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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 5)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The voting outcomes below are unofficial and don’t include all vote-by-mail ballots. The City and County of San Francisco plans to continue to release updated counts each day at 4 p.m. The Santa Clara County registrar of voters updated election results at 5 p.m. today, and Alameda County updates are expected at 5 p.m. on Thursday.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From soda taxes to minimum wage hikes, Bay Area voters had a lot to weigh in on. We’ve selected some of the most important and interesting local ballot measures below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other races, check out our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/election-watch-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Watch\u003c/a> page.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Ballot Measures\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 30 ballot measures in Alameda County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/226/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County election page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Alameda County Registrar, updated results are expected to be announced by 5 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureBB-v5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure BB, Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 70 percent approval\u003c/strong>, doubling the transportation sales tax to 1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\" alt=\"bart-bb\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money raised from Measure BB will go to Alameda County’s 30-Year Transportation Expenditure Plan, which will expand and modernize BART in Alameda County; improve transit connections to jobs and schools; fix roads, improve highways and increase bicycle and pedestrian safety; reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality; and keep senior, student and disabled fares affordable. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureD-v6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure D, City of Berkeley Soda Tax. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voters in Berkeley have passed the nation’s first soda tax\u003c/a> with a \u003cstrong>resounding 75 percent of the vote\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 30 cities and states across the country have attempted such a tax, but have failed, at least in part because of big spending by the soda industry to defeat these measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\" alt=\"sodatax-d\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure D, a 1 cent ($0.01) per ounce general tax on sugar-sweetened beverages will be imposed in Berkeley. The tax will affect sales of sodas, energy drinks and presweetened teas. The tax exempts sweeteners, such as sugar, honey and syrups, typically distributed to grocery stores. It also exempts diet drinks, milk products, 100 percent juice, baby formula, alcohol or drinks taken for medical reasons. Learn more about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/soda-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“soda taxes.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the No on Measure D campaign released a statement criticizing the measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soda tax activists have been venue shopping for more than five years … Berkeley was low-hanging fruit, and doesn’t look like mainstream America. If politicians want to stake their reputations on what Berkeley did, they do so at their own risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureZ-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Z, A City Of Oakland Proposed Ordinance to Maintain a Parcel Tax and a Parking Tax Surcharge to Improve Public Safety\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 77 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\" alt=\"police-z\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure Z, an existing parcel tax and parking tax will be extended for 10 years to improve public safety in Oakland. The money will be used to fund programs aimed at reducing gun violence, robberies and homicides, as well as funding improving 9-1-1 response times and supporting at-risk youth and young adults. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money from the measure is also slated to improve police, fire and emergency response services and fund proven community programs such as school dropout prevention, crisis intervention and job placement and training. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureFF-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure FF, City of Oakland Proposed Amendment to Establish a Minimum Wage\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 81 percent approval\u003c/strong>. A simple majority approval was needed to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\" alt=\"minimumwage-ff\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approval of Measure FF, Oakland will establish a minimum wage of $12.25 per hour beginning on March 2, 2015. The minimum wage will increase yearly on January 1, based on increases in the cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, employers will be required to provide employees paid sick leave. Hotel, restaurant and banquet facility operators will also have to pay service charges, like room service or portage charges, to the employees providing those services. The proposition also gives employees the right to bring a lawsuit against employers for violation of this ordinance. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on unofficial results Wednesday morning, it appears \u003cstrong>Oakland voters have also approved Measure CC\u003c/strong>, strengthening the city’s Public Ethics Commission, with 72 percent approval, \u003cstrong>and Measure DD\u003c/strong>, which creates an independent redistricting commission in the city, with 60 percent approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=4414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Ballot Propositions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 12 ballot measures in the City and County of San Francisco. Find the latest election results for all measures \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/ElectionsArchives/2014/Nov/Summary4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Elections plans to update results at 4 p.m. throughout the rest of the week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_SugarSweetenedBeverages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure E, Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears \u003cstrong>to have failed to reach the two-thirds approval needed\u003c/strong>, with 54.41 percent voting in favor and 45.59 percent against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\" alt=\"soda-e\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the proposition did not pass\u003c/a>, supporters in San Francisco declared a victory of their own: more than half the voters approved the tax despite millions spent by the American Beverage Association to defeat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we were able to overcome $10 million dollars,” said Proposition E co-author Supervisor Scott Wiener, “and it looks like a majority of San Franciscans — despite that $10 million — will vote ‘yes,’ is pretty extraordinary.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Had Measure E passed, San Francisco would have collected a tax of 2 cents ($0.02) per ounce from the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages. The tax would then have been used to fund health, physical education and active recreation programs. A similar measure passed in Berkeley (Measure D).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_BusinessandTaxCode.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure G, Additional Transfer Tax on Residential Property Sold Within 5 Years of Purchase\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>appears to have failed\u003c/strong> to reach the simple majority needed for approval, with 45.71 percent voting yes compared to 54.29 percent voting no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\" alt=\"housing-g\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure G called for an additional tax between 14 percent and 24 percent on the total sale price of certain multiunit residential properties that are sold within five years of purchase or transfer. The additional tax would have applied to property sales on or after Jan. 1, 2015, with certain exceptions. Learn more information about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition G from KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AdministrativeMinimumWage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure J, Minimum Wage Increase,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 76.76 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed only a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346658\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\" alt=\"money-j\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By passing Measure J, San Francisco’s minimum wage will increase to $12.25 per hour on May 1, 2015, and then increase every July until it reaches $15 on July 1, 2018. The minimum wage would then increase annually based on inflation beginning on July 1, 2019. A similar minimum wage measure (FF) was also approved in Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AffordableHousing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure K, Affordable Housing,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 64.91 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346678\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\" alt=\"sf-k\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Measure K, San Francisco will construct or rehabilitate at least 30,000 homes by 2020. More than 50 percent are required to be affordable for middle-class households, with more than 33 percent affordable for low- and moderate-income households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information about Proposition K from KQED, visit \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters also appear to have \u003cstrong>rejected Proposition H\u003c/strong>, and \u003cstrong>approved Proposition I\u003c/strong>, clearing a path for the installation of artificial turf and nighttime lighting at athletic fields in Golden Gate Park. Proposition H, which sought to block a multimillion dollar project at the park, was rejected by 54.29 percent of voters. Proposition I, a dueling measure which allows for the installation of lights and turf during park renovation, was approved by roughly 55 percent of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Santa Clara County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 18 measures in Santa Clara County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/54209/144518/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://votersedge.org/santa-clara-county-open-space-authority/ballot-measures/2014/november/measure-q?ed=2014-11-04&county=Santa%20Clara&jurisdictions=O1055.O1056.O1058.O1059.O1060.O1062.O1121.1.O1540.O2074.8.O2658.O2659.O2660.11.O60.O61.O62.O64.O2731.178.228.231.233.234.O2771.962.963.964.O2748.O2749.966.968.969.970.O2765.O2732.O2733.O2734.O2735.O2736.O2737.O2738.O2739.O2740.O2741.1094.1095.1096.O2746.O2747.1098.1099.1100.1101.1102.1103.1104.1105.1106.1107.1108.1109.1110.1111.1112.O2661.O2662.1113.O2768.O2769.1115.1116.M338.M339.M340.M341.M342.M343.M344.M345.M346.M347.M348.M349.M350.M351.M352.28.28-upper-ca#.VFg-KvTF_lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Q, Santa Clara Open Space Authority Parcel Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, is \u003cstrong>still barely passing\u003c/strong>. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, voter approval of the measure grew slightly, now at 67.11 percent. The race remains too close to call, needing two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters approve Measure Q, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority will levy a special tax of $24 annually per parcel for 15 years to protect and preserve natural open space areas for future generations by: improving parks, open spaces and trails; protecting land around creeks, rivers and streams to prevent pollution and improve local water quality; preserving wildlife habitat; expanding public access; enhancing environmental education; and protecting scenic hillsides. The measure need a two-thirds supermajority to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the remaining Bay Area counties, find information and election results below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/upcoming-election-05162014/?electionId=35#Election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/election-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.countyofnapa.org/electionresults/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/november_4th_2014___general_election/election_results/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 5)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The voting outcomes below are unofficial and don’t include all vote-by-mail ballots. The City and County of San Francisco plans to continue to release updated counts each day at 4 p.m. The Santa Clara County registrar of voters updated election results at 5 p.m. today, and Alameda County updates are expected at 5 p.m. on Thursday.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From soda taxes to minimum wage hikes, Bay Area voters had a lot to weigh in on. We’ve selected some of the most important and interesting local ballot measures below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other races, check out our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/election-watch-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Watch\u003c/a> page.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Ballot Measures\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 30 ballot measures in Alameda County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/226/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County election page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Alameda County Registrar, updated results are expected to be announced by 5 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureBB-v5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure BB, Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 70 percent approval\u003c/strong>, doubling the transportation sales tax to 1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\" alt=\"bart-bb\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money raised from Measure BB will go to Alameda County’s 30-Year Transportation Expenditure Plan, which will expand and modernize BART in Alameda County; improve transit connections to jobs and schools; fix roads, improve highways and increase bicycle and pedestrian safety; reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality; and keep senior, student and disabled fares affordable. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureD-v6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure D, City of Berkeley Soda Tax. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voters in Berkeley have passed the nation’s first soda tax\u003c/a> with a \u003cstrong>resounding 75 percent of the vote\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 30 cities and states across the country have attempted such a tax, but have failed, at least in part because of big spending by the soda industry to defeat these measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\" alt=\"sodatax-d\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure D, a 1 cent ($0.01) per ounce general tax on sugar-sweetened beverages will be imposed in Berkeley. The tax will affect sales of sodas, energy drinks and presweetened teas. The tax exempts sweeteners, such as sugar, honey and syrups, typically distributed to grocery stores. It also exempts diet drinks, milk products, 100 percent juice, baby formula, alcohol or drinks taken for medical reasons. Learn more about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/soda-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“soda taxes.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the No on Measure D campaign released a statement criticizing the measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soda tax activists have been venue shopping for more than five years … Berkeley was low-hanging fruit, and doesn’t look like mainstream America. If politicians want to stake their reputations on what Berkeley did, they do so at their own risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureZ-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Z, A City Of Oakland Proposed Ordinance to Maintain a Parcel Tax and a Parking Tax Surcharge to Improve Public Safety\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 77 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\" alt=\"police-z\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure Z, an existing parcel tax and parking tax will be extended for 10 years to improve public safety in Oakland. The money will be used to fund programs aimed at reducing gun violence, robberies and homicides, as well as funding improving 9-1-1 response times and supporting at-risk youth and young adults. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money from the measure is also slated to improve police, fire and emergency response services and fund proven community programs such as school dropout prevention, crisis intervention and job placement and training. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureFF-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure FF, City of Oakland Proposed Amendment to Establish a Minimum Wage\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 81 percent approval\u003c/strong>. A simple majority approval was needed to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\" alt=\"minimumwage-ff\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approval of Measure FF, Oakland will establish a minimum wage of $12.25 per hour beginning on March 2, 2015. The minimum wage will increase yearly on January 1, based on increases in the cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, employers will be required to provide employees paid sick leave. Hotel, restaurant and banquet facility operators will also have to pay service charges, like room service or portage charges, to the employees providing those services. The proposition also gives employees the right to bring a lawsuit against employers for violation of this ordinance. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on unofficial results Wednesday morning, it appears \u003cstrong>Oakland voters have also approved Measure CC\u003c/strong>, strengthening the city’s Public Ethics Commission, with 72 percent approval, \u003cstrong>and Measure DD\u003c/strong>, which creates an independent redistricting commission in the city, with 60 percent approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=4414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Ballot Propositions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 12 ballot measures in the City and County of San Francisco. Find the latest election results for all measures \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/ElectionsArchives/2014/Nov/Summary4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Elections plans to update results at 4 p.m. throughout the rest of the week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_SugarSweetenedBeverages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure E, Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears \u003cstrong>to have failed to reach the two-thirds approval needed\u003c/strong>, with 54.41 percent voting in favor and 45.59 percent against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\" alt=\"soda-e\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the proposition did not pass\u003c/a>, supporters in San Francisco declared a victory of their own: more than half the voters approved the tax despite millions spent by the American Beverage Association to defeat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we were able to overcome $10 million dollars,” said Proposition E co-author Supervisor Scott Wiener, “and it looks like a majority of San Franciscans — despite that $10 million — will vote ‘yes,’ is pretty extraordinary.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Had Measure E passed, San Francisco would have collected a tax of 2 cents ($0.02) per ounce from the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages. The tax would then have been used to fund health, physical education and active recreation programs. A similar measure passed in Berkeley (Measure D).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_BusinessandTaxCode.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure G, Additional Transfer Tax on Residential Property Sold Within 5 Years of Purchase\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>appears to have failed\u003c/strong> to reach the simple majority needed for approval, with 45.71 percent voting yes compared to 54.29 percent voting no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\" alt=\"housing-g\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure G called for an additional tax between 14 percent and 24 percent on the total sale price of certain multiunit residential properties that are sold within five years of purchase or transfer. The additional tax would have applied to property sales on or after Jan. 1, 2015, with certain exceptions. Learn more information about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition G from KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AdministrativeMinimumWage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure J, Minimum Wage Increase,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 76.76 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed only a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346658\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\" alt=\"money-j\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By passing Measure J, San Francisco’s minimum wage will increase to $12.25 per hour on May 1, 2015, and then increase every July until it reaches $15 on July 1, 2018. The minimum wage would then increase annually based on inflation beginning on July 1, 2019. A similar minimum wage measure (FF) was also approved in Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AffordableHousing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure K, Affordable Housing,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 64.91 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346678\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\" alt=\"sf-k\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Measure K, San Francisco will construct or rehabilitate at least 30,000 homes by 2020. More than 50 percent are required to be affordable for middle-class households, with more than 33 percent affordable for low- and moderate-income households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information about Proposition K from KQED, visit \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters also appear to have \u003cstrong>rejected Proposition H\u003c/strong>, and \u003cstrong>approved Proposition I\u003c/strong>, clearing a path for the installation of artificial turf and nighttime lighting at athletic fields in Golden Gate Park. Proposition H, which sought to block a multimillion dollar project at the park, was rejected by 54.29 percent of voters. Proposition I, a dueling measure which allows for the installation of lights and turf during park renovation, was approved by roughly 55 percent of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Santa Clara County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 18 measures in Santa Clara County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/54209/144518/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://votersedge.org/santa-clara-county-open-space-authority/ballot-measures/2014/november/measure-q?ed=2014-11-04&county=Santa%20Clara&jurisdictions=O1055.O1056.O1058.O1059.O1060.O1062.O1121.1.O1540.O2074.8.O2658.O2659.O2660.11.O60.O61.O62.O64.O2731.178.228.231.233.234.O2771.962.963.964.O2748.O2749.966.968.969.970.O2765.O2732.O2733.O2734.O2735.O2736.O2737.O2738.O2739.O2740.O2741.1094.1095.1096.O2746.O2747.1098.1099.1100.1101.1102.1103.1104.1105.1106.1107.1108.1109.1110.1111.1112.O2661.O2662.1113.O2768.O2769.1115.1116.M338.M339.M340.M341.M342.M343.M344.M345.M346.M347.M348.M349.M350.M351.M352.28.28-upper-ca#.VFg-KvTF_lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Q, Santa Clara Open Space Authority Parcel Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, is \u003cstrong>still barely passing\u003c/strong>. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, voter approval of the measure grew slightly, now at 67.11 percent. The race remains too close to call, needing two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters approve Measure Q, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority will levy a special tax of $24 annually per parcel for 15 years to protect and preserve natural open space areas for future generations by: improving parks, open spaces and trails; protecting land around creeks, rivers and streams to prevent pollution and improve local water quality; preserving wildlife habitat; expanding public access; enhancing environmental education; and protecting scenic hillsides. The measure need a two-thirds supermajority to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For nearly four decades, residents of the western half of San Francisco have succeeded in blocking any local zoning changes, saying that adding higher-density and affordable housing options would harm the neighborhoods’ residential character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as rental prices skyrocket, the city could add thousands of new apartments without increasing parking problems by carefully tweaking housing regulations in the west — an area largely untouched by the recent construction boom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Switzky, the acting director of the citywide planning division of the San Francisco Planning Department, said that rezoning along a few key transit corridors in the Sunset and Richmond neighborhoods could add roughly 7,000 new apartment units. To do this, a few key commercial streets served by public transportation would need to be rezoned to increase the housing density by 25 to 30 percent. He emphasized that these estimates are based on his planning experience and not on any formal analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even under existing building height and density limits, the west side could fit approximately 5,500 additional housing units near Muni lines and retail districts, Switzky said. This estimate excludes the planned developments around Parkmerced and San Francisco State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the Planning Department rezoned the west side to remove existing density limits, developers could build four or five units per lot, instead of the current limit of three. That would require changing some areas from the Neighborhood Commercial District designation to, for example, Neighborhood Commercial Transit District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a part of the city that is ferociously against changes that would bring newcomers or exacerbate parking shortages, rezoning is easier said than done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time a city official proposed denser residential development along busy transit corridors, the idea was nixed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amit Ghosh, then the city’s chief planner, drafted a citywide plan for the 2004 Housing Element that would have increased density and removed parking along many major commercial strips well served by public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The backlash was overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhood groups threatened legal action, and then-mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom promised to replace the leadership at the Planning Department and rewrite the whole plan. Opponents said the city should have performed an environmental impact report and sought their participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It became clear that before city planners could even contemplate altering the west side, they would need widespread support from the people who lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rezoning the western neighborhoods would require dramatically improving transit, city officials and neighbors say. That requires analysis of each corridor in a cohesive western neighborhoods area plan that addresses concerns about neighborhood character and displacement because of rapidly rising rents and evictions in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AnMarie Rodgers, a senior policy adviser at the Planning Department, said the Market and Octavia plan in the Western Addition succeeded in increasing density and height limits because the old zoning no longer fit the neighborhood. Community involvement produced changes that “basically kept the neighborhood the same,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we talk about changing the character of a neighborhood, we have to talk about how the change will serve those who live there,” Rodgers wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Rodgers presented her thoughts on western neighborhood rezoning at \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/housinghack\" target=\"_blank\">Hack the Housing Crisis\u003c/a>, a one-day conference in June organized by the San Francisco Public Press, Shareable and the Impact Hub Bay Area.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One massive project has only just overcome years of neighorhood push-back. In 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved plans to build almost 5,700 new housing units in the Parkmerced neighborhood, but residents opposed it out of concern that it would displace existing tenants and sully the area’s historic character. This August, the First District Court of Appeals gave the 20-year project the green light, and construction could begin by next fall, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/10/parkmerced-investors-properties-lake-merced-sfsu.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Business Times reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Charges of NIMBYism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sunset and Richmond districts have resisted change more than many other areas of San Francisco. Zoning in the eastern neighborhoods, by contrast, has changed two or three times in the last 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. William Domhoff, a sociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, \u003ca href=\"http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/local/san_francisco.html\" target=\"_blank\">wrote\u003c/a> that local groups across San Francisco started to have success opposing growth efforts since 1965, when Western Addition activists stopped the city from building a highway across the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then in 1972, 47 neighborhood groups formed the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods after the Planning Department rejected their appeals to reduce allowable building height and bulk. Four years later, the mayor reached out to these groups to include them in decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1996, Proposition G reinstated district-by-district elections for the Board of Supervisors leading activists and neighborhood groups to shape the board’s composition in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paavo Monkkonen, an assistant professor of urban affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, said efforts to keep out newcomers, especially renters, are economically motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cities want to keep prices high because homeowners are the people who vote, and they want their houses to be expensive, and that’s their big asset,” Monkkonen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>William Fischel, an economist at Dartmouth College, called this the “home-voter hypothesis.” He said that in most cities, homeowners are the most active slice of the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the most concealed motivation around,” Fischel said. “It’s gauche for people to get up and say at a public meeting, ‘My home value is going to go down if they build apartments across the street.’ They’ll talk about the effects of traffic and noise, good schools.” Economists say this can affect the value of homes, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While new development does not necessarily harm real estate values, neighbors oppose these plans because of the chance that it might, Fischel said. Restricting housing supply tends to prop up home resale prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But western neighbors have valid reasons to oppose rezoning, said Mary Gallagher, San Francisco’s former assistant director of planning. Increasing housing in low-density areas leads to the nuisance of construction and demolition, residential and business displacement, traffic congestion, parking problems and a change in the character of the neighborhood. This would all come in exchange for a modest number of affordable housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Displacement Worries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Displacement of long-term renters is a big concern in the western neighborhoods, which have large middle-income populations. But recent census data show a rapidly shrinking middle class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hiroshi Fukuda, land use and housing chair of the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, said that if large-scale development produced mostly market-rate apartments, it could displace established residents paying lower rents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers are required to set aside only 12 percent of new housing units affordable for low- and moderate-income households through the city’s Inclusionary Housing Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while many of these residents cannot afford market-rate housing, they also do not qualify for low-income housing. Yet San Francisco has built or entitled only about 27.5 percent of the moderate-income housing it needs, compared with 56.8 percent of low-income housing, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/residential-pipeline-quarterly-dashboard/2014Q1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Department’s first-quarter 2014 pipeline report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, it