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"content": "\u003cp>Natural disasters \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/disaster/how-declared\">have affected\u003c/a> nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.forbes.com/advisor/homeowners-insurance/counties-most-at-risk-for-natural-disasters/\">90% of U.S. counties\u003c/a> since 2013, and while many households know about preparing emergency kits, a \u003ca href=\"https://community.fema.gov/PreparednessConnect/s/article/Results-from-the-2023-National-Household-Survey-on-Disaster-Preparedness\">recent FEMA survey\u003c/a> found a large drop in how many people are signed up to receive emergency alerts and warnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early warning systems \u003ca href=\"https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/early-warnings-for-all#:~:text=Early%20warning%20systems%20have%20proven,%243%20to%20%2416%20billion%20annually\">save lives during disasters\u003c/a>. To ensure you can receive these warnings via your phone, text, or email, we recommend turning on your phone’s alerts and signing up for your county’s emergency alert system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>QUICK LINKS\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/08/california-emergency-alerts/#on-iphones\">Turn on your iPhone’s Wireless Emergency Alerts\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/08/california-emergency-alerts/#on-androids\">Turn on your Android’s Wireless Emergency Alerts\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/08/california-emergency-alerts/#how-to-sign-up-for-your-countys-alerts\">Sign up for your county’s alerts\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Turn on your phone’s emergency alerts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Wireless Emergency Alerts (\u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\">WEAs\u003c/a>) are one-way authorities spread information to the community during an emergency. Most mobile phones are \u003ca href=\"https://www.verizon.com/support/wireless-emergency-alerts-compatible-devices/\">WEA-capable devices\u003c/a>, and alerts are typically enabled by default. But if you’ve ever received an alert or test alert, there’s a chance you may have disabled them after hearing their signature alarm: an insistent and loud blare, accompanied by vibrations, that goes off on every phone in your vicinity. You can turn off some of the alerts you don’t want while receiving the ones you do, so it’s worth checking your phone’s settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WEAs use cell towers to send notifications to all WEA-capable mobile phones within a specified target area, meaning you receive alerts for your current location, not your home address. WEAs may also occasionally reach some community members \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/public/wireless-emergency-alerts/geographic-accuracy-wea\">outside the target area\u003c/a>, depending on the phones’ technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how to make sure your phone can receive WEAs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On iPhones\u003c/h2>\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Navigate to iPhone \u003cstrong>Settings\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Select \u003cstrong>Notifications\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scroll to the bottom of the \u003cstrong>Notifications\u003c/strong> section to \u003cstrong>GOVERNMENT ALERTS\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Next to \u003cstrong>Public Safety Alerts\u003c/strong>, toggle the button on (it turns green). These alerts \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\">convey\u003c/a> “recommendations for saving lives and property.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Select \u003cstrong>Emergency Alerts\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On the following screen, ensure that \u003cstrong>Emergency Alerts\u003c/strong> are toggled on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003cstrong>Local Awareness\u003c/strong> option improves the timeliness and accuracy of emergency alerts in the United States, \u003ca href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516\">according to Apple\u003c/a>. Toggle to enable or disable.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516\">Apple’s page\u003c/a> on how to turn on emergency alerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Androids\u003c/h2>\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Navigate to Android \u003cstrong>Settings\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scroll down and select \u003cstrong>Safety & emergency\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Select \u003cstrong>Wireless emergency alerts \u003c/strong>at the bottom of the screen.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On the following screen, ensure that \u003cstrong>Allow alerts\u003c/strong> is toggled on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Toggle \u003cstrong>Extreme threats\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Severe threats\u003c/strong> to enable or disable alerts for threats to life and property.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Toggle \u003cstrong>Public safety messages\u003c/strong> to enable or disable alerts with recommended actions to save lives or property.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>You can also visit this \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/android/answer/9319337?hl=en#zippy=\">“Android Help”\u003c/a> page and select the blue “Control emergency broadcast notifications” option for instructions on how to manage WEA alert settings on Android.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local text or email alerts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Authorities may not always use WEAs to circulate information, so it’s also important to enroll in your local government’s emergency alert system. During the deadly 2018 Camp Fire in California, authorities issued evacuation orders through Butte County’s emergency alerts, door-knocking, vehicle-mounted speakers, and social media posts — but did not send any WEAs. At the time, fewer than 40% of residents in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2019/10/paradise-california-camp-fire-anniversary-cleanup/\">Paradise, one of the towns destroyed in the fire\u003c/a>, had signed up for the county’s alerts, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/TechnicalNotes/NIST.TN.2252.pdf\">2023 report (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://riversideca.gov/readyriverside/be-informed/alerts-warnings/alerts-warnings\">Riverside County’s alerts and warnings page\u003c/a>, “Wireless Emergency Alerts are important, but some of the most locally-specific and timely information can come from opt-in mass notification services like RiversideAlert.” Although some of these systems automatically enroll landline numbers, Californians must opt in to receive notifications on their mobile devices or via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no standardized emergency alert system across the United States; the enrollment process and your notification system’s features differ based on where you live. Different governments’ mass notification systems may include different types of alerts. Some only notify you in extreme situations, such as disaster evacuations, while others may also send alerts for missing persons or police activity. Note what kind of alerts your local system offers before signing up, and keep in mind you can often choose what type of alerts you’d like to receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11999982,news_11971374,news_11834901\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Users will typically be asked to provide their mobile number, email, and street address. Many emergency alert systems have the option to register multiple street addresses, allowing you to keep tabs on other significant locations like your workplace or kids’ schools. Some also allow you to customize whether you’d like to receive alerts via phone call, text message, or email and offer language and accessibility options. If customization options are not offered during initial enrollment, you may be able to log in after enrolling to change your settings and add additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency alert systems are often run through third parties. Common ones include OnSolve CodeRED, Everbridge, Rave Mobile Safety’s Smart 911, and Genasys. If your local government uses a third-party system, you will generally be directed to that company’s website to enroll. Once you receive an emergency alert (or a signup confirmation), we recommend that you save the number to your Contacts and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/26/20883331/iphone-do-not-disturb-mode-exceptions-how-to\">exclude it from being blocked\u003c/a> when using your cell phone’s Do Not Disturb features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you’ve signed up for alerts previously, it’s worth checking to make sure you’re still registered with your county. Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacounty.gov/community/page/alertshasta-shasta-countys-new-public-warning-system\">governments\u003c/a> may have \u003ca href=\"https://humboldtgov.org/2014/Emergency-Notifications\">transitioned\u003c/a> to new systems and might not have migrated residents’ information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">How to sign up for your county’s alerts\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Follow our instructions below to sign up for the most up-to-date alerts as of August 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">The list only includes information for California counties’ primary emergency alert systems. Some local governments may offer additional alerts through systems like Nixle or Notify Me, but no county in California uses either of these as its primary emergency alert system. If you are only registered with Nixle or Notify Me, you may miss crucial emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>Find your county\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.acgov.org/ready/connect.htm\">Alameda County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the black “AC ALERT” box, click on the yellow “Subscribe” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.alpinecountyca.gov/204/Sheriff\">Alpine County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “SIGN UP FOR REVERSE 911” section, follow the blue Douglas County link, then click “Proceed to Site.” Check the box next to “Yes, I agree” to agree to the terms, then click “Continue” to proceed to the Douglas County, Nev. registration portal. Enter your information to enroll. Alpine County Public Information Officer JT Chevallier confirmed to CalMatters that the county uses the Douglas County system to send emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/office-of-emergency-services/amador-county-emergency-alerts\">Amador County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the blue “Amador County Emergency Alerts” link toward the bottom of the page to get to the Smart911 registration portal. Click on the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to create an account. If you previously registered with the CodeRED system, Amador County encourages you to register with the current system, Amador County Emergency Alerts, to continue receiving emergency notifications.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.buttecounty.net/1757/Be-Prepared\">Butte County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the green “Sign up for BCSO CodeRED Notifications” link and select the “Proceed to Site” button to get to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://fireprevention.calaverasgov.us/Emergency-Alerts\">Calaveras County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the “SIGN UP FOR CALAVERAS ALERT” image to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Click the blue “SIGN UP HERE” link to create a new account. You can choose to receive severe weather alerts and customize the alert delivery method.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://countyofcolusa.org/64/Emergency-Alert\">Colusa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Under the “Our Emergency Alerts” section, click the green “Sign up for Emergency alerts from RAVE Mobile” link to get to the Rave registration portal. Click on the green “REGISTER” button in the upper right-hand corner. Follow the instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/5435/Public-Safety-Emergency-Info\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the “Community Warning System” link. In the black box with a yellow alert icon, click “Register to Receive Emergency Alerts” to get to the emergency alert system site. Click “Acknowledge” to proceed, then enter your information to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.co.del-norte.ca.us/CommunityAlertSystem\">Del Norte County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “SIGN UP NOW!” link in the Del Norte Community Alert System Section to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Create an account, then follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.eldoradocounty.ca.gov/Home/Tabs/Emergency-Alert-System\">El Dorado County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Alert Notification System ‘RAVE’” link to get to the sign-up instructions page. Update your Contacts with the emergency alerts phone number listed under the “Save El Dorado County Emergency Alerts in your Contacts” section. Under “New Users,” select the “CLICK HERE” link to proceed to a Smart911 registration portal. Follow the instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.fresnocountyca.gov/Resources/Fresno-County-Emergency\">Fresno County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the black “Register to receive Emergency Alerts” button, located in a red box. Click the button to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Create an account, then follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.countyofglenn.net/government/departments/sheriff/office-emergency-services\">Glenn County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “Sign up for CodeRed Emergency Alerts” link. Click the link, then click “OK” to proceed to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account that allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts. Alerts can be received in English or Spanish.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://humboldtgov.org/2014/Emergency-Notifications\">Humboldt County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to read Humboldt Alert Sign Up Instructions or click on the “SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS” button to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Click on the red “SIGN UP HERE” link to create a new account. You can add up to five addresses, include pertinent information about family members’ needs, and choose how you would like alerts delivered. If you previously registered with VESTA Alert, you need to register for the current system, Humboldt ALERT, to continue to receive notifications.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://imperialcotens.onthealert.com/Terms/Index/?ReturnUrl=%2f\">Imperial County:\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> Check the box next to “Yes, I agree” to agree to the terms, then click “Continue” to proceed to the registration page. Follow instructions to enroll. As of publication, the Imperial County Public Health Department’s Reverse 911 website has a registration link that does not work. Imperial County Public Information Officer Eddie Lopez provided the alternative registration link and said the county is working on making updates to the outdated county page.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.inyocounty.us/services/emergency-services/emergency-alerts-and-warnings\">Inyo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> At the bottom of the page, click on the blue link following “Sign up for CodeRED automatic alerts here” to get to a CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://kerncountyfire.org/education-safety/ready-kern/\">Kern County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll to the bottom of the page, in the blue “Sign Up for Emergency Alerts” section, click the “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER” button to get to the Everbridge registration portal; follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.kingsoes.com/alert\">Kings County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “SIGN UP HERE” link, located in the red button. This will redirect you to a Smart911 registration portal. Click the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll. As of publication, King County’s Office of Emergency Management website contains a registration link that does not work.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.lakecountyca.gov/869/LakeCoAlerts\">Lake County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the green “Register for LakeCoAlerts” link, then select the “Proceed to Site” button to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option in the upper right-hand corner to create an account. In your account, you can register up to five addresses and choose how you want notifications delivered to you. The \u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.lakecountyca.gov/869/LakeCoAlerts\">LakeCoAlerts page\u003c/a> lists the numbers used by LakeCoAlerts, which you should save to your Contacts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.lassencounty.org/alerts\">Lassen County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Under “Click Below to register to receive alerts,” click the “BE PREPARED Before an Emergency Strikes” banner to get to a Genasys registration portal; follow instructions to enroll. In your account portal, click the bell icon in the menu on the left to control which types of notifications you receive.