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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/\">\u003cem>KQED\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/newsletters/dispatches\">\u003cem>Sign up for Dispatches\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has launched a national crackdown on how school districts handle accusations of sexual misconduct by teachers, following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/california-fired-teacher-sexual-harassment\">KQED-ProPublica investigation\u003c/a> into California’s teacher disciplinary system.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-protection-of-students-sexual-misconduct-adults-positions-of-authority-july-10-2026-114298.pdf\">guidance\u003c/a> issued last week, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon cited the news outlets’ reporting in May that California’s teacher licensing agency has not revoked the professional credentials of at least 67 educators who school districts determined had sexually harassed students or committed other types of sexual misconduct. At least 14 of those educators were rehired by other schools.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>McMahon threatened to withhold federal funding from public schools that fail to protect children from teacher sexual misconduct. She called on states and school districts to scrutinize their laws and regulations to prevent educators who have engaged in sexual misconduct involving students from obtaining new positions elsewhere. Citing previous \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-11-200\">reports by the Government Accountability Office\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED483143.pdf\">other studies\u003c/a>, McMahon said the Department of Education has observed a “troubling and recurring pattern” of credible reports of sexual abuse and harassment by school employees going uninvestigated. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, many administrators and State educational regulators have apparently preferred to sweep these incidents under the rug and have ‘pass[ed] the trash’ to another school,” McMahon wrote in an open letter to state schools chiefs on Friday, referring to teachers who go on to work in different schools after findings of sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMahon said the Department of Education intends to increase its monitoring of school systems to ensure that they comply with federal law. The Trump administration will also examine states’ laws and regulations to determine their effectiveness in protecting students, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The department is investigating \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-launches-national-k-12-initiative-protect-students-adult-sexual-predators-schools\">20 school districts\u003c/a> over their data collection practices and handling of allegations of staff sexual harassment of students, McMahon announced. Two of the districts — Tulare City and Wilsona — are in central and Southern California, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28475359-doe-list-email/#document/p1\">list the department provided\u003c/a> to KQED and ProPublica. The Tulare City superintendent has not responded to a request for comment. Wilsona Superintendent Steve Doyle said the district will cooperate fully with the federal review and “is committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for every student.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2206133236-scaled-e1773253186922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12048527\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order poses with U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump on March 20 signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, saying that his administration is returning education back to the states. (Chen Mengtong via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The list, which the Trump administration said was built on 2023-24 civil rights data, also includes districts in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Tony Thurmond, California state superintendent of public instruction, said he was not available to comment on the Trump administration’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law requires public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct to be reported to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state’s educator licensing agency. That agency then decides whether teachers will be disciplined further, including by losing their professional credentials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Our look at California’s teacher disciplinary process revealed a pattern of delays and inaction, combined with a lack of transparency, that has allowed educators to continue teaching after school districts reported them to the state for sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That disciplinary process, which is hidden from public view, stands out compared with how California oversees other professionals. The fact that a teacher has been disciplined is noted — along with a red flag icon next to their name — on a state website of credentialed educators, but the database does not explain why. California law prohibits the teacher licensing agency from sharing that information publicly. In contrast, the licensing bodies governing dozens of other professions in California, including doctors, nurses, police officers and lawyers, make the reasons behind disciplinary actions easily accessible on their websites. And at least 12 states, including Oregon, Washington and Florida, do the same for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s system also makes it difficult for school districts to learn the details of prospective employees’ disciplinary histories. Only after the state licensing agency recommends educators be disciplined can prospective employers request a summary of the case and the agency’s findings — if the request is made within five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law does require teaching candidates to provide prospective employers with their complete educational job history and mandates that school districts ask previous employers whether candidates have ever been reported to the state for egregious misconduct. But no state agency is enforcing whether teachers are sharing their full employment records, whether districts are checking for previous misconduct or whether schools are providing the records. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Prospective employers have the tools at their disposal to assess whether an individual is fit to be in the classroom,” Anita Fitzhugh, a spokesperson for the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, previously told KQED and ProPublica. “However, the Commission has no legal authority to compel employers to use these tools.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fitzhugh said Monday that state law prevents the agency from formally reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct that districts report to the state unless it also receives an affidavit from alleged victims. “The Commission stands ready to implement any additional public protections that the Legislature authorizes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848\">new California law\u003c/a> mandates the creation of a database by next summer that will allow employers to search the names of school support staff, such as bus drivers, custodians and teaching assistants, who are under investigation for or have substantiated complaints of egregious misconduct. But the law does not apply to public school teachers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some critics characterized McMahon’s latest guidance as political rhetoric and grandstanding, given the Trump administration’s gutting of the Education Department and routine \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination\">dismissal of civil rights cases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Staff-on-student predation occurs less frequently than student-on-student harassment and assault. This letter is silent on that,” said Heidi Goldstein, a personnel commissioner of the Berkeley Unified School District and advisory board member of Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, a national nonprofit. “I look at something like this as a wedge issue you’re going to take to schools to weaken union power overall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In her letter, McMahon singled out teachers’ unions as obstructions to legislative reforms to protect children.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12014399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students run behind a wall providing shade in the schoolyard at International Community School in Oakland on Oct. 20, 2022. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMahon said the Department of Education intends to increase its monitoring of school systems to ensure that they comply with federal law. The Trump administration will also examine states’ laws and regulations to determine their effectiveness in protecting students, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The department is investigating \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-launches-national-k-12-initiative-protect-students-adult-sexual-predators-schools\">20 school districts\u003c/a> over their data collection practices and handling of allegations of staff sexual harassment of students, McMahon announced. Two of the districts — Tulare City and Wilsona — are in central and Southern California, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28475359-doe-list-email/#document/p1\">list the department provided\u003c/a> to KQED and ProPublica. The Tulare City superintendent has not responded to a request for comment. Wilsona Superintendent Steve Doyle said the district will cooperate fully with the federal review and “is committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for every student.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2206133236-scaled-e1773253186922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12048527\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order poses with U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump on March 20 signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, saying that his administration is returning education back to the states. (Chen Mengtong via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The list, which the Trump administration said was built on 2023-24 civil rights data, also includes districts in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Tony Thurmond, California state superintendent of public instruction, said he was not available to comment on the Trump administration’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law requires public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct to be reported to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state’s educator licensing agency. That agency then decides whether teachers will be disciplined further, including by losing their professional credentials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Our look at California’s teacher disciplinary process revealed a pattern of delays and inaction, combined with a lack of transparency, that has allowed educators to continue teaching after school districts reported them to the state for sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That disciplinary process, which is hidden from public view, stands out compared with how California oversees other professionals. The fact that a teacher has been disciplined is noted — along with a red flag icon next to their name — on a state website of credentialed educators, but the database does not explain why. California law prohibits the teacher licensing agency from sharing that information publicly. In contrast, the licensing bodies governing dozens of other professions in California, including doctors, nurses, police officers and lawyers, make the reasons behind disciplinary actions easily accessible on their websites. And at least 12 states, including Oregon, Washington and Florida, do the same for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s system also makes it difficult for school districts to learn the details of prospective employees’ disciplinary histories. Only after the state licensing agency recommends educators be disciplined can prospective employers request a summary of the case and the agency’s findings — if the request is made within five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law does require teaching candidates to provide prospective employers with their complete educational job history and mandates that school districts ask previous employers whether candidates have ever been reported to the state for egregious misconduct. But no state agency is enforcing whether teachers are sharing their full employment records, whether districts are checking for previous misconduct or whether schools are providing the records. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Prospective employers have the tools at their disposal to assess whether an individual is fit to be in the classroom,” Anita Fitzhugh, a spokesperson for the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, previously told KQED and ProPublica. “However, the Commission has no legal authority to compel employers to use these tools.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fitzhugh said Monday that state law prevents the agency from formally reviewing allegations of sexual misconduct that districts report to the state unless it also receives an affidavit from alleged victims. “The Commission stands ready to implement any additional public protections that the Legislature authorizes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB848\">new California law\u003c/a> mandates the creation of a database by next summer that will allow employers to search the names of school support staff, such as bus drivers, custodians and teaching assistants, who are under investigation for or have substantiated complaints of egregious misconduct. But the law does not apply to public school teachers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some critics characterized McMahon’s latest guidance as political rhetoric and grandstanding, given the Trump administration’s gutting of the Education Department and routine \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination\">dismissal of civil rights cases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Staff-on-student predation occurs less frequently than student-on-student harassment and assault. This letter is silent on that,” said Heidi Goldstein, a personnel commissioner of the Berkeley Unified School District and advisory board member of Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, a national nonprofit. “I look at something like this as a wedge issue you’re going to take to schools to weaken union power overall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In her letter, McMahon singled out teachers’ unions as obstructions to legislative reforms to protect children.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12014399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students run behind a wall providing shade in the schoolyard at International Community School in Oakland on Oct. 20, 2022. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This is yet another example of the Trump administration weaponizing and distorting an issue for political purposes while also systematically dismantling the very offices of the Department of Education that were established to protect the safety and civil rights of students across the nation,” said Maggie Sisco, a spokesperson for the California Teachers Association. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>McMahon also noted that the Trump administration recently opened an investigation into the Los Angeles Unified School District for an agreement it made with the teachers’ union to reassign educators accused of sexual misconduct instead of removing them while district officials investigate. But Christy Hagen, a spokesperson for Los Angeles Unified, said: “Reassignment means an employee is assigned away from students and schools during an investigation.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The district “takes all allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment with the utmost seriousness,” Hagen said, and reported allegations are reviewed promptly through a “thorough and impartial process.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Unified, California’s largest school district, has yet to release public records requested by KQED reporter Holly McDede two years ago. The First Amendment Coalition, a California nonprofit that advocates for free speech and government transparency, filed a \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-19-McDede-Writ-Petition.pdf\">lawsuit\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/fac-sues-l-a-schools-for-concealing-teacher-misconduct-records/\">behalf of McDede\u003c/a> in May. 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Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>, using his executive power, refused to extradite a physician accused of prescribing and mailing abortion pills to a Louisiana woman, he said California would “not ever” allow “extremist politicians” to punish its doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom, who is considering a run for president, has long championed reproductive rights, but state lawmakers in the Democratically controlled California legislature know future governors might not have the same political beliefs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host endorsed by President Donald Trump, has vowed to honor these types of extradition requests from other states if he’s elected,\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071206/gop-candidate-steve-hilton-would-extradite-california-abortion-doctor-to-louisiana\"> saying that\u003c/a> Louisiana “is trying to uphold what its people voted for, and California is undermining it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His opponent, Democrat Xavier Becerra, has said he would deny the requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislation advancing in Sacramento is the latest chapter in a tit for tat that’s been happening between conservative and liberal states since 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned \u003cem>Roe v. Wade\u003c/em>, ending federal legal protections for abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2164\">A bill\u003c/a> by state Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, which is being heard in committee, would take some decisions out of the governor’s hands, requiring governors to deny extradition requests for healthcare providers who prescribe abortion medication or administer gender-affirming care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman wearing glasses and blue jacket stands in front of a podium with a microphone around other people.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan speaks in support of SCR 135, which would designate May 6, 2024, as California Holocaust Memorial Day on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It would also shield anyone in California who helped patients travel to California or another state to receive legal care. While opponents cast “shield laws” as an incursion on other states’ authority, supporters of the bill view it as insurance — even with Becerra leading Hilton 52% to 31%, according to\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4p03f9rh\"> May polling\u003c/a> by the University of California-Berkeley Institute of Government Studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom spokesperson Marissa Saldivar said the governor doesn’t comment on pending legislation. Hilton and Becerra didn’t return calls for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Protecting providers from prosecution should not rely on shifting political winds or a single person’s decision,” said Alyssa Sherer, a nurse practitioner who spoke in support of the bill at a Senate committee hearing in June. Sherer is also the medical director at Hey Jane, a telehealth medication abortion provider.[aside postID=news_12086530 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/PlannedParenthoodSF.jpg']Thirteen states have banned abortion outright, and 28 other states ban abortion somewhere between six weeks and viability. At the same time, other states that allow abortion have enacted shield laws to protect doctors and nurses from liability when they prescribe across state lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People living in states with total abortion bans are increasingly getting abortion pills prescribed via telehealth, from 74,000 abortions in 2024 to 92,000 abortions in 2025, according to the Guttmacher Institute, citing numbers from its Monthly Abortion Provision Study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of shield laws say that states have a legitimate interest in enforcing their own statutes and that such laws represent an attempt by some states, like California, to nullify the legal decisions of others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If California says, ‘We’re not going to honor any other state’s laws. We’re going to ship abortion pills into your states. You can’t have a law that says abortion is illegal,’ I don’t know — that doesn’t seem like a workable situation,” said Greg Burt, who is vice president of the California Family Council and has spoken in opposition to shield laws at the State Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-one other states and Washington, D.C., have similar shield laws, but Arizona, California, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania rely on an executive order, which could be reversed by a successor, according to the Guttmacher Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081063\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12081063\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Hilton, Republican gubernatorial candidate for California, during a gubernatorial debate at KRON Studios in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Jason Henry/Nexstar/Bloomberg)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amanda Barrow, a senior staff attorney at the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at UCLA Law, said passing extradition protections would put California on firmer footing because, an executive order “could be revoked by a governor who is anti-abortion or anti-gender-affirming-care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilton has said he would do just that if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just as I wouldn’t want to see Louisiana coming in and undermining something that we voted for here in California,” the GOP candidate told KQED in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk2e2XSSRXY\"> May gubernatorial debate\u003c/a>, Becerra said he was strident about protecting reproductive rights as the state’s attorney general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Absolutely no,” Becerra said of allowing California physicians to be extradited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Hawaii\u003ca href=\"https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1875&year=2026\"> added gender-affirming care\u003c/a> to its existing shield laws. And Oregon\u003ca href=\"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4088\"> expanded extradition protections\u003c/a>, including banning law enforcement from cooperating with out-of-state or federal investigations into care that’s legal in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Republican legislators in conservative states have cast telehealth visits as an end run around their laws. And some have moved to restrict abortion pill access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11779903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11779903\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a green abortion pill.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bill signed by Gov. Newsom (the first of its kind in the nation) requires campus health centers at public universities to provide abortion pills. \u003ccite>(Phil Walter/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governors of\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-lawmakers-abortion-pills-cfec4e3223819aeb64df8c9cfc8effab\"> Mississippi\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/governor-signs-oklahoma-bill-criminalizing-providing-abortion-inducing-drugs/\"> Oklahoma\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26881/300950\"> South Dakota\u003c/a> have signed bills this year that criminalize the sale, purchase, or distribution of medication that induces an abortion. Those states make it a felony to provide medication abortion drugs to people who are seeking to end a pregnancy. The laws impose up to 10 years in prison with potentially tens of thousands of dollars in fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mississippi amended the state’s controlled substances code to add abortion pills as a criminal category. Although the state already prohibits abortion broadly, the measure specifically addresses distribution, which could subject out-of-state providers to prosecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, Louisiana tried to extradite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069971/california-lawmakers-defend-doctor-as-states-clash-over-abortion\">a California doctor, Remy Coeytaux,\u003c/a> accused of mailing abortion pills to a patient. Newsom denied the request.[aside postID=science_2001391 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2026/07/260629-DOXYPEP-02-BL-KQED.jpg']Likewise, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0k02HsbD8I\">denied\u003c/a> Louisiana’s February 2025 extradition request for a doctor in her state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas has taken a slightly different legal tact. Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican running for the U.S. Senate, obtained a default judgment of more than $100,000 against the New York doctor targeted by Louisiana, but a judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/31/texas-lawsuit-new-york-abortion-provider-shield-law-ken-paxton/\">dismissed\u003c/a> it, citing New York’s shield law. Neither Paxton nor Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill responded to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fear of being charged with a crime for providing quality medical care is contributing to physicians leaving medicine, said Sacramento emergency room doctor Kamara Graham, who is vice president of the California chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, which is supporting the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really conflicting and hard for us to weigh that concern of: Will I get extradited and charged and potentially be taken away from my family? Or do I do the right thing for my patient?” Graham said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The availability of medication used in most abortions could soon change nationwide. Under the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/fda-launches-study-of-abortion-pill-safety-as-opponents-push-for-limits-a3cee37b?st=6pZecS\"> recently confirmed\u003c/a> it is conducting a safety review of mifepristone, one of two medications in pill form that is used in most U.S. abortions. The FDA maintains the drug is safe and effective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051156\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051156\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/RFKJr.Getty_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/RFKJr.Getty_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/RFKJr.Getty_-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/RFKJr.Getty_-1536x978.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at an event on “Making Health Technology Great Again,” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If the FDA were to decide that mifepristone is not safe, such a ruling would supersede state laws, even in states where abortion is legal. If mifepristone is restricted, many telehealth groups have said\u003ca href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/courts/louisiana-fda-mifepristone-misoprostol-abortion-pills-mail-federal-court-case/\"> they would switch\u003c/a> to using only the other medication, misoprostol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The elephant in the room is whether the Trump administration, particularly after the midterms, makes some kind of move to put national limits on access to abortions,” said Mary Ziegler, a law professor at UC Davis who has written several books on reproductive health law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not everything is something that the legislature can solve for,” Ziegler said, “because there’s some uncertainty about how the federal courts are going to react to all of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us/\">\u003cem>KFF Health News\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at\u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/about-us/\"> \u003cem>KFF\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> — the independent source for health policy research, polling, and journalism.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His opponent, Democrat Xavier Becerra, has said he would deny the requests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislation advancing in Sacramento is the latest chapter in a tit for tat that’s been happening between conservative and liberal states since 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned \u003cem>Roe v. Wade\u003c/em>, ending federal legal protections for abortion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2164\">A bill\u003c/a> by state Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, which is being heard in committee, would take some decisions out of the governor’s hands, requiring governors to deny extradition requests for healthcare providers who prescribe abortion medication or administer gender-affirming care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005912\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman wearing glasses and blue jacket stands in front of a podium with a microphone around other people.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042924-State-Capitol-Session-MG-CM-19-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan speaks in support of SCR 135, which would designate May 6, 2024, as California Holocaust Memorial Day on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 29, 2024. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It would also shield anyone in California who helped patients travel to California or another state to receive legal care. While opponents cast “shield laws” as an incursion on other states’ authority, supporters of the bill view it as insurance — even with Becerra leading Hilton 52% to 31%, according to\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4p03f9rh\"> May polling\u003c/a> by the University of California-Berkeley Institute of Government Studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom spokesperson Marissa Saldivar said the governor doesn’t comment on pending legislation. Hilton and Becerra didn’t return calls for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Protecting providers from prosecution should not rely on shifting political winds or a single person’s decision,” said Alyssa Sherer, a nurse practitioner who spoke in support of the bill at a Senate committee hearing in June. Sherer is also the medical director at Hey Jane, a telehealth medication abortion provider.