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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pi is also contemplating turning his restaurant into a ghost kitchen, where he would loan his space to other restaurants to prepare meals for delivery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrew Freeman, a publicist for the \u003ca href=\"http://ggra.org/\">Golden Gate Restaurant Association\u003c/a>, said that concept is just two years old, but it has been attracting new converts during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can have multiple brands going at the same time and it’s all delivery. The end user doesn’t know where it’s coming from,” Freeman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Freeman cautions restaurateurs like Pi from making rash decisions they could wind up regretting two months from now. “You have to really be careful because everything is changing so fast,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pi is hardly alone in his struggle to keep his restaurant alive during the pandemic. Brandon Jew, the chef behind Michelin-star restaurant \u003ca href=\"http://misterjius.com/\">Mister Jiu’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco, said he’s also hanging on by a thread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jew said he believes few independently owned restaurants have a big enough safety net to protect them from the financial repercussions of shelter-in-place orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11823112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11823112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/image2.jpeg\" alt=\"Remaining kitchen staff at Mister Jiu's create meal kits for customers to order online. Jew said he has had to learn how to market his food online, a skill he didn't have before the pandemic started. \" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/image2.jpeg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/image2-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/image2-632x474.jpeg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/image2-536x402.jpeg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Remaining kitchen staff at Mister Jiu’s create meal kits for customers to order online. Jew said he has had to learn how to market his food online, a skill he didn’t have before the pandemic started. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Brandon Jew)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He is convinced another wave of the coronavirus could kill Mister Jiu’s, so he’s reopening his restaurant slowly and cautiously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I have this operation that I’m trying to ramp up and then I have to just shut it down again, we wouldn’t last,” Jew said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fight to get the restaurant back is to get our employees back and to give them a job again and to get the restaurant back to where it was,” Jew said. “And I don’t think that’s realistic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond his desire to keep his business going, Jew said he also wants that visceral confirmation he gets watching a room full of people happily eating the food that he made, with a team of people he works with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: KQED is among the local businesses and media organizations that have received a PPP loan. This helps us continue to provide essential information and service to our audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When supporters of increasing commercial property taxes, reshaping property tax transfer rules and legalizing sports gambling began formulating initiatives to put before voters in November, California's economy was riding high — unemployment was at historic lows and state coffers were flush with fat surpluses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With less than five months until Election Day, campaigns are now facing a different reality. California's economy has cratered due to the pandemic, leaving lawmakers scrambling to fill tens of billions of dollars in lost revenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also reshaped the political landscape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you start an initiative campaign, you start so much ahead of when the actual ballot contest is that the entire world changes under your feet before you actually get to the ballot,\" said Gale Kaufman, a political consultant with experience on dozens of high-profile ballot campaigns. \"And certainly this go round, it's moved several times and very dramatically.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, ballot ideas promising to raise billions of dollars in new revenues are likely to be pitched as lifelines for the state budget and the services they fund. And supporters are betting that Californians will again be willing to support new taxes on the ballot if the alternative is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822452/newsoms-proposed-cuts-to-child-care-rates-have-advocates-worried\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">painful cuts to schools\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11819605/advocates-warn-proposed-budget-cuts-will-put-more-seniors-into-nursing-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social services\u003c/a>, as voters did during the last economic downturn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Napa Sen. Bill Dodd, author of a new sports gaming measure\"]'In a COVID-19 environment, raising money from as many sources as possible so we can make fewer cuts to this already devastated budget is so incredibly important.'[/pullquote]The largest and most controversial new revenue measure would roll back part of Proposition 13, the landmark initiative passed by voters in 1978, to raise taxes on commercial properties worth over $3 million while leaving residential property taxes untouched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of so-called \"split-roll\" reform has been around for decades. Under this version, backed largely by unions representing teachers and others, the increased assessments of commercial properties could raise up to $12 billion a year for local governments and schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With local governments weighing deep cuts and schools facing increased costs to safely reopen in light of the coronavirus, \"this measure is needed now more than ever,\" said Alex Stack, a spokesman for the Schools and Communities First ballot campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The budget crunch could also give a boost to initiative ideas that do more than just raise revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A ballot measure sponsored by the California Association of Realtors would make it easier for homeowners to transfer their existing property tax rate to a new home, similar to Proposition 5, which California voters rejected in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But unlike that measure, the realtors' new initiative would also require property tax reassessments for inherited properties, which could ultimately result in schools and local governments reaping hundreds of millions of dollars in new tax revenue every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Right now local governments are facing severe budget deficits across the state,\" said Becky Warren, a spokeswoman for the campaign. \"This does not increase the tax rate while still providing some additional new revenues that could be used to fill some of those budget deficits.