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Afterward, Nakasone and director Ty Sanga did a question-and-answer session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end, a woman from India came up in tears,” Nakasone recalled. “She said it made her miss her mom and home country. It reaches people on an emotional level. That's the immigrant story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_129737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/IMG_3905.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-129737\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/03/IMG_3905-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy and Tadaaki Hacihisu are organic farmers in Saitama, Japan. (Photo by Dan Nakasone)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy and Tadaaki Hacihisu are organic farmers in Saitama, Japan. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126493\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126493\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/girl-640x447.jpeg\" alt=\"A child buys tickets at the Halloween-Día de los Muertos fundraiser for Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. The event netted $3,000 for the PTA. (Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child buys tickets at the Halloween Dia de los Muertos fundraiser for Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights. The event netted $3,000 for the PTA. (Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This photo essay was originally published on \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/publicschools\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>, a KQED News Associate.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By: Jeremy Adam Smith, Luke Thomas and Tearsa Joy Hammock, \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Public Press\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez and Barry Schmell come from very different backgrounds, but they have at least one thing in common: They both lead their schools’ parent-teacher associations — Ana Hernandez at Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights, Barry Schmell at the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once upon a time, PTAs held bake sales to pay for field trips and annual gifts for the teachers. Those days are gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, after five years of severe budget cuts in the San Francisco Unified School District, PTAs are being asked to pay for teachers, reading specialists, social workers and school psychologists, computers, basic school supplies, staff training and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all PTAs can afford those things. Parents at just 10 elementary schools raise more than half the PTA money that all 71 elementary schools in the district take in. Many of the rest raise nothing, or almost nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents at some schools have personal wealth and other advantages, such as better language and organizational skills. Fundraising has become an essential part of public school finance in San Francisco — and that is triggering far-reaching changes in the culture of the schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126476\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Barry Schmell’s daughter, Jonesy, attends fourth grade at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, which raised more than any other elementary school in the district in 2011 — but in subsequent years lost funding. Schmell is divorced from his adopted daughter’s other father, and works from his home in the Castro as Google’s senior technical instructor and course developer. The job gives him flexibility to be deeply involved in his daughter’s life and education. Schmell was raised in Baltimore, the youngest of five in an Orthodox Jewish family, and studied at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins. “I grew up in a home where my mother was the PTA president,” Schmell said. “I grew up stuffing envelopes in our living room, and so I kind of feel like that’s part of school. I was surprised that public schools in San Francisco required so much fundraising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126477\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez, seated second from left, is PTA chapter president at Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights, where her daughter, Jasmine, (far right, next to her big sister) goes to school. Hernandez emigrated from Guatemala in 2004, fleeing poverty and a society shattered by 50 years of civil war. Today, she supports the entire family working 42 hours a week as a cook in Burlingame. Her husband, Byron, lost one of his fingers in an accident on his job as a laundry mechanic, and as a result he is out of work. Despite her inflexible and demanding schedule, Hernandez said she stays involved with the PTA because it gives her life meaning and community. But for the family to make ends meet, she needs a second job. If she succeeds in finding one, she said she would have to quit leading the PTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During “morning circle” at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, Schmell shows off invitations to a roller-skating party fundraiser. He and members of the Parent-Faculty Club aim to raise $50,000 for supplies, field trips and arts programs this year. “It isn’t just the fundraising — this is my community,” Schmell said. “I have amazing relationships and experiences through the school.” The families are diverse, and Schmell and daughter Jonesy know others who are like theirs: multiracial, with gay parents and adopted children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126480\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra-640x426.jpeg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez serves food at a monthly dinner party hosted by Junipero Serra’s PTA. She first got involved by working on the school’s food bank, distributing food to hungry families. This school year, the PTA aims to raise around $7,000 to support field trips, buy computers, get gifts for the teachers and underwrite the fifth-grade graduation project. The PTA also sets aside part of that fund to support Junipero Serra families facing economic emergencies. Because almost all the school’s families live in poverty, their financial contributions