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Thirteen states have banned abortion outright, and 28 other states ban abortion somewhere between six weeks and viability. At the same time, other states that allow abortion have enacted shield laws to protect doctors and nurses from liability when they prescribe across state lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People living in states with total abortion bans are increasingly getting abortion pills prescribed via telehealth, from 74,000 abortions in 2024 to 92,000 abortions in 2025, according to the Guttmacher Institute, citing numbers from its Monthly Abortion Provision Study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of shield laws say that states have a legitimate interest in enforcing their own statutes and that such laws represent an attempt by some states, like California, to nullify the legal decisions of others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If California says, ‘We’re not going to honor any other state’s laws. We’re going to ship abortion pills into your states. You can’t have a law that says abortion is illegal,’ I don’t know — that doesn’t seem like a workable situation,” said Greg Burt, who is vice president of the California Family Council and has spoken in opposition to shield laws at the State Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-one other states and Washington, D.C., have similar shield laws, but Arizona, California, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania rely on an executive order, which could be reversed by a successor, according to the Guttmacher Institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12081063\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12081063\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/FTP_9P3A3423_1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Hilton, Republican gubernatorial candidate for California, during a gubernatorial debate at KRON Studios in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Jason Henry/Nexstar/Bloomberg)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Amanda Barrow, a senior staff attorney at the Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at UCLA Law, said passing extradition protections would put California on firmer footing because, an executive order “could be revoked by a governor who is anti-abortion or anti-gender-affirming-care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hilton has said he would do just that if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just as I wouldn’t want to see Louisiana coming in and undermining something that we voted for here in California,” the GOP candidate told KQED in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk2e2XSSRXY\"> May gubernatorial debate\u003c/a>, Becerra said he was strident about protecting reproductive rights as the state’s attorney general.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Absolutely no,” Becerra said of allowing California physicians to be extradited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Hawaii\u003ca href=\"https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1875&year=2026\"> added gender-affirming care\u003c/a> to its existing shield laws. And Oregon\u003ca href=\"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4088\"> expanded extradition protections\u003c/a>, including banning law enforcement from cooperating with out-of-state or federal investigations into care that’s legal in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Republican legislators in conservative states have cast telehealth visits as an end run around their laws. And some have moved to restrict abortion pill access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11779903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11779903\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a green abortion pill.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/10/abortion-pill_wide-ce7dbb87eee88c5892b979374156df14b25fe16f-e1516737780651-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bill signed by Gov. Newsom (the first of its kind in the nation) requires campus health centers at public universities to provide abortion pills. \u003ccite>(Phil Walter/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The governors of\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-lawmakers-abortion-pills-cfec4e3223819aeb64df8c9cfc8effab\"> Mississippi\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://oklahomavoice.com/briefs/governor-signs-oklahoma-bill-criminalizing-providing-abortion-inducing-drugs/\"> Oklahoma\u003c/a> and\u003ca href=\"https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26881/300950\"> South Dakota\u003c/a> have signed bills this year that criminalize the sale, purchase, or distribution of medication that induces an abortion. Those states make it a felony to provide medication abortion drugs to people who are seeking to end a pregnancy. The laws impose up to 10 years in prison with potentially tens of thousands of dollars in fines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mississippi amended the state’s controlled substances code to add abortion pills as a criminal category. Although the state already prohibits abortion broadly, the measure specifically addresses distribution, which could subject out-of-state providers to prosecution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, Louisiana tried to extradite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069971/california-lawmakers-defend-doctor-as-states-clash-over-abortion\">a California doctor, Remy Coeytaux,\u003c/a> accused of mailing abortion pills to a patient. Newsom denied the request.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>It’s a sweltering morning in June off State Route 70 in Marysville as Sarb Johl watches one of his employees use an excavator to push dead peach trees into ginormous, dry piles.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“He’s picking up the trees that have already been pushed out of the ground so they can be burned,” Johl said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Like a lot of farmers in Yuba and Sutter counties, Johl grows peaches — and not the kind that you buy fresh at the store or farmers’ market. These peaches are grown specifically for canning.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Johl was forced to rip out over half of his peach acres after one of the last canneries in the state, Del Monte Foods, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/del-monte-files-for-bankruptcy-as-its-canned-fruit-and-vegetable-sales-slide\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a> and then closed earlier this year. That left growers like Johl \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article314486736.html\">without a buyer\u003c/a> for their fruit — and facing a dire economic crisis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When the processor goes out, basically you got no place to go,” Johl said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In April, the United States Department of Agriculture threw farmers a lifeline by creating a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-05-05/california-lawmakers-secure-federal-aid-for-yuba-sutter-peach-farmers-affected-by-major-cannery-closure\">$9 million program\u003c/a> to fund the removal of thousands of acres of trees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12090778\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090778\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pile of dead peach trees lie in a field next to an active peach orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026.\u003cbr> (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12090773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1818-scaled-e1783982597496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090773\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An excavator destroys a portion of Sarb Johl’s peach orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026. (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, farmers like Johl need to invest in growing another crop, likely a type of nut, and they’re hoping the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088977/a-lifeline-for-californias-small-farms-just-expired-what-comes-next\">new farm bill\u003c/a> will provide some help to make the transition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But it may not be that simple.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So historically, the farm bill has sort of left out specialty crop growers,” said \u003ca href=\"https://jsayre.ucdavis.edu/\">James Sayre\u003c/a>, an agricultural economist at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sayre said that specialty crops — like some fruits, vegetables and nuts — have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to the massive piece of agriculture legislation. He said that’s partially because a lot of the bill is dedicated to what are called \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12047\">Title I crops\u003c/a> — think big commodities like corn, wheat and soybeans. Title I crops are federally subsidized with insurance programs and direct payments to farmers when prices fall.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The upshot is that if you are a specialty crop grower, you basically didn’t have access to many of these programs,” Sayre said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1827-scaled-e1783983231785.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090774\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarb Johl holds a pair of unripe peaches at his orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026. (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Title I crops are grown across many Midwestern states, while specialty crops are concentrated in California. Sayre said that means lawmakers from big commodity-growing regions have more votes in Congress and therefore more political power.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One silver lining is that California Sen. Adam Schiff has a seat on the Senate’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/\">Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee\u003c/a>. It’s the first time in 30 years that a lawmaker from the Golden State is at the table.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schiff said one of his main priorities is to \u003ca href=\"https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-pushes-to-level-playing-field-for-californias-farmers-in-senate-farm-bill-with-six-new-agriculture-bills/\">get more resources\u003c/a> for specialty crop farmers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s no reason to treat these farmers differently than we treat farmers in other parts of the country that grow different crops,” Schiff said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The senator said that specialty crop farmers face the same natural disasters and market pressures as commodity farmers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarb Johl reaches for an unripe peach at his orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026. \u003cbr> (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But getting a new farm bill across the finish line has gotten more difficult since H.R. 1, the president’s federal budget package, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/millions-lose-snap-benefits-as-one-big-beautiful-bills-stricter-requirements-kick-in\">significantly cut\u003c/a> the food assistance program known as SNAP. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schiff said Democrats want to see those cuts reversed in the next farm bill.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think there’s some bipartisan interest in doing that,” Schiff said. “If Republicans are willing to meet us, then I think we have a farm bill.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But farmers like Johl can’t wait around for politicians to duke it out in the halls of the Capitol. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill to allow insurance companies to monitor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/drivers\">California drivers’\u003c/a> behavior in exchange for potential discounts on their premiums would change the state’s longstanding insurance law, drawing opposition from the Insurance Department as well as consumer and privacy advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab311\">Assembly Bill 311\u003c/a> would let insurance companies use telematics — technology installed in vehicles that allows them to transmit information such as location, speed, braking force, swerving and more — when setting rates for drivers who choose to allow themselves to be tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the only state in the nation that does not allow insurers to use telematics in setting rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires insurers to prioritize safety record, miles driven and driving experience as the main factors when they set drivers’ premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would let drivers choose to use telematics data to establish their driving records in addition to what their Department of Motor Vehicles records show. Telematics data is collected by smartphone app, systems embedded in vehicles or other connected technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the legislation would make streets and highways safer by encouraging better driving, while opponents worry about privacy, lack of transparency and possible bias in insurance pricing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11699281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1200x848.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1180x833.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-960x678.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-240x170.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-375x265.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-520x367.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kellie Montalvo, a parent whose son died after a distracted driver hit him, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279768#t=1740&f=41a5de742ae9b5da1a12b7c015d72373\">testified before the Senate Standing Committee on Insurance\u003c/a> on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her son Benjamin, 21, was riding his bike in 2020 when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/17/corona-couple-channel-their-grief-to-urge-motorists-not-to-text-and-drive/\">hit by a driver who had been texting while driving\u003c/a>. She said the driver had a record of “speeding tickets, prior crashes and this was her fourth hit-and-run.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spend many sleepless nights wondering if she had been stopped at any point prior to that horrific night, would my beautiful son be here today,” Montalvo said, her voice breaking. She urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying it will save lives.