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"content": "\u003cp>Both sides billed the high-profile California fast food deal last year as a resolution to two years of\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>escalating political tensions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/09/california-labor-legislature/\">workers’ biggest wins in the Legislature\u003c/a> during “hot labor summer,” the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/09/california-fast-food-deal/\">agreement in the session’s final week resulted\u003c/a> in a minimum wage hike for employees and some guarantees for companies. In exchange, the industry agreed to stop fighting the issue at the ballot box, and lawmakers backed off on even stricter regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a month before the new wage — $20 an hour for workers at fast food chains with 60 or more locations nationally — goes into effect, the temporary truce is unraveling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Legislature \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushes through a bill\u003c/a> exempting fast food restaurants in airports, hotels and convention centers, Republican lawmakers who had vehemently pushed back on the wage hike \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/proposition-1-newsom-voters/#wm-story-1\">are calling for the deal to be investigated\u003c/a> after Bloomberg reported that Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed for a bakery exemption that benefited a donor who owns two dozen Panera locations in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Newsom’s office denied the story and said their lawyers believe Panera and other chain bakeries aren’t actually exempt — a decision that could lead numerous additional businesses to scramble to prepare for a wage hike. In a Bloomberg story Friday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/billionaire-flynn-says-he-met-newsom-staff-in-lobbying-effort-against-wage-bill/ar-BB1jbt8c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">billionaire Greg Flynn says\u003c/a> he did not seek a special exemption, though he met with the governor’s staff along with other restaurant owners to suggest a carve-out for “fast casual” restaurants. On Saturday, the California Restaurant Association weighed in, saying there was \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CalRestaurants/status/1764009596455407826?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">never any discussion of any brand seeking an exemption\u003c/a>, including Panera. And in an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JWheelertv/status/1764113769737896371?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview with KNBC aired Sunday\u003c/a>, Newsom, himself, called the report “absurd.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Service Employees International Union, which pushed for the legislation, said it agreed with Newsom’s reasoning. Senate Republican leader \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/brian-jones-1968/\">Brian Jones\u003c/a> called for scrapping the fast food agreement altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The renewed fights have moved to the local level, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some franchise owners \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-fast-act-18678650.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are cutting jobs\u003c/a> in advance of the minimum wage increase, while workers have begun pushing for additional benefits in San Jose and Los Angeles, prompting businesses to gear up to lobby back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worker advocates are also pledging to push for job security measures once a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/01/california-fast-food-council-2/\">first-in-the-nation fast food regulatory council\u003c/a> (another part of the deal) is in place. On Friday, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/03/01/governor-newsom-announces-appointments-3-1-24/\">announced his seven appointees\u003c/a> to the council, including Chairperson Nicholas Hardeman, chief of staff to state Senate leader emeritus Toni Atkins. The governor’s other picks are a mix of franchisees, workers and others. Legislative leaders picked the final two members, both union leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And some McDonald’s franchise owners, who have complained they were frozen out from last year’s deal-making, are retaliating against state lawmakers who supported it as they seek other public offices in Tuesday’s primary. The new \u003ca href=\"https://www.caafob.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Alliance of Family Owned Businesses\u003c/a> PAC formed earlier this year as an offshoot of prior lobbying by owners of local McDonald’s restaurants.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"fast-food-workers\"]Its opening salvo: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article285712731.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attack mailers\u003c/a> against Assemblymembers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/chris-holden-1960/\">Chris Holden\u003c/a>, a Pasadena Democrat running for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/kevin-mccarty-1972/\">Kevin McCarty\u003c/a>, a Sacramento Democrat running in a crowded primary for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In order to protect our family businesses in California now and into the future, it has become clear that we must more actively engage in politics across the state,” Kerri Harper-Howie, an alliance board member and a McDonald’s owner in Los Angeles County, said in a statement. “Politicians should know that if they agree to carry water for those who threaten our businesses, they will be opposed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Holden authored the bill forming a fast food council and mandating the wage hike, while McCarty was one of many Democrats who voted for it. The PAC has spent more than $300,000 against each. McCarty’s campaign manager, Andrew Acosta, said business owners are “trying to punish him for standing up for workers’ rights and higher wages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PAC is also spending in an Inland Empire Assembly primary and in favor of Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/tim-grayson-1967/\">Tim Grayson\u003c/a>‘s bid for the state Senate. Grayson, a Concord Democrat, voted in favor of the fast food deal last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The franchisee committee has spent more than $1.8 million so far this year. That’s not much compared to the tens of millions of dollars fast food giants such as McDonald’s and national industry groups poured into a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/12/california-elections-industries-laws/\">campaign account for the effort to repeal\u003c/a> the 2022 fast food law. The referendum was ultimately\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>pulled from the ballot in last year’s deal. However, it indicates the increasing activity of franchise owners in state and local politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marisol Sanchez, who owns 14 McDonald’s restaurants in the High Desert north of San Bernardino and helps run her family’s larger franchise business, said she never got involved in politics before last year. But when SEIU pushed a bill forcing fast food corporations to share liability for labor violations with franchise owners, Sanchez saw “the destruction of the franchise model, and basically … the destruction of my livelihood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a quick jumping into action,” she said, which involved meeting with lawmakers and now, contributing to the PAC.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"McDonald's Franchise Owner Marisol Sanchez\"]‘I think we took for granted that the community understood that we were not all corporate-owned restaurants.’[/pullquote]The joint liability bill ultimately became a bargaining chip to force a deal on the $20 wage. Sanchez said franchise owners were the “collateral damage.” She attributes that in part to a prior lack of political organizing by franchise owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We weren’t communicating and organizing,” she said. “I think we took for granted that the community understood that we were not all corporate-owned restaurants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she’s always tried to offer starting wages of $1 more than the minimum wage and had been in the middle of an expansion in recent years, buoyed in part by more Californians moving inland during the COVID-19 pandemic. But she’s cutting back in advance of the wage hike, putting off a drive-thru remodel and slowing down hiring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union that pushed for the deal criticized the new PAC but said it would be unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s shameful for these multibillion-dollar corporations to attack these pro-worker champions — and voters are going to see right through it,” Arnulfo De La Cruz, president of SEIU Local 2015, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restaurant giants and a handful of local franchise owners have also registered this year to lobby in San Jose, where the new \u003ca href=\"https://californiafastfoodworkersunion.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fast Food Workers Union\u003c/a> is pursuing a city ordinance mandating employers provide paid time off, predictable scheduling and “know your rights” training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11978010\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11978010\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/08312023_Fast-Food-Worker-Convention-Rally_RL_CM_051-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\" alt=\"Workers hold up signs during a rally.