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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>akland Mayor Libby Schaaf and the powerful developer behind the city's ambitious redevelopment of the old Oakland Army Base are embroiled in a dispute over a proposal to use a new cargo facility to export coal -- a rift the developer says could threaten the success of the $500 million project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disagreement, which prompted Schaaf to rebuke developer Phil Tagami for pursuing the coal plan over the city's objections, is detailed in a series of emails and other documents that the Sierra Club's San Francisco Bay Area chapter obtained through a state Public Records Act request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The issue of whether coal will be shipped through the new cargo terminal has long been a subject of concern for community leaders, especially in West Oakland, which suffers disproportionate rates of respiratory disease linked to heavy ship and truck traffic to the Port of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council last year passed a resolution opposing coal shipments through the new facility. And for his part, Tagami had met earlier expressions of concern with what sounded like definitive assurances that coal shipments would not go through the terminal he's in charge of building. About two-thirds of the overall project's \u003ca href=\"http://www.oaklandglobal.com/assets/funding%20chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">half-billion-dollar pricetag\u003c/a> will come from local, state and federal funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has come to my attention that there are community concerns about a purported plan to develop a coal plant or coal distribution facility as part of the Oakland Global project,\" Tagami said in the project's December 2013 newsletter. \"This is simply untrue. The individuals spreading this notion are misinformed. CCIG is publicly on record as having no interest or involvement in the pursuit of coal-related operations at the former Oakland Army Base.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CCIG stands for California Capital and Investment Group, the commercial real estate firm Tagami heads and which in 2012 won the right to develop the city's portion of the old Oakland Army Base. By early this year, CCIG's stance on \"coal-related operations\" at the new facility had changed from \"no interest\" to very interested.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You have been awarded the privilege and opportunity of a lifetime to develop this unique piece of land. You must respect the owner and public's decree that we will not have coal shipped through our city.'\u003ccite>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf,\u003cbr>\nEmail to developer Phil Tagami\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>hat happened after four Utah counties said they'd like to invest in part of the port project called the Oakland Bulk and Oversize Terminal. The counties want to help pay for the terminal as a way of guaranteeing their ability to ship the \"energy commodities\" they produce -- coal -- to overseas markets. In April, a state community investment board approved a $53 million loan to the counties, which they plan to use to become partners in the Oakland bulk terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board's meeting featured a brief appearance by Mark McClure, a principal in Tagami's CCIG. McClure actually spoke after the Utah Permanent Community Impact Fund Board had voted to approve the $53 million loan and pointed out virtues of the new port relative to rival facilities elsewhere on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One of the key components that people forget is that you can have the product, and you can have an outlet on a port, but we're very dependent on the rail lines to move the product from one place to another,\" McClure told the board. He added that the two railroads serving the port, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern, both have direct routes west to the Bay Area from Utah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213446330&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Details of the Utah counties' investment in the port -- they are supposed to get an equity stake in the port in return for their cash -- still remained to be worked out after the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the deal gradually made its way into the media -- first in Utah and by late April \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_27981684/unlikely-partners-utah-investing-53-million-export-coal\" target=\"_blank\">in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tagami, who had earlier dismissed concerns about development of a coal-shipping facility at the new port facility, now suggested that the matter was out of his hands. That's because his company, CCIG, had transferred its rights to develop and operate the planned Oakland bulk cargo facility to another party, Terminal Logistics Solutions. The firm was created last year and is headed by Jerry Bridges, a former executive director of the Port of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">O\u003c/span>n May 11, Schaaf attended a breakfast of the city's business and community leaders. During the get-together, Bridges apparently talked about coal coming to the new bulk cargo terminal -- again, something that Schaaf and a majority on the City Council were already on the record as opposing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don't know what Schaaf said to Bridges during breakfast. But thanks to the Sierra Club, we know just what she had to say to Tagami. In an email written immediately after hearing Bridges, Schaaf started with the subject line \"stop all mention of coal now.\" Then she wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Dear Phil,\u003cbr>\nI was extremely disappointed to once again hear Jerry Bridges mention the possibility of shipping coal into Oakland at the Oakland Dialogue breakfast. Stop it immediately. You have been awarded the privilege and opportunity of a lifetime to develop this unique piece of land. You must respect the owner and public's decree that we will not have coal shipped through our city. I cannot believe this restriction will ruin the viability of your project. Please declare definitively that you will respect the policy of the City of Oakland and you will not allow coal to come through Oakland. If you don't do that soon, we will all have to expend time and energy in a public battle that no one needs and will distract us all from the important work at hand of moving Oakland towards a brighter future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Best,\u003cbr>\nLibby\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Schaaf was not addressing a stranger. Tagami is an Oakland native who endorsed Schaaf's mayoral run last year. He has also become \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2005/11/21/focus4.html?jst=s_cn_hl\" target=\"_blank\">a larger-than-life figure\u003c/a> in the city by leading a couple of the downtown area's signature redevelopment projects: the Rotunda Building, the landmark building that his California Capital and Investment group owns and manages, and the Fox Oakland theater. He has also served on the city's Planning Commission and on the Port of Oakland board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I respectfully request that the City, including members of the City Council, refrain from any issuance of press releases or irretrievable public statements or actions. ...'\u003ccite>Port developer Phil Tagami,\u003cbr>\nLetter to Mayor Libby Schaaf\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a letter on May 13, Tagami told Schaaf that for the new cargo terminal to be financially viable, it \"needs to handle whatever legal bulk goods the potential customer may need to pass through the facility.\" What's more, Tagami said, the city's earlier approvals have essentially given him permission to go ahead as he sees fit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tagami urged the city -- especially Schaaf and members of the City Council -- to \"keep its proverbial powder dry for the moment\" and refrain from making \"any irretrievable public statements or actions\" until discussions had taken place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">N\u003c/span>early two months later, the matter appears to be unresolved, and now, neither Schaaf nor Tagami have much to say about the dispute publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement last week, Tagami said no commitment has been made yet to ship \"any particular commodity\" -- presumably including Utah coal -- through the new bulk cargo facility. 