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Yet he cannot praise rehabilitation in one breath, but condone the racist targeting of immigrants for detention and deportation in the next.’[/pullquote]The bill would have required the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to let noncitizens return to their homes and communities, as U.S. citizens do, if they earn clemency from the governor or resentencing under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11714104/jerry-brown-will-leave-lasting-impact-on-criminal-justice-in-california\">recent laws aimed at rehabilitation and reducing mass incarceration\u003c/a> and racial disparities in sentencing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under current practice, prison officials alert federal authorities and arrange to transfer noncitizen inmates to immigration custody upon their release. 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"content": "\u003cp>Yik Oi Huang lived across the street from the Visitacion Valley Playground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At sunrise every day, she’d take the one-minute walk past the early-to-mid-20th-century homes to the park where she practiced qigong, a traditional Chinese exercise of coordinated movement, breathing and meditation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hilltop playground, with views overlooking the San Francisco Bay, is a gathering place for AAPI older adults like Huang.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But sometime before 7 a.m. on Jan. 8, 2019, the park’s serenity was shattered. As Huang, 88, began her qigong movements, she was dragged by an assailant and beaten into a coma. She was found unconscious and lying in the sand underneath a play structure. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/89-year-old-woman-dies-1-year-after-brutal-attack-14951348.php\">\u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, she suffered a broken neck, among other injuries. Her home was also burglarized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The targeted attack sent shock waves through the AAPI community a year before the pandemic and heightened media attention on anti-Asian crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I considered it isolated,” said Sasanna Yee, Huang’s granddaughter, who lives three blocks away and rushed to the scene to see Huang already on the gurney. “And then, going online when the pandemic started and [I] started seeing the videos. I started having nightmares after that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had my own incident replaying in my head. And then, the videos would replay in my head,” she continued. “That created a lot of difficulties sleeping and so that impact on the nervous system, it’s cumulative.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sasanna Yee, granddaughter, the late Yik Oi Huang\"]‘I considered it isolated. And then, going online when the pandemic started and [I] started seeing the videos. I started having nightmares after that.’[/pullquote] During the pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes in the state soared from 89 in 2020 to 247 in 2021. But in 2022, according to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Hate%20Crime%20In%20CA%202022f.pdf\">California’s Department of Justice data (PDF)\u003c/a>, the crimes decreased to 140. The numbers seem to show progress, however, looking back decades to the start of California’s hate crime tracking reveals a more nuanced story. There’s been progress before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California began tracking racial hate crimes in 1995. In the late 1990s, anti-Asian hate crimes hovered around 150 per year. Then the state experienced a sharp decline in the first two decades of the new century, dropping as low as 19 in 2014. In comparison, last year’s 140 hate crimes are about seven times more than a little less than a decade ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the data showed a decline, recent crimes have been almost as brutal as the one Huang suffered, including six assaults in San Francisco in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On July 3, a 63-year-old woman was killed when she was pushed to the sidewalk in the Bayview as she walked home from work.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 10, an 86-year-old woman was pushed to the ground in the Tenderloin.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 21, a woman, 88, was kicked and thrown to the ground in the Union Square area.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 24, a 68-year-old man was punched from behind in the Excelsior.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 26, a woman, 40, was tackled to the ground in McLaren Park near the Excelsior.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On July 27, an 81-year-old woman was shoved off the sidewalk and into a lane of traffic in the Fillmore.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Huang passed away a year after being attacked. Keonte Gathron, then 18, was arrested following a string of other crimes. He pleaded not guilty and still awaits trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent foggy day on Leland Avenue, locals could be seen sharing smiles and gossip while walking past the cash-only Asian restaurants. A Hispanic grocery store offered pan dulce and reggaeton, and a chic cafe boasted trendy lattes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11960636 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Five people congregate around park benches in front of a jungle gym in an outdoor park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-11-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seniors spend time together at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of Visitacion Valley neighborhood’s 41,695 residents, 23,890 are Asian, 52% are immigrants and 51.6% speak AAPI languages at home, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://data.census.gov/profile/94134?g=860XX00US94134\">2021 American Community Survey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Past the local library and a century-old church is Visitacion Valley Playground, which was renamed Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park in 2022. Older Asian residents enjoy daily strolls with their friends around the field. Children clamber over the multicolor playground under the shade of two unapologetic palm trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The neighborhood was Huang’s home for 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She immigrated from \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=Toi+San%2C+China&sca_esv=566316574&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1048US1048&ei=J4AIZZ3KDubFkPIPjoeYmAU&ved=0ahUKEwjd-dqrz7SBAxXmIkQIHY4DBlMQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=Toi+San%2C+China&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDlRvaSBTYW4sIENoaW5hMgUQLhiABDIIEAAYFhgeGAoyCBAAGIoFGIYDMhQQLhiABBiXBRjcBBjeBBjgBNgBAUjQAlAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAGDAaABgwGqAQMwLjG4AQPIAQD4AQL4AQHiAwQYACBBiAYBugYGCAEQARgU&sclient=gws-wiz-serp&safe=active&ssui=on\">Toisan\u003c/a>, China, in 1986 with her husband, moving to San Francisco’s Chinatown. The couple purchased a home in Visitacion Valley about a decade later. [aside postID=news_11943615 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS62784_011_KQED_CCSFCantoneseClass_02082023-qut-1020x680.jpg'] Yee said her Popo — grandmother in Cantonese — used food as her love language, never hesitating to offer snacks and soup. Huang was health conscious. Because of her diabetes, she would make a magic juice of raw potatoes, celery, apples and carrots every morning. She had a rosy, pink complexion with skin that looked and felt like a baby’s bottom, according to Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huang, who had very little schooling, always had a notebook in hand to write down new words, Yee told KQED. She was an avid soap opera and news watcher. She loved sharing her wisdom with Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had pneumonia, and she was hospitalized, and this was only two years to three years before she passed,” Yee said. “She was doing qigong in the hospital bed and she was sharing with me, ‘These are the movements. This is what you do with your breath, how you’re supposed to move your chi.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huang was unafraid of being out early, even in the dark. She was well-known in the area. For more than 17 years, Huang was an ambassador of the Visitacion Valley Friendship Club, serving the neighborhood’s Chinese immigrants by engaging in senior services, voting rights and more. She collected cans to pass on to her neighbors and friends, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rememberyikoihuang.com/home\">website\u003c/a> made by her family in her honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violence put neighborhoods like Visitacion Valley with large Asian populations on alert. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/data/city-survey-safety-and-policing\">2023 San Francisco City Survey\u003c/a>, Visitacion Valley is among the three San Francisco neighborhoods with the lowest safety rating. Visitacion Valley graded the police a C while the city’s AAPI demographic gave the police a B- overall. Visitacion Valley residents graded their safety a C+. Of all the demographics, AAPI respondents gave the lowest safety ratings. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sasanna Yee, granddaughter, the late Yik Oi Huang\"]‘… Two years to three years before she passed, she was doing qigong in the hospital bed and she was sharing with me, ‘These are the movements. This is what you do with your breath, how you’re supposed to move your chi.’’[/pullquote] In the last four decades, experts point to two events that led to a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes: the murder of Chinese-American Vincent Chin and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 1982, Chin, 27, was beaten to death in Detroit by two white auto workers. At the time, Japanese auto manufacturers were gaining market share as the automotive industry in the United States showed signs of decline. The country was also mired in an economic recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lok Siu, a professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley, said relations between the U.S. and Japan in the 1990s created a tense environment and a “sense of anxieties” in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To account for the fall of hate crimes — from 180 in 1996 to 19 in 2014 — Siu points to economic growth. From the 2000s to 2010s, China was seen as a marketplace for U.S. products and technologies. Stability and growth were abundant, an atmosphere that made racial targeting less likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no one particular reason that they can draw to say, ‘You are an enemy. You are a danger to us,’” Siu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that when faced with the possibility of losing jobs or having a company move, “that’s when people start to point the fingers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siu notices similarities between the 1990s and today. She sees similar accusations of unfair trade and economic competition, but the target now is China, not Japan. Another layer is the current political and technological threat from China and increased anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11960634 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A play structure in a grassy park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The playground at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park is seen in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’re seeing this clustering of fears coming together, anxieties coming together,” she said. “They have an amplifying effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty to 30 years ago, China was seen as a marketplace of U.S. commerce, according to Siu. Since then, the perception of China has changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“China has never really been seen as an ally to the U.S.,” Siu said. “In fact, they’ve always had a perception of their antagonism along ideological lines. It was a political threat. Now, it’s an economic threat. Now, it’s both. It is just growing.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lok Siu, professor, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley\"]‘You’re seeing this clustering of fears coming together, anxieties coming together. They have an amplifying effect.’[/pullquote] Besides the anti-Asian rhetoric of the virus, Russell Jeung, the co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, attributed the surge of hate crimes to the increased publicity of anti-Asian hate and the widespread entrance of Asians into different neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of sociological theories suppose that as there’s increased contact in new neighborhoods, like the Bayview-Hunters Point and like Excelsior,” Jeung, a San Francisco State Asian American Studies professor, said. “There’s higher levels of competition among racial groups and that leads to more racism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeung, a fourth-generation San Franciscan, said hate crime reporting data is inconclusive and can be unrepresentative of reality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t necessarily measure the amount of racism or hate, but rather just reflects the capacity for police departments to collect data and the trust of the community to report data,” he said. “Hate crime reporting reflects more how much the community trusts the police as much as it does reflect the amount of hate crimes that were occurring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of the pandemic, Jeung and his colleagues looked into secondary data but there was a lack of first-hand accounts. [aside label='More around San Francsisco' tag='san-francisco'] “[Starting Stop AAPI Hate] was mostly to collect data that by which we could show there was a crisis occurring and that it needed to be attended to by the government,” Jeung said. “We were astounded by the extent and depth of racism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trauma of Huang’s attack remains for Yee. In 2019, after the assault, her main priority was taking care of her grandmother and family. She created \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AsiansBelong/\">Asians Belong\u003c/a> to balance the dialogue about Asian hate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was very active in the beginning, fueled by a lot of adrenaline, channeling my anger and frustration and sadness and grief into activism work, and then burnt out after three years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the cruel nature of her grandmother’s beating, Yee chooses to focus on commonality, not separation. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> Yee said her Popo — grandmother in Cantonese — used food as her love language, never hesitating to offer snacks and soup. Huang was health conscious. Because of her diabetes, she would make a magic juice of raw potatoes, celery, apples and carrots every morning. She had a rosy, pink complexion with skin that looked and felt like a baby’s bottom, according to Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huang, who had very little schooling, always had a notebook in hand to write down new words, Yee told KQED. She was an avid soap opera and news watcher. She loved sharing her wisdom with Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She had pneumonia, and she was hospitalized, and this was only two years to three years before she passed,” Yee said. “She was doing qigong in the hospital bed and she was sharing with me, ‘These are the movements. This is what you do with your breath, how you’re supposed to move your chi.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huang was unafraid of being out early, even in the dark. She was well-known in the area. For more than 17 years, Huang was an ambassador of the Visitacion Valley Friendship Club, serving the neighborhood’s Chinese immigrants by engaging in senior services, voting rights and more. She collected cans to pass on to her neighbors and friends, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.rememberyikoihuang.com/home\">website\u003c/a> made by her family in her honor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violence put neighborhoods like Visitacion Valley with large Asian populations on alert. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/data/city-survey-safety-and-policing\">2023 San Francisco City Survey\u003c/a>, Visitacion Valley is among the three San Francisco neighborhoods with the lowest safety rating. Visitacion Valley graded the police a C while the city’s AAPI demographic gave the police a B- overall. Visitacion Valley residents graded their safety a C+. Of all the demographics, AAPI respondents gave the lowest safety ratings. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> In the last four decades, experts point to two events that led to a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes: the murder of Chinese-American Vincent Chin and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June 1982, Chin, 27, was beaten to death in Detroit by two white auto workers. At the time, Japanese auto manufacturers were gaining market share as the automotive industry in the United States showed signs of decline. The country was also mired in an economic recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lok Siu, a professor of Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley, said relations between the U.S. and Japan in the 1990s created a tense environment and a “sense of anxieties” in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To account for the fall of hate crimes — from 180 in 1996 to 19 in 2014 — Siu points to economic growth. From the 2000s to 2010s, China was seen as a marketplace for U.S. products and technologies. Stability and growth were abundant, an atmosphere that made racial targeting less likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no one particular reason that they can draw to say, ‘You are an enemy. You are a danger to us,’” Siu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that when faced with the possibility of losing jobs or having a company move, “that’s when people start to point the fingers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siu notices similarities between the 1990s and today. She sees similar accusations of unfair trade and economic competition, but the target now is China, not Japan. Another layer is the current political and technological threat from China and increased anti-Asian rhetoric during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11960634 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A play structure in a grassy park.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230907-YikOiHuang-01-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The playground at Yik Oi Huang Peace and Friendship Park is seen in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You’re seeing this clustering of fears coming together, anxieties coming together,” she said. “They have an amplifying effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty to 30 years ago, China was seen as a marketplace of U.S. commerce, according to Siu. Since then, the perception of China has changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“China has never really been seen as an ally to the U.S.,” Siu said. “In fact, they’ve always had a perception of their antagonism along ideological lines. It was a political threat. Now, it’s an economic threat. Now, it’s both. It is just growing.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In the press release, Newsom accused the companies of spreading disinformation on climate change in order to protect profits over the last 50 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exxon, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP — along with the largest domestic oil industry lobby group, American Petroleum Institute — are all named as defendants in the suit, which was filed in San Francisco Superior Court on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement Saturday is the latest in \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/us-cities-states-sue-big-oil-climate-change-lawsuits/\">a slew of lawsuits brought against the oil industry in states across the U.S.\u003c/a>, including similar suits in Colorado, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and even Puerto Rico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom\"]‘For more than 50 years, Big Oil has been lying to us — covering up the fact that they’ve long known how dangerous the fossil fuels they produce are for our planet.’[/pullquote]Michael Wara, who is a senior research scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment and director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford Law School, said it was unsurprising that the suit was filed in state court, which he says is generally “more favorable on issues of climate litigation” towards the plaintiffs than federal courts have been. He expects the oil companies will likely try to move the case to a federal court on some of the claims, where the oil companies would expect to have a more favorable outcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this is kind of an acceleration and amplification of the broader attempts to hold oil companies to account for their deceptive marketing and advocacy campaigns around climate change,” said Wara in an interview with KQED. “And the more that we learn about that, the more it becomes apparent that they have been deceptive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is attempting to hold the oil companies responsible for what it says are their impacts on the environment, human health and Californians’ livelihoods. The state also seeks to prohibit the companies from “engaging in further pollution and destruction” of California communities and natural resources, and insists that they they pay financial penalties for “lying to the public” and ordered to “immediately stop … ongoing efforts to deceive or misinform about their catastrophic impacts.” The state also seeks punitive damages “to punish these companies for their misconduct.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For more than 50 years, Big Oil has been lying to us — covering up the fact that they’ve long known how dangerous the fossil fuels they produce are for our planet,” Gov. Newsom said in the statement. “It has been decades of damage and deception. Wildfires wiping out entire communities, toxic smoke clogging our air, deadly heat waves, record-breaking droughts parching our wells. California taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill. California is taking action to hold big polluters accountable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the statement, Attorney General Bonta said “Enough is enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With our lawsuit, California becomes the largest geographic area and the largest economy to take these giant oil companies to court,” he said. “From extreme heat to drought and water shortages, the climate crisis they have caused is undeniable. It is time they pay to abate the harm they have caused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the lawsuit triggered a flurry of statements from environmental groups welcoming the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With this historic lawsuit, Gov. Newsom and Attorney General Bonta are providing the climate leadership the world so desperately needs,” said Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, in a statement released Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11960699,news_11923242,news_11957321\"]Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, released a statement saying, “Whether it’s fires, droughts, extreme heat, or sea-level rise, Californians have been living in a climate emergency caused by the fossil fuel industry, and now the state is taking decisive action to make those polluters pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Henn, founder of Fossil Free Media, said “Climate change isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a crime. Fossil fuel companies knew, they lied, and now it’s time to make them pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick Parenteau, professor of environmental law at Vermont Law and Graduate School, says the lawsuit is a straightforward tort case, alleging that the oil companies lied about the dangers they knew their products were causing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is no different than cigarette companies lying about the dangers of smoking, or paint companies lying about the dangers of lead-based paint, or chemical companies lying about the dangers of PFAS in Teflon-coated frying pans,” said Parenteau in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement to KQED late Saturday, a spokesperson for Chevron said that climate change is a global problem that required coordinated international policy response rather than “piecemeal litigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has long been a leading promoter of oil and gas development. Its local courts have no constructive or constitutionally permissible role in crafting global energy policy,” Chevron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email statement on Sunday morning, a Shell spokesperson wrote: “The Shell Group’s position on climate change has been a matter of public record for decades. We agree that action is needed now on climate change, and we fully support the need for society to transition to a lower-carbon future. As we supply vital energy the world needs today, we continue to reduce our emissions and help customers reduce theirs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The email also added: “We do not believe the courtroom is the right venue to address climate change, but that smart policy from government and action from all sectors is the appropriate way to reach solutions and drive progress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Lauermann, media relations manager for the American Petroleum Institute, told KQED in a statement that “This ongoing, coordinated campaign to wage meritless, politicized lawsuits against a foundational American industry and its workers is nothing more than a distraction from important national conversations and an enormous waste of California taxpayer resources. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, released a statement saying, “Whether it’s fires, droughts, extreme heat, or sea-level rise, Californians have been living in a climate emergency caused by the fossil fuel industry, and now the state is taking decisive action to make those polluters pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Henn, founder of Fossil Free Media, said “Climate change isn’t just a tragedy, it’s a crime. Fossil fuel companies knew, they lied, and now it’s time to make them pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick Parenteau, professor of environmental law at Vermont Law and Graduate School, says the lawsuit is a straightforward tort case, alleging that the oil companies lied about the dangers they knew their products were causing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is no different than cigarette companies lying about the dangers of smoking, or paint companies lying about the dangers of lead-based paint, or chemical companies lying about the dangers of PFAS in Teflon-coated frying pans,” said Parenteau in an email to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an emailed statement to KQED late Saturday, a spokesperson for Chevron said that climate change is a global problem that required coordinated international policy response rather than “piecemeal litigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has long been a leading promoter of oil and gas development. Its local courts have no constructive or constitutionally permissible role in crafting global energy policy,” Chevron said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email statement on Sunday morning, a Shell spokesperson wrote: “The Shell Group’s position on climate change has been a matter of public record for decades. We agree that action is needed now on climate change, and we fully support the need for society to transition to a lower-carbon future. As we supply vital energy the world needs today, we continue to reduce our emissions and help customers reduce theirs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The email also added: “We do not believe the courtroom is the right venue to address climate change, but that smart policy from government and action from all sectors is the appropriate way to reach solutions and drive progress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Lauermann, media relations manager for the American Petroleum Institute, told KQED in a statement that “This ongoing, coordinated campaign to wage meritless, politicized lawsuits against a foundational American industry and its workers is nothing more than a distraction from important national conversations and an enormous waste of California taxpayer resources. Climate policy is for Congress to debate and decide, not the court system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patrick Parenteau, a professor of law emeritus at Vermont Law & Graduate School told KQED that in order to win the case, California needs to prove that the alleged lies caused real damage. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have to connect the lie to the damage, so they have to say if you hadn’t lied we would be in a better position than we are today,” he said. “That’s where the cases are going to be decided.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parenteau said that “everybody knows that these cases aren’t going to solve climate change,” but “the fundamental rule of environmental law is [that the] polluter pays. In the end, that’s all these cases are about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Lakshmi Sarah, Kevin Stark, Azul Dahlstrom Eckman and Attila Pelit contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $49 million as part of a settlement with California prosecutors who say the health care giant illegally disposed of thousands of private medical records, hazardous materials and medical waste, including blood and body parts, in dumpsters headed to local landfills, authorities said Friday\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors started an investigation in 2015 after undercover trash inspectors found pharmaceutical drugs, and syringes, vials, canisters and other medical devices filled with human blood and other bodily fluids, and body parts removed during surgery inside bins handled by municipal waste haulers. They also found batteries, electronic devices and other hazardous waste in trash cans and bins at 16 Kaiser medical facilities throughout the state, Attorney General Rob Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The items found pose a serious risk to anyone who might come into contact with them from health care providers and patients in the same room as the trash cans to custodians and sanitation workers who directly handle the waste to workers at the landfill,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser is California’s largest health care provider and has more than 700 health care facilities that treat about 8.8 million patients in the state, Bonta said.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"California Attorney General Rob Bonta\"]‘As a major health care provider Kaiser has a clear responsibility to know and follow specific laws when it comes to properly disposing of waste and safeguarding patient’s medical information. Their failure to do so is unacceptable, it cannot happen again.’