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/08312023_Fast-Food-Worker-Convention-Rally_RL_CM_051-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/08312023_Fast-Food-Worker-Convention-Rally_RL_CM_051-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/08312023_Fast-Food-Worker-Convention-Rally_RL_CM_051-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/08312023_Fast-Food-Worker-Convention-Rally_RL_CM_051-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/08312023_Fast-Food-Worker-Convention-Rally_RL_CM_051-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fast food workers rally at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, the union has accused one city council member, David Cohen, of reconsidering his support in response to industry influence. Several franchise owners this month contributed to a new PAC whose main spending so far has been sending $18,000 to another political action committee that has bought ads against Cohen’s opponent in his re-election bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contributions were \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-fast-food-restaurant-union-workers-question-city-council-officials-david-cohen-support/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first reported\u003c/a> by \u003cem>San Jose Spotlight\u003c/em>. Cohen’s office did not respond to a request for comment, but he told Spotlight he hadn’t withdrawn any support and was only considering if the proposed ordinance would work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celeste Perez, a Burger King shift leader in San Jose who has been advocating for the ordinance, said she wants a firm commitment from council members and accused Cohen of shutting workers like her out after meeting with industry lobbyists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez, 43, makes $17.75 an hour and said the wage hike to $20 in April was supposed to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/09/minimum-wage-california/\">help her keep up with inflation\u003c/a>. This year, the restaurant cut her hours by five a week due to the upcoming wage increase and slow sales at the beginning of the year, she said, but she still has the same amount of work to do and often deals with threatening customers.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Burger King Shift Leader Celeste Perez\"]‘It’s really important for us to keep (moving) forward, not backward. I think $20 is only one step.’[/pullquote]She wants to afford to take a family vacation for the first time in seven or eight years, or at least attend her son’s soccer games, she said.”It’s really important for us to keep (moving) forward, not backward,” she said. “I think $20 is only one step.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the union called for a similar proposal in Los Angeles. Neither ordinance has been formally introduced yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of last year’s deal, the state’s new fast food council is prohibited from enacting new policies on time off and scheduling — and the deal also prohibited cities from raising fast food wages beyond the new statewide minimum. But there’s nothing to stop local governments from pursuing other regulations, which would further\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>raise costs for operators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposals and the bakery exemption controversy are likely to be more fuel for franchise owners to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Hom, the owner of two Vitality Bowls health food restaurants in San Jose, said he’s begun using his relationships with city council members to oppose the local proposal. He said he already sets employee schedules two weeks in advance but is wary that a predictable scheduling requirement may prevent him from asking workers to come in last minute if someone calls out sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hom said he has the option to open a third store but has declined to do so due to the prospect of new requirements. He and other franchise owners are discussing with the company how much to raise prices in April and hope that’s enough to cover the wage increase without cutting staff or their hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Businesses are going to speak up,” he said. “The $20 is already going to cause restaurants to close.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Twelve years ago, when Tammy and Tim Babcock saw businesses closing in rural northeast California and families moving to bigger cities, they purchased the Big Valley Market in Bieber to revitalize the dying town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, their grocery store has become crucial to the day-to-day lives of residents in the surrounding communities, especially to the 200 or so people living in Bieber, about 250 miles north of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Tammy Babcock, co-owner, Big Valley Market in Bieber\"]‘If we close, people have to cross over a mountain, and in the winter the road is covered with ice and snow. We have to help take care of our people, our senior citizens.’ [/pullquote]But the store is struggling to survive. Tammy and Tim Babcock blame recent rate increases in their electric bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the Babcocks paid Pacific Gas & Electric nearly $40,000 for electricity — about two-thirds of the store’s annual profit, Tammy Babcock said. This year, rates for businesses their size will grow by 17%, the utility said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I called PG&E, and I said, ‘Are you trying to put us out of business? Are you trying to kill small-town America?’” said Tammy Babcock, 62, as she stood in the store she works outside jobs to sustain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975707\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A view of a street down the middle with a few cars on it.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-07.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view down Bridge St. in Bieber, Lassen County, on Jan. 30. 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As major California utilities like PG&E seek higher energy rates this year — in part to pay for upgrades and safety improvements — business owners like the Babcocks said that it’s pushing already struggling businesses toward closure. If that happens to the Babcocks’ market, the surrounding neighborhoods and towns would suffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"pge, electric-bills\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates utilities, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/11/electric-rates-california/\">approved the latest rate hike in November\u003c/a>. At the time, the commission said it was to ensure that PG&E maintains a “safe and reliable energy system.” The rate hike, which took effect on Jan. 1, affected tens of thousands of residential and business customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For PG&E’s more than 764,000 business owner accounts, rates will rise this year by \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-prioritizes-safety-reliability-and-affordability-in-pge-rate-case-2023\">17%–21%\u003c/a>, depending on the size and type of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential electric rates \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240119-caladvocates-q4-2023-quarterly-rate-report.pdf\">have nearly doubled\u003c/a> in California over the last decade. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240118-caladvocates-fixed-charge-overview-web.pdf\">1 in 5 customers, some 2.4 million, are behind in utility bills\u003c/a> by an average of $744, said the Public Advocates Office, the consumer arm of the utilities commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Small town struggles with rate hikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Bieber, which has very little industry, the median annual household income is about $46,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Bieber%2C+california&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8\">U.S. census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Babcocks’ market sits below the verdant Big Valley Mountains, which overlook four small towns: Nubieber, Bieber, Lookout and Adin. Fewer than 2,000 people live in this flat farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The store is the main place to buy water, rice, bread and other necessities. The closest Walmart is in Susanville, more than 67 minutes away, and the closest Safeway is in Burney, about 44 minutes away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman in a purple shirt and a black apron stands in a room with produce in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tammy Babcock is co-owner of the Big Valley Market in Bieber. The store serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community space for the unincorporated town of Bieber in Lassen County. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to selling groceries, the Babcocks also serve ready-made meals at two tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before noon in January, six people walked into the Big Valley store and Tim Babcock seated them as his wife went back and forth to the kitchen, serving them tacos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulars, who have known each other for years, watched Fox News on the store TV and discussed community issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the customers said that if the Big Valley Market were to close, he would have to drive 52 miles east to get milk and other necessities in Alturas. Another customer said she’d have to drive at least 19 miles to get fresh fruit in Fall River Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that the Babcocks operate a hay business to generate outside income and cater weddings, funerals and hospital events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to sustain our business and make a place for the people in the valley so they don’t have to drive back and forth long distances,” Tim Babcock said. “They can’t even afford gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathlin Meyer, 73, said she visits the Big Valley Market at least three times a week. It’s the place where she feels most like part of a community, she said, after her move from Fortuna in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Tammy Babcock, Meyer is a cancer survivor. Last year, during Meyer’s chemotherapy, the Big Valley Market delivered food to her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue sky above with a small white building with a sign in front\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Valley Wellness Center off of Lassen State Highway in Lassen County on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we close, people have to cross over a mountain, and in the winter, the road is covered with ice and snow,” Tammy Babcock said. “We have to help take care of our people, our senior citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Babcock added that the Big Valley Market would have to close if the electric bills continue to increase. Tammy Babcock then recited how much they have paid in recent months, holding a list of the store’s electric payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, they paid nearly $3,000 toward the store’s PG&E bill. They made two payments because they couldn’t afford the entire amount immediately. In December, the Babcocks paid nearly $3,000. In November, it was nearly $4,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approved rate hike this year, the Babcocks expect to pay more than $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Getting regulators’ permission\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who is from Bieber, told CalMatters recently his office receives many calls from people complaining about electric bills and that the state should hold utilities accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E would not make an official available to answer CalMatters’ other questions about the rate hikes but sent a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Energy rates were adjusted for all customers to fund investments in the coming years,” the utility said, “to pay for permanent wildfire risk reduction, critical gas and electric safety and reliability work and capacity upgrades to support new business connections and California’s bold clean energy goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23?parent_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fcalifornia-divide%2F2024%2F02%2Futility-rate-hikes-california%2F&src=embed#async_embed\" data-id=\"02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" data-processed=\"1\" id=\"ig-2ccec01c-6c4b-8fb8-552e-04f1f13c7d7a\" style=\"border: none; width: 780px; height: 744px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Big Valley Market, medium-sized business customers will pay an average of 17% more this year, PG&E said, while small businesses will pay 21% more, agricultural businesses will pay 19% more and large businesses will have a 3.5% increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E is committed to providing ways for its business customers to save energy and money and has a variety of programs and tools available to find the best rate and to save money on their energy bills,” PG&E said. It listed a dozen programs, including monthly “budget billing,” loans to replace equipment, and “economic development rates” for some businesses that are 12% to 25% less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E also is seeking another overall rate increase for this year. In June, PG&E requested rate hikes to reimburse the utility $688 million for wildfire safety work it had completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, state regulators issued a counter-proposal allowing the utility giant to collect $516 million from customers. A typical residential customer’s bill would go up $4 to $6 a month during the first year, although the lowest-income customers would pay $3 or $4, according to the commission’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of men gather for lunch at Big Valley Market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small group gathers for lunch at Big Valley Market on Jan. 30. 2024. The market serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community gathering space for the town of Bieber. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Toney, executive director of the consumer group the Utility Reform Network (TURN), noted that if this relief is approved, the utilities would immediately start collecting it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E shouldn’t automatically be getting this money without a field inspection to make sure they did the right work in the right locations with the right result, and they certainly should not be getting advance payment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission is scheduled to vote on that on March 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California lawmakers’ objections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom appoints, and the state Senate confirms all \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/about-cpuc/commissioners\">five members\u003c/a> of the Public Utilities Commission, where they sit for staggered six-year terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2205\">a bill\u003c/a> that would force state regulators to cut electricity rates across the board by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Joe Patterson, the Republican from Rocklin who introduced the bill, noted existing law gives state regulators authority to fix utility rates and charges at a “just and reasonable” price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to the CPUC website, and I looked at what their mission statement said, and, honestly, they don’t even list affordability as their goal,” he said. “How is that possible? I am not saying they don’t think of it when discussing issues, but it should be their priority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers from both parties, meanwhile, are contesting a separate proposal from the state’s three major investor-owned utilities that would levy fixed rates on residential customers based on their income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A sign for the The California Public Utilities Commission office\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Public Utilities Commission offices at the Edmund G. Pat Brown building in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3700-pg-e-submits-proposal-lower-electric-bills-low-income-customers-provide-bill-transparency-stability-advance-clean-energy-goals\">monthly fixed charge\u003c/a> for PG&E’s low-income customers, for instance, would be as low as $15, the utility said, and no more than $30, while moderate-income customers would pay about $51 and customers in the top 25% of earners would pay a fixed $92.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, said the utilities’ proposal would place an unacceptable burden on middle-class Californians while removing incentives to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians already pay some of the highest electric bills in the nation and should not be forced to arbitrarily pay more to cover for a private utility’s poor business decisions,” Wiener said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Ong, chief policy advisor at the commission’s Public Advocate’s office, said the average monthly rate for PG&E customers is higher than all other utilities in the state due to the rate hike approved in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still really strong supporters of the fixed charge because it’s one of the only ways to reduce rates,” Ong told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioners who approved the PG&E rate hikes in November will decide on the fixed charge proposal in July. If that plan is authorized, it would be implemented in 2026, Ong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We want to keep rural America alive’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few blocks away from the Big Valley Market, Williams Wells, 55, picked up restaurant food for his mother, whose heart problems prevent her from taking care of herself. Wells said he moved to Beiber from Sacramento to help his 78-year-old mother, but that has become extraordinarily expensive. The breathing machine she needs has been plugged in 24 hours a day for the past six years, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom only receives $400 from Social Security, and I work three jobs to be able to take care of her,” Wells said. “I sleep with no heat, and we still pay over $300, and we have seen it go over $700. If it keeps going up, we’d probably be homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975734\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A man sits indoors near a sign.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Wells at the Old Mill Grill in Bieber on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides him, the streets in Bieber were empty. Many storefront windows were broken or boarded up. The town of 146 homes was quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except inside the Big Valley Market, Tammy Babcock was cutting pork into chops while her husband unpacked boxes and filled shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were preparing for a busy evening. A basketball game was scheduled at the Big Valley High School, a few blocks away. Whatever the Babcocks earned that night would likely go toward the next electricity bill, Tim Babcock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to move into the city; we are not that kind of people. But these energy rates ain’t helping, right?” said Tim Babcock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a struggle, but we want to keep rural America alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates utilities, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/11/electric-rates-california/\">approved the latest rate hike in November\u003c/a>. At the time, the commission said it was to ensure that PG&E maintains a “safe and reliable energy system.” The rate hike, which took effect on Jan. 1, affected tens of thousands of residential and business customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For PG&E’s more than 764,000 business owner accounts, rates will rise this year by \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-prioritizes-safety-reliability-and-affordability-in-pge-rate-case-2023\">17%–21%\u003c/a>, depending on the size and type of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential electric rates \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240119-caladvocates-q4-2023-quarterly-rate-report.pdf\">have nearly doubled\u003c/a> in California over the last decade. About \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240118-caladvocates-fixed-charge-overview-web.pdf\">1 in 5 customers, some 2.4 million, are behind in utility bills\u003c/a> by an average of $744, said the Public Advocates Office, the consumer arm of the utilities commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Small town struggles with rate hikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Bieber, which has very little industry, the median annual household income is about $46,000, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=Bieber%2C+california&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8\">U.S. census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Babcocks’ market sits below the verdant Big Valley Mountains, which overlook four small towns: Nubieber, Bieber, Lookout and Adin. Fewer than 2,000 people live in this flat farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The store is the main place to buy water, rice, bread and other necessities. The closest Walmart is in Susanville, more than 67 minutes away, and the closest Safeway is in Burney, about 44 minutes away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975737\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman in a purple shirt and a black apron stands in a room with produce in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-16.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tammy Babcock is co-owner of the Big Valley Market in Bieber. The store serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community space for the unincorporated town of Bieber in Lassen County. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to selling groceries, the Babcocks also serve ready-made meals at two tables.