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"content": "\u003cp>Nearly 23,000 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963308/kaiser-strike-if-youre-a-patient-what-medical-services-would-be-affected\">Kaiser Permanente\u003c/a> X-ray operators, surgical technicians, nursing assistants and other health care workers in the Bay Area began striking Wednesday morning as contract negotiations continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have committed to a three-day strike,” said Timothy Regan, a Kaiser health educator of 25 years who was picketing outside the San Francisco Medical Center before dawn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees will be striking across the Bay Area from Wednesday until 6 a.m. on Saturday, including at Kaiser hospitals in Oakland, Antioch, Fremont, Manteca, Redwood City, Richmond, San Francisco, South San Francisco, San José, Santa Clara, Santa Rosa, Vallejo and Walnut Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Kaiser workers are pushing for increased staffing and pay increases to prevent burnout after millions of health care workers left their jobs during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963407\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11963407 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people hold signs in front of a large modern looking building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lily Young, Kaiser member\"]‘I support the workers and their right to unionize, the right to get fair wages and get compensation, most certainly. But the reality is that it does have an impact on patients.’[/pullquote]“Short staffing is the biggest thing that affects patient care and quality of care,” Edith Hurtado, a medical assistant at Kaiser, told KQED while picketing outside the San Francisco facility on Wednesday. “Patients have a long wait period or [are] not getting the care they need and have to wait for a medication or injection. The quality of patient care does diminish when we don’t have a full staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the three-day strike is expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963152/looming-kaiser-strike-could-delay-covid-flu-shots\">exacerbate vaccine wait times\u003c/a> for many patients at Kaiser, which serves more than 9.4 million people across California and is one of the largest private employers in the state. Non-emergency health services including elective surgeries have been rescheduled at some locations as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some laboratory, radiology and optical locations may be closed or operating at reduced hours during the strike, a spokesperson for Kaiser told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Getting vaccines\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lily Young has been struggling to find a booster shot for her two young children at her local Kaiser facilities in Sacramento. The strike has made her feel “very nervous” about their ability to get vaccinated before a scheduled trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“About half of my friends are Kaiser members and we are all just scrambling and trying to get these COVID shots,” said Young. “I support the workers and their right to unionize, the right to get fair wages and get compensation, most certainly. But the reality is that it does have an impact on patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963445\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11963445 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-OAKLAND-MD-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kaiser workers strike in front of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023 \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Employees like Hurtado, who is also a Kaiser patient, said they hope the strike will put pressure on executives to improve conditions for workers, and by extension, patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a patient here. My family are patients here. We want better quality care and full staffing,” she said. “We’re here to fight not only for us as health care workers, but for our patients as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, Kaiser received its supply of COVID-19 doses in the last two weeks and currently is only accepting walk-ins. But for kids 11 and younger, an immunization appointment must be scheduled online, according to \u003ca href=\"https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/covid-19-vaccine-locations/\">the health care provider’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other retail pharmacies are gearing up to provide additional shots while the strike is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Places like Walgreens will accept Kaiser insurance for vaccines and offer free shots to people who are uninsured. But some clinics charge a steep fee, and not all accept Kaiser insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Young tried to get a COVID-19 vaccine at her local Rite Aid, she was told that Kaiser was no longer reimbursing shots there. The pharmacy said the out-of-pocket cost for the shot was $190. She decided to wait it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did try to make an online appointment, and there’s just nothing available,” Young told KQED. “Now I’m just at the mercy of Kaiser to hopefully get myself, my husband, my 4-year-old and my 9-month-old vaccinated and they have been historically really slow with vaccinations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A recent union survey of employees showed nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.unioncoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2022-04_Report_Staffing-Survey-10.1_DIGITAL.pdf?emci=11db37e0-b5df-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=%7B%7BContactsEmailID%7D%7D\">65% of respondents have seen patients’ care delayed or denied (PDF)\u003c/a> due to recent staffing shortages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11963406\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11963406 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg\" alt='A person holds up a sign that reads \"Kaiser Workers on ULP Strike.\"' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/231004-KAISER-STRIKE-MD-02-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Jones strikes at the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve caught COVID twice and I still work for Kaiser. I put my life to risk coming to work,” Michael Jones, a Kaiser medical assistant who works with autistic children, told KQED outside Oakland Medical Center on Wednesday. “For Kaiser to say they can find other workers who don’t care, that they’ll find other workers who are better and cheaper, that’s a slap in the face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wage increases for staff\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Close to 75,000 Kaiser workers in California — as well as in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. — are now demanding their employer to increase staffing and are pushing for a 6.5% wage increase in the first two years of this next contract, and a 5.75% increase the following two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees are also seeking to raise the minimum wage across the board to $26 by 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grover Woods, who works in the operating room at Kaiser in Oakland, said workers like him “are overworked and underpaid.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Inflation is going all the way up, everything is high. Groceries, insurance, everything,” Woods told KQED at the Oakland picket line on Wednesday. “Everything is going up except our paycheck.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SaulGonzalezCA/status/1709604858700222560\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent proposal, Kaiser offered California workers across-the-board wage increases of 4% for the next two years, and 3% for the following two years, as well as a minimum performance bonus aimed to prevent any employees from receiving no payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser also \u003ca href=\"https://mykp.kp.org/content/dam/kp/mykp/documents/infographics-pdf/new-offer-infographic_100123_5pm.pdf\">recently offered (PDF)\u003c/a> a $23-per-hour minimum wage for its employees in California starting in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"kaiser, health\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]“We lead total compensation in every market where we operate, and our proposals in bargaining would ensure we keep that position,” a spokesperson for Kaiser said in an email. “In some places, like in Southern California, a Kaiser Permanente employee leaving for a similar job at another organization would on average face a 20-plus percent pay cut and lower benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees represented by Kaiser’s coalition of labor unions voted to authorize the strike last month if a deal was not reached by Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We gave a 10-day notice for that and we’re waiting moment by moment for Kaiser executives to respond and say, ‘Ok, let’s actually start creating solutions that work for everybody,’” said Regan from the picket line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED reporter Billy Cruz contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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While Kaiser is prepared to continue most health services, a strike could impact some care needs, including COVID vaccines and flu shots, Kaiser representatives told KQED in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s going to be some disruption to care that’s not urgent,” Janet Coffman, professor at the Healthforce Center at UCSF, told KQED. “The bigger issue is how long the strike will be. If it goes beyond three days, then I think we are looking at more disruptions and more difficulties for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and other care services they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, employees represented by Kaiser’s coalition of labor unions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11961243/california-kaiser-workers-authorize-strike-as-contract-negotiations-continue\">overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike\u003c/a> if a deal was not reached by Sept. 30, when their contract expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Savonnda Blaylock, Kaiser pharmacy technician\"]‘We are suffering. We have had a lot of people leave during and after the pandemic. Unfortunately, those physicians have not been replaced and we don’t know if they will ever be replaced.’[/pullquote]The Coalition began bargaining in April. As of Oct. 2, a new contract had not yet been reached and negotiations are ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting Wednesday, Kaiser employees plan to picket outside facilities across the Bay Area, including in Antioch, Fremont, Oakland, Richmond, Redwood City, San Francisco, South San Francisco, San José, San Leandro, Santa Clara, Walnut Creek, Vacaville, Manteca, Roseville, Santa Rosa and Vallejo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Understaffing and wages are two issues Kaiser workers say they are most concerned about as negotiations continue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Savonnda Blaylock, a pharmacy technician at Kaiser in Tracy, helps order flu and COVID vaccines for her facility. But due to staffing shortages, she said patients already face delays in order to receive shots that they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are suffering. We have had a lot of people leave during and after the pandemic. Unfortunately, those physicians have not been replaced and we don’t know if they will ever be replaced,” Blaylock told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Patients are having very long delays in care where they can’t get the vaccines they need, they can’t come in to see their physicians, because we don’t have physicians for them to be seen. That’s where the lapse in care comes, and where we are not able to accommodate patients,” said Blaylock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another factor impacting vaccine availability, however, is the fact that Kaiser in California just recently received its supply of doses in the last two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since the FDA authorized the updated COVID-19 vaccine, large-scale distribution has been a challenge for vaccine providers nationwide, including Kaiser Permanente,” a spokesperson for Kaiser said in an email. “However, we