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"content": "\u003cp>California Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> vetoed legislation that would have prohibited developers from offering companion AI chatbots for children unless the companies can promise the software won’t encourage harmful behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento players across the political spectrum watched the legislation closely, with advocates issuing press releases, open letters and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038154/kids-talking-ai-companion-chatbots-stanford-researchers-say-thats-bad-idea\">research reports\u003c/a> in hopes of swaying California’s tech-friendly governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AB-1064-Veto.pdf\">veto message\u003c/a> published Monday, Newsom wrote that AB-1064 could lead to a total ban on minors using conversational AI tools. “AI is already shaping the world, and it is imperative that adolescents learn how to safely interact with AI systems,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re sorely disappointed to see Governor Newsom side with Big Tech over the more than 150 families who have suffered the most unimaginable loss: the passing of their child, encouraged by companion AI,” Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan of Orinda, the bill’s author, wrote in a statement, noting the bill was sponsored by Common Sense Media, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, and more than 20 organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These AI companies know the risks their products pose. 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We’ve seen all sorts of mental health disruptions caused by AI companions. That said, the fight is just beginning,” Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer told KQED. “California is clearly leading the way in the United States and globally on these issues, and the next year or two are going to be absolutely critical in defining regulations, guardrails and a common sense future for the big tech industry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade group TechNet lobbied heavily against the bill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.technet.org/the-impact-of-ca-ab-1064/\">running ads\u003c/a> that warned that Bauer-Kahan’s bill could deny children access to critical tools they need to succeed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We appreciate Governor Newsom’s thoughtful consideration and ultimate veto of this proposed legislation,” wrote Robert Boykin, TechNet’s Executive Director for California and the Southwest. “While TechNet shares the goal of AB 1064, the bill fails to meet its stated objectives while threatening students’ access to valuable AI-driven learning tools, potentially life-saving medical treatments, crisis response interventions, safety mechanisms, and other valuable AI technologies.”[aside postID=news_12059209 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251008_ENDOF10_-9-KQED.jpg']The host of AI-related bills that made it to Newsom’s desk this legislative session presented him with a political \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12052617/newsoms-tightrope-walk-between-ai-regulation-and-silicon-valley-cash\">balancing act\u003c/a>, as he eyes a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043766/newsom-tries-to-find-political-footing-in-clash-with-trump\">run for the White House\u003c/a>. Many of the bills were opposed by trade associations heavily bankrolled by Silicon Valley, and California is home to \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/lists/ai50/\">32 of the 50 top AI companies\u003c/a> worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As if anticipating the blowback from child safety advocates, Newsom’s office released \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/10/13/governor-newsom-signs-bills-to-further-strengthen-californias-leadership-in-protecting-children-online/\">a list of 16 AI bills\u003c/a> he approved this session, some focused on children. “California has long stood as a bold leader in protecting children from the danger of emerging technology,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the list: SB 243 by Sen. Steve Padilla, D-San Diego, which placed softer limits on AI chatbots for kids. 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Gavin Newsom vetoed a handful of bills advancing the cause of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027903/california-lawmakers-target-historical-harm-to-black-residents-in-latest-bill-push\">reparations for Black Californians\u003c/a> on Monday, dealing the latest blow to a first-of-its-kind movement to atone for state-inflicted harms from slavery to the present day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom rejected bills that would have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101910326/checking-in-on-californias-reparations-effort\">allowed the \u003c/a>descendants of enslaved people to receive preference in university admissions, business licenses and loans for first-time homebuyers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Governor’s veto is more than disappointing,” Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Los Angeles, who wrote the college admissions bill, said in a statement. “While the Trump Administration threatens our institutions of higher learning and attacks the foundations of diversity and inclusivity, now is not the time to shy away from the fight to protect students who have descended from legacies of harm and exclusion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a series of veto messages, the governor argued the bills were either unworkable, unnecessary or legally suspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures were among several reparations-related bills advanced this year by the California Legislative Black Caucus, following a shift in strategy to focus on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12046328/lineage-not-race-californias-strategy-to-advance-equity-for-descendants-of-slavery\">descendants of enslaved\u003c/a> people rather than race-based programs — an approach designed to withstand mounting legal challenges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition 209, passed by voters in 1996, banned affirmative action in public institutions. And in 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action in college admissions, a decision that reinforced the legal hurdles facing California’s reparations efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12054634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12054634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/GavinNewsomAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom at a press conference to discuss the measures to redraw the state’s Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, in Sacramento, California, on Aug. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Newsom said California universities did not need Bryan’s bill, Assembly Bill 7, to prioritize applicants who were descendants of slaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I encourage the institutions referenced in this bill to review and determine how, when, and if this type of preference can be adopted,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor was more skeptical of the idea behind Assembly Bill 57, which would have set aside 10% of funds in the California Dream for All Program for descendants of enslaved people. The program provides down-payment assistance for first-time home buyers. Newsom instead vowed to set aside money in the state’s home-buying program for residents in low-income census tracts.[aside postID=news_12044638 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/12m-Reparations-1.jpg']“Creating an ancestry-based set-aside presents legal risks that could jeopardize [The California Housing Finance Agency’s] access to federal mortgage markets that are critical to providing housing assistance for thousands of Californians each year,” Newsom wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom vetoed two other reparations bills on Monday. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056446/what-california-can-learn-from-germanys-holocaust-reparations-program\">Assembly Bill 62\u003c/a> would have allowed residents who lost property through racially motivated eminent domain to petition the state for compensation. And Assembly bill 742 would have expedited the applications for descendants seeking professional licenses needed for professions including architects, barbers and dental hygienists. Newsom said both bills would strain state resources — and added that prioritizing more residents for expedited licenses would diminish the benefit for populations that are already fast-tracked, including military spouses and refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vetoes come days after reparations advocates were encouraged by Newsom’s approval of \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB518\">Senate Bill 518\u003c/a>, which created a new state agency to oversee restitution for descendants of enslaved people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law, authored by state Sen. 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But the law’s immediate impact is limited; it will require the governor and Legislature to allocate funding before the bureau can begin operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom highlighted the legislation during a recent appearance on the podcast \u003cem>Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay.\u003c/em> “I signed a bill two days ago with the Black Caucus as it relates to creating a new office to address these systemic issues,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alliance for Reparations, Reconciliation, and Truth praised the governor’s action, calling SB 518 a crucial step toward the vision outlined by the state’s Reparations Task Force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Reparations are not just about addressing historical slavery; they also focus on the ongoing harms and unfair practices that Black people continue to experience today in education, healthcare, housing and employment,” said Dr. Cheryl Grills, an ARRT leader and former task force member. “Gov. Newsom is helping California right its wrongs and continue laying the groundwork for a fair and equitable future and healing for everyone.”[aside postID=news_11948198 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/05/Rep-Episode-2_Thumbnail_1-1020x574.png']Lisa Holder, an ARRT leader, former task force member and president of the Equal Justice Society, said the bill reflects the power of broad coalitions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re proud to have played a critical role in the passage of this bill,” she said. “Amid deep divisions, our coalition is advancing a cross-racial alliance that places reparations at the heart of a shared vision for a resilient, multicultural democracy. Truth-telling and collective healing are essential steps toward reconciliation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s current reparations proposals \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916026/no-the-reparations-task-force-report-isnt-a-watershed-moment-action-will-be\">stem from recommendations\u003c/a> made by the state’s Reparations Task Force in a 2023 report. That 1,100-page document detailed how California lawmakers and institutions advanced the cause of slavery in the state’s early days and discriminated against Black residents in the decades that followed. The task force was created in 2020 when Newsom signed \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/ab3121\">Assembly Bill 3121\u003c/a>, following a wave of national activism after the murder of George Floyd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, Newsom’s enthusiasm for the task force’s full slate of recommendations has cooled. While he has supported symbolic measures, like a formal state apology for slavery and systemic racism, he has resisted the idea of providing cash payments to eligible descendants, arguing that reparations must involve more than direct checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year’s legislative session ended in frustration for many advocates after disagreements within the Black Caucus and late amendments requested by Newsom derailed a proposal to create a similar agency. The governor later vetoed a bill to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999415/california-reparations-\">compensate victims of racially motivated property seizures\u003c/a>, saying there was no state entity to manage such a program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those setbacks \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002804/centerpiece-reparations-bill-derailed-by-newsoms-late-request-heres-why\">galvanized activists\u003c/a>. At the close of the 2024 session, more than 8,500 letters were delivered to Newsom urging him to support a slate of reparations bills. The caucus responded this year with its “Road to Repair” agenda — a rebranded package of measures that avoided the politically charged term “reparations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, advocates say California’s new agency represents a foundation — not a finish line. Its future depends on funding, legislation and political will. Still, for the first time, the state has a structure in place to make good on its promises. As Holder put it, “We cannot move forward as one human family until we confront the harm, acknowledge the debt and take tangible action to repair what has been done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/otaylor\">\u003cem>Otis R. Taylor Jr.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As international leaders gathered in Egypt on Monday to mark the first stage of a ceasefire deal in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Gaza\u003c/a>, activists in the Bay Area celebrated the relief of the major breakthrough but said it isn’t without hesitation — and fear — over whether it will lead to prolonged peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Hamas released the final 20 living Israeli hostages captured during their Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, and in exchange, Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, many of whom were detained without charges during the two-year war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Israeli hostages were delivered to the International Committee of the Red Cross inside Gaza in two groups, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g-s1-93207/hamas-releasing-israeli-hostages\">NPR reported\u003c/a>, and many have been reunited with loved ones in Israel, according to social media posts from the Israel Defense Forces. Many of the detained Palestinians were put on buses to Gaza and the West Bank. Israel is sending others abroad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exchange was one of the most critical and long-demanded aspects of a deal to end the fighting. But many questions about how to rehabilitate the destroyed Gaza Strip, who will lead, and when Israel will withdraw its troops remain uncertain and precarious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s both happiness and relief, and understanding that we need to work hard to make it so that Palestinians really do have freedom,” said Ellen Brotsky, a council member of the Bay Area’s chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. “It’s both of those. I’m holding both of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seth Brysk, the Northern California regional director for the American Jewish Committee, said that while he also feels relief and appreciation for the moment, “there’s a lot more work that needs to be done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12050066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GazaHumanitarianCrisisJuly2025Getty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of Palestinians struggling with hunger in Gaza flock to the Zakim area in the north of the region to receive aid on July 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a potentially historic, pivotal moment for the Middle East. There’s potential here for the brighter future that we’ve all hoped for for Israelis and Palestinians and really for the entire region,” he told KQED. “It’s a great moment that shouldn’t be allowed to pass.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could see the joy in both Palestinians and Israelis on the ground,” Brotsky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was deeply impacted both by the videos of Palestinians, once the ceasefire agreement was announced, the stream of Palestinians going back to northern Gaza; the videos of the hostages being returned both in Israel and in Palestine,” she continued. “And also, I feel like this is just the first step.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first phase of the plan that would end the war, sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent military offensive in Gaza, officially took effect Friday after gaining approval from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet and Hamas leaders.