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"content": "\u003cp>Hoping to establish California as a legal bulwark \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013269/what-another-trump-term-could-mean-for-california\">against the second Trump administration\u003c/a>, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called a special legislative session to prepare for what he described as an incoming “attack” on the state’s freedoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s first two years in office were defined by frequent clashes with then-President Donald Trump over climate change, immigration and health care policy. Now, the governor is \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Special_Session_Proc_Nov.pdf\">directing the Legislature\u003c/a> to meet in early December to approve new funding as the state expects to take on the White House in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California has faced this challenge before, and we know how to respond,” Newsom said in a statement. “We are prepared to fight in the courts, and we will do everything necessary to ensure Californians have the support and resources they need to thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new spending could bolster the state’s Department of Justice to both defend against federal lawsuits and initiate legal action against the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No matter what the incoming Administration has in store, California will keep moving forward,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. “We’ve been through this before, and we stand ready to defend your rights and protect California values. We’re working closely with the Governor and the Legislature to shore up our defenses and ensure we have the resources we need to take on each fight as it comes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11916429\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11916429\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/06/RS48085_029_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A fit, middle-aged Filipino man, with black hair slicked away from his head, stands at a wooden lectern inside a room, speaking toward, but beyond, the camera at his left. We see a sliver of the Seal of California at the top of the front of the lectern, and a skinny microphone neck extending from the lectern toward him. He wears a dark blue suit jacket, a white dress shirt, and a glossy powder blue tie. 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Gavin Newsom to serve as California’s attorney general. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During Trump’s first term in the White House, California leaders sought to stymie many of the administration’s initiatives in court. Then-Attorney General Xavier Becerra filed more than 100 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11741446/fastest-litigant-in-the-west-californias-on-verge-of-suing-trump-more-than-texas-ever-sued-obama\">lawsuits against the federal government\u003c/a> — seeking to block Trump’s travel ban against residents of many Muslim-majority countries, the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program and the weakening of environmental regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back then, the push to “resist” Trump’s policies was also accompanied by a desire by Gov. Jerry Brown and leaders in the Democratic-controlled Legislature to model effective progressive governance. The legislative session in 2017, Trump’s first year in office, was one of the most productive in recent memory — with a flurry of bills passed in Sacramento to fix roads, build housing and limit greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Resistance isn’t just suing the federal government,” said Manuel Pastor, a professor of sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. “It’s also moving the needle on things people care about.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pastor, who chronicled the political lessons from recent California history in his book, \u003cem>State of Resistance\u003c/em>, said the state’s experience during the first Trump term and Newsom’s own political ambitions will shape California’s response to the incoming administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Newsom is both much more aware of [what a Trump presidency could be like] and actually also has a much different set of political incentives,” Pastor added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results,Follow results for every Bay Area race in the 2024 general election.' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-California-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, lawmakers gather at the Capitol in early December for swearing-in and ceremonial tasks before reconvening in January to begin their work in earnest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) said the governor’s early action was needed to put the state “in a position, so that if we need to, we can act quickly to file affirmative litigation…to protect fundamental rights and California values.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said it was unclear if any votes or debate on bills would actually occur before the new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My understanding and my sense is that the goal here is to pass legislation prior to the new administration being sworn in,” he added. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the special session, the Legislature may only debate bills related to the topic outlined in the governor’s proclamation, though they are not required to approve any legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Democrats are virtually guaranteed to hold a two-thirds supermajority in both houses, the margins of Democratic control are still up in the air. 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When Brooks explained that a woman had never been president before, her daughter’s disbelief reflected the hopes of many who saw Harris’ candidacy as a chance to finally shatter the highest glass ceiling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013186/san-franciscans-react-trumps-win\">defeat crystallized into reality\u003c/a>, progressive mothers across the region not only mourned the unrealized prospect of a female president — they also confronted their growing fears that Trump will deliver on campaign promises to accelerate deportations, roll back environmental protections amid a climate crisis, and potentially dismantle LGBTQ+ rights. Now, on top of explaining an election loss, parents must also translate what they view as an existential threat to their communities’ core values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gail Cornwall, who is raising five children in a blended San Francisco family, finds herself grappling with how Harris’ loss sends a gut-punching message to her daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With Hillary’s run, I felt like the prevailing message to girls was, ‘You can be president one day,’” Cornwall says. “Now, they are hearing, ‘You can try to be president, but you’ll never win, no matter how knowledgeable, or experienced, or hardworking or charismatic you are.