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Families & Homes SJ.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030416\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Irene Smith, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Chair, San José Planning Commission\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: Former Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager, Santa Clara County Democratic Party, South Bay YIMBY.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-1920x1236.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Anthony Tordillos, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tyrone Wade \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Retired family counselor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: N/A\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Positions on key issues \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San José faces a modest budget shortfall of $45.7 million in the upcoming fiscal year and deficits in future years. What is your plan to balance the city budget for the long haul? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>supports the conversion of office buildings to apartments to bring more people downtown. “Once you make a destination desirable to visitors and really center that experience, it makes for a better quality of life for those that live here,” Chavez-Lopez said. “Because people who live here want to come downstairs out of their condos or their apartments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dolan \u003c/strong>faulted the city for “giving essential services away.” He questioned how San José is “going to be able to take care of the homeless when we have to close that gap,” adding, “I don’t think government should be there to give essential services away unless it’s a time of need and a time of war or there’s an economic depression.”[aside postID=news_12026772 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS67526_20230801-SJCityHall-01-JYKQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003cstrong>Duran \u003c/strong>pointed to his experience managing large teams of sergeants and deputies in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. “That was a lot of money to be managing because a lieutenant really is a manager position,” he said. Looking at the city budget, Duran said, “Before we get to cuts, let’s get more revenue,” which he believes will come if the city focuses police enforcement downtown and cuts business regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quevedo \u003c/strong>said long-term fiscal health will come by focusing spending on a few core issues: building interim housing for people experiencing homelessness, hiring police officers, funding housing construction and suspending taxes for small businesses for the first three years of the business. “Anything else, we have to really have an open and honest conversation on whether or not the city can provide those services,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smith \u003c/strong>touted her experience as a financial analyst with IBM and proposed implementing zero-based budgeting for one city department each year, requiring all expenses to be reapproved rather than using the previous budget as a baseline. Right now, she argued, “We don’t have that feedback loop that tells us what’s being successful and what’s not being successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tordillos \u003c/strong>called for more housing development to bolster the city’s property tax base. And he supported exploring changes to the city’s businesses tax to potentially bring in more dollars from the largest companies. “San José’s business tax is much more regressive than what we see in some other cities throughout the Bay Area,” Tordillos said. “And it brings in a lot less revenue than other cities in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wade \u003c/strong>said the council should “revisit the budget and examine how we’re spending all that and make sure that we’re not doing anything wasteful.” He called for an initiative to encourage small businesses downtown to hire recent graduates from San José State University. “Have them work with the small business mom-and-pop businesses to increase their revenue and their marketing so that they can get past the first five years of development or incorporation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> District 3 voters attend a District 3 City Council candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San José Mayor Matt Mahan has proposed \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">\u003cstrong>permanently shifting Measure E tax dollars\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> to fund interim housing and shelter instead of permanent housing. Do you agree with his plan? How would you spend city dollars to reduce homelessness? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>opposed Mahan’s plan and said “permanent supportive [housing] should be prioritized” in city spending. Chavez-Lopez recalled her experience campaigning for the Measure E real estate transfer tax in 2020. “We were telling [voters] that it was for permanent supportive housing and prevention,” she said. “So, for me, in a time when trust is at an all-time low, why are we going back on that commitment to voters?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dolan \u003c/strong>criticized spending on both interim and permanent housing and said his focus would be on prioritizing city dollars for families with children who are experiencing homelessness.“If you’re a single man, you’re kind of out of luck. You need to go get a job. If it’s drugs, you need to really pick yourself up. We can’t take care of everybody,” he said.[aside postID=news_12029843 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240620-AffordableHousingPresser-10-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003cstrong>Duran \u003c/strong>said his top priority for city dollars would be to open mental health and drug treatment facilities, in coordination with the state and county government, instead of providing housing first. “Providing a home for them while leaving them in their addiction to me is the opposite of compassion,” Duran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quevedo \u003c/strong>supported Mahan’s plan and said, “Interim [housing] should definitely be the priority.” He also voiced support for rental assistance to keep people from entering homelessness. “But let’s make sure that for the population that exists on the streets right now, that we’re building the housing that they need and providing the services to help them get off the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smith \u003c/strong>supported Mahan’s plan and said proponents of affordable housing “haven’t been able to build big enough or fast enough. So we have to have interim solutions for folks who are living on the streets and living in tents.” Smith diverged from Mahan in her preference for spending on large congregate shelters instead of tiny homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tordillos \u003c/strong>opposed Mahan’s plan to permanently shift the Measure E dollars toward interim housing because it would “ignore the will of the voters who impose this tax on themselves.” He supported increased funding for interim housing in the short term but said, “Over time, we need to make sure that we’re getting back to a balanced allocation of Measure E dollars between both shelter spending as well as affordable housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wade \u003c/strong>said his experience working in homeless shelters for San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Urban Ministries taught him that city spending should be tailored to the specific needs of each unhoused person, which could be counseling, treatment or job training. “It’s not a question of homes or temporary housing,” Wade added. “It’s an experience that has to be followed and coached until someone is stable enough to maintain their own lifestyle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will you do to restore trust in city government and strengthen communication \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014643/omar-torres-resigns-from-san-jose-city-council-is-arrested\">\u003cstrong>with District 3 residents after the Torres scandal\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>pointed to the fact she hasn’t run for office or served in government. “It is a real plus because I have been serving in the community and really establishing deep-rooted relationships here.” She referred to herself as “a community organizer at heart” who “will continue to make sure that residents are informed that they have all the information available to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dolan \u003c/strong>supported creating an easily accessible online directory that could store information about city departments, making it easier for residents to find where to report specific issues. “So a person … can get on there and say, ‘Bumpers in the street,’ and the search will take you to the [department] and why they’re putting these little bumpers in the street. I want everything to be so transparent.”[aside postID=news_12014643 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241016-OMAR-TORRES-GH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003cstrong>Duran \u003c/strong>said “the bruise to the community” from the Torres scandal was deep. He cited his work in the county jail as evidence of his commitment to public service. “I was always that guy trying to serve, even inside behind the walls … so this is all part of my journey in helping people and serving my community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quevedo \u003c/strong>said that trust will be built if residents receive high-quality services. “I think long before even the [Torres] incident that occurred, there has been an erosion of trust in providing services,” he said. He said the council’s decision to fill the seat through a special election rather than a longer-term appointment will make residents feel that their voice is being heard at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smith\u003c/strong> called for more opportunities for public feedback on development and criticized the city’s recent elimination of public hearings for housing in already-developed areas, known as infill development. “Where does infill go? That goes into D3,” Smith said. “So they’ve completely eliminated our voice on public infill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tordillos \u003c/strong>said he would gain voter trust through his decision not to accept campaign donations from corporations or lobbyists. “Some folks in our community feel like special interests often have more of a voice at City Hall than actual residents and community members,” Tordillos said. “So I’m running and rejecting corporate money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wade \u003c/strong>proposed developing an advisory board of residents and groups, including “community activists, community leaders, churches, schools [and] nonprofits” that would propose ideas to inform his work. “The community has a better feel for what they want and need to be done, and they can direct those services,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>How to vote? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Election officials are mailing ballots to registered voters in District 3, which also includes the Washington-Guadalupe, Naglee Park and Northside communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ballots can be returned at drop boxes at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters’ office, San José City Hall, Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch Library, Joyce Ellington Branch Library, East San José Carnegie Library and the Santa Clara County Civic Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>In-person voting\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For voters who prefer to cast in-person ballots, the county is opening two voting locations on March 29. The location will be open daily from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. through April 7 and from 7 a.m.–8 p.m. on election day, April 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Joyce Ellington Branch Library Community Room\u003c/strong>, 491 East Empire St., San José.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Olinder Community Center Community Room\u003c/strong>, 848 East William St., San José.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>A third voting location will open on April 5. The location will be open daily from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. April 5–7 and from 7 a.m.–8 p.m. on April 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Center for Employment Training Banquet Room\u003c/strong>, 701 Vine St., San José.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Dave Cortese, South Bay Labor Council, Santa Clara County Democratic Party\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030412\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030412\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1348\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED-800x539.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED-1536x1035.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-2-KQED-1920x1294.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Gabby Chavez-Lopez, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Philip Dolan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Knife sharpener salesman\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: N/A\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030414\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030414\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Philip Dolan, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adam Duran \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Retired lieutenant, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Ken Binder, former Santa Clara County Department of Corrections Deputy Director Bob Conroy, former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Kevin Jensen.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030415\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030415\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-5-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Adam Duran, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matthew Quevedo\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Deputy Chief of Staff, San José Mayor’s Office\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: San José Mayor Matt Mahan, Rep. Sam Liccardo, former San José Mayor Tom McEnery.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030418\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030418\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-13-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Matthew Quevedo, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Irene Smith \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Financial analyst\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility. Families & Homes SJ.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030416\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030416\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-8-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Irene Smith, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Tordillos\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Chair, San José Planning Commission\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: Former Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager, Santa Clara County Democratic Party, South Bay YIMBY.