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"content": "\u003cp>West Contra Costa Unified School District is on the cusp of a new and uncertain era following the retirement of its superintendent, Chris Hurst, who \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007378/west-contra-costa-school-district-to-appoint-interim-leader-after-superintendent-announces-retirement\">stepped down in December\u003c/a> after just over three years on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whoever is chosen to permanently replace him will face a daunting set of concerns, including ensuring that the district is not placed under state control. For now, that job is in the hands of interim Superintendent Kim Moses, who, until December, was the district’s associate superintendent for business services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With an enrollment of just under 30,000 students, more than half from lower-income families, the district comprises 54 schools in El Cerrito, Richmond and other East Bay communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief among the issues the district faces are declining enrollment, persistent budget deficits, a sluggish improvement in post-COVID test scores, teacher shortages, and meeting the multiple needs of a diverse and largely lower-income student body, along with a sometimes-contentious school board not always in alignment with its superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To a greater or lesser extent, these are problems facing many urban districts across California, including some larger neighbors around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Unified also got a new superintendent last month and is grappling with \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/san-francisco-schools-must-avoid-state-takeover-at-all-costs-education-veteran-warns/720851\">severe budget deficits\u003c/a> and intense pressure to close schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Oakland Unified’s superintendent, Kyla Johnson-Trammell, is still in her job after seven years, surviving a teacher strike, the pandemic, and other travails, the district is dealing with similar \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://abc7news.com/post/ousd-budget-deficit-oakland-unified-schools/15438418/\">profound challenges\u003c/a>. Both San Francisco and Oakland also face the prospect \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/12/12/oakland-school-board-mergers-vote-budget/\">of a state takeover\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Wednesday, at West Contra Costa’s first board meeting of 2025, Moses issued a blunt warning about the need to make further budget cuts to avoid insolvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After making $19 million in cuts during the current year, the district still has a “significant structural deficit,” she said, and warned that under current scenarios, its budget reserves “will be exhausted within three years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without further reductions in the next two school years, the district would be “placed under (state) receivership, which means we’ll no longer be in charge of making financial decisions for our district,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1991, the district had the unfortunate distinction of being the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/west-contra-costa-school-district-pays-off-debt-3603036.php\">first in the state\u003c/a> to go insolvent. To rescue it, the district received a $29 million bailout loan, which took 21 years to pay off. Now, it is trying to head off a similar fate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, the West Contra Costa school board passed a budget that members said met the standard to receive a “positive certification,” which, under state regulations, means it would not spend its entire reserve over the next three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the county office of education has refused to approve that certification without the district providing a multiyear deficit-reduction plan. That is what Moses \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=36030499&MID=35548&Tab=Agenda&enIID=RHWWplusB2gtQOQVppslshZ6fPAw%3D%3D\">presented to the board \u003c/a>on Wednesday night, involving cuts of $7 million next year and an additional $6 million the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Declining enrollment — by 8% over the past four years alone — is perhaps West Contra Costa’s primary concern, according to Michael Fine, CEO of California’s \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.fcmat.org/\">Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team\u003c/a>, an agency created by the state to help districts resolve financial and management problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fine largely attributes the decline — which is mirrored in many other districts and the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.the74million.org/article/california-lost-420k-public-school-kids-in-4-years-may-drop-1m-more-by-2031/\">state as a whole\u003c/a> — to lower birth rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a long-term problem” for schools, he said. “Right now, schools are feeling it most in kindergarten and elementary school. In 10 years, it will be middle school, then high school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem translates directly into money. In California, schools have a variety of sources of funds, but they are primarily based on “average daily attendance,” that is, the number of kids in the classroom each day. In 2022-23, the district received \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://ed-data.org/ShareData/Html/120187\">nearly $24,000\u003c/a> per student from various sources, most of it from the state based on actual attendance, according to Ed-Data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As enrollment declines — either through lower birth rates or families leaving the expensive Bay Area — so, too, does the district’s revenues. Another factor reducing income is the end of the federal government’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund, designed to help with COVID-19 recovery. The fund brought the district some $53 million by 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which has had an effect on West Contra Costa Unified’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One approach the district is examining to reduce its deficit is so-called “purpose-based budgeting.” The method, designed to more tightly control expenses, is to evaluate how well specific funds match the district’s priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that may not be enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look, I understand. No one joins a school board to lay off people,” Fine said. “But your revenue is going away, and they’re overstaffed compared to their enrollment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Francisco Ortiz, president of United Teachers of Richmond, the union representing teachers, said there are already too many unfilled positions in West Contra Costa, and the district cannot afford to save more by further reducing staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In secondary schools alone, we have 27 vacant FTEs — full-time equivalent (positions),” he said. “And in elementary, it’s 30.8 vacancies and 22 in special ed. The majority of these folks are teachers, some counselors, in elementary, but the majority are classroom teachers.” Most schools, he said, have to use substitutes on a daily basis.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12007378,news_11996607,news_11806638\"]At the board meeting this week, interim Superintendent Moses argued that increasing student attendance and enrollment is the only realistic way to reduce the district’s deficits without making further cuts. For every 1% increase in attendance, the district would generate $2.75 million in additional state funding. To that end, the district is launching what it calls its “Why We Show Up” campaign. “It’s really cut and dried,” Moses said. “We only get revenue based upon the number of children we have in a seat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last week’s board meeting, many parents and teachers expressed concerns that there would be cuts in district offerings like its International Baccalaureate and bilingual and dual immersion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Moses tried to reassure the school community that no programs would be cut. A big chunk of reductions she is proposing would come from central office reductions, moving teachers out of classrooms with small numbers of students, and so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem, union leader Ortiz said, is that the district has done a poor job of budgeting for how many teachers it will need each year. As for covering the district’s deficit — to pay for more teachers — he said the district should draw further on its reserve. “The reserve is for a rainy day, and right now, it’s flooding. Our most vulnerable students are the ones receiving the blunt end of this. Cutting classroom teachers is not the answer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, FCMAT’s Fine argues that it has to be part of the equation. “Lots of school boards say cut as far away from the classroom as you can, but when you have declining enrollment, you cut at the classroom level. But it’s really tough. It’s difficult as heck. It is horrendous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fine argues that the issue of teacher vacancies is a nuanced one and that there may be possible solutions. There may, for example, may be too many English teachers and not enough math teachers or too many PE teachers and not enough special education teachers. He suggests that districts consider offering programs to re-credential teachers, even though this is not a short-term strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The solution doesn’t work for everyone, but why don’t we pay, say, English teachers, to get credentialed to teach the sixth grade? Or invest in someone to get a special ed credential?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his departure, outgoing superintendent Hurst outlined several of the district’s recent accomplishments in his \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.wccusd.net/cms/lib/CA01001466/Centricity/Domain/77/State%20of%20Our%20District_Presentation_9_30.pdf\">State of Our District (PDF)\u003c/a> report — a reminder that putting all the attention on finances can obscure progress in other areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those is the return to 100% in-person learning in the district after the pandemic. Another is “improved staff recruitment, development and retention,” with teacher vacancies declining from 143 two years ago to 64 in the current school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Test scores have also improved somewhat in the district, according to \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://caaspp.edsource.org/sbac/west-contra-costa-unified-07617960000000\">results of the Smarter Balanced assessments\u003c/a> students took last spring, though they still lag statewide averages and, like almost all districts in the state, are not yet up to pre-pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board recently hired David Hart as chief business manager, at least through the remainder of the school year. He’s the highly regarded former chief financial officer of the massive Los Angeles Unified, a district 20 times the size of West Contra Costa. Fine is hopeful Hart’s experience with a vastly more complex district will accelerate the district’s path to recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are hiring a very skilled interim CBO,” he said. “I hope they listen to him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Louis Freedberg contributed to this report, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2025/west-contra-costa-unified-struggles-to-stay-solvent-avoid-state-takeover/725039\">which originally appeared in EdSource.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Both San Francisco and Oakland also face the prospect \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/12/12/oakland-school-board-mergers-vote-budget/\">of a state takeover\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last Wednesday, at West Contra Costa’s first board meeting of 2025, Moses issued a blunt warning about the need to make further budget cuts to avoid insolvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After making $19 million in cuts during the current year, the district still has a “significant structural deficit,” she said, and warned that under current scenarios, its budget reserves “will be exhausted within three years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without further reductions in the next two school years, the district would be “placed under (state) receivership, which means we’ll no longer be in charge of making financial decisions for our district,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1991, the district had the unfortunate distinction of being the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/west-contra-costa-school-district-pays-off-debt-3603036.php\">first in the state\u003c/a> to go insolvent. To rescue it, the district received a $29 million bailout loan, which took 21 years to pay off. Now, it is trying to head off a similar fate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December, the West Contra Costa school board passed a budget that members said met the standard to receive a “positive certification,” which, under state regulations, means it would not spend its entire reserve over the next three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the county office of education has refused to approve that certification without the district providing a multiyear deficit-reduction plan. That is what Moses \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=36030499&MID=35548&Tab=Agenda&enIID=RHWWplusB2gtQOQVppslshZ6fPAw%3D%3D\">presented to the board \u003c/a>on Wednesday night, involving cuts of $7 million next year and an additional $6 million the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Declining enrollment — by 8% over the past four years alone — is perhaps West Contra Costa’s primary concern, according to Michael Fine, CEO of California’s \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.fcmat.org/\">Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team\u003c/a>, an agency created by the state to help districts resolve financial and management problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fine largely attributes the decline — which is mirrored in many other districts and the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.the74million.org/article/california-lost-420k-public-school-kids-in-4-years-may-drop-1m-more-by-2031/\">state as a whole\u003c/a> — to lower birth rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a long-term problem” for schools, he said. “Right now, schools are feeling it most in kindergarten and elementary school. In 10 years, it will be middle school, then high school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem translates directly into money. In California, schools have a variety of sources of funds, but they are primarily based on “average daily attendance,” that is, the number of kids in the classroom each day. In 2022-23, the district received \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://ed-data.org/ShareData/Html/120187\">nearly $24,000\u003c/a> per student from various sources, most of it from the state based on actual attendance, according to Ed-Data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As enrollment declines — either through lower birth rates or families leaving the expensive Bay Area — so, too, does the district’s revenues. Another factor reducing income is the end of the federal government’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund, designed to help with COVID-19 recovery. The fund brought the district some $53 million by 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of which has had an effect on West Contra Costa Unified’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One approach the district is examining to reduce its deficit is so-called “purpose-based budgeting.” The method, designed to more tightly control expenses, is to evaluate how well specific funds match the district’s priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that may not be enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look, I understand. No one joins a school board to lay off people,” Fine said. “But your revenue is going away, and they’re overstaffed compared to their enrollment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Francisco Ortiz, president of United Teachers of Richmond, the union representing teachers, said there are already too many unfilled positions in West Contra Costa, and the district cannot afford to save more by further reducing staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In secondary schools alone, we have 27 vacant FTEs — full-time equivalent (positions),” he said. “And in elementary, it’s 30.8 vacancies and 22 in special ed. The majority of these folks are teachers, some counselors, in elementary, but the majority are classroom teachers.” Most schools, he said, have to use substitutes on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>At the board meeting this week, interim Superintendent Moses argued that increasing student attendance and enrollment is the only realistic way to reduce the district’s deficits without making further cuts. For every 1% increase in attendance, the district would generate $2.75 million in additional state funding. To that end, the district is launching what it calls its “Why We Show Up” campaign. “It’s really cut and dried,” Moses said. “We only get revenue based upon the number of children we have in a seat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last week’s board meeting, many parents and teachers expressed concerns that there would be cuts in district offerings like its International Baccalaureate and bilingual and dual immersion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Moses tried to reassure the school community that no programs would be cut. A big chunk of reductions she is proposing would come from central office reductions, moving teachers out of classrooms with small numbers of students, and so on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Part of the problem, union leader Ortiz said, is that the district has done a poor job of budgeting for how many teachers it will need each year. As for covering the district’s deficit — to pay for more teachers — he said the district should draw further on its reserve. “The reserve is for a rainy day, and right now, it’s flooding. Our most vulnerable students are the ones receiving the blunt end of this. Cutting classroom teachers is not the answer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, FCMAT’s Fine argues that it has to be part of the equation. “Lots of school boards say cut as far away from the classroom as you can, but when you have declining enrollment, you cut at the classroom level. But it’s really tough. It’s difficult as heck. It is horrendous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fine argues that the issue of teacher vacancies is a nuanced one and that there may be possible solutions. There may, for example, may be too many English teachers and not enough math teachers or too many PE teachers and not enough special education teachers. He suggests that districts consider offering programs to re-credential teachers, even though this is not a short-term strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The solution doesn’t work for everyone, but why don’t we pay, say, English teachers, to get credentialed to teach the sixth grade? Or invest in someone to get a special ed credential?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his departure, outgoing superintendent Hurst outlined several of the district’s recent accomplishments in his \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.wccusd.net/cms/lib/CA01001466/Centricity/Domain/77/State%20of%20Our%20District_Presentation_9_30.pdf\">State of Our District (PDF)\u003c/a> report — a reminder that putting all the attention on finances can obscure progress in other areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among those is the return to 100% in-person learning in the district after the pandemic. Another is “improved staff recruitment, development and retention,” with teacher vacancies declining from 143 two years ago to 64 in the current school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Test scores have also improved somewhat in the district, according to \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://caaspp.edsource.org/sbac/west-contra-costa-unified-07617960000000\">results of the Smarter Balanced assessments\u003c/a> students took last spring, though they still lag statewide averages and, like almost all districts in the state, are not yet up to pre-pandemic levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board recently hired David Hart as chief business manager, at least through the remainder of the school year. He’s the highly regarded former chief financial officer of the massive Los Angeles Unified, a district 20 times the size of West Contra Costa. Fine is hopeful Hart’s experience with a vastly more complex district will accelerate the district’s path to recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are hiring a very skilled interim CBO,” he said. “I hope they listen to him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Louis Freedberg contributed to this report, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2025/west-contra-costa-unified-struggles-to-stay-solvent-avoid-state-takeover/725039\">which originally appeared in EdSource.