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The incumbent mayor was largely on the defensive over her record on housing, homelessness, public safety and recent ethics scandals under her watch in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005630\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie listens to fellow candidates during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Breed appeared relaxed — and, at some points, annoyed — standing center stage and swinging back at her opponents, including swipes at Farrell for crime rates during his stint as interim mayor and Lurie’s lack of government experience. Meanwhile, she painted a picture of San Francisco that’s back and better than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This past summer has been one of the best summers in our city, and especially downtown, with night markets and open space and raves and events and activation and fun,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Peskin carves out lane as a pro-tenant progressive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fielding questions about concerns over his past behavior and his own recovery after entering alcohol treatment, Peskin appeared calm and made the case for his plans for the city moving forward while opponents largely launched attacks on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Peskin, the only progressive in the race, stressed that he wanted to make San Francisco more affordable and livable for everyday residents, not just “billionaires,” like he accused some of his opponents of doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has taken hits from other candidates and housing advocates for opposing developments in places like Telegraph Hill and North Beach. On Thursday night, he said he wants to expand rent control across the city and supports building affordable housing — but will seek to preserve neighborhood integrity and will not hand out blank checks to developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safaí says students and studios will save downtown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a Q&A with reporters after the debate, Safaí shared his plans for the city’s downtown recovery that didn’t make it to the debate stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among his ideas to reenergize the city’s economic hub? Bringing TV and film production back to San Francisco, as well as another university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to invite Hollywood back to the city,” he said. “You can’t buy that kind of advertisement. It’s the thing that drove SF to being a tourist destination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell doubles down on Breed’s failures but flounders on personal record\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farrell said the city has had its steepest decline under Breed’s leadership, calling out residents’ concerns over crime and a sluggish economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was certainly irony in the room when the former supervisor said crime and safety is “the reason why conventions left San Francisco” while the city was simultaneously hosting one of its largest tech conferences, Dreamforce, just across town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell also received a few groans from KQED’s live studio audience when asked what he has had to sacrifice in his relatively privileged life. He spoke of his immigrant parents’ modest upbringing — and said he has had to take out student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lurie takes swings at City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, who recently launched campaign ads criticizing his opponents, took an onslaught of direct attacks from Breed as well as Peskin. He managed to slip in some of his ideas, like bringing in a new downtown police station near Moscone Center and touted his work building an affordable housing project through his nonprofit — which he said was built faster and cheaper than the average city project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the Tipping Point founder came back repeatedly to his Day One message: City Hall insiders created the mess, and it will take an outsider to fix things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. Then they have the audacity, like they did tonight, to tell you they’re the only ones that can fix it. I have a proven track record of getting big things done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Breed fends off attacks from left and right\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The candidates wasted no time launching critiques at Breed, who missed two recent debates. The incumbent mayor was largely on the defensive over her record on housing, homelessness, public safety and recent ethics scandals under her watch in City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005630\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005630\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-067-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie listens to fellow candidates during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Breed appeared relaxed — and, at some points, annoyed — standing center stage and swinging back at her opponents, including swipes at Farrell for crime rates during his stint as interim mayor and Lurie’s lack of government experience. Meanwhile, she painted a picture of San Francisco that’s back and better than ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This past summer has been one of the best summers in our city, and especially downtown, with night markets and open space and raves and events and activation and fun,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Peskin carves out lane as a pro-tenant progressive\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Fielding questions about concerns over his past behavior and his own recovery after entering alcohol treatment, Peskin appeared calm and made the case for his plans for the city moving forward while opponents largely launched attacks on one another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005636\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-112-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Peskin, the only progressive in the race, stressed that he wanted to make San Francisco more affordable and livable for everyday residents, not just “billionaires,” like he accused some of his opponents of doing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has taken hits from other candidates and housing advocates for opposing developments in places like Telegraph Hill and North Beach. On Thursday night, he said he wants to expand rent control across the city and supports building affordable housing — but will seek to preserve neighborhood integrity and will not hand out blank checks to developers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Safaí says students and studios will save downtown\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a Q&A with reporters after the debate, Safaí shared his plans for the city’s downtown recovery that didn’t make it to the debate stage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005627\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005627\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-051-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among his ideas to reenergize the city’s economic hub? Bringing TV and film production back to San Francisco, as well as another university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to invite Hollywood back to the city,” he said. “You can’t buy that kind of advertisement. It’s the thing that drove SF to being a tourist destination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Farrell doubles down on Breed’s failures but flounders on personal record\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farrell said the city has had its steepest decline under Breed’s leadership, calling out residents’ concerns over crime and a sluggish economic recovery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There was certainly irony in the room when the former supervisor said crime and safety is “the reason why conventions left San Francisco” while the city was simultaneously hosting one of its largest tech conferences, Dreamforce, just across town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell also received a few groans from KQED’s live studio audience when asked what he has had to sacrifice in his relatively privileged life. He spoke of his immigrant parents’ modest upbringing — and said he has had to take out student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lurie takes swings at City Hall\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lurie, who recently launched campaign ads criticizing his opponents, took an onslaught of direct attacks from Breed as well as Peskin. He managed to slip in some of his ideas, like bringing in a new downtown police station near Moscone Center and touted his work building an affordable housing project through his nonprofit — which he said was built faster and cheaper than the average city project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005629\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005629\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-MAYORALDEBATE-053-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the Tipping Point founder came back repeatedly to his Day One message: City Hall insiders created the mess, and it will take an outsider to fix things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Opposing