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1288\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-800x515.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-1020x657.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-160x103.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-1536x989.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-10-KQED-1920x1236.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> City Council District 3 candidate, Anthony Tordillos, speaks at a candidates forum at the San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Woman’s Club in San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tyrone Wade \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Retired family counselor\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Key Supporters: N/A\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Positions on key issues \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San José faces a modest budget shortfall of $45.7 million in the upcoming fiscal year and deficits in future years. What is your plan to balance the city budget for the long haul? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>supports the conversion of office buildings to apartments to bring more people downtown. “Once you make a destination desirable to visitors and really center that experience, it makes for a better quality of life for those that live here,” Chavez-Lopez said. “Because people who live here want to come downstairs out of their condos or their apartments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dolan \u003c/strong>faulted the city for “giving essential services away.” He questioned how San José is “going to be able to take care of the homeless when we have to close that gap,” adding, “I don’t think government should be there to give essential services away unless it’s a time of need and a time of war or there’s an economic depression.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Duran \u003c/strong>pointed to his experience managing large teams of sergeants and deputies in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. “That was a lot of money to be managing because a lieutenant really is a manager position,” he said. Looking at the city budget, Duran said, “Before we get to cuts, let’s get more revenue,” which he believes will come if the city focuses police enforcement downtown and cuts business regulation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quevedo \u003c/strong>said long-term fiscal health will come by focusing spending on a few core issues: building interim housing for people experiencing homelessness, hiring police officers, funding housing construction and suspending taxes for small businesses for the first three years of the business. “Anything else, we have to really have an open and honest conversation on whether or not the city can provide those services,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smith \u003c/strong>touted her experience as a financial analyst with IBM and proposed implementing zero-based budgeting for one city department each year, requiring all expenses to be reapproved rather than using the previous budget as a baseline. Right now, she argued, “We don’t have that feedback loop that tells us what’s being successful and what’s not being successful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tordillos \u003c/strong>called for more housing development to bolster the city’s property tax base. And he supported exploring changes to the city’s businesses tax to potentially bring in more dollars from the largest companies. “San José’s business tax is much more regressive than what we see in some other cities throughout the Bay Area,” Tordillos said. “And it brings in a lot less revenue than other cities in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wade \u003c/strong>said the council should “revisit the budget and examine how we’re spending all that and make sure that we’re not doing anything wasteful.” He called for an initiative to encourage small businesses downtown to hire recent graduates from San José State University. “Have them work with the small business mom-and-pop businesses to increase their revenue and their marketing so that they can get past the first five years of development or incorporation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030419\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12030419\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250306_SANJOSEDISTRICT3_GC-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> District 3 voters attend a District 3 City Council candidates forum at the San José Women’s Club in San José on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San José Mayor Matt Mahan has proposed \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">\u003cstrong>permanently shifting Measure E tax dollars\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> to fund interim housing and shelter instead of permanent housing. Do you agree with his plan? How would you spend city dollars to reduce homelessness? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>opposed Mahan’s plan and said “permanent supportive [housing] should be prioritized” in city spending. Chavez-Lopez recalled her experience campaigning for the Measure E real estate transfer tax in 2020. “We were telling [voters] that it was for permanent supportive housing and prevention,” she said. “So, for me, in a time when trust is at an all-time low, why are we going back on that commitment to voters?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dolan \u003c/strong>criticized spending on both interim and permanent housing and said his focus would be on prioritizing city dollars for families with children who are experiencing homelessness.“If you’re a single man, you’re kind of out of luck. You need to go get a job. If it’s drugs, you need to really pick yourself up. We can’t take care of everybody,” he said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Duran \u003c/strong>said his top priority for city dollars would be to open mental health and drug treatment facilities, in coordination with the state and county government, instead of providing housing first. “Providing a home for them while leaving them in their addiction to me is the opposite of compassion,” Duran said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Quevedo \u003c/strong>supported Mahan’s plan and said, “Interim [housing] should definitely be the priority.” He also voiced support for rental assistance to keep people from entering homelessness. “But let’s make sure that for the population that exists on the streets right now, that we’re building the housing that they need and providing the services to help them get off the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Smith \u003c/strong>supported Mahan’s plan and said proponents of affordable housing “haven’t been able to build big enough or fast enough. So we have to have interim solutions for folks who are living on the streets and living in tents.” Smith diverged from Mahan in her preference for spending on large congregate shelters instead of tiny homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tordillos \u003c/strong>opposed Mahan’s plan to permanently shift the Measure E dollars toward interim housing because it would “ignore the will of the voters who impose this tax on themselves.” He supported increased funding for interim housing in the short term but said, “Over time, we need to make sure that we’re getting back to a balanced allocation of Measure E dollars between both shelter spending as well as affordable housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wade \u003c/strong>said his experience working in homeless shelters for San Jos\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">é\u003c/span> Urban Ministries taught him that city spending should be tailored to the specific needs of each unhoused person, which could be counseling, treatment or job training. “It’s not a question of homes or temporary housing,” Wade added. “It’s an experience that has to be followed and coached until someone is stable enough to maintain their own lifestyle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What will you do to restore trust in city government and strengthen communication \u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014643/omar-torres-resigns-from-san-jose-city-council-is-arrested\">\u003cstrong>with District 3 residents after the Torres scandal\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Chavez-Lopez \u003c/strong>pointed to the fact she hasn’t run for office or served in government. “It is a real plus because I have been serving in the community and really establishing deep-rooted relationships here.” She referred to herself as “a community organizer at heart” who “will continue to make sure that residents are informed that they have all the information available to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dolan \u003c/strong>supported creating an easily accessible online directory that could store information about city departments, making it easier for residents to find where to report specific issues. “So a person … can get on there and say, ‘Bumpers in the street,’ and the search will take you to the [department] and why they’re putting these little bumpers in the street. I want everything to be so transparent.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Both locations have had more people selling and using drugs as police \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026575/a-new-triage-center-opened-in-san-francisco-but-questions-remain\">cracked down on the Tenderloin\u003c/a>, raising criticism from some residents and elected officials that the issue was merely being shuffled from one area to another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott acknowledged the shifting nature of the issue but said the SFPD’s plan is to be consistent in arrests from neighborhood to neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our strategy is to go where the problem is and try to prevent the problem from becoming a bigger problem,” he said at a Thursday evening public safety town hall meeting. “We cannot allow what happened in the Tenderloin to happen anywhere else in the city, where we had 20, 30, 40 drug dealers on multiple corners just having their way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The comments come over a week after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028996/san-francisco-police-arrest-84-people-in-overnight-drug-market-raid-at-city-park\">84 people were arrested\u003c/a> in the raid at Jefferson Square Park in the Western Addition. 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Supervisor Jackie Fielder said this week that she plans to call a hearing at next week’s Board of Supervisors meeting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029456/supervisors-probe-san-franciscos-crackdown-outdoor-drug-use-dealing\">to reassess the city’s approach\u003c/a>. She is urging the use of Zurich’s “Four Pillars Strategy,” which makes use of law enforcement, drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People have been displaced because of enforcement actions around the city to the Mission. And [residents] want to see people get help and connected to treatment. They want to see the end of public drug use,” Fielder told KQED. “That’s why I’m calling for this hearing because we can’t take a neighborhood-by-neighborhood approach. That’s exactly how we got here. 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It hinges on deals with the city of Oakland and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-as\">Oakland A’s\u003c/a> for their respective 50% stakes in the 155-acre property the baseball team vacated last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray Bobbitt, AASEG’s managing partner, has said the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003025/east-oakland-students-share-bold-vision-for-coliseum-revamp-with-new-owners\">group plans to reimagine the parcel\u003c/a> to bring jobs, housing and entertainment to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/east-oakland\">East Oakland\u003c/a>, an area that’s been neglected for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12006776\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12006776\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/240926-LAST-AS-HOME-GAME-MD-09KQED-5-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Coliseum after the final Oakland A’s game on Sept. 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11997946/oakland-reaches-deal-on-105-million-coliseum-sale-to-stave-off-budget-cuts\">signed a deal\u003c/a> with the group in July after relying on the $100 million windfall from the real estate transaction to balance its fragile budget. 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The city has been able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029499/oakland-halts-plan-close-4-fire-stations-amid-budget-crisis\">reduce its massive funding shortfall\u003c/a> through cuts to police overtime spending and increased parking enforcement revenue, but it is still struggling to patch a $89 million hole by the end of the fiscal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=arts_13970567 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/GettyImages-51549727.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, Alameda County supervisors gave staff a term sheet and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022106/alameda-county-moves-closer-to-oakland-coliseum-sale-final-vote-expected-in-30-days\">30-day deadline\u003c/a> to finalize the AASEG deal. 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That came and went, we got some extra time, but we really feel like we want to try to come out of this with a definitive timeline today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said of about nine items on the term sheet, there were “a few open items” that still needed to be resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are waiting on two documents from OAC [Oakland Athletic Club] and AASEG to finish negotiations that include the quit claim deed and a release related to litigation,” Kimberly Gasaway, director of Alameda County’s general services agency, said during Thursday’s meeting. “We expect to receive these tomorrow at our next negotiation meeting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday will be a big day for the county — arguably bigger for the city of Oakland — if AASEG can get through one of the final hurdles to becoming the new owners of the historic site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reason why we’ve been so steadfast and so committed and had so much perseverance and commitment is because we love Oakland, and we’re from Oakland,” Bobbitt told KQED. “We’re really excited on being part of the resurgence of Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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She later lost her husband, journalist and youth advocate \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Kevin-Weston-journalist-who-gave-voice-to-5571320.php\">Kevin Weston\u003c/a>, to cancer. She said the challenges have helped her understand the crucial role safety net programs play in keeping working-class people from falling through “what we know are huge cracks in society” — the very safeguard Republicans are trying to destroy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve gotten rich off of cutting corners and cheating workers and squeezing our communities for their own tax breaks,” she said. “Now they’re pulling the same scam on a higher level, on a bigger level. 