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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_82475\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 211px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/university-of-california-rebrands-itself-with-surfer-charm.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-82475\" title=\"university-of-california-rebrands-itself-with-surfer-charm\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/university-of-california-rebrands-itself-with-surfer-charm-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC's short-lived monogram\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In today's world, the success of a design can be influenced by three separate yet perhaps equally important groups: the designers who create visual brands; the online commenters who criticize them; and the reporters who write about the controversies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are their stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or rather, this is one story. And it opens with the deceased:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The University of California's controversial monogram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, UC officials \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/14/uc-suspends-use-of-new-logo/\">suspended\u003c/a> use of a new, streamlined monogram the school had created after it became the subject of intense criticism. Many thought the image was not a fitting replacement for the stately university seal, even though the university said the two were meant to coexist. Other common complaints were that the monogram was too corporate-looking, incomprehensible, and just plain ugly. An \u003ca href=\"http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Whole-Foods-Reviews-E422.htm\" target=\"_blank\">online petition\u003c/a> demanding that the university not use the monogram attracted more than 50,000 supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who really killed the monogram? What created the controversy around the design, and why did the university feel it needed to respond? In the past few weeks a handful of analysts, pundits and reporters have looked back on the controversy and weighed in. The Jan. 1 episode of the KALW-produced, San Francisco-based design podcast \"\u003ca href=\"http://soundcloud.com/roman-mars/99-invisible-69-uc-logo\">99% Invisible\u003c/a>\" includes interviews from December with UC Creative Director Vanessa Correa and Christopher Simmons, a local designer and educator who has \u003ca href=\"http://www.aiga.org/the-uc-logo-controversy/\">blogged\u003c/a> about the dispute. (Simmons' blog post was \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/article/That-odd-UC-logo-the-aftermath-4193190.php\">criticized\u003c/a> last week by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll.) \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's who they say are responsible for the demise of the monogram...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. It was the media.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_86015\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 210px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/uc_seal.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-86015 \" title=\"uc_seal\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/uc_seal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The University of California seal.\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of California seal.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Simmons notes in \"99% Invisible\" that news outlets often displayed the monogram next to the UC seal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sort of strongly implied, I think to most people, and reasonably so, that the seal was the before and the monogram was the after,\" Simmons said. \"It sort of framed the conversation completely wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monogram was not intended to replace the seal, which UC Marketing and Communications Director Jason Simon described as signifying \"the prestige and tradition of the university itself.\" The seal was to continue to appear on UC diplomas and correspondence, while the monogram was to be used in marketing and online recruitment campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When we need to have the full weight and gravitas of the university behind a budget book or behind a proclamation by the president, or whatever that is, that seal gives us that gravitas,\" Correa said in \"99% Invisible.\" \"But we don't always want that gravitas. That gravitas has a place in communication. It's like having a tuxedo and being forced to wear it every single day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many believed that UC was throwing the tuxedo in the trash, and that inflamed opinions online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The long-standing UC seal has integrity and meaning and represents a philosophy and a tradition of excellence, the unwavering pursuit of new knowledge, creativity and enlightenment for the betterment of humanity. The proposed new 'seal' is not a seal,\" wrote Santa Maria resident Leslie Campbell in a comment on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/NPR/posts/132455383578388\">NPR Facebook page\u003c/a>. \"It represents nothing, not even good design/art.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his blog post, Simmons also criticized the media and others for not including more context in their descriptions of the monogram and its creation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>What challenges is the UC system facing? What is their long-term plan? What are other institutions doing? What is the assessment of the current identity? What audiences are they trying to reach? These are critical considerations that no doubt precipitated and drove the design process. But throughout this controversy, no one wrote about the strategy behind the new identity. In fact, no one wrote about the identity.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Jon Carroll in his Chronicle column took issue with Simmons' complaints...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>First, a word of advice: The phrase \"no one wrote about\" is, in this Internet age, inevitably untrue. Somebody writes on every side of every issue... This very newspaper, for instance, in its news story on the issue, quoted university officials with regard to what the thinking was behind the new branding campaign. So did other places. Perhaps the story was not covered the way Simmons would have covered it, but the issues he brings up were discussed.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But Simmons also added that UC officials may have helped create some of the confusion surrounding the monogram. Which brings us to the second suspect in the monogram's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. It was the UC designers and university officials.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UC \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/53530934\">video\u003c/a> created to explain the inspiration for the monogram shows a hand wiping away most of the seal. The few elements of the seal that remain are used to create the new monogram. This may have helped turn many in the public against the monogram, Simmons writes \u003ca href=\"http://www.aiga.org/the-uc-logo-controversy/\">in his blog post\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Regardless of intent, interpreting this symbolism as sweeping away the old in favor of the new is a fair inference, especially absent the context of the more explicit guidelines. Anyone already incensed by the perceived abandonment of the traditional seal would only have his or her fears confirmed by watching this video.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/53530934\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC outlets also may have been viewed as dismissive when responding to complaints. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/universityofcalifornia/posts/10151133754456923\">post\u003c/a> about the controversy over the monogram on the UC Facebook page states, in part, \"It's not replacing anything. There wasn't a logo before, and the UC seal isn't going anywhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \"99% Invisible\" episode, reporter Cyrus Farivar takes one of his concerns about the monogram design to UC's Correa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first time I saw the logo I immediately thought of a computer icon of something loading,\" Farivar said. Correa said the color choices may have not been the best. \"This particular color combination is one that really pops out that loader bar reference in a way that is, again, I mean, very unfortunate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of Correa's comments in the episode lay the blame on the third suspect in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. It was those who criticized the monogram online.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was the use of the rhetoric of democracy for the tyranny of the minority,\" Correa said, when describing the controversy over the monogram. \"We live in a time when everyone feels that their opinion matters. And the reality is that not all opinions are equal... When it comes to, for example, physics, my voice is not the same as Stephen Hawking's, nor should it be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Aesthetics is a very easy target because no one understands how aesthetics works and they feel that subjective opinion is the rule of the day,\" she noted. \"I would hope that people think about design in the way that one should be thinking about design rather than assuming that purely subjective response to one thing badly posted on an Internet platform is enough to base an entire judgement on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We wanted to follow up on the podcast with Correa and contacted the university. A spokesperson said nothing has changed since it issued a \u003ca href=\"http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28817\">statement\u003c/a> by Daniel M. Dooley, the university's senior vice president for external relations, announcing that use of the logo had been suspended...