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before noon in January, six people walked into the Big Valley store and Tim Babcock seated them as his wife went back and forth to the kitchen, serving them tacos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulars, who have known each other for years, watched Fox News on the store TV and discussed community issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the customers said that if the Big Valley Market were to close, he would have to drive 52 miles east to get milk and other necessities in Alturas. Another customer said she’d have to drive at least 19 miles to get fresh fruit in Fall River Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said that the Babcocks operate a hay business to generate outside income and cater weddings, funerals and hospital events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to sustain our business and make a place for the people in the valley so they don’t have to drive back and forth long distances,” Tim Babcock said. “They can’t even afford gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathlin Meyer, 73, said she visits the Big Valley Market at least three times a week. It’s the place where she feels most like part of a community, she said, after her move from Fortuna in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Tammy Babcock, Meyer is a cancer survivor. Last year, during Meyer’s chemotherapy, the Big Valley Market delivered food to her house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975709\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue sky above with a small white building with a sign in front\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-14.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Big Valley Wellness Center off of Lassen State Highway in Lassen County on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If we close, people have to cross over a mountain, and in the winter, the road is covered with ice and snow,” Tammy Babcock said. “We have to help take care of our people, our senior citizens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Babcock added that the Big Valley Market would have to close if the electric bills continue to increase. Tammy Babcock then recited how much they have paid in recent months, holding a list of the store’s electric payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, they paid nearly $3,000 toward the store’s PG&E bill. They made two payments because they couldn’t afford the entire amount immediately. In December, the Babcocks paid nearly $3,000. In November, it was nearly $4,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approved rate hike this year, the Babcocks expect to pay more than $40,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Getting regulators’ permission\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who is from Bieber, told CalMatters recently his office receives many calls from people complaining about electric bills and that the state should hold utilities accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PG&E would not make an official available to answer CalMatters’ other questions about the rate hikes but sent a written statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Energy rates were adjusted for all customers to fund investments in the coming years,” the utility said, “to pay for permanent wildfire risk reduction, critical gas and electric safety and reliability work and capacity upgrades to support new business connections and California’s bold clean energy goals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://e.infogram.com/02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23?parent_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fcalifornia-divide%2F2024%2F02%2Futility-rate-hikes-california%2F&src=embed#async_embed\" data-id=\"02dc6fe3-e1d4-4295-909d-90fbce9b1d23\" data-type=\"interactive\" data-title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" data-processed=\"1\" id=\"ig-2ccec01c-6c4b-8fb8-552e-04f1f13c7d7a\" style=\"border: none; width: 780px; height: 744px;\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Average Residential Electric Rate Changes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Big Valley Market, medium-sized business customers will pay an average of 17% more this year, PG&E said, while small businesses will pay 21% more, agricultural businesses will pay 19% more and large businesses will have a 3.5% increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E is committed to providing ways for its business customers to save energy and money and has a variety of programs and tools available to find the best rate and to save money on their energy bills,” PG&E said. It listed a dozen programs, including monthly “budget billing,” loans to replace equipment, and “economic development rates” for some businesses that are 12% to 25% less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But PG&E also is seeking another overall rate increase for this year. In June, PG&E requested rate hikes to reimburse the utility $688 million for wildfire safety work it had completed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, state regulators issued a counter-proposal allowing the utility giant to collect $516 million from customers. A typical residential customer’s bill would go up $4 to $6 a month during the first year, although the lowest-income customers would pay $3 or $4, according to the commission’s proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975703\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975703\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A group of men gather for lunch at Big Valley Market\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-01.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A small group gathers for lunch at Big Valley Market on Jan. 30. 2024. The market serves as the main grocer, restaurant and community gathering space for the town of Bieber. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mark Toney, executive director of the consumer group the Utility Reform Network (TURN), noted that if this relief is approved, the utilities would immediately start collecting it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“PG&E shouldn’t automatically be getting this money without a field inspection to make sure they did the right work in the right locations with the right result, and they certainly should not be getting advance payment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission is scheduled to vote on that on March 7.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California lawmakers’ objections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom appoints, and the state Senate confirms all \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/about-cpuc/commissioners\">five members\u003c/a> of the Public Utilities Commission, where they sit for staggered six-year terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, Republican lawmakers introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2205\">a bill\u003c/a> that would force state regulators to cut electricity rates across the board by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Joe Patterson, the Republican from Rocklin who introduced the bill, noted existing law gives state regulators authority to fix utility rates and charges at a “just and reasonable” price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I went to the CPUC website, and I looked at what their mission statement said, and, honestly, they don’t even list affordability as their goal,” he said. “How is that possible? I am not saying they don’t think of it when discussing issues, but it should be their priority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers from both parties, meanwhile, are contesting a separate proposal from the state’s three major investor-owned utilities that would levy fixed rates on residential customers based on their income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A sign for the The California Public Utilities Commission office\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/012822-CPUC-PUBLIC-UTILITIES-COMMISSION-MHN-CM-13.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Public Utilities Commission offices at the Edmund G. Pat Brown building in San Francisco on Jan. 28, 2022. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.pgecurrents.com/articles/3700-pg-e-submits-proposal-lower-electric-bills-low-income-customers-provide-bill-transparency-stability-advance-clean-energy-goals\">monthly fixed charge\u003c/a> for PG&E’s low-income customers, for instance, would be as low as $15, the utility said, and no more than $30, while moderate-income customers would pay about $51 and customers in the top 25% of earners would pay a fixed $92.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, said the utilities’ proposal would place an unacceptable burden on middle-class Californians while removing incentives to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Californians already pay some of the highest electric bills in the nation and should not be forced to arbitrarily pay more to cover for a private utility’s poor business decisions,” Wiener said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Ong, chief policy advisor at the commission’s Public Advocate’s office, said the average monthly rate for PG&E customers is higher than all other utilities in the state due to the rate hike approved in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still really strong supporters of the fixed charge because it’s one of the only ways to reduce rates,” Ong told CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commissioners who approved the PG&E rate hikes in November will decide on the fixed charge proposal in July. If that plan is authorized, it would be implemented in 2026, Ong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We want to keep rural America alive’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A few blocks away from the Big Valley Market, Williams Wells, 55, picked up restaurant food for his mother, whose heart problems prevent her from taking care of herself. Wells said he moved to Beiber from Sacramento to help his 78-year-old mother, but that has become extraordinarily expensive. The breathing machine she needs has been plugged in 24 hours a day for the past six years, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom only receives $400 from Social Security, and I work three jobs to be able to take care of her,” Wells said. “I sleep with no heat, and we still pay over $300, and we have seen it go over $700. If it keeps going up, we’d probably be homeless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11975734\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A man sits indoors near a sign.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/013024-Bieber-Electric-Rates-MG-CM-35.