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"content": "\u003cp>They were shot in lengthy standoffs or in seconds. They were shot when they stumbled toward an officer, hid behind a wall or drew a fake gun. They were shot during wellness checks, homicide investigations and traffic stops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the last 16 months, the California Justice Department \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ois-incidents/current-cases\">opened 25 investigations\u003c/a> of law enforcement officers who shot and killed an unarmed person. This scrutiny was part of a new law that took effect July 1, 2021 — one of California’s answers to the emotional and political upheaval of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Before, investigations of fatal police shootings in California were conducted at the local level; officers were \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/05/police-deadly-force-law/\">rarely charged\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of November 10, the Justice Department has resolved only one of the state’s 25 opened cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters found that the department has struggled to meet the goals set by the new law — including the attorney general’s own pledge to complete investigations in one year. Internal emails indicate that Justice Department employees were worried that the new workload would overwhelm them. Department officials also have complained that the Legislature slashed in half their \u003ca href=\"https://esd.dof.ca.gov/Documents/bcp/2223/FY2223_ORG0820_BCP4943.pdf\">original $26 million budget request (PDF)\u003c/a> to cover these investigations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, some of the officers in at least two shootings have been cleared by their local police review commissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cases taken up by the Justice Department range from a man shot while fleeing a traffic stop, to a teenage girl killed in a department store dressing room when a bullet missed its target. Some were killed after they repeatedly charged officers, or menaced them with replica firearms. One man was holding a broom handle; another had his hands in his pockets. Several held nothing at all.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Rob Bonta, attorney general\"]‘We got the funding that we got, and we’re going to make it work. We have no choice. We have to find a way.’[/pullquote]CalMatters is launching a review of those fatal encounters, with descriptions of the shootings and the case status. Where available, the project will post relevant records and coroner reports, follow lawsuits involving the shootings and update with the Justice Department’s decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta has \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-releases-full-guidance-package-ab-1506-implementation\">vowed the new law will provide “impartial, fair investigations”\u003c/a> and independent reviews of officer-involved shootings. The department will be deciding, among other elements, whether to charge the officers criminally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On November 3, the Justice Department announced the resolution of its first case. That investigation was launched on July 15, 2021, when a 48-year-old man was shot in Hollywood waving a lighter fashioned with a pistol grip. 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But the attorney general’s selection of cases has not been without controversy.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Kevin McCarty, Assembly member\"]‘The idea was, they’ll get through the first year and then we’ll have a discussion this year as far as what adequate staffing looks like … It’ll certainly be a conversation in this upcoming budget year.’[/pullquote]As of November 1, the department has had 56 cases referred by local law enforcement and conducted 40 on-scene investigations. In a September 7 letter to Bonta, Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch criticized the state for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/09-07-2022-Letter-to-Attorney-General-re-OIS-.pdf\">turning down a potential investigation (PDF)\u003c/a> — the sheriff’s office found that a deputy had shot a man holding gardening tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarty said he wants to remove the Justice Department’s discretion by bringing new legislation in January that would compel the state to review all civilian deaths caused by police officers, not just the shooting deaths. The state’s caseload also would be expanded to include people who were armed when they were killed by police, McCarty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any death at the hands of law enforcement would have a thorough, independent, transparent investigation,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the 25 cases accepted for state review, similarities emerge, CalMatters found. 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On Saturday evening, a full statement was released on Speaker Pelosi's Twitter account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you for your prayers for my husband and our family. -NP \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/tL8h8W0eUM\">pic.twitter.com/tL8h8W0eUM\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TeamPelosi/status/1586528311102013440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Nancy Pelosi's full statement reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"Sadly a violent man broke into our family home yesterday morning, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul. Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life threatening attack on our Pop. 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I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"We thank you for your prayers and warm wishes as well as the work you do to strengthen our Democracy.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:45 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Paul Pelosi underwent successful surgery on Friday to repair a skull fracture and other injuries following an early morning assault at the Pacific Heights home he shares with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to a statement from Drew Hammill, spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Paul Pelosi was attacked at home by an assailant who acted with force, and threatened his life while demanding to see the Speaker,” Hammill said. “Mr. Pelosi was admitted to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where he underwent successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors expect a full recovery, Hammill said, continuing, “The Speaker and her family are thankful for the outpouring of support and prayers from friends, constituents and people around the country,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, whose full name is David Wayne DePape, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1586106274751520768?t=mWS7BakML34r7UMfdDqwBA&s=19\">was booked into San Francisco County Jail\u003c/a> at 1:27 p.m. Friday after being treated at San Francisco General Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:15 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/fbisanfrancisco\">FBI's San Francisco field office said via Twitter\u003c/a> that it is participating in a joint investigation into the attack on Paul Pelosi at his home early this morning in San Francisco with the San Francisco Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said the investigation is ongoing, and that David DePape, 42, is in custody. They added that, in this early stage, investigating agencies are working to determine the facts of what happened, including the motive behind the attack. The FBI is providing resources such as investigators and forensic analysis from their Evidence Response Team and will update the public via Twitter @FBISanFrancisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 7 a.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the couple's San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi, 82, suffered blunt force injuries to his head and body, according to two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing probe. The attack was not random; the assailant specifically targeted the Pelosi home, the AP's sources said. Pelosi was being treated by doctors for bruising, severe swelling and other injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi, said her husband is expected to make a full recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time,\" Hammill \u003ca href=\"https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/102822\">said in a statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaker Pelosi was not in the Pacific Heights residence at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers arrived just before 2:30 a.m. Friday, they found the suspect and Pelosi both holding a single hammer, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said during a brief press conference late Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The suspect pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it,\" Scott said. \"Our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source briefed on the attack told NPR \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1132191901/nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-attack?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr\">the assailant was searching for Speaker Pelosi\u003c/a>, and confronted her husband, shouting, \"Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SgtLobsinger/status/1585990915595771905?s=20&t=ALgQK_QbQy80AVsVrC38SQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police identified the suspect as David DePape, 42, who is believed to be a Berkeley resident. Pelosi and DePape were both transported to a local hospital for treatment, Scott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DePape will be booked at San Francisco County Jail on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and \"several other additional felonies,\" Scott added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The motive for this attack is still being determined,\" he said, noting it is an active investigation being led by SFPD's Special Investigations Division, in collaboration with the FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and several other federal agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott did not take any questions during the briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Capitol Police, tasked with protecting congressional leaders, said Nancy Pelosi was with her protective detail in Washington, D.C., when her husband was attacked. She had just returned this week from a security conference in Europe and is due to keynote an advocacy event Saturday evening with Vice President Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the circumstances of the attack are unclear, the attack raises questions about the safety of members of Congress and their families as threats to lawmakers are at an all-time high almost two years after the deadly Capitol insurrection. The attack also comes just 11 days ahead of midterm elections in which crime and public safety have emerged as top concerns among Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Capitol Police investigated around 9,600 threats made against members of Congress, and members have been violently attacked in recent years. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store in 2011, and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was severely injured when a gunman opened fire on a Republican congressional baseball team practice in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This heinous assault is yet another example of the dangerous consequences of the divisive and hateful rhetoric that is putting lives at risk and undermining our very democracy and Democratic institutions,\" Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. \"Our leaders should never fear for their safety and the safety of their families in serving the people they were elected to represent – not in their homes, not at the U.S. Capitol, not anywhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Congress have received additional dollars for security at their homes, but some have pushed for more protection as people have showed up at their homes and as members have received an increasing number of threatening communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve experienced firsthand how right wing political violence is on the rise in our country,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Officers-search-Wiener-s-home-for-bombs-after-17237197.php\">in June received a bomb threat that led SFPD to search his home\u003c/a>. “The violence and threats that we as elected officials – and our families – face every single day badly damage democracy and must end. Words have consequences, and without question, the GOP’s hate and extremism has bred political violence. We must hold accountable leaders and public figures who incite this violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11930398\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1209\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-1536x967.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi attend the 23rd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center on April 24, 2022, in Washington, DC. On Oct. 28, 2022, an assailant broke into their San Francisco home and 'violently assaulted' Paul Pelosi. \u003ccite>(Paul Morigi/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Often at Pelosi’s side during formal events in Washington, Paul Pelosi is a wealthy investor who largely remains on the West Coast. They have five adult children and many grandchildren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Paul Pelosi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California’s wine country and was \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi-sentencing-napa-e98c47d5c47fa273cf2d65bf5c85124f\">sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden and lawmakers from both parties reacted to the assault with shock and expressed well wishes for the Pelosi family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happened to Paul Pelosi was a dastardly act,\" said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “I spoke with Speaker Pelosi earlier this morning and conveyed my deepest concern and heartfelt wishes to her husband and their family, and I wish him a speedy recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been to many events with the Pelosis over the last 2 decades and we’ve had lots of occasions to talk about both of our families and the challenges of being part of a political family. Thinking about the Pelosi family today,\" tweeted Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that President Joe Biden also has been in contact with Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The President is praying for Paul Pelosi and for Speaker Pelosi’s whole family,” Jean-Pierre said. “This morning he called Speaker Pelosi to express his support after this horrible attack. He is also very glad that a full recovery is expected. The president continues to condemn all violence, and asks that the family’s desire for privacy be respected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from Kevin Freking, Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long of The Associated Press, and KQED's Matthew Green. It will be updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4 p.m. Sunday:\u003c/strong> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she and her family are \"heartbroken and traumatized\" by the violent attack on her husband, Paul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi noted the quick response of law enforcement and medical experts, and thanked everyone for their prayers. On Saturday evening, a full statement was released on Speaker Pelosi's Twitter account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you for your prayers for my husband and our family. -NP \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/tL8h8W0eUM\">pic.twitter.com/tL8h8W0eUM\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/TeamPelosi/status/1586528311102013440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2022\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Nancy Pelosi's full statement reads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"Sadly a violent man broke into our family home yesterday morning, demanded to confront me and brutally attacked my husband Paul. Our children, our grandchildren and I are heartbroken and traumatized by the life threatening attack on our Pop. We are grateful for the quick response of law enforcement and emergency services and for the life-saving medical care he is receiving.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"Please know that your prayers and warm wishes are a comfort to our family and helping Paul make progress with his recovery. His condition continues to improve. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"We are also comforted by these words from the Book of Isaiah: \"Do not fear, for I am with you. Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"We thank you for your prayers and warm wishes as well as the work you do to strengthen our Democracy.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2:45 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Paul Pelosi underwent successful surgery on Friday to repair a skull fracture and other injuries following an early morning assault at the Pacific Heights home he shares with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, according to a statement from Drew Hammill, spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Paul Pelosi was attacked at home by an assailant who acted with force, and threatened his life while demanding to see the Speaker,” Hammill said. “Mr. Pelosi was admitted to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where he underwent successful surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to his right arm and hands.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors expect a full recovery, Hammill said, continuing, “The Speaker and her family are thankful for the outpouring of support and prayers from friends, constituents and people around the country,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspect, whose full name is David Wayne DePape, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1586106274751520768?t=mWS7BakML34r7UMfdDqwBA&s=19\">was booked into San Francisco County Jail\u003c/a> at 1:27 p.m. Friday after being treated at San Francisco General Hospital.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:15 p.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/fbisanfrancisco\">FBI's San Francisco field office said via Twitter\u003c/a> that it is participating in a joint investigation into the attack on Paul Pelosi at his home early this morning in San Francisco with the San Francisco Police Department and U.S. Capitol Police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They said the investigation is ongoing, and that David DePape, 42, is in custody. They added that, in this early stage, investigating agencies are working to determine the facts of what happened, including the motive behind the attack. The FBI is providing resources such as investigators and forensic analysis from their Evidence Response Team and will update the public via Twitter @FBISanFrancisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 7 a.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten with a hammer by an assailant who broke into the couple's San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi, 82, suffered blunt force injuries to his head and body, according to two people who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing probe. The attack was not random; the assailant specifically targeted the Pelosi home, the AP's sources said. Pelosi was being treated by doctors for bruising, severe swelling and other injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Speaker Pelosi, said her husband is expected to make a full recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time,\" Hammill \u003ca href=\"https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/102822\">said in a statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaker Pelosi was not in the Pacific Heights residence at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When officers arrived just before 2:30 a.m. Friday, they found the suspect and Pelosi both holding a single hammer, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott said during a brief press conference late Friday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The suspect pulled the hammer away from Mr. Pelosi and violently assaulted him with it,\" Scott said. \"Our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A source briefed on the attack told NPR \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1132191901/nancy-pelosi-husband-paul-attack?utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr\">the assailant was searching for Speaker Pelosi\u003c/a>, and confronted her husband, shouting, \"Where is Nancy, where is Nancy?\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Police identified the suspect as David DePape, 42, who is believed to be a Berkeley resident. Pelosi and DePape were both transported to a local hospital for treatment, Scott said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DePape will be booked at San Francisco County Jail on charges of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and \"several other additional felonies,\" Scott added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The motive for this attack is still being determined,\" he said, noting it is an active investigation being led by SFPD's Special Investigations Division, in collaboration with the FBI, U.S. Capitol Police and several other federal agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott did not take any questions during the briefing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Capitol Police, tasked with protecting congressional leaders, said Nancy Pelosi was with her protective detail in Washington, D.C., when her husband was attacked. She had just returned this week from a security conference in Europe and is due to keynote an advocacy event Saturday evening with Vice President Kamala Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the circumstances of the attack are unclear, the attack raises questions about the safety of members of Congress and their families as threats to lawmakers are at an all-time high almost two years after the deadly Capitol insurrection. The attack also comes just 11 days ahead of midterm elections in which crime and public safety have emerged as top concerns among Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Capitol Police investigated around 9,600 threats made against members of Congress, and members have been violently attacked in recent years. Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., was shot in the head at an event outside a Tucson grocery store in 2011, and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., was severely injured when a gunman opened fire on a Republican congressional baseball team practice in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This heinous assault is yet another example of the dangerous consequences of the divisive and hateful rhetoric that is putting lives at risk and undermining our very democracy and Democratic institutions,\" Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. \"Our leaders should never fear for their safety and the safety of their families in serving the people they were elected to represent – not in their homes, not at the U.S. Capitol, not anywhere.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Members of Congress have received additional dollars for security at their homes, but some have pushed for more protection as people have showed up at their homes and as members have received an increasing number of threatening communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve experienced firsthand how right wing political violence is on the rise in our country,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Officers-search-Wiener-s-home-for-bombs-after-17237197.php\">in June received a bomb threat that led SFPD to search his home\u003c/a>. “The violence and threats that we as elected officials – and our families – face every single day badly damage democracy and must end. Words have consequences, and without question, the GOP’s hate and extremism has bred political violence. We must hold accountable leaders and public figures who incite this violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11930398\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494.jpg\" alt=\"Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1209\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-1020x642.