[aside postID=news_12059265 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/005_KQED_StanfordGradUnion_05302023_qed-1020x680.jpg']Israeli forces have pulled back from some of the most populous parts of Gaza they’ve occupied, and through the weekend, many Palestinians have begun returning to displaced parts of Northern Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the longer-term aspects of President Trump’s previously announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70155nked7o\">20-point peace proposal, published by the BBC\u003c/a>, still need to be worked out and will likely be challenging to execute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The initial phase of the deal still demands that Hamas release the bodies of 28 more Israeli hostages who are presumed to be dead, and that Israel allows an influx of humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four coffins carrying hostages’ remains were en route to Israel’s National Institute for Forensic Medicine for identification, the IDF said Monday. It’s unclear if and when the outstanding bodies might be returned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal also required Israeli troops to pull back to agreed-upon “yellow lines” outside the Gaza City and Khan Yunis areas. Going forward, Israel would need to withdraw from Gaza entirely — aside from a security buffer zone — while Hamas would be required to agree to disarm and give up any role in governing the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hamas has not publicly agreed to disarm, and it’s unclear what other group might have the capacity to lead long-term. Israel has not set forth a timeline for withdrawing its remaining troops, who are \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g-s1-93207/hamas-releasing-israeli-hostages\">still stationed in about half of the region\u003c/a>, according to NPR.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12022355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12022355\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CeasefireGazaAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. \u003ccite>(Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The international community has to maintain pressure on Hamas to agree to the rest of the peace plan,” Brysk said. “They have to agree to disarm, that there needs to be an international mechanism with a Palestinian presence to govern a post-war Gaza and we have to make sure that Hamas can’t be allowed to maintain its weapons or to govern Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to be watching to see that Israel is held to the agreements in the ceasefire,” Brotsky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Oct. 7, there have been three attempts to pause or halt fighting in exchange for the release of some hostages and delivery of aid to Gaza. Israel and Hamas have both accused the other of violating the temporary ceasefires, as well as historical peace deals prior to the war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That often happens,” Brotsky said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said Jewish Voice for Peace will be closely watching to see that, as negotiations over the reconstruction and habilitation of Gaza begin, Palestinians are given autonomy, and that they do not endure “military rule and oppression” by Israel.[aside postID=news_12058616 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest1.jpg']“Without Palestinian sovereignty and authority and participation in the peace deal as leaders, things aren’t going to change,” she said. “Israel, the U.S., other nations can’t be the decisive voices in the reconstruction that happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Trump’s proposed plan, he would oversee a body called the “Board of Peace,” which would guide a “technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee” to set up new governance in Gaza. The body would be temporary, and Trump said it would be comprised of a group of “qualified” Palestinians and international experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would also be a member of the Board of Peace, according to the plan, though others who might also be involved in leadership haven’t been named.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Samer Araabi of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center said he’s wary of a group of international leaders guiding the development of a governance structure in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Europeans overseeing the way that Palestine will be ‘rebuilt’ — we have a hundred years of history of that happening, and we know exactly how well that has worked in the past,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also unsure that the group of Palestinian technocrats and Board of Peace put together by Trump would effectively oversee economic recovery and rehabilitation of the land in Gaza, the vast majority of which has been destroyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g-s1-92205/ceasefire-gaza-war-key-figures\">NPR estimates\u003c/a> that 78% of buildings in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged, including more than 100 historical and archeological sites. 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"content": "\u003cp>Days after his comments advocating for President \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Donald Trump\u003c/a> to send the National Guard into San Francisco ballooned into a controversy, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was slated to appear at a press event on Monday afternoon with Mayor Daniel Lurie. Then it was cancelled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The abrupt change came after Benioff, a fourth-generation San Franciscan once viewed as relatively liberal, came under fire over the weekend for praising Trump in an interview with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/us/marc-benioff-san-francisco-guard.html\">\u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and lambasting the city’s approach to combating crime, saying the city should “refund” the police force—even though the police budget has grown and violent crime rates are down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco’s public safety challenges are real and complex, and we need to continue exploring every possible pathway to create a safer city for everyone,” Benioff, who once hosted a dinner for then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, said in a post on the social media platform X following his interview with \u003cem>the Times\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salesforce media representatives said the cancellation was due to an expected rainstorm. They did not say why the event — announcing millions of dollars in donations to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and local public schools — was not simply moved indoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff has since said that his comments were intended to suggest that San Francisco needs the same level of policing that takes place during Salesforce’s flagship conference, Dreamforce, happening this week in downtown San Francisco. Homeless advocates have also criticized the way the city increases encampment sweeps and policing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966960/san-francisco-is-clearing-homeless-encampments-ahead-of-apec\">during major public events\u003c/a>, rather than putting more resources toward seeking long-term solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037910\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12037910 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250424_UCSFFILE_GC-17-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay in San Francisco on April 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Benioff’s comments shocked some city officials and were immediately seized on by other tech giants close to Trump, like Elon Musk, who echoed Benioff’s call to bring the National Guard to San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the only solution at this point,” Musk \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1977277765415321926\">posted Sunday on X\u003c/a>. “Nothing else has or will work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday, the Salesforce CEO elaborated on his remarks on X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was recently asked about federal resources, my point was this: each year, to make Dreamforce as safe as possible for 50,000 attendees, we add 200 additional law-enforcement professionals — coordinated across city, state, and other partners,” he said in the lengthy post. “It’s proof that collaboration works and a reminder that the city needs more resources to keep San Franciscans safe year-round.”[aside postID=news_11977506 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/waimea-2_custom-3e3b796df19537131158318566195b4713aae87c-1020x674.jpg']Mayor Daniel Lurie, a moderate Democrat who has refrained from speaking out against Trump or his allies in tech, declined to respond to Benioff’s National Guard comments but defended the city’s law enforcement capabilities, saying crime is down 30% citywide compared to last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to keep people safe during Salesforce and Dreamforce this week, and we will keep people safe 365 days a year,” Lurie said when asked by reporters about Benioff’s comments at the city’s Italian Heritage Festival on Sunday. “We have work to do, there is no doubt about that. We need more SFPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in seven years, we have an increase in SFPD officers, and for the first time in 10 years, we have an increase in Sheriff’s officers,” Lurie said. “The city is on the rise. San Francisco is coming back, and I trust my local law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other local officials blasted Benioff for adding fuel to the president’s decision to send the military to largely Democratic cities, including Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a slap in the face to San Francisco. It’s insulting to our cops, and it’s honestly galling to those of us who’ve been fighting hard over the last few years to fully staff our SFPD,” Supervisor Matt Dorsey said \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/mattdorsey/status/1976842793265119244\">in a post on X\u003c/a>. “Marc Benioff, I pleaded for your support last year for the Prop F Charter Amendment I wrote, which would have swelled our police staffing ranks by hundreds of officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993653 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a fourfold increase in California Highway Patrol operations in the East Bay on July 11, 2024, at Berry Bros. Towing in West Oakland, backed by rows of cars recovered by CHP. He was joined by Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell (left) and CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee (right). \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city has struggled over the last decade to recruit and retain police officers, even with increased financial incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the California Highway Patrol and National Guard to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/04/22/1171467560/newsom-san-francisco-fentanyl-national-guard-highway-patrol\">assist San Francisco law enforcement\u003c/a> with fentanyl trafficking in the city. But legal experts have said Trump’s decision to deploy troops in cities, against the will of their local and state leadership, violates federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to many other tech executives, the Salesforce CEO was outspokenly supportive of a 2018 ballot measure, Prop C, which taxed the city’s wealthiest technology companies to fund homelessness services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like Musk and other tech titans, Benioff’s politics in recent years have shifted to the right.[aside postID=news_12058799 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/RobBontaTrumpGetty.jpg']In 2024, as the city was debating a new policy to ban pretextual traffic stops, which data show disproportionately affect Black drivers, Benioff said San Francisco should continue the controversial practice and increase police funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our police need to be empowered now — not this new terrible decision to end pretext stops,” he posted on X.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear exactly what’s prompted Benioff’s pivot toward Trump, but Salesforce does business with the federal government and tech moguls from OpenAI’s Sam Altman to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg have spoken favorably of the president in what many analysts say is an attempt to preserve their own business interests in the face of a commander-in-chief who has sought to punish his enemies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff’s latest comments signal to Keally McBride, a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, that Benioff, who has largely relocated in recent years to Hawaii, “is probably not in touch with what life in San Francisco really is like these days. And he’s not thinking very clearly about the human costs that are associated with bringing in the National Guard to police.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His remarks also pose a challenge for Lurie, who, while steering clear of criticizing Trump, has also sought to foster relationships with tech leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks at a rally on the steps of City Hall in San Francisco on Oct. 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Benioff coming out and saying, ‘I think the National Guard should come in,’ makes it clear that there are political costs for San Franciscans, but also for Lurie in associating himself with these people,” McBride said. “Lurie’s trying to be like, ‘We’re the good rich people,’ and this is not going to help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor, a Levi Strauss heir, is walking a tightrope in trying to court business interest in the city, at a time when the city has had to cut millions of dollars from its annual budget and is increasingly looking to private philanthropy to fill in the gaps. Angering Benioff, who has poured millions of dollars into various San Francisco causes, could have serious repercussions. The Salesforce CEO has already threatened in the past to move Dreamforce to another city, like Las Vegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is doing more philanthropy in San Francisco this year than I am,” Benioff said in an \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/13/publicly-turning-san-francisco-marc-benioff-had-privately-left/\">interview with \u003cem>the San Francisco Standard\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “We are the largest philanthropist in San Francisco by the company and individually. Nobody has given more than my family. Nobody has given more than my company.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the start of Lurie’s term this year, McBride said she hoped Lurie’s keep-quiet approach, “would mean that San Francisco would dodge the ire of Donald Trump, and that his affiliation with the tech industry leaders would help in that regard,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023569/lurie-tiptoes-around-trump-as-sf-leaders-challenge-executive-orders\">remained silent as Trump\u003c/a> has sent the National Guard to crack down on protests against increased immigration raids and arrests, and as the president said he will continue to send troops to Democratic strongholds like San Francisco to fight a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058130/san-francisco-officials-respond-to-trump-telling-us-generals-were-under-invasion-from-within\">war from within\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, that approach is being tested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Benioff’s statements, if anything, serve as encouragement to the Trump Administration. It could be decisive,” McBride said. “But, it’s really hard to know what the White House will do. I’m way beyond trying to predict what’s going to happen next week.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mayor Daniel Lurie, a moderate Democrat who has refrained from speaking out against Trump or his allies in tech, declined to respond to Benioff’s National Guard comments but defended the city’s law enforcement capabilities, saying crime is down 30% citywide compared to last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to keep people safe during Salesforce and Dreamforce this week, and we will keep people safe 365 days a year,” Lurie said when asked by reporters about Benioff’s comments at the city’s Italian Heritage Festival on Sunday. “We have work to do, there is no doubt about that. We need more SFPD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in seven years, we have an increase in SFPD officers, and for the first time in 10 years, we have an increase in Sheriff’s officers,” Lurie said. “The city is on the rise. San Francisco is coming back, and I trust my local law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other local officials blasted Benioff for adding fuel to the president’s decision to send the military to largely Democratic cities, including Portland, Chicago and Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a slap in the face to San Francisco. It’s insulting to our cops, and it’s honestly galling to those of us who’ve been fighting hard over the last few years to fully staff our SFPD,” Supervisor Matt Dorsey said \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/mattdorsey/status/1976842793265119244\">in a post on X\u003c/a>. “Marc Benioff, I pleaded for your support last year for the Prop F Charter Amendment I wrote, which would have swelled our police staffing ranks by hundreds of officers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993653 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/240711-NEWSOM-CARS-AF-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a fourfold increase in California Highway Patrol operations in the East Bay on July 11, 2024, at Berry Bros. Towing in West Oakland, backed by rows of cars recovered by CHP. He was joined by Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell (left) and CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee (right). \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city has struggled over the last decade to recruit and retain police officers, even with increased financial incentives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the California Highway Patrol and National Guard to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2023/04/22/1171467560/newsom-san-francisco-fentanyl-national-guard-highway-patrol\">assist San Francisco law enforcement\u003c/a> with fentanyl trafficking in the city. But legal experts have said Trump’s decision to deploy troops in cities, against the will of their local and state leadership, violates federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to many other tech executives, the Salesforce CEO was outspokenly supportive of a 2018 ballot measure, Prop C, which taxed the city’s wealthiest technology companies to fund homelessness services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But like Musk and other tech titans, Benioff’s politics in recent years have shifted to the right.