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Because of the passage of SB 54, proponents of a voter initiative addressing very similar goals removed their measure from the November 2022 ballot.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Article:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California dumps more than 12,000 tons of plastic into landfills every day — enough to fill 219 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Publications/Details/1666\">CalRecycle\u003c/a>, the state’s recycling and waste management agency. The state boasts one of the highest recycling rates in the country, especially of cans and bottles, but despite decades of investment in infrastructure and machinery, the system remains overwhelmed by plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A trip to a recycling processing center helps explain why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside one of Republic Services’ massive facilities in Milpitas, an impressive array of high-tech machines sort through tons of material from residents’ recycling bins, separating metal from plastic from paper. Some of the machines use magnets, eddy currents or puffs of air blown through hundreds of nozzles to sort the materials; others identify different kinds of plastic with optical scanners. Whizzing conveyor belts ferry it all from one machine to the next, until the recyclables are sorted, baled, and eventually shipped and sold.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Not all plastic is created equal\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One of plastic recycling’s success stories is HDPE, or high-density polyethylene, the translucent plastic commonly used in milk jugs, shampoo bottles and cutting boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In today’s marketplace, this is the most valuable commodity that we produce at this location,” said Pete Keller, the company’s vice president of sustainability. “These materials are non-pigmented, so any downstream consumer of this material could turn it into any color they want to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HDPE is currently fetching a price of $1 per pound, or over $2,000 per ton, according to Keller. “I wish we had more of it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That price is partially driven by demand resulting from so-called sustainability commitments major manufacturers have made to use recycled plastic. Naked Juice, for instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nakedjuice.com/goodness-outside/\">makes its juice bottles\u003c/a> from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic, while Danone has \u003ca href=\"https://www.danone.com/impact/planet/packaging-positive-circular-economy.html\">pledged\u003c/a> to make all of its evian water bottles from 100% recycled plastic by 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/-bTCCB6wbks\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a push to boost demand for plastic that is recycled, like HDPE, California lawmakers in 2020 passed a “minimum recycled content” bill. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB793\">Assembly Bill 793\u003c/a>, which went into effect on Jan. 1, mandates that most plastic beverage bottles contain a minimum amount of recycled content. Specifically, all plastic bottles that can be redeemed for $0.05 or $0.10 must contain no less than:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>15% recycled plastic starting Jan. 1, 2022\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>25% recycled plastic starting Jan. 1, 2025\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>50% recycled plastic starting Jan. 1, 2030\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The law, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is targeted at bottle manufacturers, most of whom still use new plastic — or “virgin resin” — which is typically cheaper than recycled plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901454\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901454 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Workers in green safety jackets and helmets sort trash along a conveyor belt. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers at Recology’s San Francisco recycling facility pick out plastic that can’t be recycled, including plastic bags, on July 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to HDPE, PET plastic, or polyethylene terephthalate, can be recycled into clamshells — the clear boxes that strawberries are often packed in — or spun into polyester for clothing. Some denser plastics can also be recycled into pipes, plastic lumber, carpets or buckets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But current recycling markets only accept a fraction of the plastic that’s marked with the three-arrow recycling symbol. Until a few years ago, this problem was largely concealed because the U.S. shipped most of its plastic waste to China, where it was ostensibly being recycled. But in 2018, citing its own environmental concerns, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20741-9#:~:text=In%202017%2C%20China%20announced%20an,are%20enormous%20but%20yet%20unexamined\">China began banning imports of most solid materials\u003c/a>, including most plastics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s forcing domestic recyclers to confront the real challenges of recycling plastic. For one, plastic comes in a myriad of chemical formulations, densities, transparencies and colors. Many products are made of mixed materials: a bottle of hand soap, for example, might contain four different kinds of plastic, plus a metal spring nestled inside the pump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if there were markets for all these different kinds of plastic, sorting and separating them would be a gargantuan task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just so many types of plastic. We can’t recycle them all. We can’t manage them all,” said Robert Reed, public relations manager for Recology, which handles San Francisco’s waste and recycling. “You can’t recycle your way out of the larger plastic problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So most plastic — in fact, almost all of it — ends up in landfills: plastic forks and knives, coffee cups and takeout boxes, used cosmetics, styrofoam trays, and most kinds of plastic bags, from shopping bags to those used for frozen peas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901455 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-800x532.jpeg\" alt=\"Three men talk underneath an open-air canopy in a parking lot. \" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-800x532.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-1020x678.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-160x106.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-1536x1021.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Assemblymember Phil Ting visits a prototype for a mobile recycling program that aims to bring recycling collection trucks to various San Francisco neighborhoods, on July 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Legislative efforts bogged down\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember Phil Ting, who introduced AB 793, has tried to expand the law’s reach by proposing a similar bill requiring the recycling of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB478\">thermoform plastic\u003c/a>, a group of plastics formed using heat. That legislation, however, got bogged down last year over concerns that infrastructure wasn’t yet in place to accommodate an additional plastic recycling mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, many of the more ambitious plastic recycling-related bills floated last year didn’t survive, including \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1371\">AB 1371\u003c/a>, introduced by state Assemblymember Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, which would have banned the use of plastic packaging for online purchases. The bill failed to receive the 41 votes necessary to make it out of the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Globally, the e-commerce industry uses nearly 2.1 billion, with a ‘B,’ pounds of plastic packaging. … With almost a third of the world’s population now buying online, the amount of plastic packaging generated is estimated to double by 2025,” Friedman told the Assembly Natural Resources Committee last April. “This is low-hanging fruit, members, and something that is really, really a scourge.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jennifer Fearing, president, Fearless Advocacy\"]‘I can’t tell you and point to a particular member of the Legislature who’s been ‘bought,’ but I can tell you, we are deeply outgunned on the environmental front.’[/pullquote]“Even with our super-duper Democratic majority and consistently two-thirds of Californians saying this is a huge problem that needs to get addressed, we have really struggled to get enough votes,” said Jennifer Fearing, an environmental lobbyist who helped promote AB 1371.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Santa Monica, last year shelved \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB54\">SB 54\u003c/a>, his bill to ban all single-use plastic products that aren’t recyclable or compostable — opting to buy more time to work out details with various stakeholders, in the face of formidable industry opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Deeply outgunned’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The list of trade groups that weighed in against the bill underscores the depth of plastic’s reach within multiple industries. During an early hearing on SB 54, associations representing farming and agriculture, pet food, personal care, household products and restaurants voiced their opposition — in addition to the Plastics Industry Association, the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment, and the Flexible Packaging Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t tell you and point to a particular member of the Legislature who’s been ‘bought,’” said Fearing. “But I can tell you, we are deeply outgunned on the environmental front.”[aside postID=news_11898724,news_11883400,lowdown_29456 label=\"Related Stories\"]More incremental efforts to reduce plastic waste, however, have proved fruitful, including a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343\">“Truth in Labeling” bill\u003c/a>, approved by lawmakers last year, which prohibits manufacturers from calling their products recyclable or using recycling symbols or other suggestions of recyclability unless they meet CalRecycle’s criteria. The agency has until Jan. 1, 2024, to formalize a list of products it deems recyclable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Shestek, the American Chemistry Council’s senior director of state affairs, said his organization opposed SB 54 and several other bills last year because they failed to recognize why so many businesses use plastic over other materials in the first place: its durability and value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does it go too far? Does it provide opportunities for the business community to comply in a reasonable fashion?” Shestek said. “In our view, it didn’t take into account some of the other trade-offs that we like to discuss: lightweighting, fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions associated with potential alternatives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Shestek acknowledged that more can be done to cut down on plastic waste. His group, for example, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america/chemistry-sustainability/circularity\">set goals\u003c/a> for its members to produce 100% recyclable plastic packaging containing at least 30% recycled plastic by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is trying to get that circular loop completely closed and to be part of the solution,” he said. “I think we recognize that we have a role to play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901452 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Two women standing near the bay pour water samples.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Sutton, left, and Alicia Gilbreath of the San Francisco Estuary Institute strain water collected from the San Francisco Bay through two sieves to sample for microplastics. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Microplastics and human health\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since plastic was first invented in the mid-1800s, worldwide production has grown to an estimated 400 million tons annually. In the U.S., \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data\">less than 9%\u003c/a> of plastic gets recycled, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Meanwhile, the production of plastic, which is made from petroleum and natural gas, is projected to increase as the fossil-fuel industry faces competition from alternative energy sources. Dozens of plastic plants are currently being built or planned, most of them on the Gulf Coast and in the Ohio River Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a fair bit of attention has been paid to the impact of plastic pollution on marine animals, who often ingest it, research on human health has only recently started to ramp up. In 2018, California legislators directed the State Water Resources Control Board to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1422\">start studying levels of microplastics\u003c/a> — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters — detected in municipal drinking water supplies. Some microplastics, like those used in adhesives or paints, are manufactured at a small size, while some are generated when larger pieces of plastic degrade over time. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Scott Coffin, senior scientist, California State Water Resources Control Board\"]‘I think a better question would be, where have microplastics not been found? We’ve found them from Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench. … I’m not sure that there exists a place that is not impacted by plastic pollution.’[/pullquote]“One of the reasons that plastic in drinking water has received recent attention, especially by California’s legislators, is that we know that the amount is increasing,” said Scott Coffin, a senior scientist with the state water board. “Additionally, plastic never goes away. So these two factors, they necessitate some concern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coffin’s team is tasked with eventually establishing safety thresholds for the level of microplastics in the state’s water supply. He estimates that there are more than \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00976\">2,400 chemicals\u003c/a> commonly added to plastic that are potentially dangerous for human health, including known toxins like bisphenol A (commonly known as BPA), phthalates, and a class of flame retardants called \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pbde.html\">PBDEs\u003c/a>, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can think of plastic as a carrier for other chemicals, and in many ways, it’s like a sponge,” Coffin said. “Once it’s in the environment, it can pick up all of the other pollutants that are already there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some microplastics are even small enough to enter into our cells, he noted. \u003ca href=\"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/7/921\">One German study\u003c/a> found microplastics in the placentas of pregnant women — on both the maternal and fetal side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The smaller the particle, the deeper it’s going to make it into our bodies, and the more likely it is to interact with our cells, causing toxicity,” Coffin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One major \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfei.org/projects/microplastics\">study \u003c/a>published in 2019 by the San Francisco Estuary Institute found microplastics throughout the San Francisco Bay — in the water, the mud, and both stormwater runoff and treated wastewater. The study’s authors concluded that the bay likely has higher levels of microplastic pollution than most major water bodies in the United States because it’s surrounded by dense, urban areas and has a relatively restricted water flow. The two most common particles found were fibers from clothing and bits from tires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found microplastics in just about every sample we collected,” said Rebecca Sutton, who led the three-year study. “This is pretty consistent with what you see all around the world. Pretty much everywhere you look for it, you are going to find microplastics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coffin echoed that sentiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a better question would be, where have microplastics not been found?” he said. “We’ve found them from Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench. Every organism that we’ve ever looked at, we’ve found some levels, and at this point, I’m not sure that there exists a place that is not impacted by plastic pollution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The climate change impact\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>With that grim assessment in mind, the students in Jacqueline Omania’s fifth grade class at Oxford Elementary in Berkeley have set themselves an ambitious goal: to make so little trash over the course of the school year that the entire class’s garbage fits into a tiny little container about the size of a jam jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The larger issue is that these youth are growing up in a climate crisis,” said Omania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main type of trash that ends up in the class’s container is plastic, so for starters, every student brings a reusable cutlery kit to school to use while eating lunch. Inside the classroom, they use unpainted pencils so that the shavings can be composted. Birthday parties feature home-baked treats instead of anything that comes in a plastic wrapper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Omania’s students were part of a successful campaign to pass a citywide ordinance in 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2019/01/23/berkeley-says-good-riddance-mostly-to-disposable-plastic-foodware\">limiting single-use plastics in Berkeley restaurants\u003c/a>. Her students even showed city councilmembers the tiny container they were using as a garbage can.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901451\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901451 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Three young people stand on a rock pile. One hands an orange bucket to another.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students Sam (left), Alina and Sasha pick up trash off the beach at the Berkeley Marina, Oct. 7, 2021. \u003ccite>(Rick Santangelo/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I believe the adults need to step up so we don’t make the environmental waste in the first place,” Oxford student Jae Marie Howard told a crowded council meeting on the night the ordinance was approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, Omania’s students helped successfully push the Berkeley Unified School District to include \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/2021/11/04/berkeley-school-board-passes-65k-climate-literacy-resolution/\">climate literacy in the K-12 curriculum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jacqueline Omania, teacher, Oxford Elementary\"]‘The larger issue is that these youth are growing up in a climate crisis.’[/pullquote]An increasing number of studies draw a connection between the production of plastic and climate change. One \u003ca href=\"https://www.beyondplastics.org/plastics-and-climate\">report\u003c/a> from a Vermont-based environmental group found that “as of 2020, the U.S. plastics industry is responsible for at least 232 million tons of CO2e [carbon dioxide equivalent] gas emissions per year. This amount is equivalent to the average emissions from 116 average-sized [500-megawatt] coal-fired power plants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>New opportunities\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Entrepreneurs have been tapping into growing public awareness about plastic waste. Dispatch Goods, a San Francisco-based start-up, is partnering with local restaurants, like Zuni Cafe and Mixt, to provide reusable takeout containers made of stainless steel. Customers must pay extra for the service, which includes picking up the used containers from their homes, but many do it willingly because it alleviates “eco-guilt,” said company CEO Lindsey Hoell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s like an “avocado upcharge,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have data showing that we’re driving business to restaurants that are making that shift,” she added. “It’s not just a sustainability decision, but it’s a good business decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]At Fillgood’s small storefront in Berkeley, customers can refill their own containers with common household products like dish detergent and shampoo, while LimeLoop, another Bay Area-based start-up, makes reusable packaging for shipping — among the growing number of novel business ventures offering alternatives to plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This fall, Californians will get to weigh in directly on just how much the state should regulate and limit plastic production and consumption. The \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/California_Plastic_Waste_Reduction_Regulations_Initiative_(2022)\">California Plastic Waste Reduction Regulations Initiative\u003c/a>, which has qualified for the statewide ballot in November, would not only push through some of the efforts legislators failed to pass last year, but also levy a $0.01 fee — which critics call a tax — on all plastic packaging and disposable food service items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ACC’s Shestek said the ballot measure is “flawed” and hopes instead to work directly with lawmakers “to hash something out that gets to the same objective, but in a fashion that isn’t so punitive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Allen, the state lawmaker, sees the initiative as a good opportunity to advance his SB 54 legislation, banning single-use plastic products that aren’t recyclable or compostable. He’s confident, he said, the business community will work with him to avoid the costly political hurdle of winning a statewide vote. He’s already moved the bill out of the inactive file and back to the Senate floor to be considered during the 2022 legislative session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ballot measure polls very well. It’s very popular,” Allen said. “And while it’s true [that] industry could raise a lot of money and try to defeat it, I think there’s also going to be some serious money raised on the environmental side. It could really be a knock-down-drag-out fight at the end of the day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Crystal Consaul and Kat Shok contributed to this story. Want more? Check out our half-hour documentary on this topic, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bTCCB6wbks\">California’s Plastic Problem\u003c/a>. Are you a teacher? Here’s more about Jacqueline Omania’s \u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/bennington.edu/plastic-free-planet/home?authuser=0\">curriculum\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Nov. 2, 2022: This story was originally published Jan. 24, 2022. Since then, \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB54\">a version of Senate Bill 54\u003c/a>, covered in this article, was signed into law in June. The new law requires most single-use plastic packaging and foodware be reusable, compostable, refillable or recyclable by 2032 — with definitions for what is “recyclable” to be set by state agency CalRecycle. Plastic producers will also be required to pay into a plastic pollution mitigation fund. Because of the passage of SB 54, proponents of a voter initiative addressing very similar goals removed their measure from the November 2022 ballot.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original Article:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California dumps more than 12,000 tons of plastic into landfills every day — enough to fill 219 Olympic-size swimming pools, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/Publications/Details/1666\">CalRecycle\u003c/a>, the state’s recycling and waste management agency. The state boasts one of the highest recycling rates in the country, especially of cans and bottles, but despite decades of investment in infrastructure and machinery, the system remains overwhelmed by plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A trip to a recycling processing center helps explain why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside one of Republic Services’ massive facilities in Milpitas, an impressive array of high-tech machines sort through tons of material from residents’ recycling bins, separating metal from plastic from paper. Some of the machines use magnets, eddy currents or puffs of air blown through hundreds of nozzles to sort the materials; others identify different kinds of plastic with optical scanners. Whizzing conveyor belts ferry it all from one machine to the next, until the recyclables are sorted, baled, and eventually shipped and sold.