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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tax credits for the parents of young children. A state-funded scientific research institute. Exempting service workers’ tips from state income tax.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those are among the hundreds of proposals California lawmakers swiftly rejected Friday under the banner of cost savings, as they cited the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-budget-revision-may-2025/?1\">$12 billion budget deficit\u003c/a> — a worsening figure due to the threat of unprecedented federal funding cuts and California’s ballooning spending on health care for low-income residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are in (a) very difficult budget environment this year, so consequently many good bills are going to fall by the wayside today,” said Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/buffy-wicks-165044\">Buffy Wicks\u003c/a>, an Oakland Democrat, before beginning that chamber’s hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are not in a year where we can be expanding programs, developing new offices, new agencies, new departments, and expanding our footprints.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Friday procedure is known as the “suspense file” — the state Legislature’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-lawmakers-killed-bills/\">most secretive\u003c/a> and fast-paced biannual hearing, where the chairs of the Assembly and Senate Appropriations committees quickly shoot down pricey proposals with little explanation, often acting more aggressively during years of budget woes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The suspense files are where the appropriations committees send bills that would cost the state at least $50,000 in the Senate and $150,000 in the Assembly. The process was originally a way for lawmakers to consider policy proposals that cost the state money together by balancing them against each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the well-accepted open secret in Sacramento is that it’s also an opportunity for lawmakers to quietly kill controversial bills, appease powerful special interests or just winnow down the number of bills they’ll have to debate on the floor. Lawmakers decide ahead of time, in secret, whether to pass the bills to the full Senate or Assembly, or to withhold them. The public hearings are a rapid-fire announcement of the decisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025617 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/US-and-California-Flags-Getty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the Senate Appropriations Committee axed 29% of the 432 bills on its list, although it kept a handful of those alive to work on next year. That’s more aggressive trimming \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/05/california-legislature-bills-budget-deficit/\">than the committee did last May. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state is facing a significant budget deficit and with that in mind, the committee had to make difficult choices on a number of bills to reduce costs,” said Senate Appropriations Chairperson \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/anna-caballero-101330\">Anna Caballero\u003c/a>, a Merced Democrat, before the hearing. She opened the hearing with a defense of the arcane proceedings, explaining that the results would be posted online, but rushed out to catch a flight after the meeting without discussing her approach with reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly Appropriations Committee killed 35% of the 666 measures on its suspense file, similar to last year. Lawmakers had been warned to keep the cost of their proposals down, Wicks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stressed heavily to members as they were putting together their legislative package this year to be very mindful of cost,” she told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s fiscal future is anything but certain: As federal threats loom, Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month rolled out a $322 billion spending plan that included \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/05/newsom-freeze-medi-cal-undocumented-immigrants/\">significant cuts to Medi-Cal\u003c/a>, the state’s health care system for low-income Californians, and a 3% cut to public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Health care expansions on the chopping block\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, some Assembly measures that would have expanded health care services for Californians met their fate. That includes \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab804\">Wicks’ own proposal\u003c/a> seeking federal approval to qualify some housing services as Medi-Cal benefits, a $40 million endeavor that Newsom previously vetoed. The committee also killed a proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab315\">allow more Medi-Cal enrollees to receive home-based care\u003c/a> and another that would have allowed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab4\">higher-earning immigrants in the country illegally\u003c/a> to purchase insurance plans on Covered California, the state-run health care marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/052325_Suspense-Day_FG_CM_04-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Several lawmakers and state Capitol staff sit behind a two-row dais during a legislative hearing. A large oval image of the California State Assembly seal can be seen hung up on the wall behind them.\">\u003cfigcaption>Assemblymembers meet during a suspense file hearing at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on May 23, 2025. \u003cem>Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Senate, lawmakers shelved a proposal by Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/catherine-blakespear-21275\">Catherine Blakespear\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb644\">impose campaign contribution limits \u003c/a>on candidates for judicial office and school board races, which the influential California Teachers Association opposed. They axed Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/henry-stern-36368\">Henry Stern\u003c/a>’s proposal to expand the state’s contentious new mental health program CARE Courts \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb823\">to include defendants with bipolar disorder I\u003c/a>, and Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/marie-alvarado-gil-165433\">Marie Alvarado-Gil\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb818\">bill to address mountain lion interactions\u003c/a> that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article304707486.html\">pitted rural communities\u003c/a> against animal rights and wildlife conservation advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate Appropriations Committee also killed two Republican tough-on-crime proposals, showing the limits of Democrats’ recent shift slightly rightward on crime. Until Friday, it had been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-democrats-crime/\">surprisingly smooth sailing\u003c/a> this year for Senate Minority Leader \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/brian-jones-42\">Brian Jones\u003c/a>’ \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb286\">bill to block sex offenders\u003c/a> from being released from prison through the state’s elderly parole program, and Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/kelly-seyarto-165446\">Kelly Seyarto\u003c/a>’s bill to increase penalties for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb432\">selling or giving fentanyl to minors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law enforcement-backed bills were opposed by criminal justice reform advocates, who still \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-democrats-teen-sex-solicitation/\">hold sway with the majority party\u003c/a> and often argue it would be too costly for the state to imprison more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Jones, a San Diego Republican, called the suspense file process “anti-democratic” and accused Democrats of “silencing the voices of victims and the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some measures are now postponed until next year. That includes \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1349\">two Assembly measures\u003c/a> seeking \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1291\">tighter regulations on ticket sales\u003c/a> for sports and musical events, amid fierce opposition from ticketing platforms such as Stubhub and from local chambers of commerce. The measures would restrict when those platforms can resell tickets, strengthen the disclosure of ticket information and require venues to accept proof of purchase as tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assm. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/isaac-bryan-165440\">Isaac Bryan\u003c/a>, a Culver City Democrat who authored one of the measures, said Wicks never articulated her concerns with his proposal, even though Wicks told reporters Friday her staff had been in touch with Bryan’s office. “There was never an attempt to discuss the bill,” which led him to believe her concerns had been alleviated, Bryan said in a statement.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers also pushed off some issues to be debated further during budget negotiations between the Legislature and Newsom. That process will accelerate in the coming weeks before a mid-June deadline to pass a balanced budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newsom’s film tax credit pushed to budget talk\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>They stripped out language in both Assembly and Senate bills to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-film-tax-credit-gavin-newsom-hollywood/\">more than double the state’s film tax credit\u003c/a> to $750 million. Newsom has pushed hard for the tax credit expansion to help the ailing Los Angeles industry and keep production in state, and he’s included the money in his budget proposals which lawmakers will debate separately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/rick-chavez-zbur-165429\">Rick Zbur\u003c/a>, a Los Angeles Democrat who authored the Assembly version of the measure, said the committee move was merely a technical one to separate budget allocations from policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The increase in the size of the program will happen in the budget,” Zbur said. “I’m not that nervous about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to others, the move indicated that some lawmakers remain skeptical of spending so much on the program. Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/benjamin-allen-70\">Ben Allen\u003c/a>, an El Segundo Democrat who sponsored the Senate bill to boost the tax credits, said he was “certainly disappointed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we are going to push back against as budget negotiations begin to heat up,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/05/newsom-ceqa-yimby-housing/\">An ambitious and highly technical proposal by Sen. Scott Wiener \u003c/a>reining in the landmark California Environmental Quality Act to make it harder for opponents of development to sue to block housing projects also will be debated in the budget process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Senate Appropriations Committee, lawmakers passed the bill but Caballero said they would continue negotiating it to help the state meet its housing needs “without compromising environmental protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-legislature-budget-deficit-suspense-file/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the Senate Appropriations Committee axed 29% of the 432 bills on its list, although it kept a handful of those alive to work on next year. That’s more aggressive trimming \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/05/california-legislature-bills-budget-deficit/\">than the committee did last May. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The state is facing a significant budget deficit and with that in mind, the committee had to make difficult choices on a number of bills to reduce costs,” said Senate Appropriations Chairperson \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/anna-caballero-101330\">Anna Caballero\u003c/a>, a Merced Democrat, before the hearing. She opened the hearing with a defense of the arcane proceedings, explaining that the results would be posted online, but rushed out to catch a flight after the meeting without discussing her approach with reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly Appropriations Committee killed 35% of the 666 measures on its suspense file, similar to last year. Lawmakers had been warned to keep the cost of their proposals down, Wicks said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We stressed heavily to members as they were putting together their legislative package this year to be very mindful of cost,” she told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s fiscal future is anything but certain: As federal threats loom, Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month rolled out a $322 billion spending plan that included \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2025/05/newsom-freeze-medi-cal-undocumented-immigrants/\">significant cuts to Medi-Cal\u003c/a>, the state’s health care system for low-income Californians, and a 3% cut to public universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Health care expansions on the chopping block\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On Friday, some Assembly measures that would have expanded health care services for Californians met their fate. That includes \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab804\">Wicks’ own proposal\u003c/a> seeking federal approval to qualify some housing services as Medi-Cal benefits, a $40 million endeavor that Newsom previously vetoed. The committee also killed a proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab315\">allow more Medi-Cal enrollees to receive home-based care\u003c/a> and another that would have allowed \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab4\">higher-earning immigrants in the country illegally\u003c/a> to purchase insurance plans on Covered California, the state-run health care marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/052325_Suspense-Day_FG_CM_04-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Several lawmakers and state Capitol staff sit behind a two-row dais during a legislative hearing. A large oval image of the California State Assembly seal can be seen hung up on the wall behind them.\">\u003cfigcaption>Assemblymembers meet during a suspense file hearing at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on May 23, 2025. \u003cem>Fred Greaves for CalMatters\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the Senate, lawmakers shelved a proposal by Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/catherine-blakespear-21275\">Catherine Blakespear\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb644\">impose campaign contribution limits \u003c/a>on candidates for judicial office and school board races, which the influential California Teachers Association opposed. They axed Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/henry-stern-36368\">Henry Stern\u003c/a>’s proposal to expand the state’s contentious new mental health program CARE Courts \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb823\">to include defendants with bipolar disorder I\u003c/a>, and Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/marie-alvarado-gil-165433\">Marie Alvarado-Gil\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb818\">bill to address mountain lion interactions\u003c/a> that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article304707486.html\">pitted rural communities\u003c/a> against animal rights and wildlife conservation advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate Appropriations Committee also killed two Republican tough-on-crime proposals, showing the limits of Democrats’ recent shift slightly rightward on crime. Until Friday, it had been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-democrats-crime/\">surprisingly smooth sailing\u003c/a> this year for Senate Minority Leader \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/brian-jones-42\">Brian Jones\u003c/a>’ \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb286\">bill to block sex offenders\u003c/a> from being released from prison through the state’s elderly parole program, and Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/kelly-seyarto-165446\">Kelly Seyarto\u003c/a>’s bill to increase penalties for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb432\">selling or giving fentanyl to minors\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law enforcement-backed bills were opposed by criminal justice reform advocates, who still \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-democrats-teen-sex-solicitation/\">hold sway with the majority party\u003c/a> and often argue it would be too costly for the state to imprison more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Jones, a San Diego Republican, called the suspense file process “anti-democratic” and accused Democrats of “silencing the voices of victims and the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some measures are now postponed until next year. That includes \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1349\">two Assembly measures\u003c/a> seeking \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1291\">tighter regulations on ticket sales\u003c/a> for sports and musical events, amid fierce opposition from ticketing platforms such as Stubhub and from local chambers of commerce. The measures would restrict when those platforms can resell tickets, strengthen the disclosure of ticket information and require venues to accept proof of purchase as tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assm. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/isaac-bryan-165440\">Isaac Bryan\u003c/a>, a Culver City Democrat who authored one of the measures, said Wicks never articulated her concerns with his proposal, even though Wicks told reporters Friday her staff had been in touch with Bryan’s office. “There was never an attempt to discuss the bill,” which led him to believe her concerns had been alleviated, Bryan said in a statement.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers also pushed off some issues to be debated further during budget negotiations between the Legislature and Newsom. That process will accelerate in the coming weeks before a mid-June deadline to pass a balanced budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Newsom’s film tax credit pushed to budget talk\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>They stripped out language in both Assembly and Senate bills to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-film-tax-credit-gavin-newsom-hollywood/\">more than double the state’s film tax credit\u003c/a> to $750 million. Newsom has pushed hard for the tax credit expansion to help the ailing Los Angeles industry and keep production in state, and he’s included the money in his budget proposals which lawmakers will debate separately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/rick-chavez-zbur-165429\">Rick Zbur\u003c/a>, a Los Angeles Democrat who authored the Assembly version of the measure, said the committee move was merely a technical one to separate budget allocations from policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The increase in the size of the program will happen in the budget,” Zbur said. “I’m not that nervous about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to others, the move indicated that some lawmakers remain skeptical of spending so much on the program. Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/benjamin-allen-70\">Ben Allen\u003c/a>, an El Segundo Democrat who sponsored the Senate bill to boost the tax credits, said he was “certainly disappointed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we are going to push back against as budget negotiations begin to heat up,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/05/newsom-ceqa-yimby-housing/\">An ambitious and highly technical proposal by Sen. Scott Wiener \u003c/a>reining in the landmark California Environmental Quality Act to make it harder for opponents of development to sue to block housing projects also will be debated in the budget process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Senate Appropriations Committee, lawmakers passed the bill but Caballero said they would continue negotiating it to help the state meet its housing needs “without compromising environmental protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/05/california-legislature-budget-deficit-suspense-file/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/about/cdc/index.html\">states\u003c/a> that it “conducts critical science and provides health information” to protect the nation. But since President Trump’s administration assumed power in January, many of the platforms the CDC used to communicate with the public have gone silent, an NPR analysis found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the CDC’s newsletters have stopped being distributed, workers at the CDC say. Health alerts about disease outbreaks, previously sent to health professionals subscribed to the CDC’s Health Alert Network, haven’t been dispatched \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/about/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhan%2Findex.html\">since March\u003c/a>. The agency’s main social media channels have come under new ownership of the Department of Health and Human Services, emails reviewed by NPR show, and most have gone more than a month without posting their own new content.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Public health functions best when its experts are allowed to communicate the work that they do in real time, and that’s not happening,” said Kevin Griffis, who served as the director of communications at the CDC until March. “That could put people’s lives at risk.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health emergencies have not paused since January. Cases of measles, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country. More than 100 million Americans continue to suffer from chronic diseases like diabetes and breast cancer. The decline in the agency’s communication could put people at risk, said four current and former CDC workers, three of whom NPR is allowing to remain anonymous because they are still employed by the CDC and believe they may be punished for speaking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041432\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041432\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1065\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A measles advisory is shown tacked to a bulletin board outside Gaines County Courthouse in Seminole, Texas, on April 9, 2025. The Texas Department of State Health Services has confirmed hundreds of measles cases. \u003ccite>(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are functionally unable to operate communications,” said one of the CDC workers. “We feel like our hands are tied behind our backs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Trump was inaugurated, the CDC managed most of its communication. HHS, the agency that oversees the CDC and more than 20 divisions and agencies, rarely reviewed the content in CDC social media posts or newsletters, CDC workers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That allowed the CDC to communicate quickly and often.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole goal is to say, this is what we know. And here are the best recommendations from experts in the field,” said Dr. Jodie Guest, a professor and senior vice chair of the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health. “And this is the best advice about the way the general population should handle things in order to protect their health.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC’s communication staff dispersed health messages weekly, monthly and quarterly through a network of more than 150 \u003ca href=\"https://tools.cdc.gov/campaignproxyservice/subscriptions.aspx\">newsletters\u003c/a> about topics like arthritis, diabetes and food safety. The CDC distributed those newsletters to tens of thousands of subscribers, CDC employees said, including clinicians and laboratories that relied on the information to care for patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facts from those dispatches were often shared on social media. Information from the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency’s publication of public health information and recommendations, was regularly posted across the CDC’s main social platforms, like on Facebook and X, formerly Twitter.[aside postID=news_12038732 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/HHSGetty-1020x680.jpg']Scientists and other communication professionals at the CDC could also suggest other health facts to be posted on the agency’s main platforms. Those sorts of posts included information on X about topics like how COVID-19 was \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/CDCgov/status/1253089647317725186\">spreading in 2020\u003c/a>, posts on Facebook about \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/cdc/posts/pfbid02bwr2gcCRGCKhWtbrvZBeohvWWCWXWpexyVzdkT6GHwXUaxTyswh9KGV2m4RBAFsvl\">how to prevent bacterial infections \u003c/a>and posts across platforms about how to get screened for chronic illnesses, like cancers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The messages quickly reached a wide audience. More than 12 million people subscribe to the CDC’s main Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>Social media is one of the main ways the CDC communicates plain language, life-saving messages to America,” said one CDC employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, many of those messages have stopped being sent out. Changes to communication at the CDC began shortly after Trump was inaugurated in January, when HHS instructed the CDC and other health agencies to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/01/24/g-s1-44613/cdc-nih-hhs-health-data-mmwr\">pause\u003c/a> any sort of collaboration with people outside the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So at that point we stopped pretty much all communications,” said a CDC employee who works at the agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pause affected some of the CDC’s most essential publications. The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the agency’s regularly published write-up of important new public health research and disease outbreak information, was not released for two weeks after Trump was inaugurated. No report was published on Jan. 23, the first Friday after the inauguration, or on Jan. 30, the second Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unprecedented break in publication of the weekly reports concerned some subscribers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stopped publishing at the height of the bird flu outbreak and at the beginning of the measles outbreak,” said Guest, the epidemiology professor at Emory, who said she’s been reading the report every week since she was a graduate student. “And so it’s really a time when we want to get that very consistent and very important and scientifically sound information, and it was all shut down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwr_additional_resources.html#cc-widget-8f0c\">reports\u003c/a> resumed on Friday Feb. 6, around the time workers at the CDC were told they could resume some meetings with external partners, CDC employees said. But the way the facts inside have been shared with the public has not returned to how it was. Communications have not been handled in-house by CDC scientists and communicators like before. All posts that CDC workers want to make to their agency’s social media accounts have to be reviewed by HHS, employees at the CDC said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re being told is that, no, your channels aren’t going to go back.” said a CDC employee.[aside postID=forum_2010101908951 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/02/Adam-Ratner-1-1020x574.png']On April 24, some employees were sent an email from a supervisor that confirmed that HHS now owned the CDC’s main social media platforms, including its X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were also notified that HHS is not accepting content for those channels at this time,” the email added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to a request for comment regarding the changes to communication practices at the CDC, the director of communications at HHS, Andrew Nixon, cast doubt on what the workers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfortunate to see career officials spreading false rumors,” Nixon replied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since HHS approval was instituted as a requirement for posting, almost no newsletters have been sent to the tens of thousands of people who subscribe to them, CDC workers said. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/about/index.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fhan%2Findex.html\">last update\u003c/a> sent out by the CDC’s Health Alert Network was regarding the risk of dengue infection on March 18, even though outbreaks of salmonella and listeria were \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/outbreaks/index.html\">acknowledged\u003c/a> in May by the CDC on its website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When CDC publications have gone out, some have been delayed or missing information. A recent release of CDC data regarding the prevalence of HIV in the U.S. cautioned that it “does not include data on PrEP coverage,” referring to medication taken by individuals to prevent HIV infection. “CDC is unable to resume PrEP coverage at this time, due to a reduction in force affecting the Division of HIV Prevention (DHP).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two CDC employees who work in communications told NPR that fewer than half of the public health posts they’ve sent to HHS for approval have been cleared for publication on social media. Even posts that include basic information about recent disease outbreaks, like the number of people sickened or hospitalized, have not been posted as requested by employees, NPR confirmed after reviewing posts submitted for approval by an employee. Communications workers say they are also suggesting fewer health posts because they anticipate that their posts will be rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything is getting bottlenecked at the top,” said a worker. “It is extraordinarily time-consuming and backlogs us by weeks, if not months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The consequences could be deadly, experts said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have an outbreak of something like listeria, if you are a person who is pregnant and you consume food items that might have listeria in it that CDC should be warning you about, you run the risk of the baby that you are carrying dying,” said Guest. “And so that information needs to get out there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Propaganda’ instead of public health\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On April 1, thousands of federal health workers were laid off as part of the government’s “reduction in force.” Communication professionals at the CDC were not spared. Almost everyone at the CDC whose primary job was to communicate with the press was laid off, in addition to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/03/g-s1-57888/hhs-fda-rfk-foia-public-records\">almost everyone\u003c/a> whose job it was to provide records to the public. Every member of the CDC’s division of digital media was also told their jobs would be eliminated, workers at the CDC said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the points of contact that we generally rely on to communicate with the American people have either been eliminated or dramatically reduced,” said Griffis, the former CDC communications director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Removing all the CDC’s web developers, graphic designers and social media staffers simultaneously caused a problem. The CDC was suddenly locked out of its main social media accounts, said three people close to the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The passwords to those accounts were kept on a password protected Word doc,” said one worker at the CDC. “And that Word doc was inaccessible for anyone left, because all of the people that could have opened that document were fired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the main accounts haven’t posted since