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/president,Follow the results of the U.S. Presidential Election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-Presidential-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cornwall admits she’s walking a tricky line with her children. “I want the kids to know they’re safe, and not much will likely change in their lives, but also to recognize what a privilege that is,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s trying to help them grasp that other children’s lives will change dramatically and that their family has a responsibility to “help minimize the impact of a Trump presidency on marginalized communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christina Balch, a Berkeley educator and mother of a 6-year-old, carries a double burden: “What do I tell my high school students? 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Just the night before, she had stood proudly beside him at the polls. Now, less than 12 hours later, she struggled to find words of comfort. How could she explain a world that rewards the very behavior she had taught her three sons to reject?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a touching role reversal, it was her son who comforted her as she limped to his room and crawled into bed with him. “It’s going to be OK, Mom,” he whispered, hugging her tight. “We live in California.” His attempt to find hope — to push back his mother’s tears — reflected both the weight children now carry and their youthful optimism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, Erin Gabel was speechless when her 10-year-old asked: “Why is it called a blue wall if it falls?” While her mind glitched on Humpty Dumpty references, all she could manage was, “I don’t know, buddy, but we need to figure that out for the next election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These parents (and kids) are obviously grieving but not in retreat. 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It was similar to the one she had planned in Oakland following Trump’s first election in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the most healing space I could find,” Flashman said of the 2016 vigil. “It ended up being really large, and it became my memory of that night.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flashman said she didn’t want her only memory of Trump’s second presidential victory to be of election returns favoring him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t want last night to be my memory of his win,” she said. “I wanted a new memory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstrations were far more muted than in 2016, when thousands rallied in cities across the Bay Area, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/10/oakland-30-arrested-in-anti-trump-protests/\">at least 30 were arrested\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attendees at Harvey Milk Plaza on Wednesday lit candles, played music and took turns using a microphone to voice their feelings about the prospects of another Trump presidency. Some expressed anger, others cried, but most focused on hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) took to the mic to warn about the possibility of continued Republican attacks on reproductive rights, LGBTQ people and immigrants in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to be organized and prepared to fight back,” Weiner said, echoing a call to action Vice President Kamala Harris delivered earlier in the day during her concession speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is not a time to throw up our hands. This is a time to roll up our sleeves,” Harris said at a rally in Washington, D.C. “This is a time to organize, to mobilize and to stay engaged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-HarveyMilkElectionVigil-10-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jace Ritchey (center) hugs Jes Distad during a candlelight vigil at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco on Nov. 6, 2024, organized by the Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club for the community to come together after the election. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday evening, Trump had garnered 295 Electoral College votes compared to Harris’ 226. Republicans also took control of the U.S. Senate, with 52 seats compared to Democrats’ 44. Four seats remain undecided, according to the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the U.S. House of Representatives, there were 39 seats yet to be called. Republicans had 206, compared to Democrats’ 190. California will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012387/california-will-help-decide-control-of-congress-but-multiple-seats-too-close-to-call\">help decide control of Congress\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, many residents on Wednesday expressed feelings of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013186/san-franciscans-react-trumps-win\">shock, dejection and disbelief\u003c/a> at Trump’s decisive victory, while others were relieved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California was called early in favor of Harris. She garnered more than 57% of the vote, compared to Trump’s 40%. In San Francisco, the tally was swayed even more heavily in her favor, with about 80% of voters going for Harris compared to less than 17% for Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>South Bay Rep. Ro Khanna urged the Democratic Party to install new leadership after what he called a “colossal defeat,” saying voters “want the old faces out.”[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results,Follow results for every Bay Area race in the 2024 general election.' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-California-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s time for people to gracefully step aside, who’ve been responsible for this loss and who’ve held on in some cases too long,” he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013301/democrats-need-new-leaders-after-colossal-defeat-rep-ro-khanna-says\">told KQED\u003c/a>. “And it’s time to let a new generation lead this party back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victoria McGaughey, a 19-year-old trans woman, stumbled upon Wednesday evening’s vigil in San Francisco and decided to speak. She said she receives her hormone replacement therapy and gender care from county providers and was worried those benefits could end under a second Trump term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Donald Trump coming into power and wanting to take all of those things away,” McGaughey said. “I might not be able to access those things anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the first election when she could vote, McGaughey said she didn’t plan on disengaging from politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to