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"content": "\u003cp>From the coronavirus to wildfires to attacks on democracy, it has been, as they say, a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And let’s not forget the fight for racial justice, family separations and corruption in San Francisco government when we look at 2020 in the rearview mirror.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Needless to say, there has been no shortage of cartoon material over the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of my cartoons for this year were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11849568/the-hunkering-down-continues\">created at home\u003c/a> …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11849568/the-hunkering-down-continues\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11849578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-800x509.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring the \"Home Sweet Home\" classic needlepoint sign as \"Home Stay Home Again\" as new stay-at-home orders are issued by Gov. Newsom' width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-800x509.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-1020x649.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-1536x977.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though it was a painfully difficult year, there have definitely been some silver linings, like cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811883/less-traffic-more-elbow-room\">closing some streets to cars\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811883/less-traffic-more-elbow-room\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11811888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-800x558.png\" alt=\"Silver Lining by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-800x558.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-1020x711.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he is on the way out, the legacy of President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843177/ripple-effects-of-zero-tolerance\">continues to torment\u003c/a> children and families caught up in his cruel immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843177/ripple-effects-of-zero-tolerance\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11843181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-800x524.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: Still Separated and Missing by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-800x524.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-1020x668.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-1536x1006.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 pandemic brought a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11848120/its-harder-than-it-looks\">whole new set\u003c/a> of problems to families around the Bay Area and the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11848120/its-harder-than-it-looks\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11848134\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-800x482.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: The Pandemic Parent by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-800x482.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-1020x614.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-160x96.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-1536x925.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While along the way, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s metaphors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847958/full-speed-hunker-down\">continued to evolve\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847958/full-speed-hunker-down\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11847964\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-800x508.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: The Evolution of a Metaphor Amid COVID-19 by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-800x508.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-1020x648.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-1536x975.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another terrible year of wildfires in California brought more \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842281/the-linguistic-forecast\">power shutoffs\u003c/a> from PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842281/the-linguistic-forecast\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11842288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-800x503.png\" alt=\"Neglected Equipment Power Shutoff by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-800x503.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-1020x641.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-160x101.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-1536x965.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the pea-soup skies of California gave way to … \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838717/ready-set-weekend\">more COVID-19\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838717/ready-set-weekend\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11838718 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-800x551.png\" alt=\"Weekend by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-800x551.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-1020x702.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-1536x1058.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California continued to rack up the number one spots, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11837409/were-number-never-mind\">not how we’d like\u003c/a>.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11837409/were-number-never-mind\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11837416 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-800x577.png\" alt=\"Tired of Number One by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-800x577.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-1020x736.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-160x115.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-1536x1108.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that helped me get through this year (particularly as I waded through the doom and gloom on a daily basis while creating cartoons) was to realize that, on the whole, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835202/the-tallest-survivors\">we \u003cem>will\u003c/em> get through this\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835202/the-tallest-survivors\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11835214\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-800x1662.png\" alt=\"Big Basin by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-800x1662.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-1020x2119.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-160x332.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-739x1536.png 739w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-986x2048.png 986w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We found heroes in the most \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833486/delivering-democracy\">unexpected places\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833486/delivering-democracy\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11833493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-800x587.png\" alt=\"Delivering Democracy by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-800x587.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-1020x748.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-1536x1126.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tried to figure out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833701/red-flag-warning-and-then-some\">new ways to signal danger \u003c/a>…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833701/red-flag-warning-and-then-some\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11833707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-800x556.png\" alt=\"Red Flag Warning(s) by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-800x556.