[/pullquote]He said the undercover inspectors also found over 10,000 paper records containing the information of over 7,700 patients, which led to an investigation by prosecutors in San Francisco, Alameda, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, San Mateo, and Yolo counties. County officials later sought the intervention of this office, Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a major health care provider Kaiser has a clear responsibility to know and follow specific laws when it comes to properly disposing of waste and safeguarding patient’s medical information. Their failure to do so is unacceptable, it cannot happen again,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente, based in Oakland, California, said in a statement it takes the matter extremely seriously. It said it has taken full responsibility and is cooperating with the California Attorney General and county district attorneys to correct the way some of its facilities were disposing of hazardous and medical waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About six years ago we became aware of occasions when, contrary to our rigorous policies and procedures, some facilities’ landfill-bound dumpsters included items that should have been disposed of differently,” the company said. “Upon learning of this issue, we immediately completed an extensive auditing effort of the waste stream at our facilities and established mandatory and ongoing training to address the findings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser said it was not aware of any body part being found at any time during this investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the settlement, the health care provider must also retain for five years an independent third-party auditor approved by the Attorney General’s Office and the district attorneys involved in the complaint. The auditor will check Kaiser’s compliance with California’s laws related to the handling of hazardous and medical waste, and the protection of patients’ health information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a major corporation in Alameda County, Kaiser Permanente has a special obligation to treat its communities with the same bedside manner as its patients,” said Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. “Dumping medical waste and private information are wrong, which they have acknowledged. This action will hold them accountable in such a way that we hope means it doesn’t happen again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-health-medicare-566111a018e5e8f3d0224180050cbf0a\">the federal government sued Kaiser Permanente\u003c/a>, alleging the health care giant committed Medicare fraud and pressured doctors to list incorrect diagnoses on medical records in order to receive higher reimbursements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Justice sued the company in 2014 after it delayed notifying its employees about an unencrypted USB drive that contained the records of over 20,000 Kaiser workers. The USB drive was discovered at a Santa Cruz thrift store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just five months ago, Alameda Police Chief Nishant Joshi faced a dire staffing crisis. Almost one third of the 88 sworn positions in his department were vacant, giving him 24 jobs to fill as quickly as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wasn’t alone in that predicament. Many California police departments have reported serious hiring challenges in a persistently tight labor market over the past several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Joshi’s city council in April gave him something exceptional to lure candidates to Alameda: a $75,000 enlistment bonus in addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/alameda-pd-signs-off-on-75000-hiring-bonus/\">regular pay that starts at $110,000 a year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving 170 applications from all over the country, the Alameda Police Department now has enough officers enrolled in academies to bring its projected total vacancies down to 10 by early next year. Joshi credits the bonuses, in part, for attracting applicants to a city with an expensive cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are million-dollar homes here. The average rent here is also $3,000,” said Joshi, who hopes the extra cash bonus could ease the financial burden on officers who are expected to live in the East Bay’s pricey housing market.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Natasha Minsker, policy adviser, Smart Justice California\"]‘Pay them a fair wage, whatever that is. People should get paid a fair wage. It doesn’t matter how much you pay them, it’s how much you change the culture.’[/pullquote]Alameda’s high dollar bonuses are an attention-grabbing example of the fierce competition among California law enforcement agencies trying to replenish the ranks of officers who retired or changed careers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, cities are offering lucrative new contracts and incentives for law enforcement officers throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles City Council last month approved a four-year \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-08-22/union-contract-would-increase-lapd-budget-by-nearly-400-million-by-2027-report-says\">$384 million contract for police officers\u003c/a> that sharply raises starting pay and provides retention bonuses to officers with as little as two years of experience. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors in April approved a contract that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/s-f-police-contract-pay-raises-17823168.php\">raises starting pay for entry-level officers\u003c/a> to about $108,000, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The city is offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/your-sfpd/careers/sworn-job-openings/lateral-entry-program#:~:text=%245%2C000%20Signing%20Bonus*%20View%20more,beautiful%20cities%20in%20the%20world.\">$5,000 signing bonuses, too\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to Alameda in the East Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://pub-richmond.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0ca1c8af-3ef9-4a2c-8772-88c2f8050dc5&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\">Richmond in October\u003c/a> adopted a police contract that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/1083/MOU-RPOA---July-1-2022-through-June-30-2025?bidId=\">raises pay by 20% over 26 months (PDF)\u003c/a>. Another Alameda neighbor, El Cerrito, offered a $10,000 signing bonus to attract new recruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ashcraft acknowledged the $75,000 bonus has been “a little bit eye-popping.” But, she added, “more of what I hear is envy” from leaders in other cities who would like to match or beat the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a police uniform stands by a brick wall outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief of Police Nishant Joshi at the Alameda Police Department in Alameda on Aug. 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The danger, said retired Redondo Beach Police Department lieutenant Diane Goldstein, is a widening divide between the cities and counties that can afford to pay big bonuses to address their staffing shortages and those that can’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole signing bonus started a few years back. It creates police agencies of the haves and the have-nots,” said Goldstein, the executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, a nonprofit that supports improving police-community relations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be a well-intentioned policy, thinking they can attract the best and brightest, but it creates inequities potentially in policing,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>More California police, and more accountability\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The police hiring perks come as California cities address conflicting demands from their constituents after the civil rights protests that followed George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A January 2023 survey found that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/02/03/before-release-of-video-showing-tyre-nichols-beating-public-views-of-police-conduct-had-improved-modestly/\">49% of adults say police spending in their area should be increased\u003c/a> while 13% said spending should be decreased, according to the Pew Research Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Californians are especially concerned about rising crime. The Oakland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, for instance, in July \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/28/oakland-naacp-calls-for-emergency-over-crime/\">wrote a letter\u003c/a> calling on city leaders to declare a state of emergency due to rising crime.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11958522,news_11955812\"]“People are moving out of Oakland in droves. They are afraid to venture out of their homes to go to work, shop, or dine in Oakland and this is destroying economic activity. Businesses, small and large, struggle and close, tax revenues vanish, and we are creating the notorious doom-loop where life in our city continues to spiral downward,” the letter read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Americans after Floyd’s killing have \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/315962/americans-say-policing-needs-major-changes.aspx\">also asked for “major changes”\u003c/a> in the way policing is practiced, according to a Gallup poll from 2020. Those changes include holding officers accountable for abuses of power and capping law enforcement spending in the interest of hiring social workers or other professionals to respond to more emergency calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers responded to those appeals by passing bills that empower a commission to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/07/decertify-police-california/\">decertify police officers\u003c/a> accused of misconduct and require the state Department of Justice to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2023/05/california-police-shooting-delays/\">investigate most fatal police shootings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year police accountability advocates pressed for other bills, including one that would limit the use of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB50\">police stops for bicyclists and drivers\u003c/a> for low-level traffic stops and minor infractions, like expired license plates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of putting more money toward police departments and creating those huge hiring bonuses, cities could look at the moment we’re currently in and say maybe it’s time to reduce our police force and invest more in alternatives,” said Eliana Machefsky, a legal fellow for the National Police Accountability Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natasha Minsker, a policy adviser at the nonprofit Smart Justice California, said law enforcement agencies should focus on changing their cultures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pay them a fair wage, whatever that is. People should get paid a fair wage,” Minsker said about about the recent hikes in office pay. “It doesn’t matter how much you pay them, it’s how much you change the culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960075\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a police uniform stands by a building outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Cerrito Police Chief Paul Keith outside City Hall in El Cerrito on Aug. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How a small East Bay city recruits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many California police chiefs say they’re trying to figure out how to both fill their ranks while also improving relationships in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Cerrito, a city of 26,000 nestled north of Berkeley, has faced staffing issues of its own. The average price of a home hovers around $1 million, just like Alameda and their neighbors in the inner Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think if you are motivated by higher pay, there’s not much we can do to stop you,” said El Cerrito Mayor Lisa Motoyama, who said she has little wiggle room to fix staffing woes in the city’s $14 million police budget. “There’s no way we can match Alameda. We can’t compete.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 2020 to 2021, El Cerrito lost 21 officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those departures, nine were retirements or resignations and 12 transferred to other police and sheriff’s departments, including Solano, Marin, Walnut Creek, and Contra Costa, according to the police chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most common reasons cited in our exit interviews were the desire to be closer to home or have more opportunities for personal growth in a new agency,” El Cerrito Police Chief Paul Keith said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith first noticed the staffing crisis after the summer of 2020. Ever since then, he has continued to hear officers express dissatisfaction with their careers.“They also predominantly left for agencies that paid more money,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city stepped in with some new perks, including free gym memberships and dry cleaning. Then it kicked in some extra money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tried to institute a recruitment bonus which is nowhere near that $75,000,” Motoyama said. Instead, the El Cerrito department offered a $10,000 signing bonus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Four months ago we had a big swearing in, lots of women. 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The San Francisco Board of Supervisors in April approved a contract that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/s-f-police-contract-pay-raises-17823168.php\">raises starting pay for entry-level officers\u003c/a> to about $108,000, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The city is offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/your-sfpd/careers/sworn-job-openings/lateral-entry-program#:~:text=%245%2C000%20Signing%20Bonus*%20View%20more,beautiful%20cities%20in%20the%20world.\">$5,000 signing bonuses, too\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closer to Alameda in the East Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://pub-richmond.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=0ca1c8af-3ef9-4a2c-8772-88c2f8050dc5&Agenda=Agenda&lang=English\">Richmond in October\u003c/a> adopted a police contract that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/1083/MOU-RPOA---July-1-2022-through-June-30-2025?bidId=\">raises pay by 20% over 26 months (PDF)\u003c/a>. Another Alameda neighbor, El Cerrito, offered a $10,000 signing bonus to attract new recruits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ashcraft acknowledged the $75,000 bonus has been “a little bit eye-popping.” But, she added, “more of what I hear is envy” from leaders in other cities who would like to match or beat the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a police uniform stands by a brick wall outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082823_Alameda-Police-Chief_SN_CM_15.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chief of Police Nishant Joshi at the Alameda Police Department in Alameda on Aug. 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The danger, said retired Redondo Beach Police Department lieutenant Diane Goldstein, is a widening divide between the cities and counties that can afford to pay big bonuses to address their staffing shortages and those that can’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This whole signing bonus started a few years back. 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Those changes include holding officers accountable for abuses of power and capping law enforcement spending in the interest of hiring social workers or other professionals to respond to more emergency calls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers responded to those appeals by passing bills that empower a commission to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/07/decertify-police-california/\">decertify police officers\u003c/a> accused of misconduct and require the state Department of Justice to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2023/05/california-police-shooting-delays/\">investigate most fatal police shootings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year police accountability advocates pressed for other bills, including one that would limit the use of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB50\">police stops for bicyclists and drivers\u003c/a> for low-level traffic stops and minor infractions, like expired license plates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of putting more money toward police departments and creating those huge hiring bonuses, cities could look at the moment we’re currently in and say maybe it’s time to reduce our police force and invest more in alternatives,” said Eliana Machefsky, a legal fellow for the National Police Accountability Project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Natasha Minsker, a policy adviser at the nonprofit Smart Justice California, said law enforcement agencies should focus on changing their cultures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pay them a fair wage, whatever that is. People should get paid a fair wage,” Minsker said about about the recent hikes in office pay. “It doesn’t matter how much you pay them, it’s how much you change the culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960075\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960075\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a police uniform stands by a building outside.