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1393470435-scaled-e1666965000494-1536x967.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi attend the 23rd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at The Kennedy Center on April 24, 2022, in Washington, DC. On Oct. 28, 2022, an assailant broke into their San Francisco home and 'violently assaulted' Paul Pelosi. \u003ccite>(Paul Morigi/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Often at Pelosi’s side during formal events in Washington, Paul Pelosi is a wealthy investor who largely remains on the West Coast. They have five adult children and many grandchildren.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Paul Pelosi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence charges related to a May crash in California’s wine country and was \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-san-francisco-nancy-pelosi-sentencing-napa-e98c47d5c47fa273cf2d65bf5c85124f\">sentenced to five days in jail and three years of probation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Joe Biden and lawmakers from both parties reacted to the assault with shock and expressed well wishes for the Pelosi family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happened to Paul Pelosi was a dastardly act,\" said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “I spoke with Speaker Pelosi earlier this morning and conveyed my deepest concern and heartfelt wishes to her husband and their family, and I wish him a speedy recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been to many events with the Pelosis over the last 2 decades and we’ve had lots of occasions to talk about both of our families and the challenges of being part of a political family. Thinking about the Pelosi family today,\" tweeted Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said that President Joe Biden also has been in contact with Nancy Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The President is praying for Paul Pelosi and for Speaker Pelosi’s whole family,” Jean-Pierre said. “This morning he called Speaker Pelosi to express his support after this horrible attack. He is also very glad that a full recovery is expected. The president continues to condemn all violence, and asks that the family’s desire for privacy be respected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from Kevin Freking, Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long of The Associated Press, and KQED's Matthew Green. It will be updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in California, behind only heart disease. This year alone, the state will tally an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://cancerstatisticscenter.cancer.org/#!/state/California\">189,000 new cancer cases\u003c/a> and close to 61,000 deaths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet while patients often need specialists, treatments and the chance to participate in clinical trials, that access is not equitable throughout the state. 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In 2008, during his senior year of college, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that can progress very quickly. Nandy said that when oncologists at St. Jude Medical Center could no longer treat him, he was transferred to City of Hope, where he participated in a chemotherapy clinical trial and a cord blood stem cell transplant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think about how lucky I am,” Nandy said. “Doctors said two more weeks and I probably would have been gone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are the types of therapies that should be available to all patients with complex or aggressive cancers, but that’s not always the case, Alvarnas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt8xc078vj/qt8xc078vj_noSplash_451b26b4f066a1cfb27ba71f52096a73.pdf?t=nxk0lm\">2015 analysis by the University of California, Davis (PDF)\u003c/a> found worse outcomes for cancer patients with Medi-Cal compared to people with other types of insurance. 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The issue, though, is there's a gulf between coverage and real access, because there is also a focus by the state to make sure that health care costs are somewhat controlled.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Linda Nguy, an advocate with the Western Center on Law and Poverty, said her organization withdrew its support after the bill was narrowed. “Actually requiring plans [to contract with cancer centers] — that would have brought some meat to the table,” Nguy said. “From our understanding, plans already make efforts to contract with as many providers as possible, but it comes down to a reimbursement issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medi-Cal, which covers about a third of Californians, pays providers \u003ca href=\"https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/88836/2001180-medicaid-physician-fees-after-the-aca-primary-care-fee-bump_0.pdf\">a lower rate than other insurance types (PDF)\u003c/a>. 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He added that, on average, a person was injured every 3.2 hours and that a person was killed due to traffic violence approximately every 13 days.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Luke Bornheimer, community organizer\"]‘Infrastructure is the most effective way to stop people from getting killed and seriously injured on our streets.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Presenting year-over-year graphs for the last five years on their \u003ca href=\"https://transpomaps.org/maps\">Transpo Maps\u003c/a> website, Braitsch and Bornheimer showed that traffic enforcement citations in 2022 had fallen to eight times below the number of citations given prior to 2020, when the pandemic hit and “\u003ca href=\"https://transpomaps.org/san-francisco/ca/sfpd-traffic-enforcement/analysis\">SFPD traffic enforcement collapsed\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Currently (the SFPD) is writing on average about 10 citations per day over the last 18 months,” said Bornheimer at the board hearing, referencing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/politics-op-eds/article/sf-must-reduce-car-deaths-17367997.php\">front-page story in The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> that he and Braitsch wrote. “(It was) 74 back in 2017.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most revealing part of the data wasn’t just the insufficient traffic enforcement, but more so the misdirected enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Of those citations that are actually being written, approximately 43% are actually focusing on the five most dangerous violations that result in physical injury,” said Bornheimer, referring to the SFPD’s policy of Focus on the Five, or FOTF, referring to the \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/scorecards/transportation/percentage-citations-top-five-causes-collisions\">five most common causes of collisions and injuries\u003c/a>. “There’s an established (SFPD) goal of 50%. 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But Braitsch and Bornheimer found that what was happening on the ground was very different, with only 60% of all citations over the past 18 months being in the HIN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their data also reveals disproportionate and misdirected enforcement in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcta.org/policies/equity-priority-communities\">equity priority communities\u003c/a>, which the San Francisco County Transportation Authority describes as areas that include “populations and communities that could be considered disadvantaged or vulnerable now and in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our equity priority communities, the areas with the most vulnerable residents, only 28% of citation activity is focused on the five, which means that the SFPD is disproportionately targeting residents in our most vulnerable communities for violations that don’t actually affect public safety,” said Bornheimer. “This is broken taillights, expired tags, things like this. 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"content": "\u003cp>With a Sig Sauer .45 semiautomatic handgun holstered at his hip, and a San Francisco Police Department star chained around his neck, Carl Tennenbaum rolled through the streets of the Tenderloin undercover, day-in, day-out, for three years. It was the 1980s, when San Francisco still had a concrete slab of a freeway blocking the view of the Ferry Building from Market Street, and underneath its shadow the crack-cocaine epidemic gripped the city by the Bay as tightly as it did any American metropolis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennenbaum, born and raised in San Francisco and a graduate of Lincoln High School, was a professional narc, a foot soldier in the nation’s war on drugs, and the Tenderloin was his theater. He bought cocaine from dealers on the corner of Eddy and Taylor streets, only to shove them against a wall as soon as the cash hit their hands. Sitting in the shade of the Henry Hotel, which even then was dilapidated, he found people shaking with tremors, hunched over crack pipes, and cuffed them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forty years ago, Tennenbaum arrested hundreds of people, far more than he can recall. Flash forward to 2022, and city leaders want the same from officers now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In modern-day San Francisco, a growing swell of voices are supporting District Attorney Brooke Jenkins as she calls on San Francisco to bring what they call law and order to the Tenderloin. The scourge today is fentanyl, which has killed more San Franciscans than COVID, by a long shot.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mano Raju, San Francisco public defender\"]‘DA Jenkins recently announced policies (that) are just more of the same regressive approaches … To be clear, as the war on drugs has clearly demonstrated, criminalizing the supply (does) nothing to reduce the demand.’[/pullquote]Fans of Jenkins’ recent policy changes — from homicide charges for drug dealers to steeper sentences against drug users — would probably praise Tennenbaum for his similar efforts against cocaine dealers and users.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennenbaum, however, regrets every second.