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Soon, being convicted of offenses like sexual assault and using excessive force will be enough to kick officers out of the profession in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Limiting single-family zoning\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asOuWlEV6-I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has a critical housing shortage: The median home price broke $800,000 in 2021, and some experts say California needs about 3 million new homes for the growing population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for decades, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11840548/the-racist-history-of-single-family-home-zoning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strict zoning laws\u003c/a> have allowed developers to build mostly single-family homes. 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"content": "\u003cp>In the grand tradition of year-end reviews (hey, even journalists need to take a break once in a while), I compiled some cartoons representing key milestones of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We started off the year with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853981/a-bad-day-for-democracy\">a shocking, violent insurrection and attack on democracy\u003c/a> as former-President Trump tried desperately to cling to power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853981/a-bad-day-for-democracy\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11853999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring a Trump MAGA snake throttling the U.S. Capitol Building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1164\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-1020x618.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-1536x931.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though a very real threat remains, frightening images of broken windows, smoke and rage on Capitol Hill were soon replaced by the moving words of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856482/youth-poet-laureate-and-scene-stealer-in-chief\">Amanda Gorman, who recited a poem at the inauguration\u003c/a> of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856482/youth-poet-laureate-and-scene-stealer-in-chief\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11856497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring Amanda Gorman, youth poet laureate, at the inauguration with a movie marquee with her name. Also starring, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1340\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-800x558.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-1020x712.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-1536x1072.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11857002/glass-becoming-half-full\">stay-at-home orders were lifted\u003c/a> as we desperately attempted to return to our “normal” lives …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11857002/glass-becoming-half-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11857007\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon about COVID-19 restrictions easing and outdoor dining reopening as an atmospheric river is headed our way. Two people eating at an outdoor table in the pouring rain with one saying, \"things are looking up!\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1319\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-800x550.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-1020x701.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-1536x1055.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860599/the-covid-19-color-palette\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11860610\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon showing different color tiers for reopening schools, starting with Zombie Blue (online school), then In-Person Green (private schools), then Slow-for-Vaccine Yellow (cautious teachers), then We-Can't-Take-This-Anymore Red for fed up parents.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1342\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-800x559.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-1020x713.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-1536x1074.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As vaccines began rolling out, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886050/the-deluge-continues\">misinformation turned out to be one of the 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final-1536x1028.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11858285/anti-vaxxers-vs-reality\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11858308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring COVID-19 saying, "fortunately, there's no vaccine for stupidity," as anti-vaxxers protest the coronavirus vaccine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1253\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-800x522.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-1020x666.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-160x104.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-1536x1002.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What should be a nonpartisan issue of public health continued to be just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877339/the-great-unmasking\">another front in a highly partisan culture war\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877339/the-great-unmasking\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11877348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon about wearing face masks, with the main character who is holding a face mask saying, "I take my mask off to show I trust science and am vaccinated... but I keep it handy in case I need to show I'm anti-Trump."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1293\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-800x539.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-1020x687.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-1536x1034.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862176/please-make-public-health-officer-a-boring-job-again\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11862186\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring a public health worker fighting COVID while being attacked on the other side by anti-mask people in \"the two-front battle.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-800x554.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-1020x706.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-1536x1063.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11889784/chill-weve-been-here-before\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11889846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: an old-timey looking poster with smiling school kids that reads, \"California, requiring vaccines to attend school since 1889.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-800x596.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-1020x760.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-160x119.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-1536x1145.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892934/cracks-in-the-chain-of-command\">surprising number of police officers\u003c/a> — whose job is all about public safety and following laws — balked at vaccine mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892934/cracks-in-the-chain-of-command\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11892942\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: "Officer No-Vax takes it to its logical conclusion." A man in a police hat dressed in circus-type gear and holding a cat on a leash says, "look, they can't tell me what to do with my body...or what kind of police dog I can have..."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-800x551.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-1020x702.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-1536x1058.