keep up the fight and stay together because that’s the only way that we’re ever going to see change,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Public health authorities worry that in a worst case, the U.S. could see increases in preventable illnesses; a weakening of public confidence in established science; and debunked notions — such as a link between vaccines and autism — adopted as policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump said in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-banning-vaccines-president-rfk-fluoride-rcna178570\">an NBC News interview\u003c/a> on Nov. 3 that he would “make a decision” about banning some vaccines, saying he would consult with Kennedy and calling him “a very talented guy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what’s known about how the Trump administration might do on several major issues in health care:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Changes to Obamacare\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While Trump has said he will not try again to repeal the Affordable Care Act, his administration will face an immediate decision next year on whether to back an extension of enhanced premium subsidies for Obamacare insurance plans. Without the enhanced subsidies, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/issue-brief/inflation-reduction-act-health-insurance-subsidies-what-is-their-impact-and-what-would-happen-if-they-expire/\">steep premium increases\u003c/a> causing lower enrollment are projected. 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They say he has already shown he will be forceful when it comes to lowering high health care prices, pointing to efforts during his presidency to pioneer price transparency in medical costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On affordability, I’d see him building on the first term,” said Brian Blase, who served as a Trump health adviser from 2017 to 2019. Relative to a Democratic administration, he said, there will be “much more focus” on “minimizing fraud and waste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Efforts to weaken the ACA could include slashing funds for enrollment outreach, enabling consumers to purchase more health plans that don’t comply with ACA consumer protections, and allowing insurers to charge sicker people higher premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats say they expect the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know what their agenda is,” said Leslie Dach, executive chair of Protect Our Care, a health care policy and advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. He worked in the Obama administration helping to implement the ACA. “They’re going to raise costs for millions of Americans and rip coverage away from millions and, meanwhile, they will give tax breaks to rich people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theo Merkel, director of the Private Health Reform Initiative at the right-leaning Paragon Health Institute, which Blase leads, said the enhanced ACA subsidies extended by the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 do nothing to improve plans or lower premiums. He said they paper over the plans’ low value with larger government subsidies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Drug price negotiation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Other Trump supporters say the president-elect may support preserving Medicare’s authority to negotiate drug prices, another provision of the IRA. Trump has championed reducing drug prices, and in 2020 advanced a test model that would have tied the prices of some drugs in Medicare to lower costs overseas, said Merkel, who worked in Trump’s first White House. 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Trump said publicly before Election Day that he would give Kennedy a big role in his administration, but he may have difficulty winning Senate confirmation for a Cabinet position.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cuts or restrictions on Medicaid\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While Trump has vowed to protect Medicare and said he supports funding home care benefits, he’s been less specific about his intentions for Medicaid, which provides coverage to lower-income and disabled people. Some health analysts expect the program will be especially vulnerable to spending cuts, which could help finance the extension of tax breaks that expire at the end of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Election Coverage' tag='election-2024']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Possible changes include the imposition of work requirements on beneficiaries in some states. The administration and Republicans in Congress could also try to revamp the way Medicaid is funded. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: This story has been updated to include Wednesday’s arraignment and details from the charging documents.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former San José Councilmember Omar Torres, who resigned Tuesday under multiple active police investigations, is facing three charges of child molestation stemming from when he was a young man, authorities said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage relative over a period of weeks in 1999 when Torres was 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, 43, is facing charges of sodomy, oral copulation, and lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under the age of 14, according to charging documents the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office filed in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a shocking police report, investigators say Torres admitted to the crimes during a phone call with the victim earlier this week that police recorded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the bottom of my heart, I’m so sorry that I hurt you,” Torres said to his alleged victim during the call, according to the police report. “I’m in intense therapy right now to, you know, to work on myself, and I haven’t stopped thinking about the harm that I caused you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres was arraigned in court in San José Wednesday afternoon, staying mostly out of view of the courtroom in a hallway where people in custody wait to appear in court. He is being held without bail, and his next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case brought by prosecutors only surfaced this week, when Torres’ alleged victim came forward to police to share their account of the abuse from Torres that they allegedly endured when they were both minors, which continued when Torres aged into adulthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The victim alleged that Torres’ abuse began when they were only four years old and continued for nearly another decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a separate case from the ongoing and parallel police investigation into Torres for different allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, which has been active since late August, authorities said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please know that this department will always support survivors of sexual violence and abuse and need to know that it’s never too late to come forward,” San José Police Chief Paul Joseph said during a news conference on Wednesday about the arrest. “Doing so takes courage, but know that you will be supported.