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She praised Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting Trump’s speech on Tuesday, which led to the 77-year-old congressman being removed from the chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so proud of Rep. Green because he chanted down the lies of a president who is trying to take Medicaid and Medicare from our sick, from our disabled and from our elderly,” she said. “I was so proud that he called a spade a spade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon added that she is open to working with Republicans on meaningful legislation, but said that doing so may prove challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I plan to do as much as I can with my colleagues across the aisle. But there’s also an emerging group of folks who are very outright with their racism and their misogyny and their unwillingness to work with their Democratic colleagues,” she said, referring to MAGA loyalists in Congress. “It is shocking. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>About halfway through \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump’s\u003c/a> contentious address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/lateefah-simon\">Lateefah Simon\u003c/a> decided she’d heard enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did decide to attend because my job as a new member of Congress is to deeply understand the institution,” the freshman Democratic representative from Oakland told KQED. “But you know, I was in there for about 45 minutes and there was only so much hatred that I could hear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s speech was a stew of lies and vitriol, a slap in the face to America’s working class, said Simon, who was among a group of progressive lawmakers who \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/03/05/bay-area-rep-lateefah-simon-walks-out-of-trump-address-delivers-rebuttal/\">walked out of the chamber\u003c/a> in protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The making fun of African countries … and transgender people, the assertion that the administration is not going to gut Social Security when they basically said that they were,” she said. “And at a certain point, you know, we can only be hoodwinked so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“What I did do in that prebuttal was give a vision that I think that we can all come around on,” she said. “We need health care when we need it. Our schools should be great schools. We need to have clean air and clean water. That’s not radical thinking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon’s rise comes amid plenty of Democratic handwringing and finger-pointing following last year’s punishing election as the party scrambles to get back on its feet and oppose the Trump agenda, said Corey Cook, a politics professor at St. Mary’s College of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as the representative of a very liberal district, Simon is well suited to be a strong voice of that resistance, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m interested to see how her career evolves over time,” Cook said. “How does she build her own voice representing a progressive district at a time when clearly Democrats are just struggling to figure out how to adapt to this administration?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon said she sees herself in the “lineage” of generations of Black lawmakers who have protested outside the Capitol and on the floor of Congress in their fight for justice. She praised Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting Trump’s speech on Tuesday, which led to the 77-year-old congressman being removed from the chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so proud of Rep. Green because he chanted down the lies of a president who is trying to take Medicaid and Medicare from our sick, from our disabled and from our elderly,” she said. “I was so proud that he called a spade a spade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon added that she is open to working with Republicans on meaningful legislation, but said that doing so may prove challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I plan to do as much as I can with my colleagues across the aisle. But there’s also an emerging group of folks who are very outright with their racism and their misogyny and their unwillingness to work with their Democratic colleagues,” she said, referring to MAGA loyalists in Congress. “It is shocking. I have not ever in my life seen this kind of hate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do find it hard to work with folks who don’t see me as human,” she added. “That said, my job is my job, and I’m gonna keep moving.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, March 11:\u003c/strong> On Monday, U.S. District Judge Myong J. Joun granted a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/41%20Order%20Granting%20TRO%20_%203.10.2025.pdf\">14-day temporary restraining order (PDF)\u003c/a> blocking the Trump administration from terminating the TQP and SEED grants in California and the other plaintiff states while the states seek a preliminary injunction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s decision is a crucial early victory to ensure these grant dollars continue to flow and our kids get the passionate, qualified, good teachers they deserve,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, March 6: \u003c/strong>California is suing the U.S. Department of Education over the termination of $600 million in grants used to train teachers and education nonprofits nationwide, Attorney General \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/rob-bonta\">Rob Bonta\u003c/a> announced Thursday amid reports about President Trump’s efforts to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65178/what-does-the-us-department-of-education-do-some-facts-about-its-role-in-schools\">unfurl the department\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta and seven other state attorneys general are asking the District Court in Massachusetts to immediately halt the funding cuts and ensure that money already approved by Congress continues flowing to teacher training programs, including at eight \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-state-university\">California State\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/university-of-california\">University of California\u003c/a> campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are grants that our state is counting on to train and prepare qualified educators,” Bonta said during a press conference on Thursday. “Funds that are critical to addressing our state and nation’s teacher shortage crisis. Funds that are critical to getting teachers into rural schools, into urban schools, and into hard-to-fill positions. … Funds that improve the quality of education for our children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bonta said the Trump administration canceled Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) and Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grants, which fund residency programs to train K–12 teachers in difficult-to-staff specialties and areas. The suit said the terminations have effectively eliminated the two programs, which are sorely needed as the country faces a teacher shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit alleges that the Education Department unlawfully terminated the grants without due process or a “transparent, internally consistent and reasonable explanation” and that it didn’t consider the impact that the cuts would have on teacher shortages, training programs and students. It follows another suit \u003ca href=\"https://www.k12dive.com/news/education-department-sued-cuts-teacher-training-grants/741560/\">seeking to overturn the terminations\u003c/a> filed Monday by three education nonprofits in the U.S District Court of Maryland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12025582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12025582\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/gettyimages-1298372564-scaled-e1741300214483.jpeg\" alt=\"A large gray building with the words 'U.S. Department of Education' on the front.'\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1391\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Robert Knopes/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A Department of Education spokesperson told KQED the department does not comment on pending litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The eight states — California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin — would lose at least $250 million in grant funding, according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s terminated grants across universities and nonprofits total about $148 million. CSU and UC campuses awarded eight grants totaling about $56 million received termination letters in early February, according to the lawsuit. All of the letters included repetitive and “boilerplate” language related to diversity, equity and inclusion and “waste, fraud and abuse,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the funds have already been used, he said, and about $8 million is earmarked for programs between now and September to ensure that early-career teachers are prepared to enter the classroom next fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029887 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The universities would have to look to layoffs, reduced hours for university staff and reduced or eliminated support and funding for aspiring teachers” without the money, Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Innovative Support and Preparation of Inclusive and Resilient Educators program was supposed to receive a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the Department of Education. The money would help the campus provide living-wage stipends for training teachers in its program who agree to three-year jobs in 32 high-need schools in the surrounding Central Coast area, focusing on K–12 bilingual and special education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other multimillion-dollar grants would have funded programs at Cal State Los Angeles and Chico State that target these specialties, along with hard-to-staff subjects like math and science, and encourage teachers to work in their home communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sadly, the people Trump’s hurting most of all [are] kids in rural areas, kids in urban areas, kids in high-poverty communities and high-need schools, kids who need and deserve extra support and additional resources,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shireen Pavri, the CSU’s assistant vice chancellor for educator and leadership programs, said 1 in 25 teachers across the country studies at a CSU, including 50% of California teachers. Ahead of the 2024–25 school year, California had about 25,000 teaching position vacancies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024922\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Anna Monkeymaker/Getty)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These grants have greatly assisted our CSU campuses in recruiting teacher candidates, in funding their schooling, and in graduating highly prepared teachers to serve all young people in the state, especially in areas of particular teacher shortage,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit comes as multiple news outlets report that the Trump administration is gearing up to issue an executive order that would direct Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take steps to dismantle the agency — a part of Project 2025. Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998288/what-is-project-2025-donald-trump-heritage-foundation-director-steps-down\">attempted to distance himself\u003c/a> from the controversial Heritage Foundation playbook during his campaign, but he has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12028324/trumps-health-care-plans-are-straight-out-of-the-project-2025-blueprint\">followed it closely\u003c/a> in many of the policies he’s implemented since taking office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media on Wednesday that no executive order related to the Education Department was expected Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, fears are swirling around public schools across the country, as Trump has made repeated threats to school districts that support DEI initiatives and LGBTQ-identifying students, doubling down in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Many are also already dealing with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027158/how-oakland-and-sf-ended-up-among-7-ca-school-districts-who-cant-pay-their-bills\">budget crises\u003c/a> and staffing shortages as COVID-19 relief funds sunset and burnt-out teachers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/61179/teacher-turnover-hits-new-highs-across-the-u-s\">leave the field\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, Superintendent Maria Su said the school district would continue to support vulnerable student populations with the help of City Attorney David Chiu and other city partners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are fighting back, we are stating that the federal government does not have the ability to say what our values are In San Francisco,” Su told KQED in February. “We believe firmly that all students have the right to an education, regardless of how they identify themselves, how they want to show up in the classrooms, and we also firmly believe that all of our teachers have the right to identify how they choose to be and teach history, teach real history for our students. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 12:36 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brightly colored Catrina and Lupita dolls, a mariachi band of skeleton figurines, and clay and wood calaveras and corazóns crowd the shelves at Luz de Luna on 24th Street in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Mission District gift shop’s ceiling-length window displays are bursting with goodies for holidays, birthdays and special occasions — items that owner Denise Gonzales said many locals cherish but might not be able to afford if costs increase under \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909121/trump-addresses-congress-after-imposing-sweeping-tariffs-halting-ukrainian-aid\">President Trump’s newly announced federal tariffs\u003c/a>. More than two-thirds of the store’s inventory is handmade and imported from Mexico, according to Gonzales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The items that we sell are not a necessity, they are not like bread and butter,” Gonzales told KQED. “This is a luxury or something that we buy once in a while, so if the prices are going to go up, people won’t be able to afford us anymore, [and] that makes me nervous.