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In due course, we will re-evaluate this element of the visual identity system. My hope going forward is that the passion exhibited for the traditional seal can be redirected toward a broader advocacy for the University of California. For it is only with robust support from the citizens of this state that the university will be able to serve future generations of Californians as well as it has those of the past.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In the \"99% Invisible\" interview, Correa said she felt some of the frustration expressed at the monogram had nothing to do with the design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This has become a very simple way to express a lot of other frustrations about the university,\" she said. \"I mean, I've received that from a lot of different people. They are frustrated because they feel the administration is inaccessible. They're frustrated because their tuition is going up... they're frustrated by the privatization of the university.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Correa also said the monogram was never given a chance to grow as a brand and succeed. It was killed before it could take on any real significance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You build the meaning,\" she said. \"That's what building a brand is ... 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But who really killed the monogram? What created the controversy around the design, and why did the university feel it needed to respond? In the past few weeks a handful of analysts, pundits and reporters have looked back on the controversy and weighed in. The Jan. 1 episode of the KALW-produced, San Francisco-based design podcast \"\u003ca href=\"http://soundcloud.com/roman-mars/99-invisible-69-uc-logo\">99% Invisible\u003c/a>\" includes interviews from December with UC Creative Director Vanessa Correa and Christopher Simmons, a local designer and educator who has \u003ca href=\"http://www.aiga.org/the-uc-logo-controversy/\">blogged\u003c/a> about the dispute. 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It was the media.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_86015\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 210px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/uc_seal.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-86015 \" title=\"uc_seal\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/uc_seal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The University of California seal.\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The University of California seal.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Simmons notes in \"99% Invisible\" that news outlets often displayed the monogram next to the UC seal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It sort of strongly implied, I think to most people, and reasonably so, that the seal was the before and the monogram was the after,\" Simmons said. \"It sort of framed the conversation completely wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The monogram was not intended to replace the seal, which UC Marketing and Communications Director Jason Simon described as signifying \"the prestige and tradition of the university itself.\" The seal was to continue to appear on UC diplomas and correspondence, while the monogram was to be used in marketing and online recruitment campaigns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When we need to have the full weight and gravitas of the university behind a budget book or behind a proclamation by the president, or whatever that is, that seal gives us that gravitas,\" Correa said in \"99% Invisible.\" \"But we don't always want that gravitas. That gravitas has a place in communication. It's like having a tuxedo and being forced to wear it every single day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, many believed that UC was throwing the tuxedo in the trash, and that inflamed opinions online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The long-standing UC seal has integrity and meaning and represents a philosophy and a tradition of excellence, the unwavering pursuit of new knowledge, creativity and enlightenment for the betterment of humanity. The proposed new 'seal' is not a seal,\" wrote Santa Maria resident Leslie Campbell in a comment on the \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/NPR/posts/132455383578388\">NPR Facebook page\u003c/a>. \"It represents nothing, not even good design/art.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his blog post, Simmons also criticized the media and others for not including more context in their descriptions of the monogram and its creation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>What challenges is the UC system facing? What is their long-term plan? What are other institutions doing? What is the assessment of the current identity? What audiences are they trying to reach? These are critical considerations that no doubt precipitated and drove the design process. But throughout this controversy, no one wrote about the strategy behind the new identity. In fact, no one wrote about the identity.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Jon Carroll in his Chronicle column took issue with Simmons' complaints...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>First, a word of advice: The phrase \"no one wrote about\" is, in this Internet age, inevitably untrue. Somebody writes on every side of every issue... This very newspaper, for instance, in its news story on the issue, quoted university officials with regard to what the thinking was behind the new branding campaign. So did other places. Perhaps the story was not covered the way Simmons would have covered it, but the issues he brings up were discussed.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But Simmons also added that UC officials may have helped create some of the confusion surrounding the monogram. Which brings us to the second suspect in the monogram's death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. It was the UC designers and university officials.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A UC \u003ca href=\"http://vimeo.com/53530934\">video\u003c/a> created to explain the inspiration for the monogram shows a hand wiping away most of the seal. The few elements of the seal that remain are used to create the new monogram. This may have helped turn many in the public against the monogram, Simmons writes \u003ca href=\"http://www.aiga.org/the-uc-logo-controversy/\">in his blog post\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Regardless of intent, interpreting this symbolism as sweeping away the old in favor of the new is a fair inference, especially absent the context of the more explicit guidelines. Anyone already incensed by the perceived abandonment of the traditional seal would only have his or her fears confirmed by watching this video.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ciframe src=\"http://player.vimeo.com/video/53530934\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC outlets also may have been viewed as dismissive when responding to complaints. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.facebook.com/universityofcalifornia/posts/10151133754456923\">post\u003c/a> about the controversy over the monogram on the UC Facebook page states, in part, \"It's not replacing anything. There wasn't a logo before, and the UC seal isn't going anywhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the \"99% Invisible\" episode, reporter Cyrus Farivar takes one of his concerns about the monogram design to UC's Correa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The first time I saw the logo I immediately thought of a computer icon of something loading,\" Farivar said. Correa said the color choices may have not been the best. \"This particular color combination is one that really pops out that loader bar reference in a way that is, again, I mean, very unfortunate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of Correa's comments in the episode lay the blame on the third suspect in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. It was those who criticized the monogram online.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was the use of the rhetoric of democracy for the tyranny of the minority,\" Correa said, when describing the controversy over the monogram. \"We live in a time when everyone feels that their opinion matters. And the reality is that not all opinions are equal... When it comes to, for example, physics, my voice is not the same as Stephen Hawking's, nor should it be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Aesthetics is a very easy target because no one understands how aesthetics works and they feel that subjective opinion is the rule of the day,\" she noted. \"I would hope that people think about design in the way that one should be thinking about design rather than assuming that purely subjective response to one thing badly posted on an Internet platform is enough to base an entire judgement on.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We wanted to follow up on the podcast with Correa and contacted the university. A spokesperson said nothing has changed since it issued a \u003ca href=\"http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28817\">statement\u003c/a> by Daniel M. Dooley, the university's senior vice president for external relations, announcing that use of the logo had been suspended...\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>In due course, we will re-evaluate this element of the visual identity system. My hope going forward is that the passion exhibited for the traditional seal can be redirected toward a broader advocacy for the University of California. For it is only with robust support from the citizens of this state that the university will be able to serve future generations of Californians as well as it has those of the past.