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Newly sworn-in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/daniel-lurie\">Mayor Daniel Lurie\u003c/a> promised voters he would make big strides on San Francisco’s most pressing issues around homelessness and drugs. Now comes the heavy lifting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, he’ll ask the Board of Supervisors to approve a handful of bureaucratic policy changes that he said will speed up permitting to build elements of his campaign platform, like opening 1,500 shelter beds in his first six months in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Lurie had vowed to declare a state of emergency around fentanyl. During his inaugural address on Wednesday, the mayor told the sun-kissed masses he is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020848/now-sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-emergency-plans-drug-homelessness-crises\">introducing what he’s called “Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinances”\u003c/a> — not exactly an emergency proclamation, but a legislative move that he’ll need supervisors to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will allow us to further surge resources and bypass the bureaucratic hurdles standing in the way of tackling this crisis,” Lurie said. Hinting at the clearance, he still needs to move forward on his idea, Lurie added: “I look forward to working with the incoming Board of Supervisors for their quick approval.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s “Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinances” should not be confused with an official state of emergency, a specific legal action that can allow mayors to bypass regulations and bureaucracy in response to a disaster. The difference means Lurie has to get permission from colleagues to streamline these efforts since, legally, he can’t declare an emergency over fentanyl (or any other drug) specifically, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/11/san-francisco-has-no-idea-how-daniel-lurie-will-govern-does-he/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em> reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie addresses a crowd of hundreds for the first time as city mayor on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Bilal Mahmood represents the Tenderloin, where the majority of overdose deaths have occurred in recent years in San Francisco. He said he’s optimistic about the plan, which was still sparse on details as of Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives us the same powers we had during COVID to work with urgency to spin up new command centers and shelters and give us the personnel we need to shut down open-air drug markets,” Mahmood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If supervisors pass his legislative package, Lurie wants to first expand evening hours for the city’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center — which targets outdoor drug users, drug dealers and illegal street vending — and asked the police chief to come up with a budget to make the effort permanent. He also wants to create a “Hospitality Zone Task Force,” essentially a police unit for the city’s tourist areas, including Union Square, Market Street and Moscone Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie also wants to open up an additional 24/7 drop-off center for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis. In his speech last week, Lurie said the center would be “police-friendly” while serving as an alternative to overnight stays in jail or the city’s emergency rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco already has several street intervention teams that respond to overdoses and other crises that police may be less equipped to handle. But the mayor also said he wants to streamline those initiatives — which could mean cuts or reorganization ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We currently have at least nine street teams operated by five different departments. Despite having made a vast investment of resources and personnel, no one thinks the current structure is working,” Lurie said. “Our first step in streamlining our crisis response is to mandate that all departments coordinate to build and maintain a single public-facing Street Conditions Dashboard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s paying?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune who ran an anti-poverty nonprofit but has no prior experience in elected office, said he wants to fund his ambitious promises using a mix of private and public funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This authorization will fast track a public-private partnership to stand up temporary emergency shelter and address the homelessness crisis on our streets,” Lurie said last Wednesday. “It is time to move past the politics of demonizing each other on every single issue. It’s time to redefine how politics works in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020807\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020807\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250108-LurieInaugurationDay-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie and his family serve food at St. Anthony’s Foundation, a nonprofit providing meals, medical care, clothing, shelter and addiction recovery in San Francisco, on Jan. 8, 2025, before his inauguration ceremony. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Lurie maintained a steadfast message that he would bring accountability and change to San Francisco as a political outsider with no ties to corruption scandals and other status quo operations in City Hall. But Lurie’s first major ask to his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors would essentially give supervisors less authority to block or approve contracts that departments will need to make in order to, for example, expand shelters and staff them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A policy memo provided by the mayor’s office said the mayor would propose to “speed procurement processes by waiving code procurement rules for executing contracts and grants” and authorize the use of private funding in the form of behested payments, which are essentially donations. The city administrator and controller will also be tasked with reviewing and auditing the ordinances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020848 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInaugurationDay_GC_00196-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are good reasons we have processes in place to avoid conflicts of interest and ethical problems. But with something this high profile, I have confidence in the fourth estate and city government that we can get this right,” said Supervisor Matt Dorsey, whose district includes the South of Market neighborhood. “Fentanyl is a moral emergency and personal to me as someone with experience recovering from drug addiction. We have an opportunity to bring solutions that are as big as the problem and surge resources where they are needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has had a fraught relationship with behested payments in the past, however, and critics and government watchdogs say they can open the floodgates for corruption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a spiraling corruption scandal involving behested payments sent former Public Works head Mohammad Nuru to prison, San Francisco voters in June 2022 passed legislation that made it harder for city officials to solicit donations in an effort to limit misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city can grant waivers to its behested payment laws, and it has done so several times already, including Mayor London Breed’s effort to fundraise for pandas at the city’s zoo and the city’s unsuccessfully attempt to open overdose prevention centers with private funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who recently was elected board president, didn’t comment on Lurie’s plan specifically since the legislation was still underway but said he supports giving the mayor more flexibility to carry out his platform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is reasonable to ask private parties to contribute to the city’s efforts, and if people want to do it as a gift, that is laudable, and the mayor should have the authority to do that,” Mandelman said. “I think our behested payment restrictions are pretty cumbersome and hard for the mayor and BOS to navigate. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will allow us to further surge resources and bypass the bureaucratic hurdles standing in the way of tackling this crisis,” Lurie said. Hinting at the clearance, he still needs to move forward on his idea, Lurie added: “I look forward to working with the incoming Board of Supervisors for their quick approval.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s “Fentanyl State of Emergency Ordinances” should not be confused with an official state of emergency, a specific legal action that can allow mayors to bypass regulations and bureaucracy in response to a disaster. The difference means Lurie has to get permission from colleagues to streamline these efforts since, legally, he can’t declare an emergency over fentanyl (or any other drug) specifically, \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/11/san-francisco-has-no-idea-how-daniel-lurie-will-govern-does-he/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em> reports\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021881\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021881\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240108-LurieInaugurationDay-34_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daniel Lurie addresses a crowd of hundreds for the first time as city mayor on Inauguration Day at Civic Center in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Bilal Mahmood represents the Tenderloin, where the majority of overdose deaths have occurred in recent years in San Francisco. He said he’s optimistic about the plan, which was still sparse on details as of Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It gives us the same powers we had during COVID to work with urgency to spin up new command centers and shelters and give us the personnel we need to shut down open-air drug markets,” Mahmood said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If supervisors pass his legislative package, Lurie wants to first expand evening hours for the city’s Drug Market Agency Coordination Center — which targets outdoor drug users, drug dealers and illegal street vending — and asked the police chief to come up with a budget to make the effort permanent. He also wants to create a “Hospitality Zone Task Force,” essentially a police unit for the city’s tourist areas, including Union Square, Market Street and Moscone Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie also wants to open up an additional 24/7 drop-off center for people experiencing a behavioral health crisis. In his speech last week, Lurie said the center would be “police-friendly” while serving as an alternative to overnight stays in jail or the city’s emergency rooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco already has several street intervention teams that respond to overdoses and other crises that police may be less equipped to handle. But the mayor also said he wants to streamline those initiatives — which could mean cuts or reorganization ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We currently have at least nine street teams operated by five different departments. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ternercenter.berkeley.edu/blog/california-housing-laws-that-go-into-effect-in-2025/\">Sixty new housing laws\u003c/a> will go into effect in California this year, including several that apply to renters and landlords, placing new rules on evictions, security deposits and “junk fees.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while tenant advocates welcome the changes, they’re warning that renters need to be aware of their rights in order for the laws to be truly effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a huge power imbalance between landlords and tenants statewide,” said Sam Beckett, directing attorney for tenants’ rights at Centro Legal de la Raza, an East Bay nonprofit. “These laws represent important, significant developments toward counteracting that imbalance and preventing the exploitation of tenants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to protect tenants while also sparing small landlords from extra costs, many of the laws target landlords who own multiple properties and include exceptions for those who own fewer than 15 units. But Debra Carlton, executive vice president for state and government affairs for the California Apartment Association, said more regulations often mean more expenses for landlords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more regulations you place on the rental housing industry,” she said, “the more landlords exit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for some of the 2025 laws that impact renters and landlords:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2747\">Credit reporting\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Credit scores can play a big role in whether a prospective tenant gets accepted for an apartment. However, it can be hard to build good credit without a long credit history and consistent payment of debts, \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/how-do-i-get-and-keep-a-good-credit-score-en-318/\">among other factors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 2724, which goes into effect in April, aims to give tenants the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2747\">opportunity to build their credit scores\u003c/a> by allowing them the option of reporting their rent payments to a credit reporting agency. Landlords are now required to report the payments for tenants who opt in but are also allowed to pass on any related costs to the tenant. The law only applies to landlords who rent out more than 15 units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always work to exempt small landlords, and we were successful with that one,” Carlton said. “We try, number one, to make it so that it’s at least beneficial by way of the tenant and doesn’t cost the owner any more money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347\">Eviction notices\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Starting this month, if a tenant receives an eviction notice, they \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2347\">now have 10 days to respond\u003c/a>, as opposed to five days, thanks to AB 2347.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to protect landlords from lengthy and costly court proceedings, the new law also requires the tenant’s lawyer to file certain motions by the day before the court hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801\">Security deposits\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, when a tenant moves out of their apartment, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005287/landlord-security-deposit-california-renters-law-notice\">their landlord will hold onto a security deposit\u003c/a> to pay for professional cleaning services and even to cover normal wear-and-tear. AB 2801, which goes into effect in April, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2801\">prohibits landlords from keeping security deposits\u003c/a> to pay for professional cleaning or other maintenance services, unless it’s necessary to repair significant damage to the unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty Gabaldon, an organizer with tenants’ rights group East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, welcomes the change. When she recently left an apartment after five years, she said her landlord refused to return her security deposit and told her she would also have to pay for professional carpet cleaning and new paint for the walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gabaldon protested and eventually got her deposit back. AB 2801 would tighten the rules around when landlords can keep security deposits and could prevent renters like Gabaldon from having to protest these kinds of charges after moving out. However, she warns, tenants still need to be aware of their rights and ready to hold their landlords accountable. She noted some renters might hesitate out of fear of retaliation or dealing with the sometimes laborious process of contesting a charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was lucky that I sent the letter, and I was able to exercise my rights, but not a lot of people are lucky,” Gabaldon said. “These laws are there, but people need to start exercising them for [the laws] to work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the California Apartment Association first learned about this bill, Carlton said her organization was concerned that landlords would have little recourse if a tenant did destroy an apartment. The law specifies that property owners must take photographs and send an itemized statement along with a written explanation of the cost of repairs and cleaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Take pictures of the unit, then take pictures when the tenant takes possession, and then take pictures of the unit when the tenant exits and when you’ve done [repair and cleaning] work,” she said — adding that such photos would be necessary if a landlord has to go to small claims court. “If [landlords] have to go to small claims court, they’re going to have to show them to the judge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2493\">Junk fees and application fees\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Two new California laws follow promises from \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/11/biden-harris-administration-announces-broad-new-actions-to-protect-consumers-from-billions-in-junk-fees/\">federal\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/12/california-banking-new-laws-2025/\">state\u003c/a> governments to crack down on junk fees — \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2024/03/05/the-price-isnt-right-how-junk-fees-cost-consumers-and-undermine-competition/\">costs “that are mandatory but not transparently disclosed to consumers\u003c/a>,” according to the White House. Last year, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006174/the-feds-sued-a-major-corporate-landlord-heres-what-it-means-for-renters\">Federal Trade Commission sued Invitation Homes\u003c/a>, the country’s largest corporate landlord of single-family homes, for illegally charging tenants such fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_12019437']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 611 goes after “convenience” fees, pet fees, guest-related fees and others that landlords might charge, which are sometimes hidden from tenants until they look closely at their monthly bill. Starting in April, landlords now have to be transparent about the maximum amount of money a tenant could be charged for certain services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 2493 regulates application or screening fees that landlords charge prospective tenants to cover the cost of background checks and other data collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law, already in effect, makes it clear that landlords can only charge screening fees to applicants who are being seriously considered, and they must refund the screening fee to anyone who didn’t get accepted. In an effort to prevent discrimination against applicants, landlords also have to accept the first qualified applicant who applies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlton said she understands why tenants want to fight for their rights and why landlords want to fight against more regulation but that this tension might not exist if there was enough housing to match demand. Until that need is met, she said both tenants and landlords will make sure they are being treated fairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think we’d see as many of these bills if we had enough housing for everybody,” she said. “I think that’s our biggest challenge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What other housing questions do you have for KQED?