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators are getting into the game also. At the state Capitol, a proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821371/should-california-legalize-and-tax-sports-betting-voters-could-decide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legalize and tax sports wagering\u003c/a> has been in the works for a year. Now, supporters of the idea hope the desperate state budget situation will entice support from voters who have no interest in ever placing a bet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11821371 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/RS43409_GettyImages-967865190-qut-1020x680.jpg']\"In a COVID-19 environment, raising money from as many sources as possible so we can make fewer cuts to this already devastated budget is so incredibly important,\" said State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, the author of the sports gaming measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sports gaming industry analysts estimate that taxes on sports wagering could bring in $500 to $700 million in new general fund revenues each year. The measure still faces an uncertain path to the ballot, as it will require a two-thirds vote in both houses of the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As state lawmakers have weighed billions in cuts to child care, senior services and health care, some have pointed to recent history for hopeful examples of voters rescuing the state budget at the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"$14 billion in trigger cuts would be a disaster,\" said Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, referring to state spending reductions set to happen unless federal funding come through. \"We need to look at other options, whether that's internal borrowing or going to the voters like Governor [Jerry] Brown did in 2012 with Prop 30.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 30 raised sales taxes as well as income taxes on the state's highest earners to generate billions of dollars for the state's general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure followed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11819069/what-lawmakers-learned-from-the-last-budget-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">years of budget cuts\u003c/a> that slashed billions from schools, libraries and services for the disabled after the Great Recession ravaged the economy and government budgets. Brown warned that if Proposition 30 was rejected, further cuts would follow if voters didn't come to the rescue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, the state's current fiscal situation has quickly spiraled downhill; just six months ago, state lawmakers were planning historic investments in schools and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With Prop 30, you had several years where [voters] saw teachers being laid off. They saw serious cuts taking effect in their classrooms,\" said Kaufman, who worked to get Proposition 30 on the ballot. \"This is not the same because it hasn't happened yet.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Politics Coverage' tag='politics']And opponents of the tax measures say it would be unfair to turn to voters, millions of whom out are of work or struggling to keep businesses afloat, to solve the state's budget problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"To say that this is the time to raise taxes is utterly irrational and very dangerous,\" said Susan Shelley of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, which opposes both the split roll and property tax transfer initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shelley said that changing Proposition 13 to raise taxes on large commercial property owners could result in further layoffs, while the realtors' property tax measure could saddle children with an enormous bill for any property they inherit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more applicable history lesson, Shelley said, is the result of California's March primary, when voters rejected a statewide school bond and several local bond measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Voters were already sending a message that they are taxed at the limit and they can't pay anymore,\" she said. \"This is an indication that voters in California are squeezed and they can't pay anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the uncertainty on what economic and public health realities voters will face in November, the ballot campaigns may have to shift their messages more than once in the next five months, said Kaufman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think anyone running one of those campaigns can attempt to do it based on good, solid data, but to be honest, right now, the data has gotta be really about today. 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"content": "\u003cp>A new statewide \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/press-release/many-in-state-say-the-worst-of-covid-19-is-ahead-for-u-s-most-prefer-caution-in-easing-restrictions-in-their-area/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">survey\u003c/a> from the Public Policy Institute of California underscores the disparate impact people of color and lower-income Californians are feeling from the devastating health and economic fallouts resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thirty-five percent of all adults say they or someone in their household have been laid off or lost their job, but that number rises to 49% among Latinos versus 24% of whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, while 51% of all adults report reduced work hours or a pay cut since the pandemic began 66% of Latinos say that along with 60% of African Americans, compared with 39% of whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trend is similar among those asked whether they're having difficulty paying their rent or mortgage, with 44% of Latinos saying yes compared with 21% of Asian Americans and 15% of whites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11822692\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1908px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11822692\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.25.15-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1908\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.25.15-PM.png 1908w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.25.15-PM-160x60.