is getting harder for average residents to buy homes. Only 14 percent of for-sale homes are affordable to the middle class, real estate website Trulia reported in May 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher said rezoning might not be the most straightforward solution to the housing shortage. In an area zoned primarily for buildings of one-to-three units, a corridor of high-rises would degrade the small-scale feel and walkability of the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To complicate things, one estimate puts the number of vacant apartments citywide at about \u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org/post/growing-number-san-francisco-landlords-not-renting\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 homes\u003c/a>. KALW News reported that landlords keep them empty because they want to avoid combative tenants, or they cannot charge high enough rent because of the limitations of rent control laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New units being built does not mean they will be lived in,” said Rose Hillson, a Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods activist. “The cycle of needing more housing will perpetuate. The city will never be able to build itself out of the affordable housing crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Changing Political Climate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some within the San Francisco Neighborhoods Coalition say they are open to allowing growth within current zoning limits. Affordability for middle-income residents, not “densification,” is their biggest concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re building the wrong type of housing for people who don’t even live here,” Fukuda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a survey by Civinomics, a startup public policy research company, 40 percent of polled western neighborhood residents said they “strongly support” or “somewhat support” rezoning of their block for higher density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For someone who’s not a native, my wife and I chose deliberately to raise our children in the city, so I don’t want a suburban existence,” said Ike Kwon, who bought a home when he moved to the Sunset District with his family six years ago. “A city is rich when it’s very diverse. You want to be in a dense area. Otherwise, go somewhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang supports additional development up to the existing 40-foot height limit. She recently published a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=49717\" target=\"_blank\">Sunset District Blueprint\u003c/a> in consultation with community groups, developers and the Planning Department. Most of this new housing would be built above retail space, in the transit and commercial corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has already targeted many of these corridors for business district improvements. The \u003ca href=\"http://investsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative\u003c/a> aims to distribute resources from city agencies and nonprofit groups to boost commercial growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased density would provide more customers for older commercial corridors, and a report from SPUR, a local urban policy research organization, said mixed-use projects with housing above retail could improve the streetscape, add new public spaces and enhance shopping choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more robust retail corridor could also reduce automobile trips, said Tom Radulovich, a member of the BART board of directors and the executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://livablecity.org/samplepage/\" target=\"_blank\">Livable Cities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Western Neighborhoods Planning\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While city planners have crafted neighborhoodwide construction plans for other areas of the city, they have never extended that to the west — even though doing so could facilitate housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers must submit environmental impact reports for large projects, which can then become mired in red tape. But a western neighborhoods plan could assess the impacts of multiple projects at once, unifying them under a single comprehensive impact report and exempting each developer from filing independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would speed up the construction process. It would also enable city staff to address community concerns and plan new affordable housing at the neighborhood level, instead of a project-by-project basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would save “tons of time and money,” Switzky said, adding that areas that use combined environmental impact reports “get through the process a lot faster and with a lot more certainty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the west’s geography is inherently unattractive to developers who would prefer to build on a large scale. Compared with the available land in the city’s southeast sectors, western parcels are tiny. A developer might want to buy one if it could be combined with an adjacent parcel, but that process is difficult, Switzky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One option is to allow planned-unit developments, an approach that relaxes guidelines for smaller parcels. SPUR and the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition have \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfhac.org/invest-neighborhoods-yes-heres/\" target=\"_blank\">endorsed this idea\u003c/a>. It would require developers to include more below-market-rate housing than that under current inclusionary housing rules. The Eastern Neighborhoods Program requires 15 percent of new apartments in large buildings to be set aside as affordable, as opposed to the citywide mandate of 12 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While developers would clearly benefit, homeowners outside rezoned corridors are a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you rezone selectively around the transit areas, then the properties of the owners around where you rezone are going to make a lot of money,” Monkkonen said. “But everyone else doesn’t make any money off it and bear the cost of having more transit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monkkonen said that one way to help out homeowners would be to redistribute some of the higher property taxes in the rezoned areas by reducing the tax burden on properties on side streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really hard, especially in neighborhoods that are like the western neighborhoods, to drive down the price of housing to make it more affordable by building more,” said Robert Hickey, a senior research associate at the National Housing Conference and the Center for Housing Policy, who wrote a report on \u003ca href=\"http://www.nhc.org/Inclusionary-Upzoning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">“upzoning” for affordable housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a plan could allay displacement concerns as well. At the Public Press’ public event in June that focused on housing solutions, Hack the Housing Crisis, Rodgers from the Planning Department proposed rezoning the western neighborhoods for higher density on the condition that current residents would get to live on-site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transportation Problems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because cars are so essential to western neighborhood residents, it would be politically unpopular to increase housing density by dropping parking requirements in new housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could explain why one modest zoning change, which Switzky described, has not happened yet: eliminating all parking requirements for new developments. That would force new residents with cars to find street parking, a precious commodity in the city, potentially threatening its availability. About 93 percent of the Outer Sunset’s parking spaces are unmetered street parking, a higher percentage than in any other neighborhood, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Parking Census, published in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing construction is booming in San Francisco’s eastern neighborhoods, where a robust public transit system has allowed walkable neighborhoods to absorb waves of new residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the nature of the western suburbs makes it hard for experts to envision new housing without also bolstering public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sparse and infrequent buses mean that trips downtown can take a long time. Right now, residents in these neighborhoods depend on their cars. In the Outer Sunset, 63 percent of adults drive to work, many more than the city average of 46 percent, according to a 2011 San Francisco Neighborhoods Socio-Economic Profiles report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, the city has been promoting its Transit Effectiveness Project, which includes a bus rapid-transit system, featuring dedicated transit lanes and other infrastructure innovations on Geary Boulevard. But in expectation of that expensive project, the city has shelved other, smaller fixes to the system, Radulovich said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just tuning up the service, getting things running faster is something that they could have done years ago,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article originally appeared as part of a special \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/housingsolutions\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press edition on solutions for housing affordability\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a part of the city that is ferociously against changes that would bring newcomers or exacerbate parking shortages, rezoning is easier said than done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last time a city official proposed denser residential development along busy transit corridors, the idea was nixed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amit Ghosh, then the city’s chief planner, drafted a citywide plan for the 2004 Housing Element that would have increased density and removed parking along many major commercial strips well served by public transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The backlash was overwhelming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighborhood groups threatened legal action, and then-mayoral candidate Gavin Newsom promised to replace the leadership at the Planning Department and rewrite the whole plan. Opponents said the city should have performed an environmental impact report and sought their participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It became clear that before city planners could even contemplate altering the west side, they would need widespread support from the people who lived there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rezoning the western neighborhoods would require dramatically improving transit, city officials and neighbors say. That requires analysis of each corridor in a cohesive western neighborhoods area plan that addresses concerns about neighborhood character and displacement because of rapidly rising rents and evictions in the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AnMarie Rodgers, a senior policy adviser at the Planning Department, said the Market and Octavia plan in the Western Addition succeeded in increasing density and height limits because the old zoning no longer fit the neighborhood. Community involvement produced changes that “basically kept the neighborhood the same,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we talk about changing the character of a neighborhood, we have to talk about how the change will serve those who live there,” Rodgers wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Rodgers presented her thoughts on western neighborhood rezoning at \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/housinghack\" target=\"_blank\">Hack the Housing Crisis\u003c/a>, a one-day conference in June organized by the San Francisco Public Press, Shareable and the Impact Hub Bay Area.