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In the \"99% Invisible\" interview, Correa said she felt some of the frustration expressed at the monogram had nothing to do with the design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This has become a very simple way to express a lot of other frustrations about the university,\" she said. \"I mean, I've received that from a lot of different people. They are frustrated because they feel the administration is inaccessible. They're frustrated because their tuition is going up... they're frustrated by the privatization of the university.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Correa also said the monogram was never given a chance to grow as a brand and succeed. It was killed before it could take on any real significance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You build the meaning,\" she said. \"That's what building a brand is ... 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"content": "\u003cp>If you're in the market for a house or condo, first the bad news: real estate prices in the Bay Area are climbing, as much as \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Bay-Area-rents-home-prices-up-sharply-4163037.php\" target=\"_blank\">16 percent over last year\u003c/a> in some areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_36836\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/BayAreaRealEstate080911.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-36836\" title=\"Sales Of Existing Homes Declines In February\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2011/08/BayAreaRealEstate080911-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"Real estate signs in front of homes for sale March 23, 2010 in San Francisco. 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Their buying power is really more because their effective monthly payment is still going to be less, even if they're paying a little more [for the property].\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to low interest rates, there's some other good news for would-be home buyers. The \u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/fhahistory\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Housing Administration\u003c/a> still offers\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/buying/loans\" target=\"_blank\"> loans\u003c/a> requiring relatively small down payments. \u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FHA Loans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In order to have home ownership, you need to have a down payment, which people starting out in their careers often don't have,\" said Said. She said FHA loan are available with a \"3.5 percent down payment if you have decent enough credit, and of course it helps to have a stable income.\" A down payment of less than 20 percent requires the purchase of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_insurance\" target=\"_blank\">mortgage insurance\u003c/a>, but even with that added cost, the low percentage required up front should make the initial plunge more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Micro-Markets\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's also important to remember that the Bay Area is a diverse region, and with that diversity comes price range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We tend to roll things up as the 'Bay Area' in general, but we’re probably 30 \u003ca href=\"http://cbsfbaymarketwatch.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">micro-markets\u003c/a>,\" said Turley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may have missed your window of opportunity to own a house in San Francisco and Palo Alto proper, but there are still relatively affordable places in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"More affordable neighborhoods are in Oakland, eastern Contra Costa County, and other parts of the East Bay, as well as in some San Jose neighborhoods,\" said Jed Kolko, chief economist for \u003ca href=\"http://www.trulia.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Trulia\u003c/a>, an online real estate company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These places might not have the cachet of the Marina district, but they still offer many of the benefits of living in the Bay Area: good weather, a decent job market and proximity to outdoor recreation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if you have to pay a bit more to enter the market, chances are you still will get a decent return on your investment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Still Time to Make a Good Investment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Historically, since World War II, housing has appreciated ... maybe half a percent or a percent ahead of inflation,\" said Said. \"And that is normal for our country. If you look at [the value of your house] going up 3.5 percent a year over the next 20 years that’s still a substantial appreciation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True, that's not a doubling in value that earlier California generations enjoyed. But Said said that \"given what’s been happening in Silicon Valley, with the tremendous demand for housing and the tremendous amount of money that is out there for people working at high-tech companies, the housing in Silicon Valley is not following normal economic paths. It is fueled by all this tech money and from that perspective, it’s perfectly possible that your house will run way up there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding a Place in the Bay Area Was Never Easy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you should find yourself put on the spot about why you didn't jump while prices were lower, you can always blame a lack of credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the reasons why people haven’t been able to take advantage of the relatively lower prices and low mortgage rates during the past couple of years is that mortgage credit has been very tight,\" said Kolko. \"Banks have been reluctant to lend to people who don’t have high credit scores.\" The new \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/business/consumers-win-some-mortgage-safety-in-new-rules.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">mortgage rules\u003c/a> announced Thursday might encourage banks to be more willing to lend to borrowers who meet income and credit guidelines, he said, so that credit could become easier for some people to obtain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, San Francisco is a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/21/what-made-the-bay-area-no-1-in-2012/\" target=\"_blank\">world-class city\u003c/a>. 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The Bay Area’s not like places in Texas or other parts of the South where you can spread out in all directions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there are other limits on building...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2012/05/10/why-the-bay-area-should-have-11-million-residents-today/\">Regulations on building\u003c/a> are particularly strict in the Bay Area,\" said Kolko. \"That makes it even more difficult to build new housing, both in the Bay Area and in much of California, and that adds to the high cost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you didn't get around to buying a house when prices were low -- take solace in the fact that prices weren't ever \u003cem>that\u003c/em> low.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Their buying power is really more because their effective monthly payment is still going to be less, even if they're paying a little more [for the property].\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to low interest rates, there's some other good news for would-be home buyers. The \u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/fhahistory\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Housing Administration\u003c/a> still offers\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/buying/loans\" target=\"_blank\"> loans\u003c/a> requiring relatively small down payments. \u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FHA Loans\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In order to have home ownership, you need to have a down payment, which people starting out in their careers often don't have,\" said Said. She said FHA loan are available with a \"3.5 percent down payment if you have decent enough credit, and of course it helps to have a stable income.\" A down payment of less than 20 percent requires the purchase of \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortgage_insurance\" target=\"_blank\">mortgage insurance\u003c/a>, but even with that added cost, the low percentage required up front should make the initial plunge more affordable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Micro-Markets\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's also important to remember that the Bay Area is a diverse region, and with that diversity comes price range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We tend to roll things up as the 'Bay Area' in general, but we’re probably 30 \u003ca href=\"http://cbsfbaymarketwatch.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\">micro-markets\u003c/a>,\" said Turley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may have missed your window of opportunity to own a house in San Francisco and Palo Alto proper, but there are still relatively affordable places in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"More affordable neighborhoods are in Oakland, eastern Contra Costa County, and other parts of the East Bay, as well as in some San Jose neighborhoods,\" said Jed Kolko, chief economist for \u003ca href=\"http://www.trulia.