the CDC’s digital media team was laid off. During March, the CDC’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/cdc/\">main Facebook page\u003c/a> posted more than 20 times — sometimes twice a day. The posts included information for pregnant women about how to take care of their developing babies and screenings for colorectal cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The only main CDC account that has posted some content since April 1 is the CDC’s account on X, a platform owned by Elon Musk. He oversaw the Department of Government Efficiency, the organization that spearheaded efforts to lay off tens of thousands of workers across federal agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 7, workers at the CDC said they were surprised to see the CDC’s main X account post a tweet for the first time in a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1909198570323915104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1909198570323915104%7Ctwgr%5E07dc58a3d6c3cd4cdedb936a14c74683ec19a11d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F05%2F21%2Fnx-s1-5387723%2Fcdc-communications-cuts-social-media-public-health\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Secretary Kennedy’s directive is for CDC to lead the nation in health readiness and response,” the post stated, sharing a message from Kennedy’s own X account about his visit to Gaines County, Texas. “His visit to Texas Sunday, to support the state’s efforts to control the measles outbreak, resulted in discussions with Texas state health officials to deploy another CDC response team to the area to further assist with the state’s efforts to protect its citizens against measles and its complications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041434\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041434\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department in Washington, DC., on April 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No one they knew had drafted the message, the CDC employees said. Compared to the science and health information that had traditionally been posted to the accounts, three of the current workers at the CDC that NPR spoke with said they considered the post about Kennedy to be akin to “propaganda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Griffis, the former communications director, said there’s nothing wrong with retweeting a cabinet secretary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s undermines the credibility of CDC communications moving forward is the near cessation of pro-vaccination and apolitical public health messages in favor of messages that amplify the secretary,” he said. “That makes it a political channel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since posting about Kennedy’s visit to Texas in early April, the CDC’s main X account has re-posted two more tweets from Kennedy’s account and re-posted one tweet from the HHS X account, which contradicted a CBS News story. On May 14, the account posted about a recent decline in overdose deaths. 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Because of that, he said he fears that if he is deported to the Middle East, Israel could come after him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could range from assassination, kidnapping, torture,” Khalil said during more than three hours of testimony that recalled key moments in his life, from his earliest memory in a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, to missing the birth of his son last month because he was locked up at the detention center 1,400 miles from his home in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump, Secretary of State Rubio, and other government officials “mislabeled me a terrorist, a terrorist sympathizer or a Hamas supporter, which couldn’t be further from the truth. I advocate for human rights. I never engaged in antisemitic activities,” Khalil said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He challenged the government lawyers sitting a few feet from him to offer any evidence to the contrary. “I became, not by choice, a celebrity – someone who has a target on his back by these mislabels. This means wherever I go in the world, I will have that target.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Comans said it would be several weeks before she makes a decision on Khalil’s asylum claim. But whatever she decides will not be the final word on his fate. A federal judge in the Northeast has temporarily blocked the government from deporting him while he considers whether it violated Khalil’s constitutional right to free speech. Khalil’s lawyers are pursuing every legal option to stop his deportation and restore his green card, and have said they’ll go all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahmoud Khalil has been appearing in an immigration court at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where he’s been held since immigration agents arrested him in New York on March 8. \u003ccite>(Adrian Florido/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During Thursday’s asylum hearing, his lawyers questioned several experts on the Middle East about why they thought Khalil would be at risk if he’s sent back there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. has called him a pro-Hamas agent,” said Muriam Haleh Davis, a professor of the Middle East at U.C. 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If he can be targeted by the United States government, then certainly the Israelis would perceive him in a similar light.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lisa Wedeen, a Syria expert at the University of Chicago, testified about the ease with which, if it wanted to, Israel could target Khalil there, given Syria’s political instability and Israel’s recent expansion of the territory it controls in the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My biggest worry is that they’ll disappear him,” Wedeen said, because of “the latitude and impunity with which Israel is able to operate in Syria.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his testimony, Khalil said that in addition to fearing Israel, he’s also concerned that if he returns to Syria, he could be targeted by former operatives of Bashar al-Assad who’ve remained in the country since Assad’s government fell last December. Khalil, who is now 30, said he organized protests against Assad as a teenager in Syria and fled the country in 2013 after two cousins he often protested with were arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security did not call any witnesses of its own to challenge Khalil’s claim of fear. Whether it submitted written testimony is unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when he cross-examined Khalil, Numa Metoyer, a lawyer for the department, asked questions probing the level of danger Khalil would actually face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If he feared deportation to Syria, Metoyer asked him, why had he visited the country in January?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Before March 8 was different than after March 8,” Khalil said, referring to the date ICE agents arrested him, leading President Trump to \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/POTUS/status/1899178095535350258\">\u003cu>call him\u003c/u>\u003c/a> a “Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because attention was brought to you here in this case, now you have been targeted by the Israeli government?” Metoyer asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to questions about Khalil’s asylum claim. After the hearing, his lawyers said they hoped the judge will consider it “with an open mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During his testimony, Khalil did too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although I have no faith in the immigration system,” he said, “I hope that my presence here is not merely a formality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Because of that, he said he fears that if he is deported to the Middle East, Israel could come after him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It could range from assassination, kidnapping, torture,” Khalil said during more than three hours of testimony that recalled key moments in his life, from his earliest memory in a Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus, Syria, to missing the birth of his son last month because he was locked up at the detention center 1,400 miles from his home in New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump, Secretary of State Rubio, and other government officials “mislabeled me a terrorist, a terrorist sympathizer or a Hamas supporter, which couldn’t be further from the truth. I advocate for human rights. I never engaged in antisemitic activities,” Khalil said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He challenged the government lawyers sitting a few feet from him to offer any evidence to the contrary. “I became, not by choice, a celebrity – someone who has a target on his back by these mislabels. This means wherever I go in the world, I will have that target.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judge Comans said it would be several weeks before she makes a decision on Khalil’s asylum claim. But whatever she decides will not be the final word on his fate. A federal judge in the Northeast has temporarily blocked the government from deporting him while he considers whether it violated Khalil’s constitutional right to free speech. Khalil’s lawyers are pursuing every legal option to stop his deportation and restore his green card, and have said they’ll go all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-16-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahmoud Khalil has been appearing in an immigration court at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, where he’s been held since immigration agents arrested him in New York on March 8. \u003ccite>(Adrian Florido/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During Thursday’s asylum hearing, his lawyers questioned several experts on the Middle East about why they thought Khalil would be at risk if he’s sent back there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The U.S. has called him a pro-Hamas agent,” said Muriam Haleh Davis, a professor of the Middle East at U.C. 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Khalil, who is now 30, said he organized protests against Assad as a teenager in Syria and fled the country in 2013 after two cousins he often protested with were arrested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security did not call any witnesses of its own to challenge Khalil’s claim of fear. 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They have to be built,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two new Boeing 747-8 planes are currently being specially customized to become the next generation of Air Force One — a project that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/589207048/new-air-force-one-deal-cleared-for-takeoff\">been in the works for years\u003c/a> and subject to delays. The new Boeing planes were supposed to be ready by last year but now aren’t expected for several more years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory and an aviation analyst, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5395734/trump-qatar-plane-national-security-risk\">told NPR’s \u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that some of the responsibility for the delays lies with “poor execution” by Boeing. “But some of that is just due to the huge amount of requirements and work needed to take a commercial jet and wire it up for war.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Trump’s plan that the gifted plane could be ready soon was a “fantasy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What makes Air Force One, Air Force One?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The term “Air Force One” technically applies to any Air Force plane carrying the president. But in more common usage, it refers to special Boeing 747-200B planes equipped with high-tech communications and defense systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a mobile White House,” says Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “All the functions of the president have to be executed in it, no matter what circumstances, including warfare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air Force One planes feature an “incredibly robust command and control suite,” he says, and have defenses against a range of threats, from surface-to-air missiles to a nuclear blast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s meant to withstand the very worst days,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond that, Birkey says, is the unique layout of the plane itself, with a very specific seating and office configuration to keep the president as safe as possible and able to continue the job in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12041546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1.png 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1-800x545.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1-160x109.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the specifics of Air Force One aren’t publicized, but a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Web-site-exposes-Air-Force-One-defenses-2499964.php\">technical order accidentally published online\u003c/a> by the Air Force in 2006 gave a look at the basic floor plan of the three-level plane as it was then — the bottom level for cargo, the middle level for essentially all the presidential functions, and the top, smaller level for the crew and communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In that middle level is everything, as I say, for the president’s convenience, to help him do his job,” says Walsh, including a large presidential suite with office space able to do live video and audio broadcast, a medical area equipped for basic surgery, a conference room, two galleys able to prepare up to 100 meals at once, several areas for Secret Service agents, and seating in the very back for the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s planned for the next generation of Boeing Air Force One planes?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qatari F-15 jets fly over Air Force One as President Trump departs the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15 in Doha, Qatar. The current Air Force One planes are over 30 years old. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plan to replace the current Air Force One fleet has been long in the works, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/americas/boeing-wins-contract-to-build-new-air-force-one-presidential-jets-idUSKCN0V72P8/#:~:text=By%20Andrea%20Shalal,to%20transport%20the%20U.S.%20president.\">Boeing winning the contract back in 2016\u003c/a> under then-President Obama. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/589207048/new-air-force-one-deal-cleared-for-takeoff\">Trump finalized a deal\u003c/a> in his first term in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two current planes have been in use since 1990, and their age is starting to show — one of the reasons Trump has been eager to put pressure on Boeing to finish the new generation of planes. But experts like Birkey say it’s not just about aesthetics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are serious issues about parts availability and all of that,” he says, adding that there are very specific security requirements about what can actually go in the plane that make it even harder to replace failing pieces. “You’re not going to an aircraft junkyard and just grabbing a spare generator or something like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new generation will be a newer Boeing model, the 747-8, which is also the same model of the gift plane from Qatar. Compared to the 747-200, the 747-8 emits around 16 less tons of carbon per trip, can travel about 1,000 nautical miles further in range, and is the fastest commercial jet in the world, \u003ca href=\"https://www.boeing.com/defense/air-force-one#comparison\">according to Boeing\u003c/a>. It’s also wider and longer than the current model in use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the details of the planes haven’t been made public, but there are planned upgrades to the electrical and communications systems, military and combat-ready electronics, more self-defense systems, and autonomous systems for baggage loading and entering and exiting the plane, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/Selected_Acquisition_Reports/FY_2021_SARS/22-F-0762_VC-25B_SAR_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents from the Department of Defense\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What would the gifted plane from Qatar need?