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://ready.lacounty.gov/alerts/\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the green “REGISTER FOR ALERT LA COUNTY” button to get to a CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.maderacounty.com/government/sheriff/office-of-emergency-services/summer-heat\">Madera County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Follow the blue “www.mcalert.org” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Click the “Sign Up” option to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll. You can choose to receive “Weather Notifications” and “Non-Emergency Notifications” in addition to emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/pages/alertmarin\">Marin County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Sign-up for AlertMarin” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.mariposacounty.org/1795/Office-of-Emergency-Services\">Mariposa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the beige menu (on the left side of the page on desktop and closer to the bottom third of the page on mobile), select “Emergency Alerts Sign-up” to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Click the blue “SIGN UP HERE” link or select the “Sign Up” option in the upper right-hand menu.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.mendocinocounty.gov/government/executive-office/office-of-emergency-services/emergency-notifications-and-alerts\">Mendocino County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “How to Sign Up” section, follow the green “Visit the Everbridge Registration page to Sign up for the MendoAlert, the Mendocino County Emergency Notification and Alert System” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to create an account. In your account, you will be able to register multiple addresses and have the option to add information about your family’s access or functional needs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.countyofmerced.com/1922/Merced-County-Emergency-Notification-Sys\">Merced County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the red “Register for the Merced County Emergency Notification System” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Click the red “SIGN UP HERE” link to create a new account. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.modocsheriff.us/office-emergency-services\">Modoc County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the menu (on the left side of the page on desktop and near the bottom of the page on mobile), select “Genasys Emergency Notification” to get to a Genasys login page. Select the green “Click here to register” link located beneath the “Log In” button. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://ready.mono.ca.gov/\">Mono County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the white “Sign Up for Emergency Alerts” link to get to a Genasys registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.readymontereycounty.org/prepare/stay-informed\">Monterey County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the green “Sign Up for Alerts” button to get to a Genasys registration portal. Take note of the phone numbers and emails the emergency alert notifications will be coming from and save them to your Contacts. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Click here to register” to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://readynapacounty.org/214/ALERT-Napa-County\">Napa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Sign Up” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll. You can choose to receive notifications from various agencies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3780/Emergency-Alerts\">Nevada County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> The page lists emergency alert numbers to save to your Contacts. Click the red “Register CodeRed” button on the right-hand side of the page to get to a CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.ocgov.com/about-county/emergency\">Orange County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Register Alternate Phone Numbers with AlertOC” section, follow the blue “AlertOC” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the top right-hand corner of the page to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.placer.ca.gov/2426/Placer-Alert\">Placer County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> On the “Placer Alert” page, click the “Citizen Alert Notification Sign Up” button or follow the green “Placer Alert system” link. Either of these will redirect you to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.plumascounty.us/2163/Genasys-Emergency-Alert-System\">Plumas County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the red “Rapid Emergency Notification System — Register Now” link. Follow this link to the Genasys registration portal, or continue scrolling down for detailed registration steps. On the Genasys registration portal, select the “Click here to register” link below the “LOG IN” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://rivcoready.org/alert-rivco\">Riverside County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the Alert RivCo registration form. Enter your information here to enroll. After enrolling, log in to your account to register your address with the system. You can choose to receive general notifications in addition to emergency notifications.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://sacramentoready.saccounty.gov/Pages/Emergency-Alerts-Notification-System.aspx\">Sacramento County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the blue “Sign up now on the Emergency Alerts website” link to proceed to the Smart911 registration portal. Select the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to enroll. In your account, you can add additional addresses and include medical, access, and functional needs of your family. You may also choose which types of alerts you’d like to receive and customize the delivery method.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sanbenitocountyca.gov/departments/office-of-emergency-services-oes-and-emergency-medical-services\">San Benito County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the “Register with Genasys to Stay Informed!” section. Click on the orange link next to the SBC alert icon to proceed to the Genasys registration portal. This page lists the emergency alert numbers to save to your Contacts. Select the “Click here to register” link at the bottom of the page beneath the “LOG IN” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/alerts/\">San Bernardino County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “TENS” section, click the blue “Register today” link to get to a Smart911 login page. Click the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/\">San Diego County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the orange “AlertSanDiego” box and click the white “Register for emergency alerts” link to get to the Alert San Diego website. Click the green “Register for Emergency Alerts” option in the menu at the top of the page. Enter your information to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information/be-know-official-emergency-alerts\">San Francisco County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Sign up for AlertSF” section, click the blue “alertsf.org” link, which will redirect you to an Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option in the menu in the top right-hand corner. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://sjready.org/stay-informed\">San Joaquin County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the orange “SIGN UP FOR SJREADY” button in the “SJReady — Community Notification System” section to get to theEverbridge registration portal. Click the blue “SIGN UP HERE” link to create an account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.prepareslo.org/en/reverse-9-1-1.aspx\">San Luis Obispo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the “Register” button outlined in blue. Click this to proceed to a Smart911 registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll. The county switched to this alert system in October 2023 and recommends you re-register with the new system if you were enrolled with the previous one.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/dem/smc-alert\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “Register Now” button near the bottom. Click the button to proceed to the Smart911 registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll. You can opt in to receive precautionary warnings in addition to emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.readysbc.org/\">Santa Barbara County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “Sign Up for ReadySBC Alerts” link in the orange box to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/AlertSCC\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the “Sign Up Today!” section and click on the blue “Sign Up” button to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.santacruzcountyca.gov/OR3/Response/PlanandPrepare/AlertNotificationApplication.aspx\">Santa Cruz County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Cruz Aware Registration” link to get to the Genasys login page. Save the emergency alerts phone numbers to your Contacts. Select the “Click here to register” link under the “LOG IN” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to register. After registering, click the bell icon in the menu to customize which types of notifications you’d like to receive. Santa Cruz County is no longer using the CodeRED system; you should register with the new system if you had enrolled previously.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.shastacounty.gov/ready/page/wildfire-overview\">Shasta County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Resources” section, follow the blue “Alert Shasta” link to get to the Genasys registration portal. Save the emergency alerts phone numbers to your Contacts. Under the “LOG IN” button, select the “Click here to register” link to create a new account. Follow instructions to register. Shasta County switched to a new emergency alert system on May 1, 2024, and asks that you register with the new system even if you were registered with the previous CodeRED system.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sierracounty.ca.gov/676/Emergency-Alerts\">Sierra County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Under the “Stay Informed” section, follow the blue “Everbridge Emergency Alert System” link, then click the “Proceed to Site” button to access the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option in the top right corner to create a new account. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/publichealth/page/siskiyou-county-emergency-preparedness-guide-stay-informed\">Siskiyou County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “ReadySiskiyou-Alerts (Smart911)” link to get to the Smart911 registration portal. Click the green “SIGN UP NOW” button. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/alertsolano/information.asp\">Solano County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Follow the blue “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER” link in the white box to get to the Everbridge registration page. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/emergency-management/resources/soco-alert\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Sign up for SoCoAlert Today!” link near the bottom of the page to get to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.stanoes.com/stanemergency/register-for-alerts\">Stanislaus County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “Everbridge Member Portal” link. Click this link and wait until it redirects you to the Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.suttercounty.org/government/county-departments/office-of-emergency-services\">Sutter County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “CODE RED” button at the bottom of the page. Click on this button to proceed to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://tehamaso.org/tehama-alert/\">Tehama County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the yellow “Tehama Alert” box near the bottom of the page, click on the green “Sign up for Tehama Alert” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.trinitycounty.org/oes/codered\">Trinity County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue CodeRED link next to “CodeRED Signup” and select“OK” to proceed to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://oes.tularecounty.ca.gov/oes/preparedness/be-informed/stay-informed/\">Tulare County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “Register with AlertTC” image or click the blue “www.AlertTC.com” link to get to the AlertTC website. Next, click the blue “Register Now or Login Here” link to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the upper right-hand corner to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/1170/Emergency-Alerts\">Tuolumne County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down until you see the words “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER” in large, green font. Follow the “HERE” link to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the upper right-hand corner. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.readyventuracounty.org/vc-alert/\">Ventura County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the red “REGISTER HERE” button on the right-hand side of the page to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.yolocounty.gov/government/general-government-departments/office-of-emergency-services/alerts\">Yolo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Sign up for Alerts” section, click the blue “Alert Yolo” link to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.yuba.org/departments/emergency_services/BePreparedYuba.php\">Yuba County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the yellow “STAY CONNECTED!” box, click the “Click here to register for CodeRED” button to get to the registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One note: Listos California, part of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, provides a \u003ca href=\"https://www.listoscalifornia.org/alerts/\">look-up tool\u003c/a> to find alerts in California. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>WEAs use cell towers to send notifications to all WEA-capable mobile phones within a specified target area, meaning you receive alerts for your current location, not your home address. WEAs may also occasionally reach some community members \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system/public/wireless-emergency-alerts/geographic-accuracy-wea\">outside the target area\u003c/a>, depending on the phones’ technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how to make sure your phone can receive WEAs.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On iPhones\u003c/h2>\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Navigate to iPhone \u003cstrong>Settings\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Select \u003cstrong>Notifications\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scroll to the bottom of the \u003cstrong>Notifications\u003c/strong> section to \u003cstrong>GOVERNMENT ALERTS\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Next to \u003cstrong>Public Safety Alerts\u003c/strong>, toggle the button on (it turns green). These alerts \u003ca href=\"https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea\">convey\u003c/a> “recommendations for saving lives and property.”\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Select \u003cstrong>Emergency Alerts\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On the following screen, ensure that \u003cstrong>Emergency Alerts\u003c/strong> are toggled on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003cstrong>Local Awareness\u003c/strong> option improves the timeliness and accuracy of emergency alerts in the United States, \u003ca href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516\">according to Apple\u003c/a>. Toggle to enable or disable.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Here’s \u003ca href=\"https://support.apple.com/en-us/102516\">Apple’s page\u003c/a> on how to turn on emergency alerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>On Androids\u003c/h2>\n\u003col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Navigate to Android \u003cstrong>Settings\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Scroll down and select \u003cstrong>Safety & emergency\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Select \u003cstrong>Wireless emergency alerts \u003c/strong>at the bottom of the screen.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On the following screen, ensure that \u003cstrong>Allow alerts\u003c/strong> is toggled on.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Toggle \u003cstrong>Extreme threats\u003c/strong> and \u003cstrong>Severe threats\u003c/strong> to enable or disable alerts for threats to life and property.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Toggle \u003cstrong>Public safety messages\u003c/strong> to enable or disable alerts with recommended actions to save lives or property.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>You can also visit this \u003ca href=\"https://support.google.com/android/answer/9319337?hl=en#zippy=\">“Android Help”\u003c/a> page and select the blue “Control emergency broadcast notifications” option for instructions on how to manage WEA alert settings on Android.