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Vanessa Perez Rojas began her first year at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, she recalled feeling a bit lost and out of place. Growing up in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> with parents who migrated from Mexico and El Salvador, she said she wasn’t exposed to much information about college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I had no idea how to even declare a major. I didn’t really even know where to look,” said the 21-year-old speaking from campus, where graduation celebrations often include mariachi bands and taco bars.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perez Rojas knew of Saint Mary’s because her older brother had attended — which gave her the confidence that she could find support as a first-generation college student. More than one-third of St. Mary’s students are Latino, and the school is designated a Hispanic Serving Institution, a federal program that allows colleges to apply for grants if at least 25% of their students identify as Hispanic.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I’ve been able to meet great mentors who also fit that description of being first generation, and far beyond being able to see myself through them, they want to see people like myself succeed,” Perez Rojas said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 171 Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California — the most of any state — and they have long relied on federal funding to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057033/california-faces-steepest-cuts-as-trump-ends-diversity-grants-how-one-college-is-faring\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pay for programs, staff, and support services\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now, those schools are worried about \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the program’s future. Last month, the U.S. Department of Education pulled $350 million that had been allocated to HSIs. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058488\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058488\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the HSI program amounts to “discrimination based upon race or ethnicity,” as the Trump administration scales back initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas,” McMahon said.[aside postID=news_12057037 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904_K-ONDA-SEPTEMBER-NAIL-ARTIST-_GH-2-KQED.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program’s existence was already under threat. In June, the state of Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded by conservative activist Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging affirmative action admissions policies at schools, filed\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/6/11/pr25-33.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a federal lawsuit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claiming HSI funding is unconstitutional. The Trump administration declined to contest the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea that the program is discriminatory is misleading, said Gina Ann Garcia, a professor in the UC Berkeley School of Education who studies HSIs and hosts a podcast about them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“A lot of campuses do benefit, including our community college system in California, and have had a good success rate of getting those HSI grants to advance programs that we know are serving students,” Garcia said. “It would be detrimental to California if we no longer have access to those funds.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSIs were created in the 1990s to ensure that colleges enrolling large numbers of Latino students received adequate funding to help those students graduate. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster reading “Hispanic Culture and Heritage” is displayed in the Intercultural Center at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In California, more than 90% of community colleges, and 21 out of 22 California State Universities and seven of nine University of California undergraduate campuses qualify as HSIs. Community colleges in the state estimate they\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/california-community-colleges-to-lose-20-million-next-year-amid-hispanic-serving-institution-grant-cuts\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will lose at least $20 million this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The mission of our colleges is to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have the opportunity to succeed,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Sonya Christian said in a statement after the Education Department pulled HSI funding. “We are deeply troubled that this action could limit access to resources that support their educational advancement and economic mobility.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSI funds have helped pay for high school students to take community college classes, cover students’ living expenses and provide mentorship — efforts shown to\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65399/how-some-colleges-are-working-to-engage-and-better-recruit-latino-students\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase graduation rates\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and long-term socioeconomic mobility for Latinos, Garcia said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Perez Rojas, a fourth-year student, prays in the chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, the school will not see an immediate financial hit because it doesn’t currently have active HSI grants, but participation in the program signals a commitment to serving Latino students, Provost Carol Ann Gittens said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What that says to students and families is that if you come to Saint Mary’s College, you’re going to be supported,” Roger Thompson, president of Saint Mary’s, told KQED. “Latino students are the fastest growing demographic in the state and the country, but it’s also one of the least likely to go to college. We are leaning in in every way possible to try to build and increase our Hispanic student population.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perez Rojas is on track to graduate next spring with a degree in business administration. Her path wasn’t always certain. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, she had to transfer after her high school closed. Her new school offered little college guidance, so she relied on her brother for help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, admissions and financial aid counselors met with her parents in person — in Spanish. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Just sitting down and explaining things really made a difference,” Perez Rojas said. “I don’t think I would be in college if that wasn’t the case.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A combination of financial aid and scholarships, including one for students with family alumni, made her education possible.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But once she arrived on campus, Perez Rojas said she still struggled to adapt. She recalled attending a panel discussion about imposter syndrome at the college’s Intercultural Center that had a profound impact. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I realized that there are other people on this campus that feel that same way. It definitely changed my perspective on being worthy of having a bachelor’s degree,” said Perez Rojas, who hopes to use her business background to serve the Latino community. “I want to promote, hopefully, more Latinx students to come to Saint Mary’s, but also to foster that idea that you are important, you are known and you can be safe here.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program’s existence was already under threat. In June, the state of Tennessee and Students for Fair Admissions,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded by conservative activist Edward Blum for the purpose of challenging affirmative action admissions policies at schools, filed\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/6/11/pr25-33.html\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a federal lawsuit\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> claiming HSI funding is unconstitutional. The Trump administration declined to contest the case.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea that the program is discriminatory is misleading, said Gina Ann Garcia, a professor in the UC Berkeley School of Education who studies HSIs and hosts a podcast about them. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“A lot of campuses do benefit, including our community college system in California, and have had a good success rate of getting those HSI grants to advance programs that we know are serving students,” Garcia said. “It would be detrimental to California if we no longer have access to those funds.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSIs were created in the 1990s to ensure that colleges enrolling large numbers of Latino students received adequate funding to help those students graduate. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058491\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058491\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-11-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A poster reading “Hispanic Culture and Heritage” is displayed in the Intercultural Center at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In California, more than 90% of community colleges, and 21 out of 22 California State Universities and seven of nine University of California undergraduate campuses qualify as HSIs. Community colleges in the state estimate they\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/california-community-colleges-to-lose-20-million-next-year-amid-hispanic-serving-institution-grant-cuts\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will lose at least $20 million this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The mission of our colleges is to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have the opportunity to succeed,” California Community Colleges Chancellor Sonya Christian said in a statement after the Education Department pulled HSI funding. “We are deeply troubled that this action could limit access to resources that support their educational advancement and economic mobility.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSI funds have helped pay for high school students to take community college classes, cover students’ living expenses and provide mentorship — efforts shown to\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65399/how-some-colleges-are-working-to-engage-and-better-recruit-latino-students\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> increase graduation rates\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and long-term socioeconomic mobility for Latinos, Garcia said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058487\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 1333px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED.jpg 1333w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20250930_HISPANICSERVINGINSTITUTIONS_GC-7-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanessa Perez Rojas, a fourth-year student, prays in the chapel at Saint Mary’s College of California in Moraga on Sept. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, the school will not see an immediate financial hit because it doesn’t currently have active HSI grants, but participation in the program signals a commitment to serving Latino students, Provost Carol Ann Gittens said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What that says to students and families is that if you come to Saint Mary’s College, you’re going to be supported,” Roger Thompson, president of Saint Mary’s, told KQED. “Latino students are the fastest growing demographic in the state and the country, but it’s also one of the least likely to go to college. We are leaning in in every way possible to try to build and increase our Hispanic student population.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perez Rojas is on track to graduate next spring with a degree in business administration. Her path wasn’t always certain. In 2020, when the pandemic hit, she had to transfer after her high school closed. Her new school offered little college guidance, so she relied on her brother for help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Saint Mary’s, admissions and financial aid counselors met with her parents in person — in Spanish. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Just sitting down and explaining things really made a difference,” Perez Rojas said. “I don’t think I would be in college if that wasn’t the case.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A combination of financial aid and scholarships, including one for students with family alumni, made her education possible.\u003c/span>\u003cb> \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But once she arrived on campus, Perez Rojas said she still struggled to adapt. She recalled attending a panel discussion about imposter syndrome at the college’s Intercultural Center that had a profound impact. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I realized that there are other people on this campus that feel that same way. It definitely changed my perspective on being worthy of having a bachelor’s degree,” said Perez Rojas, who hopes to use her business background to serve the Latino community. “I want to promote, hopefully, more Latinx students to come to Saint Mary’s, but also to foster that idea that you are important, you are known and you can be safe here.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> has taken a major step to clear the way for developers across the state to build new, taller apartments near\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/public-transit\"> transit hubs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Friday that would allow for the construction of denser multi-family housing in neighborhoods within a half-mile of bustling train and bus stops on major transit networks like BART, Caltrain or the L.A. Metro rail system, overriding local zoning laws. Buildings closest to the transit hubs could go up to nine stories.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042670/controversial-housing-near-transit-bill-advances-to-next-stop-in-legislature\">SB 79\u003c/a>, has been viewed as one of the most significant \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">housing bills in decades\u003c/a>. It’s state Sen. Scott Wiener’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031302/wieners-controversial-bill-to-allow-housing-near-transit-is-back\">latest of several attempts\u003c/a> to spur new housing construction, a movement that has made \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057068/are-yimbys-winning-the-housing-debate\">political gains this year\u003c/a> — and, at the same time, to increase public transit’s revenue by drawing new ridership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SB 79 is a historic step toward tackling the root cause of California’s affordability crisis — our profound shortage of homes and too few people having access to transit,” Wiener, D-San Francisco, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, which will apply only to eight urbanized California counties with 16 or more passenger rail stations, also allows zoning for five- to eight-story buildings adjacent to light rail lines, as well as daily trains and rapid bus transit or streets with dedicated bus lanes. It takes effect July 1, 2026, in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, absent cities’ alternative plans for transit-oriented upzoning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010450\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-09-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at a press event in front of the SFUSD offices in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It will also allow transit agencies to set their own zoning rules on properties they own adjacent to transit-oriented development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents argue that a shortage of affordable housing has ensnared the state in an unaffordability crisis, exacerbated by “permitting, rezoning, and public funding barriers to build” affordable housing in the state, according to Wiener.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have [now] undone decades of housing prohibitions in our cities near the transit stations that we’ve all paid for, and we’ll start to see hopefully soon a [return] to the way California was envisioning its growth when we built these transit stations,” said Matt Lewis, a spokesperson for California YIMBY, a group that advocates for accelerating housing development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities must meet the housing targets outlined in the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101885996/california-cities-struggle-to-meet-new-housing-planning-guidelines\">Regional Housing Needs Assessment\u003c/a> to avoid lawsuits, losses in funding and other consequences, including what’s known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11945744/california-building-boom-a-new-law-promised-big-but-has-yet-to-deliver-in-the-bay-area\">the “builder’s remedy,”\u003c/a> which allows developers to sidestep local zoning restrictions if the city is out of compliance with state housing law.