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They also may have underestimated how much people would hate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11837053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-1020x421.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-1020x421.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-800x330.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-160x66.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of a Reddit discussion about the Golden Gate Bridge’s new howl. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/gxvg7i/golden_gate_bridge_side_path_redesign/\">whole thread\u003c/a> is interesting. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/gxvg7i/golden_gate_bridge_side_path_redesign/\">Reddit\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In order to create the effect, we do need to see winds with a little bit of northwest or southwest [direction to them],” says Cosulich-Schwartz. “We’re only hearing it when there’s a bit of an angle to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind speeds have to be fairly high, too, although engineers are still looking into the specifics. So, the bridge definitely isn’t making this sound all the time, one reason why it can be so eerie when it does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One other cool thing about the howl is its frequency — 440Hz. As any musician will know, A440 is the tuning standard for the musical note A above C. In general, all western instruments use this frequency as the basis of a standard tuning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Golden Gate Bridge be like \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/VQD0f9jcHg\">pic.twitter.com/VQD0f9jcHg\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Gina Linetti (@GinaLin88822273) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GinaLin88822273/status/1269136844689559552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“It’s a happy coincidence that the bridge making a new noise is a musical feature,” Cosulich-Schwartz says. “[It’s] certainly not something we designed for, which is why we’re doing testing. And we’ll be evaluating mitigation measures to dampen or eliminate the noise based on feedback we’ve heard from the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means you have a short window to hear the bridge singing it’s mysterious song across the bay before the district implements a fix. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’ve driven across the Golden Gate Bridge in the last couple of months, you may have heard a startlingly loud humming noise coming from the bridge itself. Bay Curious listener Ryan heard it one day while driving his motorcycle across the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once COVID started it was just fun to go on 20-minute rides,” Ryan said. “It was a pretty easy way to get out of the house and not talk to people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan normally avoids crossing the bridge on windy days, but had no choice one day after missing his exit. That’s when he heard it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It made this really really loud noise, it sounded like, I don’t know, like a howl or a whistle or something like that,” he said. “It kinda sounded like when you blow into a beer bottle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan is not the only person wondering what’s going on with the bridge. Residents report hearing it across the bay, at Lands End, and from other points miles away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As much as I would‘ve loved this eerie sound to be aliens coming for us, apparently it’s the installation of new wind resistance railing that has turned the Golden Gate Bridge into a huge instrument that can be heard all around the Bay! Hypnotizing! \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/goldengatebridge?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#goldengatebridge\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/SanFrancisco?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SanFrancisco\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/DhWEnttp2X\">pic.twitter.com/DhWEnttp2X\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Shirin (@Shirin_Jnk) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Shirin_Jnk/status/1269143410268467200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>KQED’s senior editor for Arts, Gabe Meline, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13881451/the-golden-gate-bridge-sounds-like-a-david-lynch-movie-now\">looked into the strange phenomenon\u003c/a> back in June. The sound is coming from new sidewalk railing slats installed as part of a wind retrofit meant to make the bridge safer and more resilient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bay Curious’ sound engineer, Rob Speight, wanted to know a lot more. He dug into the issue further, wondering why bridge engineers decided to change the slats in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When bridge engineers were designing the original railings, they wanted to provide pedestrians a sense of safety while allowing drivers to take in views of San Francisco to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, while on the roadway,” says Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, spokesperson for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The slats used to be fairly big, like two-by-fours, but in the recent retrofit the engineers made them thinner. They noticed that when the wind hit the slats just right, it made a sound. But they were unprepared for how distinctive — and loud — the howling would be. They also may have underestimated how much people would hate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11837053\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11837053\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-1020x421.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-1020x421.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-800x330.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM-160x66.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-2.47.05-PM.png 1448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of a Reddit discussion about the Golden Gate Bridge’s new howl. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/gxvg7i/golden_gate_bridge_side_path_redesign/\">whole thread\u003c/a> is interesting. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/gxvg7i/golden_gate_bridge_side_path_redesign/\">Reddit\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In order to create the effect, we do need to see winds with a little bit of northwest or southwest [direction to them],” says Cosulich-Schwartz. “We’re only hearing it when there’s a bit of an angle to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wind speeds have to be fairly high, too, although engineers are still looking into the specifics. So, the bridge definitely isn’t making this sound all the time, one reason why it can be so eerie when it does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One other cool thing about the howl is its frequency — 440Hz. As any musician will know, A440 is the tuning standard for the musical note A above C. In general, all western instruments use this frequency as the basis of a standard tuning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Golden Gate Bridge be like \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/VQD0f9jcHg\">pic.twitter.com/VQD0f9jcHg\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Gina Linetti (@GinaLin88822273) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/GinaLin88822273/status/1269136844689559552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2020\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“It’s a happy coincidence that the bridge making a new noise is a musical feature,” Cosulich-Schwartz says. “[It’s] certainly not something we designed for, which is why we’re doing testing. And we’ll be evaluating mitigation measures to dampen or eliminate the noise based on feedback we’ve heard from the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means you have a short window to hear the bridge singing it’s mysterious song across the bay before the district implements a fix. Keep an eye on the forecast for north-westerly or south-westerly winds and then go listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Suscribáse al boletín semanal de KQED en Español \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/newsletters\">en este enlace\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yonas Paulos, quien es discapacitado visual, depende de los autobuses de Fresno para llegar a sus citas con el doctor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ahora, durante la pandemia, sólo se permiten 10 pasajeros en cada autobús para lograr el distanciamiento social. Eso significa que Paulos, de 49 años, a veces tiene que esperar media hora más en una parada de autobús. La espera, dijo, puede ser cruel con el calor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es muy difícil subir a un autobús en ciertas intersecciones”, explicó Paulos. “Trato de cumplir con todas mis citas por la mañana, así que ahora tengo un cambio en mi rutina”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además de los cambios en su agenda, teme contraer el virus en un autobús o en la parada del mismo. “Se suma a mi ansiedad, y se intensifica”, comentó Paulos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='elcoronavirus' label='Leer más noticias en español']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En todo California, las agencias de transporte están luchando simultáneamente con una disminución sin precedentes de los ingresos, un fuerte descenso en el número de pasajeros y un aumento de los gastos debido a las nuevas políticas de pandemia. Como resultado, los pasajeros como Paulos —especialmente los trabajadores esenciales de bajos ingresos y las personas con discapacidades— se ven afectados por el recorte del servicio de autobuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estamos lidiando con un número reducido de pasajeros del transporte público desde el comienzo de la pandemia”, dijo Michael Pimentel, director ejecutivo adjunto de la Asociación de Transporte Público de California, que representa a más de 80 agencias de transporte público. “Y ahora estamos lidiando con la segunda ola de impacto debido en gran parte a la disminución de los ingresos por impuestos de ventas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El número de pasajeros de autobús ha disminuido entre el 60 y el 90% comparado con el año pasado, según la agencia de transporte. Al mismo tiempo, se espera que los ingresos del impuesto sobre las ventas —una fuente importante de financiación para las agencias de transporte— disminuyan alrededor del 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estamos hablando de miles de millones de dólares en impactos que están ocurriendo en los próximos años que realmente diezmarán los presupuestos operativos del transporte”, señaló Pimentel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las agencias de transporte dicen que están preocupadas por los recortes adicionales en el servicio de autobuses y ferrocarriles el próximo año, ya que la financiación federal de la Ley CARES se agota. A las agencias de transporte de California se les concedieron $3.75 mil millones en marzo, pero para algunas agencias, eso no será suficiente ya que continúan enfrentando déficits en el presupuesto por las pérdidas en los ingresos de tarifas e impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836356\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11836356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait for the 38 bus on Geary Blvd in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2020. San Francisco eliminated all but 17 bus routes in April and risks permanently losing 40 of the original 68 lines running before the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters \u003ccite>(Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En respuesta, la Agencia de Transporte de California ha pedido al \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/California-Transit-Association-Coalition-Letter.pdf\">gobernador y a los legisladores estatales\u003c/a> y \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/California-Transit-Association-Federal-Coalition-Letter.pdf\">federales\u003c/a> $3.1 mil millones de dólares en fondos adicionales para asegurar que las caídas en el servicio no se vuelvan permanentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero los funcionarios estatales, que han estado luchando con múltiples emergencias y severos déficits presupuestarios, dicen que no hay alivio a la vista.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No hay una fuente de financiación existente que el estado pueda aumentar para financiar las operaciones del transporte”, dijo Garin Casaleggio, un portavoz de la Agencia de Transporte del Estado de California, en una declaración escrita a CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de la reducción de los ingresos, las agencias de transporte están gastando más durante la pandemia en limpiezas frecuentes de los autobuses, protección contra estornudos y otras barreras para los conductores de autobuses y mascarillas para los pasajeros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ganarse la confianza de los pasajeros durante la pandemia es esencial para el futuro del transporte público.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tendremos que seguir operando a un costo mucho más alto que es mucho menos eficiente para mantener a nuestros empleados y pasajeros seguros”, dijo Carl Sedoryk, director ejecutivo de Monterey-Salinas Transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En muchas áreas de California, los pasajeros de los autobuses han experimentado cortes en el servicio que aumentan sus tiempos de espera o eliminan rutas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Sacramento, los autobuses han estado funcionando al 75% del servicio pre-pandémico, declaró Jessica González, portavoz del Distrito Regional de Transporte de Sacramento. En las últimas semanas hubo un aumento constante en el número de pasajeros, así que el servicio completo, excepto al aeropuerto, comienza el domingo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836357\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11836357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Angela_Tabarez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Angela_Tabarez.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/Angela_Tabarez-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ángela Tabárez ha viajado en autobús durante casi 20 años. Ella dijo que el servicio de Sacramento es confiable. \u003ccite>( Fotografía de Elizabeth Castillo para CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Muchas personas tienen que esperar a otro autobús: personas en silla de ruedas, personas con movilidad reducida, personas con discapacidades”, dijo King Harris, quien usa un bastón. Comentó que ha esperado más de 30 minutos, a veces en días de temperatura de tres dígitos. “Su comida se estropea fácilmente cuando va al supermercado”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aaron Armer, otro pasajero, dijo que “a veces no hay suficiente espacio en el autobús. Así que me dejarán pasar, o dejaremos pasar a otras personas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Se permiten de 10 a 14 pasajeros en cada autobús de Sacramento, pero los conductores pueden pedir por radio un autobús “de relevo”. Se despachan de seis a ocho autobuses de reserva al día dependiendo de la disponibilidad de los operadores, lo que significa que los tiempos de espera pueden variar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ángela Tabárez, usuaria de autobús desde hace 18 años, dijo que depende de los autobuses así que no le importa esperar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El autobús siempre está ahí”, dijo. “Ha sido un salvavidas para mí”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Los Ángeles y San Francisco registran pérdidas sin precedentes\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El sistema de transporte más grande de California, LA Metro, prevé una pérdida sin precedentes de ingresos de $1.8 mil millones este año fiscal, mientras que sus costos operativos aumentarán más de $200 millones durante el próximo año fiscal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mediados de agosto, aproximadamente 550,000 pasajeros suben a bordo cada día en Los Ángeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Normalmente tenemos 1.2 millones de pasajeros al día, por lo que es aproximadamente la mitad de lo que con normalidad tenemos diariamente”, explicó Dave Sotero, un portavoz de LA Metro. “Esta es la nueva normalidad”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las repercusiones en el transporte en Los Ángeles han superado con creces cualquier otra recesión económica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='Dave Sotero, Portavoz de la Metro']'Normalmente tenemos 1.2 millones de pasajeros al día, así que es aproximadamente la mitad de lo que con normalidad tenemos diariamente.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Con los ingresos del impuesto sobre las ventas que constituyen un mayor porcentaje de nuestro presupuesto ahora que durante la Gran Recesión, esto resulta en un mayor impacto para Metro”, añadió. “Los efectos prolongados de la pandemia deteriorarán aún más nuestro pronóstico de pérdidas actuales”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El sistema de autobuses funciona actualmente los siete días de la semana con un horario de servicio dominical modificado, lo que significa un 80% de servicio, y el transporte por tren se ha reducido en un 14%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Las agencias de transporte ya han reducido los servicios, pero sin fondos adicionales, no queremos que eso se convierta en la realidad de lo que podemos ofrecer al público mientras nos recuperamos de esto”, dijo Sotero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los residentes de bajos ingresos de Los Ángeles son los más afectados por el servicio reducido. El típico usuario del Metro de Los Ángeles tiene un ingreso familiar anual de $15,000, que está por debajo de la línea de pobreza federal para un hogar de dos personas. Muchos trabajadores de oficina pueden trabajar desde su casa, pero muchos de los que viajan en el Metro no pueden, y no tienen automóviles para ir a trabajar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco está en una situación aún más difícil. Se prevé que su agencia de transporte pierda más de 500 millones de dólares en ingresos en los próximos cuatro años, y podría perder permanentemente unas 40 de sus 68 líneas de autobuses, dijo Jeffrey Tumlin, director de transporte de la Agencia Municipal de Transporte de San Francisco, en una reunión de la junta directiva celebrada en junio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836358\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11836358\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_03-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_03.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un pasajero espera el autobús 44 en el Boulevard Geary en San Francisco el 27 de agosto de 2020. Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Un pasajero espera el autobús 44 en el Boulevard Geary en San Francisco el 27 de agosto de 2020. Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters.\u003cbr>\n“Los recortes que estamos haciendo son terriblemente dolorosos”, expresó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A partir de junio, los ingresos de transporte han bajado un 93%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Incluso en enero, en el pico de una economía en auge, tuvimos un sustancial y creciente déficit estructural. Así que este año nuestro déficit es ahora de 200 millones de dólares”, dijo Tumlin en una reunión de la junta directiva este mes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Los autobuses en áreas rurales también están en riesgo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ya sea que el transporte público se encuentre en un centro urbano altamente poblado o en una parte más rural de California, el denominador común es que las personas de bajos ingresos dependen del transporte público y no tienen otras opciones. Cuesta casi $9.300 anuales tener un auto, según l\u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.aaa.com/auto/your-driving-costs/\">os cálculos\u003c/a> de la AAA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariah Thompson, abogada del grupo de defensa California Rural Legal Assistance, dijo que para las personas que no tienen automóvil, el acceso limitado al transporte público ha sido un problema de larga data. Significa planificar las citas y los recados en torno a la disponibilidad de autobuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cuando el autobús sólo viene una vez al día, se planifica todo el día en torno a esa jornada única de autobús, y la vida no funciona así”, dijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Fresno, el servicio no se interrumpió durante la pandemia, aunque los tiempos de espera han aumentado debido al distanciamiento social. La ciudad despacha uno o dos autobuses “de relevo” diariamente para recoger a los pasajeros que se quedan atrás cuando los autobuses están llenos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='small' align='right' citation='MARIAH THOMPSON, ABOGADA DE CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE]'Cuando el autobús sólo viene una vez al día, se planifica todo el día en torno a esa jornada única, y la vida no funciona así.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory Barfield, director del Departamento de Transporte de Fresno, dijo que el número de pasajeros se ha reducido a la mitad en comparación con el año pasado. El sistema ha incurrido en unos $2.7 millones en gastos relacionados con el coronavirus, pero tiene una caída del 37% en los ingresos. A pesar de los más de 32 millones de dólares en fondos de la Ley CARES, está preocupado por el próximo año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En el condado de Monterey, la mayoría de los pasajeros de los autobuses son trabajadores agrícolas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El pasajero promedio es una familia con un ingreso familiar combinado de $20,000 o menos. Por lo general, hay alguien que trabaja en el campo agrícola y alguien que trabaja en la hostelería”, dijo Sedoryk. “No podemos teletrabajar con nuestros trabajadores agrícolas… Estos trabajos tienen que hacerse en persona. La demanda sigue existiendo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Varias rutas pasan por varias instalaciones militares en la zona de Monterey, pero los edificios se han cerrado en gran parte durante la pandemia. Esas rutas ya no funcionan, aunque también servían a los civiles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Sistema de Tránsito Metropolitano de San Diego, que recibió 220 millones de dólares en fondos de la Ley CARES, dice que ha resistido el impacto y restaurado el servicio completo a pesar de una caída del 58% en los ingresos por tarifas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estábamos realmente fuertes financieramente al entrar en esto”, dijo Rob Schupp, un portavoz del sistema de autobuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Esperemos que tengamos suficiente dinero de la Ley CARES para aguantar toda la tormenta, porque no creemos que los pasajeros vayan a volver rápidamente”, dijo. “Va a ser un largo y lento camino para volver a los números anteriores a COVID”.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>La cobertura de atención médica de CalMatters está apoyada por una subvención por parte de la Fundación Blue Shield de California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elcoronavirus\">Leer más reportes de KQED en Español.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Síga CalMatters en Twitter y Facebook. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En todo California, las agencias de transporte están luchando simultáneamente con una disminución sin precedentes de los ingresos, un fuerte descenso en el número de pasajeros y un aumento de los gastos debido a las nuevas políticas de pandemia. Como resultado, los pasajeros como Paulos —especialmente los trabajadores esenciales de bajos ingresos y las personas con discapacidades— se ven afectados por el recorte del servicio de autobuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estamos lidiando con un número reducido de pasajeros del transporte público desde el comienzo de la pandemia”, dijo Michael Pimentel, director ejecutivo adjunto de la Asociación de Transporte Público de California, que representa a más de 80 agencias de transporte público. “Y ahora estamos lidiando con la segunda ola de impacto debido en gran parte a la disminución de los ingresos por impuestos de ventas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El número de pasajeros de autobús ha disminuido entre el 60 y el 90% comparado con el año pasado, según la agencia de transporte. Al mismo tiempo, se espera que los ingresos del impuesto sobre las ventas —una fuente importante de financiación para las agencias de transporte— disminuyan alrededor del 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Estamos hablando de miles de millones de dólares en impactos que están ocurriendo en los próximos años que realmente diezmarán los presupuestos operativos del transporte”, señaló Pimentel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las agencias de transporte dicen que están preocupadas por los recortes adicionales en el servicio de autobuses y ferrocarriles el próximo año, ya que la financiación federal de la Ley CARES se agota. A las agencias de transporte de California se les concedieron $3.75 mil millones en marzo, pero para algunas agencias, eso no será suficiente ya que continúan enfrentando déficits en el presupuesto por las pérdidas en los ingresos de tarifas e impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836356\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11836356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/082720_SFTransit_AW_sized_01.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait for the 38 bus on Geary Blvd in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2020. San Francisco eliminated all but 17 bus routes in April and risks permanently losing 40 of the original 68 lines running before the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters \u003ccite>(Fotografía de Anne Wernikoff para CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>En respuesta, la Agencia de Transporte de California ha pedido al \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/California-Transit-Association-Coalition-Letter.pdf\">gobernador y a los legisladores estatales\u003c/a> y \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/California-Transit-Association-Federal-Coalition-Letter.pdf\">federales\u003c/a> $3.1 mil millones de dólares en fondos adicionales para asegurar que las caídas en el servicio no se vuelvan permanentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero los funcionarios estatales, que han estado luchando con múltiples emergencias y severos déficits presupuestarios, dicen que no hay alivio a la vista.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No hay una fuente de financiación existente que el estado pueda aumentar para financiar las operaciones del transporte”, dijo Garin Casaleggio, un portavoz de la Agencia de Transporte del Estado de California, en una declaración escrita a CalMatters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de la reducción de los ingresos, las agencias de transporte están gastando más durante la pandemia en limpiezas frecuentes de los autobuses, protección contra estornudos y otras barreras para los conductores de autobuses y mascarillas para los pasajeros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ganarse la confianza de los pasajeros durante la pandemia es esencial para el futuro del transporte público.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tendremos que seguir operando a un costo mucho más alto que es mucho menos eficiente para mantener a nuestros empleados y pasajeros seguros”, dijo Carl Sedoryk, director ejecutivo de Monterey-Salinas Transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En muchas áreas de California, los pasajeros de los autobuses han experimentado cortes en el servicio que aumentan sus tiempos de espera o eliminan rutas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Sacramento, los autobuses han estado funcionando al 75% del servicio pre-pandémico, declaró Jessica González, portavoz del Distrito Regional de Transporte de Sacramento. 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"content": "\u003cp>Avi Zellman was supposed to be teaching an advanced math class at Bret Harte Middle School this year; it would have been his 12th year teaching in the Oakland Unified School District. Instead, he has a new job: tech support guy. He’d been doing some IT work on top of his teaching duties for years, but now it’s all tech support, all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He spends his days on the phone and on video chats helping staff, students and their families navigate the transition to distance learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have the computer in front of you?” he asked a 12-year-old student on the phone as they launch into a troubleshooting session. “All right, what we’re gonna do is we’re going to totally reset the computer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As online school rolls out in Oakland and across much of the country, kids are being forced to contend with the bane of every office worker’s existence: tech issues. And in Oakland, in some cases, it’s teachers like Zellman who’ve been tasked with doing IT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836103\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11836103 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44460_024_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44460_024_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44460_024_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44460_024_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44460_024_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44460_024_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students Xavia Butler and Tamari Smith speak with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf during a technology giveaway for eligible students in Oakland on Aug. 17, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Each of the district’s schools has a new role this year, distance learning lead, which oversees technology distribution and support. Some teachers, like Zellman, have been reassigned to these jobs full time, while other staff, including teachers, administrators, librarians and community schools managers, are being paid to take on the duties on top of other responsibilities, said OUSD Chief Systems and Services Officer Preston Thomas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the district level, OUSD plans to expand its technology team by four full-time equivalent positions, Thomas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since mid-March, the district has fielded an additional 3,041 requests for tech support compared to the same period last year. At this point, district spokesman John Sasaki said, most of the issues families are raising involve the quality of internet connectivity. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Avi Zellman, Tech Support at Bret Harte Middle School in Oakland\"]‘Families get frustrated very easily … A lot of the conversations that I have, I’m playing the role of both support, but also doing a little bit of therapy.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Zellman and other newly minted distance learning leads, the first challenge has been getting technology into students’ hands. Across Oakland Unified, of nearly 25,000 students surveyed, over 19,000 don’t have access to a computer without district help, Thomas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since learning went online in the spring, \u003ca href=\"https://t.e2ma.net/message/5ir8cd/xsl0zg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OUSD has loaned out\u003c/a> 23,000 Chromebooks and 5,000 Wi-Fi hotspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Bret Harte, survey results show that half of the roughly 550 students don’t have the computer or internet access they need for distance learning without school resources. Some borrowed devices in the spring, and Zellman got loner devices out to most of the rest during the first week of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as soon as students got the tech, another set of issues cropped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when families get home with that Chromebook in hand or that hotspot in hand, they don’t always know how to use it,” Zellman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, of course, things can go wrong. Seventh-grader Darriah Andrews has been borrowing a Chromebook from her school since the spring. On the phone with Zellman, she explained that it was working fine, then suddenly stopped recognizing her home Wi-Fi network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This internet thing, which is not our internet, keeps popping up and I was trying to delete off the screen, but it wouldn’t come off,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, I’m happy to help you,” Zellman said. “This is actually a problem that a lot of the school computers have been having. I actually have a way of fixing it, OK? We’re going to put the computer into what’s called developer mode.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darriah got connected to Zellman in the second week of school because her teachers noticed she hadn’t been able to connect to Zoom. She’d been trying to use her phone, but, “I lost my phone for a minute,” she said. “I’m not gonna lie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After she and Zellman got the Wi-Fi dilemma fixed, they moved on to enrolling the computer in the district’s network through \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/1360534?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome Enterprise\u003c/a>. This enables the district’s content filtering settings, which block kids from gaming sites and other web material deemed inappropriate, and automatically installs certain browser extensions and apps students need for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11836104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">School staff help to handout laptops at three co-located schools, Futures Elementary, Community United Elementary and Coliseum College Prep Academy during the #OaklandUndivided Campaign on Aug. 17, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I want you to hit control shift and the letter E, like elephant,” Zellman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darriah was on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All right, now, does it say enterprise enrollment?” he asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So you’re gonna type in a special email address,” Zellman continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, Zellman walked Darriah through logging into her school email account, where her teachers have been sending emails she hasn’t been able to access. Here they hit a familiar snag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s saying the email and password you entered don’t match,” Darriah said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to sound silly, but I want you to make sure that you spelled your name correctly,” Zellman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knew there had to be some mistake, he told her, because he tested the login on his end and it worked. “I’m going to spell it out for you. Ready?” he said. “So, S for student, and then underscore — that’s where you have to hit shift and then the key that’s next to the zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually they got things sorted out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It works!” she said. “Hurray!” Zellman responded, with the enthusiasm of a person who too often sees things work out less well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before hanging up with Darriah, he reminded her to email her teachers to let them know she’s set for class the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole process took less than 15 minutes, but sometimes the problems aren’t so simple. If a phone call doesn’t cut it, Zellman uses Zoom or FaceTime, and in the most complicated cases, meets people in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families get frustrated very easily,” he said. “A lot of the conversations that I have, I’m playing the role of both support, but also doing a little bit of therapy, of ‘It’s OK. This is hard for everybody.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since school started, Zellman estimated he’s helped 40 to 50 students and families. “This feels like all I do,” he said, although his duties also include supporting all Bret Harte’s teachers with their own tech woes. [aside tag=\"education\" label=\"More Related Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Darriah’s case, a couple days later, the Wi-Fi network issue came back. Darriah’s mother ended up having to switch it out for another borrowed school computer, which so far has been working. Three weeks into the semester, Darriah was finally ready to start school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darriah and about 225 other Bret Harte students are expected to get a brand new Chromebook — for keeps — through OUSD and the city of Oakland’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandedfund.org/oaklandundivided/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland Undivided\u003c/a>” campaign, which raised $13 million to buy 25,000 computers and 15,000 hotspots for district and charter school students. To date, the district has handed out about 6,500 of those computers and 2,800 of the hotspots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Zellman expects the new devices will be free of some of the problems he sees with the current school loaners, many of which are more than 6 years old, he anticipates a new set of troubles will present themselves. Because these computers won’t be district property, they won’t be enrolled in the district network with its many automatic settings and updates. That’s going to mean more work for parents, and, Zellman suspects, a lot more questions for him.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Some borrowed devices in the spring, and Zellman got loner devices out to most of the rest during the first week of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as soon as students got the tech, another set of issues cropped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even when families get home with that Chromebook in hand or that hotspot in hand, they don’t always know how to use it,” Zellman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, of course, things can go wrong. Seventh-grader Darriah Andrews has been borrowing a Chromebook from her school since the spring. On the phone with Zellman, she explained that it was working fine, then suddenly stopped recognizing her home Wi-Fi network.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This internet thing, which is not our internet, keeps popping up and I was trying to delete off the screen, but it wouldn’t come off,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, I’m happy to help you,” Zellman said. “This is actually a problem that a lot of the school computers have been having. I actually have a way of fixing it, OK? We’re going to put the computer into what’s called developer mode.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darriah got connected to Zellman in the second week of school because her teachers noticed she hadn’t been able to connect to Zoom. She’d been trying to use her phone, but, “I lost my phone for a minute,” she said. “I’m not gonna lie.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After she and Zellman got the Wi-Fi dilemma fixed, they moved on to enrolling the computer in the district’s network through \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/1360534?