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Local businesses across the region will also be marking \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddt5nGMGhtM/?stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&img_index=1\">“Violet Day” on Friday with giveaways\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Golden State Valkyries flag flies outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco ahead of the Valkyries playoff push on Sept. 25, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With the playoffs officially starting on Sunday, read on to find out where you can follow the game in the coming weeks, whether on TV, at bars or at San Francisco’s Chase Center — also known as “Ballhalla.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you are new to the whole basketball thing, don’t worry: We got you. KQED has a guide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area\">joining the WNBA fandom in the Bay\u003c/a> and what to know about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla\">the Valkyries’ inaugural year\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>You can also watch KQED host Brian Watt speak to journalist Erin Lim about the passionate Bay Area fandom on an episode of \u003cem>The B-Segment. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B_tlq18u5Q\">\u003cem>What makes the Valkyries’ Ballhalla magical? | The B-Segment with Brian Watt\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First off: What \u003cem>are \u003c/em>playoffs in the WNBA?\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After a regular season of basketball, the top eight WNBA teams then compete in a tournament. 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Local businesses across the region will also be marking \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Ddt5nGMGhtM/?stkn=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&img_index=1\">“Violet Day” on Friday with giveaways\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101439\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260925-VioletDay-NG-16-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Golden State Valkyries flag flies outside San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco ahead of the Valkyries playoff push on Sept. 25, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>With the playoffs officially starting on Sunday, read on to find out where you can follow the game in the coming weeks, whether on TV, at bars or at San Francisco’s Chase Center — also known as “Ballhalla.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you are new to the whole basketball thing, don’t worry: We got you. 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However, there are some standing\u003cem>–\u003c/em>room tickets (meaning you don’t get a chair) around the $65 to $80 range.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/092526-VioletDaySJ-04-MC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101442\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/092526-VioletDaySJ-04-MC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/092526-VioletDaySJ-04-MC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/092526-VioletDaySJ-04-MC-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Deanna, Raymond and Serenity Cheng celebrate at a press conference ahead of The Golden State Valkyries’ second playoff run on Violet Day outside of San José City Hall in San José on Sept. 25, 2026. (Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Along with getting to enjoy the electrifying vibes of Ballhalla, there’ll also be a halftime performance by Bay Area rapper Too $hort and free violet T-shirts. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’ll be the first time that playoffs will be held at Chase Center. Last year, the team had to move to San José’s SAP Center due to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055670/golden-state-valkyries-where-to-watch-the-wnba-playoffs-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-online-on-tv-and-at-bars\">a conflict with a tennis event\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>KQED has a thorough guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047885/golden-state-valkyries-wnba-schedule-fandom-chase-center-san-francisco-ballhalla#chase-center-san-francisco-parking\">how to attend a Valkyries game at Chase Center\u003c/a>, including transportation, parking and bag policy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the game at a bar\u003c/h3>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Unable to secure a ticket? You’re in luck: There are a \u003cem>lot \u003c/em>of bars and watch parties in the Bay that have historically shown Valkyries games, as detailed in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12096884/in-the-midst-of-basketball-and-baseball-season-how-to-join-womens-sports-fandom-in-the-bay-area#basketball\">KQED’s guide about the WNBA season\u003c/a> — which also includes a map from sports journalist Maya Goldberg-Safir of key places to meet other fans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some spots include:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Events hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/valqueeries/\">ValQueeries\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Events hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thepeopleswatchparty/\">The People’s Watch Party\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>Events hosted by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/hysteriasportsbar/\">Hysteria\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13977457/rikkis-first-womens-sports-bar-bay-area-open-castro-sf-valkyries\">Rikki’s\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mothersf.com/\">Mother\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.standarddeviantbrewing.com/\">Standard Deviant Brewing\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/georgeandwaltsbar/?hl=en\">George & Walt’s\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://xingones.com/\">Xingones Cantina\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandathleticclub.com/\">Oakland Athletic Club\u003c/a> in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rookieslodge.com/\">Rookie’s Sports Lodge\u003c/a> in San José\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://chasecenter.com/thrive-city/\">Thrive City\u003c/a> — the outdoor venue outside Chase Center — \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/valkyries-playoffs-watch-party-presented-by-kaiser-permanente-tickets-2001627556905?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\">will be showing the away game on Sept. 30\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.opentable.com/booking/experiences-availability?rid=241&restref=241&experienceId=799059&utm_source=external&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=shared\">watch party at Dirty Habit\u003c/a> in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The team’s own website also has a \u003ca href=\"https://valkyries.wnba.com/bar-network\">list of bars in the Bay\u003c/a> to go to for Valkyries games.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\n\u003cp>San Francisco officials revealed two possible names on Thursday that could replace \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/cesar-chavez\">César Chavez \u003c/a>Street, following sexual abuse allegations against the activist earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Street signs along the 3-mile road could soon read: “Las Campesinas,” which means female farmworkers, or “Sí, Se Puede,” a rallying cry of the farmworkers’ movement, meaning “Yes, you can.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The names were selected by a working group of neighborhood residents, labor leaders and city officials put together by Mayor Daniel Lurie in the wake of a shocking \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations-ufw.html\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> investigation, which accused Chavez of a pattern of sexual misconduct against young girls and women. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One of his victims was Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Chavez in the 1960s. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260319-Cesar-Chavez-Street-MD-01_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260319-Cesar-Chavez-Street-MD-01_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260319-Cesar-Chavez-Street-MD-01_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260319-Cesar-Chavez-Street-MD-01_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A street sign on César Chavez Street in San Francisco on March 19, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cities, schools and organizations across the U.S. moved quickly to strip the late labor leader’s name from public view, but in San Francisco, renaming the street carries additional weight for many. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Former Supervisor Susan Leal, who is co-leading the renaming working group, said she remembers the celebration when she and the Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to name the street for Chavez, as well as the backlash that quickly followed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>On Chavez’s birthday in 1995, new signs bearing his name replaced “Army Street,” the former name for the artery that borders the Mission District’s Latino Cultural District and connects the Bayshore to Noe Valley. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the moment came at a time of heightened anti-immigrant sentiment, and some city residents quickly launched a movement to repeal the change through a citywide ballot measure later that fall.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That initiative was ultimately defeated, and for the last 30 years, the name has stood as a reminder of the farmworker movement Chavez helped build, and acknowledgment of San Francisco’s Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The political climate that we’re in, it’s very similar to the political climate and hate against our community [in 1995],” Olga Miranda, the president of SEIU Local 87, said at a community meeting revealing the new name options on Thursday night. “Our entire community, we’ve been under assault, we’ve been attacked, our families have disappeared, kidnapped. And so what César Chavez meant to us was a really deal back then, and it still [is].”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Miranda said the committee has spent weeks discussing many possible names, including those of other prominent leaders of the farmworker movement, like Huerta.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mary Travis-Allen raises her hand to speak at a community meeting on renaming César Chavez Street at Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ultimately, they settled on the two proposed on Thursday because of their importance to the farmworker movement as a whole, with a special nod to the women who were involved and those who were harmed by Chavez’s actions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among the two dozen or so residents who attended the meeting in Flynn Elementary’s gymnasium, there was fairly broad support for “Sí, Se Puede,” a phrase coined by Huerta.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“One of the biggest [words] that really brings people together, in giving people hope, is ‘Sí Se Puede,’” said Alicia Bustos Sandoval, who was raised in the Mission and worked for the union for seven years. “It’s giving them ‘esperanza.’ It gives them hope that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. No one can bring you down. No one can tell you no.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the immediate aftermath of Chavez’s scandal, many people suggested renaming many of the monuments honoring him for Huerta. But in the months that have passed, many people have begun to question dedicating spaces to individuals at all. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As humans, we are fallible and make mistakes and often cause harm, even when we have done some goodness,” said Cynthia Meza, who has taught at Flynn Elementary on Chavez Street for 20 years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Leal said in the committee’s deliberations, they considered a slew of individuals’ names, including Huerta’s, but repeatedly came back to the broader movement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Many speakers said ‘Sí, Se Puede’ strikes a balance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-38-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101376\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-38-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-38-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ChavezRenaming-NG-38-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Susan Cervantes speaks at a community meeting on renaming César Chavez Street at Leonard R. 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Flynn Elementary School in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2026. (Nina Glick/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ultimately, they settled on the two proposed on Thursday because of their importance to the farmworker movement as a whole, with a special nod to the women who were involved and those who were harmed by Chavez’s actions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Among the two dozen or so residents who attended the meeting in Flynn Elementary’s gymnasium, there was fairly broad support for “Sí, Se Puede,” a phrase coined by Huerta.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“One of the biggest [words] that really brings people together, in giving people hope, is ‘Sí Se Puede,’” said Alicia Bustos Sandoval, who was raised in the Mission and worked for the union for seven years. “It’s giving them ‘esperanza.’ It gives them hope that there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. No one can bring you down. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sam-liccardo\">Congressman Sam Liccardo\u003c/a> is calling for a federal investigation and potential sanctions against the owners and backers of a high-rise development proposal at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park, which has sparked years of controversy in the wealthy city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Liccardo \u003ca href=\"https://liccardo.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/liccardo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/quill-letter-l39585-80-willow-road-development-letter-to-treasury-version-1-09-23-2026-08-51-pm.pdf\">wrote a letter\u003c/a> this week to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, raising security concerns and urging federal agencies to look into the property’s owner, Russian businessman Vitaly Yusufov, along with the proposed project’s financiers and developers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Public sources raise serious questions about Vitaly Yusufov’s ties to the Russian government and individuals linked to organized crime, warranting immediate review by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and, ultimately, consideration for sanctions,” Liccardo wrote in his Sept. 23 letter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070783\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, 2026. (Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vitaly Yusofov is the son of Igor Yusofov, the former Energy Minister of the Russian Federation, and he was previously sanctioned by Ukraine and has also been documented as a business agent for former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in real estate matters, Liccardo wrote. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Liccardo also referenced Vitaly Yusufov’s 2009 purchase of shipyards in Germany, with financing that was later linked to organized crime leaders, including Aslan Gagiec, “known as ‘Dzhako the Bloody,’ a Russian organized crime figure connected to 56 contract killings.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The property, a 6.7-acre piece of land at 80 Willow Road that sits at the corner of Middlefield Road, backs up to San Francisquito Creek. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The mid-century, California Ranch-style building on the site once housed Sunset Magazine, on grounds featuring trees, succulents, a center courtyard, lawns and gardens that its former editor-in-chief described as “enchanting” in an opinion piece advocating for its demolition and redevelopment to support denser housing in the pricey region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The dream of idyllic suburban life that Sunset’s building represents is dead, dead, dead — unsustainable and unaffordable for all but the very few. Why hang on?” Peggy Northrop wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/08/22/sunset-magazine-menlo-park-campus-torn-down/\">\u003cem>The San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A 2025 piece by Sunset staff members \u003ca href=\"https://sunset.com/lifestyle/sunset-menlo-park-campus-preservation\">called for preserving\u003c/a> the historic building and the grounds because it’s “a place that has shaped the way we live, eat and dream in the West for generations.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based development company N17, headed by Oisín Heneghan, is proposing to demolish the existing buildings to create a mixed-use project with a total of 665 apartments or condos, with roughly 100 of them to be priced below market-rate, along with 332,000 square feet of office space, 17,000 square feet of retail space and a 130-room hotel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While a proposed preschool building in the plans would be 22 feet tall, the other three buildings would range from 301 feet tall to as high as 458 feet tall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Community-Development/Projects/Under-review/80-Willow-Road\">according to the city\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Sam Liccardo speaks during a press conference in San José about changes to a federal housing program’s funding by the Trump administration on Nov. 24, 2025. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The staggering height of the towers has prompted significant pushback, including from local and state officials like state Sen. Josh Becker and San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The residents group \u003ca href=\"https://menloforward.org/\">Menlo Forward\u003c/a> calls the towers “wildly out of scale” with the existing community, noting they would become the tallest buildings in the state outside of major metropolitan areas in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The project was proposed in 2023 under a narrow provision of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981595/controversial-california-law-meant-to-spur-new-housing-could-get-more-teeth\">state law\u003c/a> known as the “Builder’s Remedy,” which allows developers to bypass much of local discretionary review to fast-track a project when a city or county hasn’t received certification of its long-term housing plan from the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta and an attorney for the developer, David H. Blackwell, wrote to the city this summer alleging it has \u003ca href=\"https://docaccess.com/docviewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2Ffiles%2Fsharedassets%2Fpublic%2Fv%2F1%2Fcommunity-development%2Fdocuments%2Fprojects%2Funder-review%2F80-willow-rd%2F80-wr_july-29-letter.pdf&url_hash=88e87650c5c29a02171ca2d70c47bc2a&domain=menlopark.gov&site=91291e4b-a87a-43ca-b8a7-b228e7d9764d&found_on=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCommunity-Development%2FProjects%2FUnder-review%2F80-Willow-Road\">violated\u003c/a> several state housing law provisions, including changing its reasoning to deny a streamlined approval process for the project, and requiring the developer to pay for the city’s legal review work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Blackwell \u003ca href=\"https://docaccess.com/docviewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2Ffiles%2Fsharedassets%2Fpublic%2Fv%2F1%2Fcommunity-development%2Fdocuments%2Fprojects%2Funder-review%2F80-willow-rd%2F80-wr_aug-3-letter.pdf&url_hash=fcae285382058f3b4f5234775e14fac0&domain=menlopark.gov&site=91291e4b-a87a-43ca-b8a7-b228e7d9764d&found_on=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCommunity-Development%2FProjects%2FUnder-review%2F80-Willow-Road\">wrote\u003c/a> that the developer plans to sue the city if the project is not approved by Oct. 27, which is 90 days after Bonta’s letter, under rights granted to a developer under state housing laws. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city also faced a legal threat last year from the pro-housing development group, YIMBY Law, over some of the same violations alleged by Bonta. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12058864\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta is briefed by members of his Civil Rights Enforcement Section on litigation challenging the Trump administration at his offices in downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 11, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Menlo Park Mayor Betsy Nash, however, has pushed back on Bonta’s crackdown. She penned a letter to him last month that was republished on the local news site \u003ca href=\"https://www.almanacnews.com/guest-opinion/2026/09/14/guest-opinion-ag-bonta-come-see-for-yourself-why-menlo-park-skyscraper-project-is-wrong-for-willow-road-site/\">The Almanac\u003c/a>, inviting him to tour the area and arguing the city’s past housing certifications were unfairly held up by the state.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nash, in an emailed statement to KQED, said the city “applauds” Liccardo for raising concerns about the project backers and national security. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Menlo Park shares these concerns, and we are surprised the Attorney General of California has not flagged these apparent issues. We hope federal officials will investigate for potential illegality, corruption and national security issues,” Nash said. “In addition, we believe that the massive commercial development proposed for the site would further compound infrastructure challenges in Menlo Park, while not delivering the housing that we need.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Heneghan, in an email to KQED, said he was surprised by Liccardo’s letter, and said it is being spurred by anti-housing sentiment in the region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is based on false reporting and what can only be described as NIMBY fan fiction,” Heneghan said, using an acronym for Not In My Backyard, which is commonly used to refer to residents who oppose new housing projects. “The NIMBY lobby is creating more and more sensational, desperate narratives to try to block these new homes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said the proposed project would increase housing stock, and create temporary construction jobs and permanent public spaces including restaurants, retail, sports facilities and a school. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These same people have been fighting housing since Jimmy Carter was president, then wonder why their grandkids live in Texas or Florida, where homes are actually affordable,” Heneghan said of the project’s opponents.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit and tie speak behind a podium, with a blue-lit screen behind hime that says 'Decision 2024'\" class=\"wp-image-12012243\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former San José Mayor Sam Liccardo debates Assemblymember Evan Low at the NBC offices in San José on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Camille Cohen for KQED/POOL)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Liccardo’s letter doesn’t address concerns about the physical size or fit of the proposed project, instead focusing on issues such as its proximity to sensitive hubs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Given the very high concentration of defense tech, artificial intelligence and quantum computing companies and research centers in the region, we believe federal agencies should review the property, its ownership and its financial backing to ensure Kremlin officials and their proxies cannot obtain sensitive information about critical U.S. companies and their employees,” Liccardo wrote. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He raised the prospect that the project’s proponents could use domestic real estate holdings like this one to “facilitate sanctions evasion” and generate wealth, which the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network warned about in early 2023. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yusufov could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, Liccardo told KQED he wants more housing in the area, “but Russian oligarchs with ties to the Kremlin and criminal networks should not control assets in our country.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We need a federal investigation in order to support the implementation of sanctions that would stop Mr. Yusufov from being able to build in our community,” Liccardo said. \u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sam-liccardo\">Congressman Sam Liccardo\u003c/a> is calling for a federal investigation and potential sanctions against the owners and backers of a high-rise development proposal at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park, which has sparked years of controversy in the wealthy city.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Liccardo \u003ca href=\"https://liccardo.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/liccardo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/quill-letter-l39585-80-willow-road-development-letter-to-treasury-version-1-09-23-2026-08-51-pm.pdf\">wrote a letter\u003c/a> this week to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, raising security concerns and urging federal agencies to look into the property’s owner, Russian businessman Vitaly Yusufov, along with the proposed project’s financiers and developers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Public sources raise serious questions about Vitaly Yusufov’s ties to the Russian government and individuals linked to organized crime, warranting immediate review by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and, ultimately, consideration for sanctions,” Liccardo wrote in his Sept. 23 letter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12070783\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/GettyImages-2256680653-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, 2026. (Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Vitaly Yusofov is the son of Igor Yusofov, the former Energy Minister of the Russian Federation, and he was previously sanctioned by Ukraine and has also been documented as a business agent for former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in real estate matters, Liccardo wrote. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Liccardo also referenced Vitaly Yusufov’s 2009 purchase of shipyards in Germany, with financing that was later linked to organized crime leaders, including Aslan Gagiec, “known as ‘Dzhako the Bloody,’ a Russian organized crime figure connected to 56 contract killings.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The property, a 6.7-acre piece of land at 80 Willow Road that sits at the corner of Middlefield Road, backs up to San Francisquito Creek. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The mid-century, California Ranch-style building on the site once housed Sunset Magazine, on grounds featuring trees, succulents, a center courtyard, lawns and gardens that its former editor-in-chief described as “enchanting” in an opinion piece advocating for its demolition and redevelopment to support denser housing in the pricey region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The dream of idyllic suburban life that Sunset’s building represents is dead, dead, dead — unsustainable and unaffordable for all but the very few. Why hang on?” Peggy Northrop wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/08/22/sunset-magazine-menlo-park-campus-torn-down/\">\u003cem>The San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A 2025 piece by Sunset staff members \u003ca href=\"https://sunset.com/lifestyle/sunset-menlo-park-campus-preservation\">called for preserving\u003c/a> the historic building and the grounds because it’s “a place that has shaped the way we live, eat and dream in the West for generations.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based development company N17, headed by Oisín Heneghan, is proposing to demolish the existing buildings to create a mixed-use project with a total of 665 apartments or condos, with roughly 100 of them to be priced below market-rate, along with 332,000 square feet of office space, 17,000 square feet of retail space and a 130-room hotel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While a proposed preschool building in the plans would be 22 feet tall, the other three buildings would range from 301 feet tall to as high as 458 feet tall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Community-Development/Projects/Under-review/80-Willow-Road\">according to the city\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251124-SJHUDCUTS-JG-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Sam Liccardo speaks during a press conference in San José about changes to a federal housing program’s funding by the Trump administration on Nov. 24, 2025. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The staggering height of the towers has prompted significant pushback, including from local and state officials like state Sen. Josh Becker and San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The residents group \u003ca href=\"https://menloforward.org/\">Menlo Forward\u003c/a> calls the towers “wildly out of scale” with the existing community, noting they would become the tallest buildings in the state outside of major metropolitan areas in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The project was proposed in 2023 under a narrow provision of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981595/controversial-california-law-meant-to-spur-new-housing-could-get-more-teeth\">state law\u003c/a> known as the “Builder’s Remedy,” which allows developers to bypass much of local discretionary review to fast-track a project when a city or county hasn’t received certification of its long-term housing plan from the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta and an attorney for the developer, David H. Blackwell, wrote to the city this summer alleging it has \u003ca href=\"https://docaccess.com/docviewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2Ffiles%2Fsharedassets%2Fpublic%2Fv%2F1%2Fcommunity-development%2Fdocuments%2Fprojects%2Funder-review%2F80-willow-rd%2F80-wr_july-29-letter.pdf&url_hash=88e87650c5c29a02171ca2d70c47bc2a&domain=menlopark.gov&site=91291e4b-a87a-43ca-b8a7-b228e7d9764d&found_on=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCommunity-Development%2FProjects%2FUnder-review%2F80-Willow-Road\">violated\u003c/a> several state housing law provisions, including changing its reasoning to deny a streamlined approval process for the project, and requiring the developer to pay for the city’s legal review work. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Blackwell \u003ca href=\"https://docaccess.com/docviewer.html?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2Ffiles%2Fsharedassets%2Fpublic%2Fv%2F1%2Fcommunity-development%2Fdocuments%2Fprojects%2Funder-review%2F80-willow-rd%2F80-wr_aug-3-letter.pdf&url_hash=fcae285382058f3b4f5234775e14fac0&domain=menlopark.gov&site=91291e4b-a87a-43ca-b8a7-b228e7d9764d&found_on=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.menlopark.gov%2FGovernment%2FDepartments%2FCommunity-Development%2FProjects%2FUnder-review%2F80-Willow-Road\">wrote\u003c/a> that the developer plans to sue the city if the project is not approved by Oct. 27, which is 90 days after Bonta’s letter, under rights granted to a developer under state housing laws. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The city also faced a legal threat last year from the pro-housing development group, YIMBY Law, over some of the same violations alleged by Bonta. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12058864\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta is briefed by members of his Civil Rights Enforcement Section on litigation challenging the Trump administration at his offices in downtown Los Angeles, California, on March 11, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Menlo Park Mayor Betsy Nash, however, has pushed back on Bonta’s crackdown. She penned a letter to him last month that was republished on the local news site \u003ca href=\"https://www.almanacnews.com/guest-opinion/2026/09/14/guest-opinion-ag-bonta-come-see-for-yourself-why-menlo-park-skyscraper-project-is-wrong-for-willow-road-site/\">The Almanac\u003c/a>, inviting him to tour the area and arguing the city’s past housing certifications were unfairly held up by the state.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nash, in an emailed statement to KQED, said the city “applauds” Liccardo for raising concerns about the project backers and national security. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Menlo Park shares these concerns, and we are surprised the Attorney General of California has not flagged these apparent issues. We hope federal officials will investigate for potential illegality, corruption and national security issues,” Nash said. “In addition, we believe that the massive commercial development proposed for the site would further compound infrastructure challenges in Menlo Park, while not delivering the housing that we need.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Heneghan, in an email to KQED, said he was surprised by Liccardo’s letter, and said it is being spurred by anti-housing sentiment in the region. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is based on false reporting and what can only be described as NIMBY fan fiction,” Heneghan said, using an acronym for Not In My Backyard, which is commonly used to refer to residents who oppose new housing projects. “The NIMBY lobby is creating more and more sensational, desperate narratives to try to block these new homes.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said the proposed project would increase housing stock, and create temporary construction jobs and permanent public spaces including restaurants, retail, sports facilities and a school. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These same people have been fighting housing since Jimmy Carter was president, then wonder why their grandkids live in Texas or Florida, where homes are actually affordable,” Heneghan said of the project’s opponents.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit and tie speak behind a podium, with a blue-lit screen behind hime that says 'Decision 2024'\" class=\"wp-image-12012243\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241011-CONGRESSIONALDEBATENBC_COHEN-22-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former San José Mayor Sam Liccardo debates Assemblymember Evan Low at the NBC offices in San José on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Camille Cohen for KQED/POOL)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Liccardo’s letter doesn’t address concerns about the physical size or fit of the proposed project, instead focusing on issues such as its proximity to sensitive hubs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Given the very high concentration of defense tech, artificial intelligence and quantum computing companies and research centers in the region, we believe federal agencies should review the property, its ownership and its financial backing to ensure Kremlin officials and their proxies cannot obtain sensitive information about critical U.S. companies and their employees,” Liccardo wrote. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He raised the prospect that the project’s proponents could use domestic real estate holdings like this one to “facilitate sanctions evasion” and generate wealth, which the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network warned about in early 2023. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yusufov could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, Liccardo told KQED he wants more housing in the area, “but Russian oligarchs with ties to the Kremlin and criminal networks should not control assets in our country.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We need a federal investigation in order to support the implementation of sanctions that would stop Mr. Yusufov from being able to build in our community,” Liccardo said. \u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the Hong Kong-born aide to a San Francisco state Assembly member are fighting for his release from immigration detention in the Nevada desert a week after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12097313/northern-california-ice-arrests-surged-this-summer\">federal immigration agents\u003c/a> arrested him at the Las Vegas airport.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ho-Yin Mo, a field representative for Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, is represented by a Las Vegas immigration attorney who’s working to secure his release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, University of San Francisco Law Professor Bill Ong Hing said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He said the lawyer is asking an immigration judge to order Mo’s release on bond and, failing that, would challenge the lawfulness of his detention in federal court.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A hearing is scheduled for next week, according to Joe Arellano, a political strategist and former colleague of Mo’s, though it’s unclear in what court. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Immigration court records do not show an open deportation case against Mo.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/GettyImages-528794650-scaled-e1790353795933.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101343\"/>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Muhammad Ali Center, a museum and cultural center built as a tribute to the champion boxer Muhammad Ali and his values, is located in Louisville, Kentucky’s “Museum Row.” (James Leynse-Corbis News/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At the time of his arrest last Thursday, Mo was passing through the Harry Reid International Airport on his way to Louisville, Kentucky, to visit the Muhammad Ali Museum, Arellano said, adding that Mo admired the late boxer, who was an advocate for social justice.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“He always talked about the importance of democracy, as someone who came from Hong Kong and had experienced a lot of the turmoil,” Arellano went on. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These were ideals that he held very close to his heart.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Stefani has called for Mo’s immediate release from ICE detention and called him “a valued, legal employee” and a “selfless public servant,” but her staff declined to speak further about his case.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, the California State Assembly’s Rules Committee said it “can confirm that Ho Yin Mo is a current employee of the California State Assembly. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Assembly complies with all applicable federal employment verification requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security did not dispute that Mo has a valid work authorization. A DHS spokesperson, who did not identify themself, said in an email to KQED that Mo was arrested Sept. 17 in “a targeted enforcement operation” at the airport. The spokesperson said that on Jan. 13, 2020, “Mo lawfully entered the U.S. on a temporary basis but illegally overstayed his welcome by failing to depart by May 15, 2020.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/employment-authorization-document\">work authorization\u003c/a> document is typically only available to a person who is lawfully present in the U.S. or applying for legal permanent residence or some form of immigration protection, such as asylum. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Until recently, ICE did not generally arrest people with expired visas if they had a pending application for another type of immigration relief. But in recent months, ICE has been obtaining information about airport travelers from the Transportation Security Administration and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12092697/bay-area-immigrant-advocates-warn-noncitizens-to-avoid-air-travel-after-ice-arrests\">arresting people in domestic terminals\u003c/a> if they appear to have overstayed a visa. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, he’s an example of what’s happening all over,” Hing said. “These are folks that are following rules and all of a sudden they find themselves in detention…. ICE is really trying to achieve high numbers of arrests and detentions. 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(Miles Cull/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, meanwhile, has sent a letter to the Las Vegas Immigration Court saying Mo is a “positive addition to our city” and calling for his release from detention. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Ho Yin has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for years and has developed a strong network here. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>Immigrant rights advocates are still trying to find more information about at least four people who have “vanished” after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/ice\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents\u003c/a> detained them outside a Concord Home Depot.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Brian Ibarra, a coordinator with Concord Immigrant Protections Network, said that unmarked vehicles drove into the Home Depot parking lot early Wednesday morning, which day laborers believed to be federal agents. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Described as wearing patches with ‘ERO,’ the Enforcement and Removal Operations division under ICE, they began detaining individuals at the scene. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ibarra said the people wearing ICE patches removed up to five people, but the advocates don’t have any other information such as their names or where they are being held. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-03-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101241\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-03-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Brian Ibarra, coordinator for Concord Immigrant Protections Network (CIPN), rallies in solidarity with day laborers outside a Home Depot in Concord on Sept. 24, 2026, following reports that federal immigration agents detained several people there the previous day. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They just vanished,” Ibarra said. “As of right now, we don’t know who was taken, but once we do, we plan to offer them resources and any help that we have.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a protest outside the Home Depot on Thursday, about three dozen advocates gathered and chanted slogans like “No justice, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here.” They held signs that read “Hands off our neighbors” and “Stop terrorizing our communities! Stop tearing families apart!”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ICE has not responded to KQED’s requests for more information. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s arrests are a continuation of the Trump Administration’s enforcement of mass deportations. Earlier this month, an aide for California State Assemblymember Catherine Stefani was detained by immigration officials in Las Vegas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s very troubling that whatever agency decided to come here chose Home Depot, where we know that day laborers are out here every single day building community with each other and seeking work,” Ibarra said at a podium flanked by other immigration advocates. “We hope that Home Depot has not and will not aid in any federal immigration raids.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Advocates passed flyers around to encourage people to call the corporation “The Home Deport” — demanding that it denounce ICE raids on its properties nationwide, declare its stores safe spaces from immigration agents and protect the people who work and shop at its stores every day. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is not the first time it has happened in other parts of the country, and we’re not here to stay silent anymore,” said Betty Gabaldon, a manager at East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy. “They came in, and within five minutes, they took four people.