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Trulia\u003c/a>, an online real estate company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These places might not have the cachet of the Marina district, but they still offer many of the benefits of living in the Bay Area: good weather, a decent job market and proximity to outdoor recreation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even if you have to pay a bit more to enter the market, chances are you still will get a decent return on your investment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Still Time to Make a Good Investment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Historically, since World War II, housing has appreciated ... maybe half a percent or a percent ahead of inflation,\" said Said. \"And that is normal for our country. If you look at [the value of your house] going up 3.5 percent a year over the next 20 years that’s still a substantial appreciation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>True, that's not a doubling in value that earlier California generations enjoyed. But Said said that \"given what’s been happening in Silicon Valley, with the tremendous demand for housing and the tremendous amount of money that is out there for people working at high-tech companies, the housing in Silicon Valley is not following normal economic paths. It is fueled by all this tech money and from that perspective, it’s perfectly possible that your house will run way up there.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding a Place in the Bay Area Was Never Easy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you should find yourself put on the spot about why you didn't jump while prices were lower, you can always blame a lack of credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the reasons why people haven’t been able to take advantage of the relatively lower prices and low mortgage rates during the past couple of years is that mortgage credit has been very tight,\" said Kolko. \"Banks have been reluctant to lend to people who don’t have high credit scores.\" The new \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/business/consumers-win-some-mortgage-safety-in-new-rules.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\">mortgage rules\u003c/a> announced Thursday might encourage banks to be more willing to lend to borrowers who meet income and credit guidelines, he said, so that credit could become easier for some people to obtain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And remember, San Francisco is a \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/21/what-made-the-bay-area-no-1-in-2012/\" target=\"_blank\">world-class city\u003c/a>. Affordability here is a relative term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s as if God wanted the Bay Area to be expensive,\" said Kolko. Not only does the region's relatively mild weather attract people, but because the region is \"hemmed in by the ocean on one side, the bay and the mountains on the other, there’s very little available land to build. The Bay Area’s not like places in Texas or other parts of the South where you can spread out in all directions.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there are other limits on building...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"\u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2012/05/10/why-the-bay-area-should-have-11-million-residents-today/\">Regulations on building\u003c/a> are particularly strict in the Bay Area,\" said Kolko. \"That makes it even more difficult to build new housing, both in the Bay Area and in much of California, and that adds to the high cost.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you didn't get around to buying a house when prices were low -- take solace in the fact that prices weren't ever \u003cem>that\u003c/em> low.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It's been an eventful year in the Bay Area. There were big protests, incredible views, intriguing wildlife, a World Series title, environmental disasters and many touching moments in the diverse communities that call this place home. Here are some of our favorite images from 2012...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104MarchStorms.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84573\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104MarchStorms\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104MarchStorms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>March saw a fair amount of rain. Berkeley’s creeks ran high and the early spring skyscapes were often beautiful to behold. (Joe Parks/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104Prop8.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84574\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104Prop8\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104Prop8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 upheld Judge Vaughn Walker's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/02/07/prop-8-appeals-court-decision/\">ruling that invalidated Proposition 8\u003c/a>, California's same-sex marriage ban. The federal appeals court declared the ban to be unconstitutional, paving the way for a U.S. Supreme Court showdown on the voter-approved law. (Don Clyde/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104OwlChick.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84578\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104OwlChick\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104OwlChick.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>In April, a Great Horned Owl \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/04/26/berkeley-owl-chick-will-soon-branch-out-says-expert/\">made its nest in the crotch of a Eucalyptus tree\u003c/a> on Berkeley’s Claremont Canyon fire trail. The arrival of a chick was a source of fascination for many bird-loving hikers and photographers. (Lee Aurich/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104MayDay.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84582\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104MayDay\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104MayDay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/05/01/bay-area-may-day-protests/\">Protesters turned out in force on May Day in the Bay Area\u003c/a>. The day began with protests at ferry terminals throughout the Bay as part of a labor action by workers in a dispute over health care. A planned protest aimed at shutting down the Golden Gate Bridge was called off. In Oakland, 3-5,000 protesters skirmished with police, who used tear gas. In San Francisco, protesters marched and took over a building at 888 Turk. (Don Clyde/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104OccupyArt.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84583\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104OccupyArt\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104OccupyArt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presented \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=101468\">Occupy Bay Area, an exhibition of \"visual culture\" from Occupy encampments\u003c/a> around the Bay Area. Though the show made perfect sense to artists and other cultural producers, it was considered a bold move to some who questioned whether the exhibition created a kind of \"instant history.\" (Artwork by Eric Drooker; courtesy of the artist and YBCA)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EclipseGlass.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84594\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104EclipseGlass\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EclipseGlass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Watching the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/05/21/berkeleyans-come-out-in-force-to-view-eclipse-of-the-sun/\">partial eclipse of the sun\u003c/a> on the afternoon of Sunday, May 20 at the Lawrence Hall of Science. (Elazar Sontag/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104Pika.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84584\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104Pika\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104Pika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>The American pika is a squeaky little animal that lives at high elevations in mountains in the West. It could one day have a huge \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/tag/pika/\" target=\"_blank\">influence on the battle over climate change\u003c/a>. And a \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/counting-climate-challenged-pikas/\">new program is enlisting students to help scientists\u003c/a> learn more about the critters. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104quarry.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84588\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104quarry\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104quarry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/05/how-silicon-valley-wants-to-pay-for-flood-protection/\">Sea level rise could one day inundate\u003c/a> industrial, commercial and residential areas all along the Bay, from this rock quarry in the North Bay to companies in Silicon Valley and neighborhoods in San Jose. (Molly Samuel/KQED/aerial support from LightHawk)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104redwoods.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84591\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104redwoods\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104redwoods.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>The State Parks Department threatened to close 70 parks following budget cuts. Anderson Valley residents said Hendy Woods is an important part of their economy and gathered at \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201203060850/b\">Occupy Hendy Woods\u003c/a>\" to discuss how to keep the park open. In July, it was revealed that the department was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/20/state-parks-chief-resigns-agency-found-sitting-on-54-million/\" target=\"_blank\">sitting on a $54 million surplus\u003c/a>. In the end, no parks were closed in 2012. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104ChevronFire.