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Housing is one of the most crucial — and contentious — issues in the Bay Area, and here at KQED, we have a whole team dedicated to exploring \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">stories about housing affordability\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of our work, we also want to bring you explainers and guides about housing in the region, offering practical advice and insight for renters, homeowners and unhoused folks on a wide range of housing situations. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles remains in the grip of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021150/where-to-donate-help-los-angeles-wildfire-eaton-fire-palisades-pasadena\">most destructive wildfire event in the region’s history\u003c/a>, with the combined fires claiming at least \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021834/la-fire-death-toll-reaches-24-as-high-winds-forecasted-to-return\">24 lives\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents\">destroying over 12,300 homes\u003c/a>, buildings and landmarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the midst of the ongoing disaster — and on the heels of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that the company Meta is \u003ca href=\"https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/our-partnership-with-meta-is-ending/\">ending its partnership\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020606/meta-ends-fact-checking-ahead-of-2nd-trump-term\">third-party fact-checking organizations\u003c/a> — many social media users and news experts have expressed concern about the spread of false information online about the L.A. fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump to: \u003ca href=\"#how-to-spot-ai-and-misinformation\">How to recognize misinformation online yourself\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>This kind of misinformation, which has ranged from AI-generated footage created by artificial intelligence programs like Chat GPT to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021798/why-right-wing-pundits-point-fingers-at-diversity-efforts-for-los-angeles-wildfires\">politically motivated false claims\u003c/a>, spikes “whenever there’s any kind of crisis,” said Sam Wineburg, Emeritus Professor at Stanford University and the \u003ca href=\"https://inquirygroup.org/about\">founder of Digital Inquiry Group\u003c/a>, a nonprofit dedicated to digital education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inaccurate information can also bog down users’ news feeds during times of disaster, making it harder to find genuine resources and timely updates. Bad actors “are at the ready, just waiting to jump in order to sow discord” in the “information stream,” Wineburg said. “Crisis sells. Mischief sells. Anger sells.”[aside postID=news_12021150 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-082_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keep reading for just a few examples of misinformation that’s been spreading online during the L.A. fires and how to spot these kinds of fake postings and false claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Ready and waiting in order to create chaos’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The spread of misinformation is especially heightened during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change\u003c/a>, which has become highly politicized. The L.A. fires have shown how this dynamic can play out in California — a state that’s already a target for right-wing media and influencers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People immediately perceive California as on the left side of the political spectrum,” Wineburg said. “There are going to be people on the other side — not all people, there are trolls on both sides — and they’re ready and waiting in order to create chaos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995420/climate-scientists-warn-of-growing-whiplash-effect-on-weather-patterns\">A Republican user with over 100,000 followers on social media platform X\u003c/a> — whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/17/24298669/musk-trump-endorsement-x-boosting-republican-posts-july-algorithm-change\">algorithm and owner, billionaire Elon Musk,\u003c/a> have favored \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5156184/elon-musk-trump-election-x-twitter\">right-leaning posts\u003c/a> — claimed last week that California turned away fire trucks from Oregon because of their emission levels, writing that “California is a JOKE. Get out while you can.” The Oregon State Fire Marshall subsequently \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/22/nx-s1-5156184/elon-musk-trump-election-x-twitter\">debunked this claim\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/caplesweb/status/1878109017089728854?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">adding that\u003c/a> Oregon’s firefighters had arrived on Jan. 9 “and are working around the clock to help our neighbors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the L.A. fires, AI-generated photos and videos were already rampant on platforms like Facebook and X, which has also \u003ca href=\"https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/15/elon-musk-twitter-blue-checks-verification-disinformation-propaganda-russia-china-trust-safety/\">de-emphasized news in its platform\u003c/a> since Musk’s acquisition. Last week, fake images and videos made with AI and purporting to depict the blazes — including imagery of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hollywood-sign-la-wildfires/\">Hollywood sign apparently burning\u003c/a> — began to proliferate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These images have often driven a particular political narrative. \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/lmatsakis/status/1877071716679025039?s=46&t=PMxn5DJx4Cr-fWgaQBUvVA\">A widely circulated AI image\u003c/a> that the poster claimed was created using X’s own Grok AI tool depicted people in dark clothing in a burning suburban area, with the poster predicting that Pacific Palisades homes would be “picked clean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/shayan86/status/1877537853372039481?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">recent viral post\u003c/a> presented local news footage of Black families attempting to save their household items and described them as “looters.” Accusations of looting often erupt during times of disasters and crisis, and while officials say that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/more-than-20-arrested-palisades-eaton-fire-zones-looting-concerns-sheriff/\">arrested nearly 30 people\u003c/a> for looting, police presence and reporting during disasters have a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/suhaunah/status/1877570458310099428?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">complicated history\u003c/a> — \u003ca href=\"https://cretscmhd.psych.ucla.edu/nola/volunteer/EmpiricalStudies/Race%20and%20media%20coverage%20of%20hurricane%20katrina%20-%20analysis,%20implications,%20and%20future%20research%20questions.pdf\">especially for Black and brown people\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Politically-motivated claims\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021798/why-right-wing-pundits-point-fingers-at-diversity-efforts-for-los-angeles-wildfires\">Right-wing media and commentators have been quick to blame\u003c/a> the devastation wrought by the fires on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='wildfire' label='More Wildfire Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk was one of those circulating screenshots of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s four-year-old ‘racial equity action plan,’ claiming the agency “prioritized DEI over saving lives and homes” and that “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1877224004680843539\">DEI means people DIE\u003c/a>.” Musk provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/09/elon-musk-and-more-right-wing-critics-blame-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-for-la-wildfires-with-little-evidence/'\">no evidence for this claim\u003c/a>, and, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2020/jan/21/how-the-word-woke-was-weaponised-by-the-right\">the word “woke\u003c/a>,” “\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/21/dei-language-conservatives-baltimore\">DEI” has been a phrase claimed by right-wing commentators\u003c/a> to lodge baseless claims against institutions they perceive as left-leaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Misinformation has also come directly from politicians themselves. According to \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113793724958051185\">President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 8 social media post\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom had “refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water” to flow into the parts of California currently affected by wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom responded that such a declaration does not exist, and the BBC confirmed it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj3yk90kpyo\">not able to find such documents\u003c/a>, although a Trump spokesperson told BBC that the incoming president was referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article240434781.html\">Newsom opposing Trump’s plans in 2020\u003c/a> to divert water from Northern California to the southern parts of the state. Newsom’s team at the time said it would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article240434781.html\">further endangered a species of fish\u003c/a>, and experts said it was unrelated to the current water available for firefighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Trump pushing some of the misinformation about wildfires, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021435/trumps-misinformation-la-fires-fuels-concerns-over-future-disaster-aid-california\">some California leaders are worried\u003c/a> about the incoming president’s willingness to disperse aid to the state in future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"how-to-spot-ai-and-misinformation\">\u003c/a>How can I spot misinformation?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the most pernicious aspects of misinformation online is how anyone can be susceptible — and guilty of spreading it too, even inadvertently. Here’s how to catch common indicators of false information and bad-faith posting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t think ‘I can always tell’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wineburg said users should let go of the idea that “they can immediately tell” whether an online image or video is AI-generated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AI generation — once mocked for its inability to produce details like \u003ca href=\"https://hyperallergic.com/808778/ai-image-generators-finally-figured-out-hands/#:~:text=The%20newest%20version%20of%20the,full%20set%20of%20five%20fingers.\">anatomically correct human fingers\u003c/a> or shadows — has gotten more sophisticated. Someone with a photo editing program like Photoshop could further polish these images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider the source\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For bad actors, “their goal is to dispense information that keeps us online, so more ads can be shown to us,” Wineburg said. “And the information that keeps us online is anger, chaos, crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggested that users wait before interacting with a post and sift through the comments to see what people are saying about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check the organization that is posting the content, and look for \u003ca href=\"https://guides.law.stanford.edu/c.php?g=1255722&p=9200578\">any sources for their information\u003c/a>. Keep in mind that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/tech/musk-twitter-blue-check-mark/index.html\">X users can purchase “blue check marks\u003c/a>,” so a blue check alone isn’t proof of reliability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do some digging\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/reverse-images/home\">Google’s reverse image search\u003c/a> can be a \u003ca href=\"https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/too-much-information/\">quick way\u003c/a> to see where a photo has been used on the internet, for example, if an image purporting to show a person during the L.A. fires is, in fact, an archive image from another year entirely. However, keep in mind that Google prioritizes its own AI results at the top of the page. Those results have been proven to sometimes be \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/google-ai-overviews-96e763ea2a6203978f581ca9c10f1b07\">unreliable, inconsistent\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/google-ai-overview-search-magic-wand/\">even inappropriate\u003c/a>, so it’s best if you actually visit the source through the links provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that technology is going to solve a problem that technology has created gets us into trouble every time we go down that particular path,” Wineburg said. “What we need is to develop human technologies. We need to develop a skill set for dealing with an information stream where it is difficult to tell what’s true or false.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wait before sharing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wineburg said patience is key, especially if you are unsure of a video, post, or image.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the post is depicting something momentous, he said users should wait for experts “who will verify whether a video can be trusted or whether it should be distrusted.” In many extreme cases, misinformation has fanned the \u003ca href=\"https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/too-much-information/\">flames of racism, xenophobia, \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/myanmar-facebooks-systems-promoted-violence-against-rohingya-meta-owes-reparations-new-report/\">real-life organized violence\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you have the best intentions, spreading a faulty post can hurt people. A \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> investigation found that a QAnon conspiracy theory about furniture company Wayfair trafficking children resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/wayfair-qanon-sex-trafficking-conspiracy/\">serious trauma for the young people\u003c/a> whose images were used in those posts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get a second opinion\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A gut check with a trusted friend, colleague, or family member \u003ca href=\"https://www.rtdna.org/preventing-the-spread-of-misinformation-and-disinformation\">may be useful\u003c/a> in figuring out if a post seems valid — or at least can alert you that it might not be all it seems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember that Gen-Z is susceptible, too\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wineburg said the idea of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/future/trends/digitalnatives\">“digital native”\u003c/a> — someone who’s used technology and social media from a very young age — has been “completely overturned for at least a decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that somehow Gen-Z and today’s young people are savvy at determining what is true and what’s fictitious — that itself is a fiction,” he said. Wineburg cited \u003ca href=\"https://purl.stanford.edu/cz440cm8408\">a 2021 study\u003c/a> he conducted of 3,446 high school students where they had to find out the source of a video they were shown. Only three students were able to correctly discern the video was from \u003ca href=\"https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/sam-wineburg-how-improve-american-students-fact-checking-skills\">a Russian disinformation campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s incumbent that we teach these skills in school, which we are not presently doing,” he said. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musk was one of those circulating screenshots of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s four-year-old ‘racial equity action plan,’ claiming the agency “prioritized DEI over saving lives and homes” and that “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1877224004680843539\">DEI means people DIE\u003c/a>.” Musk provided \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/09/elon-musk-and-more-right-wing-critics-blame-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-for-la-wildfires-with-little-evidence/'\">no evidence for this claim\u003c/a>, and, like \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2020/jan/21/how-the-word-woke-was-weaponised-by-the-right\">the word “woke\u003c/a>,” “\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/21/dei-language-conservatives-baltimore\">DEI” has been a phrase claimed by right-wing commentators\u003c/a> to lodge baseless claims against institutions they perceive as left-leaning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Misinformation has also come directly from politicians themselves. According to \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113793724958051185\">President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 8 social media post\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom had “refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water” to flow into the parts of California currently affected by wildfire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom responded that such a declaration does not exist, and the BBC confirmed it was \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czj3yk90kpyo\">not able to find such documents\u003c/a>, although a Trump spokesperson told BBC that the incoming president was referring to \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article240434781.html\">Newsom opposing Trump’s plans in 2020\u003c/a> to divert water from Northern California to the southern parts of the state. Newsom’s team at the time said it would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/article240434781.html\">further endangered a species of fish\u003c/a>, and experts said it was unrelated to the current water available for firefighting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Trump pushing some of the misinformation about wildfires, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021435/trumps-misinformation-la-fires-fuels-concerns-over-future-disaster-aid-california\">some California leaders are worried\u003c/a> about the incoming president’s willingness to disperse aid to the state in future disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"how-to-spot-ai-and-misinformation\">\u003c/a>How can I spot misinformation?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of the most pernicious aspects of misinformation online is how anyone can be susceptible — and guilty of spreading it too, even inadvertently. Here’s how to catch common indicators of false information and bad-faith posting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Don’t think ‘I can always tell’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wineburg said users should let go of the idea that “they can immediately tell” whether an online image or video is AI-generated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AI generation — once mocked for its inability to produce details like \u003ca href=\"https://hyperallergic.com/808778/ai-image-generators-finally-figured-out-hands/#:~:text=The%20newest%20version%20of%20the,full%20set%20of%20five%20fingers.\">anatomically correct human fingers\u003c/a> or shadows — has gotten more sophisticated. Someone with a photo editing program like Photoshop could further polish these images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider the source\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For bad actors, “their goal is to dispense information that keeps us online, so more ads can be shown to us,” Wineburg said. “And the information that keeps us online is anger, chaos, crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He suggested that users wait before interacting with a post and sift through the comments to see what people are saying about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check the organization that is posting the content, and look for \u003ca href=\"https://guides.law.stanford.edu/c.php?g=1255722&p=9200578\">any sources for their information\u003c/a>. Keep in mind that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/24/tech/musk-twitter-blue-check-mark/index.html\">X users can purchase “blue check marks\u003c/a>,” so a blue check alone isn’t proof of reliability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do some digging\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/view/reverse-images/home\">Google’s reverse image search\u003c/a> can be a \u003ca href=\"https://firstdraftnews.org/long-form-article/too-much-information/\">quick way\u003c/a> to see where a photo has been used on the internet, for example, if an image purporting to show a person during the L.A. fires is, in fact, an archive image from another year entirely. However, keep in mind that Google prioritizes its own AI results at the top of the page. Those results have been proven to sometimes be \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/google-ai-overviews-96e763ea2a6203978f581ca9c10f1b07\">unreliable, inconsistent\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.404media.co/google-ai-overview-search-magic-wand/\">even inappropriate\u003c/a>, so it’s best if you actually visit the source through the links provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that technology is going to solve a problem that technology has created gets us into trouble every time we go down that particular path,” Wineburg said. “What we need is to develop human technologies. 