[aside postID=news_12042670 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/008_KQED_Housing_Oakland_02212020_3485_qed-1020x680.jpg']Yet, how to achieve ambitious housing goals has caused controversy in a state where how and what to build is a touchy subject.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, city leaders are working on a plan to add more than 36,000 homes to the city’s west side and northern neighborhoods as part of\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/12057448/on-sfs-west-side-a-push-to-protect-historic-landmarks-amid-plans-for-more-housing\"> a new “family zoning” push\u003c/a> that would exempt these parts of the city from SB 79. If the Board of Supervisors doesn’t approve that plan by January, the state will start to impose fines and withhold critical funding for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are real consequences if we fail to pass family zoning,” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said Friday in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPo2PTUEoEc/?hl=en\">Instagram post\u003c/a> about the carveouts in SB 79. “The state is ready with what they call the builder’s remedy, which means unlimited height and density on every block and stripping the city of all decision-making power on new projects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In discussions in the Capitol, equity groups \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/sb79-oppose-unless-amended-to-protect-housing-input-affordability/\">argued\u003c/a> that the bill does not enshrine affordability requirements for new housing. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/los-angeles-sb-79-map-neighborhoods-address-housing-california-bill-bass-newsom\">urged Newsom to veto the bill\u003c/a>, saying that it would “erode local control, diminish community input on planning and zoning and disproportionately impact low-resource neighborhoods.” And homeowner groups have said they \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ph/MIOix#selection-3119.0-3134.0\">fear\u003c/a> the bill will \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/people-take-to-the-streets-of-south-park-to-protest-california-housing-bill/3897316/\">affect\u003c/a> the character of their neighborhoods and price out small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the bill cleared political hurdles and narrowly passed both houses of the Legislature after adding provisions for labor unions, and by exempting areas that are already covered by local housing policy that promotes transit. That allowed it to avoid the fate of Wiener’s previous three attempts in the last seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s decision was highly anticipated for weeks. His signing represents a significant step in California’s housing experiment, alongside several other housing bills signed Friday — including one to slash red tape around converting office buildings into residences and multiple bills meant to streamline the construction of accessory dwelling units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/abandlamudi\">\u003cem>Adhiti Bandlamudi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Yet, how to achieve ambitious housing goals has caused controversy in a state where how and what to build is a touchy subject.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, city leaders are working on a plan to add more than 36,000 homes to the city’s west side and northern neighborhoods as part of\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/12057448/on-sfs-west-side-a-push-to-protect-historic-landmarks-amid-plans-for-more-housing\"> a new “family zoning” push\u003c/a> that would exempt these parts of the city from SB 79. If the Board of Supervisors doesn’t approve that plan by January, the state will start to impose fines and withhold critical funding for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are real consequences if we fail to pass family zoning,” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said Friday in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPo2PTUEoEc/?hl=en\">Instagram post\u003c/a> about the carveouts in SB 79. “The state is ready with what they call the builder’s remedy, which means unlimited height and density on every block and stripping the city of all decision-making power on new projects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In discussions in the Capitol, equity groups \u003ca href=\"https://wclp.org/sb79-oppose-unless-amended-to-protect-housing-input-affordability/\">argued\u003c/a> that the bill does not enshrine affordability requirements for new housing. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/los-angeles-sb-79-map-neighborhoods-address-housing-california-bill-bass-newsom\">urged Newsom to veto the bill\u003c/a>, saying that it would “erode local control, diminish community input on planning and zoning and disproportionately impact low-resource neighborhoods.” And homeowner groups have said they \u003ca href=\"https://archive.ph/MIOix#selection-3119.0-3134.0\">fear\u003c/a> the bill will \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/people-take-to-the-streets-of-south-park-to-protest-california-housing-bill/3897316/\">affect\u003c/a> the character of their neighborhoods and price out small businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the bill cleared political hurdles and narrowly passed both houses of the Legislature after adding provisions for labor unions, and by exempting areas that are already covered by local housing policy that promotes transit. That allowed it to avoid the fate of Wiener’s previous three attempts in the last seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom’s decision was highly anticipated for weeks. His signing represents a significant step in California’s housing experiment, alongside several other housing bills signed Friday — including one to slash red tape around converting office buildings into residences and multiple bills meant to streamline the construction of accessory dwelling units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/abandlamudi\">\u003cem>Adhiti Bandlamudi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> officials plan to move 60 now-vacant cabins for homeless people from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11637875/new-program-pitches-tiny-homes-as-solution-to-s-f-homelessness\">a former shelter site in the Mission District\u003c/a> to Jerrold Commons, a temporary shelter site in the Bayview neighborhood. While the cabins aren’t slated to be occupied anytime soon, the decision has drawn ire from Bayview leaders who say it takes advantage of their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerrold Commons is part of a broader debate over where to locate services for homeless people as the city seeks to expand transitional housing and shelters across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Shamann Walton, who represents the historically Black neighborhood on the southeast edge of the city, blasted the decision to store the unused cabins at Jerrold Commons, saying he was not notified and that the move goes against agreements the Board of Supervisors made earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“First, the mayor tried to turn Jerrold into a 200-bed shelter site with no RV parking and no community input. Now, he’s trying to quietly drop in cabins from the Mission and talk about expansion later,” Walton said. “At no point has this administration come back to the community in good faith for this decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 60 tiny home cabins are currently housing residents at Jerrold Commons, according to Emily Cohen, deputy director for communications and legislative affairs at the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10483076\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10483076\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/BART-e1428532843522.jpg\" alt=\"The BART station at 16th and Mission streets in San Francisco.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The BART station at 16th and Mission streets in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city is now planning to relocate 60 empty cabins from a former shelter site near the 16th Street BART station because the parcel is slated to be developed into affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With thousands of people sleeping on the streets every night, we need these cabins available to offer those people somewhere inside to sleep,” Cohen said. “But until these cabins have a long-term site, we have a simple choice: dispose of them entirely, delay a critical affordable housing project in the Mission, or store them temporarily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said they are working to identify a long-term site and use for the now-empty cabins, which Cohen said will remain unused while they are stored at Jerrold Commons. It’s unclear how long they will be stored at the site.[aside postID=news_12050263 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250722-ShelterFamilies-09-BL_qed.jpg']The department said it intends to notify and work with current residents at Jerrold Commons and community members for any future efforts to fill the cabins or make other changes to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city will conduct a robust community engagement process before activating the cabins at any future site or making any changes to the operations at Jerrold,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s office declined to provide a comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton’s district has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lawmaker-blasts-mayor-over-bayview-homeless-plan-20246317.php\">at the center of much debate\u003c/a> over where the city should build out new shelters and transitional housing. The supervisor earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050263/a-new-san-francisco-plan-would-spread-out-homeless-shelters-more-evenly\">supported legislation\u003c/a> that would require the city to build new facilities in neighborhoods where data shows there are more unhoused people than services available, and avoid over-concentrating services in a few communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 10 is home to a large portion of the city’s unhoused population as well as residents living in cars and RVs. But the supervisor and residents say their community hosts a disproportionate amount of the city’s homeless facilities and resources, while other neighborhoods lack services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the San Francisco skyline in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood on Nov. 13, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have three navigation centers in District 10. Two are in the Bayview,” Walton said. “We had a safe sleeping site. We have the site at Jerrold now. So we’ve been working hard to obviously address the concerns and needs of the unhoused community. But most certainly, you have to have conversations that include the community about the best way to do anything, particularly when we’re bringing in more sites because services are needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton has supported a plan developed over a year with community members and HSH to use Jerrold Avenue to house 68 cabins and 20 RV parking sites, after the city closed the Candlestick safe parking site during the pandemic.[aside postID=news_12057616 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250826_SFHARMREDUCTION00437_TV-KQED-1.jpg']During this year’s budget negotiations, supervisors agreed on legislation that would allow PG&E to expand services for additional shelter at the Jerrold site. According to Walton, “the mayor and his team agreed that if we allow the PG&E expansion, that anything they did at the Jerrold site moving forward would be a community conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has also moved to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007425/san-francisco-bans-overnight-parking-for-rvs-on-most-city-streets\">ban overnight RV parking\u003c/a> and is initiating a two-hour parking limit \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large-vehicle-refuge-permit-program\">beginning in November\u003c/a>, scattering many families and RV dwellers across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisor said the city’s decision to move the cabins for storage to Jerrold Commons “directly contradicts every promise made by the mayor and his administration to the Bayview community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials defended the cabin relocation, saying it utilizes storage space on land that the city leases and that no new residents are moving in at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton is now calling for the city to halt the relocation of the empty cabins to Jerrold Avenue and work with the community there before any changes to the site are announced. The city plans to begin moving the cabins over the next few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The department said it intends to notify and work with current residents at Jerrold Commons and community members for any future efforts to fill the cabins or make other changes to the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city will conduct a robust community engagement process before activating the cabins at any future site or making any changes to the operations at Jerrold,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s office declined to provide a comment for this story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton’s district has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/lawmaker-blasts-mayor-over-bayview-homeless-plan-20246317.php\">at the center of much debate\u003c/a> over where the city should build out new shelters and transitional housing. The supervisor earlier this year \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050263/a-new-san-francisco-plan-would-spread-out-homeless-shelters-more-evenly\">supported legislation\u003c/a> that would require the city to build new facilities in neighborhoods where data shows there are more unhoused people than services available, and avoid over-concentrating services in a few communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District 10 is home to a large portion of the city’s unhoused population as well as residents living in cars and RVs. But the supervisor and residents say their community hosts a disproportionate amount of the city’s homeless facilities and resources, while other neighborhoods lack services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999676\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/020_KQED_OneLoveBlackCommunity_11132022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the San Francisco skyline in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood on Nov. 13, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We have three navigation centers in District 10. Two are in the Bayview,” Walton said. “We had a safe sleeping site. We have the site at Jerrold now. So we’ve been working hard to obviously address the concerns and needs of the unhoused community. But most certainly, you have to have conversations that include the community about the best way to do anything, particularly when we’re bringing in more sites because services are needed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton has supported a plan developed over a year with community members and HSH to use Jerrold Avenue to house 68 cabins and 20 RV parking sites, after the city closed the Candlestick safe parking site during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>During this year’s budget negotiations, supervisors agreed on legislation that would allow PG&E to expand services for additional shelter at the Jerrold site. According to Walton, “the mayor and his team agreed that if we allow the PG&E expansion, that anything they did at the Jerrold site moving forward would be a community conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city has also moved to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007425/san-francisco-bans-overnight-parking-for-rvs-on-most-city-streets\">ban overnight RV parking\u003c/a> and is initiating a two-hour parking limit \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/large-vehicle-refuge-permit-program\">beginning in November\u003c/a>, scattering many families and RV dwellers across the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The supervisor said the city’s decision to move the cabins for storage to Jerrold Commons “directly contradicts every promise made by the mayor and his administration to the Bayview community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials defended the cabin relocation, saying it utilizes storage space on land that the city leases and that no new residents are moving in at this time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton is now calling for the city to halt the relocation of the empty cabins to Jerrold Avenue and work with the community there before any changes to the site are announced. The city plans to begin moving the cabins over the next few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Now entering its second week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> has resulted in many San Francisco Bay Area landmarks and attractions closing their doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods National Monument\u003c/a>, where visitors who came to see the giant redwoods on Oct. 1 were not able to enter the park. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a> was also initially closed but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">re-opened on Oct. 3,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Fort Point will partially reopen on Friday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, San Francisco alone drew \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/n3xqgl7cnjxl9wwd3kodkxkooswrp2ca\">an estimated 23.3 million visitors.