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The index was created by running the raw numbers for each category through the \u003ca href=\"http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/guidelines/hhi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Herfindahl-Hirschman Index\u003c/a>, a tool usually used to analyze market concentration, then adding up the weighted scores for each community in each category to come up with the city ranking. (If that’s not clear, check out \u003ca href=\"http://wallethub.com/edu/cities-with-the-most-and-least-ethno-racial-and-linguistic-diversity/10264/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WalletHub’s explanation\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s the company’s list of most and least diverse communities based on analysis of Census Bureau data. The Bay Area and Northern California are well represented in the “most diverse” group:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Cities with the Most Ethno-Racial and Linguistic Diversity\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>1. Jersey City, New Jersey\u003cbr>\n2. Germantown, Maryland\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>3. Hayward\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n4. New York City\u003cbr>\n5. Carson (Los Angeles County)\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>6. San Jose\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n7. Irving, Texas\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>8. Richmond\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>9. Santa Clara\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>10. Stockton \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other Bay Area cities were just outside the Top 10: Sunnyvale ranked 11th, San Francisco 13th, Oakland 14th, Vallejo 17th (tied with Kent, Washington) and San Mateo 20th.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also attention-getting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In the racial and ethnic diversity ranking, Vallejo was No. 1 nationwide and Oakland was second.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In language diversity, Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles, was No. 1, followed by Fremont and Sunnyvale. San Jose ranked fifth.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In diversity of place of birth, the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte was No. 1, followed by Daly City. Sunnyvale ranked fifth.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Daly City recorded the highest percentage of residents of Asian descent nationwide, with 57.28 pecent.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Santa Rosa was the Bay Area’s least diverse city, ranking No. 158 nationwide. Vacaville, at No. 150, was second-least diverse, and Berkeley was third-least diverse at No. 112.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Now, here are some less diverse places:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Cities with the Least Ethno-Racial and Linguistic Diversity\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>341. Arvada, Colorado\u003cbr>\n342. Livonia, Michigan\u003cbr>\n343. Fargo, North Dakota\u003cbr>\n344. Spokane Valley, Washington\u003cbr>\n345. Lee’s Summit, Missouri\u003cbr>\n346. Evansville, Indiana\u003cbr>\n347. Springfield, Missouri\u003cbr>\n348. Jackson, Mississippi\u003cbr>\n349. Cedar Rapids, Iowa\u003cbr>\n350. Billings, Montana\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Redwood City has long been home to tech companies such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ea.com/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electronic Arts\u003c/a>, but until recently it wasn’t really considered part of Silicon Valley. That’s changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been to downtown Redwood City recently, there’s no escaping the construction. Construction cranes crowd the sky as office buildings and condo complexes rise up to meet tech company demand. As Big Tech grows its employment base, Redwood City is proving an attractive place to expand because it sits right at the midpoint of the Peninsula, between San Francisco and San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/184932205″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a doubt, the biggest new commercial tenant downtown is \u003ca href=\"https://www.box.com/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Box Inc.\u003c/a>, the cloud storage giant. The site Box is leasing for its new headquarters is \u003ca href=\"http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140916006332/en/Box-Leases-100-Kilroy-Realty%E2%80%99s-Redwood-City#.VKL4rP8Ass%20http://redwoodcity-ca.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">334,000 square feet\u003c/a>. That’s bigger than three average Wal-Mart stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10399278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10399278\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"At 334,000 square feet, Box Inc.’s new headquarters (in the background) is the biggest commercial office addition yet to downtown Redwood City, in the vicinity of City Hall. (James Tenusan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 334,000 square feet, Box Inc.’s new red-brick headquarters (back left) is the biggest commercial addition yet to downtown Redwood City. (James Tenusan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Why here? Well, to start, there’s a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/stations/redwoodcitystation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caltrain\u003c/a> stop just steps away. That means tech talent is an easy draw, whether they’re coming from San Francisco to the north or any number of cities to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”FxneX50LRxZTF4LMF4Mu3ZaqNztK5jG4″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up and down the Peninsula, tech companies are looking for this combination of a large commercial footprint and easy transit. And it doesn’t hurt that Redwood City has also begun offering the kinds of cultural amenities tech workers have come to expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.beanhunter.com/united-states/california/redwood-city/redwood-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bliss Coffee\u003c/a> opened a few months ago, serving high-end roasts such as Verve and Four Barrel within eyeshot of the Caltrain station and the new Box site. Tyler Hooper admires the view as he sips on a mocha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hooper’s a VP for the commercial real estate company \u003ca href=\"http://www.kiddermathews.com/professionals/hooper-tyler.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kidder Mathews\u003c/a>, and he specializes in representing tech companies. “The companies that are looking at Redwood City,” Hooper says, “are also looking at all the other downtowns, pretty much from Sunnyvale probably to San Francisco, along Caltrain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10397524\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10397524 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='From the Redwood City Caltrain station, you can see the iconic sign that says \"Redwood City: Climate Best by Government.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Redwood City Caltrain station boasts the city’s motto on an iconic sign, “Redwood City: Climate Best by Government Test.” And yes, there was a test — an early 20th century climatological survey by the U.S. and Germany. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not every town with a Caltrain station is sprouting construction cranes the way Redwood City is. Besides Box, Google just \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/03/google-to-buy-big-chunk-of-pacific-shores-iconic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bought close to a million square feet\u003c/a> by the waterfront. That’s going to send local commercial real estate prices up. Even so, Hooper says land values in Redwood City are still far cheaper than in more developed mid-Peninsula markets like Palo Alto, Mountain View and Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve kind of reached capacity in those markets,” Hooper says, “so they’ve spilled over into the adjacent markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason to choose Redwood City: its downtown \u003ca href=\"http://www.redwoodcity.org/phed/planning/precise/FINAL-DTPP/NewDTPPDownload.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">development plan\u003c/a>. Nearly every city has one, but Redwood City did something unusual for the Bay Area. It created an umbrella environmental review, so companies like Box could sidestep the usual lengthy approval process. Mayor Jeff Gee says this plan was 20 years in the making, with lots of community meetings along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that it’s difficult right now because of all the construction, but that will pass,” he says. “And what will evolve and emerge is a new neighborhood [that] will be an addition to our city. Not everyone will probably see the benefits right away. We can’t just stand still and let time pass. We need to evolve and change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics challenge the particular shape of this evolution — and its scale: originally, 2,500 new residential units, 100,000 square feet of new retail and 500,000 square feet of new office space. While that seems like a lot of room to grow, the Box deal alone ate up more than half the allowance for office space, and other companies waiting in line to get their projects approved were disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the City Council recently\u003ca href=\"http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-12-11/downtown-redwood-city-plan-tweaked-in-favor-of-office-space/1776425134820.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> raised its office space expansion limit\u003c/a> downtown from 500,000 to 670,000 square feet. To offset that, the council also reduced the limits for residential and retail space. That kept the totals roughly the same, but it also adjusted the balance to tilt even more heavily in favor of office space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10399313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10399313\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the change downtown is widely welcomed by locals. Case in point: the Courthouse Square, what Major Jeff Gee likes to call "Redwood City's living room." (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many residents are enthusiastic about some of the changes downtown. Case in point: the Courthouse Square, what Major Jeff Gee likes to call “Redwood City’s living room.” (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Did we get it right?” Gee asks. “I don’t know that yet. If we didn’t, we’ll make adjustments.” As if anticipating blowback, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jeffgee.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gee\u003c/a> promises that this expansion is just about done. After Box, he says, there are three other deals in the pipeline, and that’s it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The redevelopment of downtown started with revamping entertainment venues, and those changes have inspired a lot of praise from locals: the outdoor concerts at Courthouse Square, for instance, and the renovated \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxrwc.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Theatre\u003c/a>. The new restaurants are packed on the weekends. But the scale and crush of the new office buildings and condo complexes has people grumbling about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/how-to-manhattanize-a-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manhattanization\u003c/a> of Redwood City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The skyline is filled with taller buildings. The streets are crammed with traffic. It may not necessarily cost more to shop and dine downtown, but many of the glossy new buildings make some old-timers feel the welcome mat is not rolled out for them so much as it is for well-heeled newcomers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent meeting of the Planning Commission at City Hall, a number of people decried the lack of parks and public art — attributes that offset density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to say that all this is really bad, because it’s not all bad,” says former mayor Brent Britschgi. “I mean, we’re seeing change. We’re seeing the future. Most of the developments are fair. But we have to have other things that come along with them. And I think we’re not seeing those things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s plan does have rules meant to soften the impacts of development. So Box, for example, must have underground parking, retail on the ground floor and landscaping around the building. But Britschgi’s concern about parks remains unaddressed. The city is getting money from downtown developers to buy park land, but it’s using that money to expand parks elsewhere in the city, where the land isn’t selling for $400 to $500 a square foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13886_20150101_boomtown_rwc_jt_002-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13886_20150101_boomtown_rwc_jt_002-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Pardini runs a Facebook group called Redwood City Residents Say: 'What?'. "You know, it feels like something swooped into our city, and we have lost all control." (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Pardini runs a Facebook group called Redwood City Residents Say: ‘What?’. “You know, it feels like something swooped into our city, and we have lost all control.” (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You know, it feels like something swooped into our city, and we have lost all control,” says Julie Pardini, who runs a Facebook group called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/709200909129615/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redwood City Residents Say: ‘What?’\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s retired now, but Pardini used to work in construction and real estate. As Redwood City prices rise to San Francisco levels, Pardini worries about the lack of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we have [affordable housing], we don’t need to talk about it. But you begin to talk about something when it’s gone,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s something else Pardini misses about Redwood City as it was just three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are missing the feeling of space around things and between things and above things,” she says. “Everything has a feeling of being cramped — moving traffic, parked cars, buildings stacked one right next to the other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, downtown Redwood City used to be so sleepy, locals nicknamed the town “Deadwood City.” Nobody would call it that now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, people crowded into four venues for the \u003ca href=\"http://foxrwc.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2nd Annual Silicon Valley Ball\u003c/a> — the kind of fancy event that’s new for Redwood City’s downtown. It was a party to dress up for, and Jennifer Williams dressed up, wearing a faux fur wrap into which she hot-glued LED lights. When she’s not lighting up downtown, Williams does sales training for Genentech in South San Francisco. She’s lived in Redwood City for about 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it’s so funny,” Williams muses. “When Redwood City started to become developed, one of my neighbors said, ‘I’m so against that development, because it will be crowded.’ And I thought, ‘Right, because people are going to want to go there! You know?’ And I remember the day when there was nothing down here. So, I’m just so excited with everything that’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10397523\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10397523 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438-400x533.jpg\" alt='Jennifer Williams of Redwood City is thrilled with the vibrancy of the new downtown. \"I’m just so excited with everything that’s happening.” (Rachael Myrow/KQED)' width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438-800x1066.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Williams of Redwood City is thrilled with the vibrancy of the new downtown. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s something else most development boosters here tonight will tell you. The tech boom is much bigger than Redwood City. The markets for housing and jobs are regional — even international.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant City Manager Bill Ekern says Redwood City can’t fully control its destiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You won’t know how all the pieces fit together till you get enough of the pieces in place,” he says. “That’s where we are now, is, we’re building the first of the pieces. We’ll get to the next phase and we’ll say, ‘OK.’ Cause the economy’s going to slow enough that we all get to take a breath. We’ll go, ‘OK, we’ll built this. Now what happens? We like this. We don’t like that. Now we can fix it going forward.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This boom will end, Ekern says, and Redwood City will have the chance to assess whether it took the best advantage of tech money while it was available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Curious about the boom/bust cycle that is reshaping the Bay Area? Check out our Boomtown series: \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/boomtown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http://www.kqed.org/boomtown\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Redwood City has long been home to tech companies such as \u003ca href=\"http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oracle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ea.com/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electronic Arts\u003c/a>, but until recently it wasn’t really considered part of Silicon Valley. That’s changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’ve been to downtown Redwood City recently, there’s no escaping the construction. Construction cranes crowd the sky as office buildings and condo complexes rise up to meet tech company demand. As Big Tech grows its employment base, Redwood City is proving an attractive place to expand because it sits right at the midpoint of the Peninsula, between San Francisco and San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/184932205″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/184932205″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a doubt, the biggest new commercial tenant downtown is \u003ca href=\"https://www.box.com/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Box Inc.\u003c/a>, the cloud storage giant. The site Box is leasing for its new headquarters is \u003ca href=\"http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140916006332/en/Box-Leases-100-Kilroy-Realty%E2%80%99s-Redwood-City#.VKL4rP8Ass%20http://redwoodcity-ca.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=1783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">334,000 square feet\u003c/a>. That’s bigger than three average Wal-Mart stores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10399278\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10399278\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"At 334,000 square feet, Box Inc.’s new headquarters (in the background) is the biggest commercial office addition yet to downtown Redwood City, in the vicinity of City Hall. (James Tenusan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13908_20150105_boomtown_rwc_jt-7-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 334,000 square feet, Box Inc.’s new red-brick headquarters (back left) is the biggest commercial addition yet to downtown Redwood City. (James Tenusan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Why here? Well, to start, there’s a \u003ca href=\"http://www.caltrain.com/stations/redwoodcitystation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caltrain\u003c/a> stop just steps away. That means tech talent is an easy draw, whether they’re coming from San Francisco to the north or any number of cities to the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up and down the Peninsula, tech companies are looking for this combination of a large commercial footprint and easy transit. And it doesn’t hurt that Redwood City has also begun offering the kinds of cultural amenities tech workers have come to expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.beanhunter.com/united-states/california/redwood-city/redwood-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bliss Coffee\u003c/a> opened a few months ago, serving high-end roasts such as Verve and Four Barrel within eyeshot of the Caltrain station and the new Box site. Tyler Hooper admires the view as he sips on a mocha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hooper’s a VP for the commercial real estate company \u003ca href=\"http://www.kiddermathews.com/professionals/hooper-tyler.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kidder Mathews\u003c/a>, and he specializes in representing tech companies. “The companies that are looking at Redwood City,” Hooper says, “are also looking at all the other downtowns, pretty much from Sunnyvale probably to San Francisco, along Caltrain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10397524\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10397524 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='From the Redwood City Caltrain station, you can see the iconic sign that says \"Redwood City: Climate Best by Government.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13892_RWC-Caltrain-Station-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Redwood City Caltrain station boasts the city’s motto on an iconic sign, “Redwood City: Climate Best by Government Test.” And yes, there was a test — an early 20th century climatological survey by the U.S. and Germany. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But not every town with a Caltrain station is sprouting construction cranes the way Redwood City is. Besides Box, Google just \u003ca href=\"http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/03/google-to-buy-big-chunk-of-pacific-shores-iconic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bought close to a million square feet\u003c/a> by the waterfront. That’s going to send local commercial real estate prices up. Even so, Hooper says land values in Redwood City are still far cheaper than in more developed mid-Peninsula markets like Palo Alto, Mountain View and Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve kind of reached capacity in those markets,” Hooper says, “so they’ve spilled over into the adjacent markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason to choose Redwood City: its downtown \u003ca href=\"http://www.redwoodcity.org/phed/planning/precise/FINAL-DTPP/NewDTPPDownload.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">development plan\u003c/a>. Nearly every city has one, but Redwood City did something unusual for the Bay Area. It created an umbrella environmental review, so companies like Box could sidestep the usual lengthy approval process. Mayor Jeff Gee says this plan was 20 years in the making, with lots of community meetings along the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that it’s difficult right now because of all the construction, but that will pass,” he says. “And what will evolve and emerge is a new neighborhood [that] will be an addition to our city. Not everyone will probably see the benefits right away. We can’t just stand still and let time pass. We need to evolve and change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics challenge the particular shape of this evolution — and its scale: originally, 2,500 new residential units, 100,000 square feet of new retail and 500,000 square feet of new office space. While that seems like a lot of room to grow, the Box deal alone ate up more than half the allowance for office space, and other companies waiting in line to get their projects approved were disappointed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the City Council recently\u003ca href=\"http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-12-11/downtown-redwood-city-plan-tweaked-in-favor-of-office-space/1776425134820.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> raised its office space expansion limit\u003c/a> downtown from 500,000 to 670,000 square feet. To offset that, the council also reduced the limits for residential and retail space. That kept the totals roughly the same, but it also adjusted the balance to tilt even more heavily in favor of office space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10399313\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10399313\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Some of the change downtown is widely welcomed by locals. Case in point: the Courthouse Square, what Major Jeff Gee likes to call "Redwood City's living room." (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13911_IMG_5066.JPG-qut.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many residents are enthusiastic about some of the changes downtown. Case in point: the Courthouse Square, what Major Jeff Gee likes to call “Redwood City’s living room.” (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Did we get it right?” Gee asks. “I don’t know that yet. If we didn’t, we’ll make adjustments.” As if anticipating blowback, \u003ca href=\"http://www.jeffgee.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gee\u003c/a> promises that this expansion is just about done. After Box, he says, there are three other deals in the pipeline, and that’s it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The redevelopment of downtown started with revamping entertainment venues, and those changes have inspired a lot of praise from locals: the outdoor concerts at Courthouse Square, for instance, and the renovated \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxrwc.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Theatre\u003c/a>. The new restaurants are packed on the weekends. But the scale and crush of the new office buildings and condo complexes has people grumbling about the \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/how-to-manhattanize-a-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manhattanization\u003c/a> of Redwood City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The skyline is filled with taller buildings. The streets are crammed with traffic. It may not necessarily cost more to shop and dine downtown, but many of the glossy new buildings make some old-timers feel the welcome mat is not rolled out for them so much as it is for well-heeled newcomers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent meeting of the Planning Commission at City Hall, a number of people decried the lack of parks and public art — attributes that offset density.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to say that all this is really bad, because it’s not all bad,” says former mayor Brent Britschgi. “I mean, we’re seeing change. We’re seeing the future. Most of the developments are fair. But we have to have other things that come along with them. And I think we’re not seeing those things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s plan does have rules meant to soften the impacts of development. So Box, for example, must have underground parking, retail on the ground floor and landscaping around the building. But Britschgi’s concern about parks remains unaddressed. The city is getting money from downtown developers to buy park land, but it’s using that money to expand parks elsewhere in the city, where the land isn’t selling for $400 to $500 a square foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13886_20150101_boomtown_rwc_jt_002-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13886_20150101_boomtown_rwc_jt_002-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Pardini runs a Facebook group called Redwood City Residents Say: 'What?'. "You know, it feels like something swooped into our city, and we have lost all control." (James Tensuan/KQED)\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Pardini runs a Facebook group called Redwood City Residents Say: ‘What?’. “You know, it feels like something swooped into our city, and we have lost all control.” (James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“You know, it feels like something swooped into our city, and we have lost all control,” says Julie Pardini, who runs a Facebook group called \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/709200909129615/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redwood City Residents Say: ‘What?’\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s retired now, but Pardini used to work in construction and real estate. As Redwood City prices rise to San Francisco levels, Pardini worries about the lack of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we have [affordable housing], we don’t need to talk about it. But you begin to talk about something when it’s gone,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s something else Pardini misses about Redwood City as it was just three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people are missing the feeling of space around things and between things and above things,” she says. “Everything has a feeling of being cramped — moving traffic, parked cars, buildings stacked one right next to the other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, downtown Redwood City used to be so sleepy, locals nicknamed the town “Deadwood City.” Nobody would call it that now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, people crowded into four venues for the \u003ca href=\"http://foxrwc.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2nd Annual Silicon Valley Ball\u003c/a> — the kind of fancy event that’s new for Redwood City’s downtown. It was a party to dress up for, and Jennifer Williams dressed up, wearing a faux fur wrap into which she hot-glued LED lights. When she’s not lighting up downtown, Williams does sales training for Genentech in South San Francisco. She’s lived in Redwood City for about 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, it’s so funny,” Williams muses. “When Redwood City started to become developed, one of my neighbors said, ‘I’m so against that development, because it will be crowded.’ And I thought, ‘Right, because people are going to want to go there! You know?’ And I remember the day when there was nothing down here. So, I’m just so excited with everything that’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10397523\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10397523 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438-400x533.jpg\" alt='Jennifer Williams of Redwood City is thrilled with the vibrancy of the new downtown. \"I’m just so excited with everything that’s happening.” (Rachael Myrow/KQED)' width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438-400x533.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438-800x1066.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/01/RS13891_IMG_0777-qut-e1420387560438.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Williams of Redwood City is thrilled with the vibrancy of the new downtown. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s something else most development boosters here tonight will tell you. The tech boom is much bigger than Redwood City. The markets for housing and jobs are regional — even international.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assistant City Manager Bill Ekern says Redwood City can’t fully control its destiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You won’t know how all the pieces fit together till you get enough of the pieces in place,” he says. “That’s where we are now, is, we’re building the first of the pieces. We’ll get to the next phase and we’ll say, ‘OK.’ Cause the economy’s going to slow enough that we all get to take a breath. We’ll go, ‘OK, we’ll built this. Now what happens? We like this. We don’t like that. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s been a long time coming in \u003ca title=\"Diversity\" href=\"http://http://www.jointventure.org/images/stories/pdf/index2014.pdf\">one of the most diverse counties\u003c/a> in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 1, Rise Jones Pichon, who is African-American, became \u003ca href=\"http://Judicial%20Pool%20Powerpoint%202012.ppt\">Santa Clara County’s first minority\u003c/a> presiding Superior Court judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of our most profound institutions in any society are the courts. And the courts need to reflect the diversity in any society,” said Chris Arriola, supervising deputy district attorney for Santa Clara County’s juvenile justice unit. “So the fact it’s taken 164 years to get a minority (presiding) judge does seem like quite a long time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pichon, 62, said she got to the top of her legal career by taking chances outside her comfort zone and learning how to deal with obstacles tied to her race. Today she brings to her new position a lifelong understanding of race relations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having lived when I lived gives a person a great understanding of how people feel, how they feel when there’s only one of them in a group,” said Pichon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that they can feel powerless and some can abuse their power. … It’s given me the courage at this point of my life to make sure people are treated fairly. I can’t say it’s best to treat everyone the same because that’s no longer true. Justice is not blind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10394467\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10394467\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Pichon's immediate family in Little Rock, Arkansas circa 1950. (Courtesy Pichon)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rise Jones Pichon’s immediate family in Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1950. (Courtesy Rise Jones Pichon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pichon grew up in the segregated South, where her great-great grandmothers were slaves and “colored only” signs were posted in public places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The signs were still on the bus, you know, that you sat behind. The signs were still on the water fountains and the restrooms. It wasn’t anything that made me sad. It was just the way it was,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She developed a way of dealing with these obstacles that has stayed with her. A good example is what happened at her high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, when it was the third year that African-American students were allowed to attend classes. She wanted to play in the band but was forced to play the baritone horn instead of the instrument she chose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really wanted to play the French horn. But the instructor said that my lips were too big so I couldn’t play a French horn,” said Pichon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of talking back to the instructor, Pichon said she excelled at the baritone horn. From then on, excelling became her way of navigating around the barriers of racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there were plenty more to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest shock was when she moved to San Jose with her family in 1969. When they bought a home, a number of the houses on the block immediately went up for sale. Coming from the South, Pichon expected California to be the land of golden racial equality. That was not the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And my brothers, on their way to the corner to the elementary school to play basketball, would be stopped by the police,” Pichon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10394469\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10394469\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-400x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Pichon graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972. (Courtesy Pichon)\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-400x533.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-800x1066.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-1440x1920.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pichon graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972. (Courtesy Pichon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As an undergraduate at Santa Clara University, she felt marginalized and dismissed by some of her professors who, she said, had low expectations of her as a math major.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that all changed when she went to law school at the same university. Out of 260 classmates, only eight were African-American. And, she says, they were treated equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stood out because you could see us, but the atmosphere was comfortable and we were very welcome there,” said Pichon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once again she excelled — becoming a public defender, a commissioner and then a judge. Outgoing Presiding Superior Court judge Brian Walsh symbolically handed her the gavel at the judges’ holiday party in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone asked me if I was going to lose a lot of weight today and I thought, ‘Well, I know the gavel isn’t that heavy but I’m going to pass on a load here, a real load,’ ” said Walsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a heavy load and a tough job, assigning judges to cases they sometimes don’t want and moving cases through the courts efficiently when lawyers want to stall them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pichon will also manage the court’s budget and deal with state cuts that already have shut down \u003ca href=\"http://http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Santa-Clara-County-shutting-courthouses-5673071.php\">courtrooms from Morgan Hill to Palo Alto. \u003c/a>And there’s pressure to deal with the disproportionate number of African-American and Latino kids in juvenile hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t get the proper rehabilitative services for young people, particularly young men of color, we’re going to create a system where we create adult criminals,” said Arriola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10394472\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10394472 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Pichon (right) with classmates at Santa Clara University Law School. (Courtesy Pichon)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pichon (right) with classmates at Santa Clara University Law School. (Courtesy Pichon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the last four years, he said, the number of kids in\u003ca href=\"http://Juvenile%20Justice%20Annual%20Report%202013%20(for%202012).pdf\"> juvenile hall\u003c/a> has dropped from 400 to 100 a day in Santa Clara County, but the disproportionate number of African-Americans and Latinos has gone up. Many of the nonviolent juveniles are put into rehabilitative programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She can make sure the funding is available, which is always tight at the court for such programs,” said Arriola. “She can make sure the courts can monitor and seek out new programs so we can continue to do better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pichon also believes the courts can do better reflecting diversity, so she mentors African-American law school students like Nnennaya Amuchie, who is ready to graduate. She wants to become a judge because of Pichon’s influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think she lets her experiences dictate what her perception of the world is,” Amuchie said. “And I think it’s important for us not to be jaded by issues because she is a testament to change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been changes. Still there are only eight African-Americans in Amuchie’s law school class — the same number as when Pichon was there. And more than three decades after police used to stop her brothers on the streets of San Jose, protests over the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police are rattling the nation.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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(Courtesy Pichon)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rise Jones Pichon’s immediate family in Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1950. (Courtesy Rise Jones Pichon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pichon grew up in the segregated South, where her great-great grandmothers were slaves and “colored only” signs were posted in public places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The signs were still on the bus, you know, that you sat behind. The signs were still on the water fountains and the restrooms. It wasn’t anything that made me sad. It was just the way it was,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She developed a way of dealing with these obstacles that has stayed with her. A good example is what happened at her high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, when it was the third year that African-American students were allowed to attend classes. She wanted to play in the band but was forced to play the baritone horn instead of the instrument she chose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really wanted to play the French horn. But the instructor said that my lips were too big so I couldn’t play a French horn,” said Pichon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of talking back to the instructor, Pichon said she excelled at the baritone horn. From then on, excelling became her way of navigating around the barriers of racism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there were plenty more to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest shock was when she moved to San Jose with her family in 1969. When they bought a home, a number of the houses on the block immediately went up for sale. Coming from the South, Pichon expected California to be the land of golden racial equality. That was not the case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And my brothers, on their way to the corner to the elementary school to play basketball, would be stopped by the police,” Pichon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10394469\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10394469\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-400x533.jpeg\" alt=\"Pichon graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972. (Courtesy Pichon)\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-400x533.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-800x1066.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2-1440x1920.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pichon graduated from Santa Clara University in 1972. (Courtesy Pichon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As an undergraduate at Santa Clara University, she felt marginalized and dismissed by some of her professors who, she said, had low expectations of her as a math major.