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The gifted 747-8 plane from Qatar is certainly opulent, with big leather seats and wood inlay, multiple lounges, a bedroom suite and private office, according to marketing materials saved on the Internet Archive. The Qatari government purchased the plane in 2012, and had been trying to sell it for several years without success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the specs say nothing about security or defense systems on board — beyond an anti-intrusion system for when the aircraft is left unattended — and the communications system that’s listed is for basic entertainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Birkey says, in terms of luxury, the plane from Qatar probably looks and feels better than the current or planned Air Force One planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But past that, things like a comms suite, self protection, all that — I doubt it has any of that in it right now,” he says. “And installing those is not an easy thing. I mean, you have to deconstruct the aircraft a fair amount to do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12041547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic2.png 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic2-800x534.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic2-1020x681.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic2-160x107.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told lawmakers the plane would need “significant modifications.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both experts and members of Congress have expressed concern that Trump might decide to roll back current security requirements for Air Force One in order to get the plane ready faster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There could also possibly be listening devices or malware on the plane, as it’s been sitting in a foreign country for more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t rule out the presence of bad actors in this whole process,” says Aboulafia, pointing out that this would make the conversion process even more complicated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, to be absolutely certain that there were no listening devices on board, you’d have to rip this plane down to its constituent elements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What could it cost?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trump has repeatedly stressed that the plane from Qatar was free, but several experts NPR talked to agreed that it will likely end up costing a significant amount of money to outfit it properly to current Air Force One standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A U.S. official who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about the matter told NPR the conversion would likely cost hundreds of millions of dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aboulafia says that should concern taxpayers, since the current program to upgrade Air Force One was a fixed contract signed with Boeing — meaning that all the costs of extending the project are being borne by Boeing and its investors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most likely there will be money spent on this jet, probably a lot more than what the jet is worth,” he says. “All of this amounts to, you know, frankly, a waste of taxpayer dollars in terms of this additional vanity project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR’s Tom Bowman and Deepa Shivaram contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plane is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Trump said he would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/11/g-s1-65838/qatar-plane-trump\">“stupid” to turn it down\u003c/a>, suggesting that it could be converted quickly to be ready for use as a presidential aircraft. But experts warn that no matter how luxurious the plane is, it would take years to rework it to meet the current standards set for Air Force One.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just seems to me an interesting dream that President Trump has to bring this plane online very quickly,” says Ken Walsh, a journalist who has \u003ca href=\"https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kenneth-t-walsh/air-force-one/9781401397913/?lens=grand-central-publishing\">written a book on Air Force One\u003c/a>, after covering the White House for decades and riding on the famed aircraft more than 200 times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anybody who knows anything about these planes and the history of Air Force One knows that these are difficult to construct, and the technology is always improving. They don’t just show up at your airport. They have to be built,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two new Boeing 747-8 planes are currently being specially customized to become the next generation of Air Force One — a project that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/589207048/new-air-force-one-deal-cleared-for-takeoff\">been in the works for years\u003c/a> and subject to delays. The new Boeing planes were supposed to be ready by last year but now aren’t expected for several more years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Aboulafia, managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory and an aviation analyst, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5395734/trump-qatar-plane-national-security-risk\">told NPR’s \u003cem>Morning Edition\u003c/em>\u003c/a> that some of the responsibility for the delays lies with “poor execution” by Boeing. “But some of that is just due to the huge amount of requirements and work needed to take a commercial jet and wire it up for war.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Trump’s plan that the gifted plane could be ready soon was a “fantasy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What makes Air Force One, Air Force One?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The term “Air Force One” technically applies to any Air Force plane carrying the president. But in more common usage, it refers to special Boeing 747-200B planes equipped with high-tech communications and defense systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a mobile White House,” says Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “All the functions of the president have to be executed in it, no matter what circumstances, including warfare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air Force One planes feature an “incredibly robust command and control suite,” he says, and have defenses against a range of threats, from surface-to-air missiles to a nuclear blast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s meant to withstand the very worst days,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond that, Birkey says, is the unique layout of the plane itself, with a very specific seating and office configuration to keep the president as safe as possible and able to continue the job in the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12041546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1.png 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1-800x545.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1-1020x694.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Graphic1-160x109.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the specifics of Air Force One aren’t publicized, but a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Web-site-exposes-Air-Force-One-defenses-2499964.php\">technical order accidentally published online\u003c/a> by the Air Force in 2006 gave a look at the basic floor plan of the three-level plane as it was then — the bottom level for cargo, the middle level for essentially all the presidential functions, and the top, smaller level for the crew and communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In that middle level is everything, as I say, for the president’s convenience, to help him do his job,” says Walsh, including a large presidential suite with office space able to do live video and audio broadcast, a medical area equipped for basic surgery, a conference room, two galleys able to prepare up to 100 meals at once, several areas for Secret Service agents, and seating in the very back for the media.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s planned for the next generation of Boeing Air Force One planes?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1-copy-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Qatari F-15 jets fly over Air Force One as President Trump departs the Al Udeid Air Base on May 15 in Doha, Qatar. The current Air Force One planes are over 30 years old. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The plan to replace the current Air Force One fleet has been long in the works, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/americas/boeing-wins-contract-to-build-new-air-force-one-presidential-jets-idUSKCN0V72P8/#:~:text=By%20Andrea%20Shalal,to%20transport%20the%20U.S.%20president.\">Boeing winning the contract back in 2016\u003c/a> under then-President Obama. \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/02/27/589207048/new-air-force-one-deal-cleared-for-takeoff\">Trump finalized a deal\u003c/a> in his first term in 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two current planes have been in use since 1990, and their age is starting to show — one of the reasons Trump has been eager to put pressure on Boeing to finish the new generation of planes. But experts like Birkey say it’s not just about aesthetics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are serious issues about parts availability and all of that,” he says, adding that there are very specific security requirements about what can actually go in the plane that make it even harder to replace failing pieces. “You’re not going to an aircraft junkyard and just grabbing a spare generator or something like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new generation will be a newer Boeing model, the 747-8, which is also the same model of the gift plane from Qatar. Compared to the 747-200, the 747-8 emits around 16 less tons of carbon per trip, can travel about 1,000 nautical miles further in range, and is the fastest commercial jet in the world, \u003ca href=\"https://www.boeing.com/defense/air-force-one#comparison\">according to Boeing\u003c/a>. It’s also wider and longer than the current model in use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the details of the planes haven’t been made public, but there are planned upgrades to the electrical and communications systems, military and combat-ready electronics, more self-defense systems, and autonomous systems for baggage loading and entering and exiting the plane, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/FOID/Reading%20Room/Selected_Acquisition_Reports/FY_2021_SARS/22-F-0762_VC-25B_SAR_2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents from the Department of Defense\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What would the gifted plane from Qatar need?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The gifted 747-8 plane from Qatar is certainly opulent, with big leather seats and wood inlay, multiple lounges, a bedroom suite and private office, according to marketing materials saved on the Internet Archive. The Qatari government purchased the plane in 2012, and had been trying to sell it for several years without success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the specs say nothing about security or defense systems on board — beyond an anti-intrusion system for when the aircraft is left unattended — and the communications system that’s listed is for basic entertainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Birkey says, in terms of luxury, the plane from Qatar probably looks and feels better than the current or planned Air Force One planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But past that, things like a comms suite, self protection, all that — I doubt it has any of that in it right now,” he says. “And installing those is not an easy thing. 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That campaign officially ended in December, far from its goal. Now, transportation safety advocates are pushing Mayor Daniel Lurie and city officials to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic safety advocates from Walk San Francisco, Families for Safe Streets and the Vision Zero Coalition gather on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on May 19, 2025, to demand the adoption of a new Vision Zero policy by July 30. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eight years into Vision Zero, another cyclist was struck and killed less than half a mile north of where Rose was on Arguello Boulevard, at another intersection marked high risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite both crashes, the intersection at Cornwall and Arguello, Rose said, looked exactly the same when he rode past it Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing has changed on the entire section,” he told KQED. “There’s only construction going on right now on the upper section, and the lower section hasn’t had any adjustments made either. There are no new traffic signs or anything in that intersection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A commitment to ending traffic deaths\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2014, then-Supervisor Norman Yee, who had survived a crash himself in 2006, shepherded Vision Zero into San Francisco, promising to coordinate city agencies around creating safer intersections for pedestrians and cyclists, and redesigning city streets to curb crash deaths.[aside postID=news_12039914 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg']The policy’s first action plan the following year had lofty goals: implement safety treatments along at least 13 miles of roadways on the high-injury network each year; assess which speed humps or signage slowed traffic and prevented accidents most effectively; and slow road speeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Vision Zero was introduced in San Francisco, the city struggled with an average of about 20 pedestrian deaths and hundreds of critical injuries due to vehicle crashes each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The result of this collaborative, citywide effort will be safer, more livable streets as we work to eliminate traffic fatalities by 2024,” the plan reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite high hopes, when the policy sunsetted in December, it came at the end of one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12020559/can-san-francisco-stop-traffic-violence-so-far-efforts-failing\">deadliest years yet\u003c/a> on San Francisco streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Vision Zero expires with little to celebrate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“The biggest tragedy is that 2024 was the worst year for traffic violence, and particularly for pedestrians, it was the worst year for traffic deaths for pedestrians since 2007,” said Jodie Medeiros, the executive director of pedestrian advocacy group Walk SF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the nonprofit, 24 people were killed in crashes while walking last year, including a family of four who were waiting at a bus stop when they were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992918/san-francisco-driver-78-arrested-months-after-crash-that-killed-family-of-4\">hit by a vehicle\u003c/a> that veered off the road in West Portal and onto the sidewalk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collectively, 42 people died in vehicle crashes while walking, biking and driving in 2024, and hundreds were injured.