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"content": "\u003cp>Ronald Latney used to believe his vote didn’t matter. But after returning to jail this year, he realized the difference it can make — especially locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I try to tell everybody … like, man, we need to vote because our lives depend on this,” he said, mentioning district attorney races and bail policies. “That’s very impactful on me and what I’m going through now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also helps him feel involved in the world, he said: “Sometimes we feel like we’re forgotten about, so to speak, except for our family. But this does definitely make me feel like I’m a part of something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latney is able to vote with relative ease at a jail in San Bruno, where he’s serving time. But his experience isn’t all that common.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California prides itself on making voting easier, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/06/california-voters-access-visually-impaired/\">some groups of voters\u003c/a> still face barriers. That includes many people in county jails, though the state has allowed most of them to vote since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest data from the California Department of Corrections shows that about \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/research/wp-content/uploads/sites/174/2024/09/Tpop1d240911.pdf\">92,000 people\u003c/a> are in state prisons, and many are ineligible to vote. But in 2023, another \u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/CA.html\">78,000 were in county jails\u003c/a>, according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a Massachusetts-based nonpartisan research group and about 60% of them have not been convicted of a crime, so they are eligible to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A disproportionate number of people in jails are Black or Latino and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/waiting-for-justice/\">sometimes wait years until they go to trial\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most California jails don’t offer in-person voting, and voting by mail can be challenging. People might be registered at one address, but even if mail is being forwarded to their jail, they may get released or transferred elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates who have tried to help incarcerated people vote list a host of hurdles that vary by county. Due to lengthy mail screening, some people in jails don’t get voter guides in time. Others don’t get voter guides at all because people in jail can only receive mail under a certain page limit or without staples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voter information is key to the process, advocates say — letting people know if they’re eligible or how to register or vote. However, advocates face their own barriers, such as limits on how often they can visit jails or how long they can stay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state does not track the number of incarcerated people who vote, but some counties have encouraged more participation: Since 2010, nearly 9,200 jail inmates have voted by mail or at in-jail booths in Los Angeles County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more on voting rights\" tag=\"voting-rights\"]Advocates want to build on that program through a bill introduced by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/isaac-bryan-165440\">Isaac Bryan\u003c/a> that would start a \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab544?slug=CA_202320240AB544\">pilot program for in-jail voting\u003c/a> in three counties. The bill passed the Legislature in the session’s final days in late August and awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision by Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While nearly all Republicans voted against it, the bill has no official opposition on file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Topo Padilla, a board member of Crime Victims United, said that he did not understand the need for the Legislature to intervene. “I do not believe there’s a sheriff in the state of California that is saying lawful mail cannot be delivered to an inmate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, he said, shows him again that Democrats in California “focus more about taking care of people that have been convicted of crimes than they do about victims of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Latney, he believes his vote directly affects his ability to get out of jail — and stay out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He arrived at the law library at the jail, in a visit last week arranged by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, with a red folder that held a write-up of his own experience with state laws and a printed-out opinion piece from former prisoner \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/09/after-prison-vote-first-time/\">Richard Richardson\u003c/a>, whose voting experience resonated with Latney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can honestly say that I made my mistake. … I’m paying my debt to society, and I’m just ready for this to be over with,” he said. “I know that voting can make things like this possible and can help better my circumstances and later on in life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The jail upon a hill\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Melinda Benson, director of Prisoner Legal Services for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, said every eligible person incarcerated in California should have a “meaningful” opportunity to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I say meaningful because it’s not meaningful in a lot of counties. It might be just that they make an announcement that you can reach out to the Department of Elections,” she said. “The rule is that the Department of Elections has to make that opportunity available, but that’s it. That’s really the only guidance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson’s staff of three provides legal services, and also goes cell-by-cell to talk through each person’s eligibility and steps to register. A big push at the San Francisco County Jail involves convincing those incarcerated that they really can vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a lawyer, and I’m telling them, ‘No, you’re absolutely legally eligible to vote.’ They don’t believe me,” Benson said. “And then when they have the opportunity to do it, it’s pretty moving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/PdQOr/2/\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sheriff’s Office began its voting outreach program in 2003, based on interest in San Francisco’s mayoral race, and worked with the elections office to ensure anyone eligible could fill out absentee ballot forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the state has gradually expanded eligibility, such as to those on parole. And a 2021 state law that ensures that a mail ballot is sent to everyone registered made the process much easier for Benson’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from four elections in San Francisco from February 2022 to March 2024 show that a third to half of jailed people who requested voter information went on to cast ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004891\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12.jpeg\" alt=\"A bearded incarcerated man with glasses, in an orange shirt sits at a table in front of a bookcase of legal books.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Neal of San Francisco speaks about voting while incarcerated in a San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno on Sept. 11, 2024. Neal said that voting, particularly in local elections, is important and it’s something he has done most of his life. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thomas Neal, 45, who is also incarcerated at its San Bruno jail, said voting has always been important to him. He sees it as his civic duty. His experience in San Francisco County jail has been better than in other counties, where he said he had to petition for voting resources to be made available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I shouldn’t have to argue about wanting to vote. It’s my right to vote,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Workarounds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A big advantage of the San Francisco program is that the team is in-house. Elsewhere, outside advocacy groups have to go through a myriad of workarounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread the Vote tries to set up relationships with someone inside the jail — a priest, rabbi or a counselor — who can be a point of contact to answer voting questions. The group aims to boost voter participation by eliminating barriers such as not having an ID card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kat Calvin, executive director of Spread the Vote, said that it takes more than just providing pamphlets to empower those incarcerated to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve tried to work with California jails, and we’re always told, ‘Oh, we’ve got it. We’re so great.’ But then I’ve gotten letters from people who are incarcerated in California jails saying, ‘I’m trying to vote, but they won’t give me a pen. They’ll only give me a pencil,’” she said. “It’s those little things that make it impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread the Vote works in 20 states and creates voting guides geared to those in jail, sent early enough to avoid mail processing delays. Depending on local rules, they might also set up ballot collection boxes in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VOICE program in the Alameda County public defender’s office has registered nearly 1,800 people since 2016, mostly at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. It shows prospective voters how to look at downloaded guides for statewide initiatives on their tablets to get around the limits on stapled guides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004889\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02.jpeg\" alt=\"A paper guide and two pens. The guide says '5 Facts About Voting With a Criminal History'\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flier made by the San Francisco Department of Elections to inform people who are incarcerated about their voting rights. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all advocacy groups find success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego, for example, the sheriff’s department denied access to Pillars of the Community, so the advocacy group partnered with the League of Women Voters, which already worked with the jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Diego Sheriff’s Department said it works closely with the Registrar of Voters and the League of Women Voters to ensure access to voter registration and participation. In the case of the Pillars group, a sheriff’s spokesperson said some volunteers did not get security clearance or didn’t submit requests early enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some volunteers have criminal records, which could prevent them from getting clearance, said Brittany Stonesifer, a voting rights attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.\u003cbr>\n<h2″>Are there solutions in sight?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bryan, a Democratic lawmaker from Culver City, the only way to address inconsistent mail voting in county jails — sometimes due to a lack of technical assistance or staff — is to allow voting inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why he introduced \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab544?slug=CA_202320240AB544\">Assembly Bill 544\u003c/a>, which requires the Secretary of State to provide grants to the elections offices in San Benito, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties to set up in-person voting in jails — when the Legislature allocates funding, which might be an uphill battle given the state’s budget crunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It increases public safety, it increases civic awareness, and it produces the best kind of electoral outcomes — where all eligible voters are able to be heard in our democracy,” Bryan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004888\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004888\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"A young, bald Black man with a beard, wearing a grey suit, speak at a formal hearing.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City) on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol on March 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Newsom signs the bill, the pilot programs would be for elections in 2026 through 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal is based on the success of the Los Angeles County “\u003ca href=\"https://spsf.senate.ca.gov/system/files/2024-06/ab-544-analysis_0.pdf\">We All Count” campaign\u003c/a>, which set up in-person voting for the March 2020 presidential primary at the Century Regional Detention Facility. More than 90 people cast ballots, but the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the effort. In 2022, the county expanded to a second jail and 40 people cast ballots between the two facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson, of San Francisco Prisoner Legal Services, said any state mandate would be helpful in case future sheriffs aren’t as supportive of voting access. “If there is a law in place, that will be followed, and if there are resources behind it — you know, now we’re talking,” she said. “So you’ve got to not just say that. It has to have some teeth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other ways the state could help short of in-jail voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ucedrah Osby, president of the Bakersfield chapter of All of Us or None, an advocacy group for the incarcerated, said the state could spend more on voter education. And jails could allow outside groups more access since voting information can have more impact coming from those with connections to the incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanh Tran, an advocate who served two-and-a-half years of his 10-year sentence in jail, agreed. He said he was focused mostly on surviving each day, and it didn’t even cross his mind that he was still eligible to vote when he was shackled and belly-chained just to walk down the hallway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran, whose sentence was commuted by Newsom in 2022, said he spent many days in solitary confinement, where he read the news and books on politics. After his release, he worked as a fellow at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, where he helped advocate for Bryan’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I knew that I could participate in voting, I would have done it. But the thing is that I wasn’t offered it. I didn’t know it was a thing,” he said. “There were many, many barriers stopping me from even conceiving the thought of voting during my incarceration.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Advocates want to build on that program through a bill introduced by Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/isaac-bryan-165440\">Isaac Bryan\u003c/a> that would start a \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab544?slug=CA_202320240AB544\">pilot program for in-jail voting\u003c/a> in three counties. The bill passed the Legislature in the session’s final days in late August and awaits Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision by Sept. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While nearly all Republicans voted against it, the bill has no official opposition on file.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Topo Padilla, a board member of Crime Victims United, said that he did not understand the need for the Legislature to intervene. “I do not believe there’s a sheriff in the state of California that is saying lawful mail cannot be delivered to an inmate,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, he said, shows him again that Democrats in California “focus more about taking care of people that have been convicted of crimes than they do about victims of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for Latney, he believes his vote directly affects his ability to get out of jail — and stay out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He arrived at the law library at the jail, in a visit last week arranged by the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, with a red folder that held a write-up of his own experience with state laws and a printed-out opinion piece from former prisoner \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/09/after-prison-vote-first-time/\">Richard Richardson\u003c/a>, whose voting experience resonated with Latney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can honestly say that I made my mistake. … I’m paying my debt to society, and I’m just ready for this to be over with,” he said. “I know that voting can make things like this possible and can help better my circumstances and later on in life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The jail upon a hill\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Melinda Benson, director of Prisoner Legal Services for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office, said every eligible person incarcerated in California should have a “meaningful” opportunity to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I say meaningful because it’s not meaningful in a lot of counties. It might be just that they make an announcement that you can reach out to the Department of Elections,” she said. “The rule is that the Department of Elections has to make that opportunity available, but that’s it. That’s really the only guidance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson’s staff of three provides legal services, and also goes cell-by-cell to talk through each person’s eligibility and steps to register. A big push at the San Francisco County Jail involves convincing those incarcerated that they really can vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a lawyer, and I’m telling them, ‘No, you’re absolutely legally eligible to vote.’ They don’t believe me,” Benson said. “And then when they have the opportunity to do it, it’s pretty moving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/PdQOr/2/\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sheriff’s Office began its voting outreach program in 2003, based on interest in San Francisco’s mayoral race, and worked with the elections office to ensure anyone eligible could fill out absentee ballot forms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, the state has gradually expanded eligibility, such as to those on parole. And a 2021 state law that ensures that a mail ballot is sent to everyone registered made the process much easier for Benson’s department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from four elections in San Francisco from February 2022 to March 2024 show that a third to half of jailed people who requested voter information went on to cast ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004891\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004891\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12.jpeg\" alt=\"A bearded incarcerated man with glasses, in an orange shirt sits at a table in front of a bookcase of legal books.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-12-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Neal of San Francisco speaks about voting while incarcerated in a San Francisco County Jail in San Bruno on Sept. 11, 2024. Neal said that voting, particularly in local elections, is important and it’s something he has done most of his life. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Thomas Neal, 45, who is also incarcerated at its San Bruno jail, said voting has always been important to him. He sees it as his civic duty. His experience in San Francisco County jail has been better than in other counties, where he said he had to petition for voting resources to be made available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I shouldn’t have to argue about wanting to vote. It’s my right to vote,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Workarounds\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A big advantage of the San Francisco program is that the team is in-house. Elsewhere, outside advocacy groups have to go through a myriad of workarounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread the Vote tries to set up relationships with someone inside the jail — a priest, rabbi or a counselor — who can be a point of contact to answer voting questions. The group aims to boost voter participation by eliminating barriers such as not having an ID card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kat Calvin, executive director of Spread the Vote, said that it takes more than just providing pamphlets to empower those incarcerated to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve tried to work with California jails, and we’re always told, ‘Oh, we’ve got it. We’re so great.’ But then I’ve gotten letters from people who are incarcerated in California jails saying, ‘I’m trying to vote, but they won’t give me a pen. They’ll only give me a pencil,’” she said. “It’s those little things that make it impossible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spread the Vote works in 20 states and creates voting guides geared to those in jail, sent early enough to avoid mail processing delays. Depending on local rules, they might also set up ballot collection boxes in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The VOICE program in the Alameda County public defender’s office has registered nearly 1,800 people since 2016, mostly at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. It shows prospective voters how to look at downloaded guides for statewide initiatives on their tablets to get around the limits on stapled guides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004889\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02.jpeg\" alt=\"A paper guide and two pens. The guide says '5 Facts About Voting With a Criminal History'\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091124_InmateVoting_FM_CM-02-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flier made by the San Francisco Department of Elections to inform people who are incarcerated about their voting rights. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not all advocacy groups find success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Diego, for example, the sheriff’s department denied access to Pillars of the Community, so the advocacy group partnered with the League of Women Voters, which already worked with the jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Diego Sheriff’s Department said it works closely with the Registrar of Voters and the League of Women Voters to ensure access to voter registration and participation. In the case of the Pillars group, a sheriff’s spokesperson said some volunteers did not get security clearance or didn’t submit requests early enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some volunteers have criminal records, which could prevent them from getting clearance, said Brittany Stonesifer, a voting rights attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.\u003cbr>\n<h2″>Are there solutions in sight?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Bryan, a Democratic lawmaker from Culver City, the only way to address inconsistent mail voting in county jails — sometimes due to a lack of technical assistance or staff — is to allow voting inside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why he introduced \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab544?slug=CA_202320240AB544\">Assembly Bill 544\u003c/a>, which requires the Secretary of State to provide grants to the elections offices in San Benito, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties to set up in-person voting in jails — when the Legislature allocates funding, which might be an uphill battle given the state’s budget crunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It increases public safety, it increases civic awareness, and it produces the best kind of electoral outcomes — where all eligible voters are able to be heard in our democracy,” Bryan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004888\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004888\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"A young, bald Black man with a beard, wearing a grey suit, speak at a formal hearing.\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01.jpeg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/032723-Isaac-Bryan-MG-CM-01-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Culver City) on the Assembly floor at the state Capitol on March 27, 2023. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If Newsom signs the bill, the pilot programs would be for elections in 2026 through 2028.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal is based on the success of the Los Angeles County “\u003ca href=\"https://spsf.senate.ca.gov/system/files/2024-06/ab-544-analysis_0.pdf\">We All Count” campaign\u003c/a>, which set up in-person voting for the March 2020 presidential primary at the Century Regional Detention Facility. More than 90 people cast ballots, but the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the effort. In 2022, the county expanded to a second jail and 40 people cast ballots between the two facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benson, of San Francisco Prisoner Legal Services, said any state mandate would be helpful in case future sheriffs aren’t as supportive of voting access. “If there is a law in place, that will be followed, and if there are resources behind it — you know, now we’re talking,” she said. “So you’ve got to not just say that. It has to have some teeth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are other ways the state could help short of in-jail voting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ucedrah Osby, president of the Bakersfield chapter of All of Us or None, an advocacy group for the incarcerated, said the state could spend more on voter education. And jails could allow outside groups more access since voting information can have more impact coming from those with connections to the incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanh Tran, an advocate who served two-and-a-half years of his 10-year sentence in jail, agreed. He said he was focused mostly on surviving each day, and it didn’t even cross his mind that he was still eligible to vote when he was shackled and belly-chained just to walk down the hallway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran, whose sentence was commuted by Newsom in 2022, said he spent many days in solitary confinement, where he read the news and books on politics. After his release, he worked as a fellow at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, where he helped advocate for Bryan’s bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#anchor\">\u003cem>This report contains a correction.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democratic Party said mayoral candidate \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/mark-farrell\">Mark Farrell\u003c/a> used its logo on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004606/commission-reform-clash-heres-how-mayoral-candidates-want-to-rewrite-san-franciscos-charter\">ballot measure campaign\u003c/a> ad in a way that was “not authorized” and misleading to voters, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/155qoO2D-ufxswqIlryCVWFEADhdJ7kHQ/view\">letter\u003c/a> sent to the former interim mayor and San Francisco supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The complaint adds to a growing list of ethics concerns that Farrell’s opponents have raised about the connections between his mayoral campaign and support for the ballot measure Proposition D, which is backed by millions of dollars in fundraising and aims to cut the number of city commissions by nearly half. Farrell’s backers maintain that their approach is fair and legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A photo of Farrell is featured prominently on the Yes on D mailer next to the SF Dems logo and text saying the party endorses the measure. The design looks similar to the party’s official endorsement seal and could mislead voters into thinking that the group endorsed Farrell for mayor, according to the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We issued this letter to basically caution Mark Farrell and his team that we did think this particular flier and mailer was confusing, it could be misleading to voters, and to inform them of the penalties that could happen if they continue to do things along these lines,” SF Democratic Party Chair Nancy Tung told KQED. “The letter is an attempt for the party to protect the endorsement, not just for Prop. D, but also for our endorsement for mayor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004931\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12004931\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/image-7-800x846.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/image-7-800x846.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/image-7-160x169.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/image-7.png 817w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The SF Democratic Party says mayoral candidate Mark Farrell used its logo on campaign mailers in a way that was misleading and not authorized.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although the SF Democratic Party — also known as the Democratic County Central Committee, or DCCC — has endorsed Proposition D, it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997349/london-breed-wins-key-endorsement-of-san-francisco-democratic-party-in-mayors-race\">selected incumbent Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> as its sole endorsement for mayor this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell suggested that the complaints were an effort by his opponents to smear his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is sad that Mayor Breed’s supporters are trying to make an issue out of nothing because they want to distract from her failed leadership for San Francisco. Anyone can clearly see that the logo on the mailer says that the Party endorsed Yes on D,” Jade Tu, a DCCC member and Farrell’s mayoral campaign manager, said in a statement. “As a member of the DCCC, I believe our body should be focused on delivering the change that we were elected to enact instead of throwing mud on behalf of Mayor Breed at one of her political opponents and a fellow Democrat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is legal for candidates to appear in campaign advertisements in support of ballot measures, and others running for mayor this year are also backing ballot proposals. A competing measure from Board of Supervisors president and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin, Proposition E, would set up a task force to evaluate and propose changes to the city’s commission system but does not set a cap on the number of commissions like Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell’s opponents, however, say his mayoral campaign is receiving an unfair boost by improperly using funds and resources intended for Proposition D, which is backed by the moderate political organizing group TogetherSF. Through multiple fundraising committees, the ballot measure is raking in millions of dollars from the likes of venture capitalist Michael Moritz, conservative donor William Oberndorf and other billionaires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12004606 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/GettyImages-184795463-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic Party’s letter also mentions a previous Yes on D mailer featuring Farrell that did not include any mention of Proposition D on one side of the flier, which attorneys for other mayoral candidates said may violate campaign ethics laws, according to \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/09/mark-farrell-ads-violate-campaign-law-opponents-say/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Farrell accused the local Democratic Party of acting on behalf of Breed, Tung said Breed’s campaign was not consulted or involved in the executive board’s decision to issue the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter states that there is “no nefarious intent behind the design” but that the executive board unanimously agreed the placement of the logo was misleading to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties are not off the table if future mailers raise the same concerns, Tung said. That could range from a more public admonishment or a press conference all the way up to revocation of the party’s endorsement of Proposition D, Tung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an issue about protecting the integrity of the San Francisco Democratic Party’s endorsement,” Tung said. “I would think that any candidate or ballot proposition would want us to pursue that and not dilute our endorsement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"anchor\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 16: The original version of this report attributed a quote to a statement from Mark Farrell. It was from Jade Tu, Farrell’s campaign manager.