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_15.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Cerrito Police Chief Paul Keith outside City Hall in El Cerrito on Aug. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>How a small East Bay city recruits\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many California police chiefs say they’re trying to figure out how to both fill their ranks while also improving relationships in their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Cerrito, a city of 26,000 nestled north of Berkeley, has faced staffing issues of its own. The average price of a home hovers around $1 million, just like Alameda and their neighbors in the inner Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think if you are motivated by higher pay, there’s not much we can do to stop you,” said El Cerrito Mayor Lisa Motoyama, who said she has little wiggle room to fix staffing woes in the city’s $14 million police budget. “There’s no way we can match Alameda. We can’t compete.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From 2020 to 2021, El Cerrito lost 21 officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those departures, nine were retirements or resignations and 12 transferred to other police and sheriff’s departments, including Solano, Marin, Walnut Creek, and Contra Costa, according to the police chief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most common reasons cited in our exit interviews were the desire to be closer to home or have more opportunities for personal growth in a new agency,” El Cerrito Police Chief Paul Keith said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith first noticed the staffing crisis after the summer of 2020. Ever since then, he has continued to hear officers express dissatisfaction with their careers.“They also predominantly left for agencies that paid more money,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city stepped in with some new perks, including free gym memberships and dry cleaning. Then it kicked in some extra money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tried to institute a recruitment bonus which is nowhere near that $75,000,” Motoyama said. Instead, the El Cerrito department offered a $10,000 signing bonus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Four months ago we had a big swearing in, lots of women. Whatever we’re doing is working,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this summer, El Cerrito has 36 officers, leaving just one vacancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960074\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08-800x533.jpg\" alt='A woman wearing glasses stands below a sign that reads \"The City of El Cerrito.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/082923_El-Cerrito-Police-Chief-and-Mayor_SN_CM_08.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">El Cerrito Mayor Lisa Motoyama outside City Hall in El Cerrito on Aug. 29, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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You leave your car — perhaps only for a few minutes — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">and return to a smashed window and your important belongings gone\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Auto break-ins, \u003ca href=\"https://kmel.iheart.com/featured/g-biz/content/2022-10-27-this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-your-car-has-been-bipped-too-many-times/\">unofficially referred to as “getting bipped” by many in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, are frustratingly common in the region — so common that KQED has already published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">a step-by-step guide to what to do if your car is broken into\u003c/a>.[aside postID=\"news_11959477\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/081723-CAR-BREAK-IN-BIPPED-AV-KQED-1020x680.jpg\"]And now, in the second of our two-part series on coping with car break-ins, we’re looking at possible strategies for reducing your chances of getting bipped in the Bay Area. But let’s get one thing out of the way first. …\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>You can do everything ‘right’ and still get bipped\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, a person can do \u003cem>everything\u003c/em> they can to reduce their risk of a break-in, and still suffer one in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The amount of “smash and grab” break-ins that happen all over the Bay Area — many times in very busy places in broad daylight — show that bipping doesn’t just happen in dark alleyways or to careless drivers. Nor do break-ins only happen to newer or expensive-looking cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opportunistic thieves can still target people who purposefully park in well-lit, crowded areas and who strip their cars of anything that looks remotely valuable in an attempt to foil a break-in. And break-ins happen to people who’ve lived in the Bay Area all their lives as well as first-time tourists. Sometimes, all your effort just doesn’t pay off — and it’s not your fault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not ‘if’, it’s ‘when’ you’ll get your car broken into if you live in the Bay Area,” said Ladan Sobhani, co-owner of Berkeley repair shop Auto Glass Express. Sobhani spoke to KQED to share advice on how to prevent getting bipped and she has also written \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaautoglassexpress.com/6-tips-on-preventing-auto-break-ins/\">a list of tips to reduce your risks of a break-in\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sobhani estimates that “somewhere between 50% to 25%” of the work her shop does is related to auto break-ins. “As a South Berkeley resident who has experienced her share of break-ins,” she writes in \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaautoglassexpress.com/6-tips-on-preventing-auto-break-ins/\">her list of tips\u003c/a>, “I know that no matter how careful you are you can still be a victim of car vandalism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t mean you can’t still try. And we hope the following tips might help you even lower your risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be on guard in the areas — and tourist hotspots — most at risk for break-ins\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some cities and neighborhoods see more auto break-ins than others — and San Francisco has become particularly notorious among tourists and residents alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Standard reported that from July 2022 to July 2023, \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2023/07/17/san-francisco-car-break-in-epicenter-north-beach-tourists/\">there were 2,432 thefts from vehicles in the city’s North Beach neighborhood alone\u003c/a> — a 51% rise from the same 2018–2019 time period. The city’s Japantown neighborhood registered the second-highest number of break-ins, followed by the Presidio. You can also check out the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/sf-car-breakins/\">SF Car Break-In Tracker tool\u003c/a>, which shows the number of bips in any given neighborhood with data going as far back as 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Be especially wary around SFO or OAK airports — or on the way\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Car thieves are especially vigilant around airports, says Sobhani, because they know that cars stopping in this vicinity may contain luggage headed to or from a flight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’re catching a flight, she urges you to be particularly careful stopping off and leaving your car at coffee shops or fast food restaurants closest to the airport. “People get broken into there multiple times a day,” said Sobhani. Back in March, NBC Bay Area reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/oakland-car-break-ins/3195436/\">the story of a couple who suffered two break-ins on the same day\u003c/a>, in the same parking lot of an In-N-Out near Oakland International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need an explainer on right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re not close to the airport, but you’re on the way there, stay vigilant in tourist areas and local beauty spots where you or your visitors might be stopping off on the way to the airport. Marina Greenwood, a Marina resident of five years, told KQED that break-ins near the Palace of Fine Arts, where tourists often stop for one last picture before heading out of the city, were commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a tourist come to my house asking if we have video surveillance because all of their passports have been stolen, and they’re on their way to the airport,” said Greenwood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959822\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The rear window of a car that is completely shattered.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even if you just leave behind a bag in your car that is completely empty, that bag could still be a reason for a thief to break your windows. \u003ccite>(ayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Never leave electronics in your car — even if you think they’re hidden\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One strategy used by many Bay Area residents is hiding important electronics somewhere inside the car where they are out of sight — but leaving anything in your car unattended still runs the risk of being stolen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both journalists and industry experts point out that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bluetooth-car-break-in-18257966.php\">thieves targeting cars now have access to technology that can detect Bluetooth devices in your car\u003c/a>, even if they’re hidden way out of sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/bluetooth-scanner-car-thefts/\">\u003cem>WIRED\u003c/em> magazine looked into this phenomenon and talked to security firm founder Jake Williams\u003c/a>, who said some devices emit a Bluetooth signal even when in sleep mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of that has to do with power savings; it depends on what sleep mode different laptops go into when the lid is closed,” Williams told \u003cem>WIRED\u003c/em>. “But I have little doubt that some thieves are using Bluetooth scanners to target devices. It’s trivial to use one, so it’s not like technical knowledge is a limiting factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, car security researcher Tim Strazzere also told \u003cem>WIRED\u003c/em> that he’s more likely to attribute such electronic thefts to a thief’s eyesight rather than their technology. “If I’m sitting in a parking lot and going to break into a car,” said Strazzere, “and I see someone get out of their car and put something in their trunk, then walk away, would I bother checking my iPhone to see if a Bluetooth beacon is beaconing from that trunk?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No. I’m going to smash the window two seconds after they’re out of view, take the bag, walk away, and look at it when I’m out of sight again. Save the time, go fast, grab everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why run the risk and leave any electronics in your car at all?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Pay attention to what you leave in view — and don’t\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So you’ve taken out all your expensive electronics from your car. Should that cover you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly not. Auto shop owner Sobhani says you shouldn’t assume that thieves will only be tempted by expensive-looking stuff. In her \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaautoglassexpress.com/6-tips-on-preventing-auto-break-ins/\">list of tips for reducing your risks of a break-in\u003c/a>, Sobhani writes how “a bag with stinky gym clothes cost one customer the expensive back glass on her Prius,” and warns that a bag on display with nothing of value inside it is still a bag that a thief will deem worth breaking your window for.[aside label='More Guides from KQED' tag='audience-news']At a press conference held at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts — a particular hotspot for bipping — on Aug. 24, SFPD Chief Bill Scott also warned against leaving luggage in your car, “even for a minute.” Many visitors (and residents chaperoning visitors) will leave their car for a moment to snap a photo, “and they get back and they [were] 50 yards away, and their stuff is gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not about victim shaming at all,” he said, “this is about just being smart. … when there’s nothing there, it makes it harder for crooks to do what they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aux cables and other jacks on display can also signal to thieves that an electronic device could be close by in the car, Sobhani warns — even if it isn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a hatchback or station wagon, Sobhani advises you to keep your cargo cover open (or you can remove the cover entirely), and the trunk visibly empty. That’s because “one of the most commonly broken windows” she sees in her industry is the small quarter glass on hatchbacks, which thieves will break to be able to pull down a car’s back seat and see what’s in the cargo area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Assume you and your car are being watched\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Often, people will “go out of their way” to lock a purse and a bag in their trunk before leaving their car, says Sobhani — not realizing that someone was watching them do just this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if you don’t see anyone around (the suspicious look behind you doesn’t help), you should assume that someone with nefarious intentions saw you stash that purse in the trunk,” writes Sobhani, who also mentions that she’s seen this happen to hikers visiting spots like the Berkeley Marina, Tilden Park and other East Bay Regional Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t assume that just because you’re leaving your car for just a minute or two that this isn’t enough time for a thief to strike, and make off with your stuff. It absolutely is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959823\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shattered glass from a car window covers a street sidewalk. There are two electric scooters parked nearby.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken car-window-glass pieces are seen by a curb at San Francisco’s Alamo Square on June 16, 2023. Experts also warn that some thieves keep track of what vehicle owners place in their trunk after they park. ‘You should assume that someone with nefarious intentions saw you stash that purse in the trunk,’ writes car-shop owner Ladan Sobhani. \u003ccite>(Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Don’t let any ‘anti-theft’ measures make your car itself more steal-able\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Start asking around how folks in the Bay Area try to protect their own car from a robbery, and you might hear things like leaving your windows rolled down or car doors deliberately unlocked — in the hope that a thief might choose to rifle through an open car without breaking a window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Janet Ruiz, director of strategic communications at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iii.org/\">Insurance Information Institute\u003c/a>, warns that, leaving your car essentially open could also just increase the likelihood that your car might get outright stolen instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You really want to protect your car from being stolen,” said Ruiz who also recommends installing a car alarm “and maybe even cameras outside your home that point to your car, as well as keeping your doors and windows locked.” If you have a garage, she says, you’re better off parking your car inside that space — or in a well-lit area in front of your home, if you don’t have a garage.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is law enforcement doing to reduce car break-ins?