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"content": "\u003cp>The sun was just rising over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara\u003c/a> Valley Medical Center when nurse Emiko Rivera arrived to begin her shift at the hospital’s burn center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As one of the few certified burn centers in Northern California, Rivera’s team treats patients from across the region, caring for their wounds while also providing counseling and support to help them return to their jobs or schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our burn patients come in and sometimes are with us for months at a time with their injuries,” she said. “As a burn nurse, it is being with them day by day, being with their families, providing support in addition to providing their care and building those relationships so that we can have a successful recovery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lately, a pall of uncertainty has spread over the sprawling Santa Clara Valley Medical Center campus. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed by President Donald Trump in July, enacted \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">historic cuts\u003c/a> to Medicaid, the health care program for people with low incomes and disabilities. Medicaid — known as Medi-Cal in California — is the single largest revenue source for Santa Clara Valley Healthcare, the county health system that serves patients regardless of their ability to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The thing about burn injuries is that nobody is immune to a burn injury,” Rivera said. “It doesn’t matter if you are houseless or if you have millions of dollars. Everybody’s going to the same place, and that’s our burn center.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058628\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/EmikoRivera1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/EmikoRivera1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/EmikoRivera1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/EmikoRivera1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burn nurse Emiko Rivera treats patients at one of the region’s few certified burn centers. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For years, hospitals providing expensive emergency services to Medicaid patients have struggled to balance their books, especially in rural areas. But the latest federal cuts have spread the crisis to Silicon Valley, where local leaders are now \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051250/santa-clara-county-voters-could-pay-more-sales-tax-due-to-trump-cuts\">asking voters to provide a lifeline\u003c/a> in the form of Measure A, a sales tax increase on the ballot in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the single largest revenue loss for the county organization, and therefore the services that we’re able to provide to the community, since the passage of Proposition 13,” Santa Clara County Executive James Williams told the Board of Supervisors in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comparison to Proposition 13 is chilling for government finance officials. The 1978 ballot measure limited property tax increases and severely constricted local revenues. County leaders fear the Medicaid cuts could devastate California hospitals in the same way Proposition 13 decimated funding for the state’s public schools.[aside postID=news_12033802 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-14-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']That’s especially true for public hospitals like Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Facilities such as Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and San Mateo Medical Center make up just 6% of hospitals in the state, but they operate more than half of California’s trauma and burn centers — and provide more than a third of hospital care for Medicaid patients or those without insurance, according to the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom line is this: Medicaid is the most significant revenue source for our health and hospital system,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Williams’ warning, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place Measure A on the Nov. 4 ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would raise the county sales tax by 0.625% for five years, bringing in an estimated $330 million annually. Supporters say that money is vital to avoid hospital closures, though it won’t make up for cuts projected to reach over $1 billion annually for Santa Clara County by the end of the decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of Measure A argue that the absence of federal support should force the county to re-evaluate whether it needs to operate four hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Federal cuts reverberate statewide\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across California, the Medicaid cuts are hitting struggling hospital systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Death Valley, the last hospital providing emergency care in southern Inyo County \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/09/inyo-hospital-closure-financial/\">has run out\u003c/a> of money. In Riverside, leaders of the Palo Verde Hospital recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2025/10/01/palo-verde-healthcare-district-files-for-bankruptcy-notifies-state-of-blythe-hospital-closure/86467143007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115501p117650c117650e006800v115501b0035xxd003565&gca-ft=147&gca-ds=sophi\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a>. And in Modoc County, the CEO of California’s smallest hospital, Surprise Valley Community Hospital, said its one emergency bed \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/resource/federal-medicaid-cuts-would-devastate-health-care-systems-californias-vast-rural-north/\">could close\u003c/a> because of the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058486\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058486\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands on 751 South Bascom Avenue in San José on Sept. 29, 2025. Nurses and doctors such as Emiko Rivera from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center are supporting Measure A, a sales tax to raise county revenue in the face of Medicaid cuts. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s no magic way to print money to offset the federal government backing away from their promise to be a partner for those that are most fragile in our community,” said Graham Knaus, CEO of the California State Association of Counties. “It makes the whole system collapse, and that’s exactly what we’re starting to see — first in some of these rural areas, but it’s not going to be limited to those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, formally known as H.R. 1, requires adult Medicaid recipients to prove they are working, volunteering or going to school. County workers will have to process the new eligibility checks, adding workloads that could cost counties hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to the California State Association of Counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Medicaid recipients lose eligibility, as expected, counties such as Santa Clara will receive fewer direct payments and reimbursements for services. Additionally, the federal share of emergency services for certain undocumented adults without children will drop from 90% to 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That too will be upwards of a $200 million-plus cost shift,” Knaus said. “And in health settings where they’re barely making it today before all this is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said many counties could backfill health care funding by cutting from other parts of their budgets. Other hospitals could limit services or close altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A fight to keep hospitals open\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In Santa Clara County, officials say Measure A is the only way to keep all four public hospitals and 13 clinics open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other counties, their response to this — to close the budget gap — is to close down their hospitals, close down emergency departments,” Supervisor Betty Duong said. “This county cannot let that happen without a fight.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Duong said cutbacks to Santa Clara Valley Healthcare could also strain private hospitals, which would suddenly face increased demand for emergency services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20240324_SANTACLARAMEDICALSTRIKE_GC-20-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center campus in San José on March 24, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Measure A has been endorsed by dozens of South Bay elected officials and labor groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Yes on A campaign has raised over $2 million, with the largest contribution of $300,000 coming from SEIU 521, the union representing county health care workers. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, developer and philanthropist John Sobrato, and the Valley Physicians Group have also each contributed more than $200,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those donations have funded a campaign leaning into anti-Trump messaging. A recent Yes on A mailer declared, “Trump’s Cuts = Local Crisis.” Supporters hope turnout for Proposition 50, the redistricting measure also on the November ballot, boosts Democratic participation in reliably blue Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a chance for the residents of this county to say, ‘Hey, federal administration, we’re not going to take this lying down,’” Duong said.[aside postID=news_12051250 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/20240324_SantaClaraMedicalStrike_GC-33_qed.jpg']Opponents question whether county leaders are bailing water out of a sinking ocean liner. Over the past six years, the county purchased three private hospitals on the brink of closure — O’Connor Hospital and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001214/santa-clara-county-plans-to-buy-east-san-jose-hospital-to-reverse-cuts-to-care\">Regional Medical Center in San José\u003c/a> and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy — to prevent a loss of emergency access that would have sent patients streaming to Valley Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those purchases significantly ballooned county payroll costs, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/14/4-charts-that-shows-how-california-counties-spent-45-billion-on-employees-last-year/\">Bay Area News Group analysis\u003c/a> found. And the expansion was predicated on federal Medicaid funding that no longer exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to decide — do we need all four hospitals?” said Cupertino Mayor Liang Chao, who opposes Measure A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chao said a sales tax increase will fall disproportionately on lower-income residents, and as a general-purpose tax, the revenue could technically be spent for any purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are saying [Measure A] is targeted for health care, but it could be spent on anything,” Chao said. “So that’s kind of not very honest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign against Measure A has not reported any financial contributions, but several former mayors — including Lydia Kou of Palo Alto, Rishi Kumar of Saratoga and Liz Lawler of Monte Sereno — have aligned against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this is like a knee-jerk reaction to something happening in the federal government,” Chao said. “It’s kind of taking advantage of the federal cut as an excuse to tax the voters, rather than really looking at how do we solve a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, nearby hospitals are already buckling. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in San Benito is teetering after a private buyer \u003ca href=\"https://www.hazelhawkins.com/news/2025/august/insight-health-steps-away-from-lease-to-purchase/\">backed away\u003c/a> from a rescue deal, citing uncertainty in the wake of federal cuts. Williams, the Santa Clara County executive, predicts that could push more patients to Santa Clara’s hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Valley Med, a $40 million burn unit expansion is underway to expand the unit from eight beds to 14. Rivera, the nurse, said she’s worried about how the cuts will affect the unit she has worked in for the last 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of unknowns right now and uncertainty,” Rivera said. “But we will all be directly impacted in some way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s especially true for public hospitals like Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Facilities such as Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and San Mateo Medical Center make up just 6% of hospitals in the state, but they operate more than half of California’s trauma and burn centers — and provide more than a third of hospital care for Medicaid patients or those without insurance, according to the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom line is this: Medicaid is the most significant revenue source for our health and hospital system,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Williams’ warning, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to place Measure A on the Nov. 4 ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure would raise the county sales tax by 0.625% for five years, bringing in an estimated $330 million annually. Supporters say that money is vital to avoid hospital closures, though it won’t make up for cuts projected to reach over $1 billion annually for Santa Clara County by the end of the decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of Measure A argue that the absence of federal support should force the county to re-evaluate whether it needs to operate four hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Federal cuts reverberate statewide\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Across California, the Medicaid cuts are hitting struggling hospital systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Death Valley, the last hospital providing emergency care in southern Inyo County \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/09/inyo-hospital-closure-financial/\">has run out\u003c/a> of money. In Riverside, leaders of the Palo Verde Hospital recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2025/10/01/palo-verde-healthcare-district-files-for-bankruptcy-notifies-state-of-blythe-hospital-closure/86467143007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115501p117650c117650e006800v115501b0035xxd003565&gca-ft=147&gca-ds=sophi\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a>. And in Modoc County, the CEO of California’s smallest hospital, Surprise Valley Community Hospital, said its one emergency bed \u003ca href=\"https://www.chcf.org/resource/federal-medicaid-cuts-would-devastate-health-care-systems-californias-vast-rural-north/\">could close\u003c/a> because of the cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058486\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058486\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/250924-ELECTION-SJ-MEASURE-A_00662_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands on 751 South Bascom Avenue in San José on Sept. 29, 2025. Nurses and doctors such as Emiko Rivera from Santa Clara Valley Medical Center are supporting Measure A, a sales tax to raise county revenue in the face of Medicaid cuts. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s no magic way to print money to offset the federal government backing away from their promise to be a partner for those that are most fragile in our community,” said Graham Knaus, CEO of the California State Association of Counties. “It makes the whole system collapse, and that’s exactly what we’re starting to see — first in some of these rural areas, but it’s not going to be limited to those areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, formally known as H.R. 1, requires adult Medicaid recipients to prove they are working, volunteering or going to school. County workers will have to process the new eligibility checks, adding workloads that could cost counties hundreds of millions of dollars annually, according to the California State Association of Counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Medicaid recipients lose eligibility, as expected, counties such as Santa Clara will receive fewer direct payments and reimbursements for services. Additionally, the federal share of emergency services for certain undocumented adults without children will drop from 90% to 50%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That too will be upwards of a $200 million-plus cost shift,” Knaus said. “And in health settings where they’re barely making it today before all this is happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said many counties could backfill health care funding by cutting from other parts of their budgets. 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The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, developer and philanthropist John Sobrato, and the Valley Physicians Group have also each contributed more than $200,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those donations have funded a campaign leaning into anti-Trump messaging. A recent Yes on A mailer declared, “Trump’s Cuts = Local Crisis.” Supporters hope turnout for Proposition 50, the redistricting measure also on the November ballot, boosts Democratic participation in reliably blue Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a chance for the residents of this county to say, ‘Hey, federal administration, we’re not going to take this lying down,’” Duong said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Opponents question whether county leaders are bailing water out of a sinking ocean liner. Over the past six years, the county purchased three private hospitals on the brink of closure — O’Connor Hospital and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001214/santa-clara-county-plans-to-buy-east-san-jose-hospital-to-reverse-cuts-to-care\">Regional Medical Center in San José\u003c/a> and St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy — to prevent a loss of emergency access that would have sent patients streaming to Valley Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those purchases significantly ballooned county payroll costs, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/14/4-charts-that-shows-how-california-counties-spent-45-billion-on-employees-last-year/\">Bay Area News Group analysis\u003c/a> found. And the expansion was predicated on federal Medicaid funding that no longer exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to decide — do we need all four hospitals?” said Cupertino Mayor Liang Chao, who opposes Measure A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chao said a sales tax increase will fall disproportionately on lower-income residents, and as a general-purpose tax, the revenue could technically be spent for any purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are saying [Measure A] is targeted for health care, but it could be spent on anything,” Chao said. “So that’s kind of not very honest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign against Measure A has not reported any financial contributions, but several former mayors — including Lydia Kou of Palo Alto, Rishi Kumar of Saratoga and Liz Lawler of Monte Sereno — have aligned against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this is like a knee-jerk reaction to something happening in the federal government,” Chao said. “It’s kind of taking advantage of the federal cut as an excuse to tax the voters, rather than really looking at how do we solve a problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, nearby hospitals are already buckling. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in San Benito is teetering after a private buyer \u003ca href=\"https://www.hazelhawkins.com/news/2025/august/insight-health-steps-away-from-lease-to-purchase/\">backed away\u003c/a> from a rescue deal, citing uncertainty in the wake of federal cuts. Williams, the Santa Clara County executive, predicts that could push more patients to Santa Clara’s hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Valley Med, a $40 million burn unit expansion is underway to expand the unit from eight beds to 14. Rivera, the nurse, said she’s worried about how the cuts will affect the unit she has worked in for the last 17 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of unknowns right now and uncertainty,” Rivera said. “But we will all be directly impacted in some way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Jewish residents supportive of Israel, however, said they worry the new investment policy will normalize hate against Israel and, in turn, Jewish people at a time when reports of antisemitism are on the rise in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The policy would also encourage investment in entities that align with the county’s stated goals and values. But it does not take effect until the county can hire a consultant who, with local officials, would conduct a peer review of the drafted policy and present findings or recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ethical investment policy was drafted by Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector Henry C. Levy. The board’s approval of the policy followed a December 2024 decision by Levy to sell off the county’s $32 million worth of bonds from construction company Caterpillar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Israel’s use of Caterpillar’s armored heavy machinery — including in their construction of West Bank settlements that are illegal under international law — has made the company a frequent target of divestment advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy, who is Jewish, explained his rationale in \u003ca href=\"https://jweekly.com/2025/01/10/im-a-jewish-elected-official-heres-why-i-divested-our-county-from-caterpillar/\">a January opinion article\u003c/a> for The Jewish News of Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056800\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056800\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/OaklandGazaProtest2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian activists tried to block access to the Port of Oakland on Sept. 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The bulldozing of Palestinian homes appeared to be against our county’s official goals for our own residents that include ‘eliminate homelessness,’ ‘eliminate poverty and hunger’ and ‘accessible infrastructure.’ In the end, it was not a difficult decision for me to sell Caterpillar,” Levy wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of people showed up to the meeting, hoping to share public comment, many wearing keffiyehs and holding signs reading “LET GAZA LIVE” or “NO BOMBS IN OUR MONEY.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My congregation, along with the vast majority of people who have come here to speak, is in strong support of the EIP,” said Allison Tanner, a pastor at Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church in Oakland. “It reflects the faith values of my congregation, affirming the sacredness of all human beings and also the need to create structures that ensure their safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents of the policy, including members of the Jewish Community Relations Council, also spoke.[aside postID=news_12056787 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250919-GAZA-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MD-03-KQED.jpg']“While there’s nothing wrong with ethical investment, that’s not really what this policy is about. How do I know that? By looking around this room, people talking about it are talking only about Israel,” said Karen Stiller, senior director of Jewish affairs for JCRC. “The only foreign conflict that ever gets discussed in this room is Israel and Palestine. Why is that a problem? It’s a problem because it’s created an environment where antisemitism thrives and Jews are simply attacked for caring about their Israeli friends and family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Jewish speakers mentioned rising antisemitism and fears for their safety as part of their reason for opposing the policy, while others emphasized that their Jewish beliefs compelled them to support the policy and minimize complicity in the suffering of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas was the only member of the board to vote no on Friday, only because she preferred that the new policy be implemented immediately — not just approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I support the policy as is, I think this is not the right decision,” Fortunato Bas said, eliciting cheers from the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several members of the board said they had concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nate Miley said he was \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Ethical_Investment_Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncomfortable with a provision\u003c/a> that singled out specific industries — discouraging investments in companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from oil, gas and coal, firearms, tobacco, casinos and gaming, security and correctional facilities, alcoholic beverages and defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a real visceral reaction to singling out certain [industries] — you know, I drink alcohol,” Miley said. “I don’t gamble. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“While there’s nothing wrong with ethical investment, that’s not really what this policy is about. How do I know that? By looking around this room, people talking about it are talking only about Israel,” said Karen Stiller, senior director of Jewish affairs for JCRC. “The only foreign conflict that ever gets discussed in this room is Israel and Palestine. Why is that a problem? It’s a problem because it’s created an environment where antisemitism thrives and Jews are simply attacked for caring about their Israeli friends and family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Jewish speakers mentioned rising antisemitism and fears for their safety as part of their reason for opposing the policy, while others emphasized that their Jewish beliefs compelled them to support the policy and minimize complicity in the suffering of Palestinians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nikki Fortunato Bas was the only member of the board to vote no on Friday, only because she preferred that the new policy be implemented immediately — not just approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I support the policy as is, I think this is not the right decision,” Fortunato Bas said, eliciting cheers from the audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several members of the board said they had concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Nate Miley said he was \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/Ethical_Investment_Policy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uncomfortable with a provision\u003c/a> that singled out specific industries — discouraging investments in companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from oil, gas and coal, firearms, tobacco, casinos and gaming, security and correctional facilities, alcoholic beverages and defense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a real visceral reaction to singling out certain [industries] — you know, I drink alcohol,” Miley said. “I don’t gamble. I just have a problem earmarking certain industries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miley said he’d prefer leaving discretion to divest from specific companies to the county treasurer-tax collector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President David Haubert also questioned whether the policy would be too restrictive, leaving the county without enough investment options or resulting in lower returns on its investments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed to a section discouraging investments in sectors that demonstrate severe or persistent human rights violations in their operations or supply chains, including textiles and apparel, electronic equipment and agricultural products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why aren’t we looking at the supply chain coming from China? Why aren’t we looking at Ethiopia and the Tigrays in Sudan and Darfur and Myanmar and Rohingya? There are products made there, there are investments made in all sorts of areas that have problems,” Haubert said. “Indeed, if you let this keep going … we might not be able to invest in hardly anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levy clarified that the policy only discourages, but doesn’t outright ban, investments in those areas. He also said he believes the policy would not lower the county’s returns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Alcatraz Island reopened to visitors on Friday after more than two days of closures during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a>, but some tourists and the businesses that rely on them continued to be frustrated by the back-and-forth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the first day of the shutdown, which has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">shuttered several popular National Park Service sites\u003c/a>, including Muir Woods, \u003ca href=\"http://nps.gov\">NPS.gov\u003c/a> noted that Alcatraz would close for one day, Wednesday, due to a “planned project,” then reopen “for its regular schedule on Oct. 2 with all facilities OPEN.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Thursday morning, NPS said \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island was now “closed due to lapse in federal appropriations.”\u003c/a> The park service offered no timeframe for the closure and said any ticket purchases through the ferry company that operates boat service to the island, Alcatraz City Cruises, would be refunded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday,\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 finally resumed at 10:30 a.m.\u003c/a> The company did not respond to KQED’s queries about reopening on Friday, but a message on its website said, “All Alcatraz Tours are operating as scheduled.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 10:30 a.m. opening meant the first four boat rides to Alcatraz Island — for which tickets had already been sold — were canceled, resulting in long lines at Pier 33’s Alcatraz Landing ferry dock. Rachel Giblett, visiting San Francisco from Australia, was one of those who discovered this firsthand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058259\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058259 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/20251001_PARKSSHUTDOWN_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tourists wait around Pier 33 at the Alcatraz Ferry landing on Oct. 1, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This was the second time her group’s Alcatraz tour had been rescheduled this week after they originally bought tickets for Thursday. The tour was pushed to 8:40 a.m. Friday, and they were only notified that the tickets were being moved again around 40 minutes before that, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has now pushed out our time in San Francisco, which means that our future plans are pushed out,” said Giblett, who was concerned about their plans to visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058508/yes-yosemite-is-open-during-the-shutdown-but-with-lots-of-changes-for-visitors\">Yosemite National Park\u003c/a> next. “It’s really unfortunate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two-day closure allowed NPS staff to work with the organizations that provide services to and on Alcatraz and finalize plans to keep the island open to the public, said Christine Lehnertz, president and CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.