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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Democratic Party has voted to oppose a proposed statewide \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/billionaire-tax\">billionaire tax\u003c/a>, marking a rare divergence from the California Democratic Party, which endorsed the November ballot measure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Proposition 40 has emerged as a lightning rod among Democrats, with the state party narrowly voting to endorse it while prominent moderate Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, have come out against it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wednesday’s vote came shortly after the majority-moderate San Francisco Democratic Party changed its bylaws earlier this summer to allow the local party to go against the state Democratic Party’s endorsements. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supporters have said Proposition 40 would provide a much-needed injection of cash to California’s healthcare system at a time when federal cuts to Medicare have impacted residents across the state and city of San Francisco. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12088085\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/021826-Billionaires-Tax-GETTY-CM-01-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signs reading “A Billionaire Tax Now” rest on chairs at a Billionaire Tax Now rally where Sen. Bernie Sanders is set to speak in Los Angeles on Feb. 18, 2026. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But opponents say it’s a misguided effort to tax the wealthy and could result in billionaires fleeing to other states.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Passing a billionaire tax in California is not a long-term viable solution to providing affordable healthcare,” member Lanier Coles said. “We need \u003cem>federal\u003c/em> tax reform to address the growing inequities and concentration of wealth.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One member in the audience fired back: “That’s why you lost to Trump twice.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 17-4 vote fell along moderate-progressive lines. The measure would create a one-time 5% tax on Californians with a net worth that exceeds $1 billion who lived in the state as of Jan. 1, 2026. The tax could generate about $100 billion and would be paid by roughly 200 billionaires, according to the campaign. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The measure has garnered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095116/california-billionaire-tax-has-strong-support-of-democratic-voters-new-poll-shows\">strong support\u003c/a> from likely Democratic voters in California, according to a recent UC Berkeley poll. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But the state’s Democratic leaders are divided on the measure. In addition to the local and state Democratic Party split, Newsom and former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Democratic frontrunner for governor, have both opposed Proposition 40. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Opponents of the measure say the one-time tax would not produce the long-term funding needed to backfill healthcare cuts from President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Groups opposing Proposition 40 include Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and the California Teachers Association.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California healthcare unions back the state billionaire tax and have received the support of Vermont Sen. 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"content": "\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-forever\">California Forever’s\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12089233/california-forevers-bid-to-win-manufacturing-jobs-divides-solano-county-residents\">legislative deal\u003c/a> to streamline a shipbuilding project in Solano County is likely dead after supervisors voted Tuesday to reject the plan.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bill, called the Solano Maritime and Manufacturing Act, would have allowed the company to rely on a nearly 20-year-old environmental impact report for a proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037142/california-forevers-shipbuilding-plans-need-more-details-solano-county-officials-say\">shipbuilding site\u003c/a> on land California Forever owns in Collinsville, a rural community at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. It would have also fast-tracked regulatory approvals for the project.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 3-2 vote is a major setback for the billionaire-backed company, which had spent $455,000 to lobby for the bill’s passage, according to \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3178319&amendid=0\">recent state reports\u003c/a>. It comes just a month after California Forever \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091366/a-devastating-outcome-california-forever-boosters-decry-loss-of-shipbuilding-deal\">lost a major contract \u003c/a>with the autonomous defense startup Saronic, which instead chose to build its Port Alpha naval shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. And it likely kills any chance of getting a bill passed before the end of the legislative session, which closes on Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today, we’ve already heard this legislation has holes,” Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said. “We need to continue to work on this legislation.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a suit sits behind a desk with a sign that reads "Mitch Mashburn Chair District 5."\" class=\"wp-image-12000221\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn speaks at a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Most of the supervisors said they are interested in pursuing legislation in the future but want more time to work with the Governor’s Office, lawmakers and community groups between now and January, when the next legislative session starts, to draft a bill they fully understand and support.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Asked Wednesday about the deal’s demise, Gov. 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And as the session neared its end, it kept changing shape. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, company officials said the bill would encompass all of California Forever’s projects, including a proposed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043295/suisun-city-proposes-annexing-most-of-california-forevers-new-city\">advanced manufacturing site and housing\u003c/a>. Earlier this week, a person close to negotiations told KQED the bill could also streamline approvals for an aerospace site near Travis Air Force Base. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bill’s amorphous shape contributed to the supervisors’ skepticism. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Lori Wilson and state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon, both Democrats who represent areas impacted by the streamlining proposal, had been in talks with the supervisors in the months leading up to its expected introduction. After the vote, Wilson issued a statement on \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DcfJiMBppiM/\">social\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid034SawPTKC53z2ZtZ5r4KfCUyu6zvNkQYTCRfBajFBzNn4BDpsWiH2b2e9nW8MjET4l&id=100080088566313&mibextid=wwXIfr&_rdr\">media\u003c/a> acknowledging the vote.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Solano County leaders have made clear they do not support the proposed Solano Maritime and Manufacturing Act at this time, and I will continue to let the county take the lead on shipbuilding and manufacturing opportunities,” the statement read.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While it is still possible for lawmakers to introduce the bill, it is unlikely given the lack of support from local officials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Solano County has the land and workforce to become a center for shipbuilding and manufacturing and bring in tens of thousands of well-paying jobs,” California Forever spokesperson Jim Wunderman said in a statement. “But to attract employers, key stakeholders must show the county is open for business and able to operate at the speed of competing states. 