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even more unbelievably, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897603/courtroom-bffs\">Gov. Gavin Newsom sided with the powerful California prison guards union\u003c/a> as they fought mandatory vaccines for prison guards and staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897603/courtroom-bffs\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11897612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: a prison guard holding a \"no vax mandate\" sign is arm in arm with a COVID-19 character and Gov. Newsom. The governor holds a briefcase of money from the prison guards union. Caption is \"Amicus Covidae, friend of covid.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-800x513.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-1020x654.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-160x103.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-1536x985.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the investigation into corruption in San Francisco politics grew to the point where I helped KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jrodriguez\">Joe ‘Fitz’ Rodriguez\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/matthewgreen\">Matthew Green\u003c/a> create \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859677/san-franciscos-unfolding-web-of-corruption-a-cartoon-interactive\">an interactive cartoon outlining the main players in the unfolding drama\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859677/san-franciscos-unfolding-web-of-corruption-a-cartoon-interactive\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001.png\" alt=\"Featured image for San Francisco corruption interactive\" width=\"4544\" height=\"2841\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001.png 4544w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-800x500.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-1020x638.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-160x100.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-1536x960.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-2048x1280.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-1920x1200.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4544px) 100vw, 4544px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11895167/the-other-killer\">the opioid crisis and deaths due to fentanyl continued largely unabated\u003c/a> … \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11895167/the-other-killer\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11895185\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: A bright red COVID character hovers over the street as a monstrous purple \"fentanyl\" character looks at COVID and says \"amateur.\" We see homeless tents and \"o.d.\" in the San Francisco background.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-800x558.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-1020x711.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-1536x1071.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11895853/off-the-hook-for-getting-people-hooked\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11895878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: Drug companies and distributors like J&J and McKesson shown spraying huge hoses of opioids over a city while the J&J character says, "told you the opioid crisis isn't our fault!"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-800x549.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-1020x700.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-1536x1054.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the U.S.-Mexico border, the more things changed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897929/still-remaining\">the more they stayed the same\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866069/the-crisis-that-isnt-a-surge\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11866266\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon comparing the border "surge" of 2019 to the large numbers of migrants at the border in 2021. In 2019, the Trump character says "it's their fault" while pointing at the migrants, in 2021, Republicans say "it's Biden's fault."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1249\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-800x520.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-1020x664.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-160x104.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-1536x999.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897929/still-remaining\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11897940\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: shows \"then\" and \"now\" images of a \"remain in Mexico\" immigration sign. The Trump-era sign says things like \"rapists\" and \"murderers\" while the current Biden sign apologizes yet still calls on asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-800x554.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-1020x707.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-1536x1064.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what do you get when you have a guy campaigning with a live grizzly bear, another guy who likes to rant on YouTube while wearing a bathrobe and a governor leading a state with a gigantic budget surplus?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872993/bigger-than-a-bear\">Another couple years of Newsom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872993/bigger-than-a-bear\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11872996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon showing Governor Newsom standing atop a huge pile of cash representing the state budget surplus. Newsom, looking down at the small crowd running for governor against him (including John Cox's bear), says, "cute bear."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-800x583.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-1020x743.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-1536x1118.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885724/his-top-supporter\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11885740\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon showing a large COVID character holding two signs. One says, \"Recall Newsom,\" and the other one says, \"Larry Elder for Governor!\" In the background, Larry Elder speaks to a crowd while wearing his trademark white bath robe.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1264\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-800x527.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-1020x672.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-1536x1011.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other big story this year (and every year for the next umpteen years) was climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is a paradox of environmental activism and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876328/less-pollution-or-less-healthy\">pollution-spewing oil refineries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876328/less-pollution-or-less-healthy\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11876332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon about Bay Area oil refineries and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District captioned, \"decisions, decisions.\" The cartoon shows a refinery on the left with an \"air pollution scrubber\" and on the right, a community of people of color with asthma, low birth weight, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-1536x1020.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894250/all-pollution-is-local\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11894264\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: Chevron CEO Michael Wirth atop a castle-like refinery saying, \"let them plant trees,\" while pollution spews into the air and water and two small children look on from afar.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1388\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-800x578.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-1020x737.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-160x116.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-1536x1110.