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Trump announced a new 25% tariff on imports from Mexico on Monday, she worried that she would have to raise prices on the woven falsa blankets, fabrics from San Miguel, little girls’ dresses and traditional blouses, and Día de los Muertos artwork that customers rely on her shop for. Then on Thursday, Trump reversed course and suspended the tariffs. Most goods imported from Mexico, including those Gonzales carries, will get \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/trump-presidency-updates-3-6-2025\">a month-long exemption\u003c/a> — compounding the uncertainty for many businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether customers will be able to weather higher prices if Trump does instate a tariff in April is a question Gonzales has been asking herself a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12030084 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolls for sale at Luz de Luna, a gift store on 24th Street in San Francisco, on March 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have clients that work in restaurants, and they have to [wear] a Mexican shirt,” Gonzales said. “They used to pay $40, are they going to pay $60? Can they afford that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tariffs are \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/5-things-to-know-about-tariffs-and-how-they-work\">paid by the importer\u003c/a> bringing the goods into the U.S., not the country of origin, despite Trump’s assertions otherwise. Those higher costs are typically passed on to the consumer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzales is still navigating how, and when, she should adjust prices. Since she hadn’t placed any orders since the tariff was announced earlier this week, she didn’t want to raise costs preemptively or risk losing sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want items to keep selling,” she said. “I don’t want to just wait and add 25% because I haven’t paid that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she knows that in the coming weeks, she’ll have to do so if the tariffs take effect since continuing to stock the store with authentic items is a priority that will cost her more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12029904 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denise Gonzales, owner of Luz de Luna, a gift store on 24th Street, poses for a photo at the entrance of the store in San Francisco on March 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Everything is handcrafted and made in Mexico and is work by the people. They live out of that money that they create,” she told KQED. “Too many times I see things on the internet, I see things much cheaper in other shops, but they are made somewhere else. They are not authentic, they are just copies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karla Dubon Castillo, who owns Tienda de Unica down the street, said many of her customers come to get canned goods, vitamins and supplements from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you buy these things, it feels [like] you’re connected to home, to your family, to what you left behind,” she told KQED in Spanish. Tienda de Unica, which translates to Unique Store, carries items from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. “It’s what allows you to live and feel like you are not so far away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also worried about raising prices. Castillo said that since Trump took office, her store has already been quieter. She believes some community members are staying home, worried about increased \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029195/border-patrol-slashed-tires-dragged-people-from-cars-bakersfield-raids-aclu-says\">immigration enforcement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t sell as we used to sell. It’s slower, and the sales are very low, and that worries us because we have to pay bills,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12029903 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Products for sale at Luz de Luna, a gift store on 24th Street in San Francisco, on March 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After a month-long delay following widespread pushback from Democrats and economic leaders, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-proceeds-with-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-and-mexico/\">levied new 25% tariffs\u003c/a> on goods imported from Mexico and Canada under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on Monday, saying that the flow of fentanyl and other drugs from the countries “is a national emergency and public health crisis.” The administration also imposed a 20% tariff on goods imported from China and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, he signed executive orders on Thursday to give both Canada and Mexico a temporary exemption for goods that are traded under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which he signed during his first term to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement and covers most imports. The pause will last until April 2; Canada and Mexico can avoid the tariffs longer if they show they have made more progress curbing fentanyl trafficking, a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call ahead of the signing, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The back-and-forth about where tariffs stand has been confusing for business owners like Arturo Felix, who manages Casa Lucas Market in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029905\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fruit for sale at Casa Lucas Market on 24th Street in San Francisco on March 5, 2025. President Trump recently implemented a 25% additional tariff on products imported from Mexico. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Today, I did talk to a couple of shippers, and they did start quoting me higher prices,” he said. “I didn’t even think about that, but right now I’m going back to it — I talked to these guys early in the morning — and they all did quote me like a few more dollars. It probably did hit. But this is like brand new stuff, so it’s all green, and it’s not ready to use yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. 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You’d be surprised how much stuff comes from there and Canada, too,” Felix said. “Hopefully, everything gets settled up, and we can just work together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">\u003cem>Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Trump announced a new 25% tariff on imports from Mexico on Monday, she worried that she would have to raise prices on the woven falsa blankets, fabrics from San Miguel, little girls’ dresses and traditional blouses, and Día de los Muertos artwork that customers rely on her shop for. Then on Thursday, Trump reversed course and suspended the tariffs. Most goods imported from Mexico, including those Gonzales carries, will get \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/live/trump-presidency-updates-3-6-2025\">a month-long exemption\u003c/a> — compounding the uncertainty for many businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether customers will be able to weather higher prices if Trump does instate a tariff in April is a question Gonzales has been asking herself a lot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12030084\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12030084 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TariffsImpact_GC-10_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dolls for sale at Luz de Luna, a gift store on 24th Street in San Francisco, on March 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I have clients that work in restaurants, and they have to [wear] a Mexican shirt,” Gonzales said. “They used to pay $40, are they going to pay $60? Can they afford that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tariffs are \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/5-things-to-know-about-tariffs-and-how-they-work\">paid by the importer\u003c/a> bringing the goods into the U.S., not the country of origin, despite Trump’s assertions otherwise. Those higher costs are typically passed on to the consumer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzales is still navigating how, and when, she should adjust prices. Since she hadn’t placed any orders since the tariff was announced earlier this week, she didn’t want to raise costs preemptively or risk losing sales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want items to keep selling,” she said. “I don’t want to just wait and add 25% because I haven’t paid that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she knows that in the coming weeks, she’ll have to do so if the tariffs take effect since continuing to stock the store with authentic items is a priority that will cost her more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029904\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12029904 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-15-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denise Gonzales, owner of Luz de Luna, a gift store on 24th Street, poses for a photo at the entrance of the store in San Francisco on March 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Everything is handcrafted and made in Mexico and is work by the people. They live out of that money that they create,” she told KQED. “Too many times I see things on the internet, I see things much cheaper in other shops, but they are made somewhere else. They are not authentic, they are just copies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karla Dubon Castillo, who owns Tienda de Unica down the street, said many of her customers come to get canned goods, vitamins and supplements from Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you buy these things, it feels [like] you’re connected to home, to your family, to what you left behind,” she told KQED in Spanish. Tienda de Unica, which translates to Unique Store, carries items from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. “It’s what allows you to live and feel like you are not so far away from home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also worried about raising prices. Castillo said that since Trump took office, her store has already been quieter. She believes some community members are staying home, worried about increased \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029195/border-patrol-slashed-tires-dragged-people-from-cars-bakersfield-raids-aclu-says\">immigration enforcement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t sell as we used to sell. It’s slower, and the sales are very low, and that worries us because we have to pay bills,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029903\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12029903 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-14-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Products for sale at Luz de Luna, a gift store on 24th Street in San Francisco, on March 5, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After a month-long delay following widespread pushback from Democrats and economic leaders, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-proceeds-with-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-and-mexico/\">levied new 25% tariffs\u003c/a> on goods imported from Mexico and Canada under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on Monday, saying that the flow of fentanyl and other drugs from the countries “is a national emergency and public health crisis.” The administration also imposed a 20% tariff on goods imported from China and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Days later, he signed executive orders on Thursday to give both Canada and Mexico a temporary exemption for goods that are traded under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which he signed during his first term to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement and covers most imports. The pause will last until April 2; Canada and Mexico can avoid the tariffs longer if they show they have made more progress curbing fentanyl trafficking, a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call ahead of the signing, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The back-and-forth about where tariffs stand has been confusing for business owners like Arturo Felix, who manages Casa Lucas Market in the Mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029905\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029905\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250305_TARIFFSIMPACT_GC-18-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fruit for sale at Casa Lucas Market on 24th Street in San Francisco on March 5, 2025. President Trump recently implemented a 25% additional tariff on products imported from Mexico. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Today, I did talk to a couple of shippers, and they did start quoting me higher prices,” he said. “I didn’t even think about that, but right now I’m going back to it — I talked to these guys early in the morning — and they all did quote me like a few more dollars. It probably did hit. But this is like brand new stuff, so it’s all green, and it’s not ready to use yet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom called the tariffs “taxes on American families” that would drive up costs on everyday items like groceries, which Felix said is a daunting thought for customers already seeing sky-high prices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A spate of recent policy decisions by the Trump administration targeting transgender youth has led to an escalating mental health crisis among an already vulnerable population, experts and advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in California, where top state leaders have championed policies to protect transgender people, nonprofit leaders and case workers say they are seeing sharp increases in depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal thoughts among the young people they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>Kids and families are scared to death. It’s like they’re terrorized, that’s what it feels like,” said Jill Jacobs, chief executive officer of the Bay Area-based Family Builders, which works with young people in the child welfare system, including LGBTQ youth and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobs points to data from The Trevor Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to suicide prevention among this population\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong>The organization documented a nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetrevorproject.org/blog/the-trevor-project-shares-post-election-day-crisis-contact-volume-data/\">700% increase\u003c/a> in contacts to its mental health crisis\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>hotline the day after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-trans policies at the federal level have also led to some normalization of prejudice that would previously have been considered taboo, she and other advocates said. In recent years, some local communities have been emboldened to pass their own anti-trans policies. That includes cities in California, where a handful of school boards began requiring staff to tell parents if their child identified as a gender other than that listed in their official records. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/12/california-forced-outing-lgbtq-new-laws-2025/#:~:text=New%20California%20law%20prevents%20schools,what's%20in%20their%20official%20files.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The state has since outlawed such policies.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, previously outspoken advocates have begun to worry that drawing attention to their organizations will lead the Trump administration to target them for funding cuts.