visions of what San Francisco is — and what it can be — clashed on stage as the city’s five leading mayoral candidates offered stark differences on Thursday night at KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sold-out debate was the largest — and likely the last — major debate of the election cycle. Incumbent Mayor London Breed, who has drawn criticism from her opponents for dropping out of two recent debates, stood in the center of the stage wearing an aquamarine pantsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She faced an onslaught on her record, primarily from former Mayor Mark Farrell and Daniel Lurie. With 46 days until Election Day, the gloves were off as soon as the debate — moderated by Marisa Lagos and Scott Shafer of KQED and Joe Garofoli of the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> — began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to see Mayor Breed finally at a debate after she’s been ducking them for the past two weeks,” Farrell said. “It is clear, Mayor Breed, you’re going to be here tonight telling the audience in San Francisco that everything’s just fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, a nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, didn’t spare anyone on the stage, including Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. Then they have the audacity, like they did tonight, to tell you they’re the only ones that can fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes couldn’t be higher for the city. San Francisco continues to experience a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery. Overdose rates remain at an epidemic level, driven by fentanyl and meth. The lack of new affordable housing has exacerbated the housing crisis. The “doom loop” chatter remains pervasive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was barely time for policy positions on improving the city’s laundry list of problems because the candidates were focused on landing zingers on Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She landed plenty of her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel Lurie is probably one of the most dangerous people on the stage, so we definitely should be scared,” Breed said. “He has absolutely zero experience. He hasn’t even been employed for the past five years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005587\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-08-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She was also dismissive of Farrell, who slammed her for not doing enough to combat crime, even as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996211/san-francisco-crime-is-down-significantly-but-its-not-clear-trend-will-last\">police data shows crime in the city was considerably down in the first half of 2024\u003c/a>. In August, the San Francisco Police Officers Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001603/san-francisco-police-union-backs-breed-for-mayor-as-deputy-sheriffs-go-for-farrell\">endorsed\u003c/a> Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know why we’re still listening to Mark Farrell talk about what he’s done — the same thing over and over again,” Breed said. “The fact is, crime is at its lowest level in 10 years. My budget is $200 million higher than his budget when [Farrell] served as temporary mayor. I have provided the police officers with the support and the 21st-century technology that they need to do their jobs, which is why crime is down in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12005315 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240612-SFMayoralDebate-22-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And the Police Officers Association endorsed me only.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11959861/sf-official-pleads-not-guilty-to-bribery-misappropriation-of-funds-charges\">sweeping investigations\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11923588/disgraced-former-sf-public-works-chief-mohammed-nuru-sentenced-to-7-years-for-bribery-scheme\">arrests and convictions\u003c/a> of public officials for corruption have scandalized City Hall. Earlier this month, a scandal surrounding the Dream Keeper initiative, the ambitious social equity program Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862094/sf-mayor-breed-unveils-plan-for-reinvesting-120-million-from-police-into-black-communities\">launched in 2021\u003c/a> to steer funds to community organizations supporting the city’s Black community, was revealed. Last week, Sheryl Davis, the former director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, resigned following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004687/mayor-breed-taps-new-sf-human-rights-director-as-misspending-scrutiny-intensifies\">reports of potential misspending of public money\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have held myself accountable,” Breed said. “I immediately asked for and received her resignation. And even before this probe started, we had already paused funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí wasn’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Corruption has imbued this administration since Day 1,” said Safai, who proposed an ordinance in 2023 that would have forced nonprofits to file paperwork with the city administrator’s office to show they are in good standing with the state. “I have led a charge to do mandatory audits and bring accountability, and this mayor did not support that measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005585\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell stayed on the offensive for the entire hourlong debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no mayor that is overseeing a steeper decline in our city’s history than London Breed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First of all, unlike some of my opponents on this stage, I actually have a job, No. 1,” Breed fired back. “No. 2, to be very clear, crime is lower than it’s been in over a decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued: “My results speak for themselves. We are seeing the city bounce back, and he is trying to take our city backwards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell claimed that neighborhoods are being held hostage by drug dealing and homelessness. If elected, he’s said he’d declare a fentanyl state of emergency, similar to what Lurie has proposed. His vision to redevelop downtown includes a focus on new housing. He rejected claims that he would shy away from development in his own district, the Marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe we need to build housing in every single neighborhood,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, who wants to expand rent control across the city, said he has never voted against affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said. “I have voted to approve more housing at all income levels all over this city than every candidate on this stage combined, over 100,000 units. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to see Mayor Breed finally at a debate after she’s been ducking them for the past two weeks,” Farrell said. “It is clear, Mayor Breed, you’re going to be here tonight telling the audience in San Francisco that everything’s just fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, a nonprofit founder and Levi Strauss heir, didn’t spare anyone on the stage, including Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safaí.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005588\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-09-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Daniel Lurie speaks during a debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The definition of insanity is electing the same people over and over again and expecting a different result,” Lurie said. “They’ve built up this corrupt system, then they exploit it. Then they have the audacity, like they did tonight, to tell you they’re the only ones that can fix it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stakes couldn’t be higher for the city. San Francisco continues to experience a sluggish post-pandemic economic recovery. Overdose rates remain at an epidemic level, driven by fentanyl and meth. The lack of new affordable housing has exacerbated the housing crisis. The “doom loop” chatter remains pervasive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was barely time for policy positions on improving the city’s laundry list of problems because the candidates were focused on landing zingers on Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She landed plenty of her own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Daniel Lurie is probably one of the most dangerous people on the stage, so we definitely should be scared,” Breed said. “He has absolutely zero experience. 