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic Party’s letter also mentions a previous Yes on D mailer featuring Farrell that did not include any mention of Proposition D on one side of the flier, which attorneys for other mayoral candidates said may violate campaign ethics laws, according to \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2024/09/mark-farrell-ads-violate-campaign-law-opponents-say/\">Mission Local\u003c/a>\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Farrell accused the local Democratic Party of acting on behalf of Breed, Tung said Breed’s campaign was not consulted or involved in the executive board’s decision to issue the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter states that there is “no nefarious intent behind the design” but that the executive board unanimously agreed the placement of the logo was misleading to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Penalties are not off the table if future mailers raise the same concerns, Tung said. That could range from a more public admonishment or a press conference all the way up to revocation of the party’s endorsement of Proposition D, Tung said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an issue about protecting the integrity of the San Francisco Democratic Party’s endorsement,” Tung said. “I would think that any candidate or ballot proposition would want us to pursue that and not dilute our endorsement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"anchor\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Sept. 16: The original version of this report attributed a quote to a statement from Mark Farrell. It was from Jade Tu, Farrell’s campaign manager.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>According to the U.S. Census, California has the \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/2020-census-demographic-profile-and-dhc.html\">second-lowest rate\u003c/a> of people living alone in the entire country. This means Californians are far more likely to live with people such as parents, grandparents, partners and roommates than most Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for all \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769098/\">the benefits that sharing your home can bring\u003c/a>, this might not always be a smooth living situation when it comes to politics — especially during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/electionsnews\">election season\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Americans and their view of politics have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/americans-feelings-about-politics-polarization-and-the-tone-of-political-discourse/\">increasingly polarized\u003c/a> over the years — to the point where many people have \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/02/05/a-sore-subject-almost-half-of-americans-have-stopped-talking-politics-with-someone/\">stopped talking\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/10/27/928209548/dude-i-m-done-when-politics-tears-families-and-friendships-apart\">friends and family members\u003c/a> about politics and even sought \u003ca href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/why-so-many-people-are-going-no-contact-with-their-parents\">estrangement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/thedigitalyenta/status/1821281407601406171\">a viral post on X (formerly Twitter)\u003c/a>, the founder of a “divorce registry” company wrote that the question “\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/12/voting-privacy-election-2024-spouse-online/\">Can my husband find out who I am voting for in the Presidential Election?\u003c/a>” was one she’d been hearing “a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a number of people that live in households where certain members of their family might have \u003ca href=\"https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/10/10099003/domestic-violence-voter-suppression-2020-election\">very strong opinions\u003c/a> and want people in their household to \u003ca href=\"https://www.covid19taskforcedv.org/obstacles-to-voting\">share those opinions\u003c/a>,” said Kim Alexander, the president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. “It’s difficult when it’s somebody who is close to you [like] a family member, trying to pressure you to vote a certain way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as “a voter, you have the right to vote a secret ballot,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what can you do if you’re feeling under pressure at home to vote a certain way? How can you successfully hide who you vote for from your partner, parents or roommates — especially if you’re in an abusive domestic situation? Read on to learn more about your rights when it comes to voting and ways you can protect the voting privacy the law entitles you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every situation is different, and as such, this guide can’t provide legal advice for your own circumstances. Remember also that advice for people on how to protect their voting privacy is not to suggest there’s some kind of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1120904265/claims-voter-fraud-donald-trump\">voter fraud epidemic\u003c/a> of people’s ballots being used in a way they hadn’t intended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suspect your voting rights are being violated, you can reach out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/publications-and-resources/voter-complaint\">the secretary of state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Nobody can find out who you voted for\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your voting record — that is, which candidates you’ve voted for in the past — is never made public and is not findable online anywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What \u003cem>is \u003c/em>technically findable online: Your political party preference on your voter registration — i.e., whether you’re registered to vote as a Republican, a Democrat or “no party preference,” also known as an independent voter. (For what it’s worth, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\">unlike the primary elections earlier this year\u003c/a>, you can vote for any presidential candidate in the upcoming November general election — not just the candidate with the party you’re registered with.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voter registration isn’t available to the general public, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">California law allows some of your information — including your party registration and which elections you voted in — to be released\u003c/a> to certain people, including political candidates and anyone who will use it for “election, scholarly, journalistic or political purpose or for governmental purposes,” according to the secretary of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>History fact: From the colonial days to the 1890s, voting was \u003ca href=\"https://sociallogic.iath.virginia.edu/node/30\">very much a public act\u003c/a>. Secret ballots were an idea \u003ca href=\"https://sociallogic.iath.virginia.edu/node/30\">borrowed from Australia\u003c/a>, and since then, Americans “feel very protective of” their votes being private, Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the modern day, Alexander said, nobody should be able to find out \u003cem>how \u003c/em>anybody voted — unless the voter made a photocopy of their ballot or showed someone their ballot. (A few years ago, there was a controversy over people taking “ballot selfies,” but that law was changed \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4465253-18104jl.html\">in California\u003c/a> in 2017 to permit such photos.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the only way someone can find out how you voted in November is if \u003cem>you \u003c/em>choose to tell them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Voting in person may be the safest bet\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s OK to receive \u003cem>assistance \u003c/em>filling out your ballot — whether you are a teen asking for advice about candidates or a parent asking their kid to help translate sentences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lines could potentially be crossed into coercion. And if you feel that is your case, Alexander suggested you should try voting in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you go to vote in person, you have the privacy of the voting booth, and your ballot is absolutely secret,” she said. (People \u003cem>can \u003c/em>receive \u003ca href=\"https://www.usvotefoundation.org/disabled-voter-guide/california\">assistance\u003c/a> at the polls: For example, the person accompanying the \u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/sites/default/files/2016-09/sec208-English_0.pdf\">voter may need to complete paperwork\u003c/a> to say that the voter has difficulty reading, speaking or writing in English.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guidance from the \u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">National Network to End Domestic Violence\u003c/a> reads people can vote “when their abuser is busy,” bring a friend with them to the polls for support, and \u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">talk to a poll worker\u003c/a> if they have concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization said people should do their candidate research before they vote, so the process itself of filling out their ballot can go as quickly as possible in the moment — and decrease chances of \u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">running into someone at the polling station\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also vote in person \u003cem>before \u003c/em>Election Day. Information about this process will be available on \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">the state’s website\u003c/a> closer to November. You can also reach out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county’s election office\u003c/a> to learn more about early voting in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Worried about your ballot? You can fill it out and seal it straightaway\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are in a situation where you are concerned someone is trying to influence how you vote on your mail-in ballot, and voting in person isn’t an option for you, Alexander recommends that you can fill out your mail-in ballot in private and then put it in the envelope straightaway, signing and dating it immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If somebody in your household wants to find out how you voted, they would have to break a federal law and tamper with your mail,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Your signature will be verified (so someone else can’t sign it)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Someone \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> — under the penalty of perjury — fill out your ballot, sign your name and turn it in. This is \u003ca href=\"https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/penal-code/118/#:~:text=California%20Penal%20Code%20%C2%A7%20118,years%20in%20jail%20or%20prison.\">a felony\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974391/i-made-a-mistake-on-my-ballot-how-to-fix-presidential-primary-california-election-2024\">your signature on your ballot envelope must match\u003c/a> the signature you provided when you registered to vote — which is usually the same as the one on your California driver’s license or state ID card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office has a robust system in place to flag ballot envelope signatures that don’t match the signature on record for that voter to make sure they weren’t filled out and signed by someone else. So if your county’s election staff receives your ballot and detects that signature mismatch on your ballot, they’ll reach out to you via mail to verify whether it’s yours or not (also known as “curing” a ballot).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>But someone else \u003cem>is \u003c/em>allowed to turn in your ballot\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you can’t return your ballot yourself, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">you may designate any person to return the ballot\u003c/a> to the elections official or the precinct board at any polling place within the jurisdiction,” according to the secretary of state. Alexander pointed out that “you do have to fill out on the ballot your relationship to the voter and sign it if you’re turning in a ballot for someone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/california-election-voting-republicans/\">“Ballot harvesting”\u003c/a> — in which groups collect piles of votes to drop them off — is legal in California. However, the people collecting the ballots cannot force you to vote in any way. If this person is part of the same organization or party as you — and you feel \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/california-election-voting-republicans\">uncomfortable\u003c/a> — you can also ask to turn it in yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>California’s ‘Safe At Home’ program can keep your voter registration private\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the contents of your vote are private, your voter registration information may not be — which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/us/domestic-violence-voting-election-privacy-trnd/index.html\">a recurring concern\u003c/a> for survivors of domestic abuse or harassment who don’t want details like their home address known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because, as above, certain people — including political candidates and anyone who will use it for “election, scholarly, journalistic or political purpose or for governmental purposes” — can request a person’s voter registration information under California law. Although your social security number, your driver’s license number and your signature will always stay private, your address, party preference and birth date can be accessed this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"forum_2010101904519,news_11989095,news_12000987\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is actually something that keeps some people from registering to vote at all because they don’t want that information to be circulated,” Alexander said. “It’s a lot of personal information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is a way to keep your address on your voter registration secret — by applying to become a confidential voter through \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home\">California’s Safe at Home program\u003c/a>, which allows your mail to be directed to another address to keep your real home address private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state’s website, “Safe at Home offers a substitute mailing address to receive first class, certified, and registered mail for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, and elder or dependent adult abuse.” The program is also open to “reproductive health care workers and public entity employees who are in fear for their safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To enroll in Safe at Home, you can find \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home/where-find-an-enrolling-agency\">a list of offices\u003c/a> in your county on the state’s website. You can also contact 877-322-5227 or SafeAtHome@sos.ca.gov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to register to vote as a confidential voter for the upcoming presidential election through Safe at Home is Oct. 21, 2024 — the same date as the deadline to register to vote online generally. If you miss the deadline, you can still register to vote in person — but you will \u003cem>not \u003c/em>be a confidential voter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander said she has been working on this aspect of voter privacy for years but that it’s one of the issues that she’s had a hard time making progress on. “Sadly, one of the reasons why we’ve not been able to make many changes in this area of the law is because the biggest consumers of this data are the same politicians who make the laws that decide how we govern voter data,” Alexander said. “It’s not in their interests to restrict their own access to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “I don’t think you should have to part with your personal information in order to be able to participate in democracy,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More resources if you’re concerned about your voting privacy\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.techsafety.org/voter-registration-privacy\">Safety Net Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Voting Tips\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-laws-against-intimidation-voters-and-election-workers\">Brennan Center’s Guide to Laws Against Intimidation of Voters\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/voter-reg-privacy-info.htm\">California Secretary of State\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Carly Severn contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, in \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/thedigitalyenta/status/1821281407601406171\">a viral post on X (formerly Twitter)\u003c/a>, the founder of a “divorce registry” company wrote that the question “\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/12/voting-privacy-election-2024-spouse-online/\">Can my husband find out who I am voting for in the Presidential Election?