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One massive project has only just overcome years of neighorhood push-back. In 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved plans to build almost 5,700 new housing units in the Parkmerced neighborhood, but residents opposed it out of concern that it would displace existing tenants and sully the area’s historic character. This August, the First District Court of Appeals gave the 20-year project the green light, and construction could begin by next fall, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2014/10/parkmerced-investors-properties-lake-merced-sfsu.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Business Times reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Charges of NIMBYism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sunset and Richmond districts have resisted change more than many other areas of San Francisco. Zoning in the eastern neighborhoods, by contrast, has changed two or three times in the last 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>C. William Domhoff, a sociologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, \u003ca href=\"http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/local/san_francisco.html\" target=\"_blank\">wrote\u003c/a> that local groups across San Francisco started to have success opposing growth efforts since 1965, when Western Addition activists stopped the city from building a highway across the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then in 1972, 47 neighborhood groups formed the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods after the Planning Department rejected their appeals to reduce allowable building height and bulk. Four years later, the mayor reached out to these groups to include them in decision-making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1996, Proposition G reinstated district-by-district elections for the Board of Supervisors leading activists and neighborhood groups to shape the board’s composition in 2000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paavo Monkkonen, an assistant professor of urban affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles, said efforts to keep out newcomers, especially renters, are economically motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cities want to keep prices high because homeowners are the people who vote, and they want their houses to be expensive, and that’s their big asset,” Monkkonen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>William Fischel, an economist at Dartmouth College, called this the “home-voter hypothesis.” He said that in most cities, homeowners are the most active slice of the electorate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the most concealed motivation around,” Fischel said. “It’s gauche for people to get up and say at a public meeting, ‘My home value is going to go down if they build apartments across the street.’ They’ll talk about the effects of traffic and noise, good schools.” Economists say this can affect the value of homes, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While new development does not necessarily harm real estate values, neighbors oppose these plans because of the chance that it might, Fischel said. Restricting housing supply tends to prop up home resale prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But western neighbors have valid reasons to oppose rezoning, said Mary Gallagher, San Francisco’s former assistant director of planning. Increasing housing in low-density areas leads to the nuisance of construction and demolition, residential and business displacement, traffic congestion, parking problems and a change in the character of the neighborhood. This would all come in exchange for a modest number of affordable housing units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Displacement Worries\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Displacement of long-term renters is a big concern in the western neighborhoods, which have large middle-income populations. But recent census data show a rapidly shrinking middle class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hiroshi Fukuda, land use and housing chair of the Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, said that if large-scale development produced mostly market-rate apartments, it could displace established residents paying lower rents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers are required to set aside only 12 percent of new housing units affordable for low- and moderate-income households through the city’s Inclusionary Housing Program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while many of these residents cannot afford market-rate housing, they also do not qualify for low-income housing. Yet San Francisco has built or entitled only about 27.5 percent of the moderate-income housing it needs, compared with 56.8 percent of low-income housing, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/residential-pipeline-quarterly-dashboard/2014Q1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Department’s first-quarter 2014 pipeline report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, it is getting harder for average residents to buy homes. Only 14 percent of for-sale homes are affordable to the middle class, real estate website Trulia reported in May 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gallagher said rezoning might not be the most straightforward solution to the housing shortage. In an area zoned primarily for buildings of one-to-three units, a corridor of high-rises would degrade the small-scale feel and walkability of the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To complicate things, one estimate puts the number of vacant apartments citywide at about \u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org/post/growing-number-san-francisco-landlords-not-renting\" target=\"_blank\">10,000 homes\u003c/a>. KALW News reported that landlords keep them empty because they want to avoid combative tenants, or they cannot charge high enough rent because of the limitations of rent control laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New units being built does not mean they will be lived in,” said Rose Hillson, a Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods activist. “The cycle of needing more housing will perpetuate. The city will never be able to build itself out of the affordable housing crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Changing Political Climate\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some within the San Francisco Neighborhoods Coalition say they are open to allowing growth within current zoning limits. Affordability for middle-income residents, not “densification,” is their biggest concern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re building the wrong type of housing for people who don’t even live here,” Fukuda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a survey by Civinomics, a startup public policy research company, 40 percent of polled western neighborhood residents said they “strongly support” or “somewhat support” rezoning of their block for higher density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For someone who’s not a native, my wife and I chose deliberately to raise our children in the city, so I don’t want a suburban existence,” said Ike Kwon, who bought a home when he moved to the Sunset District with his family six years ago. “A city is rich when it’s very diverse. You want to be in a dense area. Otherwise, go somewhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 4 Supervisor Katy Tang supports additional development up to the existing 40-foot height limit. 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The \u003ca href=\"http://investsf.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Invest in Neighborhoods Initiative\u003c/a> aims to distribute resources from city agencies and nonprofit groups to boost commercial growth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased density would provide more customers for older commercial corridors, and a report from SPUR, a local urban policy research organization, said mixed-use projects with housing above retail could improve the streetscape, add new public spaces and enhance shopping choices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more robust retail corridor could also reduce automobile trips, said Tom Radulovich, a member of the BART board of directors and the executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://livablecity.org/samplepage/\" target=\"_blank\">Livable Cities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Western Neighborhoods Planning\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While city planners have crafted neighborhoodwide construction plans for other areas of the city, they have never extended that to the west — even though doing so could facilitate housing construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers must submit environmental impact reports for large projects, which can then become mired in red tape. But a western neighborhoods plan could assess the impacts of multiple projects at once, unifying them under a single comprehensive impact report and exempting each developer from filing independently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That would speed up the construction process. It would also enable city staff to address community concerns and plan new affordable housing at the neighborhood level, instead of a project-by-project basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would save “tons of time and money,” Switzky said, adding that areas that use combined environmental impact reports “get through the process a lot faster and with a lot more certainty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the west’s geography is inherently unattractive to developers who would prefer to build on a large scale. Compared with the available land in the city’s southeast sectors, western parcels are tiny. A developer might want to buy one if it could be combined with an adjacent parcel, but that process is difficult, Switzky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One option is to allow planned-unit developments, an approach that relaxes guidelines for smaller parcels. SPUR and the San Francisco Housing Action Coalition have \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfhac.org/invest-neighborhoods-yes-heres/\" target=\"_blank\">endorsed this idea\u003c/a>. It would require developers to include more below-market-rate housing than that under current inclusionary housing rules. The Eastern Neighborhoods Program requires 15 percent of new apartments in large buildings to be set aside as affordable, as opposed to the citywide mandate of 12 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While developers would clearly benefit, homeowners outside rezoned corridors are a different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you rezone selectively around the transit areas, then the properties of the owners around where you rezone are going to make a lot of money,” Monkkonen said. “But everyone else doesn’t make any money off it and bear the cost of having more transit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monkkonen said that one way to help out homeowners would be to redistribute some of the higher property taxes in the rezoned areas by reducing the tax burden on properties on side streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really hard, especially in neighborhoods that are like the western neighborhoods, to drive down the price of housing to make it more affordable by building more,” said Robert Hickey, a senior research associate at the National Housing Conference and the Center for Housing Policy, who wrote a report on \u003ca href=\"http://www.nhc.org/Inclusionary-Upzoning.