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Not all plastic is created equal\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>One of plastic recycling’s success stories is HDPE, or high-density polyethylene, the translucent plastic commonly used in milk jugs, shampoo bottles and cutting boards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In today’s marketplace, this is the most valuable commodity that we produce at this location,” said Pete Keller, the company’s vice president of sustainability. “These materials are non-pigmented, so any downstream consumer of this material could turn it into any color they want to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HDPE is currently fetching a price of $1 per pound, or over $2,000 per ton, according to Keller. “I wish we had more of it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That price is partially driven by demand resulting from so-called sustainability commitments major manufacturers have made to use recycled plastic. Naked Juice, for instance, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nakedjuice.com/goodness-outside/\">makes its juice bottles\u003c/a> from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic, while Danone has \u003ca href=\"https://www.danone.com/impact/planet/packaging-positive-circular-economy.html\">pledged\u003c/a> to make all of its evian water bottles from 100% recycled plastic by 2025.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/-bTCCB6wbks'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/-bTCCB6wbks'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In a push to boost demand for plastic that is recycled, like HDPE, California lawmakers in 2020 passed a “minimum recycled content” bill. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB793\">Assembly Bill 793\u003c/a>, which went into effect on Jan. 1, mandates that most plastic beverage bottles contain a minimum amount of recycled content. Specifically, all plastic bottles that can be redeemed for $0.05 or $0.10 must contain no less than:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>15% recycled plastic starting Jan. 1, 2022\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>25% recycled plastic starting Jan. 1, 2025\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>50% recycled plastic starting Jan. 1, 2030\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The law, one of the first of its kind in the nation, is targeted at bottle manufacturers, most of whom still use new plastic — or “virgin resin” — which is typically cheaper than recycled plastic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901454\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901454 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Workers in green safety jackets and helmets sort trash along a conveyor belt. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52999_IMG_5331_v2-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers at Recology’s San Francisco recycling facility pick out plastic that can’t be recycled, including plastic bags, on July 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to HDPE, PET plastic, or polyethylene terephthalate, can be recycled into clamshells — the clear boxes that strawberries are often packed in — or spun into polyester for clothing. Some denser plastics can also be recycled into pipes, plastic lumber, carpets or buckets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But current recycling markets only accept a fraction of the plastic that’s marked with the three-arrow recycling symbol. Until a few years ago, this problem was largely concealed because the U.S. shipped most of its plastic waste to China, where it was ostensibly being recycled. But in 2018, citing its own environmental concerns, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20741-9#:~:text=In%202017%2C%20China%20announced%20an,are%20enormous%20but%20yet%20unexamined\">China began banning imports of most solid materials\u003c/a>, including most plastics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s forcing domestic recyclers to confront the real challenges of recycling plastic. For one, plastic comes in a myriad of chemical formulations, densities, transparencies and colors. Many products are made of mixed materials: a bottle of hand soap, for example, might contain four different kinds of plastic, plus a metal spring nestled inside the pump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if there were markets for all these different kinds of plastic, sorting and separating them would be a gargantuan task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s just so many types of plastic. We can’t recycle them all. We can’t manage them all,” said Robert Reed, public relations manager for Recology, which handles San Francisco’s waste and recycling. “You can’t recycle your way out of the larger plastic problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So most plastic — in fact, almost all of it — ends up in landfills: plastic forks and knives, coffee cups and takeout boxes, used cosmetics, styrofoam trays, and most kinds of plastic bags, from shopping bags to those used for frozen peas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901455\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901455 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-800x532.jpeg\" alt=\"Three men talk underneath an open-air canopy in a parking lot. \" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-800x532.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-1020x678.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-160x106.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut-1536x1021.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53000_IMG_5387_edit_v3-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Assemblymember Phil Ting visits a prototype for a mobile recycling program that aims to bring recycling collection trucks to various San Francisco neighborhoods, on July 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Legislative efforts bogged down\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Democratic Assemblymember Phil Ting, who introduced AB 793, has tried to expand the law’s reach by proposing a similar bill requiring the recycling of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB478\">thermoform plastic\u003c/a>, a group of plastics formed using heat. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>More incremental efforts to reduce plastic waste, however, have proved fruitful, including a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB343\">“Truth in Labeling” bill\u003c/a>, approved by lawmakers last year, which prohibits manufacturers from calling their products recyclable or using recycling symbols or other suggestions of recyclability unless they meet CalRecycle’s criteria. The agency has until Jan. 1, 2024, to formalize a list of products it deems recyclable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tim Shestek, the American Chemistry Council’s senior director of state affairs, said his organization opposed SB 54 and several other bills last year because they failed to recognize why so many businesses use plastic over other materials in the first place: its durability and value.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Does it go too far? Does it provide opportunities for the business community to comply in a reasonable fashion?” Shestek said. “In our view, it didn’t take into account some of the other trade-offs that we like to discuss: lightweighting, fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions associated with potential alternatives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Shestek acknowledged that more can be done to cut down on plastic waste. His group, for example, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanchemistry.com/chemistry-in-america/chemistry-sustainability/circularity\">set goals\u003c/a> for its members to produce 100% recyclable plastic packaging containing at least 30% recycled plastic by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is trying to get that circular loop completely closed and to be part of the solution,” he said. “I think we recognize that we have a role to play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901452\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901452 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"Two women standing near the bay pour water samples.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52997_DSC_1513_edit-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rebecca Sutton, left, and Alicia Gilbreath of the San Francisco Estuary Institute strain water collected from the San Francisco Bay through two sieves to sample for microplastics. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Microplastics and human health\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Since plastic was first invented in the mid-1800s, worldwide production has grown to an estimated 400 million tons annually. In the U.S., \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data\">less than 9%\u003c/a> of plastic gets recycled, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates. Meanwhile, the production of plastic, which is made from petroleum and natural gas, is projected to increase as the fossil-fuel industry faces competition from alternative energy sources. Dozens of plastic plants are currently being built or planned, most of them on the Gulf Coast and in the Ohio River Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a fair bit of attention has been paid to the impact of plastic pollution on marine animals, who often ingest it, research on human health has only recently started to ramp up. In 2018, California legislators directed the State Water Resources Control Board to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1422\">start studying levels of microplastics\u003c/a> — plastic particles smaller than 5 millimeters — detected in municipal drinking water supplies. Some microplastics, like those used in adhesives or paints, are manufactured at a small size, while some are generated when larger pieces of plastic degrade over time. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“One of the reasons that plastic in drinking water has received recent attention, especially by California’s legislators, is that we know that the amount is increasing,” said Scott Coffin, a senior scientist with the state water board. “Additionally, plastic never goes away. So these two factors, they necessitate some concern.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coffin’s team is tasked with eventually establishing safety thresholds for the level of microplastics in the state’s water supply. He estimates that there are more than \u003ca href=\"https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c00976\">2,400 chemicals\u003c/a> commonly added to plastic that are potentially dangerous for human health, including known toxins like bisphenol A (commonly known as BPA), phthalates, and a class of flame retardants called \u003ca href=\"https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/pbde.html\">PBDEs\u003c/a>, or polybrominated diphenyl ethers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can think of plastic as a carrier for other chemicals, and in many ways, it’s like a sponge,” Coffin said. “Once it’s in the environment, it can pick up all of the other pollutants that are already there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some microplastics are even small enough to enter into our cells, he noted. \u003ca href=\"https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/7/921\">One German study\u003c/a> found microplastics in the placentas of pregnant women — on both the maternal and fetal side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The smaller the particle, the deeper it’s going to make it into our bodies, and the more likely it is to interact with our cells, causing toxicity,” Coffin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One major \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfei.org/projects/microplastics\">study \u003c/a>published in 2019 by the San Francisco Estuary Institute found microplastics throughout the San Francisco Bay — in the water, the mud, and both stormwater runoff and treated wastewater. The study’s authors concluded that the bay likely has higher levels of microplastic pollution than most major water bodies in the United States because it’s surrounded by dense, urban areas and has a relatively restricted water flow. The two most common particles found were fibers from clothing and bits from tires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We found microplastics in just about every sample we collected,” said Rebecca Sutton, who led the three-year study. “This is pretty consistent with what you see all around the world. Pretty much everywhere you look for it, you are going to find microplastics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coffin echoed that sentiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think a better question would be, where have microplastics not been found?” he said. “We’ve found them from Mount Everest to the Mariana Trench. Every organism that we’ve ever looked at, we’ve found some levels, and at this point, I’m not sure that there exists a place that is not impacted by plastic pollution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The climate change impact\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>With that grim assessment in mind, the students in Jacqueline Omania’s fifth grade class at Oxford Elementary in Berkeley have set themselves an ambitious goal: to make so little trash over the course of the school year that the entire class’s garbage fits into a tiny little container about the size of a jam jar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The larger issue is that these youth are growing up in a climate crisis,” said Omania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main type of trash that ends up in the class’s container is plastic, so for starters, every student brings a reusable cutlery kit to school to use while eating lunch. Inside the classroom, they use unpainted pencils so that the shavings can be composted. 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One hands an orange bucket to another.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS52996_Copy-of-beach-cleanup-2_edit-qut.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students Sam (left), Alina and Sasha pick up trash off the beach at the Berkeley Marina, Oct. 7, 2021. \u003ccite>(Rick Santangelo/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I believe the adults need to step up so we don’t make the environmental waste in the first place,” Oxford student Jae Marie Howard told a crowded council meeting on the night the ordinance was approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, Omania’s students helped successfully push the Berkeley Unified School District to include \u003ca href=\"https://www.dailycal.org/2021/11/04/berkeley-school-board-passes-65k-climate-literacy-resolution/\">climate literacy in the K-12 curriculum\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>An increasing number of studies draw a connection between the production of plastic and climate change. One \u003ca href=\"https://www.beyondplastics.org/plastics-and-climate\">report\u003c/a> from a Vermont-based environmental group found that “as of 2020, the U.S. plastics industry is responsible for at least 232 million tons of CO2e [carbon dioxide equivalent] gas emissions per year. This amount is equivalent to the average emissions from 116 average-sized [500-megawatt] coal-fired power plants.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>New opportunities\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Entrepreneurs have been tapping into growing public awareness about plastic waste. Dispatch Goods, a San Francisco-based start-up, is partnering with local restaurants, like Zuni Cafe and Mixt, to provide reusable takeout containers made of stainless steel. Customers must pay extra for the service, which includes picking up the used containers from their homes, but many do it willingly because it alleviates “eco-guilt,” said company CEO Lindsey Hoell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s like an “avocado upcharge,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have data showing that we’re driving business to restaurants that are making that shift,” she added. “It’s not just a sustainability decision, but it’s a good business decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Often, fire crews responding to calls of dogs stuck on the sheer cliffs arrive to find humans in distress after failed rescue attempts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cliffs at the former missile launch site provide a panoramic view of miles of coastline and the ocean beyond. Horse riders and hang gliders frequent this spot to amble through the wind. Trails snake along the dunes among dusty signs warning “Stay back from the edge,” “Hang glider landing zone” and “Unstable cliff.” The vistas are alluring to both human and dog, who can be liable to give the signs equal consideration — or a lack thereof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The National Park Service, which runs the system of parks in the area, has a “no-leash” policy at the fort, so pets are free to roam as they please. With the wide-open space and fellow hounds to socialize with, it is not uncommon for dogs to stray from their owners toward the edge.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even with the risks, the Park Service and the fire department have no intention of setting up a fence or guardrail, according to Lt. John Baxter with SFFD. He says almost all the numerous daily visitors to the park adhere to the warnings and stay on solid ground, and the department’s intent is for people to enjoy the park in its natural state and trust that people preserve their own safety. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surprisingly, even with dozens of pets running over the dunes, only three of the 97 reported rescues were for dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baxter has been involved in many of these rescues. He explains that people will see their dog land in a precarious situation, call the fire department, and still attempt to conduct a rescue themselves. In the roughly five to six minutes it takes for the rescue team to arrive, the situation can flip entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ironically, we’ve had so many incidents where the pet is up with our rescue workers watching us rescue the human companion, because the dog was able to make it back up,” Baxter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is another reason why we say don’t go over the cliff — call us. If we have to get canceled, we don’t care. We’re happy!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daly City resident Julio Valdez walks his dog at Fort Funston twice a day, and he says he’s seen the same thing happen countless times. He said, “A lot of times they don’t give the dog enough justice of being a dog and letting them run free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the various stories shared with KQED by those who had witnessed or participated in these rescues, a trend appeared: A claustrophobic city dog hops out of the car, and the normally house-trained pet has its instincts activated by the distractions of the natural world. Several park visitors said the ravens seem to trick the dogs into chasing them off the edge. Others suggested that the owner’s callback gets drowned out by the wind, or is missed amid the excitement of meeting so many other animals. This may cause a dog owner to panic, thinking their dog has gone rogue, and a chase may ensue. Other times, the human companions might lose sight of their pet, see the shape of their dog slip from view over the crest of a dune, and dive after them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, the popularity of the park and the frequency of successful rescues may cause people to forget that the attractive landscape has been the site of deadly disasters. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They may not know about the man who crashed his hang glider last month\u003c/span>, or that on Christmas Day 2020 a person was critically injured after \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Woman-survives-plunge-over-cliff-at-S-F-s-Fort-15828493.php\">driving her car off the cliff\u003c/a>. They may forget that in 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-beach-landslide-Kyra-Sunshine-Scarlet-13652962.php#photo-16971366\">a young woman died\u003c/a> when the eroded sand gave way and buried her, a friend and their dog on the beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Considering how frequently these events happen, one might wonder why leashes are not mandatory, or why people still try to scale down the windswept cliffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sally Stephens is the chair of SFDOG, a dog owner’s group that pushes for expanded access for pet owners in the city, which includes off-leash policies. She says not having to use a leash is ideal for owners who are seeking to train their dog’s behavior or build trust. It is also good for the comfort of dogs, whose emotional well-being relies on mobility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stephens says that, ultimately, the responsibility is on dog owners to be conscientious and use their common sense. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s a done deal. Elon Musk now owns San Francisco-based Twitter. He \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/technology/elon-musk-twitter-deal-complete.html\">closed the $44 billion deal last week and quickly fired the company’s top executives\u003c/a>. Some users are already leaving the social media platform in protest, fearing a rise in hate speech — \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431337/twitter-hateful-tweets-elon-musk-takeover-free-speech\">a fear that already proved well-founded by Monday\u003c/a>, as Yoel Roth, Twitter’s head of safety and integrity, said the platform was seeing an influx of tweets containing slurs and derogatory terms. In short, there’s quite a bit of chaos — not least because Musk himself \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/musk-seeks-to-stop-oct-17-trial-date-to-close-twitter-deal-on-original-terms.html\">tried to back out of the deal just a few weeks prior\u003c/a>. So why did he go through with it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“\u003cspan data-pm-slice='1 1 [\"paragraph-wrapper\",null,\"paragraph\",{\"id\":\"p3-0\"}]'>He signed a contract,” said Jeremy Owens, technology editor and San Francisco bureau chief for MarketWatch, in a recent interview with KQED’s Tara Siler. “\u003c/span>This is one of the dumbest acquisitions since AOL Time Warner. He’s paying four or five times what Twitter is worth to own this. I’m not surprised he tried to get out of it. But, you know, there are some rules in this country that are followed. And one of them is if you sign a contract to do something, you’re probably going to have to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Twitter employees, regular users, journalists and advertisers wait nervously to see what Musk will do next, there were a lot of questions on everyone’s mind, the first of which might be: Why Twitter?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He wants attention,” said Owens. “We’ve seen a cavalcade of billionaires buying media outlets. But Elon especially, he just wants the spotlight on him and he finds ways to get the spotlight on him. Now he has it, we’ll see what he does with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the $44 billion question. Speculation is rife; expectations vary. Some have \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-04-25/conservatives-elon-musk-twitter\">praised the takeover as a victory for freedom of speech\u003c/a>, while others fear \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-twitter-racist-posts/\">things may already be headed for the worst\u003c/a>.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jeremy Owens, technology editor and San Francisco bureau chief, MarketWatch\"]‘This is one of the dumbest acquisitions since AOL Time Warner.’