the pressure on San Francisco is all the greater. We need help from the rest of the region to solve this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘That’s the problem – the places where it’s good to build a lot of new housing for the regional growth is also where you have the greatest degree of gentrification.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Cohen points out that some regional planning does take place, specifically at the hands of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housingneeds/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Bay Area Governments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state on a regular basis, every 5 to 7 years, comes up with some calculations of projected housing needs based on the growing workforce in every part of the state of California,” said Cohen. “The Bay Area gets what is called a ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housingneeds/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Housing Needs Allocation\u003c/a>.’ Those, in turn, are distributed to each county and city as their share of the housing production that they need to produce over the next 5 to 7 years. And that’s broken down by affordability level. San Francisco has its share, Burlingame has its share, Concord has its share. The crisis we’re in on a regional level is not a whole lot different from San Francisco, except the factors are different. We are dramatically underproducing low-income housing and middle-income housing across the region, and from a numbers standpoint, overproducing market-rate housing. So there is a structural problem with the market relative to need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But often, despite a region’s good intentions, \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contracostatimes/ci_24562439/lafayette-mayor-homeowners-debate-growth-at-state-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local officials have a hard time getting their communities on board\u003c/a> with such plans. And that brings us to our next point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Drop the NIMBY-ism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[NIMBY-ism] is probably the biggest problem we face,” said Karen Chapple, associate director of the \u003ca href=\"http://iurd.berkeley.edu/\">Institute for Urban and Regional Development\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley. “We don’t have an easy solution. I think it’s changing over time as people see that their own kids can’t live in their cities. Eventually they come to their senses, but they’re still going to fight the apartment building on their block.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Consider public transportation when planning and pricing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an October \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201310311000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussion on the state of the Bay Area real estate market\u003c/a>, Carolyn Said, who covers economics and real estate for the San Francisco Chronicle, made the point that Solano County is a great place to live if you can work an off-schedule or work from home. In other words, if you don’t have to commute. Some of the least affordable (or should we say “less expensive”) areas in the Bay Area remain that way because a lack of transit infrastructure makes them less appealing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Chapple, public transit needs to be part of the affordable housing discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our cost of housing is not just how much we pay for rent and utilities, or mortgage and utilities,” said Chapple. “It’s also location, and how much that is costing us. How efficient is the location?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to think of transportation costs as part of this overall affordability question, which is where the regional issue becomes so salient… \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">We think we’re adding affordability out in Antioch, but in reality, we’re actually adding more transportation costs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to be very strategic in thinking about where we’re going to put this housing,” Chapple continued. “So let’s look at our corridors, because that’s where there isn’t that much community objection. Let’s look at El Camino Real, let’s look at San Pablo Avenue, let’s look at Telegraph Avenue, and let’s incentivize building on these corridors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Peter Cohen warns that vulnerable populations often live along those transportation corridors and he cites concerns with \u003ca href=\"http://onebayarea.org/regional-initiatives/plan-bay-area.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plan Bay Area\u003c/a>, a regional transportation and housing plan aimed at accommodating growth while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201307220900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Plan Bay Area\u003c/a> is essentially a growth vision for all the population of the region over the next 20 years or so, and 75 percent of it goes into those El Camino Real corridors or those urbanized neighborhoods,” said Cohen. “Which, from a land use standpoint and an urbanism standpoint, is good. … [But] if you overlay that with where there are communities that are actually vulnerable for displacement – gentrification displacement – it’s a very close match. That’s the problem – the places where it’s good to build a lot of new housing for the regional growth is also where you have the greatest degree of gentrification.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Show affordable housing the money\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen also goes on to criticize Plan Bay Area for its lack of monetary teeth:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no funding source for the affordable housing that’s necessary to make that kind of vision work,” he said. “It’s just basically a numerical game plan and then the market builds. But the market only builds for a segment of that need and without the money, what you have is a recipe for displacement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just how much does it cost to build affordable or subsidized housing? A lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It probably costs, depending on who you’re building for, a few hundred thousand dollars in subsidies per unit,” said Gabriel Metcalf. “And maybe a third of that [comes from local sources]. So call it a $100,000 in subsidy, locally, per unit. You can kind of multiply that by how many people you want to help, and you can help thousands of people, but there will still be hundreds of thousands of people who are not going to get one of those units.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Think beyond the single-family unit\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did a study on the East Bay of the potential for building in-law units, and compared it to the potential for building multi-family buildings, and we found that about half of our in-field developments should be coming from in-law units,” said Karen Chapple. “In many of our larger lots it’s very hard to assemble, it’s very expensive. It can cost one quarter the amount to build an in-law unit in the back of a single-family home. That said, it does need to be price controlled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco city officials are starting to recognize the role that secondary units can play in easing the housing crunch. San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener has \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=69198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed allowing in-law units to be built in his district\u003c/a> and Board of Supervisor President David Chiu introduced legislation that would \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-in-law-proposal-would-make-units-legal-5011267.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legalize existing secondary units\u003c/a> that were built illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What do you think Bay Area officials should do to increase the amount of affordable housing in the region? We welcome your suggestions in the comments below.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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So the calculation at the front – of how much those rents or those ownership prices will be — is already known, and then that works backwards into operating costs and construction costs, and the subsidy is calculated from there. But it’s very intentional about who we are building for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Prioritize regional solutions \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too often San Francisco gets all the attention. But unfortunately a lack of middle-class-friendly housing is not unique to San Francisco, and the solution won’t be found within its 49 square miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rest of the region has not done its share,” said Gabriel Metcalf, executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.spur.org/\">SPUR\u003c/a>, a San Francisco-based urban planning organization. “It has not either permitted enough affordable housing or simply has not created walkable places. So the pressure on San Francisco is all the greater. We need help from the rest of the region to solve this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘That’s the problem – the places where it’s good to build a lot of new housing for the regional growth is also where you have the greatest degree of gentrification.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Cohen points out that some regional planning does take place, specifically at the hands of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housingneeds/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of Bay Area Governments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state on a regular basis, every 5 to 7 years, comes up with some calculations of projected housing needs based on the growing workforce in every part of the state of California,” said Cohen. “The Bay Area gets what is called a ‘\u003ca href=\"http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housingneeds/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Housing Needs Allocation\u003c/a>.’ Those, in turn, are distributed to each county and city as their share of the housing production that they need to produce over the next 5 to 7 years. And that’s broken down by affordability level. San Francisco has its share, Burlingame has its share, Concord has its share. The crisis we’re in on a regional level is not a whole lot different from San Francisco, except the factors are different. We are dramatically underproducing low-income housing and middle-income housing across the region, and from a numbers standpoint, overproducing market-rate housing. So there is a structural problem with the market relative to need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But often, despite a region’s good intentions, \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/contracostatimes/ci_24562439/lafayette-mayor-homeowners-debate-growth-at-state-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local officials have a hard time getting their communities on board\u003c/a> with such plans. And that brings us to our next point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Drop the NIMBY-ism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[NIMBY-ism] is probably the biggest problem we face,” said Karen Chapple, associate director of the \u003ca href=\"http://iurd.berkeley.edu/\">Institute for Urban and Regional Development\u003c/a> at UC Berkeley. “We don’t have an easy solution. I think it’s changing over time as people see that their own kids can’t live in their cities. Eventually they come to their senses, but they’re still going to fight the apartment building on their block.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Consider public transportation when planning and pricing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an October \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201310311000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussion on the state of the Bay Area real estate market\u003c/a>, Carolyn Said, who covers economics and real estate for the San Francisco Chronicle, made the point that Solano County is a great place to live if you can work an off-schedule or work from home. 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