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-1020x709.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-1536x1067.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… while others \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828988/reading-riting-rithmatic-and-reopening\">didn’t seem worried a bit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828988/reading-riting-rithmatic-and-reopening\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11828995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-800x538.png\" alt=\"Back to School by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-800x538.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-1020x686.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-1536x1034.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid the calls for justice came a fresh look at our history that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825638/one-final-discovery\">more truthful\u003c/a> than what many of us grew up with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825638/one-final-discovery\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-800x566.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Columbus by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-800x566.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-1020x722.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11817126/yes-its-confusing\">patchwork of responses and restrictions\u003c/a>, we now know, is definitely not the most effective way to fight a pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11817126/yes-its-confusing\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11817138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-800x627.png\" alt=\"Pandemic Patchwork by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-800x627.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-160x125.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-1020x800.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fighting the deadly coronavirus and systemic inequality simultaneously was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822906/the-other-deadly-virus\">sometimes in conflict\u003c/a>, as people gathered to demonstrate for racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822906/the-other-deadly-virus\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11822919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-800x559.png\" alt=\"Stay Home Leave Home by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-800x559.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-1020x713.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we have our very own rolling corruption scandal in San Francisco that began with charges being filed against the now-former head of San Francisco’s Public Works department \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798634/nuru-might-need-to-change-his-twitter-handle\">Mohammed Nuru\u003c/a>, whose Twitter handle is \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MrCleanSF\">@MrCleanSF\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798634/nuru-might-need-to-change-his-twitter-handle\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11798656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Clean SF by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796289/optics-in-oakland\">tactical armored personnel carrier and robot\u003c/a> needed to evict the “Moms 4 Housing” women from the house they occupied in West Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796289/optics-in-oakland\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11796314\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"BearCat by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-1200x768.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s hoping 2021 is a little more safe and sane …\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>From the coronavirus to wildfires to attacks on democracy, it has been, as they say, a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And let’s not forget the fight for racial justice, family separations and corruption in San Francisco government when we look at 2020 in the rearview mirror.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Needless to say, there has been no shortage of cartoon material over the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of my cartoons for this year were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11849568/the-hunkering-down-continues\">created at home\u003c/a> …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11849568/the-hunkering-down-continues\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11849578\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-800x509.png\" alt='A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring the \"Home Sweet Home\" classic needlepoint sign as \"Home Stay Home Again\" as new stay-at-home orders are issued by Gov. Newsom' width=\"800\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-800x509.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-1020x649.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final-1536x977.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/again_120320_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though it was a painfully difficult year, there have definitely been some silver linings, like cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811883/less-traffic-more-elbow-room\">closing some streets to cars\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11811883/less-traffic-more-elbow-room\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11811888\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-800x558.png\" alt=\"Silver Lining by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-800x558.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final-1020x711.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/silverlining_041020_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though he is on the way out, the legacy of President Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843177/ripple-effects-of-zero-tolerance\">continues to torment\u003c/a> children and families caught up in his cruel immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11843177/ripple-effects-of-zero-tolerance\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11843181\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-800x524.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: Still Separated and Missing by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-800x524.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-1020x668.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final-1536x1006.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/missing_102120_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The COVID-19 pandemic brought a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11848120/its-harder-than-it-looks\">whole new set\u003c/a> of problems to families around the Bay Area and the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11848120/its-harder-than-it-looks\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11848134\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-800x482.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: The Pandemic Parent by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-800x482.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-1020x614.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-160x96.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final-1536x925.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/parent_111920_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While along the way, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s metaphors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847958/full-speed-hunker-down\">continued to evolve\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847958/full-speed-hunker-down\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11847964\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-800x508.png\" alt=\"Cartoon: The Evolution of a Metaphor Amid COVID-19 by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-800x508.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-1020x648.