[aside postID=news_12058291 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GGBridgeGetty.jpg']“It just took some time to put in place the agreements that we can continue to do that work,” said Lehnertz, whose nonprofit membership organization supports parks within the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/goga/planyourvisit/park-status-during-2025-lapse.htm\">Golden Gate National Recreation Area\u003c/a>. Considering the need for plans to move from the park to the regional NPS offices to the Department of the Interior, “frankly, it moved pretty quickly,” Lehnertz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conservancy confirmed Friday that, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">unlike other national parks\u003c/a>, the reopened Alcatraz will be “operating as normal” during the shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan for national park closures during the shutdown has meant that while some sites like Muir Woods and Fort Point have been completely closed, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">others remain open \u003c/a>but with parking lots blocked, bathrooms locked or staff greatly reduced. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058137/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks-planning-memo\">Advocates had previously expressed alarm \u003c/a>about the Interior Department’s last-minute shutdown contingency planning for national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sftravel.ent.box.com/s/n3xqgl7cnjxl9wwd3kodkxkooswrp2ca\">San Francisco received 23.3 million total visitors in 2024, \u003c/a>according to SF Travel. And with \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/central-to-visitor-access-stabilizing-1939-alcatraz-island-wharf.htm\">an estimated 1.6 million visitors per year\u003c/a>, Alcatraz remains one of the city’s biggest tourist draws. During the 2018–19 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>“A government shutdown is hard on everybody who loves parks,” Lehnertz said. “It limits access for visitors. It certainly creates real hardships for National Park Service staff. And they’re the frontline stewards of these places.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TRUMPSSIGNAGEORDER-04-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Lehnertz, president & CEO of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, stands in Muir Woods National Monument on Sept. 12, 2025. The park is home to some of the last remaining stands of old-growth coast redwoods in the Bay Area. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And “there’s only so much that we can do as a nonprofit when parks are shuttered,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brendan David, owner of local tour company San Francisco Excursions, said local tour companies like his had been overwhelmed over the last few days trying to deal with the swift and often-changing closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The closures have meant 50% of his tour itinerary — which takes visitors around San Francisco, Muir Woods, Sausalito and Alcatraz — has been off the table for the last several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s affecting us business-wise — like, really bad with cancellations [and] having to give 25% off,” David said.[aside postID=news_12058508 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/YosemiteGetty.jpg']Tour guides offering visits to Yosemite National Park have also reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-shutdown-21081255.php\">cancellations in recent days\u003c/a>. While Yosemite remains open during the shutdown, extremely reduced staffing means that entry gates are unmanned, with no fees being collected, and visitor centers are locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>International visitors have often been outright confused by the idea of a government shutdown itself, David said. “Really, the worst part is just seeing the people coming [from] all around the world and the disappointment they have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re here to advertise San Francisco, the Bay Area, United States, and it’s really hard to do that right now,” he said. “And a lot of them just don’t understand how a country like ours is in such a mess.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commenting on the shutdown and its impact, Australian tourist Giblett said she was “just concerned for the American people, really.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lehnertz stressed that anyone planning to visit a national park during the shutdown should expect to “visit in a way that’s probably a little different than you might have planned” — and to consider themselves “acting park rangers right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Visitors are the people who can help to preserve and protect and steward these parks,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those connections to nature and each other are really important — and these disruptions are difficult,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Amanda Hernandez contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of thousands of ride-hailing app drivers gained a path to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034860/california-bill-would-allow-uber-lyft-drivers-bargain-collectively\">negotiate a first union contract\u003c/a> with Uber and Lyft, even as they remain classified as independent contractors, under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law was hailed as a milestone for app-based drivers in their yearslong battle to expand workplace rights, though critics of the measure said drivers will face serious hurdles to convince the tech giants to raise their pay and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are now empowered to affect the conditions and the wages of the drivers,” said Joseph Augusto, who has driven for Uber and Lyft in the Bay Area for more than 10 years. “We are looking forward to building a union and trying to negotiate with Uber and Lyft. This is a step forward. It’s going to take a lot more work, but this is the beginning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ride-hail drivers in California have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11928844/rideshare-drivers-rally-for-rights-announce-new-statewide-union\">formed unions\u003c/a> in the past, but the app-based transportation giants weren’t required to bargain with them. AB 1340 by Assemblymembers Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, and Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, will change that starting Jan. 1 for drivers’ unions certified by a state board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber, Lyft and other gig companies \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034860/california-bill-would-allow-uber-lyft-drivers-bargain-collectively\">successfully fought\u003c/a> to classify drivers as independent contractors in a 2020 California ballot measure. Under federal law, most private sector employees have the right to collectively bargain and receive benefits such as minimum wage and overtime; independent contractors typically do not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033653\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12033653\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_1196-scaled-e1759530132238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber’s headquarters in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood on Oct. 12, 2022. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The new legislation requires app-based transportation companies and certified unions to negotiate in good faith over issues such as driver deactivations, paid leave and earnings. It also protects gig drivers from retaliation and offers the opportunity to reach an industry-wide contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Public Employment Relations Board is set to enforce the provisions, including by overseeing union elections and bargaining, mediating disputes and determining whether any unfair labor practices occurred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft initially opposed the measure, arguing that it would increase the price of rides and exclude most drivers who don’t work a significant number of hours per week. But the companies changed their stance in August, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/08/29/governor-newsom-pro-tem-mcguire-speaker-rivas-announce-support-for-legislation-empowering-gig-workers-improving-rideshare-affordability/\">in exchange\u003c/a> for significant reductions in insurance requirements through another bill, SB 371.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents to that bill argued that the concessions, which are expected to save the companies money by lowering the underinsured motorist coverage from $1 million to $60,000 per person, will shift the financial burden from serious accidents to vulnerable Californians and hospitals. The companies said the move will help them reduce the price of ride-hail services.[aside postID=news_12033648 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240625-UBERSANJOSE-JG-1-1-1020x680.jpg']“AB 1340 and SB 371 together represent a compromise that lowers costs for riders while creating stronger voices for drivers — demonstrating how industry, labor, and lawmakers can work together to deliver real solutions,” Ramona Prieto, Uber’s head of public policy for California, said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Uber and Lyft, drivers enjoy the flexibility to set their own schedules and an employee model threatens the companies’ survival. The 2020 ballot measure backed by the companies, Proposition 22, promised drivers would receive at least 120% of the local minimum wage, a health care stipend of up to $426 for those working a certain number of hours and accident insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many ride-hail drivers say they have seen their real wages slip since, while the companies became profitable. Researchers at the UC Berkeley Labor Center \u003ca href=\"https://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/gig-passenger-and-delivery-driver-pay-in-five-metro-areas/\">found\u003c/a> last year that California passenger drivers made less than the state’s minimum wage, after car expenses and excluding tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 1340 restricts the organizations that may be certified to represent drivers to those that have experience negotiating a labor contract or that are affiliated with such a union. Supporters of the measure said the requirements will ensure legitimate organizations have the resources to represent what could become a very large statewide bargaining bloc.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rideshare Drivers United, an organization with more than 20,000 California gig driver members, said the conditions could unduly benefit the Service Employees International Union, a major labor group that sponsored AB 1340 and backed a similar initiative in Massachusetts that voters approved last fall. Jason Munderloh, who began driving for Uber and Lyft in San Francisco 11 years ago, said he is also concerned that the new law \u003ca href=\"https://www.caaa.org/?pg=latestnews&blAction=showEntry&blogEntry=130853#:~:text=AB%201340%20offers%20a%20state,the%20traditional%20workers'%20compensation%20system.\">does not guarantee\u003c/a> the right to strike, a key to union leverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11986560\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11986560\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/001_SanFrancisco_GigWorkersProtest_11032021_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A car with a Lyft sign drives with a black flag in the window.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/001_SanFrancisco_GigWorkersProtest_11032021_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/001_SanFrancisco_GigWorkersProtest_11032021_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/001_SanFrancisco_GigWorkersProtest_11032021_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/001_SanFrancisco_GigWorkersProtest_11032021_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/001_SanFrancisco_GigWorkersProtest_11032021_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rideshare drivers form a row to block the street in front of the DoorDash headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 3, 2021, during a protest for fair wages and employee protections. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a missed opportunity,” said Munderloh, who volunteers with Rideshare Drivers United. “We’re going to be in what might be a very long fight. We need to start on the right foot. And we need a very strong [law]. And I just don’t see that that’s the way AB 1340 is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Munderloh pointed to the difficulties unionized employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act have had in securing a first contract with Starbucks, Amazon and other large corporations. Employer \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/research/bronfenbrenner-outlines-employer-anti-union-efforts-congress\">opposition\u003c/a> and the lack of financial penalties for unfair labor practices under that federal law make it difficult for some employees to ever win a first union contract, according to researchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s new legislation allows ride-hail drivers to engage in protected union activities, such as a work stoppage. But the state can’t guarantee the right to strike because of federal antitrust laws, according to Scott Kronland, an attorney with Altshuler Berzon in San Francisco who advised the SEIU on AB 1340.[aside postID=news_12056553 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/LegalAide.jpg']It’s yet to be seen whether federal courts could see striking ride-hail drivers as businesses banding together to illegally reduce competition, since they are not employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very complicated bill, but there are significant legal constraints,” said Kronland, who argued a challenge to Proposition 22 on behalf of several drivers and unions. “And basically, this is the best you are going to do with Prop 22 and federal antitrust laws until you can change them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 1340 became possible after the California Court of Appeals in that case struck down language that prevented state lawmakers from authorizing collective bargaining rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Weil, a professor of social policy and economics at Brandeis University, said he was skeptical that a deal embraced by the tech giants would significantly benefit drivers in the long run, even if workers can get to the bargaining table. Uber and Lyft control their drivers’ ever-changing rates, what rides they have access to and how much riders will pay by crunching data through an algorithm that works to maximize the companies’ profits, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Uber and Lyft, because of their vast control of information and algorithms, are always in a position where they have the advantage. … To borrow a gambling term, it’s always going to be the house that always wins relative to the drivers,” said Weil, who led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division during the Obama administration. “They’re not going to surrender their ability to set prices and their ability to hold all the cards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes as Uber and Lyft continue to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033648/uber-lyft-withheld-billions-in-pay-california-alleges-settlement-talks-are-underway\">negotiate a settlement\u003c/a> with California, as well as the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, which sued the companies over the alleged withholding of wages for thousands of drivers during a period of time before Proposition 22 passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drivers like Munderloh are demanding that the state and cities get an agreement that recoups billions of dollars in back wages and benefits, as well as raises driver pay going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best way for drivers to improve what we’re being paid is actually the wage theft lawsuit that’s going on,” he said. “And the union struggle that we’re having here with AB 1340 is a longer-term issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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And earlier this summer, Harris \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030198/prewrite-kamala-harris-enters-california-governor-race-upending-democratic-landscape\">decided against running for governor\u003c/a> in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in San Francisco, where her political career began, she is likely to be welcomed by an enthusiastic, nostalgic crowd, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999777/vice-president-kamala-harris-makes-fundraising-stop-in-san-francisco-amid-protests\">as she was during her campaign last year.