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But other campaigns with big tech money behind them, like efforts to elect a more right-leaning mayor or to unseat progressive Supervisor Connie Chan, fell flat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mixed outcomes show the limits of campaign spending in local politics, but political analysts and campaign finance experts say that won’t stop billionaires from trying in San Francisco and, increasingly, in other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They realize that they have skin in the game even at the local level, and it behooves them to try and have candidates on these city councils or county board of supervisors that are friendly to their policy views,” said Sean McMorris, who leads the transparency, ethics and accountability program at California Common Cause. “You will see it, I believe, in bigger cities where there are more opportunities for special interests to increase their bottom lines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley power players have poured money into local elections for decades. But political analysts and grassroots organizers say tech and cryptocurrency billionaires’ spending went even further this past election cycle, which brought in more than $62 million in total donations. Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie raised about $16 million — about half of which was self-funded — making his campaign the most expensive in the city’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Larsen, an early donor for Mayor London Breed who co-founded the cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs, donated more than $1 million to San Francisco races this year, largely into a PAC supporting the mayor created by the Abundance Network, a YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) political organizing group. Started in San Francisco in 2022, the Abundance Network has expanded to Oakland, Santa Monica and has plans to grow into New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed lost her bid for a second term to philanthropist Daniel Lurie, but Larsen’s investments paid off in the local supervisor race for District 5, where he donated $50,000 to a PAC started by GrowSF, another moderate political organizing group working to unseat the board’s sole Democratic Socialist, Dean Preston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What was absolutely clear was the huge amount of spending in our race by tech millionaires and billionaires against progressive candidates. That was certainly the case in District 5,” Preston told KQED. “It was much more of just a negative attack disinformation campaign on me rather than propping up a different candidate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political watchdogs digesting this year’s election are seeing similar efforts across the Bay and nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coinbase’s Jesse Pollak helped the Abundance Network raise nearly $500,000 to back a moderate slate of candidates for city council in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, a Super PAC backed by crypto industry leaders spent nearly $10 million on ads against Katie Porter’s run for Senate. The progressive candidate lost to fellow Democrat Adam Schiff in the March primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, Silicon Valley poured more than $394.1 million into the presidential election this year, according to the \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/campaign-spending-crypto-tech-influence\">Guardian\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. While most came from Elon Musk supporting Donald Trump, players like Larsen, who donated about $13 million to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, also made a significant contribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ripple and Coinbase specifically are two cryptocurrency companies spending on the local level and people connected to them directly are pushing big money behind local politics,” said Jeremy Mack, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.phoenixprojectnow.com/\">Phoenix Project\u003c/a>, a nonprofit tracking money and influence in San Francisco politics. “Those two companies also ended up becoming the two biggest backers of nationwide cryptocurrency PACs that spent huge on elections across the country, largely both to unseat progressives and get the Republicans elected.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Abundance Network and GrowSF are just a few of the political organizing groups that have sprung up in San Francisco since the pandemic, tapping into some residents’ frustration over the city’s struggles with homelessness, a drug overdose crisis and crime. Others included TogetherSF, backed by tech billionaire Michael Moritz, and Stop Crime SF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the 2024 election cycle, tech leaders like Garry Tan, CEO of Y-Combinator and a board member of GrowSF, got directly involved with local political action and messaging. Tan became a prominent critic of Preston on social media, along with Musk, who notably called for the supervisor to be \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1709236386841170389?s=20\">“thrown in prison” on social media platform X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But tech money alone didn’t sway voters. Nancy Tung, who was elected chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party this spring as part of the board’s shift to a moderate-majority, points to how Supervisor Chan held her seat with big donations from organized labor, defeating efforts from GrowSF and TogetherSF to replace Chan with a moderate Democrat, Marjan Philhour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is big money on both sides,” Tung told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017320/s-f-democratic-partys-nancy-tung-on-steering-the-party-toward-the-middle\">KQED’s Political Breakdown\u003c/a>. “The misconception is that there is money being spent only on one side. 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Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie raised about $16 million — about half of which was self-funded — making his campaign the most expensive in the city’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Larsen, an early donor for Mayor London Breed who co-founded the cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs, donated more than $1 million to San Francisco races this year, largely into a PAC supporting the mayor created by the Abundance Network, a YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) political organizing group. 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So I was not surprised by Trump’s comments, but certainly disappointed by his efforts to reward criminals and to try and criminalize non-criminal activity on the part of Congress,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016294 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/NewsomCellphonesSchools-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that she encourages Americans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/january-6th-committee-final-report?path=/GPO/January%206th%20Committee%20Final%20Report%20and%20Supporting%20Materials%20Collection\">read the committee’s full report\u003c/a> or “go to the Department of Justice’s website and read the case files of the violent crimes committed by the rioters that Trump now says he plans to pardon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she said she has not sought a pardon from Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>That’s up to the president if he thinks it’s appropriate and he can do it,” she said. “We did nothing wrong. Matter of fact, we did a lot that was right. But if he thinks it’s important to prevent harassment, then he can use his good judgment. I will say I’m not seeking it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren said the Constitution already provides members of Congress “much broader protection than any pardon,” both civilly and criminally, but that it may be worth considering preemptive pardons for people who are not elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, there are individuals who don’t have the protection of the speech or debate clause that will obviously, if we’re to believe what Trump and his nominees say, are going to be harassed and should not be,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, on the eve of being sworn in as California’s newest U.S. senator, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016449/bidens-pardon-has-deeply-disappointed-californias-next-senator-adam-schiff\">Adam Schiff\u003c/a> — another member of the Jan. 6 committee — told KQED he opposes preemptive pardons, even if he believes Trump will “abuse his authority” or try to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I just don’t like the precedent of it,” he said. “I didn’t like it when Trump talked about doing that on his way out. 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Attorney General Rob Bonta and Orinda Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan announced the \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56\">new legislation\u003c/a> at a Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco on Monday, alongside a family whose daughter died by suicide four months ago after becoming, as her mother Victoria Hinks said, obsessed with social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was hooked,” a tearful Hinks said of her 16-year-old, Alexandra. Hinks noted that she and her husband implemented all the advice of experts in terms of limiting Alexandra’s screen time, taking her phone away at night and using parental filters and controls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tried to pull her out. We took her door off the hinges. We tried to take her phone away at night, but it was like taking a drug away from an addict,” she said. “We set up TikTok’s so-called parental controls to limit Alexandra to one hour per day. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media are twice as likely to experience depression and anxiety, Bonta noted. He said if Congress won’t act, California should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear. This isn’t theoretical. It’s not a study about what might be. This is about real children and teenagers, real families, real impacts on real lives,” he said, noting that many apps have algorithms that “purposely prey on the psychological and developmental vulnerabilities of young people to keep them hooked.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan stressed that the government had taken steps for decades to force private industry to make their products safer — such as mandating seatbelts in cars, recalling tainted foods and putting warning labels on tobacco products. A mother of teenagers, Bauer-Kahan said tech companies have a “powerful profit motive” to keep people online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our children are aware of the harms, but they feel trapped,” she said. “They feel afraid of being isolated. And they just can’t stop. The companies know this. They know the damage they’re doing. We’ve heard it from the folks inside these companies who have testified on the issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, which is sponsoring the legislation, called this a “tobacco moment for the country,” harkening back to the debates over warning labels and other regulations for cigarette makers who knew their products caused cancer but did not tell the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not the first foray by California into regulating social media apps. In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB976\">a bill\u003c/a> aimed at forcing social media companies to change their algorithms to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005967/california-acts-to-protect-children-from-addictive-social-media\">make them less addictive to teens and children\u003c/a>. Bonta supported that law and has also \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-secures-court-decision-largely-denying-meta%E2%80%99s-attempt\">brought\u003c/a> several \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-files-lawsuit-against-meta-over-harms-youth-mental-health\">multi-state lawsuits \u003c/a>against social media companies, including Meta and \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-attorney-general-james-lead-coalition-suing-tiktok\">TikTok\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the warning label won’t be a panacea but is part of a multi-pronged effort to address a public health crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Meta declined to comment on the pending legislation. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:18 p.m. Monday \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Oakland faces significant cuts to police and fire services and dozens of potential layoffs, the City Council is considering budget amendments to alleviate a growing deficit and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015103/oakland-is-at-risk-of-financial-insolvency-is-bankruptcy-on-the-table\">avoid a fiscal emergency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a council meeting on Monday, City Administrator Jestin Johnson shared cuts that are already being initiated, including fire station brownouts and potential layoffs of more than 90 employees, and requested that council members reallocate additional city funds to patch a $130 million budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s shortfall has ballooned thanks to overspending by public safety departments and a delay of funds from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010521/oaklands-fiscal-crisis-budget-cuts-coming-even-with-coliseum-sale\">sale of Oakland’s Coliseum ownership stake\u003c/a>. The shortfall also includes almost $30 million in funds pulled from emergency reserves to cover last year’s costs, which it must replace by July or be forced to declare a fiscal emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson shared a two-phase plan to re-balance the budget, which includes the first cuts to public safety departments since Oakland started paring down its budget in September. The fire chief is preparing for brownouts, or rotating closures, of two fire stations immediately, according to a report from Johnson last week. That will make three fire stations out of commission since one is currently closed for repairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to look back three people from me in this line,” said Seth Olyer, the vice president of the firefighters’ union, standing in a long line of public commenters at Monday’s meeting. “At the end of my [one minute] time and [their time], that’s when the first fire engine would show up, without any cuts while besides the cut we already have. When you call the next batch of speakers — after your six or seven proposed closures — that’s when the fire engine will show up. I want all of you to hold your breath for that time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Police Department — one of the biggest spenders of city money — must now get written approval from the mayor’s office and city administrator for foreseeable overtime, Johnson said. Two police academies planned for the remainder of the fiscal year will also be canceled, and the agency will pause some specialized departments, like recruiting, and reallocate their resources to patrol and other necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Police Department on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These cuts will save the city an estimated $37.6 million, but Johnson said the council will need to make additional funding reallocations to bring the budget into balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council will decide next week whether to move more than $22 million in restricted funds to the city’s general purpose fund, which pays for essential services like public safety, public works, and administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They will also vote on transferring an excess of about $10 million in the emergency reserve to the general purpose fund. City policy requires it to maintain its emergency reserve at least 7.5% — last year’s failure to do so added almost $30 million to the deficit, and will require declaring a fiscal emergency if it isn’t replaced by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council voted 6-1 to preliminarily approve one part of the reallocation plan which transfers $5.7 million set aside for affordable housing to the general purpose fund on Monday. That ordinance requires two readings, and will come before the council again for final approval next Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While multiple council members worried about cutting housing funds in the face of the city’s homelessness crisis, all but Councilmember Noel Gallo voted in favor. Councilmember Dan Kalb amended the ordinance to ensure at least half of the money continues to go toward affordable housing in future years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, these actions will recover $104 million for the general purpose fund, but the remaining $16 million will require a second phase of cuts by the city administrator’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four more fire stations could face brownouts, and about 92 full-time equivalent employees will be laid off across most city departments, the majority of whom are in the Public Works, Police and Human Services departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957276\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland on Aug. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Public Works will lose around 30 positions, the Police Department will cut 18 non-sworn employees and Human Services will reduce 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the staff reductions, January’s planned cuts include defunding the city’s cultural arts grant program. That’s after the city reduced funding to a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13969048/oakland-film-rebate-program-budget-cuts\">film rebate program\u003c/a> — meant to encourage more local production of successful films like \u003cem>Fruitvale Station \u003c/em>in Oakland — in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016715 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/LakeMerrittBARTGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 people lined the City Hall chambers to urge council members to come up with the money another way. Many expressed concern that taking from the city’s notable arts community would only further deplete revenue and make fewer people interested in visiting or moving to Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Culture and arts aren’t just hobbies, they’re an economic driver,” said Miguel Lopez, the executive director of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park. “Last year, Oakland saw 3.4 million visitors. They spent over $600 million, generating a total economic impact of over $800 million. They supported over 505,500 jobs and generated $90 million in state and local taxes. These budgets are small compared to other departments, but their impact are enormous by visitors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the second phase of cuts doesn’t require council approval, council members can avoid them by renegotiating contracts with labor partners, like the police and fire unions, or declaring a fiscal emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council will vote on reallocating restricted funds next Tuesday. Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016605/oakland-special-election-mess-after-mayoral-recall-heres-why\">will leave the council in January\u003c/a> after her recent election to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, said she and her fellow council members are committed to leaving new leadership, which will be sworn in next month, in a healthy fiscal position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are planning to make sure that we take action by the end of the calendar year and set up our new city leadership for success,” she said. “I look forward to continuing to work with the administration, the mayor’s office and the City Council to ensure that we have the leadership necessary to make these hard choices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the council does not come up with an alternative to the second phase of proposed cuts, though, they will take effect in the new year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Two police academies planned for the remainder of the fiscal year will also be canceled, and the agency will pause some specialized departments, like recruiting, and reallocate their resources to patrol and other necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12017328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12017328\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/OaklandPoliceDepartment2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Police Department on Nov. 12, 2016. \u003ccite>(Alex Emslie/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These cuts will save the city an estimated $37.6 million, but Johnson said the council will need to make additional funding reallocations to bring the budget into balance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council will decide next week whether to move more than $22 million in restricted funds to the city’s general purpose fund, which pays for essential services like public safety, public works, and administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They will also vote on transferring an excess of about $10 million in the emergency reserve to the general purpose fund. City policy requires it to maintain its emergency reserve at least 7.5% — last year’s failure to do so added almost $30 million to the deficit, and will require declaring a fiscal emergency if it isn’t replaced by July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council voted 6-1 to preliminarily approve one part of the reallocation plan which transfers $5.7 million set aside for affordable housing to the general purpose fund on Monday. That ordinance requires two readings, and will come before the council again for final approval next Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While multiple council members worried about cutting housing funds in the face of the city’s homelessness crisis, all but Councilmember Noel Gallo voted in favor. Councilmember Dan Kalb amended the ordinance to ensure at least half of the money continues to go toward affordable housing in future years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Together, these actions will recover $104 million for the general purpose fund, but the remaining $16 million will require a second phase of cuts by the city administrator’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four more fire stations could face brownouts, and about 92 full-time equivalent employees will be laid off across most city departments, the majority of whom are in the Public Works, Police and Human Services departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957276\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957276\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland on Aug. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Public Works will lose around 30 positions, the Police Department will cut 18 non-sworn employees and Human Services will reduce 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with the staff reductions, January’s planned cuts include defunding the city’s cultural arts grant program. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 1:50 p.m., Saturday:\u003c/strong> Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker has resigned after being convicted Thursday of lying under oath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Santa Clara made the announcement in a press release late Friday, including Becker’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/home/showdocument?id=85656&t=638691133869363572\">letter of resignation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker’s conviction stems from a 2022 civil grand jury report which criticized the influence the San Francisco 49ers have on city politics. Becker has received financial support from the 49ers in recent elections and allegedly leaked that report to a team official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was the greatest honor, joy and privilege to serve as your representative,” Becker said in his resignation letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker was first elected to represent District 6 on theSanta Clara City Council in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker lost his race for re-election in November. The District 6 seat will remain vacant until December 17, when Kelly Cox, a Santa Clara University official who won Becker’s seat, will be sworn in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 3 p.m., Thursday: \u003c/strong>Santa Clara Councilmember Anthony Becker is guilty of felony perjury, a jury has decided, closing out a two-week trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 12-person panel in the trial of the South Bay official returned the verdict early Thursday afternoon at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse, after deliberating for only roughly three hours between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We the jury, in the above entitled case, find the defendant Anthony Becker guilty of perjury under oath,” the court clerk said as she read the verdict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The verdict vindicates the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, whose lead prosecutor on the case Jason Malinsky emphasized to the jury how clear the choice for guilt should be, and significantly mars Becker’s reputation as a public official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Superior Court Judge Javier Alcala set sentencing for Jan. 31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker, who has consistently denied wrongdoing throughout his indictment and trial, stayed seated and mostly still while the verdict was read out by the court clerk, closing his eyes at times for a few seconds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Alcala ended the day’s proceedings, Becker walked quickly out of the courtroom sighing and looking visibly frustrated. He and his legal team declined to comment on the verdict after leaving court, but one of Becker’s attorneys, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, told KQED he plans to file an appeal in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial — which began just one day after Becker lost his bid for reelection on Nov. 6 — hinged on whether he leaked a confidential version of a civil grand jury report in 2022, and then lied about it to the grand jury as it investigated the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take very seriously in the DA’s office the fundamental idea that when you raise your hand and you walk into court and you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that’s what’s going to happen,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “And defendant Becker did not do that, and he lied. And that’s perjury.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2022 civil grand jury report, titled \u003ca href=\"https://santaclara.courts.ca.gov/system/files/unsportsmanlike-conduct-santa-clara-city-council_0.pdf\">\u003cem>Unsportsmanlike Conduct\u003c/em> (PDF)\u003c/a>, accused Becker and four other council members of having unethical and inappropriately close relationships with top lobbyists and officials from the San Francisco 49ers, who play in the publicly owned Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker was elected to the council in 2020 as part of a raft of city council candidates backed by millions of dollars of campaign support from the football team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016971\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016971\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-4-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy District Attorney Jason Malinsky gives his closing arguments to the jury in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Becker in April 2023 with a misdemeanor for violating his duty as an elected official to keep the document confidential until its public release and with a felony perjury charge for lying to a grand jury about his actions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors alleged that on Oct. 6, 2022 — four days before the report was set to be released to the public — Becker leaked a copy to Rahul Chandhok, who was then the top lobbyist for the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said this case should serve as a reminder that the public expects a higher standard for elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s also a reminder of the admonition that sometimes the cover up is even worse than the crime,” Rosen said. “So the thing to do when you have done something wrong is to admit what you’ve done and move on, not lie about it under oath.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chandhok, the prosecution’s lead witness, testified that Becker sent the report via the secure messaging app Signal. The leak allowed Chandhok and his public affairs team to craft an early response to the harshly critical report and get in front of its assertions, which the team called a “hatchet job” at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker also is alleged to have leaked the report to a reporter at \u003ca href=\"https://www.svvoice.com/\">Silicon Valley Voice\u003c/a>, a local online publication considered friendly to the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors also relied on the testimony of Becker’s fellow Councilmember Suds Jain, who testified at a criminal grand jury and during the trial that Becker told Jain in a phone call that he had leaked a copy to the reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also a host of digital forensic evidence, such as remnants on Becker’s phone that show he deleted the Signal app minutes before speaking with investigators in late 2022 about the leak. Prosecutors said Becker lied to them as well about when he deleted the app and how frequently he used it to communicate with Chandhok and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016970\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya presents his closing arguments to the jury in the perjury trial of Santa Clara City Councilmember Anthony Becker at the South County Morgan Hill Courthouse on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the trial, Becker’s defense team attempted to raise doubts about the trustworthiness of Chandhok — who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014279/ex-49ers-lobbyist-admits-he-lied-about-leak-to-protect-santa-clara-council-member\">testified that he lied\u003c/a> to reporters and some of his team members about the source of the leak — as well as about the quality of the DA’s investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, one of Becker’s attorneys, said the prosecution wore “blinders” during their investigation and wanted the jury to wear them, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defense also tried on Tuesday to get Becker acquitted due to what they called “insufficient evidence” to convict, but Alcala quickly denied it. Late Tuesday afternoon, the defense handed Alcala a motion asking for a mistrial, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016679/closing-arguments-made-in-perjury-trial-of-santa-clara-councilmember-anthony-becker\">Alcala denied\u003c/a> the following afternoon, shortly after the jury was sent to deliberate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In support of its request for a mistrial, the defense cited several issues in the case, including that the prosecution lost an audio recording the lead investigator made on an iPhone when searching Chandhok’s home for evidence, and said Alcala’s questions to some witnesses during the trial were improper.[aside postID=news_12016679 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241203-BECKERTRIAL-JG-1020x680.jpg']Attorneys for Becker also claimed the prosecution turned over other evidence late, and that the defense was barred from bringing in some witnesses, including Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor, to question her about whether she leaked a copy of the report to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This prejudiced Mr. Becker because he was actively prevented from mounting a defense as to the core question of whether he leaked the report as charged and as to the perjury charge,” the defense wrote in its motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala, however, consistently barred that approach throughout the case, saying that whether anyone else leaked the report doesn’t change the case against Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen agreed after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that others may have done what Mr. Becker did does not excuse Mr. Becker from what he did. And we investigated everyone. And we only bring charges when we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said the maximum penalty in state prison for perjury under oath is four years, but said he doesn’t expect Becker’s case to involve a prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there does need to be some accountability, whether that’s a combination of jail time and fines,” Rosen said, “because this is very serious, what the defendant did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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He and his legal team declined to comment on the verdict after leaving court, but one of Becker’s attorneys, Deputy Public Defender Christopher Montoya, told KQED he plans to file an appeal in the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trial — which began just one day after Becker lost his bid for reelection on Nov. 6 — hinged on whether he leaked a confidential version of a civil grand jury report in 2022, and then lied about it to the grand jury as it investigated the leak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take very seriously in the DA’s office the fundamental idea that when you raise your hand and you walk into court and you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, that’s what’s going to happen,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “And defendant Becker did not do that, and he lied. 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The leak allowed Chandhok and his public affairs team to craft an early response to the harshly critical report and get in front of its assertions, which the team called a “hatchet job” at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker also is alleged to have leaked the report to a reporter at \u003ca href=\"https://www.svvoice.com/\">Silicon Valley Voice\u003c/a>, a local online publication considered friendly to the 49ers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors also relied on the testimony of Becker’s fellow Councilmember Suds Jain, who testified at a criminal grand jury and during the trial that Becker told Jain in a phone call that he had leaked a copy to the reporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was also a host of digital forensic evidence, such as remnants on Becker’s phone that show he deleted the Signal app minutes before speaking with investigators in late 2022 about the leak. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Attorneys for Becker also claimed the prosecution turned over other evidence late, and that the defense was barred from bringing in some witnesses, including Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor, to question her about whether she leaked a copy of the report to others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This prejudiced Mr. Becker because he was actively prevented from mounting a defense as to the core question of whether he leaked the report as charged and as to the perjury charge,” the defense wrote in its motion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcala, however, consistently barred that approach throughout the case, saying that whether anyone else leaked the report doesn’t change the case against Becker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen agreed after the trial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that others may have done what Mr. Becker did does not excuse Mr. Becker from what he did. And we investigated everyone. And we only bring charges when we can prove them beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury,” Rosen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rosen said the maximum penalty in state prison for perjury under oath is four years, but said he doesn’t expect Becker’s case to involve a prison term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there does need to be some accountability, whether that’s a combination of jail time and fines,” Rosen said, “because this is very serious, what the defendant did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Juan Carlos Lara contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">one of the most influential advocacy groups in Washington, D.C.\u003c/a>, with a self-declared mission to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aipac.org/about\">strengthen and expand the U.S.-Israel relationship\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this election season, AIPAC — a group whose focus in previous years was primarily lobbying members of Congress — has drawn national scrutiny for the large sums of money it has spent through its super political action committee (PAC), the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uniteddemocracyproject.org/\">United Democracy Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the March primary, the United Democracy Project spent \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">almost $10 million\u003c/a> supporting the opponent of New York’s Jamaal Bowman, a progressive incumbent critical of Israel who then lost his congressional seat. In August, another pro-Palestinian progressive, Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, was ousted from her seat after the United Democracy Project spent \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">over $5 million\u003c/a> campaigning against her reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AIPAC and United Democracy Project \u003ca href=\"https://cnsmaryland.org/2024/02/27/top-pro-israel-group-boosted-political-spending-after-oct-7-hamas-attacks/\">ramped up spending\u003c/a> after Oct. 7, when Hamas-led militants launched a cross-border attack into Southern Israel — killing more than 1,200 people and taking approximately 240 hostages, according to the Israeli government. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/\">nonpartisan political finance tracker Open Secrets\u003c/a>, the United Democracy Project increased its spending this election cycle by over $11 million, for \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">a total of $37 million\u003c/a> to target candidates in the 2024 election compared to the $26 million spent in \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">2022\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this financial tracking also shows that AIPAC’s money has been flowing in California too — worrying pro-Palestinian advocates in the state who’ve spent over a year protesting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza\u003c/a> that has killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-mourns-children-killed-israeli-strike-death-toll-rises-2024-11-09/\">tens of thousands of Palestinians\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/11/14/hopeless-starving-and-besieged/israels-forced-displacement-palestinians-gaza\">displaced almost the entire population\u003c/a> — actions that a United Nations report says are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide\">consistent with genocide\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where was AIPAC money spent in California this election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>AIPAC, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history/article/edge-of-the-abyss-the-origins-of-the-israel-lobby-19491954/E1690BDB5CA87C66B2B65D12CA1D716A\">first founded as a lobby group in the 1950s\u003c/a>, has only begun to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/pro-israel-groups-gaza-us-elections\">actively participate in congressional campaigns\u003c/a> relatively recently with \u003ca href=\"https://jewishcurrents.org/aipac-spent-big-to-defeat-progressives-this-election-cycle\">AIPAC’s PAC and the United Democracy Project super PAC\u003c/a> in 2021. In an interview with the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/trailer-your-hour-by-hour-guide-what-watch-four-states-tonight/\">AIPAC’s Chief Executive Howard Kohr\u003c/a> said that the super PAC would counter “the rise of a very vocal minority on the far left of the Democratic Party that is anti-Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, an AIPAC spokesperson said the results of the 2024 election “reflect America’s pro-Israel sentiment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our 5 million grassroots members have been deeply engaged in the democratic process to support Democratic and Republican candidates who stand with Israel, as it battles aggression from Iran and its terrorist proxies,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Democracy Project is one of the highest-spending super PACs in the U.S. — the biggest being Make America Great Again Inc., which spent \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail?cmte=C00825851&cycle=2024\">$376 million\u003c/a> during the 2024 election. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained\">controversial \u003cem>Citizens United\u003c/em> ruling\u003c/a> in 2010, super PACS have no limit on how much money they can spend to influence elections through \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-understand-political-contributions-campaign-finance\">independently produced advertisements, messaging and events\u003c/a>. (Super PACs cannot, however, make \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained\">donations directly\u003c/a> to candidates like PACs can.) For example, the United Democracy Project \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00832691&tab=donors\">contributed $5 million\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.standingstrongpac.com/\">Standing Strong\u003c/a>, a super PAC supporting Adam Schiff’s run for California senator. This support \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-arrested-at-adam-schiffs-burbank-office/\">sparked criticism\u003c/a> from pro-Palestinian activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Candidates do not control spending from outside organizations, and Senator-elect Schiff is one of the staunchest supporters of overturning \u003cem>Citizens United\u003c/em>, authoring the principle constitutional amendment to do so,” a Schiff campaign spokesperson said to KQED in an email. “Adam is grateful for the outpouring of grassroots support he received throughout his campaign and looks forward to representing all Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Open Secrets, AIPAC and its affiliated PACs contributed over $200,000 to California congressional candidates in the 2024 election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, Open Secrets tracks individuals associated with AIPAC — including employees, members, and their immediate family — and how they donated. These donations totaled over $2.7 million in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>View the full amount of money given to California’s congressional candidates in the table below, with highlighting showing candidates from the nine Bay Area counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-XAwsS\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"AIPAC-affiliated spending on congressional races\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/XAwsS/10/\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the Bay Area’s recipients, incumbent Rep. Jimmy Panetta of the 19th District — which includes most of Santa Cruz county — received the most money from both AIPAC’s affiliate organizations and individuals associated with AIPAC. Panetta's constituents in Santa Cruz protested his ties to the pro-Israel lobby with \u003ca href=\"https://lookout.co/jimmy-panetta-israel-hamas-war-weeklong-sit-in-outside-congressional-office-marks-latest-pressure-on-panettas-israel-position/\">an August sit-in\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Bay Area recipients of \u003ca href=\"https://www.aipacpac.org/winning-candidates-2024\">AIPAC PAC money\u003c/a> include Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Josh Harder, who also won their elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In SoCal, two key races see AIPAC spending\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, the United Democracy Project focused its largest spending on two congressional races. In Los Angeles County's 34th District, the super PAC \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">spent over $1.7 million supporting incumbent Jimmy Gomez\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">$576,454 against\u003c/a> progressive challenger David Kim, who had called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim gained \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/california-us-house-district-34-results\">44% of the vote\u003c/a> — a decrease from 47% in 2020 and 49% in 2022. In an email to KQED, Kim said “outside AIPAC money contributed to” this loss, noting “the sheer amount of mailers and ads we saw flooding our mailboxes, computer screens and TV screens with AIPAC-UDP-paid ads boosting the incumbent, and attacking me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for the United Democracy Project did not respond to KQED's repeated requests for comment for this story. When Gomez won the race, AIPAC \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AIPAC/status/1854528674810204195\">congratulated him on social media\u003c/a>, saying that they’d “proudly helped pro-Israel progressive leader Jimmy Gomez defeat a challenger who ran on an overtly anti-Israel platform.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-sT06p\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"AIPAC super PAC spending on California 2024 congressional races\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/sT06p/7/\" height=\"331\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But quite a different dynamic played out in the Southern California city of Irvine’s open-seat race for the 47th Congressional District, where Democrat Dave Min faced Republican Scott Baugh. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">Open Secrets\u003c/a>, the United Democracy Project spent over $4 million against Min, funding multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/aipac-israel-spending-democratic-primaries-00144552\">television spots and mailers\u003c/a> attacking him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these ads did not touch on Israel or Palestinians at all, instead focusing on Min’s past drunk driving arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AIPAC’s strategy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">surprised political analysts and pro-Palestinian activists\u003c/a>, since Min rarely commented on the siege of Gaza and was \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DemMaj4Israel/photos/dmfi-pac-is-thrilled-to-endorse-dave-min-as-he-seeks-to-represent-ca47-he-is-a-d/822853166667720/\">endorsed\u003c/a> by another pro-Israel advocacy group, Democratic Majority for Israel. \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/05/pro-israel-super-pac-california-house-election-00139786\">Min’s campaign claimed\u003c/a> that the opposition was driven by his private conversations with AIPAC members in which he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for security failures on Oct. 7 and said he opposed the annexation of the West Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the considerable spending against him, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/democrat-dave-min-defeats-scott-baugh-critical-california-house-race-rcna176912\">Min still won\u003c/a> the Orange County seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Good policy and good politics!’