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At an Aug. 24 press conference held at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, police Chief Bill Scott shared that his department plans to increase the number of police officers — both in uniform and plain clothes — across the city to deter break-ins and catch thieves in the act. Popular sightseeing spots like Alamo Square, Lombard Street and Fisherman’s Wharf will now have more of what he referred to as “tourism deployment” of on-duty officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What new strategies will SFPD employ to counter thieves? Scott made it clear that he wasn’t “going to go into a whole lot of details, because by design we want the people who are breaking into cars to be caught.”[aside postID=\"news_11954507\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66630_GettyImages-1369841386-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]But he did mention that the department will be using “bait cars” owned by SFPD that contain police property in order to catch burglars “Our best chance of making this problem get better is catching people, because these are very, very difficult crimes to solve,” said Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott also encouraged residents who have been victims of a break-in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">to report what happened to the police\u003c/a>. Doing so gives authorities “an idea of where to put our resources,” he said. “We can’t solve problems that we don’t know about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And despite the presence of police officers in the area, the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/car-break-ins-san-francisco-tourism-police-18328516.php\">a tourist’s rental car was broken into just around the corner from where the SFPD conference was held\u003c/a> — moments before officials were due to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez contributed (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1680715754872934400\">after the latter’s car got bipped\u003c/a> — sorry Joe!) to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Back in March, NBC Bay Area reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/oakland-car-break-ins/3195436/\">the story of a couple who suffered two break-ins on the same day\u003c/a>, in the same parking lot of an In-N-Out near Oakland International Airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need an explainer on right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re not close to the airport, but you’re on the way there, stay vigilant in tourist areas and local beauty spots where you or your visitors might be stopping off on the way to the airport. Marina Greenwood, a Marina resident of five years, told KQED that break-ins near the Palace of Fine Arts, where tourists often stop for one last picture before heading out of the city, were commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a tourist come to my house asking if we have video surveillance because all of their passports have been stolen, and they’re on their way to the airport,” said Greenwood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959822\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"The rear window of a car that is completely shattered.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even if you just leave behind a bag in your car that is completely empty, that bag could still be a reason for a thief to break your windows. \u003ccite>(ayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Never leave electronics in your car — even if you think they’re hidden\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One strategy used by many Bay Area residents is hiding important electronics somewhere inside the car where they are out of sight — but leaving anything in your car unattended still runs the risk of being stolen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both journalists and industry experts point out that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/bluetooth-car-break-in-18257966.php\">thieves targeting cars now have access to technology that can detect Bluetooth devices in your car\u003c/a>, even if they’re hidden way out of sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/bluetooth-scanner-car-thefts/\">\u003cem>WIRED\u003c/em> magazine looked into this phenomenon and talked to security firm founder Jake Williams\u003c/a>, who said some devices emit a Bluetooth signal even when in sleep mode.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of that has to do with power savings; it depends on what sleep mode different laptops go into when the lid is closed,” Williams told \u003cem>WIRED\u003c/em>. “But I have little doubt that some thieves are using Bluetooth scanners to target devices. It’s trivial to use one, so it’s not like technical knowledge is a limiting factor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, car security researcher Tim Strazzere also told \u003cem>WIRED\u003c/em> that he’s more likely to attribute such electronic thefts to a thief’s eyesight rather than their technology. “If I’m sitting in a parking lot and going to break into a car,” said Strazzere, “and I see someone get out of their car and put something in their trunk, then walk away, would I bother checking my iPhone to see if a Bluetooth beacon is beaconing from that trunk?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No. I’m going to smash the window two seconds after they’re out of view, take the bag, walk away, and look at it when I’m out of sight again. Save the time, go fast, grab everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why run the risk and leave any electronics in your car at all?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Pay attention to what you leave in view — and don’t\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>So you’ve taken out all your expensive electronics from your car. Should that cover you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sadly not. Auto shop owner Sobhani says you shouldn’t assume that thieves will only be tempted by expensive-looking stuff. In her \u003ca href=\"https://bayareaautoglassexpress.com/6-tips-on-preventing-auto-break-ins/\">list of tips for reducing your risks of a break-in\u003c/a>, Sobhani writes how “a bag with stinky gym clothes cost one customer the expensive back glass on her Prius,” and warns that a bag on display with nothing of value inside it is still a bag that a thief will deem worth breaking your window for.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>At a press conference held at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts — a particular hotspot for bipping — on Aug. 24, SFPD Chief Bill Scott also warned against leaving luggage in your car, “even for a minute.” Many visitors (and residents chaperoning visitors) will leave their car for a moment to snap a photo, “and they get back and they [were] 50 yards away, and their stuff is gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not about victim shaming at all,” he said, “this is about just being smart. … when there’s nothing there, it makes it harder for crooks to do what they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aux cables and other jacks on display can also signal to thieves that an electronic device could be close by in the car, Sobhani warns — even if it isn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have a hatchback or station wagon, Sobhani advises you to keep your cargo cover open (or you can remove the cover entirely), and the trunk visibly empty. That’s because “one of the most commonly broken windows” she sees in her industry is the small quarter glass on hatchbacks, which thieves will break to be able to pull down a car’s back seat and see what’s in the cargo area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Assume you and your car are being watched\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Often, people will “go out of their way” to lock a purse and a bag in their trunk before leaving their car, says Sobhani — not realizing that someone was watching them do just this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if you don’t see anyone around (the suspicious look behind you doesn’t help), you should assume that someone with nefarious intentions saw you stash that purse in the trunk,” writes Sobhani, who also mentions that she’s seen this happen to hikers visiting spots like the Berkeley Marina, Tilden Park and other East Bay Regional Parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And don’t assume that just because you’re leaving your car for just a minute or two that this isn’t enough time for a thief to strike, and make off with your stuff. It absolutely is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959823\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959823\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shattered glass from a car window covers a street sidewalk. There are two electric scooters parked nearby.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762975-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken car-window-glass pieces are seen by a curb at San Francisco’s Alamo Square on June 16, 2023. Experts also warn that some thieves keep track of what vehicle owners place in their trunk after they park. ‘You should assume that someone with nefarious intentions saw you stash that purse in the trunk,’ writes car-shop owner Ladan Sobhani. \u003ccite>(Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Don’t let any ‘anti-theft’ measures make your car itself more steal-able\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Start asking around how folks in the Bay Area try to protect their own car from a robbery, and you might hear things like leaving your windows rolled down or car doors deliberately unlocked — in the hope that a thief might choose to rifle through an open car without breaking a window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Janet Ruiz, director of strategic communications at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iii.org/\">Insurance Information Institute\u003c/a>, warns that, leaving your car essentially open could also just increase the likelihood that your car might get outright stolen instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You really want to protect your car from being stolen,” said Ruiz who also recommends installing a car alarm “and maybe even cameras outside your home that point to your car, as well as keeping your doors and windows locked.” If you have a garage, she says, you’re better off parking your car inside that space — or in a well-lit area in front of your home, if you don’t have a garage.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is law enforcement doing to reduce car break-ins?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At an Aug. 24 press conference held at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, police Chief Bill Scott shared that his department plans to increase the number of police officers — both in uniform and plain clothes — across the city to deter break-ins and catch thieves in the act. Popular sightseeing spots like Alamo Square, Lombard Street and Fisherman’s Wharf will now have more of what he referred to as “tourism deployment” of on-duty officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What new strategies will SFPD employ to counter thieves? Scott made it clear that he wasn’t “going to go into a whole lot of details, because by design we want the people who are breaking into cars to be caught.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But he did mention that the department will be using “bait cars” owned by SFPD that contain police property in order to catch burglars “Our best chance of making this problem get better is catching people, because these are very, very difficult crimes to solve,” said Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott also encouraged residents who have been victims of a break-in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">to report what happened to the police\u003c/a>. Doing so gives authorities “an idea of where to put our resources,” he said. “We can’t solve problems that we don’t know about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And despite the presence of police officers in the area, the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/car-break-ins-san-francisco-tourism-police-18328516.php\">a tourist’s rental car was broken into just around the corner from where the SFPD conference was held\u003c/a> — moments before officials were due to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez contributed (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1680715754872934400\">after the latter’s car got bipped\u003c/a> — sorry Joe!) to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> After a San Francisco official pleaded not guilty on Thursday to felony bribery and corruption charges, the city still moved forward Friday with a number of actions aimed to limit the impact of the alleged bribery scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Administrator’s Office announced it would place Lanita Henriquez on paid administrative leave following felony charges that she took bribes to award $1.4 million in contracts to an organization run by her co-conspirator, Dwayne Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the city grants Henriquez awarded to his group, RDJ Enterprises, as well as other organizations, will also be reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office in an integrity review, which looks for corruption issues, a spokesperson announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the city attorney and city administrator began a process to bar Jones, and any of his affiliates, from taking any other contracts with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Brooke Jenkins also charged Jones, who was arrested separately from Henriquez, in connection with the bribery scheme. He appeared in court for the first time Friday, surrounded by a bevy of supporters who nearly filled one side of the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people in an indoor setting walking through a doorway.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dwayne Jones (center) appears in court for the first time after being charged with felony counts of bribery and aiding and abetting the misuse of public funds in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking from the steps of the Hall of Justice, one of those supporters, Robert Newt, who grew up in San Francisco and is from the Bayview, said Jones helped Newt turn his life around in the mid-1990s. At the time, Jones hired roughly 80 people at-risk of violence in the neighborhood and helped them change their lives, Newt said, including himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Newt serves in multiple organizations in the neighborhood trying to mentor people away from a life of violence, he said. That’s a path he credits to Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave me some encouragement, he gave me some mentoring, and he gave me some guidance,” Newt said. “We’re trying to break the cycle and create generational wealth, and that’s what Dwayne Jones taught me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang delayed Jones’ arraignment to Sept. 18, when he will appear beside Henriquez. He did not yet enter a plea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, Thursday, Aug. 31: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco official in charge of disbursing community grants pleaded not guilty in Superior Court Thursday to felony bribery and corruption charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanita Henriquez, 53, who is the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator/community-challenge-grant-program\">director of San Francisco’s Community Challenge Grant Program\u003c/a>, was charged with multiple felony counts of bribery, misappropriation of public funds and aiding and abetting a financial conflict of interest in a government contract, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ Office announced Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins also filed an affidavit in court Thursday that revealed new details about the corruption allegations: That the investigation into the corruption began after a news article initially exposed contracting misconduct, and that other city agencies — like the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission — were also targets of the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Henriquez’s arraignment Thursday, Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang set a future hearing date of Sept. 18. Henriquez was arrested Tuesday but was later released. She left court Thursday with a small contingent of supporters.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins\"]‘We have a job to ensure that the way that our government functions is legally and ethically.’