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84593\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104ChevronFire\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104ChevronFire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Berkeleyans had front row seats to a\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/08/06/chevron-officials-want-east-bay-residents-including-berkeleyans-to-stay-indoors/\"> fire that erupted at the Chevron refinery in Richmond\u003c/a> on Aug. 6. More than 80 firefighters spent five hours battling the blaze, which prompted shelter-in-place orders for an estimated 160,000 local residents. (Jef Poskanzer/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EndeavorSkyl.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84596\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104EndeavorSkyl\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EndeavorSkyl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>On Sept. 21 Berkeleyans in the thousands turned out to see the space shuttle Endeavour, carried on a specially adapted NASA 747, fly just over the city’s rooftops and the Bay. Many gathered at vista points in the hills, including Grizzly Peak Drive, Inspiration Point, and the Lawrence Hall of Science, while others looked open-mouthed from sidewalks, school playgrounds and the bleachers at Berkeley High. (Alan Tobey/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek121026RomoShrine.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84590\" title=\"PhotoWeek121026RomoShrine\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek121026RomoShrine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Frank and Leticia Romo's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/24/in-sergio-romos-small-hometown-no-1-crop-is-pro-baseball-players/\">shrine to their son Sergio's baseball career\u003c/a> in his childhood bedroom in Brawley, California. About 25,000 people live in this farm town, out in the desert scrubland. There's no big college, no stadium, but the town has sent a bumper crop of 21 players to the major and minor leagues. (Marcus Teply/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104vetday.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84592\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104vetday\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104vetday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Six-year-old Aubrey Bown places a red carnation to honor her uncle, James Suh, a U.S. Navy SEAL who was shot down in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan. \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/2012/11/12/silicon-valley-honors-veterans-photos/\">Cupertino hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony\u003c/a> at Memorial Park. (Anna Li/\u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/\">Peninsula Press\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104JeffTedford.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84595\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104JeffTedford\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104JeffTedford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Jeff Tedford, head coach of the Cal Golden Bears football team since 2002, was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/11/20/cal-football-coach-jeff-tedford-sacked-after-3-9-season/\">fired on Nov. 20 after a 3-9 season\u003c/a> and a combined 15-22 record over the last three years. Tedford's total pay in 2011 was almost $2.9 million. (Joe Parks/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek121026homelessness.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84589\" title=\"PhotoWeek121026homelessness\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek121026homelessness.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>A homeless man amid his belongings in the alleyway where he lives in Berkeley. (Anna Vignet /\u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This photo is part of a photo essay on homelessness entitled \"Architecture of Homelessness.\" The photographer's statement on the project is included below.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initiatives to help San Francisco’s homeless find shelter, jobs or medical treatment remain controversial. One recent law, the “sit-lie” ordinance, made it illegal to sit or lie down on city sidewalks. Some homeless people say this law takes away their right to dwell freely — essentially the right to be alive. How does one build a place of one’s own in a city where other opportunities are not available? We all have the need to create a sense of home, even in extreme circumstances. In these photos, the lines between public and private, urban and domestic, blur. They reveal the architecture of homelessness, and contribute to the understanding of a displaced people who make their own spaces.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EclipseGlass.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84594\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104EclipseGlass\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EclipseGlass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Watching the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/05/21/berkeleyans-come-out-in-force-to-view-eclipse-of-the-sun/\">partial eclipse of the sun\u003c/a> on the afternoon of Sunday, May 20 at the Lawrence Hall of Science. (Elazar Sontag/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104Pika.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84584\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104Pika\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104Pika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>The American pika is a squeaky little animal that lives at high elevations in mountains in the West. It could one day have a huge \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/tag/pika/\" target=\"_blank\">influence on the battle over climate change\u003c/a>. And a \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/counting-climate-challenged-pikas/\">new program is enlisting students to help scientists\u003c/a> learn more about the critters. (Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104quarry.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84588\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104quarry\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104quarry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/05/how-silicon-valley-wants-to-pay-for-flood-protection/\">Sea level rise could one day inundate\u003c/a> industrial, commercial and residential areas all along the Bay, from this rock quarry in the North Bay to companies in Silicon Valley and neighborhoods in San Jose. (Molly Samuel/KQED/aerial support from LightHawk)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104redwoods.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84591\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104redwoods\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104redwoods.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>The State Parks Department threatened to close 70 parks following budget cuts. Anderson Valley residents said Hendy Woods is an important part of their economy and gathered at \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201203060850/b\">Occupy Hendy Woods\u003c/a>\" to discuss how to keep the park open. In July, it was revealed that the department was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/07/20/state-parks-chief-resigns-agency-found-sitting-on-54-million/\" target=\"_blank\">sitting on a $54 million surplus\u003c/a>. In the end, no parks were closed in 2012. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104ChevronFire.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84593\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104ChevronFire\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104ChevronFire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Berkeleyans had front row seats to a\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/08/06/chevron-officials-want-east-bay-residents-including-berkeleyans-to-stay-indoors/\"> fire that erupted at the Chevron refinery in Richmond\u003c/a> on Aug. 6. More than 80 firefighters spent five hours battling the blaze, which prompted shelter-in-place orders for an estimated 160,000 local residents. (Jef Poskanzer/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EndeavorSkyl.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84596\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104EndeavorSkyl\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104EndeavorSkyl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>On Sept. 21 Berkeleyans in the thousands turned out to see the space shuttle Endeavour, carried on a specially adapted NASA 747, fly just over the city’s rooftops and the Bay. Many gathered at vista points in the hills, including Grizzly Peak Drive, Inspiration Point, and the Lawrence Hall of Science, while others looked open-mouthed from sidewalks, school playgrounds and the bleachers at Berkeley High. (Alan Tobey/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek121026RomoShrine.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84590\" title=\"PhotoWeek121026RomoShrine\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek121026RomoShrine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Frank and Leticia Romo's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/10/24/in-sergio-romos-small-hometown-no-1-crop-is-pro-baseball-players/\">shrine to their son Sergio's baseball career\u003c/a> in his childhood bedroom in Brawley, California. About 25,000 people live in this farm town, out in the desert scrubland. There's no big college, no stadium, but the town has sent a bumper crop of 21 players to the major and minor leagues. (Marcus Teply/KQED)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104vetday.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84592\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104vetday\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104vetday.