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You must respect the owner and public's decree that we will not have coal shipped through our city.'\u003ccite>Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf,\u003cbr>\nEmail to developer Phil Tagami\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>hat happened after four Utah counties said they'd like to invest in part of the port project called the Oakland Bulk and Oversize Terminal. The counties want to help pay for the terminal as a way of guaranteeing their ability to ship the \"energy commodities\" they produce -- coal -- to overseas markets. In April, a state community investment board approved a $53 million loan to the counties, which they plan to use to become partners in the Oakland bulk terminal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board's meeting featured a brief appearance by Mark McClure, a principal in Tagami's CCIG. 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In an email written immediately after hearing Bridges, Schaaf started with the subject line \"stop all mention of coal now.\" Then she wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Dear Phil,\u003cbr>\nI was extremely disappointed to once again hear Jerry Bridges mention the possibility of shipping coal into Oakland at the Oakland Dialogue breakfast. Stop it immediately. You have been awarded the privilege and opportunity of a lifetime to develop this unique piece of land. You must respect the owner and public's decree that we will not have coal shipped through our city. I cannot believe this restriction will ruin the viability of your project. Please declare definitively that you will respect the policy of the City of Oakland and you will not allow coal to come through Oakland. 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He has also served on the city's Planning Commission and on the Port of Oakland board of directors.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I respectfully request that the City, including members of the City Council, refrain from any issuance of press releases or irretrievable public statements or actions. ...'\u003ccite>Port developer Phil Tagami,\u003cbr>\nLetter to Mayor Libby Schaaf\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a letter on May 13, Tagami told Schaaf that for the new cargo terminal to be financially viable, it \"needs to handle whatever legal bulk goods the potential customer may need to pass through the facility.\" What's more, Tagami said, the city's earlier approvals have essentially given him permission to go ahead as he sees fit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tagami urged the city -- especially Schaaf and members of the City Council -- to \"keep its proverbial powder dry for the moment\" and refrain from making \"any irretrievable public statements or actions\" until discussions had taken place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">N\u003c/span>early two months later, the matter appears to be unresolved, and now, neither Schaaf nor Tagami have much to say about the dispute publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement last week, Tagami said no commitment has been made yet to ship \"any particular commodity\" -- presumably including Utah coal -- through the new bulk cargo facility. But he repeated his earlier insistence that developing the bulk facility as he wants to is necessary \"to ensure the viability of the entire revitalization plan for Oakland’s working waterfront.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her own written statement, Schaaf would only say, \"I am working with our business partners on the redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base to find a mutually acceptable way to move forward that respects our city policy and honors Oaklanders' commitment to protecting our environment and the health and safety of this community.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's not enough for the local chapter of the Sierra Club, which wants the issued aired publicly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jess Dervin-Ackerman, the group's conservation program manager, says not only are port developers \"doing something that clearly Oakland doesn’t want, but they’re also doing it very sneakily, where there’s no opportunity for the public to weigh in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the city will lose its leverage to stop coal shipments through the new port once the terminal operator signs a deal with the Utah counties that would like to ship coal through the new facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Oakland Councilwoman Lynette Gibson McElhaney has planned to bring a resolution to the City Council “to consider the health and safety impacts of a possible deal to bring thousands of coal-filled rail cars from Utah to be shipped out of the Port of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But nothing’s on the schedule yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Paul Pritchard has lived near Bass Lake for 16 years. He says he moved to this mountain community near Yosemite to get out of Los Angeles. And he makes the most of it, especially during this season when it’s warm enough to take a dip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always come out every weekend and sit on the shore and drink some beer and get wet,” says Pritchard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he never misses the annual Independence Day fireworks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/213870934\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s great. It’s fantastic,” he says. “It’s the best! Because there’s so many of them, they last for 30, 40 minutes and everyone’s happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lots of people agree including Michelle Miller. 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Kern County, also in the Central Valley, has banned fireworks from all county parks until the drought is over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fireworks are spectacular and there’s really no replacement for that,” says Miller. \"But instead of having nothing, we’re doing something and I think it’s gonna be fun.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the lights will be displayed from a barge out on the lake, the same place where the fireworks were set off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller says locals are on board with the change. Well, for the most part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No I like the fireworks,” Pritchard says. But then Miller informs him that he’s just given a bad answer. “Bad answer?” he asks. “Oh no.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miller reminds him it’s something new and different. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:45 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The California Independent System Operator does not expect a Flex Alert to be called for July 2, because temperatures are expected to be slightly more moderate on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even a 5, 6, 7 or 8 degree difference can make the world of difference in how much stress there is on the grid,\" says Steven Greenlee, a spokesman with the California ISO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he says officials could still wake up, see the temperatures and issue a Flex Alert on the spot -- so Californians should stay tuned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It will still be a hot day, and conservation is still important,\" says Greenlee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians responded quickly to the ISO's call for reduced energy usage during peak hours on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday, Californians used about 4,000 fewer megawatts than forecast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The California Independent System Operator has issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Pages/TodaysOutlook.aspx#Flex\" target=\"_blank\">a Flex Alert\u003c/a> urging all businesses and residents to conserve electricity to avoid disruptions to power supplies, as a heat wave grips much of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recommended conservation steps include turning off all unnecessary lights; delaying using major appliances until after 6 p.m., when power demand begins to drop; and setting air-conditioner thermostats to 78 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Redding: 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Woodland: 108. Sacramento and Fresno: 107. Davis, Stockton and Modesto: 106.