[/pullquote]Henriquez and her supporters declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a press conference Thursday, Jenkins said Henriquez betrayed the public’s trust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a job to ensure that the way that our government functions is legally and ethically,” Jenkins told reporters. “We cannot overlook the fact that in this situation someone was being awarded San Francisco city contracts because he was paying off a city employee. That is illegal and can’t be tolerated in this city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henriquez, her family members and close associates allegedly netted nearly $200,000 in bribes from entities controlled by Rudolph Dwayne Jones, 56. In return, Henriquez allegedly awarded 23 contracts worth roughly $1.4 million to entities Jones controlled. The DA’s Office said the scheme ranged from July 2016 through July 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones, was also charged in connection with the scheme and is set to appear in court on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones is a politically-connected consultant and founder of RDJ Enterprises, a workforce development firm. Jones also served in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mayoral administration as \u003ca href=\"https://www.rdjent.biz/team\">San Francisco’s director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Development\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contracts Henriquez awarded came from the Community Challenge Grant Program, which was created by San Francisco voters after the passage of Proposition D on the June 1990 ballot. Although those funds eventually made their way to RDJ Enterprises, other entities served as a fiscal sponsor, like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aprisf.org/about-us.html\">A. Philip Randolph Institute’s San Francisco Chapter\u003c/a>, according to the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11959837\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person stands speaks from behind a podium in front of a large bookcase of law books.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230831-BROOKE-JENKINS-JR-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins addresses charges against an SF city official accused of taking bribes to award city contracts on Aug. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are not alleging any misconduct by the A. Philip Randolph Institute whatsoever,” Jenkins said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Jenkins also charged Jones with one count of misappropriation of public money, and 23 counts of aiding and abetting a financial conflict of interest in a government contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones is set to appear in court Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Herniquez earned a salary of $157,000 in 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/search/?q=lanita+henriquez\">according to Transparent California\u003c/a>, a database of California public employee salaries. Jones allegedly paid Henriquez, her family members and close associates through 48 separate checks written directly from his company, RDJ Enterprises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District Attorney’s Office highlighted some of the numerous emails and text messages that allegedly show the scheme at play, including a Feb. 26, 2019 email between Henriquez and one of the people she helped take money from Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you cash the check, you keep $400. I’ll give you $4000 out the money. So you’ll get $4000 a check … we’ll get one every month for the next 10 mons,” Henriquez wrote this person, who was either close family or an associate. The next day, that unnamed payee cashed a check from RDJ Enterprises at a Wells Fargo Bank branch in Oakland.[aside postID=\"news_11923588,news_11955753,news_11801734\" label=\"Related Stories\"]At least one witness told investigators that Henriquez dated Jones, which was “part of my concern with Dwayne.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charges against Henriquez and Jones were the result of a partnership between the DA’s office and FBI, coming on the heels of multiple developments in a wide-ranging San Francisco City Hall corruption scandal that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923588/disgraced-former-sf-public-works-chief-mohammed-nuru-sentenced-to-7-years-for-bribery-scheme\">revealed in 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The investigation started in the District Attorney’s Office in 2021 under then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin, when an unnamed-newspaper article pointed to corruption on the part of Jones, according to an affidavit the DA’s Office filed Thursday. Jones allegedly used his position as a San Francisco Public Utilities Commission consultant to “steer payments” from SFPUC contractors away from charitable causes and into a nonprofit organization he was associated with, called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/critics-fear-insiders-cashing-in-on-sfpuc-benefits-program/2430618/\">Southeast Consortium for Equitable Partnerships\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That news article prompted Jon Golinger, \u003ca href=\"https://48hills.org/2017/10/save-sf-heart/\">a former city activist\u003c/a> and later-San Francisco District Attorney’s Office Investigator, to investigate Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Golinger obtained Jones’ bank records through a warrant, he “discovered evidence leading him to believe that (Jones) may have committed additional criminal misconduct in relation to a different San Francisco city agency,” according to the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That agency is the Office of the City Administrator, which oversees the community challenge grant program that Henriquez disbursed contracts for. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> After a San Francisco official pleaded not guilty on Thursday to felony bribery and corruption charges, the city still moved forward Friday with a number of actions aimed to limit the impact of the alleged bribery scheme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Administrator’s Office announced it would place Lanita Henriquez on paid administrative leave following felony charges that she took bribes to award $1.4 million in contracts to an organization run by her co-conspirator, Dwayne Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the city grants Henriquez awarded to his group, RDJ Enterprises, as well as other organizations, will also be reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office in an integrity review, which looks for corruption issues, a spokesperson announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the city attorney and city administrator began a process to bar Jones, and any of his affiliates, from taking any other contracts with the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District Attorney Brooke Jenkins also charged Jones, who was arrested separately from Henriquez, in connection with the bribery scheme. He appeared in court for the first time Friday, surrounded by a bevy of supporters who nearly filled one side of the courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959937\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959937\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people in an indoor setting walking through a doorway.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230901-Dwayne-Jones-JFR-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dwayne Jones (center) appears in court for the first time after being charged with felony counts of bribery and aiding and abetting the misuse of public funds in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Speaking from the steps of the Hall of Justice, one of those supporters, Robert Newt, who grew up in San Francisco and is from the Bayview, said Jones helped Newt turn his life around in the mid-1990s. At the time, Jones hired roughly 80 people at-risk of violence in the neighborhood and helped them change their lives, Newt said, including himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now Newt serves in multiple organizations in the neighborhood trying to mentor people away from a life of violence, he said. That’s a path he credits to Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave me some encouragement, he gave me some mentoring, and he gave me some guidance,” Newt said. “We’re trying to break the cycle and create generational wealth, and that’s what Dwayne Jones taught me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang delayed Jones’ arraignment to Sept. 18, when he will appear beside Henriquez. He did not yet enter a plea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, Thursday, Aug. 31: \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco official in charge of disbursing community grants pleaded not guilty in Superior Court Thursday to felony bribery and corruption charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lanita Henriquez, 53, who is the \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/departments/city-administrator/community-challenge-grant-program\">director of San Francisco’s Community Challenge Grant Program\u003c/a>, was charged with multiple felony counts of bribery, misappropriation of public funds and aiding and abetting a financial conflict of interest in a government contract, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins’ Office announced Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins also filed an affidavit in court Thursday that revealed new details about the corruption allegations: That the investigation into the corruption began after a news article initially exposed contracting misconduct, and that other city agencies — like the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission — were also targets of the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Henriquez’s arraignment Thursday, Superior Court Judge Victor Hwang set a future hearing date of Sept. 18. Henriquez was arrested Tuesday but was later released. She left court Thursday with a small contingent of supporters.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#now\">\u003cstrong>Jump to: My car was \u003cem>just\u003c/em> broken into. What should I do right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for any period of time, and you’ve never had your car broken into, you can count yourself among the lucky few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, having your car windows smashed by thieves looking for items to steal feels like a queasy rite of passage for residents. \u003ca href=\"https://kmel.iheart.com/featured/g-biz/content/2022-10-27-this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-your-car-has-been-bipped-too-many-times/\">You might have also heard it unofficially called “bipping.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say somewhere between 50% to 25% of our volume is auto break-ins,” says Ladan Sobhani, the co-owner of Berkeley repair shop Auto Glass Express. In her experience, “it’s not ‘if’, it’s ‘when’ you’ll get your car broken into if you live in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what if you don’t lose any personal belongings? A car break-in will still leave you stuck with broken windows, which could end up being quite expensive depending on your insurance and the level of your deductible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We spoke to auto repair professional Sobhani as well as Janet Ruiz, Director of Strategic Communications at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iii.org/\">Insurance Information Institute\u003c/a>, about what you need to know about having your car broken into in the Bay Area. So keep reading for advice on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#now\">\u003cstrong>What to do at the scene of the break-in\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#insurance\">\u003cstrong>How to file an insurance claim\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#driving\">\u003cstrong>Driving around with a broken window\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#replacement\">\u003cstrong>How to find replacement glass ASAP\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#costs\">\u003cstrong>Strategies to potentially reduce repair costs\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And if you’re looking for strategies to potentially reduce your chances of getting bipped again, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">we also have a guide with some tips that could help keep your car safe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to do immediately after a car break-in\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"now\">\u003c/a>At the scene: Take photos of the damage.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may feel angry or frustrated when you come back to your car and see it’s been broken into. Even if you discover nothing was taken from your car, this experience can feel extremely violating — whether it’s your first or your third break-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as you’re able, put aside your emotions temporarily, swing into action and start taking photos of your car with your cell phone. Taking photos of your car, says Ruiz from the Insurance Information Institute, is “the first thing you should do whenever you have a loss,” for insurance purposes.[aside postID=\"news_11959799\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258763135-1920x1280.jpg\"]Take as many clear photos of the damage as you can, including from outside the car and inside it too. If it’s dark, make sure to turn on your camera phone’s flash. If your hands are shaking — break-ins can be jarring, especially if it’s your first time — take a pause to calm yourself or ask someone else to take photos for you. You don’t want blurry, unclear photos for your insurance claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tempered glass used in car windows usually shatters in a way that doesn’t create jagged, sharp pieces, so your risks of getting cut are low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After you’ve taken photos, don’t stress too much about sweeping up all the broken glass from your back seat, as a glass repair shop will almost certainly be able to vacuum this glass up for you. Of course, if you need to transport passengers back home in your back seat — or have a car seat for a kid back there — you may want to do some brushing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever you do, just be careful when using any automatic or manual window controls after a break-in. You can accidentally dislodge and spread around even more broken glass doing this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959511\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A street in San Francisco lined with Victorian homes and cars. The camera is angled from a lower angle to focus on shards of shattered glass on the floor.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken car-window-glass pieces are seen by a curb in Alamo Square on June 16, 2023. Tempered glass used in car windows usually shatters in a way that doesn’t create jagged, sharp pieces, so your risks of getting cut are low. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>At the scene: Has your stuff been dumped nearby?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your bags were snatched from your back seat or trunk, there’s a chance that the thieves may have rifled through them and then dumped anything they didn’t deem of value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel safe doing so, take a look on the street near your car and on streets nearby — particularly paying attention around bushes, hedges, trash cans and dumpsters — to see if any of your bags or items have been tossed there. It’s not guaranteed, but it’s worth a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need an explainer on right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some people in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/san-francisco-car-break-ins-18273219.php\">make it their mission to unofficially reunite owners with their stolen items\u003c/a> when they find them on the street, like Andrea Carla Michaels of \u003ca href=\"https://lostandfoundsanfranciscocom.godaddysites.com/\">LostandFoundSanFrancisco.com.\u003c/a> You could also check sites like Nextdoor.com, local Facebook groups and subreddits like r/sanfrancisco, r/oakland and r/bayarea to see if anyone has found your stuff and wants to help you reunite with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>At the scene or after: File a police report.