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that all changed when she went to law school at the same university. Out of 260 classmates, only eight were African-American. And, she says, they were treated equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stood out because you could see us, but the atmosphere was comfortable and we were very welcome there,” said Pichon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once again she excelled — becoming a public defender, a commissioner and then a judge. Outgoing Presiding Superior Court judge Brian Walsh symbolically handed her the gavel at the judges’ holiday party in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone asked me if I was going to lose a lot of weight today and I thought, ‘Well, I know the gavel isn’t that heavy but I’m going to pass on a load here, a real load,’ ” said Walsh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is a heavy load and a tough job, assigning judges to cases they sometimes don’t want and moving cases through the courts efficiently when lawyers want to stall them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pichon will also manage the court’s budget and deal with state cuts that already have shut down \u003ca href=\"http://http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Santa-Clara-County-shutting-courthouses-5673071.php\">courtrooms from Morgan Hill to Palo Alto. \u003c/a>And there’s pressure to deal with the disproportionate number of African-American and Latino kids in juvenile hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t get the proper rehabilitative services for young people, particularly young men of color, we’re going to create a system where we create adult criminals,” said Arriola.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10394472\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10394472 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-400x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Pichon (right) with classmates at Santa Clara University Law School. (Courtesy Pichon)\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737-1440x1080.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/photo3-e1420073986737.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pichon (right) with classmates at Santa Clara University Law School. (Courtesy Pichon)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the last four years, he said, the number of kids in\u003ca href=\"http://Juvenile%20Justice%20Annual%20Report%202013%20(for%202012).pdf\"> juvenile hall\u003c/a> has dropped from 400 to 100 a day in Santa Clara County, but the disproportionate number of African-Americans and Latinos has gone up. Many of the nonviolent juveniles are put into rehabilitative programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She can make sure the funding is available, which is always tight at the court for such programs,” said Arriola. “She can make sure the courts can monitor and seek out new programs so we can continue to do better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pichon also believes the courts can do better reflecting diversity, so she mentors African-American law school students like Nnennaya Amuchie, who is ready to graduate. She wants to become a judge because of Pichon’s influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think she lets her experiences dictate what her perception of the world is,” Amuchie said. “And I think it’s important for us not to be jaded by issues because she is a testament to change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been changes. Still there are only eight African-Americans in Amuchie’s law school class — the same number as when Pichon was there. And more than three decades after police used to stop her brothers on the streets of San Jose, protests over the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police are rattling the nation.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Let’s be honest: Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned annual rite of passage? Spring cleaning. The Fall Classic. Swallows returning to Capistrano. (Well, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/bringing-back-the-famous-swallows-of-mission-san-juan-capistrano\" target=\"_blank\">maybe not that one these days, it seems\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a list of top news stories to wrap up a year. Which brings us to this list covering California politics in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was, well, an odd even-numbered year. Statewide elections usually spark some big stories and important debates, but 2014 was rather tepid compared with previous electoral cycles. Even so, there were a few big moments that won’t be soon forgotten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So without further ado…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393263\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393263\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS9444_leelandyee-20140326a-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Political Quote of the Year: “People Need Certain Things”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were casting a movie about a political scandal and you needed a legislator on whom to base a character accused of corruption … Leland Yee wouldn’t have been your guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat was a fairly high-profile member of the California Legislature, but not a flamboyant one or one who was the subject of gossip and rumor. And that’s probably why \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/u/Leland-Yee-Firearms-Trafficking-FBI\" target=\"_blank\">the news in March landed with such a bombshell\u003c/a>, when the 66-year old former psychologist was arrested and charged with not only corruption, but also with allegedly participating in a scheme to smuggle illegal weapons into the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony was impossible to miss: gun trafficking charges against a Democrat who made a name for himself \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/leland-yee-crusaded-for-gun-control-before-indictment-on-gun-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">as a fierce advocate of gun control\u003c/a>, a politician who championed \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/29/business/la-fi-ct-facetime-20100429\" target=\"_blank\">a nationally debated California law to ban children from buying violent video games\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, that infamous quote contained in the FBI affidavit, one attributed by investigators to Yee during a secret meeting that focused on the potential smuggling of weapons:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>“People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don’t care. People need certain things.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Yee’s political career pretty much ended the same day the detailed allegations were made public, part of a bigger FBI investigation into the Chinese immigrant community of San Francisco. 2014 also saw \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25440366/state-senate-vote-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright\" target=\"_blank\">Yee and two other state senators suspended over ethics charges\u003c/a>: Ron Calderon, the focus of \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/02/21/ron-calderon-indicted-by-feds-for-bribery/5704253/\" target=\"_blank\">his own FBI corruption sting\u003c/a>, and Rod Wright, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-rod-wright-20140913-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of perjury in a case involving whether he actually lived in his legislative district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Wright’s case was closed in 2014. We’re still waiting to see what happens to Calderon and Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393266\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393266\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-800x516.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-1440x928.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Top Political Actor in a Dramatic Role: California’s Drought\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s leave it to Gov. Jerry Brown to explain this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a drought,” said Brown in September. “And that’s got everybody’s attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it was in 2014, where California’s unquenched thirst helped break the logjam on several water policy fights that had been dragging on for years. Brown’s quip came \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/16/drought-becomes-powerful-political-tool-for-jerry-brown-and-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\">just after he signed the state’s first-ever regulations on the use of groundwater\u003c/a>, something unthinkable in years past. The year also saw lawmakers negotiate, and voters approve, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/1/\" target=\"_blank\">a $7.5 billion bond package\u003c/a> for water reliability and storage — a package where politicos had long fretted about the public’s distaste for new borrowing but one that \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/ballot-measures/prop/1/\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately received a ”yes” vote from 67 percent of the voters who cast ballots on Nov. 4\u003c/a>. Campaign strategists say it’s simple: The drought was a huge motivating factor, something voters didn’t need a political campaign to explain to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393504\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"Randall Elementary School in Milpitas, Calif.\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-1440x1002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randall Elementary School in Milpitas. (Charla Bear/KQED) \u003ccite>(Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Simmering Fight Over Teacher Tenure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision made by a Los Angeles judge on June 10 had the potential for huge political impact: California’s tenure rules for K-12 teachers were found to violate the constitutional rights of students to equal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A huge ruling, yes, but one that surprisingly caused only a small series of political rumbles in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16 pages of findings in \u003ca href=\"http://studentsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tenative-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Vergara v. California\u003c/a> by Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu handed down a scathing indictment of the system of tenure — one that Treu said unfairly disadvantages students from communities of color or from low-income families:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It therefore cannot be gainsaid that the number of grossly ineffective teachers has a direct, real, appreciable, and negative impact on a significant number of California students, now and well into the future for as long as said teachers hold their positions.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ruling was immediately praised by critics of the tenure system and self-described reform groups, but panned by teachers unions and state officials who argued the judge overstated the number of “bad” teachers on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> didn’t land a more powerful political punch in 2014 is hard to say. While it did play \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/27/how-teacher-tenure-figures-into-the-november-election/\" target=\"_blank\">a real role in one statewide race — the contest for superintendent of public instruction — and a few legislative races\u003c/a>, there was no groundswell of action or outrage. Even the decision by Gov. Jerry Brown to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-governor-appeals-vergara-20140829-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">appeal the ruling\u003c/a> (a decision he tried to defend on legal grounds during the political season’s only gubernatorial debate) extracted no real political price. Nonetheless, \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> resonated in education and government circles and could continue to make news depending on the outcome of the appeals process in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Box Office Sleeper: The Kashkari Kid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No candidate made a bigger bet on public outcry over the \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> ruling than Neel Kashkari, the Republican newcomer hoping to topple a sitting governor with a household name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393606\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393606\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg\" alt=\"Kashkari, the longshot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-800x732.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kashkari, the long-shot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kashkari, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/21/why-kashkari-is-proud-of-tarp-doesnt-trumpet-it\" target=\"_blank\">the former U.S. Treasury official\u003c/a> who bested a more conservative Republican to win the second of two spots on the fall ballot, had always insisted that education would be one of only two priorities should he somehow win the race for governor (the other being job creation). But he didn’t seem to talk much \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kashkari-schools-20140422-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">about his education agenda\u003c/a>, as he seemed to be much more energized about schools after \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> swept into the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the only debate between the two men, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjuxVjPbMk\" target=\"_blank\">held on Sept. 4 and sponsored by KQED along with three other media organizations\u003c/a>, Kashkari unloaded on Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appeal the ruling. One month later, he released a television ad that never mentioned the tenure court case by name — opting instead for the shock value of a drowning kid and his GOP rescuer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEZFdmwqG3Q?rel=0&w=560&h=315]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad also highlighted the challenge for the Kashkari campaign team: finding something … anything … that would stick to Jerry Brown. The candidate began the race in January talking about poverty; then he lampooned \u003ca href=\"http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/03/13/kashkari-hits-jerry-brown-s-crazy-train/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown’s support for the “crazy train”\u003c/a> of high-speed rail; then he went back to poverty by \u003ca href=\"Neel%20Kashkari%20takes%20campaign%20to%20the%20streets,%20literally%20-%20LA%20...\" target=\"_blank\">posing as a homeless man on the streets of Fresno\u003c/a>; then a series of \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/kashkari-brown-coddled-pr_n_5863100.html\" target=\"_blank\">attacks on the Brown political dynasty\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on it went, even though polls suggested either that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes\" target=\"_blank\">voters weren’t impressed\u003c/a> or were simply \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/40-of-voters-unaware-Jerry-Brown-is-seeking-5865196.php\" target=\"_blank\">oblivious to the entire campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lingering question: Does Neel Kashkari, a man with now at least a modicum of statewide name ID, run for something else in 2016 or 2018?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393612\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg\" alt=\"California's new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016.\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-1440x999.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ban That May End Up Getting Banned Itself\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are more than 100 communities across California that have imposed some kind of limit or ban on single-use plastic bags in recent years. So, it’s not surprising that a statewide effort would be launched in Sacramento. Still, few legislative fights in 2014 were more intense, or more chock-full of backroom wheeling and dealing, as the one that ended with legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to impose a statewide plastic bag ban starting in July. When enacted, the ban will be \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/29/plastic-bag-ban-california/\" target=\"_blank\">the first of its kind in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or will it? The plastic bag industry \u003ca href=\"http://www.bagtheban.com/news/item/statement-from-the-american-progressive-bag-alliance-on-intent-to-repeal-se\" target=\"_blank\">quickly ponied up $3 million to gather signatures for a referendum\u003c/a> asking voters to overturn the law — and they appear to have enough to make that happen in November 2016. That would also mean the new law is on hold, allowing the plastic bag industry to keep selling its products for at least an additional 16 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five separate versions of \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_270&sess=PREV&house=B&author=padilla_%3Cpadilla%3E\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 270\u003c/a> were considered before all was said and done at the state Capitol. Grocers were given a concession of 10 cents for every paper bag, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2014/01/24/15676/onetime-foes-now-back-statewide-plastic-bag-ban/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Democrats (who helped kill a similar effort in 2013) signed on\u003c/a> after efforts were promised to help mitigate any job losses at plastic bag manufacturing plants. The governor played the final card, surprising at least a few political watchers by agreeing to sign the bill. Now, its fate is unclear — as even more cities across California prepare to enact their own bag bans in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393691\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. (Katie Brigham/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-1440x959.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. (Katie Brigham/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Suppose We Held An Election … And No One Showed Up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a state where it’s become common to watch millions of voters skip elections, it wasn’t surprising that 2014 — a year without a presidential race and not a lot of widely anticipated ballot propositions — was going to end with low turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But boy, who knew it would be this bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June and November elections each set records for voter apathy: Only 25.17 percent of registered voters cast ballots in June, 42.2 percent in November. Never have any regular primary or gubernatorial elections in California seen such tepid interest from the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/California-politicians-picked-by-few-voters/\" target=\"_blank\">turnout was even worse in a number of individual legislative and congressional districts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393723\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png\" alt=\"No on Prop. 46 television ad\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-800x560.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-1440x1008.png 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM.png 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No on Prop. 46 Television Ad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Political Power of No\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low turnout didn’t do much to help backers of any of \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures/\" target=\"_blank\">the six propositions on November’s ballot\u003c/a>. In fact, the 2014 election cycle proved once again how much easier it is to \u003cem>kill\u003c/em> a ballot measure than it is to \u003cem>pass\u003c/em> one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most-talked-about initiatives, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/45/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 45\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/46/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 46\u003c/a>, were a textbook case of death by a thousand cuts. Opponents had more money and an easier message: The measures were too complicated, poorly drafted, clever Trojan horses that really had an ulterior motive. Prop. 45, the measure to boost the regulatory power of the state insurance commissioner over health care rates, was a rebuke to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who championed the proposal. Prop. 46, the fight over doctor drug testing and medical malpractice awards, was a lawyers-versus-doctors smackdown that landed on the ballot after \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/01/22/4758601/\" target=\"_blank\">the two sides failed to reach any kind of deal in the Legislature\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark DiCamillo, the longtime director of the nonpartisan Field Poll, has long joked that if he ever hung up his pollster badge and became a political campaign consultant, he’d only take on clients who wanted to defeat initiatives. “No” is where the easy money is, it seems. And combined, the Prop. 45/Prop. 46 opposition campaigns raised more than $111 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393727\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-800x705.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-1440x1269.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s Stay Together, Loving You Whether …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some day years from now, you’ll see it at an auction: \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/files/2014/07/states16_04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">a bright crimson-colored, custom tie — one with a multi-colored map of California sliced into six new state configurations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you’ll say to yourself, “Oh yeah, that Six Californias thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t meant to be, at least not in 2014. The owner of that tie, Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, came up short in his quirky quest to ask Californians to go their separate ways. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/12/plan-to-split-california-six-ways-fails-to-make-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">Not only did his split-it-six-ways plan fail to make the fall ballot\u003c/a>, but Draper’s hired guns failed to even collect enough valid signatures to get it on the ballot in 2016. And that’s after he sank almost $5.3 million of his own cash into the endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skeptics doubted Draper was serious. Politicos mused that he was trying to get his name out there for a future run for statewide office. (But which state? Ah, the jokes). And \u003ca href=\"http://verdict.justia.com/2014/01/03/political-constitutional-questions-raised-tim-drapers-six-californias-plan-split-california\" target=\"_blank\">legal scholars said the initiative was absolutely unworkable and likely unconstitutional\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hey, at least he’s still got that tie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393729\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393729\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-1440x960.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Tao of Jerry\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, the hard-to-deny consensus big political winner in a year where Californians didn’t even seem to want to \u003cem>think\u003c/em> about politics: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown’s 45-year political career is best left to biographies rather than end-of-the-year lists. But suffice it to say, in an year when the electorate didn’t seem to want to embrace politics, the low-key style of Brown’s third term as governor seemed to suit Californians just fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it would be unfair to imply that Brown wasn’t working hard behind the scenes to secure a fourth term. From beating back legislation at the state Capitol that didn’t suit his finely honed persona of frugality … to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/04/jerry-brown-re-election-bid-quiet-just-like-he-wants-it\" target=\"_blank\">the non-campaign campaign\u003c/a> that saw him preach propositions rather than himself … Jerry Brown found a way to successfully match his political message to the electoral mood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has an impeccable sense of timing,” said the governor’s top aide, Nancy McFadden, to a business group in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Yes, but perhaps he learned it from having a lousy sense of timing in \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenewerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/people.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">1976\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/04/on_this_day_in_1980_jerry_brow.html\" target=\"_blank\">1980\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1982/10/24/page/30/article/jerry-brown-has-met-the-enemy-its-himself\" target=\"_blank\">1982\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117695/sidney-blumenthal-jerry-browns-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">1992\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where Jerry Brown chooses to steer his governorship in the new year and beyond remains to be seen. But for now, he seems to like the course that he — and California — are on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s hoping he and the state’s other political players make 2015 an interesting one to watch.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Let’s be honest: Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned annual rite of passage? Spring cleaning. The Fall Classic. Swallows returning to Capistrano. (Well, \u003ca href=\"http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/bringing-back-the-famous-swallows-of-mission-san-juan-capistrano\" target=\"_blank\">maybe not that one these days, it seems\u003c/a>).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And a list of top news stories to wrap up a year. Which brings us to this list covering California politics in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was, well, an odd even-numbered year. Statewide elections usually spark some big stories and important debates, but 2014 was rather tepid compared with previous electoral cycles. Even so, there were a few big moments that won’t be soon forgotten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So without further ado…\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393263\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393263\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS9444_leelandyee-20140326a-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation.\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leland Yee was accused of corruption in March 2014 as part of an FBI investigation. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Political Quote of the Year: “People Need Certain Things”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you were casting a movie about a political scandal and you needed a legislator on whom to base a character accused of corruption … Leland Yee wouldn’t have been your guy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democrat was a fairly high-profile member of the California Legislature, but not a flamboyant one or one who was the subject of gossip and rumor. And that’s probably why \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/03/26/u/Leland-Yee-Firearms-Trafficking-FBI\" target=\"_blank\">the news in March landed with such a bombshell\u003c/a>, when the 66-year old former psychologist was arrested and charged with not only corruption, but also with allegedly participating in a scheme to smuggle illegal weapons into the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony was impossible to miss: gun trafficking charges against a Democrat who made a name for himself \u003ca href=\"http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/03/26/leland-yee-crusaded-for-gun-control-before-indictment-on-gun-charges/\" target=\"_blank\">as a fierce advocate of gun control\u003c/a>, a politician who championed \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/29/business/la-fi-ct-facetime-20100429\" target=\"_blank\">a nationally debated California law to ban children from buying violent video games\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, that infamous quote contained in the FBI affidavit, one attributed by investigators to Yee during a secret meeting that focused on the potential smuggling of weapons:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cem>“People want to get whatever they want to get. Do I care? No, I don’t care. People need certain things.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Yee’s political career pretty much ended the same day the detailed allegations were made public, part of a bigger FBI investigation into the Chinese immigrant community of San Francisco. 2014 also saw \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25440366/state-senate-vote-suspend-yee-calderon-and-wright\" target=\"_blank\">Yee and two other state senators suspended over ethics charges\u003c/a>: Ron Calderon, the focus of \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/02/21/ron-calderon-indicted-by-feds-for-bribery/5704253/\" target=\"_blank\">his own FBI corruption sting\u003c/a>, and Rod Wright, \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-rod-wright-20140913-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">convicted of perjury in a case involving whether he actually lived in his legislative district\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Wright’s case was closed in 2014. We’re still waiting to see what happens to Calderon and Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393266\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393266\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg\" alt=\"The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates.\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-400x258.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-800x516.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8399_465639979-1440x928.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The historic drought helped loosen opposition to long-running political debates. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Top Political Actor in a Dramatic Role: California’s Drought\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Let’s leave it to Gov. Jerry Brown to explain this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve got a drought,” said Brown in September. “And that’s got everybody’s attention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so it was in 2014, where California’s unquenched thirst helped break the logjam on several water policy fights that had been dragging on for years. Brown’s quip came \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/16/drought-becomes-powerful-political-tool-for-jerry-brown-and-lawmakers\" target=\"_blank\">just after he signed the state’s first-ever regulations on the use of groundwater\u003c/a>, something unthinkable in years past. The year also saw lawmakers negotiate, and voters approve, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/1/\" target=\"_blank\">a $7.5 billion bond package\u003c/a> for water reliability and storage — a package where politicos had long fretted about the public’s distaste for new borrowing but one that \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/maps/ballot-measures/prop/1/\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately received a ”yes” vote from 67 percent of the voters who cast ballots on Nov. 4\u003c/a>. Campaign strategists say it’s simple: The drought was a huge motivating factor, something voters didn’t need a political campaign to explain to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393504\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg\" alt=\"Randall Elementary School in Milpitas, Calif.\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-800x557.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4633_HarryMendez_Milpitas_6-e1419988578986-1440x1002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Randall Elementary School in Milpitas. (Charla Bear/KQED) \u003ccite>(Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Simmering Fight Over Teacher Tenure\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision made by a Los Angeles judge on June 10 had the potential for huge political impact: California’s tenure rules for K-12 teachers were found to violate the constitutional rights of students to equal protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A huge ruling, yes, but one that surprisingly caused only a small series of political rumbles in 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 16 pages of findings in \u003ca href=\"http://studentsmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tenative-Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Vergara v. California\u003c/a> by Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu handed down a scathing indictment of the system of tenure — one that Treu said unfairly disadvantages students from communities of color or from low-income families:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“It therefore cannot be gainsaid that the number of grossly ineffective teachers has a direct, real, appreciable, and negative impact on a significant number of California students, now and well into the future for as long as said teachers hold their positions.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The ruling was immediately praised by critics of the tenure system and self-described reform groups, but panned by teachers unions and state officials who argued the judge overstated the number of “bad” teachers on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But why \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> didn’t land a more powerful political punch in 2014 is hard to say. While it did play \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/27/how-teacher-tenure-figures-into-the-november-election/\" target=\"_blank\">a real role in one statewide race — the contest for superintendent of public instruction — and a few legislative races\u003c/a>, there was no groundswell of action or outrage. Even the decision by Gov. Jerry Brown to \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-governor-appeals-vergara-20140829-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">appeal the ruling\u003c/a> (a decision he tried to defend on legal grounds during the political season’s only gubernatorial debate) extracted no real political price. Nonetheless, \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> resonated in education and government circles and could continue to make news depending on the outcome of the appeals process in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Box Office Sleeper: The Kashkari Kid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No candidate made a bigger bet on public outcry over the \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> ruling than Neel Kashkari, the Republican newcomer hoping to topple a sitting governor with a household name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393606\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393606\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg\" alt=\"Kashkari, the longshot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate.\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-400x366.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127-800x732.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12018_CAJC115_Governor-California-Debate12891-e1419997708127.jpg 855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kashkari, the long-shot candidate for governor, during the Sept. 4 gubernatorial debate. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kashkari, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/21/why-kashkari-is-proud-of-tarp-doesnt-trumpet-it\" target=\"_blank\">the former U.S. Treasury official\u003c/a> who bested a more conservative Republican to win the second of two spots on the fall ballot, had always insisted that education would be one of only two priorities should he somehow win the race for governor (the other being job creation). But he didn’t seem to talk much \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-kashkari-schools-20140422-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">about his education agenda\u003c/a>, as he seemed to be much more energized about schools after \u003cem>Vergara\u003c/em> swept into the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the only debate between the two men, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKjuxVjPbMk\" target=\"_blank\">held on Sept. 4 and sponsored by KQED along with three other media organizations\u003c/a>, Kashkari unloaded on Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appeal the ruling. One month later, he released a television ad that never mentioned the tenure court case by name — opting instead for the shock value of a drowning kid and his GOP rescuer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\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/pEZFdmwqG3Q?rel=0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/pEZFdmwqG3Q?rel=0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ad also highlighted the challenge for the Kashkari campaign team: finding something … anything … that would stick to Jerry Brown. The candidate began the race in January talking about poverty; then he lampooned \u003ca href=\"http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/03/13/kashkari-hits-jerry-brown-s-crazy-train/\" target=\"_blank\">Brown’s support for the “crazy train”\u003c/a> of high-speed rail; then he went back to poverty by \u003ca href=\"Neel%20Kashkari%20takes%20campaign%20to%20the%20streets,%20literally%20-%20LA%20...\" target=\"_blank\">posing as a homeless man on the streets of Fresno\u003c/a>; then a series of \u003ca href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/kashkari-brown-coddled-pr_n_5863100.html\" target=\"_blank\">attacks on the Brown political dynasty\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And on it went, even though polls suggested either that \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/04/23/poll-jerry-brown-draws-california-republican-votes\" target=\"_blank\">voters weren’t impressed\u003c/a> or were simply \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/40-of-voters-unaware-Jerry-Brown-is-seeking-5865196.php\" target=\"_blank\">oblivious to the entire campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lingering question: Does Neel Kashkari, a man with now at least a modicum of statewide name ID, run for something else in 2016 or 2018?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393612\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393612\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg\" alt=\"California's new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016.\" width=\"400\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-400x277.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS4645_101564736-1440x999.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California’s new law banning plastic bags may be on hold until a statewide referendum in 2016. (Justin Sullivan/Getty) \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Ban That May End Up Getting Banned Itself\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are more than 100 communities across California that have imposed some kind of limit or ban on single-use plastic bags in recent years. So, it’s not surprising that a statewide effort would be launched in Sacramento. Still, few legislative fights in 2014 were more intense, or more chock-full of backroom wheeling and dealing, as the one that ended with legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown to impose a statewide plastic bag ban starting in July. When enacted, the ban will be \u003ca href=\"http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/sep/29/plastic-bag-ban-california/\" target=\"_blank\">the first of its kind in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or will it? The plastic bag industry \u003ca href=\"http://www.bagtheban.com/news/item/statement-from-the-american-progressive-bag-alliance-on-intent-to-repeal-se\" target=\"_blank\">quickly ponied up $3 million to gather signatures for a referendum\u003c/a> asking voters to overturn the law — and they appear to have enough to make that happen in November 2016. That would also mean the new law is on hold, allowing the plastic bag industry to keep selling its products for at least an additional 16 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five separate versions of \u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_270&sess=PREV&house=B&author=padilla_%3Cpadilla%3E\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 270\u003c/a> were considered before all was said and done at the state Capitol. Grocers were given a concession of 10 cents for every paper bag, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.scpr.org/blogs/politics/2014/01/24/15676/onetime-foes-now-back-statewide-plastic-bag-ban/\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Democrats (who helped kill a similar effort in 2013) signed on\u003c/a> after efforts were promised to help mitigate any job losses at plastic bag manufacturing plants. The governor played the final card, surprising at least a few political watchers by agreeing to sign the bill. Now, its fate is unclear — as even more cities across California prepare to enact their own bag bans in 2015.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393691\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393691\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg\" alt=\"Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. (Katie Brigham/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-400x266.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS12918__MG_4249-1440x959.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voter turnout in 2014: historically low. (Katie Brigham/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Suppose We Held An Election … And No One Showed Up?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a state where it’s become common to watch millions of voters skip elections, it wasn’t surprising that 2014 — a year without a presidential race and not a lot of widely anticipated ballot propositions — was going to end with low turnout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But boy, who knew it would be this bad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The June and November elections each set records for voter apathy: Only 25.17 percent of registered voters cast ballots in June, 42.2 percent in November. Never have any regular primary or gubernatorial elections in California seen such tepid interest from the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/11/28/California-politicians-picked-by-few-voters/\" target=\"_blank\">turnout was even worse in a number of individual legislative and congressional districts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393723\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393723\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png\" alt=\"No on Prop. 46 television ad\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-400x280.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-800x560.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM-1440x1008.png 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/Screen-Shot-2014-12-30-at-10.19.30-PM.png 1990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">No on Prop. 46 Television Ad\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Political Power of No\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The low turnout didn’t do much to help backers of any of \u003ca href=\"http://vote2014.