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the world of Kamala and I’ve known her and have supported her for more than 20 years,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco. “I think she’s fantastic. She would have been a really good president, and I’m still sad that she lost to this horrific human being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250218-SFDowntown-03-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. 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Gavin Newsom — politicians she could face in a 2028 presidential primary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in vintage Harris style — she’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/30/kamala-harris-book-tour-critiques-candidate-00586107\">often been criticized for being overly cautious in her politics\u003c/a> — the book is circumspect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was somewhat salty at points,” said Melanie Mason, Politico’s senior California politics reporter, on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057779/aoc-and-schwarzenegger-take-their-stances-on-prop-50\">KQED’s \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> podcast\u003c/a>. But, she added, “This is not a tell-all. 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"content": "\u003cp>When the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058294/its-going-to-be-painful-day-one-of-government-shutdown-hits-the-bay-area\">federal government shut down\u003c/a> on Wednesday, official channels moved quickly to send a clear, united message to panicked Americans: the “Radical Left in Congress” was to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bright red banners went live across federal agencies’ homepages with the message, and over the first two days of the shutdown, Republican lawmakers flooded social media, issued statements and made TV appearances, accusing Democrats of “\u003ca href=\"https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/research/democrats-government-shutdown-halts-the-bipartisan-appropriations-process/\">derailing appropriations bills\u003c/a>” and “[shutting] down the government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Bay Area Democrats aren’t taking the heat, instead pointing the finger at Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Trump and Republicans are now inflicting a painful shutdown on the American people because they refuse to protect America’s health care,” Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said Thursday at San Francisco’s North East Medical Center in North Beach. “If Congress doesn’t extend the Affordable Care’s enhanced premium tax credits immediately, hundreds of thousands of families [in] California [alone] will lose their health care. Millions more will see their costs skyrocket.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, it has provided health care premium tax credits to more than 20 million people, along with expanding coverage to low-income Americans through Medicare and Medicaid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058422\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058422\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00384_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congressman Jared Huffman speaks at North East Medical Services on the second day since the government shutdown in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beginning in 2014, the federal government subsidized health plans for people who purchase insurance through the ACA marketplace. Premiums are capped on a sliding scale based on income, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire/\">according to the Kaiser Family Foundation\u003c/a>. In 2021, the Inflation Reduction Act expanded those credits to middle-income Americans and significantly increased them for existing enrollees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the enhanced premium tax credits, which more than doubled ACA marketplace enrollment in the past four years, are set to expire at the end of December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi said that invoices that began going out Oct. 1 show premiums for millions of Americans could double next year. Rep. Kevin Mullen, who represents parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula, said some of his constituents could see increases up to 600%.[aside postID=news_12058291 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GGBridgeGetty.jpg']That could drastically change coverage rates for tens of thousands of Bay Area residents who rely on the capped premiums, like Lori Bremner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bremner, diagnosed with Leukemia in college, said she survived because she had coverage through her parents. She has since struggled to maintain affordable insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My situation is not uncommon,” she said, standing alongside the Bay Area lawmakers on Thursday. “I’m a single mother, I’m self-employed, and I have a pre-existing condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was denied coverage over and over again until the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she is self-employed, Bremner, who is the sole provider for her family of four, doesn’t have access to a workplace health plan. She doesn’t qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Without ACA subsidies, coverage would be out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can still feel the excitement I felt on that day when I navigated the newly live Covered California website,” she said. “I was nervous, too. What was it going to cost? Could I afford it? … Then I saw it: I qualified for a significant tax credit. That tax credit was life-changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the enhanced credits expire, the premium costs will be completely out of reach for some, said Amanda Webb, who spoke on behalf of a family friend who lives in the Bay Area. The family is not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, but the father, a contingent worker at a tech company, doesn’t receive the same benefits as full employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058421\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Tai, Chief Health Officer of Medical, speaks at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’ve done everything right,” Webb said. “They’ve worked hard, applied for coverage, made responsible choices, and yet without these subsidies, they could still fall through the cracks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans say that extending the tax credits, which would cost an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5559810/shutdown-aca-health-care-premium-subsidies\">estimated $350 billion\u003c/a> over the next decade, is too expensive. Others, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have said they’re willing to continue discussions around the program but have refused to tie it to the annual spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some Democrats broke ranks in March to help pass a Republican spending bill and avert an earlier lapse in funding, party leaders appear to be using the current shutdown as one of their few bargaining chips with a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the way [Trump] negotiates,” East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911415/federal-government-shutdown-looms-large-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\">said Wednesday on KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “And we’re not having it because every time we try, he wants more. The cost is to the American public and in this instance to the health of this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That could drastically change coverage rates for tens of thousands of Bay Area residents who rely on the capped premiums, like Lori Bremner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bremner, diagnosed with Leukemia in college, said she survived because she had coverage through her parents. She has since struggled to maintain affordable insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My situation is not uncommon,” she said, standing alongside the Bay Area lawmakers on Thursday. “I’m a single mother, I’m self-employed, and I have a pre-existing condition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was denied coverage over and over again until the passage of the Affordable Care Act.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because she is self-employed, Bremner, who is the sole provider for her family of four, doesn’t have access to a workplace health plan. She doesn’t qualify for Medicare or Medicaid. Without ACA subsidies, coverage would be out of reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can still feel the excitement I felt on that day when I navigated the newly live Covered California website,” she said. “I was nervous, too. What was it going to cost? Could I afford it? … Then I saw it: I qualified for a significant tax credit. That tax credit was life-changing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the enhanced credits expire, the premium costs will be completely out of reach for some, said Amanda Webb, who spoke on behalf of a family friend who lives in the Bay Area. The family is not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, but the father, a contingent worker at a tech company, doesn’t receive the same benefits as full employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058421\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058421\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00197_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Tai, Chief Health Officer of Medical, speaks at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’ve done everything right,” Webb said. “They’ve worked hard, applied for coverage, made responsible choices, and yet without these subsidies, they could still fall through the cracks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Republicans say that extending the tax credits, which would cost an \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/10/02/nx-s1-5559810/shutdown-aca-health-care-premium-subsidies\">estimated $350 billion\u003c/a> over the next decade, is too expensive. Others, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have said they’re willing to continue discussions around the program but have refused to tie it to the annual spending plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After some Democrats broke ranks in March to help pass a Republican spending bill and avert an earlier lapse in funding, party leaders appear to be using the current shutdown as one of their few bargaining chips with a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the way [Trump] negotiates,” East Bay Rep. Mark DeSaulnier \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911415/federal-government-shutdown-looms-large-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\">said Wednesday on KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “And we’re not having it because every time we try, he wants more. The cost is to the American public and in this instance to the health of this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> 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/12057777\">The shutdown of the federal government\u003c/a> has brought \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058291/san-francisco-national-parks-government-shutdown-bay-area-muir-woods-redwoods-fort-point\">the full or partial closure of many National Park Service sites\u003c/a> across California — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">Muir Woods\u003c/a>, where visitors on Wednesday were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058298/at-muir-woods-tourists-heartbroken-over-national-park-closure-during-shutdown\">met with locked gates\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/alca/index.htm\">Alcatraz Island\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the closures have many people, especially curious about the state’s most visited national park, asking: “Is Yosemite National Park open right now?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quick answer is \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">yes, Yosemite is still open to the public\u003c/a>. But because of the shutdown, many federal employees who staff the park aren’t working. That means many buildings, facilities and resources aren’t currently available in Yosemite, in a way that could have real consequences for a person’s visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=YOSE\">Over 4 million people visited Yosemite last year\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Monthly%20Public%20Use?Park=YOSE\">almost 12% of those made their trips in the month of October\u003c/a>. So if you’re one of those hoping to visit the park in the coming days, keep reading for what to know about visiting Yosemite National Park during the government shutdown — and how to stay safe doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Findingmapsandadvice\">Finding maps and advice\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Hotelandcampgroundreservations\">Hotel and campground reservations\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Wildernesspermits\">Wilderness permits\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>There will be no rangers at the gates to meet you — or collect your entry fee\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Instead of being stopped and greeted by a park staffer at the Yosemite gates, you’ll now drive straight through. This means there’s nobody in those booths to collect your entry fee (\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/fees.htm\">usually $35 per vehicle\u003c/a>) or to offer you guidance on your visit — including timely updates on weather conditions and any road closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such expert advice is helpful even for seasoned park-goers, and this is where the visitor centers \u003cem>outside\u003c/em> Yosemite really come in handy, said Kim Lawson, director of communications and content at the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11715469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11715469\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What we’re recommending is visitors to stop in the gateway communities as they come through,” Lawson said, especially since the Yosemite Welcome Center in Yosemite Valley will be closed during the shutdown. Resources outside the park include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemitethisyear.com/\">\u003cstrong>Visit Yosemite Madera County: Oakhurst Visitor Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>40343 Highway 41, Oakhurst, CA 93644\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone: 559.683.4636\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/things-to-do/mariposa-county-visitor-center/\">\u003cstrong>Mariposa County Visitor Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5158 California 140, Mariposa, CA 95338\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone: 209.966.2456\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.visittuolumne.com/\">\u003cstrong>Visit Tuolumne County Visitor Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>193 S Washington St., Sonora, CA 95370\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone: 800.446.1333 or 209.533.4420\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawson said visitors can also consult \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">the Yosemite shutdown information\u003c/a> on the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau’s website, which contains info taken from a call this week with Yosemite’s acting superintendent, Ray McPadden.