have now received our supply and expect a consistent supply of the vaccine going forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the COVID-19 vaccine is available by walk-in at some Kaiser locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of the looming strike, the slow rollout for the COVID-19 vaccine this year has had many people clamoring to secure vaccine appointments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, other pharmacies are gearing up to take on additional patients who are seeking vaccines if they can’t get them through Kaiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are committed to ensuring no patient pays and everyone who is eligible and wants a vaccine receives one,” a spokesperson for Walgreens told KQED in an email statement. “We encourage everyone to bring insurance information to their appointment if available but will not turn away those whose insurance does not cover it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"kaiser, healthcare, health\" label=\"Related Stories\"]Kaiser is the largest private, nonprofit, health care organization in the U.S., serving more than nine million people in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on similar labor disputes and strikes at Kaiser and other health care giants, Coffman of UCSF said it’s possible that elective surgeries like knee and hip replacements and other non-emergency health care services could be impacted if a strike goes beyond this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We call them elective, but often for the people who are getting them, they’ve been in pain for quite some time and further delay just exacerbates that,” Coffman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser workers in California — as well as in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia and Washington, D.C. — are demanding their employer increase staffing. Workers are pushing for a 7% wage increase in the first two years of a new contract, and a 6.25% increase the following two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employees are also seeking to raise the minimum wage across the board to $26 by 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recent proposal, Kaiser offered across-the-board wage increases of between 10%–14% over four years, as well as a minimum performance bonus aimed to prevent any employees from receiving no payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser also recently offered a $23 per hour minimum wage for its employees in California starting in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We lead total compensation in every market where we operate, and our proposals in bargaining would ensure we keep that position,” a spokesperson for Kaiser said in an email. “In some places, a Kaiser Permanente employee leaving for a similar job at another organization would face a 20-plus percent pay cut, and lower benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the California Legislature recently passed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525\">a state bill\u003c/a> that would boost all California health care workers’ minimum wages to $25 per hour. The bill is now awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature also recently approved a bill providing unemployment insurance benefits to workers on strike — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11963061/newsom-rejects-bill-to-give-unemployment-checks-to-striking-workers\">but Newsom vetoed that bill on Saturday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most recent Kaiser strike comes a year after nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929713/kaiser-mental-health-workers-appove-new-contract-ending-10-week-strike\">2,000 Kaiser mental health care workers in Northern California went on strike last year for 10 weeks\u003c/a> over many of the same staffing and pay issues that workers today are protesting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just want Kaiser to end the short staffing crisis,” said Blaylock, the Kaiser pharmacy technician. “It can happen at the click of the fingers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Twenty five years before she was sworn in as the mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf drove with a friend to Los Angeles for the state Democratic Party convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was April 1990 and Schaaf, who was about to enroll in law school, was on her way to the first convention where eligible delegates could endorse candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so excited to go to that Democratic convention and cast my ballot to endorse Dianne Feinstein for governor,” Schaaf told me. “I wanted us to see the first woman governor of California, something I still haven’t seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Schaaf, an Oakland native, some of her earliest memories seeing a powerful, female leader were of Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I became the mayor, she immediately reached out to me,” recalled Schaaf, who served two terms. “She was incredibly generous with access and she was always generous with advice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Feinstein, who served in the upper chamber of Congress for 30 years, died Thursday. She was 90.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein is a legend in California politics, and her death elicited an outpouring of comments and commentary that revealed how deeply respected she was. Women in both state and local politics, including Schaaf, joined the chorus to thank Feinstein for mentoring them. Feinstein paved the road for so many women leaders. That part of her legacy is unimpeachable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969, Feinstein became the board’s first female president in 1970, and after the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, she became acting mayor. The next year, she became the first woman elected mayor. It was the beginning of a career of historic firsts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was the first woman elected to represent California in the U.S. Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she ascended to the highest peaks of the federal government, she reserved time to dole out advice to women leaders, especially those elected to leadership positions for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962925\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Three people smile and pose for a photo together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and former Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley in 2015. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Libby Schaaf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At a Friday press conference, Mayor London Breed, the second woman to serve as San Francisco mayor, who became acting mayor following the death of Mayor Ed Lee in 2017, said one of the first calls she received was from Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a very long discussion about just what she went through, how she made decisions, how difficult it was,” Breed said. “And she provided that support and that mentorship to make sure that I was prepared to step up at a difficult time for our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1990, Feinstein was locked in a tight battle for the Democratic nomination with John Van de Kamp, then the state attorney general. He opposed capital punishment, but Feinstein, a moderate Democrat, stunned the liberal delegates with her position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, I support the death penalty,” she said drawing boos, according to the\u003cem> Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Feinstein easily won the nomination. She lost the election to Republican candidate Sen. Pete Wilson, but she won the 1992 special election to complete Wilson’s term. In 2018, she reversed her support of capital punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein frequently hosted luncheons so women leaders in the Bay Area and the state could have a space to connect. Schaaf received her first invitation in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to emulate what I considered the Feinstein Formula for crisis response — project calm competence and have your five-point plan ready for how you’ll prevent it from ever happening again,” said Schaaf, who dealt with the Oakland Police Department’s sexual misconduct in 2016 when the city went through three police chiefs in nine days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am here to run a Police Department, not a frat house,” Schaaf said at a press conference, displaying a Feinstein-like go-your-own-way feistiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962931\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED-800x1045.jpg\" alt=\"Two people smile and pose for a photo together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED-800x1045.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED-160x209.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (left) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Feinstein’s Senate office in Washington, DC, in 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Libby Schaaf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Schaaf, who is participating in a one-year fellowship at Harvard University while teaching at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, tipped off the public to a federal immigration sweep. At the time, I wrote in the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>, “We’re at an immigration code red, and Schaaf was right to sound the alarm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf recalled Feinstein inviting her and Nancy O’Malley, the first woman elected as district attorney in Alameda County, to travel with her to a meeting about teenage sex trafficking in Los Angeles. Schaaf barely made it on time, putting Feinstein in a bad mood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her staff warned me: You don’t show up on time for the Senator, you come early,” Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She is one feisty, tough cookie with a razor sharp mind for policy details,” Schaaf continued. “Meeting with her, you had to come prepared. She’d be hugging you and the next second she’d be drilling you like the worst law school professor giving you a pop quiz on whatever the policy issue was of the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani was a student at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga in 1990 when she volunteered for Feinstein’s gubernatorial campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve just always looked up to her as this strong woman who’s paved the way for women in politics, and has been unapologetically passionate about gun violence prevention and things that a lot of people were too scared to take on,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2018, Stefani was at March for Our Lives, a rally held in San Francisco and other cities for gun control legislation in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed. Stefani approached Feinstein, thanking her for the 1994 federal assault weapons ban. Feinstein told Stefani she was going to endorse her campaign for supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just so validating, and a special moment for me,” said Stefani, who was elected in 2018. “Since that moment, she’s mentored me in my career here in San Francisco and has always been someone that I can go to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel so blessed and so grateful that someone who I admired for so long since college — that somehow my path led me to actually be in her presence. I just can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stefani, a staunch gun control advocate, said Feinstein showed her and others that women have a place in politics — and to never give up on issues that seem almost impossible to solve, like gun violence in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962930\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a purple dress speaks at a podium in front of a group of people assembled in front of an ornate building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Cohen speaks at a Women’s Equality Day event encouraging more women to vote, on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2022.