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The day after Election Day, AIPAC celebrated that most candidates they'd endorsed won their races, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AIPAC/status/1854901705361834451\">declaring on X\u003c/a> that “Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/\">political analysts\u003c/a> note many candidates AIPAC has supported are \u003ca href=\"https://jewishcurrents.org/aipac-spent-big-to-defeat-progressives-this-election-cycle\">incumbents\u003c/a>, who historically are \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/\">more likely to win reelection\u003c/a>. And advertisements funded by AIPAC and its affiliates “actually don't really talk about the war in Gaza or U.S.-Israel relations,” according to \u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em> reporter Joan Greve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='aipac' label='Political Breakdown']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, “they choose to focus on other aspects” of a candidate they may be targeting — “particularly progressive candidates who they deem insufficiently supportive of Israel,” Greve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">told KQED’s Political Breakdown in May\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scale of AIPAC's financial influence has raised concerns for candidates critical of Israel’s government who fear being targeted by well-funded attack campaigns — with resources that pro-Palestinian advocacy groups don't have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to the \u003ca href=\"https://jstreet.org/\">more liberal pro-Israel organization JStreet\u003c/a> whose PAC and affiliates also \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/j-street/recipients?id=D000052457&t2-search=D-CA\">give significant amounts of money\u003c/a> targeting candidates throughout the country, AIPAC has shown \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ph/Asp9f\">more support\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-gaza-netanyahu-11-2024-intl/index.html\">Netanyahu’s government and military\u003c/a>. The group has also leaned \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans\">much more right politically\u003c/a>, such as backing Republicans who attempted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans\">block President Joe Biden’s victory\u003c/a> on false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, stating that there is “no moment for the pro-Israel movement to become selective about its friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, however, a spokesperson for AIPAC emphasized its support for members of groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/aipac-cbc-progressive-black-democrats/\">Congressional Black Caucus\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AIPAC/photos/aipac-proudly-supported-362-pro-israel-members-of-congress-and-candidates-this-e/1029499432541197/?_rdr\">Hispanic Caucus and the Progressive Caucus\u003c/a>, saying “it is entirely consistent with progressive values to stand with the Jewish state — the region’s only genuine democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to super PACs like the United Democracy Project, “we now have a much more deregulated campaign finance system than we had before,” said Richard Hasen, professor of political science at UCLA and the director of the \u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/safeguarding-democracy-project\">Safeguarding Democracy Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Super PACs allow the wealthy to have “undue influence” on campaigns of “people who are supposed to represent all of us,” said Los Angeles activist Estee Chandler of \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/\">Jewish Voice for Peace Action\u003c/a>, a group of Jewish activists that organizes for Palestinian human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the very, very problematic way that our election campaign financing has been set up,” she said. “We're something that resembles an oligarchy much more than an actual democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Open Secrets also \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=donors_all\">tracks\u003c/a> who is donating to the United Democracy Project, and — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/how-to-research-public-records/individual-contributions/\">the FEC\u003c/a> — has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup\">search tool to look up donors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest donation to the super PAC came from WhatsApp founder Jan Koum, who is based in San Mateo County. Koum donated $4 million in Sept. 2023 and then $1 million in Oct. 2023, after the Oct. 7 attacks. Koum also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/daniel-lurie-mayor-donors-19394260.php\">contributed $251,000\u003c/a> to Daniel Lurie, who went on to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013741/daniel-lurie-is-sfs-next-mayor\">win the San Francisco mayor’s race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See the top ten highest donors to AIPAC’s super PAC below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-epmyV\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"10 largest Bay Area contributors to AIPAC's super PAC\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/epmyV/3/\" height=\"545\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are pro-Palestinian activists trying to do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As many Americans — \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/\">especially younger ones\u003c/a> — show more sympathy for Palestinians, and Democrats become more willing to express \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/half-house-senate-democrats-boycott-netanyahu\">more criticism of Netanyahu’s government\u003c/a> than ever before, advocates are forming their own coalitions and \u003ca href=\"https://ajpaction.org/\">lobby groups\u003c/a> in an attempt to contend with AIPAC’s influence, even if they can't compete with their financial power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prominent among these groups is \u003ca href=\"https://www.rejectaipac.org/\">Reject AIPAC\u003c/a>, which has support from progressive PACs like \u003ca href=\"https://justicedemocrats.com/\">Justice Democrats\u003c/a>, minor political parties like the \u003ca href=\"https://workingfamilies.org/\">Working Families Party\u003c/a>, and activist groups like Jewish Voice for Peace. Reject AIPAC \u003ca href=\"https://www.rejectaipac.org/rejecters\">publicly lists\u003c/a> members of Congress who vow to turn down AIPAC donations — although none are from California. In their \u003ca href=\"https://www.rejectaipac.org/pledge\">pledge\u003c/a>, the group says that “Domestically, AIPAC supports and amplifies far-right politicians and candidates, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans\">including insurrectionists\u003c/a>, putting our very democracy at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also recently called out AIPAC’s donations, calling it a “\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AOC/status/1858275868336152645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1858275868336152645%7Ctwgr%5E9cc6b5e241e830c30456b50ce40ad1b305758e0e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2Famerican-politics%2Farticle-829741\">special interest group pushing a wildly unpopular agenda\u003c/a>,” in response to criticism of the Democrats’ 2024 political strategy.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside tag='2024-election' label='More Election News']\u003c/span>Pro-Palestinian activism is “at a resource disadvantage against pro-militarism candidates,” said Samer Araabi, a member of San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://arocaction.org/mission/\">pro-Palestinian advocacy group\u003c/a> Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC) Action. But “what we have on our side is broad popular support,” he said. \u003ca href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/646955/disapproval-israeli-action-gaza-eases-slightly.aspx\">Seventy-seven percent of Democrat voters\u003c/a> disapprove of Israel’s military action in Gaza, according to a Gallup poll this summer, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011429/these-gen-z-voters-are-choosing-kamala-harris-but-gaza-is-still-a-sticking-point\">some young voters\u003c/a> have cited \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014032/dispirited-and-humbled-the-conspicuous-absence-of-bay-area-protests-after-trumps-win\">U.S. support of Israel’s military\u003c/a> to explain their \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/11/06/dearborn-michigan-rashida-tlaib-kamala-harris-gaza/\">lack of enthusiasm\u003c/a> about this year’s election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the absence of AIPAC-level funding, AROC Action’s focus is on effecting change at the local level, said Araabi. The group endorsed \u003ca href=\"https://arocaction.org/endorsements/\">Lateefah Simon\u003c/a>, who has made several public statements on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/congress-12th-district\">decreasing a global military budget\u003c/a> and went on to win a congressional seat in District 12, which includes Oakland. According to Open Secrets, the United Democracy Project super PAC did not spend money against Simon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am very clear that when I go into the halls of Congress, that we keep the value of peace central,” Simon told her supporters in her election night victory speech. “That we will never, ever support endless wars that kill children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But progressives like Simon will be serving under a second Trump administration — which may crack down \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/27/trump-israel-gaza-policy-donors/\">on the pro-Palestinian movement\u003c/a> in the United States given \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/nx-s1-5050867/the-political-implications-of-netanyahus-meeting-with-trump\">Trump’s own connections with Netanyahu\u003c/a>. Many advocates are especially concerned about \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/11/15/nonprofits-trump-bill-gop-republicans/\">bills like HR 9495\u003c/a>, which would allow the federal government to designate \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/2022-National-Terrorist-Financing-Risk-Assessment.pdf\">some nonprofit organizations\u003c/a> as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9495\">terrorist supporting organizations\u003c/a>” and strip them of their tax-exempt status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Joint Resolutions of Disapproval, which would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcnl.org/updates/2024-11/understanding-joint-resolutions-disapproval-arms-sales-israel\">blocked the sales of weapons\u003c/a> to the Israeli military, failed to pass. AIPAC had also \u003ca href=\"https://punchbowl.news/article/senate/aipac-ad-sanders-block-israel-arms/\">worked to denounce that bid\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Araabi calls the post-election landscape “a dark moment” for activists like him, and sees the financial might of AIPAC as “a smaller part of a larger phenomenon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anti-cease-fire or pro-militarism candidates have access to a lot of money and resources because they have the backing of powerful corporate interests and things that benefit from the ongoing wars,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Araabi, the question now is how pro-Palestinian advocates can mobilize that “broad popular support” that’s shown among many voters — and “inform the citizenry of what's going on here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they know, I feel like they vote accordingly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The pro-Israel lobby American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">one of the most influential advocacy groups in Washington, D.C.