[aside postID=news_12029428 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250226-NAMEGENDERMARKERS-12-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']These threats have not been lost on transgender youth, Jacobs said. While many of the children she serves are remarkably resilient, she said, hearing the president of the United States threaten their rights is terrifying them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s happening now is this overt hatred that’s being endorsed and supported,” she said, saying vitriol against the transgender community is the worst that she’s seen in her 29 years leading the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Trevor Project published a peer-reviewed study that found that states with laws negatively targeting transgender youth saw suicide attempts among that population increase by as much as 72%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to such laws elsewhere, California secured its status two years ago as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929233/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctuary state for transgender health care\u003c/a>, implementing a law allowing out-of-state youth and their families to seek hormones and puberty blockers here. Other recent laws require California insurers to cover transgender health services and protect the medical licenses of doctors who provide the care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Trump presidency, that sanctuary status is now being tested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the executive orders targeting transgender people: one \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recognizes only two biological sexes\u003c/a>, another\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> threatens funding of schools\u003c/a> that support transgender students, and another \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prevents transgender girls and women\u003c/a> from participating in women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another executive order seeks to end the use of hormone therapy, puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care among people younger than 19, including by prohibiting federal funding for such care. It characterized this care as\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/Presidential-Actions/2025/01/Protecting-Children-From-Chemical-And-Surgical-Mutilation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> “chemical and surgical mutilation”\u003c/a> despite the fact that \u003ca href=\"https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202201/the-evidence-trans-youth-gender-affirming-medical-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dozens of studies\u003c/a> show that gender-affirming care positively impacts youth mental health and decreases suicidality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the order, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles temporarily stopped transgender health services for \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-21/chla-lift-pause-hormonal-therapy-transgender-youth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anyone under the age of 19\u003c/a>, only reversing course after California’s Department of Justice sent them a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Letter%20to%20Children%27s%20Hospital%20dated%20February%205%202025_Redacted.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warning letter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kcra.com/article/department-of-education-california-transgender-students-sports/63790627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched an investigation\u003c/a> into the governing body that oversees high school sports in California, criticizing the organization’s policies that support transgender student athletes\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Rob Bonta has issued statements reminding hospitals and clinics of the state law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-new-bill-to-strengthen-protections-for-transgender-care\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">New bill to strengthen protections for transgender care\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, who authored a \u003ca href=\"https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wieners-historic-bill-provide-refuge-trans-kids-and-their-families-signed-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2022 law to make California a safe refuge\u003c/a> for transgender youth, introduced a new bill in February to \u003ca href=\"https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/senator-wiener-introduces-legislation-strengthen-landmark-state-refuge-protections-transgender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strengthen those protections.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, he decried the “scapegoating” of what he describes as a tiny, vulnerable population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It should not surprise anyone that with this kind of toxic, horrific environment targeting trans people, that it would lead to mental health issues,” he said.[aside postID=news_12021521 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1158696624-1020x681.jpg']Joscelyn Inton-Campbell, a youth program manager at\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>the San Diego-based\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>TransFamily Support Services, said the support sessions her organization offers have been marked by increasing fear and hopelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the first executive orders hit in January, more than 300 people logged into a zoom meeting hosted by the organization, said Inton-Campbell, who uses she/they pronouns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the responses are ‘Do I have a future? Are they going to try and take away my access to my medical care? When I go to school are they going to deadname me, bully me, misgender me?” Inton-Campbell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-can-i-be-myself-and-will-i-be-safe\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Can I be myself and will I be safe’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Daniella, a 20-year-old community college student in the San Diego area who identifies as transgender, said a man recently burst into her classroom and began verbally harassing students and the professor over their decision to voluntarily list their gender pronouns. The man was not enrolled in the class and was reported to college authorities, Daniella said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was literally terrifying,” she said. “This is the new normal. That is what this society is coming to because that is what people see from leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniella is only being identified by first name because she is not out to her parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even knowing about California’s state protections, Daniella said her mental health has declined. For safety, she has changed the way she dresses. She has also increased the dose she takes of psychiatric medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really have to ask myself the question ‘Can I be myself, and will I be safe?’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather in front of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to protest the hospital’s decision to halt the intake of patients under the age of 19 seeking gender affirming care, on Feb. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(J.W. 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Another attempt by the president to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-federal-judge-5b04fbc742bd32adf98ca108b4b12b37\">defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs\u003c/a>, which was also blocked by court order, has LGBTQ groups worried. Dozens of community centers, universities, and clinics in California receive federal grants specifically supporting transgender services. Some of the center’s grants are in jeopardy, Tuiletufuga said, however they are going to keep supporting San Diego’s LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The center isn’t folding, the center isn’t hiding,” Tuiletufuga said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ilan Meyer, a professor at UCLA’s law school who studies the impact of social stressors on mental LGBTQ mental health, said part of what’s being lost for transgender youth right now is a sense of progress, even here in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve always felt that we’re working towards progress and I think that is what is being attacked here,” Meyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inton-Campbell, with TransFamily Support Services, said she reminds the youth she serves that the transgender community has survived attacks before and that there are safe adults in their lives who care. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>These threats have not been lost on transgender youth, Jacobs said. While many of the children she serves are remarkably resilient, she said, hearing the president of the United States threaten their rights is terrifying them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s happening now is this overt hatred that’s being endorsed and supported,” she said, saying vitriol against the transgender community is the worst that she’s seen in her 29 years leading the organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, the Trevor Project published a peer-reviewed study that found that states with laws negatively targeting transgender youth saw suicide attempts among that population increase by as much as 72%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to such laws elsewhere, California secured its status two years ago as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11929233/california-becomes-first-sanctuary-state-for-transgender-youth-seeking-medical-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctuary state for transgender health care\u003c/a>, implementing a law allowing out-of-state youth and their families to seek hormones and puberty blockers here. Other recent laws require California insurers to cover transgender health services and protect the medical licenses of doctors who provide the care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the Trump presidency, that sanctuary status is now being tested.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the executive orders targeting transgender people: one \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recognizes only two biological sexes\u003c/a>, another\u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> threatens funding of schools\u003c/a> that support transgender students, and another \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prevents transgender girls and women\u003c/a> from participating in women’s sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another executive order seeks to end the use of hormone therapy, puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care among people younger than 19, including by prohibiting federal funding for such care. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Joscelyn Inton-Campbell, a youth program manager at\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>the San Diego-based\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>TransFamily Support Services, said the support sessions her organization offers have been marked by increasing fear and hopelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the first executive orders hit in January, more than 300 people logged into a zoom meeting hosted by the organization, said Inton-Campbell, who uses she/they pronouns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the responses are ‘Do I have a future? Are they going to try and take away my access to my medical care? When I go to school are they going to deadname me, bully me, misgender me?” Inton-Campbell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-can-i-be-myself-and-will-i-be-safe\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">‘Can I be myself and will I be safe’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Daniella, a 20-year-old community college student in the San Diego area who identifies as transgender, said a man recently burst into her classroom and began verbally harassing students and the professor over their decision to voluntarily list their gender pronouns. The man was not enrolled in the class and was reported to college authorities, Daniella said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was literally terrifying,” she said. “This is the new normal. That is what this society is coming to because that is what people see from leadership.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniella is only being identified by first name because she is not out to her parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even knowing about California’s state protections, Daniella said her mental health has declined. For safety, she has changed the way she dresses. She has also increased the dose she takes of psychiatric medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I really have to ask myself the question ‘Can I be myself, and will I be safe?’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029866\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/021325_CHLA-Gender-Affirming-Care-Demo_JWH_CM_09-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protesters gather in front of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to protest the hospital’s decision to halt the intake of patients under the age of 19 seeking gender affirming care, on Feb. 13, 2025. \u003ccite>(J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>L Tuiletufuga, a therapist who works at the San Diego LGBT Community Center, said the trans youth that they counsel feel “specifically and uniquely targeted by this administration.” This has led to increasing concerns about personal and physical safety as well as feelings of isolation, said Tuiletufuga, who uses they/them pronouns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is in the crosshairs of the federal government as a result of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-blocked-imposing-sweeping-federal-funding-freeze-2025-02-25/\">Trump’s attempted federal funding freeze\u003c/a>, which paused $3 trillion of federal spending before it was blocked by court order. Another attempt by the president to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-federal-judge-5b04fbc742bd32adf98ca108b4b12b37\">defund diversity, equity and inclusion programs\u003c/a>, which was also blocked by court order, has LGBTQ groups worried. Dozens of community centers, universities, and clinics in California receive federal grants specifically supporting transgender services. Some of the center’s grants are in jeopardy, Tuiletufuga said, however they are going to keep supporting San Diego’s LGBTQ community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The center isn’t folding, the center isn’t hiding,” Tuiletufuga said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ilan Meyer, a professor at UCLA’s law school who studies the impact of social stressors on mental LGBTQ mental health, said part of what’s being lost for transgender youth right now is a sense of progress, even here in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve always felt that we’re working towards progress and I think that is what is being attacked here,” Meyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inton-Campbell, with TransFamily Support Services, said she reminds the youth she serves that the transgender community has survived attacks before and that there are safe adults in their lives who care. 