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">“upzoning” for affordable housing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a plan could allay displacement concerns as well. At the Public Press’ public event in June that focused on housing solutions, Hack the Housing Crisis, Rodgers from the Planning Department proposed rezoning the western neighborhoods for higher density on the condition that current residents would get to live on-site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Transportation Problems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because cars are so essential to western neighborhood residents, it would be politically unpopular to increase housing density by dropping parking requirements in new housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could explain why one modest zoning change, which Switzky described, has not happened yet: eliminating all parking requirements for new developments. That would force new residents with cars to find street parking, a precious commodity in the city, potentially threatening its availability. About 93 percent of the Outer Sunset’s parking spaces are unmetered street parking, a higher percentage than in any other neighborhood, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s Parking Census, published in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing construction is booming in San Francisco’s eastern neighborhoods, where a robust public transit system has allowed walkable neighborhoods to absorb waves of new residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the nature of the western suburbs makes it hard for experts to envision new housing without also bolstering public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sparse and infrequent buses mean that trips downtown can take a long time. Right now, residents in these neighborhoods depend on their cars. 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In Watsonville, just north of the Monterey County line, migrant farmers were forced to live in tents in the center of town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Monterey station KSBW has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/mission-district-soccer-field-video-latino-youth-gentrification\" title=\"Mission Playground Soccer Players Get Their Day at City Hall\" target=\"_blank\">archival footage of destruction\u003c/a> in the South Bay.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/OsPNxkE55fM\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right outside these areas, in San Jose and on the peninsula, the earthquake effects were relatively minimal. 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It’s determined if the soil is sand or clay, whether there is a landslide risk and how deep and wide a foundation is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We write a report containing all the analysis,\" Shires says. \"It is thousands of dollars.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people who lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains during the quake are now gone. Kevin Zaknich still works on the mountain where he grew up, but lives in Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there is another quake, I hope I’m on a beach somewhere, and it’s nice and flat\" Zaknich says, \"and I don’t see any redwoods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for me, I moved to the flatlands, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=11324\">Jane Kim\u003c/a> first ran for San Francisco Supervisor in 2010, she made the creation of more affordable housing her top priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But I don't think at that time, when we were at the bottom of a recession, I could have predicted the affordability crisis,\" Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim's district is a microcosm of the city's housing extremes. It includes the Tenderloin and Civic Center area -- home to some of the city's poorest residents. Meantime, gleaming new condominiums and apartments in SOMA, Rincon Hill and Mission Bay house some of the city's wealthiest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, Kim proposed slowing development whenever affordable housing construction dipped below a certain threshold. Developers balked, and Mayor Ed Lee threatened to kill the proposal. Kim backed down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In exchange for pulling that measure, the mayor's office has committed to working with our office to invest more of our city dollars into affordable housing,\" Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/172491306\" 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>\u003ca href=\"http://ballotpedia.org/City_of_San_Francisco_Additional_Affordable_Housing_Policy,_Proposition_K_(November_2014)\">Proposition K\u003c/a>, Kim's compromise measure, basically reinforces the mayor's pledge to build or rehabilitate at least 30,000 housing units by 2020, and reserve a third of them for low or moderate-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim admits Prop. K lacks the force of law; however, \u003ca href=\"http://http://ballotpedia.org/City_of_San_Francisco_Transfer_Tax_on_Residential_Property_Re-Sold_in_Five_Years,_Proposition_G_(November_2014)\">Proposition G\u003c/a> -- another housing measure she supports -- could shake things up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Saturday in San Francisco's Richmond District, about two dozen young Chinese-American volunteers gathered tote bags full of \"Yes on G\" door hangers. Among them was Karyn Smoot, 22, a recent college graduate and San Francisco native concerned about the exodus of longtime residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10344187\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12655_2014-09-26-22.33.22.jpg-alt_165.jpg\" alt=\""Yes on G" volunteers prepare to distribute campaign literature in San Francisco's Richmond District. (Stephanie Martin Taylor/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10344187\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\"Yes on G\" volunteers prepare to distribute campaign literature in San Francisco's Richmond District. (Stephanie Martin Taylor/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of the people I went to school with can't afford to move home. A lot of their families are leaving the city anyway,\" Smoot said. \"It definitely feels like an issue where people need to take responsibility for their neighbors and stand up for each other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. G attempts to cool the housing market with a tax on multi-unit properties bought and resold in less than five years. It is intended to deter \"flippers\" -- speculators who buy buildings, clear out the tenants and quickly re-sell at a profit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The real estate industry has so far spent close to $1.5 million to defeat the measure. Opponents say the Prop. G tax -- up to 24 percent of the total sale price -- is far too high and could hurt small property owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/index.aspx?page=11323\">Mark Farrell\u003c/a> called the tax a \"blunt tool instrument\" that, while well-intentioned, could have a variety of unintended consequences. For example, he said, let's say you're investing two million dollars in a building -- all your savings -- with the intention of growing your nest egg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And let's just say you lose your job and your parents get sick from out of state. And you sell that within the first year, you owe the city an extra $500,000? To me, that is ridiculous.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10344188\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12650_2014-10-10-02.34.06.jpg-alt_166.jpg\" alt='Real estate agents in San Francisco prepare to campaign against Proposition G, a tax supporters say would curtail real estate speculation and house \"flipping.\" (Stephanie Martin Taylor/KQED)' width=\"400\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10344188\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Real estate agents in San Francisco prepare to campaign against Proposition G, a tax supporters say would curtail real estate speculation and house \"flipping.\" (Stephanie Martin Taylor/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Prop. G supporters argue that exact scenario is unlikely and point to a number of exemptions to protect those who are not out to make a quick buck. For example, if you make that two million dollar building your primary residence, and live in it at least a year before you sell it, you're off the hook. Properties with more than 30 units, are also excluded, as are those designated as low income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. G supporters like Angelica Cabande with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.somcan.org/\">South of Market Community Action Network\u003c/a> say, yes, the measure is strong -- and it needs to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to be really hard to just build our way out of the housing crisis,\" Cabande said. \"We need to make sure that people that are already in existing affordable housing are not going to be part of that competition.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever the outcome for the two measures, it's likely supporters will be looking for other solutions to San Francisco's housing crunch soon after the election is over.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"disqusTitle": "'Tiny House Movement' Takes Hold in Sonoma County",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/UBUsFcf8BEQ\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-seven-year-old Sonoma County resident Joel Fleck is, in many ways, a typical law school student. For one thing, there are lots of books on his shelves. \"Law books are on the bottom,\" he says, before pointing out works on poker, psychology and serial killers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His kitchen is stocked with instant soup, enchilada sauce, peanut butter and tequila.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You know, the staples in life,\" Fleck says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, however, is where \"typical\" ends: Fleck's living space is roughly the size of a one-car garage. This isn't a dorm room or even a small apartment. This tiny wood-framed house, 18 by 7½ feet and sitting right next to his parents' house in rural Sebastopol, is on wheels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147728\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/tinyhouse3.