\u003c/a>, with a self-declared mission to “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aipac.org/about\">strengthen and expand the U.S.-Israel relationship\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this election season, AIPAC — a group whose focus in previous years was primarily lobbying members of Congress — has drawn national scrutiny for the large sums of money it has spent through its super political action committee (PAC), the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uniteddemocracyproject.org/\">United Democracy Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the March primary, the United Democracy Project spent \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">almost $10 million\u003c/a> supporting the opponent of New York’s Jamaal Bowman, a progressive incumbent critical of Israel who then lost his congressional seat. In August, another pro-Palestinian progressive, Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, was ousted from her seat after the United Democracy Project spent \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">over $5 million\u003c/a> campaigning against her reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AIPAC and United Democracy Project \u003ca href=\"https://cnsmaryland.org/2024/02/27/top-pro-israel-group-boosted-political-spending-after-oct-7-hamas-attacks/\">ramped up spending\u003c/a> after Oct. 7, when Hamas-led militants launched a cross-border attack into Southern Israel — killing more than 1,200 people and taking approximately 240 hostages, according to the Israeli government. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/\">nonpartisan political finance tracker Open Secrets\u003c/a>, the United Democracy Project increased its spending this election cycle by over $11 million, for \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">a total of $37 million\u003c/a> to target candidates in the 2024 election compared to the $26 million spent in \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">2022\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this financial tracking also shows that AIPAC’s money has been flowing in California too — worrying pro-Palestinian advocates in the state who’ve spent over a year protesting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Israel’s ongoing siege of Gaza\u003c/a> that has killed \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-mourns-children-killed-israeli-strike-death-toll-rises-2024-11-09/\">tens of thousands of Palestinians\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/11/14/hopeless-starving-and-besieged/israels-forced-displacement-palestinians-gaza\">displaced almost the entire population\u003c/a> — actions that a United Nations report says are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide\">consistent with genocide\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where was AIPAC money spent in California this election?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>AIPAC, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-american-history/article/edge-of-the-abyss-the-origins-of-the-israel-lobby-19491954/E1690BDB5CA87C66B2B65D12CA1D716A\">first founded as a lobby group in the 1950s\u003c/a>, has only begun to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/20/pro-israel-groups-gaza-us-elections\">actively participate in congressional campaigns\u003c/a> relatively recently with \u003ca href=\"https://jewishcurrents.org/aipac-spent-big-to-defeat-progressives-this-election-cycle\">AIPAC’s PAC and the United Democracy Project super PAC\u003c/a> in 2021. In an interview with the \u003cem>Washington Post\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/trailer-your-hour-by-hour-guide-what-watch-four-states-tonight/\">AIPAC’s Chief Executive Howard Kohr\u003c/a> said that the super PAC would counter “the rise of a very vocal minority on the far left of the Democratic Party that is anti-Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, an AIPAC spokesperson said the results of the 2024 election “reflect America’s pro-Israel sentiment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our 5 million grassroots members have been deeply engaged in the democratic process to support Democratic and Republican candidates who stand with Israel, as it battles aggression from Iran and its terrorist proxies,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The United Democracy Project is one of the highest-spending super PACs in the U.S. — the biggest being Make America Great Again Inc., which spent \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail?cmte=C00825851&cycle=2024\">$376 million\u003c/a> during the 2024 election. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained\">controversial \u003cem>Citizens United\u003c/em> ruling\u003c/a> in 2010, super PACS have no limit on how much money they can spend to influence elections through \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-understand-political-contributions-campaign-finance\">independently produced advertisements, messaging and events\u003c/a>. (Super PACs cannot, however, make \u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained\">donations directly\u003c/a> to candidates like PACs can.) For example, the United Democracy Project \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00832691&tab=donors\">contributed $5 million\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.standingstrongpac.com/\">Standing Strong\u003c/a>, a super PAC supporting Adam Schiff’s run for California senator. This support \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/protesters-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire-arrested-at-adam-schiffs-burbank-office/\">sparked criticism\u003c/a> from pro-Palestinian activists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Candidates do not control spending from outside organizations, and Senator-elect Schiff is one of the staunchest supporters of overturning \u003cem>Citizens United\u003c/em>, authoring the principle constitutional amendment to do so,” a Schiff campaign spokesperson said to KQED in an email. “Adam is grateful for the outpouring of grassroots support he received throughout his campaign and looks forward to representing all Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Open Secrets, AIPAC and its affiliated PACs contributed over $200,000 to California congressional candidates in the 2024 election cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, Open Secrets tracks individuals associated with AIPAC — including employees, members, and their immediate family — and how they donated. These donations totaled over $2.7 million in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>View the full amount of money given to California’s congressional candidates in the table below, with highlighting showing candidates from the nine Bay Area counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-XAwsS\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"AIPAC-affiliated spending on congressional races\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/XAwsS/10/\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the Bay Area’s recipients, incumbent Rep. Jimmy Panetta of the 19th District — which includes most of Santa Cruz county — received the most money from both AIPAC’s affiliate organizations and individuals associated with AIPAC. Panetta's constituents in Santa Cruz protested his ties to the pro-Israel lobby with \u003ca href=\"https://lookout.co/jimmy-panetta-israel-hamas-war-weeklong-sit-in-outside-congressional-office-marks-latest-pressure-on-panettas-israel-position/\">an August sit-in\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Bay Area recipients of \u003ca href=\"https://www.aipacpac.org/winning-candidates-2024\">AIPAC PAC money\u003c/a> include Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Josh Harder, who also won their elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In SoCal, two key races see AIPAC spending\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, the United Democracy Project focused its largest spending on two congressional races. In Los Angeles County's 34th District, the super PAC \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">spent over $1.7 million supporting incumbent Jimmy Gomez\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">$576,454 against\u003c/a> progressive challenger David Kim, who had called for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim gained \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/california-us-house-district-34-results\">44% of the vote\u003c/a> — a decrease from 47% in 2020 and 49% in 2022. In an email to KQED, Kim said “outside AIPAC money contributed to” this loss, noting “the sheer amount of mailers and ads we saw flooding our mailboxes, computer screens and TV screens with AIPAC-UDP-paid ads boosting the incumbent, and attacking me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives for the United Democracy Project did not respond to KQED's repeated requests for comment for this story. When Gomez won the race, AIPAC \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AIPAC/status/1854528674810204195\">congratulated him on social media\u003c/a>, saying that they’d “proudly helped pro-Israel progressive leader Jimmy Gomez defeat a challenger who ran on an overtly anti-Israel platform.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-sT06p\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"AIPAC super PAC spending on California 2024 congressional races\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/sT06p/7/\" height=\"331\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But quite a different dynamic played out in the Southern California city of Irvine’s open-seat race for the 47th Congressional District, where Democrat Dave Min faced Republican Scott Baugh. According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=targeted_candidates\">Open Secrets\u003c/a>, the United Democracy Project spent over $4 million against Min, funding multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/03/aipac-israel-spending-democratic-primaries-00144552\">television spots and mailers\u003c/a> attacking him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these ads did not touch on Israel or Palestinians at all, instead focusing on Min’s past drunk driving arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AIPAC’s strategy \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">surprised political analysts and pro-Palestinian activists\u003c/a>, since Min rarely commented on the siege of Gaza and was \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/DemMaj4Israel/photos/dmfi-pac-is-thrilled-to-endorse-dave-min-as-he-seeks-to-represent-ca47-he-is-a-d/822853166667720/\">endorsed\u003c/a> by another pro-Israel advocacy group, Democratic Majority for Israel. \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/05/pro-israel-super-pac-california-house-election-00139786\">Min’s campaign claimed\u003c/a> that the opposition was driven by his private conversations with AIPAC members in which he criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for security failures on Oct. 7 and said he opposed the annexation of the West Bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the considerable spending against him, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/democrat-dave-min-defeats-scott-baugh-critical-california-house-race-rcna176912\">Min still won\u003c/a> the Orange County seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Good policy and good politics!’