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In August, the San Francisco Police Officers Association \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001603/san-francisco-police-union-backs-breed-for-mayor-as-deputy-sheriffs-go-for-farrell\">endorsed\u003c/a> Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know why we’re still listening to Mark Farrell talk about what he’s done — the same thing over and over again,” Breed said. “The fact is, crime is at its lowest level in 10 years. My budget is $200 million higher than his budget when [Farrell] served as temporary mayor. I have provided the police officers with the support and the 21st-century technology that they need to do their jobs, which is why crime is down in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Last week, Sheryl Davis, the former director of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission, resigned following \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004687/mayor-breed-taps-new-sf-human-rights-director-as-misspending-scrutiny-intensifies\">reports of potential misspending of public money\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have held myself accountable,” Breed said. “I immediately asked for and received her resignation. And even before this probe started, we had already paused funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safaí wasn’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Corruption has imbued this administration since Day 1,” said Safai, who proposed an ordinance in 2023 that would have forced nonprofits to file paperwork with the city administrator’s office to show they are in good standing with the state. “I have led a charge to do mandatory audits and bring accountability, and this mayor did not support that measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005585\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-06-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco mayoral candidate Ahsha Safaí speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell stayed on the offensive for the entire hourlong debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no mayor that is overseeing a steeper decline in our city’s history than London Breed,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First of all, unlike some of my opponents on this stage, I actually have a job, No. 1,” Breed fired back. “No. 2, to be very clear, crime is lower than it’s been in over a decade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She continued: “My results speak for themselves. We are seeing the city bounce back, and he is trying to take our city backwards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240919-SF-MAYORAL-DEBATE-BL-03-KQED_POOL-KQED_-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Francisco mayor Mark Farrell speaks during a mayoral debate at KQED in San Francisco on Sept. 19, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Farrell claimed that neighborhoods are being held hostage by drug dealing and homelessness. If elected, he’s said he’d declare a fentanyl state of emergency, similar to what Lurie has proposed. His vision to redevelop downtown includes a focus on new housing. He rejected claims that he would shy away from development in his own district, the Marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe we need to build housing in every single neighborhood,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, who wants to expand rent control across the city, said he has never voted against affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we need to reject the narrative of the real estate speculators and developers,” he said. “I have voted to approve more housing at all income levels all over this city than every candidate on this stage combined, over 100,000 units. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>[\u003cstrong>Update:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005576/san-francisco-mayoral-candidates-clash-as-breed-faces-attacks-from-farrell-lurie\">San Francisco mayoral candidates clashed on Sept. 19 as Breed Faces Attacks from Farrell, Lurie\u003c/a>.]\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s mayoral race is heating up as candidates mount attacks against their opponents and make their case for why their blueprint for the city’s future is the winning one. On Thursday evening beginning at 7:00 p.m., voters will have a chance to hear from all five major candidates at a debate presented by KQED and \u003cem>the San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-profile election comes as San Francisco has drawn increased national attention, partly due to Vice President Kamala Harris — who began her political career in the city — rising to the top of the Democratic ticket in the presidential race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tonight, the five leading mayoral hopefuls will go head-to-head on issues around homelessness, crime and safety, economic recovery and more. Here’s what to watch out for:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Housing and homelessness\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s next mayor will need to pave the way for creating tens of thousands of housing units to meet state mandates, as well as find ways to more effectively help people experiencing homelessness get and stay housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has cemented herself as the pro-housing candidate, advocating for new housing at all income levels across the city and earning an endorsement from the YIMBY (Yes In My Backyard) Action group. But she’s also faced criticism over the city’s sluggishness to build more affordable units and open up enough shelters so more people can exit homelessness and find permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11998743\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11998743\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240801-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEPS-MD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Vallardo ties his belongings to a wagon as he prepares to relocate before the sweep team arrives. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie, who has positioned himself as the City Hall outsider in the race, points to projects he led as the founder of the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point as evidence of his ability to quickly build affordable housing in San Francisco. Skeptics, however, question whether his nonprofit experience will effectively translate to navigating government bureaucracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, progressive Supervisor Aaron Peskin has taken heat for previously blocking some housing projects, though he has shown support for new affordable development in conjunction with stronger renter protections. Recently, Peskin proposed dramatically expanding rent control protections to all buildings across San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Crime and safety\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s a top priority for all of the candidates – and a notable shift from 2020 when city officials, including Breed herself, supported calls for defunding the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Breed is touting the work she has done to increase police funding, making technology like drones available to law enforcement, and recent improvements in reported crime statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004882 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/LondonBreedSFPDTech-1020x733.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, former supervisor and interim Mayor Mark Farrell has said he will fully support building up the police force and wants to bring in the National Guard to enforce drug and anti-camping laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, Lurie and Supervisor Ahsha Safaí have all said they want to fully staff the police department and increase the ranks of officers who can speak multiple languages. However, these candidates have also made root causes of crime like poverty, housing and education a focus of their public safety rhetoric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As their proposals rolled out, the recent shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall in Union Square reignited debates over public safety downtown. Pearsall survived the shooting and was quickly released from the hospital. But Farrell, who has positioned himself to the right of Breed, took the opportunity to criticize the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Enough is enough,” \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/MarkFarrellSF/status/1830028537363120338\">Farrell posted\u003c/a> on social media after the shooting. “If we want public safety in San Francisco, then we need change in City Hall.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed and other mayoral candidates called Farrell’s response a crass example of political opportunism. In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/forum/ricky-pearsall-shooting-mark-farrell-fails-key-mayoral-test/article_7d356884-6947-11ef-8b16-2bbcf715ae7c.html\">op-ed\u003c/a> for the San Francisco Examiner, former Mayor Willie Brown said Farrell’s comments were “pretty unhinged” and harped on Farrell for “expressing neither remorse for the victim of a shooting nor appreciation for the police officers who made the arrest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie and Peskin expressed concern for Pearsall and broader issues of gun violence in their responses — reactions that Brown said “passed” his leadership test.