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the thieves are long gone, and you aren’t injured, should you still file a police report? Yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, your insurer may require you to have a police report on hand in order to process your claim. Bay Area officials are also encouraging residents to report these crimes. Doing so gives authorities “an idea of where to put our resources,” said San Francisco Police Department Chief Bill Scott at a press conference held on Aug. 24. “We can’t solve problems that we don’t know about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can usually file a police report one of several ways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call the police non-emergency line (do not call 911 to file a police report).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>File a police report online — and make sure you save a copy for your records.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 3-1-1.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember: If you live in a different city, you should report the crime to the police department in the city in which the break-in occurred, not the one you live in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also go in-person to a police station to file a report. In San Francisco, you can also ask station officers to check your vehicle for fingerprints. “Please have your car fingerprinted. Sometimes we get evidence,” said SFPD Chief Scott. “It’s hard, but sometimes we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959701\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An urban park surrounded by cars. One of them has a rear window smashed. A police car is parked nearby.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If your car is broken into while you’re visiting a city, remember to file a police report in the city where the theft happened. If you are going to file an insurance claim for the broken glass or your stolen goods, you will most likely have to provide your insurer with a police report. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After: Think if any stolen items could compromise your personal safety or identity.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If documents containing any personal details were stolen, you could be at a higher risk for identity theft. The California Attorney General’s website \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/idtheft/facts/top-ten\">has details on how to monitor your credit for free\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any credit or debit cards were among items stolen from your car, contact your bank immediately to have them canceled. You may also be prompted to list this theft on your police report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your house keys, entry keycards or garage opener to your building were stolen in a car break-in, you might strongly consider having the locks changed or those keycards wiped. This is especially important if thieves also took anything that would let them know your address, such as your insurance cards or vehicle registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After: If you had items stolen, start tracking down proof you owned them.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance companies usually won’t just take your word on which items were stolen from your car. You’ll need to prove you actually bought them, with something like a receipt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re \u003cem>incredibly\u003c/em> organized, you might not have a drawer back at home full of receipts for every item of value you’ve ever purchased in your life. The Insurance Information Institute’s Ruiz recommends that you look through your checking account or your credit card statements, which will provide a record of the purchase. You can then take a screenshot of the transaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One tip for the future, says Ruiz, is to make time to do what she calls a “home inventory”: Walk around your home one day and snap photos or videos of everything you own. “Open doors, open closets — go in your garage,” she recommends and particularly focus on getting photos of all your electronics. If you have expensive stereo equipment fitted \u003cem>in\u003c/em> your car, you should photograph that too. These photos will act as a timestamped record you actually owned these items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"driving\">\u003c/a>After: Driving your car with a broken window until you get repairs.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving with a broken car window only becomes illegal, \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/statute/california-codes/california-vehicle-code/division-12-equipment-of-vehicles/chapter-4-windshields-and-mirrors/section-26710-unlawful-operation-of-motor-vehicle-when-windshield-or-rear-window-in-defective-condition#:~:text=2023%20Legislative%20Session.-,Section%2026710%20%2D%20Unlawful%20operation%20of%20motor%20vehicle%20when%20windshield%20or,to%20the%20front%20or%20rear.\">according to Section 26710 of California’s Vehicle Code\u003c/a>, “when the windshield or rear window is in such a defective condition as to impair the driver’s vision either to the front or rear.” Thieves are usually likely to break your back side windows for their convenience and speed.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Remember: After a break-in, be careful using your car’s window controls. You can accidentally dislodge and spread around broken glass doing this.[/pullquote]A repair shop will likely be able to seal up your broken car windows with “crash wrap,” a temporary adhesive film, says auto repair professional Sobhani — especially if you need to wait a little while on new glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you can’t get to a repair shop quickly and want to seal up the window yourself with film, a trash bag or cardboard, Sobhani recommends that you use blue painter’s tape — not duct tape or packing tape, “because that can really damage the paint on the car.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11959510 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person uses a vacuum to sweep pieces of broken glass from the interior of a car. This is happening inside a car shop.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When you first call your insurance provider to report the break-in, you’ll probably get a recommendation of where to get repairs. However, you are not required to choose the default repair service your insurer suggests — it’s your right, under the law. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Working with your insurance company to get your car windows fixed after a break-in\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"insurance\">\u003c/a>First, know what your policy covers.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After your car gets broken into, there are two types of insurance claims that you could file:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A claim for damages to your car, which is handled by your \u003cstrong>auto insurance\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A claim for any items stolen from your car in the break-in — that goes to your \u003cstrong>homeowner’s or renter’s insurance\u003c/strong>, if you have one.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As for what your policy actually covers, you’ll need to run that with your insurance provider, either by reading your policy itself or contacting your insurance agent. For example, Ruiz from the Insurance Information Institute says that some auto policies will offer broken glass repair as an “extra coverage” (also known as an add-on or endorsement on your policy) so you don’t have to pay a deductible for that specific service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basically, get in touch with your insurance provider as soon as possible after a break-in, to establish your policy details and kick off the process of getting your car fixed up. Who pays for what and how that happens will come later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what your deductible is, and how it works.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deductible on your policy is a minimum — a dollar amount that you’ll have to pay yourself, with no reimbursement, before your insurer will start paying anything.[aside label='Stay Prepared with KQED Guides' tag='audience-news']An example: Let’s say the deductible on your auto insurance policy is $500. Once you’ve got a quote for repair work after a break-in, those repairs will cost $700. This does not mean your insurer will pay $500 toward these repairs. Instead, this means that if you claim on your insurance for this repair, \u003cem>you’ll\u003c/em> have to pay $500 and your insurer will only pay $200.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes — in this situation you will have to cover the majority of the costs, even though you pay into your auto insurance plan every month for the exact purpose of covering damages to your car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At her auto repair shop in Berkeley, Sobhani oftenly hears a misconception from customers: Many believe that the deductible is a yearly threshold. But the truth is that you have to cover the deductible every time you make a new claim on your insurance. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, you paid $500 so far this year and so now the next five auto repairs, glass repairs, are free,” said Sobhani. “It is per incident.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: Policies that are cheap to pay for each month (the premium) will nearly always have a high deductible — and conversely, policies with a higher monthly premium usually come with a lower deductible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about my personal items that were stolen?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Renters’ insurance does cover stolen items from your vehicle,” said Ruiz from the Insurance Information Institute. This is when it will be very helpful to have any documentation you have that confirms you purchased the items that were stolen during the break-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some insurers may apply limits on how much they will cover for each personal item you lost. An item might have cost you $500 new, but your insurance policy may only cover that kind of item up to a certain dollar amount. These limits apply to items like electronics, jewelry, furs and cash, says Ruiz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959672\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A car is parked next to a park. The rear window of the car has been smashed.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762861-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A car with a broken window is seen in San Francisco’s Alamo Square on June 16, 2023. Thieves are usually likely to break your back side windows for their convenience and speed. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"costs\">\u003c/a>Get a quote for the cost of repairing your car windows.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the law says that you can choose whichever repair shop you want to do your car’s glass or body repairs. The upside of this is that you can shop around to find the best price. The downside is: You have to spend time shopping around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you first call your insurance provider to report the break-in, you’ll probably get a recommendation of where to get repairs. However, you are not required to choose the default repair service your insurer suggests — whether you’re dissuaded by bad reviews, the price, \u003ca href=\"#replacement\">how long it’ll take for a particular service to source your glass\u003c/a> or you already have a relationship with a local glass-repair shop. (Or really, whatever reason you like — it’s your right, under the law.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find a local glass-repair shop and get their quote for your repair work, start by asking around for recommendations or reading reviews online on pages like Yelp or YourMechanic.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Keep in mind: The make and age of your car can impact how much you have to pay or wait for repairs.[/pullquote]You may hear that certain repair shops are “in network” with an insurer. This usually means that this shop frequently works with that insurer to honor insurance claims, has experience in working directly with insurers on processing costs, or is otherwise considered a “partner” with an insurer. Regardless, in California you can still choose whichever repair shop you want to do your glass repairs after a break-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One possible reason a repair shop may not take your insurance is if an insurer’s reimbursement rates are just too low to cover any work done by that shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Make a decision on whether to claim on your insurance or not.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once you’ve got a cost estimate for glass repairs, keep in mind just how high your deductible will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your deductible is $600, but the repairs will cost $620, this means that your insurance would only pay only $20 even if you made a claim. In these types of situations, where the deductible is overwhelmingly bigger than what your policy will cover, consider what’s more practical for you: dealing with your insurer, or paying for all the expenses yourself out of pocket.[pullquote size='medium' align='right']Remember: Policies that are cheap to pay for each month will nearly always have a high deductible.[/pullquote]If you’re suffering multiple break-ins in a year, and each time your deductible is so high as to keep you from claiming on your insurance, you may consider revising your policy details to lower your deductible amount. Unfortunately, this will almost certainly mean higher premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Ruiz from the Insurance Information Institute, two things can happen if you make multiple claims on your auto or homeowner’s insurance: “Your premiums could go up,” she said, or this could otherwise “signal the insurer that you’re not managing your parking of your vehicle, where you park, your security, etcetera.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Insurance claims after a car break-in: Who pays upfront?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With some insurance claims, the glass repair shop you choose will be able to bill your insurer for the cost of repairs directly — meaning that, aside from your deductible, you don’t pay anything upfront. This is where the issue of whether you’ve chosen a repair shop that’s “in network” with your insurer may become relevant. This option may prevent you having to pay more up-front, but could potentially take more time, if a shop has to go back-and-forth with your insurer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With other claims, some customers will pay all costs out of pocket and then work with their insurer afterwards to get reimbursed. This option could mean repairs getting done faster — potentially — but mean far more up-front costs for you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Be sure to ask your insurer how payment will be handled for your claim, so you don’t get any surprises or an unexpected bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"replacement\">\u003c/a>Be prepared to wait for your glass repairs.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If getting your car fixed up as soon as possible is a matter of urgency — for example, because you need your car for work — you may decide to factor in how quickly a shop could repair your glass alongside the issue of cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And depending on what kind of car you have, you could be waiting \u003cem>a while\u003c/em>. Sobhani says that in particular, “the rear windows on the Hyundai and Kia are the ones that have been hardest to get” recently — something she says is in large part \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/hyundai-kia-tiktok-theft-stolen-8e0a353d24be0e7bce36e34c5e4dac51\">due to a security flaw in those brands that makes stealing them easier\u003c/a>. She also notes that in her experience with customers with brand new cars, the carmakers are “saving what’s available” for cars on the production line. On the other end of the spectrum, “really old cars” can be tough to quickly source glass for, said Sobhani.