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The Solano County Board of Supervisors had previously designated about 1,350 acres near Collinsville for “water-dependent industrial use.” The bill would have also set hard permitting deadlines — 90 days for ministerial permits and 180 days for discretionary approvals — and created a shot clock of 45 days for disputes to be resolved. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Shortly after California Forever lost the Saronic deal, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development convened a meeting with state lawmakers and officials from Solano County and California Forever to discuss a bill to support maritime and advanced manufacturing activities at the Collinsville site. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mashburn said he worried the governor would include the legislation in a trailer bill, a secondary piece of legislation used to implement the state budget after it has been approved. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/02/california-trailer-bills-sneaky-law/\">Some have criticized\u003c/a> the use of trailer bills as a way to sidestep public input. 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Last September, in the last days of the legislative session, company officials worked with state lawmakers to introduce a bill similar to the one they worked on this year. The supervisors ultimately supported the effort, but no legislation was introduced or passed before the session ended. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Tuesday’s meeting, Mashburn likened this year’s legislative push to “Groundhog Day,” and said he wants more time to discuss the details of any future deal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Not wait until the last minute,” he said. “That’s not going to play well.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED reporter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/aaliahmad\">Ayah Ali-Ahmad\u003c/a> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>Mashburn said he worried the governor would include the legislation in a trailer bill, a secondary piece of legislation used to implement the state budget after it has been approved. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/02/california-trailer-bills-sneaky-law/\">Some have criticized\u003c/a> the use of trailer bills as a way to sidestep public input. At Tuesday’s meeting, supervisors voted to revisit the streamlining proposal at a later date. \u003c/p>\n",
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It would have also fast-tracked regulatory approvals for the project.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The 3-2 vote is a major setback for the billionaire-backed company, which had spent $455,000 to lobby for the bill’s passage, according to \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3178319&amendid=0\">recent state reports\u003c/a>. It comes just a month after California Forever \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12091366/a-devastating-outcome-california-forever-boosters-decry-loss-of-shipbuilding-deal\">lost a major contract \u003c/a>with the autonomous defense startup Saronic, which instead chose to build its Port Alpha naval shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. And it likely kills any chance of getting a bill passed before the end of the legislative session, which closes on Aug. 31.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Today, we’ve already heard this legislation has holes,” Supervisor Mitch Mashburn said. “We need to continue to work on this legislation.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a suit sits behind a desk with a sign that reads "Mitch Mashburn Chair District 5."\" class=\"wp-image-12000221\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240625-SOLANO-COUNTY-BOARD-OF-SUPES-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Solano County Supervisor Mitch Mashburn speaks at a Solano County Board of Supervisors meeting in Fairfield on June 25, 2024. 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We look forward to working with everyone on next steps.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-40-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12091524\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-40-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-40-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-40-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Waterfront in the town of Collinsville in Solano County on May 13, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During the meeting’s three-hour public comment session, the crowd was overwhelmingly in opposition to the streamlining proposal, arguing it would limit the county’s ability to weigh in on future plans. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Karlyn Lewis, a county resident, pointed to \u003ca href=\"https://www.solanotogether.org/post/ca-forever-opposition-letter\">a letter that opposition group Solano Together sent\u003c/a> to state lawmakers in early August, urging them to reject the deal.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It had nothing to do with jobs. It had to do with the state being able to come in and say, ‘We’re going to tell your locality what you need to do,’” she said. “I ask you to be against this proposal, this legislation, because we need to be able to chart our own destiny.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, supporters of the proposal said it would provide much-needed jobs, particularly for people who commute outside the county for work. Steve McCall, the business manager for the local plumbers and steamfitters union, urged the supervisors to support the bill “for the workers, for the people of the county.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12040859\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/250513-CaliforniaForeverAnnexExplainer-15-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The intersection of Highway 12 and Highway 113 in Solano County outside of Suisun City on May 13, 2025. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People in this county drive outside of it to go to work,” he said. “And for an area that has the \u003ca href=\"https://vitalsigns.mtc.ca.gov/indicators/unemployment\">largest unemployment\u003c/a> in the Bay Area, I think we can make a change.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, opponents of the deal said they didn’t get time to review the legislation, and it wouldn’t result in jobs and a loss of local control. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The company had been courting Saronic since last fall, with the hope that it would choose to build its shipyard on California Forever-owned land near Collinsville. This year’s legislative push was an attempt to woo the startup — and other prospective business partners — to set up shop on its site. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The legislation would have allowed California Forever to rely on a 2008 environmental impact report for the shipyard. The Solano County Board of Supervisors had previously designated about 1,350 acres near Collinsville for “water-dependent industrial use.” The bill would have also set hard permitting deadlines — 90 days for ministerial permits and 180 days for discretionary approvals — and created a shot clock of 45 days for disputes to be resolved. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Shortly after California Forever lost the Saronic deal, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development convened a meeting with state lawmakers and officials from Solano County and California Forever to discuss a bill to support maritime and advanced manufacturing activities at the Collinsville site. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Mashburn said he worried the governor would include the legislation in a trailer bill, a secondary piece of legislation used to implement the state budget after it has been approved. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2024/02/california-trailer-bills-sneaky-law/\">Some have criticized\u003c/a> the use of trailer bills as a way to sidestep public input. At Tuesday’s meeting, supervisors voted to revisit the streamlining proposal at a later date. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The piece for me that gave it urgency was worrying about whether the governor was going to cram [the bill] down our throats,” Mashburn said. “And I got to tell you right now, I ain’t really that afraid of the governor.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Supervisors Monica Brown and John Vasquez ultimately voted against Mashburn’s plan. While Vasquez did not comment on why he voted no, Brown said she did not want to support any future streamlining bill. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think we’re rushing into something and listening to something that I don’t think is going to [result in bringing] any kind of extra jobs without destroying the land,” Brown said. “And I don’t want the land to be destroyed.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This is not the first time supervisors have been asked to provide direction on streamlining legislation for California Forever. Last September, in the last days of the legislative session, company officials worked with state lawmakers to introduce a bill similar to the one they worked on this year. The supervisors ultimately supported the effort, but no legislation was introduced or passed before the session ended. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At Tuesday’s meeting, Mashburn likened this year’s legislative push to “Groundhog Day,” and said he wants more time to discuss the details of any future deal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Not wait until the last minute,” he said. “That’s not going to play well.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED reporter \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/aaliahmad\">Ayah Ali-Ahmad\u003c/a> contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It says in no event shall the packet or its content be taken from the custody of the elections official,” Justice Kelli Evans said. “So I’m just not following your argument.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Justice Joshua Groban questioned whether the case presented by Bianco would open the door for the seizure of ballots during an ongoing election. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under your broad view of the warrant power, pursuant to a lawful warrant, the sheriff could seize ballots even before Election Day, right?” Groban said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hertz said that state law limits access to ballots only during prosecutions — not investigations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It cannot be a universal prohibition against all legal processes,” Hertz said. “If it were, you’d basically have a complete category of documents that might be evidence of a crime that are immunized from investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The showdown comes as California’s expansive system of vote-by-mail \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077846/threats-to-californias-vote-by-mail-mount-before-june-primary\">faces attacks\u003c/a> not only from President Donald Trump, who has labeled mail balloting a form of cheating, but also from local election officials aligned with the president. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bonta and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber have sued Shasta County to block the implementation of a measure passed by voters in June that would curtail vote-by-mail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And in May, Newsom signed a new law that \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/05/california-ballot-seizure-law/\">makes it illegal\u003c/a> for local election officials to hand over ballots to law enforcement agents. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The state Supreme Court — made up of five justices appointed by Gov. 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The audit concluded that the ballot intake forms had only detailed 611,426 ballots — 45,896 short of the county’s final count of 657,322 votes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Art Tinoco, the county’s registrar of voters, described the intake forms as an unrefined count that does not provide an apples-to-apples comparison to the final count of ballots. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These are completed in the field by election officers during long workdays — let’s keep that in mind; folks get tired,” Tinoco told the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. “It’s very possible that the staff may not have recorded the numbers accurately on these daily mail intake forms.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bianco said his deputies would be recounting ballot envelopes, but not reviewing the votes inside, in order to determine the reason for the discrepancy with the intake forms. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It looks like well-meaning officers essentially trying to build a vote-counting airplane while they’re flying it,” said Chad Dunn, an attorney for the Riverside County voters who brought the suit against Bianco’s actions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12096592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Xavier Becerra, senior adviser to the UCLA VRP and attorney on file in the case, center, speaks to Dr. Matt Baretto, faculty director at UCLA VRP, left, and Chad Dunn, legal director at UCLA VRP, right, following a press conference regarding Cervantes et al. v. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California Supreme Court justices on Monday appeared skeptical of Riverside County Sheriff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/chad-bianco\">Chad Bianco\u003c/a>’s unprecedented seizure of more than 650,000 ballots cast in last November’s special election. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bianco, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for governor in this year’s June primary, has said that his actions were part of an investigation into potential voter fraud in the election on California’s redistricting measure. But his move set off \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12077491/california-vote-by-mail-faces-legal-political-challenges-from-trump-allies\">alarm bells\u003c/a> among Democratic leaders who worried the ballot seizure was a local outcrop of conservative efforts to undermine vote-by-mail. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>During oral arguments in San Francisco, the court’s justices peppered Bianco’s attorney, Bradley Hertz, with questions as to why the sheriff was not bound by state laws that restrict access to ballots during a criminal prosecution. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12096590\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-23-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-23-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Xavier Becerra, senior adviser to the UCLA VRP and attorney on file in the case, speaks during a press conference following oral arguments in Cervantes et al. v. Bianco, a case challenging Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of more than 650,000 ballots cast in the November special election, at the steps of the Earl Warren Building at the California Supreme Court on Aug. 24, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It says in no event shall the packet or its content be taken from the custody of the elections official,” Justice Kelli Evans said. “So I’m just not following your argument.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Justice Joshua Groban questioned whether the case presented by Bianco would open the door for the seizure of ballots during an ongoing election. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Gavin Newsom or his predecessor Jerry Brown, one appointed by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, and one who joined the court temporarily to fill a vacancy — heard two cases challenging Bianco’s move. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In the first, a group of Riverside County citizens accused Bianco of violating state election law by taking their ballots and attempting to count them outside of the prescribed chain-of-custody. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-13-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12096595\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-13-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-13-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-13-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clarissa Cervantes, Riverside City Council member and plaintiff, speaks during a press conference following oral arguments in Cervantes et al. v. Bianco, a case challenging Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of more than 650,000 ballots cast in the November special election, at the steps of the Earl Warren Building at the California Supreme Court on Aug. 24, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Rob Bonta brought a second suit, arguing that Bianco illegally ignored his direction as the state’s top law enforcement official to halt the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Riverside County sheriff’s deputies began seizing boxes of ballots in late February, in response to a complaint from a citizens group.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That group, the Riverside County Election Integrity Team, had conducted an audit of ballot intake forms — sheets filled out by election workers detailing how many ballots had arrived at their vote center. The audit concluded that the ballot intake forms had only detailed 611,426 ballots — 45,896 short of the county’s final count of 657,322 votes.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Art Tinoco, the county’s registrar of voters, described the intake forms as an unrefined count that does not provide an apples-to-apples comparison to the final count of ballots. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“These are completed in the field by election officers during long workdays — let’s keep that in mind; folks get tired,” Tinoco told the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. “It’s very possible that the staff may not have recorded the numbers accurately on these daily mail intake forms.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bianco said his deputies would be recounting ballot envelopes, but not reviewing the votes inside, in order to determine the reason for the discrepancy with the intake forms. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It looks like well-meaning officers essentially trying to build a vote-counting airplane while they’re flying it,” said Chad Dunn, an attorney for the Riverside County voters who brought the suit against Bianco’s actions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12096592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260824_CASCBIANCOBALLOTS_GC-30-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Xavier Becerra, senior adviser to the UCLA VRP and attorney on file in the case, center, speaks to Dr. Matt Baretto, faculty director at UCLA VRP, left, and Chad Dunn, legal director at UCLA VRP, right, following a press conference regarding Cervantes et al. v. Bianco, a case challenging Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of more than 650,000 ballots cast in the November special election, at the steps of the Earl Warren Building at the California Supreme Court on Aug. 24, 2026. (Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In April, the Supreme Court blocked Bianco’s investigation from moving forward while it considered Bonta’s challenge. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Justices questioned California Solicitor General Sam Harbourt, who said the power for Bonta to supervise the actions of county sheriffs “was intended to be expansive.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That to me says if he wants to drop into a particular county and say, ‘Cease this prosecution for shoplifting,’ it shall be done’ … as long as he deems it in the public interest,” Groban said. “That sounds almost unlimited.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hertz said that Bonta’s powers are much more curtailed — that the attorney general has an “advise and consent” relationship with local sheriffs, and can only voice his displeasure with local law enforcement actions. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Palmer was not arrested and is not facing charges. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11985221\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/230808-SanFranciscoCityHall-25-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 8, 2023. Proposition F would allow the mayor and supervisors to remove commission members they appoint without cause. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Palmer, who was appointed by the Board of Supervisors to the body in 2021, has during his term been accused by four women of violence, including a rape allegation. A fifth woman got a restraining order against him. That, the \u003cem>Chronicle \u003c/em>reports, is in addition to several traffic violations and almost $10,000 in parking fees in six years. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Palmer has denied wrongdoing and did not respond to KQED’s request for comment. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To remove him from his position wouldn’t be easy, proponents of Proposition F say. San Francisco’s current charter requires officials to demonstrate the board member engaged in proven official misconduct. Supervisor Stephen Sherrill told the \u003cem>Chronicle \u003c/em>that he hopes to begin that process in a few weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12024441\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supervisor Stephen Sherrill speaks during a press conference with elected and public safety officials and labor leaders in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. Sherrill has called for an investigation into Palmer’s alleged conduct. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It includes “a high threshold” that involves a long process, according to the Clean Up City Hall campaign. After proving official misconduct, for example, three-fourths of the Board of Supervisors would still need to vote in favor of the removal. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s sort of the price you pay to have good government,” said Justin Dolezal, president of Small Business Forward, which opposes the measure. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Lurie said in a statement released by Clean Up City Hall that the “broken and corrupt system” was created “by insiders to protect insiders.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“San Franciscans deserve a government where responsibility is clear, accountability is real, and the people entrusted to serve this city are held to the highest standards,” Lurie said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Proposition F would expand the mayor’s and board’s authority to allow the removal of most commissioners without cause and include the hiring and firing of most department heads. It’s one of a handful of measures Lurie put on the November ballot that proponents say would streamline city functions.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Max Szabo, a spokesperson for the Clean Up City Hall campaign, said the way things are set up now also creates a system with a lot of excuses. The measure, by contrast, would create a more accountable system of government, he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But Dolezal said he sees the measures, including Proposition F, as “blatant power grabs.” Using the allegations against Palmer to bolster the case for the measure is not something done in good faith, Dolezal said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp> ”City government works best for people when there are checks and balances and when commissions are not just rubber stamps on whatever the mayor wants to do,” Dolezal said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Democratic Socialists of America San Francisco, Supervisor Jackie Fielder and former Supervisor Dean Preston said in their argument against the measure that it’s already easy for the mayor to remove corrupt officials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Prop F lets the Mayor unilaterally remove public servants who’ve done nothing wrong,” the officials and others \u003ca href=\"https://media.api.sf.gov/documents/Nov2026_PropF_RebuttalToProponentArgument_Redacted.pdf\">wrote days ago in an official argument against the measure\u003c/a>. “That’s a recipe for politically-motivated removals of whistleblowers who would expose corruption.