[aside postID=news_12090223 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/gettyimages-84674999-272e4d9602509b640a3288b5aa8fd95454c9a110-e1491337540814.jpg']Other witnesses, also clearly emotional, expressed support for the bill as they carried enlarged photos of the loved ones they’ve lost because of crashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">Tina McKinnor\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Inglewood, said at the committee hearing that she has lost three friends in vehicle crashes in the past several years. She called telematics a tool to help make streets safer, saying her bill would “incentivize safer, good driving behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safer Streets for Everyone, a nonprofit organization advocating for road safety, co-sponsored the legislation. The group’s founder and executive director, Damian Kevitt, is a cyclist who was hit by a car and lost his leg. He testified before the committee, citing a couple of \u003ca href=\"https://aaafoundation.org/research/a-randomized-field-trial-of-smartphone-based-feedback-designed-to-encourage-safe-driving-comparing-focused-and-self-chosen-goals-to-standard-usage-based-insurance-messaging/\">studies\u003c/a> that show drivers improved their behavior — including \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820970\">reducing their use of mobile phones\u003c/a> — while behind the wheel when financial rewards were involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both studies were backed by the insurance industry. None of the proponents who testified recently before two Senate committees advanced the bill mentioned any independent studies around whether telematics has helped improve safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other supporters of the bill include several road-safety coalitions and bicycle associations from around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Insurance department’s concerns\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state’s insurance department is opposed to the bill, saying the legislation is not compatible with California insurance law, Proposition 103.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law came out of a ballot proposition written by Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, in response to rising car and home insurance premiums almost four decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was approved by 51% of the state’s voters in 1988 and includes a mandate for insurance companies to give “good drivers” 20% discounts. (Some drivers also receive discounts for low mileage — it’s a form of monitoring that’s OK under Prop. 103 because miles driven is an allowed factor in rate-setting.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957604\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Cars drive over a large bridge.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge driving across the San Francisco Bay, as seen from northern Point San Quentin in San Quentin on Sept. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The bill creates broad liability loopholes, dilutes regulator oversight, and allows insurance companies to shift core regulatory responsibilities to unregulated third-party telematics vendors, among other concerns,” wrote Josephine Figueroa, deputy insurance commissioner and legislative director for the department, to Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/steve-padilla-165435\">Steve Padilla\u003c/a>, chairperson of the Senate insurance committee, on June 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Figueroa wrote that the bill contains vague language about how insurance companies are supposed to do “due diligence” around third-party telematics providers, and using telematics data as part of drivers’ records. She said the insurance department has documented cases “where facially neutral criteria produce disparate impacts, such as the use of census-tract voter registration rates as a proxy for race or citizenship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, she said “consumer savings also remain generally unproven and varied.” She cited \u003ca href=\"https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Appeals%20and%20Grievances%20Reports/Telematics-Survey-Report-2025.pdf\">data\u003c/a> from the Maryland Insurance Administration, which showed that in 2023, 31% of that state’s drivers enrolled in their insurers’ telematics program saw their rates drop; 24% actually experienced an increase; and 45% saw no change in their premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research also showed that the telematics systems collected a lot of data that included trip route, days driven, G-force, unsafe following, aggressive turning and many more driver behaviors. Most insurers outsourced the collection of that data to third parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Senate insurance committee passed the bill four days after Figueroa’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department is meeting with McKinnor’s staff about its concerns, according to Michael Soller, spokesperson for the department. McKinnor and her staff would not answer CalMatters’ questions about the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11685396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11685396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-84776357-e1533663544615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait in line outside of the DMV in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the insurance department’s concerns about the legislation align with those of Consumer Watchdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California, auto insurance has to be rated in a driver’s actual driving history, not the product of an unverified algorithm or (artificial intelligence) system predicting future driving,” said Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, in testimony before the Senate insurance committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with CalMatters, Balber wondered why the legislation — a “gut-and-amend,” a bill that has been substantially reworked or rewritten, has missed the introduction deadline and is meant to be fast-tracked, often because it’s controversial — is bypassing the typical hearing process. The new language was submitted to the Senate June 10; Balber said her group had less than a week’s notice that it was coming up for discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worry, too, is in line with that of the insurance department. Figueroa wrote in her letter to Padilla that she was concerned that the bill, as gutted and amended, contains language the department had reviewed and expressed reservations about several months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of the bill’s supporters includes insurance industry groups that have long pushed for telematics use in California. One group in particular, the Personal Insurance Federation of California, has given about $1,000 worth of dinner and travel to McKinnor several times over the past few years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">CalMatters’ Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. She has also received campaign contributions from the group, as well as other insurance industry groups and employees, totaling $38,000 since 2022, state campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla, a Democrat from the San Diego area who chairs the Senate insurance committee, was unavailable to respond to CalMatters’ questions about the concerns the insurance department raised in the letter it sent him, spokesperson Cameron Sutherland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056587\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A driver rides the carpool lane in a Tesla on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padilla also is on the Senate Standing Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection, which passed the bill a few days after the insurance committee did and referred it to the appropriations committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla has received about the same amount of campaign contributions from the insurance industry since 2022, according to campaign finance records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department sent the chairperson of the privacy committee, Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/christopher-cabaldon-5699\">Christopher Cabaldon\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Napa, a similar letter with its concerns about the bill, according to Soller. Cabaldon’s office did not immediately respond to CalMatters’ request to talk about the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabaldon showed strong support for the bill, saying during his committee \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279739#t=202&f=e9b9ce561078fd2e175df81755ec9abf\">hearing\u003c/a> that consumers should have the choice to use their driving data how they want and that he believed in the technology’s potential. He has also received campaign contributions from the insurance industry — about $27,000 going back to when he ran for the state Assembly in 2008, campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The numbers, or lack thereof\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has some of the highest rates for full auto insurance coverage in the nation, according to at least one \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/insurance-services/auto-insurance/car-insurance-rates-by-state/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by MarketWatch, a news publication with an arm that publishes commerce guides. Another \u003ca href=\"https://insurify.com/car-insurance/report/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by insurance-comparison site Insurify, says California’s car insurance rates have been rising for the past couple of years and are projected to increase 1% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research on the effects of telematics is the first by a state insurance regulator, according to Consumer Federation of America, a national association of consumer nonprofit organizations. The group is urging other state regulators to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t trust companies to do this without oversight,” Michael DeLong, research and advocacy associate for the group, told CalMatters. He said companies can collect a lot of information about drivers and use it to make money; an example of that is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/05/gm-record-california-penalty-onstar-data/\">a recent settlement\u003c/a> between the California Justice Department and General Motors, penalizing the automaker for selling driver data associated with its OnStar emergency roadside and navigation service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from inside Amarjit Singh’s truck in Livermore, on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DeLong said the group plans to write a letter criticizing AB 311.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one other independent survey, by \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/money/car-insurance/car-insurance-telematics-pros-and-cons-a5869096072/\">Consumer Reports\u003c/a> in 2024, has shown that telematics can help reduce drivers’ premiums. The survey found a median annual savings of $120 — including higher savings for Black and Latino drivers than for white and Asian drivers — but also found that some drivers’ insurance costs rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer and privacy advocates, including ACLU California Action, Consumer Federation of California and TechEquity Action, worry that some drivers will feel like they have no choice but to give up their privacy in exchange for possibly saving money. In doing so, they could also open themselves up to bias depending on where they live, work and drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill “would authorize an opaque surveillance pricing infrastructure for a product Californians are legally required to purchase,” Becca Cramer, speaking for Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, told both the Senate insurance committee and privacy committee. “Californians have a constitutional right to privacy and not have to choose between exercising that right and affording a mandatory product.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cramer also cited the Consumer Reports survey and said telematics companies score drivers based on “factors that correlate strongly with race and income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/07/telematics-car-insurance-bill/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires insurers to prioritize safety record, miles driven and driving experience as the main factors when they set drivers’ premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would let drivers choose to use telematics data to establish their driving records in addition to what their Department of Motor Vehicles records show. Telematics data is collected by smartphone app, systems embedded in vehicles or other connected technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the legislation would make streets and highways safer by encouraging better driving, while opponents worry about privacy, lack of transparency and possible bias in insurance pricing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11699281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1200x848.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1180x833.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-960x678.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-240x170.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-375x265.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-520x367.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kellie Montalvo, a parent whose son died after a distracted driver hit him, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279768#t=1740&f=41a5de742ae9b5da1a12b7c015d72373\">testified before the Senate Standing Committee on Insurance\u003c/a> on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her son Benjamin, 21, was riding his bike in 2020 when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/17/corona-couple-channel-their-grief-to-urge-motorists-not-to-text-and-drive/\">hit by a driver who had been texting while driving\u003c/a>. She said the driver had a record of “speeding tickets, prior crashes and this was her fourth hit-and-run.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spend many sleepless nights wondering if she had been stopped at any point prior to that horrific night, would my beautiful son be here today,” Montalvo said, her voice breaking. She urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying it will save lives.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Other witnesses, also clearly emotional, expressed support for the bill as they carried enlarged photos of the loved ones they’ve lost because of crashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">Tina McKinnor\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Inglewood, said at the committee hearing that she has lost three friends in vehicle crashes in the past several years. She called telematics a tool to help make streets safer, saying her bill would “incentivize safer, good driving behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safer Streets for Everyone, a nonprofit organization advocating for road safety, co-sponsored the legislation. The group’s founder and executive director, Damian Kevitt, is a cyclist who was hit by a car and lost his leg. He testified before the committee, citing a couple of \u003ca href=\"https://aaafoundation.org/research/a-randomized-field-trial-of-smartphone-based-feedback-designed-to-encourage-safe-driving-comparing-focused-and-self-chosen-goals-to-standard-usage-based-insurance-messaging/\">studies\u003c/a> that show drivers improved their behavior — including \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820970\">reducing their use of mobile phones\u003c/a> — while behind the wheel when financial rewards were involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both studies were backed by the insurance industry. None of the proponents who testified recently before two Senate committees advanced the bill mentioned any independent studies around whether telematics has helped improve safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other supporters of the bill include several road-safety coalitions and bicycle associations from around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Insurance department’s concerns\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state’s insurance department is opposed to the bill, saying the legislation is not compatible with California insurance law, Proposition 103.