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">William Wells at the Old Mill Grill in Bieber on Jan. 30, 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides him, the streets in Bieber were empty. Many storefront windows were broken or boarded up. The town of 146 homes was quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Except inside the Big Valley Market, Tammy Babcock was cutting pork into chops while her husband unpacked boxes and filled shelves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They were preparing for a busy evening. A basketball game was scheduled at the Big Valley High School, a few blocks away. Whatever the Babcocks earned that night would likely go toward the next electricity bill, Tim Babcock said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to move into the city; we are not that kind of people. But these energy rates ain’t helping, right?” said Tim Babcock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a struggle, but we want to keep rural America alive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Super Bowl of shopping. The all-American consumption blitz. The best of capitalism — or the absolute worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether you love it or hate it, Black Friday is here again, taking over our ads and inboxes with loud proclamations of deals and discounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sure, you could argue that this old shopping standby is changing shape — no longer just a day but a whole long weekend with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/24/1138247732/come-for-the-free-cookies-stay-for-the-shopping\">Small Business Saturday\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/11/30/940170225/u-s-shoppers-might-spend-13-million-per-minute-during-cyber-monday-peak\">Cyber Monday\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/11/30/457881058/love-it-or-hate-it-givingtuesday-has-become-a-thing\">Giving Tuesday\u003c/a>. 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National sentiment suggested that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1133719\">shopping could be an act of patriotism\u003c/a> — a way to boost the economy and beef up America’s stature in a burgeoning war against terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, \u003ca href=\"https://www.adbusters.org/article/the-evolution-of-the-buy-nothing-meme\">Buy Nothing Day\u003c/a> still exists, but the more mainstream distillation of the idea endures in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/05/24/613270172/facebook-project-wants-you-to-buy-nothing-and-ask-for-what-you-need\">Buy Nothing Project\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n his booming announcer voice and wearing a classy black suit and pair of sunglasses, Steven Lee recounted his first memories of dining at Sam Wo Restaurant in San Francisco’s Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a 20-year-old San Francisco State University student, he stepped into the establishment with friends after a late night out. With its doors open until 3 a.m., the restaurant satiated the cravings of hungry customers by serving inexpensive, classic Cantonese dishes like chicken jook, wonton soup, chow fun, sweet and sour pork and rice noodles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grandparents brought their children to learn how to use chopsticks. Mahjong players, with their minds fixed on a plate of $4 chow mein, filtered in after the parlors closed for the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little did Lee know that decades later, he would be vital in raising money for Sam Wo’s resurrection in a humble location steps away from Portsmouth Square. After more than 100 years of service, a change in ownership and location, the reputation of having the “world’s rudest waiter” and maintaining a place in the ever-changing landscape of the country’s oldest Chinatown, Sam Wo endures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967533\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-16-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people walk on a crosswalk across a wet city street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-16-BL.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-16-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-16-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-16-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-16-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Lee (center), co-founder of Chinatown nightclub Lion’s Den, leads a walking tour of the neighborhood for attendees of the APEC conference in San Francisco on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With President Joe Biden and world leaders from the Pacific Rim, including President Xi Jinping of China, in San Francisco for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, it has put neighborhoods like Chinatown in the spotlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee wants the light to shine on legacy establishments like Sam Wo and the new restaurants reimagining Chinatown. That was the premise behind Wednesday night’s walking tour of the neighborhood’s beloved restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, the city’s former entertainment commissioner, created the tour with Beverly Yip, an events and hospitality entrepreneur. Together, they led a diverse group of about a dozen summit attendees, some of whom were journalists, to iconic spots while weaving in personal anecdotes, history and stories. At hole-in-the-wall to-go spots, Michelin-star restaurants, chic lounges and revamped eateries, attendees met with chefs, owners and employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967534\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A hand reaches for one of five dumplings on a dish.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dishes are served to guests at China Live during a Chinatown walking tour for APEC attendees in San Francisco on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group started at China Live, which offers an elevated take on Chinese cuisine and is known for its Peking duck. Next was Osmanthus Dim Sum Lounge. The tour stopped at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, where tens of thousands of fortune cookies are made by hand daily and images of visiting celebrities decorate the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11742748]Also on the itinerary: Empress by Boon, R & G Lounge, Capital, Mister Jiu’s and Hang Ah Tea Room, the oldest dim sum restaurant in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, 66, is also a Chinatown institution. He founded several clubs, including Lion’s Den, which is just a couple of blocks away from Sam Wo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Lee met with a KQED reporter at Sam Wo. After showing his signature on the bottom of the tables, he explained each weathered photograph on the walls. On the way to his club, locals shouted greetings. Some accompanied him for a few moments, while others just simply embraced him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yip said Chinatown runs in her blood. She lived on Sacramento Street growing up. Her father worked at a restaurant and her mom owned a business. When she was in high school, she competed for Miss Chinatown USA. She agreed to co-lead the tour, drawn to the fact attendees would “see Chinatown through our eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee spoke of the “battle of Chinatown” and the lingering perception of the area as unsafe and dirty. He wants that to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During AAPI hate — even before that really was heavy-hitting, before COVID — you would come to Chinatown and all the restaurants would be empty,” Lee said. “But if you go through the Stockton Tunnel and hit Union Square or even go to North Beach, there’s lines waiting to get in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967527\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people sit at a table in a restaurant turned toward two people speaking.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dishes are served to guests at China Live during Wednesday’s Chinatown walking tour for APEC attendees in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The summit — and the tour, on a smaller scale — can work to reverse the perception, he hopes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest thing we hope for is to send that message that Chinatown and San Francisco, in general, that we are clean. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee wants the light to shine on legacy establishments like Sam Wo and the new restaurants reimagining Chinatown. That was the premise behind Wednesday night’s walking tour of the neighborhood’s beloved restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, the city’s former entertainment commissioner, created the tour with Beverly Yip, an events and hospitality entrepreneur. Together, they led a diverse group of about a dozen summit attendees, some of whom were journalists, to iconic spots while weaving in personal anecdotes, history and stories. At hole-in-the-wall to-go spots, Michelin-star restaurants, chic lounges and revamped eateries, attendees met with chefs, owners and employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967534\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A hand reaches for one of five dumplings on a dish.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-06-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dishes are served to guests at China Live during a Chinatown walking tour for APEC attendees in San Francisco on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The group started at China Live, which offers an elevated take on Chinese cuisine and is known for its Peking duck. Next was Osmanthus Dim Sum Lounge. The tour stopped at the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory, where tens of thousands of fortune cookies are made by hand daily and images of visiting celebrities decorate the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Also on the itinerary: Empress by Boon, R & G Lounge, Capital, Mister Jiu’s and Hang Ah Tea Room, the oldest dim sum restaurant in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, 66, is also a Chinatown institution. He founded several clubs, including Lion’s Den, which is just a couple of blocks away from Sam Wo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Lee met with a KQED reporter at Sam Wo. After showing his signature on the bottom of the tables, he explained each weathered photograph on the walls. On the way to his club, locals shouted greetings. Some accompanied him for a few moments, while others just simply embraced him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yip said Chinatown runs in her blood. She lived on Sacramento Street growing up. Her father worked at a restaurant and her mom owned a business. When she was in high school, she competed for Miss Chinatown USA. She agreed to co-lead the tour, drawn to the fact attendees would “see Chinatown through our eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee spoke of the “battle of Chinatown” and the lingering perception of the area as unsafe and dirty. He wants that to change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During AAPI hate — even before that really was heavy-hitting, before COVID — you would come to Chinatown and all the restaurants would be empty,” Lee said. “But if you go through the Stockton Tunnel and hit Union Square or even go to North Beach, there’s lines waiting to get in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11967527\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11967527\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people sit at a table in a restaurant turned toward two people speaking.