tend to be modest. “They can help with $1, $2,” Hernandez said. “Even when they have no money, people help in different ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schmell shows off the school library to a group of parents who are considering sending their children to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. By giving tours and organizing frequent “fun raisers,” Schmell is working to revitalize a school that has struggled around issues of funding equity, race and social class, as well as management. A nonprofit organization, Friends of Harvey Milk, was one of the top fundraisers in the city, spending $380,000 a year, almost exclusively on before-school and after-school enrichment programs. But that collapsed in 2011 after key supporters withdrew, leaving the school with little fundraising infrastructure. “If we had everyone at Harvey Milk give $250 for the year, then we wouldn’t have to do severe fundraising,” he said. “I’m very concerned about technology. I’d love for us to have a computer lab, and we need to do a targeted fundraising campaign for that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126482\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tearsa Joy Hammock/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After years of cuts, the Junipero Serra library now has an annual budget of just $500. Many parents said the library has actually improved in recent years, thanks to book donations and volunteer efforts. Even so, the shelves feel underpopulated, and the room underused. With a limited budget, Principal Evelyn Cheung had to make hard choices, so she prioritized the computer lab and technology training for the kids ahead of other costs. Hernandez supports Cheung’s priorities, and the PTA has been able to buy computers for the lab. “Some people think the government pays for everything at school, but it’s not like that,” she said. “I try to explain to the parents: We have to make fundraising, because that is how we can help the school.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I waited tables in college, and I hated pooling the tips,” Schmell said. This memory makes him reluctant to support a system in which San Francisco schools would share the money raised by parents and redistribute some of it to lower-income schools. His connection to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and to the Castro is strong, and that is what motivates him to give. The same is true for Castro businesses that support the school. They might not give as much if they thought their money was going to children in other communities. “But maybe it would be better for us,” he said. “If other people are able to do more, then we’ll benefit from that as well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezDaughter-640x414.jpg\" alt=\"(Tearsa Joy Hammock / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Tearsa Joy Hammock/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, at the Italian restaurant where Hernandez works, a customer comes to the kitchen to give a tip directly to her, in appreciation for a delicious meal. She always shares the tip with the other line cooks. “Everybody’s working hard,” she said, “so we share.” Waiters also pool their tips, she said, because “the busboy, the person working at the bar, the cooks, they are all working hard.” All the families at Junipero Serra Elementary School work hard, she added, even if they make very little money. If schools shared, she said, everyone would benefit. “I think it’s good, because you give opportunity to all the kids.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This photo essay is part of a San Francisco Public Press \u003ca href=\"http://sfpublicpress.org/publicschools\" target=\"_blank\">special report on education inequality\u003c/a> in San Francisco.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to KQED's Mina Kim interview Jeremy Adam Smith on his research into PTA funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/132944653&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But not all PTAs can afford those things. Parents at just 10 elementary schools raise more than half the PTA money that all 71 elementary schools in the district take in. Many of the rest raise nothing, or almost nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents at some schools have personal wealth and other advantages, such as better language and organizational skills. Fundraising has become an essential part of public school finance in San Francisco — and that is triggering far-reaching changes in the culture of the schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126476\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellDaughter-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Barry Schmell’s daughter, Jonesy, attends fourth grade at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, which raised more than any other elementary school in the district in 2011 — but in subsequent years lost funding. Schmell is divorced from his adopted daughter’s other father, and works from his home in the Castro as Google’s senior technical instructor and course developer. The job gives him flexibility to be deeply involved in his daughter’s life and education. Schmell was raised in Baltimore, the youngest of five in an Orthodox Jewish family, and studied at the Applied Physics Lab at Johns Hopkins. “I grew up in a home where my mother was the PTA president,” Schmell said. “I grew up stuffing envelopes in our living room, and so I kind of feel like that’s part of school. I was surprised that public schools in San Francisco required so much fundraising.