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s far from alone. Some sectors of the city are now pushing back against renewed support for the war on drugs, which they see as a failed policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 65, the retired sergeant believes that by jailing drug users and dealers, he broke up families, prevented people from kicking their addictions, and ultimately did not rid the streets of San Francisco of drugs. Perhaps even worse, today he sees the city lurching back toward the unsuccessful policies of the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw directly the impact I was having on families and on the community and society. And everything that I was doing was way worse than whatever the impact of the use of drugs was,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Tennenbaum said, “it’s more of the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju echoed those thoughts in a press conference this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DA Jenkins recently announced policies (that) are just more of the same regressive approaches,” he said. “To be clear, as the war on drugs has clearly demonstrated, criminalizing the supply (does) nothing to reduce the demand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bevy of experts including drug policy professionals, health care professionals, Tenderloin nonprofit leaders and a medical professor joined Raju to offer alternatives to incarceration to curb open drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Known and proven methods of reducing harm need to be funded, they said, from behavioral health programs in San Francisco jails to more housing to help those dealing with substance use disorder have a secure place in which to combat their addictions. Safe injection sites are also needed, they said, so that trained professionals can keep drug users alive long enough for them to find a path to sobriety. Mayor London Breed has tried to get state support to open such a site, but Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill that would have done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kara Simon Casey, from the nonprofit health care group Code Tenderloin, asserted that her organization offers case management for drug users, job placement and a safe place to recover. But they need more funding to step up what they do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where the funding needs to go, from what I can see in the city, because I work daily with the population that are experiencing these traumas,” Simon Casey said, adding that the war on drugs just puts people in prisons, where they continue their drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When DA Jenkins argues for a return to harsher penalties, she claims that a leftward swing by former District Attorney Chesa Boudin to move drug dealers and offenders to diversion programs has worsened drug dealing in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Leo Beletsky, associate professor at UC San Diego’s School of Medicine, said it is inaccurate to say San Francisco ever took its foot off the gas on enforcing anti-drug laws, especially in the Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The federal initiative for the Tenderloin, which involves 15 local and federal and state law enforcement agencies, has been in place since 2019,” he said. “This is a very intensive drug-law-enforcement initiative in the Tenderloin and surrounding community and surrounding areas in San Francisco. And so the idea that somehow the former DA’s policies caused a complete stop to drug-law enforcement in San Francisco is just not true.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some at the press conference openly critiqued Jenkins’ recently announced effort to charge drug dealers with homicides in the case of drug overdoses. Norma Palacios, policy coordinator with the Drug Policy Alliance, said her organization issued a report in 2018 that looked at that particular charging policy, and found it lacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1.jpeg\" alt=\"An SFPD police officer in full uniform looks at the camera.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1.jpeg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired police Sgt. Carl Tennenbaum told KQED, ‘I saw directly the impact I was having on families and on the community and society. And everything that I was doing was way worse than whatever the impact of the use of drugs was.’ \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What the findings demonstrate is that these laws are counterproductive to reducing drug use and drug availability,” she said, adding that it even does harm because “it minimizes the chance that a person would call 911 in case someone is experiencing overdose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennenbaum, the retired SFPD sergeant, was not part of Raju’s press conference, but he’s now a speaker with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, which advocates for the decriminalization of drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization has no stake in or claim on any district attorney candidate, but Tennenbaum was clear that Jenkins’ recent law-and-order effort has its origins in another political era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 17, 1971, then-President Richard Nixon made a speech from the White House that would begin a decades-long criminalization of impoverished communities of color, an effort known colloquially as “the war on drugs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“America’s public enemy No. 1 in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new all-out offensive,” Nixon told the nation, in a now-infamous address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following the passage of stiffer penalties for crack cocaine, the incarceration rate of Black people in America exploded from about 600 per 100,000 people in 1970, to 1,808 per 100,000 in 2000, according to an Associated Press review of federal and state incarceration data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the same time span, the rate for the Latino population grew from 208 per 100,000 people to 615 per 100,000, while the white incarceration rate grew from 103 per 100,000 people to 242 per 100,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennenbaum heard those same policies echoed at an early October press conference held by Mayor London Breed, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Supervisor Matt Dorsey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing at a lectern earlier this month, Jenkins gave voice to the need for treatment for drug users. But her method for compelling them into such treatment involves steeper consequences for refusing it, a method her critics say won’t work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenkins rebuked those critics outright. But while she said her tough-on-crime policies aren’t linked to Nixon’s drug war, in the next breath she seemed to embrace the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People want to talk about, well, ‘The war on drugs this, the war on drugs that,’” Jenkins said. But, “It is a war on fentanyl. It is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added, “When I’m having to give a lesson to my 6-year-old about not eating something that looks like candy because it can kill her, this is absolutely a war, on the most lethal drug our street has ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That particular candy issue aside — \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-this-expert-says-rainbow-fentanyl-is-no-real-threat-to-your-halloween-this-year\">it’s a Fox News talking point that has been critiqued as overblown\u003c/a> — Tennenbaum sees the return to war-on-drug policies as potentially deadly. He’s seen it himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he was a narcotics cop, he once arrested a young Black woman who was selling drugs on 16th and Capp streets in the Mission. Whether it was because they were both from the city — she attended Mission High School and grew up in the Valencia Gardens housing project — or simply because she was kind, they hit it off. 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Safe injection sites are also needed, they said, so that trained professionals can keep drug users alive long enough for them to find a path to sobriety. Mayor London Breed has tried to get state support to open such a site, but Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a bill that would have done so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kara Simon Casey, from the nonprofit health care group Code Tenderloin, asserted that her organization offers case management for drug users, job placement and a safe place to recover. 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Norma Palacios, policy coordinator with the Drug Policy Alliance, said her organization issued a report in 2018 that looked at that particular charging policy, and found it lacking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1.jpeg\" alt=\"An SFPD police officer in full uniform looks at the camera.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1.jpeg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/CarlT1-160x120.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired police Sgt. 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And everything that I was doing was way worse than whatever the impact of the use of drugs was.’ \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What the findings demonstrate is that these laws are counterproductive to reducing drug use and drug availability,” she said, adding that it even does harm because “it minimizes the chance that a person would call 911 in case someone is experiencing overdose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tennenbaum, the retired SFPD sergeant, was not part of Raju’s press conference, but he’s now a speaker with the Law Enforcement Action Partnership, which advocates for the decriminalization of drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization has no stake in or claim on any district attorney candidate, but Tennenbaum was clear that Jenkins’ recent law-and-order effort has its origins in another political era.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 17, 1971, then-President Richard Nixon made a speech from the White House that would begin a decades-long criminalization of impoverished communities of color, an effort known colloquially as “the war on drugs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“America’s public enemy No. 1 in the United States is drug abuse. 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Later, they marched to the offices of Lyft and DoorDash in the Mission Bay neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft driver Hector Castellanos said he hopes the new union will lead to benefits for workers like himself, who are labeled independent contractors, whereas companies currently are required only to provide \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">benefits\u003c/span> to employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We deserve basic rights like good health care, workers’ compensation, sick days, vacations,” said Castellanos, 55, from Antioch. “These companies are taking more and more advantage of us. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The rally comes during a week when \u003ca href=\"https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/uber-lyft-doordash-stock-tank-gig-worker-rules/\">Uber, Lyft and DoorDash stock prices\u003c/a> plunged after the federal government unveiled proposed rules that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/business/economy/biden-gig-workers-contractors-employees.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock\">could make it easier\u003c/a> for gig drivers, as well as millions of construction and home care workers, to be treated as employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed changes aim to “combat misclassification,” which also \u003ca href=\"https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/WHD/WHD20221011-0\">hurts the economy\u003c/a>, according to a statement by the U.S. Department of Labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have seen in many cases that employers misclassify their employees as independent contractors, particularly among our nation’s most vulnerable workers,” wrote Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. “Misclassification deprives workers of their federal labor protections, including their right to be paid their full, legally earned wages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated \u003ca href=\"https://ucreconomicforecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UCR_CEFD_CA_AppDrivers_Analysis_2_17_2022.pdf\">1.37 million people worked on at least one ride or delivery\u003c/a> for DoorDash, Instacart, Lyft and Uber platforms in California between 2020 and 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly two years ago, California voters approved a ballot initiative that exempted Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart and other app-based businesses from having to treat drivers as employees. Proposition 22 is currently in effect but is being challenged in state court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The companies, which spent more than $200 million to get that measure passed, say changing how they classify drivers threatens the survival of their businesses. In addition, they argue most drivers prefer to remain as independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With more than 1 million unfilled traditional jobs and record low unemployment in the state, drivers are still choosing this work because of the earning potential, benefits, independence, and flexibility it provides,” wrote a spokesperson for Lyft. “The special interest groups that claim to support drivers should listen to the vast majority of them who want to keep what they have under Prop 22.