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San Francisco police told Mission Local Wednesday night that there were no reports of vandalism or physical violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protest — organized by street posters and on the web — targeted the amplified presence of San Francisco beat cops around the 16th Street BART plaza in recent months, part of an ongoing effort to clean up the area beleaguered with crime and transients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police have been targeting the plaza \u003ca href=\"http://missionlocal.org/2009/02/quality-of-life-at-16th-and-mission/\">for several years\u003c/a>, and nearby merchants and community members have continually \u003ca href=\"http://missionlocal.org/2013/11/bart-plazas-homelessness-thinking-longer-term/\">called for\u003c/a> greater surveillance. \u003ca href=\"http://missionlocal.org/2013/11/bart-plazas-homelessness-thinking-longer-term/\">For more than a year, \u003c/a>a group of merchants and nearby residents has been working with police and elected officials to diminish the number of incidents at the plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mission District Police Captain Bob Moser recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/10/sfpd-mission-district-captain-says.html\">told the \u003cem>San Francisco Business Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that the foot patrols have helped curb crime in the plaza. Moser also commented on the plan for a 10-story apartment building across the street: “If a development were to bring more people out who use the plaza for positive uses, as opposed to negative uses, that could have a great impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protesters on Wednesday argued the cops are only there to protect the gentrifiers coming into the neighborhood — and that the police presence only displaces crime to surrounding streets. At a fall meeting of concerned neighbors, businesses and elected officials, police and others were well aware of the problem of simply moving crime to neighboring streets and \u003ca href=\"http://missionlocal.org/2013/11/bart-plazas-homelessness-thinking-longer-term/\">were trying to come up with longer term solutions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd Wednesday was mixed in race and age and many told Mission Local they lived in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-122547\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/MissionLocal.png\" alt=\"MissionLocal\" width=\"381\" height=\"101\">“Cops have turned a blind eye for years to all of the activity from people milling around transit stations,” said Diamond Dave, 76, who hosts a show on Mutiny Radio, while walking with the crowd of about 70 protesters down Mission. “Now, they are cracking down on people, and I think that has been propelled by this wave of new wealth to the neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This enhanced police presence is a symbol of gentrification,” said \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2010/01/life-after-war/\">Eddie Falcon\u003c/a>, a veteran and local activist, through a megaphone to the protesters at a rally in the 24th Street BART Station plaza before they walked into the street. “These plazas used to be a community space, a place for people with nowhere else to go, and now they are vacant except for cops and yuppies.” Falcon went on to claim that new residents of the Mission are ignorant of its cultural significance and history, trashing local eateries like Tacolicious and “Gracias Mama-f—kin-whatever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many carried signs urging for an end to evictions, high rents or new condo development, with individual protesters adding in more provocative digs along the way like “Shoot the cops!” and “We hate you!!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of these chants are silly, I know, but the things that are going on in this neighborhood are not by accident or aberration,” said a woman protester in her 60s who declined to give her name because she says she’s facing eviction. “The cops are not incidental; they are part of an infrastructure to protect the ‘new’ Mission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the cops remained stoic in the face of the taunts, the protesters didn’t go without challengers. One man walked out of the Goodwill at 19th Street with his wife and young son, and yelled “Yay, gentrification!” and got some f-bombs lobbed at him in return, which set off a series of profane exchanges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man said he is a 54-year-old Missionite of 25 years and a landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in free speech and demonstration and all of that,” he said. “But when people are yelling for us to ‘kill the cops,’ that just isn’t OK. If the cops weren’t here, they wouldn’t be able to do this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“People hate who I am because I am supposedly this evil, rich guy who is ruining people’s lives and evicting them. But I am just someone who planned and worked. I’m not like these people, who are all probably into drugs and alcohol. But you know what?” — he said, holding up a bag of clothes — “We all live here, and we all shop at Goodwill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The confrontations grew even more antagonistic when the crowd stopped in front of the new, gleaming Vara apartment complex at 15th and Mission. A few of the new residents came out on their balconies to see what was going on, and a half dozen recorded the spectacle with smartphones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">They immediately became the target of the crowd’s class warfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We hate you and the Mission hates you!” the crowd chanted in unison. “We know where you live and we will burn this place to the ground!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What did I do?” a young woman yelled back from above the building’s garage. “I just moved here; I don’t know what’s going on!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"> “Go home!” a protester shouted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"> “But I am home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Undeterred, the crowd then headed to 16th Street BART plaza for coffee to the accompaniment of a protester beating drum sticks on a bench.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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At a fall meeting of concerned neighbors, businesses and elected officials, police and others were well aware of the problem of simply moving crime to neighboring streets and \u003ca href=\"http://missionlocal.org/2013/11/bart-plazas-homelessness-thinking-longer-term/\">were trying to come up with longer term solutions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd Wednesday was mixed in race and age and many told Mission Local they lived in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-122547\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/01/MissionLocal.png\" alt=\"MissionLocal\" width=\"381\" height=\"101\">“Cops have turned a blind eye for years to all of the activity from people milling around transit stations,” said Diamond Dave, 76, who hosts a show on Mutiny Radio, while walking with the crowd of about 70 protesters down Mission. “Now, they are cracking down on people, and I think that has been propelled by this wave of new wealth to the neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This enhanced police presence is a symbol of gentrification,” said \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2010/01/life-after-war/\">Eddie Falcon\u003c/a>, a veteran and local activist, through a megaphone to the protesters at a rally in the 24th Street BART Station plaza before they walked into the street. “These plazas used to be a community space, a place for people with nowhere else to go, and now they are vacant except for cops and yuppies.” Falcon went on to claim that new residents of the Mission are ignorant of its cultural significance and history, trashing local eateries like Tacolicious and “Gracias Mama-f—kin-whatever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many carried signs urging for an end to evictions, high rents or new condo development, with individual protesters adding in more provocative digs along the way like “Shoot the cops!” and “We hate you!!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of these chants are silly, I know, but the things that are going on in this neighborhood are not by accident or aberration,” said a woman protester in her 60s who declined to give her name because she says she’s facing eviction. “The cops are not incidental; they are part of an infrastructure to protect the ‘new’ Mission.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the cops remained stoic in the face of the taunts, the protesters didn’t go without challengers. One man walked out of the Goodwill at 19th Street with his wife and young son, and yelled “Yay, gentrification!” and got some f-bombs lobbed at him in return, which set off a series of profane exchanges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man said he is a 54-year-old Missionite of 25 years and a landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in free speech and demonstration and all of that,” he said. “But when people are yelling for us to ‘kill the cops,’ that just isn’t OK. If the cops weren’t here, they wouldn’t be able to do this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“People hate who I am because I am supposedly this evil, rich guy who is ruining people’s lives and evicting them. But I am just someone who planned and worked. I’m not like these people, who are all probably into drugs and alcohol. 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"disqusTitle": "Albany Struggles with Homelessness at the Bulb, Faces Lawsuits",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/18/albany-bulb-homeless/albanybulb-11sept2013-640/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112193\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112193\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/albanybulb-11sept2013-640.jpg\" alt=\"Recycled metal sculpture by Osha Neumann, an advocate for the residents living on the Albany Bulb, can be found on the north shore of the small peninsula. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recycled metal sculpture by Osha Neumann, an advocate for the residents living on the Albany Bulb, can be found on the north shore of the small peninsula. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/127574333\" 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>Much of the attention over the housing crisis in the Bay Area falls on the most visual stories in larger cities, like the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/activists/\" target=\"_blank\">tech employee buses \u003c/a>that have become icons for displacement in San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cities on the outskirts of the metropolis are also running into conflicts over affordable housing, homelessness and the responsibilities of governments with smaller budgets. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> Much of the attention over the housing crisis in the Bay Area falls on the most visual stories in larger cities. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Housing and homelessness are the subjects of two lawsuits against the City of Albany, a town at the northern tip of Alameda County with a population of less than 20,000. The city has been working for six months to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/18/albany-bulb-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\">evict a longstanding tent village\u003c/a> on a chunk of land sticking into the East Bay called the Albany Bulb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The land was formed as a construction materials dump, but since the early 1990s, it’s housed a camp of people who would otherwise be homeless. The Bulb is also the capstone in a three-decade effort to create the McLaughlin East Shore State Park, which would finally transfer control of the land from Albany to the state parks system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City Plan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city contracted with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://bfhp.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Food and Housing Project\u003c/a> in May to connect Bulb residents with services and help them find a place to live. The city hired Oakland-based \u003ca href=\"http://operationdignity.org/services-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Dignity\u003c/a> to open a temporary 30-bed shelter near the Bulb in late November. That part of the city’s park transition plan is costing more than $300,000 for six months of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t live in the best of all possible worlds,” City Councilman Michael Barnes said when the council voted to finally approve Albany’s park transition plan in October. “I think the plan we have is a good one. People will move a few hundred yards off the Bulb into trailers. They will be warm. They will be dry. There will be showers. They will have food supplied to them. They will have toiletries supplied to them. Their dogs will be there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the shelters have not caught on with the Bulb residents. Only three to four people have been using them per night, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Food and Housing Project’s outreach has had some success, however. The nonprofit has connected four people with permanent housing since summer, although none of their apartments are in Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professional cook Bradley Anthony was the first Bulb resident to move into a permanent home though the effort. He had been living at the camp for about six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because I was employed, I knew it would be much easier for me,” he said outside his new home, a room in West Oakland. “It was pretty simple I guess, I mean comparatively speaking to what other people are going to be going through, I’m very lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony said he moved to the Bulb last spring after he got laid off. Another job he had lined up took longer to come through than expected, and he couldn’t pay rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he got in touch with his sister, April Anthony, who has lived at the Bulb for almost five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love it here, and I’m grateful for having been able to stay here,” April Anthony said. “As a single female homeless person, it beats the streets, there’s no doubt about it, and we have developed a community here, which is the last thing I thought I’d see. You know, but we’re all like a big family now. It’s kind of messed up that they’re going to break us apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Anthony siblings are two examples of the Bulb’s heterogeneous population. Bradley Anthony said he had never been homeless except for those recent six months. He said the process of getting into housing was pretty easy once outreach workers realized he had a full-time job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was one of the few people that fit the criteria,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> Anthony said he moved to the Bulb last spring after he got laid off. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>April Anthony, however, meets the federal definition of chronic homelessness. She has a physical disability that makes it difficult for her to walk, and bi-polar disorder, and she’s lived outdoors for more than a year. Like many of the people living on the Bulb, she makes a few hundred dollars a month selling art and doing odd jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have guaranteed monthly income, and that’s been a major killer,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Coming to Grips\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albany realtor Francesco Papalia seems a little sheepish when he claims to have started the whole controversy, or at least the most recent round of it. He used his position as chair of Albany’s Waterfront Committee to form a homelessness task force in the city about a year and a half ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If someone was homeless and fell down on the street or was sleeping in someone’s backyard, there was absolutely no one in the city whose job it was to help them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city council directed the task force to study the issue and present options for addressing homelessness in Albany, which is mostly concentrated at the Bulb. The task force delivered \u003ca href=\"http://albanyca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?meta_id=65499&view=&showpdf=1\" target=\"_blank\">several options\u003c/a> to the city in May, and the city council voted to pursue eviction under Albany’s “no-camping” ordinance with limited support services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the same meeting, the council recommended task force members form an advocacy group, essentially dissolving it as a part of the city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were shocked,” Papalia said. “It was like, what just happened?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the task force did reorganize into an advocacy group, the Albany Housing Advocates, which is now suing the city in federal court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Federal Case\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Albany Housing Advocates, April Anthony and 28 other Bulb residents are suing the city to delay the eviction. The plaintiffs say physical or mental disabilities prevent them from using the city’s temporary shelter that opened in late November, and they should have more time to find permanent housing, preferably in Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit argues the city’s plan violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, 4\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, and the 14\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Amendment right to due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit says Albany plans to remove people from relative safety at the camp even though the city “does not have a single permanent shelter, transitional house, or available unit of subsidized housing.” \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> The Albany Housing Advocates and 29 Bulb residents are suing the city to delay the eviction. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Wolch is the dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. She gets a little frustrated when she hears cities are addressing homelessness through temporary means, whether it be short-term housing or portable shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those kinds of solutions simply kick the can down the road,” she said. “That was the dominant solution in 1985 – build shelter beds. They don’t work very well. They keep people on this kind of cycle – street to shelter to jail to hospital that’s terrible for people and very expensive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wolch has studied homelessness since the 1980s, and she has published research on homeless encampments in southern California. She said cities can best address homelessness through supportive housing, which combines an affordable, permanent place to live with on-site case workers and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Albany doesn’t have any supportive housing units. Alameda County has more than 2,000 units. Berkeley, Albany’s larger neighbor to the south, has more than 100 units of supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Cheasty was mayor of Albany in 1999, when the city last grappled with the camp at the Bulb. Now he advocates for the state park transfer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a small city, you can’t have every possible service,” he said. “It’s just not feasible. So you rely on the county, you contribute to the county, or you partner with another city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, services for the homeless work better when they aren’t giant, centralized projects, according to Wolch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Albany would acknowledge that they had about 50 people at any one time who needed services and needed shelter and needed long-term support, then there’s no reason that they couldn’t address that need,” she said. “And in fact, homelessness and homeless service provision and supportive housing is much better done on a small scale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Housing Element\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affordable housing is the subject of another lawsuit concerning Albany’s obligations to the poor and homeless. This one is in Alameda County Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires all California cities and counties to plan for housing at all income levels. It’s called the housing element of the general plan, and their due approximately every seven years. Albany’s last approved plan was filed in 1992. The city turned in an updated draft for the 2007 to 2014 period in October – more than a little late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process has already spurred the city to remove restrictions on building a permanent emergency shelter, and the draft recommends doing something similar for transitional and supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deja Vu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the first time the city has grappled with its homeless population. In fact, the present saga is a near duplicate of one in 1999, when Albany used the same contractor to build a temporary shelter near the Bulb and evicted the camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Human Welfare Commissioner Dan McMullan lived at the camp in 1999. He lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident and spent about a decade homeless in Berkeley and Albany. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> The present saga is a near duplicate of one at the Bulb back in 1999. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The reason I was homeless was because I was disabled,” he said. “People that work with homeless people know, scratch any homeless person and you’ll find a disability. And they do nothing in Albany for people with disabilities who are homeless. And it’s amazing to me that after all these years, they’re going to try to pull the same move again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albany Mayor Peggy Thomsen declined interview requests from KQED. Albany’s mayor is part of the city council, and she is the only current member who was also a councilmember 15 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did, I believe, have a humane relocation of the people at that time,” she said at a public meeting. “I personally went out to the Bulb to where the food was delivered into the portables. I would be happy to have lived in one myself. They were very, very clean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMullan said his ideal solution would be to improve the lot of people at the Bulb, maybe with a transitional shelter there, including fresh water and working plumbing. That way, people could camp there until they found permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albany’s disbanded homelessness task force had a similar suggestion, which they called the dignity village model, based on a \u003ca href=\"http://www.dignityvillage.org/index.php/14-dignity-news-articles/72-wecome-friends\" target=\"_blank\">self-governing community in Portland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the city isn’t pursuing that plan, and the task force was concerned that building a dignity village at the Bulb might prolong people living in harsh conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley’s Wolch described a similar, now closed \u003ca href=\"http://domevillage.tedhayes.us/\" target=\"_blank\">Dome Village\u003c/a> in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The challenge with those kinds of experiments is you want to make sure you’re not validating a model that says, ‘well people really don’t need housing' -- that it’s okay for people not to be provided with real housing,” she said. “It’s a slippery slope. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>City Plan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city contracted with the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://bfhp.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley Food and Housing Project\u003c/a> in May to connect Bulb residents with services and help them find a place to live. The city hired Oakland-based \u003ca href=\"http://operationdignity.org/services-2/\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Dignity\u003c/a> to open a temporary 30-bed shelter near the Bulb in late November. That part of the city’s park transition plan is costing more than $300,000 for six months of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t live in the best of all possible worlds,” City Councilman Michael Barnes said when the council voted to finally approve Albany’s park transition plan in October. “I think the plan we have is a good one. People will move a few hundred yards off the Bulb into trailers. They will be warm. They will be dry. There will be showers. They will have food supplied to them. They will have toiletries supplied to them. Their dogs will be there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the shelters have not caught on with the Bulb residents. Only three to four people have been using them per night, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Food and Housing Project’s outreach has had some success, however. The nonprofit has connected four people with permanent housing since summer, although none of their apartments are in Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professional cook Bradley Anthony was the first Bulb resident to move into a permanent home though the effort. He had been living at the camp for about six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because I was employed, I knew it would be much easier for me,” he said outside his new home, a room in West Oakland. “It was pretty simple I guess, I mean comparatively speaking to what other people are going to be going through, I’m very lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anthony said he moved to the Bulb last spring after he got laid off. Another job he had lined up took longer to come through than expected, and he couldn’t pay rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So he got in touch with his sister, April Anthony, who has lived at the Bulb for almost five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love it here, and I’m grateful for having been able to stay here,” April Anthony said. “As a single female homeless person, it beats the streets, there’s no doubt about it, and we have developed a community here, which is the last thing I thought I’d see. You know, but we’re all like a big family now. It’s kind of messed up that they’re going to break us apart.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Anthony siblings are two examples of the Bulb’s heterogeneous population. Bradley Anthony said he had never been homeless except for those recent six months. He said the process of getting into housing was pretty easy once outreach workers realized he had a full-time job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was one of the few people that fit the criteria,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> Anthony said he moved to the Bulb last spring after he got laid off. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>April Anthony, however, meets the federal definition of chronic homelessness. She has a physical disability that makes it difficult for her to walk, and bi-polar disorder, and she’s lived outdoors for more than a year. Like many of the people living on the Bulb, she makes a few hundred dollars a month selling art and doing odd jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have guaranteed monthly income, and that’s been a major killer,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Coming to Grips\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albany realtor Francesco Papalia seems a little sheepish when he claims to have started the whole controversy, or at least the most recent round of it. He used his position as chair of Albany’s Waterfront Committee to form a homelessness task force in the city about a year and a half ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If someone was homeless and fell down on the street or was sleeping in someone’s backyard, there was absolutely no one in the city whose job it was to help them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city council directed the task force to study the issue and present options for addressing homelessness in Albany, which is mostly concentrated at the Bulb. The task force delivered \u003ca href=\"http://albanyca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?meta_id=65499&view=&showpdf=1\" target=\"_blank\">several options\u003c/a> to the city in May, and the city council voted to pursue eviction under Albany’s “no-camping” ordinance with limited support services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the same meeting, the council recommended task force members form an advocacy group, essentially dissolving it as a part of the city government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People were shocked,” Papalia said. “It was like, what just happened?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of the task force did reorganize into an advocacy group, the Albany Housing Advocates, which is now suing the city in federal court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Federal Case\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Albany Housing Advocates, April Anthony and 28 other Bulb residents are suing the city to delay the eviction. The plaintiffs say physical or mental disabilities prevent them from using the city’s temporary shelter that opened in late November, and they should have more time to find permanent housing, preferably in Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit argues the city’s plan violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, 4\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure, and the 14\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> Amendment right to due process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suit says Albany plans to remove people from relative safety at the camp even though the city “does not have a single permanent shelter, transitional house, or available unit of subsidized housing.” \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> The Albany Housing Advocates and 29 Bulb residents are suing the city to delay the eviction. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Jennifer Wolch is the dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. She gets a little frustrated when she hears cities are addressing homelessness through temporary means, whether it be short-term housing or portable shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those kinds of solutions simply kick the can down the road,” she said. “That was the dominant solution in 1985 – build shelter beds. They don’t work very well. They keep people on this kind of cycle – street to shelter to jail to hospital that’s terrible for people and very expensive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wolch has studied homelessness since the 1980s, and she has published research on homeless encampments in southern California. She said cities can best address homelessness through supportive housing, which combines an affordable, permanent place to live with on-site case workers and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Albany doesn’t have any supportive housing units. Alameda County has more than 2,000 units. Berkeley, Albany’s larger neighbor to the south, has more than 100 units of supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Cheasty was mayor of Albany in 1999, when the city last grappled with the camp at the Bulb. Now he advocates for the state park transfer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a small city, you can’t have every possible service,” he said. “It’s just not feasible. So you rely on the county, you contribute to the county, or you partner with another city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, services for the homeless work better when they aren’t giant, centralized projects, according to Wolch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Albany would acknowledge that they had about 50 people at any one time who needed services and needed shelter and needed long-term support, then there’s no reason that they couldn’t address that need,” she said. “And in fact, homelessness and homeless service provision and supportive housing is much better done on a small scale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Housing Element\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Affordable housing is the subject of another lawsuit concerning Albany’s obligations to the poor and homeless. This one is in Alameda County Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires all California cities and counties to plan for housing at all income levels. It’s called the housing element of the general plan, and their due approximately every seven years. Albany’s last approved plan was filed in 1992. The city turned in an updated draft for the 2007 to 2014 period in October – more than a little late.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That process has already spurred the city to remove restrictions on building a permanent emergency shelter, and the draft recommends doing something similar for transitional and supportive housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deja Vu\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This isn’t the first time the city has grappled with its homeless population. In fact, the present saga is a near duplicate of one in 1999, when Albany used the same contractor to build a temporary shelter near the Bulb and evicted the camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Human Welfare Commissioner Dan McMullan lived at the camp in 1999. He lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident and spent about a decade homeless in Berkeley and Albany. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> The present saga is a near duplicate of one at the Bulb back in 1999. \u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“The reason I was homeless was because I was disabled,” he said. “People that work with homeless people know, scratch any homeless person and you’ll find a disability. And they do nothing in Albany for people with disabilities who are homeless. And it’s amazing to me that after all these years, they’re going to try to pull the same move again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albany Mayor Peggy Thomsen declined interview requests from KQED. Albany’s mayor is part of the city council, and she is the only current member who was also a councilmember 15 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We did, I believe, have a humane relocation of the people at that time,” she said at a public meeting. “I personally went out to the Bulb to where the food was delivered into the portables. I would be happy to have lived in one myself. They were very, very clean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMullan said his ideal solution would be to improve the lot of people at the Bulb, maybe with a transitional shelter there, including fresh water and working plumbing. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/GRaGYJkmDy0\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Time’s running out on 2013, and it’s time to paw through (or pore over, if you’re the dignified sort) the posts that have piled up over the past 12 months and name our picks for the most important stories of the year. For extra credit, we’ll try to say why we think the stories are important both now and in the future. And we welcome you to tell us where we’ve gone astray or where we’re short-sighted and ignorant. (And above, the view of the year that’s almost past from our colleagues at “KQED Newsroom.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here goes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>[contextly_sidebar id=”6ddfb926ea579e022c87330032e1a10c”]\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eviction Crisis/Housing Affordability: A surging tech sector economy in San Francisco is spurring \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/18/total-value-san-francisco-metro-housing-stock-jumps-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new spike in home prices and rents in and around the city\u003c/a>. The hot rental market, in turn, has led to\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/117540/Priced-Out-Ellis-Act-San-Francisco-eviction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a surge in evictions\u003c/a>. That “\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/priced-out/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priced Out\u003c/a>” phenomenon has gotten to the point where activist groups have organized to demand action from San Francisco officials to stop certain evictions and to speed up action on creating new affordable housing. The soaring rents and increase in evictions have also accentuated a culture clash between longer-term city residents and the growing number of mostly newly arrived young technology workers. Read on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121543\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/on-the-google-bus-looking-out-at-the-protest/google-bus/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121543\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-121543\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Google-Bus-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The view from a shuttle bus in West Oakland, headed for Google's Mountain View campus but halted by protesters. (@craigsfrost via Twitter).\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from a shuttle bus in West Oakland, headed for Google’s Mountain View campus but halted by protesters. (\u003ca href=\"http://t.co/VGCyhBLgyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@craigsfrost via Twitter)\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“San Francisco” vs. “The Techies”\u003c/strong>: The leading symbol of the divide between those who fancy themselves the real residents of San Francisco (meaning: they’ve lived and worked here awhile) and recently arrived technology workers is the Google bus. The buses have appeared in increasing numbers throughout the city and East Bay, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n03/rebecca-solnit/diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one serious cultural critic says\u003c/a>, “I think of them as the spaceships on which our alien overlords have landed to rule over us.” In addition to carrying people who can and do pay top dollar for housing, thus helping drive up rents, many in the city also complain that the buses are using stops reserved for Muni without paying a dime for the privilege. In the final weeks of 2013, the unease with the technology buses — they carry thousands of people to Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech firms — has gone beyond talk. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/eviction-protesters-oakland-san-francisco-target-silicon-valley-buses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twice in the last few weeks\u003c/a>, anti-eviction protesters in the city have blocked the buses. A similar protest in Oakland resulted in vandalism to one of the Silicon Valley-bound motor coaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The BART Strikes: \u003c/strong>BART’s two biggest unions, SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555, had given up more than $100 million in concessions in 2009 and went into negotiations this year seeking significant wage increases and trying to hold the line on medical insurance and pension plans. They ran into a hard line from a management that sought to limit labor costs and plow as much money as possible into upgrading the aging BART system. The clash led to two four-day strikes, in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/bart-strike-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/bart-strike-update-day-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October\u003c/a>, that forced BART’s 200,000 or so weekday riders to find alternative transit and sparked widespread public anger at union workers. Two workers inspecting tracks in Walnut Creek \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died during the October walkout\u003c/a> when they were struck by a train operated by a management trainee. The strike exposed a deep and so far unhealed rift between management and workers and led to calls for a change in state law \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/19/bart-board-considers-ballot-measure-on-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to ban strikes\u003c/a> by public transit workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>[contextly_sidebar id=”c8beeb5d4b7a54b42df6b7509feb5a76″]\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Police/Oakland Crime: It has not been a good year for crime-weary of Oakland residents and the city’s beleaguered Police Department. The \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak044723.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest city statistics\u003c/a> show robberies are up 16 percent over last year. Robberies committed with firearms are up 27 percent. A federal judge overseeing a civil rights settlement with the city and the Police Department installed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/05/judge-appoints-director-to-oversee-oakland-police/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new outside “compliance director”\u003c/a> early this year. Shortly afterward, Police Chief Howard Jordan quit (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/09/96633/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for medical reasons, he insisted\u003c/a>). Outside consultant William Bratton issued a report finding that the department was poorly organized and ineffective at dealing with some of the most common crimes, with just one part-time investigator assigned to handle a backlog of 10,000 burglary cases. Just as that report came out, Jordan \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/10/96792/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was replaced by not one, but two interim chiefs\u003c/a>. The second of those stand-in leaders, Sean Whent, has overseen the implementation of new programs designed to build bridges to distrustful residents while more efficiently dealing with violent crime. It’s too early to say what the long-term outcome of those changes will be, but here’s something to note: The city suffered through a resurgence of deadly violence in 2012, with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/12/oaklands-other-homicide-crisis-unsolved-cases/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">131 homicides citywide\u003c/a>. With just a few days to go in 2013, Oakland has recorded 87 homicides for the year. That toll still gives Oakland one of the highest homicide rates in the United States, but it’s a dramatic improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_122144\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/27/kqed-news-fix-top-news-stories-for-2013/rs6229_img_5691-lpr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122144\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-122144\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS6229_IMG_5691-lpr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The new Bay Bridge eastern span, left, and the old span, right. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Bay Bridge eastern span, left, and the old span, right. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Bridge Completed:\u003c/strong> Caltrans assured us that 2013 would be the year that, 24 years after the Loma Prieta earthquake that demonstrated the eastern span of the Bay Bridge was seismically unfit, we would finally have a new bridge to drive on. The agency delivered on its promise, years later than promised and at a price, $6.4 billion, that was several times the original estimate. However, the completion of the new eastern span, a self-anchored suspension bridge with a gleaming white tower, was not accomplished without some tense moments. When it came time to fasten two massive seismic stabilizers on the suspension span last March, the huge threaded rods that were supposed to hold them in place \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/27/bay-bridge-bolts-snap-repairs-could-cost-up-to-5-million/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snapped\u003c/a>. That forced engineers to come up with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/26/bay-bridge-short-term-fix-a-go-but-no-word-on-open-date/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workarounds\u003c/a> to hold the stabilizers in place, and at one point bridge authorities scrapped plans for the long-planned Labor Day opening of the new span. But when repair work went better than expected and officials expressed concern about the risks of keeping the old span open, the Labor Day plan was reinstated. The new bridge, complete with traffic shoulders and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-admin/post.php?post=109958&action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a beautiful bike path\u003c/a>, opened late Labor Day evening. But the saga isn’t yet complete: East Bay state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier is leading \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_24413224/state-sen-mark-desaulnier-launches-legislative-probe-into\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an investigation \u003c/a>into why the bridge took so long and cost so much to complete. And some in the engineering community still express \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/more-questions-about-durability-of-steel-parts-on-new-bay-bridge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerns about the long-term impact\u003c/a> of the project’s\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/20/97597/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> various construction problems\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121326\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/19/news-pix-2013-in-photos/doma-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121326\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-121326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/DOMA-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Stier, left, and Kris Perry, are married in San Francisco City Hall after June's U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed resumption of same-sex marriage in California. (Darlene Bouchard/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Stier, left, and Kris Perry, are married in San Francisco City Hall after June’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed resumption of same-sex marriage in California. (Darlene Bouchard/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 8 at the Supreme Court\u003c/strong>: In June, the Supreme Court issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-144_8ok0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 5-4 ruling\u003c/a> that had the effect of striking down \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/past/2008/general/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 8\u003c/a>, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. “Had the effect of striking down” because in the end, the high court didn’t address the constitutional issues of equal protection and due process raised in the original suit against