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a written response to KQED, Home Depot said the company didn’t know that immigration enforcement was going to happen, and it wasn’t involved in the operations. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-06-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101243\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-06-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-06-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-06-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cristina Guerrero, with Monument Impact, speaks during a rally in solidarity with day laborers outside a Home Depot in Concord on Sept. 24, 2026, following reports that federal immigration agents detained several people there the previous day. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We cannot legally interfere with federal enforcement agencies, including preventing them from coming into our stores and parking lots,” it said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cristina Guerrero runs the day labor program for Monument Impact, a Bay Area nonprofit organization supporting low-income, immigrant and refugee families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said people who are up early every morning waiting at Home Depot for work opportunities are already vulnerable to discrimination and exploitation, even aside from the fear of being sent away without a chance to say goodbye to their families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Every day, they have to go out, put themselves at risk, and hope that someone will give them an opportunity to work,” she said. “They are fathers, sons, brothers, neighbors, and members of our community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Advocates also spoke about Maureen Wanjiru Ngure, a Concord resident and nurse, who ICE recently detained after going to an appointment in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her family has confirmed she’s since been deported to Kenya, where she hasn’t lived for two decades, Ibarra said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>United Latino Voices Executive Director Tony Bravo said the arrests at Home Depot are frightening for immigrant families across Contra Costa County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101245\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Demonstrators rally in solidarity with day laborers outside a Home Depot in Concord on Sept. 24, 2026, following reports that federal immigration agents detained several people there the previous day. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is part of a fear that they have been carrying for a very long time,” Bravo said, noting that immigration arrests, as well as those conducted at Home Depots, have surged across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Concord Home Depot is no exception,” Bravo said. “People have been taken while looking for work and while attending required immigration appointments.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“Their families are left trying to find out where they are, and when they will see them again, if they will,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bravo said the people taken by ICE agents at Home Depot were merely trying to make a living to likely support their families, something that now comes with a sense of dread. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A child waits for a parent to come home, a family loses income. Neighbors begin to wonder: Is it safe for me to go to work? Is it safe for me to leave my home and never see my family again?” Bravo said. “Is it safe to even visit or go to my immigration appointment?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Danny Espinoza, director of Lift Up Contra Costa, was one of several activists who called on local government leaders to enact more changes to protect immigrants from federal immigration raids, like ending contracts with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/flock\">Flock\u003c/a>, whose license plate readers help federal agents track people across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101248\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nancy Dougherty, with Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa, rallies in solidarity with day laborers outside a Home Depot in Concord on Sept. 24, 2026, following reports that federal immigration agents detained several people there the previous day. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They just vanished,” Ibarra said. “As of right now, we don’t know who was taken, but once we do, we plan to offer them resources and any help that we have.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At a protest outside the Home Depot on Thursday, about three dozen advocates gathered and chanted slogans like “No justice, no fear. Immigrants are welcome here.” They held signs that read “Hands off our neighbors” and “Stop terrorizing our communities! Stop tearing families apart!”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ICE has not responded to KQED’s requests for more information. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s arrests are a continuation of the Trump Administration’s enforcement of mass deportations. 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(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We cannot legally interfere with federal enforcement agencies, including preventing them from coming into our stores and parking lots,” it said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Cristina Guerrero runs the day labor program for Monument Impact, a Bay Area nonprofit organization supporting low-income, immigrant and refugee families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>She said people who are up early every morning waiting at Home Depot for work opportunities are already vulnerable to discrimination and exploitation, even aside from the fear of being sent away without a chance to say goodbye to their families. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Every day, they have to go out, put themselves at risk, and hope that someone will give them an opportunity to work,” she said. “They are fathers, sons, brothers, neighbors, and members of our community.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Advocates also spoke about Maureen Wanjiru Ngure, a Concord resident and nurse, who ICE recently detained after going to an appointment in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Her family has confirmed she’s since been deported to Kenya, where she hasn’t lived for two decades, Ibarra said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>United Latino Voices Executive Director Tony Bravo said the arrests at Home Depot are frightening for immigrant families across Contra Costa County. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101245\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Demonstrators rally in solidarity with day laborers outside a Home Depot in Concord on Sept. 24, 2026, following reports that federal immigration agents detained several people there the previous day. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It is part of a fear that they have been carrying for a very long time,” Bravo said, noting that immigration arrests, as well as those conducted at Home Depots, have surged across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Concord Home Depot is no exception,” Bravo said. “People have been taken while looking for work and while attending required immigration appointments.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>“Their families are left trying to find out where they are, and when they will see them again, if they will,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bravo said the people taken by ICE agents at Home Depot were merely trying to make a living to likely support their families, something that now comes with a sense of dread. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A child waits for a parent to come home, a family loses income. Neighbors begin to wonder: Is it safe for me to go to work? Is it safe for me to leave my home and never see my family again?” Bravo said. “Is it safe to even visit or go to my immigration appointment?” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Danny Espinoza, director of Lift Up Contra Costa, was one of several activists who called on local government leaders to enact more changes to protect immigrants from federal immigration raids, like ending contracts with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/flock\">Flock\u003c/a>, whose license plate readers help federal agents track people across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12101248\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/09/260924-ConcordICE-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nancy Dougherty, with Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa, rallies in solidarity with day laborers outside a Home Depot in Concord on Sept. 24, 2026, following reports that federal immigration agents detained several people there the previous day. 