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-147728\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/tinyhouse3.jpg\" alt=\"tinyhouse3\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joel Fleck in the tiny house on wheels he built. (Stephanie Martin Taylor/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fleck, who is 6 feet 4, built the house himself and has been living in it for two years. He says he loves the simple, frugal lifestyle, even if his friends think it's a bit eccentric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Most of my friends don't know what to do with me. It's rare that I have them come over here because there's only so much space inside for us to hang out or do anything. But that's my philosophy on the tiny house -- it's really your nighttime retreat when you need to be alone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fleck considers himself part of a national \"tiny house movement\" that embraces homes that are about 500 square feet or less. Sonoma County is one of the trend's hubs. County planning chief Tennis Wick says the relatively high cost of living is one reason: The median home price hovers around $500,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wick says the county also has a history of small homes. \"A number of the original homes in the Russian River area, in the springs part in Sonoma Valley, were built as vacation homes. And started off -- and many still are - very modest in size, and so the physical example is still very present in our daily lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wick guesses there are a few hundred tiny homes tucked away in backyards and backwoods parts of the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there's no official count -- the state building code prohibits fixed foundation homes that are less than 220 square feet. Homes on wheels, like Joel Fleck's, need special permits, and many people don't bother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147757\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12035_2014-08-07-06.11.36.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-147757\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12035_2014-08-07-06.11.36.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Fleck's 18-by-7.5-foot home. 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He writes books, teaches building workshops and has talked to everyone, from the New Yorker to Oprah about the virtues of downsizing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After giving me a very quick tour of his tiny house, he shows me blueprint after blueprint of what he believes is the true key to making tiny homes mainstream: a tiny house village. He affectionately calls it \"the Napoleon Complex.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Ever since I started designing small houses, I realized that they would work best together as a cluster. Because then you can share amenities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_147758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-147758 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/09/RS12037_IMG_05331.jpg\" alt=\"Tiny houses are becoming more popular across the U.S., and Sonoma County is a hotbed of interest. 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Local service providers say the spike is mainly due to a more efficient counting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But officials in Lancaster say it’s evidence that the L.A. County’s homeless services department is actually directing homeless people to their city some 80 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as I’m concerned, what the county does to underprivileged people by getting them to come up here is a homicide,” says Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says not only is L.A. County steering the homeless to his city, it is also withholding critical funds for the city’s small network of public services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“L.A. (County) could fix it that fast,” says Parris, snapping his fingers. “But they won’t. So hopefully we can embarrass them enough to say, ‘Hey, this is not a solution.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s no concrete evidence to back up claims of homeless dumping in Lancaster, the city hinted earlier this year that it might sue the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lahsa.org/\">Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority \u003c/a>(LAHSA) over the alleged withholding of funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LAHSA spokesman George McQuade says the agency isn’t withholding anything. “Since 2009 Lancaster has applied for zero, I repeat zero, federal funds for homeless services under the McKinney-Vento Act,” says McQuade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McQuade is referring to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development money earmarked for specific uses. LAHSA is responsible for delivering those federal dollars based on a demonstrated need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baker of Grace Resource Center, which operates the Antelope Valley’s only shelter, says the region doesn’t qualify for a sizable chunk of that HUD money because much of it is directed to permanent supportive housing — a priority for the federal government but something not widely available in the Antelope Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t ask for some of the funds because some of it was specific to things we can’t provide here,” says Baker. “We don’t have enough housing to do permanent supportive housing because a lot of the older housing was so old it got torn down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What Lancaster really needs from the county, says Cooperberg of Mental Health America, is more money for supportive services like shelter beds, substance abuse programs and psychiatric counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says valley agencies feel at a disadvantage because of their remote location and what’s perceived as an overemphasis on L.A.’s skid row. “And that’s a fight we’ve been having for many years,” says Cooperberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to figures provided by the L.A. Homeless Services Authority, requests for funding, including from the city of Lancaster, are being met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LAHSA’s McQuade says it’s a competitive process. Sometimes cities and agencies get the full amount requested, sometimes they don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also adds that LAHSA officials earlier this year traveled to Lancaster and met with city leaders to explain the full range of funding options and how to obtain them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They seemed very receptive, but I think they were not really informed,” says McQuade. “They didn’t know what resources were available, so we explained all that to them and we offered an open-door policy, call us anytime, come on down and meet with us and we’ll be willing to help you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As well intentioned as Lancaster’s renewed involvement in the region’s homeless problem may be, Cooperberg says it’s late in coming: “My question is, why is it that the city of Lancaster, all of the sudden it’s an issue?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also worries it could actually jeopardize inroads made with county officials that hold the purse strings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And we’ve been begging them to advocate with us (for years) and all the sudden they are, and they are not going about it in a very collaborative way,” says Cooperberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coopersburg points to the city’s threat of lawsuits, and its recent crusade to shutter its only Metrolink station over unsubstantiated claims that it’s a magnet for the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first time Lancaster has been accused of mishandling the issue of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More: \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201409110850/b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citing Homeless Infusion, Lancaster Officials Move to Shutter Metrolink Station\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Local service providers say the spike is mainly due to a more efficient counting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But officials in Lancaster say it’s evidence that the L.A. County’s homeless services department is actually directing homeless people to their city some 80 miles north of downtown Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as I’m concerned, what the county does to underprivileged people by getting them to come up here is a homicide,” says Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says not only is L.A. County steering the homeless to his city, it is also withholding critical funds for the city’s small network of public services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“L.A. (County) could fix it that fast,” says Parris, snapping his fingers. “But they won’t. So hopefully we can embarrass them enough to say, ‘Hey, this is not a solution.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there’s no concrete evidence to back up claims of homeless dumping in Lancaster, the city hinted earlier this year that it might sue the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lahsa.org/\">Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority \u003c/a>(LAHSA) over the alleged withholding of funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LAHSA spokesman George McQuade says the agency isn’t withholding anything. “Since 2009 Lancaster has applied for zero, I repeat zero, federal funds for homeless services under the McKinney-Vento Act,” says McQuade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McQuade is referring to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development money earmarked for specific uses. 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Officials from the city of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lancaster\u003c/a> claim that number grows by the day because of an alleged migration of train-hopping homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To curb this apparent surge of homelessness, the city aims to shutter the sole commuter train station linking Lancaster to L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday morning in Lancaster, about two dozen young people, senior citizens and neatly dressed professionals disembark from one of just two trains that arrive from Los Angeles each morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Lancaster’s chief of public safety, Lee D’Errico, \u003ca href=\"http://www.metrolinktrains.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metrolink\u003c/a> commuter trains also ferry dozens of homeless people a week to the city. His office recently conducted a three-day homeless survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And on one particular day we counted and contacted over 67 individuals that were coming here for transitory services being provided,” said D’Errico during a presentation to the City Council last month. “And they indicated to us that the train was their main mechanism for moving throughout communities to obtain those services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Details of how the study was conducted are unclear, other than it was apparently carried out with the assistance of the \u003ca href=\"http://sheriff.