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With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">a new six-vote majority on the City Council\u003c/a>, Mahan will look to enact the enforcement measure as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">ambitious budget proposal that also includes a shift in city funding\u003c/a> to pay for temporary housing and shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city is making historic investments in expanding interim housing and shelter options,” Mahan told KQED. “And as we do that, we also need to hold our homeless neighbors accountable for coming indoors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal would direct the city attorney to expand the definition of trespassing in the municipal code to include occupying public space after three offers of shelter. Unhoused residents who decline shelter would first be issued a warning or a citation. If they refuse shelter after a third encounter with city staff, they would be subject to arrest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026580/this-bay-area-city-just-passed-the-most-extreme-encampment-ban-in-california\">the Fremont City Council passed an ordinance that banned camping for more than three consecutive nights\u003c/a>, punishable by a fine or jail time. Mahan said he was concerned that those outright bans on camping would push people experiencing homelessness into larger cities like San José. He emphasized that his plan was different because arrests would be preceded by multiple offers of shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Simply banning camping does not end homelessness, but holding people accountable for accepting shelter and housing when it’s available can help us to ultimately end homelessness,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979482/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-calls-for-urgent-action-on-homelessness-in-city-budget-plan\">has made the construction of temporary housing and shelter\u003c/a> the centerpiece of his plan to reduce homelessness in San José. The city currently operates more than 1,000 shelter spaces — which include tiny homes, converted motels and parking lots for people living in their vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor said his enforcement proposal was motivated by difficulties he said city staff faced in convincing people experiencing homelessness in South San José to move into a new 204-unit interim housing site that opened last month on Monterey Road and Branham Lane. Under current city policy, people living outdoors near a new interim housing site are given first preference for beds when the facility opens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If someone is refusing a brand new apartment with an en-suite bathroom and a kitchenette, as is the case at Branham and Monterey — where we just saw roughly one-third of people encamped in the area say ‘no’ — we are probably beyond the point where the city has the tools to help that person,” Mahan added.[aside postID=news_12028615 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-1150473913-1020x765.jpg'] A report from city staff published in February found a much lower rate of so-called “service resistance” — just 541 people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026630/san-jose-has-an-idea-to-bring-street-homelessness-to-functional-zero-can-it-work\">out of the estimated 5,477 who are living without shelter in the city\u003c/a>. And the same report found a low vacancy rate of just 5% across all city and county-operated shelter spaces in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For JD Marone, who lives in an encampment along the Guadalupe River in South San José, the barrier to moving indoors — even to a studio-sized tiny home — is the lack of space for his two large dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are used to being free, running and protecting my stuff,” he told KQED. “That’s probably why I still have my tools, is because of my dogs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marone would likely get preference for a spot in a nearby interim housing site on Cherry Avenue, which is set to open later this year. But he said he can’t decide between the dogs and a potential housing offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stops me from getting work — when I go to work, that’s all I think about all day is ‘Are my dogs okay? It does limit me, it limits me a lot,” he said. “A lot of these people here have animals, so it’s going to be tough on all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, many cities have adopted tougher approaches to reducing unsheltered homelessness. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that banning encampments, even if no shelter space is available, is not a form of “cruel and unusual punishment” because the laws target an activity, not someone’s personal status. In the months since the ruling, police in cities such as San Diego and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015125/tentless-amid-encampment-crackdown-unhoused-san-franciscans-storms\">have arrested hundreds of people\u003c/a> for sleeping outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Assemblymember Alex Lee, a Democrat who represents Fremont and parts of San José, called Mahan’s initiative “immoral, ineffective and stupid,” adding that he would explore writing state legislation to “curb the criminalization of homelessness” on the city level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The choice is you go to this tiny home or you go to jail?” Lee asked. “It’s another clear indication that the mayor is more interested in making homelessness invisible than solving it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José City Councilmember Pamela Campos said she was concerned that the policy would make “a challenging problem more challenging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a criminal record, if this policy does pass, that’s only going to make it more difficult to find the jobs and the housing that are going to support self-sustainability,” Campos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos told KQED she wanted to hear more details about how the policy would be implemented — and how it would affect existing police and fire response across the sprawling city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan expressed confidence that the enforcement plan would win support from the city’s police force. It was immediately embraced by police and fire union leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that increasing accountability and actually focusing on getting that population into shelter, housing or a treatment center, or detoxing in the county jail for 30 days, will ultimately save a tremendous amount of police and fire capacity to respond to other calls,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council will debate the proposal, along with the rest of Mahan’s spending plan for the 2025–26 fiscal year, later this month. A final city budget will be voted on in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 2 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> A report from city staff published in February found a much lower rate of so-called “service resistance” — just 541 people \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026630/san-jose-has-an-idea-to-bring-street-homelessness-to-functional-zero-can-it-work\">out of the estimated 5,477 who are living without shelter in the city\u003c/a>. And the same report found a low vacancy rate of just 5% across all city and county-operated shelter spaces in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For JD Marone, who lives in an encampment along the Guadalupe River in South San José, the barrier to moving indoors — even to a studio-sized tiny home — is the lack of space for his two large dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are used to being free, running and protecting my stuff,” he told KQED. “That’s probably why I still have my tools, is because of my dogs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marone would likely get preference for a spot in a nearby interim housing site on Cherry Avenue, which is set to open later this year. But he said he can’t decide between the dogs and a potential housing offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It stops me from getting work — when I go to work, that’s all I think about all day is ‘Are my dogs okay? It does limit me, it limits me a lot,” he said. “A lot of these people here have animals, so it’s going to be tough on all of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across California, many cities have adopted tougher approaches to reducing unsheltered homelessness. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that banning encampments, even if no shelter space is available, is not a form of “cruel and unusual punishment” because the laws target an activity, not someone’s personal status. In the months since the ruling, police in cities such as San Diego and San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015125/tentless-amid-encampment-crackdown-unhoused-san-franciscans-storms\">have arrested hundreds of people\u003c/a> for sleeping outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Assemblymember Alex Lee, a Democrat who represents Fremont and parts of San José, called Mahan’s initiative “immoral, ineffective and stupid,” adding that he would explore writing state legislation to “curb the criminalization of homelessness” on the city level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The choice is you go to this tiny home or you go to jail?” Lee asked. “It’s another clear indication that the mayor is more interested in making homelessness invisible than solving it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José City Councilmember Pamela Campos said she was concerned that the policy would make “a challenging problem more challenging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With a criminal record, if this policy does pass, that’s only going to make it more difficult to find the jobs and the housing that are going to support self-sustainability,” Campos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campos told KQED she wanted to hear more details about how the policy would be implemented — and how it would affect existing police and fire response across the sprawling city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan expressed confidence that the enforcement plan would win support from the city’s police force. It was immediately embraced by police and fire union leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe that increasing accountability and actually focusing on getting that population into shelter, housing or a treatment center, or detoxing in the county jail for 30 days, will ultimately save a tremendous amount of police and fire capacity to respond to other calls,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council will debate the proposal, along with the rest of Mahan’s spending plan for the 2025–26 fiscal year, later this month. A final city budget will be voted on in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was updated at 2 p.m. Thursday.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Many in California’s science community are reeling after last week’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909033/trump-purge-hits-bay-area-federal-workers\">mass firings\u003c/a> within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration upended workers’ lives and raised dire concerns for the climate agency’s work going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least seven people, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">National Weather Service employees\u003c/a> and staff at the National Marine Fisheries Service, or NOAA Fisheries, lost their jobs along the Central Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their stories are similar and heart-wrenching. The early-career federal workers are planning marriages, recently signed mortgages and were saving to buy their first homes. But last Thursday, they got an email saying they were “not fit for continued employment because your ability, knowledge, and/or skills do not fit the agency’s current needs” — many of them before their supervisors even knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a 5 p.m. Eastern deadline before they were locked out of their emails and accounts, they scrambled, downloading health information, salary details, performance reports and hard copies of their termination letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three employees were fired from NOAA Fisheries’ Monterey office, including a communications specialist and two scientists, according to the researchers. Another fisheries communication expert lost his job in Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m heartbroken,” said Heather Welch, a research biologist at NOAA Fisheries employed to work on the NOAA Climate, Ecosystems and Fisheries Initiative. “That was definitely the job I hoped to retire in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch and her boyfriend bought a house a few months after she started her job in April. Now, she must figure out her next steps and hopes a remote job will fill the financial void.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg 1632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA’s R/V Fulmar on Oct. 15, 2015. California’s science community is reeling after last week’s mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which upended lives and cast a shadow over the agency’s critical climate work. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, I’m a lot less mobile,” said Welch, who modeled the migration paths of species like endangered loggerhead turtles and whales with advanced tracking networks. “I can’t move to a different state and take a different job. It’s a tough time to have bought a house, both in terms of mobility and then financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED that two others she works with also lost their jobs — communications specialist Matthew Koller and a physical scientist who could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like a breakup of a family, and so it was really sad to walk out that door,” Welch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029178 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/NOAAGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch said their work flowed into each other. The physical scientist developed forecasts and ocean models for changing ocean temperatures. Welch applied that data, relating it to animals, and turned it into tools for fisheries managers. Koller summarized the work and presented it to the general public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koller was fired after only four months of service. It took him about a year to land the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was terminated from my position at the exact same time that the training wheels were coming off,” said the 36-year-old, who recently moved to Monterey after graduate school and a fellowship. “It’s very unfortunate to have a career in the federal service cut short after putting in so much time to get this opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the three workers who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">fired from the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office\u003c/a> last week — a meteorologist, an administrative support assistant and a facilities technician — the other four NOAA staffers who lost their jobs were probationary employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them are worried that the cuts are just the beginning of Trump’s attack on climate science, fearing that the decision could have larger ramifications for the California coastline and endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029854\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12029854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Koller. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Koller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since most of the workers who lost their jobs had them for short periods of time, Koller feels like the Trump administration is trying to stamp out the next generation of climate science leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The future leaders of NOAA were just cut,” he said. “The people that will eventually become senior scientists and project leads and help set the agency’s policy. It’s just very dispiriting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koller also believes the layoffs cut into NOAA’s mission of trying to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coast — as well as communicating its findings to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really hamstrings NOAA’s ability to fulfill that mission,” he said. “We should be investing in those programs and not terminating them because the welfare of all Americans and Californians depend on understanding our environment — and NOAA helps provide that clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to losing his job, Koller is getting married and is concerned that his firing might muddle his August nuptial plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ironically, earlier in the week, I had just put down a deposit for our wedding venue,” he said. “We put down the deposit on Wednesday, and I was unfortunately terminated on Thursday. How do we pay for a wedding without a job?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local losses are part of the Trump administration’s latest mass culling of the federal workforce, which has resulted in hundreds of firings within NOAA, one of the world’s preeminent climate research institutions. This effort is overseen by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65248/former-trump-commissioner-blasts-doge-education-data-cuts\">Department of Government Efficiency\u003c/a>, or DOGE, the newly formed entity led by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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Oetting was fishing with family off the coast of Vancouver Island in B.C., where stock is healthy and sustains fishing. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jerimiah Oetting)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After stints in public media and federal agencies like the National Park Service, Jerimiah Oetting landed a full-time gig with NOAA in Santa Cruz about six months ago. He wrote about science and fish populations, like salmon and steelhead, for the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which he said is mandated to increase and keep species of salmon from going extinct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was the only person cut from his building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in public service, and I think being able to support myself as a public servant and do work that I really care about and love was a dream come true,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oetting is frustrated that the email he received said he doesn’t have the “skills, abilities, and knowledge” for the job “when clearly I possess those things.” He’s also worried about whether he and his wife can remain in Santa Cruz because the area is one of the most expensive rental markets in the country. His wife is a doctoral student and now the unit’s sole breadwinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve saved as much as we can, and that was hopefully eventually going to be a down payment on a house,” he said. “It’s turned into an emergency fund that honestly won’t last us very long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also concerned that his colleagues still at NOAA could be on the chopping block if the Trump administration goes after climate-related programs and makes more cuts to its workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now that there’s closure, I’m just focused on the future and righteously angry about what happened,” he said, “but I’m also trying to figure out a way to get involved in any way I can to stop this from happening more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three employees were fired from NOAA Fisheries’ Monterey office, including a communications specialist and two scientists, according to the researchers. Another fisheries communication expert lost his job in Santa Cruz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m heartbroken,” said Heather Welch, a research biologist at NOAA Fisheries employed to work on the NOAA Climate, Ecosystems and Fisheries Initiative. “That was definitely the job I hoped to retire in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch and her boyfriend bought a house a few months after she started her job in April. Now, she must figure out her next steps and hopes a remote job will fill the financial void.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029803\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029803\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5.jpg 1632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/E8590326-10CD-4544-8AC6-588BF362FDD5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NOAA’s R/V Fulmar on Oct. 15, 2015. California’s science community is reeling after last week’s mass firings at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which upended lives and cast a shadow over the agency’s critical climate work. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“All of a sudden, I’m a lot less mobile,” said Welch, who modeled the migration paths of species like endangered loggerhead turtles and whales with advanced tracking networks. “I can’t move to a different state and take a different job. It’s a tough time to have bought a house, both in terms of mobility and then financially.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She told KQED that two others she works with also lost their jobs — communications specialist Matthew Koller and a physical scientist who could not be reached for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It feels like a breakup of a family, and so it was really sad to walk out that door,” Welch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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It took him about a year to land the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was terminated from my position at the exact same time that the training wheels were coming off,” said the 36-year-old, who recently moved to Monterey after graduate school and a fellowship. “It’s very unfortunate to have a career in the federal service cut short after putting in so much time to get this opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the three workers who were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029178/trumps-mass-layoffs-noaa-cut-into-bay-area-weather-service\">fired from the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office\u003c/a> last week — a meteorologist, an administrative support assistant and a facilities technician — the other four NOAA staffers who lost their jobs were probationary employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of them are worried that the cuts are just the beginning of Trump’s attack on climate science, fearing that the decision could have larger ramifications for the California coastline and endangered species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029854\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12029854\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Matthew-Koller-scaled-e1741205337982.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Koller. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Matthew Koller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since most of the workers who lost their jobs had them for short periods of time, Koller feels like the Trump administration is trying to stamp out the next generation of climate science leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The future leaders of NOAA were just cut,” he said. “The people that will eventually become senior scientists and project leads and help set the agency’s policy. It’s just very dispiriting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koller also believes the layoffs cut into NOAA’s mission of trying to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coast — as well as communicating its findings to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It really hamstrings NOAA’s ability to fulfill that mission,” he said. “We should be investing in those programs and not terminating them because the welfare of all Americans and Californians depend on understanding our environment — and NOAA helps provide that clarity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to losing his job, Koller is getting married and is concerned that his firing might muddle his August nuptial plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ironically, earlier in the week, I had just put down a deposit for our wedding venue,” he said. “We put down the deposit on Wednesday, and I was unfortunately terminated on Thursday. How do we pay for a wedding without a job?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local losses are part of the Trump administration’s latest mass culling of the federal workforce, which has resulted in hundreds of firings within NOAA, one of the world’s preeminent climate research institutions. This effort is overseen by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65248/former-trump-commissioner-blasts-doge-education-data-cuts\">Department of Government Efficiency\u003c/a>, or DOGE, the newly formed entity led by billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat representing communities from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, has criticized the firings as a betrayal of the American people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we were looking for a point at which this crazy DOGE exercise really backfired into people’s lives, I think you’ve found it with NOAA,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 40 miles north of Monterey in Santa Cruz, another NOAA Fisheries science communications specialist is now on the hunt for a new job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029853\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1125px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029853\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting.jpg 1125w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting-800x599.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Jerimiah-Oetting-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerimiah Oetting holding a Chinook salmon in August 2024, about a week before starting his job with NOAA. Oetting was fishing with family off the coast of Vancouver Island in B.C., where stock is healthy and sustains fishing. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Jerimiah Oetting)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After stints in public media and federal agencies like the National Park Service, Jerimiah Oetting landed a full-time gig with NOAA in Santa Cruz about six months ago. He wrote about science and fish populations, like salmon and steelhead, for the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, which he said is mandated to increase and keep species of salmon from going extinct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he was the only person cut from his building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe in public service, and I think being able to support myself as a public servant and do work that I really care about and love was a dream come true,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oetting is frustrated that the email he received said he doesn’t have the “skills, abilities, and knowledge” for the job “when clearly I possess those things.” He’s also worried about whether he and his wife can remain in Santa Cruz because the area is one of the most expensive rental markets in the country. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:18 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Embattled San Mateo County Sheriff \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/christina-corpus\">Christina Corpus\u003c/a> continued to refuse to resign Wednesday, even after voters overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment to give supervisors the power to remove her from office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.livevoterturnout.com/ENR/sanmateocaenr/17/en/HmL9Y_Index_17.html\">election night results\u003c/a>, more than 85% of votes cast were in favor of Measure A, the only item on Tuesday’s special election ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Corpus conceded that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029453/san-mateo-county-voters-to-decide-whether-troubled-sheriff-can-be-fired-by-supervisors\">Measure A has passed\u003c/a>, which she said now entitles her to “a public evidentiary hearing before a neutral and unbiased body.” She added that she and her 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aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012086\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Mateo County Hall of Justice in Redwood City on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Although Measure A might have been unusual, Sheriff Corpus’ unprecedented corruption and her contempt for the guardrails of accountability forced the community’s hand,” Storch said. “Today’s vote was simply democracy in action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Measure A is officially certified on April 3, supervisors would need a four-fifths vote to remove Corpus, following written notice and a chance to address the allegations against her, which is likely to happen given that four out of five current supervisors endorsed the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray Mueller and Noelia Corzo, the two supervisors who first called for Corpus to resign and pushed to get Measure A on the ballot, told reporters on Wednesday that the election still has to be certified and the board has to officially approve the election results — which may take up to 40 days — before Corpus is served with the necessary paperwork to begin the removal process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12029444 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Amiri-Opening_KQED-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the meantime, we want to assure residents that the county will implement clear procedures to ensure a public, impartial and lawful process,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corzo said supervisors are “mindful of the serious responsibility” that voters have “decisively entrusted” them with by overwhelmingly approving the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We deeply value the sheriff’s office and the important role it plays in ensuring public safety in our county,” Corzo said. “We want to assure our residents that the services of the sheriff’s office will continue uninterrupted throughout this process, and we will move forward as quickly as possible in the best interest of the people of San Mateo County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election is the culmination of months of efforts to get Corpus to resign willingly, which she repeatedly refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors found Measure A to be the quickest path to remove the sheriff following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015538/timeline-whats-going-on-with-the-san-mateo-county-sheriffs-office\">third-party independent report\u003c/a> released in November that determined that “nothing short of new leadership can save this organization that is in turmoil, and its personnel demoralized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those calling for Corpus’ removal cited the fact that she abused her power as sheriff by hiring her former campaign staffer and alleged romantic partner, Victor Aenlle, to a top, non-sworn position in her office, exerting authority over even assistant sheriffs and captains. The two denied being in a romantic relationship, despite several employees hearing remarks about it or allegedly witnessing them display their affection to each other in the office, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sanmateocounty.