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013307\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky speaks to the press about the child molestation case against former San José Councilmember Omar Torres on Nov. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky expressed gratitude to the person who reported the alleged assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people look askance at survivors who come forward years after they were victimized and wonder what took them so long to come forward. As a sex crime prosecutor, I’ve spoken with many of these survivors. They are heroic,” Boyarsky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many have lived with the pain and suffering inflicted upon them for decades, often wondering, ‘Is there anyone they can talk to? Is there anyone that will listen to them? Will anyone understand?’ We understand, and we care. We understand perfectly why they keep the violent crimes against them secret. We understand the incredible courage, the strength that it takes to finally come forward,” Boyarsky added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Matt Mahan said he and the entire city council are “absolutely horrified” at the allegations against Torres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These allegations are every parent’s worst nightmare. But you don’t have to be a parent to be sickened by the charges against Omar Torres, which are some of the most serious charges imaginable,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He credited the police department for its investigation of the prior allegations against Torres and said he believes the alleged victim in the current case felt comfortable to come forward because of the diligent work by investigators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have full faith in our police department and the district attorney’s office to get to the bottom of this case and ensure that Omar Torres is held accountable if proven guilty,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres — who had been under mounting pressure to resign while being investigated on the prior allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor — submitted a letter of resignation to the city late Tuesday afternoon, and police arrested him the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More South Bay News' tag='south-bay']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if Torres knew he would be arrested Tuesday. His resignation letter, addressed to his council colleagues and constituents, was received by the city clerk’s office around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a copy obtained by this news organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After careful consideration, I have made the difficult decision to resign from my position as Councilmember, effective Nov. 27, 2024. This choice comes with a heavy heart, but I believe it is in the best interest of my constituents and my community,” Torres wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Serving the people of San José has been one of the greatest honors of my life. Together, we have shared victories, tackled challenges, and strived for a more resilient community. I am humbled by the trust you placed in me and forever inspired by the passion and resilience of our district,” Torres wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres’ attorney, Nelson McElmurry, and Torres’ chief of staff, Kiara Arreola, both did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan, in an interview on Tuesday night, said it was “past time” for Torres to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad that his final decision as a councilmember was the right one, which was to resign for the sake of the community,” Mahan said. “And it’s time for us to move forward and ensure that the residents of District 3 have representation that they can trust, that they have faith in, and that is going to be able to come to work every day and focus on their needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 7 Councilmember Bien Doan shared a similar sentiment on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about time,” Doan said of Torres’ resignation. “It’s about time that he allows the community to heal. It’s about time he allows trust and integrity to go back to city hall. It’s about time in his life to do the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he hoped to see a special election held to fill the District 3 seat so that candidates can face scrutiny from the public and the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his arrest and resignation on Tuesday, Torres had not been formally charged with a crime and denied any wrongdoing consistently, as allegations surfaced in early October and later that month as more details were revealed in a police affidavit supporting a search warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that affidavit, police said they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009671/san-jose-mayor-and-council-call-on-councilmember-omar-torres-to-resign-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations\">investigating Torres\u003c/a> on suspicion of oral copulation of a minor and abnormal interest in children, a felony and a misdemeanor, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police first started looking into claims from Torres that he was being extorted by a 21-year-old man from Chicago, Terry Beeks, with whom Torres had an online sexual relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the investigation seemed to turn to focus on Torres after police found texts from Torres to Beeks in 2022 describing the genitalia of an 11-year-old boy and writing that he had performed oral sex on a 17-year-old boy while working at a college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another text exchange with Beeks about having a sexual encounter, according to the affidavit, Torres asked, “U got any homies under 18.