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/lasd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a> and a local merchants association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous city officials reached for this story would not disclose, among other things, how many homeless individuals were contacted in total over the three-day study, what kind of questions were asked or even what specific dates the survey was done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D’Errico declined several requests for an interview and for data collected in the survey. He referred all inquiries to City Manager Mark Bozigian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The purpose (of the survey) was to ascertain general information regarding point of origin and need for services for Metrolink riders arriving at the Lancaster Metrolink station,” said Bozigian in a written response to a series of emailed questions from The California Report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bozigian suggested that in fact some individuals counted in the survey might not have actually been homeless or seeking services in Lancaster, only “likely” doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During one survey day, it was observed that 67 individuals who arrived via Metrolink were likely homeless and/or arriving for the purpose of receiving social services,” said Bozigian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No written report on the results of the survey was ever submitted to, or apparently requested by, the City Council. Yet it is being cited by Mayor Rex Parris and other officials as justification to either shut down or move the Lancaster Metrolink station about 10 miles to the south. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out 67 homeless people a day being shipped from downtown to us is, uh. I, I mean, isn’t it about time we quit being victims of downtown Los Angeles?” said Parris during an August council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lancaster Metrolink station is used by some 400 L.A.-bound commuters a day, including Dominic Bongiovanni, a Vietnam War veteran with a bushy beard and long silver hair who gets around with the help of a motorized wheelchair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bongiovanni uses Metrolink several times a week to get to and from doctor appointments in West L.A. He usually catches the first train out of Lancaster at 3:58 AM to get to those appointments on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now you wanna move the station somewhere else? I have to hope the buses are running on time and I get that train,” says Bongiovanni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask if he sees many homeless people on his rides back from L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “I look like I’m homeless!” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen maybe three times homeless people and I’ve been riding Metrolink for the six years I’ve lived up here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lancaster Metrolink station has long been an irritant to police and city officials. It became a haven for prostitution, drug dealing and other petty crime. A Metrolink spokesman says the agency is taking steps to increase security. That includes more security personal and fencing off the station platform so it cannot be accessed by people without tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common to find a few homeless people loitering in or around the property. The station is a short walk from numerous homeless service providers, including Grace Resource Center, the biggest in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It operates a cavernous thrift store, a food bank and the area’s only shelter for homeless families and individuals. The center’s director, Steve Baker, says people occasionally do drop in from outside the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “The ones that I see that are not local. A lot of them they just hop on the train to get away from somebody down in L.A.,” says Baker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I go, you came here because you think there’s a lot of help? Well, there isn’t. How about we send you back? And then I’ll work it out, and try to get them back on the train.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Antelope Valley, which includes the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, is home to approximately 6,000 homeless people. Service providers in the region try to funnel those seeking assistance through a coordinated intake center in Lancaster. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the local branch of the organization Mental Health America, the number of people coming through the center is fairly stable — roughly 300 to 400 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A small fraction are from outside the region, says MHA’s director, Judy Cooperberg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A very, very small percentage,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The majority of people we serve are indigenous to the Antelope Valley. I do not believe that we have 67 people a day coming from L.A.,” says Cooperberg, contradicting the findings of Lancaster’s recent street survey. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lancaster’s vice mayor, Marvin Crist, says it doesn’t matter if it’s 67 people a day or just one a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Say it’s one a day. That still overwhelms our system,” says Crist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you gave us the resources to take care of the homeless population, absolutely. But we’re having to react because we don’t have the resources to take care of them,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials have long complained that Los Angeles receives a disproportionate amount of county funding for homeless services compared with the Antelope Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>George McQuade, a spokesman for L.A. County homeless services, says that if Lancaster wants more money, it needs to apply for it. McQuade says there have been few specific funding increase requests over the last several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the apparent funding gap isn’t all that’s driving the move to shutter Lancaster’s Metrolink stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also a thorn in the side of the city’s ongoing campaign to revitalize its downtown shopping district. Parris says shuttering the station, or moving it south nearly 10 miles to the border of Palmdale, would help shield downtown from the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have to get 10 miles without transportation to whatever services are there, you are less likely to make the trip in the first place,” says Perris, speaking after this week’s Lancaster City Council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better, he says, the problem move somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Better it goes any place but Lancaster. I have 146,000 people and I will protect them, no matter what the consequences elsewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vote to close the transit station would also require an environmental review, public hearings and the approval of Metrolink’s board of directors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Parris says he won’t wait for approval. If the City Council votes to close the station, he’ll have it fenced off immediately.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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County Sheriff’s Department\u003c/a> and a local merchants association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Numerous city officials reached for this story would not disclose, among other things, how many homeless individuals were contacted in total over the three-day study, what kind of questions were asked or even what specific dates the survey was done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D’Errico declined several requests for an interview and for data collected in the survey. He referred all inquiries to City Manager Mark Bozigian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The purpose (of the survey) was to ascertain general information regarding point of origin and need for services for Metrolink riders arriving at the Lancaster Metrolink station,” said Bozigian in a written response to a series of emailed questions from The California Report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bozigian suggested that in fact some individuals counted in the survey might not have actually been homeless or seeking services in Lancaster, only “likely” doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“During one survey day, it was observed that 67 individuals who arrived via Metrolink were likely homeless and/or arriving for the purpose of receiving social services,” said Bozigian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No written report on the results of the survey was ever submitted to, or apparently requested by, the City Council. Yet it is being cited by Mayor Rex Parris and other officials as justification to either shut down or move the Lancaster Metrolink station about 10 miles to the south. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out 67 homeless people a day being shipped from downtown to us is, uh. I, I mean, isn’t it about time we quit being victims of downtown Los Angeles?” said Parris during an August council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lancaster Metrolink station is used by some 400 L.A.-bound commuters a day, including Dominic Bongiovanni, a Vietnam War veteran with a bushy beard and long silver hair who gets around with the help of a motorized wheelchair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bongiovanni uses Metrolink several times a week to get to and from doctor appointments in West L.A. He usually catches the first train out of Lancaster at 3:58 AM to get to those appointments on time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now you wanna move the station somewhere else? I have to hope the buses are running on time and I get that train,” says Bongiovanni.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask if he sees many homeless people on his rides back from L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> “I look like I’m homeless!” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen maybe three times homeless people and I’ve been riding Metrolink for the six years I’ve lived up here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Lancaster Metrolink station has long been an irritant to police and city officials. It became a haven for prostitution, drug dealing and other petty crime. A Metrolink spokesman says the agency is taking steps to increase security. That includes more security personal and fencing off the station platform so it cannot be accessed by people without tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s common to find a few homeless people loitering in or around the property. 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Parris says shuttering the station, or moving it south nearly 10 miles to the border of Palmdale, would help shield downtown from the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have to get 10 miles without transportation to whatever services are there, you are less likely to make the trip in the first place,” says Perris, speaking after this week’s Lancaster City Council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Better, he says, the problem move somewhere else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Better it goes any place but Lancaster. I have 146,000 people and I will protect them, no matter what the consequences elsewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A vote to close the transit station would also require an environmental review, public hearings and the approval of Metrolink’s board of directors. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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