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lydia Olson, who owns a consulting business in Sacramento, fears that becoming an employee would mean she could no longer drive for Uber and Lyft, as she has done for the past five years. She worries that the legal challenge to Proposition 22 or changes to federal rules could strip her of her choice to supplement her income when and where she chooses, for as long as she wants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a scary time,” said Olson, 55. “I mean, how would you feel if you knew that the politicians could turn off your ability to work permanently overnight? And there’s nothing you could do about it, because that’s what we are looking at.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olson said a flexible schedule allows her to care for her husband, who has multiple sclerosis. She estimates she makes $30 an hour in net income as a driver, even with recent increases in gas prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a reason why so many people choose independent contracting and that’s because it works for them, and that’s their choice. And we all know there’s trade-offs,” she said. “So it makes no sense to force us to be employees, because we didn’t choose that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spokespeople for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash said Proposition 22 delivered a 120% minimum wage guarantee for drivers, while offering health care subsidies and other benefits. They pointed to a UC Riverside analysis that concluded \u003ca href=\"https://ucreconomicforecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/UCR_CEFD_CA_AppDrivers_Analysis_2_17_2022.pdf\">drivers earned $25.17 per active hour\u003c/a> in 2021, not including tips. The study was commissioned by the \u003ca href=\"https://protectdriversandservices.com/about/our-coalition/\">Protect App-Based Drivers and Services\u003c/a> coalition, of which Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart are members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, a separate report authored by researchers at PolicyLink and Rideshare Drivers United last month \u003ca href=\"https://nationalequityatlas.org/prop22-paystudy\">estimated drastically lower earnings\u003c/a> for these gig workers. According to that study, typical rideshare drivers in California are taking home just $6.20 an hour, in part because they are not paid for the total time they are working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In statements, Uber, Lyft and DoorDash spokespeople slammed those findings as “deeply flawed,” criticizing the small sample used for the analysis, which was based on data from 3,020 trips by 21 drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But several full-time drivers at the protest told KQED that they make significantly less than $15 an hour after they deduct the costs of driving, such as gas and car maintenance, and must work long days to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re not going to work 12, 13 hours a day, you’re not going to survive,” said Armen Oganesyan, 57, who drives for Uber and Lyft in Los Angeles. “We basically live in the car … We are working every day from Monday to Sunday.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Gig Workers Union, which representatives said is a movement of tens of thousands of people\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\">, \u003c/b>merges two groups that had operated in the southern and northern regions of the state for years: the Mobile Workers Alliance and We Drive Progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s attorney general is often described as the state’s top prosecutor, but that shorthand doesn’t do the position justice. At least not according to Rob Bonta, the current holder of that office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him to the role in March 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/rob-bonta/\">Bonta has broadened the scope and emphasis of the Department of Justice\u003c/a> into areas of the law once considered the principal domain of local prosecutors, elected officials and private litigants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on the role of\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/california-housing-rules-17188267.php\"> housing enforcer\u003c/a>, Bonta has threatened lawsuits against apartment-averse cities, while issuing guidance to locals on where they can permit new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With new bureaus and empowered by new laws, his office now serves as an investigative unit for\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-12/racial-justice-bureau-to-fight-asian-racism-extremism\"> discriminatory law enforcement\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/06/police-shootings-unarmed-civilians/\">police shootings of unarmed civilians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last month, Bonta announced the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/2022/09/california-attorney-general-gun-violence/\">creation of a new office\u003c/a> tasked with researching and disseminating gun violence prevention tactics. The office still only exists on paper, but the proposal itself says a lot about Bonta’s view of his office’s expansive domain. For a department known for its prosecutors and its gun-toting officers, academic research is an unusual pivot.[aside postID=news_11926496 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58812_IMG_4401-qut.jpg']And as Los Angeles weathers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/california-pig-law-supreme-court/\">scandal\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-20/kuehl-warrant-order\">scandal\u003c/a>, Bonta has now stepped in in lieu of local prosecutors, announcing that his office will investigate potential voting rights violations during \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/la-city-council-racism-redistricting/\">the local redistricting process\u003c/a>, a subject at the center of racist conversations that forced the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-12/la-me-nury-martinez-resigns\">City Council president to resign Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, who visited CalMatters’ office for an hour-long interview this week, said he’s never been one to limit himself to just a handful of issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in his political career, he said he was told to “focus on a handful of things — maybe one, two or three — make those your signature issues, get known for those and make a difference there,” he said. “I’ve never, ever followed that advice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a contrast with Bonta’s opponent in the November 8 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/\">race for attorney general\u003c/a>, former federal prosecutor and longtime defense attorney \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/nathan-hochman/\">Nathan Hochman\u003c/a>. A Republican from Los Angeles, Hochman has spent the campaign\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/04/nathan-hochman-california-attorney-general/\"> stressing his apolitical instincts\u003c/a> and his emphasis on criminal enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, a former state Assemblymember who is now asking voters to elect him to his current position for the first time, embraces the notion that the attorney general’s work isn’t just done in the courtroom, but in the Legislature and the political arena, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five other highlights from our conversation with Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Housing: ‘Not optional’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Few areas of the law bear Bonta’s mark as indelibly as housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of his first acts as top prosecutor was to create a “housing strike force.” That was over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calcities.org/news/post/2021/11/04/joining-forces-not-strike-forces-needed-to-house-californians\">strenuous opposition of the League of California Cities\u003c/a>, the municipal government lobby, but something that Bonta calls one of his most significant accomplishments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That strike force has already struck a handful of times. Earlier this year, Bonta threatened the cities of \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/AG%20Letter%20to%20Pasadena%20re%20SB%209%20Urgency%20Ordinance.pdf\">Pasadena\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/02/california-zoning-housing-podcast/\">Woodside\u003c/a> with legal action for trying to avoid \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/04/duplex-housing-resistance/\">denser development requirements\u003c/a>. His office has thrown its legal weight behind apartment projects facing local opposition in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Why-California-s-attorney-general-weighed-into-17364584.php\">Livermore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/03/30/encinitas-in-hot-water-again/\">Encinitas\u003c/a>. Just this week he rushed to the defense of a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-files-brief-defense-homekey-program-funded-project\">supportive housing project\u003c/a> in Marin and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/10/new-limits-recommended-for-building-homes-in-high-risk-wildfire-areas-in-california/\">rolled out new guidelines\u003c/a> for development in the wildfire-prone areas. Those development recommendations lack legal force, but they reinforce his office’s unprecedented emphasis on housing policy.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rob Bonta, attorney general, California\"]‘(They said) focus on a handful of things — maybe one, two or three — make those your signature issues, get known for those and make a difference there … I’ve never, ever followed that advice.’[/pullquote]Though prior attorneys general in California have enforced housing laws, none has done so quite so deliberately or aggressively as Bonta. He credited his experience as a legislator in the housing-constrained Bay Area and said that his office is simply responding to the escalating severity of the affordable-housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to put a stake in the ground, to send a message to the state that there are laws in the state of California that are not optional. They must be followed, including by other governments, including cities and counties, who shouldn’t be calling themselves, wrongfully, mountain lion sanctuaries to escape the law,” said Bonta, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2022/02/07/woodside-reverses-course-on-controversial-mountain-lion-moratorium-on-housing-projects\">reference to the city of Woodside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say, ‘I never thought of the AG as someone who could be involved in housing,’” he said. “We enforce all laws, not just criminal laws, but also civil laws, including housing laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Redefining ‘violent crime’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 57 to make it easier for incarcerated people who committed nonviolent crimes to apply for early release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the law defined “violent” felonies with just \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=667.5.