\u003c/a>” was one she’d been hearing “a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are a number of people that live in households where certain members of their family might have \u003ca href=\"https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2020/10/10099003/domestic-violence-voter-suppression-2020-election\">very strong opinions\u003c/a> and want people in their household to \u003ca href=\"https://www.covid19taskforcedv.org/obstacles-to-voting\">share those opinions\u003c/a>,” said Kim Alexander, the president of the nonpartisan California Voter Foundation. “It’s difficult when it’s somebody who is close to you [like] a family member, trying to pressure you to vote a certain way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as “a voter, you have the right to vote a secret ballot,” Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what can you do if you’re feeling under pressure at home to vote a certain way? How can you successfully hide who you vote for from your partner, parents or roommates — especially if you’re in an abusive domestic situation? Read on to learn more about your rights when it comes to voting and ways you can protect the voting privacy the law entitles you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every situation is different, and as such, this guide can’t provide legal advice for your own circumstances. Remember also that advice for people on how to protect their voting privacy is not to suggest there’s some kind of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/09/04/1120904265/claims-voter-fraud-donald-trump\">voter fraud epidemic\u003c/a> of people’s ballots being used in a way they hadn’t intended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suspect your voting rights are being violated, you can reach out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/publications-and-resources/voter-complaint\">the secretary of state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Nobody can find out who you voted for\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Your voting record — that is, which candidates you’ve voted for in the past — is never made public and is not findable online anywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What \u003cem>is \u003c/em>technically findable online: Your political party preference on your voter registration — i.e., whether you’re registered to vote as a Republican, a Democrat or “no party preference,” also known as an independent voter. (For what it’s worth, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974134/no-party-preference-how-to-vote-california-presidential-primary\">unlike the primary elections earlier this year\u003c/a>, you can vote for any presidential candidate in the upcoming November general election — not just the candidate with the party you’re registered with.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voter registration isn’t available to the general public, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">California law allows some of your information — including your party registration and which elections you voted in — to be released\u003c/a> to certain people, including political candidates and anyone who will use it for “election, scholarly, journalistic or political purpose or for governmental purposes,” according to the secretary of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>History fact: From the colonial days to the 1890s, voting was \u003ca href=\"https://sociallogic.iath.virginia.edu/node/30\">very much a public act\u003c/a>. Secret ballots were an idea \u003ca href=\"https://sociallogic.iath.virginia.edu/node/30\">borrowed from Australia\u003c/a>, and since then, Americans “feel very protective of” their votes being private, Alexander said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the modern day, Alexander said, nobody should be able to find out \u003cem>how \u003c/em>anybody voted — unless the voter made a photocopy of their ballot or showed someone their ballot. (A few years ago, there was a controversy over people taking “ballot selfies,” but that law was changed \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4465253-18104jl.html\">in California\u003c/a> in 2017 to permit such photos.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the only way someone can find out how you voted in November is if \u003cem>you \u003c/em>choose to tell them.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Voting in person may be the safest bet\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It’s OK to receive \u003cem>assistance \u003c/em>filling out your ballot — whether you are a teen asking for advice about candidates or a parent asking their kid to help translate sentences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But lines could potentially be crossed into coercion. And if you feel that is your case, Alexander suggested you should try voting in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you go to vote in person, you have the privacy of the voting booth, and your ballot is absolutely secret,” she said. (People \u003cem>can \u003c/em>receive \u003ca href=\"https://www.usvotefoundation.org/disabled-voter-guide/california\">assistance\u003c/a> at the polls: For example, the person accompanying the \u003ca href=\"https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/sites/default/files/2016-09/sec208-English_0.pdf\">voter may need to complete paperwork\u003c/a> to say that the voter has difficulty reading, speaking or writing in English.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guidance from the \u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">National Network to End Domestic Violence\u003c/a> reads people can vote “when their abuser is busy,” bring a friend with them to the polls for support, and \u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">talk to a poll worker\u003c/a> if they have concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization said people should do their candidate research before they vote, so the process itself of filling out their ballot can go as quickly as possible in the moment — and decrease chances of \u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">running into someone at the polling station\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also vote in person \u003cem>before \u003c/em>Election Day. Information about this process will be available on \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">the state’s website\u003c/a> closer to November. You can also reach out to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">your county’s election office\u003c/a> to learn more about early voting in person.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Worried about your ballot? You can fill it out and seal it straightaway\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you are in a situation where you are concerned someone is trying to influence how you vote on your mail-in ballot, and voting in person isn’t an option for you, Alexander recommends that you can fill out your mail-in ballot in private and then put it in the envelope straightaway, signing and dating it immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If somebody in your household wants to find out how you voted, they would have to break a federal law and tamper with your mail,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Your signature will be verified (so someone else can’t sign it)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Someone \u003cem>cannot\u003c/em> — under the penalty of perjury — fill out your ballot, sign your name and turn it in. This is \u003ca href=\"https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/defense/penal-code/118/#:~:text=California%20Penal%20Code%20%C2%A7%20118,years%20in%20jail%20or%20prison.\">a felony\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11974391/i-made-a-mistake-on-my-ballot-how-to-fix-presidential-primary-california-election-2024\">your signature on your ballot envelope must match\u003c/a> the signature you provided when you registered to vote — which is usually the same as the one on your California driver’s license or state ID card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your county elections office has a robust system in place to flag ballot envelope signatures that don’t match the signature on record for that voter to make sure they weren’t filled out and signed by someone else. So if your county’s election staff receives your ballot and detects that signature mismatch on your ballot, they’ll reach out to you via mail to verify whether it’s yours or not (also known as “curing” a ballot).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>But someone else \u003cem>is \u003c/em>allowed to turn in your ballot\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you can’t return your ballot yourself, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/frequently-asked-questions\">you may designate any person to return the ballot\u003c/a> to the elections official or the precinct board at any polling place within the jurisdiction,” according to the secretary of state. Alexander pointed out that “you do have to fill out on the ballot your relationship to the voter and sign it if you’re turning in a ballot for someone else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/california-election-voting-republicans/\">“Ballot harvesting”\u003c/a> — in which groups collect piles of votes to drop them off — is legal in California. However, the people collecting the ballots cannot force you to vote in any way. If this person is part of the same organization or party as you — and you feel \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/10/california-election-voting-republicans\">uncomfortable\u003c/a> — you can also ask to turn it in yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>California’s ‘Safe At Home’ program can keep your voter registration private\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While the contents of your vote are private, your voter registration information may not be — which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/27/us/domestic-violence-voting-election-privacy-trnd/index.html\">a recurring concern\u003c/a> for survivors of domestic abuse or harassment who don’t want details like their home address known.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because, as above, certain people — including political candidates and anyone who will use it for “election, scholarly, journalistic or political purpose or for governmental purposes” — can request a person’s voter registration information under California law. Although your social security number, your driver’s license number and your signature will always stay private, your address, party preference and birth date can be accessed this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is actually something that keeps some people from registering to vote at all because they don’t want that information to be circulated,” Alexander said. “It’s a lot of personal information.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there is a way to keep your address on your voter registration secret — by applying to become a confidential voter through \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home\">California’s Safe at Home program\u003c/a>, which allows your mail to be directed to another address to keep your real home address private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state’s website, “Safe at Home offers a substitute mailing address to receive first class, certified, and registered mail for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, and elder or dependent adult abuse.” The program is also open to “reproductive health care workers and public entity employees who are in fear for their safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To enroll in Safe at Home, you can find \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home/where-find-an-enrolling-agency\">a list of offices\u003c/a> in your county on the state’s website. You can also contact 877-322-5227 or SafeAtHome@sos.ca.gov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deadline to register to vote as a confidential voter for the upcoming presidential election through Safe at Home is Oct. 21, 2024 — the same date as the deadline to register to vote online generally. If you miss the deadline, you can still register to vote in person — but you will \u003cem>not \u003c/em>be a confidential voter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander said she has been working on this aspect of voter privacy for years but that it’s one of the issues that she’s had a hard time making progress on. “Sadly, one of the reasons why we’ve not been able to make many changes in this area of the law is because the biggest consumers of this data are the same politicians who make the laws that decide how we govern voter data,” Alexander said. “It’s not in their interests to restrict their own access to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “I don’t think you should have to part with your personal information in order to be able to participate in democracy,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>More resources if you’re concerned about your voting privacy\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.techsafety.org/voter-registration-privacy\">Safety Net Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://nnedv.org/content/safe-voting-tips-for-survivors/\">National Network to End Domestic Violence’s Voting Tips\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-laws-against-intimidation-voters-and-election-workers\">Brennan Center’s Guide to Laws Against Intimidation of Voters\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://voterguide.sos.ca.gov/voter-info/voter-reg-privacy-info.htm\">California Secretary of State\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Carly Severn contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Overlooking the Pacific Ocean from his \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-13/trump-golf-course-rancho-palos-verdes-landslides\">own golf course in Rancho Palos Verdes\u003c/a>, former president Donald Trump praised his California property as one of the most beautiful in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rest of the state, however, is being destroyed by rampant crime, sweeping homelessness and unauthorized immigrants — and it’s spurring a mass exodus, Trump said at a press conference today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state of California is a mess,” said Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot allow Comrade Kamala Harris and the communist left to do to America what they did to California,” said the former president, who had held a fundraiser in Los Angeles on Thursday night and plans one later today in the Bay Area community of Woodside to cash in on \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/07/kamala-harris-donald-trump-campaign-money-california/\">California’s lucrative trove of donors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attacking California is something Trump didn’t even do once in his first — and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/meridithmcgraw/status/1834311545729225026\">he says only\u003c/a> — presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Political experts perceived it as a missed opportunity: After all, his allies have for decades decried California as too liberal for the rest of the nation — \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-california-record-democrats/\">partly why there has never been a California Democrat elected president\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury is still out on how much Harris’ California ties could hurt her chance among undecided voters. For most Michigan and Arizona voters who spoke to CalMatters last month, Harris’ record in the White House \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-california-record-democrats/\">mattered more\u003c/a> than her California brand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump, who repeatedly mispronounced Harris’s first name, also blamed Harris for federal economic and border policies and insisted he outperformed her \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/presidential-debate-kamala-harris-donald-trump/\">during the debate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Harris campaign’s rapid response team \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KamalaHQ\">posted about some of Trump’s statements\u003c/a>, but has not directly responded to what he said about her record or her home state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much of the many, many things Trump said about California and Harris’ record is accurate? Here’s our fact check on some notable claims:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>State of the state\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n“California has the highest inflation, highest taxes, the highest gas prices, the most illegal aliens, the most regulations, the most expensive utilities, and it ranks as the third worst state to start a business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Inflation\u003c/strong>: Inflation rates fluctuate month to month. Florida had the highest inflation at 4% as of March, while California had the seventh highest, at 3.6%, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/09/states-highest-lowest-inflation/73184932007/\">analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data\u003c/a> by Moody’s Analytics. Even according to U.S. Senate Republicans’ own inflation tracker, as of August, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/california-inflation-report/\">California\u003c/a> ranked 5th for increased monthly inflation costs since January 2021 and had a cumulative inflation rate lower than Florida and \u003ca href=\"https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/state-inflation-tracker\">other states in the West region\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Taxes:\u003c/strong> California does have the highest state sales tax at 7.25%, but \u003ca href=\"https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2024-sales-taxes/\">ranks 8th\u003c/a> in total state and local sales tax rates this year, according to the Tax Foundation. California’s property tax rate is at 0.75%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/mortgages/property-tax-by-state\">the 34th highest\u003c/a> of all 50 states. The state also has a progressive income tax rate while other states have a flat rate for all.