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law came out of a ballot proposition written by Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, in response to rising car and home insurance premiums almost four decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was approved by 51% of the state’s voters in 1988 and includes a mandate for insurance companies to give “good drivers” 20% discounts. (Some drivers also receive discounts for low mileage — it’s a form of monitoring that’s OK under Prop. 103 because miles driven is an allowed factor in rate-setting.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957604\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Cars drive over a large bridge.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge driving across the San Francisco Bay, as seen from northern Point San Quentin in San Quentin on Sept. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The bill creates broad liability loopholes, dilutes regulator oversight, and allows insurance companies to shift core regulatory responsibilities to unregulated third-party telematics vendors, among other concerns,” wrote Josephine Figueroa, deputy insurance commissioner and legislative director for the department, to Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/steve-padilla-165435\">Steve Padilla\u003c/a>, chairperson of the Senate insurance committee, on June 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Figueroa wrote that the bill contains vague language about how insurance companies are supposed to do “due diligence” around third-party telematics providers, and using telematics data as part of drivers’ records. She said the insurance department has documented cases “where facially neutral criteria produce disparate impacts, such as the use of census-tract voter registration rates as a proxy for race or citizenship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, she said “consumer savings also remain generally unproven and varied.” She cited \u003ca href=\"https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Appeals%20and%20Grievances%20Reports/Telematics-Survey-Report-2025.pdf\">data\u003c/a> from the Maryland Insurance Administration, which showed that in 2023, 31% of that state’s drivers enrolled in their insurers’ telematics program saw their rates drop; 24% actually experienced an increase; and 45% saw no change in their premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research also showed that the telematics systems collected a lot of data that included trip route, days driven, G-force, unsafe following, aggressive turning and many more driver behaviors. Most insurers outsourced the collection of that data to third parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Senate insurance committee passed the bill four days after Figueroa’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department is meeting with McKinnor’s staff about its concerns, according to Michael Soller, spokesperson for the department. McKinnor and her staff would not answer CalMatters’ questions about the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11685396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11685396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-84776357-e1533663544615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait in line outside of the DMV in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the insurance department’s concerns about the legislation align with those of Consumer Watchdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California, auto insurance has to be rated in a driver’s actual driving history, not the product of an unverified algorithm or (artificial intelligence) system predicting future driving,” said Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, in testimony before the Senate insurance committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with CalMatters, Balber wondered why the legislation — a “gut-and-amend,” a bill that has been substantially reworked or rewritten, has missed the introduction deadline and is meant to be fast-tracked, often because it’s controversial — is bypassing the typical hearing process. The new language was submitted to the Senate June 10; Balber said her group had less than a week’s notice that it was coming up for discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worry, too, is in line with that of the insurance department. Figueroa wrote in her letter to Padilla that she was concerned that the bill, as gutted and amended, contains language the department had reviewed and expressed reservations about several months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of the bill’s supporters includes insurance industry groups that have long pushed for telematics use in California. One group in particular, the Personal Insurance Federation of California, has given about $1,000 worth of dinner and travel to McKinnor several times over the past few years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">CalMatters’ Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. She has also received campaign contributions from the group, as well as other insurance industry groups and employees, totaling $38,000 since 2022, state campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla, a Democrat from the San Diego area who chairs the Senate insurance committee, was unavailable to respond to CalMatters’ questions about the concerns the insurance department raised in the letter it sent him, spokesperson Cameron Sutherland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056587\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A driver rides the carpool lane in a Tesla on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padilla also is on the Senate Standing Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection, which passed the bill a few days after the insurance committee did and referred it to the appropriations committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla has received about the same amount of campaign contributions from the insurance industry since 2022, according to campaign finance records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department sent the chairperson of the privacy committee, Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/christopher-cabaldon-5699\">Christopher Cabaldon\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Napa, a similar letter with its concerns about the bill, according to Soller. Cabaldon’s office did not immediately respond to CalMatters’ request to talk about the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabaldon showed strong support for the bill, saying during his committee \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279739#t=202&f=e9b9ce561078fd2e175df81755ec9abf\">hearing\u003c/a> that consumers should have the choice to use their driving data how they want and that he believed in the technology’s potential. He has also received campaign contributions from the insurance industry — about $27,000 going back to when he ran for the state Assembly in 2008, campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The numbers, or lack thereof\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has some of the highest rates for full auto insurance coverage in the nation, according to at least one \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/insurance-services/auto-insurance/car-insurance-rates-by-state/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by MarketWatch, a news publication with an arm that publishes commerce guides. Another \u003ca href=\"https://insurify.com/car-insurance/report/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by insurance-comparison site Insurify, says California’s car insurance rates have been rising for the past couple of years and are projected to increase 1% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research on the effects of telematics is the first by a state insurance regulator, according to Consumer Federation of America, a national association of consumer nonprofit organizations. The group is urging other state regulators to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t trust companies to do this without oversight,” Michael DeLong, research and advocacy associate for the group, told CalMatters. He said companies can collect a lot of information about drivers and use it to make money; an example of that is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/05/gm-record-california-penalty-onstar-data/\">a recent settlement\u003c/a> between the California Justice Department and General Motors, penalizing the automaker for selling driver data associated with its OnStar emergency roadside and navigation service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from inside Amarjit Singh’s truck in Livermore, on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DeLong said the group plans to write a letter criticizing AB 311.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one other independent survey, by \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/money/car-insurance/car-insurance-telematics-pros-and-cons-a5869096072/\">Consumer Reports\u003c/a> in 2024, has shown that telematics can help reduce drivers’ premiums. The survey found a median annual savings of $120 — including higher savings for Black and Latino drivers than for white and Asian drivers — but also found that some drivers’ insurance costs rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer and privacy advocates, including ACLU California Action, Consumer Federation of California and TechEquity Action, worry that some drivers will feel like they have no choice but to give up their privacy in exchange for possibly saving money. 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"content": "\u003cp>Supporters of prominent San Francisco politico and supervisor candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12045209/san-francisco-city-leaders-call-out-disturbing-string-of-antisemitic-incidents\">Manny Yekutiel\u003c/a> are weighing how to respond as recent sexual assault allegations against the well-known local business owner roil the city’s Democratic circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accusations against Yekutiel, \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/30/sf-political-activist-accuses-supervisor-candidate-manny-yekutiel-2020-sexual-assault/\">first reported\u003c/a> in the \u003cem>San Francisco Standard \u003c/em>last week, come amid a backdrop of sexual assault cases against Democrats, including former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079911/the-rise-and-fall-of-eric-swalwell\">East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell\u003c/a> and former Maine U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, and as tensions in a San Francisco district election that could swing the balance of power in the city ramp up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yekutiel, the 36-year-old owner of Manny’s Cafe, a longtime community hub and event space for high-profile Democrats like Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris, has been accused of sexually assaulting a man at a party six years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yekutiel, who is gay, has denied the allegations. But they have prompted some one-time allies to abandon their endorsements and others to say they are waiting to learn more before making a decision about whether to back him or rescind support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, this situation is, what are they willing to accept?” said local political consultant Jim Ross, regarding Yekutiel’s backers who have continued to stand with him. “The big question is, what if more comes out?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already some elected Democrats, like Supervisor Myrna Melgar and Attorney General Rob Bonta, have withdrawn support for Yekutiel, and some speakers for events at his cafe in the Mission District have dropped out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1984px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090122\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-3_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-3_qed.jpg 1984w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-3_qed-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-3_qed-1536x1032.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1984px) 100vw, 1984px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From center left, Francesca Gonzalez, Summer Phillips and Raissa Madamba gather during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But there was little mention of the allegations at a rally on Tuesday on the steps of City Hall in support of sexual assault survivors. And many of Yekutiel’s supporters, which currently include the majority of the Board of Supervisors, say they are waiting for more evidence before they change their positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because there are allegations on him, and frankly other people that I’ve already heard running for office, I’m waiting for that investigation to be completed before making a decision,” said Supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who spoke at the rally on Tuesday and is currently endorsing Yekutiel’s campaign to represent District 8, which includes the Castro and Noe Valley.[aside postID=news_12089959 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260511-YickWoCommemoration-JY-14_qed.jpg']City gardener and community organizer Brad Chapin accused Yekutiel, who interned in the Obama White House and worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president, of sexual assault at a party in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapin said Yekutiel grasped him aggressively and stuck his hand down his pants, groped his genitals and pulled hard as Chapin tried to push away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the incident, Chapin said, Yekutiel lifted up Chapin’s shirt, grabbed his belly and said “ew,” humiliating him during an unwelcome sexual advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember being very scared,” Chapin told KQED. “Every time I tried to get away, he would literally pull me back and squeeze harder, and the entire time he was staring at me in the eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rally this week, organizers said they decided to avoid addressing specific cases in part to draw attention to the broader issue of sexual assault that happens across all industries, not just in politics. But for many in attendance, the recent allegations were top of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Supervisor Mabel Teng was the sole speaker to address them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As someone who knows the recent publicized survivors and victims, I am free to call out their names, Judy and Brad,” Teng said, also referring to Judy Lee, who \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/30/sf-chinese-chamber-commerce-lawsuits-donald-luu-resignation/\">recently accused\u003c/a> the Chinese Chamber of Commerce board president Donald Luu of harassment and retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090123\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters and community advocates gather during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The chamber organizes the city’s Chinese New Year parade. Luu has since resigned and filed a defamation lawsuit against Lee, the chamber’s program director. “You are not alone. And to all of the survivors and victims, we see you, we hear you, we feel you, and we believe in you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yekutiel categorically denied the allegations and called them politically motivated. Chapin is a former vice president of the progressive Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, which has endorsed Yekutiel’s opponent, Gary McCoy, in the District 8 race. Chapin denied that coming forward was politically driven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t do what these accusations suggest, and I do think it’s because I am here and I’m running for office that this is coming out now,” Yekutiel told KQED. “The San Francisco Police Department looked into it, and there was nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPD didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapin, who is also gay, said the personal fallout has been traumatic. On social media, people have scrutinized his character and questioned his motives for coming forward after so many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has completely stepped away from political activism, saying it was detrimental to his mental health to be in those spaces after his experience with Yekutiel and other high-profile sexual assaults in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1928px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090125\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1928\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed.jpg 1928w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed-1536x1062.