&lawCode=PEN\">23 offenses\u003c/a>. Missing from that list are domestic violence, human trafficking and certain types of assault and rape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservatives have been using those omissions as a \u003ca href=\"https://kmph.com/news/local/why-opposition-voted-down-sen-groves-human-trafficking-bill-and-local-reaction-about-it\">cudgel\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-20-crime/\">to\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/05/anne-marie-schubert-attorney-general/\">beat\u003c/a> “criminal justice reform”-aligned Democrats ever since. In the past, Bonta has hinted at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JeremyBWhite/status/1499552457969389570?s=20&t=Uv-MYDlUPGRjjYr8jNUM6A\">possible tweaks\u003c/a> to the law that he would support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the CalMatters interview, he was more explicit: “Domestic violence, human trafficking, rape of an unconscious person, all of those should be discussed, and potentially changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Death penalty and cash bail, reconsidered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike Hochman, Bonta has a lengthy political record as a legislator. And it’s a telling one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, he co-authored a bill to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2018/08/california-bail-reform-splinters-left/\">ban county courts from setting cash bail\u003c/a> for people awaiting trial, instead leaving the decision about whether a person should go free or not to a judge using “risk-assessment tools.” That bill was signed into law. But \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/11/what-the-failure-of-prop-25-means-for-racial-justice-in-california/\">voters nixed that idea in a 2020 referendum\u003c/a> funded by the bail bond industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That public rebuke hasn’t changed Bonta’s mind. He argued that voters may have been wary of the risk-assessment system that would have replaced the current system, which he acknowledged was “not perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cash bail, he insisted, remains unpopular — and manifestly unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that the current bail system punishes poor people for being poor, makes the jailhouse door swing open and closed based on how much money you have in your pocket, and judges you based on the size of your wallet, instead of the size of your risk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While in the Assembly, Bonta also supported a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200ACA12\">proposed constitutional amendment\u003c/a> to officially end the death penalty in California. That’s despite the fact that California voters have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/02/california-death-penalty-end/\">repeatedly turned down that opportunity\u003c/a>, including as recently as 2016. California hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2006, and in 2019 Newsom declared a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/03/gavin-newsom-halts-executions-california/\">moratorium\u003c/a> on the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said that if a capital punishment ban were to return to the ballot, he would support it. But he also stressed that, for now, his personal views do not trump current law.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Playing a ‘dangerous game,’ but ‘responsibly’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last year, before the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/abortion-rights/2022/06/california-abortion-roe-ruling/\">ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion entirely\u003c/a> in June, Texas lawmakers came up with a clever way to effectively ban most abortions in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than have law enforcement enforce the restriction on ending a pregnancy after six weeks, a \u003ca href=\"https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf\">state law gave individual Texans the right to sue health care providers\u003c/a>, patients or anyone who “aided and abetted” an abortion, with the potential promise of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/08/bounty-hunting-abortion-guns/\">$10,000 bounty\u003c/a> per violation. Because the state wasn’t enforcing the policy, the law was \u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/court-seems-inclined-to-let-abortion-providers-pursue-their-challenge-to-texas-law/\">harder to challenge in court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Supreme Court let the Texas law stand, Newsom clapped back, proposing a similarly structured bounty bill aimed at those who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/12/texas-abortion-ban-newsom-assault-weapons/\">violate certain California gun laws\u003c/a>. Bonta, whose office \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Brief%20of%20Mass.%20et%20al.%20in%2021-463%20and%2021-588.pdfA_.pdf\">vociferously opposed\u003c/a> the Texas law, helped craft the California version and was one of its most vocal public champions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters and commentators have described the California rejoinder as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2022/7/25/23277211/supreme-court-gavin-newsom-sb-8-abortion-guns-california-assault-rifle-law\">trolling\u003c/a>,” a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-gun-bill-is-bad-law-and-dumb-politics\">legislative stunt\u003c/a>” and a blue state’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsom-taunts-texas-on-guns-abortion-sb8-11660154256\">taunt\u003c/a>” of a conservative Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta insisted that the law is an earnest effort to “save lives,” but also acknowledged that it was meant to call the high court’s bluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re using it in the best way that it can be used, in a way that advances California values,” he said. “But it’s dangerous. It’s a dangerous game. We’re using it responsibly. Now others can use it like Texas, and maybe the Supreme Court will look at the landscape of how this approach is being used and try to correct it. If that happens, that’s fine, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Ready to try again on concealed carry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile setback of Bonta’s tenure to date was the failure of a bill his office wrote that would have made it more difficult for Californians to apply for the right to carry concealed firearms and that would have placed new restrictions on where they can take those guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The failed proposal was a response to another \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/criminal-justice/2022/06/california-gun-laws-supreme-court/\">controversial decision by the U.S. Supreme Court\u003c/a> in June. This one barred states from requiring concealed carry applicants to prove that they have a compelling need. Bonta’s proposed legislative workaround would have instead introduced “objective” restrictions, such as a prolonged training course requirement and a psychological assessment. It also designated arenas and other public gathering places and most private businesses as gun-free “sensitive” places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite arm-twisting by Bonta himself, the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-legislature/2022/09/california-concealed-carry-bill/\">bill died in the final hours of the legislative session\u003c/a>, the victim of law enforcement opposition, an overly confident legislative strategy and rifts within the Assembly’s Democratic ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said his sense of urgency remains as acute as ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be, and there have been, huge spikes in the number of applicants,” he said. “We believe that it’s important to have a constitutional regime that allows for those who should constitutionally have a concealed carry weapon to have (one), but to take the steps to make sure that we are doing everything constitutionally permissible to keep people safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta echoed comments made by the bill’s author, state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And as Los Angeles weathers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/california-pig-law-supreme-court/\">scandal\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-20/kuehl-warrant-order\">scandal\u003c/a>, Bonta has now stepped in in lieu of local prosecutors, announcing that his office will investigate potential voting rights violations during \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/la-city-council-racism-redistricting/\">the local redistricting process\u003c/a>, a subject at the center of racist conversations that forced the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-12/la-me-nury-martinez-resigns\">City Council president to resign Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, who visited CalMatters’ office for an hour-long interview this week, said he’s never been one to limit himself to just a handful of issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in his political career, he said he was told to “focus on a handful of things — maybe one, two or three — make those your signature issues, get known for those and make a difference there,” he said. “I’ve never, ever followed that advice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a contrast with Bonta’s opponent in the November 8 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/\">race for attorney general\u003c/a>, former federal prosecutor and longtime defense attorney \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/nathan-hochman/\">Nathan Hochman\u003c/a>. A Republican from Los Angeles, Hochman has spent the campaign\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/04/nathan-hochman-california-attorney-general/\"> stressing his apolitical instincts\u003c/a> and his emphasis on criminal enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, a former state Assemblymember who is now asking voters to elect him to his current position for the first time, embraces the notion that the attorney general’s work isn’t just done in the courtroom, but in the Legislature and the political arena, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five other highlights from our conversation with Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Housing: ‘Not optional’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Few areas of the law bear Bonta’s mark as indelibly as housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of his first acts as top prosecutor was to create a “housing strike force.” That was over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calcities.org/news/post/2021/11/04/joining-forces-not-strike-forces-needed-to-house-californians\">strenuous opposition of the League of California Cities\u003c/a>, the municipal government lobby, but something that Bonta calls one of his most significant accomplishments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That strike force has already struck a handful of times. Earlier this year, Bonta threatened the cities of \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/AG%20Letter%20to%20Pasadena%20re%20SB%209%20Urgency%20Ordinance.pdf\">Pasadena\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/02/california-zoning-housing-podcast/\">Woodside\u003c/a> with legal action for trying to avoid \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/04/duplex-housing-resistance/\">denser development requirements\u003c/a>. His office has thrown its legal weight behind apartment projects facing local opposition in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Why-California-s-attorney-general-weighed-into-17364584.php\">Livermore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/03/30/encinitas-in-hot-water-again/\">Encinitas\u003c/a>. Just this week he rushed to the defense of a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-files-brief-defense-homekey-program-funded-project\">supportive housing project\u003c/a> in Marin and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/10/new-limits-recommended-for-building-homes-in-high-risk-wildfire-areas-in-california/\">rolled out new guidelines\u003c/a> for development in the wildfire-prone areas. Those development recommendations lack legal force, but they reinforce his office’s unprecedented emphasis on housing policy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Though prior attorneys general in California have enforced housing laws, none has done so quite so deliberately or aggressively as Bonta. He credited his experience as a legislator in the housing-constrained Bay Area and said that his office is simply responding to the escalating severity of the affordable-housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to put a stake in the ground, to send a message to the state that there are laws in the state of California that are not optional. They must be followed, including by other governments, including cities and counties, who shouldn’t be calling themselves, wrongfully, mountain lion sanctuaries to escape the law,” said Bonta, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2022/02/07/woodside-reverses-course-on-controversial-mountain-lion-moratorium-on-housing-projects\">reference to the city of Woodside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say, ‘I never thought of the AG as someone who could be involved in housing,’” he said. “We enforce all laws, not just criminal laws, but also civil laws, including housing laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Redefining ‘violent crime’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 57 to make it easier for incarcerated people who committed nonviolent crimes to apply for early release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the law defined “violent” felonies with just \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=667.5.