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A \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em> investigation found that a QAnon conspiracy theory about furniture company Wayfair trafficking children resulted in \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/wayfair-qanon-sex-trafficking-conspiracy/\">serious trauma for the young people\u003c/a> whose images were used in those posts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Get a second opinion\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A gut check with a trusted friend, colleague, or family member \u003ca href=\"https://www.rtdna.org/preventing-the-spread-of-misinformation-and-disinformation\">may be useful\u003c/a> in figuring out if a post seems valid — or at least can alert you that it might not be all it seems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Remember that Gen-Z is susceptible, too\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wineburg said the idea of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ala.org/future/trends/digitalnatives\">“digital native”\u003c/a> — someone who’s used technology and social media from a very young age — has been “completely overturned for at least a decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea that somehow Gen-Z and today’s young people are savvy at determining what is true and what’s fictitious — that itself is a fiction,” he said. Wineburg cited \u003ca href=\"https://purl.stanford.edu/cz440cm8408\">a 2021 study\u003c/a> he conducted of 3,446 high school students where they had to find out the source of a video they were shown. Only three students were able to correctly discern the video was from \u003ca href=\"https://engineering.stanford.edu/news/sam-wineburg-how-improve-american-students-fact-checking-skills\">a Russian disinformation campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s incumbent that we teach these skills in school, which we are not presently doing,” he said. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Alameda County Board of Supervisors this week will announce the shortlist for a new district attorney, two months after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pamela-price\">Pamela Price\u003c/a> was ousted from the office less than two years into her term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, the board will select at least three finalists from the \u003ca href=\"https://acgov.org/documents/Applications-for-District-Attorney-Redacted-for-Online-Posting-Redacted-1825.pdf\">pool of 15 candidates \u003c/a>who applied for the role. Once the selections are made, the finalists seeking to replace Price will be publicly interviewed during a special meeting on Jan. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From there, the Board of Supervisors will deliberate before announcing its decision on Jan. 28. The newly appointed district attorney is set to be sworn in by Feb. 4 and, according to the county charter, will serve until the next general election, which is scheduled for June 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters will then have the opportunity to select a new district attorney to serve out the remainder of Price’s term, which was set irregularly for six years due to a \u003ca href=\"https://casetext.com/statute/california-codes/california-elections-code/division-1-established-election-dates/chapter-4-local-elections/section-1300-election-to-select-district-attorney-and-sheriff\">state law\u003c/a> that aligned district attorney elections with the presidential primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017506/these-maps-show-where-pamela-price-lost-the-most-support-from-voters-in-the-recall-election\">Price was recalled\u003c/a>, Chief Assistant District Attorney Royl Roberts took over as interim district attorney while the Board of Supervisors conducted its search. Interestingly, Roberts was not among the 15 people who applied, although he had previously begun the process of filling out paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates being considered include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Miiko Anderson\u003c/strong>, former senior deputy district attorney in Fresno County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Annie Esposito\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in Contra Costa County and former senior assistant DA in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Simona Farrise Best\u003c/strong>, senior assistant district attorney in Alameda County’s Consumer Justice Bureau\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Amilcar Ford\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in San Francisco and former deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Venus Johnson\u003c/strong>, chief deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice and former director of public safety in Oakland\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ursula Jones Dickson\u003c/strong>, Alameda County Superior Court judge and former deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>LaTricia Louis\u003c/strong>, deputy county counsel in Alameda County and former assistant district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Elgin Lowe\u003c/strong>, senior deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Kwixuan Maloof\u003c/strong>, assistant district attorney in Alameda County and former San Francisco deputy public defender\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ocean Mottley\u003c/strong>, a private attorney in San Francisco and senior staff attorney with the nonprofit Bay Area Legal Aid\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Arvon Perteet\u003c/strong>, deputy attorney general in the California Department of Justice and former federal prosecutor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Yibin Shen\u003c/strong>, city attorney in the city of Alameda\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Ian Seth Steward\u003c/strong>, executive director of the nonprofit Crucible in Oakland and former assistant district attorney in San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Scott Tsui\u003c/strong>, former assistant district attorney in Santa Clara County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jimmie Wilson\u003c/strong>, deputy district attorney in Alameda County\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The search for a new district attorney stems from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">campaign to recall\u003c/a> Price, which started only six months after she took office in 2023. Headed by the group Save Alameda For Everyone, or SAFE, the recall effort gained traction as some voters became frustrated with the office’s progressive bent and Oakland’s rising crime rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other criticisms included Price’s mismanagement of old cases — misfilings in the case of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mario-gonzalez\">Mario Gonzalez\u003c/a>’s death allowed the statute of limitations to pass for two of the officers involved — and allegations that her office had failed to prosecute misdemeanor cases and to support victims’ families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020556 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250106-BarbaraLeeExitInterview-10-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recall campaign was endorsed by all of the county’s law enforcement unions and the union representing Alameda County prosecutors. Price’s predecessor, Nancy O’Malley, also supported the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price “created her own directives that were not in the best interests of the citizens of Alameda County as a whole,” said Brenda Grisham, one of the recall’s organizers and principal officer of SAFE. “Not just the families of the murdered victims. The business owners, anyone who had been the victim of crime, her directives just were not in their best interest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After leading the recall effort, SAFE and a coalition of law enforcement groups and community organizers are recommending three candidates to lead the district attorney’s office. In a letter to the Board of Supervisors on Friday, the group listed Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jones Dickson, Contra Costa County Assistant District Attorney Esposito and former Alameda County Deputy District Attorney Ford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They need to be balanced,” Grisham said of whoever is appointed to the role. “It’s not about what you want to see. It’s about what the county needs as a whole. That’s what we’re looking for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Grisham, the next district attorney should be familiar with the role and should also be prepared to run again in 2026 with the experience they gain over the next two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued: “I’m hoping that they can go in and sort out the things that need to be sorted out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>No deficits. A “modest” surplus of $363 million. Almost $17 billion more in revenue than planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://dof.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/352/2023/03/CHART-B.pdf\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>’s office laid out its vision today for how California should spend its considerable bounty, a total budget of $322 billion — projected to be the \u003ca href=\"https://dof.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/352/2023/03/CHART-B.pdf\">second largest\u003c/a> state spending plan ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It released the proposal — on the date required by law — at a moment of deep uncertainty with devastating fires continuing to burn in Los Angeles County and President-elect Donald Trump preparing to take office this month. Those developments could require significant changes to Newsom’s plan before he finalizes the state budget in late June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economic impact of the ongoing Los Angeles-area fires alone is estimated to be at least $135 billion. That’s based on damage caused to homes, cars, businesses and lost economic activity, said Dan DePodwin, senior director of forecasting operations at AccuWeather. A spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said it’s too soon to calculate the cost of the fires to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/california-fires-donald-trump-money/\">Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly threatened\u003c/a> to withhold federal disaster aid from California, which is facing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-wildfire-season-worsening-explained/\">one of its most destructive wildfires this week\u003c/a>. While outgoing President Joe Biden has approved Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration — allowing the state to tap into \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/governor-newsom-quickly-secures-major-disaster-declaration-from-president-biden-for-los-angeles-fires/\">federal funding and assistance programs\u003c/a> — the state could still need more federal disaster funding under Trump’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom could completely fall out,” Newsom said in a preview of his budget proposal earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, the fiscal outlook is far rosier than the pall that hung over California last year when lawmakers and the governor scrambled to plug a more than $46 billion budget hole. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/06/california-budget-deal-4/\">In June\u003c/a>, they struck a deal to cut $16 billion in spending, delay another $3 billion in funding for various services and draw a total $12 billion from the state’s rainy day fund for two fiscal years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the administration projects the state budget’s main tranche of cash, the general fund, will rise to $229 billion in 2025-26. That’s about \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/reference/MultiYearProjection.pdf\">$10 billion more\u003c/a> than what his office and lawmakers predicted last June and roughly $17 billion more than what’s in this year’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom’s also sticking to last year’s deal with the Legislature to \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2024-25/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/Introduction.pdf#page=2\">pull $7.1 billion\u003c/a> from the state’s main reserve account — even though his office projected on Monday that revenues are up by $16.5 billion more than planned across a three-year budget window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/roger-niello-165442\">Roger Niello\u003c/a>, a Republican representing Roseville, criticized Newsom’s plan to continue drawing from reserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about increased revenues and a relatively strong economy, and yet we have to pull from reserves, which doesn’t make sense to a lot of people,” said Niello, the top Republican on the Senate budget committee. “And it also kind of doesn’t make sense that you’re talking about actually having a surplus when you had to pull from the reserves to create that surplus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New homeless agency, free diapers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Those conditions allowed Newsom to make several new proposals, including creating a state agency to better coordinate homelessness and housing policies. The administration did not propose new spending on homelessness, and it did not release details on how it would reorganize existing departments under the agency Newsom envisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finance Director Joe Stepenshaw said the spending plan proposes just $1.2 billion in new funding. “There is very limited new commitments in this budget,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Most state revenue comes from personal income tax\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The personal income Californians pay accounts for about 60% of money that goes toward the state’s general fund. Corporate taxes as well as sales and use taxes make up another third. \u003cem>General fund revenue by source for the past three budget years\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Owxvx/4/\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n In a small item that could make a meaningful difference to new parents, Newsom wants to spend $7.4 million to provide a three month supply of diapers for newborns. He also seeks to \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/BudgetSummary/TK-12Education.pdf#page=7\">add $40 million in funds\u003c/a> for schools to screen students for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also wants to add 700 firefighters next fiscal year, bringing the total number of firefighters almost 10,000. \u003ca href=\"https://eservices.calhr.ca.gov/enterprisehrblazorpublic/public/api/MOU/GetPublicDocumentContentByID?DocumentIdentifier=8926a1bc-88b3-40e9-9585-fa00c065083f\">Cal Fire had about 5,800 firefighters\u003c/a> just seven years ago. The state has been increasing their headcount because of the growing intensity of California wildfires to accommodate contract changes that are meant to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2022/12/cal-fire-labor-contract/\">give firefighters better schedules\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, voters gave Newsom more flexibility last year when they approved three substantial bonds, which allow the state to borrow money and repay it over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the budget includes $2.7 billion in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-election-news-proposition-4-environment/\">new climate spending\u003c/a> stemming from Proposition 4; $8.5 billion for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/11/california-election-result-prop-2/\">school facilities\u003c/a> thanks to Proposition 2; and $6.4 billion for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2024/05/mental-health-housing-proposition-1/\">mental health housing\u003c/a> from Proposition 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A prison guard in uniform stands in front of a gate with a building in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entry gate at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Lower spending on prisons, tight budgets for UC and Cal State\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Still, the balanced budget rests on proceeding with cuts to many state programs that Newsom and the Legislature agreed to last June, including a 7.95% cut in operational budget to nearly all state agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said earlier this week that his administration has been tightening spending, including by eliminating 6,500 vacant positions. By eliminating those positions, the state saves $1.2 billion, Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration also projects lower spending in state prisons even though it expects California’s incarcerated population to increase in the short term because of the sentencing changes voters approved when \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2024/11/retail-theft-proposition-36-election/\">they passed Proposition 36\u003c/a> in November. Newsom’s budget would cut corrections spending by $400 million, bringing it down to $13.6 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the cuts took hold last summer, but Newsom is going forward with slashing state support to the University of California and California State University by nearly 8% in 2025–26 — a combined hit of $772 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Larger class sizes, fewer course offerings and a reduced workforce will hinder students’ ability to graduate on time,” said Cal State’s chancellor, Mildred Garcia, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For UC, the cuts and delays mean that the system will end up with $400 million more in state support in 2027–28 than it got in 2023–24. Ongoing increases to tuition also will bring in more money. But, with growing labor and academic costs to teach its students of roughly half a billion dollars annually, the UC told CalMatters that it expects to see a revenue shortfall of more than $700 million in 2027–28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='education' label='More Education Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am disappointed reductions have been proposed in both the University of California and California State University budgets. We will explore ways to restore these cuts, particularly to the CSUs,” said John Sen. Laird, the Santa Cruz Democrat who is the chairperson the budget committee that oversees education spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student financial aid remains mostly untouched in the budget plan. The state’s flagship tuition waiver program, the Cal Grant, remains unscathed — a $2.6 billion behemoth benefiting more than 400,000 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public K–12 education and community colleges would be fully funded under Newsom’s proposal. Newsom intends to proceed with fully funding the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/07/transitional-kindergarten/\">expanded early education programming\u003c/a>, transitional kindergarten, to all eligible 4-year-olds. His budget would mean the \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/BudgetSummary/TK-12Education.pdf#page=4\">second largest amount of state support\u003c/a> for K–12 and community colleges. About half of the state’s general fund \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2025-26/#/BudgetDetail\">supports education\u003c/a>, and most of that flows to public K–12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed budget includes \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/BudgetSummary/HigherEducation.pdf#page=3\">$100 million in new money\u003c/a> to help community colleges provide students with course credit for prior work experience. The end goal in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/12/job-training/\">his master plan for career education\u003c/a> is to overhaul the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/09/trade-schools-job-training-california/\">convoluted job training programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Asking voters to put more money in reserves\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s budget proposal includes $17 billion in reserves. But, he cautioned, the state may decide to set aside more money because of the economic uncertainty his administration anticipates from Trump’s trade and immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s partly why his office wants to raise the cap on how much money the state can deposit to its rainy day fund. As a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/article5369607.html\">result of Proposition 2\u003c/a> — a ballot measure approved by voters in 2014 — the state is required to make deposits until the balance reaches 10% of the state’s general fund tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the budget presentation, Stephenshaw said Newsom wants to up the limit to 20%. That change would require voters to pass a ballot measure allowing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will enable us to save a lot more during the upswings and be able to provide a more stable management of our funds going forward to protect the programs and services that the Californians rely upon,” Stephenshaw said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>No deficits. A “modest” surplus of $363 million. Almost $17 billion more in revenue than planned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://dof.