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Vc9hv/8/\" width=\"1000\" height=\"710\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medeiros said that since 2014, the city has made progress redesigning streets and adding traffic-slowing measures, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032036/sf-speed-cameras-first-in-state-turn-on-today-heres-where-they-are\">speed cameras\u003c/a> that began to go online last month. But one of the reasons she believes San Francisco is continuing to have a high number of injuries and deaths is because policy change has moved at a glacial pace, and agencies aren’t collaborating the way they should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to know that the city is not organized. The agencies haven’t been well coordinated,” Medeiros told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a street safety hearing in the city’s Land Use and Transportation Committee this month, the Department of Public Health presented traffic death and injury data from 2023 — the most recent the agency had completed, representatives told supervisors. Its most recent high-injury network map is from 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA also revealed that it is lagging on safety improvements that were supposed to be complete along those streets last December, Medeiros said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The next 10 years of Vision Zero\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the morning of the hearing, Medeiros and other traffic safety advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall to place white sneakers, flats and boots in rows in a somber protest. The 10 pairs of “ghost shoes” represented 10 people who have already died in vehicle crashes in 2025, since Vision Zero expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group held signs calling out the lapse in street safety policy and urging Lurie to take up the task of reviving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter Walk SF sent to Lurie the same day, advocates demanded that he finalize a new policy by July 30, and have an interagency traffic safety plan codified by the end of September for the five agencies responsible for carrying it out: SFMTA, the departments of public health and public works, and the police and fire departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040816\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director of Walk San Francisco, places flowers on a memorial of white shoes during a rally with traffic safety advocates from Walk SF, Families for Safe Streets, and the Vision Zero Coalition on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on May 19, 2025, to demand the adoption of a new Vision Zero policy by July 30. The white shoes symbolize the pedestrians who have lost their lives in traffic crashes. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We feel like this is a fair amount of time for him to be in office, to understand the agencies, to understand the challenges, what’s worked, what’s not worked, and to really create and have a robust, thoughtful new Vision Zero,” Medeiros said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter also lays out what Walk SF and Bay Area Families for Safer Streets, another advocacy group made up of crash survivors, want to see prioritized in the new policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of their main focuses is speeding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dangerous speeding is a risk factor,” said advocate Jenny Yu, whose mother was in a severe crash in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was crossing the street on Park Presidio and Anza in Golden Gate Park, and a driver was turning left, speeding,” she recalled. “The SUV struck her body and swung her body across the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City data shows that 1 in 5 crashes are related to excessive speed, and as speed increases, so does the risk of severe injury and death. If a car traveling 20 mph hits a pedestrian, the risk of a fatality is 10%. If that car is going 40 mph, the risk surges to 80%.[aside postID=news_12028444 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/04/RS13995_5682289311_963280efff_o-1440x961.jpg']“Now, there’s people going more than 20 miles an hour over the speed limit,” Yu said. “So speeding is definitely a factor that [the new] traffic safety plan has to have elements to address.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this week, San Francisco released the data from its first month operating speed-monitoring cameras that are meant to ticket drivers traveling more than 10 mph above the speed limit on certain roads. About 20 cameras sent out a collective 31,000 warnings to drivers on high-injury network streets in April, SFMTA reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once all 33 of the city’s cameras have been active for 60 days, the cameras will start administering tickets, which Medeiros said she believed can have a real effect on driver behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She pointed to the success of similar technology in New York: “The cameras have reduced crashes, reduced speeds, and have been part of their program for Vision Zero,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walk SF’s letter to Lurie also requests that the new Vision Zero policy lower the speed limits on all high-injury network and commercial streets by 5 mph by 2027 and pursue state legislation to reduce speed limits on residential streets across the city to 20 mph the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also reiterates the importance of redesigning high-injury network streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A great example is to look at the Tenderloin,” Medeiros said. “In the current high-injury network map, every single street on the Tenderloin is considered a dangerous street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bicyclist rides in the street by parked cars and stores.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicyclist rides by the Tilted Brim in the Tenderloin neighborhood, a part of the 5th Supervisorial District, in San Francisco on April 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the last five years, she said, the Tenderloin saw speed limits reduced to 20 mph; added pedestrian safety zones and daylighting, which makes it illegal to park a car within 20 feet of a pedestrian crosswalk; and removed lanes from the widest streets with the worst speeding problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These things were applied universally in the neighborhood. They were applied at scale. And what we’ve really seen is crash rates and close calls have dropped, and speeds have come down,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those results to be more widespread throughout the city, Medeiros said, there needs to be better collaboration and accountability between city agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has been missing so far, she said, is a mayoral administration that makes Vision Zero a priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vision Zero cities are where the mayors have embraced it and held agencies accountable for citywide change,” she said. “We are really looking at Mayor Lurie for taking a stand, embracing Vision Zero and holding these agencies accountable to make citywide changes to intersections and bringing down dangerous speeds and designing our streets for the most vulnerable people that are using them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘In leading Vision Zero cities, it’s the mayors’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Vision Zero has plenty of promises that remain unrealized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miles of the high-injury network remain dangerous. Only \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039914/just-over-half-sfs-speed-cameras-operational-whats-with-slowdown\">21 of the city’s 33 speed cameras have been set up\u003c/a>, despite the original March launch date. And while safety advocates had championed taking cars off Market Street in 2020, earlier this year, Lurie announced that autonomous vehicle company Waymo would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035348/mayor-lurie-allows-waymo-on-sfs-car-free-market-street\">begin operating\u003c/a> on the downtown thoroughfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032139\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A speed camera on Geary Street in San Francisco on March 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city also scrapped plans to begin enforcing daylighting in March, after California passed legislation requiring the buffer zones at all intersections in 2023. SFMTA said it would hold off issuing citations until it was able to paint red all of the curbs the daylighting law applies to, which it estimated will take 18 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who has been held accountable? I have no evidence that anyone has been held accountable for any of the safe street issues,” Rose said. “Someone has to ultimately be responsible for enacting the changes and making sure that they happen, otherwise it just falls on deaf ears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates hope that person will be Lurie, who assured them at the unveiling of the first speed cameras in April that pedestrian safety is part of his public safety agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a leadership void on this, to be frank,” Medeiros said. “We really did advocate for this with Mayor Breed, and we’re back advocating this for Mayor Lurie … the ingredient that is currently missing is Mayor Lurie holding these agencies accountable in getting the work done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So, just at the time I remember the sort of collapsing world of being like, ‘I expected this, I knew this would come at some point, and I just can’t believe it’s today,’” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The intersection where Rose was hit is on San Francisco’s high-injury network, which indicates streets that have the highest percentage of severe and fatal injuries from vehicle crashes, and where the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency said it should invest the majority of its resources to prevent future crashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rose’s crash occurred three years into the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/vision-zero\">Vision Zero campaign\u003c/a>, a 10-year effort to end traffic fatalities by making changes to infrastructure and driver behavior. That campaign officially ended in December, far from its goal. Now, transportation safety advocates are pushing Mayor Daniel Lurie and city officials to do more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-12-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic safety advocates from Walk San Francisco, Families for Safe Streets and the Vision Zero Coalition gather on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on May 19, 2025, to demand the adoption of a new Vision Zero policy by July 30. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Eight years into Vision Zero, another cyclist was struck and killed less than half a mile north of where Rose was on Arguello Boulevard, at another intersection marked high risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite both crashes, the intersection at Cornwall and Arguello, Rose said, looked exactly the same when he rode past it Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing has changed on the entire section,” he told KQED. “There’s only construction going on right now on the upper section, and the lower section hasn’t had any adjustments made either. There are no new traffic signs or anything in that intersection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A commitment to ending traffic deaths\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2014, then-Supervisor Norman Yee, who had survived a crash himself in 2006, shepherded Vision Zero into San Francisco, promising to coordinate city agencies around creating safer intersections for pedestrians and cyclists, and redesigning city streets to curb crash deaths.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But one of the reasons she believes San Francisco is continuing to have a high number of injuries and deaths is because policy change has moved at a glacial pace, and agencies aren’t collaborating the way they should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important to know that the city is not organized. The agencies haven’t been well coordinated,” Medeiros told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a street safety hearing in the city’s Land Use and Transportation Committee this month, the Department of Public Health presented traffic death and injury data from 2023 — the most recent the agency had completed, representatives told supervisors. Its most recent high-injury network map is from 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFMTA also revealed that it is lagging on safety improvements that were supposed to be complete along those streets last December, Medeiros said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The next 10 years of Vision Zero\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the morning of the hearing, Medeiros and other traffic safety advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall to place white sneakers, flats and boots in rows in a somber protest. The 10 pairs of “ghost shoes” represented 10 people who have already died in vehicle crashes in 2025, since Vision Zero expired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group held signs calling out the lapse in street safety policy and urging Lurie to take up the task of reviving it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter Walk SF sent to Lurie the same day, advocates demanded that he finalize a new policy by July 30, and have an interagency traffic safety plan codified by the end of September for the five agencies responsible for carrying it out: SFMTA, the departments of public health and public works, and the police and fire departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040816\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040816\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250519-VISIONZEROACTIVISM-02-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jodie Medeiros, Executive Director of Walk San Francisco, places flowers on a memorial of white shoes during a rally with traffic safety advocates from Walk SF, Families for Safe Streets, and the Vision Zero Coalition on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on May 19, 2025, to demand the adoption of a new Vision Zero policy by July 30. 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About 20 cameras sent out a collective 31,000 warnings to drivers on high-injury network streets in April, SFMTA reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once all 33 of the city’s cameras have been active for 60 days, the cameras will start administering tickets, which Medeiros said she believed can have a real effect on driver behavior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She pointed to the success of similar technology in New York: “The cameras have reduced crashes, reduced speeds, and have been part of their program for Vision Zero,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walk SF’s letter to Lurie also requests that the new Vision Zero policy lower the speed limits on all high-injury network and commercial streets by 5 mph by 2027 and pursue state legislation to reduce speed limits on residential streets across the city to 20 mph the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also reiterates the importance of redesigning high-injury network streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A great example is to look at the Tenderloin,” Medeiros said. “In the current high-injury network map, every single street on the Tenderloin is considered a dangerous street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982336\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982336\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A bicyclist rides in the street by parked cars and stores.