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures/\" target=\"_blank\">the six propositions on November’s ballot\u003c/a>. In fact, the 2014 election cycle proved once again how much easier it is to \u003cem>kill\u003c/em> a ballot measure than it is to \u003cem>pass\u003c/em> one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most-talked-about initiatives, \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/45/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 45\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/en/propositions/46/\" target=\"_blank\">Proposition 46\u003c/a>, were a textbook case of death by a thousand cuts. Opponents had more money and an easier message: The measures were too complicated, poorly drafted, clever Trojan horses that really had an ulterior motive. Prop. 45, the measure to boost the regulatory power of the state insurance commissioner over health care rates, was a rebuke to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, who championed the proposal. Prop. 46, the fight over doctor drug testing and medical malpractice awards, was a lawyers-versus-doctors smackdown that landed on the ballot after \u003ca href=\"http://www.news10.net/story/news/politics/john-myers/2014/01/22/4758601/\" target=\"_blank\">the two sides failed to reach any kind of deal in the Legislature\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark DiCamillo, the longtime director of the nonpartisan Field Poll, has long joked that if he ever hung up his pollster badge and became a political campaign consultant, he’d only take on clients who wanted to defeat initiatives. “No” is where the easy money is, it seems. And combined, the Prop. 45/Prop. 46 opposition campaigns raised more than $111 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393727\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393727\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\" width=\"400\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-400x352.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-800x705.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS8168_127726920-e1420007401985-1440x1269.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Draper, the author of the Six Californias initiative. (Max Morse/Getty)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Let’s Stay Together, Loving You Whether …\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some day years from now, you’ll see it at an auction: \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/files/2014/07/states16_04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">a bright crimson-colored, custom tie — one with a multi-colored map of California sliced into six new state configurations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you’ll say to yourself, “Oh yeah, that Six Californias thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t meant to be, at least not in 2014. The owner of that tie, Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper, came up short in his quirky quest to ask Californians to go their separate ways. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/09/12/plan-to-split-california-six-ways-fails-to-make-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">Not only did his split-it-six-ways plan fail to make the fall ballot\u003c/a>, but Draper’s hired guns failed to even collect enough valid signatures to get it on the ballot in 2016. And that’s after he sank almost $5.3 million of his own cash into the endeavor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Skeptics doubted Draper was serious. Politicos mused that he was trying to get his name out there for a future run for statewide office. (But which state? Ah, the jokes). And \u003ca href=\"http://verdict.justia.com/2014/01/03/political-constitutional-questions-raised-tim-drapers-six-californias-plan-split-california\" target=\"_blank\">legal scholars said the initiative was absolutely unworkable and likely unconstitutional\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hey, at least he’s still got that tie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10393729\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10393729\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg\" alt=\"Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-400x266.jpeg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting-1440x960.jpeg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/12/RS10597_brownvoting.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Jerry Brown may have had the best year in politics of anyone in California. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Tao of Jerry\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, the hard-to-deny consensus big political winner in a year where Californians didn’t even seem to want to \u003cem>think\u003c/em> about politics: Edmund Gerald Brown Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerry Brown’s 45-year political career is best left to biographies rather than end-of-the-year lists. But suffice it to say, in an year when the electorate didn’t seem to want to embrace politics, the low-key style of Brown’s third term as governor seemed to suit Californians just fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it would be unfair to imply that Brown wasn’t working hard behind the scenes to secure a fourth term. From beating back legislation at the state Capitol that didn’t suit his finely honed persona of frugality … to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/04/jerry-brown-re-election-bid-quiet-just-like-he-wants-it\" target=\"_blank\">the non-campaign campaign\u003c/a> that saw him preach propositions rather than himself … Jerry Brown found a way to successfully match his political message to the electoral mood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has an impeccable sense of timing,” said the governor’s top aide, Nancy McFadden, to a business group in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Yes, but perhaps he learned it from having a lousy sense of timing in \u003ca href=\"http://www.thenewerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/people.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">1976\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/04/on_this_day_in_1980_jerry_brow.html\" target=\"_blank\">1980\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1982/10/24/page/30/article/jerry-brown-has-met-the-enemy-its-himself\" target=\"_blank\">1982\u003c/a> … and \u003ca href=\"http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117695/sidney-blumenthal-jerry-browns-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">1992\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where Jerry Brown chooses to steer his governorship in the new year and beyond remains to be seen. But for now, he seems to like the course that he — and California — are on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 6 p.m. Friday: \u003c/strong>Ro Khanna concedes and wishes Mike Honda well as he returns to Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a time when it is easy to be cynical about politics,” Khanna told reporters and supporters in Newark, “I am inspired by the passion that both campaigns have shown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thanked his own volunteers, and those of Congressman Honda’s, even those who published barbed tweets. “The type of open debate and marketplace of ideas that this Congressional race fostered is precisely what makes our democracy strong and our nation competitive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:05 a.m. Friday:\u003c/strong> Rep. Mike Honda held a news conference at his campaign office in Newark, declaring victory in his bid for re-election over rival Democrat Ro Khanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Together we sent a message,” the seven-term congressman declared, “that the voters of this district value a lifetime of service to the community more than a lifetime of serving oneself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna, a former trade official with the Obama administration and the Silicon Valley industry favorite, has not yet conceded. He was able to establish himself with voters thanks in large part to heavily publicized donations from tech titans, including Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda referred to that support in dark terms. “This election could not be bought! By super PACs and right-wing millionaires and billionaires. My opponent’s donors wasted more than $5,000,000 to try to replace my progressive voice with someone who would do their own bidding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda is now ahead by about more than 4 percentage points. The update in the vote count is expected today at 5 p.m. Ro Khanna is expected to speak about his prospects at 5:45 p.m. in Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to Honda \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/mike-honda-declares-victory-and-slams-khana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking aim at Khanna and Big Tech here\u003c/a> …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175856589″ params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With each passing day, more last-minute vote-by-mail and provisional ballots are counted. With each passing day, Rep. Mike Honda’s lead over Ro Khanna in the 17th Congressional District barely budges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/54209/148272/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, Honda is leading 52.50 percent to Khanna’s 47.50 percent. The story’s not much different in \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/226/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day after the election, the Khanna campaign issued an early-morning press release claiming it felt “confident Khanna will gain as late absentee ballots are counted.” The Honda campaign retorted: “With the information available it appears that the voters have made their decision to keep Congressman Honda as their Representative in recognition of his work delivering for the District.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the tilt toward Honda,” says San Jose State Professor Larry Gerston, “Khanna’s climb becomes harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a bitter, expensive race — a pitched battle by one Democrat to unseat another. Honda was hopeful but noncommittal at his campaign party, saying his team is better and stronger for facing a fierce challenge from Khanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We touched base,” he said, “with our party and our friends. We made new friends. We created a larger family, and this larger family will be intact for in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s one way of putting it. The two candidates spent more than $7.3 million, landing the 17th Congressional District on the map for political pundits across the country, and on Open Secret’s list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topraces.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Expensive Congressional Races\u003c/a> in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race pit a seven-term Democratic incumbent against another Democrat in the newly drawn 17th Congressional District. It includes cities like Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Cupertino. It’s home to major Silicon Valley firms like Apple, Intel, Yahoo and eBay. Khanna argued Silicon Valley needed a stronger advocate for its interests in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Internal polls showed the 38-year-old Khanna gaining in the final weeks of the campaign. He was certainly closer than his finish in the June primary, 20 points behind 73-year-old Honda. In an email to supporters, Khanna wrote, “When we started this campaign nearly two years ago, I was polling at just three percent. Now, they’re still counting the ballots. It’s that close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re sending a clear message that the honor of representing Silicon Valley is not an entitlement — it’s something that needs to be earned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Analysts say he’s proved that point, but add that Khanna picked a tough target. Honda has spent 14 years cultivating his ties with the community, one that includes more than tech companies and the people who work for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda’s election-night party was held at \u003ca href=\"http://www.zahirs.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahir’s Bistro\u003c/a> in Milpitas. Why this restaurant? Owner Zahir Quddus says he’s been a supporter since Honda first ran for Congress. “The way he present himself. The way he talk about people. He meant it real exactly what he say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in Santa Clara, the party for Khanna was boisterous, fueled by high spirits and an open bar. Groups of teenagers broke out into spontaneous dancing. One told me she could imagine Khanna running for president one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both campaigns were packed with young idealists. As fierce as this fight was, political science Professor \u003cspan class=\"st\">Karthick Ramakrishnan of UC Riverside sees an upside: more political involvement by young people – and by Silicon Valley’s Indian community. Ramakrishnan can’t put numbers to it now, but he’ll know for sure in a few months, after parsing the voting rolls.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna, a former trade official with the Obama administration and the Silicon Valley industry favorite, has not yet conceded. He was able to establish himself with voters thanks in large part to heavily publicized donations from tech titans, including Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda referred to that support in dark terms. “This election could not be bought! By super PACs and right-wing millionaires and billionaires. My opponent’s donors wasted more than $5,000,000 to try to replace my progressive voice with someone who would do their own bidding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda is now ahead by about more than 4 percentage points. The update in the vote count is expected today at 5 p.m. Ro Khanna is expected to speak about his prospects at 5:45 p.m. in Fremont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Listen to Honda \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/kqed/mike-honda-declares-victory-and-slams-khana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking aim at Khanna and Big Tech here\u003c/a> …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”20″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175856589″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175856589″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With each passing day, more last-minute vote-by-mail and provisional ballots are counted. With each passing day, Rep. Mike Honda’s lead over Ro Khanna in the 17th Congressional District barely budges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/54209/148272/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, Honda is leading 52.50 percent to Khanna’s 47.50 percent. The story’s not much different in \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/226/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the day after the election, the Khanna campaign issued an early-morning press release claiming it felt “confident Khanna will gain as late absentee ballots are counted.” The Honda campaign retorted: “With the information available it appears that the voters have made their decision to keep Congressman Honda as their Representative in recognition of his work delivering for the District.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given the tilt toward Honda,” says San Jose State Professor Larry Gerston, “Khanna’s climb becomes harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a bitter, expensive race — a pitched battle by one Democrat to unseat another. Honda was hopeful but noncommittal at his campaign party, saying his team is better and stronger for facing a fierce challenge from Khanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We touched base,” he said, “with our party and our friends. We made new friends. We created a larger family, and this larger family will be intact for in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s one way of putting it. The two candidates spent more than $7.3 million, landing the 17th Congressional District on the map for political pundits across the country, and on Open Secret’s list of \u003ca href=\"http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topraces.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Most Expensive Congressional Races\u003c/a> in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The race pit a seven-term Democratic incumbent against another Democrat in the newly drawn 17th Congressional District. It includes cities like Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Cupertino. It’s home to major Silicon Valley firms like Apple, Intel, Yahoo and eBay. Khanna argued Silicon Valley needed a stronger advocate for its interests in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Internal polls showed the 38-year-old Khanna gaining in the final weeks of the campaign. He was certainly closer than his finish in the June primary, 20 points behind 73-year-old Honda. In an email to supporters, Khanna wrote, “When we started this campaign nearly two years ago, I was polling at just three percent. Now, they’re still counting the ballots. It’s that close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re sending a clear message that the honor of representing Silicon Valley is not an entitlement — it’s something that needs to be earned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Analysts say he’s proved that point, but add that Khanna picked a tough target. Honda has spent 14 years cultivating his ties with the community, one that includes more than tech companies and the people who work for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda’s election-night party was held at \u003ca href=\"http://www.zahirs.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zahir’s Bistro\u003c/a> in Milpitas. Why this restaurant? Owner Zahir Quddus says he’s been a supporter since Honda first ran for Congress. “The way he present himself. The way he talk about people. He meant it real exactly what he say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in Santa Clara, the party for Khanna was boisterous, fueled by high spirits and an open bar. Groups of teenagers broke out into spontaneous dancing. One told me she could imagine Khanna running for president one day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both campaigns were packed with young idealists. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 5)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The voting outcomes below are unofficial and don’t include all vote-by-mail ballots. The City and County of San Francisco plans to continue to release updated counts each day at 4 p.m. The Santa Clara County registrar of voters updated election results at 5 p.m. today, and Alameda County updates are expected at 5 p.m. on Thursday.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From soda taxes to minimum wage hikes, Bay Area voters had a lot to weigh in on. We’ve selected some of the most important and interesting local ballot measures below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other races, check out our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/election-watch-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Watch\u003c/a> page.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Ballot Measures\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 30 ballot measures in Alameda County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/226/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County election page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Alameda County Registrar, updated results are expected to be announced by 5 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureBB-v5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure BB, Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 70 percent approval\u003c/strong>, doubling the transportation sales tax to 1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\" alt=\"bart-bb\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money raised from Measure BB will go to Alameda County’s 30-Year Transportation Expenditure Plan, which will expand and modernize BART in Alameda County; improve transit connections to jobs and schools; fix roads, improve highways and increase bicycle and pedestrian safety; reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality; and keep senior, student and disabled fares affordable. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureD-v6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure D, City of Berkeley Soda Tax. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voters in Berkeley have passed the nation’s first soda tax\u003c/a> with a \u003cstrong>resounding 75 percent of the vote\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 30 cities and states across the country have attempted such a tax, but have failed, at least in part because of big spending by the soda industry to defeat these measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\" alt=\"sodatax-d\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure D, a 1 cent ($0.01) per ounce general tax on sugar-sweetened beverages will be imposed in Berkeley. The tax will affect sales of sodas, energy drinks and presweetened teas. The tax exempts sweeteners, such as sugar, honey and syrups, typically distributed to grocery stores. It also exempts diet drinks, milk products, 100 percent juice, baby formula, alcohol or drinks taken for medical reasons. Learn more about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/soda-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“soda taxes.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the No on Measure D campaign released a statement criticizing the measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soda tax activists have been venue shopping for more than five years … Berkeley was low-hanging fruit, and doesn’t look like mainstream America. If politicians want to stake their reputations on what Berkeley did, they do so at their own risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureZ-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Z, A City Of Oakland Proposed Ordinance to Maintain a Parcel Tax and a Parking Tax Surcharge to Improve Public Safety\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 77 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\" alt=\"police-z\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure Z, an existing parcel tax and parking tax will be extended for 10 years to improve public safety in Oakland. The money will be used to fund programs aimed at reducing gun violence, robberies and homicides, as well as funding improving 9-1-1 response times and supporting at-risk youth and young adults. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money from the measure is also slated to improve police, fire and emergency response services and fund proven community programs such as school dropout prevention, crisis intervention and job placement and training. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureFF-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure FF, City of Oakland Proposed Amendment to Establish a Minimum Wage\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 81 percent approval\u003c/strong>. A simple majority approval was needed to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\" alt=\"minimumwage-ff\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approval of Measure FF, Oakland will establish a minimum wage of $12.25 per hour beginning on March 2, 2015. The minimum wage will increase yearly on January 1, based on increases in the cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, employers will be required to provide employees paid sick leave. Hotel, restaurant and banquet facility operators will also have to pay service charges, like room service or portage charges, to the employees providing those services. The proposition also gives employees the right to bring a lawsuit against employers for violation of this ordinance. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on unofficial results Wednesday morning, it appears \u003cstrong>Oakland voters have also approved Measure CC\u003c/strong>, strengthening the city’s Public Ethics Commission, with 72 percent approval, \u003cstrong>and Measure DD\u003c/strong>, which creates an independent redistricting commission in the city, with 60 percent approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=4414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Ballot Propositions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 12 ballot measures in the City and County of San Francisco. Find the latest election results for all measures \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/ElectionsArchives/2014/Nov/Summary4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Elections plans to update results at 4 p.m. throughout the rest of the week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_SugarSweetenedBeverages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure E, Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears \u003cstrong>to have failed to reach the two-thirds approval needed\u003c/strong>, with 54.41 percent voting in favor and 45.59 percent against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\" alt=\"soda-e\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the proposition did not pass\u003c/a>, supporters in San Francisco declared a victory of their own: more than half the voters approved the tax despite millions spent by the American Beverage Association to defeat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we were able to overcome $10 million dollars,” said Proposition E co-author Supervisor Scott Wiener, “and it looks like a majority of San Franciscans — despite that $10 million — will vote ‘yes,’ is pretty extraordinary.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Had Measure E passed, San Francisco would have collected a tax of 2 cents ($0.02) per ounce from the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages. The tax would then have been used to fund health, physical education and active recreation programs. A similar measure passed in Berkeley (Measure D).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_BusinessandTaxCode.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure G, Additional Transfer Tax on Residential Property Sold Within 5 Years of Purchase\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>appears to have failed\u003c/strong> to reach the simple majority needed for approval, with 45.71 percent voting yes compared to 54.29 percent voting no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\" alt=\"housing-g\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure G called for an additional tax between 14 percent and 24 percent on the total sale price of certain multiunit residential properties that are sold within five years of purchase or transfer. The additional tax would have applied to property sales on or after Jan. 1, 2015, with certain exceptions. Learn more information about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition G from KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AdministrativeMinimumWage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure J, Minimum Wage Increase,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 76.76 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed only a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346658\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\" alt=\"money-j\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By passing Measure J, San Francisco’s minimum wage will increase to $12.25 per hour on May 1, 2015, and then increase every July until it reaches $15 on July 1, 2018. The minimum wage would then increase annually based on inflation beginning on July 1, 2019. A similar minimum wage measure (FF) was also approved in Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AffordableHousing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure K, Affordable Housing,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 64.91 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346678\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\" alt=\"sf-k\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Measure K, San Francisco will construct or rehabilitate at least 30,000 homes by 2020. More than 50 percent are required to be affordable for middle-class households, with more than 33 percent affordable for low- and moderate-income households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information about Proposition K from KQED, visit \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters also appear to have \u003cstrong>rejected Proposition H\u003c/strong>, and \u003cstrong>approved Proposition I\u003c/strong>, clearing a path for the installation of artificial turf and nighttime lighting at athletic fields in Golden Gate Park. Proposition H, which sought to block a multimillion dollar project at the park, was rejected by 54.29 percent of voters. Proposition I, a dueling measure which allows for the installation of lights and turf during park renovation, was approved by roughly 55 percent of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Santa Clara County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 18 measures in Santa Clara County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/54209/144518/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://votersedge.org/santa-clara-county-open-space-authority/ballot-measures/2014/november/measure-q?ed=2014-11-04&county=Santa%20Clara&jurisdictions=O1055.O1056.O1058.O1059.O1060.O1062.O1121.1.O1540.O2074.8.O2658.O2659.O2660.11.O60.O61.O62.O64.O2731.178.228.231.233.234.O2771.962.963.964.O2748.O2749.966.968.969.970.O2765.O2732.O2733.O2734.O2735.O2736.O2737.O2738.O2739.O2740.O2741.1094.1095.1096.O2746.O2747.1098.1099.1100.1101.1102.1103.1104.1105.1106.1107.1108.1109.1110.1111.1112.O2661.O2662.1113.O2768.O2769.1115.1116.M338.M339.M340.M341.M342.M343.M344.M345.M346.M347.M348.M349.M350.M351.M352.28.28-upper-ca#.VFg-KvTF_lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Q, Santa Clara Open Space Authority Parcel Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, is \u003cstrong>still barely passing\u003c/strong>. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, voter approval of the measure grew slightly, now at 67.11 percent. The race remains too close to call, needing two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters approve Measure Q, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority will levy a special tax of $24 annually per parcel for 15 years to protect and preserve natural open space areas for future generations by: improving parks, open spaces and trails; protecting land around creeks, rivers and streams to prevent pollution and improve local water quality; preserving wildlife habitat; expanding public access; enhancing environmental education; and protecting scenic hillsides. The measure need a two-thirds supermajority to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the remaining Bay Area counties, find information and election results below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cocovote.us/upcoming-election-05162014/?electionId=35#Election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.marincounty.org/depts/rv/election-info/election-schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.countyofnapa.org/electionresults/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.shapethefuture.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/november_4th_2014___general_election/election_results/default.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solano County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://vote.sonoma-county.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (Nov. 5)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: The voting outcomes below are unofficial and don’t include all vote-by-mail ballots. The City and County of San Francisco plans to continue to release updated counts each day at 4 p.m. The Santa Clara County registrar of voters updated election results at 5 p.m. today, and Alameda County updates are expected at 5 p.m. on Thursday.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From soda taxes to minimum wage hikes, Bay Area voters had a lot to weigh in on. We’ve selected some of the most important and interesting local ballot measures below.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For other races, check out our \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/election-watch-2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Election Watch\u003c/a> page.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Ballot Measures\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 30 ballot measures in Alameda County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/current_election/226/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County election page.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Alameda County Registrar, updated results are expected to be announced by 5 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureBB-v5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure BB, Alameda County Transportation Sales Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 70 percent approval\u003c/strong>, doubling the transportation sales tax to 1 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346537\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg\" alt=\"bart-bb\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/bart-bb-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The money raised from Measure BB will go to Alameda County’s 30-Year Transportation Expenditure Plan, which will expand and modernize BART in Alameda County; improve transit connections to jobs and schools; fix roads, improve highways and increase bicycle and pedestrian safety; reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality; and keep senior, student and disabled fares affordable. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureD-v6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure D, City of Berkeley Soda Tax. \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voters in Berkeley have passed the nation’s first soda tax\u003c/a> with a \u003cstrong>resounding 75 percent of the vote\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 30 cities and states across the country have attempted such a tax, but have failed, at least in part because of big spending by the soda industry to defeat these measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg\" alt=\"sodatax-d\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sodatax-d-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure D, a 1 cent ($0.01) per ounce general tax on sugar-sweetened beverages will be imposed in Berkeley. The tax will affect sales of sodas, energy drinks and presweetened teas. The tax exempts sweeteners, such as sugar, honey and syrups, typically distributed to grocery stores. It also exempts diet drinks, milk products, 100 percent juice, baby formula, alcohol or drinks taken for medical reasons. Learn more about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/soda-tax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“soda taxes.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the No on Measure D campaign released a statement criticizing the measure:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Soda tax activists have been venue shopping for more than five years … Berkeley was low-hanging fruit, and doesn’t look like mainstream America. If politicians want to stake their reputations on what Berkeley did, they do so at their own risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureZ-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Z, A City Of Oakland Proposed Ordinance to Maintain a Parcel Tax and a Parking Tax Surcharge to Improve Public Safety\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 77 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg\" alt=\"police-z\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/police-z-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By approving Measure Z, an existing parcel tax and parking tax will be extended for 10 years to improve public safety in Oakland. The money will be used to fund programs aimed at reducing gun violence, robberies and homicides, as well as funding improving 9-1-1 response times and supporting at-risk youth and young adults. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Money from the measure is also slated to improve police, fire and emergency response services and fund proven community programs such as school dropout prevention, crisis intervention and job placement and training. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/rov/elections/20141104/documents/MeasureFF-V3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure FF, City of Oakland Proposed Amendment to Establish a Minimum Wage\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, has unofficially \u003cstrong>passed with 81 percent approval\u003c/strong>. A simple majority approval was needed to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg\" alt=\"minimumwage-ff\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/minimumwage-ff-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the approval of Measure FF, Oakland will establish a minimum wage of $12.25 per hour beginning on March 2, 2015. The minimum wage will increase yearly on January 1, based on increases in the cost of living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new law, employers will be required to provide employees paid sick leave. Hotel, restaurant and banquet facility operators will also have to pay service charges, like room service or portage charges, to the employees providing those services. The proposition also gives employees the right to bring a lawsuit against employers for violation of this ordinance. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on unofficial results Wednesday morning, it appears \u003cstrong>Oakland voters have also approved Measure CC\u003c/strong>, strengthening the city’s Public Ethics Commission, with 72 percent approval, \u003cstrong>and Measure DD\u003c/strong>, which creates an independent redistricting commission in the city, with 60 percent approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=4414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Ballot Propositions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 12 ballot measures in the City and County of San Francisco. Find the latest election results for all measures \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/ElectionsArchives/2014/Nov/Summary4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Elections plans to update results at 4 p.m. throughout the rest of the week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_SugarSweetenedBeverages.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cstrong>Measure E, Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages,\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears \u003cstrong>to have failed to reach the two-thirds approval needed\u003c/strong>, with 54.41 percent voting in favor and 45.59 percent against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346636\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg\" alt=\"soda-e\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/soda-e-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2014/11/04/will-berkeley-and-san-francisco-soda-tax-measures-set-precedent/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the proposition did not pass\u003c/a>, supporters in San Francisco declared a victory of their own: more than half the voters approved the tax despite millions spent by the American Beverage Association to defeat it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we were able to overcome $10 million dollars,” said Proposition E co-author Supervisor Scott Wiener, “and it looks like a majority of San Franciscans — despite that $10 million — will vote ‘yes,’ is pretty extraordinary.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Had Measure E passed, San Francisco would have collected a tax of 2 cents ($0.02) per ounce from the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages. The tax would then have been used to fund health, physical education and active recreation programs. A similar measure passed in Berkeley (Measure D).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_BusinessandTaxCode.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure G, Additional Transfer Tax on Residential Property Sold Within 5 Years of Purchase\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, \u003cstrong>appears to have failed\u003c/strong> to reach the simple majority needed for approval, with 45.71 percent voting yes compared to 54.29 percent voting no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg\" alt=\"housing-g\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/housing-g-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measure G called for an additional tax between 14 percent and 24 percent on the total sale price of certain multiunit residential properties that are sold within five years of purchase or transfer. The additional tax would have applied to property sales on or after Jan. 1, 2015, with certain exceptions. Learn more information about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition G from KQED\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AdministrativeMinimumWage.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure J, Minimum Wage Increase,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 76.76 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed only a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346658\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg\" alt=\"money-j\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/money-j-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By passing Measure J, San Francisco’s minimum wage will increase to $12.25 per hour on May 1, 2015, and then increase every July until it reaches $15 on July 1, 2018. The minimum wage would then increase annually based on inflation beginning on July 1, 2019. A similar minimum wage measure (FF) was also approved in Oakland. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://sfgov2.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/elections/candidates/Nov2014/Nov2014_AffordableHousing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure K, Affordable Housing,\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> appears to have \u003cstrong>passed with 64.91 percent approval\u003c/strong>. The measure needed a simple majority approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10346678\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg\" alt=\"sf-k\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/sf-k-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Measure K, San Francisco will construct or rehabilitate at least 30,000 homes by 2020. More than 50 percent are required to be affordable for middle-class households, with more than 33 percent affordable for low- and moderate-income households.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information about Proposition K from KQED, visit \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/17/san-francisco-ballot-measures-address-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco voters also appear to have \u003cstrong>rejected Proposition H\u003c/strong>, and \u003cstrong>approved Proposition I\u003c/strong>, clearing a path for the installation of artificial turf and nighttime lighting at athletic fields in Golden Gate Park. Proposition H, which sought to block a multimillion dollar project at the park, was rejected by 54.29 percent of voters. Proposition I, a dueling measure which allows for the installation of lights and turf during park renovation, was approved by roughly 55 percent of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Santa Clara County\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are 18 measures in Santa Clara County. Find election results for all measures at the \u003ca href=\"http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/54209/144518/Web01/en/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Clara County page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://votersedge.org/santa-clara-county-open-space-authority/ballot-measures/2014/november/measure-q?ed=2014-11-04&county=Santa%20Clara&jurisdictions=O1055.O1056.O1058.O1059.O1060.O1062.O1121.1.O1540.O2074.8.O2658.O2659.O2660.11.O60.O61.O62.O64.O2731.178.228.231.233.234.O2771.962.963.964.O2748.O2749.966.968.969.970.O2765.O2732.O2733.O2734.O2735.O2736.O2737.O2738.O2739.O2740.O2741.1094.1095.1096.O2746.O2747.1098.1099.1100.1101.1102.1103.1104.1105.1106.1107.1108.1109.1110.1111.1112.O2661.O2662.1113.O2768.O2769.1115.1116.M338.M339.M340.M341.M342.M343.M344.M345.M346.M347.M348.M349.M350.M351.M352.28.28-upper-ca#.VFg-KvTF_lo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Measure Q, Santa Clara Open Space Authority Parcel Tax\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, is \u003cstrong>still barely passing\u003c/strong>. As of 5 p.m. Wednesday, voter approval of the measure grew slightly, now at 67.11 percent. The race remains too close to call, needing two-thirds approval to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If voters approve Measure Q, the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority will levy a special tax of $24 annually per parcel for 15 years to protect and preserve natural open space areas for future generations by: improving parks, open spaces and trails; protecting land around creeks, rivers and streams to prevent pollution and improve local water quality; preserving wildlife habitat; expanding public access; enhancing environmental education; and protecting scenic hillsides. The measure need a two-thirds supermajority to pass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_22123\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-20-at-10.36.01-AM-e1413826601647.