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/352/2023/03/CHART-B.pdf\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>’s office laid out its vision today for how California should spend its considerable bounty, a total budget of $322 billion — projected to be the \u003ca href=\"https://dof.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/352/2023/03/CHART-B.pdf\">second largest\u003c/a> state spending plan ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It released the proposal — on the date required by law — at a moment of deep uncertainty with devastating fires continuing to burn in Los Angeles County and President-elect Donald Trump preparing to take office this month. Those developments could require significant changes to Newsom’s plan before he finalizes the state budget in late June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The economic impact of the ongoing Los Angeles-area fires alone is estimated to be at least $135 billion. That’s based on damage caused to homes, cars, businesses and lost economic activity, said Dan DePodwin, senior director of forecasting operations at AccuWeather. A spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said it’s too soon to calculate the cost of the fires to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2025/01/california-fires-donald-trump-money/\">Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly threatened\u003c/a> to withhold federal disaster aid from California, which is facing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/explainers/california-wildfire-season-worsening-explained/\">one of its most destructive wildfires this week\u003c/a>. While outgoing President Joe Biden has approved Newsom’s request for a major disaster declaration — allowing the state to tap into \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/01/08/governor-newsom-quickly-secures-major-disaster-declaration-from-president-biden-for-los-angeles-fires/\">federal funding and assistance programs\u003c/a> — the state could still need more federal disaster funding under Trump’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom could completely fall out,” Newsom said in a preview of his budget proposal earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, the fiscal outlook is far rosier than the pall that hung over California last year when lawmakers and the governor scrambled to plug a more than $46 billion budget hole. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/06/california-budget-deal-4/\">In June\u003c/a>, they struck a deal to cut $16 billion in spending, delay another $3 billion in funding for various services and draw a total $12 billion from the state’s rainy day fund for two fiscal years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the administration projects the state budget’s main tranche of cash, the general fund, will rise to $229 billion in 2025-26. That’s about \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/reference/MultiYearProjection.pdf\">$10 billion more\u003c/a> than what his office and lawmakers predicted last June and roughly $17 billion more than what’s in this year’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom’s also sticking to last year’s deal with the Legislature to \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2024-25/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/Introduction.pdf#page=2\">pull $7.1 billion\u003c/a> from the state’s main reserve account — even though his office projected on Monday that revenues are up by $16.5 billion more than planned across a three-year budget window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/roger-niello-165442\">Roger Niello\u003c/a>, a Republican representing Roseville, criticized Newsom’s plan to continue drawing from reserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re talking about increased revenues and a relatively strong economy, and yet we have to pull from reserves, which doesn’t make sense to a lot of people,” said Niello, the top Republican on the Senate budget committee. “And it also kind of doesn’t make sense that you’re talking about actually having a surplus when you had to pull from the reserves to create that surplus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New homeless agency, free diapers\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Those conditions allowed Newsom to make several new proposals, including creating a state agency to better coordinate homelessness and housing policies. The administration did not propose new spending on homelessness, and it did not release details on how it would reorganize existing departments under the agency Newsom envisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finance Director Joe Stepenshaw said the spending plan proposes just $1.2 billion in new funding. “There is very limited new commitments in this budget,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Most state revenue comes from personal income tax\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The personal income Californians pay accounts for about 60% of money that goes toward the state’s general fund. Corporate taxes as well as sales and use taxes make up another third. \u003cem>General fund revenue by source for the past three budget years\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Owxvx/4/\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n In a small item that could make a meaningful difference to new parents, Newsom wants to spend $7.4 million to provide a three month supply of diapers for newborns. He also seeks to \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/BudgetSummary/TK-12Education.pdf#page=7\">add $40 million in funds\u003c/a> for schools to screen students for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also wants to add 700 firefighters next fiscal year, bringing the total number of firefighters almost 10,000. \u003ca href=\"https://eservices.calhr.ca.gov/enterprisehrblazorpublic/public/api/MOU/GetPublicDocumentContentByID?DocumentIdentifier=8926a1bc-88b3-40e9-9585-fa00c065083f\">Cal Fire had about 5,800 firefighters\u003c/a> just seven years ago. The state has been increasing their headcount because of the growing intensity of California wildfires to accommodate contract changes that are meant to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/wildfires/2022/12/cal-fire-labor-contract/\">give firefighters better schedules\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, voters gave Newsom more flexibility last year when they approved three substantial bonds, which allow the state to borrow money and repay it over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, the budget includes $2.7 billion in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-election-news-proposition-4-environment/\">new climate spending\u003c/a> stemming from Proposition 4; $8.5 billion for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/11/california-election-result-prop-2/\">school facilities\u003c/a> thanks to Proposition 2; and $6.4 billion for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/mental-health/2024/05/mental-health-housing-proposition-1/\">mental health housing\u003c/a> from Proposition 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11971855\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11971855\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A prison guard in uniform stands in front of a gate with a building in the background.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/230726-SAN-QUENTIN-MHN-24-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entry gate at San Quentin State Prison on July 26, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Lower spending on prisons, tight budgets for UC and Cal State\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Still, the balanced budget rests on proceeding with cuts to many state programs that Newsom and the Legislature agreed to last June, including a 7.95% cut in operational budget to nearly all state agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said earlier this week that his administration has been tightening spending, including by eliminating 6,500 vacant positions. By eliminating those positions, the state saves $1.2 billion, Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration also projects lower spending in state prisons even though it expects California’s incarcerated population to increase in the short term because of the sentencing changes voters approved when \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2024/11/retail-theft-proposition-36-election/\">they passed Proposition 36\u003c/a> in November. Newsom’s budget would cut corrections spending by $400 million, bringing it down to $13.6 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the cuts took hold last summer, but Newsom is going forward with slashing state support to the University of California and California State University by nearly 8% in 2025–26 — a combined hit of $772 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Larger class sizes, fewer course offerings and a reduced workforce will hinder students’ ability to graduate on time,” said Cal State’s chancellor, Mildred Garcia, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For UC, the cuts and delays mean that the system will end up with $400 million more in state support in 2027–28 than it got in 2023–24. Ongoing increases to tuition also will bring in more money. But, with growing labor and academic costs to teach its students of roughly half a billion dollars annually, the UC told CalMatters that it expects to see a revenue shortfall of more than $700 million in 2027–28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sfmta\">San Francisco Muni\u003c/a> said it will reduce service on several bus and light-rail lines starting Feb. 1 because of the agency’s budget crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service reductions include canceling two morning runs of the 1X-California Express and reducing midday trips on three other lines, including the busy 38-Geary. Muni will also run shorter weekend trains on its K-Ingleside and M-Ocean light-rail service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/blog/new-downtown-express-service-and-other-route-changes-start-feb-1\">its announcement\u003c/a> on Wednesday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency also said it was restoring the 30X-Marina Express bus route, with two morning rush-hour runs from the Marina District to downtown on weekdays. Afternoon and evening service on the line will remain suspended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA, which oversees a range of city services, including parking, taxi regulation, traffic safety initiatives and transit, is facing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\">a deficit that could top $300 million a year\u003c/a> beginning in mid-2026, mainly because of continuing revenue losses connected to the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts outlined this week were first announced in November, when the SFMTA announced it had slowed down the hiring of bus and train operators because of the imminent deficits. That hiring slowdown, in turn, prompted the agency to search for what it called “incremental” service reductions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021182\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021182\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/102015_bus_cyclist_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/102015_bus_cyclist_10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/102015_bus_cyclist_10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/102015_bus_cyclist_10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/102015_bus_cyclist_10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/102015_bus_cyclist_10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two westbound Muni buses at the corner of Market Street and Sutter Street in San Francisco on Oct. 15, 2020. \u003ccite>(Alan Toth/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Muni said its next round of schedule changes, which could include further service cuts, is due this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extent of service reductions this year depends in large part on what remedies city officials come up with to close the coming budget gaps. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/muni-funding-working-group\">Muni Funding Working Group\u003c/a>, an effort led by the city controller’s office, will resume meetings later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The panel, which includes members of the Board of Supervisors and officials from the SFMTA and other agencies, is expected to begin discussing potential sources of new revenue when it reconvenes Jan. 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12020242 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/GettyImages-1383559813-1020x660.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October, the working group focused on steps that could improve the SFMTA’s efficiency, such as automating parking enforcement. In November, the group reviewed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014573/sf-muni-dire-need-funding-without-cuts-could-be-devastating\">the level of Muni service reductions\u003c/a> that would be necessary to make a significant dent in the projected $300 million-plus deficit the agency faces beginning July 1, 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scenarios presented include the wholesale abandonment of about 20 bus lines and reduced trip frequencies throughout Muni’s system. One possible cut SFMTA leaders mentioned — mothballing the city’s historic cable cars — was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016411/shutting-down-sfs-cable-cars-trim-budget-no-chance-lurie-says\">quickly rejected\u003c/a> by newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020613/daniel-lurie-hope-for-san-francisco-first-day-celebration\">sworn into office\u003c/a> on Wednesday, hasn’t yet shared what steps he believes might be necessary to rescue Muni or which measures he’d support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, his administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020575/lurie-makes-final-picks-major-new-sf-city-hall-roles-ahead-inauguration\">announced the appointment\u003c/a> of Alicia John-Baptiste, president of the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), to the newly created city position of chief of infrastructure, which will oversee SFMTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SPUR is one of the region’s most important proponents of transit improvement and transportation reform, and John-Baptiste has been closely involved with efforts over the last year to develop a regional tax measure to help fund day-to-day operations for Muni, BART and the region’s other major transit operators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swimming in the San Francisco Bay is more than a hobby or a form of exercise for the avid community of swimmers who show up regularly to take a dip. It’s practically a spiritual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I work a pretty stressful job as a cardiac ICU nurse. Being in the water is the time that my mind is quiet and I’m able to just be in the present moment,” said Kerianne Brownlie, who regularly swims at Albany Beach, among other spots around the region. “It’s just you and the water. You feel every little piece of seaweed touching you. You feel the full chilliness of whatever the temperature is that day. And you get really in tune with your body in a way that I haven’t found in other sports on land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownlie swims without a wetsuit — it’s less to fuss with — and doesn’t worry too much about water quality. But that’s not the case for Bay Curious listener Robbe Verhofste. He’s been curious about swimming in the bay since he moved here five years ago, but he’s been hesitant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robbe grew up in Iowa, where agriculture pollution is a big problem in lakes and rivers. It can make water dangerous — even lethal — for swimmers. So, he’s always cautious of water so close to industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[In Iowa], it was really clear when the water was safe and the water was not safe,” he said. He finds the question a lot murkier in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For some reason, I’m always drawn to jumping into the waters that face the Pacific, so Stinson Beach or Pacifica or Ocean Beach,” Robbe said. “I’m quite a bit more timid to jump in around the interior of the bay itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is Robbe right to be timid? Is it safe to swim in the bay? And if so, are there certain areas or times of year to avoid?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Cleaner than it was in the ‘60s\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before diving (pun intended) into \u003ci>current \u003c/i>water quality in the bay, let’s take a step back in order to appreciate how far we’ve come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty years ago, the answer to Robbe’s question would have unequivocally been: No, it’s not safe to swim in the bay. That’s because, in the 1960s, raw sewage from treatment plants flowed directly into the bay, untreated. In other words, when residents flushed the toilet, it essentially went straight into the bay. Refineries and industrial facilities also pumped their waste directly into San Francisco bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, all that started to change in 1972 with the passage of the Clean Water Act, which required wastewater treatment plants to do a secondary treatment before discharging water into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we should feel proud,” said Eileen White, executive officer with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/\">the local agency in charge of regulating\u003c/a> what goes into the bay. “We’ve come a long way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to White, back in the 1960s, the bay met national water quality standards only 20% of the time. Now, she estimates that number is closer to 95%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Toxic algae is the biggest threat\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raw sewage may no longer be pumping into the bay, but now there’s a new challenge — harmful algae blooms, which are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983631/last-summers-fish-killing-algae-bloom-is-back-in-the-bay\">cropping up more often\u003c/a> due in part to human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138.jpg\" alt=\"Three people with lanterns stand in a body of dark water.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from left) Alison LaBonte, of Berkeley, David Meyer of Berkeley, Kerianne Brownlie, and Maja Harren, of Oakland, meet at Albany Beach for an early morning swim in Albany, Calif., Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. The group meets at 6 a.m. to get a swim in before work. The swimmers wear lights on their heads and inside floatations attached to their bodies for increased visibility. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Algae blooms occur when the water is warm and calm and the algae has plenty of nitrogen and phosphorus to eat. Algae is a naturally occurring plant in the bay, and when it blooms, it’s not always a bad thing. However, certain algae blooms produce toxins that are dangerous to animals and humans. Other types of algae blooms are not toxic, but they eat up all the oxygen in the water, which suffocates fish and other wildlife living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what happened in Oakland’s Lake Merritt in 2022, when an algae bloom killed tens of thousands of fish and other aquatic critters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could see corpses everywhere,” said Kristina Yoshida, environmental scientist with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. “That was a sad day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt is a tidal estuary, meaning it’s not fully enclosed and is fed by both salt and freshwater. It’s connected to — and is essentially an extension of — the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the city of Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10900605/what-would-it-take-to-make-lake-merritt-swimmable\">does \u003ci>not \u003c/i>recommend humans swim\u003c/a> in Lake Merritt, the lake is home to plenty of aquatic creatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it took the fish kill for people to realize how much was in here when they saw all the dead sharks and the bat rays and the huge striped bass,” Yoshida said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her team recently started collecting nutrient samples around Lake Merritt in order to help the city of Oakland establish a nutrient management plan. The plan, still in its infancy, aims to minimize the impacts of future algae blooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to get baseline data to help us inform what sort of management plan we’re going to do for the lake,” Yoshida said. “We’re trying to understand the system better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algae blooms are becoming more common in the Bay Area for a variety of reasons. Climate change is a major contributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have longer, warmer summers and less precipitation. And so those situations set up perfect conditions for these algae blooms to occur,” Yoshida said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blooms are largely fed by nutrient runoff from sewage treatment plants. Although treatment plants have improved their water cleanup strategies since the 1960s, they are still the top contributors of nutrients into the bay, \u003ca href=\"https://baykeeper.org/harmful-algae-blooms/\">according to San Francisco Baykeeper\u003c/a>. And in fact, the San Francisco bay has some of the highest levels of nutrient pollutants of any estuary in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nutrients on their own aren’t a bad thing, but they can increase the frequency and severity of algae blooms – like wind fueling a wildfire. That’s why the local water quality control board is working to cut down on that pollution by setting limits on wastewater discharge. And treatment agencies themselves are also piloting projects to reduce nutrient output.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand that nutrient discharges from wastewater treatment plants need to be reduced,” said Alicia Chakrabarti, manager of the Waste Water Environmental Services Division at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EMBUD). “Because whatever factors are causing increased algal blooms and less resilience to the nutrients is clearly changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>So… is it safe to swim in the bay?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The short answer to Robbe’s question is: Yes — with some caveats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422.jpg\" alt=\"A swimmer in an orange cap cuts through a large open body of water.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerianne Brownlie swims in the bay near Albany Beach in Albany, Calif., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>White does \u003ci>not \u003c/i>recommend swimming after the first big rainstorm of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first storm of the year usually brings a lot of pollutants into the bay because it’s washing down all that stuff that’s been there, accumulating all summer and all fall,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain washes trash, bird and dog poop and oil from the roads into the bay, increasing the risk of infections and skin rashes for swimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those big rainstorms are becoming more frequent and intense in the Bay Area. Multiple atmospheric rivers — which can transport \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">more than 25 times the moisture\u003c/a> that flows through the mouth of the Mississippi River — have hit our region over the past several years, bringing with them \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">intense flooding and storm damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storms not only increase stormwater runoff, they can also overwhelm our wastewater treatment facilities. They don’t have the storage to handle all the incoming water and, as a result, bacteria can end up in parts of the bay, according to White.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is the only coastal city in California with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/about-us/our-systems/sewer-system/our-combined-sewer\">combined stormwater and wastewater system\u003c/a>. That means there’s only one set of pipes for both sewage and storm runoff, making it particularly vulnerable to big storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, San Francisco discharges nearly 2 billion gallons of combined stormwater and raw sewage into the bay. That poses a big public health risk for those who recreate in the bay — especially swimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Protection Agency is currently suing San Francisco for what it says are repeated violations of the Clean Water Act. San Francisco, in turn, is suing the EPA, saying the agency’s restrictions on how much sewage it can discharge are too vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawsuit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009496/san-francisco-challenges-epa-in-supreme-court-over-water-pollution-standards\">made it all the way to the Supreme Court\u003c/a> this year. The justices heard arguments in October and are expected to present a decision by the time the term ends in June 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, wastewater agencies are required to conduct tests after they accidentally leak sewage. They’re also required to put up signs in affected areas, which can be anywhere around the bay, including right offshore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White’s advice? Look for signs on the beach and check local news and \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">city websites\u003c/a> before you dive in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what question asker Robbe Verhofste did when he decided to take a plunge into the bay after hearing this report. When he saw that water conditions were considered safe near Albany Beach, he stripped down to his bathing suit and braved the cold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020816\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized.jpg\" alt=\"A man gives the thumbs up sign standing on a beach next to a large body of water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-800x433.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-1020x553.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-1536x832.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbe Verhofste takes the plunge into the bay after learning the water is often safe for swimming. \u003ccite>(Dana Cronin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My whole body’s kind of tingling,” he said. “It’s definitely a little chilly, but, yeah, I’d recommend others who are curious to give it a shot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouette of man standing out in a large body of water, looking at the sunset behind a cityscape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-800x433.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-1020x553.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-1536x832.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbe Verhofste takes in the sunset after a swim in San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Dana Cronin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, as he trains for an upcoming triathlon, he’s thinking the bay will be the perfect place to get some open-water swimming experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> It’s a brisk winter day on Albany Beach in the East Bay. Kerianne Brownlie and I are sitting on a piece of driftwood, overlooking a calm and flat San Francisco Bay. I’m wearing my big winter puffy jacket. Kerianne? She’s in a swimsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>In 2020, I had made the decision to get back into swimming. I wanted to join a pool team, and with everything closed, I just decided, well, we have a bay right here. That water seems to be open. And so I actually went down to the Berkeley Marina one day on my own and just hopped in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003ci>Stepping into water sounds\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>I remember just getting in and thinking like, okay, this is cold, but it feels okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>She picked a landmark about 500 yards away, put her head down and started swimming toward it. By the time she returned to where she started, she knew she’d discovered something special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>And then I felt totally hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Bring up swimming ambi \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>So I work a pretty stressful job as a cardiac ICU nurse. And so really being in the water is the time that my mind is quiet and all of those thoughts shut off and I’m able to just be in the present moment. You feel every little piece of seaweed touching you. You know, you feel the full chilliness of of whatever the temperature is that day. And you get really in tune with your body in a way that I haven’t found in other sports on land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>Swimming in the Bay is more than a hobby or a form of exercise. It’s practically a spiritual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerianne started out swimming 20, 30 minutes, but was soon drawn to longer swims. Right now, she’s training to swim the English Channel — some 21 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that brings us to our question asker this week, Robbe Verhofste. He’s taken notice of swimmers in the Bay like Kerianne. He’s been curious about giving it a try himself since he moved here 5 years ago. But, he’s been hesitant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>For some reason, I’m always drawn to jumping into the waters that face the Pacific. So Stinson Beach or Pacifica or Ocean Beach, and I’m quite a bit more timid to jump in around the interior of the bay itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>Timid because he’s not sure whether it’s safe! No, he’s not afraid of sharks or the cold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robbe grew up in Iowa, where \u003ci>agriculture \u003c/i>pollution is a big problem. It can make water dangerous — even lethal — to swim in. So he’s used to thinking twice before jumping into a body of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>There it was really clear when the water was safe and the water was not safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>So he’s wondering: what about the bay? Is it safe to swim in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>If I knew that I was going to come out without issue I would absolutely love to spend more time in this body of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Bay Curious theme music begins\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>I’m Olivia Allen-Price, and on today’s episode of Bay Curious: Is it safe to swim in the Bay? Are there certain areas, or times of year, to avoid? Can we convince Robbe to take the plunge? Or will what we find scare him away? That’s all coming up, after this quick break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>To find out more about water quality in the bay and to advise Robbe on whether or not to take the plunge we sent out reporter Dana Cronin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin:\u003c/b> Before we get into the \u003ci>current \u003c/i>water quality in the bay, I think we need to back up to appreciate how far we’ve come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because 60 years ago the answer to Robbe’s question would unequivocally have been “No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>Back in the 60s, raw sewage from the various treatment plants in the Bay area were going untreated into San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Eileen White is the executive officer for the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. That’s the local agency in charge of tracking and regulating what goes into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes, she’s saying that, 60 years ago, when you flushed the toilet, it essentially went straight into the bay. Refineries and industrial facilities also pumped their waste directly into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we’ve come a long way since then, in large part because of the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>That required the wastewater treatment plants to do secondary treatment and monitoring, and really cleaned up San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Now, Eileen estimates that 95 percent of the time, the bay meets national water quality standards. Sixty years ago that number was closer to 20 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we’ve come a long way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, if you’ve been paying attention lately, you know that the bay still has some big problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 1:\u003c/b> This is the scene folks up and down the San Francisco Bay have been witnessing for the past two weeks as a harmful algae bloom has taken off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 2:\u003c/b> Enviro groups say the toxic algae bloom is acting like a deadly wildfire underwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 3:\u003c/b> The algae has been found along the shoreline along the shoreline from Emeryville to Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 4: \u003c/b>Algae blooms closing down lakes not in late AUgust or September, but in the beginning of July. That’s unusual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Algae blooms occur when conditions are right: the water’s warm and calm, and the algae has nutrients — like sewage or other runoff — to feed on. Algae is a naturally occurring plant in the bay, and when it blooms, it’s not always a bad thing. But certain algae blooms produce toxins that make them dangerous for animals and humans. Other algae blooms are not toxic, but they eat up all the oxygen in the water, which suffocates fish and other wildlife living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what happened two years ago at Lake Merritt in Oakland, when tens of thousands of dead fish and other aquatic critters started washing up on shore. Tests later confirmed, it was an algae bloom, and it killed almost \u003ci>everything \u003c/i>living in Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental scientist Kristina Yoshida remembers it well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>Honestly, I think it took the fish kills for people to realize how much was in here when they saw all the dead sharks and the bat rays. And there’s the huge striped bass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Lake Merritt is a tidal estuary, meaning it’s not fully enclosed, and is fed by both salt and freshwater. It’s basically an extension of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet Kristina at a boat launch on Lake Merritt. And soon after we get there, we spot what Kristina thinks are tunicates, chunky, worm-like creatures suctioned onto the concrete launch pad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>It’s sure exciting to see how much the wildlife has come back after the fish kill in 2022, when most of everything died in here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Recently, Kristina and her team started collecting nutrient samples at various locations around the lake to help put together a nutrient management plan, to try to avoid — or at least minimize the impacts — of future algae blooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of a speed boat\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>We launch a small speed boat and start slowly cruising around the lake, going from site to site to collect samples and take down some measurements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>Here’s your bottles. And I’m going to grab coordinates so we know where we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>She pulls a device hooked to a buoy out of the water, which tracks things like temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>Temperature right now is 21.6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>That’s celsius. And it’s cooler than Kristina was expecting. Because we went out in October, just days after an intense heat wave, which warms up the water and can ripen it for an algae bloom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>I was worried with the heat wave that we were going to get another red tide or algae bloom. Yesterday I got three calls for harmful algal blooms in our region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Luckily, this year, Lake Merritt — and most of the bay — was spared. But algae blooms pop up every year, all over the Bay Area, and they’re getting worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s another consequence of, you guessed it, climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>We have longer, warmer summers, less precipitation. And so those situations set up perfect conditions for these algae blooms to occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Kristina says Lake Merritt is primed for another big algae bloom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s why the sampling is so important because it’s going to help the city take on a plan to make it more resilient to these blooms. The plan is still in its infancy, but the idea is to try to come up with ways to save as many creatures as possible when the next inevitable algae bloom hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quick little disclaimer here, the city of Oakland does not recommend swimming in Lake Merritt. Its relatively small surface area and urban surroundings make it more polluted than other parts of the bay and accidentally ingesting the lake water could be dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Music starts\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Let’s get back now to Robbe’s question: Is it safe to swim in the bay? I asked Eileen White, with the water quality control board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>I would say yes, the bay is definitely swimmable…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>You may sense the caveats coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen says she would not recommend swimming in the bay after the first big rainstorm of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>The first storm of the year usually brings a lot of pollutants into the bay because it’s washing down all that stuff that’s been there, accumulating all summer and all fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Things like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>It can be litter. It can be bird poop. It can be dog poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>After any big rain storm, really, Eileen says swimming is riskier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the Bay Area, those big rain storms are becoming more common and more intense with climate change. So-called atmospheric rivers, which park themselves in the sky and can dump feet of rain within a few days, cause even more stormwater to runoff into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, Eileen says, that can complicate things for our wastewater treatment agencies. Especially in San Francisco, which has a \u003ci>combined \u003c/i>stormwater and wastewater system. That means they have one set of pipes underground through which all water flows out of your toilet, and your storm drain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That system can get easily overwhelmed, Eileen says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>When they get these really big storms, they can’t store enough, you know, that the runoff is coming. And so not all the stormwater can get treated and the wastewater, full treatment at their plants. And so that can result in some bacteria in the bay in certain parts of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>That happens about 10 times per year on average. In total, San Francisco discharges nearly 2 billion gallons of combined stormwater and raw sewage each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that poses a big public health risk for those who recreate in the bay… especially swimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Protection Agency along with local environmental groups are currently suing San Francisco for what they say are repeated violations of the Clean Water Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, in turn, is suing the EPA, saying the agency’s restrictions on how much sewage it can discharge are too vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawsuit made it all the way to the Supreme Court last year. The justices heard arguments in October, and are expected to present a decision by the time the current term ends in June 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Music starts\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>In the meantime, Eileen says wastewater agencies are required to conduct tests after they accidentally leak sewage and also put up signs in affected areas, which can be anywhere around the bay, including right offshore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t always deter everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>Some swimmers will still decide, you know, they’re the diehard swimmers in the bay. And they may risk getting some skin rash or an infection if they swim in the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>It might not kill you, but swimming in contaminated water could lead to a fever, vomiting and diarrhea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My advice? Check local news, city and wastewater agency websites… and look for signs on the beach before you dive in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no real satisfying yes-or-no answer to Robbe’s question. It’s more like yes, \u003ci>sometimes \u003c/i>and no \u003ci>sometimes. \u003c/i>It’s yes in \u003ci>some \u003c/i>places and no in others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is that enough to convince Robbe to take the plunge?