[aside postID=\"news_11954507\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66630_GettyImages-1369841386-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]Being willing to have your car window repaired with \u003cem>used\u003c/em> glass — rather than new — could also potentially reduce the time it takes to get your vehicle fixed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have to wait for a glass order, your repair shop may offer to hold onto your car for you until then. “Some of those people choose to just leave their cars here since we have a secure garage,” said Sobhani.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If being without your car for several days is not an option, the repair shop will likely be able to seal your car window up with crash wrap. Remember: If you opt to seal up your window yourself, \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> use duct tape or packing tape, which can damage your car paint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman and Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez contributed (\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1680715754872934400\">after the latter’s car got bipped\u003c/a> — sorry Joe!) to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else do you need information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#now\">\u003cstrong>Jump to: My car was \u003cem>just\u003c/em> broken into. What should I do right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for any period of time, and you’ve never had your car broken into, you can count yourself among the lucky few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At this point, having your car windows smashed by thieves looking for items to steal feels like a queasy rite of passage for residents. \u003ca href=\"https://kmel.iheart.com/featured/g-biz/content/2022-10-27-this-is-what-it-looks-like-when-your-car-has-been-bipped-too-many-times/\">You might have also heard it unofficially called “bipping.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say somewhere between 50% to 25% of our volume is auto break-ins,” says Ladan Sobhani, the co-owner of Berkeley repair shop Auto Glass Express. In her experience, “it’s not ‘if’, it’s ‘when’ you’ll get your car broken into if you live in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And what if you don’t lose any personal belongings? A car break-in will still leave you stuck with broken windows, which could end up being quite expensive depending on your insurance and the level of your deductible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We spoke to auto repair professional Sobhani as well as Janet Ruiz, Director of Strategic Communications at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.iii.org/\">Insurance Information Institute\u003c/a>, about what you need to know about having your car broken into in the Bay Area. So keep reading for advice on:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#now\">\u003cstrong>What to do at the scene of the break-in\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#insurance\">\u003cstrong>How to file an insurance claim\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#driving\">\u003cstrong>Driving around with a broken window\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#replacement\">\u003cstrong>How to find replacement glass ASAP\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#costs\">\u003cstrong>Strategies to potentially reduce repair costs\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And if you’re looking for strategies to potentially reduce your chances of getting bipped again, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">we also have a guide with some tips that could help keep your car safe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What to do immediately after a car break-in\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"now\">\u003c/a>At the scene: Take photos of the damage.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You may feel angry or frustrated when you come back to your car and see it’s been broken into. Even if you discover nothing was taken from your car, this experience can feel extremely violating — whether it’s your first or your third break-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As much as you’re able, put aside your emotions temporarily, swing into action and start taking photos of your car with your cell phone. Taking photos of your car, says Ruiz from the Insurance Information Institute, is “the first thing you should do whenever you have a loss,” for insurance purposes.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Take as many clear photos of the damage as you can, including from outside the car and inside it too. If it’s dark, make sure to turn on your camera phone’s flash. If your hands are shaking — break-ins can be jarring, especially if it’s your first time — take a pause to calm yourself or ask someone else to take photos for you. You don’t want blurry, unclear photos for your insurance claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tempered glass used in car windows usually shatters in a way that doesn’t create jagged, sharp pieces, so your risks of getting cut are low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After you’ve taken photos, don’t stress too much about sweeping up all the broken glass from your back seat, as a glass repair shop will almost certainly be able to vacuum this glass up for you. Of course, if you need to transport passengers back home in your back seat — or have a car seat for a kid back there — you may want to do some brushing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever you do, just be careful when using any automatic or manual window controls after a break-in. You can accidentally dislodge and spread around even more broken glass doing this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959511\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A street in San Francisco lined with Victorian homes and cars. The camera is angled from a lower angle to focus on shards of shattered glass on the floor.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1258762922-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broken car-window-glass pieces are seen by a curb in Alamo Square on June 16, 2023. Tempered glass used in car windows usually shatters in a way that doesn’t create jagged, sharp pieces, so your risks of getting cut are low. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>At the scene: Has your stuff been dumped nearby?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your bags were snatched from your back seat or trunk, there’s a chance that the thieves may have rifled through them and then dumped anything they didn’t deem of value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you feel safe doing so, take a look on the street near your car and on streets nearby — particularly paying attention around bushes, hedges, trash cans and dumpsters — to see if any of your bags or items have been tossed there. It’s not guaranteed, but it’s worth a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else do you need an explainer on right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some people in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/san-francisco-car-break-ins-18273219.php\">make it their mission to unofficially reunite owners with their stolen items\u003c/a> when they find them on the street, like Andrea Carla Michaels of \u003ca href=\"https://lostandfoundsanfranciscocom.godaddysites.com/\">LostandFoundSanFrancisco.com.\u003c/a> You could also check sites like Nextdoor.com, local Facebook groups and subreddits like r/sanfrancisco, r/oakland and r/bayarea to see if anyone has found your stuff and wants to help you reunite with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>At the scene or after: File a police report.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the thieves are long gone, and you aren’t injured, should you still file a police report? Yes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For one thing, your insurer may require you to have a police report on hand in order to process your claim. Bay Area officials are also encouraging residents to report these crimes. Doing so gives authorities “an idea of where to put our resources,” said San Francisco Police Department Chief Bill Scott at a press conference held on Aug. 24. “We can’t solve problems that we don’t know about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can usually file a police report one of several ways:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Call the police non-emergency line (do not call 911 to file a police report).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>File a police report online — and make sure you save a copy for your records.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 3-1-1.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Remember: If you live in a different city, you should report the crime to the police department in the city in which the break-in occurred, not the one you live in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also go in-person to a police station to file a report. In San Francisco, you can also ask station officers to check your vehicle for fingerprints. “Please have your car fingerprinted. Sometimes we get evidence,” said SFPD Chief Scott. “It’s hard, but sometimes we do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959701\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11959701\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"An urban park surrounded by cars. One of them has a rear window smashed. A police car is parked nearby.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1604388955-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If your car is broken into while you’re visiting a city, remember to file a police report in the city where the theft happened. If you are going to file an insurance claim for the broken glass or your stolen goods, you will most likely have to provide your insurer with a police report. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After: Think if any stolen items could compromise your personal safety or identity.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If documents containing any personal details were stolen, you could be at a higher risk for identity theft. The California Attorney General’s website \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/idtheft/facts/top-ten\">has details on how to monitor your credit for free\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any credit or debit cards were among items stolen from your car, contact your bank immediately to have them canceled. You may also be prompted to list this theft on your police report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your house keys, entry keycards or garage opener to your building were stolen in a car break-in, you might strongly consider having the locks changed or those keycards wiped. This is especially important if thieves also took anything that would let them know your address, such as your insurance cards or vehicle registration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>After: If you had items stolen, start tracking down proof you owned them.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Insurance companies usually won’t just take your word on which items were stolen from your car. You’ll need to prove you actually bought them, with something like a receipt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unless you’re \u003cem>incredibly\u003c/em> organized, you might not have a drawer back at home full of receipts for every item of value you’ve ever purchased in your life. The Insurance Information Institute’s Ruiz recommends that you look through your checking account or your credit card statements, which will provide a record of the purchase. You can then take a screenshot of the transaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One tip for the future, says Ruiz, is to make time to do what she calls a “home inventory”: Walk around your home one day and snap photos or videos of everything you own. “Open doors, open closets — go in your garage,” she recommends and particularly focus on getting photos of all your electronics. If you have expensive stereo equipment fitted \u003cem>in\u003c/em> your car, you should photograph that too. These photos will act as a timestamped record you actually owned these items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"driving\">\u003c/a>After: Driving your car with a broken window until you get repairs.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving with a broken car window only becomes illegal, \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/statute/california-codes/california-vehicle-code/division-12-equipment-of-vehicles/chapter-4-windshields-and-mirrors/section-26710-unlawful-operation-of-motor-vehicle-when-windshield-or-rear-window-in-defective-condition#:~:text=2023%20Legislative%20Session.-,Section%2026710%20%2D%20Unlawful%20operation%20of%20motor%20vehicle%20when%20windshield%20or,to%20the%20front%20or%20rear.\">according to Section 26710 of California’s Vehicle Code\u003c/a>, “when the windshield or rear window is in such a defective condition as to impair the driver’s vision either to the front or rear.” Thieves are usually likely to break your back side windows for their convenience and speed.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A repair shop will likely be able to seal up your broken car windows with “crash wrap,” a temporary adhesive film, says auto repair professional Sobhani — especially if you need to wait a little while on new glass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you can’t get to a repair shop quickly and want to seal up the window yourself with film, a trash bag or cardboard, Sobhani recommends that you use blue painter’s tape — not duct tape or packing tape, “because that can really damage the paint on the car.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11959510\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11959510 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person uses a vacuum to sweep pieces of broken glass from the interior of a car. This is happening inside a car shop.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/GettyImages-1298891986-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">When you first call your insurance provider to report the break-in, you’ll probably get a recommendation of where to get repairs. However, you are not required to choose the default repair service your insurer suggests — it’s your right, under the law. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Working with your insurance company to get your car windows fixed after a break-in\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"insurance\">\u003c/a>First, know what your policy covers.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After your car gets broken into, there are two types of insurance claims that you could file:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>A claim for damages to your car, which is handled by your \u003cstrong>auto insurance\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A claim for any items stolen from your car in the break-in — that goes to your \u003cstrong>homeowner’s or renter’s insurance\u003c/strong>, if you have one.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>As for what your policy actually covers, you’ll need to run that with your insurance provider, either by reading your policy itself or contacting your insurance agent. For example, Ruiz from the Insurance Information Institute says that some auto policies will offer broken glass repair as an “extra coverage” (also known as an add-on or endorsement on your policy) so you don’t have to pay a deductible for that specific service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basically, get in touch with your insurance provider as soon as possible after a break-in, to establish your policy details and kick off the process of getting your car fixed up. Who pays for what and how that happens will come later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know what your deductible is, and how it works.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deductible on your policy is a minimum — a dollar amount that you’ll have to pay yourself, with no reimbursement, before your insurer will start paying anything.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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