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are the high temperatures forecast Tuesday for selected much-too-hot points in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys as the second major California heat wave in two weeks ramps up. Triple-digit temperatures are also expected in the Bay Area's inland valleys, with the National Weather Service forecasting that both Livermore and Fairfield, for instance, will hit 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the coast and near San Francisco Bay, we'll bask in more humane temperatures, with most points in the 70s. Not that we're gloating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extravagant heat inland and the resulting demand for air conditioning has prompted the California Independent System Operator -- CAISO for short -- to issue \u003ca href=\"http://content.caiso.com/awe/SP/systemstatus.html#201502143\" target=\"_blank\">a warning\u003c/a> Tuesday morning about the potential for strained power supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notice was spurred both by concern about continued very high temperatures and rising demand for electricity and also by the possibility that natural gas supplies to Los Angeles-area power plants might be affected by reduced pipeline capacity. The agency also noted that there's less power available than usual in neighboring states, in case California needs imports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, CAISO is encouraging conservation but has stopped short of calling a Flex Alert, in which participating large energy users would voluntarily curtail consumption to ensure adequate power supplies were available to meet systemwide demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Power demand is likely to be even higher in California on Wednesday, with temperatures throughout the interior forecast to rise from Tuesday's punishing levels. The forecast for Redding, for instance, is expected to hit 115. For Thursday, the forecast there is for a high of 114.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued an \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=sto&wwa=excessive%20heat%20watch\" target=\"_blank\">excessive heat watch \u003c/a>for most of the Sacramento Valley to run through Friday. \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ511&warncounty=CAC085&firewxzone=CAZ511&local_place1=6%20Miles%20NE%20Morgan%20Hill%20CA&product1=Heat+Advisory&lat=37.1842&lon=-121.5631#.VZLMTu1Viko\" target=\"_blank\">A heat advisory \u003c/a>is in place through Wednesday night for the inland Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The California Independent System Operator has issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.caiso.com/Pages/TodaysOutlook.aspx#Flex\" target=\"_blank\">a Flex Alert\u003c/a> urging all businesses and residents to conserve electricity to avoid disruptions to power supplies, as a heat wave grips much of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recommended conservation steps include turning off all unnecessary lights; delaying using major appliances until after 6 p.m., when power demand begins to drop; and setting air-conditioner thermostats to 78 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> Redding: 113 degrees Fahrenheit. Woodland: 108. Sacramento and Fresno: 107. Davis, Stockton and Modesto: 106.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are the high temperatures forecast Tuesday for selected much-too-hot points in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys as the second major California heat wave in two weeks ramps up. Triple-digit temperatures are also expected in the Bay Area's inland valleys, with the National Weather Service forecasting that both Livermore and Fairfield, for instance, will hit 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the coast and near San Francisco Bay, we'll bask in more humane temperatures, with most points in the 70s. Not that we're gloating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extravagant heat inland and the resulting demand for air conditioning has prompted the California Independent System Operator -- CAISO for short -- to issue \u003ca href=\"http://content.caiso.com/awe/SP/systemstatus.html#201502143\" target=\"_blank\">a warning\u003c/a> Tuesday morning about the potential for strained power supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The notice was spurred both by concern about continued very high temperatures and rising demand for electricity and also by the possibility that natural gas supplies to Los Angeles-area power plants might be affected by reduced pipeline capacity. The agency also noted that there's less power available than usual in neighboring states, in case California needs imports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, CAISO is encouraging conservation but has stopped short of calling a Flex Alert, in which participating large energy users would voluntarily curtail consumption to ensure adequate power supplies were available to meet systemwide demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Power demand is likely to be even higher in California on Wednesday, with temperatures throughout the interior forecast to rise from Tuesday's punishing levels. The forecast for Redding, for instance, is expected to hit 115. For Thursday, the forecast there is for a high of 114.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued an \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=sto&wwa=excessive%20heat%20watch\" target=\"_blank\">excessive heat watch \u003c/a>for most of the Sacramento Valley to run through Friday. \u003ca href=\"http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ511&warncounty=CAC085&firewxzone=CAZ511&local_place1=6%20Miles%20NE%20Morgan%20Hill%20CA&product1=Heat+Advisory&lat=37.1842&lon=-121.5631#.VZLMTu1Viko\" target=\"_blank\">A heat advisory \u003c/a>is in place through Wednesday night for the inland Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea was to keep the issue of water conservation on people’s minds,” he said. “Hopefully people can break our record!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The drought represents a growing emergency,” Hancock said in a statement published in Mayor Bates’ regular Update newsletter. “Each individual can play an important role in addressing it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The challenge deadline is July 10, with winners recognized at Council’s July 14 meeting, and is open to Berkeley residents and elected officials residing in the East Bay MUD service area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to enter:\u003c/strong> If your water bill shows you have reduced your daily water use by more than 68.1 percent during the last completed billing cycle, email mayor@cityofberkeley.info and show them a copy of your bill. (To calculate your reduction percentage, subtract the most recent gallons per day amount from the 2013 gallons per day amount, then divide the remainder by the 2013 gallons per day amount and multiply by 100.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’ll be recognized at an upcoming Berkeley City Council meeting by Mayor Bates, have a permanent recognition in the City Council records, and, if you are the largest water reducer out of all the entries, you’ll win a free lunch with Bates and Hancock.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca id=\"bateswaterbill\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10582841\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 710px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill.jpg\" alt=\"The most recent water bill for Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and his wife, state Sen. Loni Hancock. \" width=\"710\" height=\"696\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10582841\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill.jpg 710w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill-400x392.