[/pullquote]“It’s kind of impossible to know,” said Owens. “I stress to everybody they shouldn’t believe what Elon Musk says. He says a lot of things that are contradictory. A lot of them are fantastical. I mean, we’re not seeing Teslas rolling around as robotaxis making money for their owners in their sleep, like he said would be happening by now. We’re really going to have to wait and see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Musk said he plans to create a “content moderation council” on Twitter, he has also said he would loosen the rules on what users can say on the platform, and although he has often been referred to as a libertarian, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/16/business/elon-musk-politics-twitter.html\">his political views remain hazy\u003c/a>. Nevertheless, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/5/23389568/musk-twitter-signal-deleted-messages-judge-ruling\">lawsuit brought against Musk by Twitter\u003c/a> after Musk rescinded his offer to buy the company in April revealed \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/elon-musk-twitter-texts-ranked-17494691.php\">texts with friends and associates\u003c/a> that provide a premonition of things to come — both in terms of what was said and\u003ca href=\"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/09/elon-musk-caught-deleting-messages-about-the-twitter-deal.html\"> what was not\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Furthermore, Musk has praised the acquisition of right-wing social media app Parler by Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/28/1132222606/twitter-account-elon-musk-content-moderation-council\">he announced Friday that Ye’s blocked account on Twitter had been reinstated\u003c/a>, days after the singer/songwriter \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/25/1131285970/adidas-ye-kanye-west-antisemitic\">drew international ire over antisemitic remarks and comments on slavery\u003c/a>. Musk has also said Twitter was wrong to ban former President Donald Trump — who has since founded the right-wing social media platform Truth Social — after the January 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. Musk stated back in May that \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/10/musk-talk-twitter/\">he would restore Trump’s account\u003c/a>. Then, on October 18, Musk posted and later deleted\u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-meme-kanye-donald-trump-three-musketeers-parler-2022-10\"> a meme depicting the three social media platform owners — Musk, Ye and Trump — as “The Three Musketeers,”\u003c/a> tweeting “in retrospect, it was inevitable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Musk has been critical of Trump’s Truth Social, calling it a “right-wing echo chamber,” the celebration of Musk’s Twitter takeover by right-wing and conservative pundits and media since Thursday has worried Twitter users that the network will become more racist, sexist and toxic. Those fears appeared well founded as, a day after Musk bought Twitter, \u003ca href=\"https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-10-28/elon-took-over-twitter-then-some-users-began-testing-chaos\">tweets started flooding in testing whether Twitter’s misinformation policies were still in place\u003c/a>; popular right-wing personalities tweeted buzzwords such as “ivermectin” and “Trump won.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an apparent effort to address these concerns, on October 27, a day before the deadline to close the takeover deal,\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1585619322239561728\"> Musk assured advertisers over Twitter\u003c/a> that the social media platform is “important to civilization” and that it “obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences.” But advertisers weren’t so convinced, as General Motors and Ford — both of which are Tesla competitors — \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2022/10/28/gm-ford-say-they-arent-running-twitter-ads-as-they-assess-changes-under-elon-musk/?sh=48c1d21c2a19\">announced they’d suspend their ads on Twitter for now\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_11930354 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1239416791-1020x683.jpg']So far, Musk has only been firing people,\u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/20/musk-twitter-acquisition-staff-cuts/\"> having told prospective investors that he wanted to get rid of 75% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees and continue with a team of 2,000 \u003c/a>— something he denied in an earlier visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people that were fired … were the CEO, CFO, head of legal and potentially general counsel as well, the people he was battling with in the acquisition,” explained Owens from MarketWatch, saying that he doesn’t think we’re going to see major changes to the platform this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If he wants to maintain advertising revenue, if he wants to grow the platform and convince more users to come to the platform, I think he’s going to have to be very careful how he proceeds from here,” added Owens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happens if people’s fears are realized and Twitter \u003cem>does\u003c/em> seem to resemble the “hellscape” that Musk said would never happen? Owens says there are plenty of other options for everyday users, like Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook, but adds that things would be especially alarming for journalists, considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/27/twitter-is-the-go-to-social-media-site-for-u-s-journalists-but-not-for-the-public/\">69% of U.S. journalists use Twitter as their preferred social media platform for work\u003c/a>, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those of us who are verified on Twitter and try to combat these storms of misinformation and disinformation … if the platform does all fall apart, where does that go?” said Owens. “Where can people find legitimate information?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday, Elon Musk seemed to be moving quickly with changes, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription\">a plan to start charging $19.99 a month for verified users with the Twitter Blue check mark\u003c/a> — which is currently $4.99 a month — giving them 90 days to subscribe or lose their blue status. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#saber\">\u003cstrong>Díganos: ¿Qué quiere saber sobre el voto en las elecciones intermedias de 2022?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#corregir\">\u003cstrong>Saltar a: Cómo corregir un error en su boleta electoral\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Sí, sabemos que, para muchos de ustedes, parece que han votado mucho en el último año.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y ahora, otra temporada electoral está de nuevo con nosotros: las elecciones intermedias de 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si usted es un votante registrado en California, su papeleta está en camino, si es que aún no le ha llegado. ¿Pero qué pasa si no está seguro de cómo rellenarla según su forma de votar? ¿O si cometio un error?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Siga leyendo para saber cómo llenar su papeleta, lo importante que es su firma y las opciones que tiene si tiene que empezar de nuevo con una papeleta nueva.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Saltar a:\u003c/strong> \u003ca href=\"#papeleta\">\u003cstrong>Mi papeleta está perdida o no ha llegado. ¿Qué debo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>En primer lugar: ¿Estoy registrado para votar?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>El plazo oficial para \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/es-mx/es-mx\">registrarse en línea para votar\u003c/a> es el lunes 24 de octubre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Así que si no está seguro de estar registrado para votar, o no recuerda con qué partido político se registró previamente para votar, \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/ES\">compruebe sus datos de registro de votante\u003c/a> lo antes posible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que si ha cambiado su nombre o la opción de partido político con la que se inscribió anteriormente para votar, tendrá que \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/es-mx/es-mx\">volver a inscribirse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asegurarse de que está registrado en la dirección correcta, es crucial para recibir su papeleta a tiempo. Lea más sobre cómo \u003ca href=\"#papeleta\">\u003cstrong>asegurarse de recibir su papeleta de voto y qué hacer si su papeleta no ha llegado\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y si se le pasa el plazo para registrarse, no se preocupe: Después del 24 de octubre, todavía puede completar el proceso de \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">registro de votantes en el mismo día\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (también conocido como “voto condicional”) y solicitar su papeleta en persona en la oficina electoral de su condado o en el centro de votación.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué hay en mi papeleta de las elecciones intermedias de 2022?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Dependiendo del condado en el que viva, su boleta electoral de California le presentará una mezcla de carreras para votar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utilice los enlaces de abajo para ir directamente a nuestra información sobre esa carrera o condado en particular, o navegue por la \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral\">Guía Electoral de KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su papeleta le pedirá que emita su voto en:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral#contiendas-estatales\">Contiendas Estatales\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/gobernador\">Gobernador\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/senador\">Senador de los Estados Unidos\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/fiscalgeneral\">Fiscal general\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/contralor\">Contralor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vicegobernador\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Secretario de Estado\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tesorero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Comisario de Seguros\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miembro de la Junta Estatal de Ecualización\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Superintendente estatal de instrucción pública\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral#propuestas-estatales\">Propuestas Estatales\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-1-aborto-enmienda\">Propuesta 1 (el aborto y la constitución de California)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-26-apuestas-deportivas-casinos\">Propuesta 26 (apuestas deportivas en casinos tribales e hipódromos)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-27-apuestas-deportivas-electronicas\">Propuesta 27 (apuestas deportivas en línea)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-28-educacion-arte\">Propuesta 28 (educación de música y arte)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-29-clinicas-dialisis\">Propuesta 29 (regulación de las clínicas de diálisis)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-30-impuesto-carros-electricos\">Propuesta 30 (medio ambiente y vehículos eléctricos)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-31-productos-tabaco-sabor\">Propuesta 31 (productos de tabaco con sabor)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>También puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/propfest\">escuchar cada propuesta desglosada en los episodios del podcast Prop. Fest de KQED\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), o leer las transcripciones de los episodios.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral#contiendas-locales-importantes\">Contiendas Locales Importantes del Área de la Bahía\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/alameda\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/contracosta\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/marin\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Marín\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/napa\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/sanfrancisco\">Todas las contiendas de la ciudad y el condado de San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/sanmateo\">Todas las contiendas del condado de San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/santaclara\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/solano\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/sonoma\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Para obtener una lista completa de todo lo que estará en su boleta electoral este año, \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.votersedge.org/ca/es\">introduzca su dirección en el sitio KQED/Voter’s Edge\u003c/a>y obtenga un resumen completo de todas las carreras en las que votará.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11929945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident drops their mail-in ballot into a mailbox on Oct. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo devuelvo mi papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las boletas se pueden devolver a través del Servicio Postal (el servicio de devolución ya está pagado) o\u003ca href=\"https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2022/general/es/pdf/complete-vig.pdf\"> se pueden dejar en un lugar de votación o en un buzón de boletas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenga en cuenta que el Servicio Postal debe sellar el sobre de su boleta antes del final del día de las elecciones para que su voto cuente. Recuerde que la última recolección en muchos buzones es a las 5 p.m. Si se hace tarde el día 8 de noviembre, podría considerar un buzón oficial del condado en vez de un buzón del Servicio Postal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Tengo que votar por correo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No. Al igual que en las elecciones generales de 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail\">si está registrado para votar, recibirá por defecto una papeleta de voto por correo\u003c/a> para las elecciones intermedias de 2022, sin necesidad de solicitarla (como tenía que hacer en años anteriores). Pero el voto por correo sigue siendo sólo una de las opciones que tiene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todavía puede votar en persona, ya sea en un lugar de votación anticipada antes del día de las elecciones o el mismo día de las elecciones (8 de noviembre). \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">Los centros de votación anticipada abrirán a partir del 10 de octubre\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"corregir\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo corregir un error en mi papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Es importante tener en cuenta que cada condado es ligeramente diferente en cuanto a la forma en que prefieren que usted solucione un error en su papeleta, y a menudo proporcionarán detalles específicos sobre las correcciones en la propia papeleta. Si tiene una pregunta específica sobre su papeleta que no se responde aquí, siempre puede ponerse en contacto con su registro local de votantes para obtener asesoramiento e instrucciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué sucede si cometí un error con la firma de mi papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cuando termine de llenar su papeleta, debe firmar el sobre, pero su boleta no será procesada si el sobre no está firmado o si la firma no coincide con la firma en su archivo de votante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Por qué no podría coincidir su firma con la que está archivada? Si se registró para votar a una edad temprana, tal vez su firma haya cambiado con el tiempo. O tal vez se registró para votar en el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados (DMV, por sus siglas en inglés), y proporcionó su firma en una pantalla con un lápiz óptico, lo que no replica del todo cómo haría su firma con un bolígrafo en papel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se registró de esta manera, vea la firma que aparece en su licencia de conducir, o en su documento de identidad estatal, porque esa es la que quiere que coincida con la firma de su papeleta.\u003cbr>\nIncluso si no se ha registrado en el DMV, es muy probable que la firma que aparece en su licencia o identificación estatal más reciente sea la que debe emular. Esto se debe a que cuando se registre para votar en línea, la oficina electoral de su condado solicitará electrónicamente una copia de la firma que el DMV tiene actualmente de usted, y esta información se actualiza regularmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para tranquilizarse aún más, debe saber que California no es un estado de “coincidencia exacta” y no exige que las firmas de los votantes repliquen al 100% la firma que está archivada.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Y si no sé cuál es la firma “correcta” con la que estoy registrado para votar?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si realmente le preocupa que la firma de su sobre no coincida con la firma con la que está registrado para votar, existen dos soluciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primero, si es el 24 de octubre o antes, \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/es-mx\">puede volver a registrarse para votar con su firma actual\u003c/a>, para asegurarse de que el estado tiene la firma más reciente en sus archivos. Si se vuelve a registrar después del 24 de octubre, tendrá que completar el proceso de \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">registro de votantes en el mismo día\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (también conocido como “voto condicional”) y solicitar su papeleta en persona en la oficina electoral de su condado o en el centro de votación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En 2021, Kim Alexander, presidenta de la fundación no partidista \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvoter.org/\">California Voter Foundation\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), nos dijo que hay otra solución si le preocupa su firma: Si puede, vaya a votar en persona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eso es porque la firma va sólo en el sobre de su boleta, y si usted está votando en persona, no hay sobre, porque esa boleta luego va directamente a la urna sin necesidad de ese sobre en absoluto.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ya he enviado mi papeleta, pero ahora estoy desconfiando de mi firma. ¿Qué pasa si la echo a perder?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No se preocupe: Existe todo un sistema para ayudarle a corregir su error.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si la oficina electoral de su condado detecta un error de firma en su papeleta, se pondrán en contacto con usted por correo para verificarlo y trabajar con usted para corregirlo, de modo que su papeleta pueda ser contada después de todo. Es lo que se llama “curar” una papeleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este sistema también se aplica cuando parece que un miembro de la familia de un votante puede haber firmado su papeleta, en lugar del votante. Esto ocurre con frecuencia, cuando en un hogar hay varios votantes que reciben todos una papeleta por correo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una manera de estar tranquilo es \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">registrarse para hacer un seguimiento de su papeleta\u003c/a>, así se enterará rápidamente de cualquier problema con su papeleta o su firma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930158\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un residente de San Francisco entrega su papeleta de voto por correo a Elmer Padilla, empleado del Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos, el 9 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>He cometido un error en mi papeleta. ¿Cómo puedo corregirlo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En primer lugar, no se preocupe. Las personas cometen errores en las papeletas y encuentran maneras de corregirlos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los condados dan diferentes instrucciones a los votantes sobre lo que deben hacer si se equivocan (recuerde leer las instrucciones), pero por lo general puede simplemente marcar con una “X” la opción que no pretendía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El trabajo de los funcionarios electorales del condado, una vez que han verificado su firma, es asegurarse de que su papeleta pueda ser leída correctamente. Si eso significa que sus correcciones en la papeleta han dado lugar a problemas de legibilidad, los funcionarios, trabajando en equipos de dos, la volverán hacer para usted de acuerdo con la intención que ha señalado con sus correcciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos condados, como el de Alameda, piden que se ponga en contacto con ellos primero si comete un error grave, incluido el de votar por el candidato equivocado, para que puedan enviarle una papeleta de sustitución. Así que, viva donde viva, es una buena idea consultar primero con su oficina electoral local para ver qué recomiendan si ha cometido un error.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y recuerde que siempre existe esta otra opción…\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué tal si sólo quiero una nueva papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si ha cometido un error demasiado grande en su papeleta para arreglarlo, su mejor plan de acción puede ser enfocarse en conseguir una nueva, y eso está muy bien. Lo puede hacer así:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Llamar a la oficina electoral de su condado para pedir que cancelen esa papeleta y le emitan una nueva.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ir a la oficina electoral de su condado con su papeleta estropeada en horario de oficina y votar allí mismo en el mostrador.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aproveche las opciones de votación anticipada disponibles en muchos condados.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Acuda a un centro de votación el día de las elecciones, el 8 de noviembre, entregue allí su papeleta estropeada y obtenga una nueva papeleta.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>También puede hacer esto si ha dañado accidentalmente su papeleta de alguna manera (los derrames de café también suceden).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930159\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un residente de San Francisco se pone una pegatina de “¡He votado!” después de completar su voto por correo el 9 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Creo que me equivoqué de fecha en el sobre.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En primer lugar, esa fecha debe ser la fecha en la que firmó su sobre, no su fecha de nacimiento. (Tuvimos muchas preguntas durante las elecciones de 2020 sobre esto).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero si le preocupa haber confundido la fecha, no se preocupe. Los funcionarios electorales dicen que la fecha que realmente están buscando es la fecha del matasellos de la boleta, para asegurarse de que se presentó a tiempo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los funcionarios electorales sólo examinarán realmente la fecha que ha escrito si reciben tu papeleta después del día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Como por ejemplo, si la envió por correo el lunes antes del día de las elecciones”, nos dijo John Gardner, registrador asistente de votantes del condado de Solano en 2020. “Es entonces cuando tenemos que empezar a revisar los matasellos de la papeleta, o la fecha en que el votante firmó el sobre, para determinar si podemos contar la papeleta o no”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y si aún no ha enviado su sobre por correo, se puede corregir, sólo basta con tachar claramente la fecha incorrecta en el sobre y escribir encima la correcta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué pasa si utilizo tecnología de asistencia para llenar los formularios?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Recibir ayuda física para llenar su papeleta de alguien de confianza siempre está bien, tanto si vota en casa, como en un centro de votación. Sólo tiene que asegurarse de que su firma sea la suya y coincida con la que está registrado para votar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los votantes discapacitados también pueden optar por utilizar el sistema de \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/remote-accessible-vote-mail\">Voto por Correo Accesible a Distancia\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglès) para votar de forma privada e independiente en casa, utilizando su dispositivo de asistencia habitual en su computadora para llenar la papeleta en su pantalla y luego imprimirla y enviarla por correo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todos los centros de votación de California también están equipados con una unidad de votación accesible. Ahí, los votantes invidentes o visión reducida, o que tengan una discapacidad que limite su destreza, podrán utilizar el dispositivo de ayuda de su preferencia que les permita votar de forma privada e independiente.