&lawCode=PEN\">23 offenses\u003c/a>. Missing from that list are domestic violence, human trafficking and certain types of assault and rape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservatives have been using those omissions as a \u003ca href=\"https://kmph.com/news/local/why-opposition-voted-down-sen-groves-human-trafficking-bill-and-local-reaction-about-it\">cudgel\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-20-crime/\">to\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/05/anne-marie-schubert-attorney-general/\">beat\u003c/a> “criminal justice reform”-aligned Democrats ever since. In the past, Bonta has hinted at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JeremyBWhite/status/1499552457969389570?s=20&t=Uv-MYDlUPGRjjYr8jNUM6A\">possible tweaks\u003c/a> to the law that he would support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the CalMatters interview, he was more explicit: “Domestic violence, human trafficking, rape of an unconscious person, all of those should be discussed, and potentially changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Death penalty and cash bail, reconsidered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike Hochman, Bonta has a lengthy political record as a legislator. And it’s a telling one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, he co-authored a bill to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2018/08/california-bail-reform-splinters-left/\">ban county courts from setting cash bail\u003c/a> for people awaiting trial, instead leaving the decision about whether a person should go free or not to a judge using “risk-assessment tools.” That bill was signed into law. But \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/11/what-the-failure-of-prop-25-means-for-racial-justice-in-california/\">voters nixed that idea in a 2020 referendum\u003c/a> funded by the bail bond industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That public rebuke hasn’t changed Bonta’s mind. He argued that voters may have been wary of the risk-assessment system that would have replaced the current system, which he acknowledged was “not perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cash bail, he insisted, remains unpopular — and manifestly unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that the current bail system punishes poor people for being poor, makes the jailhouse door swing open and closed based on how much money you have in your pocket, and judges you based on the size of your wallet, instead of the size of your risk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While in the Assembly, Bonta also supported a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200ACA12\">proposed constitutional amendment\u003c/a> to officially end the death penalty in California. That’s despite the fact that California voters have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/02/california-death-penalty-end/\">repeatedly turned down that opportunity\u003c/a>, including as recently as 2016. California hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2006, and in 2019 Newsom declared a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/03/gavin-newsom-halts-executions-california/\">moratorium\u003c/a> on the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said that if a capital punishment ban were to return to the ballot, he would support it. But he also stressed that, for now, his personal views do not trump current law.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Playing a ‘dangerous game,’ but ‘responsibly’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last year, before the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/abortion-rights/2022/06/california-abortion-roe-ruling/\">ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion entirely\u003c/a> in June, Texas lawmakers came up with a clever way to effectively ban most abortions in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than have law enforcement enforce the restriction on ending a pregnancy after six weeks, a \u003ca href=\"https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf\">state law gave individual Texans the right to sue health care providers\u003c/a>, patients or anyone who “aided and abetted” an abortion, with the potential promise of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/08/bounty-hunting-abortion-guns/\">$10,000 bounty\u003c/a> per violation. Because the state wasn’t enforcing the policy, the law was \u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/court-seems-inclined-to-let-abortion-providers-pursue-their-challenge-to-texas-law/\">harder to challenge in court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Supreme Court let the Texas law stand, Newsom clapped back, proposing a similarly structured bounty bill aimed at those who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/12/texas-abortion-ban-newsom-assault-weapons/\">violate certain California gun laws\u003c/a>. Bonta, whose office \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Brief%20of%20Mass.%20et%20al.%20in%2021-463%20and%2021-588.pdfA_.pdf\">vociferously opposed\u003c/a> the Texas law, helped craft the California version and was one of its most vocal public champions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters and commentators have described the California rejoinder as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2022/7/25/23277211/supreme-court-gavin-newsom-sb-8-abortion-guns-california-assault-rifle-law\">trolling\u003c/a>,” a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-gun-bill-is-bad-law-and-dumb-politics\">legislative stunt\u003c/a>” and a blue state’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsom-taunts-texas-on-guns-abortion-sb8-11660154256\">taunt\u003c/a>” of a conservative Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta insisted that the law is an earnest effort to “save lives,” but also acknowledged that it was meant to call the high court’s bluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re using it in the best way that it can be used, in a way that advances California values,” he said. “But it’s dangerous. It’s a dangerous game. We’re using it responsibly. Now others can use it like Texas, and maybe the Supreme Court will look at the landscape of how this approach is being used and try to correct it. If that happens, that’s fine, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Ready to try again on concealed carry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile setback of Bonta’s tenure to date was the failure of a bill his office wrote that would have made it more difficult for Californians to apply for the right to carry concealed firearms and that would have placed new restrictions on where they can take those guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The failed proposal was a response to another \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/criminal-justice/2022/06/california-gun-laws-supreme-court/\">controversial decision by the U.S. Supreme Court\u003c/a> in June. This one barred states from requiring concealed carry applicants to prove that they have a compelling need. Bonta’s proposed legislative workaround would have instead introduced “objective” restrictions, such as a prolonged training course requirement and a psychological assessment. It also designated arenas and other public gathering places and most private businesses as gun-free “sensitive” places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite arm-twisting by Bonta himself, the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-legislature/2022/09/california-concealed-carry-bill/\">bill died in the final hours of the legislative session\u003c/a>, the victim of law enforcement opposition, an overly confident legislative strategy and rifts within the Assembly’s Democratic ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said his sense of urgency remains as acute as ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be, and there have been, huge spikes in the number of applicants,” he said. “We believe that it’s important to have a constitutional regime that allows for those who should constitutionally have a concealed carry weapon to have (one), but to take the steps to make sure that we are doing everything constitutionally permissible to keep people safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta echoed comments made by the bill’s author, state Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Glendale Democrat, who said that he would like to see the bill, or some version of it, introduced as soon as the next session begins in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That plan hit a possible speed bump late last month. Where California’s bill failed, a similar proposal in New York was signed into law, only for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/nyregion/judge-blocks-ny-gun-law.html\">federal judge to rule this month\u003c/a> that its long list of “sensitive places” is unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we need to look at that, and maybe it is over-broad,” Bonta said, “and we should take that to heart … and respond appropriately with any new (similar) bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A rash of gun violence in Oakland should be treated as a public health crisis so the city can receive federal aid to support its violence prevention work, Mayor Libby Schaaf said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After meeting with U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, Oakland Congressmember Barbara Lee and community leaders to discuss the problem, Schaaf praised the idea of declaring a federal health emergency to bolster Medi-Cal reimbursements for violence prevention initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The federal government needs ... to declare a health emergency so that we can use health funding to do the deep violence prevention and intervention work that we know is needed, particularly as we are seeing more and more young people not only be the victims of crime but be the perpetrators of crime,\" Schaaf said.[aside postID=news_11927904 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS8295_Cropped-JPG-File-1020x680.jpg']The discussion at First AME Church in Oakland’s Mosswood neighborhood was not open to the media. 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I vow to you that I will strive to be a better woman to make you proud.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez’s press release follows three days of angry protests at LA City Hall, with a growing number of local and national leaders, including President Biden, calling for her and the two other Democratic council members involved in the conversation to step down.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mitch O'Farrell, acting president, LA City Council\"]‘For Los Angeles to heal, and for its City Council to govern, there must be accountability … I repeat my call on Councilmembers De León and Cedillo to also resign. There is no other way forward.’