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Bates-bill-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The most recent water bill for Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and his wife, state Sen. Loni Hancock. \u003ccite>(Berkeleyside)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Support independent local journalism by \u003c/b>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/support-berkeleyside/\">\u003cb>becoming a Berkeleyside member\u003c/b>\u003c/a>\u003cb>. Members enjoy lots of perks, like invitations to member-only events, and an annual party.\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>You think your water cutbacks are tough? Try farming without irrigation, relying only on rainwater. Actually, lots of crops are dry-farmed across the state. Wheat and grapes are common, and there are tomatoes on the Central Coast, squash in Humboldt and potatoes in Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jutta Thoerner dry-farms walnuts outside Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, and she’s an outspoken advocate of the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thoerner and her partner, Cynthia Douglas, own \u003ca href=\"http://mmorganics.com/\">Manzanita Manor Organics\u003c/a>. They have solar panels running their coolers and sheep grazing their vineyards. At their walnut orchard, Thoerner gets a tractor out only twice a year. Mostly, she uses horses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/212163239″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Thoerner sits in a wagon, gently but firmly directing two horses named Sonny and Lily. They’re pulling a large log behind the wagon to smooth out the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10576984\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10576984\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jutta Thoerner and her horses, Lily and Sonny, drag a log to flatten dirt, which helps to retain moisture in the soil underneath.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin-1440x811.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/LogDraggin.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jutta Thoerner and her horses, Lily and Sonny, drag a log to flatten dirt, which helps to retain moisture in the soil underneath. \u003ccite>(Cynthia Wood/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We want to get this as smooth and as flat as we possibly can,” says Thoerner. “No big clumps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This process will help keep moisture underground, and make harvesting easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ideally, we want it like glass,” she says. “It’s a little difficult on these hills, but we try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she unhooks the horses, she explains that it’s all part of her process of dry farming, using no irrigation ever, on her trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that means is whatever rain comes down from the sky is the water that they’re getting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘When you let them do their own thing … it really accentuates the unique flavor of each variety.’\u003ccite>Mike Cirone, on dry-farming apples\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>People have farmed this way for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Forty or 50 years ago we were all dry-farming here in the California hills,” says Thoerner. “Everybody dry-farmed almonds and walnuts and grapes and some fruit trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was before irrigation came in and people planted crops more densely on all types of soil. Thoerner says dry farming’s a good fit for coastal or foggy areas, less so for huge operations in sandy soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But,” she says, “If farmers have the right soil and the right conditions, it can be done on other properties. And who knows? Maybe this drought will make that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10577120\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10577120\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-800x814.jpg\" alt=\"Thoerner spaces her trees far apart so they don't compete for water, and grafts two different kinds of walnut together. The heartier, water-seeking root stock is different from the producer tree on top, which is chosen for other qualities like taste.\" width=\"800\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-800x814.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-400x407.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-1440x1466.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-1180x1201.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-960x977.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thoerner spaces her trees far apart so they don’t compete for water, and grafts two different kinds of walnut together. The heartier, water-seeking root stock is different from the producer tree on top, which is chosen for other qualities like taste. \u003ccite>(Cynthia Wood/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dry farming’s not about crossing your fingers and hoping for rain. Thoerner keeps her trees spaced far apart so they don’t compete for water. She monitors the weather carefully, trying to estimate the ideal time to cultivates the soil. Then she creates a dust mulch, a kind of seal, like she was doing with her horses and that log.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While workers trim trees by hand, Thoerner explains that she has to graft two kinds of walnuts together to get the best results. The variety on the top — which grows a great-tasting walnut — is grafted onto a different, heartier stock, whose roots are great at finding water underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are fantastic as a dry-farm root stock. They go to China, those roots,” she jokes. “They go so, so deep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These last few dry years, Thoerner and workers protect grafted branches by wrapping them in cages of chicken wire covered in shade cloth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked ridiculous but it worked,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the drought definitely makes dry farming harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, with the way the weather has been, my production of walnuts has been going down steadily every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thoerner and I stand underneath a tree where she looks for examples of doubles, sets of two walnuts in clusters, which can mean a better yield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every farmer likes to see doubles. But we really like to see triplets.” When I spot one, she says, excitedly, “Lisa found a triplet! That’s cool. I have not seen triplets in a few years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gallery size=\"large\" type=\"square\" ids=\"10577264,10577196,10577127\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that find, I can see the orchard is suffering. Some trees have dead branches, and the walnuts, which are always smaller than ones from irrigated orchards, are really tiny this year. Many are just a little bigger than my thumb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These small nuts taste sweet and buttery. But lately, Thoerner says, tree breeders have focused most on developing varieties that produce big walnuts that crack easily, and fall out in perfect halves. That’s a silly standard, she says, when people are just going to chop them up into salads and cookies anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whatever happened to taste, people?” she asks, incredulously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 40 miles west, farmer Mike Cirone says his farmers market customers are becoming connoisseurs of his small, sweet, dry-farmed fruit, clamoring over his dry-farmed apricots. Same goes for the 60 varieties of apples he farms without irrigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you pump ’em all up, they tend to all taste the same,” he says. “When you let them do their own thing, then it really accentuates the unique flavor of each variety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10577178\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10577178 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-800x798.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Cirone has been successfully dry-farming for over 30 years.\" width=\"800\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-800x798.