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1928px) 100vw, 1928px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People really don’t understand how scary it is to come forward when there’s not a lot of evidence,” Chapin said. “In some ways, I think if someone is involved in politics, it does make it even less likely for [survivors] to come forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He told friends about the incident shortly after it happened, text messages show, but Chapin said he waited years to publicly come forward out of fear and because Yekutiel was not running for public office at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was scared to tell another soul,” Chapin said. He eventually filed a police report in April and came forward. “I was so anxious about this person being in power and what would happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his accusations became public, Chapin said he reached out to several political figures he knows, including termed-out current District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who is still listed as endorsing Yekutiel, and for whom Chapin said he formerly helped organize and volunteered. But the supervisor isn’t convinced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t felt a reason to particularly doubt Manny’s account. It was an event that was six years ago, and it hasn’t caused me to reevaluate my endorsement,” Mandelman told KQED. “I think how long ago something supposedly happened matters. I think numbers and believability of accusations matter. Sometimes there’s a flood that follows an initial accusation. I hope that’s not the case here. But I do think this is very different from a situation where there’s rumors from multiple people, and then someone comes forward, and then the dam breaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090132\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sticky notes with messages are posted on a white paper during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eric Jaye, a political consultant who has donated to Yekutiel’s campaign, said even serious accusations like Chapin’s are processed politically in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“American politics right now is so partisan and so divisive that you care about these accusations when they’re leveled against somebody you oppose and you excuse or disbelieve them when they are directed to someone you support,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District 8 seat is crucial to moderates trying to keep their majority on the board. Yekutiel is facing off against McCoy, who most recently served as campaign manager for Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s Save Our Healthcare initiative, and patent attorney Michael Nguyen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Politicians are going to take a watch-and-wait approach to this. If it’s a one-off, I don’t think it will have much impact on the race. If it emerges that there was a pattern, then that will be a different situation,” Jaye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that prediction plays out, the case will stand in stark contrast to those of other politicians whose campaigns have swiftly collapsed in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, after multiple women accused Swalwell of drugging and raping them, he quickly lost support and exited the race for California governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters and community advocates gather during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Usually with politicians, where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So the question is, is there something else? And I don’t know that. But I think that’s what a lot of [Yekutiel’s] endorsers are waiting to see,” Ross said. “If another person comes forward or another issue comes up, then it becomes much more fraught for his supporters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Yekutiel, some of the fallout could be economic. He has become a widely recognized Democratic pillar in San Francisco, where his cafe regularly hosts talks with government leaders and activists. He’s amassed powerful allies in the city’s Democratic sphere, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, with whom he started the Civic Joy Fund nonprofit. Lurie has so far not endorsed anyone in the District 8 race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My supporters are going to make their own choices. The overwhelming majority of my supporters are standing strong with me,” Yekutiel said. “And the few people that did rescind their endorsement, I’m looking forward to working with them as a supervisor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood, the supervisor, is on a committee focused on addressing sexual assault complaints within the San Francisco Democratic Party, which was formed following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033207/sf-latinx-club-leaves-local-democratic-party\">series of allegations\u003c/a> in local Democratic clubs. The party adopted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016733/sf-democrats-adopt-new-sexual-assault-reporting-policies\">new set of reporting policies\u003c/a> for sexual assault and harassment in December 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say there are flaws in the process. Chapin said he filed a complaint to the organization’s ombudsperson and never received a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090127\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chair Nancy Tung declined to publicly comment on the reporting process or current allegations in the District 8 race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Democrats who made a big issue around sexual assault a few years ago, it was moderates attacking the progressives over that issue. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>City gardener and community organizer Brad Chapin accused Yekutiel, who interned in the Obama White House and worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president, of sexual assault at a party in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapin said Yekutiel grasped him aggressively and stuck his hand down his pants, groped his genitals and pulled hard as Chapin tried to push away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the incident, Chapin said, Yekutiel lifted up Chapin’s shirt, grabbed his belly and said “ew,” humiliating him during an unwelcome sexual advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember being very scared,” Chapin told KQED. “Every time I tried to get away, he would literally pull me back and squeeze harder, and the entire time he was staring at me in the eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rally this week, organizers said they decided to avoid addressing specific cases in part to draw attention to the broader issue of sexual assault that happens across all industries, not just in politics. But for many in attendance, the recent allegations were top of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former Supervisor Mabel Teng was the sole speaker to address them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As someone who knows the recent publicized survivors and victims, I am free to call out their names, Judy and Brad,” Teng said, also referring to Judy Lee, who \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2026/06/30/sf-chinese-chamber-commerce-lawsuits-donald-luu-resignation/\">recently accused\u003c/a> the Chinese Chamber of Commerce board president Donald Luu of harassment and retaliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090123\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-6_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters and community advocates gather during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The chamber organizes the city’s Chinese New Year parade. Luu has since resigned and filed a defamation lawsuit against Lee, the chamber’s program director. “You are not alone. And to all of the survivors and victims, we see you, we hear you, we feel you, and we believe in you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yekutiel categorically denied the allegations and called them politically motivated. Chapin is a former vice president of the progressive Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club, which has endorsed Yekutiel’s opponent, Gary McCoy, in the District 8 race. Chapin denied that coming forward was politically driven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t do what these accusations suggest, and I do think it’s because I am here and I’m running for office that this is coming out now,” Yekutiel told KQED. “The San Francisco Police Department looked into it, and there was nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFPD didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapin, who is also gay, said the personal fallout has been traumatic. On social media, people have scrutinized his character and questioned his motives for coming forward after so many years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has completely stepped away from political activism, saying it was detrimental to his mental health to be in those spaces after his experience with Yekutiel and other high-profile sexual assaults in politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090125\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1928px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090125\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1928\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed.jpg 1928w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-8_qed-1536x1062.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1928px) 100vw, 1928px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Connie Chan speaks during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People really don’t understand how scary it is to come forward when there’s not a lot of evidence,” Chapin said. “In some ways, I think if someone is involved in politics, it does make it even less likely for [survivors] to come forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He told friends about the incident shortly after it happened, text messages show, but Chapin said he waited years to publicly come forward out of fear and because Yekutiel was not running for public office at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was scared to tell another soul,” Chapin said. He eventually filed a police report in April and came forward. “I was so anxious about this person being in power and what would happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before his accusations became public, Chapin said he reached out to several political figures he knows, including termed-out current District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, who is still listed as endorsing Yekutiel, and for whom Chapin said he formerly helped organize and volunteered. But the supervisor isn’t convinced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t felt a reason to particularly doubt Manny’s account. It was an event that was six years ago, and it hasn’t caused me to reevaluate my endorsement,” Mandelman told KQED. “I think how long ago something supposedly happened matters. I think numbers and believability of accusations matter. Sometimes there’s a flood that follows an initial accusation. I hope that’s not the case here. But I do think this is very different from a situation where there’s rumors from multiple people, and then someone comes forward, and then the dam breaks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090132\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-25_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sticky notes with messages are posted on a white paper during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eric Jaye, a political consultant who has donated to Yekutiel’s campaign, said even serious accusations like Chapin’s are processed politically in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“American politics right now is so partisan and so divisive that you care about these accusations when they’re leveled against somebody you oppose and you excuse or disbelieve them when they are directed to someone you support,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The District 8 seat is crucial to moderates trying to keep their majority on the board. Yekutiel is facing off against McCoy, who most recently served as campaign manager for Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s Save Our Healthcare initiative, and patent attorney Michael Nguyen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Politicians are going to take a watch-and-wait approach to this. If it’s a one-off, I don’t think it will have much impact on the race. If it emerges that there was a pattern, then that will be a different situation,” Jaye said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that prediction plays out, the case will stand in stark contrast to those of other politicians whose campaigns have swiftly collapsed in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, after multiple women accused Swalwell of drugging and raping them, he quickly lost support and exited the race for California governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090130\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090130\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-22_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters and community advocates gather during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Usually with politicians, where there’s smoke, there’s fire. So the question is, is there something else? And I don’t know that. But I think that’s what a lot of [Yekutiel’s] endorsers are waiting to see,” Ross said. “If another person comes forward or another issue comes up, then it becomes much more fraught for his supporters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Yekutiel, some of the fallout could be economic. He has become a widely recognized Democratic pillar in San Francisco, where his cafe regularly hosts talks with government leaders and activists. He’s amassed powerful allies in the city’s Democratic sphere, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, with whom he started the Civic Joy Fund nonprofit. Lurie has so far not endorsed anyone in the District 8 race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My supporters are going to make their own choices. The overwhelming majority of my supporters are standing strong with me,” Yekutiel said. “And the few people that did rescind their endorsement, I’m looking forward to working with them as a supervisor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahmood, the supervisor, is on a committee focused on addressing sexual assault complaints within the San Francisco Democratic Party, which was formed following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033207/sf-latinx-club-leaves-local-democratic-party\">series