\u003c/a> And for those who traveled across the country — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">or even the globe \u003c/a>— to see these sites, it’s a dismaying, unexpected prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while several landmarks will remain closed for the duration of the shutdown, other Bay Area locations on the tourist trail remain open. Keep reading for which federally managed locations locally are closed to the public, and where visitors can go instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">What Bay Area visitor attractions are closed during the shutdown\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First off, which Bay Area tourist spots are \u003cem>unaffected \u003c/em>by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alcatraz Island\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcatraz Island was a particularly confusing case for tourists to San Francisco early in the shutdown. After posting a Oct. 1 closure that was described as temporary due to a “planned project,” NPS said that the site would be “reopening for its regular schedule on October 2 with all facilities OPEN” — and Alcatraz City Cruises, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">the ferry company that operates boat service to the island\u003c/a>, was still selling tickets for Thursday onward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Oct. 2, notices were posted on NPS.gov stating that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island was now in fact “closed due to lapse in federal appropriations,”\u003c/a> offering no timeframe for the closure, and that any ticket purchases would be refunded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A security guard informs a tourist that Alcatraz Island is closed Oct. 1, citing closure due to a planned project, on October 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 3, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">Alcatraz City Cruises’ website said tours to the Island had resumed once more at 10:30 a.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan David, owner of local tour company San Francisco Excursions told KQED that the NPS staffer responsible for tour groups on the Island informed him early on Oct. 3 that earlier tours that day had been canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 2018 government shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/24/alcatraz-cancelled-shutdown-san-francisco-bay-area-muir-woods/\">Alcatraz remained open, though night tours were canceled.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fort Point National Historic Site (partially open starting Oct. 10)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>After being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">shuttered for over a week due to the federal government shutdown\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/fopo/index.htm\">Fort Point National Historic Site\u003c/a> is scheduled to partially reopen to the public on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco national park site, famed for its use as a filming location for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller \u003ca href=\"https://reelsf.com/reelsf/vertigo-fort-point\">\u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, will reopen only on weekends during the shutdown, according to Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">the gates that lead to Fort Point by Long Avenue and Marine Drive have remained locked\u003c/a>, although pedestrian access is still possible and the site’s bathrooms are still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>But Lehnertz said due to the popularity of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.for-site.org/black-gold-stories-untold\">\u003cem>Black Gold: Stories Untold \u003c/em>\u003c/a>exhibition on display inside Fort Point, the conservancy made a donation to fund staffing at the site for the show’s final weekend on Oct. 10-13. Both the museum and exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>The Fort Point visitor center, parking lot, bookstore and the bathrooms will be open Friday through Monday for the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend, and every following weekend, Friday through Sunday, “for the foreseeable future,” said Lehnertz. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Read more about the reopening of Fort Point.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Fort Point during the week:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/fort-baker.htm\">NPS site Fort Baker\u003c/a>, across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, remains open during the shutdown. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy also offers more\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/article/seven-places-gaze-golden-gate-bridge\"> ideas for scenic vantage points around the bridge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Presidio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio of San Francisco is under NPS jurisdiction but funded separately, so the former U.S.-Army-site-turned-national park will remain open and accessible. Take a look at our suggestions for\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054079/best-hikes-san-francisco-presidio-views-trails-hiking\"> four hikes to discover the Presidio.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trail passes by Immigrant Point Overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park is not federal land and therefore is unaffected by the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046160\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People row on a rental boat on Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on June 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost all museums and galleries around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Washington, D.C., where museums and galleries are part of the federal Smithsonian group, Bay Area museums and galleries aren’t federally run and are unaffected by the shutdown. That includes the de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor, SFMOMA, the California Academy of Sciences and the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only exception will be the museums that are part of NPS sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikers explore Point Reyes shrouded in fog on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Reyes National Seashore \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No NPS closures have yet been posted for this 100-square-mile stretch of wilderness on the North Bay coast, though visitors should watch for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">bathroom closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And in case you were wondering … San Francisco cable cars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Run by SFMTA, the cable cars will continue to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">\u003c/a>What Bay Area parks, landmarks and tourist attractions are affected by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muir Woods National Monument: Closed with temporary re-opening Oct. 23-Nov 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people come to the Bay Area hoping to visit Muir Woods’ famous, majestic redwoods, but this national park is one of the Bay Area NPS sites that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">closed straightaway at the start of the shutdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061286/muir-woods-reopens-amid-government-shutdown-temporarily\">Muir Woods was temporarily re-opened for 10 days on Oct. 23\u003c/a> thanks to donations from several companies associated with the park. Nov. `1 will be the last day to visit Muir Woods during the shutdown before it closes again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both parking at Muir Woods itself and the shuttle to the park require \u003ca href=\"http://gomuirwoods.com\">timed reservations in advance via gomuirwoods.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California, which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve already bought reservations for a period when Muir Woods will be closed, they’ll be canceled and refunded. You \u003cem>can \u003c/em>still make reservations, but since we don’t know how long the shutdown will last, be aware that “any reservations made for the near future may be automatically canceled and refunded if the shutdown continues,” according to the Go Muir Woods site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Muir Woods? \u003c/em>On Wednesday, park rangers turning away visitors recommended nearby hikes, including \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/preserves/roys-redwoods\">Roy’s Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a> around 45 minutes north, and trails around \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a> — which, as a California State Park, remains open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide to other forest spaces around the Bay Area that offer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">stunning redwoods\u003c/a>, including Samuel P. Taylor State Park and Armstrong Redwoods State park in the North Bay. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">Read our full guide to Bay Area redwoods to visit as an alternative to Muir Woods.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050853 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1176\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-1536x941.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you can’t see Muir Woods, the Bay Area still holds other beautiful redwood forests, like Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. \u003ccite>(Hotaik Sung/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You may hear that it’s possible to \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/canopy-lost-and-fern-creek-loop\">hike into Muir Woods from other areas\u003c/a>, but while it’s technically true, the NPS has historically urged visitors to stay away from closed parks.[aside postID=news_12058137 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TrumpsSignageOrder-36-BL_qed.jpg']A full closure like this also means that if you get into trouble on the steep trails, there will be no park rangers or first responders in the vicinity to help you — and there’s little-to-no cellphone service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>China Beach: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/chinabeach.htm\">China Beach\u003c/a>, a small but scenic San Francisco cove with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, is now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to China Beach: \u003c/em>While nearby NPS site \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/baker-beach.htm\">Baker Beach\u003c/a> remains open and offers a similar vista, its parking lot has been closed — so you’ll need to find alternative parking in the Sea Cliff neighborhood. Baker Beach’s bathrooms, however, will remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058373\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands of California on March 17, 2012. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Bonita Lighthouse: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/pobo.htm\">This 1855 lighthouse in the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>, with views over the Golden Gate, is also now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Point Bonita Lighthouse: \u003c/em>NPS has suggestions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/marin-headlands-scenic-vistas.htm\">how to drive the Headlands\u003c/a> to access the most striking vantage points over the ocean and the Bay. If it’s lighthouses you’re looking for, consider heading south to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=78#google_vignette\">Point Montara \u003c/a>near Half Moon Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point\u003c/a> near Pescadero and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pointpinoslighthouse.org/\">Point Pinos\u003c/a> near Monterey. There’s also the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/lighthouse.htm\">Point Reyes lighthouse\u003c/a>, but as this is NPS land, you should stay vigilant for any updates around shutdown closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993184\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993184 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Baker Beach photographed on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Finally: Going to the beach? Watch out for parking lot closures\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Popular Bay Area beaches where parking lots are currently closed (but bathrooms remain open):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Crissy Field East Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Baker Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stinson Beach, Marin County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muir Beach and Muir Beach Overlook, Marin County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">See the full list of NPS closures and advisories for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Now entering its second week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> has resulted in many San Francisco Bay Area landmarks and attractions closing their doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods National Monument\u003c/a>, where visitors who came to see the giant redwoods on Oct. 1 were not able to enter the park. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a> was also initially closed but \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">re-opened on Oct. 3,\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Fort Point will partially reopen on Friday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, San Francisco alone drew \u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/n3xqgl7cnjxl9wwd3kodkxkooswrp2ca\">an estimated 23.3 million visitors.\u003c/a> And for those who traveled across the country — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">or even the globe \u003c/a>— to see these sites, it’s a dismaying, unexpected prospect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while several landmarks will remain closed for the duration of the shutdown, other Bay Area locations on the tourist trail remain open. Keep reading for which federally managed locations locally are closed to the public, and where visitors can go instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">What Bay Area visitor attractions are closed during the shutdown\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>First off, which Bay Area tourist spots are \u003cem>unaffected \u003c/em>by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alcatraz Island\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcatraz Island was a particularly confusing case for tourists to San Francisco early in the shutdown. After posting a Oct. 1 closure that was described as temporary due to a “planned project,” NPS said that the site would be “reopening for its regular schedule on October 2 with all facilities OPEN” — and Alcatraz City Cruises, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">the ferry company that operates boat service to the island\u003c/a>, was still selling tickets for Thursday onward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Oct. 2, notices were posted on NPS.gov stating that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island was now in fact “closed due to lapse in federal appropriations,”\u003c/a> offering no timeframe for the closure, and that any ticket purchases would be refunded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058258\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A security guard informs a tourist that Alcatraz Island is closed Oct. 1, citing closure due to a planned project, on October 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 3, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityexperiences.com/san-francisco/city-cruises/alcatraz/tour-options/alcatraz-day-tour/\">Alcatraz City Cruises’ website said tours to the Island had resumed once more at 10:30 a.m.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan David, owner of local tour company San Francisco Excursions told KQED that the NPS staffer responsible for tour groups on the Island informed him early on Oct. 3 that earlier tours that day had been canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the 2018 government shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/12/24/alcatraz-cancelled-shutdown-san-francisco-bay-area-muir-woods/\">Alcatraz remained open, though night tours were canceled.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fort Point National Historic Site (partially open starting Oct. 10)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>After being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">shuttered for over a week due to the federal government shutdown\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/fopo/index.htm\">Fort Point National Historic Site\u003c/a> is scheduled to partially reopen to the public on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco national park site, famed for its use as a filming location for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 thriller \u003ca href=\"https://reelsf.com/reelsf/vertigo-fort-point\">\u003cem>Vertigo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, will reopen only on weekends during the shutdown, according to Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">the gates that lead to Fort Point by Long Avenue and Marine Drive have remained locked\u003c/a>, although pedestrian access is still possible and the site’s bathrooms are still open.