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But there is not that provision or that capability right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12064595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan helps to install a Flock Safety brand automated license plate reader on April 23, 2024. Civil liberties groups are now suing the city and Mahan over the technology’s uses. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to San José Police Chief Paul Joseph, an off-duty officer used a personal device to perform unauthorized license plate reader searches and locate a victim’s vehicle. He then shared the location with the suspect, who was a relative of the officer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The officer was immediately placed on leave and later terminated following a criminal investigation, Joseph said in an email. The case was submitted to the state for a decertification investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When an officer violates the public’s trust this severely, my responsibility is clear: that person cannot remain in a position of police authority, and they cannot wear the San José badge,” the chief said. “This technology is new; the standard is not.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But no criminal charges were filed against the officer. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said improper access by a police officer is outside the reach of state criminal law. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Laws like California’s computer system hacking statute have been interpreted by the US Supreme Court to apply only to persons who are not authorized to access a computer system from doing so,” the DA’s office said. “There is no law that makes it a crime for a police officer to improperly access an agency’s license plate reader database. Only the state legislature can make this conduct a crime.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to addressing that gap, the proposal will strengthen audits of individual user searches, including increasing the frequency and number of audits with annual reports to city oversight committees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The annual reports will include records that flag officers for accessing license plate readers without legitimate law enforcement purpose, suspicious search activity and any other violations of the city’s policy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12.jpg\" alt=\"A worker in a high visibility vest holds up a black camera.\" class=\"wp-image-12095776\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Flock Safety worker holds up a new Automated License Plate Reader that was being installed in East San José on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s important that we show the community that what happened we take seriously, and we want to put as many stipulations in effect as we can not let these things happen again,” Foley said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The memo also recommends strengthening the police department’s and the city’s policies to prohibit officers from accessing any law enforcement database, including Flock camera data, with personally owned devices.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While Foley emphasized the goal of the memo, which will be released on Friday, is to add more guardrails in place, she said the city does not plan to change or eliminate its contract with Flock Safety, citing public safety. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We need this tool to help really solve serious crimes,” Foley said. “We have to do what we can do to protect our community by being able to solve crimes as quickly as possible, and that’s with the use of this technology.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, SJPD said the new standards “will help maintain trust with our community that the data is being used as intended.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They will also ensure that anyone who breaches the community’s trust will face administrative and criminal consequences,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Flock camera monitors the intersection at McKee and North White roads in San José on April 2, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Advocates for civil liberties and immigrant protections, however, said the incident was proof that license-plate reading cameras and other surveillance tools are “not public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> “It is a blatant violation of our community’s trust to learn that a sworn police officer abused our private ALPR data for their personal purposes on their personal phone for their personal contact to stalk and endanger a domestic violence survivor,” said Kimberly Woo, a community organizer from SIREN, a group that has sued San José, along with civil liberties groups, over Flock cameras. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Mass surveillance goes beyond one company, one vendor, and one ‘bad actor,’” the statement said. “Mass warrantless surveillance from ALPRs makes our people vulnerable to who is in power to turn our data into the wrong hands.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">\u003cem>Elize Manoukian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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But there is not that provision or that capability right now,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12064595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan helps to install a Flock Safety brand automated license plate reader on April 23, 2024. Civil liberties groups are now suing the city and Mahan over the technology’s uses. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to San José Police Chief Paul Joseph, an off-duty officer used a personal device to perform unauthorized license plate reader searches and locate a victim’s vehicle. He then shared the location with the suspect, who was a relative of the officer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The officer was immediately placed on leave and later terminated following a criminal investigation, Joseph said in an email. 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Only the state legislature can make this conduct a crime.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to addressing that gap, the proposal will strengthen audits of individual user searches, including increasing the frequency and number of audits with annual reports to city oversight committees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The annual reports will include records that flag officers for accessing license plate readers without legitimate law enforcement purpose, suspicious search activity and any other violations of the city’s policy.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12.jpg\" alt=\"A worker in a high visibility vest holds up a black camera.\" class=\"wp-image-12095776\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/240423-SanJoseLicensePlateReaders-JG-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Flock Safety worker holds up a new Automated License Plate Reader that was being installed in East San José on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s important that we show the community that what happened we take seriously, and we want to put as many stipulations in effect as we can not let these things happen again,” Foley said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The memo also recommends strengthening the police department’s and the city’s policies to prohibit officers from accessing any law enforcement database, including Flock camera data, with personally owned devices.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While Foley emphasized the goal of the memo, which will be released on Friday, is to add more guardrails in place, she said the city does not plan to change or eliminate its contract with Flock Safety, citing public safety. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We need this tool to help really solve serious crimes,” Foley said. “We have to do what we can do to protect our community by being able to solve crimes as quickly as possible, and that’s with the use of this technology.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In a statement, SJPD said the new standards “will help maintain trust with our community that the data is being used as intended.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“They will also ensure that anyone who breaches the community’s trust will face administrative and criminal consequences,” the statement said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12078562\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-FLOCK-SECURITY-CAMERA-FILE-MD-05-KQED_1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Flock camera monitors the intersection at McKee and North White roads in San José on April 2, 2026. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/stanford-university\">Stanford University\u003c/a> senior Billy Ramirez returned to campus this fall to find that the university’s housing and dining department used artificial intelligence to replace him with a Black woman on a public banner. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Stanford Residential and Dining Enterprises, which oversees the university’s housing operations, dining services and campus conferences, hung the promotional banner in a student housing center, according to \u003ca href=\"https://stanforddaily.com/2026/09/23/university-confirms-ai-edited-photo/\">\u003cem>The Stanford Daily\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The outlet also reported that the original photo, taken in Stern Dining during a 2024 Lunar New Year celebration, was previously used unaltered. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1320\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An ornate sandstone-colored building with a series of arches sitting on a brick plaza.\" class=\"wp-image-11956028\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1020x673.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1920x1267.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The arches of the Main Quadrangle buildings on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto on Oct. 2, 2021. (David Madison/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to replacing Ramirez, Stanford R&DE made significant changes to the other two students’ faces. The edits and use of AI caused a stir on the campus social media app, Fizz, according to the Daily, consequently drawing \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/stanford-photo-swap-black-hispanic-student.html\">national attention\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Seeing my identity changed and being left out of the picture made me feel, in a way, silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me,” Ramirez told the \u003ca href=\"https://stanfordreview.org/stanford-r-de-uses-ai-to-race-swap-students-for-advertising/\">\u003cem>Stanford Review\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an independent paper founded by venture capitalist and university alum Peter Thiel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ramirez’s class was the last cohort admitted to a U.S. college before the Supreme Court gutted \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1181138066/affirmative-action-supreme-court-decision\">affirmative action\u003c/a> in 2023. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-complex-ramifications-of-students-for-fair-admissions-v-harvard/\">Brookings Institute\u003c/a> found that these changes had a sizable impact on the racial profile of college populations across the country.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Stanford, \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/01/final-enrollment-data-for-class-of-2028-reported-in-common-data-set\">enrollment\u003c/a> for Black or African American students fell from 8.9% to 4.5% and enrollment for Hispanic or Latino students fell from 16.7% to 14.6%. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At the same time, Asian student enrollment increased from 28.8% to 33%, and White student enrollment increased from 21.9% to 24.1%. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Universities have a long history of artificially diversifying models in their marketing. 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(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Humans would most likely go into Photoshop and start working on specific areas of the image,” Bohacek, who focuses on media integrity, said. “But AI models these days, most of them anyway, can’t do that.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bohacek said that most publicly available AI models cannot work directly with individual pixels, the way a human would in photoshop. 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(David Madison/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to replacing Ramirez, Stanford R&DE made significant changes to the other two students’ faces. The edits and use of AI caused a stir on the campus social media app, Fizz, according to the Daily, consequently drawing \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/us/stanford-photo-swap-black-hispanic-student.html\">national attention\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Seeing my identity changed and being left out of the picture made me feel, in a way, silenced and erased from a representation that was supposed to include me,” Ramirez told the \u003ca href=\"https://stanfordreview.org/stanford-r-de-uses-ai-to-race-swap-students-for-advertising/\">\u003cem>Stanford Review\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, an independent paper founded by venture capitalist and university alum Peter Thiel. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ramirez’s class was the last cohort admitted to a U.S. college before the Supreme Court gutted \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1181138066/affirmative-action-supreme-court-decision\">affirmative action\u003c/a> in 2023. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-complex-ramifications-of-students-for-fair-admissions-v-harvard/\">Brookings Institute\u003c/a> found that these changes had a sizable impact on the racial profile of college populations across the country.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Stanford, \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/01/final-enrollment-data-for-class-of-2028-reported-in-common-data-set\">enrollment\u003c/a> for Black or African American students fell from 8.9% to 4.5% and enrollment for Hispanic or Latino students fell from 16.7% to 14.6%. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At the same time, Asian student enrollment increased from 28.8% to 33%, and White student enrollment increased from 21.9% to 24.1%. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Universities have a long history of artificially diversifying models in their marketing. 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Vernon suffered a workplace injury while working for an airport services contractor and is now living at the long-term care facility after developing chronic injuries and mobility limitations. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s important for workers to have a stronger voice, because they are the front line,” said Enrique Lopezlira, who directs the low-wage work program at the UC Berkeley Labor Center. “The more confidence they have in their ability to speak up without fear of losing their job or hours, then the safety and security of the Oakland airport improves. 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The port estimates the policy could impact 400 workers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Failure to comply with labor peace obligations could lead the port to revoke its permission for a company. That mechanism gives the agency more authority to ensure accountability, according to SEIU-United Service Workers West, which aims to organize about 200 baggage handlers, wheelchair attendants, cabin cleaners, ramp agents and other employees of airline contractors at OAK.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It would give a stronger opportunity for workers to have their rights respected and for the contractors that are there to be acting in good faith,” Sanjay Garla, a vice president at SEIU-USWW, said. “So it’s a big win.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Large airline contractors operating at the Oakland airport, privately held companies such as Prospect Airport Services — which is owned by Unifi Aviation — and Alliance Ground International, did not return a request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240412-OAKAirport-004-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12053653\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240412-OAKAirport-004-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240412-OAKAirport-004-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/240412-OAKAirport-004-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The entrance to the Oakland International Airport in Oakland on April 12, 2024. 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At a second required vote on Thursday, the board passed the measure without objection.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think we’re doing something really great here,” board president Andreas Cluver said. “I’m proud to be part of this body, this community moving, in my opinion, social justice forward and workers’ rights forward, at the same time maintaining financially viable and efficient and productive port operations.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12065092\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A traveler walks through baggage claim in Terminal 2 at Oakland International Airport on April 12, 2024, in Oakland, California. 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