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The summer of 2021 was much \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878897/hot-hotter-hottest\">more than just “hot”\u003c/a> …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878897/hot-hotter-hottest\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11878905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon on climate change increasing heat, showing two scientists looking at a thermometer sign that rangest from, warm, warmest, hot, hottest, sweatiest, heat waviest, bakingest, meltiest, as one scientist says," we're going to need more superlatives."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-800x563.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-1020x718.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-160x113.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-1536x1081.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People suffering from wildfires of years past caused by a deadly combination of tinder-dry forests and PG&E’s shoddy upkeep of its transmission lines were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872741/burning-through-the-bucks\">still waiting for a payout\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872741/burning-through-the-bucks\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11872745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon about the PG&E Fire Victim Trust that is charged with distributing money to fire victims. The cartoon shows a huge pile of money and a trustee making $1500 an hour balancing over the heads of destroyed homes with people standing down below looking upwards. The caption says, \"overhead.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-800x545.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-1536x1046.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880893/the-billion-dollar-view\">billionaire’s view from space\u003c/a> may have looked a little smokier than expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880893/the-billion-dollar-view\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11880899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon that shows Richard Branson's spaceship flying over a flaming red and orange earth and western United States as a thought bubble over the spaceship reads, "I always thought it was supposed to look blue from up here..."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-1536x1023.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sadly, many of California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889308/the-fallen-giants\">giant sequoias were killed by out-of-control wildfires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889308/the-fallen-giants\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11889315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: The rings in a cross-section of a giant sequoia labeled to show when the tree sprouted to when fire suppression began on to when the tree died in a wildfire.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-800x544.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-1536x1045.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate change continues to bring more extreme weather as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893660/when-it-rains-it-pours\">California went from fire danger to flooding in the blink of an eye\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893660/when-it-rains-it-pours\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11893671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: Two National Park Service workers tread water above an \"extreme fire danger\" sign. One says, \"guess we can change the sign now.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1337\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final-800x557.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final-1020x710.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final-1536x1070.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which, if you’re in the coal business, makes it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11896443/time-to-switch-tracks\">a little more difficult to sell the Bay Area on a fossil fuel distribution terminal\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11896443/time-to-switch-tracks\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896455\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/coalstorage_111621_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: A dirty coal train port terminal with a young boy and girl walking by. The boy says, "the good news is they're banning coal storage by 2027, the bad news is it's 2021."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1364\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/coalstorage_111621_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/coalstorage_111621_final-800x568.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/coalstorage_111621_final-1020x725.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/coalstorage_111621_final-160x114.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/coalstorage_111621_final-1536x1091.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spirit of turning over a new, upbeat leaf in 2022, I’ll leave you with a slightly more uplifting cartoon about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875472/the-winds-of-change\">wind farms that are likely coming to the waters off California’s northern coast\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875472/the-winds-of-change\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11875484\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/surebeats_052621_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring an offshore wind farm, with one wind turbine saying, \"...sure beats working in a coal mine!\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1269\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/surebeats_052621_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/surebeats_052621_final-800x529.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/surebeats_052621_final-1020x674.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/surebeats_052621_final-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/surebeats_052621_final-1536x1015.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Happy holidays! Here’s hoping 2022 has a lot less calamity …\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the grand tradition of year-end reviews (hey, even journalists need to take a break once in a while), I compiled some cartoons representing key milestones of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We started off the year with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853981/a-bad-day-for-democracy\">a shocking, violent insurrection and attack on democracy\u003c/a> as former-President Trump tried desperately to cling to power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11853981/a-bad-day-for-democracy\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11853999\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring a Trump MAGA snake throttling the U.S. Capitol Building.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1164\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-800x485.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-1020x618.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-160x97.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/capitol_010621_final-1536x931.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though a very real threat remains, frightening images of broken windows, smoke and rage on Capitol Hill were soon replaced by the moving words of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856482/youth-poet-laureate-and-scene-stealer-in-chief\">Amanda Gorman, who recited a poem at the inauguration\u003c/a> of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856482/youth-poet-laureate-and-scene-stealer-in-chief\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11856497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring Amanda Gorman, youth poet laureate, at the inauguration with a movie marquee with her name. Also starring, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1340\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-800x558.