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Findingmapsandadvice\">\u003c/a>You should bring your own maps into Yosemite (which has very little phone signal)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lawson recommends either \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/yosemite-mariposa-county-region/maps/\">downloading a map of the park on your phone\u003c/a> you can access offline, bringing a print-out from home or picking up a map at one of the visitor centers outside the park, “since they’re not handing them out at the gateway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1846156476-scaled-e1759449061670.jpg\" alt=\"state parks\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A welcome sign is seen at the Yosemite National Park on Dec. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid\">download Google Maps for offline GPS navigation\u003c/a>, although this navigation will not reflect live updates such as road closures or traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure you download any maps or information you need well ahead of entering Yosemite, where cellphone signal ranges from patchy to nonexistent. You might be able to find some signal in Yosemite Village itself, Lawson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>You’ll still be able to buy food in Yosemite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The National Park Service’s concessionaire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemitethisyear.com/account/yosemite-hospitality-dining-lodging-attractions-in-yosemite\">Yosemite Hospitality\u003c/a>, will continue operating its food and lodging services within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If it’s your first time visiting Yosemite, prepare for higher-than-average prices at cafes and restaurants, given its location.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12058291 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GGBridgeGetty.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Hotelandcampgroundreservations\">\u003c/a>Hotel and campground reservations will be honored\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.travelyosemite.com/\">Yosemite Hospitality’s website confirms:\u003c/a> “If you have a reservation for lodging at The Ahwahnee, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village or Housekeeping Camp, your reservation will remain unchanged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The bathrooms are open and maintenance services are continuing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the last government shutdown in December 2018 and January 2019, visitors \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/national-parks-suffer-vandalism-overflowing-toilets-during-government-shutdown#:~:text=National%20parks%20suffer%20vandalism%2C%20overflowing,Wayne%20is%20your%20local%20station.\">reported overflowing bathrooms and unsanitary conditions \u003c/a>in Yosemite due to lack of staff. This time around, the National Park Service said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">“sanitation facilities” will remain open \u003c/a>and that staff will still be performing maintenance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember: Just because these services are technically continuing doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily be running at normal levels or on their regular service. You may consider packing extra hand sanitizer, soap and water just in case you encounter an unmaintained bathroom. If you bring wet wipes, remember to securely dispose of them or pack them out.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emergency services will continue in Yosemite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While emergency services — like medical attention — aren’t being stopped in Yosemite during the shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-09/doi-nps-lapse-plan2025930508.pdf\">the Department of the Interior’s contingency plan for parks \u003c/a>makes clear these services could be limited during this period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is especially important to bear in mind if you’re attempting anything athletic within Yosemite or planning to be in the backcountry. Make sure you’re even more prepared than usual to take care of yourself in all circumstances: Check the weather, make sure you’re adequately dressed for the elements, bring a first-aid kit and figure out your communications plan between group members.\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\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Wildernesspermits\">\u003c/a>Wilderness permits are still available but only on a self-serve basis\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/01/yosemite-government-shutdown-national-parks-00591258\"> Yosemite rangers were still personally handing out backcountry permits on Wednesday\u003c/a>, no new permits will be issued at this time, Lawson said — and a self-check-in system is now in place for existing permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many visitor centers within Yosemite, the park’s wilderness centers are closed. This means that anyone with an existing permit should pick it up at a self-registration station, which are located at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Big Oak Flat Information Station\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hill’s Studio in Wawona\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Outside the Welcome Center in Yosemite Valley.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You should pick up your permit at the station closest to your trailhead, Lawson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing to remember: There are no bear canister rentals available in Yosemite during the shutdown, meaning that anyone planning to enter the backcountry must come prepared with their own\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/containers.htm\"> approved bear canister\u003c/a>. You may also find bear canisters for sale outside the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’re going to visit right now, protect the landscape as much as you can\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Previous government shutdowns have been grueling on national parks, even when some staffing remains in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740797\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park. \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the 2018–19 government shutdown, unsupervised visitors caused serious damage to Joshua Tree National Park, where pounds of trash accumulated, vehicles went off-road and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/joshua-tree-shutdown.html\">iconic Joshua trees were cut down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Yosemite this time around, “the staff is very, very limited,” stressed Lawson. “So it’s really helpful if guests come in aware and knowing, ‘Hey, I have an impact and how can I be a part of protecting this amazing, extraordinary place?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means: Leave no trace, pack out your trash and stay patient with the park rangers that are still working unpaid through the shutdown. “That’s for all of us,” Lawson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Annual%20Park%20Recreation%20Visitation%20(1904%20-%20Last%20Calendar%20Year)?Park=YOSE\">Over 4 million people visited Yosemite last year\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://irma.nps.gov/Stats/SSRSReports/Park%20Specific%20Reports/Monthly%20Public%20Use?Park=YOSE\">almost 12% of those made their trips in the month of October\u003c/a>. So if you’re one of those hoping to visit the park in the coming days, keep reading for what to know about visiting Yosemite National Park during the government shutdown — and how to stay safe doing so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Findingmapsandadvice\">Finding maps and advice\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Hotelandcampgroundreservations\">Hotel and campground reservations\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Wildernesspermits\">Wilderness permits\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>There will be no rangers at the gates to meet you — or collect your entry fee\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Instead of being stopped and greeted by a park staffer at the Yosemite gates, you’ll now drive straight through. This means there’s nobody in those booths to collect your entry fee (\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/fees.htm\">usually $35 per vehicle\u003c/a>) or to offer you guidance on your visit — including timely updates on weather conditions and any road closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such expert advice is helpful even for seasoned park-goers, and this is where the visitor centers \u003cem>outside\u003c/em> Yosemite really come in handy, said Kim Lawson, director of communications and content at the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11715469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11715469\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/12/GettyImages-178312467-e1546294307457-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yosemite National Park. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What we’re recommending is visitors to stop in the gateway communities as they come through,” Lawson said, especially since the Yosemite Welcome Center in Yosemite Valley will be closed during the shutdown. Resources outside the park include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemitethisyear.com/\">\u003cstrong>Visit Yosemite Madera County: Oakhurst Visitor Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>40343 Highway 41, Oakhurst, CA 93644\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone: 559.683.4636\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/things-to-do/mariposa-county-visitor-center/\">\u003cstrong>Mariposa County Visitor Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>5158 California 140, Mariposa, CA 95338\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone: 209.966.2456\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.visittuolumne.com/\">\u003cstrong>Visit Tuolumne County Visitor Center\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>193 S Washington St., Sonora, CA 95370\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Phone: 800.446.1333 or 209.533.4420\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawson said visitors can also consult \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">the Yosemite shutdown information\u003c/a> on the Yosemite Mariposa County Tourism Bureau’s website, which contains info taken from a call this week with Yosemite’s acting superintendent, Ray McPadden.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Findingmapsandadvice\">\u003c/a>You should bring your own maps into Yosemite (which has very little phone signal)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Lawson recommends either \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/yosemite-mariposa-county-region/maps/\">downloading a map of the park on your phone\u003c/a> you can access offline, bringing a print-out from home or picking up a map at one of the visitor centers outside the park, “since they’re not handing them out at the gateway.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/GettyImages-1846156476-scaled-e1759449061670.jpg\" alt=\"state parks\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A welcome sign is seen at the Yosemite National Park on Dec. 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You can also \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6291838?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid\">download Google Maps for offline GPS navigation\u003c/a>, although this navigation will not reflect live updates such as road closures or traffic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure you download any maps or information you need well ahead of entering Yosemite, where cellphone signal ranges from patchy to nonexistent. You might be able to find some signal in Yosemite Village itself, Lawson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>You’ll still be able to buy food in Yosemite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The National Park Service’s concessionaire, \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemitethisyear.com/account/yosemite-hospitality-dining-lodging-attractions-in-yosemite\">Yosemite Hospitality\u003c/a>, will continue operating its food and lodging services within the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If it’s your first time visiting Yosemite, prepare for higher-than-average prices at cafes and restaurants, given its location.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Hotelandcampgroundreservations\">\u003c/a>Hotel and campground reservations will be honored\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.travelyosemite.com/\">Yosemite Hospitality’s website confirms:\u003c/a> “If you have a reservation for lodging at The Ahwahnee, Yosemite Valley Lodge, Curry Village or Housekeeping Camp, your reservation will remain unchanged.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The bathrooms are open and maintenance services are continuing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During the last government shutdown in December 2018 and January 2019, visitors \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/national-parks-suffer-vandalism-overflowing-toilets-during-government-shutdown#:~:text=National%20parks%20suffer%20vandalism%2C%20overflowing,Wayne%20is%20your%20local%20station.\">reported overflowing bathrooms and unsanitary conditions \u003c/a>in Yosemite due to lack of staff. This time around, the National Park Service said that \u003ca href=\"https://www.yosemite.com/current-conditions/\">“sanitation facilities” will remain open \u003c/a>and that staff will still be performing maintenance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But remember: Just because these services are technically continuing doesn’t mean they’ll necessarily be running at normal levels or on their regular service. You may consider packing extra hand sanitizer, soap and water just in case you encounter an unmaintained bathroom. If you bring wet wipes, remember to securely dispose of them or pack them out.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Emergency services will continue in Yosemite\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While emergency services — like medical attention — aren’t being stopped in Yosemite during the shutdown, \u003ca href=\"https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-09/doi-nps-lapse-plan2025930508.pdf\">the Department of the Interior’s contingency plan for parks \u003c/a>makes clear these services could be limited during this period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is especially important to bear in mind if you’re attempting anything athletic within Yosemite or planning to be in the backcountry. Make sure you’re even more prepared than usual to take care of yourself in all circumstances: Check the weather, make sure you’re adequately dressed for the elements, bring a first-aid kit and figure out your communications plan between group members.\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\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Wildernesspermits\">\u003c/a>Wilderness permits are still available but only on a self-serve basis\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/01/yosemite-government-shutdown-national-parks-00591258\"> Yosemite rangers were still personally handing out backcountry permits on Wednesday\u003c/a>, no new permits will be issued at this time, Lawson said — and a self-check-in system is now in place for existing permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many visitor centers within Yosemite, the park’s wilderness centers are closed. This means that anyone with an existing permit should pick it up at a self-registration station, which are located at:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Big Oak Flat Information Station\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tuolumne Meadows Wilderness Center\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Hill’s Studio in Wawona\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Outside the Welcome Center in Yosemite Valley.