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/11/231115-APECWalkingTour-07-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dishes are served to guests at China Live during Wednesday’s Chinatown walking tour for APEC attendees in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The summit — and the tour, on a smaller scale — can work to reverse the perception, he hopes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest thing we hope for is to send that message that Chinatown and San Francisco, in general, that we are clean. We are safe,” he said. “We’re not any different from any other city. It’s just that we get the publicity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before coming to the tour, Zahara Stroud, an APEC attendee who lives in the South Bay, rarely visited Chinatown. She thought it was a crowded cluster of streets filled with tourist shops. She said she thought it was “a very casual atmosphere — you walk in, you grab your food and leave.” She went home with a different mindset.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tonight, we learned about the families who still run these restaurants as a dedication of love, and we also got to see some of the new owners who are trying to upgrade the experience of eating in Chinatown to a new level,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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These hardships may impact their financial future and the state’s economy for years to come, said researchers who examined the years surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019 to 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"UCLA Labor Center\"]‘[Y]oung workers in California find themselves navigating a tumultuous landscape of societal shifts, economic challenges, and the lingering aftermath of a global pandemic.’[/pullquote]“Young people are critical actors in California’s vibrant economy and labor force,” says the study, released Nov. 9. “Yet, young workers in California find themselves navigating a tumultuous landscape of societal shifts, economic challenges, and the lingering aftermath of a global pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 64% of California’s young workers earned low wages — defined as about $18 an hour, two-thirds of the median wage — and 60% reported difficulty affording their expenses, researchers wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The assumption that young people work at service-oriented, low-wage jobs temporarily before they’re propelled to full-time careers isn’t necessarily true, said UCLA researcher Vivek Ramakrishnan. Many young people stay in low-wage jobs for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we’re looking at the data, we’re seeing young people are really struggling in these kinds of roles,” he said, adding later, “There’s a sense you can get stuck working in the service industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report analyzed data from multiple sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the COVID-19 Household Pulse Survey — which documented the impact of the pandemic — and the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young workers reflect California’s growing diversity. About three in four are people of color and more than half are Latino. About 15% of high school-aged young people worked full time and half of young people ages 19 to 24 worked full time.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Young workers’ trap\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the service industry, 40% of young workers are employed in bars, restaurants and retail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These young people run the risk of being caught in a “circular labor trap,” the study says, because these low-wage service jobs are structured with little room for growth or skill development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have these skill sets that are hyper-specific toward these industries, and not much room for growth, it’s hard to compete against students who may take an unpaid internship in a very content-specific area of expertise and gain connections in the career they want to go into,” Ramakrishnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because so many service industry jobs were considered frontline jobs, the pandemic was particularly disruptive for young people, who often had to choose between their health and their income. And when grocers and restaurant businesses closed during the pandemic, younger workers, especially young people of color, experienced higher levels of unemployment or underemployment compared to older workers in other industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2020, the unemployment rate for California’s young workers increased to 18% from 9% the year before. That was twice the rate of workers ages 25 to 64.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unemployment among young people has since rebounded to pre-pandemic levels at 8.7% nationally, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/youth.pdf\">Bureau of Labor Statistics (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many young people are stuck in lower-wage jobs, the research suggests they are contributing significantly to their household income. And about 12% of young workers are heads of households, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young workers are overrepresented in households living below the poverty line compared to those over the age of 25. About 14% of young workers lived in poverty compared to 5% of older workers, according to the report. A third lived in households with incomes below 200% the federal poverty line. That number in 2021 was $53,000 for a family of four.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Working through school\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Along with responsibility for helping family members cover basic expenses, young people often have to balance work with education, in pursuit of a better future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About half of young workers go to school. and about 40% of them worked 15 to 29 hours a week, the report says. One-fourth of workers in high school, and more than half in college, worked 20 hours or more a week. And about 17% of young workers worked 40 hours or more weekly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Postsecondary education became more essential for a stable career, yet with education costs increasing, it was less accessible for young people, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 2018 to 2020, the share of California high school graduates enrolled in postsecondary education within 12 months fell from 65% to 63%, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While nearly all racial and ethnic groups experienced declines in college matriculation, Black college-going rates plunged from 61% to 55%, and American Indian and Alaska Native rates dropped from 53% to 47%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally postsecondary enrollment began rebounding last fall, though study researchers said they don’t know yet if that’s the case in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, from 2019 to 2020, young peoples’ average student loan amount increased from $6,847 to $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On-the-job training?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One in three jobs in California requires some college education, the study notes. Yet as higher education costs and student debt climbed, job earnings haven’t kept up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11928042,news_11962737,news_11954205\"]Aside from education, researchers found other pathways toward higher paying jobs and careers also are not very accessible to young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, trade apprenticeships are significantly underutilized. In 2022, there were about 80,000 federally registered apprenticeships in California, but only 24,000 were filled, the study said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latino workers held the majority of apprenticeships, 66%, while Black young people held 4%. Most apprenticeships went to young men, 94%, while young women held 6%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many apprenticeships are linked to unions. While surveys show young people are more pro-union than ever, they’re underrepresented in unionized jobs. Just 9% of young workers are union members, compared to 19% of older workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramakrishnan said the data paints a “scary” picture of the realities young people face, but it also highlights some areas where policy changes can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He noted that Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a measure by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/liz-ortega-1977/\">Liz Ortega\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Hayward, that \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB800\">directs California high schools\u003c/a> to educate students about workers’ rights and the labor movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s a need for other career programs that offer young people training and school credit, Ramakrishnan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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As of Wednesday evening, there were no new negotiation sessions scheduled, Lucas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Drenda Sims, receptionist, Kaiser’s OB-GYN department in Oakland\"]‘We have employees sleeping in their cars because they can’t afford the cost of living. We need a raise. It’s bad.’