of allegations\u003c/a> in local Democratic clubs. The party adopted a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016733/sf-democrats-adopt-new-sexual-assault-reporting-policies\">new set of reporting policies\u003c/a> for sexual assault and harassment in December 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say there are flaws in the process. Chapin said he filed a complaint to the organization’s ombudsperson and never received a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090127\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090127\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260707_SFRally_GC-12_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supervisor Bilal Mahmood speaks during a rally for survivors of sexual assault and harassment at San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco on July 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chair Nancy Tung declined to publicly comment on the reporting process or current allegations in the District 8 race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Democrats who made a big issue around sexual assault a few years ago, it was moderates attacking the progressives over that issue. And now they created a system and a process that was supposed to protect people and that pretty much failed,” Ross, the political consultant, said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chapin received a response from the party’s ombudsperson after reporting about his allegations went public. The inquiry is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been absolute hell, but I just couldn’t not do it,” Chapin said on his decision to come forward. “That’s not a thing for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A Sunnyvale carpenter who was rushed to the emergency room during an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">immigration arrest\u003c/a> last year is suing the Trump administration, saying violent treatment by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and months of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075152/a-year-after-ice-detained-south-bay-immigrant-family-trauma-lingers\">medical neglect in ICE detention\u003c/a> left him seriously disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ulises Peña López, who was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077703/its-inhumane-after-sunnyvale-fathers-deportation-family-trauma-lingers\">deported to Mexico\u003c/a> in October after eight months in custody, said ICE officers beat him until he lost consciousness, despite the fact that he and his wife warned them that he’d been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition. ICE denies the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Peña López, 32, said he’s paralyzed on the right side of his body and walks with a cane, his vision and hearing are impaired, and he can’t work to support himself or pay for the medical care he needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I want more than anything, I can’t get back: to recover my health, to be with my wife and daughter, and to be able to work again,” he said in a recent phone interview from an aunt’s home in Michoacán, where he lives now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His U.S.-born wife, Aby Peña, who has remained in California with the couple’s now-5-year-old daughter, Emily, said she doesn’t understand how ICE officers could treat another human being as her husband was treated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just inhumane,” she said. “And it also affects children because they’re being separated, and it’s a damage that is irreversible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family photos hang on the wall at Aby Peña and Ulises Peña Lopez’s home in Sunnyvale on Feb. 19, 2026. Peña Lopez was deported to Mexico after being taken into ICE custody outside their home in February 2025, leaving his wife and young daughter in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a federal civil rights lawsuit filed Monday, his lawyers say the arrest, on Feb. 21, 2025, led to “a cascade of harms,” including lasting trauma for Peña and their daughter, who witnessed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By law, the complaint said, ICE “bears responsibility for the safety and well-being of individuals” it detains. Yet court records indicate the arrest triggered a heart attack and stroke. And the lawsuit said ICE and private prison contractors failed to get Peña López critical follow-up care, including an urgent neurological workup and physical therapy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also alleges that staff at both facilities where he was held — Golden State Annex and California City Detention Facility, both in Kern County — denied him disability accommodations, such as glasses and hearing aids, as required by law.[aside postID=news_12086891 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/BirthrightCitizenshipAP.jpg']In one example cited in the complaint, the private prison staff at Golden State Annex allegedly assigned Peña López to a top bunk: “Ulises’s weakness and numbness on the right side of his body prevented him from safely climbing to a top bunk. He asked detention staff to reassign him to a bottom bunk but was told that they could not make that change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Peña López and his family and to punish the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, an unnamed Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE arrested Peña López “during targeted operations.” It said “he resisted multiple lawful commands made by ICE officers,” but it didn’t address the lawsuit’s allegations that he was beaten. At the time of the arrest, an ICE spokesman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">told KQED\u003c/a> the allegation that officers beat Peña López was “absolutely inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ICE statement said, “Any claims of subprime medical care at ICE facilities is FALSE,” and reiterated boilerplate language asserting that the agency provides comprehensive care that “for many illegal aliens … is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Murchie, an attorney with Disability Law United and a member of Peña López’s legal team, disputes that. She said his health worsened in detention because he did not get the medical care he needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>As arrests spike, advocates say detention conditions are dangerous\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Peña López entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, when he was 18. He said he was unaware that ICE had an expedited removal order from that time, allowing for a fast-track deportation. He had four misdemeanor convictions, though his immigration lawyer, Priya Patel, noted that none involved physical violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers say what happened to Peña López in the early weeks of the second Trump administration was a sign of things to come, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent\">violent, even fatal, immigration raids \u003c/a>rolling out in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077656/how-a-bay-area-attorney-aims-to-hold-us-agents-accountable-for-violence-in-minneapolis\">Minneapolis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just this tenor of impunity that ICE officers have, that’s letting them get away with acting worse more often,” Murchie said. “More people are getting swept up into their impunity and violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074725 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 400,000 people were arrested by ICE last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-1st-year\">more than four times\u003c/a> as many as in 2024. The number of people in ICE detention \u003ca href=\"https://www.vera.org/ice-detention-trends\">peaked\u003c/a> in January at a record high of over 70,000, 80% more than when President Joe Biden left office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those surging numbers and the conditions in detention facilities have led to a spike in deaths. Since Trump’s second inauguration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system\">52 people have died\u003c/a> in ICE custody — a mortality rate four times that during the Biden administration and higher even than during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watchdog entities, including Disability Rights California and the California Attorney General’s office, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">raised alarms\u003c/a> about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038087/california-sent-investigators-ice-facilities-found-more-detainees-health-care-gaps\">lack of adequate medical care\u003c/a> at ICE facilities in California, including the two where Peña López was held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054610\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic, Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center stands in the Kern County desert awaiting reopening as a federal immigrant detention facility under contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California City, California, on July 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Margot Mendelson, executive director of the San Quentin prison-based Prison Law Office, said ICE detention is “extraordinarily dangerous” for people with serious health concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone can have a medical need while they’re in custody, and they’re often not addressed in a safe and adequate manner,” she said. “It is particularly dangerous for people who show up with pre-existing medical conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelson’s group filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of detainees, alleging “crisis-level” conditions at the California City facility, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">opened abruptly\u003c/a> last August. In February, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073215/judge-orders-ice-to-provide-medical-care-in-largest-immigration-jail-in-california\">ordered\u003c/a> the facility to provide adequate medical care and appointed an independent medical expert to monitor the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lack of critical care leaves lasting damage\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six months before Peña López’s arrest, doctors diagnosed a vertebral artery dissection, a tear inside a blood vessel to the brain, that likely came from lifting heavy loads at his construction job. The condition was well managed, according to the lawsuit, but it put him at risk for a stroke or heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he suffered the heart attack during his arrest, ICE summoned paramedics, who took him by ambulance to El Camino Health in Mountain View, where he was kept overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, he collapsed in the yard at Golden State Annex and was taken to a nearby emergency room with sharp chest pain, difficulty breathing and tingling in his chest, face and arms, according to the complaint. The hospital discharged him with instructions for a swift follow-up appointment, but he never received it, despite emphatic letters from his neurologist back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg\" alt='A large sign outside that says \"GEO Golden State.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gathered outside the Golden State Annex immigrant detention center in McFarland on May 29, 2022. The event was part of a statewide effort to call attention to conditions for immigrant detainees. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Joyce Xi and the Dignity Not Detention Coalition)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A week after that, Peña López was hospitalized again, with a severe headache and sudden numbness on the right side of his body. Doctors said a neurology consultation was “urgent,” but ICE didn’t arrange one until four months later, according to the claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His paralysis is visible in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU9U4NRkn2O/\">video\u003c/a> posted early this year to social media by an immigrant advocacy group in San Francisco. In contrast, earlier family videos \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DNV5Li0RHcG/\">show him\u003c/a> as an able-bodied dad with his young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recover from his injuries, Peña López requires an operation to place a stent, according to the lawsuit, as well as ongoing medication, monitoring by specialists and intensive rehabilitation. The operation alone is estimated to cost about $30,000, money his family doesn’t have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before he was arrested, Peña López had health insurance through his work. In Mexico, he has none, said his wife, a licensed vocational nurse.[aside postID=news_12089505 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/GettyImages-2269380398.jpg']“The medication is really expensive, so he hasn’t even been able to keep up with that. But without it, he has a higher risk of getting a blood clot,” she said. “If he had been here, the insurance here would have covered it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Peña López recently lost an appeal of his deportation, so his prospects of returning to the U.S. are slim. The family has tried to stay connected over video calls, with Peña López reading Emily a bedtime story and saying a nightly prayer with her. They even invented a version of hide-and-seek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’d leave the phone on the bed and run off to hide,” he said. “Meanwhile, she’d be talking to me, saying I had to find her. And even though I couldn’t see her, when I told her I spotted her, she’d scream with excitement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lately his internet connection in Mexico has been so poor that even phone calls are often impossible, leaving them all feeling frustrated and sad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peña recently decided to give up the Sunnyvale apartment she and her husband had shared. For months, her daughter has been living with her parents near Chico because Peña couldn’t find child care to match her 13-hour shifts at a dialysis clinic. And every week, she drives hours to spend days off with Emily. But the strain has become too much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I decided it would be best for me to get a transfer through my job to a clinic closer to my parents, so that I can be with my daughter every day,” she said. “Rent’s a lot cheaper over there, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074622\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074622\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260219-SUNNYVALEDEPORTED-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aby Peña holds a photo of herself and her husband, Ulises Peña Lopez, at her home in Sunnyvale on Feb. 19, 2026. Peña Lopez was deported to Mexico after being taken into ICE custody outside their home in February 2025, leaving his wife and young daughter in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If they win their claim against ICE, Peña said she hopes it will provide funds for the surgery her husband needs. But that’s not the main thing motivating them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important for justice and for awareness, so people can be aware of the truth of what happens with many of these cases,” she said. “It’s not just us. It’s a lot of immigrants who are going through the same thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peña López said ICE has tried to portray immigrants like him as violent and dangerous to society. He said he hoped the lawsuit would shine a light on the violence and neglect he said ICE is inflicting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who’s the real danger to society?” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Murchie, the attorney, said the case is an attempt “to hold accountable an agency that thinks it’s above the law.” And, she said, “it’s about standing by someone while they’re going through one of the worst things that’s happened in their life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In one example cited in the complaint, the private prison staff at Golden State Annex allegedly assigned Peña López to a top bunk: “Ulises’s weakness and numbness on the right side of his body prevented him from safely climbing to a top bunk. He asked detention staff to reassign him to a bottom bunk but was told that they could not make that change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit seeks unspecified monetary damages to compensate Peña López and his family and to punish the government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement emailed to KQED, an unnamed Homeland Security spokesperson said ICE arrested Peña López “during targeted operations.” It said “he resisted multiple lawful commands made by ICE officers,” but it didn’t address the lawsuit’s allegations that he was beaten. At the time of the arrest, an ICE spokesman \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028303/ice-arrest-left-bay-area-man-hospitalized-struggling-breathe-attorney-says\">told KQED\u003c/a> the allegation that officers beat Peña López was “absolutely inaccurate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ICE statement said, “Any claims of subprime medical care at ICE facilities is FALSE,” and reiterated boilerplate language asserting that the agency provides comprehensive care that “for many illegal aliens … is the best healthcare they have received their entire lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laura Murchie, an attorney with Disability Law United and a member of Peña López’s legal team, disputes that. She said his health worsened in detention because he did not get the medical care he needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>As arrests spike, advocates say detention conditions are dangerous\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Peña López entered the U.S. illegally in 2013, when he was 18. He said he was unaware that ICE had an expedited removal order from that time, allowing for a fast-track deportation. He had four misdemeanor convictions, though his immigration lawyer, Priya Patel, noted that none involved physical violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers say what happened to Peña López in the early weeks of the second Trump administration was a sign of things to come, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/nx-s1-5566785/ice-dhs-immigration-tactics-more-violent\">violent, even fatal, immigration raids \u003c/a>rolling out in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077656/how-a-bay-area-attorney-aims-to-hold-us-agents-accountable-for-violence-in-minneapolis\">Minneapolis\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just this tenor of impunity that ICE officers have, that’s letting them get away with acting worse more often,” Murchie said. “More people are getting swept up into their impunity and violence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1760px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12074725 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1760\" height=\"1174\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5.jpg 1760w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ice-badge-69a05cdd559c5-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A federal agent wears an Immigration and Customs Enforcement badge on June 10, 2025. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nearly 400,000 people were arrested by ICE last year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/trump-2-immigration-1st-year\">more than four times\u003c/a> as many as in 2024. The number of people in ICE detention \u003ca href=\"https://www.vera.org/ice-detention-trends\">peaked\u003c/a> in January at a record high of over 70,000, 80% more than when President Joe Biden left office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those surging numbers and the conditions in detention facilities have led to a spike in deaths. Since Trump’s second inauguration, \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/06/25/dying-in-detention/rising-deaths-in-an-expanding-us-immigration-detention-system\">52 people have died\u003c/a> in ICE custody — a mortality rate four times that during the Biden administration and higher even than during the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Watchdog entities, including Disability Rights California and the California Attorney General’s office, have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062774/conditions-at-massive-new-california-immigration-facility-are-alarming-report-finds\">raised alarms\u003c/a> about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038087/california-sent-investigators-ice-facilities-found-more-detainees-health-care-gaps\">lack of adequate medical care\u003c/a> at ICE facilities in California, including the two where Peña López was held.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054610\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/CoreCivicKernCountyGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The CoreCivic, Inc. 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Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Margot Mendelson, executive director of the San Quentin prison-based Prison Law Office, said ICE detention is “extraordinarily dangerous” for people with serious health concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anyone can have a medical need while they’re in custody, and they’re often not addressed in a safe and adequate manner,” she said. “It is particularly dangerous for people who show up with pre-existing medical conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mendelson’s group filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of detainees, alleging “crisis-level” conditions at the California City facility, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054544/californias-newest-immigration-facility-is-also-its-biggest-is-it-operating-legally\">opened abruptly\u003c/a> last August. In February, a federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12073215/judge-orders-ice-to-provide-medical-care-in-largest-immigration-jail-in-california\">ordered\u003c/a> the facility to provide adequate medical care and appointed an independent medical expert to monitor the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lack of critical care leaves lasting damage\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Six months before Peña López’s arrest, doctors diagnosed a vertebral artery dissection, a tear inside a blood vessel to the brain, that likely came from lifting heavy loads at his construction job. The condition was well managed, according to the lawsuit, but it put him at risk for a stroke or heart attack.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After he suffered the heart attack during his arrest, ICE summoned paramedics, who took him by ambulance to El Camino Health in Mountain View, where he was kept overnight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, he collapsed in the yard at Golden State Annex and was taken to a nearby emergency room with sharp chest pain, difficulty breathing and tingling in his chest, face and arms, according to the complaint. The hospital discharged him with instructions for a swift follow-up appointment, but he never received it, despite emphatic letters from his neurologist back home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg\" alt='A large sign outside that says \"GEO Golden State.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS56703_20220529-16-44-13-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gathered outside the Golden State Annex immigrant detention center in McFarland on May 29, 2022. The event was part of a statewide effort to call attention to conditions for immigrant detainees. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Joyce Xi and the Dignity Not Detention Coalition)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A week after that, Peña López was hospitalized again, with a severe headache and sudden numbness on the right side of his body. Doctors said a neurology consultation was “urgent,” but ICE didn’t arrange one until four months later, according to the claim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His paralysis is visible in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU9U4NRkn2O/\">video\u003c/a> posted early this year to social media by an immigrant advocacy group in San Francisco. In contrast, earlier family videos \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reels/DNV5Li0RHcG/\">show him\u003c/a> as an able-bodied dad with his young daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To recover from his injuries, Peña López requires an operation to place a stent, according to the lawsuit, as well as ongoing medication, monitoring by specialists and intensive rehabilitation. The operation alone is estimated to cost about $30,000, money his family doesn’t have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before he was arrested, Peña López had health insurance through his work. In Mexico, he has none, said his wife, a licensed vocational nurse.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose\">San José\u003c/a>’s largest public employee union is heading into mediation with the city this week after a bargaining stalemate over pay raises that could push workers toward a strike vote if it’s not resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Municipal Employees’ Federation, AFSCME Local 101 (MEF), whose members include librarians, code inspectors and city planners, is scheduled to meet with the city and a state mediator from the Public Employment Relations Board on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A separate union representing engineers, architects and other supervisors — the City Association of Management Personnel, IFPTE, Local 21 — will begin mediation with the city on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just three years after disagreements over pay \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958216/san-jose-city-worker-strike-on-hold-after-agreement\">nearly led\u003c/a> to a historic work stoppage, contracts with the unions representing more than 3,000 city workers expired on June 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials contend that with ongoing budget deficits, they are unable to offer more than a 3% annual raise in each of the next three fiscal years — an increase union leaders argue would leave workers unable to keep pace with the rising cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We tried to put across proposals that were reasonable but also recognized that it’s an expensive place to live in the Bay Area,” said Charles Allen, union representative for MEF. “The costs that city employees incur — increased gas prices, increased food prices, just generally increases all around — were not really addressed by the city’s proposal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12070856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12070856\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/260122-SJPDSHOOT-JG-5_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The intersection of Julian Street and Notre Dame Avenue in downtown San José was still blocked off on the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>MEF and IFPTE countered the city’s offer with a proposed wage hike of 4% in the current fiscal year, followed by 4.5% in 2027-28 and 5.5% in 2028-29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Allen said his union’s members have not yet taken a vote to authorize a potential strike, but are discussing the possibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We obviously remain optimistic that mediation might be able to get us to where we need to be, but at this point we’re out of contract,” he said. “Once we’ve gone through the process, then the membership does have the ability to take a strike vote and in fact go on strike.”[aside postID=news_12087836 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/061626CSU-Labor_GH_003-KQED.jpg']A work stoppage could limit library services, summer activities and permit processing in a city that is already one of the most thinly staffed in California. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/23/5-charts-that-show-how-california-cities-spent-37-billion-on-public-employees-last-year/\">\u003cem>Mercury News\u003c/em> analysis\u003c/a> in 2024 found San José has 112 residents per city employee; among California’s 10 largest cities, only Bakersfield has a lower staffing ratio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José Mayor Matt Mahan said the city has little flexibility to offer higher wages after recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086842/san-jose-city-budget-new-immigrant-funding-cuts-reserve-spending\">approving a budget\u003c/a> that closed a $50.3 million shortfall by tapping reserves and cutting more than a dozen positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City budget analysts are projecting an ongoing shortfall of $26.8 million in 2027-28 and $11.8 million in 2028-29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is offering a fair deal,” Mahan said. “To go any higher than a 3% raise over the next three years, we would have to make significant service cuts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While negotiations are being led by the Office of Employee Relations, which reports to the city manager, any tentative agreement will need to be approved by the City Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Mahan was the lone vote on the council against new contracts for MEF and IFPTE — arguing that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958290/san-jose-city-council-approves-agreements-with-unions-to-avoid-strike\">wage hikes\u003c/a> of 14.5% over three years \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11960949/san-jose-city-council-approves-budget-trims-to-fund-worker-raises\">were beyond\u003c/a> what the city could afford.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049894\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049894\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250725-SJPOWER-JG-8_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan speaks during a July 25, 2025 press conference in North San José about a partnership with PG&E intended to attract more data center development to the city. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think the council has just been through a difficult budget cycle where some of the members of the council were expressing a little bit of regret in private over deals that I pointed out three years ago were likely to set us up for service cuts,” Mahan said. “To do that again in this moment would be a mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond wages, the unions and city remain apart on the use of artificial intelligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under an MEF proposal submitted in March, the city would be barred from using technological systems “for the purpose of eliminating bargaining unit work” and from using AI “for new programs, positions or functions that could replace future new bargaining unit positions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s counterproposal offered the consideration of training and reassignment prior to layoffs, in cases “where artificial intelligence will result in workforce reductions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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