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of waves breaking softly\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Maybe you could just start off kind of telling me, like, where we are right now and. And what we’re here to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>Yeah, we’re on Albany Beach, near sunset, and I’m about to probably jump into the water here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>After listening to this episode, Robbe very bravely agreed to meet up with me for his first-ever swim in the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But first, we had to check if the conditions were safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>I haven’t seen any signs posted, but I was curious to check out if there are any swim advisories. I just looked up water quality East Bay, and there’s this great website with all of these different parks around the advisories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Robbe pulls out his phone and pulls up the East Bay parks website, which has a map of different sampling points around the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>Let’s see, swim beach conditions. It opens as a PDF… All right! Low risk. It’s green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>And with that, Robbe takes off his shoes, strips down to his bathing suit and starts walking down toward the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stands on the edge of where the waves are breaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>It’s cleaner than I thought at the edge. From a distance it looks a lot more muddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>He wades out, until the water is up to his stomach, almost beyond the reach of my microphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He seems ready to plunge, so I give him a countdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: Three, two, one. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of splashing\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>How’s it feel?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>It’s a bit colder. But I kind of want some more!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Yeah!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Robbe swims freestyle a few lengths, seems to be enjoying himself. But the cold eventually gets the best of him, and he sloshes back out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Man, How does that feel?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>Exhilarating. Yeah, it’s my whole body’s kind of tingling. It’s definitely a little chilly, but, yeah, I’d recommend others who are curious to give it a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin:\u003c/b> Robbe told me he recently signed up for a triathlon. And now that he knows it’s safe to swim in — most of the time — the bay may have just become his new training ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> That was KQED’s Dana Cronin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a little hiatus in December, we are back with a new voting round this January. Head online to BayCurious.org to cast your vote — no signing up or annoying hoops to jump through. Here are your options:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Voice Over 1:\u003c/b> Who is “Stevens” and why is Stevens Creek in San Jose and Cupertino named after him or her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Voice Over 2:\u003c/b> Why does San Jose have such a high concentration of Vietnamese people?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Voice Over 3:\u003c/b> I see peacocks sometimes in the East Foothills of San Jose. They certainly are not native to California. How did they get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> Bay Curious is made by Amanda Font, Christopher Beale and me, Olivia Allen-Price. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[In Iowa], it was really clear when the water was safe and the water was not safe,” he said. He finds the question a lot murkier in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For some reason, I’m always drawn to jumping into the waters that face the Pacific, so Stinson Beach or Pacifica or Ocean Beach,” Robbe said. “I’m quite a bit more timid to jump in around the interior of the bay itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is Robbe right to be timid? Is it safe to swim in the bay? And if so, are there certain areas or times of year to avoid?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Cleaner than it was in the ‘60s\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before diving (pun intended) into \u003ci>current \u003c/i>water quality in the bay, let’s take a step back in order to appreciate how far we’ve come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sixty years ago, the answer to Robbe’s question would have unequivocally been: No, it’s not safe to swim in the bay. That’s because, in the 1960s, raw sewage from treatment plants flowed directly into the bay, untreated. In other words, when residents flushed the toilet, it essentially went straight into the bay. Refineries and industrial facilities also pumped their waste directly into San Francisco bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, all that started to change in 1972 with the passage of the Clean Water Act, which required wastewater treatment plants to do a secondary treatment before discharging water into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we should feel proud,” said Eileen White, executive officer with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/\">the local agency in charge of regulating\u003c/a> what goes into the bay. “We’ve come a long way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to White, back in the 1960s, the bay met national water quality standards only 20% of the time. Now, she estimates that number is closer to 95%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Toxic algae is the biggest threat\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raw sewage may no longer be pumping into the bay, but now there’s a new challenge — harmful algae blooms, which are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983631/last-summers-fish-killing-algae-bloom-is-back-in-the-bay\">cropping up more often\u003c/a> due in part to human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138.jpg\" alt=\"Three people with lanterns stand in a body of dark water.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250106_BaySwim_DMB_00138-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from left) Alison LaBonte, of Berkeley, David Meyer of Berkeley, Kerianne Brownlie, and Maja Harren, of Oakland, meet at Albany Beach for an early morning swim in Albany, Calif., Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. The group meets at 6 a.m. to get a swim in before work. The swimmers wear lights on their heads and inside floatations attached to their bodies for increased visibility. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Algae blooms occur when the water is warm and calm and the algae has plenty of nitrogen and phosphorus to eat. Algae is a naturally occurring plant in the bay, and when it blooms, it’s not always a bad thing. However, certain algae blooms produce toxins that are dangerous to animals and humans. Other types of algae blooms are not toxic, but they eat up all the oxygen in the water, which suffocates fish and other wildlife living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what happened in Oakland’s Lake Merritt in 2022, when an algae bloom killed tens of thousands of fish and other aquatic critters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You could see corpses everywhere,” said Kristina Yoshida, environmental scientist with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. “That was a sad day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lake Merritt is a tidal estuary, meaning it’s not fully enclosed and is fed by both salt and freshwater. It’s connected to — and is essentially an extension of — the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while the city of Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10900605/what-would-it-take-to-make-lake-merritt-swimmable\">does \u003ci>not \u003c/i>recommend humans swim\u003c/a> in Lake Merritt, the lake is home to plenty of aquatic creatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it took the fish kill for people to realize how much was in here when they saw all the dead sharks and the bat rays and the huge striped bass,” Yoshida said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She and her team recently started collecting nutrient samples around Lake Merritt in order to help the city of Oakland establish a nutrient management plan. The plan, still in its infancy, aims to minimize the impacts of future algae blooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to get baseline data to help us inform what sort of management plan we’re going to do for the lake,” Yoshida said. “We’re trying to understand the system better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algae blooms are becoming more common in the Bay Area for a variety of reasons. Climate change is a major contributor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have longer, warmer summers and less precipitation. And so those situations set up perfect conditions for these algae blooms to occur,” Yoshida said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blooms are largely fed by nutrient runoff from sewage treatment plants. Although treatment plants have improved their water cleanup strategies since the 1960s, they are still the top contributors of nutrients into the bay, \u003ca href=\"https://baykeeper.org/harmful-algae-blooms/\">according to San Francisco Baykeeper\u003c/a>. And in fact, the San Francisco bay has some of the highest levels of nutrient pollutants of any estuary in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nutrients on their own aren’t a bad thing, but they can increase the frequency and severity of algae blooms – like wind fueling a wildfire. That’s why the local water quality control board is working to cut down on that pollution by setting limits on wastewater discharge. And treatment agencies themselves are also piloting projects to reduce nutrient output.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand that nutrient discharges from wastewater treatment plants need to be reduced,” said Alicia Chakrabarti, manager of the Waste Water Environmental Services Division at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EMBUD). “Because whatever factors are causing increased algal blooms and less resilience to the nutrients is clearly changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>So… is it safe to swim in the bay?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The short answer to Robbe’s question is: Yes — with some caveats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422.jpg\" alt=\"A swimmer in an orange cap cuts through a large open body of water.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20241220_BaySwim_DMB_00422-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerianne Brownlie swims in the bay near Albany Beach in Albany, Calif., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>White does \u003ci>not \u003c/i>recommend swimming after the first big rainstorm of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The first storm of the year usually brings a lot of pollutants into the bay because it’s washing down all that stuff that’s been there, accumulating all summer and all fall,” White said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rain washes trash, bird and dog poop and oil from the roads into the bay, increasing the risk of infections and skin rashes for swimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And those big rainstorms are becoming more frequent and intense in the Bay Area. Multiple atmospheric rivers — which can transport \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">more than 25 times the moisture\u003c/a> that flows through the mouth of the Mississippi River — have hit our region over the past several years, bringing with them \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016676/intense-california-storm-caused-2-6-million-damage-sonoma-county\">intense flooding and storm damage\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storms not only increase stormwater runoff, they can also overwhelm our wastewater treatment facilities. They don’t have the storage to handle all the incoming water and, as a result, bacteria can end up in parts of the bay, according to White.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is the only coastal city in California with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpuc.gov/about-us/our-systems/sewer-system/our-combined-sewer\">combined stormwater and wastewater system\u003c/a>. That means there’s only one set of pipes for both sewage and storm runoff, making it particularly vulnerable to big storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each year, San Francisco discharges nearly 2 billion gallons of combined stormwater and raw sewage into the bay. That poses a big public health risk for those who recreate in the bay — especially swimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Protection Agency is currently suing San Francisco for what it says are repeated violations of the Clean Water Act. San Francisco, in turn, is suing the EPA, saying the agency’s restrictions on how much sewage it can discharge are too vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawsuit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009496/san-francisco-challenges-epa-in-supreme-court-over-water-pollution-standards\">made it all the way to the Supreme Court\u003c/a> this year. The justices heard arguments in October and are expected to present a decision by the time the term ends in June 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, wastewater agencies are required to conduct tests after they accidentally leak sewage. They’re also required to put up signs in affected areas, which can be anywhere around the bay, including right offshore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White’s advice? Look for signs on the beach and check local news and \u003ca href=\"https://webapps.sfpuc.org/sapps/beachesandbay.html\">city websites\u003c/a> before you dive in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly what question asker Robbe Verhofste did when he decided to take a plunge into the bay after hearing this report. When he saw that water conditions were considered safe near Albany Beach, he stripped down to his bathing suit and braved the cold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020816\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized.jpg\" alt=\"A man gives the thumbs up sign standing on a beach next to a large body of water.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-800x433.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-1020x553.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sized-1536x832.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbe Verhofste takes the plunge into the bay after learning the water is often safe for swimming. \u003ccite>(Dana Cronin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My whole body’s kind of tingling,” he said. “It’s definitely a little chilly, but, yeah, I’d recommend others who are curious to give it a shot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized.jpg\" alt=\"The silhouette of man standing out in a large body of water, looking at the sunset behind a cityscape.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-800x433.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-1020x553.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-160x87.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Robbe-sunset-sized-1536x832.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robbe Verhofste takes in the sunset after a swim in San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Dana Cronin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In fact, as he trains for an upcoming triathlon, he’s thinking the bay will be the perfect place to get some open-water swimming experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> It’s a brisk winter day on Albany Beach in the East Bay. Kerianne Brownlie and I are sitting on a piece of driftwood, overlooking a calm and flat San Francisco Bay. I’m wearing my big winter puffy jacket. Kerianne? She’s in a swimsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>In 2020, I had made the decision to get back into swimming. I wanted to join a pool team, and with everything closed, I just decided, well, we have a bay right here. That water seems to be open. And so I actually went down to the Berkeley Marina one day on my own and just hopped in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003ci>Stepping into water sounds\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>I remember just getting in and thinking like, okay, this is cold, but it feels okay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>She picked a landmark about 500 yards away, put her head down and started swimming toward it. By the time she returned to where she started, she knew she’d discovered something special.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>And then I felt totally hooked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Bring up swimming ambi \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kerianne Brownlie: \u003c/b>So I work a pretty stressful job as a cardiac ICU nurse. And so really being in the water is the time that my mind is quiet and all of those thoughts shut off and I’m able to just be in the present moment. You feel every little piece of seaweed touching you. You know, you feel the full chilliness of of whatever the temperature is that day. And you get really in tune with your body in a way that I haven’t found in other sports on land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>Swimming in the Bay is more than a hobby or a form of exercise. It’s practically a spiritual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kerianne started out swimming 20, 30 minutes, but was soon drawn to longer swims. Right now, she’s training to swim the English Channel — some 21 miles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that brings us to our question asker this week, Robbe Verhofste. He’s taken notice of swimmers in the Bay like Kerianne. He’s been curious about giving it a try himself since he moved here 5 years ago. But, he’s been hesitant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>For some reason, I’m always drawn to jumping into the waters that face the Pacific. So Stinson Beach or Pacifica or Ocean Beach, and I’m quite a bit more timid to jump in around the interior of the bay itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>Timid because he’s not sure whether it’s safe! No, he’s not afraid of sharks or the cold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robbe grew up in Iowa, where \u003ci>agriculture \u003c/i>pollution is a big problem. It can make water dangerous — even lethal — to swim in. So he’s used to thinking twice before jumping into a body of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>There it was really clear when the water was safe and the water was not safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>So he’s wondering: what about the bay? Is it safe to swim in?