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local text or email alerts\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Authorities may not always use WEAs to circulate information, so it’s also important to enroll in your local government’s emergency alert system. During the deadly 2018 Camp Fire in California, authorities issued evacuation orders through Butte County’s emergency alerts, door-knocking, vehicle-mounted speakers, and social media posts — but did not send any WEAs. At the time, fewer than 40% of residents in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2019/10/paradise-california-camp-fire-anniversary-cleanup/\">Paradise, one of the towns destroyed in the fire\u003c/a>, had signed up for the county’s alerts, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/TechnicalNotes/NIST.TN.2252.pdf\">2023 report (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://riversideca.gov/readyriverside/be-informed/alerts-warnings/alerts-warnings\">Riverside County’s alerts and warnings page\u003c/a>, “Wireless Emergency Alerts are important, but some of the most locally-specific and timely information can come from opt-in mass notification services like RiversideAlert.” Although some of these systems automatically enroll landline numbers, Californians must opt in to receive notifications on their mobile devices or via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no standardized emergency alert system across the United States; the enrollment process and your notification system’s features differ based on where you live. Different governments’ mass notification systems may include different types of alerts. Some only notify you in extreme situations, such as disaster evacuations, while others may also send alerts for missing persons or police activity. Note what kind of alerts your local system offers before signing up, and keep in mind you can often choose what type of alerts you’d like to receive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Users will typically be asked to provide their mobile number, email, and street address. Many emergency alert systems have the option to register multiple street addresses, allowing you to keep tabs on other significant locations like your workplace or kids’ schools. Some also allow you to customize whether you’d like to receive alerts via phone call, text message, or email and offer language and accessibility options. If customization options are not offered during initial enrollment, you may be able to log in after enrolling to change your settings and add additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency alert systems are often run through third parties. Common ones include OnSolve CodeRED, Everbridge, Rave Mobile Safety’s Smart 911, and Genasys. If your local government uses a third-party system, you will generally be directed to that company’s website to enroll. Once you receive an emergency alert (or a signup confirmation), we recommend that you save the number to your Contacts and \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/26/20883331/iphone-do-not-disturb-mode-exceptions-how-to\">exclude it from being blocked\u003c/a> when using your cell phone’s Do Not Disturb features.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you’ve signed up for alerts previously, it’s worth checking to make sure you’re still registered with your county. Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.shastacounty.gov/community/page/alertshasta-shasta-countys-new-public-warning-system\">governments\u003c/a> may have \u003ca href=\"https://humboldtgov.org/2014/Emergency-Notifications\">transitioned\u003c/a> to new systems and might not have migrated residents’ information.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">How to sign up for your county’s alerts\u003c/span>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Follow our instructions below to sign up for the most up-to-date alerts as of August 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">The list only includes information for California counties’ primary emergency alert systems. Some local governments may offer additional alerts through systems like Nixle or Notify Me, but no county in California uses either of these as its primary emergency alert system. If you are only registered with Nixle or Notify Me, you may miss crucial emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>Find your county\u003c/strong>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.acgov.org/ready/connect.htm\">Alameda County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the black “AC ALERT” box, click on the yellow “Subscribe” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.alpinecountyca.gov/204/Sheriff\">Alpine County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “SIGN UP FOR REVERSE 911” section, follow the blue Douglas County link, then click “Proceed to Site.” Check the box next to “Yes, I agree” to agree to the terms, then click “Continue” to proceed to the Douglas County, Nev. registration portal. Enter your information to enroll. Alpine County Public Information Officer JT Chevallier confirmed to CalMatters that the county uses the Douglas County system to send emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.amadorgov.org/departments/office-of-emergency-services/amador-county-emergency-alerts\">Amador County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the blue “Amador County Emergency Alerts” link toward the bottom of the page to get to the Smart911 registration portal. Click on the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to create an account. If you previously registered with the CodeRED system, Amador County encourages you to register with the current system, Amador County Emergency Alerts, to continue receiving emergency notifications.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.buttecounty.net/1757/Be-Prepared\">Butte County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the green “Sign up for BCSO CodeRED Notifications” link and select the “Proceed to Site” button to get to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://fireprevention.calaverasgov.us/Emergency-Alerts\">Calaveras County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the “SIGN UP FOR CALAVERAS ALERT” image to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Click the blue “SIGN UP HERE” link to create a new account. You can choose to receive severe weather alerts and customize the alert delivery method.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://countyofcolusa.org/64/Emergency-Alert\">Colusa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Under the “Our Emergency Alerts” section, click the green “Sign up for Emergency alerts from RAVE Mobile” link to get to the Rave registration portal. Click on the green “REGISTER” button in the upper right-hand corner. Follow the instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/5435/Public-Safety-Emergency-Info\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the “Community Warning System” link. In the black box with a yellow alert icon, click “Register to Receive Emergency Alerts” to get to the emergency alert system site. Click “Acknowledge” to proceed, then enter your information to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.co.del-norte.ca.us/CommunityAlertSystem\">Del Norte County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “SIGN UP NOW!” link in the Del Norte Community Alert System Section to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Create an account, then follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.eldoradocounty.ca.gov/Home/Tabs/Emergency-Alert-System\">El Dorado County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Alert Notification System ‘RAVE’” link to get to the sign-up instructions page. Update your Contacts with the emergency alerts phone number listed under the “Save El Dorado County Emergency Alerts in your Contacts” section. Under “New Users,” select the “CLICK HERE” link to proceed to a Smart911 registration portal. Follow the instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.fresnocountyca.gov/Resources/Fresno-County-Emergency\">Fresno County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the black “Register to receive Emergency Alerts” button, located in a red box. Click the button to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Create an account, then follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.countyofglenn.net/government/departments/sheriff/office-emergency-services\">Glenn County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “Sign up for CodeRed Emergency Alerts” link. Click the link, then click “OK” to proceed to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account that allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts. Alerts can be received in English or Spanish.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://humboldtgov.org/2014/Emergency-Notifications\">Humboldt County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to read Humboldt Alert Sign Up Instructions or click on the “SIGN UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS” button to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Click on the red “SIGN UP HERE” link to create a new account. You can add up to five addresses, include pertinent information about family members’ needs, and choose how you would like alerts delivered. If you previously registered with VESTA Alert, you need to register for the current system, Humboldt ALERT, to continue to receive notifications.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://imperialcotens.onthealert.com/Terms/Index/?ReturnUrl=%2f\">Imperial County:\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> Check the box next to “Yes, I agree” to agree to the terms, then click “Continue” to proceed to the registration page. Follow instructions to enroll. As of publication, the Imperial County Public Health Department’s Reverse 911 website has a registration link that does not work. Imperial County Public Information Officer Eddie Lopez provided the alternative registration link and said the county is working on making updates to the outdated county page.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.inyocounty.us/services/emergency-services/emergency-alerts-and-warnings\">Inyo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> At the bottom of the page, click on the blue link following “Sign up for CodeRED automatic alerts here” to get to a CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://kerncountyfire.org/education-safety/ready-kern/\">Kern County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll to the bottom of the page, in the blue “Sign Up for Emergency Alerts” section, click the “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER” button to get to the Everbridge registration portal; follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.kingsoes.com/alert\">Kings County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “SIGN UP HERE” link, located in the red button. This will redirect you to a Smart911 registration portal. Click the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll. As of publication, King County’s Office of Emergency Management website contains a registration link that does not work.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.lakecountyca.gov/869/LakeCoAlerts\">Lake County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the green “Register for LakeCoAlerts” link, then select the “Proceed to Site” button to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option in the upper right-hand corner to create an account. In your account, you can register up to five addresses and choose how you want notifications delivered to you. The \u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.lakecountyca.gov/869/LakeCoAlerts\">LakeCoAlerts page\u003c/a> lists the numbers used by LakeCoAlerts, which you should save to your Contacts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.lassencounty.org/alerts\">Lassen County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Under “Click Below to register to receive alerts,” click the “BE PREPARED Before an Emergency Strikes” banner to get to a Genasys registration portal; follow instructions to enroll. In your account portal, click the bell icon in the menu on the left to control which types of notifications you receive.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://ready.lacounty.gov/alerts/\">Los Angeles County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the green “REGISTER FOR ALERT LA COUNTY” button to get to a CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.maderacounty.com/government/sheriff/office-of-emergency-services/summer-heat\">Madera County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Follow the blue “www.mcalert.org” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Click the “Sign Up” option to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll. You can choose to receive “Weather Notifications” and “Non-Emergency Notifications” in addition to emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://emergency.marincounty.org/pages/alertmarin\">Marin County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Sign-up for AlertMarin” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.mariposacounty.org/1795/Office-of-Emergency-Services\">Mariposa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the beige menu (on the left side of the page on desktop and closer to the bottom third of the page on mobile), select “Emergency Alerts Sign-up” to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Click the blue “SIGN UP HERE” link or select the “Sign Up” option in the upper right-hand menu.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.mendocinocounty.gov/government/executive-office/office-of-emergency-services/emergency-notifications-and-alerts\">Mendocino County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “How to Sign Up” section, follow the green “Visit the Everbridge Registration page to Sign up for the MendoAlert, the Mendocino County Emergency Notification and Alert System” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to create an account. In your account, you will be able to register multiple addresses and have the option to add information about your family’s access or functional needs.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.countyofmerced.com/1922/Merced-County-Emergency-Notification-Sys\">Merced County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the red “Register for the Merced County Emergency Notification System” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Click the red “SIGN UP HERE” link to create a new account. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.modocsheriff.us/office-emergency-services\">Modoc County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the menu (on the left side of the page on desktop and near the bottom of the page on mobile), select “Genasys Emergency Notification” to get to a Genasys login page. Select the green “Click here to register” link located beneath the “Log In” button. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://ready.mono.ca.gov/\">Mono County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the white “Sign Up for Emergency Alerts” link to get to a Genasys registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.readymontereycounty.org/prepare/stay-informed\">Monterey County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the green “Sign Up for Alerts” button to get to a Genasys registration portal. Take note of the phone numbers and emails the emergency alert notifications will be coming from and save them to your Contacts. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Click here to register” to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://readynapacounty.org/214/ALERT-Napa-County\">Napa County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Sign Up” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll. You can choose to receive notifications from various agencies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/3780/Emergency-Alerts\">Nevada County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> The page lists emergency alert numbers to save to your Contacts. Click the red “Register CodeRed” button on the right-hand side of the page to get to a CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.ocgov.com/about-county/emergency\">Orange County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Register Alternate Phone Numbers with AlertOC” section, follow the blue “AlertOC” link to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the top right-hand corner of the page to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.placer.ca.gov/2426/Placer-Alert\">Placer County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> On the “Placer Alert” page, click the “Citizen Alert Notification Sign Up” button or follow the green “Placer Alert system” link. Either of these will redirect you to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.plumascounty.us/2163/Genasys-Emergency-Alert-System\">Plumas County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the red “Rapid Emergency Notification System — Register Now” link. Follow this link to the Genasys registration portal, or continue scrolling down for detailed registration steps. On the Genasys registration portal, select the “Click here to register” link below the “LOG IN” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://rivcoready.org/alert-rivco\">Riverside County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the Alert RivCo registration form. Enter your information here to enroll. After enrolling, log in to your account to register your address with the system. You can choose to receive general notifications in addition to emergency notifications.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://sacramentoready.saccounty.gov/Pages/Emergency-Alerts-Notification-System.aspx\">Sacramento County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click on the blue “Sign up now on the Emergency Alerts website” link to proceed to the Smart911 registration portal. Select the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to enroll. In your account, you can add additional addresses and include medical, access, and functional needs of your family. You may also choose which types of alerts you’d like to receive and customize the delivery method.