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I will forever work on this issue for all the reasons I have been, but to continue her legacy and her determination to not let the gun lobby own this issue,” she said. “And to not let the gun lobby continue to destroy the lives of so many people in our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malia Cohen, the California State Controller who served two terms on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was on an almost six-hour flight from Toronto to San Francisco when news of Feinstein’s death began circulating Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t believe that she’s gone,” she wrote in response to my text. “I just landed [and] my phone is flooded with text messages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">KQED’s Feinstein obituary\u003c/a> written by my colleague Scott Shafer, he noted that Cohen recalled meeting Feinstein on an elementary school field trip to City Hall. It was the mid-1980s, and Feinstein told Cohen’s class one of them could be mayor one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are always pivotal moments in your life, particularly as a child, that really do shape you and that moment shaped me,” Cohen told me in a phone interview. “There are very few women that you can look at from San Francisco that can say, ‘Hey, I ran for office, and you can do it too.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen was sworn in as a supervisor by Katherine Feinstein, Feinstein’s daughter, who is a retired judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever my path crossed with the senator, she gave unsolicited advice on any and everything,” said Cohen who, like Feinstein, was a fellow with the Coro Foundation, an organization that provides young people with political experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962944\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962944\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Two people smile and pose for a photo together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh E. 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She learned from Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to not compare what I walked into on day one with the tragedy that she had to embrace in the loss of a personal friend,” Aitken told me. “I think what I really learned from her is that in times of crisis, it’s the most important time to be consistent and true to your values and your ethics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aitken told me that she met Feinstein when she was a young girl, probably 12. She said when Feinstein was running for Senate she became close friends with Aitken’s parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Meeting someone of that stature, when you’re young, really shows you that all doors are open,” Aitken said. “I mean, you can always be taught in school that women can do anything, but when you actually see somebody out there as an example in public service not afraid to tangle in all male arenas, it has an impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein’s work ethic was revered, but it is how she chose to work that should be a lesson to politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope her death serves as a reminder to all of us that are in public service that there is real, true strength and courage in being collaborative, and I think that’s the one thing that she really stood for that we have in some ways lost,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: An earlier version of the column incorrectly stated when Dianne Feinstein became first female president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Twenty five years before she was sworn in as the mayor of Oakland, Libby Schaaf drove with a friend to Los Angeles for the state Democratic Party convention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was April 1990 and Schaaf, who was about to enroll in law school, was on her way to the first convention where eligible delegates could endorse candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so excited to go to that Democratic convention and cast my ballot to endorse Dianne Feinstein for governor,” Schaaf told me. “I wanted us to see the first woman governor of California, something I still haven’t seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Schaaf, an Oakland native, some of her earliest memories seeing a powerful, female leader were of Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I became the mayor, she immediately reached out to me,” recalled Schaaf, who served two terms. “She was incredibly generous with access and she was always generous with advice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Feinstein, who served in the upper chamber of Congress for 30 years, died Thursday. She was 90.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein is a legend in California politics, and her death elicited an outpouring of comments and commentary that revealed how deeply respected she was. Women in both state and local politics, including Schaaf, joined the chorus to thank Feinstein for mentoring them. Feinstein paved the road for so many women leaders. That part of her legacy is unimpeachable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969, Feinstein became the board’s first female president in 1970, and after the assassination of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, she became acting mayor. The next year, she became the first woman elected mayor. It was the beginning of a career of historic firsts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was the first woman elected to represent California in the U.S. Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As she ascended to the highest peaks of the federal government, she reserved time to dole out advice to women leaders, especially those elected to leadership positions for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962925\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962925\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Three people smile and pose for a photo together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-01-KQED.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left, former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Sen. 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He opposed capital punishment, but Feinstein, a moderate Democrat, stunned the liberal delegates with her position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Yes, I support the death penalty,” she said drawing boos, according to the\u003cem> Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Feinstein easily won the nomination. She lost the election to Republican candidate Sen. Pete Wilson, but she won the 1992 special election to complete Wilson’s term. In 2018, she reversed her support of capital punishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein frequently hosted luncheons so women leaders in the Bay Area and the state could have a space to connect. Schaaf received her first invitation in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tried to emulate what I considered the Feinstein Formula for crisis response — project calm competence and have your five-point plan ready for how you’ll prevent it from ever happening again,” said Schaaf, who dealt with the Oakland Police Department’s sexual misconduct in 2016 when the city went through three police chiefs in nine days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am here to run a Police Department, not a frat house,” Schaaf said at a press conference, displaying a Feinstein-like go-your-own-way feistiness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962931\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962931\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED-800x1045.jpg\" alt=\"Two people smile and pose for a photo together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED-800x1045.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED-160x209.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-03-KQED.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf (left) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein in Feinstein’s Senate office in Washington, DC, in 2021. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Libby Schaaf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Schaaf, who is participating in a one-year fellowship at Harvard University while teaching at the UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy, tipped off the public to a federal immigration sweep. At the time, I wrote in the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>, “We’re at an immigration code red, and Schaaf was right to sound the alarm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaaf recalled Feinstein inviting her and Nancy O’Malley, the first woman elected as district attorney in Alameda County, to travel with her to a meeting about teenage sex trafficking in Los Angeles. Schaaf barely made it on time, putting Feinstein in a bad mood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Her staff warned me: You don’t show up on time for the Senator, you come early,” Schaaf said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She is one feisty, tough cookie with a razor sharp mind for policy details,” Schaaf continued. “Meeting with her, you had to come prepared. She’d be hugging you and the next second she’d be drilling you like the worst law school professor giving you a pop quiz on whatever the policy issue was of the moment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Catherine Stefani was a student at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga in 1990 when she volunteered for Feinstein’s gubernatorial campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve just always looked up to her as this strong woman who’s paved the way for women in politics, and has been unapologetically passionate about gun violence prevention and things that a lot of people were too scared to take on,” she told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March 2018, Stefani was at March for Our Lives, a rally held in San Francisco and other cities for gun control legislation in the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 people were killed. Stefani approached Feinstein, thanking her for the 1994 federal assault weapons ban. Feinstein told Stefani she was going to endorse her campaign for supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was just so validating, and a special moment for me,” said Stefani, who was elected in 2018. “Since that moment, she’s mentored me in my career here in San Francisco and has always been someone that I can go to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel so blessed and so grateful that someone who I admired for so long since college — that somehow my path led me to actually be in her presence. I just can’t begin to tell you how grateful I am for that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stefani, a staunch gun control advocate, said Feinstein showed her and others that women have a place in politics — and to never give up on issues that seem almost impossible to solve, like gun violence in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962930\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962930\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a purple dress speaks at a podium in front of a group of people assembled in front of an ornate building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/015_KQED_WomensEqualityDayCityHall_08252022-KQED.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malia Cohen speaks at a Women’s Equality Day event encouraging more women to vote, on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 25, 2022.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I will forever work on this issue for all the reasons I have been, but to continue her legacy and her determination to not let the gun lobby own this issue,” she said. “And to not let the gun lobby continue to destroy the lives of so many people in our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malia Cohen, the California State Controller who served two terms on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was on an almost six-hour flight from Toronto to San Francisco when news of Feinstein’s death began circulating Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t believe that she’s gone,” she wrote in response to my text. “I just landed [and] my phone is flooded with text messages.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946670/dianne-feinstein-californias-longest-serving-us-senator-dies-at-age-90\">KQED’s Feinstein obituary\u003c/a> written by my colleague Scott Shafer, he noted that Cohen recalled meeting Feinstein on an elementary school field trip to City Hall. It was the mid-1980s, and Feinstein told Cohen’s class one of them could be mayor one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are always pivotal moments in your life, particularly as a child, that really do shape you and that moment shaped me,” Cohen told me in a phone interview. “There are very few women that you can look at from San Francisco that can say, ‘Hey, I ran for office, and you can do it too.