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>If I knew that I was going to come out without issue I would absolutely love to spend more time in this body of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Bay Curious theme music begins\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>I’m Olivia Allen-Price, and on today’s episode of Bay Curious: Is it safe to swim in the Bay? Are there certain areas, or times of year, to avoid? Can we convince Robbe to take the plunge? Or will what we find scare him away? That’s all coming up, after this quick break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>To find out more about water quality in the bay and to advise Robbe on whether or not to take the plunge we sent out reporter Dana Cronin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin:\u003c/b> Before we get into the \u003ci>current \u003c/i>water quality in the bay, I think we need to back up to appreciate how far we’ve come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because 60 years ago the answer to Robbe’s question would unequivocally have been “No.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>Back in the 60s, raw sewage from the various treatment plants in the Bay area were going untreated into San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Eileen White is the executive officer for the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. That’s the local agency in charge of tracking and regulating what goes into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes, she’s saying that, 60 years ago, when you flushed the toilet, it essentially went straight into the bay. Refineries and industrial facilities also pumped their waste directly into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But we’ve come a long way since then, in large part because of the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>That required the wastewater treatment plants to do secondary treatment and monitoring, and really cleaned up San Francisco Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Now, Eileen estimates that 95 percent of the time, the bay meets national water quality standards. Sixty years ago that number was closer to 20 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we’ve come a long way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, if you’ve been paying attention lately, you know that the bay still has some big problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 1:\u003c/b> This is the scene folks up and down the San Francisco Bay have been witnessing for the past two weeks as a harmful algae bloom has taken off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 2:\u003c/b> Enviro groups say the toxic algae bloom is acting like a deadly wildfire underwater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 3:\u003c/b> The algae has been found along the shoreline along the shoreline from Emeryville to Albany.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>News Clip 4: \u003c/b>Algae blooms closing down lakes not in late AUgust or September, but in the beginning of July. That’s unusual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Algae blooms occur when conditions are right: the water’s warm and calm, and the algae has nutrients — like sewage or other runoff — to feed on. Algae is a naturally occurring plant in the bay, and when it blooms, it’s not always a bad thing. But certain algae blooms produce toxins that make them dangerous for animals and humans. Other algae blooms are not toxic, but they eat up all the oxygen in the water, which suffocates fish and other wildlife living there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what happened two years ago at Lake Merritt in Oakland, when tens of thousands of dead fish and other aquatic critters started washing up on shore. Tests later confirmed, it was an algae bloom, and it killed almost \u003ci>everything \u003c/i>living in Lake Merritt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental scientist Kristina Yoshida remembers it well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>Honestly, I think it took the fish kills for people to realize how much was in here when they saw all the dead sharks and the bat rays. And there’s the huge striped bass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Lake Merritt is a tidal estuary, meaning it’s not fully enclosed, and is fed by both salt and freshwater. It’s basically an extension of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet Kristina at a boat launch on Lake Merritt. And soon after we get there, we spot what Kristina thinks are tunicates, chunky, worm-like creatures suctioned onto the concrete launch pad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>It’s sure exciting to see how much the wildlife has come back after the fish kill in 2022, when most of everything died in here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Recently, Kristina and her team started collecting nutrient samples at various locations around the lake to help put together a nutrient management plan, to try to avoid — or at least minimize the impacts — of future algae blooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of a speed boat\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>We launch a small speed boat and start slowly cruising around the lake, going from site to site to collect samples and take down some measurements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>Here’s your bottles. And I’m going to grab coordinates so we know where we are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>She pulls a device hooked to a buoy out of the water, which tracks things like temperature, dissolved oxygen and pH.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>Temperature right now is 21.6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>That’s celsius. And it’s cooler than Kristina was expecting. Because we went out in October, just days after an intense heat wave, which warms up the water and can ripen it for an algae bloom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>I was worried with the heat wave that we were going to get another red tide or algae bloom. Yesterday I got three calls for harmful algal blooms in our region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Luckily, this year, Lake Merritt — and most of the bay — was spared. But algae blooms pop up every year, all over the Bay Area, and they’re getting worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s another consequence of, you guessed it, climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Kristina Yoshida: \u003c/b>We have longer, warmer summers, less precipitation. And so those situations set up perfect conditions for these algae blooms to occur.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Kristina says Lake Merritt is primed for another big algae bloom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that’s why the sampling is so important because it’s going to help the city take on a plan to make it more resilient to these blooms. The plan is still in its infancy, but the idea is to try to come up with ways to save as many creatures as possible when the next inevitable algae bloom hits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Quick little disclaimer here, the city of Oakland does not recommend swimming in Lake Merritt. Its relatively small surface area and urban surroundings make it more polluted than other parts of the bay and accidentally ingesting the lake water could be dangerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Music starts\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Let’s get back now to Robbe’s question: Is it safe to swim in the bay? I asked Eileen White, with the water quality control board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>I would say yes, the bay is definitely swimmable…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>You may sense the caveats coming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eileen says she would not recommend swimming in the bay after the first big rainstorm of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>The first storm of the year usually brings a lot of pollutants into the bay because it’s washing down all that stuff that’s been there, accumulating all summer and all fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Things like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>It can be litter. It can be bird poop. It can be dog poop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>After any big rain storm, really, Eileen says swimming is riskier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in the Bay Area, those big rain storms are becoming more common and more intense with climate change. So-called atmospheric rivers, which park themselves in the sky and can dump feet of rain within a few days, cause even more stormwater to runoff into the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, Eileen says, that can complicate things for our wastewater treatment agencies. Especially in San Francisco, which has a \u003ci>combined \u003c/i>stormwater and wastewater system. That means they have one set of pipes underground through which all water flows out of your toilet, and your storm drain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That system can get easily overwhelmed, Eileen says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>When they get these really big storms, they can’t store enough, you know, that the runoff is coming. And so not all the stormwater can get treated and the wastewater, full treatment at their plants. And so that can result in some bacteria in the bay in certain parts of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>That happens about 10 times per year on average. In total, San Francisco discharges nearly 2 billion gallons of combined stormwater and raw sewage each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that poses a big public health risk for those who recreate in the bay… especially swimmers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Environmental Protection Agency along with local environmental groups are currently suing San Francisco for what they say are repeated violations of the Clean Water Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, in turn, is suing the EPA, saying the agency’s restrictions on how much sewage it can discharge are too vague.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That lawsuit made it all the way to the Supreme Court last year. The justices heard arguments in October, and are expected to present a decision by the time the current term ends in June 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Music starts\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>In the meantime, Eileen says wastewater agencies are required to conduct tests after they accidentally leak sewage and also put up signs in affected areas, which can be anywhere around the bay, including right offshore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that doesn’t always deter everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eileen White: \u003c/b>Some swimmers will still decide, you know, they’re the diehard swimmers in the bay. And they may risk getting some skin rash or an infection if they swim in the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>It might not kill you, but swimming in contaminated water could lead to a fever, vomiting and diarrhea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My advice? Check local news, city and wastewater agency websites… and look for signs on the beach before you dive in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s no real satisfying yes-or-no answer to Robbe’s question. It’s more like yes, \u003ci>sometimes \u003c/i>and no \u003ci>sometimes. \u003c/i>It’s yes in \u003ci>some \u003c/i>places and no in others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is that enough to convince Robbe to take the plunge?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of waves breaking softly\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Maybe you could just start off kind of telling me, like, where we are right now and. And what we’re here to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>Yeah, we’re on Albany Beach, near sunset, and I’m about to probably jump into the water here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>After listening to this episode, Robbe very bravely agreed to meet up with me for his first-ever swim in the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But first, we had to check if the conditions were safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>I haven’t seen any signs posted, but I was curious to check out if there are any swim advisories. I just looked up water quality East Bay, and there’s this great website with all of these different parks around the advisories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Robbe pulls out his phone and pulls up the East Bay parks website, which has a map of different sampling points around the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>Let’s see, swim beach conditions. It opens as a PDF… All right! Low risk. It’s green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>And with that, Robbe takes off his shoes, strips down to his bathing suit and starts walking down toward the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He stands on the edge of where the waves are breaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>It’s cleaner than I thought at the edge. From a distance it looks a lot more muddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>He wades out, until the water is up to his stomach, almost beyond the reach of my microphone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He seems ready to plunge, so I give him a countdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: Three, two, one. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of splashing\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>How’s it feel?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>It’s a bit colder. But I kind of want some more!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Yeah!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Robbe swims freestyle a few lengths, seems to be enjoying himself. But the cold eventually gets the best of him, and he sloshes back out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin: \u003c/b>Man, How does that feel?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Robbe Verhofste: \u003c/b>Exhilarating. Yeah, it’s my whole body’s kind of tingling. It’s definitely a little chilly, but, yeah, I’d recommend others who are curious to give it a shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dana Cronin:\u003c/b> Robbe told me he recently signed up for a triathlon. And now that he knows it’s safe to swim in — most of the time — the bay may have just become his new training ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> That was KQED’s Dana Cronin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a little hiatus in December, we are back with a new voting round this January. Head online to BayCurious.org to cast your vote — no signing up or annoying hoops to jump through. Here are your options:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Voice Over 1:\u003c/b> Who is “Stevens” and why is Stevens Creek in San Jose and Cupertino named after him or her?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Voice Over 2:\u003c/b> Why does San Jose have such a high concentration of Vietnamese people?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Voice Over 3:\u003c/b> I see peacocks sometimes in the East Foothills of San Jose. They certainly are not native to California. How did they get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> Bay Curious is made by Amanda Font, Christopher Beale and me, Olivia Allen-Price. Katrina Schwartz rejoins us this week after her maternity leave, and we’ve got a new Bay Curious team member — baby Esme.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>Sounds of baby babbling\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We get additional support from Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Holly Kernan and the whole KQED Family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We hope you’ve had a great start to 2025. I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Thanks for listening!\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\u003cp>Daniel Lurie’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020420/san-francisco-mayor-daniel-lurie-sworn-in-today-heres-what-to-know\">first day as mayor of San Francisco\u003c/a> is in the books, and the energy around the political outsider — who won’t be able to claim that status much longer — feels warily optimistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020422/san-francisco-mayor-elect-daniel-lurie-launches-political-career-cable-cars-chinatown-market-prayer\">started the celebratory day in the Tenderloin\u003c/a>, where he was congratulated and greeted by residents as he served breakfast at St. Anthony Foundation and walked the streets with Police Chief Bill Scott.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also hit some San Francisco staples, taking a morning cable car ride down Powell Street and stopping into Ghirardelli Square for hot chocolate with his family before arriving to a buzzing Civic Center — on time — for his midday inauguration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the crowd of political bigwigs and business leaders was Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who praised Lurie in a reflection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a spirit in the air, an optimism, and it’s authentic,” Kerr told the crowd. “We have been through an awful lot in recent years, and our city has taken some hits, but we are bouncing back, and Mayor-elect Lurie is ready to guide our city to new heights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250108_LurieInauguration_GC-13-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audience members attend Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s inauguration ceremony at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City public school students announced each of the speakers, including Lurie’s wife, Becca Prowda, who serves as Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>’s chief of protocol in Sacramento and worked as an aide in his San Francisco mayoral administration. She said proudly that she and her husband were both committed to serving the city in their new roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel and I both believe it’s not enough to just live in a place; you have to take action to make that place better,” she said. “For us, San Francisco is that place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being sworn in, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020848/now-sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-emergency-plans-drug-homelessness-crises\">announced plans\u003c/a> for legislation cracking down on fentanyl and speeding up City Hall’s work. 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As a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020409/a-lot-can-go-wrong-san-francisco-mayoral-transition-i-would-know\">new mayor with no government experience\u003c/a>, Lurie must soon contend with an $876 million budget deficit, five new supervisors whose legislating strategies are still unknown, and a notoriously challenging bureaucratic structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people always say they’re gonna do this stuff,” said Deonte Dial, a resident Lurie greeted on his Tenderloin walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All we can do is kick back, and you see what he does,” Darrell Luckett, who’s lived in the Tenderloin for 40 years, added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the formal festivities, Lurie will head to Chinatown for a party featuring a special night market and more local music from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969982/sf-edm-star-zhu-to-headline-daniel-luries-free-inauguration-party\">San Francisco EDM artist Zhu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, some of Lurie’s sunnier visions could give way as he gets down to crunching numbers for service provider budgets and hosts a meeting with city department heads, who he said earlier this month are all re-interviewing for their roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As your mayor, I will always tell you the truth, even when they are hard truths,” Lurie told the inauguration crowd. “The challenges ahead of us are enormous, but in the words of Harvey Milk, ‘You have to give people hope. 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She said proudly that she and her husband were both committed to serving the city in their new roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel and I both believe it’s not enough to just live in a place; you have to take action to make that place better,” she said. “For us, San Francisco is that place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being sworn in, Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020848/now-sf-mayor-lurie-unveils-emergency-plans-drug-homelessness-crises\">announced plans\u003c/a> for legislation cracking down on fentanyl and speeding up City Hall’s work. 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