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.25.15-PM-800x298.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.25.15-PM-1020x380.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1908px) 100vw, 1908px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Survey respondents answering the question: “Because of the coronavirus outbreak, have you or anyone in your household...?” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the PPIC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>All of those indicators of economic distress also correlate with household income, with 47% of adults earning less than $40,000 a year saying they're now unemployed compared with 22% of those earning $80,000 or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contrast by race is also present over concerns about getting sick from the coronavirus. While 48% of whites are either very or somewhat concerned about getting sick and requiring hospitalization, more than 60% of Latinos and Asian Americans say that as do 63% of blacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among adults earning $80,000 a year or more, only 17% are \u003cem>very\u003c/em> concerned about getting sick while 30% of those earning less than $40,000 say so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11822695\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.24.49-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1860\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.24.49-PM.png 1860w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.24.49-PM-160x52.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.24.49-PM-800x259.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.24.49-PM-1020x330.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is somewhat greater consistency across racial lines when it comes to attitudes about restrictions on public activities due to the pandemic. Asked about the appropriate level of limitations on \"normal activities,\" 49% of whites say the current level of restrictions is about right, compared with 47% of African American and Asian Americans and 45% of Latinos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are also sharp partisan differences on the question of government-imposed limitations. Asked about decisions regarding Gov. Gavin Newsom's guidelines for reopening the state, 82% of Democrats say their greatest concern is that restrictions are relaxed too quickly, versus 27% of Republicans. Independents are about evenly split on that question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the economic fallout from shutting down the economy, support for even more restrictions is greatest among Latinos (37%) and African Americans (27%) and lowest among whites (15%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11822699\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.41.05-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1460\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.41.05-PM.png 1460w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.41.05-PM-160x43.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.41.05-PM-800x213.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.41.05-PM-1020x271.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1460px) 100vw, 1460px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about the future course of the pandemic, Californians are even split on whether the worst is behind us (46%) or yet to come (48%). Once again, a majority of black, Latino and Asian American adults think the worst is yet to come, while a slight majority of whites (51%) think the worst is behind us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey also shows strong overall support for Newsom's handling of his job, with 64% of likely voters saying they approve and 31% saying they disapprove. Once again, the partisan divide is evident, with 86% of Democrats approving of the job Newsom is doing compared with 27% of Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11822697\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.33.25-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1452\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.33.25-PM.png 1452w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.33.25-PM-160x67.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.33.25-PM-800x333.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-03-at-2.33.25-PM-1020x424.png 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1452px) 100vw, 1452px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for the governor is strongest in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, where 71% of likely voters approve of his performance, and lowest in the Inland Empire (55%) and Central Valley (64%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not surprisingly, asked to name the most important issue facing California, COVID-19 (36%) and jobs and the economy (23%) are by far the top concerns of Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The PPIC survey was conducted May 17-26, 2020, and results are based on the answers of 1,706 California adult residents. 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And how am I going to pay the bills?’ Jacobo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Hillary Ronen, whose district includes the Mission, initially proposed the Right to Recover wage replacement in early May as a response to the UCSF study findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Low-wage workers deserve the opportunity to shelter in place and to quarantine if they are ill without the fear of losing income,” Ronen said in a statement. “It is in our collective best interest to make sure that financial vulnerabilities do not stand in the way of any worker who is sick from being able to rest and recover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, public health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID19-Home-IQ-Guidelines-and-Directives-Packet-FINAL-5.14.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommend\u003c/a> those who test positive for COVID-19 self-isolate for at least 10 days after the first symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All workers in California, regardless of immigration status, have access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/disability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Disability Insurance\u003c/a> if they get sick. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the things that we heard were, ‘Well, you know, I’m asymptomatic. I feel fine. And if I test positive, that means I can’t go to work for two weeks. And how am I going to pay the bills?’ Jacobo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Hillary Ronen, whose district includes the Mission, initially proposed the Right to Recover wage replacement in early May as a response to the UCSF study findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Low-wage workers deserve the opportunity to shelter in place and to quarantine if they are ill without the fear of losing income,” Ronen said in a statement. “It is in our collective best interest to make sure that financial vulnerabilities do not stand in the way of any worker who is sick from being able to rest and recover.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, public health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcdcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/COVID19-Home-IQ-Guidelines-and-Directives-Packet-FINAL-5.14.2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recommend\u003c/a> those who test positive for COVID-19 self-isolate for at least 10 days after the first symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All workers in California, regardless of immigration status, have access to \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/disability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Disability Insurance\u003c/a> if they get sick. But the state may take weeks to process an application, which doesn’t immediately benefit people who are diagnosed with the coronavirus and are asked to self-isolate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By law, employers in California are required to provide up to three days of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/paid_sick_leave.htm\">paid sick leave\u003c/a>, and in San Francisco, paid sick leave must cover up to \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/olse/paid-sick-leave-ordinance-pslo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine days\u003c/a>. At the federal level, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/pandemic/ffcra-employee-paid-leave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Families First Coronavirus Response Act\u003c/a>, approved by Congress in March, requires certain employers to provide up to two weeks of paid sick leave to employees who are unable to work because they must quarantine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But vulnerable workers, especially those who are undocumented, may be afraid of getting fired if they advocate for their rights, particularly as millions lose jobs during the current economic crisis, said Kim Ouillette, an attorney with the nonprofit Legal Aid at Work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If employees start making a big deal about their rights, they can get terminated. This is a difficult employment environment,” Ouillette said, adding that government agencies charged with enforcing worker protections, such as the state California Labor Commissioner’s Office, can take one or two years to resolve an employee complaint. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ramon Garcia, who runs an Oakland-based cannabis distribution and delivery company called Padre Mu, grew up surrounded by cannabis. A second-generation cultivator, he’s been in the volatile business for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've been doing this in my family since I was 6, 7 years old, and only now can really talk about it,” he said, referring to the recently legalized status of his business. “As a cultivator, you have to adapt. You might have mold. You might have bugs. You might have a fire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the industry has been forced to adapt to a global pandemic. Long-standing federal rules and drained state coffers are dealing a major blow to California’s legal cannabis industry. Who will help, and how the industry will be transformed, is increasingly unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>COVID-19 and Cannabis\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Gov. Gavin Newsom in March ordered the state to shelter in place, some dispensaries saw sales spike as customers flocked to them to stock up. Legal cannabis producers and distributors were ultimately classified as essential businesses, and Garcia said the industry scrambled to figure out how to stay open under new health and safety guidelines. But given the confusion and uncertainty of the moment, dispensaries began ordering much less product from Garcia's company, and in the last few months, he’s lost a significant amount of income just trying to keep his business open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For cannabis entrepreneurs, recovery is not a level playing field, Garcia said. Cannabis business owners are often shut out of credit and loan opportunities because what they sell is still considered illegal under federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For people of color, for people disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs, we don’t have rich uncles or parents we can go to get loans,” Garcia said. “We funded this out of our own pockets. And if all this fails, there is no recovery for us. All we’re asking for is an equal and fair chance to be able to come out of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820734\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1-536x402.jpg 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/claudia_mendocino_sep_2018_1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudia L. Mercado, CEO of Calibueno, a licensed minority- and women-owned cannabis micro-business in Oakland \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Claudia L. Mercado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cannabis operators also don’t qualify for any federal relief programs, including small business assistance. Claudia L. Mercado, founder and CEO of cannabis micro-business Calibueno in Oakland, nearly applied for a federal loan before realizing that doing so could be a federal offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I filled my application, and I was ready to submit it. But then I read the fine print that said you might go to prison,” Mercado said. “Black and Latino businesses period, small businesses, are not going to get help. Throw cannabis in the mix and we're probably last in line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mercado said she once had a bank account close suddenly after she deposited tens of thousands of dollars to pay taxes, and she’s now cautious not to draw any additional attention to herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Delaplane, president of the San Francisco Cannabis Retailers Alliance, said his members reported a 50% decline in sales overnight when San Francisco announced its stay-at-home order in March. And the latest numbers show his members are still experiencing a 30% decline, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cannabis entrepreneurs say federal aid would help, and industry leaders are also pushing for state policy fixes, like expanding access to banks and tax breaks. But that’s a hard sell during an economic crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ramon Garcia, Oakland-based cannabis distributor\"]'We funded this out of our own pockets. And if all this fails, there is no recovery for us. All we’re asking for is an equal and fair chance to be able to come out of this.'