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo puedo asegurarme de que mi voto por correo llegue a tiempo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que una de las principales razones por las que se descalifican las papeletas en las elecciones es porque los votantes las envían por correo demasiado tarde, demasiado tarde el mismo día de las elecciones (después de que los buzones del Servicio Postal de EE.UU ya hayan sido recogidos), o después del día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para que su papeleta sea contabilizada en estas elecciones, debe llevar el sello postal del día de las elecciones, el 8 de noviembre. Su papeleta tiene siete días para llegar a la oficina electoral de su condado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por lo tanto, es tan importante como siempre asegurarse de tener un plan para emitir su voto a tiempo, y si no va a votar en persona, eso significa asegurarse de llevar su papeleta a un buzón del Servicio Postal, a un buzón de votación seguro, en un centro de votación, o en la oficina electoral de su condado antes de que cierren las urnas el 8 de noviembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Otros errores comunes que debe tener en cuenta sobre la papeleta…\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asegúrese de llenar y firmar la papeleta y el sobre con su nombre.\u003c/strong> Es común ver a parejas o compañeros de piso confundir accidentalmente sus papeletas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asegúrese de utilizar un bolígrafo negro o azul.\u003c/strong> Se lee mejor y no retrasa a los trabajadores cuando tienen que comprobar la intención del votante. (No utilices un rotulador o un Sharpie que traspasa el papel y marca otras páginas de su papeleta).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No envíe un sobre vacío.\u003c/strong> Esto ocurre. Mantener el sobre y la papeleta juntos en su casa puede ser una forma de evitar este problema. Y, por supuesto, cuando esté listo para enviar su papeleta, asegúrese de que está realmente dentro del sobre antes de sellarlo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No ponga un sello postal.\u003c/strong> El sobre de la papeleta está franqueado, no lo necesita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930160\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao sostiene su calcomonía ‘I Voted’ después de votar en Oakland el 27 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"papeleta\">\u003c/a>Mi papeleta no está o no ha llegado. ¿Qué debo hacer?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si le preocupa que su papeleta no haya llegado todavía, asegúrese de no preocuparse demasiado pronto, ya que la fecha límite para que los condados envíen las papeletas es el 10 de octubre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero si llega a finales de octubre y su papeleta aún no se ha materializado, no se asuste, tiene opciones. Esto es lo que hay que hacer:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Compruebe que está realmente registrado para votar, y en el domicilio correcto.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/ES\">Introduzca sus datos en la página de la Secretaría de Estado sobre el estado de los votantes\u003c/a> para comprobar el estatus de su inscripción. Esto mostrará si está realmente registrado para votar, y en qué domicilio. Debería también mostrar si su papeleta fue enviada por correo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede utilizar \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">la herramienta ¿Where’s My Ballot?\u003c/a> para comprobar si su papeleta ha sido enviada\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Si está registrado con una dirección incorrecta, puede actualizarla antes del 24 de octubre.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si actualiza su registro de votante y su dirección utilizando la página de estado del votante de la secretaría de estado antes de la fecha límite del 24 de octubre para registrarse en línea, el condado cancelará la papeleta que fue enviada a la antigua dirección y se le enviará una nueva.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y si resulta que su papeleta se perdió porque su registro de votante no fue actualizado, no te sientas mal, la gente se muda a menudo y se olvida de actualizar sus registros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander, de la California Voter Foundation, confirma que la actualización del domicilio en la oficina de correos no actualiza el registro de votantes. Pero por otro lado, el DMV actualizará los detalles de su registro de votante si actualiza su domicilio con ellos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Si su domicilio de registro de votantes está correcto, pero su papeleta no le llegó, aún tiene opciones.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si faltan más de seis días para el día de las elecciones, \u003ca href=\"#condado\">\u003cstrong>puede llamar a la oficina electoral de su condado \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>y pedir que le envíen una nueva papeleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La oficina electoral de su condado no le enviará una papeleta seis días o menos antes del día de las elecciones porque no puede asegurar de que llegue a tiempo. Por lo tanto, si quiere obtener una papeleta el día antes de las elecciones, vaya a la oficina electoral de su condado en persona y solicite una en el mostrador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A partir del 10 de octubre, la oficina electoral de su condado estará abierta para el voto anticipado hasta el 8 de noviembre, por lo que también puede ir allí en persona en horario de oficina y votar allí mismo en el mostrador. A lo largo del mes de octubre se abrirán más centros de votación anticipada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y recuerde que si no está registrado para votar, siempre tiene la opción de registrarse el mismo día, también conocida como registro condicional de votantes, en un lugar de votación, donde también puede rellenar y entregar su papeleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"condado\">\u003c/a>Póngase directamente en contacto con su condado\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En toda el Área de la Bahía, los funcionarios electorales están animando a los votantes a que se pongan en contacto, temprano, con cualquier pregunta o preocupación. Aquí está la información de contacto de su condado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda:\u003c/a> Para información sobre el voto por correo, registro y centros de votación, llame al (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostavote.gov/\">Contra Costa:\u003c/a> Llame al (925) 335-7800 o envíe un correo electrónico a voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin:\u003c/a> Llame al (415) 473-6456 o vaya a la página electoral del condado de Marín en línea para \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">enviar un formulario por correo electrónico\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa:\u003c/a> Llame al (707) 253-4321 o envíe un correo electrónico a la oficina de elecciones en elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/home-sp\">San Francisco:\u003c/a> Llame al (415) 554-4375 o envíe un correo electrónico a sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections#\">San Mateo:\u003c/a> Llame al (888) 762-8683 o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sccvote.sccgov.org/espanol\">Santa Clara:\u003c/a> Llame gratis al (866) 430-VOTE (8683) o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano:\u003c/a> Llame al (707) 784-6675 o al (888) 933-VOTE (8683). También puede enviar un correo electrónico a elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/registrar-of-voters\">Sonoma:\u003c/a> Llame al (707) 565-6800 o al número gratuito (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"saber\">\u003c/a>Díganos: ¿Qué más quiere saber?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10035\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10035.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido y editado por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Así que si no está seguro de estar registrado para votar, o no recuerda con qué partido político se registró previamente para votar, \u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/ES\">compruebe sus datos de registro de votante\u003c/a> lo antes posible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que si ha cambiado su nombre o la opción de partido político con la que se inscribió anteriormente para votar, tendrá que \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/es-mx/es-mx\">volver a inscribirse\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asegurarse de que está registrado en la dirección correcta, es crucial para recibir su papeleta a tiempo. Lea más sobre cómo \u003ca href=\"#papeleta\">\u003cstrong>asegurarse de recibir su papeleta de voto y qué hacer si su papeleta no ha llegado\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y si se le pasa el plazo para registrarse, no se preocupe: Después del 24 de octubre, todavía puede completar el proceso de \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">registro de votantes en el mismo día\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (también conocido como “voto condicional”) y solicitar su papeleta en persona en la oficina electoral de su condado o en el centro de votación.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué hay en mi papeleta de las elecciones intermedias de 2022?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Dependiendo del condado en el que viva, su boleta electoral de California le presentará una mezcla de carreras para votar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Utilice los enlaces de abajo para ir directamente a nuestra información sobre esa carrera o condado en particular, o navegue por la \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral\">Guía Electoral de KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su papeleta le pedirá que emita su voto en:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral#contiendas-estatales\">Contiendas Estatales\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/gobernador\">Gobernador\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/senador\">Senador de los Estados Unidos\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/fiscalgeneral\">Fiscal general\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/contralor\">Contralor\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vicegobernador\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Secretario de Estado\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tesorero\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Comisario de Seguros\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Miembro de la Junta Estatal de Ecualización\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Superintendente estatal de instrucción pública\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral#propuestas-estatales\">Propuestas Estatales\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-1-aborto-enmienda\">Propuesta 1 (el aborto y la constitución de California)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-26-apuestas-deportivas-casinos\">Propuesta 26 (apuestas deportivas en casinos tribales e hipódromos)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-27-apuestas-deportivas-electronicas\">Propuesta 27 (apuestas deportivas en línea)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-28-educacion-arte\">Propuesta 28 (educación de música y arte)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-29-clinicas-dialisis\">Propuesta 29 (regulación de las clínicas de diálisis)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-30-impuesto-carros-electricos\">Propuesta 30 (medio ambiente y vehículos eléctricos)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/propuesta-31-productos-tabaco-sabor\">Propuesta 31 (productos de tabaco con sabor)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>También puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/propfest\">escuchar cada propuesta desglosada en los episodios del podcast Prop. Fest de KQED\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), o leer las transcripciones de los episodios.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral#contiendas-locales-importantes\">Contiendas Locales Importantes del Área de la Bahía\u003c/a>\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/alameda\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Alameda\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/contracosta\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Contra Costa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/marin\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Marín\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/napa\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Napa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/sanfrancisco\">Todas las contiendas de la ciudad y el condado de San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/sanmateo\">Todas las contiendas del condado de San Mateo\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/santaclara\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Santa Clara\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/solano\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Solano\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/guiaelectoral/sonoma\">Todas las contiendas del condado de Sonoma\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Para obtener una lista completa de todo lo que estará en su boleta electoral este año, \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.votersedge.org/ca/es\">introduzca su dirección en el sitio KQED/Voter’s Edge\u003c/a>y obtenga un resumen completo de todas las carreras en las que votará.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11929945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/lady-inserting-ballot-in-mailbox.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Francisco resident drops their mail-in ballot into a mailbox on Oct. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo devuelvo mi papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las boletas se pueden devolver a través del Servicio Postal (el servicio de devolución ya está pagado) o\u003ca href=\"https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2022/general/es/pdf/complete-vig.pdf\"> se pueden dejar en un lugar de votación o en un buzón de boletas\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenga en cuenta que el Servicio Postal debe sellar el sobre de su boleta antes del final del día de las elecciones para que su voto cuente. Recuerde que la última recolección en muchos buzones es a las 5 p.m. Si se hace tarde el día 8 de noviembre, podría considerar un buzón oficial del condado en vez de un buzón del Servicio Postal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Tengo que votar por correo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No. Al igual que en las elecciones generales de 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/vote-mail\">si está registrado para votar, recibirá por defecto una papeleta de voto por correo\u003c/a> para las elecciones intermedias de 2022, sin necesidad de solicitarla (como tenía que hacer en años anteriores). Pero el voto por correo sigue siendo sólo una de las opciones que tiene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todavía puede votar en persona, ya sea en un lugar de votación anticipada antes del día de las elecciones o el mismo día de las elecciones (8 de noviembre). \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">Los centros de votación anticipada abrirán a partir del 10 de octubre\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"corregir\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo corregir un error en mi papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Es importante tener en cuenta que cada condado es ligeramente diferente en cuanto a la forma en que prefieren que usted solucione un error en su papeleta, y a menudo proporcionarán detalles específicos sobre las correcciones en la propia papeleta. Si tiene una pregunta específica sobre su papeleta que no se responde aquí, siempre puede ponerse en contacto con su registro local de votantes para obtener asesoramiento e instrucciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué sucede si cometí un error con la firma de mi papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cuando termine de llenar su papeleta, debe firmar el sobre, pero su boleta no será procesada si el sobre no está firmado o si la firma no coincide con la firma en su archivo de votante.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Por qué no podría coincidir su firma con la que está archivada? Si se registró para votar a una edad temprana, tal vez su firma haya cambiado con el tiempo. O tal vez se registró para votar en el Departamento de Vehículos Motorizados (DMV, por sus siglas en inglés), y proporcionó su firma en una pantalla con un lápiz óptico, lo que no replica del todo cómo haría su firma con un bolígrafo en papel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se registró de esta manera, vea la firma que aparece en su licencia de conducir, o en su documento de identidad estatal, porque esa es la que quiere que coincida con la firma de su papeleta.\u003cbr>\nIncluso si no se ha registrado en el DMV, es muy probable que la firma que aparece en su licencia o identificación estatal más reciente sea la que debe emular. Esto se debe a que cuando se registre para votar en línea, la oficina electoral de su condado solicitará electrónicamente una copia de la firma que el DMV tiene actualmente de usted, y esta información se actualiza regularmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para tranquilizarse aún más, debe saber que California no es un estado de “coincidencia exacta” y no exige que las firmas de los votantes repliquen al 100% la firma que está archivada.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Y si no sé cuál es la firma “correcta” con la que estoy registrado para votar?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si realmente le preocupa que la firma de su sobre no coincida con la firma con la que está registrado para votar, existen dos soluciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Primero, si es el 24 de octubre o antes, \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/es-mx\">puede volver a registrarse para votar con su firma actual\u003c/a>, para asegurarse de que el estado tiene la firma más reciente en sus archivos. Si se vuelve a registrar después del 24 de octubre, tendrá que completar el proceso de \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">registro de votantes en el mismo día\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (también conocido como “voto condicional”) y solicitar su papeleta en persona en la oficina electoral de su condado o en el centro de votación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En 2021, Kim Alexander, presidenta de la fundación no partidista \u003ca href=\"https://www.calvoter.org/\">California Voter Foundation\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), nos dijo que hay otra solución si le preocupa su firma: Si puede, vaya a votar en persona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eso es porque la firma va sólo en el sobre de su boleta, y si usted está votando en persona, no hay sobre, porque esa boleta luego va directamente a la urna sin necesidad de ese sobre en absoluto.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ya he enviado mi papeleta, pero ahora estoy desconfiando de mi firma. ¿Qué pasa si la echo a perder?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No se preocupe: Existe todo un sistema para ayudarle a corregir su error.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si la oficina electoral de su condado detecta un error de firma en su papeleta, se pondrán en contacto con usted por correo para verificarlo y trabajar con usted para corregirlo, de modo que su papeleta pueda ser contada después de todo. Es lo que se llama “curar” una papeleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este sistema también se aplica cuando parece que un miembro de la familia de un votante puede haber firmado su papeleta, en lugar del votante. Esto ocurre con frecuencia, cuando en un hogar hay varios votantes que reciben todos una papeleta por correo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Una manera de estar tranquilo es \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">registrarse para hacer un seguimiento de su papeleta\u003c/a>, así se enterará rápidamente de cualquier problema con su papeleta o su firma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930158\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930158\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/ballot-given-to-postal-worker.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un residente de San Francisco entrega su papeleta de voto por correo a Elmer Padilla, empleado del Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos, el 9 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>He cometido un error en mi papeleta. ¿Cómo puedo corregirlo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En primer lugar, no se preocupe. Las personas cometen errores en las papeletas y encuentran maneras de corregirlos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los condados dan diferentes instrucciones a los votantes sobre lo que deben hacer si se equivocan (recuerde leer las instrucciones), pero por lo general puede simplemente marcar con una “X” la opción que no pretendía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El trabajo de los funcionarios electorales del condado, una vez que han verificado su firma, es asegurarse de que su papeleta pueda ser leída correctamente. Si eso significa que sus correcciones en la papeleta han dado lugar a problemas de legibilidad, los funcionarios, trabajando en equipos de dos, la volverán hacer para usted de acuerdo con la intención que ha señalado con sus correcciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos condados, como el de Alameda, piden que se ponga en contacto con ellos primero si comete un error grave, incluido el de votar por el candidato equivocado, para que puedan enviarle una papeleta de sustitución. Así que, viva donde viva, es una buena idea consultar primero con su oficina electoral local para ver qué recomiendan si ha cometido un error.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y recuerde que siempre existe esta otra opción…\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué tal si sólo quiero una nueva papeleta?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si ha cometido un error demasiado grande en su papeleta para arreglarlo, su mejor plan de acción puede ser enfocarse en conseguir una nueva, y eso está muy bien. Lo puede hacer así:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Llamar a la oficina electoral de su condado para pedir que cancelen esa papeleta y le emitan una nueva.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Ir a la oficina electoral de su condado con su papeleta estropeada en horario de oficina y votar allí mismo en el mostrador.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Aproveche las opciones de votación anticipada disponibles en muchos condados.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Acuda a un centro de votación el día de las elecciones, el 8 de noviembre, entregue allí su papeleta estropeada y obtenga una nueva papeleta.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>También puede hacer esto si ha dañado accidentalmente su papeleta de alguna manera (los derrames de café también suceden).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930159\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/female-in-yellow-top-with-I-Voted-sticker.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un residente de San Francisco se pone una pegatina de “¡He votado!” después de completar su voto por correo el 9 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Creo que me equivoqué de fecha en el sobre.\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En primer lugar, esa fecha debe ser la fecha en la que firmó su sobre, no su fecha de nacimiento. (Tuvimos muchas preguntas durante las elecciones de 2020 sobre esto).