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sanbenitocountyca.gov/departments/office-of-emergency-services-oes-and-emergency-medical-services\">San Benito County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the “Register with Genasys to Stay Informed!” section. Click on the orange link next to the SBC alert icon to proceed to the Genasys registration portal. This page lists the emergency alert numbers to save to your Contacts. Select the “Click here to register” link at the bottom of the page beneath the “LOG IN” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://wp.sbcounty.gov/sheriff/alerts/\">San Bernardino County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “TENS” section, click the blue “Register today” link to get to a Smart911 login page. Click the green “SIGN UP NOW” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/\">San Diego County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the orange “AlertSanDiego” box and click the white “Register for emergency alerts” link to get to the Alert San Diego website. Click the green “Register for Emergency Alerts” option in the menu at the top of the page. Enter your information to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.sf.gov/information/be-know-official-emergency-alerts\">San Francisco County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Sign up for AlertSF” section, click the blue “alertsf.org” link, which will redirect you to an Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option in the menu in the top right-hand corner. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://sjready.org/stay-informed\">San Joaquin County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the orange “SIGN UP FOR SJREADY” button in the “SJReady — Community Notification System” section to get to theEverbridge registration portal. Click the blue “SIGN UP HERE” link to create an account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.prepareslo.org/en/reverse-9-1-1.aspx\">San Luis Obispo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the “Register” button outlined in blue. Click this to proceed to a Smart911 registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll. The county switched to this alert system in October 2023 and recommends you re-register with the new system if you were enrolled with the previous one.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/dem/smc-alert\">San Mateo County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “Register Now” button near the bottom. Click the button to proceed to the Smart911 registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll. You can opt in to receive precautionary warnings in addition to emergency alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.readysbc.org/\">Santa Barbara County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “Sign Up for ReadySBC Alerts” link in the orange box to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://emergencymanagement.sccgov.org/AlertSCC\">Santa Clara County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the “Sign Up Today!” section and click on the blue “Sign Up” button to get to the Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.santacruzcountyca.gov/OR3/Response/PlanandPrepare/AlertNotificationApplication.aspx\">Santa Cruz County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Cruz Aware Registration” link to get to the Genasys login page. Save the emergency alerts phone numbers to your Contacts. Select the “Click here to register” link under the “LOG IN” button to create a new account. Follow instructions to register. After registering, click the bell icon in the menu to customize which types of notifications you’d like to receive. Santa Cruz County is no longer using the CodeRED system; you should register with the new system if you had enrolled previously.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.shastacounty.gov/ready/page/wildfire-overview\">Shasta County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the “Resources” section, follow the blue “Alert Shasta” link to get to the Genasys registration portal. Save the emergency alerts phone numbers to your Contacts. Under the “LOG IN” button, select the “Click here to register” link to create a new account. Follow instructions to register. 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Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/publichealth/page/siskiyou-county-emergency-preparedness-guide-stay-informed\">Siskiyou County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “ReadySiskiyou-Alerts (Smart911)” link to get to the Smart911 registration portal. Click the green “SIGN UP NOW” button. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/oes/alertsolano/information.asp\">Solano County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Follow the blue “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER” link in the white box to get to the Everbridge registration page. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/emergency-management/resources/soco-alert\">Sonoma County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue “Sign up for SoCoAlert Today!” link near the bottom of the page to get to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.stanoes.com/stanemergency/register-for-alerts\">Stanislaus County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “Everbridge Member Portal” link. Click this link and wait until it redirects you to the Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.suttercounty.org/government/county-departments/office-of-emergency-services\">Sutter County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down to the blue “CODE RED” button at the bottom of the page. Click on this button to proceed to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://tehamaso.org/tehama-alert/\">Tehama County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> In the yellow “Tehama Alert” box near the bottom of the page, click on the green “Sign up for Tehama Alert” button to get to an Everbridge registration portal. Follow instructions to register.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.trinitycounty.org/oes/codered\">Trinity County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the blue CodeRED link next to “CodeRED Signup” and select“OK” to proceed to the CodeRED registration portal. Creating a managed account allows you to change notification settings in the future and add additional addresses. You can also create a guest account. In addition to emergency notifications, you can choose to receive “General Notifications” and severe weather alerts.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://oes.tularecounty.ca.gov/oes/preparedness/be-informed/stay-informed/\">Tulare County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Click the “Register with AlertTC” image or click the blue “www.AlertTC.com” link to get to the AlertTC website. Next, click the blue “Register Now or Login Here” link to proceed to the Everbridge registration portal. Select the “Sign Up” option from the menu in the upper right-hand corner to create a new account. Follow instructions to enroll.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">\u003cstrong>\u003ca style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https://www.tuolumnecounty.ca.gov/1170/Emergency-Alerts\">Tuolumne County\u003c/a>:\u003c/strong> Scroll down until you see the words “CLICK HERE TO REGISTER” in large, green font. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 11:50 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill that would mandate safety testing for companies that develop the largest generative AI models has passed the state Assembly by a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1047\">vote of 41 to 16\u003c/a>. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But critics, including Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, continue to raise objections as the bill makes its way to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been an enormous amount of work and collaboration and working with people who like the bill and people who don’t like the bill,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1047\">SB 1047\u003c/a>. “I’m really, really proud of our coalition and grateful to my colleagues for understanding that, when it comes to technology, innovation and safety are not mutually exclusive. They complement each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bill would enact safeguards to prevent AI from being used to conduct cyberattacks on critical infrastructure or develop chemical, nuclear or biological weapons. After passing the assembly and getting another stamp of approval from the senate, the bill goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener has spent the last year in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000892/ai-safety-testing-bill-heads-for-a-floor-vote-in-sacramento-taking-heavy-fire-from-silicon-valley\">pitched battle\u003c/a> with some of the most prominent figures in the AI industry, including many who warned the measure could stifle the growth of the technology in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three Silicon Valley Congress members — Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Ro Khanna and Pelosi — also spoke out in an effort to kill the bill. Even Wiener’s longtime ally, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, wrote in an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/martin_casado/status/1828467847720509652\">open letter\u003c/a> that “more work needs to be done to bring together industry, government, and community stakeholders before moving forward with a legislative solution that doesn’t add unnecessary bureaucracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906876/nancy-pelosi-explains-the-art-of-power\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED’s Forum\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Thursday, Pelosi criticized the bill again.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“California is the home, the birthplace of AI. In our view. It has the knowledge, the technological knowledge, it has the entrepreneurship, and it has the responsibility to do the right thing, not to pass a bill that does not do the job because it is as well-intentioned as it is ill-informed.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She also pushed back against the idea that she was speaking out against Wiener’s bill because he might face Pelosi’s daughter in a run for her seat once she leaves office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They don’t know what they’re talking about,” she said about \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/08/19/ai-pelosi-house-seat-00174542\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politico\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which first reported the story. “I don’t want California going down a bad path on something this serious and has nothing to do with elections.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">”\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1047 has also attracted high-profile supporters, including Elon Musk, who on Monday \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1828205685386936567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1828205685386936567%7Ctwgr%5Eefeda0f975043ebdda2707011f803c34424e4ba0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfstandard.com%2F2024%2F08%2F26%2Felon-musk-openai-scott-wiener-sb1046%2F\">posted on social media site X,\u003c/a> “This is a tough call and will make some people upset, but, all things considered, I think California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill. For over 20 years, I have been an advocate for AI regulation, just as we regulate any product/technology that is a potential risk to the public.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener acknowledged his unlikely ally. “Elon Musk is not a fan of me, and I’m not a fan of Elon Musk,” Wiener said. “But even people who have very strong disagreements can still find common ground. And, in this area, Elon and I have common ground. He has long, long been an advocate for AI safety. And so this position is very consistent with his long history.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he amended the measure to reflect counsel from leaders in the AI space, including safety groups, academics, startups and developers like Amazon-backed Anthropic. The bill no longer allows California’s attorney general to sue AI companies for negligent safety practices before a catastrophic event has occurred. Also, the original text, which would have established a division within the California Department of Technology “to ensure continuous oversight and enforcement,” is gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who heads the Senate Budget Committee, told KQED the changes were made in large part to improve the bill’s chances with lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom, given that California is facing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985932/newsoms-solution-to-a-45-billion-budget-deficit\">massive budget deficit\u003c/a>. “My experience with Gov. Newsom is he gives bills a fair shake and he listens to arguments. He speaks to people who support and people who oppose, and he makes an informed choice. And I’m confident he will do that here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1047 would only affect companies building AI systems that cost more than $100 million to train. However, critics argue the mere threat of legal action from the state attorney general will stifle innovation by discouraging big tech companies from sharing open-source software with smaller ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Anthropic warned in an open letter addressed to Wiener that it could not support the bill unless it was amended to “respect the evolving nature of risk reduction practices while minimizing rigid, ambiguous, or burdensome rules.” Anthropic was the first major generative AI developer to publicly signal a willingness to work with Wiener on SB 1047.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SB 1047 establishes clear, predictable, common sense legal standards for the developers of the biggest, most powerful AI systems to efficiently build in safety across the AI ecosystem startups build on,” wrote Nathan Calvin, Senior Policy Counsel at the Center for AI Safety Action Fund, the lobbying arm of the Center for AI Safety, which is one of SB 1047’s co-sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of the bill, however, sounded another alarm, including Andrew Ng, the Stanford professor and former Google executive who detailed his concerns in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-252/\">post\u003c/a> viewed by more than 1 million people on \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/andrewyng/status/1798753608974139779?s=61\">X\u003c/a>. “SB 1047 will stifle open source AI and hinder AI innovation,” Ng wrote KQED. “It makes a fundamental mistake of trying to regulate AI technology rather than address harmful applications. Worse, by making it harder for developers to release open AI models, it will hamper researchers’ ability to study cutting-edge AI and spot problems, and therefore will make AI less safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked why California lawmakers have pursued dozens of AI bills focused on discrete issues, compared to the European Union and the state of Colorado, which opted for comprehensive legislation, Wiener said, “California’s system is different than these other jurisdictions. We don’t tend to pick a subject matter and do ten different issues combined. We introduce individual bills. We work very hard to harmonize them,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He acknowledged the pros and cons of this approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But doing it this way does allow us to take a more methodical approach, in terms of not having to solve everything all at once, but addressing specific issues.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Even Wiener’s longtime ally, San Francisco Mayor London Breed, wrote in an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/martin_casado/status/1828467847720509652\">open letter\u003c/a> that “more work needs to be done to bring together industry, government, and community stakeholders before moving forward with a legislative solution that doesn’t add unnecessary bureaucracy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaking on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101906876/nancy-pelosi-explains-the-art-of-power\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED’s Forum\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Thursday, Pelosi criticized the bill again.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“California is the home, the birthplace of AI. In our view. It has the knowledge, the technological knowledge, it has the entrepreneurship, and it has the responsibility to do the right thing, not to pass a bill that does not do the job because it is as well-intentioned as it is ill-informed.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She also pushed back against the idea that she was speaking out against Wiener’s bill because he might face Pelosi’s daughter in a run for her seat once she leaves office. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They don’t know what they’re talking about,” she said about \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook/2024/08/19/ai-pelosi-house-seat-00174542\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politico\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which first reported the story. “I don’t want California going down a bad path on something this serious and has nothing to do with elections.\u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">”\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1047 has also attracted high-profile supporters, including Elon Musk, who on Monday \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1828205685386936567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1828205685386936567%7Ctwgr%5Eefeda0f975043ebdda2707011f803c34424e4ba0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfstandard.com%2F2024%2F08%2F26%2Felon-musk-openai-scott-wiener-sb1046%2F\">posted on social media site X,\u003c/a> “This is a tough call and will make some people upset, but, all things considered, I think California should probably pass the SB 1047 AI safety bill. 