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Ethics and personal backgrounds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This race has not been without its fair share of controversy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed has come under fire again over reports of potentially improper spending at City Hall. The city attorney is investigating grants and contracts awarded by Sheryl Davis, who resigned as director of the Human Rights Commission after the reports were published. Davis’ office was in charge of administering Breed’s Dream Keeper Initiative, a program designed to provide better housing, work training and other equitable opportunities for Black San Franciscans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004947 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/012_KQED_LondonBreedQA_05232023-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s on top of other examples, including the July arrest of Kyra Worthy, the former leader of the nonprofit SF SAFE, who faces 34 felony charges over accusations that she misused public funds and donations intended for crime-prevention programs. That followed one of the city’s largest corruption scandals, an FBI investigation targeting bribery and fraud at City Hall that has led to multiple convictions of former city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other candidates are on the defensive about their records, too. Farrell has come under increased scrutiny for ties to a ballot initiative, Proposition D, that has raised millions of dollars largely from Silicon Valley billionaires and conservative donors. His opponents allege that he is misusing campaign funds directed at the ballot measure and blurring the lines between it and his own mayoral campaign, including by appearing prominently in ads for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a supervisor, Farrell was hit with the city’s largest campaign finance violation fine of $191,000, stemming from his 2010 run for supervisor when his then-opponent Janet Reilly alleged that Farrell’s campaign illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure committee. Farrell later settled for $25,000 and the Fair Political Practices Commission exonerated him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin has also had to clear up past flops while on the campaign trail, like apologizing to the firefighters union at their recent debate for berating the first responders for their handling of a blaze in his district in 2018. Fire Department members alleged that Peskin was intoxicated during the incident, which Peskin denied. After additional complaints about his behavior, the Board of Supervisors president started treatment in 2021 and has been sober from alcohol for three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know we have real challenges, but I want to make things better, and that’s the experience that I’m living now,” Peskin recently told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s leading the race?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With about six weeks remaining until election day, no clear frontrunner has emerged. Political consultant Jim Ross describes the race as “still a toss-up” but suggests that this could change as November gets closer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if voters are saying, ‘I’m supporting Breed or Farrell or Peskin,’ I think they are still open to change or looking for a candidate who will grab hold of their imagination,” Ross said. “At this point, most of the campaigns have been waiting for the election to get closer to make their strongest arguments and spend most of their money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidates face off at a San Francisco Fire Fighters union debate on Thursday, July 8. Left to right: Ahsha Safaí, Mark Farrell, London Breed, Aaron Peskin and Daniel Lurie. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/farrell-edges-ahead-of-breed-in-sf-mayors-race-according-to-kron4-poll/\">polls\u003c/a> in the mayor’s race, released Tuesday from KRON4 and Emerson College Polling, found Farrell just slightly ahead with 20.6% of voters’ first-choice picks, followed closely by Breed with 20.3%. But Lurie rises to the top with 21% of voters’ second-choice picks, giving him a pathway to victory via the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the poll showed Peskin with about 9% of first-choice votes. Progressives are ramping up their messaging to voters around affordability and inclusivity to stay in the fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, about 27% of voters in the poll, which has a 3.5% margin of error, said they are still undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once these debates start to get into full swing, voters can really focus,” Ross said. “But the election is up for grabs at this point still.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catch up on all our coverage of the San Francisco mayor’s race, which includes interviews with all the leading candidates: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999653/sf-mayors-race-supervisor-ahsha-safai-talks-homelessness-accountability-and-iranian-roots\">\u003cem>Ahsha Safaí\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000444/former-san-francisco-supervisor-mark-farrell-makes-a-comeback-bid-for-mayor\">\u003cem>Mark Farrell\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001601/city-hall-outsider-daniel-lurie-wants-to-clean-up-local-government\">\u003cem>Daniel Lurie\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003700/aaron-peskin-wants-to-lead-san-franciscos-journey-to-recovery\">\u003cem>Aaron Peskin\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, and stay tuned for our interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997349/london-breed-wins-key-endorsement-of-san-francisco-democratic-party-in-mayors-race\">London Breed\u003c/a> next month.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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His opponents allege that he is misusing campaign funds directed at the ballot measure and blurring the lines between it and his own mayoral campaign, including by appearing prominently in ads for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a supervisor, Farrell was hit with the city’s largest campaign finance violation fine of $191,000, stemming from his 2010 run for supervisor when his then-opponent Janet Reilly alleged that Farrell’s campaign illegally coordinated with an independent expenditure committee. Farrell later settled for $25,000 and the Fair Political Practices Commission exonerated him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin has also had to clear up past flops while on the campaign trail, like apologizing to the firefighters union at their recent debate for berating the first responders for their handling of a blaze in his district in 2018. Fire Department members alleged that Peskin was intoxicated during the incident, which Peskin denied. After additional complaints about his behavior, the Board of Supervisors president started treatment in 2021 and has been sober from alcohol for three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know we have real challenges, but I want to make things better, and that’s the experience that I’m living now,” Peskin recently told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who’s leading the race?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With about six weeks remaining until election day, no clear frontrunner has emerged. Political consultant Jim Ross describes the race as “still a toss-up” but suggests that this could change as November gets closer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even if voters are saying, ‘I’m supporting Breed or Farrell or Peskin,’ I think they are still open to change or looking for a candidate who will grab hold of their imagination,” Ross said. “At this point, most of the campaigns have been waiting for the election to get closer to make their strongest arguments and spend most of their money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFMayoralDebate2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayoral candidates face off at a San Francisco Fire Fighters union debate on Thursday, July 8. Left to right: Ahsha Safaí, Mark Farrell, London Breed, Aaron Peskin and Daniel Lurie. \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/farrell-edges-ahead-of-breed-in-sf-mayors-race-according-to-kron4-poll/\">polls\u003c/a> in the mayor’s race, released Tuesday from KRON4 and Emerson College Polling, found Farrell just slightly ahead with 20.6% of voters’ first-choice picks, followed closely by Breed with 20.3%. But Lurie rises to the top with 21% of voters’ second-choice picks, giving him a pathway to victory via the city’s ranked-choice voting system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the poll showed Peskin with about 9% of first-choice votes. Progressives are ramping up their messaging to voters around affordability and inclusivity to stay in the fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, about 27% of voters in the poll, which has a 3.5% margin of error, said they are still undecided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once these debates start to get into full swing, voters can really focus,” Ross said. “But the election is up for grabs at this point still.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Catch up on all our coverage of the San Francisco mayor’s race, which includes interviews with all the leading candidates: \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999653/sf-mayors-race-supervisor-ahsha-safai-talks-homelessness-accountability-and-iranian-roots\">\u003cem>Ahsha Safaí\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000444/former-san-francisco-supervisor-mark-farrell-makes-a-comeback-bid-for-mayor\">\u003cem>Mark Farrell\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001601/city-hall-outsider-daniel-lurie-wants-to-clean-up-local-government\">\u003cem>Daniel Lurie\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003700/aaron-peskin-wants-to-lead-san-franciscos-journey-to-recovery\">\u003cem>Aaron Peskin\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, and stay tuned for our interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997349/london-breed-wins-key-endorsement-of-san-francisco-democratic-party-in-mayors-race\">London Breed\u003c/a> next month.