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You should pick up your permit at the station closest to your trailhead, Lawson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another thing to remember: There are no bear canister rentals available in Yosemite during the shutdown, meaning that anyone planning to enter the backcountry must come prepared with their own\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/containers.htm\"> approved bear canister\u003c/a>. You may also find bear canisters for sale outside the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>If you’re going to visit right now, protect the landscape as much as you can\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Previous government shutdowns have been grueling on national parks, even when some staffing remains in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11740797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11740797\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS29765__FB-24-of-69-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joshua Tree National Park. \u003ccite>(Ashley Urdang/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the 2018–19 government shutdown, unsupervised visitors caused serious damage to Joshua Tree National Park, where pounds of trash accumulated, vehicles went off-road and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/joshua-tree-shutdown.html\">iconic Joshua trees were cut down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Yosemite this time around, “the staff is very, very limited,” stressed Lawson. “So it’s really helpful if guests come in aware and knowing, ‘Hey, I have an impact and how can I be a part of protecting this amazing, extraordinary place?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means: Leave no trace, pack out your trash and stay patient with the park rangers that are still working unpaid through the shutdown. “That’s for all of us,” Lawson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The letter calls it a proactive effort as the administration continues to investigate alleged civil rights violations at U.S. campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Called the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” it asks universities to accept the government’s definition of gender and apply it to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025068/sf-leaders-vow-to-protect-transgender-students-after-latest-trump-threat-to-withhold-funding\">campus bathrooms\u003c/a>, locker rooms and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12047432/us-sues-california-over-its-refusal-to-ban-transgender-athletes-from-girls-sports\">women’s sports teams\u003c/a>. It asks colleges to stop considering race, gender and a wide range of student demographics in the admissions process and to require undergraduate applicants to take the SAT or ACT.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said if any universities in California sign the compact, they will “instantly” lose access to state funding, including Cal Grants, a $2.8 billion student financial aid program. In an all-capital statement, Newsom, a Democrat, said California “will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House’s 10-page proposed agreement was sent Wednesday to some of the most selective public and private universities: USC, Vanderbilt, the University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, the University of Arizona, Brown University and the University of Virginia. It was not clear how these schools were selected or why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nine universities could become “initial signatories” and are being invited to provide feedback before the language is finalized, according to the letter. It asks for a decision by Nov. 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>White House takes a new, incentive-based approach\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The memo represents a shift in strategy as the administration offers a reward — not just punishment — as an incentive for adopting Trump’s political wish list. Many of the demands mirror those made by his administration as it \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040506/what-losing-billions-in-federal-grants-means-for-universities-and-the-nation\">slashed billions of dollars\u003c/a> in federal money for Harvard, Columbia and others accused of liberal bias. A federal judge \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-federal-funding-bdde8f529f01b96d5521d0e248e8fc6c\">overturned cuts\u003c/a> at Harvard in September, saying the government had overstepped its authority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several universities said they were reviewing the compact and had no comment. A statement from the University of Virginia said there was nothing to suggest why it was chosen. The university’s interim president assembled a group of administrators on Thursday to review the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders of the Texas system were “honored” that the Austin campus was chosen to be a part of the compact and its “potential funding advantages,” according to a statement from Kevin Eltife, chair of the Board of Regents. “Today we welcome the new opportunity presented to us and we look forward to working with the Trump Administration on it,” Eltife said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Colleges would have restrictions on international enrollment and tuition hikes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under the compact, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051638/fearing-deportation-international-students-go-silent-at-californias-universities\">international enrollment\u003c/a> would have to be capped at 15% of a college’s undergraduate student body, and no more than 5% could come from a single country. All the universities invited to the compact appear to be within the 15% threshold, though Dartmouth and USC are close, at 14%, according to federal data. Many universities do not report breakdowns by individual countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most other U.S. universities also fall within the 15% cap, but about 120 exceed it, including Columbia University, Emory University and Boston University, federal data show.[aside postID=news_12056908 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230817-UC-BERKELEY-CAMPUS-MD-03-1020x680.jpg']Some of the most sweeping commitments are aimed at promoting conservative viewpoints. Universities would have to ensure their campuses are a “vibrant marketplace of ideas” where no single ideology is dominant, the compact said. They would have to evaluate views among students and faculty to ensure every department reflects a diverse mix of views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To accomplish that, it says universities must take steps, including “transforming or abolishing institutional units that purposefully punish, belittle, and even spark violence against conservative ideas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It requires policies meant to counter the kind of protests that roiled U.S. campuses last year amid the Israel-Hamas war. It asks for a commitment to prevent any disruption to classes or campus libraries and to ensure demonstrators don’t heckle other students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campuses that sign the compact would have to freeze tuition for U.S. students for five years, and those with endowments exceeding $2 million per undergraduate could not charge tuition at all for students pursuing “hard science” programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Opponents see a threat to free speech\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, urged universities to reject the deal, saying it violates campus independence and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12056908/uc-faculty-escalate-court-battle-against-trump-efforts-to-reshape-higher-education\">undermines free speech\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not worth the compromises that they would have to make,” he said. “This is a Faustian bargain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The compact also drew criticism from free speech groups, faculty associations and from Larry Summers, a former Treasury secretary and Harvard president. Summers said he believes elite universities have lost their way, but he said the compact is like trying to “fix a watch with a hammer — ill conceived and counterproductive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The backlash against its crudity will likely set back necessary reform efforts,” Summers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The terms of the deal would be enforced by the Justice Department, with violators losing access to the compact’s benefits for no less than a year. Following violations bump the penalty to two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Institutions of higher education are free to develop models and values other than those below,” the compact said, “if the institution elects to forego federal benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Associated Press’ education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. 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"content": "\u003cp>After the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058294/its-going-to-be-painful-day-one-of-government-shutdown-hits-the-bay-area\">federal government shutdown\u003c/a> took effect this week, some San Francisco residents and businesses were devastated by reports that the city’s Fleet Week air show, which has become synonymous with the Blue Angels, could lack its star performers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But next weekend’s highly-anticipated performance will go on regardless — thanks to Canadian captains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Fleet Week organizers have yet to formally cancel the Blue Angels’ appearance, the Navy said in a statement earlier this week that unless the shutdown is quickly quashed, which Democratic representatives say isn’t likely, military personnel will not be able to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless of whether U.S. officers, aircraft carriers and ships are able to travel to San Francisco to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Fleet Week, though, people who flock to the city’s northern neighborhoods to watch impressive flight formations and thrilling low-to-the-ground fly-bys from military crews each October won’t be left without a show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canada’s Snowbirds, the Royal Canadian Air Force’s demonstration team, are set to appear in the event for the first time since 2017, among “many other performers,” according to Fleet Week’s communications director David Cruise. Ships are also still confirmed to visit from Canada and Colombia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11697029\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11697029\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33070_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_08-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Jackson Buttler, 4; Wyatt Buttler, 3; and Kai Super, 4, play with toy Blue Angel jets as a little girl looks on during the Fleet Week air show at the Marina Green. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco Fleet Week is as much a civic tradition as a military one — honoring all those who are called to serve, from our military to first responders and everyone involved in civic service,” Cruise said via email Tuesday. “No matter the circumstances, San Francisco Fleet Week will continue to stand as a tribute to service, resilience, and community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navy said Tuesday if a deal is reached quickly, it could salvage military participation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our Sailors and Marines look forward to participating in the unparalleled training and outreach events Fleet Week provides,” the branch of the armed forces said in a statement, adding that officers would be disappointed if they have to sit out the event. “Our hope is for a swift decision on a funding bill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with no end to the deadlock in sight, many of the week’s highly anticipated activities — \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/11/fleet-week-2024-party-with-sailors/\">and visitors\u003c/a> — will be sorely missed.[aside postID=news_12058298 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-08-KQED.jpg']Throughout the seven-day event, some city clubs offer military personnel free entry, and bars host huge parties attended by both city dwellers and tourists hoping for a run-in with a pack of seamen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sailors about!” one Reddit user \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/AskSF/comments/xr8ike/fleet_week_yay_or_nay/\">said of the weeklong affair\u003c/a>. “Every bar is packed with sailors for three days. Long live Fleet Week!” another chimed in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrington’s Bar and Grill, an Irish pub in the Financial District, is promoting a Friday block party to celebrate Fleet Week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“North Beach especially, and parts of the Marina, you just get roving packs of sailors out on shore leave to have a good time,” said Ben Bleiman, who owns Harrington’s and has worked in San Francisco’s entertainment spaces for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the weekend is often one of the highest-grossing for local bars and restaurants, and anchors their sales for the month of October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I walk around the North Beach and Marina or other areas during Fleet Week, it feels like Chicago in the summer where people are just overflowing out of the restaurants and bars and walking down the street going from location to location,” he said. “It is one of the biggest party weekends of the year, one of the biggest social weekends of the year. And in some areas, it’s definitely the biggest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11697045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11697045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1261\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-800x525.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1020x670.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1200x788.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-1180x775.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-960x631.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-240x158.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-375x246.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33073_10052018_AW_FleetWeek_11-qut-520x342.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Navy Blue Angel jets fly over the San Francisco Bay. 