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McElmurry, Torres’ attorney, did not deny the authenticity of the texts but previously characterized the conversations as “outrageous fantasy and role play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if the charges Torres was arrested for on Tuesday are directly connected to the details revealed in the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres has been absent from public view since the investigation into him was first revealed. He missed meetings of the city council, committees and other regional boards and commissions he serves on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of his council colleagues, including Mahan, have called for him to resign and later voted to strip Torres of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010529/san-jose-council-could-limit-omar-torres-power-amid-sexual-misconduct-investigation\">committee and commission assignments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of residents and business owners in Torres’ district, including Mahan’s deputy chief of staff Matthew Quevedo, pledged on Oct. 25 to begin a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011120/embattled-san-jose-council-member-faces-recall-push-amid-sex-crimes-investigation\">recall campaign\u003c/a> against Torres if he didn’t resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a shocking police report, investigators say Torres admitted to the crimes during a phone call with the victim earlier this week that police recorded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“From the bottom of my heart, I’m so sorry that I hurt you,” Torres said to his alleged victim during the call, according to the police report. “I’m in intense therapy right now to, you know, to work on myself, and I haven’t stopped thinking about the harm that I caused you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres was arraigned in court in San José Wednesday afternoon, staying mostly out of view of the courtroom in a hallway where people in custody wait to appear in court. He is being held without bail, and his next court hearing is scheduled for Nov. 14.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The case brought by prosecutors only surfaced this week, when Torres’ alleged victim came forward to police to share their account of the abuse from Torres that they allegedly endured when they were both minors, which continued when Torres aged into adulthood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The victim alleged that Torres’ abuse began when they were only four years old and continued for nearly another decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a separate case from the ongoing and parallel police investigation into Torres for different allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, which has been active since late August, authorities said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please know that this department will always support survivors of sexual violence and abuse and need to know that it’s never too late to come forward,” San José Police Chief Paul Joseph said during a news conference on Wednesday about the arrest. “Doing so takes courage, but know that you will be supported.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013307\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12013307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241106-Election-Mom-Folo-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky speaks to the press about the child molestation case against former San José Councilmember Omar Torres on Nov. 6, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chief Assistant District Attorney Jay Boyarsky expressed gratitude to the person who reported the alleged assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes people look askance at survivors who come forward years after they were victimized and wonder what took them so long to come forward. As a sex crime prosecutor, I’ve spoken with many of these survivors. They are heroic,” Boyarsky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many have lived with the pain and suffering inflicted upon them for decades, often wondering, ‘Is there anyone they can talk to? Is there anyone that will listen to them? Will anyone understand?’ We understand, and we care. We understand perfectly why they keep the violent crimes against them secret. We understand the incredible courage, the strength that it takes to finally come forward,” Boyarsky added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Matt Mahan said he and the entire city council are “absolutely horrified” at the allegations against Torres.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These allegations are every parent’s worst nightmare. But you don’t have to be a parent to be sickened by the charges against Omar Torres, which are some of the most serious charges imaginable,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He credited the police department for its investigation of the prior allegations against Torres and said he believes the alleged victim in the current case felt comfortable to come forward because of the diligent work by investigators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have full faith in our police department and the district attorney’s office to get to the bottom of this case and ensure that Omar Torres is held accountable if proven guilty,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres — who had been under mounting pressure to resign while being investigated on the prior allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor — submitted a letter of resignation to the city late Tuesday afternoon, and police arrested him the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if Torres knew he would be arrested Tuesday. His resignation letter, addressed to his council colleagues and constituents, was received by the city clerk’s office around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a copy obtained by this news organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After careful consideration, I have made the difficult decision to resign from my position as Councilmember, effective Nov. 27, 2024. This choice comes with a heavy heart, but I believe it is in the best interest of my constituents and my community,” Torres wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Serving the people of San José has been one of the greatest honors of my life. Together, we have shared victories, tackled challenges, and strived for a more resilient community. I am humbled by the trust you placed in me and forever inspired by the passion and resilience of our district,” Torres wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres’ attorney, Nelson McElmurry, and Torres’ chief of staff, Kiara Arreola, both did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan, in an interview on Tuesday night, said it was “past time” for Torres to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad that his final decision as a councilmember was the right one, which was to resign for the sake of the community,” Mahan said. “And it’s time for us to move forward and ensure that the residents of District 3 have representation that they can trust, that they have faith in, and that is going to be able to come to work every day and focus on their needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 7 Councilmember Bien Doan shared a similar sentiment on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s about time,” Doan said of Torres’ resignation. “It’s about time that he allows the community to heal. It’s about time he allows trust and integrity to go back to city hall. It’s about time in his life to do the right thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan said he hoped to see a special election held to fill the District 3 seat so that candidates can face scrutiny from the public and the press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his arrest and resignation on Tuesday, Torres had not been formally charged with a crime and denied any wrongdoing consistently, as allegations surfaced in early October and later that month as more details were revealed in a police affidavit supporting a search warrant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that affidavit, police said they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009671/san-jose-mayor-and-council-call-on-councilmember-omar-torres-to-resign-amid-sexual-misconduct-allegations\">investigating Torres\u003c/a> on suspicion of oral copulation of a minor and abnormal interest in children, a felony and a misdemeanor, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police first started looking into claims from Torres that he was being extorted by a 21-year-old man from Chicago, Terry Beeks, with whom Torres had an online sexual relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the investigation seemed to turn to focus on Torres after police found texts from Torres to Beeks in 2022 describing the genitalia of an 11-year-old boy and writing that he had performed oral sex on a 17-year-old boy while working at a college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another text exchange with Beeks about having a sexual encounter, according to the affidavit, Torres asked, “U got any homies under 18.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McElmurry, Torres’ attorney, did not deny the authenticity of the texts but previously characterized the conversations as “outrageous fantasy and role play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if the charges Torres was arrested for on Tuesday are directly connected to the details revealed in the affidavit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres has been absent from public view since the investigation into him was first revealed. He missed meetings of the city council, committees and other regional boards and commissions he serves on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of his council colleagues, including Mahan, have called for him to resign and later voted to strip Torres of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010529/san-jose-council-could-limit-omar-torres-power-amid-sexual-misconduct-investigation\">committee and commission assignments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of residents and business owners in Torres’ district, including Mahan’s deputy chief of staff Matthew Quevedo, pledged on Oct. 25 to begin a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011120/embattled-san-jose-council-member-faces-recall-push-amid-sex-crimes-investigation\">recall campaign\u003c/a> against Torres if he didn’t resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It was a late election night for many San Franciscans, and many were still in shock when they woke up Wednesday morning, staring down a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/president\">second Trump presidency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m feeling distraught,” Mission District resident Gabriella Maldonado said. “But at least I made it out of the house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maldonado, a graduate student who voted for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, stayed up to watch the results come in. She was shocked at the extreme rightward shift seen nationwide this election versus 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was a tough night,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many expressed dejection and disbelief at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013145/trump-wins-presidential-election\">Trump’s decisive victory\u003c/a>. California was called early in favor of Harris, and in San Francisco, the votes counted so far show that 80% of voters are going for Harris, with less than 17% for former President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like I got beat up,” San Francisco resident Chris O’Dowd said. “It just seems like it’s a new era and it’s an uncomfortable future for a lot of people, including myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O’Dowd usually votes for the Green Party but decided at the last minute to cast his ballot for Harris. Environmental issues are at the top of his mind, and he thought the Biden-Harris administration had made “incremental changes” in policies like green energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTIONDAY-91-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Kamala Harris cutout stands near the entrance to the Democratic headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With Trump taking the White House, O’Dowd worries the environment will take a back seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like half the country doesn’t hear the other half, and that is not a great place to be,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, like Victoria Mendoza, this election hits close to home. This was her first time voting in a U.S. election after immigrating from Mexico with her mom in 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just sad to see because this country has done so much for us in many ways. And now I just feel like it’s just going back in time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendoza, who has a 7-month-old daughter, said she’s especially worried about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012326/californian-votes-really-matter-what-the-election-could-mean-for-reproductive-health\">fate of reproductive rights\u003c/a> under a second Trump term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12013071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12013071 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GETTYIMAGES-2182527291-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an election night event at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 6, 2024. Donald Trump claimed victory and pledged to “heal” the country as results put him on the verge of beating Kamala Harris in a stunning White House comeback. \u003ccite>(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s heartbreaking because now I have a daughter of my own. What can I expect from someone like him, to run a fair country for women?