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome Enterprise\u003c/a>. This enables the district’s content filtering settings, which block kids from gaming sites and other web material deemed inappropriate, and automatically installs certain browser extensions and apps students need for school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836104\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11836104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44438_002_KQED_Oakland_OUSDTechGiveaway_08172020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">School staff help to handout laptops at three co-located schools, Futures Elementary, Community United Elementary and Coliseum College Prep Academy during the #OaklandUndivided Campaign on Aug. 17, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I want you to hit control shift and the letter E, like elephant,” Zellman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darriah was on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All right, now, does it say enterprise enrollment?” he asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So you’re gonna type in a special email address,” Zellman continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, Zellman walked Darriah through logging into her school email account, where her teachers have been sending emails she hasn’t been able to access. Here they hit a familiar snag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s saying the email and password you entered don’t match,” Darriah said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is going to sound silly, but I want you to make sure that you spelled your name correctly,” Zellman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knew there had to be some mistake, he told her, because he tested the login on his end and it worked. “I’m going to spell it out for you. Ready?” he said. “So, S for student, and then underscore — that’s where you have to hit shift and then the key that’s next to the zero.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually they got things sorted out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It works!” she said. “Hurray!” Zellman responded, with the enthusiasm of a person who too often sees things work out less well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before hanging up with Darriah, he reminded her to email her teachers to let them know she’s set for class the following day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole process took less than 15 minutes, but sometimes the problems aren’t so simple. If a phone call doesn’t cut it, Zellman uses Zoom or FaceTime, and in the most complicated cases, meets people in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families get frustrated very easily,” he said. “A lot of the conversations that I have, I’m playing the role of both support, but also doing a little bit of therapy, of ‘It’s OK. This is hard for everybody.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since school started, Zellman estimated he’s helped 40 to 50 students and families. “This feels like all I do,” he said, although his duties also include supporting all Bret Harte’s teachers with their own tech woes. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After years inside prison, the transition to life outside isn’t always easy. For many, the task of getting a job after being out of the workforce for several years is challenging. For others, catching up on how to use the latest smartphones or understanding social media is a difficult adjustment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ongoing discussions about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828460/california-could-release-8000-people-in-state-prisons-by-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">releasing incarcerated people early\u003c/a> to help curb the spread of the coronavirus inside prisons — and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831812/even-in-pandemic-prison-releases-pose-political-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">politics behind those discussions \u003c/a>— have shined a recent spotlight on the question of what happens when people leave prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to four men who paroled from San Quentin State Prison about their experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Philip Melendez has been out a few years and has a steady job. Sumit Lal came home last year and is teaching martial arts. More recently, Jonathan Chiu paroled in May, while Stephen Wilson paroled last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These perspectives are not meant to be comprehensive, but aim to provide a closer look at some of the faces of reentry, mostly in their own words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832955\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Philip Melendez: Transformative Justice\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Philip Melendez, 42, who was serving a life sentence, the parole board mandated that he stay in a transitional home for the first six months after getting out. The home was run by \u003ca href=\"https://www.geogroup.com/Reentry-Services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Geo Group\u003c/a> and located in a rough neighborhood in San Francisco, where he said syringes often littered the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was “not conducive to the reentry,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s now a program manager for \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/ourstory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a>, an organization working toward what they call restorative policy change. The group brings together those who have been convicted of homicide to meet with family members of homicide victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When survivors of crime or people who lost loved ones to violence want to talk to the person who did it — we facilitate the actual dialogue,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834793\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11834793\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork made by Philip Melendez at his home on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dialogues are difficult, but Melendez says it can help people take steps toward healing — a process that’s often called transformative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very, very rewarding for folks inside [prison] to see the actual harm,” he said. “For me personally, it broke me down and sent me on a completely different path.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832913\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Re:Store Justice also works with formerly incarcerated people and their family members to have a voice in policy discussions in the state Legislature on issues such as bail and parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the skills he learned inside, like tattoo art and being able to cut his own hair, have allowed Melendez to adapt to life during the pandemic, since he doesn’t need to leave his house to get a haircut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832914\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez touches up a haircut that he gave to himself at his home on July 25, 2020. He learned to cut his own hair while in prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Melendez, his work is a chance to make up for his past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have remorse and shame, and we want to show up in a world in a way that is restorative versus the way that we showed up harmfully in the community,” he said. “It becomes motivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal at the home he shares with his family in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Sumit Lal: Education in Prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sumit Lal, 24, paroled from San Quentin in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All they give you is $200 and you’re pretty much on your own,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that he had his freedom back, he said he had to ask permission from the parole board to go back to school and continue his education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a job in San Francisco and [the parole board was] really hesitant about letting me work there,” Lal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal practices taekwondo in his backyard on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, he said he feels fortunate he was at San Quentin, where he had access to programs like The Last Mile and could attend college classes through the Prison University Project as part of a program for youth offenders at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are prisons all over California and some of them are out in the middle of the desert. These people, they’re coming home and they don’t have the same resources as San Quentin does,” Lal said, emphasizing that reentry is not always the same for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832918\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal works at his home office in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lal was released last year, but he said he still talks to people in San Quentin nearly every day, where one major worry has been how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest thing for me was that people were asking me if I could send a package — they weren’t getting the soap that they were issued,” he said. “For me, it was just pretty sad to think about that unsanitary environment that they are living in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lal recently started working for the messaging platform Slack and works from home due to COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Jonathan Chiu: Best and Worst Things\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Chiu paroled from San Quentin in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really felt guilty when I left, because a lot of guys didn’t get the same luck that I got,” said Chiu, 37, of his release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the reality of his release didn’t kick in until he saw his friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been away for about 15 years now. I was glad I missed the whole social media thing … and the whole financial crisis,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been volunteering at a food pantry and advocating for others inside, in addition to experimenting with stand-up comedy reflecting on his life — that he is now doing via Zoom open mics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get everybody out — I left my family back there,” he said, referring to his many friends who are still incarcerated at San Quentin. The COVID-19 case rate there \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rose steadily from June to August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chiu, who said he is trying to relearn how to do many things like ride a bike and take public transit, the transition hasn’t been too rough. In some ways, he said prison prepared him for sheltering in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shelter-in-place kind of worked well for me, we’re kind of trained [in prison] to be very vigilant about where we are and who is walking behind us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832920\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832920\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. He’s happy to be out and spends a lot of time thinking about his friends who are still inside and working on ways to help get them out. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chiu sees the COVID-19 outbreak in San Quentin as both the best and worst thing that could happen there, because people are “shining a light on mass incarceration” and advocating with renewed effort to improve conditions inside prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The age of San Quentin and its design — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/90539380/bad-design-kills-why-covid-19-spread-like-wildfire-at-one-of-americas-worst-prisons?partner=feedburner\">with poor ventilation and even windows that are welded shut\u003c/a> — make the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak particularly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, whatever your neighbor is cooking — you are smelling, because all that air is circulating throughout the prison. Once one person gets [COVID-19] there’s no way you can stop that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832921\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832921\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu rides his bike near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. Chiu has family in Los Angeles but chose to stay in the Bay Area to be closer to the friends and community he made in San Quentin. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These days, most of what Chiu is doing is trying to advocate for others inside. He sees it as a matter of life and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we look back on this, like 10 years from now, are we going to say, ‘Did we make the right choice by not doing anything and letting people die inside San Quentin?” he asked. “By not acting, the fact is that people in prison right now are basically being sentenced to death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832924\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Stephen Wilson: COVID-19 Inside, Smartphones Outside\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Stephen Wilson, 75, is a veteran and was paroled from San Quentin in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was very difficult to transition. I thought I was going to die in prison and other people thought the same thing,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, who was serving a life sentence, said that when COVID-19 cases began climbing at San Quentin, social distancing was impossible, especially because of the size of the cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re so small that you can lay in your bunk and put your elbow against the wall — and reach out and touch the other bunk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got sick, but “weathered the storm in my cell,” he said of his own battle with COVID-19. “Because when you get sick in prison they punish you. A lot of us that got sick didn’t say anything, we just weathered the storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson said that when a doctor came to check on his shoulder from a previous surgery, Wilson told the doctor his symptoms — splitting headaches for two days, lost appetite, chills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctor told him, “You had the COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson estimated he got it around June 20 and had it for roughly the next two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832923\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on August 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on Aug. 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson added that most of the staff at San Quentin was courteous and respectful and “doing time there was way better than some of the other places — but it is just so filthy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that he’s out, Wilson attributes a cough he acquired during his time at San Quentin to the mold there. He said his new doctor even asked him if was a smoker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832922\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they're currently staying. The two met 38 years ago and were reunited at the Veterans Transition Center. They often go to one another's house for dinner, ride their bikes or take the bus to nearby towns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they’re currently staying. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson has been riding his bicycle, getting acquainted with the bus schedule and adjusting to new methods of communication. The Veterans Transition Center, which helps formerly incarcerated veterans adjust after leaving prison, gave him a smart phone, but, for now, he prefers his flip phone, because it is easier to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m still a little bit overwhelmed,” he said, but added that VTC case managers have helped him tremendously. “Today I was out most of the day with a friend of mine, who I have known for 38 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two were recently reunited at the VTC and now often go to one another’s houses for dinner, ride their bikes together or take the bus to nearby towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are a few organizations that offer reentry services and support:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/restoreadvocates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook Group\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://antirecidivism.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anti-Recidivism Coalition\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/bayareafreedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bay Area Freedom Collective Reentry Group\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reentryprograms.com/go/berkeley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Options, Berkeley\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>And check out KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11815458/how-can-you-help-people-in-prison-right-now\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Can You Help People in Prison Right Now?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After years inside prison, the transition to life outside isn’t always easy. For many, the task of getting a job after being out of the workforce for several years is challenging. For others, catching up on how to use the latest smartphones or understanding social media is a difficult adjustment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ongoing discussions about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11828460/california-could-release-8000-people-in-state-prisons-by-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">releasing incarcerated people early\u003c/a> to help curb the spread of the coronavirus inside prisons — and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831812/even-in-pandemic-prison-releases-pose-political-risk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">politics behind those discussions \u003c/a>— have shined a recent spotlight on the question of what happens when people leave prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to four men who paroled from San Quentin State Prison about their experiences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Philip Melendez has been out a few years and has a steady job. Sumit Lal came home last year and is teaching martial arts. More recently, Jonathan Chiu paroled in May, while Stephen Wilson paroled last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These perspectives are not meant to be comprehensive, but aim to provide a closer look at some of the faces of reentry, mostly in their own words.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832955\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44333_027_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez in a walk-in closet in his home, which he says is larger than the cell he occupied at San Quentin State Prison. Often those cells house two people. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Philip Melendez: Transformative Justice\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Philip Melendez, 42, who was serving a life sentence, the parole board mandated that he stay in a transitional home for the first six months after getting out. The home was run by \u003ca href=\"https://www.geogroup.com/Reentry-Services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Geo Group\u003c/a> and located in a rough neighborhood in San Francisco, where he said syringes often littered the ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was “not conducive to the reentry,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s now a program manager for \u003ca href=\"https://restorecal.org/ourstory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Re:Store Justice\u003c/a>, an organization working toward what they call restorative policy change. The group brings together those who have been convicted of homicide to meet with family members of homicide victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When survivors of crime or people who lost loved ones to violence want to talk to the person who did it — we facilitate the actual dialogue,” Melendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834793\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11834793\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44218_016_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork made by Philip Melendez at his home on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The dialogues are difficult, but Melendez says it can help people take steps toward healing — a process that’s often called transformative justice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very, very rewarding for folks inside [prison] to see the actual harm,” he said. “For me personally, it broke me down and sent me on a completely different path.