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Rafael Mandelman, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and some unions back Proposition F. 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Supervisor Stephen Sherrill told the \u003cem>Chronicle \u003c/em>that he hopes to begin that process in a few weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12024441\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250128-SFImmigration-49-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Supervisor Stephen Sherrill speaks during a press conference with elected and public safety officials and labor leaders in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\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>Three years after voters passed an ambitious arts education funding measure, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/education\">California’s K-12 schools\u003c/a> were supposed to be awash in dance, music, theater and fine arts. But some schools are returning their arts money to the state, saying the rules on how to spend it are too vague and they can’t find enough arts teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The sad thing is, this means that thousands of kids aren’t getting art,” said Austin Beutner, the former superintendent of Los Angeles Unified who wrote \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/prop28artsandmusicedfunding.asp\">Proposition 28\u003c/a>. “We thought Prop. 28 was clear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 28, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 2022, sets aside about $1 billion a year for the arts in California public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12094193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12094193\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/20260806_SFUSDNEWSCHOOL_GC-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A kindergarten classroom at Mission Bay Elementary School in San Francisco on August 6, 2026. Mission Bay Elementary is the first new public SFUSD school to open in 20 years. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schools with more low-income students get more money, but otherwise funding is based on enrollment. Los Angeles Unified, with about 400,000 students, got about $72 million last year, while Death Valley Unified, with 21 students, got about $2,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools must spend at least 80% of their money on additional arts staff, with the rest going to art supplies and other arts expenses. Whatever they don’t spend, they’re required to return to the state after three years. The first three-year period just ended, and the California Department of Education hasn’t yet announced how much money schools returned.[aside postID=news_12094994 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/260722-FAMILYSEPARATION-03-BL-KQED.jpg']The state redistributes the unspent money to individual schools that are using their Prop. 28 money correctly, based on their annual spending reports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State data \u003ca href=\"https://createca.org/california-arts-education-data-project/\">compiled by Create CA\u003c/a>, an arts nonprofit that supported Prop. 28, shows dozens, if not hundreds of schools that spent no money. Among them are charter schools, small schools, and mid-sized schools in every corner of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the other end of the spectrum, many districts have gone on spending sprees, hiring teachers and expanding programs at all schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bakersfield City Schools, for example, doubled the size of its folklorico and mariachi dance programs, bought thousands of musical instruments and paired local artists with classroom teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long Beach Unified has also doubled down on the arts. Its high school course catalog offers dozens of arts classes, including classics like marching band and painting as well as more obscure classes like improvisational dance, steel drums, stage technology, chamber orchestra and photography.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Too few teachers, too much confusion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But other districts, particularly smaller and rural districts, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/05/arts-education/\">have hit some snags\u003c/a>. Even though the state allows districts to pool their Prop. 28 money to share a teacher, the law doesn’t provide explicit language about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, schools say there are not enough art teachers to hire. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sri.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/California-Arts-Education-Landscape-2025.pdf\">recent Stanford Research Institute study\u003c/a>, California needs at least 5,000 new arts teachers to meet the demand. Rural areas in general \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/03/rural-schools-california/\">have a harder time\u003c/a> hiring teachers, particularly those with specialized training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another obstacle is what some school officials describe as vague directions in the law. Prop. 28 broadly defines what constitutes an arts class, but it doesn’t require those classes to align with the state’s existing \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/vp/cf/\">arts framework\u003c/a>. And schools already get arts funding from the state, leaving some school officials wondering if they can mix their funds and still comply with the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083046\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Posner (center), executive director of Carquinez Garden School, does arts and crafts with children in the school yard of Carquinez Garden School in Crockett on May 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need clarity and confidence that we’re doing this the right way,” said El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Ed Manansala, saying schools are afraid of misusing the funds – for example, sharing a music teacher with another district but not dividing their time lawfully. “We have a long history of supporting the arts and we really want to make sure we do this right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manansala and other school officials also say they’re afraid of getting sued if they don’t use the money correctly. That’s what happened to Los Angeles Unified. Beutner sued his former district last year, claiming it cut existing arts funding and backfilled it with Prop. 28 money, which is prohibited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is pending in Los Angeles Superior Court. The district said that its use of Prop. 28 money was legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We should not be fighting over this’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, the confusion led Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/al-muratsuchi-34399\">Al Muratsuchi\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2440\">write a bill\u003c/a> that would clarify some of the Prop. 28 language – for example, defining what constitutes supplemental arts funding. The legislation so far has had nearly unanimous bipartisan support, but one very vocal opponent: Beutner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beutner said that Muratsuchi’s bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2440\">Assembly Bill 2440\u003c/a>, essentially guts Prop. 28 by giving schools too much leeway to spend their