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"content": "\u003cp>As visitors arrived at the entrance to Muir Woods National Monument on Wednesday morning, they were greeted by a sign: “Closed due to a lapse in appropriations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777\">federal government had shut down\u003c/a> at 12:01 that day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A National Park Service ranger greeted people by the closed gate, explaining the closure and recommending alternatives such as \u003ca href=\"https://parks.marincounty.gov/parkspreserves/preserves/roys-redwoods\">Roy’s Redwoods Preserve\u003c/a>, about 45 minutes north, and hikes around \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=471\">Mt. Tamalpais\u003c/a> — a California state park that remains open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown has left Bay Area parks in mixed states. Muir Woods is fully closed. Alcatraz Island is slated to stay open. Other sites like Point Reyes National Seashore and Fort Point have partial closures, with some parking lots blocked or bathrooms locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even park staff said they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058137/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks-planning-memo\">didn’t learn the plan\u003c/a> until Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One NPS superintendent, who was on a call with parks leadership on Tuesday, spoke to KQED on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation and losing their job, said this didn’t take place until 3 p.m. that afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor takes a photos of a sign indicating that Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, CA 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 NPS had submitted a closure plan last week, but staff didn’t get direction from the Department of the Interior until the last minute. KQED has reached out to NPS and DOI for comment, and has not yet received a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superintendent told KQED they were told to report on Wednesday and submit their closure plan, which included making a formal request for any essential employees they believed needed to continue working — and to then instruct everyone else to set out-of-office notifications on their emails and phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, “I’ll finalize any time sheets and lock the doors,” they said on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Muir Woods, tourists like Amelia Lei Cabatit expressed confusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I was being clever when I Googled and it said yesterday night that parks would remain open,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabatit came to California all the way from Hong Kong. Muir Woods was at the top of her list, she said, along with Yosemite, where she has reservations next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm\">Yosemite remains partially open\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"https://www.mariposagazette.com/articles/yosemite-remains-open-but-with-limited-visitor-services/\">reports of reduced staffing\u003c/a>, but Cabatit fears it’s unlikely the shutdown will be resolved in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, I’m heartbroken,” she said. “I’ve been everywhere from Africa to the Galapagos to Costa Rica. I tell you, there’s nothing as beautiful as California parks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The impact on visitors — and the land\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Running national parks on a “skeleton crew” is going to be an issue for visitors, the superintendent warned, especially considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/visitor-use-statistics-dashboard.htm#:~:text=The%20National%20Park%20Service%20reported,2%25\">visitor numbers\u003c/a> continue to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40 former superintendents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777/with-a-government-shutdown-looming-heres-how-the-bay-area-could-be-affected\">signed a letter\u003c/a> to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058137/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks-planning-memo\">raising the alarm about\u003c/a> what keeping some parks open with no staff could mean for visitors and the parks’ ecology itself.[aside postID=news_12058294 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238183191-scaled.jpg']They warned the safety of visitors is at stake, as there won’t be staff to direct them and emergency response times may be slower due to low staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people go into Yosemite and they [don’t] know where to go or what to do, they’ll be on their own,” said Don Neubacher, former park superintendent for Yosemite and Point Reyes national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsupervised visitors can also cause damage to parks, as happened at Joshua Tree National Park during the 2018–19 government shutdown, where bathrooms overflowed, pounds of trash accumulated, vehicles went off-road and iconic \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/joshua-tree-shutdown.html\">Joshua trees were cut down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we saw last time required dozens of volunteers to step up and fill the gap left by lack of maintenance and lack of law enforcement,” said Kenji Haroutunian, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Joshua Tree. His group was one of those that helped maintain and clean up the park during and after the shutdown, and had urged NPS leaders to close Joshua Tree for the duration of any shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Haroutunian said, the park’s “partial opening” will once again “require some of the community to step up … to support the skeleton crew that’s likely to be in place for the foreseeable future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The longer-term picture for parks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Russell Galipeau, former superintendent of Channel Islands National Park, said focusing only on human impacts of the shutdown misses another major issue: the consequences for research across NPS land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they’re not considered “essential” under a government shutdown, staff like wildlife biologists who help manage bear populations and monitor ecosystems are just as important — and their work, too, will get shut down, Galipeau warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10898045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10898045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles.jpg\" alt=\"A breeding pair of bald eagles atop their nest in Channel Islands National Park.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1121\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-400x234.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-800x467.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-1180x689.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-960x561.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A breeding pair of bald eagles atop their nest in Channel Islands National Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy National Park Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We forget that these parks, these natural areas, they don’t manage themselves,” he said. “Sometimes, intervention is necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Channel Islands, that means 40 years of data monitoring the health of the kelp forest or local populations of pinnipeds will now have a shutdown-sized hole — along with monitoring of fish populations to help inform fishing policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All those programs get shut down, and so we no longer have that canary in the coal mine that’s giving us an indicator of the health of not just the park, not just the ecosystem, but the place we live,” Galipeau said.[aside postID=news_12058137 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250912-TrumpsSignageOrder-36-BL_qed.jpg']Galipeau said he was especially worried about smaller or less-visited parks like Manzanar National Historic Site — concerns echoed by that park’s former superintendent, Bernadette Johnson. Manzanar’s remote location in the Eastern Sierra doesn’t have onsite worker housing, and the park was already only open four days a week due to lack of staffing and budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Small parks like Manzanar really can’t afford to lose any other bodies at all,” Johnson said. “It’s already been bare bones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that it’s not just the parks that will lose income, including entrance fees, during the shutdown: Bookstores, coffee shops, and even nearby towns will all lose out on dollars while parks are closed. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shutdown has left Bay Area parks in mixed states. Muir Woods is fully closed. Alcatraz Island is slated to stay open. Other sites like Point Reyes National Seashore and Fort Point have partial closures, with some parking lots blocked or bathrooms locked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even park staff said they \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058137/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks-planning-memo\">didn’t learn the plan\u003c/a> until Tuesday afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One NPS superintendent, who was on a call with parks leadership on Tuesday, spoke to KQED on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation and losing their job, said this didn’t take place until 3 p.m. that afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058343\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058343\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251001-NATIONAL-PARKS-SHUTDOWN-MD-03-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A visitor takes a photos of a sign indicating that Muir Woods National Monument in Marin County, CA 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 NPS had submitted a closure plan last week, but staff didn’t get direction from the Department of the Interior until the last minute. KQED has reached out to NPS and DOI for comment, and has not yet received a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superintendent told KQED they were told to report on Wednesday and submit their closure plan, which included making a formal request for any essential employees they believed needed to continue working — and to then instruct everyone else to set out-of-office notifications on their emails and phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, “I’ll finalize any time sheets and lock the doors,” they said on Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Muir Woods, tourists like Amelia Lei Cabatit expressed confusion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I was being clever when I Googled and it said yesterday night that parks would remain open,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabatit came to California all the way from Hong Kong. Muir Woods was at the top of her list, she said, along with Yosemite, where she has reservations next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm\">Yosemite remains partially open\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"https://www.mariposagazette.com/articles/yosemite-remains-open-but-with-limited-visitor-services/\">reports of reduced staffing\u003c/a>, but Cabatit fears it’s unlikely the shutdown will be resolved in time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, I’m heartbroken,” she said. “I’ve been everywhere from Africa to the Galapagos to Costa Rica. I tell you, there’s nothing as beautiful as California parks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The impact on visitors — and the land\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Running national parks on a “skeleton crew” is going to be an issue for visitors, the superintendent warned, especially considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/visitor-use-statistics-dashboard.htm#:~:text=The%20National%20Park%20Service%20reported,2%25\">visitor numbers\u003c/a> continue to rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 40 former superintendents \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777/with-a-government-shutdown-looming-heres-how-the-bay-area-could-be-affected\">signed a letter\u003c/a> to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum last week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058137/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks-planning-memo\">raising the alarm about\u003c/a> what keeping some parks open with no staff could mean for visitors and the parks’ ecology itself.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>They warned the safety of visitors is at stake, as there won’t be staff to direct them and emergency response times may be slower due to low staffing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people go into Yosemite and they [don’t] know where to go or what to do, they’ll be on their own,” said Don Neubacher, former park superintendent for Yosemite and Point Reyes national parks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unsupervised visitors can also cause damage to parks, as happened at Joshua Tree National Park during the 2018–19 government shutdown, where bathrooms overflowed, pounds of trash accumulated, vehicles went off-road and iconic \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/us/joshua-tree-shutdown.html\">Joshua trees were cut down\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we saw last time required dozens of volunteers to step up and fill the gap left by lack of maintenance and lack of law enforcement,” said Kenji Haroutunian, executive director of the nonprofit Friends of Joshua Tree. His group was one of those that helped maintain and clean up the park during and after the shutdown, and had urged NPS leaders to close Joshua Tree for the duration of any shutdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Haroutunian said, the park’s “partial opening” will once again “require some of the community to step up … to support the skeleton crew that’s likely to be in place for the foreseeable future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The longer-term picture for parks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Russell Galipeau, former superintendent of Channel Islands National Park, said focusing only on human impacts of the shutdown misses another major issue: the consequences for research across NPS land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they’re not considered “essential” under a government shutdown, staff like wildlife biologists who help manage bear populations and monitor ecosystems are just as important — and their work, too, will get shut down, Galipeau warned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10898045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10898045\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles.jpg\" alt=\"A breeding pair of bald eagles atop their nest in Channel Islands National Park.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1121\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-400x234.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-800x467.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-1180x689.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/channeleagles-960x561.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A breeding pair of bald eagles atop their nest in Channel Islands National Park. \u003ccite>(Courtesy National Park Service)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We forget that these parks, these natural areas, they don’t manage themselves,” he said. “Sometimes, intervention is necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Channel Islands, that means 40 years of data monitoring the health of the kelp forest or local populations of pinnipeds will now have a shutdown-sized hole — along with monitoring of fish populations to help inform fishing policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All those programs get shut down, and so we no longer have that canary in the coal mine that’s giving us an indicator of the health of not just the park, not just the ecosystem, but the place we live,” Galipeau said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Galipeau said he was especially worried about smaller or less-visited parks like Manzanar National Historic Site — concerns echoed by that park’s former superintendent, Bernadette Johnson. Manzanar’s remote location in the Eastern Sierra doesn’t have onsite worker housing, and the park was already only open four days a week due to lack of staffing and budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Small parks like Manzanar really can’t afford to lose any other bodies at all,” Johnson said. “It’s already been bare bones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She noted that it’s not just the parks that will lose income, including entrance fees, during the shutdown: Bookstores, coffee shops, and even nearby towns will all lose out on dollars while parks are closed. But Galipeau said that the current shutdown plan, which prioritizes keeping parks that \u003cem>can \u003c/em>collect entrance fees open, is a dangerous game, too. “Now all of a sudden, we’re letting money drive everything,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under President Donald Trump’s second administration, Galipeau said, it’s been especially hard to find out what the plans for national parks are — and what the future might hold. “In the past, you could talk to people more openly,” he said. “You could understand what their shutdown plans were.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard to get anybody to talk to us,” he said. “Because they don’t know what’s going to happen to them if they’ll be perceived as non-loyalists.