[/pullquote]The strike is slated to end at 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, according to statements from both Kaiser Permanente and the coalition representing Kaiser workers unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will coordinate with Coalition leaders to reconvene bargaining as soon as possible,” a spokesperson for Kaiser told KQED on Thursday. “We will work hard to reach an agreement so that together, we can all return to delivering on the mission of Kaiser Permanente for the benefit of our members, patients, employees, physicians, customers, and communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a press statement days before the strike began, Kaiser said it hired 29,000 people in 2022, and 22,000 so far in 2023. Of the new hires this year, the company said more than 9,800 are in jobs represented by the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In earlier bargaining talks this year, Kaiser said it agreed to accelerate bringing on new staff and set a goal of adding 10,000 new employees represented by the Coalition by the end of 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963407\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11963407\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people hold signs in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 2, 2023 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Kaiser Permanente’s efforts are paying off: We expect to reach the 10,000 new hire goal by the end of October, if not sooner, and we won’t stop there,” the \u003ca href=\"https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/who-we-are/labor-relations/we-remain-committed-to-reaching-an-agreement-with-the-coalition\">press statement reads\u003c/a>. “We are committed to addressing every area of staffing that is still challenging. We’ve also taken actions to streamline the screening, hiring, and onboarding process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roles impacted by the strike this week include respiratory therapists, optometrists, behavioral health workers, medical assistants and many others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email, a Kaiser spokesperson said they will hire “contingent workers” to fill in for workers on strike this week. Some elective surgeries have been rescheduled, and wait times for COVID-19 and flu vaccines are also impacted. (\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963308/kaiser-strike-if-youre-a-patient-what-medical-services-would-be-affected\">Read KQED’s guide for Kaiser patients during the strike and what you need to know\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers on the picket lines this week told KQED they feel overworked and underpaid, and that low staffing after the pandemic has come at the expense of the quality of patient care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have seen patients in the hallways, we have seen patients not attended to immediately when they go to the emergency rooms,” said Edward Lopez-Matus, a union leader and medical assistant with Kaiser Permanente who started picketing around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday outside of the San Francisco Kaiser facility. “When we are covering for doctors at the clinic levels, this is where mistakes can happen and this is not right for our patients. We need to have the right staffing so we can have the right care for our patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Close to 75,000 Kaiser workers in California — as well as in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. — are seeking a significant increase in staffing and are pushing for a 6.5% wage increase in the first two years of this next contract, and a 5.75% increase the following two years.[aside tag=\"kaiser, health\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees are also seeking to raise the minimum wage across the board to $26 by 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent proposal, Kaiser offered California workers across-the-board wage increases of 4% for the next two years, and 3% for the following two years, as well as a minimum performance bonus aimed to prevent any employees from receiving no payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser also recently offered a $23-per-hour minimum wage for its employees in California starting in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers on strike this week are pushing for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have employees sleeping in their cars because they can’t afford the cost of living,” said Drenda Sims, a receptionist at Kaiser’s OB-GYN department in Oakland. “We need a raise. 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After a few years of operations and investments, the corporation would then apply to be a FDIC-approved bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, residents won’t be able to open up a checking account with the bank — although that could change in the future. Instead, the plan involves working with other local banking institutions, like credit unions, to begin investing in the coalition’s three main areas of focus: green infrastructure, affordable housing and small business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Perhaps you won’t be able to go to the public bank to get a mortgage, but your local credit union will have the capacity to make that mortgage cheaper now that they’re partnering with us to get that cheaper credit,” said Steier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates with the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, who have been organizing since around 2017, want the public bank to refrain from investing in sectors like fossil fuels, prisons and weapons, and instead support land trusts and community-benefiting needs. Actual investments and programming however will be up to professional banking staff once the agency has opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bank would be independently run by professional bankers and have public oversight. But an exact timeline for when the bank will roll out is not yet clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960410\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a business suit and glasses holds a microphone in the middle of a crowd of people holding signs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks during a Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers rally for a new contract and higher wages in San Francisco on July 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Dean Preston said he hopes to propose legislation to create the financial corporation by the end of the year. Time is of the essence, he said, because there are unique opportunities for funding that could bolster initial investments, including President Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/inflation-reduction-act-of-2022\">Inflation Reduction Act\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We now have a plan, a road map for doing this, and the next step is to turn this plan that has been unanimously accepted by the Board of Supervisors into an ordinance that creates these different structures,” Preston told KQED. “Our hope is that we can do that relatively quickly. We want to make sure that the city is competitive for some big chunks of money that are available at the federal level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters have highlighted the instability of the private banking industry, from the 2008–2009 financial crisis to more recent challenges like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943215/us-seizes-silicon-valley-bank-as-stocks-tumble-depositors-scramble-to-withdraw-funds\">collapse of local Silicon Valley Bank\u003c/a>. The bank’s closing also impacted or delayed several affordable housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These things just highlight some of the weaknesses of a system that is so heavily dependent on private for-profit Wall Street, [and] national and international banks for capital,” Preston said. “It certainly would be a positive thing to have public bank financing for things like affordable housing instead of just relying so much on the private sector, as we have seen multiple scandals and collapses in the private banking sector.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan comes as the city continues to recover from economic hardship brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Preston added that private banking has left many San Francisco residents, particularly communities of color and small businesses, excluded from accessing equitable financial services like loans and mortgages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have shown that in San Francisco, Black and Latino households are disproportionately more likely to be denied home purchase loans. Research by the nonprofit Greenlining Institute found that Black San Franciscans, despite making up 6% of the local population, receive less than 1% of home purchase loans in the city. Latino households make up 16% of the population, but receive only 4% of such loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has led to potential ‘banking deserts’ where communities lack easy access to personal, business, and other financial services with bankers with local relationships and knowledge, a trend that has disproportionately affected low-income and minority populations,” \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=12189483&GUID=BB6E2B58-7284-4C25-8285-70199518CD06\">the plan reads\u003c/a>. “This lack of services can lead customers to payday lenders, check cashers, and other financial services providers who offer predatory and harmful products.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While North Dakota already operates a statewide public bank, San Francisco would be the first-ever city in the U.S. to operate one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interest in a statewide public banking option is also bubbling. In 2021, Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Next, the city has to pass an ordinance that would create the publicly-owned financial corporation. After a few years of operations and investments, the corporation would then apply to be a FDIC-approved bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, residents won’t be able to open up a checking account with the bank — although that could change in the future. Instead, the plan involves working with other local banking institutions, like credit unions, to begin investing in the coalition’s three main areas of focus: green infrastructure, affordable housing and small business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Perhaps you won’t be able to go to the public bank to get a mortgage, but your local credit union will have the capacity to make that mortgage cheaper now that they’re partnering with us to get that cheaper credit,” said Steier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates with the San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, who have been organizing since around 2017, want the public bank to refrain from investing in sectors like fossil fuels, prisons and weapons, and instead support land trusts and community-benefiting needs. Actual investments and programming however will be up to professional banking staff once the agency has opened.