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For her mom, Erika Mendoza, Trump’s focus on immigration issues is concerning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an immigrant, and a wife and mother of immigrants, I’m worried about my family,” she said in an interview in Spanish. “We have a life here, and [Trump] has rude policies toward people like us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendoza said Trump’s rhetoric toward immigrants is harmful and offensive. Immigrants are the working backbone of the U.S., she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love this country, and we do good things for it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elected officials and activists also reacted strongly to Trump’s return to office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/david-chiu\">David Chiu\u003c/a>, whose office filed dozens of lawsuits and briefs against the last Trump administration, said officials were preparing to fight back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009071\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/3HARRIS2019-03-SS-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Assemblymember Phil Ting, current San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, then-Sen. 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Lifelong resident Karla Morales, whose grandparents immigrated to the U.S. from Nicaragua, was relieved Trump won. She especially appreciated his stance on immigration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/president,Follow the results of the U.S. Presidential Election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-Presidential-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You see people from my country coming into the country now and they’re burning the American flag, they’re demanding this and that,” she said. “That’s not how it works.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morales cited numerous unfounded conspiracy theories that have been pushed by Trump and allies, including that Democrats are allowing immigrants to enter illegally to vote in their favor and that Democrats stole the 2020 election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Trump’s second term, Morales said she’s looking forward to him “cleaning house” by deporting people who are in the country illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s win was also a relief for Bayview resident Arturo Hernandez, who voted for him based on his promise to stop the war in Ukraine, as well as for economic reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, the economy is really bad right now. Everything is so expensive,” he said in an interview in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, though, San Franciscans — who inhabit one of the most progressive enclaves of a reliably blue state — seemed defeated and subdued. That’s in contrast to the reaction to Trump’s 2016 win, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11168447/photos-days-of-protest-in-the-bay-area-after-the-election\">touched off a week of mass protests\u003c/a> and even some violent riots across the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Law enforcement officers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012421/law-enforcement-schools-bay-area-prepare-post-election-turmoil\">were preparing for that possibility\u003c/a> again, but so far, it doesn’t seem likely. Some demonstrations were in the works, including a Wednesday evening candlelight vigil in the city’s Harvey Milk Plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Mission resident and graduate student Gabriella Maldonado is leaning on her friends and family for support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve seen a lot of group texts, like, ‘Sending love, take care of yourself today,’” she said. “That’s kind of all I think we have right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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In District 1, fewer than 40 votes separate Supervisor Connie Chan and Marjan Philhour, a local business owner who narrowly lost to Chan in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors District 5 candidate Bilal Mahmood speaks during a press conference about his strategy to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although Supervisor Myrna Melgar leads in District 7, she is in a much tighter race than she anticipated — only about 700 votes, or 3 percentage points, ahead of challenger Matt Boschetto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston’s District 5, which spans the Tenderloin, Western Addition, Fillmore and Hayes Valley neighborhoods, has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012416/san-franciscos-elections-big-money-against-progressive-incumbents\">the most expensive\u003c/a> — and high-profile — of the six supervisor races this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Preston, who picked up prominent endorsements from Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Sen. 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GrowSF, a moderate political action committee, poured money into a campaign against his reelection focused on blaming him for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997837/yimby-lawsuit-over-sf-supervisor-dean-prestons-housing-record-is-thrown-out\">a lack of new housing\u003c/a> and calling him soft on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997174/sfs-top-district-5-candidates-outline-bold-plans-to-tackle-drug-crisis-in-tenderloin\">drug and homelessness crises\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look at the priorities of Dean [Preston] and myself,” Mahmood told KQED. “We were both talking about wanting to build more housing, but the fundamental difference was that Dean [Preston] has a track record and a reputation for being ideologically obstinate and very divisive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston said in a statement on Wednesday that the race is still too close to call, and he pointed to the GrowSF and other moderate influences working against him throughout the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We ran a truly grassroots campaign, neighbor to neighbor, and are proud to have been able to match vote-for-vote a two-year disinformation campaign funded by tech and real estate billionaires,” the statement reads. “We are hopeful that the late vote will cut our way and are looking forward to the next set of returns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In District 1, a similar story is playing out, though the margins so far are thinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco,San Francisco: Stay informed with the latest results for elected leaders and measures passed' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-Local-Elections-San-Francisco-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race is a rematch between Chan and Philhour, who lost by just over 100 votes in 2020. This time around, Philhour is leading by only 35 votes. She said in a statement that with “thousands of ballots left to count,” she would be waiting for the city’s elections department to make an updated announcement on Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is Philhour’s third run for the seat in District 1, which stretches from the Richmond District and Sea Cliff to the University of San Francisco. The local business owner has campaigned on bringing a more moderate perspective, including support for a “fully funded” police department and cracking down on homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While labor groups showed strong financial support for Chan, GrowSF also spent on