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Six-year-old Aubrey Bown places a red carnation to honor her uncle, James Suh, a U.S. Navy SEAL who was shot down in Korangal Valley, Afghanistan. \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/2012/11/12/silicon-valley-honors-veterans-photos/\">Cupertino hosted the annual Veterans Day ceremony\u003c/a> at Memorial Park. (Anna Li/\u003ca href=\"http://peninsulapress.com/\">Peninsula Press\u003c/a>)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104JeffTedford.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84595\" title=\"PhotoWeek130104JeffTedford\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130104JeffTedford.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Jeff Tedford, head coach of the Cal Golden Bears football team since 2002, was \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/11/20/cal-football-coach-jeff-tedford-sacked-after-3-9-season/\">fired on Nov. 20 after a 3-9 season\u003c/a> and a combined 15-22 record over the last three years. Tedford's total pay in 2011 was almost $2.9 million. 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"content": "\u003cp>Congress may have pulled the nation back from a fiscal cliff this week, but the budget deal could still slow California’s economic recovery in the short term, according to an economist who specializes in forecasting the state’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84498\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/fiscal-cliff-budget-deal.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-84498\" title=\"House Passes Budget Deal Past Fiscal Cliff Deadline\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/fiscal-cliff-budget-deal-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the House Democratic Caucus met to consider the legislation that will blunt the effects of the \"fiscal cliff\" during a rare New Year's Day session January 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Phil Gingrey/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking on KQED’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201301020900\">Forum\u003c/a> on Wednesday, Jerry Nickelsburg, an adjunct professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, said that even in the best-case scenario we can expect the state’s economic growth to slow down by one to one-and-half percentage points because of increased taxes and spending reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal averted massive spending cuts and tax increases that were set to start on Monday. Other economists had predicted that these could push the nation into a second recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrangement cooked up in the Senate and approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday limited the federal income tax increases to individuals earning more than $400,000 a year, and couples earning more than $450,000.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it allowed a 2-percent payroll tax cut to expire, and that will affect most working people. For example, individuals earning $50,000 a year will have to pay $1,000 more per year in the form of a Social Security tax, David Wessel, an economics editor for The Wall Street Journal said on Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also leaves the tax code a mess, with multiple loopholes for businesses. The increased revenues are only about 20 percent of what’s needed to reduce the U.S. debt to sustainable levels, said Wessel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the deal only delayed the spending cuts for another two months, with no agreement about how they might be sorted out, Wessel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For California, that poses big problems, said Nickelsburg. “First of all, I think it’s important to realize there is still a fiscal cliff there,” he said. “The spending cuts were just pushed down the road. There is still a lot of uncertainty going forward. And people are going to postpone decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Postponing decisions can mean delaying investments the economy needs to move forward he said. “What we’re seeing is that California’s economic growth is slowing. We saw that in the last couple of months. We expect that this year. Heretofore, in the economic recovery we have been growing faster than the U.S. But we don’t expect that to continue in the coming months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news wasn’t all bad. The deal extended unemployment benefits which should benefit 400,000 Californians, according to the Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California we have an unemployment rate that is about 2 percentage points higher than the rest of the United States, so it’s relatively more important to Californians that those go through,” said Nicklesburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, California has already raised taxes on high earners, and Nickelsburg warned that there may be limits to how much the rich can be soaked. “With Prop[osition] 30 we raised our income tax rates on the highest earners to the highest in the nation. You add those to the new [federal income tax] rates that were just passed with this deal and you have over 50% of income earned by high income earners in California paid out in taxes. 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"content": "\u003cp>Last week, California \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/18/calif-regulators-release-draft-fracking-regulations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued draft regulations\u003c/a> for fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, an increasingly popular but controversial method of oil and natural gas retrieval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How does fracking work? KQED Science’s Lauren Sommer \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explains\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Millions of gallons of water, mixed with sand and chemicals, are injected underground at high pressure. That cracks the rocks, letting the oil out. Around the country, hydraulic fracturing has led to record levels of oil and gas production.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_83253\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/fracking.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-83253\" title=\"With AFP Story by Veronique DUPONT: US-E\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/fracking-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers change the pipes in a fracking operation in Waynesburg, PA. (Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images) \u003ccite>(Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While fracking has been big news for a while in Pennsylvania, North Dakota and elsewhere in the country, it has yet to become a popular topic of dinner conversation in California. That’s likely going to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don Gautier, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, told Lauren Sommer that while fracking has actually been used in California for decades, “a bit of a Gold Rush mentality concerning shale oil” currently exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is new right now is that the price of oil is reasonably high,” Gautier said. “This technology has become very sophisticated. So these explorationists are justifiably optimistic about the idea of being able to get out oil that couldn’t have been accessed just a few decades ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some environmentalists aren’t happy about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is absolutely a danger of California being transformed almost overnight, as other areas of the country have been when the fracking boom hits,” Kassie Siegel, a lawyer with the non-profit Center for Biological Diversity, told Lauren Sommer. “In other parts of the country, we’ve seen contaminated water. We’ve seen people who live near oil and gas wells complaining of health effects.” \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether those impacts are specifically caused by fracking is under debate, says Sommer. But in any event, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=46&articleid=20121216_46_E1_CUTLIN180852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">success of the technology\u003c/a> means that companies are more confident in their ability to extract oil efficiently and economically, and they’re ready to bring these improved techniques to California, which boasts the \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country’s largest shale oil resource\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the fracking debate heats up here, a few things to pay attention to, compiled from \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201212190900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED Public Radio’s recent Forum show on the regulations\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. DOGGR\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agency that released the draft regulations is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources\u003c/a> — “DOGGR” to friends. DOGGR is calling the first version of the guidelines a “discussion draft.” What does that mean? According to its website: “It is a starting point for discussion by key stakeholders – industry, the environmental community, and other regulators, as well as interested members of the public – in preparation for the more formal process, which probably will begin in early 2013.