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126477\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HernandezFamily-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/ San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez, seated second from left, is PTA chapter president at Junipero Serra Elementary in Bernal Heights, where her daughter, Jasmine, (far right, next to her big sister) goes to school. Hernandez emigrated from Guatemala in 2004, fleeing poverty and a society shattered by 50 years of civil war. Today, she supports the entire family working 42 hours a week as a cook in Burlingame. Her husband, Byron, lost one of his fingers in an accident on his job as a laundry mechanic, and as a result he is out of work. Despite her inflexible and demanding schedule, Hernandez said she stays involved with the PTA because it gives her life meaning and community. But for the family to make ends meet, she needs a second job. If she succeeds in finding one, she said she would have to quit leading the PTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyMilk-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During “morning circle” at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, Schmell shows off invitations to a roller-skating party fundraiser. He and members of the Parent-Faculty Club aim to raise $50,000 for supplies, field trips and arts programs this year. “It isn’t just the fundraising — this is my community,” Schmell said. “I have amazing relationships and experiences through the school.” The families are diverse, and Schmell and daughter Jonesy know others who are like theirs: multiracial, with gay parents and adopted children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126480\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126480\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/JuniperoSerra-640x426.jpeg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ana Hernandez serves food at a monthly dinner party hosted by Junipero Serra’s PTA. 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Because almost all the school’s families live in poverty, their financial contributions tend to be modest. “They can help with $1, $2,” Hernandez said. “Even when they have no money, people help in different ways.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126481\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/HarveyLibrary-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schmell shows off the school library to a group of parents who are considering sending their children to Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy. By giving tours and organizing frequent “fun raisers,” Schmell is working to revitalize a school that has struggled around issues of funding equity, race and social class, as well as management. A nonprofit organization, Friends of Harvey Milk, was one of the top fundraisers in the city, spending $380,000 a year, almost exclusively on before-school and after-school enrichment programs. But that collapsed in 2011 after key supporters withdrew, leaving the school with little fundraising infrastructure. “If we had everyone at Harvey Milk give $250 for the year, then we wouldn’t have to do severe fundraising,” he said. “I’m very concerned about technology. 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With a limited budget, Principal Evelyn Cheung had to make hard choices, so she prioritized the computer lab and technology training for the kids ahead of other costs. Hernandez supports Cheung’s priorities, and the PTA has been able to buy computers for the lab. “Some people think the government pays for everything at school, but it’s not like that,” she said. “I try to explain to the parents: We have to make fundraising, because that is how we can help the school.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_126484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-126484\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/02/SchmellMural-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"(Luke Thomas / San Francisco Public Press)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Luke Thomas/San Francisco Public Press)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I waited tables in college, and I hated pooling the tips,” Schmell said. 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And she wanted me to be this model Muslim boy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Countering Negative Images\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamma hopes his story will help counter the negative image of Muslims here, especially Muslims with Middle Eastern-sounding names.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only does having a name like Mohammed make me get stopped at TSA, having a son whose name is Karim who gets stopped when he’s 8 months old, because he’s on a list. That to me is something that needs to change. I don’t need to show my 8-month-old to passport control to say, ‘Look, you don’t need to be worried about this boy.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\"> He says he was racked with guilt over having kissed a girl. His mom said it was a sin.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Shamma says personal stories like his can show Muslims in a different light and chip away at stereotypes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re willing to talk about love, we’re making that step towards that mutual agreement that, ‘Hey, we’re really the same person.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not just first-generation Muslims that deal with stigma -- or the complications that come with love. Stephen Leeper in Oakland also contributed to the book. He is an African-American who was raised Muslim -- and that came with its own challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the oppression is doubled. 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A fight broke out, putting one of the women in the hospital and the other in jail, but the daughter was sent to foster care because her biological father did not have parental rights.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The new law is meant to keep children falling into that sort of situation out of the foster care system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/08/jerry_brown_signs_law_that_allows_children_more_than_two_legal_parents_conservatives.html\">While a handful of socially conservative groups raised complaints\u003c/a> that the new law further erodes the traditional definition of a family, the measure didn’t stir up too much controversy. That wasn’t the case with a new law \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/08/12/transgender-students-rights-bill-on-governors-desk/\">allowing transgender students to self-identify their gender\u003c/a> in California schools, and use the facilities or play on the sports teams of their choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law is already the focus of a referendum campaign. Organizers say they’ve already gathered the signatures needed to put the repeal measure on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Big win for bobcats (and mountain lions. … and eventually condors)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2014 will bring a handful of new environmental protections, too. Chief among them: two laws granting increased protection to California’s bobcats and mountain lions. Beginning Wednesday, hunters will be banned from trapping bobcats near Joshua Tree National Park. Similar protections will follow soon at other national and state parks with bobcat populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a response to hunters setting up shop just outside the park’s borders to trap bobcats. “The bobcats don’t know where the boundaries are,” bill sponsor Richard Bloom, an Assembly Democrat,\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201305300850/b\"> told KQED in May. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/field-notes/2013/09/new-california-law-protects-mountain-lions-populated-areas\">Another law limits when game wardens\u003c/a> can shoot and kill mountain lions that wander into populated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2013’s most high-impact environmental law, a statewide ban on lead bullets, won’t fully kick in until 2019. \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-condors-on-the-brink-california-considers-a-lead-bullet-ban-for-hunters/\">It’s meant to protect condors\u003c/a> and other wild animals that eat lead bullet fragments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to the radio report:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/126778978&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another law puts tougher penalties on parents who don’t stow their weapons properly. Cody Jacobs, a staff attorney with the gun control-focused Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, pointed out the measure also requires gun stores to post more warnings about proper gun storage in homes with children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so we think that more gun owners seeing that this is the law — hey, you can’t put your gun in a place where your child might gain access to it — we think that will incentivize them to follow the law, and result in fewer accidents,” Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rifles will come under more scrutiny, too. Potential buyers will now need to pass a safety test before they buy long guns. Until now, those tests had only been required for handguns. The state will also start compiling a database of rifle and shotgun purchases. That development has many gun owners agitated, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2013/12/16/6003230/california-gun-owners-warily-eye.html\">as the Sacramento Bee reported earlier this month.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Protections for undocumented immigrants\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s undocumented immigrants will face fewer deportation threats when 2014 begins, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beginning this week, local police will be barred from turning undocumented immigrants over to federal authorities, except under specific circumstances. But while the so-called TRUST Act got most of the attention in Sacramento this year, it’s not the only new law protecting undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors will be banned from threatening to report an undocumented employee, if the worker is raising legitimate complaints about unfair wages, hours or other workplace rights covered by California’s Labor Code. The state will be able to suspend or revoke a business’ license for reporting an undocumented immigrant simply out of retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new laws are part of a broader push to increase whistle-blower protections at private companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile new measure affecting undocumented immigrants is a law that allows them to apply for and receive driver’s licenses. It doesn’t actually kick in until 2015. But immigration advocates are urging the state to immediately stop impounding the cars of undocumented immigrants caught driving without licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Three or more parents\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two new laws affecting children generated plenty of “only in California” headlines when they passed this year. SB 274 allows the possibility for more than two adults to be named as the parents of a child. Like many new laws, this was a response to a specific circumstance.\u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/04/local/la-me-brown-bills-parents-20131005\"> As the Los Angeles Times explained when Brown signed the measure:\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The bill was partially a reaction to a 2011 court decision involving a lesbian couple that briefly ended their relationship, according to (Senator Mark) Leno’s office. One of the women was impregnated by a man before the women resumed their relationship. A fight broke out, putting one of the women in the hospital and the other in jail, but the daughter was sent to foster care because her biological father did not have parental rights.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The new law is meant to keep children falling into that sort of situation out of the foster care system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/10/08/jerry_brown_signs_law_that_allows_children_more_than_two_legal_parents_conservatives.html\">While a handful of socially conservative groups raised complaints\u003c/a> that the new law further erodes the traditional definition of a family, the measure didn’t stir up too much controversy. That wasn’t the case with a new law \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/08/12/transgender-students-rights-bill-on-governors-desk/\">allowing transgender students to self-identify their gender\u003c/a> in California schools, and use the facilities or play on the sports teams of their choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law is already the focus of a referendum campaign. Organizers say they’ve already gathered the signatures needed to put the repeal measure on next year’s ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Big win for bobcats (and mountain lions. … and eventually condors)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2014 will bring a handful of new environmental protections, too. Chief among them: two laws granting increased protection to California’s bobcats and mountain lions. Beginning Wednesday, hunters will be banned from trapping bobcats near Joshua Tree National Park. Similar protections will follow soon at other national and state parks with bobcat populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a response to hunters setting up shop just outside the park’s borders to trap bobcats. “The bobcats don’t know where the boundaries are,” bill sponsor Richard Bloom, an Assembly Democrat,\u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201305300850/b\"> told KQED in May. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/field-notes/2013/09/new-california-law-protects-mountain-lions-populated-areas\">Another law limits when game wardens\u003c/a> can shoot and kill mountain lions that wander into populated areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>2013’s most high-impact environmental law, a statewide ban on lead bullets, won’t fully kick in until 2019. \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/with-condors-on-the-brink-california-considers-a-lead-bullet-ban-for-hunters/\">It’s meant to protect condors\u003c/a> and other wild animals that eat lead bullet fragments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Listen to the radio report:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/126778978&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Rim-Fire.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Rim-Fire-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Rim Fire began in mid-August and wasn't completely contained until late October. It was the third-largest wildfire in California’s history, burning 400 square miles in and around Yosemite National Park and threatening the San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy reservoir. Estimates of total losses in the fire, including damage to the forest's carbon-storing function, range up to nearly $1 billion. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> The Rim Fire began in mid-August and wasn't completely contained until late October. It was the third-largest wildfire in California’s history, burning 400 square miles in and around Yosemite National Park and threatening the San Francisco-owned Hetch Hetchy reservoir. Estimates of total losses in the fire, including damage to the forest's carbon-storing function, range up to nearly $1 billion. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/DOMA.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121326\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/DOMA-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"On June 26 the Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that struck down Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California. Two of the the people who sued to overturn Prop. 8, Sandra Stier, left, and Kris Perry, face each other and prepare to seal their marriage with a kiss at San Francisco City Hall on June 28. They were married by California Attorney General Kamala Harris. (Darlene Bouchard/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>On June 26 the Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that struck down Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage, clearing the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California. Two of the the people who sued to overturn Prop. 8, Sandra Stier, left, and Kris Perry, face each other and prepare to seal their marriage with a kiss at San Francisco City Hall on June 28. They were married by California Attorney General Kamala Harris. (Darlene Bouchard/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/BART-strike.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121461\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/BART-strike-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"BART strikes in July and October sent hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for commute alternatives. Streets and freeways were jammed, ferry lines stretched out of sight, AC Transit provided extra buses and at least one intrepid commuter decided to kayak across the Bay. Here, ferry-borne commuters are reflected in a window as they disembark at San Francisco's Ferry Building on Oct. 18. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/bart-strike/\">BART strikes\u003c/a> in July and October sent hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for commute alternatives. Streets and freeways were jammed, ferry lines stretched out of sight, AC Transit provided extra buses and at least one intrepid commuter decided to kayak across the Bay. Here, ferry-borne commuters are reflected in a window as they disembark at San Francisco's Ferry Building on Oct. 18. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Last-car.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121325\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Last-car-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"One final car crosses the old eastern section of the Bay Bridge on Aug. 28 as Caltrans shut down the span to put the finishing touches on the bridge's long-delayed $6.4 billion self-anchored suspension span. The new bridge opened late the night of Labor Day, Sept. 2. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> One final car crosses the old eastern section of the Bay Bridge on Aug. 28 as Caltrans shut down the span to put the finishing touches on the bridge's long-delayed $6.4 billion self-anchored suspension span. The new bridge opened late the night of Labor Day, Sept. 2. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek130906bikepath.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121462\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek130906bikepath.jpg\" alt=\"The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is not just for vehicles. There's a bicycle and pedestrian path, too. People came out in droves when it first opened to check it out and get a different view of the bay. (Nancy Rubin/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is not just for vehicles. There's a bicycle and pedestrian path, too. \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/09/04/new-bay-bridge-span-its-for-bikes-and-pedestrians-too/\">People came out in droves\u003c/a> when it first opened to check it out and get a different view of the bay. (Nancy Rubin / \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Americas-Cup-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121485\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Americas-Cup-2-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco hosted the America's Cup over the summer. During the finals, tens of thousands of people crowded the city's shoreline to watch Oracle Team USA defend the cup against Emirates Team New Zealand in a series of 19 races. The contest was decided Sept. 25, when Oracle came back from a deficit of 8-1 to beat the the Kiwis and retain the cup. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> San Francisco hosted the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/americas-cup/\">San Francisco hosted the America's Cup over the summer. During the finals, tens of thousands of people crowded the city's shoreline to watch Oracle Team USA defend the cup against Emirates Team New Zealand in a series of 19 races. The contest was decided Sept. 25, when Oracle came back from a deficit of 8-1 to beat the the Kiwis and retain the cup. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Ivanapah.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121327\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Ivanapah-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"Early this summer, construction continued on the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert. Ivanpah, the largest solar thermal power plant in the world, opened this year, putting the state a step closer to its ambitious renewable energy goal. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> Early this summer, construction continued on the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert. Ivanpah, the largest solar thermal power plant in the world, opened this year, putting the state a step closer to its ambitious renewable energy goal. (Lauren Sommer/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/devils-slide-tunnel.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121479\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/devils-slide-tunnel-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"The Devil's Slide Tunnels south of Pacifica and north of Half Moon Bay opened in March after decades of environmental battles and years of construction. The new tunnel consists of two bores, each about 4,200 feet long, with one lane and a wide shoulder. The tunnels are meant to solve the safety and erosion problems that have plagued that notorious stretch of Highway 1 since it was built. Here, a Caltrans construction crew works on one of the twin 30-foot wide tunnels. (Jenny Oh / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> The Devil's Slide Tunnels south of Pacifica and north of Half Moon Bay \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/22/historic-devils-slide-tunnels-finally-about-to-open/\" target=\"_blank\">opened in March after decades of environmental battles and years of construction\u003c/a>. The new tunnel consists of two bores, each about 4,200 feet long, with one lane and a wide shoulder. The tunnels are meant to solve the safety and erosion problems that have plagued that notorious stretch of Highway 1 since it was built. Here, a Caltrans construction crew works on one of the twin 30-foot wide tunnels. (Jenny Oh/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/CCSF-rally.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121341\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/CCSF-rally-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"In March, hundreds of students from several campuses of the City College of San Francisco arrived at City Hall as part of an ongoing protest against a plan to revoke the college's accreditation. That battle continues, with CCSF supporters now suing to block an accreditation agency from proceeding with its plan. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>In March, hundreds of students from several campuses of the City College of San Francisco arrived at City Hall as part of an ongoing protest against a plan to revoke the college's accreditation. That battle continues, with CCSF supporters now suing to block an accreditation agency from proceeding with its plan. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/immigration-reform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121363\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/immigration-reform-640x450.jpg\" alt=\"As part of a July protest against border militarization, faith leaders, workers, and community groups gathered in San Francisco and dramatized the the fate of those who have died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The action took place at the offices of SAIC, one of the contractors building the U.S. border wall and surveillance system. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> As part of a July protest against border militarization, faith leaders, workers, and community groups gathered in San Francisco and dramatized the the fate of those who have died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. The action took place at the offices of SAIC, one of the contractors building the U.S. border wall and surveillance system. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek130517OccupyFarm.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121469\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek130517OccupyFarm.jpg\" alt=\"In May, Pancho Ramos-Stierle, part of an urban farming group that repeatedly occupied a UC Berkeley agricultural research plot in Albany, held plant starts that survived a UC plow and were ready to be replanted. 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(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a> One final car crosses the old eastern section of the Bay Bridge on Aug. 28 as Caltrans shut down the span to put the finishing touches on the bridge's long-delayed $6.4 billion self-anchored suspension span. The new bridge opened late the night of Labor Day, Sept. 2. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek130906bikepath.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121462\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek130906bikepath.jpg\" alt=\"The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge is not just for vehicles. There's a bicycle and pedestrian path, too. People came out in droves when it first opened to check it out and get a different view of the bay. 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