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-400x399.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-1180x1177.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-960x958.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Cirone has been successfully dry-farming for over 30 years. \u003ccite>(Cynthia Wood/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cirone’s been successfully dry-farming for over 30 years. Digging his boot heel into dry topsoil and revealing moisture underneath, Cirone explains that he made it through a drought in the ‘80s pretty well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The difference was, the ’80s drought, it was cool,” he says. “This drought is warm. This drought feels like we’re living in Palm Springs in the middle of winter. To me, that is the most unsettling notion. That signifies real climate change to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jutta Thoerner is concerned, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the drought continues and the global warming continues, I don’t want people to stop farming,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She concedes that the profits aren’t as big in dry farming, but she hopes some small growers will consider converting their irrigated orchards, or planting new ones for dry farming, rather than giving up. She’s most hopeful that young farmers will hear this message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of them are just a few years out of school. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This process will help keep moisture underground, and make harvesting easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ideally, we want it like glass,” she says. “It’s a little difficult on these hills, but we try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she unhooks the horses, she explains that it’s all part of her process of dry farming, using no irrigation ever, on her trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What that means is whatever rain comes down from the sky is the water that they’re getting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘When you let them do their own thing … it really accentuates the unique flavor of each variety.’\u003ccite>Mike Cirone, on dry-farming apples\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>People have farmed this way for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Forty or 50 years ago we were all dry-farming here in the California hills,” says Thoerner. “Everybody dry-farmed almonds and walnuts and grapes and some fruit trees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That was before irrigation came in and people planted crops more densely on all types of soil. Thoerner says dry farming’s a good fit for coastal or foggy areas, less so for huge operations in sandy soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But,” she says, “If farmers have the right soil and the right conditions, it can be done on other properties. And who knows? Maybe this drought will make that happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10577120\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10577120\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-800x814.jpg\" alt=\"Thoerner spaces her trees far apart so they don't compete for water, and grafts two different kinds of walnut together. The heartier, water-seeking root stock is different from the producer tree on top, which is chosen for other qualities like taste.\" width=\"800\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-800x814.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-400x407.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-1440x1466.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-1180x1201.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-960x977.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/WalnutGraftSpacing.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thoerner spaces her trees far apart so they don’t compete for water, and grafts two different kinds of walnut together. The heartier, water-seeking root stock is different from the producer tree on top, which is chosen for other qualities like taste. \u003ccite>(Cynthia Wood/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Dry farming’s not about crossing your fingers and hoping for rain. Thoerner keeps her trees spaced far apart so they don’t compete for water. She monitors the weather carefully, trying to estimate the ideal time to cultivates the soil. Then she creates a dust mulch, a kind of seal, like she was doing with her horses and that log.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While workers trim trees by hand, Thoerner explains that she has to graft two kinds of walnuts together to get the best results. The variety on the top — which grows a great-tasting walnut — is grafted onto a different, heartier stock, whose roots are great at finding water underground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are fantastic as a dry-farm root stock. They go to China, those roots,” she jokes. “They go so, so deep.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These last few dry years, Thoerner and workers protect grafted branches by wrapping them in cages of chicken wire covered in shade cloth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked ridiculous but it worked,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the drought definitely makes dry farming harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, with the way the weather has been, my production of walnuts has been going down steadily every year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thoerner and I stand underneath a tree where she looks for examples of doubles, sets of two walnuts in clusters, which can mean a better yield.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every farmer likes to see doubles. But we really like to see triplets.” When I spot one, she says, excitedly, “Lisa found a triplet! That’s cool. I have not seen triplets in a few years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that find, I can see the orchard is suffering. Some trees have dead branches, and the walnuts, which are always smaller than ones from irrigated orchards, are really tiny this year. Many are just a little bigger than my thumb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These small nuts taste sweet and buttery. But lately, Thoerner says, tree breeders have focused most on developing varieties that produce big walnuts that crack easily, and fall out in perfect halves. That’s a silly standard, she says, when people are just going to chop them up into salads and cookies anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whatever happened to taste, people?” she asks, incredulously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 40 miles west, farmer Mike Cirone says his farmers market customers are becoming connoisseurs of his small, sweet, dry-farmed fruit, clamoring over his dry-farmed apricots. Same goes for the 60 varieties of apples he farms without irrigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you pump ’em all up, they tend to all taste the same,” he says. “When you let them do their own thing, then it really accentuates the unique flavor of each variety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10577178\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10577178 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-800x798.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Cirone has been successfully dry-farming for over 30 years.\" width=\"800\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-800x798.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-400x399.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-1180x1177.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-960x958.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone-75x75.jpg 75w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/MikeCirone.