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-1020x712.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/gorman_012121_final-1536x1072.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11857002/glass-becoming-half-full\">stay-at-home orders were lifted\u003c/a> as we desperately attempted to return to our “normal” lives …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11857002/glass-becoming-half-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11857007\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon about COVID-19 restrictions easing and outdoor dining reopening as an atmospheric river is headed our way. Two people eating at an outdoor table in the pouring rain with one saying, \"things are looking up!\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1319\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-800x550.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-1020x701.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/lookingup_012521_final-1536x1055.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11860599/the-covid-19-color-palette\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11860610\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon showing different color tiers for reopening schools, starting with Zombie Blue (online school), then In-Person Green (private schools), then Slow-for-Vaccine Yellow (cautious teachers), then We-Can't-Take-This-Anymore Red for fed up parents.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1342\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-800x559.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-1020x713.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/schoolcolors_021621_final-1536x1074.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As vaccines began rolling out, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886050/the-deluge-continues\">misinformation turned out to be one of the biggest threats to achieving herd immunity\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886050/the-deluge-continues\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11886058\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon showing an FDA doctor with an umbrella holding a clip board that says, \"vaccine FDA approved.\" The person and umbrella are getting covered with a deluge of goop labeled \"misinformation.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final-800x535.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final-1020x683.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/fda_082321_final-1536x1028.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11858285/anti-vaxxers-vs-reality\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11858308\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring COVID-19 saying, "fortunately, there's no vaccine for stupidity," as anti-vaxxers protest the coronavirus vaccine.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1253\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-800x522.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-1020x666.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-160x104.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/novaccine_020221_final-1536x1002.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What should be a nonpartisan issue of public health continued to be just \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877339/the-great-unmasking\">another front in a highly partisan culture war\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877339/the-great-unmasking\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11877348\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon about wearing face masks, with the main character who is holding a face mask saying, "I take my mask off to show I trust science and am vaccinated... but I keep it handy in case I need to show I'm anti-Trump."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1293\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-800x539.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-1020x687.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/trustscience_060921_final-1536x1034.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862176/please-make-public-health-officer-a-boring-job-again\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11862186\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring a public health worker fighting COVID while being attacked on the other side by anti-mask people in \"the two-front battle.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1329\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-800x554.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-1020x706.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/battle_022521_final-1536x1063.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11889784/chill-weve-been-here-before\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11889846\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: an old-timey looking poster with smiling school kids that reads, \"California, requiring vaccines to attend school since 1889.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1431\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-800x596.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-1020x760.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-160x119.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/requiring_1889_092421_final-1536x1145.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892934/cracks-in-the-chain-of-command\">surprising number of police officers\u003c/a> — whose job is all about public safety and following laws — balked at vaccine mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892934/cracks-in-the-chain-of-command\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11892942\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: "Officer No-Vax takes it to its logical conclusion." A man in a police hat dressed in circus-type gear and holding a cat on a leash says, "look, they can't tell me what to do with my body...or what kind of police dog I can have..."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1322\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-800x551.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-1020x702.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/officer_101921_final-1536x1058.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even more unbelievably, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897603/courtroom-bffs\">Gov. Gavin Newsom sided with the powerful California prison guards union\u003c/a> as they fought mandatory vaccines for prison guards and staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897603/courtroom-bffs\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11897612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: a prison guard holding a \"no vax mandate\" sign is arm in arm with a COVID-19 character and Gov. Newsom. The governor holds a briefcase of money from the prison guards union. Caption is \"Amicus Covidae, friend of covid.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1231\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-800x513.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-1020x654.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-160x103.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amicus_112921_final-1536x985.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the investigation into corruption in San Francisco politics grew to the point where I helped KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jrodriguez\">Joe ‘Fitz’ Rodriguez\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/matthewgreen\">Matthew Green\u003c/a> create \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859677/san-franciscos-unfolding-web-of-corruption-a-cartoon-interactive\">an interactive cartoon outlining the main players in the unfolding drama\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11859677/san-franciscos-unfolding-web-of-corruption-a-cartoon-interactive\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001.png\" alt=\"Featured image for San Francisco corruption interactive\" width=\"4544\" height=\"2841\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001.png 4544w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-800x500.