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Also, the original text, which would have established a division within the California Department of Technology “to ensure continuous oversight and enforcement,” is gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who heads the Senate Budget Committee, told KQED the changes were made in large part to improve the bill’s chances with lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom, given that California is facing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985932/newsoms-solution-to-a-45-billion-budget-deficit\">massive budget deficit\u003c/a>. “My experience with Gov. Newsom is he gives bills a fair shake and he listens to arguments. He speaks to people who support and people who oppose, and he makes an informed choice. And I’m confident he will do that here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1047 would only affect companies building AI systems that cost more than $100 million to train. 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Worse, by making it harder for developers to release open AI models, it will hamper researchers’ ability to study cutting-edge AI and spot problems, and therefore will make AI less safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked why California lawmakers have pursued dozens of AI bills focused on discrete issues, compared to the European Union and the state of Colorado, which opted for comprehensive legislation, Wiener said, “California’s system is different than these other jurisdictions. We don’t tend to pick a subject matter and do ten different issues combined. We introduce individual bills. We work very hard to harmonize them,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He acknowledged the pros and cons of this approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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For a while it seemed like nothing could stop California forever from plowing ahead with its billionaire backed idea to build a brand new city in Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was until late last month, when the group sort of out of nowhere pooled the ballot measure set to go before voters this November to approve their plan. But make no mistake, we’re going to be hearing about this plan again pretty soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan Sramek: \u003c/strong>I do think it’s going to be a vote on the future of Solano County, but it is also going to be a referendum on California more broadly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>California forever CEO, Jan Sramek says he’s going to spend the next two years trying to get more people on board with the East L.A. plan before bringing it again before voters. Today, why California forever changed course?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I remember the moment that I heard the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Adhiti Bandlamudi is a housing reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I was actually working on a story about their housing portion of the plan. I had all my interviews ready. I was preparing for the Board of Supervisors meeting the next day where the board was going to formally place it on the ballot. And then I remember seeing the news in the morning and it was a complete shock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>You have been spending months really reporting on the East L.A. plan, reporting on California forever. And it seemed like they were just sort of plowing forward with this idea. But then they make this announcement. I mean, what was their rationale at the time for just dropping the idea so suddenly?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>We now know, based on campaign finance records, that they spent $9 million to get this on the ballot when they gave their explanation as to why they were making the sudden change. They said that there were two things that they kept hearing from Solano voters. They wanted to see an environmental impact report and a development agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>The environmental impact report would have basically laid out how the new city would impact the vernal pools and the Jepson prairie. These like very important habitats that are in that area. And it would have also laid out important things like how the new city would get its water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>The development agreement is sort of like a report which would show how the county would hold the company accountable, basically for making good on the many promises that were tacked on to this plan, including bringing 15,000 good paying jobs to the county, things like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Based on their timeline, they were anyway going to spend the next two years working on those reports. So they said they would basically flip the timeline a bit, release the environmental impact report and the development agreement over the next two years, and then have the voters decide the fate of the new city in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That is what California forever was saying in July when they announced that they were dropping this ballot measure. But you actually spent the last couple of weeks reporting to really understand what was going on behind the scenes a little bit more, how they sort of went from going full speed ahead on this idea to this sort of screeching halt. First, how did you go about trying to answer this question of why California forever suddenly dropped this idea from the ballot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I was not satisfied with the company’s initial answer that it was just because people were calling for these reports because arguably people had been calling for these reports for months. So I called a few people who had worked with the campaign who agreed to speak off the record and include their perspective in my story, but only anonymously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>And then I spoke to people on the record to sort of see if they agreed or if those if those sentiments were similar. And then I posed questions to California forever to sort of like get their reaction to those comments. And what I learned is that the story goes way deeper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Yeah. What did you would you find?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Right in the beginning, I think they started off on the wrong foot. You know, I talked to so many people about the project and the thing that kept coming up is that they bought the land in secret since 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>News cast: \u003c/strong>The group only revealed this summer that they are, in fact, a collection of Silicon Valley billionaires looking to build a new city. They call the project California Forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I mean, we didn’t even know who was buying up the land until The New York Times broke the story in August of last year. I think it just rubbed people the wrong way. And I even talked to people at California forever who agreed that the land purchase was not a great look, though it might have made business sense to, like, purchase it in secret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>It strikes me that it’s been a year since we actually found out who was behind former Lee Flannery Associates. What we now know is California forever. Did they go too fast here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>That’s a big part of the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan Sramek: \u003c/strong>I mean, I think we went we went a little bit too quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>When I spoke with Jan Sramek:, he was basically saying that by putting it on this aggressive timeline of going to November and not really having a lot of time to talk to people and build those really important relationships, it not only made the project incredibly politicized, so much so that people didn’t want to be associated with it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>And he said that that really hindered the company’s ability to talk with people. And I think in speaking with county officials and just like people in general, they felt like the timeline was incredibly aggressive and it made it difficult to kind of include other perspectives in that eventual vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan Sramek: \u003c/strong>We didn’t fully appreciate the extent to which putting this on the ballot would make it harder for people to work with us locally. And so we excited to kind of improve that dramatically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>I know you also heard from some people about the culture of the campaign, especially CEO John Shrum. Six inner circle. What can you tell us about that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I had also heard from some people who had worked on the campaign who agreed to sort of speak with me anonymously, that the company had this sort of like. White male bro culture that ultimately affected how they were able to, you know, kind of like interact and connect with the the very diverse community that is Solano County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Many of them are, you know, people who came from bigger cities who want to sort of like build this dense urbanist vision for a new city. Solano County especially. And I even found this amongst the like. Supporters of the project are very diverse, like especially young families of color. So many people of color like love this project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>And I got I heard so much support from them, but I didn’t necessarily see, you know, those people involved in like the leadership positions. I did talk to someone who worked with the campaign who basically said, you know, many of the decisions were sort of made by this like group of like white men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>And it was difficult to include other perspectives necessarily in those like, big decisions. I opposed this to California forever. Too young trying to ask, like what he has to say to this criticism. And he did agree that, you know, the company can do better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>He pointed to the like community advisory committee that is very diverse and filled with Solano residents. But it’s not necessarily clear to me how much power those individuals really had in shaping what the town would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, who California forever needs to win over to build their new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So what has this combination of moving too fast and also not getting enough people at the table meant for public opinion among people in Solano County when it comes to California Forever’s grand idea?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>They didn’t have enough support from local elected officials. They just like could not get anyone to sign on to this plan. When you’re developing housing or building a city from scratch, it ultimately requires county approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Even if California forever won the November election, let’s just say that they got all the votes they needed, they would still need county approval to build the roads and the underlying infrastructure for the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>If they wanted to use public funding to finance some of the roads and you know that highway expansion they were promising of expanding highways 12 and 113 they would need county approval to do that. And it’s way harder to get those approvals if the elected officials in charge don’t trust you or like the project that you’re working on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch Mashburn: \u003c/strong>So I still am not in favor of the project as proposed in the initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I spoke with Supervisor Mitch Mashburn. He’s the chair of the Board of Supervisors in Solano, and he was saying that he doesn’t like the project the way that it stands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch Mashburn: \u003c/strong>Based on empirical data. Show us how this is a plan to do no harm, how it’s planned to truly help and not hinder or hurt in our county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>He will need to see significant changes in order to sign off on it and, you know, really get behind what California forever wants to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch Mashburn: \u003c/strong>It was the best possibility for the residents of our county moving forward to have a chance to get a true understanding of what the impacts of this project would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, what is your sense of public opinion at this point?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>This topic is really divisive. There are people that either love it or hate it. And I think a large group of people are still trying to figure out how they feel about it, especially since there are a lot of questions that are remaining. I’ve spoken to a number of groups, including like Artists Against Billionaires, Solano Together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Both organizations say they’re going to keep on urging the company to answer some of these questions and hold the company accountable. I also heard from people who are sort of keeping an open mind about the project, who in the meantime want to see the company investing moneys into the city is that exist almost as a way of showing goodwill that they genuinely care about the county?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Summers: \u003c/strong>As a pastor, many of my congregants who wanted to buy a home for the first time have had to move to Sacramento, and then the choice of them commuting back to Vallejo to be a part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I was talking to Anthony Summers. He’s a pastor in Vallejo, and he said that he wants to see investment in his local community and also how the company can be held accountable for all these promises that they’re, you know, saying that they’re going to bring to this new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Summers: \u003c/strong>I believe it’s a it’s a fresh idea. Right. And a chance to revitalize this area. You know, and so, again, from Vallejo growing up, you know, we just have to make sure that the partnership is such that people are afforded the opportunities that are being talked about and hold the the founders of the company accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What does this decision authority to drop the ballot measure actually mean? Like, how do you think this changes things? Now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>This project is not dead. They have a lot of work ahead of them. First off, they say that they’re going to get their environmental impact report and development agreement done in two years. Those things usually take like two decades for a project of this size to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>So if they can get all those reports done in two years, that alone will be a feat. They’ll also need to make up a lot of ground amongst people who still do not trust them. Definitely more conversations with locals. They’ll need more officials on board with their plan who will be willing to work with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Probably more schmoozing going on. Do you think we’re going to see more billboards?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>We definitely might see more billboards. We might see more schmoozing. But I will say, I think the billboards were, you know, focused around this like, ballot initiative, like coming to the voters in November. And now it’s more of a soft skill that the company is going to have to flex a bit. For sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>There’s going to have to be more like earnest conversations with people who live, you know, in Rio Vista and in Sassoon, like kind of close to the new city, but also just people who they’re going to need votes from in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>In California. For better or for worse, we have passed a myriad of legislation to kind of make sure that developers take into consideration the environment, what people want, how water is going to get there, how many people will live there, how affordable it’ll be. And California forever ran into that. 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I produced this episode, scored it, and added all the tape music courtesy of Audio Network. I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks so much for listening. Talk to you next time.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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So they said they would basically flip the timeline a bit, release the environmental impact report and the development agreement over the next two years, and then have the voters decide the fate of the new city in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That is what California forever was saying in July when they announced that they were dropping this ballot measure. But you actually spent the last couple of weeks reporting to really understand what was going on behind the scenes a little bit more, how they sort of went from going full speed ahead on this idea to this sort of screeching halt. 