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-22123\" title=\"\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2014/10/Screen-Shot-2014-10-20-at-10.36.01-AM-640x417.png\" alt=\"Mario Savio stands on top of police car in front of Sproul Hall on Oct 1. 1964. (Courtesy of UC Berkeley, The Bancroft Library).\" width=\"640\" height=\"417\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Savio stands on top of police car in front of UC Berkeley's Sproul Hall on Oct 1. 1964. The protest is considered the birth of the Free Speech Movement. (Courtesy of UC Berkeley, The Bancroft Library).\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Erika Kelly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley, the originator of movements ranging from Free Speech to Healthy Eating has a new cause: taking on the soft drink industry. On November 4th, the city's voters will decide whether to tax sodas and other sugar-sweetened beverages.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'My entire family has been a part of activism around Berkeley.'\u003cbr> -- Dr. Vicki Alexander\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>No such tax has ever passed anywhere in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort is bringing out progressives in Berkeley who have lobbied for social change for decades. Berkeley city leaders and health advocates have joined a coalition to support the measure, in hopes of igniting a nationwide fight against soda consumption. Meanwhile, the beverage industry is spending big to defeat the measure.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A History of Activism\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supporters of Measure D see it as the next chapter in Berkeley’s history of social activism. Dr. Vicki Alexander has been working on public health and other social issues in this community for half a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My entire family has been a part of activism around Berkeley,\" says Alexander. \"The Free Speech Movement the Free Mandela Movement -- just one after another after another -- we were involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander was there 50 years ago at UC Berkeley confrontation at Sproul Hall between students and the administration -- a confrontation credited with launching the Free Speech Movement. Berkeley also helped launch an effort toward healthy eating, led by Alice Waters and Berkeley's schoolyard gardens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, funding cuts threatened some of those gardens, and the seed was planted for the beverage tax, says Alexander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The parents of the kids who benefited from the gardens in the schools,\" Alexander says, \"and people in the community who benefited from the gardens started [asking], 'How can we have a source of funding that's ongoing?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building A Coalition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They knew they were taking on a tough opponent -- the beverage industry. Beverage taxes have been tried in 30 cities and states. They've all failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opposition often successfully argues that this kind of tax would hurt low-income minority communities. So early on Berkeley activists began building a \u003ca title=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" href=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" target=\"_blank\">coalition that included African-Americans and Latinos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173030570\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carol McGruder works with the Berkeley chapter of the NAACP. She says she's involved as part of her focus on health in the African-American community. She says she was \"very disappointed\" when New York City's local NAACP sided against the ban on large servings of soda that was proposed there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in Richmond I know that big soda hired a lot of people from the community, from minority groups, to do telephone polling against it,“ McGruder says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley pro-tax campaign is also tapping into a broad network of\u003ca title=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" href=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" target=\"_blank\"> community groups\u003c/a>. Take the Ecology Center. It's been around for more than 40 years, and is known for pioneering Berkeley's curbside recycling program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ecology Center marshaled resources including campaign foot soldiers like 22-year-old Kad Smith, who works on nutrition programs for the center. He’s spending weekends canvassing, and his evenings phone banking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message is that there is an overwhelming and urgent health crisis in our community,” says Smith. \"We see those disparities especially in south and west Berkeley, which is a low-income community, which is also populated by a lot of people of color. It’s an overwhelming health crisis with obesity, diabetes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"yes\" campaign is also drawing support from outside the community. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who tried and failed to put a cap on the size of sodas sold in that city, recently donated $85,000 to the Berkeley effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Big Money From a Big Opponent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drive around Berkeley and you will see bright red “Yes on D” signs blooming in yard after yard, suggesting the measure's success is at hand. But the beverage industry is very good at fighting this fight, very good at sowing doubt about the benefits of this kind of tax. So far they've \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/10/beverage-industry-spends-big-to-defeat-berkeley-measure-d\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/10/beverage-industry-spends-big-to-defeat-berkeley-measure-d\" target=\"_blank\">spent more than $1.6 million dollars\u003c/a> in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Ashby BART station, it’s easy to see where some of that money is going. There are signs everywhere that say, “Measure D is not what is seems.” A bunch of them have a big piece of glossy fruit that on the outside looks like an apple and on the inside looks like an orange. The tagline says, “On November 4th, vote no on Measure D.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"UB8RkOYJaiQH1WslpAfI0RKMkE32mdwG\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katie Merrill is a democratic political strategist based in Berkeley. She says the beverage industry's tactics work. It’s easier to kill this kind of measure than to pass it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You're hearing the measure is flawed, it won't do what it says it will; the money won't be spent in the way that the proponents say it will.” says Merrill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beverage industry argues there's no guarantee the tax income will support school gardens or other health programs. Instead it will end up in Berkeley's general fund, where it could be used to pay for anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campaign spokesman Roger Salazar says the anti-tax support is coming from some unions and small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Kemper owns one of those small businesses, Smokey J’s BBQ on Shattuck Avenue. Campaign fliers for No on D cover the tables in his small restaurant. He says the tax could hurt his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be passed onto the people that buy stuff here,\" Kemper says. \"That’s increasing the cost of the overall food. They’re spending more money when they come here, but I don’t see any of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get their message out, \u003ca title=\"http://noberkeleybeveragetax.com\" href=\"http://noberkeleybeveragetax.com\" target=\"_blank\">the no campaign\u003c/a> is also paying teams of young people, some from as far away as Hayward, who are going door to door, every day until the election. They're articulate and very persuasive. Salazar says they're relying on that kind of street outreach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They go out, share the information that we have,” says Salazar. “Encourage them to read the initiative for themselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is Big Soda The Next Big Tobacco?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Berkeley vs. Big Soda” is the official tag line of the Yes on D campaign. 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Proponents argue that there are parallels between the soda industry and tobacco companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Yes on D campaign even hosted a forum called “Is Soda The New Tobacco,” featuring Stan Glantz, a UCSF professor of medicine who has long fought for public health policies, including tobacco taxes to reduce smoking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Political strategist Katie Merrill says those who think they can take on the soda industry should consider it a long haul.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The soda industry is not the tobacco industry, it's not the oil industry,” says Merrill. “People haven't spent 30 years in high visibility battles against the soda industry”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, it's just that kind of battle that Berkeley activists say they're known for.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supporters of Measure D see it as the next chapter in Berkeley’s history of social activism. Dr. Vicki Alexander has been working on public health and other social issues in this community for half a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My entire family has been a part of activism around Berkeley,\" says Alexander. \"The Free Speech Movement the Free Mandela Movement -- just one after another after another -- we were involved.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander was there 50 years ago at UC Berkeley confrontation at Sproul Hall between students and the administration -- a confrontation credited with launching the Free Speech Movement. Berkeley also helped launch an effort toward healthy eating, led by Alice Waters and Berkeley's schoolyard gardens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, funding cuts threatened some of those gardens, and the seed was planted for the beverage tax, says Alexander.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The parents of the kids who benefited from the gardens in the schools,\" Alexander says, \"and people in the community who benefited from the gardens started [asking], 'How can we have a source of funding that's ongoing?'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Building A Coalition\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They knew they were taking on a tough opponent -- the beverage industry. Beverage taxes have been tried in 30 cities and states. They've all failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opposition often successfully argues that this kind of tax would hurt low-income minority communities. So early on Berkeley activists began building a \u003ca title=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" href=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" target=\"_blank\">coalition that included African-Americans and Latinos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173030570&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173030570'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carol McGruder works with the Berkeley chapter of the NAACP. She says she's involved as part of her focus on health in the African-American community. She says she was \"very disappointed\" when New York City's local NAACP sided against the ban on large servings of soda that was proposed there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And in Richmond I know that big soda hired a lot of people from the community, from minority groups, to do telephone polling against it,“ McGruder says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Berkeley pro-tax campaign is also tapping into a broad network of\u003ca title=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" href=\"http://www.berkeleyvsbigsoda.com/supporters\" target=\"_blank\"> community groups\u003c/a>. Take the Ecology Center. It's been around for more than 40 years, and is known for pioneering Berkeley's curbside recycling program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ecology Center marshaled resources including campaign foot soldiers like 22-year-old Kad Smith, who works on nutrition programs for the center. He’s spending weekends canvassing, and his evenings phone banking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our message is that there is an overwhelming and urgent health crisis in our community,” says Smith. \"We see those disparities especially in south and west Berkeley, which is a low-income community, which is also populated by a lot of people of color. It’s an overwhelming health crisis with obesity, diabetes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \"yes\" campaign is also drawing support from outside the community. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who tried and failed to put a cap on the size of sodas sold in that city, recently donated $85,000 to the Berkeley effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Big Money From a Big Opponent\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drive around Berkeley and you will see bright red “Yes on D” signs blooming in yard after yard, suggesting the measure's success is at hand. But the beverage industry is very good at fighting this fight, very good at sowing doubt about the benefits of this kind of tax. So far they've \u003ca title=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/10/beverage-industry-spends-big-to-defeat-berkeley-measure-d\" href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/10/beverage-industry-spends-big-to-defeat-berkeley-measure-d\" target=\"_blank\">spent more than $1.6 million dollars\u003c/a> in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Ashby BART station, it’s easy to see where some of that money is going. There are signs everywhere that say, “Measure D is not what is seems.” A bunch of them have a big piece of glossy fruit that on the outside looks like an apple and on the inside looks like an orange. The tagline says, “On November 4th, vote no on Measure D.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katie Merrill is a democratic political strategist based in Berkeley. She says the beverage industry's tactics work. It’s easier to kill this kind of measure than to pass it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You're hearing the measure is flawed, it won't do what it says it will; the money won't be spent in the way that the proponents say it will.” says Merrill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beverage industry argues there's no guarantee the tax income will support school gardens or other health programs. Instead it will end up in Berkeley's general fund, where it could be used to pay for anything.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campaign spokesman Roger Salazar says the anti-tax support is coming from some unions and small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joshua Kemper owns one of those small businesses, Smokey J’s BBQ on Shattuck Avenue. Campaign fliers for No on D cover the tables in his small restaurant. He says the tax could hurt his business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be passed onto the people that buy stuff here,\" Kemper says. \"That’s increasing the cost of the overall food. 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"content": "\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173191906″ params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s crunch time in the 17th Congressional District. Longtime incumbent Mike Honda is battling to keep his House seat against another Democrat, Ro Khanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re both using an army of volunteers to get the word out as the campaign enters its final two weeks. But as time grows tight, the campaigns appear to be targeting different political demographics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna is attempting to pick off what Democrats he can while trying to get the votes of independents, undecideds and Republicans. Honda is focusing on Democrats with a capital D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda’s been in Congress for 14 years. He’s a stalwart supporter of civil rights, Social Security, the Affordable Care Act, public transportation and math and science education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10344290\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12663_Courtney-Cooper-lpr.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10344290\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/RS12663_Courtney-Cooper-lpr-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Courtney Cooper of Los Gatos can't vote for Rep. Mike Honda, but she can volunteer to work the phones. 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Mike Honda, but she can volunteer to work the phones. (Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As a result he has the support of the Democratic Party structure. That includes endorsements all the way up to President Barack Obama.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Courtney Cooper of Los Gatos used to live in Honda’s district, but \u003ca href=\"http://wedrawthelines.ca.gov/maps-final-draft-congressional-districts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">redistricting\u003c/a> carved her out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I lived in the district, I used to vote for him,” Cooper says. “Always seemed like an upstanding guy. So I figured, if I can’t give my vote, I can give my time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a member of the LGBTQ community, the 29-year-old Foothill College student took it to heart when Honda was one of the first elected officials to join the \u003ca href=\"http://www.noh8campaign.com/article/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOH8\u003c/a> campaign against Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not when it’s popular,” she said. “It’s what’s right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a database called \u003ca href=\"http://www.ngpvan.com/news/vanvotebuilder-wins-most-valuable-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vote Builder\u003c/a>, Cooper is calling people with a history of volunteering to help get out the vote. Most of those working the phones on this particular night are taking politics and government classes at local high schools and colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda tends to mumble in front of a microphone. But put him in front of a group of teenagers working the phone banks and the former science teacher comes alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wide-ranging conversation covering everything from his time in the Peace Corps to his favorite books, the 73-year-old connects with this crowd. One high school student asks for advice on what to say to voters who dislike Honda’s positions. He replies the student can speak to her experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s how much do you believe in what it is that we’re doing,” Honda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later the same evening, Honda headlined a panel discussion at San Jose City College on \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjcc.edu/Events/Pages/Human-Traficking-Arts--.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sex trafficking\u003c/a>. Before an audience of mostly Latino and Asian students, Honda drew a long, historical line between sexual slavery perpetrated by the Japanese during World War II and the activities of ISIS in the Middle East today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eliminating human trafficking is not a Democratic or Republican issue,” Honda said. “It’s not a women’s issue or an international issue. Human trafficking is the pre-eminent human rights issue of our day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Honda can campaign on his congressional record, Khanna cannot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent, balmy evening, Khanna went door to door in West San Jose. The neighborhood has a \u003cem>Leave It to Beaver\u003c/em> quality about it: quiet, leafy streets packed with mid-century ranch homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even for Silicon Valley, this region is more than middle class. Homes here regularly sell for more than $1 million, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.trulia.com/for_sale/95129_zip/SINGLE-FAMILY_HOME_type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trulia\u003c/a>, an online real estate marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘There’s more to the district than just Silicon Valley, and there’s more to the district than just high-tech coolness.’