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Cirone has been successfully dry-farming for over 30 years. \u003ccite>(Cynthia Wood/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Cirone’s been successfully dry-farming for over 30 years. Digging his boot heel into dry topsoil and revealing moisture underneath, Cirone explains that he made it through a drought in the ‘80s pretty well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The difference was, the ’80s drought, it was cool,” he says. “This drought is warm. This drought feels like we’re living in Palm Springs in the middle of winter. To me, that is the most unsettling notion. That signifies real climate change to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jutta Thoerner is concerned, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the drought continues and the global warming continues, I don’t want people to stop farming,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She concedes that the profits aren’t as big in dry farming, but she hopes some small growers will consider converting their irrigated orchards, or planting new ones for dry farming, rather than giving up. She’s most hopeful that young farmers will hear this message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of them are just a few years out of school. All they know is the drought,” she says. “The new generation that is not afraid to try new things, I want to tell them: ‘Just dry farm. You absolutely can make a living if you work your behind off.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her advice? Just find a piece of land with good soil and do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, noon Saturday:\u003c/strong> Firefighters are gaining ground in their battle to contain the Washington Fire, burning in Alpine County southeast of Lake Tahoe. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire managers reported Saturday that while the acreage of the fire has grown to 17,622 acres (about 28.5 square miles), the blaze is now 29 percent contained. The firefighting force assigned to the blaze has grown to more than 1,100. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials have lifted evacuation alerts in the town of Markleeville and nearby Grover Hot Springs State Park. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to a growing threat of thunderstorms, the National Weather Service has issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/firewx/?wfo=sto\" target=\"_blank\">red-flag warnings\u003c/a> for the area around the fire -- and for the entire Sierra Nevada north of Yosemite National Park and throughout the mountains of Northern California. The warnings also cover the western two-thirds of Oregon and the western half of Washington state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The major threat posed by the thunderstorms is dry lightning that can be counted on to start fires. Thunderstorms that swept across drought-stricken Northern California in June 2008 sparked what was later termed a \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/fire_protection/downloads/siege/2008/2008FireSiege_full-book_r6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">fire siege\u003c/a>\" -- about 1,750 individual blazes that burned 1.2 million acres and killed 13 firefighters. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:05 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Fire crews have made progress building a protective line between the Washington Fire and the town of Markleeville in Alpine County. Total area burned: 17,205 acres (about 28 square miles). Containment: 10 percent. About 900 firefighters, aided by three air tankers and a dozen helicopters, are working the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The updated stats, as of Tuesday evening, on the Washington Fire burning near Markleeville in Alpine County: 16,553 acres (26 square miles) burned. The fire has burned to within about a mile and a half of the town of 200, which is also the county seat. Incident commanders directing the force of 500 or so firefighters on the ground and a squadron of air tankers and helicopters drawn from around the West have made protecting Markleeville their top priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4317/25260/\">evening news update\u003c/a>, fire managers said crews made \"excellent progress\" in strengthening fire lines near the town and establishing 5 percent containment. Markleeville residents remain on alert to leave the area, though no evacuation has been ordered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews are also trying to keep the fire from reaching the site of the Leviathan Mine, off of Highway 89 near Monitor Pass. The former open-pit sulphur mine is a Superfund site that has been leaking acid-laced water into nearby creeks for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions have improved somewhat in the area, with winds dropping and humidity rising. The major issue in the forecast over the next several days is the increasing chances of thunderstorms by the weekend. Temperatures in the Markleeville, elevation roughly 5,500 feet above sea level, are forecast to hit the mid-90s by Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/dbrekke.mhhj0d2o.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiZGJyZWtrZSIsImEiOiJjZUQzZ05nIn0.ZqSnN4vdLKsiZTEjAPSDrg\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The Washington Fire burning across the rugged terrain of Alpine County, southeast of Lake Tahoe, doubled in size on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire managers said the blaze, believed to have started with a lightning strike last Friday, has burned about 15,000 acres, or roughly 24 square miles. (In Bay Area terms, that's equivalent to half \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Just-How-Big-is-S-F-A-guess-of-49-miles-is-2909955.php\" target=\"_blank\">the area of San Francisco\u003c/a>, a little less than a third of Oakland and just a sliver -- a little less than one-seventh -- of San Jose.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire managers also reduced their estimate of containment -- from 10 percent to 0 percent -- because of strong erratic winds that posed a danger to the 500 or so firefighters working to stop the blaze's spread toward Markleeville. Severe drought conditions and continuing low humidity also continue to play a part in the fire's rapid spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10574933\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10574933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Washington Fire burns Monday near the Alpine County town of Markleeville. \" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Washington Fire burns Monday near the Alpine County town of Markleeville. \u003ccite>(Paul Magdaleno/Alpine County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At its closest point, the fire is about four miles southeast of Markleeville, a town of about 200 and seat of Alpine County. The Sheriff's Office there has put residents on notice that an evacuation may be ordered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the fire is not believed to have burned any structures, but it has produced thick columns of smoke that have affected communities to the east and northeast, across the Nevada state line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:40 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Washington Fire near the Alpine County town of Markleeville has now burned 9,500 acres -- about 15 square miles -- and is just 10 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenny Ramella, a spokeswoman for the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center in Minden, Nevada, said that about 500 firefighters are expected to be on the lines Monday afternoon. They're focusing their efforts on the northwest flank of the blaze, the edge closest to Markleeville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which has burned across the junction of Highways 4 and 89 about 4 miles from the town, has prompted what the sheriff's office is calling a \"pre-alert\" that an evacuation may be ordered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramella said the fire is most active near Heenan Lake, near the point where Highway 89 crosses Monitor Pass. She said weather conditions \"are a lot better than yesterday,\" when winds gusting over 40 mph and humidity under 10 percent pushed the fire toward Markleeville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10572992\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10572992\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-400x518.jpg\" alt=\"Alpine County Sheriff's Office notice that it may order an evacuation of the town of Markleeville. \" width=\"400\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-400x518.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-800x1036.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-1440x1864.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-1180x1528.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-960x1243.