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>But Lehnertz said due to the popularity of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.for-site.org/black-gold-stories-untold\">\u003cem>Black Gold: Stories Untold \u003c/em>\u003c/a>exhibition on display inside Fort Point, the conservancy made a donation to fund staffing at the site for the show’s final weekend on Oct. 10-13. Both the museum and exhibition will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\n\u003cp>The Fort Point visitor center, parking lot, bookstore and the bathrooms will be open Friday through Monday for the Indigenous Peoples Day holiday weekend, and every following weekend, Friday through Sunday, “for the foreseeable future,” said Lehnertz. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">Read more about the reopening of Fort Point.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Fort Point during the week:\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/fort-baker.htm\">NPS site Fort Baker\u003c/a>, across the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, remains open during the shutdown. The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy also offers more\u003ca href=\"https://www.parksconservancy.org/article/seven-places-gaze-golden-gate-bridge\"> ideas for scenic vantage points around the bridge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Presidio\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio of San Francisco is under NPS jurisdiction but funded separately, so the former U.S.-Army-site-turned-national park will remain open and accessible. Take a look at our suggestions for\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12054079/best-hikes-san-francisco-presidio-views-trails-hiking\"> four hikes to discover the Presidio.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055111\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055111\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trail passes by Immigrant Point Overlook in the Presidio of San Francisco on Sept. 4, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Gate Park\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden Gate Park is not federal land and therefore is unaffected by the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046160\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046160\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250624-PARKFILE-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People row on a rental boat on Blue Heron Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on June 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Almost all museums and galleries around the Bay Area\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike Washington, D.C., where museums and galleries are part of the federal Smithsonian group, Bay Area museums and galleries aren’t federally run and are unaffected by the shutdown. That includes the de Young Museum, the Legion of Honor, SFMOMA, the California Academy of Sciences and the Oakland Museum of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only exception will be the museums that are part of NPS sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikers explore Point Reyes shrouded in fog on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Reyes National Seashore \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No NPS closures have yet been posted for this 100-square-mile stretch of wilderness on the North Bay coast, though visitors should watch for \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/conditions.htm\">bathroom closures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>And in case you were wondering … San Francisco cable cars\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Run by SFMTA, the cable cars will continue to operate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatBayAreavisitorattractionsareclosedduringtheshutdown\">\u003c/a>What Bay Area parks, landmarks and tourist attractions are affected by the shutdown?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muir Woods National Monument: Closed with temporary re-opening Oct. 23-Nov 1\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people come to the Bay Area hoping to visit Muir Woods’ famous, majestic redwoods, but this national park is one of the Bay Area NPS sites that \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">closed straightaway at the start of the shutdown\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061286/muir-woods-reopens-amid-government-shutdown-temporarily\">Muir Woods was temporarily re-opened for 10 days on Oct. 23\u003c/a> thanks to donations from several companies associated with the park. Nov. `1 will be the last day to visit Muir Woods during the shutdown before it closes again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both parking at Muir Woods itself and the shuttle to the park require \u003ca href=\"http://gomuirwoods.com\">timed reservations in advance via gomuirwoods.com\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California, which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you’ve already bought reservations for a period when Muir Woods will be closed, they’ll be canceled and refunded. You \u003cem>can \u003c/em>still make reservations, but since we don’t know how long the shutdown will last, be aware that “any reservations made for the near future may be automatically canceled and refunded if the shutdown continues,” according to the Go Muir Woods site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Muir Woods? \u003c/em>On Wednesday, park rangers turning away visitors recommended nearby hikes, including \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/preserves/roys-redwoods\">Roy’s Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a> around 45 minutes north, and trails around \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a> — which, as a California State Park, remains open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide to other forest spaces around the Bay Area that offer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">stunning redwoods\u003c/a>, including Samuel P. Taylor State Park and Armstrong Redwoods State park in the North Bay. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12050823/muir-woods-reservation-parking-redwood-forests-bay-area-alternative\">Read our full guide to Bay Area redwoods to visit as an alternative to Muir Woods.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12050853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12050853 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1176\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/Armstrong-Redwoods-1-1536x941.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you can’t see Muir Woods, the Bay Area still holds other beautiful redwood forests, like Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. \u003ccite>(Hotaik Sung/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You may hear that it’s possible to \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/canopy-lost-and-fern-creek-loop\">hike into Muir Woods from other areas\u003c/a>, but while it’s technically true, the NPS has historically urged visitors to stay away from closed parks.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A full closure like this also means that if you get into trouble on the steep trails, there will be no park rangers or first responders in the vicinity to help you — and there’s little-to-no cellphone service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>China Beach: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/chinabeach.htm\">China Beach\u003c/a>, a small but scenic San Francisco cove with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, is now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to China Beach: \u003c/em>While nearby NPS site \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/baker-beach.htm\">Baker Beach\u003c/a> remains open and offers a similar vista, its parking lot has been closed — so you’ll need to find alternative parking in the Sea Cliff neighborhood. Baker Beach’s bathrooms, however, will remain open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058373\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058373\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PointBonita_20120317b_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Bonita Lighthouse in the Marin Headlands of California on March 17, 2012. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Point Bonita Lighthouse: Closed\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/pobo.htm\">This 1855 lighthouse in the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>, with views over the Golden Gate, is also now closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Alternatives to Point Bonita Lighthouse: \u003c/em>NPS has suggestions on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/marin-headlands-scenic-vistas.htm\">how to drive the Headlands\u003c/a> to access the most striking vantage points over the ocean and the Bay. If it’s lighthouses you’re looking for, consider heading south to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=78#google_vignette\">Point Montara \u003c/a>near Half Moon Bay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=533\">Pigeon Point\u003c/a> near Pescadero and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pointpinoslighthouse.org/\">Point Pinos\u003c/a> near Monterey. There’s also the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/lighthouse.htm\">Point Reyes lighthouse\u003c/a>, but as this is NPS land, you should stay vigilant for any updates around shutdown closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993184\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993184 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2155470074_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco’s Baker Beach photographed on June 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Finally: Going to the beach? Watch out for parking lot closures\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Popular Bay Area beaches where parking lots are currently closed (but bathrooms remain open):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Crissy Field East Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Baker Beach, San Francisco\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Stinson Beach, Marin County\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Muir Beach and Muir Beach Overlook, Marin County.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">See the full list of NPS closures and advisories for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Less than a week after Israeli forces \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058820/ca-families-officials-call-for-release-of-us-citizens-detained-with-gaza-aid-flotilla\">intercepted a global flotilla\u003c/a> attempting to deliver aid to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gaza\">Gaza\u003c/a> and detained hundreds of participants, a second contingent of international activists, medical workers and journalists was captured on Wednesday — including a California-based journalist reporting on the barriers to covering the ongoing war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Wilder, a Stanford University graduate and former reporter for Santa Rosa’s \u003cem>Press Democrat\u003c/em>, had joined the second flotilla as a reporter for \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em>, a left-leaning magazine based in New York. Israel deported her to Istanbul on Friday alongside many others from the flotilla, \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/JewishCurrents/status/1976650360530804938\">according to \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, and U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RepJimmyGomez/status/1976653231326638395\">said\u003c/a> she “is on her way home\u003cem>.\u003c/em>”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Wilder’s goals was to shed light on the struggle journalists are facing to report on the war and conditions in Gaza from the ground, two years after Israel blocked foreign journalists from accessing the region, \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em> associate editor Mari Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a specific call for media and medical workers to join [the flotilla] with the idea … for there to be an opportunity for journalists to cover Gaza on the ground,” Cohen said. “She went on this mission partly for the sake of this broader coverage — to cover the Israeli blockade of Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her release came as Israeli forces began pulling back from Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/10/nx-s1-5567998/israeli-forces-begin-pullback-in-gaza-after-government-agrees-to-ceasefire-plan\">approved phase one of a ceasefire deal\u003c/a> that would end the two-year war. Many details remain unknown, but NPR reported that as of midday Friday in Gaza, Israeli forces had retreated to an agreed-upon line and airstrikes had ceased. The deal, brokered by the Trump administration, would mean the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059497\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059497\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vessel of the Gaza-bound flotilla is tugged toward the port of Ashdod in southern Israel on Oct. 8, 2025. The Israeli Navy intercepted an international aid flotilla on its way to Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement. \u003ccite>(Jamal Awad/Xinhua via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wilder, a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, was aboard the Conscience, a 100-person boat that set sail on Sept. 30 with a\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DPjOfGTAB4M/?img_index=2\"> fleet of international ships\u003c/a> carrying humanitarian aid days after the high-profile Global Sumud Flotilla. Both were part of an ongoing movement to break Israel’s yearslong blockade of Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout Wilder’s career, much of her work has focused on social justice, including reporting on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to Alana Minkler, a former coworker and close friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know her as someone who is very brave and fearless, and also just very committed to reporting about the conditions in Gaza,” said Minkler, who worked with Wilder at the \u003cem>Press Democrat \u003c/em>from 2021 to 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minkler met Wilder when they were both interns at the Phoenix-based \u003cem>Arizona Republic, \u003c/em>covering the Black Lives Matter protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020.[aside postID=news_12058820 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GazaFlotillaGetty.jpg']“She’s always been incredibly dedicated to covering social justice and human rights issues across the world and in her own communities,” Minkler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Minkler said she wasn’t surprised to hear that Wilder would be joining the flotilla last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Emily was already aware of a lot of the backlash that a lot of journalists, including herself, have faced when reporting on these issues,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, Wilder was hired as a news associate for the \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> but was fired after a little more than two weeks over “violations of its social media policy that took place after she became an employee.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, the organization \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-journalists-797ea15c03fadff692ced0f6dfc4281c\">reported on its decision\u003c/a>, citing in its coverage a number of posts Wilder had retweeted on the social media platform X, then known as Twitter, that were “sympathetic to Palestinians in the current Gaza conflict,” including a video in which demonstrators chanted “Free Palestine!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilder’s termination came days after a student group at Stanford blasted the AP on social media, calling it biased against Israel for hiring her, since she had formerly been a “leader” in pro-Palestinian student organizations at the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Cohen, Wilder had brought the idea to join the Conscience to \u003cem>Jewish Currents\u003c/em>, in part to bring attention to the difficulty and danger of reporting on the war and conflict in Gaza generally. Throughout her time on the boat, which set off Sept. 30, Wilder shared updates from the journey via social media that the outlet was re-sharing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11956028\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11956028\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An ornate sandstone-colored building with a series of arches sitting on a brick plaza.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1320\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1020x673.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1536x1014.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230719-STANFORD-GETTY-DM-KQED-1920x1267.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The arches of the Main Quadrangle buildings on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto on Oct. 2, 2021. \u003ccite>(David Madison/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Up until the day before the Conscience was intercepted, Cohen said they were in touch daily, discussing what reporting would come out of the endeavor. 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"content": "\u003cp>More than a week in, the federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/government-shutdown\">government shutdown\u003c/a> has affected national parks in an often-confusing variety of ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">National Park Service sites are fully open,\u003c/a> like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058592/alcatraz-island-is-open-again-after-several-false-starts\">Alcatraz\u003c/a>, other sites are completely closed during the shutdown — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods National Monument.