\u003ccite>Bill Whalen,\u003cbr>\nHoover Institution\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Khanna uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.ngpvan.com/voter-contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiniVan\u003c/a>, a smartphone app for a database built under the guidance of Obama for America. The app tells Khanna voters’ names and party affiliations — or lack thereof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s dinner time and Khanna knows he has less than a minute to make his pitch, especially if he’s talking to a harried mom with kids at the table. A number of people don’t even bother to open the door — they talk to Khanna through their kitchen windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people are polite but noncommittal. Khanna likes to mention he teaches economics at Stanford, but few take him up on it. Voters want to talk about schools and traffic, not the federal budget or foreign policy. So he talks about schools, and when the through-the-window conversation ends, drops a mailer on the welcome mat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 38-year-old intellectual property lawyer from Fremont is Indian-American. He says a year ago it seemed he was only known by the Indian community. But then a handful of high powered tech titans like Marissa Mayer of Yahoo and angel investor Ron Conway started contributing to his campaign. That money helped fund a series of ads giving him higher name recognition. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/07/thrust-and-parry-ro-khanna-and-mike-honda-in-vigorous-debate\">televised debate with Honda\u003c/a> earlier this month helped, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re living in a global economy,” Khanna said early in the debate. “Changing. Intensely competitive. And yet, Congress seems to have no real leadership or ideas and is stuck in the past. Dysfunctional. 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So I figured, if I can’t give my vote, I can give my time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a member of the LGBTQ community, the 29-year-old Foothill College student took it to heart when Honda was one of the first elected officials to join the \u003ca href=\"http://www.noh8campaign.com/article/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NOH8\u003c/a> campaign against Proposition 8, the 2008 California ballot initiative that banned same-sex marriage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not when it’s popular,” she said. “It’s what’s right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using a database called \u003ca href=\"http://www.ngpvan.com/news/vanvotebuilder-wins-most-valuable-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vote Builder\u003c/a>, Cooper is calling people with a history of volunteering to help get out the vote. Most of those working the phones on this particular night are taking politics and government classes at local high schools and colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda tends to mumble in front of a microphone. But put him in front of a group of teenagers working the phone banks and the former science teacher comes alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wide-ranging conversation covering everything from his time in the Peace Corps to his favorite books, the 73-year-old connects with this crowd. One high school student asks for advice on what to say to voters who dislike Honda’s positions. He replies the student can speak to her experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s how much do you believe in what it is that we’re doing,” Honda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later the same evening, Honda headlined a panel discussion at San Jose City College on \u003ca href=\"http://www.sjcc.edu/Events/Pages/Human-Traficking-Arts--.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sex trafficking\u003c/a>. Before an audience of mostly Latino and Asian students, Honda drew a long, historical line between sexual slavery perpetrated by the Japanese during World War II and the activities of ISIS in the Middle East today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eliminating human trafficking is not a Democratic or Republican issue,” Honda said. “It’s not a women’s issue or an international issue. Human trafficking is the pre-eminent human rights issue of our day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Honda can campaign on his congressional record, Khanna cannot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent, balmy evening, Khanna went door to door in West San Jose. The neighborhood has a \u003cem>Leave It to Beaver\u003c/em> quality about it: quiet, leafy streets packed with mid-century ranch homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even for Silicon Valley, this region is more than middle class. Homes here regularly sell for more than $1 million, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.trulia.com/for_sale/95129_zip/SINGLE-FAMILY_HOME_type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trulia\u003c/a>, an online real estate marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">‘There’s more to the district than just Silicon Valley, and there’s more to the district than just high-tech coolness.’\u003ccite>Bill Whalen,\u003cbr>\nHoover Institution\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Khanna uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.ngpvan.com/voter-contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiniVan\u003c/a>, a smartphone app for a database built under the guidance of Obama for America. The app tells Khanna voters’ names and party affiliations — or lack thereof.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s dinner time and Khanna knows he has less than a minute to make his pitch, especially if he’s talking to a harried mom with kids at the table. A number of people don’t even bother to open the door — they talk to Khanna through their kitchen windows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most people are polite but noncommittal. Khanna likes to mention he teaches economics at Stanford, but few take him up on it. Voters want to talk about schools and traffic, not the federal budget or foreign policy. So he talks about schools, and when the through-the-window conversation ends, drops a mailer on the welcome mat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 38-year-old intellectual property lawyer from Fremont is Indian-American. He says a year ago it seemed he was only known by the Indian community. But then a handful of high powered tech titans like Marissa Mayer of Yahoo and angel investor Ron Conway started contributing to his campaign. That money helped fund a series of ads giving him higher name recognition. A \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/10/07/thrust-and-parry-ro-khanna-and-mike-honda-in-vigorous-debate\">televised debate with Honda\u003c/a> earlier this month helped, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re living in a global economy,” Khanna said early in the debate. “Changing. Intensely competitive. And yet, Congress seems to have no real leadership or ideas and is stuck in the past. Dysfunctional. 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"content": "\u003cp>It wasn’t Monday Night Football or the baseball playoffs, but there were plenty of hits in Monday night’s 75-minute debate between longtime Democratic Congressman Mike Honda and his Democratic challenger, Ro Khanna.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the only side-by-side match before the election on Nov. 4. If you missed it, NBC Bay Area, the host of the debate, has posted video \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Ro-Khanna-Mike-Honda-Meet-for-17th-Congressional-District-Debate-278327881.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, both sides are declaring victory. Tyler Law, press secretary for the Ro Khanna for Congress campaign, tweeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>I’ve never been more motivated to work for change. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RoKhannaUSA\">@RoKhannaUSA\u003c/a> presented a clear choice to voters tonight. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA17Debate?src=hash\">#CA17Debate\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA17?src=hash\">#CA17\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Tyler Law (@tyzlaw) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/tyzlaw/status/519338684114796544\">October 7, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>“We felt great,” said Vivek Kembaiyan, communications director for the Mike Honda for Congress campaign. “Congressman Honda did better than expected. Khanna needed to do something to drastically alter the race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna was in attack mode all evening, trying to do exactly that by challenging Honda’s abilities and record at every turn. The two candidates answered questions ranging from H1B visas to student debt to immigration reform to income inequality in Silicon Valley. Repeatedly, both veered off from the questions to get to their own talking points and agendas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing is getting done. I would work with Republicans,” Khanna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former Obama Administration Department of Commerce official argued that Honda has been in lock-step with the Democratic Party during his seven terms in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a Republican-controlled Congress, we’re going to need someone to influence the debate,” Khanna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he did not give any specifics on how he would work across the aisle with Republicans on contentious issues like immigration reform and budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intellectual property lawyer appeared to be giving a strategic nod to local Republicans and Independents who voted for Vanila Singh and Joel Vanlandingham in the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna finished 20 points behind Honda in June. Analysts are now wondering if Khanna can close the gap with the voters who did not vote for Honda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CA/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional District 17\u003c/a> hugs the heart of Silicon Valley, including parts of the East Bay — the cities of Fremont, Newark and Milpitas in southern Alameda County — and Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and north San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna’s biggest challenge is convincing fellow Democrats that Honda does not deserve to serve an eighth term in the heavily Democratic district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most telling exchange in the debate came near the end when Honda was asked straight up if he’s burned out. Honda joked: “I’ve got a lot of gas in this tank, and I’m not even a hybrid!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That prompted the only full-throated laugh of the night in the press room. Within minutes came a meme-fest from his own campaign and other supporters in the Democratic party establishment. This is what the California Young Democrats put out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10342872\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 523px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10342872\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme.png\" alt=\"Supporters of Mike Honda wasted no time turned this quip from the debate into an Internet meme. (Courtesy California Young Democrats)\" width=\"523\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme.png 523w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme-400x204.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Mike Honda wasted no time turning this quip from the debate into an Internet meme. (Courtesy California Young Democrats)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Khanna used it to his advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what great democracies are about: Someone carries the ball and then hands it off,” he said. “That’s what keeps this country moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether anyone scored a touchdown in the debate won’t be known for another month.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing is getting done. I would work with Republicans,” Khanna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The former Obama Administration Department of Commerce official argued that Honda has been in lock-step with the Democratic Party during his seven terms in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a Republican-controlled Congress, we’re going to need someone to influence the debate,” Khanna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he did not give any specifics on how he would work across the aisle with Republicans on contentious issues like immigration reform and budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intellectual property lawyer appeared to be giving a strategic nod to local Republicans and Independents who voted for Vanila Singh and Joel Vanlandingham in the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna finished 20 points behind Honda in June. Analysts are now wondering if Khanna can close the gap with the voters who did not vote for Honda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CA/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional District 17\u003c/a> hugs the heart of Silicon Valley, including parts of the East Bay — the cities of Fremont, Newark and Milpitas in southern Alameda County — and Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and north San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna’s biggest challenge is convincing fellow Democrats that Honda does not deserve to serve an eighth term in the heavily Democratic district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perhaps the most telling exchange in the debate came near the end when Honda was asked straight up if he’s burned out. Honda joked: “I’ve got a lot of gas in this tank, and I’m not even a hybrid!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That prompted the only full-throated laugh of the night in the press room. Within minutes came a meme-fest from his own campaign and other supporters in the Democratic party establishment. This is what the California Young Democrats put out:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10342872\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 523px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10342872\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme.png\" alt=\"Supporters of Mike Honda wasted no time turned this quip from the debate into an Internet meme. (Courtesy California Young Democrats)\" width=\"523\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme.png 523w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/10/GasTankMeme-400x204.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Mike Honda wasted no time turning this quip from the debate into an Internet meme. (Courtesy California Young Democrats)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Khanna used it to his advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is what great democracies are about: Someone carries the ball and then hands it off,” he said. “That’s what keeps this country moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether anyone scored a touchdown in the debate won’t be known for another month.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>I’m just going to pretend you will not, for the most part, be glued to sports on TV this evening — \u003ca href=\"http://mlb.mlb.com/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playoff baseball\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/nflpreview?gameId=400554282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monday Night Football\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because there will also be plenty of action in the political arena in San Jose. For the first time, voters will see and hear longtime Democratic Rep. Mike Honda debate his Democratic challenger, Ro Khanna — one on one — after beating him by 20 points in the June primary. Finally, voters in\u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CA/17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Congressional District 17\u003c/a> can compare and contrast the candidates’ command of the issues, debate styles and age difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district, which hugs the heart of Silicon Valley, includes parts of the East Bay — the cities of Fremont, Newark and Milpitas in southern Alameda County — and Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and north San Jose. It’s also the only Asian-majority district in the continental United States, but given that many Chinese and Indian immigrants have \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201311120850/a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only recently arrived\u003c/a> to work in Silicon Valley, the electorate is not Asian majority … yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the 38-year-old Khanna’s opportunity to share the same congressional platform as Honda and show parity. On the flip side, this gives the 73-year-old Honda a chance to show he still has what it takes to serve an eighth term in office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Listen to Debate Between Honda and Khanna: Monday at 6:30 p.m. on KQED-88.5 FM.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda has been sitting on a pile of cash waiting for the final stretch of the campaign to release television ads. Note that he doesn’t even mention his challenger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM66dwhFEZ8]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So who will be watching the debate? Aside from reporters and hard-core campaign supporters, that is?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the big picture, this is a particularly dull election in California,” said \u003ca href=\"http://www.hoover.org/profiles/bill-whalen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Whalen\u003c/a> of the Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank at Stanford University. “There is no drama in any statewide race. The governor (Jerry Brown) is going win by 20 to 30 points. There are ballot measures, but nothing that really quickens the pulse, the kind of thing that will turn out a base on either side. You add to that the fact that, especially in a Democratic district, it’s kind of a flat year for Democrats, and the big question in this race is who actually bothers to vote on Election Day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are few differences between the candidates on big issues like same-sex marriage, abortion, Social Security and the Affordable Care Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Honda is by all accounts a team player, a progressive Democrat who has voted consistently to support the party, human rights and \u003ca href=\"http://honda.house.gov/meet-mike/my-accomplishments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal funding\u003c/a> for various projects in his home district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khanna is an intellectual property lawyer and former Commerce Department official during President Obama’s first term, who \u003ca href=\"http://atr.rollcall.com/democratic-challenger-spends-2-6-million-to-unseat-fellow-democrat/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent millions\u003c/a> to introduce himself to the district before the primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, the Khanna campaign has made much of leaked emails alleging Honda’s chief of staff blurred the lines between her official duties and her work on his re-election campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then we learned that the identity of the e-mail leaker is a former Honda aide. He was arrested last year after allegedly threatening to shoot people, including the chief of staff and her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CA17?src=hash\">#CA17\u003c/a>: Death threats? Or, setup? Story of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/RepMikeHonda\">@RepMikeHonda\u003c/a>’s office/campaign crossover takes \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/HouseofCards\">@HouseofCards\u003c/a>-worthy turn. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/Kw5tMHThfX\">http://t.co/Kw5tMHThfX\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Josh Richman (@Josh_Richman) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Josh_Richman/status/517817550701199360\">October 2, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Will Khanna raise the issue Monday night? He may choose to focus instead on the fundamental messages of his \u003ca href=\"http://www.rokhanna.com/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign\u003c/a>: that he’s more qualified to represent Silicon Valley and he is not beholden to party politics. Here’s how Khanna frames it in one of his TV ads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xq7CCDQ3-yE&w=560&h=315]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 75-minute debate will be moderated by Raj Mathai, an anchor at NBC-owned KNTV. The panelists are Ryan Grim, Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post; Thuy Vu, host of “KQED Newsroom\u003ci>“‘; \u003c/i>Melinda Jackson, associate professor of political science at San Jose State; and Looloo Amante, a San Jose State student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It will be aired live starting at 6:30 p.m. on NBC Bay Area Channel 11 (Comcast Channel 3/703 HD). The debate will be rebroadcast on KQED World (Comcast Channel 10/710 HD, or over the air on Channel 9-2) at 9 p.m. and KQED Plus (Comcast Channel 190, over the air on Channel 9-3) at 11 p.m. KQED Public Radio will also broadcast the debate live on its stations in San Francisco (88.5 FM) and Sacramento (89.3 FM).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For live coverage on Twitter, follow the conversation with the hashtag #CA17Debate.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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