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpine County Sheriff's Office notice that it may order an evacuation of the town of Markleeville. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (11:20 p.m. Sunday):\u003c/strong> The weekend brought red-flag fire conditions to the eastern slope of the Sierra south of Lake Tahoe -- and the hot, dry, windy weather helped whip a small fire that started Friday afternoon into a blaze that on Sunday sped through canyons and across ridges toward the popular summer tourist spot of Markleeville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center, the federal agency coordinating response to the blaze, reported Sunday evening that \u003ca href=\"http://sierrafront.net/single-media-interest-fire/2015/WASHINGTON\" target=\"_blank\">the Washington Fire\u003c/a> had burned 6,500 acres -- about 10 square miles -- and had shut down two state routes across the mountains: Highway 89 across Monitor Pass and Highway 4 across Ebbetts Pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire was driven by ridgetop winds that topped 40 mph during the day Sunday and humidity in the single digits. Sierra Front's Sunday night statement said the highest priority for fire crews was defending Markleeville, 20 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campgrounds along Highway 4 south of Markleeville up to Ebbetts Pass were evacuated, and people in the town were notified they might have to leave. As of 10 p.m. Sunday, the Alpine County Sheriff's Office \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alpine-County-Sheriffs-Office/491047890996330\" target=\"_blank\">said via Facebook\u003c/a> the fire was \"very active,\" though not currently moving directly toward the town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Markleeville is a town of just 200 or so and is the seat of Alpine County, which, with about 1,200 residents, is California's least populous. But the town is near a popular state park, Grover Hot Springs, and the surrounding area attracts campers, fishers, hikers and cyclists.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:05 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Fire crews have made progress building a protective line between the Washington Fire and the town of Markleeville in Alpine County. Total area burned: 17,205 acres (about 28 square miles). Containment: 10 percent. About 900 firefighters, aided by three air tankers and a dozen helicopters, are working the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 p.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The updated stats, as of Tuesday evening, on the Washington Fire burning near Markleeville in Alpine County: 16,553 acres (26 square miles) burned. The fire has burned to within about a mile and a half of the town of 200, which is also the county seat. Incident commanders directing the force of 500 or so firefighters on the ground and a squadron of air tankers and helicopters drawn from around the West have made protecting Markleeville their top priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In their \u003ca href=\"http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/article/4317/25260/\">evening news update\u003c/a>, fire managers said crews made \"excellent progress\" in strengthening fire lines near the town and establishing 5 percent containment. Markleeville residents remain on alert to leave the area, though no evacuation has been ordered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire crews are also trying to keep the fire from reaching the site of the Leviathan Mine, off of Highway 89 near Monitor Pass. The former open-pit sulphur mine is a Superfund site that has been leaking acid-laced water into nearby creeks for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weather conditions have improved somewhat in the area, with winds dropping and humidity rising. The major issue in the forecast over the next several days is the increasing chances of thunderstorms by the weekend. Temperatures in the Markleeville, elevation roughly 5,500 feet above sea level, are forecast to hit the mid-90s by Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/dbrekke.mhhj0d2o.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiZGJyZWtrZSIsImEiOiJjZUQzZ05nIn0.ZqSnN4vdLKsiZTEjAPSDrg\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 12:15 a.m. Tuesday:\u003c/strong> The Washington Fire burning across the rugged terrain of Alpine County, southeast of Lake Tahoe, doubled in size on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire managers said the blaze, believed to have started with a lightning strike last Friday, has burned about 15,000 acres, or roughly 24 square miles. (In Bay Area terms, that's equivalent to half \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Just-How-Big-is-S-F-A-guess-of-49-miles-is-2909955.php\" target=\"_blank\">the area of San Francisco\u003c/a>, a little less than a third of Oakland and just a sliver -- a little less than one-seventh -- of San Jose.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fire managers also reduced their estimate of containment -- from 10 percent to 0 percent -- because of strong erratic winds that posed a danger to the 500 or so firefighters working to stop the blaze's spread toward Markleeville. Severe drought conditions and continuing low humidity also continue to play a part in the fire's rapid spread.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10574933\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10574933\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Washington Fire burns Monday near the Alpine County town of Markleeville. \" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-1440x1080.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/11425485_663763667058084_593208784523420950_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Washington Fire burns Monday near the Alpine County town of Markleeville. \u003ccite>(Paul Magdaleno/Alpine County Sheriff's Office)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At its closest point, the fire is about four miles southeast of Markleeville, a town of about 200 and seat of Alpine County. The Sheriff's Office there has put residents on notice that an evacuation may be ordered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the fire is not believed to have burned any structures, but it has produced thick columns of smoke that have affected communities to the east and northeast, across the Nevada state line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:40 p.m. Monday:\u003c/strong> The Washington Fire near the Alpine County town of Markleeville has now burned 9,500 acres -- about 15 square miles -- and is just 10 percent contained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenny Ramella, a spokeswoman for the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center in Minden, Nevada, said that about 500 firefighters are expected to be on the lines Monday afternoon. They're focusing their efforts on the northwest flank of the blaze, the edge closest to Markleeville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire, which has burned across the junction of Highways 4 and 89 about 4 miles from the town, has prompted what the sheriff's office is calling a \"pre-alert\" that an evacuation may be ordered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramella said the fire is most active near Heenan Lake, near the point where Highway 89 crosses Monitor Pass. She said weather conditions \"are a lot better than yesterday,\" when winds gusting over 40 mph and humidity under 10 percent pushed the fire toward Markleeville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10572992\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10572992\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-400x518.jpg\" alt=\"Alpine County Sheriff's Office notice that it may order an evacuation of the town of Markleeville. \" width=\"400\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-400x518.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-800x1036.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-1440x1864.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-1180x1528.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o-960x1243.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/10479047_663354047099046_4546868212228454952_o.