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832913\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44211_009_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez at his home computer, where he hosts Facebook Live shows including the Parole Show and Re:Store Survivors Live, on July 25, 2020. These shows help inform formerly incarcerated people on a variety of topics. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Re:Store Justice also works with formerly incarcerated people and their family members to have a voice in policy discussions in the state Legislature on issues such as bail and parole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the skills he learned inside, like tattoo art and being able to cut his own hair, have allowed Melendez to adapt to life during the pandemic, since he doesn’t need to leave his house to get a haircut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832914\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44207_003_KQED_Marysville_PhilipMelendez_Reentry_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Philip Melendez touches up a haircut that he gave to himself at his home on July 25, 2020. He learned to cut his own hair while in prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Melendez, his work is a chance to make up for his past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We also have remorse and shame, and we want to show up in a world in a way that is restorative versus the way that we showed up harmfully in the community,” he said. “It becomes motivation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1_RS44188_015_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal at the home he shares with his family in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Sumit Lal: Education in Prison\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sumit Lal, 24, paroled from San Quentin in 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All they give you is $200 and you’re pretty much on your own,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the fact that he had his freedom back, he said he had to ask permission from the parole board to go back to school and continue his education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had a job in San Francisco and [the parole board was] really hesitant about letting me work there,” Lal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832916\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/2_RS44184_011_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal practices taekwondo in his backyard on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, he said he feels fortunate he was at San Quentin, where he had access to programs like The Last Mile and could attend college classes through the Prison University Project as part of a program for youth offenders at San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are prisons all over California and some of them are out in the middle of the desert. These people, they’re coming home and they don’t have the same resources as San Quentin does,” Lal said, emphasizing that reentry is not always the same for everyone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832918\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/3_RS44177_004_KQED_Sacramento_SumitLal_07252020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sumit Lal works at his home office in Sacramento on July 25, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lal was released last year, but he said he still talks to people in San Quentin nearly every day, where one major worry has been how to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hardest thing for me was that people were asking me if I could send a package — they weren’t getting the soap that they were issued,” he said. “For me, it was just pretty sad to think about that unsanitary environment that they are living in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lal recently started working for the messaging platform Slack and works from home due to COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832919\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/RS44269_005_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu holds crossword puzzles that he created. While in San Quentin State Prison, he did design work for the San Quentin News and also created crosswords — without the help of the internet to look up answers. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Jonathan Chiu: Best and Worst Things\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Chiu paroled from San Quentin in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really felt guilty when I left, because a lot of guys didn’t get the same luck that I got,” said Chiu, 37, of his release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the reality of his release didn’t kick in until he saw his friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been away for about 15 years now. I was glad I missed the whole social media thing … and the whole financial crisis,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s been volunteering at a food pantry and advocating for others inside, in addition to experimenting with stand-up comedy reflecting on his life — that he is now doing via Zoom open mics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to get everybody out — I left my family back there,” he said, referring to his many friends who are still incarcerated at San Quentin. The COVID-19 case rate there \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rose steadily from June to August\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Chiu, who said he is trying to relearn how to do many things like ride a bike and take public transit, the transition hasn’t been too rough. In some ways, he said prison prepared him for sheltering in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shelter-in-place kind of worked well for me, we’re kind of trained [in prison] to be very vigilant about where we are and who is walking behind us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832920\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832920\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Sitting_RS44279_016_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. He’s happy to be out and spends a lot of time thinking about his friends who are still inside and working on ways to help get them out. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chiu sees the COVID-19 outbreak in San Quentin as both the best and worst thing that could happen there, because people are “shining a light on mass incarceration” and advocating with renewed effort to improve conditions inside prisons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The age of San Quentin and its design — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fastcompany.com/90539380/bad-design-kills-why-covid-19-spread-like-wildfire-at-one-of-americas-worst-prisons?partner=feedburner\">with poor ventilation and even windows that are welded shut\u003c/a> — make the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak particularly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, whatever your neighbor is cooking — you are smelling, because all that air is circulating throughout the prison. Once one person gets [COVID-19] there’s no way you can stop that,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832921\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832921\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Chiu rides his bike near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Aug. 4, 2020. Chiu has family in Los Angeles but chose to stay in the Bay Area to be closer to the friends and community he made in San Quentin. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These days, most of what Chiu is doing is trying to advocate for others inside. He sees it as a matter of life and death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we look back on this, like 10 years from now, are we going to say, ‘Did we make the right choice by not doing anything and letting people die inside San Quentin?” he asked. “By not acting, the fact is that people in prison right now are basically being sentenced to death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832924\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832924\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/flip_RS44285_002_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson said he feels more comfortable using a flip phone than an iPhone. Some technologies have been a hurdle for Wilson since his release from prison. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Stephen Wilson: COVID-19 Inside, Smartphones Outside\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Stephen Wilson, 75, is a veteran and was paroled from San Quentin in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was very difficult to transition. I thought I was going to die in prison and other people thought the same thing,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, who was serving a life sentence, said that when COVID-19 cases began climbing at San Quentin, social distancing was impossible, especially because of the size of the cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re so small that you can lay in your bunk and put your elbow against the wall — and reach out and touch the other bunk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got sick, but “weathered the storm in my cell,” he said of his own battle with COVID-19. “Because when you get sick in prison they punish you. A lot of us that got sick didn’t say anything, we just weathered the storm.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson said that when a doctor came to check on his shoulder from a previous surgery, Wilson told the doctor his symptoms — splitting headaches for two days, lost appetite, chills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The doctor told him, “You had the COVID-19.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson estimated he got it around June 20 and had it for roughly the next two weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832923\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832923\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on August 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/bike_RS44291_008_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Despite several shoulder surgeries, Stephen Wilson rides his bicycle from the Veterans Transition Center to his transitional home located nearby in Marina, California on Aug. 5, 2020. The center offers transportation but Wilson likes to maintain his independence by riding his bicycle. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson added that most of the staff at San Quentin was courteous and respectful and “doing time there was way better than some of the other places — but it is just so filthy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that he’s out, Wilson attributes a cough he acquired during his time at San Quentin to the mold there. He said his new doctor even asked him if was a smoker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11832922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11832922\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they're currently staying. The two met 38 years ago and were reunited at the Veterans Transition Center. They often go to one another's house for dinner, ride their bikes or take the bus to nearby towns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/friend_RS44294_011_KQED_Marina_StephenWilson_08052020-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Wilson (L) talks with his friend Dennis Barnes (R), who is also a formerly incarcerated veteran, outside of the transitional home where they’re currently staying. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilson has been riding his bicycle, getting acquainted with the bus schedule and adjusting to new methods of communication. The Veterans Transition Center, which helps formerly incarcerated veterans adjust after leaving prison, gave him a smart phone, but, for now, he prefers his flip phone, because it is easier to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m still a little bit overwhelmed,” he said, but added that VTC case managers have helped him tremendously. “Today I was out most of the day with a friend of mine, who I have known for 38 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two were recently reunited at the VTC and now often go to one another’s houses for dinner, ride their bikes together or take the bus to nearby towns.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When the CZU Lightning Complex fires ripped through the Santa Cruz mountains, triggering widespread mandatory evacuations, a patchwork army of civilians created their own impromptu firefighting team in Bonny Doon, defying county orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no Cal Fire up here for two and a half days,” said Mark Kuchler, a longtime resident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kuchler and his husband Glen Hanson say they felt they didn’t have a choice but to stay and fight as the fire quickly approached their home early last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple’s Bonny Doon home has been in Kuchler’s family since 1975. The mountain hamlet community sits northwest of Santa Cruz and is traditionally home to hippies and farmers alike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kuchler used to be the neighborhood groundskeeper, taking care of thousands of acres of land. That deep understanding and knowledge of how to protect properties from fire damage, Kuchler said, helped him attack the blaze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the couple is patrolling, surveying damage, wetting down smoldering embers and putting out spot fires here and there. They’re also stripping brush and clearing roofs, trying to create natural fire barriers for their neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanson and Kuchler use a fire hose to put out a hot spot on Aug. 26, 2020. \u003ccite>(Hannah Hagemann/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week, after the fires receded from their neighborhood, Kuchler and Hanson drove past some of the homes that survived, amid charred manzanitas and madrones. A blanket of gray-white ash covers the ground where fire-resistant redwoods still stand tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we weren’t here, these houses that are here, none of them would be here,” Kuchler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835965\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanson and Kuchler successfully defended their neighbor’s cabin, pictured. (Hannah Hagemann/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During those first days of the firefight, the couple used their tractor to clear brush and cut fire lines. They also commandeered their neighbor’s fully outfitted fire truck to quench the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple said they saved 10 homes in their neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the effort wasn’t without major risk. Hanson recounted a particularly perilous moment on a nearby hillside when they sprang into action to protect a group of vulnerable properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was all a wall of fire. The smoke was so thick, it was like acid,” he said, gesturing to the area. “I could just feel my skin singeing, and my eyelashes burning, that’s when I said we can’t be here. I thought that we would die in here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly the kind of scenario that Cal Fire is most worried about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation that they put themselves in, it’s a very dangerous position,” Edwin Zuniga, a Cal Fire spokesperson said. “We prioritize life over property. We don’t want anyone being trapped in a fire situation like that. We want them to evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand the frustration people had during that time,” Zuniga added, “and we were just completely stripped across the state. We’re sorry we couldn’t be there all at once.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Dave Gillotte, a captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department who’s been in Bonny Doon working the blaze with his crew, said they’ve been able to collaborate with citizen firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the brigades that were here from the neighborhood had already put in lines,” he said. “They had tanks and pumps and they were working to do what they could. And they were, of course, overwhelmed in certain areas. So when we came in, we already had something to work with and we improved what they did, and we didn’t have any issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the danger, Kuchler and Hanson say they were protecting more than just homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got a hold of the school teacher to say that ‘we saved your house,’ ” Kuchler recounted. “And she was just so joyful and happy. She was crying. And it was just like, ‘Wow, you know, we did that.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without her home, Kuchler asks, “Would she have been able to stay a teacher in this area?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835972\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">All that’s left of one property is a walkway and remnants of a garden. \u003ccite>(Hannah Hagemann/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s something the couple, who met at San Francisco Pride over 20 years ago, is worried about: that the fabric of their tight-knit community will be changed by this fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire’s \u003ca href=\"https://sccgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5461c7f372e24ab68ca386e73d58e35a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preliminary damage map\u003c/a> shows that more than 100 homes in Bonny Doon were likely destroyed in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just down the road from the teacher’s house, the fire tore through two properties off of Shake Mill Road. All that’s left on one parcel is a lone chimney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835968\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835968\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121438984_HDR-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">All that’s left on one parcel is a chimney, which rises into the sky, meeting towering redwoods and Douglas fir. Pictured on Aug. 26, 2020. \u003ccite>(Hannah Hagemann/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This was a cute little cabin,” Hanson said, pointing to the remains, “No one’s really doing that anymore. There’s not little old woodworkers up here building their place in the ’70s, and having weird hippie drum circles.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Glen Hanson, Bonny Doon resident\"]‘If you get out of Santa Cruz County, you really can’t get back in — unless you’re really rich … So, there’s a lot of people living out here that when they lose that [their home], it’s done for them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple says over the years they’ve seen the neighborhood shift; increasingly it’s those who work in tech and commute over the hill buying properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Santa Cruz County, the average home price was $501,000 in 2012, as compared to $947,000 today, according to the real estate site Redfin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As housing prices skyrocket, the couple says they’re concerned that the fire will displace renters and long-time locals who live on family property. 