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two West Coast councils of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters endorsed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris\u003c/a> and Tim Walz presidential ticket late Wednesday. The endorsement was part of a rush by regional and local Teamsters to throw their support behind the Democratic ticket following a decision by the national leadership to forgo an endorsement altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers “deserve a committed administration that will relentlessly advocate for their rights, ensure their safety, and prioritize the needs of working people,” said Chris Griswold, president of Joint Council 42. Together with Joint Council 7, the two unions represent about 300,000 workers in California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision by national leadership not to back the Democratic candidate is both a break from most other major unions and decades of Teamsters endorsements. The Harris-Walz ticket racked up Teamsters endorsements from joint councils in key swing states, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, following the announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004374 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/TaylorSwiftAP1-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bill Gould, a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board and professor of labor and employment law at Stanford University, the non-endorsement from national Teamsters leadership was “ludicrous” because Harris and former President Donald Trump’s records on labor stand in stark contrast to each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump has been antagonistic towards organized labor and created the most anti-labor National Labor Relations Board ever,” Gould said. Meanwhile, the Joe Biden and Harris administration has been very pro-labor, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean O’Brien, Teamsters president who made the recommendation to the executive board to forgo a presidential endorsement, is “an interesting character. We just don’t really know the entire background of how this all came about,” Gould said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Teamsters executive leadership said it had considered nationwide polling of its members that favored Trump over Harris but “found no definitive support among members for either party’s nominee.” Earlier polling had favored Biden before he withdrew from the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers were forbidden from negotiating amendments to legislation in public view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a policy in the Senate … We don’t negotiate amendments from the dais,” \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/258075?t=414&f=f2a10fad31c7f078ebdf598b831e4fa1\">Min told his Democratic colleague, Assemblymember David Alvarez\u003c/a>, this summer. “We are happy to continue discussing this offline, but I just don’t think it’s appropriate — nor is it in the interest of our time — to be negotiating and discussing particular provisions from the dais.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchange between Alvarez and Min highlights an unwritten rule in the Capitol, one that points to a culture of backroom dealing, where secret negotiations between lobbyists, Capitol staff and legislators are what really decide the fate of laws whose impacts will be felt by millions of Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate leaders said Min, a \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/dave-min-165451\">Democrat from Irvine\u003c/a>, overstated the rule since committee chairs can make exceptions and debate amendments in a hearing. However, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/mike-mcguire-93\">Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire\u003c/a> acknowledged to CalMatters that he requested “policy committee chairpersons and bill authors work to secure potential amendments prior to the (public) hearing” in order to improve the quality of legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When verbal, on-the-fly amendments are taken, there is real potential for confusion, misunderstanding and disagreement on definitions,” McGuire said. “We highly encourage robust discussion and debate at policy hearings. This is the people’s house, after all. But we also want to get the amendments right because details matter on these important laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly takes a similar approach to amendments, said Cynthia Moreno, a spokesperson for Speaker \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/robert-rivas-165041\">Robert Rivas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving the process almost entirely up to secret negotiations has critics calling the process little more than a rubber stamp for deals made behind closed doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/digital-democracy/2024/04/california-democrats-no-votes/\">As CalMatters has reported\u003c/a>, an analysis of every vote cast in the past five years shows that Democrats who control the Legislature vote “no” on average less than 1% of the time, suggesting the fates of most bills are decided before votes are cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is exactly the kind of conversation that should be taking place in public,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. “The public has a right to understand why lawmakers are making the decisions they’re making.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/bill-essayli-165444\">Bill Essayli\u003c/a>, an outspoken Republican from Corona, was even more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard to figure out if there’s corruption involved when you don’t know who the drafters are and how language gets in a bill,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How amendments are drafted in private\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The original language in almost all bills that navigate the legislative process — more than 2,500 this year — is usually changed through amendments added in committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, that can be a high-stakes discussion done in secret between legislators and staff and lobbyists representing powerful interests for or against a bill. When there are political consequences or money is involved, the governor’s office or legislative leaders can also shape legislation behind the scenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amendments can only be added by an elected legislator, but the amendments produced by negotiations usually have no names attached, and they are often presented to a bill author as a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I calculated, I think, four-and-a-half years since I walked into a committee without having a full agreement with the chair,” state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/scott-wiener-100936\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a> of San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/256931?t=646&f=cc1b9ef01b8995333323007f58740c9d\">said at an Assembly committee hearing last year\u003c/a> where he disagreed with amendments added to his bill. In the past, “I have come into committee with five simple words: … I accept the committee’s amendments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/david-alvarez-112993\">Alvarez, of Chula Vista,\u003c/a> was also protesting amendments to his bill when Min, the committee chair who made the changes, stopped him from talking about it in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarez’s \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab2560\">Assembly Bill 2560\u003c/a> would have made it \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/08/coastal-commission-bills-die/\">easier to build housing in coastal zones\u003c/a>. After he tried unsuccessfully to defy Min by contacting other committee members about his concerns with the amendments, he pulled the bill from consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarez \u003ca href=\"https://a80.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240815-assemblymember-alvarez-issues-statement-ab-2560-affordable-housing-coastal\">said in a press release\u003c/a> that amendments added by the committee would have made the bill “ineffective at building more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005435\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005435\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05.jpg\" alt=\"Men and women in suits and dresses are seated at tables and cover their mouths with their hands.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, a Democrat from Merced, and Assemblymember David Alvarez, a Democrat from San Diego, talk on the Assembly floor at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alvarez told CalMatters he is used to a more transparent process. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2023/12/california-legislature-new-lawmakers/\">He’s a first-term lawmaker \u003c/a>and a former member of the San Diego City Council, where he said it was normal for members to debate policy changes during public meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those of us who have served in local government … we’re used to that,” he said. “You make motions and change motions all the time as you’re getting ready to make a decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Min said a policy limiting amendment negotiations makes sense because it’s better for lawmakers to read and understand the amendments before hashing them out in public hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are trying to negotiate new amendments to the bill from the dais, then we all have to react on the fly,” Min said. “We don’t have the benefit of thinking about these amendments. … We don’t have the benefit of talking to stakeholders about the value of these amendments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called the private negotiations “very democratic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People negotiating from the dais almost creates an appearance of impropriety,” Min said, “because what are we actually agreeing to?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarez wasn’t the only first-year legislator troubled by the culture of secrecy at the Capitol. Calmatters \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2023/12/california-legislature-new-lawmakers/\">interviewed other rookie legislators late last year\u003c/a>. Transparency was one of their biggest complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/caroline-menjivar-165436\">Caroline Menjivar\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Van Nuys, pointed to secret negotiations surrounding a proposed tax on medical care providers, where it seemed that only moneyed interest groups were invited to give their opinions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That shocked me a lot,” she said. “I was disgusted by this pay-to-play kind of approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/damon-connolly-165425\">Damon Connolly\u003c/a>, a Democrat from San Rafael, also was critical of so much of the process happening in secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, from where I stood — and I think a lot of my colleagues would agree — we would love to see the old processes in the Legislature changed around more accountability and transparency,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are California lawmakers hearing too many bills?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>That so much of the process happens in secret comes down to lawmakers hearing too many bills in too short of a time, said Chris Micheli, an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law and a veteran lobbyist who’s written books about the legislative process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year alone, California’s 120 lawmakers considered 2,522 bills, sending just under half of them to the governor before the 2023–24 session ended Aug. 31, according to \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/\">the Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rules allow state senators to introduce up to 40 bills per two-year session and Assemblymembers to introduce 50, meaning lawmakers potentially could introduce 5,600 bills every two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limits can be bypassed, however, such as with a waiver from a respective chamber’s Rules Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nineteen of the 40 senators hit or went over the bill limit this session. In the Assembly, 24 of the 80 lawmakers hit the cap or went over, according to the Digital Democracy database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to moving negotiations into private meetings, Micheli said the heavy flow of legislation also means that public hearings are rushed. Typically, a bill hearing will involve just four witnesses, two in favor and two against. The witnesses are often given two minutes each to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public should care because there are 120 people representing over 39.5 million Californians who are creating nearly 1,000 new laws each and every year,” Micheli said. “And some of those need much more extensive discussion and debate than they are being given in our legislative process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example, he noted that the Senate’s Judiciary Committee heard 64 bills in a single hearing in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outgoing San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/philip-ting-30\">Philip Ting\u003c/a>, the longtime chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, had the most bills of any lawmaker this session at 170, according to Digital Democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since many of his bills were related to the budget, he didn’t have to abide by the 50-bill Assembly cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005434\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman in suits look at each other in the foreground as a man wearing a suit holds papers at a podium in a large chamber.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Phillip Ting, a Democrat from San Francisco, on the Assembly floor on April 24, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ting doesn’t think there are too many bills, and he said lawmakers have the capacity to consider even more of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s, frankly, not about the quantity; it’s about the impact,” Ting said. “I don’t even know how many bills I’ve introduced and how many got passed. It doesn’t really matter to me. What matters to me … at the end of the day is are we making a difference in 40 million people’s lives?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>30 seconds to debate to California bills\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Others aren’t so sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You won’t be remembered for the number of bills you pass,” Ukiah Democratic Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/jim-wood-72\">Jim Wood\u003c/a>, the Assembly’s second in command, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/258262?t=1162&f=abe173a812fa8b84d25fbc1372903bd3\">told his colleagues in an August farewell speech.\u003c/a> “Emphasize quality over quantity. We pass too many damn bills. And some of them don’t really mean much, quite frankly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/thomas-umberg-165043\">Tom Umberg\u003c/a> of Santa Ana chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee that heard 64 bills in one hearing this summer. Umberg said committee staff do their best to review them, but there’s only so much they can do, particularly toward the end of the session when changes are made within hours of a vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It often doesn’t do justice to making sure that we create an effective policy,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Umberg’s colleagues agree that the Legislature hears too many bills, he said. But good luck getting lawmakers to agree to introduce fewer of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree with all those legislators that think every other legislator should do fewer bills. And in my case, of course, I don’t think I should do fewer bills,” he said, grinning. “I just think everybody else should do fewer bills.”[aside postID=\"news_12002006,news_12003239,news_12000709\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Umberg introduced 42 bills this session, two over the Senate’s 40-bill limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limited public debate on so much legislation frustrates Republicans, whose leaders in the Assembly filed a complaint about debate getting shut down in the final chaotic hours of the session last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the deadline approaching and dozens of bills pending, the Assembly’s leadership limited debate on bills to 30 seconds per person. They refused to recognize Republican lawmakers attempting to speak, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ysjjs94vcs0bjkgl2isc5/Request-to-Investigate-Floor-Actions.pdf?rlkey=5z2fwdk4fgxo406jflb6f084p&e=1&dl=0\">according to the complaint\u003c/a> from Assembly Republican leader \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/james-gallagher-108\">James Gallagher\u003c/a> of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow Republican Essayli called secrecy “par for the course” in the Democratic supermajority that he described as a corrupt “oligarchy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a suit stands at a podium while a man and woman look at each other in the foreground.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Bill Essayli, a Corona Republican, asks for a motion to vote for Senate Bill 14 during an “adjourn-in-memory” portion of the session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on July 13, 2023. SB 14 would make child trafficking a serious felony. The Assembly Public Safety Committee blocked the bill on Tuesday but shortly passed in a second committee hearing later. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They introduce hundreds — thousands — of bills,” he said. “And they want to give you five minutes for debate and conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snyder, of the First Amendment Coalition, said it’s understandable that some of the complicated process of drafting bills has to take place outside of public view, but lawmakers should have every opportunity to debate, discuss and negotiate changes to them in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Discouraging them from doing so, he said, “puts an important part of the process behind closed doors, which is not good for the lawmaking process itself, generally, but also not good for democracy, generally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Thomas Gerrity, Sameea Kamal and Hans Poschman, members of the CalMatters Digital Democracy team, contributed to this story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>State Sen. Dave Min admonished a fellow legislator recently for talking about his bill during an open hearing, saying lawmakers were forbidden from negotiating amendments to legislation in public view.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a policy in the Senate … We don’t negotiate amendments from the dais,” \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/258075?t=414&f=f2a10fad31c7f078ebdf598b831e4fa1\">Min told his Democratic colleague, Assemblymember David Alvarez\u003c/a>, this summer. “We are happy to continue discussing this offline, but I just don’t think it’s appropriate — nor is it in the interest of our time — to be negotiating and discussing particular provisions from the dais.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchange between Alvarez and Min highlights an unwritten rule in the Capitol, one that points to a culture of backroom dealing, where secret negotiations between lobbyists, Capitol staff and legislators are what really decide the fate of laws whose impacts will be felt by millions of Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate leaders said Min, a \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/dave-min-165451\">Democrat from Irvine\u003c/a>, overstated the rule since committee chairs can make exceptions and debate amendments in a hearing. However, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/mike-mcguire-93\">Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire\u003c/a> acknowledged to CalMatters that he requested “policy committee chairpersons and bill authors work to secure potential amendments prior to the (public) hearing” in order to improve the quality of legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When verbal, on-the-fly amendments are taken, there is real potential for confusion, misunderstanding and disagreement on definitions,” McGuire said. “We highly encourage robust discussion and debate at policy hearings. This is the people’s house, after all. But we also want to get the amendments right because details matter on these important laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly takes a similar approach to amendments, said Cynthia Moreno, a spokesperson for Speaker \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/robert-rivas-165041\">Robert Rivas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving the process almost entirely up to secret negotiations has critics calling the process little more than a rubber stamp for deals made behind closed doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/digital-democracy/2024/04/california-democrats-no-votes/\">As CalMatters has reported\u003c/a>, an analysis of every vote cast in the past five years shows that Democrats who control the Legislature vote “no” on average less than 1% of the time, suggesting the fates of most bills are decided before votes are cast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is exactly the kind of conversation that should be taking place in public,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition. “The public has a right to understand why lawmakers are making the decisions they’re making.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/bill-essayli-165444\">Bill Essayli\u003c/a>, an outspoken Republican from Corona, was even more critical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard to figure out if there’s corruption involved when you don’t know who the drafters are and how language gets in a bill,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How amendments are drafted in private\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The original language in almost all bills that navigate the legislative process — more than 2,500 this year — is usually changed through amendments added in committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, that can be a high-stakes discussion done in secret between legislators and staff and lobbyists representing powerful interests for or against a bill. When there are political consequences or money is involved, the governor’s office or legislative leaders can also shape legislation behind the scenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amendments can only be added by an elected legislator, but the amendments produced by negotiations usually have no names attached, and they are often presented to a bill author as a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I calculated, I think, four-and-a-half years since I walked into a committee without having a full agreement with the chair,” state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/scott-wiener-100936\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a> of San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/256931?t=646&f=cc1b9ef01b8995333323007f58740c9d\">said at an Assembly committee hearing last year\u003c/a> where he disagreed with amendments added to his bill. In the past, “I have come into committee with five simple words: … I accept the committee’s amendments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/david-alvarez-112993\">Alvarez, of Chula Vista,\u003c/a> was also protesting amendments to his bill when Min, the committee chair who made the changes, stopped him from talking about it in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarez’s \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab2560\">Assembly Bill 2560\u003c/a> would have made it \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/08/coastal-commission-bills-die/\">easier to build housing in coastal zones\u003c/a>. After he tried unsuccessfully to defy Min by contacting other committee members about his concerns with the amendments, he pulled the bill from consideration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarez \u003ca href=\"https://a80.asmdc.org/press-releases/20240815-assemblymember-alvarez-issues-statement-ab-2560-affordable-housing-coastal\">said in a press release\u003c/a> that amendments added by the committee would have made the bill “ineffective at building more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005435\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005435\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05.jpg\" alt=\"Men and women in suits and dresses are seated at tables and cover their mouths with their hands.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081723_Assembly-Floor-File_SN_CM-05-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, a Democrat from Merced, and Assemblymember David Alvarez, a Democrat from San Diego, talk on the Assembly floor at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 17, 2023. \u003ccite>(Semantha Norris/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alvarez told CalMatters he is used to a more transparent process. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2023/12/california-legislature-new-lawmakers/\">He’s a first-term lawmaker \u003c/a>and a former member of the San Diego City Council, where he said it was normal for members to debate policy changes during public meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For those of us who have served in local government … we’re used to that,” he said. “You make motions and change motions all the time as you’re getting ready to make a decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Min said a policy limiting amendment negotiations makes sense because it’s better for lawmakers to read and understand the amendments before hashing them out in public hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are trying to negotiate new amendments to the bill from the dais, then we all have to react on the fly,” Min said. “We don’t have the benefit of thinking about these amendments. … We don’t have the benefit of talking to stakeholders about the value of these amendments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He called the private negotiations “very democratic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People negotiating from the dais almost creates an appearance of impropriety,” Min said, “because what are we actually agreeing to?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvarez wasn’t the only first-year legislator troubled by the culture of secrecy at the Capitol. Calmatters \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2023/12/california-legislature-new-lawmakers/\">interviewed other rookie legislators late last year\u003c/a>. Transparency was one of their biggest complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/caroline-menjivar-165436\">Caroline Menjivar\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Van Nuys, pointed to secret negotiations surrounding a proposed tax on medical care providers, where it seemed that only moneyed interest groups were invited to give their opinions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That shocked me a lot,” she said. “I was disgusted by this pay-to-play kind of approach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/damon-connolly-165425\">Damon Connolly\u003c/a>, a Democrat from San Rafael, also was critical of so much of the process happening in secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Certainly, from where I stood — and I think a lot of my colleagues would agree — we would love to see the old processes in the Legislature changed around more accountability and transparency,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Are California lawmakers hearing too many bills?