[/pullquote]State taxes went up for the cannabis businesses earlier this year, and advocates say the hefty tax burden has already pushed many more consumers to the thriving black market. Meanwhile, a legislative effort to lower taxes for the industry was recently derailed for the third year in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not operating in a vacuum here. We have a robust, illicit market in California,” said Erich Pearson, CEO of SPARC, which operates dispensaries in the Bay Area and a cannabis farm in Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s estimated that California is home to the biggest legal cannabis market in the world, but the black market brought in nearly triple the sales for 2019, according to an analysis by BDSA, a cannabis market research firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pearson is also worried that the coronavirus pandemic will only embolden unlicensed farmers to plant more and more. “The illicit market is going crazy right now, betting on the fact that law enforcement and government will be slow to respond given that COVID is here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Slashing Weed Taxes\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cannabis industry has been in a virtual recession since California voters approved Proposition 64 in 2016, said Amber Senter, CEO of Breeze Distro, an Oakland cannabis company. Taxes, she added, are too high to provide the support the industry needs to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weed man on the corner doesn't collect taxes, it's really hard to compete with someone like that. They're not making it easy for us to thrive, let alone survive,” Senter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820740\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820740\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/supernovawomen_049-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/supernovawomen_049-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/supernovawomen_049-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/supernovawomen_049.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right: Whitney Beatty, Raeven Duckett, Amber Senter and Isamarie Perez. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Amber Senter )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, Senter has been offering her delivery drivers increased pay — often known as hazard pay — because they’re risking their health for the company, all of which adds to the cost of doing business, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other cannabis business owners are still hoping for change at the federal level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"legal-cannabis\"]The sweeping $3 trillion federal COVID-19 relief bill that recently passed the House does include a provision that would expand access to bank accounts for legal cannabis businesses. But that legislation, however, is unlikely to gain any traction in the GOP-controlled Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Republican lawmakers have ridiculed the bill for, among other things, its recognition of the cannabis industry. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The word ‘cannabis’ appears in the bill 68 times. More times than the word ‘job’ and four times as many as the word ‘hire,’ ” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, recently said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But U.S. Rep. 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But how much the softening at the top end of the market is impacting the rental ladder further down is an open question. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Carlos Carbajal']'If you go on Craigslist, you'll see at least four weeks — often six weeks — free rent. 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But their money was running out, and they want the city of Oakland to step in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have had a small army of volunteers trying to access the hotel rooms that the city claims are available for unhoused folks,\" Echeverría-Fenn said, \"but the bureaucratic red tape is immense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820453\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11820453\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_10_WEB-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Activist Stefani Echeverría-Fenn chained herself to a window in one of the rooms at the motel to call attention to the need for more hotel rooms for people experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic. \u003ccite>(Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Justin Berton, a spokesman for Mayor Libby Schaaf's office, said it's Alameda County — not the city of Oakland — that is in charge of housing homeless residents in hotels. But he did note that Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/05/coronavirus-oakland-opens-trailers-to-house-more-than-130-people/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently opened trailers for 130 homeless residents\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council unanimously approved a resolution on March 24 requesting the city administrator acquire facilities, such as hotels, to house people experiencing homelessness and to seek reimbursement for those facilities from the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berton said the mayor has no power to \"commandeer\" hotels or private properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s important for our residents to know that underneath the demand for officials to overtake a private property,\" he said, \"there is no legal authority or power to do so.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But activists disagree, citing powers \u003ca href=\"https://d5935193-09b4-4849-ba30-cb49f200cad3.filesusr.com/ugd/a2f81c_d85a2c77ab284485acc392caaf6d89ad.