the initiative. Instead, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/26/what-the-doma-and-prop-8-rulings-mean-and-what-we-still-need-to-know/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the justices found\u003c/a> that the authors of the 2008 initiative lacked standing to defend the measure in court. The tribunal’s ruling left standing\u003ca href=\"https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the 2010 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker\u003c/a> that struck down Prop. 8 as unconstitutional. The effect was immediate: Same-sex marriages resumed in San Francisco two days after the high court spoke, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.freedomtomarry.org/states/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">courts and legislatures in several other states\u003c/a>have cleared the way for gay and lesbian weddings since the June Supreme Court ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rim Fire\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/20LACRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third-biggest wildfire in California history\u003c/a> started in mid-August, reportedly by \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-hunter-20131206,0,4531265.story#axzz2oj8fhRj5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a hunter who set an illegal campfire\u003c/a> in Stanislaus National Forest, near the northwestern corner of Yosemite National Park. The fire wasn’t fully contained until late October, and by that time it had burned well into Yosemite, threatened the San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy reservoir, destroyed power facilities and burned 257,314 acres — 452 square miles. The latest assessment of damage from the fire says \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-damage-study-20131227,0,446155.story#axzz2oj8fhRj5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the total cost could be close to $2 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112866\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/25/americas-cup-live/americas-cup-final-race/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112866\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-112866\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/cupfinal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Oracle Team USA celebrates after completing its successful defense of the America's Cup up. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oracle Team USA celebrates after completing its successful defense of the America’s Cup up. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>America’s Cup\u003c/strong>: We still haven’t decided whether \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/profile/larry-ellison/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Ellison\u003c/a>, the Oracle software billionaire who captured the America’s Cup from \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/sports/global/12bertarelli.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some other billionaire\u003c/a> a few years back and then decided to defend it in San Francisco, wears a white hat or a black hat. But villain/hero categorization aside, the 34th America’s Cup sailed on the bay over the summer is an event to be remembered. The regatta was marked by tragedy when \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/09/death-in-the-americas-cup-drowned-sailors-team-held-capsize-drill-last-fall/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British sailor Andrew “Bart” Simpson, part of the Swedish-sponsored Artemis Racing team, was killed\u003c/a> in a May training accident. Simpson’s death prompted\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/23/safety-recommendations-released-for-americas-cup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a new emphasis on safety\u003c/a> for the huge 72-foot catamarans that Ellison and his team had chosen for this year’s competition. The series of races among Artemis and two other challengers for the Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand and Italy’s Luna Rossa, were a nonevent, with the Kiwis easily winning the right to face the Oracle team. Before the finals could start,\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/03/oracle-americas-cup-penalty/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> an international jury imposed severe penalties against Oracle\u003c/a> for cheating in an earlier series of races. In the “first-to-nine-wins” format, New Zealand seemed to have the Cup locked up when it took an 8-1 lead in the series. Then \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/25/americas-cup-live/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this happened\u003c/a>— an incredible string of victories that allowed Ellison’s Oracle team to retain the Cup. We’ll get an idea in 2014 whether Ellison will defend the Cup again in San Francisco or take the event elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mustache Wars\u003c/strong>: Those funny “ride-sharing” companies that seemed like a novelty not so long ago — operations like \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyft\u003c/a>, whose cars carry pink mustaches, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sidecar \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uber\u003c/a> — are now entrenched in the local transportation scene. In September, the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/19/cpuc-ridesharing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Public Utilities Commission issued regulations\u003c/a> to govern the new companies, which the agency classifies as “transportation network companies,” or TNCs. In San Francisco, the closely regulated taxi industry has long fought attempts to expand the number of cabs on the street even as many would-be customers swear it’s next to impossible to find a cab when you really want one. Now, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the TNCs appear to have made deep inroads\u003c/a> into the traditional taxi companies’ business — cutting into the customer base and attracting drivers from the old-line cab firms. Among the questions facing the TNCs: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whether drivers and their vehicles have adequate insurance coverage\u003c/a>. And among the questions facing the taxi companies: How will they adapt their operations, including \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the widespread practice of expecting drivers to tip other company employees\u003c/a>, to survive the challenge from the TNCs. Jon Brooks, the former full-time proprietor of News Fix, reported extensively on the story this year and produced three major reports on what’s going on in the industry:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will ‘Ride Sharing’ Kill San Francisco’s Taxi Industry? \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/08/how-to-get-a-cab-and-4-other-tips-from-san-francisco-cab-drivers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confusion Over Insurance for ‘Ride-Sharing’ Drivers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tip or Bribe? Taxi Drivers Say Illegal Payments to Dispatchers Are Routine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_122140\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/27/kqed-news-fix-top-news-stories-for-2013/rs7674_img_5067-lpr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122140\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-122140\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7674_IMG_5067-lpr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bear tracks on the dry bottom of Shasta Lake in Northern California. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bear tracks on the dry bottom of Shasta Lake in Northern California. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Weather: 2013, the Driest Year\u003c/strong>: And we’ll leave you with what could be the biggest story of 2014 if we don’t see a change in our winter weather: the Bay Area (and most of the state) is just completing its driest calendar year since the first weather observer set up the first rain gauge here during the Gold Rush. In San Francisco, where records go back to 1850, just 5.59 inches of rain has fallen this year. That compares to the 30-year average recorded between 1980 and 2010 of 23.06 inches and the current calendar-year low-rainfall record of 8.73 inches, set in 1976. Other signs we’re very, very dry: The official U.S. Drought Monitor categorizes \u003ca href=\"http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">94 percent of the state as in moderate to extreme drought\u003c/a>, and the California-Nevada River Forecast Center observes that Folsom Lake, the big reservoir just east of Sacramento, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=626426660749916&set=a.204261386299781.49442.156316434427610&type=1&theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has fallen below 200,000 acre feet\u003c/a> of storage for just the seventh time since it was created in the 1950s. Any serious California rain watcher will point out that what really matters for us is our seasonal precipitation — and by convention, our rain year runs from July 1 to June 30 to better reflect how much rain and snow comes our way during each wet season, which usually starts in October and ends by early May. We still have our historically wettest months ahead of us, January and February, so there’s hope we’ll see storms arrive to help replenish reservoirs and bulk up the mountain snowpack. But right now, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/fxus07.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-range outlook for January\u003c/a> calls for below-normal precipitation for California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003cstrong>Stephanie Martin\u003c/strong> spoke with KQED News Fix Editor \u003cstrong>Dan Brekke\u003c/strong> about some of the year’s biggest Bay Area stories. Listen to the conversation below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/127152132&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/GRaGYJkmDy0\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Time’s running out on 2013, and it’s time to paw through (or pore over, if you’re the dignified sort) the posts that have piled up over the past 12 months and name our picks for the most important stories of the year. For extra credit, we’ll try to say why we think the stories are important both now and in the future. And we welcome you to tell us where we’ve gone astray or where we’re short-sighted and ignorant. (And above, the view of the year that’s almost past from our colleagues at “KQED Newsroom.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here goes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eviction Crisis/Housing Affordability: A surging tech sector economy in San Francisco is spurring \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/18/total-value-san-francisco-metro-housing-stock-jumps-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new spike in home prices and rents in and around the city\u003c/a>. The hot rental market, in turn, has led to\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/117540/Priced-Out-Ellis-Act-San-Francisco-eviction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a surge in evictions\u003c/a>. That “\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/priced-out/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Priced Out\u003c/a>” phenomenon has gotten to the point where activist groups have organized to demand action from San Francisco officials to stop certain evictions and to speed up action on creating new affordable housing. The soaring rents and increase in evictions have also accentuated a culture clash between longer-term city residents and the growing number of mostly newly arrived young technology workers. Read on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121543\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/on-the-google-bus-looking-out-at-the-protest/google-bus/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121543\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-121543\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Google-Bus-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The view from a shuttle bus in West Oakland, headed for Google's Mountain View campus but halted by protesters. (@craigsfrost via Twitter).\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from a shuttle bus in West Oakland, headed for Google’s Mountain View campus but halted by protesters. (\u003ca href=\"http://t.co/VGCyhBLgyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@craigsfrost via Twitter)\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“San Francisco” vs. “The Techies”\u003c/strong>: The leading symbol of the divide between those who fancy themselves the real residents of San Francisco (meaning: they’ve lived and worked here awhile) and recently arrived technology workers is the Google bus. The buses have appeared in increasing numbers throughout the city and East Bay, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n03/rebecca-solnit/diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one serious cultural critic says\u003c/a>, “I think of them as the spaceships on which our alien overlords have landed to rule over us.” In addition to carrying people who can and do pay top dollar for housing, thus helping drive up rents, many in the city also complain that the buses are using stops reserved for Muni without paying a dime for the privilege. In the final weeks of 2013, the unease with the technology buses — they carry thousands of people to Google, Apple, Facebook and other tech firms — has gone beyond talk. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/eviction-protesters-oakland-san-francisco-target-silicon-valley-buses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twice in the last few weeks\u003c/a>, anti-eviction protesters in the city have blocked the buses. A similar protest in Oakland resulted in vandalism to one of the Silicon Valley-bound motor coaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The BART Strikes: \u003c/strong>BART’s two biggest unions, SEIU Local 1021 and ATU Local 1555, had given up more than $100 million in concessions in 2009 and went into negotiations this year seeking significant wage increases and trying to hold the line on medical insurance and pension plans. They ran into a hard line from a management that sought to limit labor costs and plow as much money as possible into upgrading the aging BART system. The clash led to two four-day strikes, in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/bart-strike-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/18/bart-strike-update-day-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October\u003c/a>, that forced BART’s 200,000 or so weekday riders to find alternative transit and sparked widespread public anger at union workers. Two workers inspecting tracks in Walnut Creek \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/10/20/ntsb-investigating-bart-train-accident-that-killed-two-workers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died during the October walkout\u003c/a> when they were struck by a train operated by a management trainee. The strike exposed a deep and so far unhealed rift between management and workers and led to calls for a change in state law \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/19/bart-board-considers-ballot-measure-on-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to ban strikes\u003c/a> by public transit workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Police/Oakland Crime: It has not been a good year for crime-weary of Oakland residents and the city’s beleaguered Police Department. The \u003ca href=\"http://www2.oaklandnet.com/oakca1/groups/police/documents/webcontent/oak044723.