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Gas prices\u003c/strong>: It is true. California does have the highest gas price of all states, at $4.76 a gallon as of today, \u003ca href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA\">according to the AAA\u003c/a>. The national average is $3.23.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Unauthorized immigrants\u003c/strong>: California is estimated to have the largest population of undocumented immigrants, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/\">1.8 million\u003c/a>, based on a Pew Research Center estimate of 2022 Census figures. But California is also the only state where that population decreased from 2019 to 2022, while the populations in Republican-led Florida and Texas grew the most.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Utility rates\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a\">As of June\u003c/a>, Hawaii — not California — had the highest electricity rates, averaging 42.4 cents per kilowatt hour for residential customers, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In California, residential customers paid an average of 33.0 cents per kilowatt hour. \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/living/monthly-utility-costs-by-state/#states_with_the_most_expensive_utilities_section\">A Forbes analysis\u003c/a> of monthly utility bills by state ranked Alaska the most expensive, followed by Hawaii, Connecticut, West Virginia and Georgia.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Worst state to start a business\u003c/strong>: It depends which ranking you look at, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/best-states-to-start-a-business/#state_by_state_ranking_the_best_states_to_start_a_business_section\">according to Forbes\u003c/a>, California is the 37th best state to start a business this year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Crime in California\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said:\u003c/strong> Trump blamed the “destruction” of San Francisco on Gov. Gavin Newsom and Harris. He said murders rose “significantly” and car thefts “went through the roof” while Harris was state attorney general. He argued that Harris was lenient in prosecuting several cases, that she had endorsed defunding the police and that “the police don’t endorse her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Crime stats\u003c/strong>: When Harris was California attorney general between 2011 and 2017, homicide rates fluctuated, with an average of 1,819 homicides — or 4.7 per 100,000 people — each year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Crime%20In%20CA%202022f.pdf\">the state Department of Justice\u003c/a>. Vehicle thefts ebbed and flowed, averaging 164,000 or 424.9 per 100,000 people. Both rates were far lower than during the 1990s.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Leniency\u003c/strong>: Despite claims she’s soft on crime, Harris has a mixed record. As a local prosecutor, Harris \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-prosecutor-california-san-francisco/\">did not pursue the death penalty against a cop killer\u003c/a> — a case Trump used during the press conference to justify his claim. But years later, Harris prosecuted a woman with mental illness for assaulting police officers. As California’s attorney general, Harris defended \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-prosecutor-california-san-francisco/\">the state’s death penalty\u003c/a> even though she personally opposed it. Harris remained neutral on various ballot measures about reducing penalties for low-level offenses and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/29/kamala-harris-california-criminal-justice-00171490\">allowing earlier release for more offenders\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Defund the police\u003c/strong>: It is true that Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-false-statement-that-kamala-h/\">expressed support for redirecting some money\u003c/a> and “reimagining” public safety during her 2020 presidential campaign, weeks after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, sparking waves of protests against law enforcement. “This whole movement is about rightly saying, we need to take a look at these budgets and figure out whether it reflects the right priorities,” she said at the time. After President Joe Biden tapped her as his running mate, however, she denounced the “defund” movement.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Police endorsements\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4865127-law-enforcement-endorse-kamala-harris/\">More than 100 law enforcement officials\u003c/a> — including sheriffs, former and current police chiefs and FBI agents — endorsed Harris last week.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Several people are seating facing a split screen showing a man and woman.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on Sept. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Immigration and the border\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said:\u003c/strong> He lambasted Harris for supporting “sanctuary cities” for undocumented immigrants while she was San Francisco’s district attorney, claiming she shielded “illegal aliens” who committed murders and refused to deport them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sanctuary city policy\u003c/strong>: The San Francisco city ordinance — which prevented officials from handing over unauthorized migrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement even if they committed a felony — \u003ca href=\"https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/trumps-false-and-misleading-claims-about-harris-record-on-crime/\">dates to 1985\u003c/a>. It was originally aimed at protecting asylum seekers from El Salvador and Guatemala, but was extended in 1989 to cover all immigrants. Harris — who was district attorney from 2004 to 2011 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/kfile-kamala-harris-undocumented-juveniles/index.html\">supported changing the policy\u003c/a> to report undocumented immigrants arrested on suspicion of a felony in 2008.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prosecuting unauthorized immigrants\u003c/strong>: Trump said Harris offered sanctuary in 2008 to Edwin Ramos, a Salvadoran migrant who was charged with three counts of murder and who had prior convictions for assault and attempted robbery. Similarly, Trump mentioned the case of Rony Aguilera, a Honduran immigrant who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 2008. It is true city officials did not turn him over to federal agents at the time — under the sanctuary city policy that Harris helped change that year. Ramos was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/SF-killer-Edwin-Ramos-sentenced-in-triple-slaying-3625545.php\">sentenced to life in prison in 2014\u003c/a>, and Aguilera was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/s-f-gang-member-sentenced-in-teen-s-slaying-4847595.php\">in 2013\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said:\u003c/strong> “After Kamala Harris and Gavin Newscum took charge of San Francisco, homelessness increased by over 200%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts:\u003c/strong> Homelessness has grown in California, but not by that much. From 2007 to 2023, the number of people experiencing homelessness grew \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\">by 30.5%\u003c/a>, according to a report to Congress. In San Francisco, the point-in-time count of homeless people this year reached the lowest level since 2015, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/news/new-data-san-francisco-street-homelessness-hits-10-year-low\">according to the city\u003c/a>. Nearly 186,000 Californians live on the streets or homeless shelters, up 8% from 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/09/pit-count-analysis-2024/\">according to a new CalMatters analysis\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://shou.senate.ca.gov/sites/shou.senate.ca.gov/files/Homelessness%20in%20CA%202023%20Numbers%20-%201.2024.pdf\">As of last year\u003c/a>, California accounted for nearly 30% of the nation’s homeless population and roughly half of the unsheltered population. [aside postID=\"forum_2010101907043,news_12000992,news_12004347\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California exodus\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said\u003c/strong>: He claimed the state has the most number of people leaving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts: \u003c/strong>It is true that California \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/population-trends-return-to-pre-pandemic-norms.html\">shed the most people\u003c/a> last year — 75,423, according to the Census Bureau. But it’s not just a California problem: \u003ca href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/population-map-reveals-states-growing-shrinking-1893641#:~:text=The%20states%20that%20lost%20the,same%20reasons%2C%22%20Poston%20said.\">New York\u003c/a> lost the most population between 2020 and 2022, losing 2.6% of its population, according to Census data. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2023/02/california-population-exodus-housing/\">reasons for California’s shrinking population\u003c/a> are complicated: Some died, some moved to other states due to the high cost of living, and some left the country altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify California’s crime rates.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The jury is still out on how much Harris’ California ties could hurt her chance among undecided voters. For most Michigan and Arizona voters who spoke to CalMatters last month, Harris’ record in the White House \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-california-record-democrats/\">mattered more\u003c/a> than her California brand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump, who repeatedly mispronounced Harris’s first name, also blamed Harris for federal economic and border policies and insisted he outperformed her \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/presidential-debate-kamala-harris-donald-trump/\">during the debate\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Harris campaign’s rapid response team \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/KamalaHQ\">posted about some of Trump’s statements\u003c/a>, but has not directly responded to what he said about her record or her home state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much of the many, many things Trump said about California and Harris’ record is accurate? Here’s our fact check on some notable claims:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>State of the state\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said\u003c/strong>:\u003cbr>\n“California has the highest inflation, highest taxes, the highest gas prices, the most illegal aliens, the most regulations, the most expensive utilities, and it ranks as the third worst state to start a business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Inflation\u003c/strong>: Inflation rates fluctuate month to month. Florida had the highest inflation at 4% as of March, while California had the seventh highest, at 3.6%, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/04/09/states-highest-lowest-inflation/73184932007/\">analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics data\u003c/a> by Moody’s Analytics. Even according to U.S. Senate Republicans’ own inflation tracker, as of August, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/california-inflation-report/\">California\u003c/a> ranked 5th for increased monthly inflation costs since January 2021 and had a cumulative inflation rate lower than Florida and \u003ca href=\"https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/state-inflation-tracker\">other states in the West region\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Taxes:\u003c/strong> California does have the highest state sales tax at 7.25%, but \u003ca href=\"https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/2024-sales-taxes/\">ranks 8th\u003c/a> in total state and local sales tax rates this year, according to the Tax Foundation. California’s property tax rate is at 0.75%, \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/mortgages/property-tax-by-state\">the 34th highest\u003c/a> of all 50 states. The state also has a progressive income tax rate while other states have a flat rate for all.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Gas prices\u003c/strong>: It is true. California does have the highest gas price of all states, at $4.76 a gallon as of today, \u003ca href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA\">according to the AAA\u003c/a>. The national average is $3.23.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Unauthorized immigrants\u003c/strong>: California is estimated to have the largest population of undocumented immigrants, at \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/\">1.8 million\u003c/a>, based on a Pew Research Center estimate of 2022 Census figures. But California is also the only state where that population decreased from 2019 to 2022, while the populations in Republican-led Florida and Texas grew the most.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Utility rates\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_5_6_a\">As of June\u003c/a>, Hawaii — not California — had the highest electricity rates, averaging 42.4 cents per kilowatt hour for residential customers, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In California, residential customers paid an average of 33.0 cents per kilowatt hour. \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/home-improvement/living/monthly-utility-costs-by-state/#states_with_the_most_expensive_utilities_section\">A Forbes analysis\u003c/a> of monthly utility bills by state ranked Alaska the most expensive, followed by Hawaii, Connecticut, West Virginia and Georgia.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Worst state to start a business\u003c/strong>: It depends which ranking you look at, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/best-states-to-start-a-business/#state_by_state_ranking_the_best_states_to_start_a_business_section\">according to Forbes\u003c/a>, California is the 37th best state to start a business this year.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Crime in California\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said:\u003c/strong> Trump blamed the “destruction” of San Francisco on Gov. Gavin Newsom and Harris. He said murders rose “significantly” and car thefts “went through the roof” while Harris was state attorney general. He argued that Harris was lenient in prosecuting several cases, that she had endorsed defunding the police and that “the police don’t endorse her.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Crime stats\u003c/strong>: When Harris was California attorney general between 2011 and 2017, homicide rates fluctuated, with an average of 1,819 homicides — or 4.7 per 100,000 people — each year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://data-openjustice.doj.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/Crime%20In%20CA%202022f.pdf\">the state Department of Justice\u003c/a>. Vehicle thefts ebbed and flowed, averaging 164,000 or 424.9 per 100,000 people. Both rates were far lower than during the 1990s.