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We do have a community here and we have a community spirit, and we could possibly lose that,” Kuchler said, “There’s not too many places like that left in California that have that community spirit close to the ocean.” [aside tag=\"wildfire\" label=\"More Related Coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fighting off tears, Hanson considered how many community members would be displaced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the most beautiful place on earth. Every time I leave I say, ‘I just want to go home, I don’t need to be anywhere else,’ ” he said. “Everyone else here feels that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, roads into and out of the couple’s Bonny Doon neighborhood are blocked off. Once residents leave, they are unable to come back in until evacuation orders are lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kuchler only has a few days of his medication left. The couple is trying to figure out how to get a refill. Besides that, they say they’re doing OK on supplies for the time being and plan to stay up on the mountain to help gradually rebuild their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s the kind of neighbors we are, we really do care about each other,” Kuchler said. “Some of us may not agree with this, that and the other thing. But at the end of the day, we love our neighbors. We love all of them. You know, even the ones we don’t love, we still kind of love them.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now the couple is patrolling, surveying damage, wetting down smoldering embers and putting out spot fires here and there. They’re also stripping brush and clearing roofs, trying to create natural fire barriers for their neighbors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835966\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835966\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_120909528-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanson and Kuchler use a fire hose to put out a hot spot on Aug. 26, 2020. \u003ccite>(Hannah Hagemann/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This week, after the fires receded from their neighborhood, Kuchler and Hanson drove past some of the homes that survived, amid charred manzanitas and madrones. A blanket of gray-white ash covers the ground where fire-resistant redwoods still stand tall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we weren’t here, these houses that are here, none of them would be here,” Kuchler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835965\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835965\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/CABIN-PIC-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hanson and Kuchler successfully defended their neighbor’s cabin, pictured. (Hannah Hagemann/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During those first days of the firefight, the couple used their tractor to clear brush and cut fire lines. They also commandeered their neighbor’s fully outfitted fire truck to quench the flames.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The couple said they saved 10 homes in their neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the effort wasn’t without major risk. Hanson recounted a particularly perilous moment on a nearby hillside when they sprang into action to protect a group of vulnerable properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was all a wall of fire. The smoke was so thick, it was like acid,” he said, gesturing to the area. “I could just feel my skin singeing, and my eyelashes burning, that’s when I said we can’t be here. I thought that we would die in here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s exactly the kind of scenario that Cal Fire is most worried about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The situation that they put themselves in, it’s a very dangerous position,” Edwin Zuniga, a Cal Fire spokesperson said. “We prioritize life over property. We don’t want anyone being trapped in a fire situation like that. We want them to evacuate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand the frustration people had during that time,” Zuniga added, “and we were just completely stripped across the state. We’re sorry we couldn’t be there all at once.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Dave Gillotte, a captain with the Los Angeles County Fire Department who’s been in Bonny Doon working the blaze with his crew, said they’ve been able to collaborate with citizen firefighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the brigades that were here from the neighborhood had already put in lines,” he said. “They had tanks and pumps and they were working to do what they could. And they were, of course, overwhelmed in certain areas. So when we came in, we already had something to work with and we improved what they did, and we didn’t have any issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the danger, Kuchler and Hanson say they were protecting more than just homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got a hold of the school teacher to say that ‘we saved your house,’ ” Kuchler recounted. “And she was just so joyful and happy. She was crying. And it was just like, ‘Wow, you know, we did that.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without her home, Kuchler asks, “Would she have been able to stay a teacher in this area?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11835972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11835972\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/IMG_20200826_121853546-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">All that’s left of one property is a walkway and remnants of a garden. \u003ccite>(Hannah Hagemann/ KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That’s something the couple, who met at San Francisco Pride over 20 years ago, is worried about: that the fabric of their tight-knit community will be changed by this fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Fire’s \u003ca href=\"https://sccgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5461c7f372e24ab68ca386e73d58e35a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preliminary damage map\u003c/a> shows that more than 100 homes in Bonny Doon were likely destroyed in the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just down the road from the teacher’s house, the fire tore through two properties off of Shake Mill Road. 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"content": "\u003cp>On May 30, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) transferred Alan Beisel — along with 120 other men — from the California Institution for Men in Chino to San Quentin State Prison. This transfer has been criticized for sparking the massive coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin, resulting in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">more than 2,000 people sickened and 25 deaths\u003c/a>, as of Aug. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beisel, 74, was considered high risk due to his age and underlying health conditions. About a month after being transferred to the Marin County facility, Beisel was moved to a UCSF hospital for COVID-19 treatment. His daughter, D’Wanda Schwarz, said once he was transferred to UCSF, she was only provided with one virtual visitation of her father — at the beginning of July. She says this was despite having the appropriate authorization from CDCR to speak with her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About one month later, on Aug. 6, Beisel died from complications due to the coronavirus at a different hospital, Seton Medical Center in Daly City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Schwarz is accusing UCSF of discrimination. She says her father was denied contact with her there, even though CDCR authorized it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The First Call\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his initial transfer to UCSF, Schwarz was able to speak with her father via Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The communication was really good at this point,” Schwarz said. She asked about her visitation options and was told that UCSF was providing Zoom visits because in-person visits were prohibited due to COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to CDCR and UCSF policy, incarcerated patients who wish to have Zoom visitations must have authorization from CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833231\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11833231\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young.jpg 1381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Beisel was transferred from the California Institution for Men in Chino to San Quentin State Prison. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of D'Wanda Schwarz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwarz said her father’s first doctor went out of his way to connect with the correct personnel at San Quentin to receive authorization for her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had my first Zoom visit with my father — first and last visit with my father at UCSF — at midnight on that Saturday, July 4, or morning of July 5,” Schwarz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that Sunday, her father’s kidneys began to fail, so doctors placed him on dialysis. When he got out of the procedure, Schwarz said he was transferred to another ICU unit. That’s when things changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The staff immediately let me know that they were no longer going to be providing me with any of his updates, and nor would I be able to access any Zoom visits,” Schwarz explained. “Of course, I was very confused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She spent the following Monday calling San Quentin, in an attempt to get answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it would just ring and nobody would answer, or sometimes somebody would answer and then transfer me to a voicemail, or sometimes it would transfer me to a recording that this was not a mailbox that would receive voicemails,” Schwarz said. The process was exhausting, but she persisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"D'Wanda Schwarz\"]‘Sometimes it would just ring and nobody would answer, or sometimes somebody would answer and then transfer me to a voicemail, or sometimes it would transfer me to a recording that this was not a mailbox that would receive voicemails.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the day, Schwarz said she received a call from a lieutenant at San Quentin. He told her he had given UCSF the authorization for her to speak with her father, but UCSF was “denying the authorization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Schwarz, the lieutenant said he also contacted the warden, who gave UCSF authorization for Schwarz to receive both updates of her father and video visitations with him. But, she says, UCSF also denied the warden’s authorization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF maintains they work with CDCR to receive authorization. “Given the need to protect our patient’s privacy, we are not able to publicly discuss extenuating issues regarding patients and their families,” the hospital said in a statement, calling this case “exceptional.” The statement also included that they stand behind the policy, “which is aligned with the CDCR policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwarz continued to write letters, make calls — sometimes spending all day on the phone — trying to get in touch with her father or, at the very least, get an update of his condition. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No More Updates\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On July 7, just a few days after she spoke with her father, Schwarz got a call from UCSF’s Department of Patient Relations. A grievance coordinator from that department had informed her that UCSF would not be providing her any more updates on her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schwarz was told contact between inmate patients and family members goes against UCSF policy and she would need to go through San Quentin, but Schwarz knew that wasn’t correct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a recorded call obtained by KQED, Schwarz asked the UCSF representative how her father was getting care without her permission. [aside tag=\"cdcr, san-quentin\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The representative replied that decisions about care for forensic patients — patients who are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections — are made by the institution they are incarcerated in. In this case, that would be San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frustrated, Schwarz added San Quentin Chief Medical Executive Dr. Elaine Tootell to the call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tootell asked the same question Schwarz had posed: “How do you make decisions for the patient?” Based on the recording, the UCSF representative said the decisions were “made by San Quentin, in this particular case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tootell, who’s been in her position for more than a decade, said, “Never will we ever make a decision for a patient, they have autonomy. And we’re not allowed to.” She added that “in every case, we always get the surrogate decision maker and we discuss with our incapacitated patients … and we always ask the family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tootell also said they’ve been asking for updates on Schwarz’s father every day but had yet to receive any from UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conference call ended with UCSF and Tootell agreeing to reconnect on their own to discuss matters. But the UCSF representative told Schwarz specifically not to reach out, saying UCSF officials “will not speak to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Securing Approval from San Quentin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF resident Anjali Jacob was working in the ICU at the same time that Beisel was a patient there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said navigating the authorization process for other patients was difficult, and she was continually referred to different people within CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"UCSF resident Anjali Jacob \"]‘It makes no sense that there are guards there, and it makes complete sense that these people should have Zoom visits.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob said she couldn’t understand why CDCR wouldn’t just require outside hospitals to provide Zoom visitations, especially when the state agency would go to great lengths to monitor incarcerated patients — referring to the handcuffs used to shackle inmates to their beds and the number of guards overcrowding the ICU unit, two per patient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes no sense that there are guards there, and it makes complete sense that these people should have Zoom visits,” she said. “Why is one thing so heavily enforced? And one thing is just, there are no consequences if we don’t do it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/hippocratic-oath-today/\">the Hippocratic Oath\u003c/a>, doctors swear to treat all patients equally in care, but the handcuffs and the guards create a culture of fear in hospitals against incarcerated patients and their families, Jacob said, which can potentially lead to unequal treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re essentially asked to see them as dangerous,” Jacob said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their guards are watching their every move, even when they’re clearly very sick,” Jacob explained. “We’re told that we can’t tell them or their families when their discharge date will be for fear that they’ll plot an escape attempt. These are all things that are required by law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Jacob said there’s no medical evidence to prove that Zoom calls aid in the recovery process, she said virtual visits are “especially meaningful” for families during the pandemic. Many “want to spend as much time as possible with their loved one in case this hospitalization does represent the end of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether CDCR fights for incarcerated patients to have video visitations, CDCR said they couldn’t comment on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833232\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11833232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-800x1191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-800x1191.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-1020x1519.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-160x238.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Beisel died Thursday, Aug. 6. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of D'Wanda Schwarz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Last Transfer — Seton Medical Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around mid-July, Schwarz was able to get her father transferred to Seton Medical Center, where she was able to communicate with him through Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Schwarz, doctors said her father was “incoherent and nonresponsive” during the 17 days he was intubated, but when he heard her voice through their first call at Seton, she said he opened his eyes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He blinked when I asked him to blink,” Schwartz said. “And when I had to tell him goodbye, he moved his lips as though he were trying to speak to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her father’s time at Seton, Schwarz learned his body had become dependent on the machines, and when she asked him if he wanted to remain on them he shook his head no. “I asked him if he understood that meant he would not survive,” she said. “He shook his head yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father, Alan Beisel, died Thursday, Aug. 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On May 30, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) transferred Alan Beisel — along with 120 other men — from the California Institution for Men in Chino to San Quentin State Prison. This transfer has been criticized for sparking the massive coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin, resulting in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/population-status-tracking/\">more than 2,000 people sickened and 25 deaths\u003c/a>, as of Aug. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beisel, 74, was considered high risk due to his age and underlying health conditions. About a month after being transferred to the Marin County facility, Beisel was moved to a UCSF hospital for COVID-19 treatment. His daughter, D’Wanda Schwarz, said once he was transferred to UCSF, she was only provided with one virtual visitation of her father — at the beginning of July. She says this was despite having the appropriate authorization from CDCR to speak with her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About one month later, on Aug. 6, Beisel died from complications due to the coronavirus at a different hospital, Seton Medical Center in Daly City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Schwarz is accusing UCSF of discrimination. She says her father was denied contact with her there, even though CDCR authorized it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The First Call\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his initial transfer to UCSF, Schwarz was able to speak with her father via Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The communication was really good at this point,” Schwarz said. She asked about her visitation options and was told that UCSF was providing Zoom visits because in-person visits were prohibited due to COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to CDCR and UCSF policy, incarcerated patients who wish to have Zoom visitations must have authorization from CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833231\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11833231\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/1920_young.jpg 1381w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Beisel was transferred from the California Institution for Men in Chino to San Quentin State Prison. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of D'Wanda Schwarz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schwarz said her father’s first doctor went out of his way to connect with the correct personnel at San Quentin to receive authorization for her father.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had my first Zoom visit with my father — first and last visit with my father at UCSF — at midnight on that Saturday, July 4, or morning of July 5,” Schwarz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later that Sunday, her father’s kidneys began to fail, so doctors placed him on dialysis. When he got out of the procedure, Schwarz said he was transferred to another ICU unit. That’s when things changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The staff immediately let me know that they were no longer going to be providing me with any of his updates, and nor would I be able to access any Zoom visits,” Schwarz explained. “Of course, I was very confused.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She spent the following Monday calling San Quentin, in an attempt to get answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it would just ring and nobody would answer, or sometimes somebody would answer and then transfer me to a voicemail, or sometimes it would transfer me to a recording that this was not a mailbox that would receive voicemails,” Schwarz said. The process was exhausting, but she persisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The representative replied that decisions about care for forensic patients — patients who are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections — are made by the institution they are incarcerated in. In this case, that would be San Quentin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frustrated, Schwarz added San Quentin Chief Medical Executive Dr. Elaine Tootell to the call.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tootell asked the same question Schwarz had posed: “How do you make decisions for the patient?” Based on the recording, the UCSF representative said the decisions were “made by San Quentin, in this particular case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tootell, who’s been in her position for more than a decade, said, “Never will we ever make a decision for a patient, they have autonomy. And we’re not allowed to.” She added that “in every case, we always get the surrogate decision maker and we discuss with our incapacitated patients … and we always ask the family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tootell also said they’ve been asking for updates on Schwarz’s father every day but had yet to receive any from UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conference call ended with UCSF and Tootell agreeing to reconnect on their own to discuss matters. But the UCSF representative told Schwarz specifically not to reach out, saying UCSF officials “will not speak to you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Securing Approval from San Quentin\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UCSF resident Anjali Jacob was working in the ICU at the same time that Beisel was a patient there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said navigating the authorization process for other patients was difficult, and she was continually referred to different people within CDCR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacob said she couldn’t understand why CDCR wouldn’t just require outside hospitals to provide Zoom visitations, especially when the state agency would go to great lengths to monitor incarcerated patients — referring to the handcuffs used to shackle inmates to their beds and the number of guards overcrowding the ICU unit, two per patient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes no sense that there are guards there, and it makes complete sense that these people should have Zoom visits,” she said. “Why is one thing so heavily enforced? And one thing is just, there are no consequences if we don’t do it?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/hippocratic-oath-today/\">the Hippocratic Oath\u003c/a>, doctors swear to treat all patients equally in care, but the handcuffs and the guards create a culture of fear in hospitals against incarcerated patients and their families, Jacob said, which can potentially lead to unequal treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re essentially asked to see them as dangerous,” Jacob said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their guards are watching their every move, even when they’re clearly very sick,” Jacob explained. “We’re told that we can’t tell them or their families when their discharge date will be for fear that they’ll plot an escape attempt. These are all things that are required by law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Jacob said there’s no medical evidence to prove that Zoom calls aid in the recovery process, she said virtual visits are “especially meaningful” for families during the pandemic. Many “want to spend as much time as possible with their loved one in case this hospitalization does represent the end of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked whether CDCR fights for incarcerated patients to have video visitations, CDCR said they couldn’t comment on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11833232\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11833232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-800x1191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-800x1191.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-1020x1519.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-160x238.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad-1032x1536.jpg 1032w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/crop_fancy-dad.jpg 1111w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Beisel died Thursday, Aug. 6. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of D'Wanda Schwarz)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Last Transfer — Seton Medical Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around mid-July, Schwarz was able to get her father transferred to Seton Medical Center, where she was able to communicate with him through Zoom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Schwarz, doctors said her father was “incoherent and nonresponsive” during the 17 days he was intubated, but when he heard her voice through their first call at Seton, she said he opened his eyes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He blinked when I asked him to blink,” Schwartz said. “And when I had to tell him goodbye, he moved his lips as though he were trying to speak to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During her father’s time at Seton, Schwarz learned his body had become dependent on the machines, and when she asked him if he wanted to remain on them he shook his head no. “I asked him if he understood that meant he would not survive,” she said. “He shook his head yes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her father, Alan Beisel, died Thursday, Aug. 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>There’s something special about the little beach off the southern side of Point Isabel in Richmond, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to miss — tucked in below the Costco and hidden from the bike path that runs around the point jutting out into the bay. I’ve passed it dozens of times and never thought much about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you walk down onto the beach, you’ll notice shards of broken pottery, not sand or rocks. It’s an odd feeling, like you’ve stumbled on some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locals affectionately call this place TEPCO beach after the Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company that used to operate in nearby El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jo Anne Yada visited TEPCO beach for the first time a few months ago with a friend. She soon found some treasures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I found some pieces that I took home with me and one of the pieces was a mug that said Papagayo Room,” Yada said. She looked it up when she got home, and discovered that the Papagayo Room was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Katharine-Hyde-Williams-ran-famous-Papagayo-2610408.php\">restaurant located in San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel\u003c/a>. Famous people like Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Nat King Cole used to hang out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole experience of visiting TEPCO beach and finding some local lore there got Jo Ann wondering about the history of this bizarre ceramic-strewn beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What is TEPCO?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11831236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-4.jpg\" alt=\"TEPCO Factory Production Line circa 1955.\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-4.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-4-160x158.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Factory Production Line circa 1955. A worker airbrushes rim pattern design on plates in the upstairs decorating shop, with 12 spray booths. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/sets/72157612445162322/with/3187948249/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company ran a factory that pumped out tens of thousands of pieces of handmade pottery every day. At one point, it was the largest employer in El Cerrito, employing more than 200 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Italian immigrant by the name of John Pagliero started the company in 1918 in his backyard as a side project. Eventually he quit his “day job” to devote all his time to the new company, moving it to El Cerrito, near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks, in 1930. When the factory was first built, there wasn’t much else nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11831233\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-800x496.jpg\" alt=\"The front of the TEPCO factory, taken in 1955.\" width=\"800\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-800x496.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-160x99.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Built in 1947, this TEPCO factory building, located in El Cerrito, California, consisted of a brick front office (shown) and a barrel-vaulted, concrete-reinforced production factory. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/3187948249/in/album-72157612445162322/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pagliero originally made porcelain appliances like sinks and toilets, but soon discovered he could make more money manufacturing everyday items like plates and mugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph Heaven talked to John Pagliero’s nephew, Eddie Pagliero, and another longtime TEPCO worker for an American Craft \u003ca href=\"http://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/ecprintfiles/Tepco1.pdf\">article\u003c/a> about the company. They described John Pagliero this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“They all described John Pagliero as an energetic, good-natured ‘hands-on’ potter with a strong back and sure hands. He spent his workday on the production line, and left the paperwork to his family. ‘The old man could do any job,’ Eckman told me, ‘and do it right.’ Eddie agreed. ‘He came from a time when potters did everything by hand from start to finish.’”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Many local Bay Area restaurants like Louie’s Restaurant Club, Doggie Diner and Spenger’s Fish Grotto used TEPCO dishes in their restaurants. They were thick, glossy and durable. Pagliero would make custom designs for restaurants he liked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Bergeron — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755932/an-island-drink-with-california-roots-the-mai-tai-turns-75\">inventor of the Mai Tai\u003c/a> — ordered his original ware for Trader Vic’s from TEPCO, and in honor of Mark Twain, a Calaveras County hotel ordered custom tableware with jumping frogs on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By all accounts, John Pagliero was a good salesman because TEPCO plates were all over California. During World War II, TEPCO sold its dishes to the U.S. Army and Navy, who used full sets of TEPCO dishes in their mess halls and on ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Panas at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/\">El Cerrito Historical Society\u003c/a> has a particular interest in what happened to the area’s Japanese community during World War II. Most Japanese Americans living in West Contra Costa County were sent to Topaz internment camp in Utah. Panas has visited the site of the camp, where very little remains. However, near a garbage site, Panas found a piece of TEPCO pottery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If TEPCO dishes were so popular, what happened to the company?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11831238 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-3.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-3-160x158.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Factory – Production Line – 1955. Sanding wares. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/sets/72157612445162322/with/3187948249/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>TEPCO suffered several fires over the course of its history. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/ecprintfiles/Tepco1.pdf\">big one in 1946\u003c/a> burned the original factory down, but Pagliero replaced it and kept pumping out pottery. John Pagliero died in 1968, and Panas says rumor has it that his two sons couldn’t decide who would take over the company. Also, El Cerrito was changing rapidly by then. It was becoming more residential, and the TEPCO factory sat right in the middle of the town. Panas thinks some neighbors were ready to have a less noisy and intrusive neighbor. Whatever the reason, the factory closed in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But why does the beach have so much pottery on it?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 799px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11831259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/10320782876_b1a59d0eea_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/10320782876_b1a59d0eea_c.jpg 799w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/10320782876_b1a59d0eea_c-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beach is a treasure trove of broken plates, mugs and bowls. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/tjgehling/10320782876/in/photolist-gJ1Hbm-kmuDyy-kpqTAb-kmt63n-kmsdhM-kmt5Cz-kmscSP-kmt4mr-kmt536-kmt4zH-e2eNHV-5RMoFG-9PJAo6-9vX4Vu-giWhHx-aa5hv-ktTMMi-giWh6R-kvMM18-aa5hw\">TJ Gehling/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>TEPCO used to dump its chipped and damaged dishes on the beach off Point Isabel. That may seem crazy now, but back then there weren’t many environment regulations. Even Point Isabel itself looked different. It was a hill with trees on it! The shoreline was owned by Santa Fe Railroad and its development arm was considering filling in part of the bay near Point Isabel to build an industrial park. A little bit of pottery most likely didn’t bother them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until the late 1960s, through the advocacy of the organization \u003ca href=\"https://savesfbay.org/who-we-are/a-brief-history\">Save The Bay\u003c/a>, that lawmakers began considering what should and shouldn’t be dumped in the Bay. The organization’s founders — Sylvia McLaughlin, Kay Kerr and Esther Gulick — were concerned about the amount of infill going on around the Bay and fought to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What happened to the Pagliero family?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11831240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-2.jpg\" alt=\"John Pagliero & Crew - 1955\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-2.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-2-160x115.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Pagliero and crew – 1955. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/sets/72157612445162322/with/3187948249/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tom Panas at the El Cerrito Historical Society didn’t know much about what happened to Pagliero’s children after he died. A few relatives came to an exhibit of TEPCO pottery the historical society put on a few years back, and a cousin made an \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jhZdoFyEbQ&feature=youtu.be\">amateur documentary\u003c/a> about TEPCO, but that’s about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jhZdoFyEbQ&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Why are we still talking about TEPCO if it hasn’t existed since the 1960s?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11679711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11679711\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-1020x636.jpg\" alt=\"Lynn Maack and his late wife Sandi Genser Maack pose with their TEPCO collection at the Richmond Museum's TEPCO exhibition in 2011.\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-1020x636.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-160x100.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-800x499.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-1180x736.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-960x598.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-240x150.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-375x234.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31277_Plotnick_SandiLynn_TEPCO-qut-1200x748-520x324.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lynn Maack and his late wife Sandi Genser Maack pose with their TEPCO collection at the Richmond Museum’s TEPCO exhibition in 2011. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Lynn Maack)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11673009/tepco-the-defunct-ceramics-factory-that-still-dishes-out-nostalgia\">avid community of TEPCO collectors\u003c/a> out there. It’s fairly easy to find dishes at flea markets around the state, although less common to see the dishes used “in the wild,” at real diners. But, every once in a while, you can spot them. Look for the telltale green stamp on the bottom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our question asker, Jo Anne Yada, may now count herself among those collectors. She and her friends like to cook vintage dishes around Christmas time and serve them up on authentic cookware. This Christmas dinner just might be served on TEPCO.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>There’s something special about the little beach off the southern side of Point Isabel in Richmond, California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s easy to miss — tucked in below the Costco and hidden from the bike path that runs around the point jutting out into the bay. I’ve passed it dozens of times and never thought much about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you walk down onto the beach, you’ll notice shards of broken pottery, not sand or rocks. It’s an odd feeling, like you’ve stumbled on some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Locals affectionately call this place TEPCO beach after the Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company that used to operate in nearby El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious listener Jo Anne Yada visited TEPCO beach for the first time a few months ago with a friend. She soon found some treasures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I found some pieces that I took home with me and one of the pieces was a mug that said Papagayo Room,” Yada said. She looked it up when she got home, and discovered that the Papagayo Room was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Katharine-Hyde-Williams-ran-famous-Papagayo-2610408.php\">restaurant located in San Francisco’s Fairmont Hotel\u003c/a>. Famous people like Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Nat King Cole used to hang out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The whole experience of visiting TEPCO beach and finding some local lore there got Jo Ann wondering about the history of this bizarre ceramic-strewn beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What is TEPCO?