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmizuguchi\">\u003cem>Keith Mizuguchi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/carlysevern\">\u003cem>Carly Severn\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many in the Bay Area woke up Wednesday bracing for what could be an extended \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12057777/\">government shutdown\u003c/a> that began overnight, spurred by a deadlock on spending bills in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, the effects are being felt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the shutdown started at 12:01 a.m., thousands of the region’s federal workers were furloughed and many government services ground to a halt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MT Snyder, a San Francisco-based federal worker and member of the city’s union chapter representing employees at the National Labor Relations Board, woke up suspended from her job, per the board’s shutdown contingency plan. After going into work to set an out-of-office email response and cancel all upcoming appointments on her calendar, she said, she was no longer permitted to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the NLRB, which ensures that private sector workers are able to unionize in line with the National Labor Relations Act, the shutdown means all pending votes and negotiations for workers going through the unionization process in San Francisco will be put on hold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058315\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058315\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238026667-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maintenance workers are seen just after midnight at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The government shut down early Wednesday after Congress failed to reach a funding deal. \u003ccite>(Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“All of the workers right now who have come to the National Labor Relations Board and said, ‘Hey, we want to have an election, we want to vote on whether or not to have the union’ — none of those elections can happen,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, any local workers who believe that their employer has violated the NLRA won’t be able to request an investigation and support from the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If a worker says, ‘I was fired for unionizing,’ they come to us … they file a complaint and then the board investigates and can get a remedy for them, can ensure that their rights are upheld,” she said. “There is no other place for them to go if we’re shut down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many other agencies halted operations that weren’t deemed “essential,” in line with contingency plans they all have for lapses in federal appropriations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the Bay Area, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058137/government-shutdown-2025-national-parks-planning-memo\">national parks\u003c/a> that can be blocked from public access, such as Muir Woods, are closed, and 9,000 parks employees have been furloughed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alcatraz and Fort Point are open, while some bathrooms are locked. Ocean, Stinson and Muir beaches — all part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area — are accessible and have open bathrooms, but their public parking lots are shuttered.[aside postID=news_12019327 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Government-ShutdownAP-1020x679.jpg']NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View has also ceased most operations, according to Jonas Dino, president of the Ames Federal Employees Union, though certain employees are exempt and will continue working, including those in safety, cybersecurity and any mission-critical operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to provide our members with as much [information] for resources like shutdown assistance loans with the SRI Federal Credit Union and union activities,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Air National Guard facility at Moffett Field remains open and “fully operational,” according to Jeffrey Nelan, deputy communications director for the California Military Department. He noted that personnel continue to carry out duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Moffett Field Museum is privately funded and also remains open, confusion over the government shutdown is likely to hurt business, executive director Jeff Wasel said. In previous shutdowns, people have assumed the museum was closed, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shutdowns [are] kind of double-edged swords in that sense,” he said. “We do, at the beginning, suffer a little bit of a downturn, but sometimes that downturn [has been] made up by government employees that have spare time to come in and visit the museum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is expecting a 20% to 30% decline in revenues while the shutdown is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. \u003ccite>(Byunghwan Lim/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service will continue weather forecasting, emergency responses and some satellite operations, but tours, most research and other services deemed unessential, like fishery monitoring, survey work and stock assessment, will cease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOAA said it also won’t regularly update its social media pages, which people often check during weather emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“NOAA is unable to respond to emails or voicemails that are not mission-critical,” the communications office said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-09/epa-contingency-plan-9_29_25.pdf\">Environmental Protection Agency is operating similarly\u003c/a>, pausing most research and issuance of new grants, permits, guidance and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the effects of paused “non-essential” work might not be felt right away, they could become more obvious if the shutdown drags on, which Rep. Mark DeSaulnier said is likely.[aside postID=news_12058260 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-903911876-2000x1333.jpg']Speaking on KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em> on Wednesday morning, the East Bay Democrat said he was\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101911415/federal-government-shutdown-looms-large-ahead-of-midnight-deadline\"> prepared for a shutdown that rivaled\u003c/a> the record 35-day lapse in appropriations during President Trump’s first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be painful,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on just how long it lasts, more services that are still operating as of Oct. 1 could also face disruptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalFresh, California’s iteration of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, has enough funding to continue providing food stamps to residents who qualify for about a month, according to DeSaulnier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal courts have enough money to continue paying for operations for \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2025/10/01/judiciary-still-operating-shutdown-starts\">a little over two weeks\u003c/a>, according to the judiciary. After that, they will continue to operate under the Anti-Deficiency Act, but like all federal employees deemed “essential,” court workers won’t be paid until the shutdown ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the shutdown drags on, government agencies that remain open under the Anti-Deficiency Act — including the U.S. Postal Service, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration — could fall into chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, travel at LaGuardia Airport in New York \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/ten-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown\">was temporarily paused\u003c/a> and other major airports experienced significant delays after unpaid air traffic controllers called in sick to work on the 35th day of that federal shutdown. \u003cem>SFGate\u003c/em> reported at the time that Bay Area airports \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/California-airports-unaffected-by-government-13533315.php\">were largely unaffected\u003c/a>. TSA workers at SFO are not federal employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058317\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-2000x1379.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-2048x1412.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, (L) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-NY, deliver remarks following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Democratic leaders met with President Trump to negotiate funding legislation to avoid a government shutdown. \u003ccite>(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not long after the air traffic controllers’ sickout, Trump backed a stopgap spending bill to end that shutdown amid mounting pressure. It’s hard to know how long this one could last.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite Republican control of Congress and the White House, federal agency websites are blaming Democrats for the disruption. On the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s homepage, a banner reads: “The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. HUD will use available resources to help Americans in need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats refused to sign a Republican-led spending plan for the new fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 in order to try to force the restoration of health care subsidies through the Affordable Care Act, which are set to expire at the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, both Democrat and Republican-based stopgap funding plans \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/g-s1-91217/government-shutdown-midnight\">failed in the Senate\u003c/a>, and DeSaulnier said last-ditch negotiations in the House were unproductive after Republican members didn’t show up to negotiate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear if and when that might change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not talking to us. They’re being told by the president not to talk to us,” DeSaulnier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a handful of other Democrats broke with the party to pass a Republican spending bill and avoid a government shutdown — inviting\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/us/politics/absolutely-ridiculous-democrats-seethe-at-schumer-for-backing-gop-spending-bill.html\"> pushback from leaders\u003c/a> like Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D–N.Y.).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it appears that now, the party is more united behind the idea that a shutdown is a rare bargaining chip with the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the way [Trump] negotiates,” DeSaulnier said Wednesday. “And we’re not having it because every time we try, he wants more. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>NASA’s Ames Research Center in Mountain View has also ceased most operations, according to Jonas Dino, president of the Ames Federal Employees Union, though certain employees are exempt and will continue working, including those in safety, cybersecurity and any mission-critical operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to provide our members with as much [information] for resources like shutdown assistance loans with the SRI Federal Credit Union and union activities,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Air National Guard facility at Moffett Field remains open and “fully operational,” according to Jeffrey Nelan, deputy communications director for the California Military Department. He noted that personnel continue to carry out duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Moffett Field Museum is privately funded and also remains open, confusion over the government shutdown is likely to hurt business, executive director Jeff Wasel said. In previous shutdowns, people have assumed the museum was closed, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Shutdowns [are] kind of double-edged swords in that sense,” he said. “We do, at the beginning, suffer a little bit of a downturn, but sometimes that downturn [has been] made up by government employees that have spare time to come in and visit the museum.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He is expecting a 20% to 30% decline in revenues while the shutdown is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. \u003ccite>(Byunghwan Lim/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service will continue weather forecasting, emergency responses and some satellite operations, but tours, most research and other services deemed unessential, like fishery monitoring, survey work and stock assessment, will cease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NOAA said it also won’t regularly update its social media pages, which people often check during weather emergencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“NOAA is unable to respond to emails or voicemails that are not mission-critical,” the communications office said Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-09/epa-contingency-plan-9_29_25.pdf\">Environmental Protection Agency is operating similarly\u003c/a>, pausing most research and issuance of new grants, permits, guidance and regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the effects of paused “non-essential” work might not be felt right away, they could become more obvious if the shutdown drags on, which Rep. Mark DeSaulnier said is likely.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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After that, they will continue to operate under the Anti-Deficiency Act, but like all federal employees deemed “essential,” court workers won’t be paid until the shutdown ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the shutdown drags on, government agencies that remain open under the Anti-Deficiency Act — including the U.S. Postal Service, the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration — could fall into chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, travel at LaGuardia Airport in New York \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/ten-air-traffic-controllers-shutdown\">was temporarily paused\u003c/a> and other major airports experienced significant delays after unpaid air traffic controllers called in sick to work on the 35th day of that federal shutdown. \u003cem>SFGate\u003c/em> reported at the time that Bay Area airports \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/California-airports-unaffected-by-government-13533315.php\">were largely unaffected\u003c/a>. TSA workers at SFO are not federal employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12058317\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-2000x1379.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-2048x1412.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, (L) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-NY, deliver remarks following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. 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"content": "\u003cp>A Santa Clara County grand jury has indicted a group of pro-Palestinian Stanford University students on felony vandalism and trespassing charges, stemming from a June 2024 incident in which they broke into the campus president’s office and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989050/pro-palestinian-stanford-protesters-detained-after-occupying-presidents-office\">barricaded\u003c/a> themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors with the District Attorney’s office secured the indictment against 11 students on Sept. 29, pushing the case toward a trial and rankling defense attorneys who say the move shunts key elements of a thus far public prosecution into secrecy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They made this a very public case. 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