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Leniency\u003c/strong>: Despite claims she’s soft on crime, Harris has a mixed record. As a local prosecutor, Harris \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-prosecutor-california-san-francisco/\">did not pursue the death penalty against a cop killer\u003c/a> — a case Trump used during the press conference to justify his claim. But years later, Harris prosecuted a woman with mental illness for assaulting police officers. As California’s attorney general, Harris defended \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/08/kamala-harris-prosecutor-california-san-francisco/\">the state’s death penalty\u003c/a> even though she personally opposed it. Harris remained neutral on various ballot measures about reducing penalties for low-level offenses and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/29/kamala-harris-california-criminal-justice-00171490\">allowing earlier release for more offenders\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Defund the police\u003c/strong>: It is true that Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/jul/30/donald-trump/fact-checking-trumps-false-statement-that-kamala-h/\">expressed support for redirecting some money\u003c/a> and “reimagining” public safety during her 2020 presidential campaign, weeks after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, sparking waves of protests against law enforcement. “This whole movement is about rightly saying, we need to take a look at these budgets and figure out whether it reflects the right priorities,” she said at the time. After President Joe Biden tapped her as his running mate, however, she denounced the “defund” movement.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Police endorsements\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4865127-law-enforcement-endorse-kamala-harris/\">More than 100 law enforcement officials\u003c/a> — including sheriffs, former and current police chiefs and FBI agents — endorsed Harris last week.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004813\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004813\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Several people are seating facing a split screen showing a man and woman.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/091024_PresidentialDebate_FM_CM-04-scaled-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People watch the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris at KQED headquarters in San Francisco on Sept. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Immigration and the border\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said:\u003c/strong> He lambasted Harris for supporting “sanctuary cities” for undocumented immigrants while she was San Francisco’s district attorney, claiming she shielded “illegal aliens” who committed murders and refused to deport them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sanctuary city policy\u003c/strong>: The San Francisco city ordinance — which prevented officials from handing over unauthorized migrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement even if they committed a felony — \u003ca href=\"https://www.factcheck.org/2024/08/trumps-false-and-misleading-claims-about-harris-record-on-crime/\">dates to 1985\u003c/a>. It was originally aimed at protecting asylum seekers from El Salvador and Guatemala, but was extended in 1989 to cover all immigrants. Harris — who was district attorney from 2004 to 2011 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/kfile-kamala-harris-undocumented-juveniles/index.html\">supported changing the policy\u003c/a> to report undocumented immigrants arrested on suspicion of a felony in 2008.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Prosecuting unauthorized immigrants\u003c/strong>: Trump said Harris offered sanctuary in 2008 to Edwin Ramos, a Salvadoran migrant who was charged with three counts of murder and who had prior convictions for assault and attempted robbery. Similarly, Trump mentioned the case of Rony Aguilera, a Honduran immigrant who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 2008. It is true city officials did not turn him over to federal agents at the time — under the sanctuary city policy that Harris helped change that year. Ramos was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/SF-killer-Edwin-Ramos-sentenced-in-triple-slaying-3625545.php\">sentenced to life in prison in 2014\u003c/a>, and Aguilera was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/s-f-gang-member-sentenced-in-teen-s-slaying-4847595.php\">in 2013\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Homelessness\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Trump said:\u003c/strong> “After Kamala Harris and Gavin Newscum took charge of San Francisco, homelessness increased by over 200%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Facts:\u003c/strong> Homelessness has grown in California, but not by that much. From 2007 to 2023, the number of people experiencing homelessness grew \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/2023-AHAR-Part-1.pdf\">by 30.5%\u003c/a>, according to a report to Congress. 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D, which reduces citizen participation,” supervisor and mayoral candidate Aaron Peskin told Proposition E supporters rallying outside City Hall on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition E, sponsored by Peskin, would create a task force to evaluate the city’s charter and its nearly 130 commissions and set recommendations for improvements and cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s directly competing with Proposition D, sponsored by the billionaire-backed moderate group TogetherSF. That plan would also create a task force to evaluate commission reform to modify the city charter. However, it would go further by promising to eliminate nearly half the city’s current commissions and advisory boards, which could range from the Arts Commission to the Library Commission or the Homeless Oversight Commission. It also sets a new cap of 65 citizen oversight bodies and gives the mayor more appointment power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This would just blow up so much, it would be hard to even start to figure out how you could start to fix things,” said Ed Harrington, a former controller for San Francisco and general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, who is opposing Proposition D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Proposition D say their approach would allow the city to make changes more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco’s government structure fundamentally needs reform,” said Kanishka Cheng, the founder of TogetherSF. “It’s grown so big, it’s cumbersome and burdensome for anyone to deal with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed recently yanked her support for Proposition D, which has faced scrutiny for its ties to mayoral candidate Mark Farrell. But she’s not backing Proposition E either. Instead, Breed is directing the city controller and city administrator to develop and pass a charter reform measure for the 2026 ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12004619\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12004619\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o.jpeg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/5F7E40E6-40D6-4027-811E-C978DE325AF0_1_102_o-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters for Proposition E rally in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Sept. 11, 2024 \u003ccite>(Sydney Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The current charter, with its layers of bureaucracy added over the years, has created inefficiency and diffused accountability across our governance structures,” Breed said in a statement. “The good news is that we can fix this by stepping back and reconsidering the Charter as a whole. That time is now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to political analysts like Jim Ross, the issues with San Francisco’s charter and commission system are not a priority for most voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, it’s become a battleground in the fight over checks and balances in San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998045/what-powers-does-the-san-francisco-mayor-have-and-other-questions-about-the-election\">strong mayor system\u003c/a>, which includes an elected mayor, a board of supervisors and other elected officials like the city attorney, and whether the city should consolidate power into the hands of fewer officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people in San Francisco have no idea how many boards and commissions there are. And I don’t think they understand the role they play in city government,” Ross said. “These are pretty much meaningless in terms of making the city run more efficiently and effectively. I don’t think it will change a huge amount.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross acknowledges that the city’s charter may benefit from some adjustments. But he said that is being overshadowed by politics in the mayor’s race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11992466,news_11998045,news_11999069\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell, a former supervisor and interim mayor of San Francisco, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999003/billionaire-backed-moderate-political-group-hit-with-ethics-fine-for-2022-chesa-boudin-recall\">faced criticism\u003c/a> for his ties to TogetherSF. He’s also been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002617/mayor-breed-orders-increased-scrutiny-of-san-francisco-contract-work-grantees\">accused of misusing funds\u003c/a> collected through the ballot measure to pay for campaign-related expenses, like interns and other resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidate contributions from individuals are capped at $500. But billionaires are pouring big money into the ballot measure, like venture capitalist Michael Moritz, who has given nearly $3 million in total to the ballot initiative. Although campaign rules prohibit Farrell from using ballot funds for his campaign, he still appears in ads supporting the ballot measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You have a bunch of these committees, and restructuring them has become a shell vehicle to fund the Mark Farrell-for-mayor campaign,” Ross said. “There might be a real discussion to have there about how the city governs itself, but that hasn’t happened in any of this debate over reform.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng said that TogetherSF’s approach is fair and legal and pointed out that several other candidates support ballot measures. The city’s nearly 130 commissions include some potentially redundant bodies, and she said that has slowed city officials’ ability to take action on pressing issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Prop. E doesn’t guarantee that anything changes. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly 1 in 5 San Francisco residents are Chinese American. So if you want to be mayor, you need to win over the city’s Chinese communities. KQED’s Sydney Johnson tells us how the candidates are trying to woo voters in this year’s mayoral race, especially when it comes to public safety.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"card card--enclosed grey\">\n\u003cp id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC1608627583&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:50] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevara and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. If you want to win over San Francisco, you’re going to have to win over the Chinese American community, which makes up nearly 22% of the city’s population. And Chinese Americans have a long history of political organizing in the city. From the fight to desegregate schools to advocating for safe, affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:04:21] And so mayoral hopefuls really see this as an activated and significant voting bloc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:27] For this voting bloc, public safety is a top issue in this year’s mayoral race. Today, what candidates for mayor are doing to win over Chinese American voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Chinese-Americans in this city have had a long history of political organizing and activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] Sidney Johnson is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:53] Some of the larger neighborhoods where this community is concentrated include Chinatown, which historically has a lot more renters. There’s also on the west side in the Richmond the Sunset. It’s a little bit more suburban. You have some more homeowners and families also Viz Valley, you know, in the southeast corner of the city, a little more working class, a little bit more diverse. And, you know, these candidates are looking at all of those neighborhoods really closely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:25] And you mentioned Chinese American voters being very active for many years on many different issues. But what is rising to the top for a Chinese American voters this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:06:36] Over the years, polls have shown that issues that rise to the top for Chinese Americans in San Francisco are things like education and housing and affordability, you know, kind of just daily life issues. But in recent years, there was a real spike in attacks against Asian Americans here in San Francisco and across the country. And San Francisco in particular, really became a hub for stop AAPI hate activism. And that energy carried over and public safety kind of ballooned into this top issue for a lot of these voters in the 2022 election season. We saw that energy harnessed and Chinese Americans really showed up to the polls for the school board recall and the district attorney recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] And you went to actually talk to Chinese American voters. What is this the the range of things that you heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:36] They said that things, you know, maybe feel a little bit better right now, but that’s compared to some of the worst days of the pandemic and they still don’t feel safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] Hopefully. Yeah. What’s troubling you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:47] Yeah. Everything? Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:50] I met Diane Lee at the Sunset Night Market a couple of Fridays ago. She was walking around with a couple of her girlfriends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:57] Well, the homeless, right? Crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:00] She said she’s lived here almost her whole life, but she’s never felt less safe than she does now and is worried about her grandchildren growing up here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:08:09] I mean, they’re 12 years old. We want to make sure that they’re not they’re safe on the, you know, the buses that they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:17] Diane pulled no punches. She said she’s a moderate Democrat, but that she’s just fed up. Even though rates around violent crime and retail theft are lower right now. But she said that there’s just this feeling of, you know, discomfort and disarray that she hasn’t been able to kick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:35] And I’m sorry, I didn’t ask her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:37] I’m Fiona. Fiona, your Sydney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:39] Fiona Tan grew up around San Francisco. She is attending college and is home right now for summer and is working on Aaron Peskin’s campaign as a volunteer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:50] I think the big thing for me is like it seems like the public safety is a big issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:55] You know, she really wants to see community solutions for issues that have been going on around public safety since Covid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] You know, there’s been a lot of Asian hate, and I think that’s something that really needs to be addressed. You know, somebody pushed into the subway not too long ago this year and things like that were just, you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:09:15] At the end of the day, I think it’s really about how people feel when they’re doing their daily activities. Can I buy groceries for my family? Is my street clean and can my children walk home safe from school? And, you know, I really have heard from some folks things as extreme as, you know, trying to increase incarceration and increase that type of accountability. But also a lot of Chinese American voters who are like, we need to keep people housed and work on these root causes of some of these crimes, like poverty, and how do we improve that within our own communities?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:48] I think everything stems from that one issue of public safety. And I think if we can address that, we can address everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:56] So what are the different ways that these mayoral candidates are trying to win over Chinese-American voters like Diane and Fiona?