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, there are the other parks that remain technically open but with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058508/yes-yosemite-is-open-during-the-shutdown-but-with-lots-of-changes-for-visitors\">vastly reduced staffing levels and limited services\u003c/a>. What’s more, with many NPS staff furloughed, these parks’ websites are not being updated during the shutdown, making it even more difficult to find up-to-date information, especially for first-time visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have plans to visit a national park soon — having secured a coveted camping Yosemite reservation, for example — it might feel hard right now to know what’s happening on the ground at parks, and how you can prepare for your trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to the experts, who shared what you should know about visiting national parks during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#ShouldIstillgotoaNationalParkduringtheshutdown\">Should I still go to a National Park during the shutdown?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#Willmyreservationbehonored\">Will my reservation be honored?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#HowwillIknowifatrailisopenorclosed\">How will I know if a trail is open or closed?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIrecreateresponsibly\">How can I recreate responsibly?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#WhereelsecanIgoonmyvacation\">Where else can I go on my vacation?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIsupportNationalParksrightnow\">How can I support National Parks right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ShouldIstillgotoaNationalParkduringtheshutdown\">\u003c/a>Should I still go to a national park that’s open?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First things first — check whether the park you’re planning to visit \u003cem>is \u003c/em>actually open, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">several parks have experienced something of a back-and-forth\u003c/a> with closing and opening in the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the park of your choice is open, make sure you know of any other closures that may still be in place within it, like bathrooms, parking lots, campsites and other amenities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059389\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors hike the Mist Trail toward Vernal Falls on Aug. 31, 2025, in the Yosemite National Park, California. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">Yosemite\u003c/a> has open gates but no rangers on duty at the entry to collect fees, and all visitor centers are locked. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">A full list of closures of Golden Gate National Recreation\u003c/a> sites in the Bay Area can be found here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that many national parks websites are not being updated during the shutdown. What’s more, communications staff for parks have been furloughed, with many only checking email for urgent safety issues — so updates to the public, including on social media, will be slow to get out.[aside postID=news_12058291 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GGBridgeGetty.jpg']Mark Rose, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/11003-parks-group-warns-shutdown-leaves-national-parks-open-and-unprotected-while\">National Parks Conservation Association’\u003c/a>s Sierra Nevada program manager, said his organization is encouraging visitors who \u003cem>can \u003c/em>change their plans to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canceling your trip isn’t just to protect the park, he said — but also because you may miss out on some attractions like visitor centers, ranger programs and museums that aren’t operating during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, “if you have a reservation, or this is a once-in-a-lifetime trip and you’re flying across the country, we’re not going to say, ‘Don’t go to the park,’” Rose said. “If you are going to go, do everything you can to plan ahead and be prepared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, he did warn against taking on a more risky adventure right now — like a multi-day backpacking trip — because staffing is low and response times may be delayed in an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for more local and urban national park sites like those within the Bay Area, Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, said it’s OK to visit, but be sure to focus on minimizing damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people should continue to go to parks — \u003cem>and \u003c/em>they should be thoughtful visitors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Willmyreservationbehonored\">\u003c/a>Will my national parks reservation be honored?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It \u003cem>should \u003c/em>be. But if it isn’t, you may unfortunately have trouble finding out ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the government shutdown on Oct. 1, reservations for NPS lands — like camping sites and backcountry permits — have been thrown into confusion, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/JoshuaTree/comments/1nw8pmp/reservation_automatically_cancelled/\">with Reddit threads like this one\u003c/a> full of people struggling to find definitive answers on whether their reservations will be honored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California, which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The simplest answer is that if the park is open, you can still go — and your reservation should still be valid. But Rose warned that due to reduced staff, there may be fewer rangers available to check that everyone is complying with the reservation system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a worst-case scenario, this could mean there’s nobody to make sure someone isn’t taking your campsite, either inadvertently or deliberately.[aside postID=news_12058508 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty.jpg']A message on \u003ca href=\"http://recreation.gov\">Recreation.gov\u003c/a>, which manages reservations for national parks, states that \u003ca href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/government-shutdown-info\">the agency isn’t able to keep track of current closures\u003c/a>, and that understaffing may, in fact, cancel your reservation even at a park that’s otherwise open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cory Goehring, outdoor programs manager and senior naturalist at nonprofit Yosemite Conservancy, said that while services are limited within the park, he’s heard that people are generally respecting reservations — and hasn’t seen reports of overcrowding or damage just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilderness reservations for backcountry trips are still valid, Goehring said. But most wilderness centers — other than the one in Yosemite Valley — won’t have rangers there to help you register your trip ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means it’s important that you self-register your trip and let others know about your plans ahead of time in case of an emergency, Goehring said. You’ll also need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058508/yes-yosemite-is-open-during-the-shutdown-but-with-lots-of-changes-for-visitors\">bring your own bear canister\u003c/a>, as rentals will not be available outside of Yosemite Valley, and be sure to abide by food storage regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowwillIknowifatrailisopenorclosed\">\u003c/a>How will I know which trails are open in a park?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the shutdown, those parts of parks that are already physically accessible are staying open. Think of it as “an open-air closure,” Lehnertz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while certain visitor centers and entire welcome areas are closed, including parking lots, many trails remain open and technically accessible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikers explore Point Reyes shrouded in fog on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So long as there’s no “closed” sign, these trails can be accessed, but Lehnertz noted that since you may find some areas are unexpectedly closed, be sure to respect any signs you \u003cem>do \u003c/em>see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basically, whether it’s at a park entrance or within the park itself, “don’t go past any sign that has the word ‘Closed’ on it,” urged Lehnertz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also warned that you could encounter slower response times if there’s an emergency due to reduced staffing, and amenities like bathrooms and trash cans may not be serviced as frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIrecreateresponsibly\">\u003c/a>How can I recreate responsibly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The most important thing to keep in mind is: these are public lands, and we all have a responsibility to tend to them,” Goehring said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yosemite remains open, he urged visitors to follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/lnt.htm\">Leave No Trace\u003c/a> principles by respecting the park’s natural and cultural sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking at the seven pillars of Leave No Trace, the very first one is to plan ahead and prepare,” he said. “That’s going to be the most important thing for people to do if they’re going to make their way to Yosemite.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997996\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Yosemite Fall is reflected in the Merced River at Swinging Bridge in Yosemite National Park on June 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tracy Barbutes/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the park’s website might not be fully up to date, Lehnertz recommended checking out the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/planyourvisit/index.htm\">Plan Your Visit\u003c/a>” section to get advice ahead of your trip. Think about the timing of your visit, and what your bathroom and trash needs will be ahead of time. If you’re traveling with kids or pets, consider what their needs will be, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of all, don’t go off trails or damage the park, she reiterated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://yosemite.org/yosemite-during-the-government-shutdown/\">guide published by the Yosemite Conservancy\u003c/a> also urges visitors to stay patient, as “fewer staff means slower or reduced service.” Goehring recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/Yosemite-Guide-50-8-508V1.pdf\">downloading the park map and guide\u003c/a> ahead of time, since no one will be there to give directions at the entrance of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parks have limited cell phone service, so the National Parks Conservation Association advises \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/7670-2025-park-visitation-prepare-for-the-unexpected\">bringing extra water and being especially careful to respect wildlife\u003c/a> during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPCA’s Rose urged visitors to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002429/california-camping-tahoe-yosemite-bears-safety-what-to-do-bear-spray\">store their food away from bears\u003c/a> and to be extra cautious about wildfires amid limited staffing to help guard against those hazards. “All it takes is one bad actor” to “undo decades of progress,” he warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Lehnertz said, who works with national park sites in the Bay Area, “our community members are being very respectful of park resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I want to stay away from national parks during the shutdown. \u003ca id=\"WhereelsecanIgoonmyvacation\">\u003c/a>Where can I go instead?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While some national parks are closed or operating with limited staff, California’s 280 state parks are all functional and operating as usual. That includes more than 340 miles of coastline, 970 miles of lake and river frontage and more than 15,000 campsites and 4,500 miles of trail, according to California State Parks spokesperson Adeline Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to state-run alternatives to popular national parks in the Sierra, Yee particularly recommended \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=514\">Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve\u003c/a> near the eastern entrance to Yosemite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046849\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1-1536x1120.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California gull soars above Mono Lake in Lee Vining, California, on July 18, 2011. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For a taste of Gold Rush history and some very big trees, you can stop by \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=552\">Columbia State Historic Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=551\">Calaveras Big Trees State Park\u003c/a> near Yosemite’s western entrances, Yee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And amid the changing fall colors, state parks even published its own list of autumn \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1430\">recommendations to catch the best of the vibrant foliage, \u003c/a>which includes Bay Area parks like Angel Island, Henry Coe and Castle Rock state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/Find-a-Park\">See the list of all state parks within California\u003c/a> and take a look at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">KQED’s other recommendations for Bay Area landmarks\u003c/a> that aren’t affected by the shutdown, including the Presidio.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIsupportNationalParksrightnow\">\u003c/a>How can I support National Parks right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The NPCA estimates that parks \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/3590-what-a-federal-government-shutdown-means-for-national-parks\">could lose as much as $1 million per day\u003c/a> while not collecting entrance and other fees during the shutdown. That’s not even including the potential impacts to local economies — an estimated $80 million daily — that will lose their own revenue as visitorship pauses, the organization said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the nationwide nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://give.nationalparks.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9065&9065.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&s_subsrc=25D00WGG-X0G2X&utm_source=ck-ad&utm_medium=GG&utm_campaign=evg25&rc=CKNPF-SEARCH-GG-BRAND-US-X0G2X&g_acctid=334-377-6810&g_keyword=national%20parks%20foundation&g_network=g&g_adgroupid=144572029880&g_keywordid=kwd-354898249845&g_adtype=search&g_campaignid=18504611475&g_adid=727503475416&g_campaign=NPF+Paid+Search+-+Brand+-+EXACT&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18504611475&gbraid=0AAAAADtLNwL-71r6J9kImJF9VCRDauhx7&gclid=CjwKCAjwup3HBhAAEiwA7euZunIHMAH9ENxAOcGigmLM09UNNMlQPeG-Ys4c40TxOpDgkUlICO2uexoCa98QAvD_BwE\">National Park Foundation\u003c/a>, every national park has its own nonprofit arm that organizes volunteers, runs bookstores and often fills gaps left by the National Park Service. Some of those groups are even using their own funds to keep parks open, like Lehnertz’s group, which is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">paying to keep Fort Point available to the public again\u003c/a> on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer for the National Park Service welcomes visitors at the Exploration Center in Yosemite Valley, at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Plus, these organizations are still operating their own programs within national parks during the shutdown. These include the \u003ca href=\"https://yosemite.org/experience/outdoor-adventures/\">Yosemite Conservancy\u003c/a>, which is staffing its own centers in the park to field visitor questions and is continuing to run its art and guided tour programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for those inclined to donate money or time, you can find information online on how to help the nonprofit affiliate for your park of choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPCA is also urging park supporters to contact their members of Congress to call on them to pass a funding bill to keep the government open — and to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/senate-committee-approves-fy-2026-interior-and-environment-appropriations-bill\">a Senate bill that averts future funding cuts for parks. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>More than a week in, the federal \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/government-shutdown\">government shutdown\u003c/a> has affected national parks in an often-confusing variety of ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">National Park Service sites are fully open,\u003c/a> like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058592/alcatraz-island-is-open-again-after-several-false-starts\">Alcatraz\u003c/a>, other sites are completely closed during the shutdown — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods National Monument.