money. Among his concerns is that districts will not increase arts education at all school sites, but instead cluster it at certain schools or try to pawn off a physical education class, for example, as an arts class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in the arts, and what it can do for students. Some kids only come to school because of the arts,” Beutner said. “We should not be fighting over this. Prop. 28 is very clear” in that it requires schools to add extra arts programs, not replace existing programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The majority of students enrolled in the transitional kindergarten program at Kingsley Elementary School come from Spanish-speaking families. Teacher Ana Quintanilla helps them learn basic letters and words. \u003ccite>(Ana Tintocalis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beutner also described the bill as a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for Los Angeles Unified, because he said it would give the district more freedom in how it spends its Prop. 28 money. District spokesperson Christy Hagen said in an email that the district had nothing to do with the bill and hasn’t taken a position on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beutner said he’d like to see Muratsuchi’s legislation tabled until a judge rules on his lawsuit against Los Angeles Unified. Otherwise, spending the funding could become even more confusing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is currently in the suspense file in the Senate appropriations committee, awaiting approval Thursday. If the committee doesn’t agree to hear it, it’ll likely die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muratsuchi said he’s open to a last-minute compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(Beutner) and I share the same goal of Prop. 28 providing arts and music to every child in California regardless of zip code,” said Muratsuchi, a Democrat from Torrance. “We want to make sure the law’s language reflects that. Hopefully I convinced him that I mean well and we have the same objective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Urgent need for clarity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Clarifying the languageis crucial if the law is going to be successful, said Veronica Alvarez, executive director of Create CA, a nonprofit that promotes arts education in California schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too many school districts are not spending their Prop. 28 money because they’re confused about the guidelines or can’t comply with what they view as overly narrow requirements, Alvarez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want clearer statewide rules, so all kids from Shasta to Bakersfield get high-quality arts education,” Alvarez said. “Hopefully we can move forward on this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2026/08/arts-programs-california/\">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\n",
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Its high school course catalog offers dozens of arts classes, including classics like marching band and painting as well as more obscure classes like improvisational dance, steel drums, stage technology, chamber orchestra and photography.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Too few teachers, too much confusion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>But other districts, particularly smaller and rural districts, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/05/arts-education/\">have hit some snags\u003c/a>. Even though the state allows districts to pool their Prop. 28 money to share a teacher, the law doesn’t provide explicit language about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, schools say there are not enough art teachers to hire. According to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sri.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/California-Arts-Education-Landscape-2025.pdf\">recent Stanford Research Institute study\u003c/a>, California needs at least 5,000 new arts teachers to meet the demand. 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And schools already get arts funding from the state, leaving some school officials wondering if they can mix their funds and still comply with the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12083046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12083046\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260508-EXPANSIONCONSEQUENCE-TV-05194-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather Posner (center), executive director of Carquinez Garden School, does arts and crafts with children in the school yard of Carquinez Garden School in Crockett on May 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We need clarity and confidence that we’re doing this the right way,” said El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Ed Manansala, saying schools are afraid of misusing the funds – for example, sharing a music teacher with another district but not dividing their time lawfully. “We have a long history of supporting the arts and we really want to make sure we do this right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manansala and other school officials also say they’re afraid of getting sued if they don’t use the money correctly. That’s what happened to Los Angeles Unified. Beutner sued his former district last year, claiming it cut existing arts funding and backfilled it with Prop. 28 money, which is prohibited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is pending in Los Angeles Superior Court. The district said that its use of Prop. 28 money was legal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We should not be fighting over this’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, the confusion led Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/al-muratsuchi-34399\">Al Muratsuchi\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2440\">write a bill\u003c/a> that would clarify some of the Prop. 28 language – for example, defining what constitutes supplemental arts funding. The legislation so far has had nearly unanimous bipartisan support, but one very vocal opponent: Beutner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beutner said that Muratsuchi’s bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab2440\">Assembly Bill 2440\u003c/a>, essentially guts Prop. 28 by giving schools too much leeway to spend their money. Among his concerns is that districts will not increase arts education at all school sites, but instead cluster it at certain schools or try to pawn off a physical education class, for example, as an arts class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in the arts, and what it can do for students. Some kids only come to school because of the arts,” Beutner said. “We should not be fighting over this. Prop. 28 is very clear” in that it requires schools to add extra arts programs, not replace existing programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12089615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12089615\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_6623_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The majority of students enrolled in the transitional kindergarten program at Kingsley Elementary School come from Spanish-speaking families. Teacher Ana Quintanilla helps them learn basic letters and words. \u003ccite>(Ana Tintocalis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beutner also described the bill as a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for Los Angeles Unified, because he said it would give the district more freedom in how it spends its Prop. 28 money. District spokesperson Christy Hagen said in an email that the district had nothing to do with the bill and hasn’t taken a position on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beutner said he’d like to see Muratsuchi’s legislation tabled until a judge rules on his lawsuit against Los Angeles Unified. Otherwise, spending the funding could become even more confusing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill is currently in the suspense file in the Senate appropriations committee, awaiting approval Thursday. If the