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest city statistics\u003c/a> show robberies are up 16 percent over last year. Robberies committed with firearms are up 27 percent. A federal judge overseeing a civil rights settlement with the city and the Police Department installed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/05/judge-appoints-director-to-oversee-oakland-police/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a new outside “compliance director”\u003c/a> early this year. Shortly afterward, Police Chief Howard Jordan quit (\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/09/96633/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for medical reasons, he insisted\u003c/a>). Outside consultant William Bratton issued a report finding that the department was poorly organized and ineffective at dealing with some of the most common crimes, with just one part-time investigator assigned to handle a backlog of 10,000 burglary cases. Just as that report came out, Jordan \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/10/96792/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was replaced by not one, but two interim chiefs\u003c/a>. The second of those stand-in leaders, Sean Whent, has overseen the implementation of new programs designed to build bridges to distrustful residents while more efficiently dealing with violent crime. It’s too early to say what the long-term outcome of those changes will be, but here’s something to note: The city suffered through a resurgence of deadly violence in 2012, with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/12/oaklands-other-homicide-crisis-unsolved-cases/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">131 homicides citywide\u003c/a>. With just a few days to go in 2013, Oakland has recorded 87 homicides for the year. That toll still gives Oakland one of the highest homicide rates in the United States, but it’s a dramatic improvement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_122144\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/27/kqed-news-fix-top-news-stories-for-2013/rs6229_img_5691-lpr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122144\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-122144\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS6229_IMG_5691-lpr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The new Bay Bridge eastern span, left, and the old span, right. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Bay Bridge eastern span, left, and the old span, right. (Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay Bridge Completed:\u003c/strong> Caltrans assured us that 2013 would be the year that, 24 years after the Loma Prieta earthquake that demonstrated the eastern span of the Bay Bridge was seismically unfit, we would finally have a new bridge to drive on. The agency delivered on its promise, years later than promised and at a price, $6.4 billion, that was several times the original estimate. However, the completion of the new eastern span, a self-anchored suspension bridge with a gleaming white tower, was not accomplished without some tense moments. When it came time to fasten two massive seismic stabilizers on the suspension span last March, the huge threaded rods that were supposed to hold them in place \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/27/bay-bridge-bolts-snap-repairs-could-cost-up-to-5-million/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snapped\u003c/a>. That forced engineers to come up with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/26/bay-bridge-short-term-fix-a-go-but-no-word-on-open-date/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">workarounds\u003c/a> to hold the stabilizers in place, and at one point bridge authorities scrapped plans for the long-planned Labor Day opening of the new span. But when repair work went better than expected and officials expressed concern about the risks of keeping the old span open, the Labor Day plan was reinstated. The new bridge, complete with traffic shoulders and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-admin/post.php?post=109958&action=edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a beautiful bike path\u003c/a>, opened late Labor Day evening. But the saga isn’t yet complete: East Bay state Sen. Mark DeSaulnier is leading \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_24413224/state-sen-mark-desaulnier-launches-legislative-probe-into\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an investigation \u003c/a>into why the bridge took so long and cost so much to complete. And some in the engineering community still express \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/more-questions-about-durability-of-steel-parts-on-new-bay-bridge/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerns about the long-term impact\u003c/a> of the project’s\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/20/97597/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> various construction problems\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121326\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/19/news-pix-2013-in-photos/doma-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121326\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-121326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/DOMA-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sandra Stier, left, and Kris Perry, are married in San Francisco City Hall after June's U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed resumption of same-sex marriage in California. (Darlene Bouchard/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Stier, left, and Kris Perry, are married in San Francisco City Hall after June’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed resumption of same-sex marriage in California. (Darlene Bouchard/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposition 8 at the Supreme Court\u003c/strong>: In June, the Supreme Court issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/12-144_8ok0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 5-4 ruling\u003c/a> that had the effect of striking down \u003ca href=\"http://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/past/2008/general/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 8\u003c/a>, California’s ban on same-sex marriage. “Had the effect of striking down” because in the end, the high court didn’t address the constitutional issues of equal protection and due process raised in the original suit against the initiative. Instead, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/06/26/what-the-doma-and-prop-8-rulings-mean-and-what-we-still-need-to-know/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the justices found\u003c/a> that the authors of the 2008 initiative lacked standing to defend the measure in court. The tribunal’s ruling left standing\u003ca href=\"https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cand/09cv2292/files/09cv2292-ORDER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the 2010 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker\u003c/a> that struck down Prop. 8 as unconstitutional. The effect was immediate: Same-sex marriages resumed in San Francisco two days after the high court spoke, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.freedomtomarry.org/states/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">courts and legislatures in several other states\u003c/a>have cleared the way for gay and lesbian weddings since the June Supreme Court ruling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rim Fire\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/20LACRES.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">third-biggest wildfire in California history\u003c/a> started in mid-August, reportedly by \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-hunter-20131206,0,4531265.story#axzz2oj8fhRj5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a hunter who set an illegal campfire\u003c/a> in Stanislaus National Forest, near the northwestern corner of Yosemite National Park. The fire wasn’t fully contained until late October, and by that time it had burned well into Yosemite, threatened the San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy reservoir, destroyed power facilities and burned 257,314 acres — 452 square miles. The latest assessment of damage from the fire says \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-rim-fire-damage-study-20131227,0,446155.story#axzz2oj8fhRj5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the total cost could be close to $2 billion\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112866\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/25/americas-cup-live/americas-cup-final-race/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112866\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-112866\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/cupfinal-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Oracle Team USA celebrates after completing its successful defense of the America's Cup up. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oracle Team USA celebrates after completing its successful defense of the America’s Cup up. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>America’s Cup\u003c/strong>: We still haven’t decided whether \u003ca href=\"http://www.forbes.com/profile/larry-ellison/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Ellison\u003c/a>, the Oracle software billionaire who captured the America’s Cup from \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/sports/global/12bertarelli.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some other billionaire\u003c/a> a few years back and then decided to defend it in San Francisco, wears a white hat or a black hat. But villain/hero categorization aside, the 34th America’s Cup sailed on the bay over the summer is an event to be remembered. The regatta was marked by tragedy when \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/09/death-in-the-americas-cup-drowned-sailors-team-held-capsize-drill-last-fall/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British sailor Andrew “Bart” Simpson, part of the Swedish-sponsored Artemis Racing team, was killed\u003c/a> in a May training accident. Simpson’s death prompted\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/05/23/safety-recommendations-released-for-americas-cup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a new emphasis on safety\u003c/a> for the huge 72-foot catamarans that Ellison and his team had chosen for this year’s competition. The series of races among Artemis and two other challengers for the Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand and Italy’s Luna Rossa, were a nonevent, with the Kiwis easily winning the right to face the Oracle team. Before the finals could start,\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/03/oracle-americas-cup-penalty/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> an international jury imposed severe penalties against Oracle\u003c/a> for cheating in an earlier series of races. In the “first-to-nine-wins” format, New Zealand seemed to have the Cup locked up when it took an 8-1 lead in the series. Then \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/25/americas-cup-live/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this happened\u003c/a>— an incredible string of victories that allowed Ellison’s Oracle team to retain the Cup. We’ll get an idea in 2014 whether Ellison will defend the Cup again in San Francisco or take the event elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mustache Wars\u003c/strong>: Those funny “ride-sharing” companies that seemed like a novelty not so long ago — operations like \u003ca href=\"http://www.lyft.me/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lyft\u003c/a>, whose cars carry pink mustaches, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.side.cr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sidecar \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uber\u003c/a> — are now entrenched in the local transportation scene. In September, the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/09/19/cpuc-ridesharing/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Public Utilities Commission issued regulations\u003c/a> to govern the new companies, which the agency classifies as “transportation network companies,” or TNCs. In San Francisco, the closely regulated taxi industry has long fought attempts to expand the number of cabs on the street even as many would-be customers swear it’s next to impossible to find a cab when you really want one. Now, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the TNCs appear to have made deep inroads\u003c/a> into the traditional taxi companies’ business — cutting into the customer base and attracting drivers from the old-line cab firms. Among the questions facing the TNCs: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whether drivers and their vehicles have adequate insurance coverage\u003c/a>. And among the questions facing the taxi companies: How will they adapt their operations, including \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the widespread practice of expecting drivers to tip other company employees\u003c/a>, to survive the challenge from the TNCs. Jon Brooks, the former full-time proprietor of News Fix, reported extensively on the story this year and produced three major reports on what’s going on in the industry:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will ‘Ride Sharing’ Kill San Francisco’s Taxi Industry? \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/08/how-to-get-a-cab-and-4-other-tips-from-san-francisco-cab-drivers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confusion Over Insurance for ‘Ride-Sharing’ Drivers\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/11/taxi-drivers-and-whos-taking-money-out-of-their-pockets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tip or Bribe? Taxi Drivers Say Illegal Payments to Dispatchers Are Routine\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_122140\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/27/kqed-news-fix-top-news-stories-for-2013/rs7674_img_5067-lpr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-122140\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-122140\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7674_IMG_5067-lpr-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bear tracks on the dry bottom of Shasta Lake in Northern California. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bear tracks on the dry bottom of Shasta Lake in Northern California. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Weather: 2013, the Driest Year\u003c/strong>: And we’ll leave you with what could be the biggest story of 2014 if we don’t see a change in our winter weather: the Bay Area (and most of the state) is just completing its driest calendar year since the first weather observer set up the first rain gauge here during the Gold Rush. In San Francisco, where records go back to 1850, just 5.59 inches of rain has fallen this year. That compares to the 30-year average recorded between 1980 and 2010 of 23.06 inches and the current calendar-year low-rainfall record of 8.73 inches, set in 1976. Other signs we’re very, very dry: The official U.S. Drought Monitor categorizes \u003ca href=\"http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">94 percent of the state as in moderate to extreme drought\u003c/a>, and the California-Nevada River Forecast Center observes that Folsom Lake, the big reservoir just east of Sacramento, \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=626426660749916&set=a.204261386299781.49442.156316434427610&type=1&theater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has fallen below 200,000 acre feet\u003c/a> of storage for just the seventh time since it was created in the 1950s. Any serious California rain watcher will point out that what really matters for us is our seasonal precipitation — and by convention, our rain year runs from July 1 to June 30 to better reflect how much rain and snow comes our way during each wet season, which usually starts in October and ends by early May. We still have our historically wettest months ahead of us, January and February, so there’s hope we’ll see storms arrive to help replenish reservoirs and bulk up the mountain snowpack. But right now, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/long_range/fxus07.