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11831236\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-4.jpg\" alt=\"TEPCO Factory Production Line circa 1955.\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-4.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-4-160x158.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Factory Production Line circa 1955. A worker airbrushes rim pattern design on plates in the upstairs decorating shop, with 12 spray booths. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/sets/72157612445162322/with/3187948249/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Technical Porcelain and Chinaware Company ran a factory that pumped out tens of thousands of pieces of handmade pottery every day. At one point, it was the largest employer in El Cerrito, employing more than 200 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An Italian immigrant by the name of John Pagliero started the company in 1918 in his backyard as a side project. Eventually he quit his “day job” to devote all his time to the new company, moving it to El Cerrito, near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks, in 1930. When the factory was first built, there wasn’t much else nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11831233\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-800x496.jpg\" alt=\"The front of the TEPCO factory, taken in 1955.\" width=\"800\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-800x496.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-1020x632.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1-160x99.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Built in 1947, this TEPCO factory building, located in El Cerrito, California, consisted of a brick front office (shown) and a barrel-vaulted, concrete-reinforced production factory. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/3187948249/in/album-72157612445162322/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pagliero originally made porcelain appliances like sinks and toilets, but soon discovered he could make more money manufacturing everyday items like plates and mugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joseph Heaven talked to John Pagliero’s nephew, Eddie Pagliero, and another longtime TEPCO worker for an American Craft \u003ca href=\"http://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/ecprintfiles/Tepco1.pdf\">article\u003c/a> about the company. They described John Pagliero this way:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“They all described John Pagliero as an energetic, good-natured ‘hands-on’ potter with a strong back and sure hands. He spent his workday on the production line, and left the paperwork to his family. ‘The old man could do any job,’ Eckman told me, ‘and do it right.’ Eddie agreed. ‘He came from a time when potters did everything by hand from start to finish.’”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Many local Bay Area restaurants like Louie’s Restaurant Club, Doggie Diner and Spenger’s Fish Grotto used TEPCO dishes in their restaurants. They were thick, glossy and durable. Pagliero would make custom designs for restaurants he liked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Bergeron — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755932/an-island-drink-with-california-roots-the-mai-tai-turns-75\">inventor of the Mai Tai\u003c/a> — ordered his original ware for Trader Vic’s from TEPCO, and in honor of Mark Twain, a Calaveras County hotel ordered custom tableware with jumping frogs on them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By all accounts, John Pagliero was a good salesman because TEPCO plates were all over California. During World War II, TEPCO sold its dishes to the U.S. Army and Navy, who used full sets of TEPCO dishes in their mess halls and on ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Panas at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/\">El Cerrito Historical Society\u003c/a> has a particular interest in what happened to the area’s Japanese community during World War II. Most Japanese Americans living in West Contra Costa County were sent to Topaz internment camp in Utah. Panas has visited the site of the camp, where very little remains. However, near a garbage site, Panas found a piece of TEPCO pottery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If TEPCO dishes were so popular, what happened to the company?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11831238 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-3.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-3-160x158.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Factory – Production Line – 1955. Sanding wares. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/sets/72157612445162322/with/3187948249/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>TEPCO suffered several fires over the course of its history. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.elcerritohistoricalsociety.org/ecprintfiles/Tepco1.pdf\">big one in 1946\u003c/a> burned the original factory down, but Pagliero replaced it and kept pumping out pottery. John Pagliero died in 1968, and Panas says rumor has it that his two sons couldn’t decide who would take over the company. Also, El Cerrito was changing rapidly by then. It was becoming more residential, and the TEPCO factory sat right in the middle of the town. Panas thinks some neighbors were ready to have a less noisy and intrusive neighbor. Whatever the reason, the factory closed in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>But why does the beach have so much pottery on it?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 799px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11831259\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/10320782876_b1a59d0eea_c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/10320782876_b1a59d0eea_c.jpg 799w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/10320782876_b1a59d0eea_c-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beach is a treasure trove of broken plates, mugs and bowls. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/tjgehling/10320782876/in/photolist-gJ1Hbm-kmuDyy-kpqTAb-kmt63n-kmsdhM-kmt5Cz-kmscSP-kmt4mr-kmt536-kmt4zH-e2eNHV-5RMoFG-9PJAo6-9vX4Vu-giWhHx-aa5hv-ktTMMi-giWh6R-kvMM18-aa5hw\">TJ Gehling/Flickr\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>TEPCO used to dump its chipped and damaged dishes on the beach off Point Isabel. That may seem crazy now, but back then there weren’t many environment regulations. Even Point Isabel itself looked different. It was a hill with trees on it! The shoreline was owned by Santa Fe Railroad and its development arm was considering filling in part of the bay near Point Isabel to build an industrial park. A little bit of pottery most likely didn’t bother them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t until the late 1960s, through the advocacy of the organization \u003ca href=\"https://savesfbay.org/who-we-are/a-brief-history\">Save The Bay\u003c/a>, that lawmakers began considering what should and shouldn’t be dumped in the Bay. The organization’s founders — Sylvia McLaughlin, Kay Kerr and Esther Gulick — were concerned about the amount of infill going on around the Bay and fought to stop it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What happened to the Pagliero family?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831240\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11831240\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-2.jpg\" alt=\"John Pagliero & Crew - 1955\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-2.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/TEPCO-2-160x115.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Pagliero and crew – 1955. \u003ccite>(Flickr/\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/12820606@N04/sets/72157612445162322/with/3187948249/\">r_leontiev\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tom Panas at the El Cerrito Historical Society didn’t know much about what happened to Pagliero’s children after he died. 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Three of the four points in the offer are already the law,” Peskin said, including an eviction moratorium, not raising rents and not passing through costs of construction to tenants. He added that even if the 50% forgiveness is sizable, negotiating terms of rent repayment is vital to tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without negotiation, Peskin said, “Fundamentally, they dictate everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tenants also called on Veritas to contribute $3.6 million to a small business relief fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that number sounds familiar, it’s the same amount Veritas received as a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan earlier this year. Advocates and elected officials —\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11818895/pelosi-calls-on-sfs-largest-landlord-veritas-to-return-3-6-million-covid-19-small-business-loan\"> including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u003c/a> — lambasted Veritas for accepting the loan, saying it seriously stretched the definition of a “small business,” the intended recipients of those loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Debbie Nunez']‘For three months, we have been asking for a seat at the table on the issues affecting our lives. It’s a simple request. But Veritas has ignored our voices and created a program that is inadequate for the times we’re in.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veritas CEO Yat-Pang Au wrote in a June letter to the Veritas Tenants Association, “While we are not going to engage in a debate over Veritas’ qualifications for the PPP loan, it is important to restate that we are, in fact, a small business with many front-line workers who would have lost their jobs without the loan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryo Mogannam, president of the council of merchants associations, said he was “concerned” about Veritas’ “approach” with his group. “Their lack of equitable relief for small businesses which are suffering the lion’s share of the COVID-19 pandemic is alarming,” he said, “particularly” in light of the PPP loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Veritas did not agree to pay into the small business relief fund in any of its correspondence with the groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[documentcloud url=\"http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7016735-2-VTA-SFCDMA-Counter-Proposal-1.html\" responsive=true height=400]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Au’s final response to the groups, which was sent Thursday, he also said no matter what happens with state and local eviction moratoriums, Veritas would honor its own eviction moratorium through the end of 2020 and place a moratorium on rental increases through the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nunez, the Veritas tenant, said her fellow tenants are in dire financial straits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifty percent relief is not enough for tenants who have lost jobs and are now depleting their savings or taking out loans to keep their homes,” she said. “Fifty percent is not enough for a real-estate investment firm with documented access to millions of dollars in capital and whose CEO alone is reported to be worth more than $100 million. 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This helps us continue to provide essential information and service to our audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Au’s final response to the groups, which was sent Thursday, he also said no matter what happens with state and local eviction moratoriums, Veritas would honor its own eviction moratorium through the end of 2020 and place a moratorium on rental increases through the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nunez, the Veritas tenant, said her fellow tenants are in dire financial straits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fifty percent relief is not enough for tenants who have lost jobs and are now depleting their savings or taking out loans to keep their homes,” she said. “Fifty percent is not enough for a real-estate investment firm with documented access to millions of dollars in capital and whose CEO alone is reported to be worth more than $100 million. Fifty percent is not enough, and the Veritas Tenants Association will continue to fight alongside local merchants for our homes and our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Veritas’ rent forgiveness may seem generous, Quinn from JLL said the company has less leverage in these negotiations due to San Francisco’s eviction moratorium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may take time to recoup revenue,” Quinn said, since Veritas cannot simply evict its tenants and find new ones. Asking tenants to agree to rental plans may, therefore, be one of its only options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If their revenue isn’t realized, they can’t pay their mortgage,” Quinn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was first published on Aug. 24, 2017.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco you’ll see naked people on bike rides, lounging on Baker Beach, running in the Bay to Breakers or walking around at the Folsom Street Fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few years ago Bay Curious listener Kelly Hardesty was walking in the Castro with her daughter when they saw a naked man, who wore nothing but white tennis shoes. Her daughter said, “Mommy, Mommy he’s naked.” She replied, “Yeah, he is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly didn’t want to make a big deal about it, since it wasn’t exactly the most unusual sight in the city, but then a mailman looked at her and said, “I remember when I first started my route, and that used to shock me, too, but now I don’t think anything of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That got Kelly wondering:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“Is it legal to be naked in San Francisco … and if so, has it always been that way?”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California has indecent exposure laws, making it illegal if someone is naked with the intent of being sexual (like masturbating in public), or intentionally offensive (like flashing someone). If you’re just hanging out naked minding your own business, California leaves that up to local governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Getting Closer to Nature\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For the first half of the 20th century, San Francisco didn’t have public nudity laws. In that era, local people weren’t walking around nude much, so it was a non-issue. But then the ’60s arrived, and many saw nudity as a form of political, artistic or personal expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>College students streaked across the nation. In San Francisco, hippie culture was thriving, and Golden Gate Park became a favorite spot for nudists looking to get closer to nature. According to police patrolling the area, there was also a decent amount of public sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”AAAlF27iNlymAdOrEv6mbB1WrTiqe13Y”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t uncommon for a gal to come out of the bushes there in the Panhandle without a damn stitch and stand right in front of you with her hands up,” said Thomas J. Cahill, who was chief of police at the time. “I was out in the park and two started going to it on the lawn beside me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, sex is \u003cem>sexual\u003c/em>, and thus already illegal according to California law. But conservative San Franciscans wanted tougher laws to prevent this kind of behavior, and they eventually got public nudity banned in the parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the parks, nudity wasn’t regulated and considered fair game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bans Up and Down the Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As time passed, nearby cities made public nudity illegal — among them, San Jose and Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley is interesting because its ban is mostly due to one naked guy — \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/magazine/31naked.t.html?mcubz=1\">Andrew Martinez\u003c/a> was a student at UC Berkeley. He believed that society was sexually repressed and, to address this, he decided to undress. He went to classes, parties and did errands wearing nothing but a pair of sandals and a backpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among his fellow students he was known as “the Naked Guy.” In 1992, the university implemented a dress code policy and found Martinez in violation of it. When he showed up naked to his disciplinary hearing, he was expelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez stayed in Berkeley, continuing to walk around nude. But then in 1993, the City Council decided to discuss whether public nudity should be allowed. When Martinez showed up naked to speak against it, he was flanked by nude friends. The council was sufficiently offended and voted to make public nudity a misdemeanor crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco in the Buff\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Back in San Francisco, nudists were enjoying their time in the sun. The city developed a reputation for bodies in the buff. Especially at certain public events like the Folsom Street Fair, a leather fetish festival, and the Bay To Breakers, a rambunctious 12K race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich Pasco, coordinator of the Bay Area Naturists, a nudist group, has been running in the race since 1998.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11613525\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Rich Pasco\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rich Pasco \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are a group of people who believe that the human body is God’s divine creation, nothing to be ashamed of, and that our interaction with Mother Nature is enhanced by removing the barrier of clothing,” Pasco says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it wasn’t just public events where people could let it all hang out. There were nudity-approved beaches, and certain neighborhoods where nudists would congregate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were a group of people in San Francisco who thought going to Jane Warner Plaza would be a good idea. It’s a little urban park, and this urban park became an urban nude beach,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11613636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Warner Plaza in The Castro became a popular spot for nudists.\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-375x268.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-520x371.