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But it’s not necessarily clear to me how much power those individuals really had in shaping what the town would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Coming up, who California forever needs to win over to build their new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So what has this combination of moving too fast and also not getting enough people at the table meant for public opinion among people in Solano County when it comes to California Forever’s grand idea?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>They didn’t have enough support from local elected officials. They just like could not get anyone to sign on to this plan. 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I’ve spoken to a number of groups, including like Artists Against Billionaires, Solano Together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Both organizations say they’re going to keep on urging the company to answer some of these questions and hold the company accountable. I also heard from people who are sort of keeping an open mind about the project, who in the meantime want to see the company investing moneys into the city is that exist almost as a way of showing goodwill that they genuinely care about the county?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Summers: \u003c/strong>As a pastor, many of my congregants who wanted to buy a home for the first time have had to move to Sacramento, and then the choice of them commuting back to Vallejo to be a part of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>I was talking to Anthony Summers. He’s a pastor in Vallejo, and he said that he wants to see investment in his local community and also how the company can be held accountable for all these promises that they’re, you know, saying that they’re going to bring to this new city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Anthony Summers: \u003c/strong>I believe it’s a it’s a fresh idea. Right. And a chance to revitalize this area. You know, and so, again, from Vallejo growing up, you know, we just have to make sure that the partnership is such that people are afforded the opportunities that are being talked about and hold the the founders of the company accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>What does this decision authority to drop the ballot measure actually mean? Like, how do you think this changes things? Now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>This project is not dead. They have a lot of work ahead of them. First off, they say that they’re going to get their environmental impact report and development agreement done in two years. Those things usually take like two decades for a project of this size to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>So if they can get all those reports done in two years, that alone will be a feat. They’ll also need to make up a lot of ground amongst people who still do not trust them. Definitely more conversations with locals. They’ll need more officials on board with their plan who will be willing to work with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Probably more schmoozing going on. Do you think we’re going to see more billboards?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>We definitely might see more billboards. We might see more schmoozing. But I will say, I think the billboards were, you know, focused around this like, ballot initiative, like coming to the voters in November. And now it’s more of a soft skill that the company is going to have to flex a bit. For sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>There’s going to have to be more like earnest conversations with people who live, you know, in Rio Vista and in Sassoon, like kind of close to the new city, but also just people who they’re going to need votes from in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>In California. For better or for worse, we have passed a myriad of legislation to kind of make sure that developers take into consideration the environment, what people want, how water is going to get there, how many people will live there, how affordable it’ll be. And California forever ran into that. They ultimately needed community support and they will need it in order to pass this thing in two years or whenever they bring it back to the voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Adhiti, thank you so much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Adhiti Bandlamudi: \u003c/strong>Thanks for having me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>On Friday afternoon, TechCrunch reported that the family of Marc Andresen, one of the billionaire investors behind California forever, is preparing to build a separate development of more than a thousand homes in Vacaville. The subdivision would be ten miles away from the proposed California Forever project. It will still need city approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Adhiti Bandlamudi, a housing reporter for KQED. This 30 minute conversation with Adhiti was cut down and edited by senior editor Alan Montecillo. I produced this episode, scored it, and added all the tape music courtesy of Audio Network. I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks so much for listening. Talk to you next time.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\u003cp>Remember when, in March of 2023, more than a thousand technology leaders and researchers warned that generative AI could pose “profound risks to society and humanity”? Two months later, some of the industry’s biggest backers promised international leaders they’d be game to build necessary safeguards. A similar pledge was made last month at the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, some prominent figures in the AI industry, including many who have raised safety concerns, are dismissing those worries as science fiction as they pitch an open battle against \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1047\">SB 1047\u003c/a>, a bill that would mandate safety testing for developers of the largest AI models. That measure is on the state Assembly floor for a vote after passing through the Assembly Appropriations Committee along party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proponents of AI have warned that SB 1047 could stifle the growth of the technology in California. And they’ve rallied three Silicon Valley Congress members — Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Rep. Ro Khanna and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi — to aid their efforts to kill the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The view of many of us in Congress is that SB 1047 is well-intentioned but ill informed,” Pelosi wrote in an \u003ca href=\"https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-opposition-california-senate-bill-1047\">open letter\u003c/a> published last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re simply requiring these labs to perform the safety testing that they have repeatedly and publicly committed to perform,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11976097/california-lawmakers-take-on-ai-regulation-with-a-host-of-bills\"> introduced\u003c/a> the bill and is expected to run to fill Pelosi’s seat once she retires, possibly against her daughter Christine Pelosi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener said he amended the measure to reflect counsel from leaders in the AI space, including safety groups, academics, startups and developers like Amazon-backed Anthropic. A key amendment is that the bill no longer allows California’s attorney general to sue AI companies for negligent safety practices before a catastrophic event has occurred. Also, the original text, which would have established a division within the California Department of Technology “to ensure continuous oversight and enforcement,” is gone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wiener, who heads the Senate Budget Committee, told KQED the changes were made in large part to improve the bill’s chances with lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom, given that California is facing a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985932/newsoms-solution-to-a-45-billion-budget-deficit\"> massive budget deficit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he added, “I’m not interested in passing a symbolic bill. I would not agree to amendments that would make it weak.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Anthropic warned in an open letter addressed to Wiener that it could not support the bill unless it was amended to “respect the evolving nature of risk reduction practices while minimizing rigid, ambiguous, or burdensome rules.” Anthropic is the first major generative AI developer to publicly signal a willingness to work with Wiener on SB 1047.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"ai\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microsoft told KQED it has not taken a position on the bill. Robyn Hines, senior director of state government affairs, wrote that the company would prefer federal legislation but “will continue to work with Senator Wiener and others on legislation that will help harness AI’s full potential and advance sensible safety and security protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Wiener’s measure has received public criticism from respected industry voices like Andrew Ng, the Stanford professor and former Google executive who detailed his concerns in a\u003ca href=\"https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-252/\"> post\u003c/a> viewed by more than 1 million people\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/andrewyng/status/1798753608974139779?s=61\"> on X\u003c/a>, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad that we’re exploring paths to the make the bill less bad because a bad bill is better than a very bad bill, but I feel that fundamentally, by regulating hypothetical risks of the technology rather than concrete risks of actual applications, I don’t think this bill will make AI safer,” Ng told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1047 would only affect companies building the next generation of AI systems that cost more than $100 million to train. However, critics like Ng, who is the managing general partner of AI Funds, argue the mere threat of legal action from the state attorney general will discourage big tech companies from sharing open-source software with smaller ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in Silicon Valley, do we want startups spending money to write code and build products for people? Or do we want those startups hiring lawyers and hiring auditors and hiring consultants to clarify legal ambiguity to guard against purely hypothetical risks?” Ng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a substantial faction of the AI community, though, that is concerned about hypothetical risks. In an\u003ca href=\"https://safesecureai.org/experts\"> open letter\u003c/a>, four prominent tech policy thinkers praised SB 1047. “Relative to the scale of risks we are facing, this is a remarkably light-touch piece of legislation,” they wrote.[aside label=\"Technology Coverage\" tag=\"technology\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a lot of really eminent scientists who are worried and are taking these risks seriously,” said Nathan Calvin, senior policy counsel at the Center for AI Safety Action Fund, the lobbying arm of the Center for AI Safety, which is one of SB 1047’s co-sponsors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People don’t need to believe the “AI-terminator-wakes-up-and-kills-everyone scenarios are plausible in order to support this bill,” Calvin said, adding that generative AI is capable of relatively banal catastrophic impacts, like enabling hackers and foreign states to take down critical infrastructure or designing and deploying bio-weapons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of Wiener’s bill say opponents are asking Californians to trust Silicon Valley to self-regulate despite a demonstrated history of failing to do so, especially in regard to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11844163/proposition-24-californians-say-yes-to-expanding-on-nations-toughest-data-privacy-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data privacy\u003c/a> and monitoring hate speech on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702239/why-its-so-hard-to-scrub-hate-speech-off-social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Innovation and safety are not mutually exclusive,” Wiener said. “We can do both, and the public wants us to do both. The public wants the benefits of AI and wants to reduce the risks of AI, and that is exactly what SB 1047 does.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Microsoft told KQED it has not taken a position on the bill. Robyn Hines, senior director of state government affairs, wrote that the company would prefer federal legislation but “will continue to work with Senator Wiener and others on legislation that will help harness AI’s full potential and advance sensible safety and security protections.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent months, Wiener’s measure has received public criticism from respected industry voices like Andrew Ng, the Stanford professor and former Google executive who detailed his concerns in a\u003ca href=\"https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issue-252/\"> post\u003c/a> viewed by more than 1 million people\u003ca href=\"https://x.com/andrewyng/status/1798753608974139779?s=61\"> on X\u003c/a>, the social media app formerly known as Twitter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad that we’re exploring paths to the make the bill less bad because a bad bill is better than a very bad bill, but I feel that fundamentally, by regulating hypothetical risks of the technology rather than concrete risks of actual applications, I don’t think this bill will make AI safer,” Ng told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1047 would only affect companies building the next generation of AI systems that cost more than $100 million to train. However, critics like Ng, who is the managing general partner of AI Funds, argue the mere threat of legal action from the state attorney general will discourage big tech companies from sharing open-source software with smaller ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in Silicon Valley, do we want startups spending money to write code and build products for people? Or do we want those startups hiring lawyers and hiring auditors and hiring consultants to clarify legal ambiguity to guard against purely hypothetical risks?” Ng said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is a substantial faction of the AI community, though, that is concerned about hypothetical risks. In an\u003ca href=\"https://safesecureai.org/experts\"> open letter\u003c/a>, four prominent tech policy thinkers praised SB 1047. “Relative to the scale of risks we are facing, this is a remarkably light-touch piece of legislation,” they wrote.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>At Bullard High School in Fresno, it’s easy to see the benefits of banning students’ cellphones. Bullying is down and socialization is up, principal Armen Torigian said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enforcing the smartphone restrictions? That’s been harder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of putting their devices in magnetically locked pouches, like they’re supposed to, some kids will stick something else in there instead, like a disused old phone, a calculator, a glue bottle or just the phone case. Others attack the pouch, pulling at stitches, cutting the bottom, or defacing it so it looks closed when it’s really open. Most students comply, but those who don’t create disproportionate chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You should see how bad it is,” Torigian said. “It’s great to say no phones, but I don’t think people realize the addiction of the phones and what students will go to to tell you ‘No, you’re not taking my phone.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bullard, which began restricting phones two years ago, is a step ahead of other schools around the state that have moved recently to prohibit cellphones in classrooms. Bullard and other pioneering schools offer a preview of how such bans might play out as they become more common. Educators who have enacted the smartphone restrictions said they help bolster student participation and reduce bullying but also raise challenges, like how to effectively keep phones locked up against determined students and how to identify and treat kids truly addicted to their devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing Bullard as an example, Gov. Gavin Newsom last week \u003ca href=\"https://mclist.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&id=c17c816541&e=5c1534d153\">urged school districts statewide to “act now”\u003c/a> and adopt similar restrictions on smartphone use, reminding them that a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB272\">2019 law\u003c/a> gives them the authority to do so. Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, recently approved plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-18/lausd-board-approved-strict-cell-phone-ban\">ban phones\u003c/a> in January. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab3216?slug=CA_202320240AB3216\">One bill before the state Legislature\u003c/a> would impose similar limits statewide while another would \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1283?slug=CA_202320240SB1283\">ban the use of social media at school\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb976\">Another would prevent\u003c/a> social media companies from sending notifications during school hours as part of a broader set of regulations intended to disrupt social media addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to limit how students use smartphones are driven in part by concerned educators. A Pew Research Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/12/72-percent-of-us-high-school-teachers-say-cellphone-distraction-is-a-major-problem-in-the-classroom/\">survey released in June\u003c/a> found that 1 in 3 middle school teachers and nearly 3 in 4 high school teachers call smartphones a major problem. During school hours in a single day, the average student receives 60 notifications and spends 43 minutes — roughly the length of a classroom period — on their phone, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2023-cs-smartphone-research-report_final-for-web.pdf\">a 2023 study (PDF)\u003c/a> by Common Sense Media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is growing pressure to protect young people from excessive screen time generally:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>In June, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html\">urged Congress\u003c/a> to require social media companies to place warning labels on their content in order to protect young people.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attorneys general \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/22/technology/zuckerberg-instagram-child-safety-lawsuits.html\">from 45 U.S. states filed lawsuits\u003c/a> against Meta for failing to protect children.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Released in March, the popular book \u003ca href=\"https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/\">\u003cem>The Anxious Generation\u003c/em>\u003c/a> correlates declining mental health among young people with smartphone adoption and encourages parents to demand school districts ban smartphones until high school.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000960\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College Park High School students relax in the Wellness Center, which provides a quiet environment as well as meditation, peer support and social services for students. Pleasant Hill on March 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The moves to limit smartphone use in California put it near the forefront of an increasingly national trend. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul \u003ca href=\"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ban-cell-phones-schools-nyc-new-york-kathy-hochul-plan.html\">has reportedly been mulling\u003c/a> a statewide school smartphone ban \u003ca href=\"https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/05/30/kathy-hochul-considers-smartphone-ban-amid-student-mental-health-concerns/\">for several months\u003c/a> now. Florida, Ohio, and Indiana have all \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/06/09/cell-phone-school-laws/73975232007/\">imposed some degree of statewide restrictions on phones in schools, and several other states\u003c/a> have introduced similar legislation. Education Week in June said \u003ca href=\"https://www.edweek.org/technology/which-states-ban-or-restrict-cellphones-in-schools/2024/06\">11 states either restrict or encourage school districts to restrict\u003c/a> student phone use.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-in-san-bernardino-ban-leads-to-higher-teacher-satisfaction\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">In San Bernardino, ban leads to higher teacher satisfaction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Teachers have had classroom phone policies for years; what’s new at schools like Bullard are that their bans are blanket, campus-wide restrictions. Many of the schools that moved early to adopt such bans are smaller and charter schools, like Soar Academy, a TK–8 charter school with 430 mostly low-income students in San Bernardino. Like Bullard, it also found enforcement of its ban was tough. Suspending students wasn’t an option. Neither was yanking phones from students’ hands. That left an honor system, which relied on students’ willingness to accept that smartphones and social media are harmful to their mental health and a distraction from learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The key was that we needed 100% buy-in from teachers. There couldn’t be a weak link,” said Soar principal Trisha Lancaster. “It was scary, because we weren’t sure it was going to work. But we were determined to try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lancaster said it also helped not to give parents or students a choice in the matter. The school simply presented the new policy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012622/#:~:text=Evidence%20from%20a%20variety%20of,to%20be%20greatest%20among%20girls.\">alongside ample research\u003c/a> on the harmful effects of cellphones and social media on young people, and made it clear what the punishments would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first violation, staff would keep a student’s phone for the day and call their parents. Punishments would escalate until the sixth offense, when a student would have to meet with the school board, whose members might suggest the student enroll elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Soar, the idea originated at the end of the 2022–23 school year, when teachers said they were fed up with distracted students and an overall dispiriting school climate. Students, Lancaster said, “had lost their social skills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the staff decided to ban phones during class, at recess, at lunch and after school — essentially, all times except when in a special area where parents or others can pick them up from school. Students must keep phones off and in backpacks when they are not permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first year of the ban went smoother than expected, Lancaster said. Some students and parents protested, but most understood the policy was in students’ best interests. Test scores didn’t budge much, but at the end of the school year, a survey of teachers showed much higher job satisfaction than they recorded previously. And walking across campus, the improvements are obvious, Lancaster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone on campus is so much happier. You see kids actually socializing, problem solving, enjoying themselves,” Lancaster said, choking up as she described the school atmosphere. “It’s true, it’s one more thing to enforce. But education matters, and now kids are learning. That’s the No. 1 reason we did this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-bans-from-san-mateo-to-san-diego\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bans from San Mateo to San Diego\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Soar’s experience has been mirrored on a larger scale in the San Mateo-Foster City School District, which serves 10,000 students at 21 TK–8 schools south of San Francisco. After a full-time return to campus in 2022, teachers in the district found many students were “interacting intensely with cellphones in a way we didn’t see before the pandemic,” said superintendent Diego Ochoa, and so the school district adopted a smartphone ban for four middle schools in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administrators were convinced to do so following a trip to a nearby high school with a smartphone ban. There, they saw students speaking to each other and looking at one another during break time instead of their phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ochoa said the benefits of locking smartphones away is evident from improved test scores and an anonymous annual student survey that found a decline in depression, bullying, and fights in the 2023–24 school year relative to prior years. But saying the smartphone ban led to those benefits is tricky because they could have also been caused by other policy changes that happened at the same time, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-restorative-practices-high-school/\">”restorative” approach to discipline\u003c/a> that relied less on detention and suspension and more on support from counselors. Still, when students were surveyed specifically about the policy and the biggest difference in their education since it was put into place, they said that they pay more attention in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000961\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000961\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign that reads “no phone zone” in English teacher Jen Roberts’ class at Point Loma High School in San Diego on May 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Adriana Heldiz/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ron Dyste also implemented a smartphone ban and, like Ochoa, recommends them. Dyste is principal at Urban Discovery Academy, a TK–12 charter school in San Diego, which banned cellphones during the 2023–24 academic year amid an uptick in bullying, harassment and anxiety among students, staff told CalMatters. Nearly 90% of discipline cases, across Urban Discovery Academy and a school where he worked previously, could be traced to misuse of phones or social media, including students filming fights, spreading nude photos of classmates and encouraging students to kill themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I may never get some of those images out of my head. It’s horrible, what kids can do to each other,” Dyste said. “The damage to our kids and our communities is real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dyste got the idea to ban phones when he and his wife went to a Dave Chapelle performance where audience members were required to secure their phones in locked pouches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My wife said, why don’t we do this in schools?” he said. “We knew we had to do something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over last summer, the school sent out notices to families about the new policy, explaining the rationale. Some students complained, but parents were thrilled, Dyste said. And the improvements in campus climate were almost immediate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of “hiding away with their screens,” said Jenni Owen, the school’s chief operations officer, students spent their breaks talking, dancing, playing volleyball, and having fun. They developed empathy and a sense of community, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the academic year, the school logged zero fights. The previous year, the school’s suspension rate was 13.5%, almost four times the state average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For schools that are wondering if they should take this on, I think the answer is, we have to,” Dyste said. “If we don’t educate kids on how and when to use this technology, we’re going to continue seeing a rise in suicide, sexual harassment, and anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislators have recognized the importance of healthier technology use among children. California students are \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB873\">supposed to learn about\u003c/a> “appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior … related to current technology” under a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/11/fake-news-california-school/\">media literacy law passed in October\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-to-pouch-or-not-to-pouch\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">To pouch or not to pouch\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To enforce smartphone bans, some schools rely on smartphone lockers or locked pouches like the kind Dyste saw in use at the Dave Chappelle show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tried using locked pouches from the Los Angeles-based company Yondr but encountered numerous issues. Some kids were breaking and smashing the pouches to open them, or they’d listen to music all day by connecting their earbuds to their locked-away phones using Bluetooth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11999993,mindshift_64133,news_11977206\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to return what was left of the equipment,” he said. Instead of going with Yondr, which wanted $6,000 to cover 110 kids, Dyste found clear, plastic phone lockers on Amazon that cost $50 each and put one in each classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yondr told CalMatters: “Our pouches are designed to withstand heavy-duty usage, and we are continuously working to improve the durability of our solution. However, there will always be students who try to push boundaries, especially when policies are initially rolled out. For this reason, it is critical that our team works directly with districts and administrators in rolling out the Yondr Program, to ensure that the most effective policies and procedures are implemented for successful school-wide adoption. Without adherence to strong policies, schools may struggle with student compliance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soar Academy also considered purchasing Yondr phone pouches but was discouraged by the $19,000 price tag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Mateo-Foster City School District paid $50,000 to obtain Yondr pouches for roughly 3,000 students. To use them, staff hand out pouches at school entryways each morning, then students swab the pouch over a demagnetizer to unlock the pouch at the end of the day. Kids who want an exception to the rule — for a family emergency for example — must come to the school front office and ask for permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yondr pouches come with a hefty price tag, Ochoa said, but he thinks it’s worth it to improve student focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Call up five random superintendents, I don’t care where they’re at and ask them, how much would you spend to have your students pay more attention? It’s worth millions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-mixed-feelings-among-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mixed feelings among students\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether phones get locked in a clear box or a silver pouch, Oakland High School senior Leah West said she finds it punitive to require students to lock their phones away before they have broken any rules with the devices. While Oakland High School does not have a blanket smartphone ban, her former English teacher sometimes locked student phones in Yondr pouches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should be given a chance to prove ourselves,” she said, adding that such an approach can motivate a rebellious streak in students like her who like freedom and don’t like when she isn’t trusted to make a responsible decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louisa Perry-Picciotto, who graduated from high school in Alameda in June, said students with jobs rely on their phones for work updates and all teens use their phones to communicate with their friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she’s grateful her parents didn’t get her a smartphone until she was in eighth grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get distracted easily, and without a phone I was a lot more connected to the world,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000964\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leah West, 17, in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2024, is in 12th grade at Oakland High School. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Edamevoh Ajayi, who is a junior at Oakland Technical High School, said there’s no question some students don’t pay attention in class because they’re busy texting or playing games. Those students would definitely benefit from rules surrounding cellphone use like the kind being implemented at her school this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she feels like she has a strong sense of self-control and a desire to learn, and doesn’t need a phone ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they take away my belongings, I feel like I’m being treated like a child,” she said. At her school, policies vary by classroom. In general, students are free to use their phones between classes and at lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When students use their phones in class it can be frustrating for everyone else, said Fremont High School science teacher Chris Jackson. It puts teachers in a tough position: Either ignore that student and carry on for the sake of the students who are listening or disrupt learning for all students and confront them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the long run, Jackson said he’s worried that Black and brown students, who have historically faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/4/5/17199810/school-discipline-race-racism-gao\">higher rates of punishment than other students\u003c/a>, will again bear the brunt of disciplinary actions related to smartphone bans. Rather than punishment, Jackson would prefer to see solutions that address root issues like addiction that lead students to use their devices in violation of the rules. So no matter what policy school districts adopt, he wants the focus to remain on teaching students digital literacy and how social media can be a risk to their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-course-corrections\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course corrections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some schools who helped pioneer smartphone bans have reassessed their initial approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Bullard is changing its policy to allow students to access their smartphones at lunch time. Torigian said school administrators wanted to make room for important communications, for example by allowing students who pick up younger siblings to text with their parents. They also hoped the looser rules would encourage more students to comply with the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If kids don’t comply, teachers call parents, and if they still refuse they’re sent to what the school calls the re-engagement center. Starting last month, California \u003ca href=\"https://sd09.senate.ca.gov/news/20231010-california-law-will-make-student-suspensions-willful-defiance-illegal\">began prohibiting suspensions for “willful defiance\u003c/a>.” Torigian believes that schools need an exemption from the policy in order to enforce smartphone restrictions. He wants it back because he said he needs a way to hold kids accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why the governor’s got to give us some leeway on this willful defiance; you can’t do one [smartphone restrictions] without the other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ochoa said if he had to do it over again in San Mateo-Foster City he would devote more time to explaining to students why they adopted such a policy before putting it into place. Getting a smartphone is a big deal for middle school students, a milestone for adolescents that represents more freedom and autonomy, and it’s counterproductive for the school environment if they feel punished or something they value is taken away with little explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our teenagers told us, ‘you forgot to explain why we’re doing this,’” he said, adding that even if a small percentage of kids violate the policy it can be really harmful academically and to school culture. “Even with your conviction to implement a policy like this, spend the time developing the language around the policy and explaining it to your students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer, whose nonprofit is focused on how children use media and technology, agreed that it works best to explain to kids why a rule to limit smartphone access at school is necessary. Parents and teachers need the same explanation so that they can help enforce some restrictions in order to keep kids safe and healthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any even remotely engaged parent is going to want their kid to do well in school, and is going to want them to understand why phones and social media platforms get in the way of learning and can be really distracting and can affect your mental health,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You should see how bad it is,” Torigian said. “It’s great to say no phones, but I don’t think people realize the addiction of the phones and what students will go to to tell you ‘No, you’re not taking my phone.