a campaign to “Clear Out Connie Chan.” The group endorsed none of the incumbent candidates for supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melgar, representing the Inner Sunset and much of the city’s west side, is in a closer-than-expected race against Boschetto. She \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/11/05/san-francisco-election-2024-live-results/\">told\u003c/a>\u003cem> The San Francisco Standard \u003c/em>at her election night watch party that she didn’t think anyone of note would run against her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I had prepared for a real race, but I didn’t think I was going to have to run one,” she said. “I left it all on the table. I feel good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Boschetto had endorsements from GrowSF and another moderate political group, TogetherSF Action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Incumbent Mayor London Breed is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012353/daniel-lurie-leads-as-early-results-for-san-franciscos-mayors-race-come-in\">at risk of being ousted\u003c/a> unless she can make up significant ground in later vote drops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the apparent anti-incumbent wave threatens the progressive wing’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11787512/after-sf-progressives-win-big-a-shift-in-dynamics-at-city-hall\">Board of Supervisors majority gained in 2019\u003c/a>, before San Francisco’s official Democratic Party this spring voted in a new majority-moderate leadership board, one progressive candidate is faring well. In District 9, which covers the Mission District, Jackie Fielder is leading in early returns to fill the seat vacated by termed-out progressive Supervisor Hillary Ronen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday morning, Fielder held a firm lead with 57% of the votes after ranked choice tallying, followed by moderate opponent Trevor Chandler with nearly 43% of votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Department of Elections plans to post its next round of updated results and begin calling some of the outstanding races on Thursday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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In District 1, fewer than 40 votes separate Supervisor Connie Chan and Marjan Philhour, a local business owner who narrowly lost to Chan in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982580\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-BilalMahmood-020-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors District 5 candidate Bilal Mahmood speaks during a press conference about his strategy to end open-air drug markets in San Francisco on April 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although Supervisor Myrna Melgar leads in District 7, she is in a much tighter race than she anticipated — only about 700 votes, or 3 percentage points, ahead of challenger Matt Boschetto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Preston’s District 5, which spans the Tenderloin, Western Addition, Fillmore and Hayes Valley neighborhoods, has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012416/san-franciscos-elections-big-money-against-progressive-incumbents\">the most expensive\u003c/a> — and high-profile — of the six supervisor races this election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Preston, who picked up prominent endorsements from Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Sen. 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In 2022, some California House races remained deadlocked weeks after Election Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think [Wednesday] and Thursday and Friday, as we count that late-dropped-off ballot, we’re going to see Democrats have a more solid lead,” Porter said late Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s where results stand in the state’s seven most competitive seats, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/house-race-ratings\">the Cook Political Report\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 13:\u003c/strong> In a district spanning from Merced to Madera in the state’s Central Valley, incumbent Republican John Duarte leads Democrat Adam Gray 51% to 49%, with the Associated Press estimating 52% of the vote has been counted. The race is a rematch of 2022, when Duarte, a farmer and businessman, defeated Gray, a former state legislator, by just 564 votes. 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Incumbent Republican David Valadao leads Democrat Rudy Salas, a former state assemblymember, 55% to 45%, with an estimated 56% of ballots counted in the district, according to the AP. Valadao was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a campaign focused heavily on cost-of-living issues, Salas touted his vote against a 2017 increase in California’s gas tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 27:\u003c/strong> Republican Congressman Mike Garcia is outpacing Democrat George Whitesides, the former CEO of Virgin Galactic, 51% to 49%, with the AP estimating 68% of the vote counted. 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The election saw more spending from outside groups than any House contest in the country, as super PACs poured more than $34 million into the race. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008573/asian-american-voters-are-key-in-this-orange-county-congressional-race\">The district is centered on Westminster and Garden Grove\u003c/a>, home to large Vietnamese-American communities, which Democrats hoped would propel Tran, a U.S. Army veteran and son of Vietnamese refugees, to victory over Steel, a battle-tested campaigner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 47:\u003c/strong> In \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009870/dave-min-scott-baugh-vie-for-competitive-orange-county-house-seat\">the only open seat among California’s most competitive contests\u003c/a>, Republican Scott Baugh leads Democrat Dave Min 51% to 49%, with an estimated 71% of the vote in. The two were running to succeed Porter, who opted to run for the U.S. Senate instead of seeking a fourth term in the House. The district’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011642/how-the-diploma-divide-is-reshaping-politics-in-a-key-california-house-race\">strong base of highly educated, suburban residents\u003c/a> put abortion front and center in the race, with Min supporting federal protections and Baugh opposing them. Polling showed that Min’s arrest for a DUI in 2023 stuck in the minds of voters, particularly after it was repeatedly highlighted by one of Min’s Democratic primary opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>District 49:\u003c/strong> In the brightest early news for Democrats, incumbent Mike Levin leads Republican Matt Gunderson, an auto dealership owner, 51% to 49%, with 70% of the vote counted in the coastal district that includes parts of Orange and San Diego counties. 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