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-160x102.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final-1536x975.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/evolution_111820_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another terrible year of wildfires in California brought more \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842281/the-linguistic-forecast\">power shutoffs\u003c/a> from PG&E.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842281/the-linguistic-forecast\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11842288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-800x503.png\" alt=\"Neglected Equipment Power Shutoff by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-800x503.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-1020x641.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-160x101.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final-1536x965.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/10/neglected_101420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the pea-soup skies of California gave way to … \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838717/ready-set-weekend\">more COVID-19\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11838717/ready-set-weekend\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11838718 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-800x551.png\" alt=\"Weekend by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-800x551.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-1020x702.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-160x110.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final-1536x1058.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/weekend_091820_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California continued to rack up the number one spots, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11837409/were-number-never-mind\">not how we’d like\u003c/a>.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11837409/were-number-never-mind\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11837416 aligncenter\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-800x577.png\" alt=\"Tired of Number One by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-800x577.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-1020x736.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-160x115.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final-1536x1108.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/numberone_091020_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that helped me get through this year (particularly as I waded through the doom and gloom on a daily basis while creating cartoons) was to realize that, on the whole, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835202/the-tallest-survivors\">we \u003cem>will\u003c/em> get through this\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835202/the-tallest-survivors\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11835214\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-800x1662.png\" alt=\"Big Basin by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"1662\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-800x1662.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-1020x2119.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-160x332.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-739x1536.png 739w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final-986x2048.png 986w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bigbasin_tall_082520_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We found heroes in the most \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833486/delivering-democracy\">unexpected places\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833486/delivering-democracy\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11833493\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-800x587.png\" alt=\"Delivering Democracy by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-800x587.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-1020x748.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-160x117.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final-1536x1126.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/mail_081420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And tried to figure out \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833701/red-flag-warning-and-then-some\">new ways to signal danger \u003c/a>…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11833701/red-flag-warning-and-then-some\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11833707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-800x556.png\" alt=\"Red Flag Warning(s) by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-800x556.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-1020x709.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final-1536x1067.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/redflags_081720_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>… while others \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828988/reading-riting-rithmatic-and-reopening\">didn’t seem worried a bit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828988/reading-riting-rithmatic-and-reopening\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11828995\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-800x538.png\" alt=\"Back to School by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-800x538.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-1020x686.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-160x108.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final-1536x1034.png 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/backtoschool_071420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amid the calls for justice came a fresh look at our history that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825638/one-final-discovery\">more truthful\u003c/a> than what many of us grew up with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11825638/one-final-discovery\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11825646\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-800x566.jpg\" alt=\"Christopher Columbus by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-800x566.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final-1020x722.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/columbus_062220_final.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11817126/yes-its-confusing\">patchwork of responses and restrictions\u003c/a>, we now know, is definitely not the most effective way to fight a pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11817126/yes-its-confusing\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11817138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-800x627.png\" alt=\"Pandemic Patchwork by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-800x627.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-160x125.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final-1020x800.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/05/patchwork_050820_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fighting the deadly coronavirus and systemic inequality simultaneously was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822906/the-other-deadly-virus\">sometimes in conflict\u003c/a>, as people gathered to demonstrate for racial justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11822906/the-other-deadly-virus\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11822919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-800x559.png\" alt=\"Stay Home Leave Home by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-800x559.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-160x112.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final-1020x713.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/stayleave_060420_final.