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-range outlook for January\u003c/a> calls for below-normal precipitation for California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003cstrong>Stephanie Martin\u003c/strong> spoke with KQED News Fix Editor \u003cstrong>Dan Brekke\u003c/strong> about some of the year’s biggest Bay Area stories. Listen to the conversation below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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About 50 to 100 kids pack the center on a typical day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are not really ready to make life changes and move beyond the street if they can’t eat and sleep and get medical care, and have someone to talk to and just have a space to like, be,” said Howe, who was once a homeless youth herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121553\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 346px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7977_homeless_youth_alliance_dec2013_0359_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121553 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7977_homeless_youth_alliance_dec2013_0359_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Howe talks to Ulysses, a homeless man who has used the services at the Homeless Youth Alliance, near Stanyan and Haight streets. 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And I think their original mission got lost along the way,” said Howe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Golden Gate Park, where many kids are forced to sleep, a 27-year-old woman with curly red hair named Shortcake said she has been coming to the alliance since she was a teen, and dreads its pending closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s tragic. I don’t think everyone’s prepared for exactly how bad it’s going to get out here,” she said. “It’s just going to make things 10 times worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Howe said she’s committed to stay in the neighborhood, and has the support of merchants and neighbors. 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She has two dogs and doesn't know how she'll be able to feed them after the organization loses its space at the end of the month. "It's gonna be really tragic to see them to," she said. (Sara Bloomgberg/KQED)\" width=\"296\" height=\"346\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortcake, 27, has been going to the Homeless Youth Alliance for 10 years. She has two dogs and doesn’t know how she’ll be able to feed them after the organization loses its space at the end of the month. “It’s gonna be really tragic to see them go,” she said. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at opportunities where they arise. And so I don’t know. 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(\u003ca href=\"http://t.co/VGCyhBLgyd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@craigsfrost via Twitter)\u003c/a>.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At least two of the people aboard Google buses stopped by protesters in Oakland Friday morning have offered accounts of what they saw. Googler Craig Frost posted a few pictures, including the one above, of the protest and its aftermath, which included a smashed bus window and at least one flat tire. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I haven’t succeeded in making direct contact with Mr. Frost, but on Twitter, he lets his images speak for themselves without any jeremiad against the protesters who interrupted his morning commute. And while \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/google-bus-protesters-manifesto-get-o/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protesters characterized the bus passengers\u003c/a> as living “fat as hogs with your free 24/7 buffets” on the Google campus, Frost suggests in one exchange on Twitter that he might be at least passingly familiar with the housing issues the protesters are raising: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RedwoodGirl\">@RedwoodGirl\u003c/a> I drive an hour to park in Oak and take the bus another hour to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/statuses/414125430187122688\">December 20, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RedwoodGirl\">@RedwoodGirl\u003c/a> I can't afford to live closer and moved up here from LA to be close to my in-laws. Started at Google in Jan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/statuses/414127126690816000\">December 20, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RedwoodGirl\">@RedwoodGirl\u003c/a> And when my lease is up I may try to move closer. Its not just about me you know. My wife has a job close to where we are now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/statuses/414128315859873792\">December 20, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Another Google worker riding the bus through West Oakland this morning took to Facebook to recount what happened. This person, who didn’t want us to use his/her name, talked to us later. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/google-bus-protesters-manifesto-get-o/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The protesters’ short manifesto\u003c/a> blamed the technology sector and its workers for many of the ills afflicting Oakland, this 15-year Oakland resident has another view: Protests like the one this morning are the last thing the city needs, and the activists who are targeting the buses need to get a clue. Here’s part of the worker’s conversation with KQED News:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>What’s most frustrating is that there are so many other issues going on in Oakland, like crime and poverty, and I feel like the corporate shuttles are the last thing these people should be worrying about. We’re not really causing any harm. And it’s really unfortunate that they don’t really see, you know, the big picture here. I mean, they’re just going to be driving out the people who really care about the city, out of Oakland. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Was the protest scary? \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>It wasn’t scary at all, it was just more, more frustrating — it made me really angry that I just can’t go to my bus stop and like get on the bus and feel safe about it. Like now, I have to worry about whether my car’s going to get vandalized when I get back from work. It’s not scary since I’ve been through worse incidents in Oakland, and I feel like it’s really unfortunate that we have to go through this.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>What would the worker say to the protesters?\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I would say do your homework. Really just sort of kind of take a step back and really look, really think about what you’re doing, and … really see that these things that you’re doing are really causing harm to our city. People are watching us from all across the globe and people are just painting a really bad picture of Oakland.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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And while \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/google-bus-protesters-manifesto-get-o/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protesters characterized the bus passengers\u003c/a> as living “fat as hogs with your free 24/7 buffets” on the Google campus, Frost suggests in one exchange on Twitter that he might be at least passingly familiar with the housing issues the protesters are raising: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RedwoodGirl\">@RedwoodGirl\u003c/a> I drive an hour to park in Oak and take the bus another hour to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/statuses/414125430187122688\">December 20, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RedwoodGirl\">@RedwoodGirl\u003c/a> I can't afford to live closer and moved up here from LA to be close to my in-laws. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/eviction-protesters-oakland-san-francisco-target-silicon-valley-buses/photo-1-4/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121446\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/photo-11-e1387561504967.jpg\" alt=\"Anti-eviction protesters block a Silicon Valley bus -- this one carrying Apple employees -- at 24th and Valencia streets in San Francisco's Mission District (Vinnee Tong/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121446\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-eviction protesters block a Silicon Valley bus — this one carrying Apple employees — at 24th and Valencia streets in San Francisco’s Mission District (Vinnee Tong/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2 p.m.:\u003c/strong> Our local “Google bus” protests took a turn today as a total of three buses were stopped in actions in San Francisco and Oakland, where one of the vehicles was vandalized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, a bus carrying Apple employees was blocked during the morning rush hour by protesters at 24th and Valencia streets. The action, carried out by activists seeking city action to halt evictions in the Mission District and elsewhere amid an influx of technology workers, was a sequel to one on Dec. 9 in which a Google bus was halted at the same corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘The people outside your Google bus serve you coffee, watch your kids, have sex with you for money, make you food, and are being driven out of their neighborhoods.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Oakland protesters’ flyer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, one bus was stopped at the MacArthur BART station. The second incident happened at 7th and Adeline streets near the West Oakland BART station. Demonstrators there not only displayed banners, including one that said “\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/status/414074094578307072/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F*** Off Google\u003c/a>,” but also broke windows on one bus and caused other damage. Google confirmed the West Oakland incident to KQED News reporter Sam Harnett. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The character of the West Oakland incident seems much more aggressive and hostile toward Google and its employees than bus-related protests in San Francisco, which have been nonviolent and focused specifically on the displacement of residents from the Mission District as employees of technology firms bid up rents and home prices. During this morning’s San Francisco action, demonstrators went through the motions, at least, of reaching out to Apple employees inside the bus, urging them to join the protest. (None did, so far as we’ve heard.) \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Council, a business group that reportedly represents 30 of the shuttle bus operators in their dealings with San Francisco officials, issued a statement saying “the vandalism and violence against employee shuttles and the workers who ride them is unfortunate and unacceptable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activist media site IndyBay carried \u003ca href=\"https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/20/18748143.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this rather impressionistic account \u003c/a>of what happened at 7th and Adeline: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>At 8:15, a small group of people met at 7th and Adeline in West Oakland. Down the street, over 20 employees of Google were queued up, waiting for their giant white bus to take them to their Mountain View headquarters. When it arrived, a kind young man, homeless and unemployed, boarded the bus with the employees. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they took their seats, several people unfurled two giant banners reading “TECHIES: Your World Is Not Welcome Here” and “F*** OFF GOOGLE.” They offered fliers to the passengers but they were refused. One passenger tried to take someone’s bicycle, but they were repelled. Inside the bus, the other passengers slowly became aware of what was happening outside. One female passenger suddenly remarked, “The protesters are at it again.”\u003cbr>\nThe kind young man on the bus urgently approached the bus driver and began asking, \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Bus driver, what are you gonna do, man? What are you gonna do?”\u003cbr>\n“Don’t worry. It’s freedom of speech, freedom of speech.”\u003cbr>\nThe kind young man then walked to the rear of the bus, saying,\u003cbr>\n“Oh my god! What’s gonna happen next?”\u003cbr>\nThe same female passenger took out her phone and began filming the blockade.\u003cbr>\n“At least we’re warm in here and they’re cold out there,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost on cue, a person appeared from behind the bus and quickly smashed the whole of the rear window, making glass rain down on the street. Cold air blew inside the bus and the blockaders with their banners departed. The kind young man left the bus and outside someone threw fliers with a smiley face logo and the message ‘disrupt google’ into the air. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this the bus remained where it was, blocked for the time being. Several more people arrived while the stranded Google employees began collecting the fliers off the street. The bus remained where it was, the thought of driving to Mountain View with a broken window and flooded with cold air an unthinkable horror they could not endure. Another crowd assembled near the bus pickup zone and within the hour the blockade began again.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here’s a link to a Twitter image of the protest as seen from inside the Google bus:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>My Gbus got hit by protesters in Oakland and they broke a window. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/VGCyhBLgyd\">pic.twitter.com/VGCyhBLgyd\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/statuses/414074094578307072\">December 20, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And here’s the beginning of the text of \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/HN96VRk5ey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the flyer\u003c/a> the West Oakland protesters were distributing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“In case you’re wondering why this happened, we’ll be extremely clear. The people outside your Google bus serve you coffee, watch your kids, have sex with you for money, make you food, and are being driven out of their neighborhoods. While you guys live fat as hogs with your free 24/7 buffets, everyone else is scraping the bottom of their wallets, b arely existing in this expensive world that you and your chums have helped create. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Full text of the flyer: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/google-bus-protesters-manifesto-get-o/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland!’\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement on today’s bus incidents, the Bay Area Council said the protests do nothing to address the underlying causes of the housing challenges facing the region:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The anger and frustration that some residents feel about rising home prices and rents, growing evictions, increasing traffic is understandable. But blaming a single industry and a single group of workers is unfair, misguided and misdirected. Many of these problems are directly related to the simple fact that the Bay Area over the past 30 years has failed to produce sufficient housing across all income levels to meet the needs of our growing economy. We also have failed to invest adequately to expand and maintain our transportation infrastructure. We must acknowledge the pain that many residents are feeling as our economy grows, but the solution to these issues resides in working together to expand our housing supply, invest in transit and transportation and helping those who are directly affected by the changes we’re experiencing.