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bank would be independently run by professional bankers and have public oversight. But an exact timeline for when the bank will roll out is not yet clear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960410\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing a business suit and glasses holds a microphone in the middle of a crowd of people holding signs.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/RS57436_028_KQED_TenderloinHousingClinicStrike_07272022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Dean Preston speaks during a Tenderloin Housing Clinic workers rally for a new contract and higher wages in San Francisco on July 27, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Dean Preston said he hopes to propose legislation to create the financial corporation by the end of the year. Time is of the essence, he said, because there are unique opportunities for funding that could bolster initial investments, including President Joe Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/inflation-reduction-act-of-2022\">Inflation Reduction Act\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We now have a plan, a road map for doing this, and the next step is to turn this plan that has been unanimously accepted by the Board of Supervisors into an ordinance that creates these different structures,” Preston told KQED. “Our hope is that we can do that relatively quickly. We want to make sure that the city is competitive for some big chunks of money that are available at the federal level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters have highlighted the instability of the private banking industry, from the 2008–2009 financial crisis to more recent challenges like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943215/us-seizes-silicon-valley-bank-as-stocks-tumble-depositors-scramble-to-withdraw-funds\">collapse of local Silicon Valley Bank\u003c/a>. The bank’s closing also impacted or delayed several affordable housing projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These things just highlight some of the weaknesses of a system that is so heavily dependent on private for-profit Wall Street, [and] national and international banks for capital,” Preston said. “It certainly would be a positive thing to have public bank financing for things like affordable housing instead of just relying so much on the private sector, as we have seen multiple scandals and collapses in the private banking sector.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Lilia Gaspar moved into her house next to the Singleton Road landfill in San José when she was 6 years old in the early 1970s. Her parents were farmworkers – her father came to California through the Bracero Program in 1951. She still remembers how the block looked during her youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the city dump and the recycling center right behind us,” Gaspar said. “Cherry orchards were over here, where Lantern Way is, that used to be all cherry orchards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential and commercial developments gobbled up most centrally located parcels in Silicon Valley, but the 90-acre landfill on Singleton Road has sat virtually untouched since it closed in the late 1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, Gaspar has watched the high flames from the landfill’s methane stacks burn in the night sky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the drying brush along Singleton Road could become a veritable field of dreams for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11957907/this-is-our-city-san-joses-berryessa-flea-market-vendors-fight-to-stay\">vendors at the legendary San José Berryessa Flea Market\u003c/a>. The market, known as La Pulga, is set to close in the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials acknowledge the challenges of turning a landfill into a landmark, but they see Singleton Road as uniquely suited for a sprawling bazaar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916729/my-roots-are-at-the-flea-market-as-la-pulga-closure-looms-over-vendors-one-san-jose-family-weighs-the-future\">housing hundreds of small businesses\u003c/a> that are in need of a new place to sell their goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is probably the only site that I know of right now in San José where we could keep everybody together,” said Nanci Klein, the city’s director of Economic Development & Cultural Affairs, at a meeting of flea market vendors in June. “But it’s far from a given.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11879717/san-jose-approves-plan-to-radically-transform-flea-market-site\">deal to redevelop the current market site on Berryessa Road\u003c/a>, the owners of the flea market and the city are putting $7.5 million into a fund aimed at helping vendors when the market closes, which could come as soon as 2025.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Dr. Gabriel Filippelli, executive director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute\"]‘You always have to remember that you are sitting on a pile of material that has a potential to release toxins. So, you have to keep monitoring it, you have to keep checking it …’[/pullquote]The goal is to mitigate the effects of what would be a massive displacement of at least 460 small businesses. By comparison, the Westfield mall in San Francisco housed around 50 stores when its well-publicized closure was announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday evening, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11951100/san-joses-flea-market-la-pulga-has-new-vendor-group-voicing-its-future\">an advisory group of flea market vendors\u003c/a> will review an analysis of potential future market sites prepared by a city consultant. The firm identified eight future sites and designated five as “more viable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They include the Singleton landfill, the former Sears store at Eastridge Center, the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds and a small piece of land on the current market site. The fifth option would be to help individual vendors set up shop in vacant storefronts throughout the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the meeting’s agenda, only the Singleton Road landfill is singled out for discussion. Of the five sites, it’s also the only one owned by the city that could potentially keep the market whole in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960271\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11960271\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt='A sign on a chain link fence reading \"No Illegal Dumping\" in front of a large open field.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230906-850-SINGLETON-RD-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘No Illegal Dumping’ sign on the fencing surrounding the landfill at 850 Singleton Rd. in San José on Sept. 6, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s our north star for the Vendor Association, right? 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Problems quickly piled up. \u003cem>The Mercury News\u003c/em> in San José documented resident complaints about dust control and fears about the landfill contaminating local groundwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city landfill on Singleton Road was cited for not properly covering refuse, having a history of fire problems and not controlling access by the public,” read an article from October 1980.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Nanci Klein, director, San José Economic Development & Cultural Affairs\"]‘There’s a heck of a lot to think about if this site could be made to be a home for the vendors.’[/pullquote]Over the ensuing decades, the land was imagined as a future golf course, a methane power plant and a recreational sports complex, none of which panned out. It sits mostly vacant now, apart from the flare stacks burning off methane — and \u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteInspection/Details/349860?siteID=3391\">several roosters being raised for cockfighting that city inspectors stumbled across last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land still holds value: A 2008 city estimate pegged the site’s worth at up to $57 million. It sits along Capitol Expressway and is less than two miles from Highway 101. The size of the site would allow vendors to relocate together, and potentially recreate the cross-pollination of shoppers that takes place at La Pulga. By contrast, the future market space envisioned for the current flea market site (if the current owners find a willing developer) would only have room for some vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Retail is most successful when there is a critical mass of compatible retailers located in the same place,” consultants write in the alternative site presentation to the advisory group. “A smaller market could still succeed, but would need to offer something special or different to attract shoppers and generate sufficient revenue for vendors to make a profit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The methane releases at the Singleton site are unlikely to pose a threat to merchants and shoppers in an open-air market, said Gabriel Filippelli, executive director of the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute. 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For one, she’s worried about the rush of customers it could bring to the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We already have enough traffic here, it’s too congested,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven Trees resident Alie Victorine also had concerns — about the traffic, noise and potential illegal parking by market customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she described the area around the landfill as ripe for attention and investment from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the area that we are hoping to really tackle next year, to get the city to do something about it, to improve the look so that the neighbors aren’t dealing with the crime issues and the blight issues for this area,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gaspar is not getting her hopes up for a transformation. In 2000, San José voters passed Measure P, a bond to fund a proposed sports complex on the Singleton landfill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody was excited, everybody went for it and everything,” she said. “And to this day, we’re still waiting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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