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-1020x638.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-160x100.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-1536x960.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-2048x1280.png 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/SF_corruption_BG_featured001-1920x1200.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4544px) 100vw, 4544px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11895167/the-other-killer\">the opioid crisis and deaths due to fentanyl continued largely unabated\u003c/a> … \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/11895167/the-other-killer\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11895185\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: A bright red COVID character hovers over the street as a monstrous purple \"fentanyl\" character looks at COVID and says \"amateur.\" We see homeless tents and \"o.d.\" in the San Francisco background.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1339\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-800x558.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-1020x711.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/amateurod_110421_final-1536x1071.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11895853/off-the-hook-for-getting-people-hooked\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11895878\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: Drug companies and distributors like J&J and McKesson shown spraying huge hoses of opioids over a city while the J&J character says, "told you the opioid crisis isn't our fault!"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1317\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-800x549.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-1020x700.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/toldyou_111021_final-1536x1054.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the U.S.-Mexico border, the more things changed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897929/still-remaining\">the more they stayed the same\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11866069/the-crisis-that-isnt-a-surge\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11866266\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon comparing the border "surge" of 2019 to the large numbers of migrants at the border in 2021. In 2019, the Trump character says "it's their fault" while pointing at the migrants, in 2021, Republicans say "it's Biden's fault."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1249\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-800x520.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-1020x664.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-160x104.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/fault_032421_final-1536x999.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11897929/still-remaining\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11897940\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: shows \"then\" and \"now\" images of a \"remain in Mexico\" immigration sign. The Trump-era sign says things like \"rapists\" and \"murderers\" while the current Biden sign apologizes yet still calls on asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1330\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-800x554.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-1020x707.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/remain_120221_final-1536x1064.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what do you get when you have a guy campaigning with a live grizzly bear, another guy who likes to rant on YouTube while wearing a bathrobe and a governor leading a state with a gigantic budget surplus?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872993/bigger-than-a-bear\">Another couple years of Newsom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872993/bigger-than-a-bear\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11872996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon showing Governor Newsom standing atop a huge pile of cash representing the state budget surplus. Newsom, looking down at the small crowd running for governor against him (including John Cox's bear), says, "cute bear."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-800x583.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-1020x743.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/cute_051021_final-1536x1118.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885724/his-top-supporter\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11885740\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon showing a large COVID character holding two signs. One says, \"Recall Newsom,\" and the other one says, \"Larry Elder for Governor!\" In the background, Larry Elder speaks to a crowd while wearing his trademark white bath robe.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1264\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-800x527.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-1020x672.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/eldersupporter_081921_final-1536x1011.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other big story this year (and every year for the next umpteen years) was climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is a paradox of environmental activism and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876328/less-pollution-or-less-healthy\">pollution-spewing oil refineries\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876328/less-pollution-or-less-healthy\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11876332\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon about Bay Area oil refineries and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District captioned, \"decisions, decisions.\" The cartoon shows a refinery on the left with an \"air pollution scrubber\" and on the right, a community of people of color with asthma, low birth weight, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-800x531.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-1020x677.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-160x106.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/scrubbers_060221_final-1536x1020.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894250/all-pollution-is-local\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11894264\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: Chevron CEO Michael Wirth atop a castle-like refinery saying, \"let them plant trees,\" while pollution spews into the air and water and two small children look on from afar.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1388\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-800x578.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-1020x737.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-160x116.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/letthem_102821_final-1536x1110.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The summer of 2021 was much \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878897/hot-hotter-hottest\">more than just “hot”\u003c/a> …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878897/hot-hotter-hottest\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11878905\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon on climate change increasing heat, showing two scientists looking at a thermometer sign that rangest from, warm, warmest, hot, hottest, sweatiest, heat waviest, bakingest, meltiest, as one scientist says," we're going to need more superlatives."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-800x563.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-1020x718.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-160x113.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/superlatives_062221_final-1536x1081.