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:10:05] Yeah. You know, there there is a lot of overlap in terms of actual policies that they’re putting forward. You know, a lot of the candidates are saying we want a fully staffed the police department. Things like increasing foot patrols. But there is kind of a wide gulf between how the candidates are leaning into public safety as a topic. Some kind of further on the right are really leaning into that fear and that feeling of discomfort that has lingered from the pandemic. And then you have others that are kind of trying to talk about that. The city is already improving and we’re trying to make that better and bring people together. So how how candidates are actually talking about this can vary, but this political spectrum that we’re working with here is all moderate Democrats for the most part, you know, minus Peskin, who leans a little bit more progressive from that as well. Aside from just the, you know, conversations and rhetoric, candidates are also trying to show that they’re not just, you know, talking the talk. So they’re hiring chiefs of staff that are Chinese American. They’re hiring volunteers, different age brackets to speak with their communities and share messages on WeChat and get out there and speak in their native languages. And so that is really a big focus of these campaigns as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:36] Yeah. Let’s talk about how some of these candidates are trying to court Chinese-American voters, starting with Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] Are we ready yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:11:48] Well, Breed has been, you know, really out and about this whole election season, getting in front of voters and Chinese American voters in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:57] It is because of our Chinese community that we are on the map as a global city with one of the.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:04] I recently attended a event that she had in Chinatown at a restaurant where she was surrounded by merchants and community leaders who were announcing their support for her to be reelected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:18] And why so many of these incredible leaders are here to support me today is because they know that I have been very aggressive about ensuring San Francisco’s place on the global stage. The, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:33] Breed admitted to some of the real struggles at the city, and that community in particular were going through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] The rise in anti-Asian hate impacted this neighborhood more than any other neighborhood in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] But then she comes around that and says, but look at what we’ve done. And she talks about things like increasing surveillance tools for the police, which was something that she got passed on the March ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:13:00] And now, as crime is at its lowest, its lowest in over ten years, it’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:10] And so she was really trying to come out and say, hey, look, we are doing more to address safety. And look, we are supporting police here. And at the same time, you know, in all of that, trying to make these voters believe that the city is on a better track and that Breed is the one who’s steering that ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] Yeah, she sort of has the tough job of trying to convince people that she has been doing something about this, this feeling of an increase in crime rate because she is the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] Right. And it’s a hard line to walk because you also can’t deny, you know, and invalidate voters concerns and voters fears, but trying to convince them that you are doing more and that things are on a better track at the same time is is a really tricky line to walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] Now, let’s talk about Mark Farrell. And can you actually even remind us who he is and how he’s sort of been trying to court Chinese American voters in the city?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:14:09] Yeah. Mark Farrell is a former supervisor and was actually an interim mayor in San Francisco. And he has been coming out with some of the most pro-police proposals of any of the candidates. He’s talked about ordering a state of emergency in his first 100 days and having the National Guard with boots on the ground in San Francisco. Like other candidates, too, he wants to fully fund the police department. He wants to increase police academy is throughout the year, wants to increase police salaries and expand city wide bans on things like illegal vending, increase law enforcement, foot patrols and presence around areas like U.N. Plaza and the Tenderloin. He’s also taken opportunities like the recent shooting of a 49ers player near Union Square to say Breed’s efforts to make the city safe are lagging. You know, Breed said that was a crass, opportunistic play and defended the city’s crime stats. But, you know, it’s really been sort of this attack on how San Francisco hasn’t done enough to make people feel safe. And that has really been Mark Farrell’s approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:16] It is together that we will win this election in November and we will bring San Francisco back and make sure that is the public safety that we all deserve here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:15:26] I went to an event recently in this valley with Mark Farrell, where he was surrounded by Chinese American elders, and he was announcing his endorsement from the Sheriffs Association. You know, he pretty quickly started talking about just how things like crime and he mentioned homelessness have gotten out of control in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:46] Right. When you talk to people and they see the local Walgreens and CBS stores getting looted every single day in front of their own eyes, that doesn’t make them feel safe in their neighborhoods. When you have specific communities like our AAPI community here in San Francisco have hate crimes just against them because of the color of their skin or who they look like. That to me is unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:07] And that there needs to be a change in city hall and someone who’s going to be tough on crime. I think really, you know, he’s been focusing on pointing out the real problems at the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:16:18] We have had failed leadership in city hall under Mayor Breed in terms of public safety. Not only our police department, not only our fire department. And as we’ve talked about today in our sheriff’s department, we need a mayor who’s going to prioritize it. Once again, I will do exactly that as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:32] Sounds like he’s speaking very much to the people who don’t like how things might be working in San Francisco right now. Right. And Daniel Lurie, the the Levi Strauss heir sort of is also positioning himself as this outsider candidate. How have you seen him courting Chinese-American voters as probably the lesser known candidate in the race?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:57] You know, I think one thing that Daniel’s been doing to court any voter across the city is is actually leaning into that fact that he’s an outsider and saying, look, the people that I’m running against have been in city hall and they got us into this mess. And Lurie, as you know, he founded this nonprofit called The Tipping Point, which is a big anti poverty nonprofit. He’s saying, I can translate this experience and change some things in city hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:17:22] The store owners and the merchants on that street. Many AAPI store owners say to me every single time I’m out there, public safety is sort of their number one issue in Chinatown. Public safety’s their number one issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:37] In terms of public safety. There are still some overlaps with opponents on on all sides that he’s up against. You know, he also wants to declare a state of emergency, although he doesn’t plan to bring in the National Guard and have boots on the ground. So there’s some similarity and difference there with Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:59] I recently followed Daniel Lurie around the sunset night market, which, you know, this is a really prominent Asian American community. There was just tons of food and music and people. It was a great time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:15] Looking forward to any particular snacks or bites?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:18] I don’t know what’s in there yet. The only problem I have is I end up wanting to eat something at every thing, and by the end of the first block, I’m stuffed. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:28] But it was really interesting to see Lurie, you know, just communicating with everyday voters and also just seeing the questions that they came up to him with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:18:36] How are you going to get rid of the homeless?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:38] We’re going to get them in the shelter. We’re going to get them bus tickets home and then we’re going to get those that are suffering on our streets. We’re going to get them into mental health and drug treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:47] And then last but not least, there is San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Chinatown. And I imagine there’s a lot less introducing he probably has to do in the Chinese American community, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:02] Yes. He has been the supervisor for Chinatown and North Beach and really, you know, is well known in those communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:10] Hey, Kevin. Kevin Aaron Peskin here running for mayor. Yeah, I’ve been here before. Would love to have your support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:17] I walked around with him in the Richmond, so on the west side of the city and actually you could see some of that, you know, awareness translating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:26] I’m Aaron and I’m running for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Voter \u003c/strong>[00:19:28] Of course. I’ve met you before at Red’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:30] At Red’s! Oh, back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:33] There were people coming up to him who said, My friend lives in Chinatown and calls you the bearded one and. Yeah. And so some of that experience, it seems, has translated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:44] When I go walk. Clement Street, Irving Street Tariff, Noriega. And I know a lot of people because I wasn’t the supervisor who only showed up at election time. I’ve showed up like 52 weeks a year in Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:59] And Aaron is also talking about things like increasing some police salaries, basically how to keep police on the force. He’s also been really touting things like bringing in all Cantonese speaking force of officers to Chinatown. I will say also, you know, Aaron, being the most progressive candidate in this race, I think is really trying to define his approach by focusing on some of the external factors related to crime, related to safety, and talking to voters about what would also make them feel safe, in addition to, you know, making sure that the police department is fully staffed and having those systems running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:20:47] Well, I want to move on to the takeaways here, Sidney. Is there any one of these candidates who we know is rising to the top for Chinese American voters right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:20:56] I think it’s really hard to say. You know, San Francisco also has a ranked choice voting system, which makes this all even more potentially interesting. And but it one way to look at this could be just the different endorsements that some of these leading candidates have gotten. You know, Breed got the backing of the Chinatown Neighborhood Association, various merchants and the police union, which really speaks to her public safety push. Peskin has the Chinese Tenants Association backing him. It’s the largest tennis association in the city. And on top of that, he’s put forward a proposal to expand rent control across the city just recently. Farrell, meanwhile, has won over the Chinese American Democratic Club, which has leaned a little more right on some issues recently. And then Lurie has gotten backing from people like former police commander Paul Yap and Betty Louie, a Chinatown community advocate. So, you know, it seems like they’re all real, really still fighting to get different slices of this demographic ahead of the election. And, you know, we’re really just going to have to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:01] One thing I’m wondering is like, what do we make of the fact that there isn’t much differentiating these candidates on the issue of public safety? Like, is this really going to be the issue, public safety, that’s going to make or break one candidate’s chances with the Chinese American community?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:22:21] You know, even though there’s plenty of polling saying that public safety is, you know, the number one issue in San Francisco right now, and for Chinese American voters, improved public safety, you can look really different to different people. You know, many just want to see a policing system that responds fast and is accountable. They want to feel safe in their communities. So I think that this is going to be an issue that drives people to the polls. But how different candidates are squaring away with what their public safety vision is will probably be where voters end up shaking out. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:59] Well, Sydney, thank you so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:23:01] Thank you.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nearly 1 in 5 San Francisco residents are Chinese American. So if you want to be mayor, you need to win over the city’s Chinese communities. KQED’s Sydney Johnson tells us how the candidates are trying to woo voters in this year’s mayoral race, especially when it comes to public safety.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"card card--enclosed grey\">\n\u003cp id=\"embed-code\" class=\"inconsolata\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=KQINC1608627583&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:50] I’m Ericka Cruz Guevara and welcome to the bay. Local news to keep you rooted. If you want to win over San Francisco, you’re going to have to win over the Chinese American community, which makes up nearly 22% of the city’s population. And Chinese Americans have a long history of political organizing in the city. From the fight to desegregate schools to advocating for safe, affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:04:21] And so mayoral hopefuls really see this as an activated and significant voting bloc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:27] For this voting bloc, public safety is a top issue in this year’s mayoral race. Today, what candidates for mayor are doing to win over Chinese American voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Chinese-Americans in this city have had a long history of political organizing and activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:05:49] Sidney Johnson is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:05:53] Some of the larger neighborhoods where this community is concentrated include Chinatown, which historically has a lot more renters. There’s also on the west side in the Richmond the Sunset. It’s a little bit more suburban. You have some more homeowners and families also Viz Valley, you know, in the southeast corner of the city, a little more working class, a little bit more diverse. And, you know, these candidates are looking at all of those neighborhoods really closely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:25] And you mentioned Chinese American voters being very active for many years on many different issues. But what is rising to the top for a Chinese American voters this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:06:36] Over the years, polls have shown that issues that rise to the top for Chinese Americans in San Francisco are things like education and housing and affordability, you know, kind of just daily life issues. But in recent years, there was a real spike in attacks against Asian Americans here in San Francisco and across the country. And San Francisco in particular, really became a hub for stop AAPI hate activism. And that energy carried over and public safety kind of ballooned into this top issue for a lot of these voters in the 2022 election season. We saw that energy harnessed and Chinese Americans really showed up to the polls for the school board recall and the district attorney recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:26] And you went to actually talk to Chinese American voters. What is this the the range of things that you heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:36] They said that things, you know, maybe feel a little bit better right now, but that’s compared to some of the worst days of the pandemic and they still don’t feel safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:45] Hopefully. Yeah. What’s troubling you?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:47] Yeah. Everything? Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:07:50] I met Diane Lee at the Sunset Night Market a couple of Fridays ago. She was walking around with a couple of her girlfriends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:07:57] Well, the homeless, right? Crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:00] She said she’s lived here almost her whole life, but she’s never felt less safe than she does now and is worried about her grandchildren growing up here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:08:09] I mean, they’re 12 years old. We want to make sure that they’re not they’re safe on the, you know, the buses that they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:17] Diane pulled no punches. She said she’s a moderate Democrat, but that she’s just fed up. Even though rates around violent crime and retail theft are lower right now. But she said that there’s just this feeling of, you know, discomfort and disarray that she hasn’t been able to kick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:35] And I’m sorry, I didn’t ask her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:37] I’m Fiona. Fiona, your Sydney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:39] Fiona Tan grew up around San Francisco. She is attending college and is home right now for summer and is working on Aaron Peskin’s campaign as a volunteer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:08:50] I think the big thing for me is like it seems like the public safety is a big issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:08:55] You know, she really wants to see community solutions for issues that have been going on around public safety since Covid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:04] You know, there’s been a lot of Asian hate, and I think that’s something that really needs to be addressed. You know, somebody pushed into the subway not too long ago this year and things like that were just, you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:09:15] At the end of the day, I think it’s really about how people feel when they’re doing their daily activities. Can I buy groceries for my family? Is my street clean and can my children walk home safe from school? And, you know, I really have heard from some folks things as extreme as, you know, trying to increase incarceration and increase that type of accountability. But also a lot of Chinese American voters who are like, we need to keep people housed and work on these root causes of some of these crimes, like poverty, and how do we improve that within our own communities?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Fiona Tan \u003c/strong>[00:09:48] I think everything stems from that one issue of public safety. And I think if we can address that, we can address everything else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:56] So what are the different ways that these mayoral candidates are trying to win over Chinese-American voters like Diane and Fiona?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:10:05] Yeah. You know, there there is a lot of overlap in terms of actual policies that they’re putting forward. You know, a lot of the candidates are saying we want a fully staffed the police department. Things like increasing foot patrols. But there is kind of a wide gulf between how the candidates are leaning into public safety as a topic. Some kind of further on the right are really leaning into that fear and that feeling of discomfort that has lingered from the pandemic. And then you have others that are kind of trying to talk about that. The city is already improving and we’re trying to make that better and bring people together. So how how candidates are actually talking about this can vary, but this political spectrum that we’re working with here is all moderate Democrats for the most part, you know, minus Peskin, who leans a little bit more progressive from that as well. Aside from just the, you know, conversations and rhetoric, candidates are also trying to show that they’re not just, you know, talking the talk. So they’re hiring chiefs of staff that are Chinese American. They’re hiring volunteers, different age brackets to speak with their communities and share messages on WeChat and get out there and speak in their native languages. And so that is really a big focus of these campaigns as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:11:36] Yeah. Let’s talk about how some of these candidates are trying to court Chinese-American voters, starting with Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:46] Are we ready yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:11:48] Well, Breed has been, you know, really out and about this whole election season, getting in front of voters and Chinese American voters in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:57] It is because of our Chinese community that we are on the map as a global city with one of the.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:04] I recently attended a event that she had in Chinatown at a restaurant where she was surrounded by merchants and community leaders who were announcing their support for her to be reelected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:18] And why so many of these incredible leaders are here to support me today is because they know that I have been very aggressive about ensuring San Francisco’s place on the global stage. The, you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:33] Breed admitted to some of the real struggles at the city, and that community in particular were going through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] The rise in anti-Asian hate impacted this neighborhood more than any other neighborhood in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:12:47] But then she comes around that and says, but look at what we’ve done. And she talks about things like increasing surveillance tools for the police, which was something that she got passed on the March ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:13:00] And now, as crime is at its lowest, its lowest in over ten years, it’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:10] And so she was really trying to come out and say, hey, look, we are doing more to address safety. And look, we are supporting police here. And at the same time, you know, in all of that, trying to make these voters believe that the city is on a better track and that Breed is the one who’s steering that ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] Yeah, she sort of has the tough job of trying to convince people that she has been doing something about this, this feeling of an increase in crime rate because she is the incumbent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:13:40] Right. And it’s a hard line to walk because you also can’t deny, you know, and invalidate voters concerns and voters fears, but trying to convince them that you are doing more and that things are on a better track at the same time is is a really tricky line to walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:59] Now, let’s talk about Mark Farrell. And can you actually even remind us who he is and how he’s sort of been trying to court Chinese American voters in the city?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:14:09] Yeah. Mark Farrell is a former supervisor and was actually an interim mayor in San Francisco. And he has been coming out with some of the most pro-police proposals of any of the candidates. He’s talked about ordering a state of emergency in his first 100 days and having the National Guard with boots on the ground in San Francisco. Like other candidates, too, he wants to fully fund the police department. He wants to increase police academy is throughout the year, wants to increase police salaries and expand city wide bans on things like illegal vending, increase law enforcement, foot patrols and presence around areas like U.N. Plaza and the Tenderloin. He’s also taken opportunities like the recent shooting of a 49ers player near Union Square to say Breed’s efforts to make the city safe are lagging. You know, Breed said that was a crass, opportunistic play and defended the city’s crime stats. But, you know, it’s really been sort of this attack on how San Francisco hasn’t done enough to make people feel safe. And that has really been Mark Farrell’s approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:16] It is together that we will win this election in November and we will bring San Francisco back and make sure that is the public safety that we all deserve here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:15:26] I went to an event recently in this valley with Mark Farrell, where he was surrounded by Chinese American elders, and he was announcing his endorsement from the Sheriffs Association. You know, he pretty quickly started talking about just how things like crime and he mentioned homelessness have gotten out of control in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:15:46] Right. When you talk to people and they see the local Walgreens and CBS stores getting looted every single day in front of their own eyes, that doesn’t make them feel safe in their neighborhoods. When you have specific communities like our AAPI community here in San Francisco have hate crimes just against them because of the color of their skin or who they look like. That to me is unacceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:07] And that there needs to be a change in city hall and someone who’s going to be tough on crime. I think really, you know, he’s been focusing on pointing out the real problems at the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Mark Farrell \u003c/strong>[00:16:18] We have had failed leadership in city hall under Mayor Breed in terms of public safety. Not only our police department, not only our fire department. And as we’ve talked about today in our sheriff’s department, we need a mayor who’s going to prioritize it. Once again, I will do exactly that as mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:32] Sounds like he’s speaking very much to the people who don’t like how things might be working in San Francisco right now. Right. And Daniel Lurie, the the Levi Strauss heir sort of is also positioning himself as this outsider candidate. How have you seen him courting Chinese-American voters as probably the lesser known candidate in the race?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:16:57] You know, I think one thing that Daniel’s been doing to court any voter across the city is is actually leaning into that fact that he’s an outsider and saying, look, the people that I’m running against have been in city hall and they got us into this mess. And Lurie, as you know, he founded this nonprofit called The Tipping Point, which is a big anti poverty nonprofit. He’s saying, I can translate this experience and change some things in city hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:17:22] The store owners and the merchants on that street. Many AAPI store owners say to me every single time I’m out there, public safety is sort of their number one issue in Chinatown. Public safety’s their number one issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:37] In terms of public safety. There are still some overlaps with opponents on on all sides that he’s up against. You know, he also wants to declare a state of emergency, although he doesn’t plan to bring in the National Guard and have boots on the ground. So there’s some similarity and difference there with Farrell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:17:59] I recently followed Daniel Lurie around the sunset night market, which, you know, this is a really prominent Asian American community. There was just tons of food and music and people. It was a great time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:15] Looking forward to any particular snacks or bites?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:18] I don’t know what’s in there yet. The only problem I have is I end up wanting to eat something at every thing, and by the end of the first block, I’m stuffed. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:18:28] But it was really interesting to see Lurie, you know, just communicating with everyday voters and also just seeing the questions that they came up to him with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Diane Lee \u003c/strong>[00:18:36] How are you going to get rid of the homeless?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Daniel Lurie \u003c/strong>[00:18:38] We’re going to get them in the shelter. We’re going to get them bus tickets home and then we’re going to get those that are suffering on our streets. We’re going to get them into mental health and drug treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:18:47] And then last but not least, there is San Francisco supervisor Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Chinatown. And I imagine there’s a lot less introducing he probably has to do in the Chinese American community, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:02] Yes. He has been the supervisor for Chinatown and North Beach and really, you know, is well known in those communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:10] Hey, Kevin. Kevin Aaron Peskin here running for mayor. Yeah, I’ve been here before. Would love to have your support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:17] I walked around with him in the Richmond, so on the west side of the city and actually you could see some of that, you know, awareness translating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:26] I’m Aaron and I’m running for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Voter \u003c/strong>[00:19:28] Of course. I’ve met you before at Red’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:30] At Red’s! Oh, back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:33] There were people coming up to him who said, My friend lives in Chinatown and calls you the bearded one and. Yeah. And so some of that experience, it seems, has translated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Aaron Peskin \u003c/strong>[00:19:44] When I go walk. Clement Street, Irving Street Tariff, Noriega. And I know a lot of people because I wasn’t the supervisor who only showed up at election time. I’ve showed up like 52 weeks a year in Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:19:59] And Aaron is also talking about things like increasing some police salaries, basically how to keep police on the force. He’s also been really touting things like bringing in all Cantonese speaking force of officers to Chinatown. I will say also, you know, Aaron, being the most progressive candidate in this race, I think is really trying to define his approach by focusing on some of the external factors related to crime, related to safety, and talking to voters about what would also make them feel safe, in addition to, you know, making sure that the police department is fully staffed and having those systems running.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:20:47] Well, I want to move on to the takeaways here, Sidney. Is there any one of these candidates who we know is rising to the top for Chinese American voters right now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:20:56] I think it’s really hard to say. You know, San Francisco also has a ranked choice voting system, which makes this all even more potentially interesting. And but it one way to look at this could be just the different endorsements that some of these leading candidates have gotten. You know, Breed got the backing of the Chinatown Neighborhood Association, various merchants and the police union, which really speaks to her public safety push. Peskin has the Chinese Tenants Association backing him. It’s the largest tennis association in the city. And on top of that, he’s put forward a proposal to expand rent control across the city just recently. Farrell, meanwhile, has won over the Chinese American Democratic Club, which has leaned a little more right on some issues recently. And then Lurie has gotten backing from people like former police commander Paul Yap and Betty Louie, a Chinatown community advocate. So, you know, it seems like they’re all real, really still fighting to get different slices of this demographic ahead of the election. And, you know, we’re really just going to have to see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:22:01] One thing I’m wondering is like, what do we make of the fact that there isn’t much differentiating these candidates on the issue of public safety? Like, is this really going to be the issue, public safety, that’s going to make or break one candidate’s chances with the Chinese American community?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cstrong>Sydney Johnson \u003c/strong>[00:22:21] You know, even though there’s plenty of polling saying that public safety is, you know, the number one issue in San Francisco right now, and for Chinese American voters, improved public safety, you can look really different to different people. You know, many just want to see a policing system that responds fast and is accountable. They want to feel safe in their communities. 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