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cohen was sworn in as a supervisor by Katherine Feinstein, Feinstein’s daughter, who is a retired judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whenever my path crossed with the senator, she gave unsolicited advice on any and everything,” said Cohen who, like Feinstein, was a fellow with the Coro Foundation, an organization that provides young people with political experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11962944\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11962944\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"Two people smile and pose for a photo together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-800x800.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED-160x160.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230929-DIANNE-FEINSTEIN-MENTORSHIP-04-KQED.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh E. Aitken (left) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mayor Ashleigh E. Aitken)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Ashleigh Aitken was elected as the mayor of Anaheim in November 2022, she became the first woman mayor in the city’s 166-year history and she inherited a mess. In August, Harish “Harry” Singh Sidhu, the former mayor, pleaded guilty to obstructing an FBI corruption investigation into the $150 million sale of Angel Stadium to the owner of the Major League Baseball team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aitken, who interned for Feinstein on Capitol Hill in 1996 when she was a college sophomore, was ready for the daunting task of restoring trust in the mayor’s office. She learned from Feinstein.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I like to not compare what I walked into on day one with the tragedy that she had to embrace in the loss of a personal friend,” Aitken told me. “I think what I really learned from her is that in times of crisis, it’s the most important time to be consistent and true to your values and your ethics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aitken told me that she met Feinstein when she was a young girl, probably 12. She said when Feinstein was running for Senate she became close friends with Aitken’s parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Meeting someone of that stature, when you’re young, really shows you that all doors are open,” Aitken said. “I mean, you can always be taught in school that women can do anything, but when you actually see somebody out there as an example in public service not afraid to tangle in all male arenas, it has an impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feinstein’s work ethic was revered, but it is how she chose to work that should be a lesson to politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope her death serves as a reminder to all of us that are in public service that there is real, true strength and courage in being collaborative, and I think that’s the one thing that she really stood for that we have in some ways lost,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: An earlier version of the column incorrectly stated when Dianne Feinstein became first female president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. 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But I mentioned neither Biden nor California in that speech because, as I said, I am leading us to something.’[/pullquote]But Republicans making the pilgrimage to California for the state party convention in Anaheim took a very different tack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former President Donald Trump spent much of his Friday speech trashing California, painting it as a dystopian hellscape full of “roving bands of looters, criminals and thugs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd of Californians ate it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Together we will reverse the decline of America and we will end the desecration of your once great state, California,” he said to roaring cheers. “This is not a great state anymore. This is a dumping ground. You’re a dumping ground. The world is being dumped into California: Prisoners, terrorists, mental patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that evening in a ballroom across the hallway, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continued the California castigation, calling the state a Petri dish for American liberalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our country’s in a state of decline, economic decline, cultural decline, military decline,” he said. “The California model represents more American decline. The Florida model represents a way for us to reverse American decline. It represents a way to have an American revival.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But California Republicans didn’t seem offended — rather, many of them agreed with the presidential candidates’ assessments, saying it’s what they’ve been arguing for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/mlagos/status/1707831062989254968\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had a lot of problems in California, and California leads the nation,” said Board of Equalization Member Ted Gaines. “If we’re setting policy in place that in many cases is not working and that’s spreading across the country, we’ve got a problem… I don’t think there’s anything wrong with citing what those problems are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denice Gary-Pandol, who is running for U.S. Senate, rejected the notion altogether. “I didn’t hear the president speak about California in dark terms,” she said. “What I heard him say was, we need water infrastructure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That shows to me a love and a concern for the people of our state and our country,” added Gary-Pandol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump did talk about water but spent most of his time railing against what he called a “man-made drought,” claiming that rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad because they have to take short showers and saying that if California leaders simply “dampen” forest floors there won’t be wildfires anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also spent much of his speech talking about crime, joking at one point, to laughter, about Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939421/sf-court-releases-911-call-and-sfpd-body-cam-recordings-of-paul-pelosi-attack\">who was attacked in their San Francisco home last year by an intruder\u003c/a>. He pledged to shoot robbers as they leave stores if he becomes president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The word that ‘they shoot you’ will get out within minutes and our nation in one day will be an entirely different place. There must be retribution for theft and destruction and the ruination of our country,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reflecting the loyalty of Trump’s base here, Gary-Pandol said she wasn’t offended by the former president’s blunt and sometimes violent rhetoric — though she did acknowledge she disagrees with Trump that robbers should be shot immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to say that I agree with that, but I do agree that crime needs to be illegal again and we need to enforce our laws. And I don’t want to shoot somebody in the back for stealing a purse from a store, but I immediately want them to be held accountable for robbing from somebody else,” she said.[aside tag=\"politics, GOP\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]The only candidate who didn’t frame California as an apocalyptic disaster was entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. When pressed about his view of the state after the speech, Ramaswamy said he disagrees with how state Democratic leaders have governed but didn’t want to focus on the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think California’s policies have been a disaster, just as I think the Biden administration has been a disaster,” he said. “But I mentioned neither Biden nor California in that speech because, as I said, I am leading us to something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Politically, though, Trump’s message is the one that seems to resonate with his base. Recent polls show him lapping his political opponents, leading the field by 40 points.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the general election will likely be another story: Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020 by more than 30 points, and Republicans remain a minority, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/california-voter-and-party-profiles/\">accounting for less than one-quarter of registered voters in California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Or someone who no longer feels safe parking their car to get groceries after being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959799/how-to-avoid-a-car-break-in-bay-area\">robbed in a car break-in\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite how complicated it is to live here, the Bay Area still inspires love and community for so many of us who call this place home — and don’t necessarily want the Bay’s story to always be told by national news outlets or online commentators who’ve never lived here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So we want to know: What stories are not being told about the Bay Area? How do \u003cem>you\u003c/em> think the place we call home is misunderstood?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What does the Bay mean to you?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You could share:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your favorite place in the Bay and what it means to you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>An aspect of living here that makes it worth it for you.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How you define your feelings for this place (even if they’re complex).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>What you think the rest of the country should know about this place — that they haven’t already heard before.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You could see your answer featured on KQED.org, KQED’s social media or on KQED Public Radio. We’ll only use your email address to get back in touch with you if we have follow-up questions about what you tell us, or to sign you up for our News Daily email \u003cem>if\u003c/em> you check that box below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"11073\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/11073.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why we’re asking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The “doom loop” narrative\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, along with the rest of the Bay Area, has received significant coverage the past few years from national news outlets. And the focus is usually on crime, substance abuse and homelessness in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Fox News, \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/video/6337046185112\">conservative commentators bash San Francisco as a “hellhole”\u003c/a> on the regular. And even Florida Gov. 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For many residents, this was a sign that even some city leaders have adopted the narrative that San Francisco, and the Bay Area more generally, are on some sort of downward social and economic spiral — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/san-francisco-doom-loop-imprecise-thinkpieces-18106896.php\">the infamous, much-discussed “doom loop.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes, there \u003cem>are\u003c/em> tough realities we cannot gloss over. Cities across the Bay Area have seen a spike in certain types of crime since 2020, including retail theft and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959477/car-break-ins-bay-area-glass-repair-what-to-do\">car break-ins, popularly known as “bipping.