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People suffering from wildfires of years past caused by a deadly combination of tinder-dry forests and PG&E’s shoddy upkeep of its transmission lines were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872741/burning-through-the-bucks\">still waiting for a payout\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872741/burning-through-the-bucks\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11872745\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon about the PG&E Fire Victim Trust that is charged with distributing money to fire victims. The cartoon shows a huge pile of money and a trustee making $1500 an hour balancing over the heads of destroyed homes with people standing down below looking upwards. The caption says, \"overhead.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-800x545.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/overhead_050721_final-1536x1046.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880893/the-billion-dollar-view\">billionaire’s view from space\u003c/a> may have looked a little smokier than expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11880893/the-billion-dollar-view\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11880899\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final.png\" alt=\"A Mark Fiore cartoon that shows Richard Branson's spaceship flying over a flaming red and orange earth and western United States as a thought bubble over the spaceship reads, "I always thought it was supposed to look blue from up here..."\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/blue_071221_final-1536x1023.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And sadly, many of California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889308/the-fallen-giants\">giant sequoias were killed by out-of-control wildfires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889308/the-fallen-giants\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11889315\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: The rings in a cross-section of a giant sequoia labeled to show when the tree sprouted to when fire suppression began on to when the tree died in a wildfire.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1306\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-800x544.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-160x109.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/sequoia_092121_final-1536x1045.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate change continues to bring more extreme weather as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893660/when-it-rains-it-pours\">California went from fire danger to flooding in the blink of an eye\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11893660/when-it-rains-it-pours\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11893671\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/change_102521_final.png\" alt='Cartoon: Two National Park Service workers tread water above an \"extreme fire danger\" sign. 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Here’s hoping 2022 has a lot less calamity …\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Buying rooftop solar panels and a system to store extra power costs about $40,000, according to the solar industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC said the reforms are designed to make the program, known as net energy metering, more cost-effective and to ensure energy grid operation costs are shared fairly. But the solar industry and its allies warned the changes will make it harder for the state to achieve its clean energy targets, including generating 100% of retail electricity from renewable or zero-carbon sources by 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The proposal will move us backward on clean energy and block many Californians' ability to help make our grid more resilient to climate change,\" said Susannah Churchill, western senior regional director for Vote Solar, a political advocacy group that pushes for clean energy adoption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California launched the program in 1995 with the goal of encouraging more homes to go solar. It worked: California now has 1.3 million solar systems on homes, far more than any other state, according to the solar industry. That number will only grow because since 2020, all newly constructed homes in California must have solar panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as solar panels proliferated, and the cost of installing them went down, criticism of the program grew. The three major utilities say the current setup allows solar customers to sell their energy back into the grid for more than it's worth. They say more needs to be done to make sure solar customers — most of whom still rely on power from utilities once the sun goes down — are paying for all the parts of the energy grid they use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Power rates include many costs unrelated to energy generation, like transmission, distribution and even wildfire prevention work. When solar households pay significantly lower electricity bills — or no bills at all — they're contributing less to those things. That means more of the cost is shouldered by other customers, often households and renters without the financial means to install solar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mohit Chhabra, senior scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council\"]'This decision's really trying to thread the needle between encouraging more rooftop solar adoption [and] focusing subsidies on lower-income customers while making sure that rate impacts are kept in check so that those who don't or can't have solar [don't] suffer.'[/pullquote]The utilities and the state peg that cost at $3 billion. The solar industry disputes that number, saying it doesn't take into effect the savings for everyone when the utilities need to build fewer power plants and transmission lines due to more residential solar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today's net energy metering program disproportionately hurts lower-income Californians who don't own homes and who can't afford rooftop solar,\" said Kathy Fairbanks, spokesperson for Affordable Clean Energy for All, a coalition that represents the utilities. \"They're paying higher utility bills to cover solar system costs for primarily wealthier Californians.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But proponents of the program — including many environmental groups and solar companies — say that argument is baseless, and that utility companies are trying to preserve their profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Just under half of all new solar is now going into working- and middle-class neighborhoods,\" said David Rosenfeld, who runs Solar Rights Alliance, a nonprofit that's one of 600 groups in the Save California Solar coalition. \"And we should be focused on accelerating that. But instead, the utilities' proposals would send us backwards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohit Chhabra, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the CPUC proposal wound up striking a balance that displeased both sides: the solar companies and the utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This decision’s really trying to thread the needle between encouraging more rooftop solar adoption [and] focusing subsidies on lower-income customers while making sure that rate impacts are kept in check so that those who don't or can't have solar [don't] suffer,\" said Chhabra. \"It's impossible to please everybody. This decision is about balance and I think it achieves a fair balance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11899033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut.jpg\" alt=\"man lifts panel onto existing large rooftop solar panel\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Hayes, an employee of Grid Alternatives, installs solar panels on a home in Vallejo on Feb. 13, 2018. \u003ccite>(Lauren Hanussak/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The CPUC's proposal would still allow residential solar customers to sell their excess energy back to the power companies, but at a significantly lower rate. Solar customers would also have to pay a grid charge based on how many kilowatts of energy they produce; it would cost $40 to $50 per month for most homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charges aren't as great as what the utilities wanted. PG&E spokesperson Ari Vanrenen called the proposal a \"step in the right direction to modernize California's outdated rooftop solar program.