committee doesn’t agree to hear it, it’ll likely die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muratsuchi said he’s open to a last-minute compromise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(Beutner) and I share the same goal of Prop. 28 providing arts and music to every child in California regardless of zip code,” said Muratsuchi, a Democrat from Torrance. “We want to make sure the law’s language reflects that. Hopefully I convinced him that I mean well and we have the same objective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Urgent need for clarity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Clarifying the languageis crucial if the law is going to be successful, said Veronica Alvarez, executive director of Create CA, a nonprofit that promotes arts education in California schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Too many school districts are not spending their Prop. 28 money because they’re confused about the guidelines or can’t comply with what they view as overly narrow requirements, Alvarez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want clearer statewide rules, so all kids from Shasta to Bakersfield get high-quality arts education,” Alvarez said. “Hopefully we can move forward on this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The race, which pitted the progressive Wahab against the more moderate Hernandez, drew \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12095020/aisha-wahab-to-file-fec-complaint-over-alleged-election-interference-in-race-for-swalwell-seat\">millions in outside spending\u003c/a> — much of it from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in support of Hernandez. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wahab will become the nation’s first Afghan American member of Congress. The former Hayward council member has represented parts of the East Bay and South Bay in the state Legislature since 2022. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12083964\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-05_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260309-DEAF-DEPORTEE-MD-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Eric Swalwell addresses the press event in Hayward on March 9, 2026. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This victory belongs to the voters who made clear that our district cannot be bought,” Wahab said in a statement. “From foster care to Congress, this journey shows the possibility of the American Dream.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Wahab and Hernandez were already running for a full term in the 14th District when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079800/eric-swalwell-allegations-resign-congress-california-governor-race-who-is-running-primary\">Swalwell resigned from the seat\u003c/a> in April, in the face of multiple allegations of sexual assault that arose during his campaign for governor. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special election for June 16 to fill the seat, and a number of congressional Democrats pushed for candidates to clear the way for a caretaker to claim an outright majority and take office immediately in a divided Congress. Wahab resisted the effort and described it as out of touch with the district. She finished first with 43% of the vote, with Hernandez trailing in second with 17%.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“In just 63 days, we closed a gap from 26,000 to 6,000 votes by sharing our message of lowering housing costs, creating jobs, and supporting strong public safety,” Hernandez said in a statement after Thursday’s results. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The race heated up in the nine weeks between the primary and Tuesday’s runoff. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>AIPAC spent $2.4 million to boost Hernandez through its super PAC, United Democracy Project. That group also contributed over $1.5 million this year to BOLD America, a separate super PAC that has spent over $2 million to help Hernandez.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The spending came after Wahab said in a candidate forum that she believed that Israel’s actions against the Palestinian people constituted a genocide. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Both campaigns head into the general election with reason for optimism. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wahab will be the incumbent and can count on a higher turnout that could allow her to activate younger voters and progressives. AIPAC’s political spending, meanwhile, has become a flashpoint in Democrat vs. Democrat races across the country. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I believe that AIPAC has been nothing but racist and prejudiced in this effort,” Wahab told KQED on election night. “I support our Jewish constituents and really want to serve everybody — human rights is not a zero-sum game.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The November election will take place with slightly different district lines, under changes approved by California voters last year in Proposition 50. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hernandez pointed to the fact that the new 14th District will add more than 26,000 voters in Dublin, where she served as mayor and city council member. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“This district has changed,” Hernandez said in an interview. “Folks know my leadership and what we’ve done in the city of Dublin.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Turnout in Tuesday’s primary sits at just 23%, with an unknown number of ballots left to count. 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"content": "\u003cp>The San José City Council this week signaled support for big shifts in single-family home neighborhoods Tuesday that could eventually allow for much denser housing in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078615/how-skyrocketing-housing-costs-and-policy-choices-reshaped-the-bay-area\">large swaths of the city\u003c/a> that have long been shielded from major change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The council voted 8-3 Tuesday to have city staff craft zoning changes that, if finalized late next year, could help encourage more apartment buildings, triplexes and fourplexes in San José’s low-density single-family neighborhoods. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The outcome of the changes supported by the council could boost the city’s residential neighborhood density from its current 8 units of housing per acre to as high as 32 units of housing per acre, among a series of other proposed zoning changes in other areas of the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The vote came after several hours of debate, discussion and public comment, with well over 100 people sharing their thoughts, including many residents who were staunchly opposed to the changes, which they said will “destroy” whole neighborhoods. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Single-family neighborhoods currently make up about 85% of San José’s total residential area. Councilmembers in support of the changes and planning officials said building more and different types of homes in those areas will be necessary to ensure the city can meet ambitious housing goals set by the state. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12063652\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/250512-DAY-WITHOUT-CHILDCARE-MD-06_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">San José City Councilmember Pamela Campos speaks the the Day Without Childcare rally in front of the Federal Building in San José on May 12, 2025. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have not built enough housing for decades,” said councilmember Pamela Campos, whose district encompasses southern parts of the city. “Costs have increased so much that most of the housing in San José is not affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Councilmembers George Casey, Domingo Candelas and Bien Doan voted against the proposed changes, citing concerns that the revamped densities across the city were not thoughtful enough. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Candelas, who represents the Evergreen area and a large swath of East San José, said he was not opposed to more housing in the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s opposition to what appears to be careless housing policy and the unintended consequences that may create,” he said. “I think we deserve a thoughtful approach that respects the differences between our neighborhoods, and recognizes that once density rights are granted…we can’t take it back.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City planners and leaders have been eyeing ways to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074738/housing-advocates-call-this-big-plot-of-san-jose-land-the-most-important-in-a-century\">foster more housing\u003c/a> overall to help comply with stringent state oversight of housing production, and to bring in more “missing-middle” housing, aimed at lowering the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11966342/how-the-bay-areas-biggest-city-wants-to-overcome-its-sprawl\">sky-high cost of homeownership\u003c/a> for people earning middle incomes. The median home sale price in Santa Clara County is about $2 million, and residents need an income of nearly $500,000 to purchase one, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.car.org/aboutus/mediacenter/newsreleases/2026releases/1qtr2026hai\">California Association of Realtors\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have to strike a balance between allowing the city to change and evolve so that it can create space for our kids and grandkids on the one hand, and really thinking holistically about the built environment and things like access to transit and the walkability of community-serving amenities,” Mayor Matt Mahan said in an interview. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The proposed changes approved by council will be brought back for review by the Planning Commission and City Council around December 2027, according to city staff reports, so single-family neighborhoods are unlikely to transform anytime soon. Anyone seeking to build denser housing would also have to contend with high construction costs, which have for years affected the pace of residential development in the city. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The changes are supported by several pro-housing organizations and city leaders, but have sparked significant concern for some residents and longtime advocates of protecting established neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The reality is San José has always built the lion’s share of housing, and it shouldn’t alter single-family home neighborhoods across the city permanently,” Pierluigi Oliverio, a city planning commissioner and former councilmember, said in an interview. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The changes are radical. They would impact any city block in a city. Immediately, an entire block could change just by one house being converted to 16 units with no parking,” he said. “Most people would think that’s completely outrageous.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another planning commissioner, Michael Young, spoke to the council as a resident on Tuesday in support of more density. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12075969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pedestrians walk past City Hall in San José, California, on Aug. 1, 2023. (Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I feel as a resident in a single-family neighborhood, I need to give back and the best way I can give back is to be open to some changes,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Elva Wilson said she is worried about unintended consequences. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Aggressively and dramatically increasing unmandated levels of density will have greater negative impacts in lower-income East San José,” she told the council. “We know it will be a fresh tool for predatory landlords to exploit vulnerable tenants by cramming even more renters into tiny cramped spaces to house people like cattle.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The changes supported by the council would alter the city’s baseline standards for such neighborhoods, which officials say would create uniformity, simplicity and equity for homeowners or developers looking to change a housing plot, and allow the city to guide some development standards and consider individual neighborhood needs. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Under a patchwork of hundreds of state housing laws that have gone into effect over the past several years, such as SB 9, most single-family residential parcels in the city can already be legally altered to allow anywhere from two to 10 units, or possibly more, depending on the size of the lot and its location relevant to transit. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“And that I think is something that the community is not necessarily aware of,” Mahan said. “The question is, do we simply allow developers to buy properties and initiate redevelopment under SB 9 up to four units to the parcel today, or do we impose some local control and put more shape around what gets built?”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Lynn Repetsky, a resident who spoke during the meeting, said the council should have rejected the changes because the state laws have already opened the door for enough housing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“As we implement these missing-middle guidelines, we need to evaluate their impact on parking, traffic and tree canopy and the use of services before we jump into more dramatic changes,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The council supported a memo from Mahan and four other councilmembers that asked city staff to evaluate a range of potential density increases for the council to consider in the future, and to ensure there are minimum amounts of parking required in areas of the city with low access to transit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We can encourage the creation of new homeownership housing, such as row homes, with parking,” the memo said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>However, Chris Burton, the city’s planning director, said during the meeting that density levels at 16 units per acre would likely not be enough to meet the needs the city has committed to under state guidance. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In dozens of emails from opposed residents to city leaders, the loss of character, parking space and the city’s tree canopy were raised as concerns, as well as doubts about whether newly built homes would be affordable. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20230801-SJCityHall-15-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12044177\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20230801-SJCityHall-15-JY_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20230801-SJCityHall-15-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20230801-SJCityHall-15-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pedestrians walk past City Hall in San José, California, on Aug. 1, 2023. 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The median home sale price in Santa Clara County is about $2 million, and residents need an income of nearly $500,000 to purchase one, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.car.org/aboutus/mediacenter/newsreleases/2026releases/1qtr2026hai\">California Association of Realtors\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have to strike a balance between allowing the city to change and evolve so that it can create space for our kids and grandkids on the one hand, and really thinking holistically about the built environment and things like access to transit and the walkability of community-serving amenities,” Mayor Matt Mahan said in an interview. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The proposed changes approved by council will be brought back for review by the Planning Commission and City Council around December 2027, according to city staff reports, so single-family neighborhoods are unlikely to transform anytime soon. 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