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The day after Election Day, AIPAC celebrated that most candidates they'd endorsed won their races, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/AIPAC/status/1854901705361834451\">declaring on X\u003c/a> that “Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/\">political analysts\u003c/a> note many candidates AIPAC has supported are \u003ca href=\"https://jewishcurrents.org/aipac-spent-big-to-defeat-progressives-this-election-cycle\">incumbents\u003c/a>, who historically are \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/\">more likely to win reelection\u003c/a>. And advertisements funded by AIPAC and its affiliates “actually don't really talk about the war in Gaza or U.S.-Israel relations,” according to \u003cem>The Guardian\u003c/em> reporter Joan Greve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, “they choose to focus on other aspects” of a candidate they may be targeting — “particularly progressive candidates who they deem insufficiently supportive of Israel,” Greve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986412/aipac-israels-political-enforcer-in-the-u-s\">told KQED’s Political Breakdown in May\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The scale of AIPAC's financial influence has raised concerns for candidates critical of Israel’s government who fear being targeted by well-funded attack campaigns — with resources that pro-Palestinian advocacy groups don't have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to the \u003ca href=\"https://jstreet.org/\">more liberal pro-Israel organization JStreet\u003c/a> whose PAC and affiliates also \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/j-street/recipients?id=D000052457&t2-search=D-CA\">give significant amounts of money\u003c/a> targeting candidates throughout the country, AIPAC has shown \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ph/Asp9f\">more support\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/israel-gaza-netanyahu-11-2024-intl/index.html\">Netanyahu’s government and military\u003c/a>. The group has also leaned \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans\">much more right politically\u003c/a>, such as backing Republicans who attempted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans\">block President Joe Biden’s victory\u003c/a> on false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, stating that there is “no moment for the pro-Israel movement to become selective about its friends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to KQED, however, a spokesperson for AIPAC emphasized its support for members of groups like the \u003ca href=\"https://theintercept.com/2023/09/21/aipac-cbc-progressive-black-democrats/\">Congressional Black Caucus\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AIPAC/photos/aipac-proudly-supported-362-pro-israel-members-of-congress-and-candidates-this-e/1029499432541197/?_rdr\">Hispanic Caucus and the Progressive Caucus\u003c/a>, saying “it is entirely consistent with progressive values to stand with the Jewish state — the region’s only genuine democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to super PACs like the United Democracy Project, “we now have a much more deregulated campaign finance system than we had before,” said Richard Hasen, professor of political science at UCLA and the director of the \u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/safeguarding-democracy-project\">Safeguarding Democracy Project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Super PACs allow the wealthy to have “undue influence” on campaigns of “people who are supposed to represent all of us,” said Los Angeles activist Estee Chandler of \u003ca href=\"https://www.jvpaction.org/\">Jewish Voice for Peace Action\u003c/a>, a group of Jewish activists that organizes for Palestinian human rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the very, very problematic way that our election campaign financing has been set up,” she said. “We're something that resembles an oligarchy much more than an actual democracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Open Secrets also \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2024?cmte=C00799031&tab=donors_all\">tracks\u003c/a> who is donating to the United Democracy Project, and — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/how-to-research-public-records/individual-contributions/\">the FEC\u003c/a> — has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup\">search tool to look up donors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest donation to the super PAC came from WhatsApp founder Jan Koum, who is based in San Mateo County. Koum donated $4 million in Sept. 2023 and then $1 million in Oct. 2023, after the Oct. 7 attacks. Koum also \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/daniel-lurie-mayor-donors-19394260.php\">contributed $251,000\u003c/a> to Daniel Lurie, who went on to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013741/daniel-lurie-is-sfs-next-mayor\">win the San Francisco mayor’s race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>See the top ten highest donors to AIPAC’s super PAC below:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe id=\"datawrapper-chart-epmyV\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"10 largest Bay Area contributors to AIPAC's super PAC\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/epmyV/3/\" height=\"545\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Table\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What are pro-Palestinian activists trying to do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As many Americans — \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/02/younger-americans-stand-out-in-their-views-of-the-israel-hamas-war/\">especially younger ones\u003c/a> — show more sympathy for Palestinians, and Democrats become more willing to express \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/half-house-senate-democrats-boycott-netanyahu\">more criticism of Netanyahu’s government\u003c/a> than ever before, advocates are forming their own coalitions and \u003ca href=\"https://ajpaction.org/\">lobby groups\u003c/a> in an attempt to contend with AIPAC’s influence, even if they can't compete with their financial power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prominent among these groups is \u003ca href=\"https://www.rejectaipac.org/\">Reject AIPAC\u003c/a>, which has support from progressive PACs like \u003ca href=\"https://justicedemocrats.com/\">Justice Democrats\u003c/a>, minor political parties like the \u003ca href=\"https://workingfamilies.org/\">Working Families Party\u003c/a>, and activist groups like Jewish Voice for Peace. Reject AIPAC \u003ca href=\"https://www.rejectaipac.org/rejecters\">publicly lists\u003c/a> members of Congress who vow to turn down AIPAC donations — although none are from California. In their \u003ca href=\"https://www.rejectaipac.org/pledge\">pledge\u003c/a>, the group says that “Domestically, AIPAC supports and amplifies far-right politicians and candidates, \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/23/aipac-pro-israel-group-backs-insurrectionist-republicans\">including insurrectionists\u003c/a>, putting our very democracy at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New York Rep. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s officially official: Oakland is going to need to figure out how to replace its mayor and City Council president after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">Alameda County’s final election results\u003c/a> dropped Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">conceded\u003c/a> on Nov. 8, was recalled by 60.62% of voters, and City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas — who would be first in line for the interim mayor role — squeaked out a narrow victory to claim a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the complex process to fill their vacant offices, which has only been discussed as “ifs” and “could bes” for months, will begin. Here’s what you need to know about the shakeup in City Hall and another election — elections? — in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does Oakland have a mayor right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Thao is still in office, at least for the time being. While Tuesday’s election results marked the last ballot drops and final vote tally, there are still some bureaucratic processes that’ll have to play out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009505\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks during a rally against her recall at Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland on Oct. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Alameda County Registrar Tim Dupuis will certify the election results as required by state law. Then, they’ll go to the Oakland city clerk, who will review and certify them at the city level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a legal opinion \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024.11.27-Special-Elections-and-Succession-mayor-recall.pdf\">issued by the Oakland city attorney\u003c/a> last week, the City Council will then pass two resolutions, likely at its regular Dec. 17 meeting: one declaring the election results and a second declaring a vacancy in the mayor’s office. That is when Thao’s office will be vacated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The special election countdown begins …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because Thao had more than 100 days remaining in her term, which would have ended in January 2027, Oakland will have to hold a special election to replace her, according to the city charter. This has to take place within 120 days on a Tuesday, and the city attorney’s office expects that if the vacancy is declared at the Dec. 17 council meeting, that election will be scheduled for April 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, a nominating period will begin. Anyone who chooses to run to serve the remainder of Thao’s term will have to declare candidacy between Dec. 23 and Jan. 17, adding to the list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">California politicians\u003c/a> who won’t get much of a holiday break this year. Who will run for mayor is kind of a wild card — even former NFL star and Oakland product Marshawn Lynch \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/10/marshawn-lynch-oakland-mayor-00183302\">has floated the idea\u003c/a> — but Loren Taylor, who lost to Thao by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11931400/sheng-thao-oaklands-next-mayor\">slim margin in 2022\u003c/a>, has already \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/11/13/oakland-recall-mayor-election-candidates-2025/\">filed papers\u003c/a>, \u003cem>The Oaklandside \u003c/em>reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the meantime, the city will need an interim mayor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is where things could get messy. According to the charter, the City Council president assumes the role of interim mayor until the special election when the mayor’s office is vacant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, the council president is considered “on leave,” which isn’t a vacancy but prevents them from performing any council duties. A “no” vote is cast on their behalf only to determine if there is a tie among council members, in which case they would break the tie as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015107\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland faces the task of replacing its mayor and City Council president following Tuesday’s final election results from Alameda County. \u003ccite>(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As if that’s not confusing enough, the current City Council president is on her way out. Bas’ term as president goes through Jan. 6 — with her District 2 term set to expire two years later — but she just won a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that she would be sworn into next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bas said Wednesday that she plans to step down from her seat on Dec. 17 so that the city can declare her office vacant and combine the District 2 special election with the spring mayoral special election. Had she kept her seat until January, the city attorney warned the timing of the two vacancies likely would have required Oakland to hold two separate special elections a month apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bas plans to submit a letter to the city clerk on Dec. 17 stating her resignation, “provided the election results are certified tomorrow and without subsequent challenge,” she said during a press conference on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her resignation won’t take effect until Jan. 6, and she will serve as interim mayor until then. Dan Kalb, the current council president pro tempore, will take over acting duties of the City Council president.