\" Still, she indicated the utility — the state's largest — would like to see regulators put higher charges on rooftop solar customers, but she declined to give specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California Edison said the proposal would reduce the burden on nonsolar customers. San Diego Gas & Electric declined to comment, with spokesperson Anthony Wagner saying the utility needed more time to review the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CPUC Commissioner Martha Guzman said the reforms are aimed at creating fairness while ensuring the financial benefits are still strong enough to encourage people to go solar. Regulators also proposed creating a $600 million fund to help lower-income households afford solar and storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes would apply only to new solar customers, with the new charges being phased in over four years. People who already have panels on their homes wouldn't operate under the new system until they've had their panels for 15 years. If they take advantage of a roughly $3,200 subsidy to build storage systems, they would move onto the new rate structure right away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential rooftop solar reduces the demand on the electric grid up to 25% during the day, according to the CPUC. But California's peak household energy demand is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., when the state mostly relies on fossil fuels to power the energy grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC's proposal encourages people who already have solar panels to switch to storage by raising the power rates during those peak evening hours. And it would allow anyone with rooftop solar to install panels that provide up to 150% of the power they typically need. 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The solar industry disputes that number, saying it doesn't take into effect the savings for everyone when the utilities need to build fewer power plants and transmission lines due to more residential solar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today's net energy metering program disproportionately hurts lower-income Californians who don't own homes and who can't afford rooftop solar,\" said Kathy Fairbanks, spokesperson for Affordable Clean Energy for All, a coalition that represents the utilities. \"They're paying higher utility bills to cover solar system costs for primarily wealthier Californians.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But proponents of the program — including many environmental groups and solar companies — say that argument is baseless, and that utility companies are trying to preserve their profits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Just under half of all new solar is now going into working- and middle-class neighborhoods,\" said David Rosenfeld, who runs Solar Rights Alliance, a nonprofit that's one of 600 groups in the Save California Solar coalition. \"And we should be focused on accelerating that. But instead, the utilities' proposals would send us backwards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohit Chhabra, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the CPUC proposal wound up striking a balance that displeased both sides: the solar companies and the utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This decision’s really trying to thread the needle between encouraging more rooftop solar adoption [and] focusing subsidies on lower-income customers while making sure that rate impacts are kept in check so that those who don't or can't have solar [don't] suffer,\" said Chhabra. \"It's impossible to please everybody. This decision is about balance and I think it achieves a fair balance.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11899033\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut.jpg\" alt=\"man lifts panel onto existing large rooftop solar panel\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1282\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS29464_SOLAR_021318_429-qut-1536x1026.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Hayes, an employee of Grid Alternatives, installs solar panels on a home in Vallejo on Feb. 13, 2018. \u003ccite>(Lauren Hanussak/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The CPUC's proposal would still allow residential solar customers to sell their excess energy back to the power companies, but at a significantly lower rate. Solar customers would also have to pay a grid charge based on how many kilowatts of energy they produce; it would cost $40 to $50 per month for most homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charges aren't as great as what the utilities wanted. PG&E spokesperson Ari Vanrenen called the proposal a \"step in the right direction to modernize California's outdated rooftop solar program.\" Still, she indicated the utility — the state's largest — would like to see regulators put higher charges on rooftop solar customers, but she declined to give specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Southern California Edison said the proposal would reduce the burden on nonsolar customers. San Diego Gas & Electric declined to comment, with spokesperson Anthony Wagner saying the utility needed more time to review the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CPUC Commissioner Martha Guzman said the reforms are aimed at creating fairness while ensuring the financial benefits are still strong enough to encourage people to go solar. Regulators also proposed creating a $600 million fund to help lower-income households afford solar and storage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes would apply only to new solar customers, with the new charges being phased in over four years. People who already have panels on their homes wouldn't operate under the new system until they've had their panels for 15 years. If they take advantage of a roughly $3,200 subsidy to build storage systems, they would move onto the new rate structure right away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential rooftop solar reduces the demand on the electric grid up to 25% during the day, according to the CPUC. But California's peak household energy demand is from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., when the state mostly relies on fossil fuels to power the energy grid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC's proposal encourages people who already have solar panels to switch to storage by raising the power rates during those peak evening hours. And it would allow anyone with rooftop solar to install panels that provide up to 150% of the power they typically need. That would encourage people to switch to electrical appliances or buy electric cars they can charge at home, Guzman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How do we transform a program that's about distributed solar — capturing the sun — to a program that has to do with a period when the sun is down?\" Guzman said. \"That's what this reform is about.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the solar industry, including Bernadette Del Chiaro of the California Solar and Storage Association, which represents 700 businesses in the industry, pointed to the heart of the problem: Higher costs will discourage people from going solar in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CPUC commissioners could change the proposal before voting on it early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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