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>That so much of the process happens in secret comes down to lawmakers hearing too many bills in too short of a time, said Chris Micheli, an adjunct professor at McGeorge School of Law and a veteran lobbyist who’s written books about the legislative process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year alone, California’s 120 lawmakers considered 2,522 bills, sending just under half of them to the governor before the 2023–24 session ended Aug. 31, according to \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/\">the Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rules allow state senators to introduce up to 40 bills per two-year session and Assemblymembers to introduce 50, meaning lawmakers potentially could introduce 5,600 bills every two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limits can be bypassed, however, such as with a waiver from a respective chamber’s Rules Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nineteen of the 40 senators hit or went over the bill limit this session. In the Assembly, 24 of the 80 lawmakers hit the cap or went over, according to the Digital Democracy database.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to moving negotiations into private meetings, Micheli said the heavy flow of legislation also means that public hearings are rushed. Typically, a bill hearing will involve just four witnesses, two in favor and two against. The witnesses are often given two minutes each to speak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The public should care because there are 120 people representing over 39.5 million Californians who are creating nearly 1,000 new laws each and every year,” Micheli said. “And some of those need much more extensive discussion and debate than they are being given in our legislative process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an example, he noted that the Senate’s Judiciary Committee heard 64 bills in a single hearing in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outgoing San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/philip-ting-30\">Philip Ting\u003c/a>, the longtime chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, had the most bills of any lawmaker this session at 170, according to Digital Democracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since many of his bills were related to the budget, he didn’t have to abide by the 50-bill Assembly cap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005434\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman in suits look at each other in the foreground as a man wearing a suit holds papers at a podium in a large chamber.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/042423-Assembly-Floor-0424-MG-CM-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Phillip Ting, a Democrat from San Francisco, on the Assembly floor on April 24, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ting doesn’t think there are too many bills, and he said lawmakers have the capacity to consider even more of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s, frankly, not about the quantity; it’s about the impact,” Ting said. “I don’t even know how many bills I’ve introduced and how many got passed. It doesn’t really matter to me. What matters to me … at the end of the day is are we making a difference in 40 million people’s lives?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>30 seconds to debate to California bills\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Others aren’t so sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You won’t be remembered for the number of bills you pass,” Ukiah Democratic Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/jim-wood-72\">Jim Wood\u003c/a>, the Assembly’s second in command, \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/258262?t=1162&f=abe173a812fa8b84d25fbc1372903bd3\">told his colleagues in an August farewell speech.\u003c/a> “Emphasize quality over quantity. We pass too many damn bills. And some of them don’t really mean much, quite frankly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/thomas-umberg-165043\">Tom Umberg\u003c/a> of Santa Ana chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee that heard 64 bills in one hearing this summer. Umberg said committee staff do their best to review them, but there’s only so much they can do, particularly toward the end of the session when changes are made within hours of a vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It often doesn’t do justice to making sure that we create an effective policy,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Umberg’s colleagues agree that the Legislature hears too many bills, he said. But good luck getting lawmakers to agree to introduce fewer of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I agree with all those legislators that think every other legislator should do fewer bills. And in my case, of course, I don’t think I should do fewer bills,” he said, grinning. “I just think everybody else should do fewer bills.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Umberg introduced 42 bills this session, two over the Senate’s 40-bill limit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The limited public debate on so much legislation frustrates Republicans, whose leaders in the Assembly filed a complaint about debate getting shut down in the final chaotic hours of the session last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the deadline approaching and dozens of bills pending, the Assembly’s leadership limited debate on bills to 30 seconds per person. They refused to recognize Republican lawmakers attempting to speak, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ysjjs94vcs0bjkgl2isc5/Request-to-Investigate-Floor-Actions.pdf?rlkey=5z2fwdk4fgxo406jflb6f084p&e=1&dl=0\">according to the complaint\u003c/a> from Assembly Republican leader \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/james-gallagher-108\">James Gallagher\u003c/a> of Chico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fellow Republican Essayli called secrecy “par for the course” in the Democratic supermajority that he described as a corrupt “oligarchy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12005436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12005436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a suit stands at a podium while a man and woman look at each other in the foreground.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/07132023-Assembly-Floor-Session-RL-08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Bill Essayli, a Corona Republican, asks for a motion to vote for Senate Bill 14 during an “adjourn-in-memory” portion of the session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on July 13, 2023. SB 14 would make child trafficking a serious felony. The Assembly Public Safety Committee blocked the bill on Tuesday but shortly passed in a second committee hearing later. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They introduce hundreds — thousands — of bills,” he said. “And they want to give you five minutes for debate and conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snyder, of the First Amendment Coalition, said it’s understandable that some of the complicated process of drafting bills has to take place outside of public view, but lawmakers should have every opportunity to debate, discuss and negotiate changes to them in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Discouraging them from doing so, he said, “puts an important part of the process behind closed doors, which is not good for the lawmaking process itself, generally, but also not good for democracy, generally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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OUST also says Thao has violated city and state ethics rules and points to three open Public Ethics Commission complaints alleging Thao misbehaved during her campaign for the 2022 mayoral election and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991242/fbi-agents-raid-home-of-oakland-mayor-sheng-thao\">FBI raid of her home\u003c/a> last June. PEC told KQED that two of the complaints are on hold, and one has progressed to an investigation. PEC staff places matters on hold when there is insufficient evidence or staffing to pursue it or when the issue raised is considered of lesser public interest. No criminal charges have been filed against Thao in relation to the FBI raid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Thao say Oakland’s public safety challenges are decades old and not the fault of a mayor who’s been in office for less than two years. They say the recall is the work of people bitter that their preferred candidate didn’t win the 2022 mayoral election. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">A wealthy Piedmont hedge-fund manager has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998651/a-hedge-fund-manager-is-funding-bid-to-oust-oaklands-mayor-and-its-not-his-first-recall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predominantly funded the recall effort\u003c/a>\u003c/span>, and Thao supporters say OUST doesn’t reflect the interests or the will of the majority of Oakland voters. 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