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then, there are the other parks that remain technically open but with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058508/yes-yosemite-is-open-during-the-shutdown-but-with-lots-of-changes-for-visitors\">vastly reduced staffing levels and limited services\u003c/a>. What’s more, with many NPS staff furloughed, these parks’ websites are not being updated during the shutdown, making it even more difficult to find up-to-date information, especially for first-time visitors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have plans to visit a national park soon — having secured a coveted camping Yosemite reservation, for example — it might feel hard right now to know what’s happening on the ground at parks, and how you can prepare for your trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We talked to the experts, who shared what you should know about visiting national parks during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jump straight to:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#ShouldIstillgotoaNationalParkduringtheshutdown\">Should I still go to a National Park during the shutdown?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#Willmyreservationbehonored\">Will my reservation be honored?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#HowwillIknowifatrailisopenorclosed\">How will I know if a trail is open or closed?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIrecreateresponsibly\">How can I recreate responsibly?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#WhereelsecanIgoonmyvacation\">Where else can I go on my vacation?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIsupportNationalParksrightnow\">How can I support National Parks right now?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"ShouldIstillgotoaNationalParkduringtheshutdown\">\u003c/a>Should I still go to a national park that’s open?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>First things first — check whether the park you’re planning to visit \u003cem>is \u003c/em>actually open, as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">several parks have experienced something of a back-and-forth\u003c/a> with closing and opening in the last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the park of your choice is open, make sure you know of any other closures that may still be in place within it, like bathrooms, parking lots, campsites and other amenities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059389\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors hike the Mist Trail toward Vernal Falls on Aug. 31, 2025, in the Yosemite National Park, California. \u003ccite>(Apu Gomes/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For example, \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">Yosemite\u003c/a> has open gates but no rangers on duty at the entry to collect fees, and all visitor centers are locked. \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">A full list of closures of Golden Gate National Recreation\u003c/a> sites in the Bay Area can be found here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember that many national parks websites are not being updated during the shutdown. What’s more, communications staff for parks have been furloughed, with many only checking email for urgent safety issues — so updates to the public, including on social media, will be slow to get out.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Mark Rose, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/11003-parks-group-warns-shutdown-leaves-national-parks-open-and-unprotected-while\">National Parks Conservation Association’\u003c/a>s Sierra Nevada program manager, said his organization is encouraging visitors who \u003cem>can \u003c/em>change their plans to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canceling your trip isn’t just to protect the park, he said — but also because you may miss out on some attractions like visitor centers, ranger programs and museums that aren’t operating during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, “if you have a reservation, or this is a once-in-a-lifetime trip and you’re flying across the country, we’re not going to say, ‘Don’t go to the park,’” Rose said. “If you are going to go, do everything you can to plan ahead and be prepared.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, he did warn against taking on a more risky adventure right now — like a multi-day backpacking trip — because staffing is low and response times may be delayed in an emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for more local and urban national park sites like those within the Bay Area, Chris Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, said it’s OK to visit, but be sure to focus on minimizing damage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think people should continue to go to parks — \u003cem>and \u003c/em>they should be thoughtful visitors,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Willmyreservationbehonored\">\u003c/a>Will my national parks reservation be honored?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>It \u003cem>should \u003c/em>be. But if it isn’t, you may unfortunately have trouble finding out ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the government shutdown on Oct. 1, reservations for NPS lands — like camping sites and backcountry permits — have been thrown into confusion, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/JoshuaTree/comments/1nw8pmp/reservation_automatically_cancelled/\">with Reddit threads like this one\u003c/a> full of people struggling to find definitive answers on whether their reservations will be honored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058253\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058253\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor peeks past the barriers at the entrance of Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, California, which is closed as a consequence of the government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The simplest answer is that if the park is open, you can still go — and your reservation should still be valid. But Rose warned that due to reduced staff, there may be fewer rangers available to check that everyone is complying with the reservation system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a worst-case scenario, this could mean there’s nobody to make sure someone isn’t taking your campsite, either inadvertently or deliberately.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A message on \u003ca href=\"http://recreation.gov\">Recreation.gov\u003c/a>, which manages reservations for national parks, states that \u003ca href=\"https://www.recreation.gov/government-shutdown-info\">the agency isn’t able to keep track of current closures\u003c/a>, and that understaffing may, in fact, cancel your reservation even at a park that’s otherwise open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cory Goehring, outdoor programs manager and senior naturalist at nonprofit Yosemite Conservancy, said that while services are limited within the park, he’s heard that people are generally respecting reservations — and hasn’t seen reports of overcrowding or damage just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilderness reservations for backcountry trips are still valid, Goehring said. But most wilderness centers — other than the one in Yosemite Valley — won’t have rangers there to help you register your trip ahead of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means it’s important that you self-register your trip and let others know about your plans ahead of time in case of an emergency, Goehring said. You’ll also need to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058508/yes-yosemite-is-open-during-the-shutdown-but-with-lots-of-changes-for-visitors\">bring your own bear canister\u003c/a>, as rentals will not be available outside of Yosemite Valley, and be sure to abide by food storage regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowwillIknowifatrailisopenorclosed\">\u003c/a>How will I know which trails are open in a park?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the shutdown, those parts of parks that are already physically accessible are staying open. Think of it as “an open-air closure,” Lehnertz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So while certain visitor centers and entire welcome areas are closed, including parking lots, many trails remain open and technically accessible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12049693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12049693\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/Fog-2-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hikers explore Point Reyes shrouded in fog on July 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Wright/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So long as there’s no “closed” sign, these trails can be accessed, but Lehnertz noted that since you may find some areas are unexpectedly closed, be sure to respect any signs you \u003cem>do \u003c/em>see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Basically, whether it’s at a park entrance or within the park itself, “don’t go past any sign that has the word ‘Closed’ on it,” urged Lehnertz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also warned that you could encounter slower response times if there’s an emergency due to reduced staffing, and amenities like bathrooms and trash cans may not be serviced as frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIrecreateresponsibly\">\u003c/a>How can I recreate responsibly?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The most important thing to keep in mind is: these are public lands, and we all have a responsibility to tend to them,” Goehring said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Yosemite remains open, he urged visitors to follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/lnt.htm\">Leave No Trace\u003c/a> principles by respecting the park’s natural and cultural sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking at the seven pillars of Leave No Trace, the very first one is to plan ahead and prepare,” he said. “That’s going to be the most important thing for people to do if they’re going to make their way to Yosemite.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997996\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GETTYIMAGES-2021284785-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Yosemite Fall is reflected in the Merced River at Swinging Bridge in Yosemite National Park on June 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tracy Barbutes/The Washington Post via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the park’s website might not be fully up to date, Lehnertz recommended checking out the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/planyourvisit/index.htm\">Plan Your Visit\u003c/a>” section to get advice ahead of your trip. Think about the timing of your visit, and what your bathroom and trash needs will be ahead of time. If you’re traveling with kids or pets, consider what their needs will be, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of all, don’t go off trails or damage the park, she reiterated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://yosemite.org/yosemite-during-the-government-shutdown/\">guide published by the Yosemite Conservancy\u003c/a> also urges visitors to stay patient, as “fewer staff means slower or reduced service.” Goehring recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/Yosemite-Guide-50-8-508V1.pdf\">downloading the park map and guide\u003c/a> ahead of time, since no one will be there to give directions at the entrance of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parks have limited cell phone service, so the National Parks Conservation Association advises \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/7670-2025-park-visitation-prepare-for-the-unexpected\">bringing extra water and being especially careful to respect wildlife\u003c/a> during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPCA’s Rose urged visitors to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002429/california-camping-tahoe-yosemite-bears-safety-what-to-do-bear-spray\">store their food away from bears\u003c/a> and to be extra cautious about wildfires amid limited staffing to help guard against those hazards. “All it takes is one bad actor” to “undo decades of progress,” he warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, Lehnertz said, who works with national park sites in the Bay Area, “our community members are being very respectful of park resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>I want to stay away from national parks during the shutdown. \u003ca id=\"WhereelsecanIgoonmyvacation\">\u003c/a>Where can I go instead?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While some national parks are closed or operating with limited staff, California’s 280 state parks are all functional and operating as usual. That includes more than 340 miles of coastline, 970 miles of lake and river frontage and more than 15,000 campsites and 4,500 miles of trail, according to California State Parks spokesperson Adeline Yee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to state-run alternatives to popular national parks in the Sierra, Yee particularly recommended \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=514\">Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve\u003c/a> near the eastern entrance to Yosemite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12046849\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046849\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1458\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1-160x117.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/MonoLakeGullsGetty1-1536x1120.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A California gull soars above Mono Lake in Lee Vining, California, on July 18, 2011. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For a taste of Gold Rush history and some very big trees, you can stop by \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=552\">Columbia State Historic Park\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=551\">Calaveras Big Trees State Park\u003c/a> near Yosemite’s western entrances, Yee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And amid the changing fall colors, state parks even published its own list of autumn \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/NewsRelease/1430\">recommendations to catch the best of the vibrant foliage, \u003c/a>which includes Bay Area parks like Angel Island, Henry Coe and Castle Rock state parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/Find-a-Park\">See the list of all state parks within California\u003c/a> and take a look at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">KQED’s other recommendations for Bay Area landmarks\u003c/a> that aren’t affected by the shutdown, including the Presidio.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIsupportNationalParksrightnow\">\u003c/a>How can I support National Parks right now?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The NPCA estimates that parks \u003ca href=\"https://www.npca.org/articles/3590-what-a-federal-government-shutdown-means-for-national-parks\">could lose as much as $1 million per day\u003c/a> while not collecting entrance and other fees during the shutdown. That’s not even including the potential impacts to local economies — an estimated $80 million daily — that will lose their own revenue as visitorship pauses, the organization said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the nationwide nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://give.nationalparks.org/site/Donation2?df_id=9065&9065.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&s_subsrc=25D00WGG-X0G2X&utm_source=ck-ad&utm_medium=GG&utm_campaign=evg25&rc=CKNPF-SEARCH-GG-BRAND-US-X0G2X&g_acctid=334-377-6810&g_keyword=national%20parks%20foundation&g_network=g&g_adgroupid=144572029880&g_keywordid=kwd-354898249845&g_adtype=search&g_campaignid=18504611475&g_adid=727503475416&g_campaign=NPF+Paid+Search+-+Brand+-+EXACT&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=18504611475&gbraid=0AAAAADtLNwL-71r6J9kImJF9VCRDauhx7&gclid=CjwKCAjwup3HBhAAEiwA7euZunIHMAH9ENxAOcGigmLM09UNNMlQPeG-Ys4c40TxOpDgkUlICO2uexoCa98QAvD_BwE\">National Park Foundation\u003c/a>, every national park has its own nonprofit arm that organizes volunteers, runs bookstores and often fills gaps left by the National Park Service. Some of those groups are even using their own funds to keep parks open, like Lehnertz’s group, which is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059259/san-franciscos-fort-point-will-partially-reopen-amid-national-parks-shutdown\">paying to keep Fort Point available to the public again\u003c/a> on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029489\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029489\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/CaliforniaPublicLandsGetty1-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A volunteer for the National Park Service welcomes visitors at the Exploration Center in Yosemite Valley, at Yosemite National Park on March 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon/AFP via Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Plus, these organizations are still operating their own programs within national parks during the shutdown. These include the \u003ca href=\"https://yosemite.org/experience/outdoor-adventures/\">Yosemite Conservancy\u003c/a>, which is staffing its own centers in the park to field visitor questions and is continuing to run its art and guided tour programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for those inclined to donate money or time, you can find information online on how to help the nonprofit affiliate for your park of choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPCA is also urging park supporters to contact their members of Congress to call on them to pass a funding bill to keep the government open — and to support \u003ca href=\"https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/senate-committee-approves-fy-2026-interior-and-environment-appropriations-bill\">a Senate bill that averts future funding cuts for parks. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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