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> San Francisco anti-eviction activists have taken to the streets to block Silicon Valley-bound buses this morning. Several dozen protesters at 24th and Valencia streets in San Francisco blocked a bus carrying Apple employees. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/activists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protest at the same corner on Dec. 9\u003c/a> targeted a Google bus. (That action featured \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/google-bus-protest-most-entertaining-moment-was-staged/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an apparently impromptu performance\u003c/a> by an Oakland labor activist who, suggesting he was a Google employee enraged at the delay in getting to work, told the protesters they needed to get out of San Francisco and find someplace they could afford to live.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those in this morning’s crowd carried banners, including one urging passengers to get off the bus and join the protest. The picture above is from KQED News producer Vinnee Tong, who just happened to be passing the corner of 24th and Valencia while the protest was under way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second bus, this one headed for Google’s Mountain View campus, was blocked this morning by protesters at Oakland’s MacArthur BART station. Here’s a picture of that from KQED News reporter Grace Rubenstein:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/eviction-protesters-oakland-san-francisco-target-silicon-valley-buses/macarthurbus/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121449\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/macarthurbus-e1387562289874.jpg\" alt=\"A Google bus halted by protesters Friday morning at Oakland's MacArthur BART station. (Grace Rubenstein/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121449\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Google bus halted by protesters Friday morning at Oakland’s MacArthur BART station. (Grace Rubenstein/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month’s protests have carried a double-edged message. They’re focused partly on the displacement of apartment tenants across the city as well-paid technology sector workers crowding into the city drive up rental prices. And the actions are also targeting the fact that fleets of Silicon Valley buses are using Muni bus stops and other infrastructure without paying for it. Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2013/12/20/bus-blocked-again-in-tech-boom-backlash/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the San Francisco Chronicle’s Kurtis Alexander\u003c/a> on today’s protest and the background context: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Friday’s action, taken by a few dozen demonstrators, began shortly before 9 a.m. on southbound Valencia Street at 24th Street. It wasn’t immediately clear which company the shuttle belonged to. The blockade didn’t last long, as police soon arrived and protesters followed their orders to move to the sidewalk. The bus departed at 9:20 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, nobody pretended to be an entitled techie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Robles, who works for a nonprofit group that advocates for seniors and the disabled , said he joined the rally to call attention to rising rents that displaced vulnerable residents. “We’re here to send a message to the rich tech companies that their business has ramifications and consequences,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to talk to the bus riders were unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business leaders have said the backlash against the tech buses doesn’t make sense, as the buses take solo drivers off the roads. According to the Bay Area Council, a business group that represents the shuttle operators, 30 companies run the buses and make a combined total of 4,000 stops across San Francisco every weekday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, those buses are using Muni stops without permission and without paying a cent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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The kind young man left the bus and outside someone threw fliers with a smiley face logo and the message ‘disrupt google’ into the air. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After this the bus remained where it was, blocked for the time being. Several more people arrived while the stranded Google employees began collecting the fliers off the street. The bus remained where it was, the thought of driving to Mountain View with a broken window and flooded with cold air an unthinkable horror they could not endure. Another crowd assembled near the bus pickup zone and within the hour the blockade began again.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Here’s a link to a Twitter image of the protest as seen from inside the Google bus:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n\u003cp>My Gbus got hit by protesters in Oakland and they broke a window. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/VGCyhBLgyd\">pic.twitter.com/VGCyhBLgyd\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Craig Frost (@craigsfrost) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/craigsfrost/statuses/414074094578307072\">December 20, 2013\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And here’s the beginning of the text of \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/HN96VRk5ey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the flyer\u003c/a> the West Oakland protesters were distributing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“In case you’re wondering why this happened, we’ll be extremely clear. The people outside your Google bus serve you coffee, watch your kids, have sex with you for money, make you food, and are being driven out of their neighborhoods. While you guys live fat as hogs with your free 24/7 buffets, everyone else is scraping the bottom of their wallets, b arely existing in this expensive world that you and your chums have helped create. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>(Full text of the flyer: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/google-bus-protesters-manifesto-get-o/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Bus Protesters’ Manifesto: ‘Get Out of Oakland!’\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement on today’s bus incidents, the Bay Area Council said the protests do nothing to address the underlying causes of the housing challenges facing the region:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The anger and frustration that some residents feel about rising home prices and rents, growing evictions, increasing traffic is understandable. But blaming a single industry and a single group of workers is unfair, misguided and misdirected. Many of these problems are directly related to the simple fact that the Bay Area over the past 30 years has failed to produce sufficient housing across all income levels to meet the needs of our growing economy. We also have failed to invest adequately to expand and maintain our transportation infrastructure. We must acknowledge the pain that many residents are feeling as our economy grows, but the solution to these issues resides in working together to expand our housing supply, invest in transit and transportation and helping those who are directly affected by the changes we’re experiencing.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post:\u003c/strong> San Francisco anti-eviction activists have taken to the streets to block Silicon Valley-bound buses this morning. Several dozen protesters at 24th and Valencia streets in San Francisco blocked a bus carrying Apple employees. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/activists/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protest at the same corner on Dec. 9\u003c/a> targeted a Google bus. (That action featured \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/09/google-bus-protest-most-entertaining-moment-was-staged/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an apparently impromptu performance\u003c/a> by an Oakland labor activist who, suggesting he was a Google employee enraged at the delay in getting to work, told the protesters they needed to get out of San Francisco and find someplace they could afford to live.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those in this morning’s crowd carried banners, including one urging passengers to get off the bus and join the protest. The picture above is from KQED News producer Vinnee Tong, who just happened to be passing the corner of 24th and Valencia while the protest was under way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second bus, this one headed for Google’s Mountain View campus, was blocked this morning by protesters at Oakland’s MacArthur BART station. Here’s a picture of that from KQED News reporter Grace Rubenstein:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/20/eviction-protesters-oakland-san-francisco-target-silicon-valley-buses/macarthurbus/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121449\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/macarthurbus-e1387562289874.jpg\" alt=\"A Google bus halted by protesters Friday morning at Oakland's MacArthur BART station. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This month’s protests have carried a double-edged message. They’re focused partly on the displacement of apartment tenants across the city as well-paid technology sector workers crowding into the city drive up rental prices. And the actions are also targeting the fact that fleets of Silicon Valley buses are using Muni bus stops and other infrastructure without paying for it. Here’s \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/stew/2013/12/20/bus-blocked-again-in-tech-boom-backlash/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the San Francisco Chronicle’s Kurtis Alexander\u003c/a> on today’s protest and the background context: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Friday’s action, taken by a few dozen demonstrators, began shortly before 9 a.m. on southbound Valencia Street at 24th Street. It wasn’t immediately clear which company the shuttle belonged to. The blockade didn’t last long, as police soon arrived and protesters followed their orders to move to the sidewalk. The bus departed at 9:20 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, nobody pretended to be an entitled techie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tony Robles, who works for a nonprofit group that advocates for seniors and the disabled , said he joined the rally to call attention to rising rents that displaced vulnerable residents. “We’re here to send a message to the rich tech companies that their business has ramifications and consequences,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to talk to the bus riders were unsuccessful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business leaders have said the backlash against the tech buses doesn’t make sense, as the buses take solo drivers off the roads. According to the Bay Area Council, a business group that represents the shuttle operators, 30 companies run the buses and make a combined total of 4,000 stops across San Francisco every weekday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, those buses are using Muni stops without permission and without paying a cent.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/7767_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119447\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/7767_transform-640x448.jpg\" alt=\"A donation bin sits near shelves with canned foods at the San Francisco Food Bank in 2008. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donations are down at area food banks. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather may have warmed up and the holidays are in full swing, but for plenty of people in the Bay Area the outlook is grim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks around the Bay Area continue to face shortfalls at a time of year when demand is also the highest. At Thanksgiving, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/119446/food-bank-donations-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED reported on the drop in donations at regional food banks\u003c/a>. The recent cold snap sent more people looking for help and put a deeper freeze on an already sluggish holiday donation season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The holiday saga continues,” said Kathy Jackson, CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Inventory, she said, is at an all-time low. The food bank currently has less than two weeks of inventory on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second Harvest has raised just one-quarter of the $13.2 million it aims to bring in during its holiday campaign. Nearly half of the money raised for the year typically comes in during the holidays, so low holiday donations can mean thin budgets the rest of the year. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a> are also still $500,000 short for what they usually expect at this time of year, said Paul Ash, executive director. That’s down from about a $900,000 shortfall at the end of October — good news, he said, but still not good enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is that with the economy rebounding for some, most people think there isn’t as much of a need for food banks or shelter services. But that perception is wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The economy is contributing to people thinking, ‘Well, everyone must have a job now, maybe I don’t need to give to the food bank,’ and that probably applies to other services,” Ash said. “That’s just not what we’re seeing. Our lines at the pantries and the number of people we’re serving are just as high as they were a year ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have more food going out the door than coming in the door,” Jackson said. “It’s the disconnect,” she said: If need and donations both went down or both went up, it’d be easier to deal with. But, with donations down and need remaining high, it’s causing concern among the food banks and service providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, cuts to federally funded food-assistance programs that went into effect on Nov. 1 have also driven more people to food banks just to make ends meet. The cuts, said Ash, averaged about $30-$40 per family. That may not seem like a lot if you have enough money to pay all your bills, but some San Francisco Food Bank clients said it was the difference between buying milk for the month or not. And, the cuts often drive down the quality of food the family can afford with their food stamps, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120647\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120647 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cold snap that sent a number of homeless residents to emergency rooms and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/santa-clara-county-coroner-four-die-in-san-jose-from-exposure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed four people in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> will also have consequences for those having trouble putting food on their tables. When budgets are tapped for higher heating bills, people will have less money for food and will need assistance even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the freezing weather of the past couple of weeks may cut the volume of surplus crops that Second Harvest and other food banks depend on. Jackson said that food is usually available for “pennies on the pound.” Without it, they’ll have to buy canned produce to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the food banks struggle to deal with the decreasing supply and increasing demand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/10/as-the-cold-continues-shelters-work-to-bring-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelters have rushed to open their doors during the cold\u003c/a>. San Francisco initiated a “cold snap procedure,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any empty beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees. The city has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some winter-only beds, and about 3,500 homeless people on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most counties in the Bay Area have emergency winter shelters, it’s rare for the weather to become dangerously cold. The recent cold temperatures made life tough for people on the streets. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A KQED report on living homeless and cold in San Francisco\u003c/a> started a discussion among our readers about what can be done and how people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never too late to make a donation. They can do it right up until the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve,” Ash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are a few resources for food donations, shelters and medical and social services. Organizations encourage monetary donations; Jackson argues they can often make the dollar stretch further than you could on your own because of contracts and arrangements, such as the ones they have with growers. The list primarily came from readers and is by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food Banks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodbankccs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.canv.org/foodbank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Or, if you need food, you can also call: 1-800-984-FOOD\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters and Service Providers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLIDE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ehclifebuilders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHC Lifebuilders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thegubbioproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gubbio Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/draft-website-lets-homeless-needy-san-franciscans-solicit-donations-throug/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandUp\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ivsn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnVision Shelter Network\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to start if you need help is at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Department of Public Health – Homeless Services\u003c/a>. Or, check this \u003ca href=\"http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=San%20Francisco&state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directory of shelters available\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/7767_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119447\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/7767_transform-640x448.jpg\" alt=\"A donation bin sits near shelves with canned foods at the San Francisco Food Bank in 2008. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donations are down at area food banks. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather may have warmed up and the holidays are in full swing, but for plenty of people in the Bay Area the outlook is grim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks around the Bay Area continue to face shortfalls at a time of year when demand is also the highest. At Thanksgiving, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/119446/food-bank-donations-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED reported on the drop in donations at regional food banks\u003c/a>. The recent cold snap sent more people looking for help and put a deeper freeze on an already sluggish holiday donation season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The holiday saga continues,” said Kathy Jackson, CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Inventory, she said, is at an all-time low. The food bank currently has less than two weeks of inventory on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second Harvest has raised just one-quarter of the $13.2 million it aims to bring in during its holiday campaign. Nearly half of the money raised for the year typically comes in during the holidays, so low holiday donations can mean thin budgets the rest of the year. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a> are also still $500,000 short for what they usually expect at this time of year, said Paul Ash, executive director. That’s down from about a $900,000 shortfall at the end of October — good news, he said, but still not good enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is that with the economy rebounding for some, most people think there isn’t as much of a need for food banks or shelter services. But that perception is wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The economy is contributing to people thinking, ‘Well, everyone must have a job now, maybe I don’t need to give to the food bank,’ and that probably applies to other services,” Ash said. “That’s just not what we’re seeing. Our lines at the pantries and the number of people we’re serving are just as high as they were a year ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have more food going out the door than coming in the door,” Jackson said. “It’s the disconnect,” she said: If need and donations both went down or both went up, it’d be easier to deal with. But, with donations down and need remaining high, it’s causing concern among the food banks and service providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, cuts to federally funded food-assistance programs that went into effect on Nov. 1 have also driven more people to food banks just to make ends meet. The cuts, said Ash, averaged about $30-$40 per family. That may not seem like a lot if you have enough money to pay all your bills, but some San Francisco Food Bank clients said it was the difference between buying milk for the month or not. And, the cuts often drive down the quality of food the family can afford with their food stamps, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120647\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120647 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cold snap that sent a number of homeless residents to emergency rooms and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/santa-clara-county-coroner-four-die-in-san-jose-from-exposure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed four people in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> will also have consequences for those having trouble putting food on their tables. When budgets are tapped for higher heating bills, people will have less money for food and will need assistance even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the freezing weather of the past couple of weeks may cut the volume of surplus crops that Second Harvest and other food banks depend on. Jackson said that food is usually available for “pennies on the pound.” Without it, they’ll have to buy canned produce to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the food banks struggle to deal with the decreasing supply and increasing demand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/10/as-the-cold-continues-shelters-work-to-bring-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelters have rushed to open their doors during the cold\u003c/a>. San Francisco initiated a “cold snap procedure,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any empty beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees. The city has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some winter-only beds, and about 3,500 homeless people on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most counties in the Bay Area have emergency winter shelters, it’s rare for the weather to become dangerously cold. The recent cold temperatures made life tough for people on the streets. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A KQED report on living homeless and cold in San Francisco\u003c/a> started a discussion among our readers about what can be done and how people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never too late to make a donation. They can do it right up until the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve,” Ash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are a few resources for food donations, shelters and medical and social services. Organizations encourage monetary donations; Jackson argues they can often make the dollar stretch further than you could on your own because of contracts and arrangements, such as the ones they have with growers. The list primarily came from readers and is by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food Banks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodbankccs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.canv.org/foodbank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Or, if you need food, you can also call: 1-800-984-FOOD\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters and Service Providers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLIDE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ehclifebuilders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHC Lifebuilders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thegubbioproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gubbio Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/draft-website-lets-homeless-needy-san-franciscans-solicit-donations-throug/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandUp\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ivsn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnVision Shelter Network\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to start if you need help is at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Department of Public Health – Homeless Services\u003c/a>. Or, check this \u003ca href=\"http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=San%20Francisco&state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directory of shelters available\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120963\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/16/120916/rs7298_houses_in_san_francisco-scr/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120963\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120963 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7298_Houses_in_San_Francisco-scr-e1387246686785.jpg\" alt=\"City officials estimate there are more than 40,000 illegal in-law units in San Francisco. (Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City officials estimate there are more than 40,000 illegal in-law units in San Francisco. (Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tens of thousands of San Franciscans are living in illegal apartments known as in-law units. Tenants in this shadow housing market are often low-income and vulnerable to eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many in-law apartments are not up to code, city officials say they’re an important \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-in-law-proposal-would-make-units-legal-5011267.php\">source of affordable housing\u003c/a>. That’s one reason why a San Francisco supervisor wants to \u003ca href=\"https://livablecity.org/livable-city-joins-broad-based-effort-to-legalize-existing-in-law-units/\">legalize\u003c/a> them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past year, 65-year-old Kai Man Lee, a recent immigrant from Hong Kong, has been living with his wife and son in an illegal unit in the Outer Sunset. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Illegal in-laws are often small apartments hidden from street view, and tucked in the garages and basements of single-family homes. Some lack basics, like heating, and kitchens.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>At the \u003ca href=\"http://www.advancingjustice-alc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>, Lee spoke through a translator to explain he’s now being evicted:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I started renting the place my landlord told me the unit is a legal unit. That I don’t have to worry about anything. A year later the landlord asked me to move out. The landlord said the unit is actually illegal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s family can’t afford most legal units because they struggle to get by on $20,000 a year, just above the federal poverty level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Illegal in-laws are often small apartments hidden from street view, and tucked in the garages and basements of single-family homes. Some lack basics like heating and kitchens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials estimate there are more than 40,000 of these in-law units in the city. Many were built after World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor David Chiu is \u003ca href=\"http://chiuassembly.ngpvanhost.com/form/36310271995674624\">sponsoring\u003c/a> the ordinance to legalize them, as one fix to the city’s affordable housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For decades, we have had a shadow economy in San Francisco involving these technically illegal in-law units that were housing thousands of immigrants, seniors, families — many of our lowest-income and longest-term residents,” Chiu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City building inspectors don’t go after illegal units unless there are complaints. Every year the department takes about 100 units off the market for code violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some landlords report their own illegal unit so the city will remove it from the market. Then they can evict the tenants, sell the house as a single-family home or raise the rent for new tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omar Calimbas with the Asian Law Caucus says this is one reason why landlords evict families like the Lees without consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The landlord can do that because there is no regulatory mechanism for tracking what a landlord does to that property, to that unit, once it’s removed from housing permanently,” Calimbas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu and others say they don’t want to lose these affordable rentals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past, Chiu says neighborhood groups opposed to density have blocked efforts to legalize, but, he says, things are different now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in the midst of an affordability crisis,” Chiu said. “We’ve had skyrocketing eviction rates. We’ve had way too many families who are being pushed out of the city, and I think this is the right time for us to change our city’s policy toward in-laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu’s ordinance would simplify the process for landlords, but the details are still being worked out. The apartments would have to meet state health and safety codes, including having a working kitchen and bathroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups that represent landlords haven’t taken a formal position on the ordinance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry Karnilowicz with the San Francisco Small Property Owners Association doesn’t think many landlords would take advantage of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To legalize these units, it’s going to cost some money, and it might not be cheap,” Karnilowicz said. “It could be 50, 60, a hundred thousand, who knows how much that’ll be even.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the cost of bringing a unit up to state code might be prohibitively expensive for some landlords, building inspectors would have discretion to waive city requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Gullickson with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sftu.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Tenants Union\u003c/a> is helping to write the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says two big things in the measure would help landlords legalize their units. 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