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building affordable housing in the region — necessary to house working- and middle-class families — is still something that eludes political leaders, and many Bay Area cities are struggling to meet \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/11/04/governor-newsoms-newly-created-housing-accountability-unit-marks-first-year/#:~:text=Under%20Governor%20Newsom%2C%20for%20the,of%20which%20must%20be%20affordable\">the state’s housing goals\u003c/a>. And the continuation of the fentanyl epidemic is straining the capacity of public health officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894981/how-san-franciscos-street-overdose-response-team-is-trying-to-bring-clinical-care-to-the-streets\">to respond to the needs of those struggling with substance abuse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it would be inaccurate to say that these very real problems are the only things that define the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Resilience in community\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As COVID-19 cases were quickly spiking in March 2020, the Bay Area set an example for the rest of the country by being the first metropolitan area to order residents to stay home. 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"content": "\u003cp>Chants of “Women! Life! Freedom!” echoed through the crowd as hundreds of Iranian Americans and allies gathered at San Francisco’s UN Plaza on Saturday to mark one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iranian morality police for not properly wearing her hijab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This just kind of hits home for me,” said Roya Oreo, who has family in Iran. “I’m here just to support the women in Iran, to support my family in Iran, to support Iran and advocate for freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrators holding signs and flags.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gathering of thousands of Iranian Americans and supporters prepare to march down Polk St. to celebrate Mahsa Day in San Francisco on Saturday. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oreo said she initially felt helpless, and noted that many activists in Iran are her own age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that’s happening there could potentially wipe out this whole generation that is trying to make this change,” she said. “They’re losing their lives — but they’re fighting for their freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961559\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt='A person holds a sign reading \"Woman Life Freedom\" in a group of people.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rallier holds a sign that reads ‘woman, life, freedom,’ during a gathering in celebration of Mahsa Day in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rally brought together local and international activists and featured speeches by East Bay pediatrician Jaleh Niazi, London-based comedian Chelsea Hart and music by Bay Area artists Parisa Vaaleh, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amirschoolofmusic.com/\">Amir Etemadzadeh\u003c/a> and Alex Estrada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí declared Sept. 16 “Mahsa Amini Day” for San Francisco and added that City Hall will be lit with the tricolors of green, red and white to mark the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961560\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people with signs and red, white and green flags stand outside of a large ornate building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd gathers at SF City Hall to protest human rights violations by the Iranian regime. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s rally is just one of many \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mahsa-amini-death-anniversary-iran-europe-commemorations-5f1bb4b8dba061ade7845414bca6591d\">happening around the world\u003c/a>. In Iran, efforts to quell unrest led to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-crackdown-f26a5f687d87785841241d266ca3e872\">checkpoints and internet disruptions according to The Associated Press\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women in Iran have dazzled the world,” Niazi told a crowd of people waving Iranian flags and holding protest signs. “Tens of thousands of women in Iran risk their lives daily by not wearing the hijab.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961558\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaks emphatically into a microphone in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryam Taba delivers a speech to a crowd of hundreds during a gathering in solidarity with victims of the Iranian regime outside SF City Hall. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Niazi is a member of \u003ca href=\"https://www.mahsamedical.com/?lang=en#about-us\">Mahsa Medical\u003c/a> (Medical Alliance for Health Services Abroad), a group of over 200 volunteer medical professionals offering their services to Iranians in need. “We are seeing and hearing about atrocities that are unimaginable, committed by the government against its own people,” Niazi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since protests began last year \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/ActivistsinEuropemarktheanniversaryofMahsaAminisdeathinpolicecustodyinIran/5f1bb4b8dba061ade7845414bca6591d/text?Query=mahsa%20amini%20&mediaType=text&sortBy=arrivaldatetime:desc&dateRange=Anytime&totalCount=12¤tItemNo=0\">The Associated Press reports\u003c/a> more than 500 people have been killed and more than 22,000 people detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961562\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961562\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people with red, white and green flags wave them above their heads.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soheila Zahedpour (left) and another rallier wave flags reading, ‘women, life, freedom, Mahsa Amini’ and chant along with the crowd during a gathering of thousands in support of the victims of the Iranian regime’s abuses of power. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>House Resolution 589, also called the MAHSA Act, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-crackdown-congress-18b1e6804e27e166f6abbf5d0d0b888a\">passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the best piece of legislation — U.S. wise — to come out to support sanctions and standing up against the regime’s brutality,” said Arman Mahmoudi, an activist and member of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaforiran.org/about-us\">BayArea4Iran\u003c/a>. “It’s asking to hold the regime officials accountable [and] asking for religious freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation must pass the Senate and be signed by President Biden before becoming law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961563\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961563\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people with red, white and green flags stand outside of a large ornate building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gathering of hundreds of Iranian Americans and supporters prepare to march down Polk St. to celebrate Mahsa Day. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BayArea4Iran has organized 18 rallies, traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for the MAHSA Act and mailed more than 6,000 letters to Bay Area congressional representatives, according to the group’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very minuscule compared to the people risking their lives in Iran,” Mahmoudi said. “The least we can do is take time out of our life to organize and peacefully demonstrate our opposition to the Islamic regime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961572\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961572\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arya, who used to run an art gallery in Iran before it was taken over by the Islamic Republic, waves an Iranian flag during a protest against the Iranian regime in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oreo said she still feels “a little hopeless” marking a year since Amini’s death, she’s also proud to see people working to support the people of Iran. Still, she wondered: “How much longer do we have to do this? How many more years are we going to be here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if she would be here next year, she said “yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmoudi echoes her sentiment. “I’ll be here as long as this goes on — until we get rid of the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Billy Cruz contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Chants of “Women! Life! Freedom!” echoed through the crowd as hundreds of Iranian Americans and allies gathered at San Francisco’s UN Plaza on Saturday to mark one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after being arrested by Iranian morality police for not properly wearing her hijab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This just kind of hits home for me,” said Roya Oreo, who has family in Iran. “I’m here just to support the women in Iran, to support my family in Iran, to support Iran and advocate for freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961571\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961571\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrators holding signs and flags.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-20-AC-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gathering of thousands of Iranian Americans and supporters prepare to march down Polk St. to celebrate Mahsa Day in San Francisco on Saturday. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oreo said she initially felt helpless, and noted that many activists in Iran are her own age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything that’s happening there could potentially wipe out this whole generation that is trying to make this change,” she said. “They’re losing their lives — but they’re fighting for their freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961559\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt='A person holds a sign reading \"Woman Life Freedom\" in a group of people.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-03-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rallier holds a sign that reads ‘woman, life, freedom,’ during a gathering in celebration of Mahsa Day in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rally brought together local and international activists and featured speeches by East Bay pediatrician Jaleh Niazi, London-based comedian Chelsea Hart and music by Bay Area artists Parisa Vaaleh, \u003ca href=\"https://www.amirschoolofmusic.com/\">Amir Etemadzadeh\u003c/a> and Alex Estrada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Supervisor Ahsha Safaí declared Sept. 16 “Mahsa Amini Day” for San Francisco and added that City Hall will be lit with the tricolors of green, red and white to mark the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961560\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people with signs and red, white and green flags stand outside of a large ornate building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-06-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A crowd gathers at SF City Hall to protest human rights violations by the Iranian regime. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s rally is just one of many \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mahsa-amini-death-anniversary-iran-europe-commemorations-5f1bb4b8dba061ade7845414bca6591d\">happening around the world\u003c/a>. In Iran, efforts to quell unrest led to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-crackdown-f26a5f687d87785841241d266ca3e872\">checkpoints and internet disruptions according to The Associated Press\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women in Iran have dazzled the world,” Niazi told a crowd of people waving Iranian flags and holding protest signs. “Tens of thousands of women in Iran risk their lives daily by not wearing the hijab.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961558\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961558\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person speaks emphatically into a microphone in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-01-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maryam Taba delivers a speech to a crowd of hundreds during a gathering in solidarity with victims of the Iranian regime outside SF City Hall. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Niazi is a member of \u003ca href=\"https://www.mahsamedical.com/?lang=en#about-us\">Mahsa Medical\u003c/a> (Medical Alliance for Health Services Abroad), a group of over 200 volunteer medical professionals offering their services to Iranians in need. “We are seeing and hearing about atrocities that are unimaginable, committed by the government against its own people,” Niazi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since protests began last year \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/ActivistsinEuropemarktheanniversaryofMahsaAminisdeathinpolicecustodyinIran/5f1bb4b8dba061ade7845414bca6591d/text?Query=mahsa%20amini%20&mediaType=text&sortBy=arrivaldatetime:desc&dateRange=Anytime&totalCount=12¤tItemNo=0\">The Associated Press reports\u003c/a> more than 500 people have been killed and more than 22,000 people detained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961562\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961562\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people with red, white and green flags wave them above their heads.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-18-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soheila Zahedpour (left) and another rallier wave flags reading, ‘women, life, freedom, Mahsa Amini’ and chant along with the crowd during a gathering of thousands in support of the victims of the Iranian regime’s abuses of power. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>House Resolution 589, also called the MAHSA Act, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-crackdown-congress-18b1e6804e27e166f6abbf5d0d0b888a\">passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the best piece of legislation — U.S. wise — to come out to support sanctions and standing up against the regime’s brutality,” said Arman Mahmoudi, an activist and member of \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareaforiran.org/about-us\">BayArea4Iran\u003c/a>. “It’s asking to hold the regime officials accountable [and] asking for religious freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation must pass the Senate and be signed by President Biden before becoming law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961563\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961563\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large group of people with red, white and green flags stand outside of a large ornate building.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-21-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A gathering of hundreds of Iranian Americans and supporters prepare to march down Polk St. to celebrate Mahsa Day. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BayArea4Iran has organized 18 rallies, traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for the MAHSA Act and mailed more than 6,000 letters to Bay Area congressional representatives, according to the group’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very minuscule compared to the people risking their lives in Iran,” Mahmoudi said. “The least we can do is take time out of our life to organize and peacefully demonstrate our opposition to the Islamic regime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961572\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961572\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/230916-MAHSA-DAY-CIVIC-CENTER-19-AC-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arya, who used to run an art gallery in Iran before it was taken over by the Islamic Republic, waves an Iranian flag during a protest against the Iranian regime in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oreo said she still feels “a little hopeless” marking a year since Amini’s death, she’s also proud to see people working to support the people of Iran. Still, she wondered: “How much longer do we have to do this? How many more years are we going to be here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if she would be here next year, she said “yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmoudi echoes her sentiment. “I’ll be here as long as this goes on — until we get rid of the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Billy Cruz contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"headTitle": "Smiles and Slurps: San Francisco’s Sunset Neighborhood Night Market Kicks Off | KQED",
"content": "\u003cp>Organizers of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955737/bay-area-night-markets-new-california-bill\">San Francisco’s newest night market \u003c/a>say they want the evening street festival to become a monthly event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s after the inaugural night market on Friday drew thousands of revelers to the more than 70 vendors pumping delicious smells and sounds through the Sunset neighborhood, on Irving Street between 20th and 23rd avenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961502\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Lots of people reach for colorful donuts.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People grab mochi donuts during Dear Community’s food tour at the Sunset Night Market on Friday. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunset resident Jones Wong went to the market after work with his wife for dinner. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a great concept,” he said. “It’s amazing to see how many people are out here!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beef noodle soup, mochi donuts, handcrafted kombucha and boba tea were just a few of the bites and bubbly beverages available. The event hosted more than 20 different food sellers including Smokin D’ BBQ SF, SF Hole in the Wall Pizza, Ube Bee Pies and Nadine’s Sweet Treats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961507\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people passes behind someone preparing something under bright red lights.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of people wait in line at the Wooly Pig both at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Justin Lam, co-owner of the Asian-inspired sandwich shop the Wooly Pig, ran a booth which had a line trailing down the block. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a great way to bring people together and to this neighborhood because we typically don’t have these types of gatherings over in the Sunset,” said Lam, a Sunset native. “It’s been fantastic so far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961501\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961501\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A child and an adult scoop a fish out of a tank.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven-year-old Hunter Robert (left) scoops a goldfish out of a tank while Lisa Gee watches at Skipping Stone Academy’s booth at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Celebrity chef Martin Yan was prominently featured at the event, dazzling visitors with food demos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local artisans and boutiques also setting up shop included Thrift Dealer, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Double Down Zine, West Flowers and Pipeline Cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961503\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A child eats from a takeout container while sitting on their parent's shoulders.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-year-old Maise Lee eats rice while sitting on her dad Edward Young Lee’s shoulders at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Between food and shopping stalls, musical performances and dance demonstrations kept the energy high all night, from 5 p.m. through 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Supervisor Joel Engardio, whose district includes the Sunset, began championing the night market idea last year \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JoelEngardio/status/1608872844183900160\">after visiting one in Taiwan with his husband\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961532\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Joel Engardio (left) District Attorney Brooke Jenkins (center) and Engardio’s husband Lionel Hsu (right) at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People interact with a vendor selling plants in an outdoor market.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Zheng (left) of Savage Gardeners sells carnivorous plants at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Sunset Night Market is about creating joy,” said Engardio. “We are not destined to the ‘doom loop’ that we hear about on the news. We can overcome it and it starts tonight on Irving Street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial event is funded through a $50,000 grant from the San Francisco nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.avenuegreenlightsf.org/\">Avenue Greenlight\u003c/a>. Other groups such as the San Francisco Parks Alliance also signed on to kick-start the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961504\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Lines of people along a city street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through Irving Street at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With many local businesses struggling to recover from pandemic-related economic hardship, market organizer and head of Sunset Mercantile Angie Petitt-Taylor previously told KQED that the timing felt right to bring the community out for a fun time and to reconnect with some of their favorite shops and restaurants in a new way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961499\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Young people in tutus perform for an audience outdoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy members perform at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friday’s event was a “pilot” market, and Supervisor Engardio’s office is asking for feedback from the public about the event. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to see what works, what doesn’t before expanding the event or making it a regular occurrence,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local enthusiasm was clear in the size of the crowd and the long lines at food booths. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really surprised that it’s so packed,” said Sunset resident Mikaela Bognot Verador. “I smell some good food. It’s just so crowded that I can’t really see what’s really going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961505\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People walk by outdoor tents.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through Irving Street at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If it continues, the Sunset night market would add to the city’s existing farmers markets and food-truck events, like the food-truck fair \u003ca href=\"https://offthegrid.com/\">Off the Grid\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bhangraandbeats.com/\">Bhangra & Beats\u003c/a>, a night market celebrating Punjabi food, dance and music. There’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.undiscoveredsf.com/\">Undiscovered Block Party\u003c/a>, a recurring night market focused on Filipino culture in the SoMa neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961533\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961533\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed (center) speaks on stage with celebrity chef Martin Yan (left) and Supervisor Joel Engardio (right) at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vibrant night markets could become even more common in San Francisco and other parts of the state under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955737/bay-area-night-markets-new-california-bill\">a state bill\u003c/a> proposed by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), AB 441, which attempts to streamline the permitting process for farmers markets and night markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people lean on a wall eating while a crowd walks by.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forrest Rosenblum (left) and Molly Tobin (right) eat some food around the corner from the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Organizers of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955737/bay-area-night-markets-new-california-bill\">San Francisco’s newest night market \u003c/a>say they want the evening street festival to become a monthly event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s after the inaugural night market on Friday drew thousands of revelers to the more than 70 vendors pumping delicious smells and sounds through the Sunset neighborhood, on Irving Street between 20th and 23rd avenues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961502\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961502\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Lots of people reach for colorful donuts.