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero si le preocupa haber confundido la fecha, no se preocupe. Los funcionarios electorales dicen que la fecha que realmente están buscando es la fecha del matasellos de la boleta, para asegurarse de que se presentó a tiempo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los funcionarios electorales sólo examinarán realmente la fecha que ha escrito si reciben tu papeleta después del día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Como por ejemplo, si la envió por correo el lunes antes del día de las elecciones”, nos dijo John Gardner, registrador asistente de votantes del condado de Solano en 2020. “Es entonces cuando tenemos que empezar a revisar los matasellos de la papeleta, o la fecha en que el votante firmó el sobre, para determinar si podemos contar la papeleta o no”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y si aún no ha enviado su sobre por correo, se puede corregir, sólo basta con tachar claramente la fecha incorrecta en el sobre y escribir encima la correcta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Qué pasa si utilizo tecnología de asistencia para llenar los formularios?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Recibir ayuda física para llenar su papeleta de alguien de confianza siempre está bien, tanto si vota en casa, como en un centro de votación. Sólo tiene que asegurarse de que su firma sea la suya y coincida con la que está registrado para votar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los votantes discapacitados también pueden optar por utilizar el sistema de \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/remote-accessible-vote-mail\">Voto por Correo Accesible a Distancia\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglès) para votar de forma privada e independiente en casa, utilizando su dispositivo de asistencia habitual en su computadora para llenar la papeleta en su pantalla y luego imprimirla y enviarla por correo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todos los centros de votación de California también están equipados con una unidad de votación accesible. Ahí, los votantes invidentes o visión reducida, o que tengan una discapacidad que limite su destreza, podrán utilizar el dispositivo de ayuda de su preferencia que les permita votar de forma privada e independiente.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo puedo asegurarme de que mi voto por correo llegue a tiempo?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que una de las principales razones por las que se descalifican las papeletas en las elecciones es porque los votantes las envían por correo demasiado tarde, demasiado tarde el mismo día de las elecciones (después de que los buzones del Servicio Postal de EE.UU ya hayan sido recogidos), o después del día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Para que su papeleta sea contabilizada en estas elecciones, debe llevar el sello postal del día de las elecciones, el 8 de noviembre. Su papeleta tiene siete días para llegar a la oficina electoral de su condado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por lo tanto, es tan importante como siempre asegurarse de tener un plan para emitir su voto a tiempo, y si no va a votar en persona, eso significa asegurarse de llevar su papeleta a un buzón del Servicio Postal, a un buzón de votación seguro, en un centro de votación, o en la oficina electoral de su condado antes de que cierren las urnas el 8 de noviembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Otros errores comunes que debe tener en cuenta sobre la papeleta…\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asegúrese de llenar y firmar la papeleta y el sobre con su nombre.\u003c/strong> Es común ver a parejas o compañeros de piso confundir accidentalmente sus papeletas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Asegúrese de utilizar un bolígrafo negro o azul.\u003c/strong> Se lee mejor y no retrasa a los trabajadores cuando tienen que comprobar la intención del votante. (No utilices un rotulador o un Sharpie que traspasa el papel y marca otras páginas de su papeleta).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No envíe un sobre vacío.\u003c/strong> Esto ocurre. Mantener el sobre y la papeleta juntos en su casa puede ser una forma de evitar este problema. Y, por supuesto, cuando esté listo para enviar su papeleta, asegúrese de que está realmente dentro del sobre antes de sellarlo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No ponga un sello postal.\u003c/strong> El sobre de la papeleta está franqueado, no lo necesita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930160\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930160\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/asian-female-holding-I-Voted-sticker-in-hand.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bei Kao sostiene su calcomonía ‘I Voted’ después de votar en Oakland el 27 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"papeleta\">\u003c/a>Mi papeleta no está o no ha llegado. ¿Qué debo hacer?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si le preocupa que su papeleta no haya llegado todavía, asegúrese de no preocuparse demasiado pronto, ya que la fecha límite para que los condados envíen las papeletas es el 10 de octubre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero si llega a finales de octubre y su papeleta aún no se ha materializado, no se asuste, tiene opciones. Esto es lo que hay que hacer:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Compruebe que está realmente registrado para votar, y en el domicilio correcto.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://voterstatus.sos.ca.gov/ES\">Introduzca sus datos en la página de la Secretaría de Estado sobre el estado de los votantes\u003c/a> para comprobar el estatus de su inscripción. Esto mostrará si está realmente registrado para votar, y en qué domicilio. Debería también mostrar si su papeleta fue enviada por correo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También puede utilizar \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">la herramienta ¿Where’s My Ballot?\u003c/a> para comprobar si su papeleta ha sido enviada\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Si está registrado con una dirección incorrecta, puede actualizarla antes del 24 de octubre.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si actualiza su registro de votante y su dirección utilizando la página de estado del votante de la secretaría de estado antes de la fecha límite del 24 de octubre para registrarse en línea, el condado cancelará la papeleta que fue enviada a la antigua dirección y se le enviará una nueva.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y si resulta que su papeleta se perdió porque su registro de votante no fue actualizado, no te sientas mal, la gente se muda a menudo y se olvida de actualizar sus registros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim Alexander, de la California Voter Foundation, confirma que la actualización del domicilio en la oficina de correos no actualiza el registro de votantes. Pero por otro lado, el DMV actualizará los detalles de su registro de votante si actualiza su domicilio con ellos.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Si su domicilio de registro de votantes está correcto, pero su papeleta no le llegó, aún tiene opciones.\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si faltan más de seis días para el día de las elecciones, \u003ca href=\"#condado\">\u003cstrong>puede llamar a la oficina electoral de su condado \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>y pedir que le envíen una nueva papeleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La oficina electoral de su condado no le enviará una papeleta seis días o menos antes del día de las elecciones porque no puede asegurar de que llegue a tiempo. Por lo tanto, si quiere obtener una papeleta el día antes de las elecciones, vaya a la oficina electoral de su condado en persona y solicite una en el mostrador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A partir del 10 de octubre, la oficina electoral de su condado estará abierta para el voto anticipado hasta el 8 de noviembre, por lo que también puede ir allí en persona en horario de oficina y votar allí mismo en el mostrador. A lo largo del mes de octubre se abrirán más centros de votación anticipada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y recuerde que si no está registrado para votar, siempre tiene la opción de registrarse el mismo día, también conocida como registro condicional de votantes, en un lugar de votación, donde también puede rellenar y entregar su papeleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"condado\">\u003c/a>Póngase directamente en contacto con su condado\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En toda el Área de la Bahía, los funcionarios electorales están animando a los votantes a que se pongan en contacto, temprano, con cualquier pregunta o preocupación. Aquí está la información de contacto de su condado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda:\u003c/a> Para información sobre el voto por correo, registro y centros de votación, llame al (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostavote.gov/\">Contra Costa:\u003c/a> Llame al (925) 335-7800 o envíe un correo electrónico a voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin:\u003c/a> Llame al (415) 473-6456 o vaya a la página electoral del condado de Marín en línea para \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">enviar un formulario por correo electrónico\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa:\u003c/a> Llame al (707) 253-4321 o envíe un correo electrónico a la oficina de elecciones en elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/home-sp\">San Francisco:\u003c/a> Llame al (415) 554-4375 o envíe un correo electrónico a sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections#\">San Mateo:\u003c/a> Llame al (888) 762-8683 o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sccvote.sccgov.org/espanol\">Santa Clara:\u003c/a> Llame gratis al (866) 430-VOTE (8683) o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano:\u003c/a> Llame al (707) 784-6675 o al (888) 933-VOTE (8683). También puede enviar un correo electrónico a elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/registrar-of-voters\">Sonoma:\u003c/a> Llame al (707) 565-6800 o al número gratuito (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"saber\">\u003c/a>Díganos: ¿Qué más quiere saber?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927742/election-2022-find-your-early-voting-site-or-ballot-drop-off-location\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#saber\">\u003cstrong>Díganos: ¿Qué quiere saber sobre el voto en las elecciones de 2022?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Las elecciones intermedias se aproximan. Y si usted está registrado para votar y aún no ha recibido su papeleta electoral por correo, ya debería estar en camino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque el día de las elecciones es el 8 de noviembre, existen varias opciones para emitir su voto antes de esa fecha. Así que siga leyendo si es residente del Área de la Bahía y todavía se pregunta dónde puede dejar su papeleta de voto por correo, dónde puede emitir su voto temprano en persona o cómo puede encontrar su sitio de votación el día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885679/how-to-fill-out-your-recall-ballot-and-how-to-correct-a-mistake#missingballot\">¿Aún no ha recibido su papeleta? Lo que puede hacer\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Y si le preocupa haber cometido un error al llenar su papeleta, lea nuestra \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake\">guía para corregir los errores más comunes (antes de enviarla por correo)\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), y sepa cómo obtener una nueva papeleta o como votar en persona si realmente la echó a perder.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>Salte directamente a:\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#sitio\">\u003cstrong>Cómo encontrar mi sitio de entrega de papeletas y de votación anticipada\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#elecciones\">\u003cstrong>Cómo encontrar mi centro de votación para el día de las elecciones\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>¿Puedo enviar mi papeleta a través del Servicio Postal?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sí, puede enviar su papeleta completada a través del Servicio Postal de EE.UU. en cualquier buzón de correo. El sobre incluye franqueo pagado, por lo que no requiere sello, y se contará siempre que esté matasellado antes del día de las elecciones (8 de noviembre) y llegue a la oficina de registro antes del 15 de noviembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si tiene previsto enviar su papeleta por correo el día de las elecciones, asegúrese de no pasar por alto la última hora de colección de ese buzón específico (que en muchos lugares es a las 5 p.m. o antes). Tampoco deje su papeleta el día de las elecciones en una oficina de correos que ya se encuentre cerrada. Si lo hace, su papeleta no tendrá matasellos el día de las elecciones y no se contará cuando llegue a la oficina electoral de su condado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Puedo depositar mi papeleta en un buzón o en un lugar de votación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Una vez que haya completado su papeleta de voto por correo, puede depositarla en un buzón o lugar de votación oficial en lugar de enviarla por correo a través de un buzón del Servicio Postal de EE.UU. \u003ca href=\"#sitio\">\u003cstrong>Encuentre su buzón o sitio de votación más cercano.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunas razones por las que puede preferir entregar en persona su papeleta completada:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tranquilidad:\u003c/strong> La satisfacción de saber que su papeleta llegará directamente a la oficina electoral de su condado, en lugar de enviarla por medio del servicio postal y todos los pasos que se requieren para que llegue a su destino.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Plazo:\u003c/strong> Si se acerca el día de las elecciones, utilizar un buzón o un lugar de votación para dejar su papeleta directamente es la mejor manera de estar seguro de que llegará a la oficina electoral de su condado a tiempo para ser contada.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Asistencia:\u003c/strong> Si deposita su papeleta en un lugar de votación durante horas de servicio, y tiene preguntas sobre su papeleta o el proceso, es muy probable que encuentre a alguien que le ayude a responderlas.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Independientemente de cómo la entregue, puede \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">inscribirse para seguir el progreso de su papeleta con la herramienta en línea “¿Dónde está mi papeleta?”\u003c/a>, para asegurarse de que está en camino de ser contada. Y si todavía está esperando recibir su papeleta, usted puede utilizar esa misma herramienta para verificar que ha sido enviado. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake#missingballot\">Obtenga más consejos sobre qué hacer si no ha recibido su papeleta\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11929933\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un residente de San Francisco emite su voto por correo en un centro de votación cerca del Ayuntamiento el 6 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Quiero votar en persona. ¿Cuándo estará disponible la votación anticipada en el Área de la Bahía?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A partir del 10 de octubre la votación en persona está disponible en todas las oficinas electorales de los condados del Área de la Bahía, excepto en los condados de San Francisco, San Mateo y Solano, estos abren a partir del martes 11 de octubre. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">Encuentre la oficina electoral de su condado y los horarios de apertura\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En las próximas semanas se abrirán más lugares de votación anticipada en el Área de la Bahía. Encuentre dónde votar temprano en su condado y cuándo abren esos lugares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recuerde: Si quiere votar en persona, lleve la papeleta en blanco que le enviaron por correo, ya que algunos condados pueden requerir que vote provisionalmente si no la lleva.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los votos provisionales están sujetos a comprobaciones adicionales, confirmar que está realmente registrado para votar en California, o que no ha completado y enviado ya su papeleta, y esta capa adicional de confirmación lleva tiempo. Esto significa que, aunque su voto se contará finalmente, podría no ser contado el mismo día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La fecha límite para \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/RegisterToVote/es-mx\">registrarse en línea para votar en las elecciones intermedias\u003c/a> es el 24 de octubre. Pero si se le pasa ese plazo, no se preocupe, todavía puede registrarse después en uno de estos lugares de votación anticipada mediante lo que se llama \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">registro de votantes en el mismo día\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (también conocido como registro de votantes condicional), que le permite rellenar y presentar su papeleta en ese momento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además del registro de votantes, muchos centros de votación también ofrecen papeletas de repuesto, máquinas de votación accesibles y asistencia lingüística.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sitio\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo encontrar mi sitio de votación anticipada o de entrega de papeletas?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Visite la \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">herramienta de búsqueda del estado de California\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), en el que:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Introduzca su condado (si añade su ciudad o código postal obtendrá resultados más localizados, pero es opcional)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marque las casillas “Voto anticipado” y/o “Lugar de entrega” y\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Oprima “Buscar” para ver todos los lugares de votación anticipada y de depósito en esa zona.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Si decide votar anticipadamente en su condado, recuerde que los horarios de votación pueden variar según el lugar, y que algunos lugares pueden no estar abiertos todos los días.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"elecciones\">\u003c/a>¿Dónde puedo votar en persona el día de las elecciones\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si vive en los condados de San Francisco, Contra Costa o Solano, a usted se le asignará un lugar de votación específico, mientras que en el condado de Contra Costa los funcionarios electorales dicen que pueden procesar su papeleta sin importar dónde se presente a votar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si vive en los condados de Alameda, Marín, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara o Sonoma, usted puede votar en cualquier lugar de votación, incluida la oficina de registro de su condado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Usted puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place\">encontrar su lugar de votación a través de la herramienta de búsqueda del estado\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), aunque tenga en cuenta que esta información sólo estará disponible cuando se acerque el día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si espera votar en persona, asegúrese de comprobar su papeleta de voto por correo mucho antes del día de las elecciones para ver dónde puede votar y si se le ha asignado un lugar de votación específico. Y de nuevo, recuerde, si vive en un condado que le asigna un lugar de votación particular, todavía puede votar en la \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">oficina de registro de su condado\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo puedo ponerme en contacto directamente con mi condado sobre la votación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En toda el Área de la Bahía, los funcionarios electorales están animando a los votantes a que se pongan en contacto, temprano, con cualquier pregunta o preocupación. Aquí está la información de contacto de su condado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>: Para información sobre el voto por correo, registro y centros de votación, llame al (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostavote.gov/\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>: Llame al (925) 335-7800 o envíe un correo electrónico a voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>: Llame al (415) 473-6456 o vaya a la página electoral del condado de Marín en línea para \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">enviar un formulario por correo electrónico\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>: Llame al (707) 253-4321 o envíe un correo electrónico a la oficina de elecciones en elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/home-sp\">San Francisco\u003c/a>: Llame al (415) 554-4375 o envíe un correo electrónico a sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections#\">San Mateo\u003c/a>: Llame al (888) 762-8683 o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sccvote.sccgov.org/espanol\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>: Llame gratis al (866) 430-VOTE (8683) o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>: Llame al (707) 784-6675 o al (888) 933-VOTE (8683). También puede enviar un correo electrónico a elections@solanocounty.com.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/clerk-recorder-assessor-registrar-of-voters/registrar-of-voters\">Sonoma\u003c/a>: Llame al (707) 565-6800 o al número gratuito (800) 750-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"saber\">\u003c/a>Díganos: ¿Qué más quiere saber?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10035\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10035.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido y editado por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927742/election-2022-find-your-early-voting-site-or-ballot-drop-off-location\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#saber\">\u003cstrong>Díganos: ¿Qué quiere saber sobre el voto en las elecciones de 2022?\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Las elecciones intermedias se aproximan. Y si usted está registrado para votar y aún no ha recibido su papeleta electoral por correo, ya debería estar en camino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque el día de las elecciones es el 8 de noviembre, existen varias opciones para emitir su voto antes de esa fecha. Así que siga leyendo si es residente del Área de la Bahía y todavía se pregunta dónde puede dejar su papeleta de voto por correo, dónde puede emitir su voto temprano en persona o cómo puede encontrar su sitio de votación el día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11885679/how-to-fill-out-your-recall-ballot-and-how-to-correct-a-mistake#missingballot\">¿Aún no ha recibido su papeleta? Lo que puede hacer\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Y si le preocupa haber cometido un error al llenar su papeleta, lea nuestra \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake\">guía para corregir los errores más comunes (antes de enviarla por correo)\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), y sepa cómo obtener una nueva papeleta o como votar en persona si realmente la echó a perder.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch5>Salte directamente a:\u003c/h5>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#sitio\">\u003cstrong>Cómo encontrar mi sitio de entrega de papeletas y de votación anticipada\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#elecciones\">\u003cstrong>Cómo encontrar mi centro de votación para el día de las elecciones\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>¿Puedo enviar mi papeleta a través del Servicio Postal?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Sí, puede enviar su papeleta completada a través del Servicio Postal de EE.UU. en cualquier buzón de correo. El sobre incluye franqueo pagado, por lo que no requiere sello, y se contará siempre que esté matasellado antes del día de las elecciones (8 de noviembre) y llegue a la oficina de registro antes del 15 de noviembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si tiene previsto enviar su papeleta por correo el día de las elecciones, asegúrese de no pasar por alto la última hora de colección de ese buzón específico (que en muchos lugares es a las 5 p.m. o antes). Tampoco deje su papeleta el día de las elecciones en una oficina de correos que ya se encuentre cerrada. Si lo hace, su papeleta no tendrá matasellos el día de las elecciones y no se contará cuando llegue a la oficina electoral de su condado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Puedo depositar mi papeleta en un buzón o en un lugar de votación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Una vez que haya completado su papeleta de voto por correo, puede depositarla en un buzón o lugar de votación oficial en lugar de enviarla por correo a través de un buzón del Servicio Postal de EE.UU. \u003ca href=\"#sitio\">\u003cstrong>Encuentre su buzón o sitio de votación más cercano.