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alpine County Sheriff's Office notice that it may order an evacuation of the town of Markleeville. \u003ccite>(Alameda County Sheriff's Office via Facebook)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post (11:20 p.m. Sunday):\u003c/strong> The weekend brought red-flag fire conditions to the eastern slope of the Sierra south of Lake Tahoe -- and the hot, dry, windy weather helped whip a small fire that started Friday afternoon into a blaze that on Sunday sped through canyons and across ridges toward the popular summer tourist spot of Markleeville.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center, the federal agency coordinating response to the blaze, reported Sunday evening that \u003ca href=\"http://sierrafront.net/single-media-interest-fire/2015/WASHINGTON\" target=\"_blank\">the Washington Fire\u003c/a> had burned 6,500 acres -- about 10 square miles -- and had shut down two state routes across the mountains: Highway 89 across Monitor Pass and Highway 4 across Ebbetts Pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fire was driven by ridgetop winds that topped 40 mph during the day Sunday and humidity in the single digits. Sierra Front's Sunday night statement said the highest priority for fire crews was defending Markleeville, 20 miles southeast of Lake Tahoe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campgrounds along Highway 4 south of Markleeville up to Ebbetts Pass were evacuated, and people in the town were notified they might have to leave. As of 10 p.m. Sunday, the Alpine County Sheriff's Office \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/pages/Alpine-County-Sheriffs-Office/491047890996330\" target=\"_blank\">said via Facebook\u003c/a> the fire was \"very active,\" though not currently moving directly toward the town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A poll released Thursday by a business-backed policy organization found more than three-quarters of Bay Area residents support building more low- to middle-income housing, and a growing number of people favor greater density in their neighborhoods if it would create more places to live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, the epicenter of housing concern for the whole Bay Area, finding an affordable place to live ranked higher than worries about California's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/series/california-drought-watch/\" target=\"_blank\">extreme drought\u003c/a> in the 2015 Bay Area Council Poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Water isn’t the only thing that’s in short supply in the Bay Area,\" Bay Area Council President Jim Wunderman wrote in a \u003ca href=\"http://documents.bayareacouncil.org/RELEASE_2015%20Bay%20Area%20Council%20Poll_Housing_062515.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a>. “We need a bold regional response to our historic housing crisis that is on par with the aggressive and immediate action we’re taking to combat the drought.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water worries surpassed housing concerns in every other corner of the Bay Area -- but not, the Bay Area Council points out, if you combine housing and cost of living. It's worth noting that lawn-scarce San Francisco has already met state-mandated water conservation goals and is \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/06/23/san-francisco-requires-water-recycling/\" target=\"_blank\">taking steps\u003c/a> to use even less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the news is not so good for the city's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/priced-out\" target=\"_blank\">affordable housing crisis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10577352\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Epicenter-Map_fix.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-10577352\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Epicenter-Map_fix.jpg\" alt=\"The Bay Area Council's poll included an interactive map that asked respondents to click where they thought new housing is most needed.\" width=\"550\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Epicenter-Map_fix.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2015/06/Epicenter-Map_fix-400x462.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bay Area Council's poll included an interactive map that asked respondents to click where they thought new housing is most needed. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of EMC Research)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"It's pervasive,\" said Matt Regan, a Bay Area Council senior vice president of public policy who focuses on housing issues. \"The housing crisis that we currently find ourselves in is impacting every family across economic spectrums.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it was a first to find that half of Bay Area residents support new housing construction, even if it increases the density of their cities. Support for new housing with greater density was higher in Santa Clara (56 percent), Alameda (55 percent) and San Francisco (53 percent) counties. An even larger majority -- 61 percent -- of San Franciscans said they'd accept new housing in their neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That’s a new phenomenon for us,\" Regan said. \"People are saying things they’ve never said before about welcoming new development in their neighborhoods.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday's release was a drill-down into housing-related responses and part of the Bay Area Council's yearly poll. Oakland-based EMC Research administered the online survey of 1,000 adults, all residents of the nine-county Bay Area. Respondents were fairly evenly represented across income levels, and most live in Santa Clara, Alameda and San Francisco counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Council also asked questions about reducing state and local regulations that could \"hasten new housing,\" according to the group's press release. The poll noted growing support for reducing local building regulations and fees, and reforming state-level environmental impact regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New support for increased density wasn't particularly surprising to Peter Cohen, who co-chairs the San Francisco Council of Community Housing Organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m not surprised at all that folks are interested in a more urbanistic environment, even in their own neighborhoods,\" he said. \"I’m not surprised at all that people want low- and middle-income housing, but that does not mean the answer is to strip away regulation and let the free market run its course. That’s not what this is saying.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen pointed out a question in the poll that asked whether people would support making it \"easier to build housing while still maintaining environmental protections.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That makes it seem like you can have your cake and eat it, too,\" he said. \"How do you do that? There’s no answer. It just sounds good.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regan said low- and middle-income housing -- far below San Francisco's market rates -- is a \"doughnut hole\" in the region's housing policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is funding for very low-income homes, and the market rate housing will obviously take care of itself,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what Regan called \"workforce housing,\" for teachers and firefighters, has slipped through the cracks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That’s the most difficult to finance,\" he said, \"and that’s where the respondents of the poll have said we need to focus our attention.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regan said the poll shows growing support for deregulation, so housing can be built for people at all income levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen, however, sees the opposite, and believes San Francisco needs more regulation to control short-term rentals (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/airbnb\" target=\"_blank\">like \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/?af=1922719&c=A_TC%3Dm84nccm9s3%26G_MT%3De%26G_CR%3D22111491256%26G_N%3Dg%26G_K%3Dairbnb%26G_P%3D&gclid=Cj0KEQjwza6sBRCMiaaPtY_c2tIBEiQAacj5IxpNzn_abL1mG8w1BzlX5oYdLbPPHiCTet4g0TZrKZMaArYg8P8HAQ&dclid=CL6T1ZmMrMYCFW0dRQodFagLEg\">Airbnb\u003c/a>), and stem evictions from rent-controlled properties in favor of market-rate condo conversions. 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