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-30-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People grab mochi donuts during Dear Community’s food tour at the Sunset Night Market on Friday. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sunset resident Jones Wong went to the market after work with his wife for dinner. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a great concept,” he said. “It’s amazing to see how many people are out here!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beef noodle soup, mochi donuts, handcrafted kombucha and boba tea were just a few of the bites and bubbly beverages available. The event hosted more than 20 different food sellers including Smokin D’ BBQ SF, SF Hole in the Wall Pizza, Ube Bee Pies and Nadine’s Sweet Treats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961507\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961507\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd of people passes behind someone preparing something under bright red lights.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-43-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dozens of people wait in line at the Wooly Pig both at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Justin Lam, co-owner of the Asian-inspired sandwich shop the Wooly Pig, ran a booth which had a line trailing down the block. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a great way to bring people together and to this neighborhood because we typically don’t have these types of gatherings over in the Sunset,” said Lam, a Sunset native. “It’s been fantastic so far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961501\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961501\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A child and an adult scoop a fish out of a tank.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-28-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven-year-old Hunter Robert (left) scoops a goldfish out of a tank while Lisa Gee watches at Skipping Stone Academy’s booth at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Celebrity chef Martin Yan was prominently featured at the event, dazzling visitors with food demos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local artisans and boutiques also setting up shop included Thrift Dealer, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, Double Down Zine, West Flowers and Pipeline Cannabis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961503\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961503\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A child eats from a takeout container while sitting on their parent's shoulders.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-32-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three-year-old Maise Lee eats rice while sitting on her dad Edward Young Lee’s shoulders at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Between food and shopping stalls, musical performances and dance demonstrations kept the energy high all night, from 5 p.m. through 10 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Supervisor Joel Engardio, whose district includes the Sunset, began championing the night market idea last year \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JoelEngardio/status/1608872844183900160\">after visiting one in Taiwan with his husband\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961532\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961532\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-17-JY-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Joel Engardio (left) District Attorney Brooke Jenkins (center) and Engardio’s husband Lionel Hsu (right) at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961497\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961497\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People interact with a vendor selling plants in an outdoor market.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-18-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roy Zheng (left) of Savage Gardeners sells carnivorous plants at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The Sunset Night Market is about creating joy,” said Engardio. “We are not destined to the ‘doom loop’ that we hear about on the news. We can overcome it and it starts tonight on Irving Street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial event is funded through a $50,000 grant from the San Francisco nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.avenuegreenlightsf.org/\">Avenue Greenlight\u003c/a>. Other groups such as the San Francisco Parks Alliance also signed on to kick-start the market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961504\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961504\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Lines of people along a city street.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-33-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through Irving Street at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With many local businesses struggling to recover from pandemic-related economic hardship, market organizer and head of Sunset Mercantile Angie Petitt-Taylor previously told KQED that the timing felt right to bring the community out for a fun time and to reconnect with some of their favorite shops and restaurants in a new way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961499\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961499\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Young people in tutus perform for an audience outdoors.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-26-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Youth Ballet Academy members perform at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friday’s event was a “pilot” market, and Supervisor Engardio’s office is asking for feedback from the public about the event. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to see what works, what doesn’t before expanding the event or making it a regular occurrence,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local enthusiasm was clear in the size of the crowd and the long lines at food booths. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really surprised that it’s so packed,” said Sunset resident Mikaela Bognot Verador. “I smell some good food. It’s just so crowded that I can’t really see what’s really going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961505\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961505\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"People walk by outdoor tents.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-36-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People walk through Irving Street at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If it continues, the Sunset night market would add to the city’s existing farmers markets and food-truck events, like the food-truck fair \u003ca href=\"https://offthegrid.com/\">Off the Grid\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.bhangraandbeats.com/\">Bhangra & Beats\u003c/a>, a night market celebrating Punjabi food, dance and music. There’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.undiscoveredsf.com/\">Undiscovered Block Party\u003c/a>, a recurring night market focused on Filipino culture in the SoMa neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961533\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961533\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2030/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-12-JY-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor London Breed (center) speaks on stage with celebrity chef Martin Yan (left) and Supervisor Joel Engardio (right) at the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vibrant night markets could become even more common in San Francisco and other parts of the state under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955737/bay-area-night-markets-new-california-bill\">a state bill\u003c/a> proposed by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), AB 441, which attempts to streamline the permitting process for farmers markets and night markets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11961506\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11961506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two people lean on a wall eating while a crowd walks by.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-42-JY-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forrest Rosenblum (left) and Molly Tobin (right) eat some food around the corner from the Sunset Night Market. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s oil industry has once again quashed an attempt in the state Capitol to increase penalties on refineries that violate air quality laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the fourth time in a decade that the industry has successfully killed or delayed such an endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest proposal was put on hold last week, just days before the Legislature finishes its work for the year on Sept. 14. Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland), who authored the \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB1465/2023\">bill\u003c/a>, said the move was prompted by concerns some lawmakers would vote against it because it wasn’t weakened enough to satisfy California’s main oil industry group, the Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It became apparent that we were going to need more time to work on AB 1465 with our sponsor, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and with opposition groups who engaged us on the possibility of additional amendments,” Wicks said in an email on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WSPA represents the oil companies that own all of the Bay Area’s petroleum refineries. The region’s Chevron, Valero, PBF, Marathon and Phillips 66 plants have for decades produced gasoline and jet fuels that have powered major components of the region’s transportation sector. But they have also received \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/rules-and-compliance/compliance-assistance/notices-of-violations/novs-issued\">hundreds of notices of violations\u003c/a> from local air regulators in recent years, stemming from minor flaring incidents to severe accidents that forced nearby residents to stay indoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those incidents prompted Wicks to propose tripling the maximum penalty amounts oil companies would pay when their refineries violate air quality regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Asm. Buffy Wicks at a July 11 hearing\"]‘This morning in Martinez, which I drive through on my way here, there was a toxic dust release. This is happening in our communities all the time.’[/pullquote]There are a variety of fine amounts refineries can face, but the general limit on those fines is currently $10,000. Environmentalists and some Bay Area elected leaders have described those penalties as part of the mere cost of doing business for companies like \u003ca href=\"https://chevroncorp.gcs-web.com/static-files/359d5f9b-5519-476e-976c-8ace50143c49\">Chevron, which earned $6 billion in the second quarter of this year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wicks’ bill would increase the ceiling on fines to $30,000 per violation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But WSPA has opposed any attempts to crack down on air quality violations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And even before Wicks sidelined the bill last week, the industry group had already convinced legislators to significantly change the proposal several months ago by expanding its scope. Under the changes, the fines would also apply to dozens of industrial facilities that release chemicals into the air, including refineries, that are covered by Title V of the federal Clean Air Act. In the Bay Area there are \u003ca href=\"https://www.baaqmd.gov/permits/major-facility-review-title-v/title-v-permits\">dozens of such sites\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no public policy rationale for singling out refineries,” wrote Shant Apekian, vice president of California policy and strategic affairs at WSPA, in a letter to Wicks in April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that complaint arose this spring, lawmakers did not amend the bill until June — and not everyone was happy with the change. Several industry and public agency associations, including the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, urged legislators to vote “no” on the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unlike refineries, which are privately held for-profit corporations, public wastewater agencies provide an essential public service and all costs to the agency, including penalties, are borne by the rate-paying public,” the group wrote to legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even though lawmakers in the Senate approved the change, WSPA continued to fight against the bill. It’s a debate that has taken place behind closed doors — not in public committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the bill has \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1465\">sailed through all of its legislative votes\u003c/a> and was headed for a full vote in the state Senate when, last week, Wicks abruptly asked that the proposal be moved to the “inactive file,” essentially scuttling any debate or votes until next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those involved in conversations with Wicks and WSPA say that decision was driven by a push by the petroleum association to make the proposal effective only in rare cases — in WSPA’s words, only when “discharge results in a significant increase in hospitalizations, residential displacement, shelter in place, evacuation or destruction of property.