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are one of those interested members of the public, you can email your suggestions and concerns to comments@conservation.ca.gov. You can also sign up for updates on the regulation process and read the draft document \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Well Integrity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seemingly all sides of the fracking debate agree that the infrastructure of hydraulic fracturing, the wells themselves, is key to keeping the public safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dep_home/5968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection\u003c/a>, said that well integrity is especially important in hydraulic fracturing because “the well actually goes through the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aquifer\u003c/a>; it goes past where you are drawing your drinking water from. So it is incredibly important that the well is developed properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGinty says that many people worry about the injected fracturing fluids contaminating drinking water. Instead, she said, the focus needs to be on preventing gas or oil leakage from wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where water quality has been compromised is not in the fracturing fluids getting into the water, but in there being leaks in the well so that the gas or the oil migrates into the drinking water,” said McGinty. “That is a problem. It is preventable, and we ought to keep our eye on that ball.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil industry agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole issue, really, around hydraulic fracturing focuses on the integrity of the well,” said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.wspa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western States Petroleum Association\u003c/a>. “If that is maintained then hydraulic fracturing is not any different than any other oil-stimulating production technique. Those regulations are in place, have been in place, and it’s the reason, frankly, there has been no evidence of groundwater contamination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Water Use\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Mark Twain said: “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over.” Nowhere is that more true than in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When prompted by Forum guest host \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/about/staff/scott-shafer.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> to name a safety control she would like to see in place that may not sit well with oil companies, McGinty brought up water conservation, not water pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the sustainability of the gas and oil industry needs to be going in a direction of very significantly reducing its water footprint,” said McGinty. “Not just not polluting the water, but actually going to zero net consumption of water. Cleaning water, conserving water, that would be a big challenge, but I have to believe in a place like California it would be vitally important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft regulations do not currently address water consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. The Upside\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/magazine/welcome-to-saudi-albany.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A recent article in the New York Times Magazine\u003c/a> quoted an analyst who says “that the natural gas industry will bring around three million new jobs to the United States by the end of this decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same article described natural gas extraction via fracking as “the economic equivalent of a gift from the heavens” for the American steel industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s more than economic benefits at stake. \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/05/usa-energy-independence-renewable/1749073/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy independence\u003c/a>, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California only produces 30 percent of what it needs in crude oil, said Reheis-Boyd, which leaves us relying on foreign imports. According to Reheis-Boyd, 42 million gallons of gasoline and 11 million gallons of diesel are used daily for transportation in the Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have projections out to 2035 that 80 percent of our needs are going to be produced by coal, gas and oil,” said Reheis-Boyd. “If we stopped all of this tomorrow, we would have a revolution in California for people who expect to get up every day and drive from A to B affordably, to turn their lights on, and heat and cool their homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And McGinty argues that increased natural gas production has actually led to lower greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have what’s called ‘coal to gas switching,'” said McGinty, “with a lot more natural gas coming on and that has led to a pretty significant drop — for the first time in decades — in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Trade Secret Exemptions: Big Loophole?\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Companies will have to disclose what they’re injecting into the ground, which often includes diesel compounds and known carcinogens, unless they claim a ‘trade secret’ exemption,'” said KQED’s Lauren Sommer. Under the exemption, companies only have to disclose what family the injected chemicals are from. Critics say this is a loophole, one that has been taken for granted — \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/18/calif-regulators-release-draft-fracking-regulations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19,000 times\u003c/a>, in fact — by companies in Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the controversy over transparency doesn’t end there. People will only know about fracking at a specific location if they check a \u003ca href=\"http://fracfocus.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated website\u003c/a>, most likely several days before the fracking begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no rule that says that oil companies actually have to notify land owners nearby,” said Sommer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That does not sit well with critics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have people who live in an oil drilling area look at the website every day to find out if a well is going to be drilled and fracked near them is basically absurd,” said Bill Allayaud, California Director of Government Affairs for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ewg.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Working Group\u003c/a>. “Why can’t, when someone’s building a project in your neighborhood, you get a notice by mail?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reheis-Boyd defends the exemption: “Trade secrets are really not about oil companies as much as they are in promoting competition, and that competition always benefits the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. Interagency Coordination\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DOGGR acknowledges environmental concerns about groundwater, air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions but isn’t quite sure if they fall under its jurisdiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, there is a big concern with air pollution and methane, which is a pretty potent greenhouse gas which comes out of wells,” said Sommer. “And there is obviously a concern with groundwater supply. But [DOGGR] is saying they’re in discussions with other agencies about how to deal with those issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So keeping up on California’s fracking regulations means following the bureaucratic bridges between DOGGR, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Water Resources Control Board\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Air Resources Board\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But in any event, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=46&articleid=20121216_46_E1_CUTLIN180852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">success of the technology\u003c/a> means that companies are more confident in their ability to extract oil efficiently and economically, and they’re ready to bring these improved techniques to California, which boasts the \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-large-oil-reserve-california-faces-fracking-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">country’s largest shale oil resource\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the fracking debate heats up here, a few things to pay attention to, compiled from \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201212190900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED Public Radio’s recent Forum show on the regulations\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. DOGGR\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state agency that released the draft regulations is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/dog/Pages/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Conservation’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources\u003c/a> — “DOGGR” to friends. DOGGR is calling the first version of the guidelines a “discussion draft.” What does that mean? According to its website: “It is a starting point for discussion by key stakeholders – industry, the environmental community, and other regulators, as well as interested members of the public – in preparation for the more formal process, which probably will begin in early 2013.