\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunas razones por las que puede preferir entregar en persona su papeleta completada:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Tranquilidad:\u003c/strong> La satisfacción de saber que su papeleta llegará directamente a la oficina electoral de su condado, en lugar de enviarla por medio del servicio postal y todos los pasos que se requieren para que llegue a su destino.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Plazo:\u003c/strong> Si se acerca el día de las elecciones, utilizar un buzón o un lugar de votación para dejar su papeleta directamente es la mejor manera de estar seguro de que llegará a la oficina electoral de su condado a tiempo para ser contada.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Asistencia:\u003c/strong> Si deposita su papeleta en un lugar de votación durante horas de servicio, y tiene preguntas sobre su papeleta o el proceso, es muy probable que encuentre a alguien que le ayude a responderlas.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Independientemente de cómo la entregue, puede \u003ca href=\"https://california.ballottrax.net/voter/\">inscribirse para seguir el progreso de su papeleta con la herramienta en línea “¿Dónde está mi papeleta?”\u003c/a>, para asegurarse de que está en camino de ser contada. Y si todavía está esperando recibir su papeleta, usted puede utilizar esa misma herramienta para verificar que ha sido enviado. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11927744/election-2022-fill-out-your-ballot-correct-a-mistake#missingballot\">Obtenga más consejos sobre qué hacer si no ha recibido su papeleta\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929933\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11929933\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/male-hand-in-green-sweater-interesting-ballot-in-ballot-box.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Un residente de San Francisco emite su voto por correo en un centro de votación cerca del Ayuntamiento el 6 de octubre de 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Quiero votar en persona. ¿Cuándo estará disponible la votación anticipada en el Área de la Bahía?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A partir del 10 de octubre la votación en persona está disponible en todas las oficinas electorales de los condados del Área de la Bahía, excepto en los condados de San Francisco, San Mateo y Solano, estos abren a partir del martes 11 de octubre. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">Encuentre la oficina electoral de su condado y los horarios de apertura\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En las próximas semanas se abrirán más lugares de votación anticipada en el Área de la Bahía. Encuentre dónde votar temprano en su condado y cuándo abren esos lugares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recuerde: Si quiere votar en persona, lleve la papeleta en blanco que le enviaron por correo, ya que algunos condados pueden requerir que vote provisionalmente si no la lleva.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los votos provisionales están sujetos a comprobaciones adicionales, confirmar que está realmente registrado para votar en California, o que no ha completado y enviado ya su papeleta, y esta capa adicional de confirmación lleva tiempo. Esto significa que, aunque su voto se contará finalmente, podría no ser contado el mismo día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La fecha límite para \u003ca href=\"https://registertovote.ca.gov/RegisterToVote/es-mx\">registrarse en línea para votar en las elecciones intermedias\u003c/a> es el 24 de octubre. Pero si se le pasa ese plazo, no se preocupe, todavía puede registrarse después en uno de estos lugares de votación anticipada mediante lo que se llama \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/same-day-reg\">registro de votantes en el mismo día\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (también conocido como registro de votantes condicional), que le permite rellenar y presentar su papeleta en ese momento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Además del registro de votantes, muchos centros de votación también ofrecen papeletas de repuesto, máquinas de votación accesibles y asistencia lingüística.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"sitio\">\u003c/a>¿Cómo puedo encontrar mi sitio de votación anticipada o de entrega de papeletas?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Visite la \u003ca href=\"https://caearlyvoting.sos.ca.gov/\">herramienta de búsqueda del estado de California\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), en el que:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Introduzca su condado (si añade su ciudad o código postal obtendrá resultados más localizados, pero es opcional)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Marque las casillas “Voto anticipado” y/o “Lugar de entrega” y\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Oprima “Buscar” para ver todos los lugares de votación anticipada y de depósito en esa zona.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Si decide votar anticipadamente en su condado, recuerde que los horarios de votación pueden variar según el lugar, y que algunos lugares pueden no estar abiertos todos los días.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"elecciones\">\u003c/a>¿Dónde puedo votar en persona el día de las elecciones\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si vive en los condados de San Francisco, Contra Costa o Solano, a usted se le asignará un lugar de votación específico, mientras que en el condado de Contra Costa los funcionarios electorales dicen que pueden procesar su papeleta sin importar dónde se presente a votar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si vive en los condados de Alameda, Marín, Napa, San Mateo, Santa Clara o Sonoma, usted puede votar en cualquier lugar de votación, incluida la oficina de registro de su condado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Usted puede \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/polling-place\">encontrar su lugar de votación a través de la herramienta de búsqueda del estado\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), aunque tenga en cuenta que esta información sólo estará disponible cuando se acerque el día de las elecciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si espera votar en persona, asegúrese de comprobar su papeleta de voto por correo mucho antes del día de las elecciones para ver dónde puede votar y si se le ha asignado un lugar de votación específico. Y de nuevo, recuerde, si vive en un condado que le asigna un lugar de votación particular, todavía puede votar en la \u003ca href=\"https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices\">oficina de registro de su condado\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>¿Cómo puedo ponerme en contacto directamente con mi condado sobre la votación?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>En toda el Área de la Bahía, los funcionarios electorales están animando a los votantes a que se pongan en contacto, temprano, con cualquier pregunta o preocupación. Aquí está la información de contacto de su condado:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.acvote.org/index\">Alameda\u003c/a>: Para información sobre el voto por correo, registro y centros de votación, llame al (510) 267-8683.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.contracostavote.gov/\">Contra Costa\u003c/a>: Llame al (925) 335-7800 o envíe un correo electrónico a voter.services@vote.cccounty.us.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv\">Marin\u003c/a>: Llame al (415) 473-6456 o vaya a la página electoral del condado de Marín en línea para \u003ca href=\"https://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/contact-us\">enviar un formulario por correo electrónico\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofnapa.org/396/Elections\">Napa\u003c/a>: Llame al (707) 253-4321 o envíe un correo electrónico a la oficina de elecciones en elections@countyofnapa.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sfelections.sfgov.org/home-sp\">San Francisco\u003c/a>: Llame al (415) 554-4375 o envíe un correo electrónico a sfvote@sfgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.smcacre.org/elections#\">San Mateo\u003c/a>: Llame al (888) 762-8683 o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@smcacre.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://sccvote.sccgov.org/espanol\">Santa Clara\u003c/a>: Llame gratis al (866) 430-VOTE (8683) o envíe un correo electrónico a registrar@rov.sccgov.org.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/default.asp\">Solano\u003c/a>: Llame al (707) 784-6675 o al (888) 933-VOTE (8683). 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We have nurses working overtime, and even double shifts, day after day to keep the hospital running,” said Mike Hill, a nurse in Sutter’s intensive care unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hill said that while workplace violence in hospitals — mostly of patients toward staff — has always been a concern, there was an uptick in incidents during the pandemic, when many patients didn’t have the family support they needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes it’s intentional. Other times, it’s from anger, fear or a medical condition that causes them to lash out at staff. Either way, it’s dangerous for us as professionals,” said Hill. “It’s not just physical violence. Sometimes it’s verbal threats.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When workplace violence occurs, hospitals announce “code gray” on the intercom system to alert security, Hill said. But like the nursing team, the security department at Alta Bates is understaffed, and in some cases it takes too long for guards to arrive at the scene, Hill said, forcing other nurses to step in to help their colleagues. Hill said more security guards are needed both inside the hospital and in the parking garage, to prevent vehicle break-ins, thefts and attacks on staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those concerns about violence, he added, are compounded by the hospital failing to take the necessary measures to effectively protect nurses from COVID exposure and other diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) fined Sutter Health for violations tied to COVID-related workplace safety issues after an investigation was launched in response to the July 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/calosha-finds-alta-bates-summit-medical-center-guilty-eight-serious-violations\">death of an Alta Bates nurse\u003c/a>, who contracted the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sutter must create working conditions to enhance patient care while also providing a safe work environment that retains nurses,” said Hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ann Gaebler, a registered nurse of over 40 years, said she has never seen Sutter “act this disrespectfully” toward nurses, and it’s causing experienced health care providers to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without proper mentorship, we see young nurses suffering the moral injury and the moral distress of having to care for patients without the support they need, and so they leave,” Gaebler said in a statement. “This is not how you grow the next generation of nurses or how to take care of a community. 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Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF\"]‘I think the pandemic revealed and exacerbated a lot of problems that existed already, and some of those problems were brewing around stress and burnout and workloads, as we’re hearing from physicians and nurses and other health care professionals.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the walkout, Sutter management faulted local leaders in the nurses unions, accusing them of putting “politics above the patients and the nurses they represent” despite Sutter being willing to bargain, a spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our attention remains on providing safe, high-quality care to the patients and communities we’re honored to serve, and we are confident in our ability to manage this disruption,” the statement said. “We are hopeful the union shares our desire to reach an agreement and enable our nurses to turn their focus back to the patients the union has asked them to walk away from.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930036\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11930036\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"People holding yellow and red signs and wearing red nurse outfits walk across the street.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59635_001_KQED_SutterRNStrikeOakland_10242022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nurses begin a five-day strike at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 24, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sutter Health’s proposed contract includes a pay increase of more than 20% over four years and a commitment to pursuing initiatives aimed at promoting diversity and advancing equity among its employees, along with continued health coverage for nurses and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sutter nurses strike is just the latest in a slew of labor actions in recent months among health care workers throughout the Bay Area, mirroring a larger nationwide trend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walkout comes less than a week after some 2,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health care employees approved \u003ca href=\"https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/who-we-are/labor-relations/new-4-year-agreement-ratified\">a four-year contract\u003c/a>, ending an unprecedented, grueling 10-week strike over staffing shortages, wages and patient care, and just days after the Valley Physicians Group, a union representing about 450 doctors employed by Santa Clara County, announced its intention to hit the picket line on November 1 over similar issues.[aside postID=\"news_11929713,news_11924980\" label=\"Related Posts\"]Even though \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/union-membership-rate-8-point-6-percent-in-manufacturing-23-point-4-percent-in-utilities-in-2019.htm#:~:text=Bureau%20of%20Labor%20Statistics,-The%20Economics%20Daily&text=In%202019%2C%20the%20union%20membership,hunting%3B%20and%20finance%20and%20insurance.\">less than 7% of health care workers nationwide were unionized\u003c/a> as of 2020, the health care sector \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/11/955128562/for-health-care-workers-the-pandemic-is-fueling-renewed-interest-in-unions\">also has seen renewed interest in unionization since the pandemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the pandemic revealed and exacerbated a lot of problems that existed already, and some of those problems were brewing around stress and burnout and workloads, as we’re hearing from physicians and nurses and other health care professionals,” Dr. Joanne Spetz, director of the Philip R. 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"content": "\u003cp>At an outdoor cafe in suburban Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles, two women chatting over coffee one recent afternoon said abortion rights would be a key factor in their voting decisions in the upcoming midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the ’70s, this battle was already fought,” said acupuncturist Margaret Whipple, 69, who came of age before the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision affirming the constitutional right to abortion, and then watched the court overturn it earlier this year. “Now, my question is, why would we be going backwards?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Whipple and her companion, Helena Oda, 31, a film industry prop maker, said they’d previously voted Republican, but will be voting for Democratic candidate Christy Smith for Congress in next month’s election. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t stand up for women’s rights,” Oda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this purple congressional district, these are the voters Smith is hoping will put her over the top in her rematch with Republican incumbent Mike Garcia, who beat her by just 333 votes in 2020. This time around, though, abortion rights — and Latino identity — are shaping up to be decisive issues.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11927919,news_11920806,news_11923252\"]The contest is one of a handful of competitive races in California that will help decide which party controls the House of Representatives, where Democrats are trying to cling to their paper-thin majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans have represented this area for most of the past three decades. But after last year’s redistricting process, Democrats have a 12-point voter registration advantage in the new 27th Congressional District, which includes affluent Santa Clarita and the predominantly working-class cities of Lancaster and Palmdale in the Antelope Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith, a former state Assembly member and school board member in Santa Clarita, has made reproductive rights central to her campaign, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoWsckqRpQA\">talking in campaign ads about her own high-risk pregnancies\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WWwCKfdqW8\">calling out Garcia for his support of a national abortion ban\u003c/a>. Pro-abortion-rights groups, like the National Abortion Rights Action League, also are canvassing for her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia, for his part, has been a staunch Donald Trump ally, and on Jan. 6, 2021, voted to not certify Joe Biden’s presidential victory. In an August interview with a conservative podcast host, Garcia \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuYCrsDLD3w\">likened the Biden administration to Hitler’s Third Reich\u003c/a> in response to the FBI’s search for classified documents at former President Trump’s Florida residence. (He apologized for those remarks \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-10-07/mike-garcia-fbi-search-trump-third-reich-apology-midterm-election\">at a Santa Clarita synagogue\u003c/a> on Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, earlier this month.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Garcia’s ads, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.electmikegarcia.com/garcia-campaign-releases-second-ad-of-general-election/\">vows he’ll tackle inflation\u003c/a> and pledges to lower taxes. His campaign also \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MwqKBmX5zo\">touts his background as a Navy fighter pilot\u003c/a> and — in a district where the aerospace industry is a big employer — his decade working for the defense contractor Raytheon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A third of eligible voters in this district are Latino. But unlike most other parts of the state, where Latinos vote solidly Democratic, here they tend to be a bit more conservative, said Fernando Guerra, political science professor at Loyola Marymount University. And that could work to the benefit of Garcia, whose father emigrated from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the voter registration numbers and the trends, this is clearly a Democratic seat,” Guerra said. “However, having so many Latinos and having the Republican nominee be Latino … Garcia might shave off enough Latino voters to change the dynamics. And that’s why this race is a toss-up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guerra said the stakes are high because the election will have national impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the Democrats capture this district, they will have a chance to keep the House,” said Guerra. “If they lose this district, there is no way that Democrats can keep the House. That is the bottom line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Door-to-door drive for new Latino voters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In a Latino neighborhood in southeast Palmdale, where sagebrush and tumbleweed grow in vacant lots, María Elena Ibarra said the fact that Garcia is Mexican American, as she is, doesn’t count for a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No,” she laughed in Spanish. “He’s not supporting Latinos. I think he’s lost touch with his roots.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ibarra is a canvasser with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), which has been going door to door all year as part of a long-term grassroots campaign to turn out voters in the Antelope Valley and push for policies — and politicians — that benefit immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929372\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929372\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman with a clipboard talks to three other men and women.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7497-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Díaz (right), CHIRLA’s deputy director for civic engagement, talks with canvassers as they prepare to go door to door and engage with immigrant community voters in Palmdale, on Sept. 21, 2022. \u003ccite>(Tyche Hendricks/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On this day in late September, Ibarra was one of nine canvassers in black CHIRLA T-shirts knocking on doors to ask voters on their list whether they had a plan to vote. Closer to the election, they’ll switch to working for CHIRLA’s Action Fund, and campaign directly for candidates the group has endorsed, including Smith.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people don’t realize that even a single vote can make a difference,” Ibarra said. “I want to motivate them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Ibarra, a mother of three, the most important issue in this election is education, specifically making college affordable for families like hers. Overall, she believes Democrats better represent her community.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"María Elena Ibarra, canvasser, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)\"]‘A lot of people don’t realize that even a single vote can make a difference. I want to motivate them.’[/pullquote]On abortion, it’s not so much that she’s in favor of it, but believes it’s a personal decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone’s circumstances are different,” Ibarra said. “And every woman should be free to make her own decision when it comes to her body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That view puts her in line with two-thirds of California Latinos — and three-quarters of California women — who \u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3rx1h9cv\">favor protecting abortion rights\u003c/a>, according to a recent poll from UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen Díaz, CHIRLA’s deputy director of civic engagement, said that, unlike most political campaigns, which focus on turning out reliable voters, her group is working to build a voter base from scratch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We focus on voters that have only voted one out of the last five elections,” she said. “People who just became new citizens. People who just turned 18 years old. That’s our voter base.