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>But what about that challenge?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As Bas hinted at, her resignation isn’t set in stone. It’s not improbable that someone could request a recount in her Board of Supervisors race, in which she eked out victory over John Bauters by just about 400 votes. Alameda County’s registrar allows anyone to request a recount within five days of the result’s certification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12015872 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/Lake_RS44281_018_KQED_Oakland_JonathanChiu_08042020-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a recount is requested, Bas said she won’t vacate her seat. That means if the votes are re-tallied, and she comes out on top again, there will need to be a second special election next year for her City Council seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a problem for a few reasons. First and foremost, the city can’t really afford it. Elections are expensive, and Oakland has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015103/oakland-is-at-risk-of-financial-insolvency-is-bankruptcy-on-the-table\">pretty big money problem\u003c/a>. The registrar of voters estimates that an election costs between $19 and $21 a voter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s also just hard to get people to the polls so many times in one year. Special elections tend to have lower turnout, and two within one month would surely fire up the politically active but confuse the less informed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>January’s first council meeting is set to be a weird one\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Who will run the city come January is a big question mark. The council will be tasked with selecting a new president, who will serve as interim mayor for four months, and a new pro tem, who will lead the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council can also pass a motion to appoint a District 2 council member to ensure continuity of representation for the residents in Bas’ district until the special election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979139\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240305-ELECTION-FILE-EB-KSM-20-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikki Fortunato Bas speaks at her election party at Understory Oakland on March 5, 2024. Bas squeaked out a narrow victory to claim a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in District 5. \u003ccite>(Kathryn Styer Martínez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Besides Bas, three veterans on the eight-member council are departing. Dan Kalb, who lost a bid for state Senate, along with Rebecca Kaplan and Treva Reid, opted not to run for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board will be split between experienced and first-term representatives. Council members Carol Fife, Noel Gallo and Kevin Jenkins will remain in their seats, along with Janani Ramachandran, who is currently on parental leave. Newcomers Zac Unger, Ken Houston and Rowena Brown were elected to the District 1, 7 and at-large seats, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>That’s it, right?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whoever is selected as interim mayor could also choose to enter the mayor’s race, as could other current council members. So there’s a chance there could be another vacancy and another election, but that’s probably putting the cart before the horse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ebaldassari\">\u003cem>Erin Baldassari\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>It’s officially official: Oakland is going to need to figure out how to replace its mayor and City Council president after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">Alameda County’s final election results\u003c/a> dropped Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sheng-thao\">Sheng Thao\u003c/a>, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">conceded\u003c/a> on Nov. 8, was recalled by 60.62% of voters, and City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas — who would be first in line for the interim mayor role — squeaked out a narrow victory to claim a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the complex process to fill their vacant offices, which has only been discussed as “ifs” and “could bes” for months, will begin. Here’s what you need to know about the shakeup in City Hall and another election — elections? — in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Does Oakland have a mayor right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Thao is still in office, at least for the time being. While Tuesday’s election results marked the last ballot drops and final vote tally, there are still some bureaucratic processes that’ll have to play out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009505\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-18-BL-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks during a rally against her recall at Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland on Oct. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, Alameda County Registrar Tim Dupuis will certify the election results as required by state law. Then, they’ll go to the Oakland city clerk, who will review and certify them at the city level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a legal opinion \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandcityattorney.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024.11.27-Special-Elections-and-Succession-mayor-recall.pdf\">issued by the Oakland city attorney\u003c/a> last week, the City Council will then pass two resolutions, likely at its regular Dec. 17 meeting: one declaring the election results and a second declaring a vacancy in the mayor’s office. That is when Thao’s office will be vacated.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The special election countdown begins …\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Because Thao had more than 100 days remaining in her term, which would have ended in January 2027, Oakland will have to hold a special election to replace her, according to the city charter. This has to take place within 120 days on a Tuesday, and the city attorney’s office expects that if the vacancy is declared at the Dec. 17 council meeting, that election will be scheduled for April 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, a nominating period will begin. Anyone who chooses to run to serve the remainder of Thao’s term will have to declare candidacy between Dec. 23 and Jan. 17, adding to the list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">California politicians\u003c/a> who won’t get much of a holiday break this year. Who will run for mayor is kind of a wild card — even former NFL star and Oakland product Marshawn Lynch \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/10/marshawn-lynch-oakland-mayor-00183302\">has floated the idea\u003c/a> — but Loren Taylor, who lost to Thao by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11931400/sheng-thao-oaklands-next-mayor\">slim margin in 2022\u003c/a>, has already \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2024/11/13/oakland-recall-mayor-election-candidates-2025/\">filed papers\u003c/a>, \u003cem>The Oaklandside \u003c/em>reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In the meantime, the city will need an interim mayor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This is where things could get messy. According to the charter, the City Council president assumes the role of interim mayor until the special election when the mayor’s office is vacant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During that time, the council president is considered “on leave,” which isn’t a vacancy but prevents them from performing any council duties. A “no” vote is cast on their behalf only to determine if there is a tie among council members, in which case they would break the tie as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015107\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1123\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-800x449.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/OaklandGetty-1920x1078.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland faces the task of replacing its mayor and City Council president following Tuesday’s final election results from Alameda County. \u003ccite>(Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As if that’s not confusing enough, the current City Council president is on her way out. Bas’ term as president goes through Jan. 6 — with her District 2 term set to expire two years later — but she just won a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that she would be sworn into next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bas said Wednesday that she plans to step down from her seat on Dec. 17 so that the city can declare her office vacant and combine the District 2 special election with the spring mayoral special election. Had she kept her seat until January, the city attorney warned the timing of the two vacancies likely would have required Oakland to hold two separate special elections a month apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bas plans to submit a letter to the city clerk on Dec. 17 stating her resignation, “provided the election results are certified tomorrow and without subsequent challenge,” she said during a press conference on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her resignation won’t take effect until Jan. 6, and she will serve as interim mayor until then. Dan Kalb, the current council president pro tempore, will take over acting duties of the City Council president.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>But what about that challenge?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As Bas hinted at, her resignation isn’t set in stone. It’s not improbable that someone could request a recount in her Board of Supervisors race, in which she eked out victory over John Bauters by just about 400 votes. Alameda County’s registrar allows anyone to request a recount within five days of the result’s certification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Irvine police and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office did not bring charges against Cheng, and he denies the allegations. \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24946487-email-from-jay-cheng-to-nancy-tung/\">Cheng wrote in a letter earlier this year\u003c/a> that he supports the creation of the committee on sexual assault and its mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In meetings, members of the committee who stressed the need for stronger language around false accusations in the policy included representatives from the Latino Democratic Club, which is currently investigating one of its own members, Kevin Ortiz, who was publicly accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in the political community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the women publicly reported the incidents, Ortiz sent them cease-and-desist letters. 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