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But air district officials say that definition is too narrow, because refineries often violate air regulations in less extreme incidents that are still dangerous to human health. They argue the standard the industry is arguing for won’t actually provide a deterrent or change how refineries do business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Stories' tag='refineries']For example, last November the PBF refinery in Martinez \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952517/martinez-refinery-chemical-release-poses-no-long-term-hazard-tests-find\">released nearly 50,000 pounds of powdered, industrial chemicals, much of it landing on residential neighborhoods\u003c/a>. The accident led to investigations by the EPA, FBI, Contra Costa County regulators and the air district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the changes the oil industry wants to make, that release would not be covered by the proposed fine increases, local air regulators said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In our view, the purpose of the bill is to strengthen penalties for those types of events, not to protect them,” said air district spokeswoman Kristine Roselius, adding that the changes proposed by WSPA “would have provided an economic incentive to large facilities such as refineries, to downplay events as they were happening if they felt they could avoid higher penalties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If this kind of successful pushback sounds similar, that’s because it has happened every time a refinery fine increase proposal has emerged in Sacramento over the last decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, just as another Wicks bill to do something similar was about to get a vote in the state Senate, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923242/watered-down-state-bill-to-punish-refinery-pollution-gets-scrapped-after-oil-industry-pushback\">she killed it because it was watered down so much\u003c/a> that even the industry dropped its opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>For many in the Bay Area, Labor Day weekend also means Burning Man weekend. This year however, more than 70,000 festival goers are caught in the mud and sheltering in place after rains made the playa and roads too wet to open for people to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of 9am Sunday 9/3, the roads remain too wet and muddy to officially open them for Exodus,” according to the Burning Man traffic account on X, formerly known as Twitter. “There is also an uncertain weather front approaching Black Rock City.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bmantraffic/status/1698387626288632252\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, friends, family and coworkers may be returning home to the Bay Area later than expected due to weather. Festival organizers shut down the gate and airport Friday night, preventing access to the playa and cancelled all the scheduled burns for the evening as well. The gate and airport are still closed as of Sunday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man’s official weather forecast for Black Rock City can be found \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AfpmyriBHIFQ_Jymw3wHn9dtAGTgLcAjbnogNPsLvEA/htmlview#gid=0\">here (DOC)\u003c/a>. There’s a 70% chance of precipitation today. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sheel Mohnot, San Francisco-based venture capitalist at Burning Man\"]‘You share your food, you share your drinks, and it’s been pretty lovely so far.’[/pullquote]A press release from the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday, stated that most festival operations have been halted or significantly delayed after a meeting with \u003ca href=\"https://burningman.org/\">Burning Man\u003c/a>, Bureau of Land Management, and the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office due to “unusual weather conditions on the playa.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man has asked people to shelter in place until the ground has dried sufficiently to move safely. However, not everyone is heeding the shelter in place recommendation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960022\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960022\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-29-27-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"A middle finger made out of mud sits in a muddy scene with clouds in the background. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-29-27-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-29-27-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-29-27-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-29-27-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-29-27.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A muddy art piece at Burning Man after the rains, on Sept. 3, 2023. \u003ccite>(Image Courtesy of Sheel Mohnot)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Right in front of me right now, I can see an RV that’s stuck in the road because they tried to go and they couldn’t,” said San Francisco-based venture capitalist Sheel Mohnot on Sunday morning. He described another car that got stuck, and started a fire. “The woman accelerated and the engine melted,” he added. “Luckily, there were eight fire extinguishers in the nearby cars and they got it out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/bmantraffic/status/1698365772291281170\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are truly, literally and seriously stuck in the mud,” Eric P. Jansen said via email on Saturday. Jansen works for KQED, and said he would not be able to make it in for the next few days. “Access roads have to dry at least a day before anyone can drive on them,” he said. “[It’s a] huge logistics challenge to get so many people out on a two-mile dirt two-lane road with heavy thick alkali mud that even big trucks can’t drive on yet, as it sticks to tires in globs so big that wheels just can’t turn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man, the week-long festival in the Nevada desert, \u003ca href=\"https://burningman.org/about/about-us/\">describes itself\u003c/a> as “a network of people inspired by the values reflected in the Ten Principles and united in the pursuit of a more creative and connected existence in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While social media might make it seem like a disaster, Mohnot said yesterday was one of the most fun days he’s had since he began attending the festival in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t bike because the roads are not really passable, and because of that you end up talking to a lot more people than you normally do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohnot, who also held his wedding at Burning Man this year, said some of the Burning Man principles — like radical self-reliance and gifting — are relevant to the current situation. “You share your food, you share your drinks, and it’s been pretty lovely so far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960019\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand dressed in Indian clothes with sand in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheel Mohnot and Amruta Godbole at their wedding on the Playa at Burning Man on Thursday Aug. 31, 2023.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Water and portable toilets are the obvious concerns with a self-created community of more than 70,000 people. However, Mohnot said he’s seen a lot of people sharing. Around the corner from his camp is another camp with a sign saying “take as much water as you need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the porta-potties have been fine, but “a few more days and it will be messy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohnot said he’s also seen that people are engineering-minded and able to figure things out — even in the mud there is creative problem-solving happening: “People have done things like, put your shoes on, then a plastic bag, then socks outside your shoes, because socks give you a little bit more traction in this mud,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/WashoeSheriff/status/1698102892610400677\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the shelter in place remains in effect, the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office is also investigating a death which occurred during the rain event. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>“We are truly, literally and seriously stuck in the mud,” Eric P. Jansen said via email on Saturday. Jansen works for KQED, and said he would not be able to make it in for the next few days. “Access roads have to dry at least a day before anyone can drive on them,” he said. “[It’s a] huge logistics challenge to get so many people out on a two-mile dirt two-lane road with heavy thick alkali mud that even big trucks can’t drive on yet, as it sticks to tires in globs so big that wheels just can’t turn.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burning Man, the week-long festival in the Nevada desert, \u003ca href=\"https://burningman.org/about/about-us/\">describes itself\u003c/a> as “a network of people inspired by the values reflected in the Ten Principles and united in the pursuit of a more creative and connected existence in the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While social media might make it seem like a disaster, Mohnot said yesterday was one of the most fun days he’s had since he began attending the festival in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t bike because the roads are not really passable, and because of that you end up talking to a lot more people than you normally do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohnot, who also held his wedding at Burning Man this year, said some of the Burning Man principles — like radical self-reliance and gifting — are relevant to the current situation. “You share your food, you share your drinks, and it’s been pretty lovely so far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11960019\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11960019\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Two people stand dressed in Indian clothes with sand in the background.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/PHOTO-2023-09-03-10-27-49.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheel Mohnot and Amruta Godbole at their wedding on the Playa at Burning Man on Thursday Aug. 31, 2023.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Water and portable toilets are the obvious concerns with a self-created community of more than 70,000 people. However, Mohnot said he’s seen a lot of people sharing. Around the corner from his camp is another camp with a sign saying “take as much water as you need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the porta-potties have been fine, but “a few more days and it will be messy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohnot said he’s also seen that people are engineering-minded and able to figure things out — even in the mud there is creative problem-solving happening: “People have done things like, put your shoes on, then a plastic bag, then socks outside your shoes, because socks give you a little bit more traction in this mud,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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