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we have our very own rolling corruption scandal in San Francisco that began with charges being filed against the now-former head of San Francisco’s Public Works department \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798634/nuru-might-need-to-change-his-twitter-handle\">Mohammed Nuru\u003c/a>, whose Twitter handle is \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/MrCleanSF\">@MrCleanSF\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11798634/nuru-might-need-to-change-his-twitter-handle\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11798656\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-800x525.jpg\" alt=\"Mr. Clean SF by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final-1020x669.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/mrclean_012820_final.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796289/optics-in-oakland\">tactical armored personnel carrier and robot\u003c/a> needed to evict the “Moms 4 Housing” women from the house they occupied in West Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11796289/optics-in-oakland\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11796314\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-800x512.jpg\" alt=\"BearCat by Mark Fiore\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-800x512.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-1020x652.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final-1200x768.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/bearcat_011520_final.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s hoping 2021 is a little more safe and sane …\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Hundreds of People at San Quentin Petition for Release as COVID-19 Surges",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Marin County judge could begin ordering the release or transfer of hundreds of men incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison as early as Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 400 elderly and medically vulnerable incarcerated people petitioned the superior court for release during and after a massive outbreak at the prison this summer that infected 2,200 people and resulted in the deaths of 28 men.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Christine O’Hanlon, Marin County deputy public defender\"]'They were rolling the dice with those people’s lives.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the men who’ve asked the court for relief are age 60 and over, or have chronic medical conditions that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined put them at greater risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incarcerated men allege in court filings that prison officials violated their Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment by exposing them to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Marin County public defender’s office represents 249 of the men who’ve petitioned for release. Deputy Public Defender Christine O’Hanlon says some of them were locked up with cellmates who had the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had numerous pairs where one person was negative, one was positive and [the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] did nothing to separate them, and then they end up getting sick,” O’Hanlon said. “They were rolling the dice with those people’s lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marin County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Howard plans to soon start ruling on cases — according to a Dec. 9 \u003ca href=\"https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20433045-201209-marin-co-judge-order-re-habeus-petitions-case-management-order-no-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">court order\u003c/a> — beginning with older and sicker incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Howard made clear he won’t order release from prison as the only remedy for the risk and suffering to incarcerated people. Prison officials may also transfer at-risk people to prisons with safer housing, the judge ruled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That came as a blow to the men's attorneys, who’ve warned that any transfer of medically vulnerable incarcerated people heightens the risk of transmission, especially with COVID-19 infections surging again in prisons across the state. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>New Surge in COVID-19 Infections\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>COVID-19 cases were in the low hundreds across the prison system in October, but they’ve since exploded. Nearly 9,000 people incarcerated in California state prisons have tested positive for the virus within the last two weeks, according to state data released Sunday, with triple-digit new coronavirus cases identified in 22 of the state’s 35 adult institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pleasant Valley State Prison in the Central Valley saw the biggest increase in infections over the last two weeks. Over 700 men incarcerated there have the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the rising number of infections, prison officials abruptly transferred 26 medically vulnerable people from San Quentin to another prison a week ago Monday.[aside postID=\"forum_2010101880985,news_11848497,news_11836868\" label=\"COVID-19 in California Prisons\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Gransee, a spokeswoman for California Correctional Health Care Services, wrote in a Dec. 15 email that the men were moved to “safer housing” at California State Prison in Corcoran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to note that every safety precaution is taken on any patient movement,” Gransee wrote, “including testing before and after any moves, quarantining upon arrival at the new housing location, the use of N95 masks by all, and sanitation of all housing spaces prior to any movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The public defender filed an emergency motion Wednesday to temporarily stop the transfers until Judge Howard can “fully consider” whether it’s safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation suspended further COVID-19 related transfers last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My clients are terrified of transferring,” Deputy Public Defender O’Hanlon said. “They know the transfer process involves being confined in small spaces with several people for several hours and then getting to a new place where they don't know what's there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 26 men transferred from San Quentin last week went from a prison with four active cases at the time to one with 50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Noting that most state prisons are at or over capacity, O’Hanlon doubted any institution could safely absorb transfers of medically vulnerable incarcerated people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can't just pack them in like sardines somewhere else,” she said. “You have to put them in a place where they can be safely housed, practice social distancing and avoid dorm settings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Quentin’s summer outbreak resulted from the botched May 31 transfer of 121 people from the California Institution for Men in Southern California. Ironically, the men — all at high risk for COVID-19 — were moved to San Quentin from Chino to protect them from getting infected as the virus raged at the Southern California facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a state Senate hearing in June, Clark Kelso, the federal receiver in charge of prison medical care, took full responsibility for approving the transfer. Kelso said the transfer was conducted “too quickly” and was “a big mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, people incarcerated in state prisons could only be transferred if they had tested negative for the virus beforehand, but as Kelso said he later learned, some men received those tests up to two weeks before their departure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelso issued new protocols for transfers in August, including same-day testing for COVID-19, retesting and isolation upon arrival at the new prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those new protocols were cited in a recent appellate ruling as the reason that transfers can be considered a safe alternative to releasing medically vulnerable people.