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro became a popular spot for nudists. \u003ccite>(Emeritus Professor Max Kirkeberg, Department of Geography, San Francisco State University)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Wiener Bill\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But the tides of the urban nude beach began to change in 2011 when then-Supervisor Scott Wiener began focusing on “quality of life” issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener started off by trying to ban nudity in restaurants and requiring naked people to put a buffer between themselves and public seating — like sitting on a newspaper when riding the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wiener didn’t stop there. He felt the men in Jane Warner Plaza were still taking it too far by wearing genital jewelry designed to maintain erections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just don’t buy the freedom of expression argument here,” said Wiener in an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2012/10/18/banning-nudity-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with KQED Forum\u003c/a> at the time. “Freedom of expression is not about taking your pants off at Castro and Market and showing your genitals to passing traffic and pedestrians. That’s not freedom of expression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To prevent this, Wiener wrote up a bill banning public nudity on streets, plazas, sidewalks and on public transit, though there was a blanket exemption for street fairs and festivals, and no impact on nude beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s campaign received coverage from national news outlets. While some people supported the ban, others felt it was unnecessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11613515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-800x558.jpg\" alt=\"Nudists in San Francisco, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-800x558.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-1020x711.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-960x669.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-240x167.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-375x261.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-520x363.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nudists in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A KQED listener at the time said, “We do have laws already that enforce lewd behavior. Castro has always been an adult neighborhood. We have smoke shops, porn stores, probably 15 gay bars alone …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime residents felt the proposed nudity ban was due to demographic shifts and catered to the new wealthier residents, some who had children and wanted a more family-friendly atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, the nudists were not fans of Wiener’s proposal. There were a number of public meetings about the ban, where nudists made their thoughts known, sometimes by taking their clothes off in opposition. Among the most vocal was longtime nudist Oxane “Gypsy” Taub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11613519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-1020x712.jpg\" alt=\"Gypsy Taub who disrobed inside City Hall during a meeting is escorted away on November 20, 2012 in San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-960x670.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-375x262.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-520x363.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gypsy Taub, who disrobed inside City Hall during a meeting, is escorted away on Nov. 20, 2012, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taub had a public access television show where she and her interviewees were always naked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say that somehow public nudity hurts children. I would say to the contrary. Because children who grew up without ever seeing a naked body grow up extremely insecure about their own body because all they see is commercials and porn,” Taub said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Life After the Ban\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite nudist activists like Taub, the anti-nudity bill, also called the Wiener bill, was passed in November 2012 by a 6-5 vote. It became illegal to show your genitals, perineum or anal region in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the new law, the first violation is a $100 fine, the second a $200 fine and the third violation results in either jail time “not to exceed one year” or a fine “not to exceed $500”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were some loopholes. To appease people concerned about events like the Bay to Breakers and the Folsom Street Fair, the bill says that the ban does not apply to permitted events like parades, fairs and festivals. So as long as the event organizers don’t mind, you should be able to be nude at any permitted event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it didn’t exactly work out like that. Taub says she ran into trouble when she applied to get permits for nude-specific events after the ban took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we went and applied for parade permits, we were denied over 20 times,” Taub says. “Every single one of them was either ignored or denied, every time with a new flimsy excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taub and other nudists lawyered up, and filed a complaint against the San Francisco Police Department for infringing on their First Amendment rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nudists also held nude protests against the ban, and Taub even got married nude on the steps of City Hall, after which she was arrested. She says she was arrested about seven or eight times in the first year of the ban. The district attorney never imprisoned Taub for her nude protests. In 2015, a federal judge ordered the city to give a permit to the nudists for a parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11613635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-800x540.jpg\" alt=\"Nude activist Gypsy Taub is arrested by San Francisco police officers as he protests San Francisco's new ban on nudity at San Francisco City Hall on February 1, 2013.\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-1920x1296.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-1180x796.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-960x648.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-520x351.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nude activist Gypsy Taub is arrested by San Francisco police officers as she protests San Francisco’s new ban on nudity at San Francisco City Hall on Feb. 1, 2013. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I mean it’s still not as good as having public nudity be legal, which is our goal, but it’s way better than what we had before, where we couldn’t even have an event without everybody being arrested or cited,” Taub says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, you need a permit to get fully naked in San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was first published on Aug. 24, 2017.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco you’ll see naked people on bike rides, lounging on Baker Beach, running in the Bay to Breakers or walking around at the Folsom Street Fair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few years ago Bay Curious listener Kelly Hardesty was walking in the Castro with her daughter when they saw a naked man, who wore nothing but white tennis shoes. Her daughter said, “Mommy, Mommy he’s naked.” She replied, “Yeah, he is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelly didn’t want to make a big deal about it, since it wasn’t exactly the most unusual sight in the city, but then a mailman looked at her and said, “I remember when I first started my route, and that used to shock me, too, but now I don’t think anything of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That got Kelly wondering:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“Is it legal to be naked in San Francisco … and if so, has it always been that way?”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state of California has indecent exposure laws, making it illegal if someone is naked with the intent of being sexual (like masturbating in public), or intentionally offensive (like flashing someone). If you’re just hanging out naked minding your own business, California leaves that up to local governments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Getting Closer to Nature\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For the first half of the 20th century, San Francisco didn’t have public nudity laws. In that era, local people weren’t walking around nude much, so it was a non-issue. But then the ’60s arrived, and many saw nudity as a form of political, artistic or personal expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>College students streaked across the nation. In San Francisco, hippie culture was thriving, and Golden Gate Park became a favorite spot for nudists looking to get closer to nature. According to police patrolling the area, there was also a decent amount of public sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It wasn’t uncommon for a gal to come out of the bushes there in the Panhandle without a damn stitch and stand right in front of you with her hands up,” said Thomas J. Cahill, who was chief of police at the time. “I was out in the park and two started going to it on the lawn beside me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, sex is \u003cem>sexual\u003c/em>, and thus already illegal according to California law. But conservative San Franciscans wanted tougher laws to prevent this kind of behavior, and they eventually got public nudity banned in the parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of the parks, nudity wasn’t regulated and considered fair game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Bans Up and Down the Bay\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As time passed, nearby cities made public nudity illegal — among them, San Jose and Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley is interesting because its ban is mostly due to one naked guy — \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/magazine/31naked.t.html?mcubz=1\">Andrew Martinez\u003c/a> was a student at UC Berkeley. He believed that society was sexually repressed and, to address this, he decided to undress. He went to classes, parties and did errands wearing nothing but a pair of sandals and a backpack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among his fellow students he was known as “the Naked Guy.” In 1992, the university implemented a dress code policy and found Martinez in violation of it. When he showed up naked to his disciplinary hearing, he was expelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez stayed in Berkeley, continuing to walk around nude. But then in 1993, the City Council decided to discuss whether public nudity should be allowed. When Martinez showed up naked to speak against it, he was flanked by nude friends. The council was sufficiently offended and voted to make public nudity a misdemeanor crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>San Francisco in the Buff\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Back in San Francisco, nudists were enjoying their time in the sun. The city developed a reputation for bodies in the buff. Especially at certain public events like the Folsom Street Fair, a leather fetish festival, and the Bay To Breakers, a rambunctious 12K race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rich Pasco, coordinator of the Bay Area Naturists, a nudist group, has been running in the race since 1998.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613525\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11613525\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1020x765.jpg\" alt=\"Rich Pasco\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/IMG_6311-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rich Pasco \u003ccite>(Jessica Placzek/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are a group of people who believe that the human body is God’s divine creation, nothing to be ashamed of, and that our interaction with Mother Nature is enhanced by removing the barrier of clothing,” Pasco says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says it wasn’t just public events where people could let it all hang out. There were nudity-approved beaches, and certain neighborhoods where nudists would congregate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were a group of people in San Francisco who thought going to Jane Warner Plaza would be a good idea. It’s a little urban park, and this urban park became an urban nude beach,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11613636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Jane Warner Plaza in The Castro became a popular spot for nudists.\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-375x268.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner-520x371.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/warner.jpg 913w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jane Warner Plaza in the Castro became a popular spot for nudists. \u003ccite>(Emeritus Professor Max Kirkeberg, Department of Geography, San Francisco State University)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>The Wiener Bill\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>But the tides of the urban nude beach began to change in 2011 when then-Supervisor Scott Wiener began focusing on “quality of life” issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener started off by trying to ban nudity in restaurants and requiring naked people to put a buffer between themselves and public seating — like sitting on a newspaper when riding the bus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wiener didn’t stop there. He felt the men in Jane Warner Plaza were still taking it too far by wearing genital jewelry designed to maintain erections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just don’t buy the freedom of expression argument here,” said Wiener in an \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2012/10/18/banning-nudity-in-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with KQED Forum\u003c/a> at the time. “Freedom of expression is not about taking your pants off at Castro and Market and showing your genitals to passing traffic and pedestrians. That’s not freedom of expression.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To prevent this, Wiener wrote up a bill banning public nudity on streets, plazas, sidewalks and on public transit, though there was a blanket exemption for street fairs and festivals, and no impact on nude beaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener’s campaign received coverage from national news outlets. While some people supported the ban, others felt it was unnecessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613515\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11613515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-800x558.jpg\" alt=\"Nudists in San Francisco, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-800x558.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-1020x711.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-960x669.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-240x167.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-375x261.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874-520x363.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-478933874.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nudists in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A KQED listener at the time said, “We do have laws already that enforce lewd behavior. Castro has always been an adult neighborhood. We have smoke shops, porn stores, probably 15 gay bars alone …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime residents felt the proposed nudity ban was due to demographic shifts and catered to the new wealthier residents, some who had children and wanted a more family-friendly atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, the nudists were not fans of Wiener’s proposal. There were a number of public meetings about the ban, where nudists made their thoughts known, sometimes by taking their clothes off in opposition. Among the most vocal was longtime nudist Oxane “Gypsy” Taub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11613519\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-1020x712.jpg\" alt=\"Gypsy Taub who disrobed inside City Hall during a meeting is escorted away on November 20, 2012 in San Francisco.\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-1020x712.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-800x559.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-960x670.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-240x168.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-375x262.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-520x363.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gypsy Taub, who disrobed inside City Hall during a meeting, is escorted away on Nov. 20, 2012, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taub had a public access television show where she and her interviewees were always naked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say that somehow public nudity hurts children. I would say to the contrary. Because children who grew up without ever seeing a naked body grow up extremely insecure about their own body because all they see is commercials and porn,” Taub said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Life After the Ban\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite nudist activists like Taub, the anti-nudity bill, also called the Wiener bill, was passed in November 2012 by a 6-5 vote. It became illegal to show your genitals, perineum or anal region in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the new law, the first violation is a $100 fine, the second a $200 fine and the third violation results in either jail time “not to exceed one year” or a fine “not to exceed $500”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were some loopholes. To appease people concerned about events like the Bay to Breakers and the Folsom Street Fair, the bill says that the ban does not apply to permitted events like parades, fairs and festivals. So as long as the event organizers don’t mind, you should be able to be nude at any permitted event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, it didn’t exactly work out like that. Taub says she ran into trouble when she applied to get permits for nude-specific events after the ban took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we went and applied for parade permits, we were denied over 20 times,” Taub says. “Every single one of them was either ignored or denied, every time with a new flimsy excuse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taub and other nudists lawyered up, and filed a complaint against the San Francisco Police Department for infringing on their First Amendment rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nudists also held nude protests against the ban, and Taub even got married nude on the steps of City Hall, after which she was arrested. She says she was arrested about seven or eight times in the first year of the ban. The district attorney never imprisoned Taub for her nude protests. In 2015, a federal judge ordered the city to give a permit to the nudists for a parade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11613635\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11613635\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-800x540.jpg\" alt=\"Nude activist Gypsy Taub is arrested by San Francisco police officers as he protests San Francisco's new ban on nudity at San Francisco City Hall on February 1, 2013.\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-800x540.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-1020x688.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-1920x1296.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-1180x796.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-960x648.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-240x162.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-375x253.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/gypsy-520x351.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nude activist Gypsy Taub is arrested by San Francisco police officers as she protests San Francisco’s new ban on nudity at San Francisco City Hall on Feb. 1, 2013. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I mean it’s still not as good as having public nudity be legal, which is our goal, but it’s way better than what we had before, where we couldn’t even have an event without everybody being arrested or cited,” Taub says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, you need a permit to get fully naked in San Francisco. 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