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929373\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11929373 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7554-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">CHIRLA canvasser Nancy Zaragoza knocks on a door in Palmdale, on Sept. 21, 2022, as part of an effort to engage immigrant voters for the midterm elections. \u003ccite>(Tyche Hendricks/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A pivotal district\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The national political parties also are investing energy in this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has put Smith in their \u003ca href=\"https://redtoblue.dccc.org\">“Red to Blue” program\u003c/a>, opening a field office in the district and providing her with organizational and fundraising support, said Madison Mundy, a DCCC spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Smith raised nearly $1.7 million in the three months ending September 30, making her one of the nation’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/06/house-democrats-challengers-fundraising\">top fundraisers\u003c/a> for the quarter among House Democratic challengers. That brings \u003ca href=\"https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/CA/27/2022/\">Smith’s total fundraising to $3 million\u003c/a>, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Garcia has raised twice as much — over $6 million in this election so far, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/CA/27/2022/\">according to the FEC\u003c/a> — and he’s benefitted from hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by \u003ca href=\"https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/candidate-taking-receipts/understanding-independent-expenditures/\">independent expenditure committees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Republican National Committee also has set up shop in the district, with a campaign office focused on Latino voters. At its strip-mall storefront in Palmdale one evening in late September, volunteers were making calls in Spanish and English to Republican households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What would you say is the biggest issue facing our country?” José Alanís, regional field director for the California Republican Party, asked a voter in Spanish. “The economy? For sure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, Republicans have gained significant ground with Latino voters since the last midterm elections, according to \u003ca href=\"https://naleo.org/COMMS/PRA/2022/BSP_Latino_Voter_Tracking_Poll/10_11_22_-_BSP_NEF_Week_Five_Toplines_-_FINAL.pdf\">a tracking poll\u003c/a> by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. And the GOP is hoping to duplicate that in this race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11929378\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11929378\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A man sits at a desk in front of a computer, with signs for Mike Garcia posted behind him.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/IMG_7362-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">José Alanís, regional field director for the California Republican Party, phones Spanish-speaking voters from the Republican National Committee’s campaign office in Palmdale, on Sept. 20, 2022. \u003ccite>(Tyche Hendricks/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Latino voters are perceiving Republicans as less hostile towards them compared to 2018, and Republican outreach to Latino voters is at its highest level in our five weeks of polling,” said Arturo Vargas, CEO of the NALEO Educational Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/wp-content/uploads/crosstabs-likely-voters-0922.pdf\">three-quarters of likely Latino voters in the state prefer the Democratic candidate for Congress in their district\u003c/a>, according to a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both polls found that the rising cost of living is a top concern for Latino voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Lulu Vega, 70, who sells used housewares. She said her grocery bill has skyrocketed and, living on Social Security, it’s tough to make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in a really deep problem,” said Vega on a recent morning at the Santa Clarita Swap Meet, where she had set up her booth. “I was against Trump, but when Trump was in charge, the economy was nice. Now? It’s really, really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Vega said she usually just votes in presidential elections and isn’t planning to cast a ballot this year because she hasn’t been following the candidates or the issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Competing priorities: abortion and the economy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At a Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce gathering in late September, to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, economic worries were not a driving force. There, at a historic adobe in a leafy park, Latino businesspeople hobnobbed over tacos and drinks, and chatted with local elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Winery owner Robert Reyes said he’s a conservative Christian and he’ll vote for Mike Garcia because he likes his values.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He is a hard worker, somebody who really puts his heart into what he does,” Reyes said. “That’s what I love about him.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Lulu Vega, local vendor\"]‘We are in a really deep problem. I was against Trump, but when Trump was in charge, the economy was nice. Now? It’s really, really hard.’[/pullquote]But for many women in the crowd, abortion was a pivotal issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just think women have a right to choose, you know, with their bodies,” said Jenori Galicia, who works in fundraising for a network of nonprofit health centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She heaved a sigh. “It’s a big issue,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Galicia said she’s still learning about the candidates, but considers herself a Democrat and plans to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to pushing pro-abortion-rights voters like Galicia toward the Democratic candidate, there’s also an indirect way the issue of abortion rights could factor into this election, said political data analyst Paul Mitchell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day that abortion crowds out inflation and the economy and Joe Biden from the news is probably a better day for Democrats and a worse day for Republicans,” he said. “Mike Garcia wants this to be a referendum on Biden and the economy. And it’s possible that this election could turn into a referendum on choice and Trump.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Either way, the outcome of this close contest will come down to which side can more effectively motivate voters to cast their ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Gavin Newsom appointed him to the role in March 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/rob-bonta/\">Bonta has broadened the scope and emphasis of the Department of Justice\u003c/a> into areas of the law once considered the principal domain of local prosecutors, elected officials and private litigants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on the role of\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/california-housing-rules-17188267.php\"> housing enforcer\u003c/a>, Bonta has threatened lawsuits against apartment-averse cities, while issuing guidance to locals on where they can permit new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With new bureaus and empowered by new laws, his office now serves as an investigative unit for\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-12/racial-justice-bureau-to-fight-asian-racism-extremism\"> discriminatory law enforcement\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/06/police-shootings-unarmed-civilians/\">police shootings of unarmed civilians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last month, Bonta announced the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/2022/09/california-attorney-general-gun-violence/\">creation of a new office\u003c/a> tasked with researching and disseminating gun violence prevention tactics. 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For a department known for its prosecutors and its gun-toting officers, academic research is an unusual pivot.[aside postID=news_11926496 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/RS58812_IMG_4401-qut.jpg']And as Los Angeles weathers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/california-pig-law-supreme-court/\">scandal\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-20/kuehl-warrant-order\">scandal\u003c/a>, Bonta has now stepped in in lieu of local prosecutors, announcing that his office will investigate potential voting rights violations during \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/la-city-council-racism-redistricting/\">the local redistricting process\u003c/a>, a subject at the center of racist conversations that forced the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-12/la-me-nury-martinez-resigns\">City Council president to resign Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, who visited CalMatters’ office for an hour-long interview this week, said he’s never been one to limit himself to just a handful of issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in his political career, he said he was told to “focus on a handful of things — maybe one, two or three — make those your signature issues, get known for those and make a difference there,” he said. “I’ve never, ever followed that advice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a contrast with Bonta’s opponent in the November 8 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/\">race for attorney general\u003c/a>, former federal prosecutor and longtime defense attorney \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/nathan-hochman/\">Nathan Hochman\u003c/a>. A Republican from Los Angeles, Hochman has spent the campaign\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/04/nathan-hochman-california-attorney-general/\"> stressing his apolitical instincts\u003c/a> and his emphasis on criminal enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, a former state Assemblymember who is now asking voters to elect him to his current position for the first time, embraces the notion that the attorney general’s work isn’t just done in the courtroom, but in the Legislature and the political arena, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five other highlights from our conversation with Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Housing: ‘Not optional’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Few areas of the law bear Bonta’s mark as indelibly as housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of his first acts as top prosecutor was to create a “housing strike force.” That was over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calcities.org/news/post/2021/11/04/joining-forces-not-strike-forces-needed-to-house-californians\">strenuous opposition of the League of California Cities\u003c/a>, the municipal government lobby, but something that Bonta calls one of his most significant accomplishments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That strike force has already struck a handful of times. Earlier this year, Bonta threatened the cities of \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/AG%20Letter%20to%20Pasadena%20re%20SB%209%20Urgency%20Ordinance.pdf\">Pasadena\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/02/california-zoning-housing-podcast/\">Woodside\u003c/a> with legal action for trying to avoid \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/04/duplex-housing-resistance/\">denser development requirements\u003c/a>. His office has thrown its legal weight behind apartment projects facing local opposition in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Why-California-s-attorney-general-weighed-into-17364584.php\">Livermore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/03/30/encinitas-in-hot-water-again/\">Encinitas\u003c/a>. Just this week he rushed to the defense of a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-files-brief-defense-homekey-program-funded-project\">supportive housing project\u003c/a> in Marin and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/10/new-limits-recommended-for-building-homes-in-high-risk-wildfire-areas-in-california/\">rolled out new guidelines\u003c/a> for development in the wildfire-prone areas. Those development recommendations lack legal force, but they reinforce his office’s unprecedented emphasis on housing policy.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rob Bonta, attorney general, California\"]‘(They said) focus on a handful of things — maybe one, two or three — make those your signature issues, get known for those and make a difference there … I’ve never, ever followed that advice.’[/pullquote]Though prior attorneys general in California have enforced housing laws, none has done so quite so deliberately or aggressively as Bonta. He credited his experience as a legislator in the housing-constrained Bay Area and said that his office is simply responding to the escalating severity of the affordable-housing crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to put a stake in the ground, to send a message to the state that there are laws in the state of California that are not optional. They must be followed, including by other governments, including cities and counties, who shouldn’t be calling themselves, wrongfully, mountain lion sanctuaries to escape the law,” said Bonta, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2022/02/07/woodside-reverses-course-on-controversial-mountain-lion-moratorium-on-housing-projects\">reference to the city of Woodside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say, ‘I never thought of the AG as someone who could be involved in housing,’” he said. “We enforce all laws, not just criminal laws, but also civil laws, including housing laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Redefining ‘violent crime’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 57 to make it easier for incarcerated people who committed nonviolent crimes to apply for early release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the law defined “violent” felonies with just \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=667.5.&lawCode=PEN\">23 offenses\u003c/a>. Missing from that list are domestic violence, human trafficking and certain types of assault and rape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservatives have been using those omissions as a \u003ca href=\"https://kmph.com/news/local/why-opposition-voted-down-sen-groves-human-trafficking-bill-and-local-reaction-about-it\">cudgel\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-20-crime/\">to\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/05/anne-marie-schubert-attorney-general/\">beat\u003c/a> “criminal justice reform”-aligned Democrats ever since. In the past, Bonta has hinted at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JeremyBWhite/status/1499552457969389570?s=20&t=Uv-MYDlUPGRjjYr8jNUM6A\">possible tweaks\u003c/a> to the law that he would support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the CalMatters interview, he was more explicit: “Domestic violence, human trafficking, rape of an unconscious person, all of those should be discussed, and potentially changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Death penalty and cash bail, reconsidered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike Hochman, Bonta has a lengthy political record as a legislator. And it’s a telling one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, he co-authored a bill to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2018/08/california-bail-reform-splinters-left/\">ban county courts from setting cash bail\u003c/a> for people awaiting trial, instead leaving the decision about whether a person should go free or not to a judge using “risk-assessment tools.” That bill was signed into law. But \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/11/what-the-failure-of-prop-25-means-for-racial-justice-in-california/\">voters nixed that idea in a 2020 referendum\u003c/a> funded by the bail bond industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That public rebuke hasn’t changed Bonta’s mind. He argued that voters may have been wary of the risk-assessment system that would have replaced the current system, which he acknowledged was “not perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cash bail, he insisted, remains unpopular — and manifestly unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that the current bail system punishes poor people for being poor, makes the jailhouse door swing open and closed based on how much money you have in your pocket, and judges you based on the size of your wallet, instead of the size of your risk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While in the Assembly, Bonta also supported a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200ACA12\">proposed constitutional amendment\u003c/a> to officially end the death penalty in California. That’s despite the fact that California voters have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/02/california-death-penalty-end/\">repeatedly turned down that opportunity\u003c/a>, including as recently as 2016. California hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2006, and in 2019 Newsom declared a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/03/gavin-newsom-halts-executions-california/\">moratorium\u003c/a> on the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said that if a capital punishment ban were to return to the ballot, he would support it. But he also stressed that, for now, his personal views do not trump current law.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Playing a ‘dangerous game,’ but ‘responsibly’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last year, before the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/abortion-rights/2022/06/california-abortion-roe-ruling/\">ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion entirely\u003c/a> in June, Texas lawmakers came up with a clever way to effectively ban most abortions in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than have law enforcement enforce the restriction on ending a pregnancy after six weeks, a \u003ca href=\"https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf\">state law gave individual Texans the right to sue health care providers\u003c/a>, patients or anyone who “aided and abetted” an abortion, with the potential promise of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/08/bounty-hunting-abortion-guns/\">$10,000 bounty\u003c/a> per violation. Because the state wasn’t enforcing the policy, the law was \u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/court-seems-inclined-to-let-abortion-providers-pursue-their-challenge-to-texas-law/\">harder to challenge in court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Supreme Court let the Texas law stand, Newsom clapped back, proposing a similarly structured bounty bill aimed at those who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/12/texas-abortion-ban-newsom-assault-weapons/\">violate certain California gun laws\u003c/a>. Bonta, whose office \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Brief%20of%20Mass.%20et%20al.%20in%2021-463%20and%2021-588.pdfA_.pdf\">vociferously opposed\u003c/a> the Texas law, helped craft the California version and was one of its most vocal public champions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters and commentators have described the California rejoinder as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2022/7/25/23277211/supreme-court-gavin-newsom-sb-8-abortion-guns-california-assault-rifle-law\">trolling\u003c/a>,” a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-gun-bill-is-bad-law-and-dumb-politics\">legislative stunt\u003c/a>” and a blue state’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsom-taunts-texas-on-guns-abortion-sb8-11660154256\">taunt\u003c/a>” of a conservative Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta insisted that the law is an earnest effort to “save lives,” but also acknowledged that it was meant to call the high court’s bluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re using it in the best way that it can be used, in a way that advances California values,” he said. “But it’s dangerous. It’s a dangerous game. We’re using it responsibly. Now others can use it like Texas, and maybe the Supreme Court will look at the landscape of how this approach is being used and try to correct it. If that happens, that’s fine, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Ready to try again on concealed carry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile setback of Bonta’s tenure to date was the failure of a bill his office wrote that would have made it more difficult for Californians to apply for the right to carry concealed firearms and that would have placed new restrictions on where they can take those guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The failed proposal was a response to another \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/criminal-justice/2022/06/california-gun-laws-supreme-court/\">controversial decision by the U.S. Supreme Court\u003c/a> in June. This one barred states from requiring concealed carry applicants to prove that they have a compelling need. Bonta’s proposed legislative workaround would have instead introduced “objective” restrictions, such as a prolonged training course requirement and a psychological assessment. It also designated arenas and other public gathering places and most private businesses as gun-free “sensitive” places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite arm-twisting by Bonta himself, the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-legislature/2022/09/california-concealed-carry-bill/\">bill died in the final hours of the legislative session\u003c/a>, the victim of law enforcement opposition, an overly confident legislative strategy and rifts within the Assembly’s Democratic ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said his sense of urgency remains as acute as ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be, and there have been, huge spikes in the number of applicants,” he said. “We believe that it’s important to have a constitutional regime that allows for those who should constitutionally have a concealed carry weapon to have (one), but to take the steps to make sure that we are doing everything constitutionally permissible to keep people safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta echoed comments made by the bill’s author, state Sen. Anthony Portantino, a Glendale Democrat, who said that he would like to see the bill, or some version of it, introduced as soon as the next session begins in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That plan hit a possible speed bump late last month. Where California’s bill failed, a similar proposal in New York was signed into law, only for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/nyregion/judge-blocks-ny-gun-law.html\">federal judge to rule this month\u003c/a> that its long list of “sensitive places” is unconstitutional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we need to look at that, and maybe it is over-broad,” Bonta said, “and we should take that to heart … and respond appropriately with any new (similar) bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s attorney general is often described as the state’s top prosecutor, but that shorthand doesn’t do the position justice. At least not according to Rob Bonta, the current holder of that office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed him to the role in March 2021, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/rob-bonta/\">Bonta has broadened the scope and emphasis of the Department of Justice\u003c/a> into areas of the law once considered the principal domain of local prosecutors, elected officials and private litigants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking on the role of\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/california-housing-rules-17188267.php\"> housing enforcer\u003c/a>, Bonta has threatened lawsuits against apartment-averse cities, while issuing guidance to locals on where they can permit new construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With new bureaus and empowered by new laws, his office now serves as an investigative unit for\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-12/racial-justice-bureau-to-fight-asian-racism-extremism\"> discriminatory law enforcement\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/06/police-shootings-unarmed-civilians/\">police shootings of unarmed civilians\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just last month, Bonta announced the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/2022/09/california-attorney-general-gun-violence/\">creation of a new office\u003c/a> tasked with researching and disseminating gun violence prevention tactics. The office still only exists on paper, but the proposal itself says a lot about Bonta’s view of his office’s expansive domain. For a department known for its prosecutors and its gun-toting officers, academic research is an unusual pivot.