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explicitly laid out\u003c/a> in the city's Code of Ordinances, which state the city administrator can, in times of emergency, \"obtain vital supplies, equipment, and such other properties found lacking and needed for the protection of life and property ... and, if required immediately, to commandeer the same for public use.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of May 20, county officials said homeless residents occupied 411 rooms in \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2020/04/03/alameda-county-mobilizes-to-get-at-risk-homeless-residents-into-hotels/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hotels the county has leased\u003c/a>, including some rooms with more than one person. The rooms are available to people who have nowhere to self-isolate and have tested positive for COVID-19, are awaiting test results, or are medically vulnerable to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Jerri Applegate Randrup, a spokesperson for the county, said there are no more rooms available for people who are elderly or have underlying health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know the need is far greater than our resources,\" Applegate Randrup said in an email to KQED, \"and we're working tirelessly to secure more rooms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820454\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3861px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11820454 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_11_WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3861\" height=\"2574\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_11_WEB.jpg 3861w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_11_WEB-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_11_WEB-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_11_WEB-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_11_WEB-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3861px) 100vw, 3861px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators hung signs outside the Palms Motel in Oakland on Friday, May 22, 2020. (Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although the demonstration wasn't successful in forcing the city to pay for more rooms, Echeverría-Fenn said it spurred people to donate money, which allowed the 14 people already in hotel rooms — plus some others who wandered upon the demonstration and sought help from the group — to stay one more night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Clemente and her husband, Martin Clemente, natives of San Francisco and Oakland, respectively, were staying at a shelter in Berkeley before the pandemic hit. But Rachel Clemente said she didn't feel safe there because the beds were too close together and there wasn't enough space to socially distance. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"—Talya Husbands-Hankins, organizer with Love and Justice in the Streets\"]'We have thousands of people in Oakland right now who don't have the ability to shelter in place because they are living in encampments, cars and RVs.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They had tried to get into one of the county hotel rooms, but hadn't moved off a waiting list, they said. At 47, she has health problems that make her especially vulnerable to the virus. The couple had been using Rachel Clemente's disability checks to pay for motel rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We've been spending $85 here, $85 there, but now,\" Martin Clemente said, stopping short. His wife finished his sentence: \"Now we don't have nowhere to go.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple met up with organizers outside the Palms Motel, where they helped get the Clementes a room for the night. Later that evening, the organizers did the same for a man and his young son, who also happened upon the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have thousands of people in Oakland right now who don't have the ability to shelter in place because they are living in encampments, cars and RVs,\" said Talya Husbands-Hankins, an organizer with Love and Justice in the Streets, an advocacy organization for people experiencing homelessness. \"This is a life and death emergency, and what we need is to save people's lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11820447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3861px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11820447\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3861\" height=\"2574\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB.jpg 3861w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/200522-37MLK-Palms-Motel-Takeover_04_WEB-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3861px) 100vw, 3861px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Romelita Bautista, a homeless resident of Oakland who lives at 37MLK, joined in a demonstration outside the Palms Motel in Oakland on Friday, May 22, 2020. Activist Stefani Echeverría-Fenn chained herself to a window in one of the rooms at the motel to call attention to the need for more hotel rooms. (Erin Baldassari/KQED) \u003ccite>(Erin Baldassari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last summer, Echeverría-Fenn cut through the chain link fence bordering a vacant lot at 37th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in West Oakland, where she lives. The lot used to hold a gas station but had sat fallow for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She started helping unhoused neighbors move into the lot. Dubbed \u003ca href=\"https://thebolditalic.com/how-unhoused-elder-black-women-their-neighbor-created-a-community-in-oakland-7cf3c8392864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">37MLK\u003c/a>, or \"The Garden,\" it serves as home for around two dozen people. Unlike many encampments that line major thoroughfares in Oakland, the lot is neat and organized, has port-a-potties and a solar shower. It's home to primarily older women who grew up in West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But then one of the resident's boyfriends tested positive for the coronavirus, putting all the other residents at risk, and supporters of the encampment moved to get people into rooms, where they could better self-isolate. [aside tag=\"housing, coronavirus\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They raised around $4,000, Echeverría-Fenn said, including about $2,000 of her own money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Aikens is an Oakland native who has been living in his car for the past year. Although he doesn't sleep at 37MLK, he often comes by to take advantage of donations distributed there and was one of the people Echeverría-Fenn helped put up in hotel rooms. 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