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240405-District5BOSRedistricting-014-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bicyclist rides by the Tilted Brim in the Tenderloin neighborhood, a part of the 5th Supervisorial District, in San Francisco on April 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the last five years, she said, the Tenderloin saw speed limits reduced to 20 mph; added pedestrian safety zones and daylighting, which makes it illegal to park a car within 20 feet of a pedestrian crosswalk; and removed lanes from the widest streets with the worst speeding problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These things were applied universally in the neighborhood. They were applied at scale. And what we’ve really seen is crash rates and close calls have dropped, and speeds have come down,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those results to be more widespread throughout the city, Medeiros said, there needs to be better collaboration and accountability between city agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What has been missing so far, she said, is a mayoral administration that makes Vision Zero a priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vision Zero cities are where the mayors have embraced it and held agencies accountable for citywide change,” she said. “We are really looking at Mayor Lurie for taking a stand, embracing Vision Zero and holding these agencies accountable to make citywide changes to intersections and bringing down dangerous speeds and designing our streets for the most vulnerable people that are using them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘In leading Vision Zero cities, it’s the mayors’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Vision Zero has plenty of promises that remain unrealized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miles of the high-injury network remain dangerous. Only \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039914/just-over-half-sfs-speed-cameras-operational-whats-with-slowdown\">21 of the city’s 33 speed cameras have been set up\u003c/a>, despite the original March launch date. And while safety advocates had championed taking cars off Market Street in 2020, earlier this year, Lurie announced that autonomous vehicle company Waymo would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035348/mayor-lurie-allows-waymo-on-sfs-car-free-market-street\">begin operating\u003c/a> on the downtown thoroughfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032139\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A speed camera on Geary Street in San Francisco on March 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city also scrapped plans to begin enforcing daylighting in March, after California passed legislation requiring the buffer zones at all intersections in 2023. SFMTA said it would hold off issuing citations until it was able to paint red all of the curbs the daylighting law applies to, which it estimated will take 18 months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Who has been held accountable? I have no evidence that anyone has been held accountable for any of the safe street issues,” Rose said. “Someone has to ultimately be responsible for enacting the changes and making sure that they happen, otherwise it just falls on deaf ears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates hope that person will be Lurie, who assured them at the unveiling of the first speed cameras in April that pedestrian safety is part of his public safety agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a leadership void on this, to be frank,” Medeiros said. “We really did advocate for this with Mayor Breed, and we’re back advocating this for Mayor Lurie … the ingredient that is currently missing is Mayor Lurie holding these agencies accountable in getting the work done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/border-immigration/2025/05/22/ice-agents-swarm-san-diego-immigration-court-arresting-people-after-their-hearings\">arrests have occurred in San Diego\u003c/a>, Phoenix and elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s outrageous and unprecedented,” said Sean McMahon, a senior attorney with the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. “People have the right to apply for asylum. They have the right to be heard if the government’s asserting that they’re deportable. 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McMahon said they believe the prosecutors are coordinating with ICE officers in the corridors to conduct arrests as people leave the courtrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE officials acknowledged the courthouse operations in a statement that read, in part: “Secretary Noem is reversing Biden’s catch and release policy that allowed millions of unvetted illegal aliens to be let loose on American streets. This Administration is once again implementing the rule of law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE went on to say that it considers immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally within the past two years to be subject to the fast-track deportation process — called \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11357\">expedited removal\u003c/a> — that does not require an immigration court hearing. Since expedited removal was enacted by Congress in 1996, it has been primarily applied to people at the border or who recently entered the country and are encountered within 100 miles of the border. 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People with disabilities, pregnant women and caregivers will be exempted from the requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center on Budget on Policy Priorities \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/harsh-work-requirements-in-house-republican-bill-would-take-away-medicaid-coverage\">estimated\u003c/a> that the new documentation requirements could lead to health care coverage loss for between 2.2 million and 3.4 million Californians, depending on how strictly the state implements the law.[aside postID=news_12040842 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/npr.brightspotcdn-1020x680.jpg']Their study found that “much of the coverage loss due to work requirements would occur among people who work or should qualify for an exemption but nevertheless would lose coverage due to red tape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another provision of the bill would punish California more directly by reducing federal payments to states that allow undocumented residents to enroll in Medicaid or have expanded health coverage to children and pregnant women who have green cards. California has expanded Medi-Cal coverage eligibility to all residents, regardless of immigration status, and does so with state funds. The Center on Budget on Policy Priorities found the penalty could \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-republican-bill-grows-even-harsher-cutting-medicaid-funding-to-states-that\">cost California\u003c/a> $27 billion between 2028 and 2034.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our constituents lose, our hospitals and our clinics close, our veterans’ communities lose — this is a bad bill,” said Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts to Medi-Cal could be a particularly vulnerable issue for Republicans in California. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans in California touted the bill’s extension of income tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of the year, in addition to new tax breaks on tips and overtime, and increased funding for border security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By this time next year, Americans could be experiencing one of the most explosive periods of growth in our history,” Rep. Tom McClintock, a Republican from the Sierra foothills, said early Thursday on the House floor. “All of that means secure borders, safer communities, lower taxes, abundant energy, more and better jobs, a higher standard of living and a better quality of life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats focused much of their criticism on the bill’s cuts to Medicaid, which provides healthcare coverage for Americans with low incomes and disabilities, as well as covering nursing home costs. Los Angeles Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove called the legislation a “backstabbing billionaire bill” during the House debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041312\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041312\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty-800x640.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty-1536x1229.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Sydney-Kamlager-Dove-Getty-1920x1536.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-CA, speaks as bipartisan lawmakers mark the end of Second Chance Month with Federal Clean Slate Legislation on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Shannon Finney/Getty Images for The Clean Slate Initiative)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My constituents call my office asking me to protect their Medicaid,” she said. “They don’t ask that their life-saving benefits be taken away and given to the 1%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest cuts to Medicaid spending, known as Medi-Cal in California, will come through the implementation of new requirements that adults ages 19–64 document 80 hours of monthly work, volunteering or education in order to receive health care coverage. People with disabilities, pregnant women and caregivers will be exempted from the requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Center on Budget on Policy Priorities \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/harsh-work-requirements-in-house-republican-bill-would-take-away-medicaid-coverage\">estimated\u003c/a> that the new documentation requirements could lead to health care coverage loss for between 2.2 million and 3.4 million Californians, depending on how strictly the state implements the law.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Their study found that “much of the coverage loss due to work requirements would occur among people who work or should qualify for an exemption but nevertheless would lose coverage due to red tape.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another provision of the bill would punish California more directly by reducing federal payments to states that allow undocumented residents to enroll in Medicaid or have expanded health coverage to children and pregnant women who have green cards. California has expanded Medi-Cal coverage eligibility to all residents, regardless of immigration status, and does so with state funds. The Center on Budget on Policy Priorities found the penalty could \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/house-republican-bill-grows-even-harsher-cutting-medicaid-funding-to-states-that\">cost California\u003c/a> $27 billion between 2028 and 2034.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our constituents lose, our hospitals and our clinics close, our veterans’ communities lose — this is a bad bill,” said Rep. Mike Thompson, a Democrat from Napa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts to Medi-Cal could be a particularly vulnerable issue for Republicans in California. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033802/how-cuts-medicaid-republican-gains-california\">KQED analysis\u003c/a> found that the congressional districts that moved the most toward President Trump in last year’s election also rely disproportionately on Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the health care cuts will have an outsized impact in working-class political battlegrounds, including many communities in the Central Valley, the GOP will likely tout a provision of the budget bill that expands the state and local tax (SALT) deduction limit — a boon to residents in competitive suburban districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SALT deduction allows taxpayers to subtract what they owe in state and local taxes, such as property taxes, from their federal tax bill. The legislation passed by the House raises the limit on that deduction from $10,000 to $40,000. In 2022, 15% of California taxpayers \u003ca href=\"https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/which-states-benefit-most-from-the-salt-deduction/\">utilized\u003c/a> the SALT deduction, the second-highest share of any state, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Increasing the SALT cap means bringing vital tax relief for hardworking, middle-class families I represent who face double taxation,” Orange County Republican Rep. Young Kim wrote on the social media platform X on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent sunny Tuesday in San Francisco’s Sunset District, Pamela Vincent was relaxing on her porch when a young woman walked by, handing out fliers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016404/divide-over-sfs-great-highway-closure-sparks-recall-push-against-supervisor\">opposing the recall effort\u003c/a> against District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want him recalled, I do,” Vincent told the anti-recall staffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vincent, a former disability attorney, said she is upset with Engardio for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">closing the upper stretch\u003c/a> of the Great Highway to cars, and because she distrusts the biggest funders behind the effort to stop the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today is the deadline to submit at least 10,000 signatures to qualify the recall of Engardio for the ballot. The pro-recall group recently claimed it had over 9,000 verified names, including Vincent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really feel like Joel has let us down… about closing down the Great Highway, about why he is taking money from tech bros,” Vincent said. “I really have problems with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040290\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharon Liu-Bettencourt prepares to go door-knocking with the anti-recall campaign in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco on May 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pro-recall movement has appealed to some west side residents who were angry about losing the thoroughfare after San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995077/yes-on-k-declares-victory-on-san-franciscos-proposition-k\">voters approved Proposition K in November\u003c/a>, permanently closing a portion of the Great Highway to cars. However, a majority of District 4 residents living nearest to the 2-mile strip opposed the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A successful recall won’t automatically put cars back on the Great Highway, the canvasser told Vincent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like Joel has been a real representative for us, from fighting for merit-based admissions at Lowell High School, which is a big issue in my community, to bringing the Sunset Market here,” the anti-recall canvasser told Vincent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio, who gained political prominence for supporting the recalls of former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">District Attorney Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> and three \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">San Francisco school board members\u003c/a> in 2022, now finds himself on the other side of a recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037539 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250424-JOEL-ENGARDIO-ON-PB-BL-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Recalls are a part of our democracy and people do have the right to pursue a recall,” Engardio, who was elected in 2022, said. ”I’m hearing from a lot of people in the Sunset who do not think this rises to the occasion of a recall. I joined four other supervisors to put something on the ballot so everyone could have a voice and decide what to do with their coast, because the coast does belong to everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio supported Proposition K last fall. He and others argue that removing cars has created space for a stunning beachside park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">known as Sunset Dunes\u003c/a>. Now the sand-brushed highway is home to rotating art displays, pop-up shows and car-free lanes for cycling, skating or moseying about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go to the park as often as I can so I can see for myself what’s happening,” Engardio told KQED, “and it is pretty magical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His supporters include the SF Bike Coalition, Sierra Club and the pro-housing development group SF YIMBY, as well as fellow Supervisors Matt Dorsey, Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter and Stephen Sherrill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Franciscans like Brian Quan are supporting the campaign to keep Enagrdio in office. He grew up in the city and now lives in Outer Richmond in Supervisor Connie Chan’s district. Quan said he supported Proposition K because the lower portion of the Great Highway — from Sloat to Skyline boulevards — is already scheduled to close in 2026 due to coastal erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Quan outside his home in San Francisco on May 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Seeing the extension of the Great Highway near the zoo slowly collapsing into the sea over the past 20 years, and trying to imagine that intersection on Sloat and the Great Highway collapsing in possibly just 20 years also, that was my impetus for supporting Prop. K,” said Quan, treasurer of the committee to stop the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio also has support from District 4 residents like Frank Noto, who voted against Proposition K. Noto said he’s happy that crime rates, particularly car break-ins, are down in the area and agrees with the supervisor’s stance to increase policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also likes the Sunset Night Market, which Engardio spearheaded, saying it’s brought thousands of people to dine and dance in the foggy neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others just don’t want to go through another recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have plenty of elections already here in San Francisco, so it seems like I’d rather the city’s money not go to that when we’re supposedly having some budget issues right now,” said Tyler Stegall, a District 4 resident who has worked for the campaign to stop the recall. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12016404 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20230915-SunsetNightMarket-13-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the recall qualifies and voters remove Engardio, Mayor Daniel Lurie would appoint an interim supervisor and voters would choose a permanent replacement in next year’s election. While the recall would not reverse Proposition K, Supervisor Chan has said she could look into a ballot measure to open the Great Highway to cars on weekdays if the recall qualifies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco initially closed the upper portion of the Great Highway to vehicles as part of its COVID-19 response, making room for more spacious outdoor recreation. Since then, debate over whether the highway should remain car-free has played out in public forums, lawsuits and at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local businesses and drivers say the closure has worsened traffic in the area, or argue the city should first provide significant public transit alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frontline workers or nurses like myself who can’t afford to be stuck in traffic for an extra 40 minutes a day,” said Julia Quon, a nursing student who lives in the Sunset. She voted for Engardio in 2022, but changed her mind after Proposition K passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only is this affecting how people get to work, but it’s like how our elders get to the doctor, how people drop off their kids at school,” said Quon, who is also a member of the Chinese American Democratic Club, a moderate group that opposed Proposition K and is now backing the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040206\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flier left at a home by Sharon Liu-Bettencourt with the anti-recall campaign in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco on May 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vincent said she’s concerned about Engardio’s alliance with ultra-wealthy tech and real estate donors — and political organizing groups they support, like GrowSF, which endorsed Proposition K.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman has contributed $125,000 to Stand With Joel, a committee supporting Engardio. Chris Larsen, who founded the cryptocurrency company Ripple, has donated $100,000 to the anti-recall fund. Tech investor Ron Conway and Twilio co-founder John Wolthuis each gave $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Vin Budhai, who led the “No on K” campaign and has been steering the pro-recall effort, abruptly stepped down. The recall campaign’s top donor is Lisa Arjes, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Proposition K, who has contributed just over $20,000. The Chinese American Democratic Club gave $7,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in this post-Citizens United world where money is speech and a very small group of oligarchs has control over everything,” said Otto Pippenger, field director for the recall campaign, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that gave individuals and corporations virtually unlimited spending power in elections. “This is about a supervisor who feels his real constituency is a pretty small group of very powerful people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035795 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250412_SunsetDunesGrandOpening_GC-17_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pro-recall campaign has also faced campaign finance issues and accusations from opponents that it misled voters into believing the recall would overturn Proposition K. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpublicpress.org/complaint-alleges-ethics-violations-by-campaign-to-recall-engardio/\">complaint\u003c/a> filed earlier this year alleged that a committee supporting the recall failed to properly disclose debts and more than $19,000 in expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recall campaign’s latest filings contribute a significant amount of evidence that they may have repeatedly failed to comply with basic campaign finance laws by not reporting the large majority of their expenses,” Lian Chang, campaign manager for the Stand With Joel, said in a statement. “San Franciscans deserve the truth in real time — not after the damage is already done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio said he’s working with the city on traffic improvements and that he stands by the park — recall or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important that we embrace joyful things,” he said. “Go out and see for yourself and see all the different ages and families and people and backgrounds all having better and more access to the coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a recent sunny Tuesday in San Francisco’s Sunset District, Pamela Vincent was relaxing on her porch when a young woman walked by, handing out fliers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016404/divide-over-sfs-great-highway-closure-sparks-recall-push-against-supervisor\">opposing the recall effort\u003c/a> against District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want him recalled, I do,” Vincent told the anti-recall staffer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vincent, a former disability attorney, said she is upset with Engardio for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">closing the upper stretch\u003c/a> of the Great Highway to cars, and because she distrusts the biggest funders behind the effort to stop the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today is the deadline to submit at least 10,000 signatures to qualify the recall of Engardio for the ballot. The pro-recall group recently claimed it had over 9,000 verified names, including Vincent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really feel like Joel has let us down… about closing down the Great Highway, about why he is taking money from tech bros,” Vincent said. “I really have problems with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040290\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040290\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-14-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharon Liu-Bettencourt prepares to go door-knocking with the anti-recall campaign in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco on May 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The pro-recall movement has appealed to some west side residents who were angry about losing the thoroughfare after San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1995077/yes-on-k-declares-victory-on-san-franciscos-proposition-k\">voters approved Proposition K in November\u003c/a>, permanently closing a portion of the Great Highway to cars. However, a majority of District 4 residents living nearest to the 2-mile strip opposed the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A successful recall won’t automatically put cars back on the Great Highway, the canvasser told Vincent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like Joel has been a real representative for us, from fighting for merit-based admissions at Lowell High School, which is a big issue in my community, to bringing the Sunset Market here,” the anti-recall canvasser told Vincent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio, who gained political prominence for supporting the recalls of former \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11916212/chesa-boudin-recall-sf-voters-on-track-to-oust-district-attorney\">District Attorney Chesa Boudin\u003c/a> and three \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11904879/sf-school-board-recall-results-alison-collins-gabriela-lopez-and-faauuga-moliga-headed-for-recall\">San Francisco school board members\u003c/a> in 2022, now finds himself on the other side of a recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Recalls are a part of our democracy and people do have the right to pursue a recall,” Engardio, who was elected in 2022, said. ”I’m hearing from a lot of people in the Sunset who do not think this rises to the occasion of a recall. I joined four other supervisors to put something on the ballot so everyone could have a voice and decide what to do with their coast, because the coast does belong to everyone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio supported Proposition K last fall. He and others argue that removing cars has created space for a stunning beachside park, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035795/sunset-dunes-san-franciscos-controversial-new-park-officially-opens\">known as Sunset Dunes\u003c/a>. Now the sand-brushed highway is home to rotating art displays, pop-up shows and car-free lanes for cycling, skating or moseying about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go to the park as often as I can so I can see for myself what’s happening,” Engardio told KQED, “and it is pretty magical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His supporters include the SF Bike Coalition, Sierra Club and the pro-housing development group SF YIMBY, as well as fellow Supervisors Matt Dorsey, Bilal Mahmood, Danny Sauter and Stephen Sherrill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Franciscans like Brian Quan are supporting the campaign to keep Enagrdio in office. He grew up in the city and now lives in Outer Richmond in Supervisor Connie Chan’s district. Quan said he supported Proposition K because the lower portion of the Great Highway — from Sloat to Skyline boulevards — is already scheduled to close in 2026 due to coastal erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040207\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040207\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-13-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Quan outside his home in San Francisco on May 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Seeing the extension of the Great Highway near the zoo slowly collapsing into the sea over the past 20 years, and trying to imagine that intersection on Sloat and the Great Highway collapsing in possibly just 20 years also, that was my impetus for supporting Prop. K,” said Quan, treasurer of the committee to stop the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio also has support from District 4 residents like Frank Noto, who voted against Proposition K. Noto said he’s happy that crime rates, particularly car break-ins, are down in the area and agrees with the supervisor’s stance to increase policing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also likes the Sunset Night Market, which Engardio spearheaded, saying it’s brought thousands of people to dine and dance in the foggy neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others just don’t want to go through another recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have plenty of elections already here in San Francisco, so it seems like I’d rather the city’s money not go to that when we’re supposedly having some budget issues right now,” said Tyler Stegall, a District 4 resident who has worked for the campaign to stop the recall. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the recall qualifies and voters remove Engardio, Mayor Daniel Lurie would appoint an interim supervisor and voters would choose a permanent replacement in next year’s election. While the recall would not reverse Proposition K, Supervisor Chan has said she could look into a ballot measure to open the Great Highway to cars on weekdays if the recall qualifies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco initially closed the upper portion of the Great Highway to vehicles as part of its COVID-19 response, making room for more spacious outdoor recreation. Since then, debate over whether the highway should remain car-free has played out in public forums, lawsuits and at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local businesses and drivers say the closure has worsened traffic in the area, or argue the city should first provide significant public transit alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Frontline workers or nurses like myself who can’t afford to be stuck in traffic for an extra 40 minutes a day,” said Julia Quon, a nursing student who lives in the Sunset. She voted for Engardio in 2022, but changed her mind after Proposition K passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only is this affecting how people get to work, but it’s like how our elders get to the doctor, how people drop off their kids at school,” said Quon, who is also a member of the Chinese American Democratic Club, a moderate group that opposed Proposition K and is now backing the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040206\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250514-ENGARDIO-RECALL-MD-08-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flier left at a home by Sharon Liu-Bettencourt with the anti-recall campaign in the Outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco on May 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vincent said she’s concerned about Engardio’s alliance with ultra-wealthy tech and real estate donors — and political organizing groups they support, like GrowSF, which endorsed Proposition K.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman has contributed $125,000 to Stand With Joel, a committee supporting Engardio. Chris Larsen, who founded the cryptocurrency company Ripple, has donated $100,000 to the anti-recall fund. Tech investor Ron Conway and Twilio co-founder John Wolthuis each gave $25,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Vin Budhai, who led the “No on K” campaign and has been steering the pro-recall effort, abruptly stepped down. The recall campaign’s top donor is Lisa Arjes, a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging Proposition K, who has contributed just over $20,000. The Chinese American Democratic Club gave $7,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We live in this post-Citizens United world where money is speech and a very small group of oligarchs has control over everything,” said Otto Pippenger, field director for the recall campaign, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that gave individuals and corporations virtually unlimited spending power in elections. “This is about a supervisor who feels his real constituency is a pretty small group of very powerful people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pro-recall campaign has also faced campaign finance issues and accusations from opponents that it misled voters into believing the recall would overturn Proposition K. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfpublicpress.org/complaint-alleges-ethics-violations-by-campaign-to-recall-engardio/\">complaint\u003c/a> filed earlier this year alleged that a committee supporting the recall failed to properly disclose debts and more than $19,000 in expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recall campaign’s latest filings contribute a significant amount of evidence that they may have repeatedly failed to comply with basic campaign finance laws by not reporting the large majority of their expenses,” Lian Chang, campaign manager for the Stand With Joel, said in a statement. “San Franciscans deserve the truth in real time — not after the damage is already done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Engardio said he’s working with the city on traffic improvements and that he stands by the park — recall or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important that we embrace joyful things,” he said. “Go out and see for yourself and see all the different ages and families and people and backgrounds all having better and more access to the coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Since taking office in January, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> and his administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024387/california-22-other-states-sue-to-block-trumps-federal-funding-freeze\">have repeatedly\u003c/a> moved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037376/sf-santa-clara-counties-ask-us-court-halt-trumps-sanctuary-city-funding-freeze\">to cut off funding\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13975661/national-endowment-for-the-arts-grants-canceled-nonprofits\">cities and counties\u003c/a> that have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027607/sfs-long-history-as-sanctuary-city-faces-renewed-challenges-under-trump\">policies counter\u003c/a> to the president’s agenda — leaving people like R.J. Sloan caught in the middle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty years ago, Sloan didn’t think he would need government help to keep his life on track. He was living the American Dream: working for a giant pharmaceutical company and owning two homes. Then a health issue triggered a bout of depression that led to more serious mental health challenges — and eventually, a psychotic break.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started running away from helicopters, trying to read my thoughts, I was certain they were the CIA,” he recalled. “I left my apartment, lost everything, including my two dogs. … And I started running around San Francisco, living in Golden Gate Park, eating out of trash cans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several years living on the streets, Sloan, now age 60, connected with Episcopal Community Services, a nonprofit that operates 23 permanent supportive housing sites around the Bay Area, serving more than 2,300 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He secured an apartment at Bishop Swing Community House, a 134-unit supportive housing development in San Francisco’s South of Market District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, just surviving was a struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first five years here, I wore the same clothes every single day. I never changed my clothes. I rarely showered or brushed my teeth. I was in such a bottomed-out phase of life,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040771\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. 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Of course, you couldn’t do this 10 years ago, but you know what, I have a feeling you could do this now.”[aside postID=news_12039730 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/080924-ENCAMPMENT-SWEEP-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Eventually, Sloan started working part-time as a front desk clerk at a nearby homeless shelter — work that now helps pay for his apartment. However, the bulk of his rent is covered by the federal government through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/\">Continuum of Care\u003c/a> — a key source of funding for local governments and nonprofits trying to tackle homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program helps cover housing costs and support services for thousands of homeless individuals like Sloan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County receives around $34 million a year. San Francisco gets about $50 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, that funding is now at risk as the Trump administration moves to impose new conditions on the federal money. It’s part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">broader pattern of the Trump administration seeking to withhold money\u003c/a> to pressure democratically led cities and counties to change policies the administration doesn’t like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, when HUD sent out grant applications, local officials balked. Under the new rules, local governments must certify that they do not have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, don’t promote “gender ideology,” and don’t have sanctuary immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039999\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A studio unit in the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Santa Clara joined six other counties in suing the Trump administration over these new conditions. Earlier this month, they won a temporary restraining order halting the new grant conditions. Today, the counties return to court where the same judge will consider a permanent injunction as the case moves forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen this kind of dynamic with the Trump administration again and again, where they’re placing unlawful and unconstitutional conditions on federal funding,” Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti said. “They’re essentially weaponizing federal funding to force locals to take action that they cannot force local governments to take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HUD did not respond to a request for comment, but in March, HUD Secretary Scott Turner \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SecretaryTurner/status/1900257331184570703\">defended the change on the social media site X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HUD’s Continuum of Care Program was meant to provide funds to end homelessness, unfortunately, it was used as a tool by the left to push a woke agenda at the expense of people in need,” Turner wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti, however, insists that the new conditions are illegal, partly because they exceed what Congress outlined when authorizing the program. He also notes that many of the requirements are so vague that they’re impossible to comply with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039998\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The ongoing focus around diversity, equity, and inclusion is a great example of that,” he said, noting that there’s no clear definition of what qualifies as DEI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also highlights that while the new grants prohibit recipients from recognizing transgender people, “HUD’s own regulations mandate ‘equal access’ to CoC ‘programs, shelters, other buildings and facilities, benefits, services, and accommodations is provided to an individual in accordance with the individual’s gender identity.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said the stakes are incredibly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ability to really make progress in combating homelessness and making sure that those families have not only shelter, but the services that they need, really hinges in large part on our ability to access these federal funds,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness in the expensive Bay Area is a problem that leaders have struggled to address for decades. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping#:~:text=The%20overall%20number%20of%20people,the%20Point%20in%20Time%20Count.\">More than 8,000 people are unhoused in San Francisco\u003c/a>, a number that’s ticked up slightly in recent years. Santa Clara County \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11977258/despite-progress-santa-clara-county-sees-sharp-rise-in-first-time-homelessness\">has also struggled to curb homelessness\u003c/a> and saw a sizable increase in the number of unhoused people in its last count in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beth Stokes, executive director of Episcopal Community Services, warned that cutting off funding to developments like Bishop Swing Community House would be incredibly shortsighted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-08-KQED-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beth Stokes, Executive Director at Episcopal Community Services, at the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center run in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Would you rather have people on the street, suffering, their health completely deteriorating, with no quality of life?” she asked, “Versus being here — this is stable. This is peaceful. People get well here. And it’s actually a better bargain for the taxpayers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stokes said if the new grant conditions go through, she is hopeful that her organization will be able to find other funding sources to help cover Sloan and other residents’ rent. However, she acknowledged that they might have to delay other projects aimed at getting even more homeless people off the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sloan, the Bishop Swing Community House resident, said he cannot imagine a world without the supportive housing he’s relied on for 15 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without it, he said, “I would have entered homelessness, exited and entered and exited, and entered homelessness many, many times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine not living here, to be honest with you. I’m scared to death of that third psychotic break. I don’t know what caused the first two. So I think I’d like to age in place right here,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After several years living on the streets, Sloan, now age 60, connected with Episcopal Community Services, a nonprofit that operates 23 permanent supportive housing sites around the Bay Area, serving more than 2,300 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He secured an apartment at Bishop Swing Community House, a 134-unit supportive housing development in San Francisco’s South of Market District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, just surviving was a struggle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My first five years here, I wore the same clothes every single day. I never changed my clothes. I rarely showered or brushed my teeth. I was in such a bottomed-out phase of life,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040771\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-11-KQED-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">R. J. Sloan, who requested that his face not be shown, stands in the patio of the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But over time — and with a lot of help — Sloan said he’s been able to rebuild his life. He credits the resources available at Bishop Swing Community House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These kinds of supportive housing developments don’t just provide a safe place to live: they offer mental health services, medical care, and, crucially for Sloan, case managers who encouraged him to move forward — when he was ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The supportive part of supportive housing is crucial,” he said. ”You’re encouraged to make your appointments and you’re encouraged to keep up with the goals that you set. Every six months, we set new goals. You know, what are you capable of now, R.J.? Of course, you couldn’t do this 10 years ago, but you know what, I have a feeling you could do this now.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Eventually, Sloan started working part-time as a front desk clerk at a nearby homeless shelter — work that now helps pay for his apartment. However, the bulk of his rent is covered by the federal government through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/coc/\">Continuum of Care\u003c/a> — a key source of funding for local governments and nonprofits trying to tackle homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program helps cover housing costs and support services for thousands of homeless individuals like Sloan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County receives around $34 million a year. San Francisco gets about $50 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, that funding is now at risk as the Trump administration moves to impose new conditions on the federal money. It’s part of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026179/san-francisco-leads-lawsuit-against-trumps-threats-to-punish-sanctuary-cities\">broader pattern of the Trump administration seeking to withhold money\u003c/a> to pressure democratically led cities and counties to change policies the administration doesn’t like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, when HUD sent out grant applications, local officials balked. Under the new rules, local governments must certify that they do not have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, don’t promote “gender ideology,” and don’t have sanctuary immigration policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039999\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-02-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A studio unit in the Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Santa Clara joined six other counties in suing the Trump administration over these new conditions. Earlier this month, they won a temporary restraining order halting the new grant conditions. Today, the counties return to court where the same judge will consider a permanent injunction as the case moves forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen this kind of dynamic with the Trump administration again and again, where they’re placing unlawful and unconstitutional conditions on federal funding,” Santa Clara County Counsel Tony LoPresti said. “They’re essentially weaponizing federal funding to force locals to take action that they cannot force local governments to take.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HUD did not respond to a request for comment, but in March, HUD Secretary Scott Turner \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/SecretaryTurner/status/1900257331184570703\">defended the change on the social media site X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HUD’s Continuum of Care Program was meant to provide funds to end homelessness, unfortunately, it was used as a tool by the left to push a woke agenda at the expense of people in need,” Turner wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti, however, insists that the new conditions are illegal, partly because they exceed what Congress outlined when authorizing the program. He also notes that many of the requirements are so vague that they’re impossible to comply with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039998\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039998\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-HUD-FUNDS-MD-01-KQED-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bishop Swing Community House supportive housing center in San Francisco on May 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The ongoing focus around diversity, equity, and inclusion is a great example of that,” he said, noting that there’s no clear definition of what qualifies as DEI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit also highlights that while the new grants prohibit recipients from recognizing transgender people, “HUD’s own regulations mandate ‘equal access’ to CoC ‘programs, shelters, other buildings and facilities, benefits, services, and accommodations is provided to an individual in accordance with the individual’s gender identity.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoPresti said the stakes are incredibly high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our ability to really make progress in combating homelessness and making sure that those families have not only shelter, but the services that they need, really hinges in large part on our ability to access these federal funds,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness in the expensive Bay Area is a problem that leaders have struggled to address for decades. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986620/san-francisco-homelessness-up-7-despite-decline-in-street-camping#:~:text=The%20overall%20number%20of%20people,the%20Point%20in%20Time%20Count.\">More than 8,000 people are unhoused in San Francisco\u003c/a>, a number that’s ticked up slightly in recent years. 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