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>And as Los Angeles weathers \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/california-pig-law-supreme-court/\">scandal\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-20/kuehl-warrant-order\">scandal\u003c/a>, Bonta has now stepped in in lieu of local prosecutors, announcing that his office will investigate potential voting rights violations during \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2022/10/la-city-council-racism-redistricting/\">the local redistricting process\u003c/a>, a subject at the center of racist conversations that forced the \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-12/la-me-nury-martinez-resigns\">City Council president to resign Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, who visited CalMatters’ office for an hour-long interview this week, said he’s never been one to limit himself to just a handful of issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in his political career, he said he was told to “focus on a handful of things — maybe one, two or three — make those your signature issues, get known for those and make a difference there,” he said. “I’ve never, ever followed that advice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a contrast with Bonta’s opponent in the November 8 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/\">race for attorney general\u003c/a>, former federal prosecutor and longtime defense attorney \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2022/attorney-general/nathan-hochman/\">Nathan Hochman\u003c/a>. A Republican from Los Angeles, Hochman has spent the campaign\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/04/nathan-hochman-california-attorney-general/\"> stressing his apolitical instincts\u003c/a> and his emphasis on criminal enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta, a former state Assemblymember who is now asking voters to elect him to his current position for the first time, embraces the notion that the attorney general’s work isn’t just done in the courtroom, but in the Legislature and the political arena, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are five other highlights from our conversation with Bonta.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Housing: ‘Not optional’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Few areas of the law bear Bonta’s mark as indelibly as housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of his first acts as top prosecutor was to create a “housing strike force.” That was over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.calcities.org/news/post/2021/11/04/joining-forces-not-strike-forces-needed-to-house-californians\">strenuous opposition of the League of California Cities\u003c/a>, the municipal government lobby, but something that Bonta calls one of his most significant accomplishments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That strike force has already struck a handful of times. Earlier this year, Bonta threatened the cities of \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/AG%20Letter%20to%20Pasadena%20re%20SB%209%20Urgency%20Ordinance.pdf\">Pasadena\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/02/california-zoning-housing-podcast/\">Woodside\u003c/a> with legal action for trying to avoid \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2022/04/duplex-housing-resistance/\">denser development requirements\u003c/a>. His office has thrown its legal weight behind apartment projects facing local opposition in \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Why-California-s-attorney-general-weighed-into-17364584.php\">Livermore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://voiceofsandiego.org/2022/03/30/encinitas-in-hot-water-again/\">Encinitas\u003c/a>. Just this week he rushed to the defense of a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-files-brief-defense-homekey-program-funded-project\">supportive housing project\u003c/a> in Marin and \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/10/new-limits-recommended-for-building-homes-in-high-risk-wildfire-areas-in-california/\">rolled out new guidelines\u003c/a> for development in the wildfire-prone areas. Those development recommendations lack legal force, but they reinforce his office’s unprecedented emphasis on housing policy.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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They must be followed, including by other governments, including cities and counties, who shouldn’t be calling themselves, wrongfully, mountain lion sanctuaries to escape the law,” said Bonta, in \u003ca href=\"https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2022/02/07/woodside-reverses-course-on-controversial-mountain-lion-moratorium-on-housing-projects\">reference to the city of Woodside\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People say, ‘I never thought of the AG as someone who could be involved in housing,’” he said. “We enforce all laws, not just criminal laws, but also civil laws, including housing laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2. Redefining ‘violent crime’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2016, California voters passed Proposition 57 to make it easier for incarcerated people who committed nonviolent crimes to apply for early release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the law defined “violent” felonies with just \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=667.5.&lawCode=PEN\">23 offenses\u003c/a>. Missing from that list are domestic violence, human trafficking and certain types of assault and rape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservatives have been using those omissions as a \u003ca href=\"https://kmph.com/news/local/why-opposition-voted-down-sen-groves-human-trafficking-bill-and-local-reaction-about-it\">cudgel\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/election-2020-guide/proposition-20-crime/\">to\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/05/anne-marie-schubert-attorney-general/\">beat\u003c/a> “criminal justice reform”-aligned Democrats ever since. In the past, Bonta has hinted at \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JeremyBWhite/status/1499552457969389570?s=20&t=Uv-MYDlUPGRjjYr8jNUM6A\">possible tweaks\u003c/a> to the law that he would support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the CalMatters interview, he was more explicit: “Domestic violence, human trafficking, rape of an unconscious person, all of those should be discussed, and potentially changed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. Death penalty and cash bail, reconsidered\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike Hochman, Bonta has a lengthy political record as a legislator. And it’s a telling one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2018, he co-authored a bill to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2018/08/california-bail-reform-splinters-left/\">ban county courts from setting cash bail\u003c/a> for people awaiting trial, instead leaving the decision about whether a person should go free or not to a judge using “risk-assessment tools.” That bill was signed into law. But \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/11/what-the-failure-of-prop-25-means-for-racial-justice-in-california/\">voters nixed that idea in a 2020 referendum\u003c/a> funded by the bail bond industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That public rebuke hasn’t changed Bonta’s mind. He argued that voters may have been wary of the risk-assessment system that would have replaced the current system, which he acknowledged was “not perfect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But cash bail, he insisted, remains unpopular — and manifestly unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that the current bail system punishes poor people for being poor, makes the jailhouse door swing open and closed based on how much money you have in your pocket, and judges you based on the size of your wallet, instead of the size of your risk,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While in the Assembly, Bonta also supported a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200ACA12\">proposed constitutional amendment\u003c/a> to officially end the death penalty in California. That’s despite the fact that California voters have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2022/02/california-death-penalty-end/\">repeatedly turned down that opportunity\u003c/a>, including as recently as 2016. California hasn’t executed a prisoner since 2006, and in 2019 Newsom declared a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/03/gavin-newsom-halts-executions-california/\">moratorium\u003c/a> on the practice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said that if a capital punishment ban were to return to the ballot, he would support it. But he also stressed that, for now, his personal views do not trump current law.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. Playing a ‘dangerous game,’ but ‘responsibly’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Last year, before the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/abortion-rights/2022/06/california-abortion-roe-ruling/\">ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion entirely\u003c/a> in June, Texas lawmakers came up with a clever way to effectively ban most abortions in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rather than have law enforcement enforce the restriction on ending a pregnancy after six weeks, a \u003ca href=\"https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf\">state law gave individual Texans the right to sue health care providers\u003c/a>, patients or anyone who “aided and abetted” an abortion, with the potential promise of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/08/bounty-hunting-abortion-guns/\">$10,000 bounty\u003c/a> per violation. Because the state wasn’t enforcing the policy, the law was \u003ca href=\"https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/court-seems-inclined-to-let-abortion-providers-pursue-their-challenge-to-texas-law/\">harder to challenge in court\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the Supreme Court let the Texas law stand, Newsom clapped back, proposing a similarly structured bounty bill aimed at those who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletters/whatmatters/2021/12/texas-abortion-ban-newsom-assault-weapons/\">violate certain California gun laws\u003c/a>. Bonta, whose office \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Brief%20of%20Mass.%20et%20al.%20in%2021-463%20and%2021-588.pdfA_.pdf\">vociferously opposed\u003c/a> the Texas law, helped craft the California version and was one of its most vocal public champions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reporters and commentators have described the California rejoinder as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/2022/7/25/23277211/supreme-court-gavin-newsom-sb-8-abortion-guns-california-assault-rifle-law\">trolling\u003c/a>,” a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-new-gun-bill-is-bad-law-and-dumb-politics\">legislative stunt\u003c/a>” and a blue state’s “\u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsom-taunts-texas-on-guns-abortion-sb8-11660154256\">taunt\u003c/a>” of a conservative Supreme Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta insisted that the law is an earnest effort to “save lives,” but also acknowledged that it was meant to call the high court’s bluff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re using it in the best way that it can be used, in a way that advances California values,” he said. “But it’s dangerous. It’s a dangerous game. We’re using it responsibly. Now others can use it like Texas, and maybe the Supreme Court will look at the landscape of how this approach is being used and try to correct it. If that happens, that’s fine, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Ready to try again on concealed carry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The most high-profile setback of Bonta’s tenure to date was the failure of a bill his office wrote that would have made it more difficult for Californians to apply for the right to carry concealed firearms and that would have placed new restrictions on where they can take those guns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The failed proposal was a response to another \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/criminal-justice/2022/06/california-gun-laws-supreme-court/\">controversial decision by the U.S. Supreme Court\u003c/a> in June. This one barred states from requiring concealed carry applicants to prove that they have a compelling need. Bonta’s proposed legislative workaround would have instead introduced “objective” restrictions, such as a prolonged training course requirement and a psychological assessment. It also designated arenas and other public gathering places and most private businesses as gun-free “sensitive” places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite arm-twisting by Bonta himself, the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/california-legislature/2022/09/california-concealed-carry-bill/\">bill died in the final hours of the legislative session\u003c/a>, the victim of law enforcement opposition, an overly confident legislative strategy and rifts within the Assembly’s Democratic ranks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said his sense of urgency remains as acute as ever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be, and there have been, huge spikes in the number of applicants,” he said. “We believe that it’s important to have a constitutional regime that allows for those who should constitutionally have a concealed carry weapon to have (one), but to take the steps to make sure that we are doing everything constitutionally permissible to keep people safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta echoed comments made by the bill’s author, state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As voting gets underway Monday in the runoff election for San José mayor, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez and San José City Council member Matt Mahan are hoping to convince voters that they can move city government in a new direction in the nation’s 10th-largest city.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The question of which candidate is better positioned to be a force for change has assumed a central role in the race to lead a city grappling with rising homelessness, lack of affordable housing and\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> thinly staffed city departments like police and planning.\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In interviews with KQED, Mahan and Chavez laid out their immediate and long-term visions, with a recent amendment to the city charter giving the winner of this race an opportunity to hold office for a decade. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has served in local government for most of the last quarter-century, first winning election to the San José City Council in 1998. Still, she has billed herself as a departure from current Mayor Sam Liccardo — who is supporting Mahan — by promising to bolster city staffing and to bring harmony to the council. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahan is a relative newcomer to San José politics, having won election to the Council in 2020 after a career in the tech industry. Liccardo and his business-aligned allies have spent heavily to back Mahan, but the first-term councilmember has run on a vow to shake up the city bureaucracy \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">— \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in part by tying pay increases for city leaders, nearly all of whom are supporting Chavez, to progress on issues such as crime and homelessness. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With San José’s unhoused population \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/Home/Components/News/News/4103/4699#:~:text=The%20overall%20number%20of%20homeless,city%20limits%20of%20San%20Jos%C3%A9.%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rising 11% during the pandemic\u003c/a>, Mahan has attacked Chavez’s focus on constructing permanent supportive housing with services and has instead advocated to house the unhoused in quick-build tiny homes known as emergency interim housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“If it’s really a crisis, let’s go after scalable, efficient solutions to get people indoors and then invest in the supportive services from mental health and addiction counseling to job training, job placement,” Mahan said. “We should be buying (homes) in bulk rather than what we do today, which is extremely incremental and still leans far too heavily on building brand-new apartments.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928237\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928237 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-800x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-800x517.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-1020x659.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut-1536x992.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59222_IMG_4462-qut.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez at an election night party for her campaign for mayor, at the San José Woman’s Club on June 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the tiny-home policy has still generated predictable pushback from residents who don’t want unhoused people in their neighborhoods. When the City Council voted in June on four new and expanded emergency interim housing sites, Mahan was one of two “no” votes, asking city staff to spend more time exploring an alternative to the site proposed in his council district. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has defended the county’s focus on building supportive housing, a policy funded through Measure A, a $950 million housing bond that was voted on in 2016 and that Chavez championed. And she has pointed to Santa Clara County’s smaller increase in homelessness compared to neighboring counties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The reason for that is we kept thousands of families from becoming homeless, and we kept moving our program forward,” she said. “We kept building and we kept putting people in housing.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has honed in on the issue of police staffing in her attempt to tie Mahan with the current administration. Over the summer, she blamed Liccardo and Mahan for allowing “dangerously low staffing levels” in San José, which employs fewer officers than most cities of its size. Notably, the critiques came as San José’s Police Officers’ Association, which has endorsed Chavez and spent heavily on her behalf, negotiated a new contract with the city. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has promised to hire 45 new officers every year, arguing that, regardless of contract talks, “if you live in San José, you know that when you dial 911, you’re waiting longer than you should. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“That is all about how many people we have that can respond to calls for service,” she added. “We do not have enough police officers, period.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928238 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council member Matt Mahan at his election night party in downtown San José for his campaign for mayor on June 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahan said he will also work to increase staffing at the department, but said the financial limitations the city faces in hiring new employees can be traced back to overly generous health and retirement benefits for police that Chavez voted for as a councilmember in the early 2000s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We could hire hundreds of police officers if we didn’t have the legacy of that accumulated debt,” Mahan said. “Let’s not rewrite history here or promise something to the public that isn’t realistic or fiscally responsible.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The winner of the November 8 runoff faces a short runway to show results. Measure B, approved by city voters in June, will align future mayoral contests with presidential elections, beginning in 2024. San José’s mayor has few powers beyond that of a councilmember, but both candidates feel an urgency to show immediate results.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People will see a difference in the number of homeless people that we see on the streets, because I think that if we’re assertive about the programming that we’re doing and we’re collaborative with the county and the state and the federal government, that we’re going to be able to not just move the dial on paper, but people will be able to see the difference almost right away,” Chavez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the time pressure created by Measure B comes with a trade-off: The next mayor will be allowed to run for two additional terms after 2024, with the potential of holding office until early 2033. With construction of Google’s Downtown West development and the projected arrival of BART at Diridon Station, the city’s downtown stands to be transformed during the next administration. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I believe over the course of 10 years, if we fully staff our planning department, streamline some of those permitting processes, speed up our inspections, become a more business-friendly city, we could see a downtown that attracts the investment in housing and jobs and transit that we need, which can be transformative for our entire city,” Mahan said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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When the City Council voted in June on four new and expanded emergency interim housing sites, Mahan was one of two “no” votes, asking city staff to spend more time exploring an alternative to the site proposed in his council district. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has defended the county’s focus on building supportive housing, a policy funded through Measure A, a $950 million housing bond that was voted on in 2016 and that Chavez championed. And she has pointed to Santa Clara County’s smaller increase in homelessness compared to neighboring counties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The reason for that is we kept thousands of families from becoming homeless, and we kept moving our program forward,” she said. “We kept building and we kept putting people in housing.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has honed in on the issue of police staffing in her attempt to tie Mahan with the current administration. Over the summer, she blamed Liccardo and Mahan for allowing “dangerously low staffing levels” in San José, which employs fewer officers than most cities of its size. Notably, the critiques came as San José’s Police Officers’ Association, which has endorsed Chavez and spent heavily on her behalf, negotiated a new contract with the city. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chavez has promised to hire 45 new officers every year, arguing that, regardless of contract talks, “if you live in San José, you know that when you dial 911, you’re waiting longer than you should. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“That is all about how many people we have that can respond to calls for service,” she added. “We do not have enough police officers, period.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11928238\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928238 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/RS59221_IMG_4461-qut.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Council member Matt Mahan at his election night party in downtown San José for his campaign for mayor on June 7, 2022. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mahan said he will also work to increase staffing at the department, but said the financial limitations the city faces in hiring new employees can be traced back to overly generous health and retirement benefits for police that Chavez voted for as a councilmember in the early 2000s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We could hire hundreds of police officers if we didn’t have the legacy of that accumulated debt,” Mahan said. “Let’s not rewrite history here or promise something to the public that isn’t realistic or fiscally responsible.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The winner of the November 8 runoff faces a short runway to show results. Measure B, approved by city voters in June, will align future mayoral contests with presidential elections, beginning in 2024. San José’s mayor has few powers beyond that of a councilmember, but both candidates feel an urgency to show immediate results.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“People will see a difference in the number of homeless people that we see on the streets, because I think that if we’re assertive about the programming that we’re doing and we’re collaborative with the county and the state and the federal government, that we’re going to be able to not just move the dial on paper, but people will be able to see the difference almost right away,” Chavez said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But the time pressure created by Measure B comes with a trade-off: The next mayor will be allowed to run for two additional terms after 2024, with the potential of holding office until early 2033. 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