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Order to Halve San Quentin Population Appealed to California Supreme Court\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ivan Von Staich, a 64-year-old at San Quentin with respiratory issues, petitioned for release before there was an outbreak of COVID-19. Von Staich argued in a successful appeal that the prison would not be able to protect people like him if the population became infected because there would be no way to be physically distant from others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His attorneys disclosed that prison officials ignored a key recommendation by a group of university doctors and epidemiologists who toured San Quentin State Prison in June. The team of health experts from UCSF and UC Berkeley urged prison officials to reduce the incarcerated population at the prison by half to allow for social distancing and quarantine of those infected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"State Attorney General's Petition to California Supreme Court\"]'CDCR has diligently worked to implement various significant mitigation efforts.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A three-judge state appeals court \u003ca href=\"https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20433046-201020-appellate-ruling-von-staich-a160122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found on Oct. 20\u003c/a> that San Quentin officials acted with “deliberate indifference” to the health of all people held at the prison and ordered them to immediately cut the population by half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By all accounts, the COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin has been the worst epidemiological disaster in California correctional history,” Presiding Judge Anthony Kline wrote in the decision. “And there is no assurance San Quentin will not experience a second or even third spike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has appealed that ruling to the California Supreme Court, which has asked for expedited briefing and will decide whether to review the case by Jan. 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It cannot be that prison officials are deliberately indifferent to the risks COVID-19 poses to inmate health when there is no dispute CDCR has diligently worked to implement various significant mitigation efforts,” the attorney general argued in his \u003ca href=\"https://beta.documentcloud.org/documents/20433047-201116-ag-petition-for-cal-sup-ct-review-w-exhibit-final\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nov. 16 petition\u003c/a> to the state Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until then, Marin County Superior Court Judge Howard has said he’ll follow the appellate ruling in any order he issues on petitions from men at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The suit alleges that a district attorney’s investigator tried to secretly record him in his hospital room, and that five officers later entered the room “and attempted to threaten (Spiers) to remain silent about the attack and to coerce (him) into not seeking legal representation for the beating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to those allegations, Boudin would only say that his office is not pursuing any additional charges related to this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boudin has also helped spearhead other changes to how police are investigated in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he restructured his office’s Independent Investigations Bureau — a unit at least four years in the making that was initiated by Boudin's predecessor, George Gascón. 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When he arrived at the state facility, a two-hour drive from his hometown, he expected to be able to continue his medical treatment and physical therapy, but says he ended up locked in a battle with the staff over where he should be housed and what treatment they would provide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Elijah Ramirez']‘I came in there with trauma already as it is … This place didn’t help me with that trauma. It intensified it.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So here I am 16 years old. Mind you, I’m a child. I had just been shot. I’m locked up now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramirez says it was an awful three and half years. His story is familiar to advocates who for years have been agitating for changes at the state system, which is generally reserved for young people convicted of very serious crimes like assault and murder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After years of debate, state leaders are embracing change and looking to reshape how California deals with young people convicted of crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of July 1, the Department of Juvenile Justice — the youth equivalent of the state prison system — will stop accepting virtually all new wards, leaving the state’s 58 counties to figure out how to handle those young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"juvenile-justice\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to shutter DJJ entirely. In signing the legislation to start that process this fall, the governor proclaimed “the beginning of the end of juvenile imprisonment as we know it,” adding that “juvenile justice should be about helping kids imagine and pursue new lives — not jumpstarting the revolving door of the criminal justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a surprise that state leaders are willing to make this shift. 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But opportunities to earn more advanced degrees are largely limited to correspondence courses of sometimes questionable quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11775030,news_11797314' label='higher education in prison']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choate argues changing that is in everyone’s interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that people with bachelor’s degrees just don’t come back to prison,” Choate said, noting the plan’s potential cost savings through reduced recidivism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR564.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">major study \u003c/a>commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice found that inmates who participate in educational opportunities behind bars are more than 40% less likely to return to prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through the UC Irvine pilot project, an initial cohort of up to 25 men at the Richard J. 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The deal grants automatic admissibility to any Southwestern student who has completed the prerequisites for the major with a minimum 3.5 GPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taking this step brings us closer to fulfilling the central goal of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/content-analysis/academic-planning/california-master-plan.html\">state’s Master Plan for Higher Education\u003c/a> — that anyone from anywhere can earn a college degree,” said UCI associate professor Keramet Reiter, founding director of \u003ca href=\"https://prisoneducation.uci.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCI’s LIFTED\u003c/a>, the university’s prison education initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reiter has been developing the pilot program for more than two years. “It’s been a dream of mine to see the UCs involved in higher education in prisons,” she said. 