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you are one of those interested members of the public, you can email your suggestions and concerns to comments@conservation.ca.gov. You can also sign up for updates on the regulation process and read the draft document \u003ca href=\"http://www.conservation.ca.gov/Index/Pages/Index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2. Well Integrity\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seemingly all sides of the fracking debate agree that the infrastructure of hydraulic fracturing, the wells themselves, is key to keeping the public safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathleen McGinty, former secretary of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dep_home/5968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection\u003c/a>, said that well integrity is especially important in hydraulic fracturing because “the well actually goes through the \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aquifer\u003c/a>; it goes past where you are drawing your drinking water from. So it is incredibly important that the well is developed properly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGinty says that many people worry about the injected fracturing fluids contaminating drinking water. Instead, she said, the focus needs to be on preventing gas or oil leakage from wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Where water quality has been compromised is not in the fracturing fluids getting into the water, but in there being leaks in the well so that the gas or the oil migrates into the drinking water,” said McGinty. “That is a problem. It is preventable, and we ought to keep our eye on that ball.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil industry agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole issue, really, around hydraulic fracturing focuses on the integrity of the well,” said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.wspa.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Western States Petroleum Association\u003c/a>. “If that is maintained then hydraulic fracturing is not any different than any other oil-stimulating production technique. Those regulations are in place, have been in place, and it’s the reason, frankly, there has been no evidence of groundwater contamination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Water Use\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Mark Twain said: “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over.” Nowhere is that more true than in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When prompted by Forum guest host \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/radio/about/staff/scott-shafer.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Shafer\u003c/a> to name a safety control she would like to see in place that may not sit well with oil companies, McGinty brought up water conservation, not water pollution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the sustainability of the gas and oil industry needs to be going in a direction of very significantly reducing its water footprint,” said McGinty. “Not just not polluting the water, but actually going to zero net consumption of water. Cleaning water, conserving water, that would be a big challenge, but I have to believe in a place like California it would be vitally important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The draft regulations do not currently address water consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. The Upside\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/magazine/welcome-to-saudi-albany.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A recent article in the New York Times Magazine\u003c/a> quoted an analyst who says “that the natural gas industry will bring around three million new jobs to the United States by the end of this decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same article described natural gas extraction via fracking as “the economic equivalent of a gift from the heavens” for the American steel industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s more than economic benefits at stake. \u003ca href=\"http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/05/usa-energy-independence-renewable/1749073/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy independence\u003c/a>, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California only produces 30 percent of what it needs in crude oil, said Reheis-Boyd, which leaves us relying on foreign imports. According to Reheis-Boyd, 42 million gallons of gasoline and 11 million gallons of diesel are used daily for transportation in the Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have projections out to 2035 that 80 percent of our needs are going to be produced by coal, gas and oil,” said Reheis-Boyd. “If we stopped all of this tomorrow, we would have a revolution in California for people who expect to get up every day and drive from A to B affordably, to turn their lights on, and heat and cool their homes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And McGinty argues that increased natural gas production has actually led to lower greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have what’s called ‘coal to gas switching,'” said McGinty, “with a lot more natural gas coming on and that has led to a pretty significant drop — for the first time in decades — in greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. 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People will only know about fracking at a specific location if they check a \u003ca href=\"http://fracfocus.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designated website\u003c/a>, most likely several days before the fracking begins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no rule that says that oil companies actually have to notify land owners nearby,” said Sommer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That does not sit well with critics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To have people who live in an oil drilling area look at the website every day to find out if a well is going to be drilled and fracked near them is basically absurd,” said Bill Allayaud, California Director of Government Affairs for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ewg.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmental Working Group\u003c/a>. “Why can’t, when someone’s building a project in your neighborhood, you get a notice by mail?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reheis-Boyd defends the exemption: “Trade secrets are really not about oil companies as much as they are in promoting competition, and that competition always benefits the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/instagram.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-83308\" title=\"instagram\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"157\">\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>UPDATE 6:10 a.m. Oct. 21:\u003c/strong> Instagram has announced that it will not change its policies on advertising in its upcoming Terms of Service update. Company co-founder Kevin Systrom said in a blog post that the policies will remain unchanged from the version that has been in effect since 2010. Read the blog post \u003ca href=\"http://blog.instagram.com/post/38421250999/updated-terms-of-service-based-on-your-feedback\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original post:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many photographers yesterday went insta-crazy over Instagram's change in its terms of service. The San Francisco-based photo-sharing app, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/04/09/facebook-to-buy-instagram-for-1-billion/\" target=\"_blank\">bought by Facebook\u003c/a> this year for a cool billion dollars, sparked a \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=instagram%20TOS&src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">backlash\u003c/a> among users when it released\u003cstrong> \u003ca href=\"http://instagram.com/about/legal/terms/updated/\">new language\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> that seemed to indicate the company owned their content. Here's one of the relevant passages:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/19/interview-instagram-superstar-richard-koci-herandez-on-terms-of-service-controversy/#interview\">\u003cstrong>Interview with Richard Koci Hernandez\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559710-38/instagram-says-it-now-has-the-right-to-sell-your-photos/\">CNET\u003c/a> and the New York Times' \u003ca href=\"http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/what-instagrams-new-terms-of-service-mean-for-you/\">Bits blog\u003c/a>, among others, put up posts on the practical implications of that language, helping to galvanize the resulting hue and cry that forced Instagram to issue a \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blog.instagram.com/post/38252135408/thank-you-and-were-listening\">blog post\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> backing away from the changes. Written by co-founder Kevin Systrom, the post was titled \"Thank you, and we're listening.\" Systrom said Instagram has no plans to utilize user photos in ads and does not claim ownership rights over them. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Extracts from the post:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>Advertising on Instagram\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our intention in updating the terms was to communicate that we’d like to experiment with innovative advertising that feels appropriate on Instagram. Instead it was interpreted by many that we were going to sell your photos to others without any compensation. This is not true and it is our mistake that this language is confusing. To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Ownership Rights\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instagram users own their content and Instagram does not claim any ownership rights over your photos. Nothing about this has changed. We respect that there are creative artists and hobbyists alike that pour their heart into creating beautiful photos, and we respect that your photos are your photos. Period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Privacy Settings\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nothing has changed about the control you have over who can see your photos. If you set your photos to private, Instagram only shares your photos with the people you’ve approved to follow you.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>One of the most prominent Instagram users to publicly rebel yesterday was \u003ca href=\"http://richardkocihernandez.com/\">Richard Koci Hernandez\u003c/a>. 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