[/pullquote]The resignation also comes just hours after California Attorney General Rob Bonta said \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-12/california-attorney-general-rob-bonta-redistricting-investigation-leaked-audio\">he would investigate Los Angeles’ redistricting process\u003c/a> that Martinez was discussing with fellow Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo, in which they schemed to protect Latino political strength in council districts. Bonta said the investigation could lead to civil liability or criminal charges, depending on what is found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear an investigation is sorely needed to help restore confidence in the redistricting process for the people of LA,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez, the first Latina to lead the Council, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-city-council-nury-martinez-resignation-19571bf8ce0524dfa84b5784ce30f65d\">had stepped down as president on Monday\u003c/a> while still holding onto her seat. At the time, she said she was ashamed of her racist language, but stopped short of resigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the recorded conversation, Martinez said that Councilmember Mike Bonin, who is white, handled his young Black son as if he were an “accessory” and said “parece changuito,” or “he’s like a monkey,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-09/city-council-leaked-audio-nury-martinez-kevin-de-leon-gil-cedillo\">The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday\u003c/a>. She also referred to Bonin as a “little bitch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At another point on the hour-long recording, Martinez called Indigenous immigrants from the Mexican state of Oaxaca ugly, and made crass remarks about Jews and Armenians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council reconvened Wednesday, possibly to censure the three members, but it was unable to do business because a crowd of about 50 protesters drowned out the acting president, chanting slogans like, “No meeting without resignation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928686\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1.jpg\" alt=\"An angry crowd raise their fists in the City Hall Council chamber with a black woman in the center and foreground\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters calling for the resignation of LA City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo at the Council meeting at City Hall on Tuesday. \u003ccite>(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A minimum of 10 out of 15 members necessary for a quorum had assembled, but the meeting was adjourned after one left. None of the three embattled council members showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Council cannot expel its own members. But acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell said that with no sign of anger subsiding, he didn’t think the body could resume its work until all three members stepped down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Los Angeles to heal, and for its City Council to govern, there must be accountability,” he said in a statement. “I repeat my call on Councilmembers De León and Cedillo to also resign. There is no other way forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene at City Hall was similarly raucous on Tuesday, when a large group of mostly African American and Latino protesters packed the Council chamber, chanting, “Resign, resign, resign,” and carrying signs with messages like “Take out the Trash” and “Shame on You!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These council members have to go! Their career needs to end,” said LA resident William Gude, one of the first to arrive that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was joined by fellow resident Orma Mendez, who said, “We don’t need racists! We have to stand up and fight for our rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the session, Councilmember Bonin fought back tears when describing his reaction to the recording, and the emotional toll it had taken on his family and the city as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a dad who loves his son in ways that words cannot capture,” he said. “And I take a lot of hits and, hell, I know I invite a bunch of them. But my son? Man, that makes my soul bleed and it makes my temper burn. And I know I’m not alone because Los Angeles has spoken and it feels the same way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928688\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a suit with no tie wipes a tear from his eye as he stands behind a dais with people in the council chamber looking on\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LA City Council member Mike Bonin sheds tears as he speaks about the racist comments directed toward his son during Tuesday’s council meeting. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez made history in 2019 when she became the first Latina elected to the Council presidency and described herself as “a glass-ceiling shattering leader who brings profound life experience as the proud daughter of working-class immigrants” on her website. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scandal and its aftermath have inevitably resurfaced a larger conversation in Los Angeles about race, politics and power. The nation’s second largest city has a long history of political alliances built on racial, religious and geographic tensions and rivalries that often spill over into housing, education, jobs and prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have already been discussions about expanding the city’s 15-member City Council. At its current size, each Council member represents well over a quarter of a million people. A bigger Council, like those in New York or Chicago, some argue, would make it easier for elected officials to represent LA’s kaleidoscope of communities. 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Bonta said the investigation could lead to civil liability or criminal charges, depending on what is found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear an investigation is sorely needed to help restore confidence in the redistricting process for the people of LA,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez, the first Latina to lead the Council, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-city-council-nury-martinez-resignation-19571bf8ce0524dfa84b5784ce30f65d\">had stepped down as president on Monday\u003c/a> while still holding onto her seat. At the time, she said she was ashamed of her racist language, but stopped short of resigning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the recorded conversation, Martinez said that Councilmember Mike Bonin, who is white, handled his young Black son as if he were an “accessory” and said “parece changuito,” or “he’s like a monkey,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-09/city-council-leaked-audio-nury-martinez-kevin-de-leon-gil-cedillo\">The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday\u003c/a>. She also referred to Bonin as a “little bitch.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At another point on the hour-long recording, Martinez called Indigenous immigrants from the Mexican state of Oaxaca ugly, and made crass remarks about Jews and Armenians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council reconvened Wednesday, possibly to censure the three members, but it was unable to do business because a crowd of about 50 protesters drowned out the acting president, chanting slogans like, “No meeting without resignation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928686\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928686\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1.jpg\" alt=\"An angry crowd raise their fists in the City Hall Council chamber with a black woman in the center and foreground\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243898841-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters calling for the resignation of LA City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo at the Council meeting at City Hall on Tuesday. \u003ccite>(Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A minimum of 10 out of 15 members necessary for a quorum had assembled, but the meeting was adjourned after one left. None of the three embattled council members showed up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Council cannot expel its own members. But acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell said that with no sign of anger subsiding, he didn’t think the body could resume its work until all three members stepped down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For Los Angeles to heal, and for its City Council to govern, there must be accountability,” he said in a statement. “I repeat my call on Councilmembers De León and Cedillo to also resign. There is no other way forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scene at City Hall was similarly raucous on Tuesday, when a large group of mostly African American and Latino protesters packed the Council chamber, chanting, “Resign, resign, resign,” and carrying signs with messages like “Take out the Trash” and “Shame on You!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These council members have to go! Their career needs to end,” said LA resident William Gude, one of the first to arrive that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was joined by fellow resident Orma Mendez, who said, “We don’t need racists! We have to stand up and fight for our rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the session, Councilmember Bonin fought back tears when describing his reaction to the recording, and the emotional toll it had taken on his family and the city as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a dad who loves his son in ways that words cannot capture,” he said. “And I take a lot of hits and, hell, I know I invite a bunch of them. But my son? Man, that makes my soul bleed and it makes my temper burn. And I know I’m not alone because Los Angeles has spoken and it feels the same way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928688\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11928688\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1.jpg\" alt=\"A white man in a suit with no tie wipes a tear from his eye as he stands behind a dais with people in the council chamber looking on\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1243902379-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">LA City Council member Mike Bonin sheds tears as he speaks about the racist comments directed toward his son during Tuesday’s council meeting. \u003ccite>(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez made history in 2019 when she became the first Latina elected to the Council presidency and described herself as “a glass-ceiling shattering leader who brings profound life experience as the proud daughter of working-class immigrants” on her website. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scandal and its aftermath have inevitably resurfaced a larger conversation in Los Angeles about race, politics and power. The nation’s second largest city has a long history of political alliances built on racial, religious and geographic tensions and rivalries that often spill over into housing, education, jobs and prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have already been discussions about expanding the city’s 15-member City Council. At its current size, each Council member represents well over a quarter of a million people. A bigger Council, like those in New York or Chicago, some argue, would make it easier for elected officials to represent LA’s kaleidoscope of communities. Some reform advocates have also pushed to reexamine how the current City Council districts were drawn up, and to consider adopting new ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One thing is we want to evaluate the redistricting process and ensure that redistricting isn’t used for City Council members to keep their seats safe but rather to ensure that everybody’s voices are heard,” said LA resident Shekinah Deocares, who attended Tuesday’s Council meeting. “We also want to create a system of accountability to make sure things like this don’t happen again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement Tuesday, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said, “It should be clear to everyone by now that leaving the power to draw their own district lines in the hands of the politicians who stand to benefit from how those lines are drawn is a massive conflict of interest and an invitation to the sort of backroom dealing this outrageous conversation revealed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Saul Gonzalez and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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