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The project has received some grant funding to support administrative costs, but Reiter expects most students will be eligible to have their tuition covered through UC’s \u003ca href=\"https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-aid/blue-and-gold-opportunity-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan\u003c/a>, which extends aid to students whose families earn less than $80,000 per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reiter’s goal is for the pilot to lay the groundwork for other UC campuses to create similar programs. This summer, the University of California Academic Senate endorsed a set of principles to guide the system in developing educational programs for incarcerated students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Choate is heartened by the momentum. “Let’s start with the cohort of 30,” he said. “Maybe a few years from now we’ll have a cohort of 3,000.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11797376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11797376 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/inmates-BA-program.042-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/inmates-BA-program.042-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/inmates-BA-program.042-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/inmates-BA-program.042-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/01/inmates-BA-program.042.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incarcerated men at California State Prison, Los Angeles County — a maximum security facility in Lancaster — attend class as part of a bachelor’s degree program run by Cal State Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(J. 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It is painful for me to end a 35-year career as a result of false allegations, but it is simply not possible for me to do my job to the best of my ability while also defending myself. I know that stepping aside now is in the best interests of the City, the SFPUC, and my family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news follows the indictment of former San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru in January, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news-columnists/lefty-odouls-charity-used-city-contractor-donations-to-pay-for-public-works-party/\">who was also charged in relation to a bribery scheme\u003c/a>. Another department head, Department of Building Inspection Director Tom Hui, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11826653/bad-policies-and-practices-report-highlights-weak-sf-laws-that-enable-public-corruption\">resigned this year\u003c/a> after his own violation of city ethics laws were revealed in connection to a city attorney’s office investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s three San Francisco department heads, with three alleged schemes, all revealed just this year. The thread that binds them all is Walter Wong, a permit expediting consultant and construction company executive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/FitzTheReporter/status/1333516775627976704\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its statement, the U.S. attorney’s office and FBI characterized Kelly’s relationship with Wong as a “long-running bribery scheme and corrupt partnership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint alleges that Kelly took international trips paid for, or subsidized by, Wong, made cash exchanges with Wong and accepted free meals from him, all detailed in coded text messages on an encrypted text messaging app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Harlan Kelly, former manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission\"]“It is painful for me to end a 35-year career as a result of false allegations.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the trips in question was a March 2016 Hong Kong trip to visit the late Rose Pak, a San Francisco community activist. The complaint says investigators reviewed bank records and found Kelly and his wife, City Administrator Naomi Kelly, “incurred almost no significant expenses” on their known debit or credit cards on that trip, which “corroborates WONG’s statements” to the FBI that he paid of thousands of dollars in incidental expenses for the Kellys during their trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of those exchanges took place while Wong sought a multimillion-dollar contract from the SFPUC, which Kelly oversaw as general manager, for a citywide LED lighting contract. Wong’s son ran Green Source Trading, LLC, which was bidding to convert thousands of San Francisco streetlights to smart LED technology.[aside postID=\"news_11821145\" label=\"A pushback on SF corruption\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly “used his official position to assist WONG’s efforts,” the complaint alleges, including postponing the deadline on the LED contract to benefit Wong, while he readied his bid contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one point Kelly texted to Wong, “You told me [t]hat you had everything? I don’t know what to do? 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PUC approved before but not willing to review and resign.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Kelly did not respond to Wong for four hours, Wong continued, invoking the code for the mayor:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Wong\u003c/strong>: did u request help to this permit 1111 California, p/a # 201008199171. this one is in 35 radar\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Kelly\u003c/strong>: Yes have people working on ot.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Wong\u003c/strong>: tks\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In text messages sent during 2013, Wong asked Kelly to confirm they would have lunch on a Sunday. 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So Welker said he and other inmates were shocked to learn that correctional officers can work their main shifts in one part of the prison and overtime in another — even if one of those is a quarantine area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were like, wait a second,” he said. “If you normally work over there, and we know that there’s positive cases over there, what the hell are you doing coming over here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Ed Welker, incarcerated at Avenal State Prison\"]‘They’re putting our lives in danger.’[/pullquote]\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">More than 3,300 inmates and staff\u003c/a> have tested positive for COVID-19 at Avenal, a total that’s higher than any other prison in California. 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This is an enormous risk for the spread of COVID-19 between units.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='cdcr']The refusal of CDCR to heed Kings County’s health orders has been frustrating for County Supervisor Craig Pedersen, who wonders how the state can task the county with protecting public health, but then not cooperate with the county’s requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the state’s asking us to perform, you’d expect the state to be performing at the same level — and that just wasn’t the case,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s especially notable, Pedersen says, because state officials have asked other businesses — in Kings County and throughout California — to scale back due to the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just didn’t sit well with me that you have a set of labor decisions impacting a community that has another set of limitations,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email statement, Glen Stailey, the president of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the union that represents prison guards, didn’t deny that they could be vectors for the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any sort of movement would allow for the spread of COVID, and our members have the right to move from one yard to another… We cannot pinpoint the exact reason [for its spread],” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But whether staff really have been a factor in Avenal’s massive outbreak, John Walker, who is incarcerated there, doesn’t fault them for doing their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of pressure on the [correctional officers], and I think for a lot of them, it wasn’t their fault. 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