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13544883&GUID=95923619-2B6F-477A-8684-CD64124A3BAA\">November’s report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977554\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department squad car parked outside the county Hall of Justice and Records in Redwood City. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The calls to remove Corpus came shortly after the publication of that report by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell, whom the county hired last year to investigate an “unprecedented” number of complaints against Aenlle. Cordell found that many of those complaints were merited and found the department needed new leadership. Since taking office in early 2023, she wrote, Aenlle and Corpus ran the department with “lies, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest, and abuses of authority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That included targeting Carlos Tapia — president of the deputies union and vocal critic of Corpus — by criminally accusing him of committing time-card fraud. District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe soon found there was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018543/san-mateo-county-da-throws-out-charges-against-sheriffs-union-president\">no evidence to support the accusations,\u003c/a> clearing Tapia of any wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The captain who was tasked with arresting Tapia, Brian Philip, would later allege in a lawsuit against Corpus and the county that accusing someone of time-card fraud was what “leadership of San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office [does] when it wants to retaliate against an employee.”[aside postID=news_12029643 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_5881-KQED-1020x574.jpg']Instead of arresting Tapia, Philip resigned, making him one of the more than 100 sworn employees who quit the sheriff’s office under Corpus, according to the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five supervisors who may ultimately vote to remove the sheriff aren’t the same five who approved putting Measure A on the ballot, as supervisors Jackie Speier and Lisa Gauthier \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/board-supervisors-welcomes-two-new-members\">took office\u003c/a> after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016445/san-mateo-county-board-asks-voters-for-authority-to-remove-sheriff-christina-corpus\">supervisors voted in December\u003c/a> on the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Measure A was endorsed by Gauthier as well as Board President David Canepa, in addition to Mueller and Corzo, meaning Corpus’ ousting is likely on its way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a move would be historic. Voters in San Bernardino County in 2001 and Los Angeles County in 2022 both approved charter amendments to give their supervisors the authority to remove their sheriffs, but neither board put the issue to a vote. San Francisco’s board did so in 2012, but it didn’t reach the threshold needed to remove then-Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leading up to the election, calls for Corpus to resign or be removed came across the county and beyond, receiving support from political and civic leaders at the local, state and national levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other endorsements for Measure A included former and current members of the U.S. House, state representatives, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcdems.org/san_mateo_county_democratic_party_endorses_measure_a\">San Mateo County Democratic Party\u003c/a> and leaders of nearly every city in San Mateo County. The county deputies’ union also formed a political committee to back the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Financially, the measure received little attention. According to \u003ca href=\"https://public.netfile.com/pub2/AllFilingsByMeasure.aspx?id=212872748&aid=MAT\">available financial disclosures\u003c/a>, the “Recall Sheriff Corpus” campaign raised $2,000, with half that coming from former state Sen. Jerry Hill and the other half from \u003ca href=\"https://www.chambersmc.org/jim-hartnett/\">former Redwood City Mayor James Hartnett\u003c/a>. The “Stop the Political Power Grab” campaign against Measure A reported raising nearly $2,500 in the form of a loan from Corpus herself, which went to campaign signs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corpus, who did not respond to a request for comment, had challenged the measure in a lawsuit alleging the board overstepped its power, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029072/embattled-san-mateo-county-sheriff-loses-bid-to-block-vote-that-could-end-in-her-removal\">a judge ruled last week\u003c/a> that the election would move forward because county officials followed proper protocol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Storch, the deputies union secretary, said the election was one way to allow citizens to respond to the accusations against Corpus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They deserve someone who is not going to be committing these abuses, who is not going to be corrupt and who’s not going to be causing all these problems, so much to the point that we had to have a special election just because of them,” Storch said, adding that he was worried Corpus “might take this as yet another opportunity to start retaliating, given what the results look like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county’s last results update of Tuesday night showed that of the more than 92,000 votes counted, 85.2% were in favor of Measure A. That tally does not include mail-in ballots received by Monday or later. There are nearly 445,000 registered voters in San Mateo County, although voter turnout is likely to be low in a special election with only one measure on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next batch of results will be released Thursday afternoon, according to the county election office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I look forward to working with the new Board of Supervisors to discuss a collaborative strategy moving forward,” Corpus’ statement said. “With the passage of Measure A, I now have the opportunity to appropriately challenge and disprove the allegations against me and my administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the board ultimately votes to remove Corpus, it may be the first board to remove an elected sheriff in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calling it “an expedited recall,” Eliot Storch, secretary of the union representing San Mateo County deputies, told reporters on Tuesday night that the results showed that voters “recognize that swift action was necessary to stem the turmoil that has engulfed the sheriff’s office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012086\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-009-JY_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The San Mateo County Hall of Justice in Redwood City on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Although Measure A might have been unusual, Sheriff Corpus’ unprecedented corruption and her contempt for the guardrails of accountability forced the community’s hand,” Storch said. “Today’s vote was simply democracy in action.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Measure A is officially certified on April 3, supervisors would need a four-fifths vote to remove Corpus, following written notice and a chance to address the allegations against her, which is likely to happen given that four out of five current supervisors endorsed the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ray Mueller and Noelia Corzo, the two supervisors who first called for Corpus to resign and pushed to get Measure A on the ballot, told reporters on Wednesday that the election still has to be certified and the board has to officially approve the election results — which may take up to 40 days — before Corpus is served with the necessary paperwork to begin the removal process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the meantime, we want to assure residents that the county will implement clear procedures to ensure a public, impartial and lawful process,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corzo said supervisors are “mindful of the serious responsibility” that voters have “decisively entrusted” them with by overwhelmingly approving the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We deeply value the sheriff’s office and the important role it plays in ensuring public safety in our county,” Corzo said. “We want to assure our residents that the services of the sheriff’s office will continue uninterrupted throughout this process, and we will move forward as quickly as possible in the best interest of the people of San Mateo County.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The election is the culmination of months of efforts to get Corpus to resign willingly, which she repeatedly refused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisors found Measure A to be the quickest path to remove the sheriff following a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015538/timeline-whats-going-on-with-the-san-mateo-county-sheriffs-office\">third-party independent report\u003c/a> released in November that determined that “nothing short of new leadership can save this organization that is in turmoil, and its personnel demoralized.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those calling for Corpus’ removal cited the fact that she abused her power as sheriff by hiring her former campaign staffer and alleged romantic partner, Victor Aenlle, to a top, non-sworn position in her office, exerting authority over even assistant sheriffs and captains. The two denied being in a romantic relationship, despite several employees hearing remarks about it or allegedly witnessing them display their affection to each other in the office, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sanmateocounty.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13544883&GUID=95923619-2B6F-477A-8684-CD64124A3BAA\">November’s report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11977554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11977554\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/20231211-San-Mateo-Sheriff-018-JY_qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department squad car parked outside the county Hall of Justice and Records in Redwood City. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The calls to remove Corpus came shortly after the publication of that report by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell, whom the county hired last year to investigate an “unprecedented” number of complaints against Aenlle. Cordell found that many of those complaints were merited and found the department needed new leadership. Since taking office in early 2023, she wrote, Aenlle and Corpus ran the department with “lies, secrecy, intimidation, retaliation, conflicts of interest, and abuses of authority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That included targeting Carlos Tapia — president of the deputies union and vocal critic of Corpus — by criminally accusing him of committing time-card fraud. District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe soon found there was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018543/san-mateo-county-da-throws-out-charges-against-sheriffs-union-president\">no evidence to support the accusations,\u003c/a> clearing Tapia of any wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The captain who was tasked with arresting Tapia, Brian Philip, would later allege in a lawsuit against Corpus and the county that accusing someone of time-card fraud was what “leadership of San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office [does] when it wants to retaliate against an employee.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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In the trust’s defense, it also quotes four board members Trump appointed during his first term in office, and it highlights the public-private partnership’s financial self-sufficiency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Presidio Trust is a national treasure, and the Presidio Trust Act is one of the most creative efforts I have seen in government,” said Thomas Fargo, who Trump appointed to the board in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio Trust’s report is in response to a Feb. 19 executive order from the Trump administration that aimed to all but eliminate four federal agencies. 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So when [Trump] comes after this and says, ‘We want to review what a bill is,’ he’s going to find a model for the country on that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio Trust Act gives the federal agency broad powers over the former Army base, which was rehabilitated into a national park site under the trust’s stewardship. It says that a seven-member board, whose members are selected by the current president and the secretary of the interior when their four-year terms expire, will oversee the powers and management of the trust and that the trust is authorized to appoint and pay employees, including an executive director, as it sees fit.[aside postID=news_12027864 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/DSC_1576_qed-1-1020x676.jpg']It also gives the trust blanket power to manage properties within the Presidio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Trust may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which its business may be conducted and the powers vested in it may be exercised, including rules and regulations for the use and management of the property under the Trust’s jurisdiction,” the statute reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also says the agency will retain any revenue — which its \u003ca href=\"https://wp.presidio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Revised-Fiscal-Year-2025-Budget-November-15-2024-accessible.pdf?_ga=2.176228513.52663699.1741197762-1103286321.1737736316\">2025 interim budget (PDF)\u003c/a> estimates will be around $46 million — and use it to maintain and improve its properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Presidio Trust had not received regular appropriations from Congress since 2013, when it was required to become financially independent. 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