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bullard, which began restricting phones two years ago, is a step ahead of other schools around the state that have moved recently to prohibit cellphones in classrooms. Bullard and other pioneering schools offer a preview of how such bans might play out as they become more common. Educators who have enacted the smartphone restrictions said they help bolster student participation and reduce bullying but also raise challenges, like how to effectively keep phones locked up against determined students and how to identify and treat kids truly addicted to their devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Citing Bullard as an example, Gov. Gavin Newsom last week \u003ca href=\"https://mclist.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=afffa58af0d1d42fee9a20e55&id=c17c816541&e=5c1534d153\">urged school districts statewide to “act now”\u003c/a> and adopt similar restrictions on smartphone use, reminding them that a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB272\">2019 law\u003c/a> gives them the authority to do so. Los Angeles Unified, the nation’s second-largest school district, recently approved plans to \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-18/lausd-board-approved-strict-cell-phone-ban\">ban phones\u003c/a> in January. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab3216?slug=CA_202320240AB3216\">One bill before the state Legislature\u003c/a> would impose similar limits statewide while another would \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb1283?slug=CA_202320240SB1283\">ban the use of social media at school\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240sb976\">Another would prevent\u003c/a> social media companies from sending notifications during school hours as part of a broader set of regulations intended to disrupt social media addiction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Calls to limit how students use smartphones are driven in part by concerned educators. A Pew Research Center \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/06/12/72-percent-of-us-high-school-teachers-say-cellphone-distraction-is-a-major-problem-in-the-classroom/\">survey released in June\u003c/a> found that 1 in 3 middle school teachers and nearly 3 in 4 high school teachers call smartphones a major problem. During school hours in a single day, the average student receives 60 notifications and spends 43 minutes — roughly the length of a classroom period — on their phone, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/sites/default/files/research/report/2023-cs-smartphone-research-report_final-for-web.pdf\">a 2023 study (PDF)\u003c/a> by Common Sense Media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is growing pressure to protect young people from excessive screen time generally:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>In June, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html\">urged Congress\u003c/a> to require social media companies to place warning labels on their content in order to protect young people.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attorneys general \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/22/technology/zuckerberg-instagram-child-safety-lawsuits.html\">from 45 U.S. states filed lawsuits\u003c/a> against Meta for failing to protect children.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Released in March, the popular book \u003ca href=\"https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/\">\u003cem>The Anxious Generation\u003c/em>\u003c/a> correlates declining mental health among young people with smartphone adoption and encourages parents to demand school districts ban smartphones until high school.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000960\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/031524_Wellness-Center_MO_CM_03-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College Park High School students relax in the Wellness Center, which provides a quiet environment as well as meditation, peer support and social services for students. Pleasant Hill on March 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The moves to limit smartphone use in California put it near the forefront of an increasingly national trend. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul \u003ca href=\"https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/ban-cell-phones-schools-nyc-new-york-kathy-hochul-plan.html\">has reportedly been mulling\u003c/a> a statewide school smartphone ban \u003ca href=\"https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024/05/30/kathy-hochul-considers-smartphone-ban-amid-student-mental-health-concerns/\">for several months\u003c/a> now. Florida, Ohio, and Indiana have all \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/06/09/cell-phone-school-laws/73975232007/\">imposed some degree of statewide restrictions on phones in schools, and several other states\u003c/a> have introduced similar legislation. Education Week in June said \u003ca href=\"https://www.edweek.org/technology/which-states-ban-or-restrict-cellphones-in-schools/2024/06\">11 states either restrict or encourage school districts to restrict\u003c/a> student phone use.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-in-san-bernardino-ban-leads-to-higher-teacher-satisfaction\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">In San Bernardino, ban leads to higher teacher satisfaction\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Teachers have had classroom phone policies for years; what’s new at schools like Bullard are that their bans are blanket, campus-wide restrictions. Many of the schools that moved early to adopt such bans are smaller and charter schools, like Soar Academy, a TK–8 charter school with 430 mostly low-income students in San Bernardino. Like Bullard, it also found enforcement of its ban was tough. Suspending students wasn’t an option. Neither was yanking phones from students’ hands. That left an honor system, which relied on students’ willingness to accept that smartphones and social media are harmful to their mental health and a distraction from learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The key was that we needed 100% buy-in from teachers. There couldn’t be a weak link,” said Soar principal Trisha Lancaster. “It was scary, because we weren’t sure it was going to work. But we were determined to try.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lancaster said it also helped not to give parents or students a choice in the matter. The school simply presented the new policy, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7012622/#:~:text=Evidence%20from%20a%20variety%20of,to%20be%20greatest%20among%20girls.\">alongside ample research\u003c/a> on the harmful effects of cellphones and social media on young people, and made it clear what the punishments would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first violation, staff would keep a student’s phone for the day and call their parents. Punishments would escalate until the sixth offense, when a student would have to meet with the school board, whose members might suggest the student enroll elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Soar, the idea originated at the end of the 2022–23 school year, when teachers said they were fed up with distracted students and an overall dispiriting school climate. Students, Lancaster said, “had lost their social skills.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the staff decided to ban phones during class, at recess, at lunch and after school — essentially, all times except when in a special area where parents or others can pick them up from school. Students must keep phones off and in backpacks when they are not permitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first year of the ban went smoother than expected, Lancaster said. Some students and parents protested, but most understood the policy was in students’ best interests. Test scores didn’t budge much, but at the end of the school year, a survey of teachers showed much higher job satisfaction than they recorded previously. And walking across campus, the improvements are obvious, Lancaster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone on campus is so much happier. You see kids actually socializing, problem solving, enjoying themselves,” Lancaster said, choking up as she described the school atmosphere. “It’s true, it’s one more thing to enforce. But education matters, and now kids are learning. That’s the No. 1 reason we did this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-bans-from-san-mateo-to-san-diego\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bans from San Mateo to San Diego\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Soar’s experience has been mirrored on a larger scale in the San Mateo-Foster City School District, which serves 10,000 students at 21 TK–8 schools south of San Francisco. After a full-time return to campus in 2022, teachers in the district found many students were “interacting intensely with cellphones in a way we didn’t see before the pandemic,” said superintendent Diego Ochoa, and so the school district adopted a smartphone ban for four middle schools in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administrators were convinced to do so following a trip to a nearby high school with a smartphone ban. There, they saw students speaking to each other and looking at one another during break time instead of their phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ochoa said the benefits of locking smartphones away is evident from improved test scores and an anonymous annual student survey that found a decline in depression, bullying, and fights in the 2023–24 school year relative to prior years. But saying the smartphone ban led to those benefits is tricky because they could have also been caused by other policy changes that happened at the same time, including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-restorative-practices-high-school/\">”restorative” approach to discipline\u003c/a> that relied less on detention and suspension and more on support from counselors. Still, when students were surveyed specifically about the policy and the biggest difference in their education since it was put into place, they said that they pay more attention in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000961\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000961\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/050324_School-AI-San-Diego_AH_CM_31-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign that reads “no phone zone” in English teacher Jen Roberts’ class at Point Loma High School in San Diego on May 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Adriana Heldiz/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ron Dyste also implemented a smartphone ban and, like Ochoa, recommends them. Dyste is principal at Urban Discovery Academy, a TK–12 charter school in San Diego, which banned cellphones during the 2023–24 academic year amid an uptick in bullying, harassment and anxiety among students, staff told CalMatters. Nearly 90% of discipline cases, across Urban Discovery Academy and a school where he worked previously, could be traced to misuse of phones or social media, including students filming fights, spreading nude photos of classmates and encouraging students to kill themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I may never get some of those images out of my head. It’s horrible, what kids can do to each other,” Dyste said. “The damage to our kids and our communities is real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dyste got the idea to ban phones when he and his wife went to a Dave Chapelle performance where audience members were required to secure their phones in locked pouches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My wife said, why don’t we do this in schools?” he said. “We knew we had to do something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over last summer, the school sent out notices to families about the new policy, explaining the rationale. Some students complained, but parents were thrilled, Dyste said. And the improvements in campus climate were almost immediate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of “hiding away with their screens,” said Jenni Owen, the school’s chief operations officer, students spent their breaks talking, dancing, playing volleyball, and having fun. They developed empathy and a sense of community, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of the academic year, the school logged zero fights. The previous year, the school’s suspension rate was 13.5%, almost four times the state average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For schools that are wondering if they should take this on, I think the answer is, we have to,” Dyste said. “If we don’t educate kids on how and when to use this technology, we’re going to continue seeing a rise in suicide, sexual harassment, and anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislators have recognized the importance of healthier technology use among children. California students are \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB873\">supposed to learn about\u003c/a> “appropriate, responsible, and healthy behavior … related to current technology” under a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/11/fake-news-california-school/\">media literacy law passed in October\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-to-pouch-or-not-to-pouch\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">To pouch or not to pouch\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To enforce smartphone bans, some schools rely on smartphone lockers or locked pouches like the kind Dyste saw in use at the Dave Chappelle show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He tried using locked pouches from the Los Angeles-based company Yondr but encountered numerous issues. Some kids were breaking and smashing the pouches to open them, or they’d listen to music all day by connecting their earbuds to their locked-away phones using Bluetooth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had to return what was left of the equipment,” he said. Instead of going with Yondr, which wanted $6,000 to cover 110 kids, Dyste found clear, plastic phone lockers on Amazon that cost $50 each and put one in each classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yondr told CalMatters: “Our pouches are designed to withstand heavy-duty usage, and we are continuously working to improve the durability of our solution. However, there will always be students who try to push boundaries, especially when policies are initially rolled out. For this reason, it is critical that our team works directly with districts and administrators in rolling out the Yondr Program, to ensure that the most effective policies and procedures are implemented for successful school-wide adoption. Without adherence to strong policies, schools may struggle with student compliance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Soar Academy also considered purchasing Yondr phone pouches but was discouraged by the $19,000 price tag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Mateo-Foster City School District paid $50,000 to obtain Yondr pouches for roughly 3,000 students. To use them, staff hand out pouches at school entryways each morning, then students swab the pouch over a demagnetizer to unlock the pouch at the end of the day. Kids who want an exception to the rule — for a family emergency for example — must come to the school front office and ask for permission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yondr pouches come with a hefty price tag, Ochoa said, but he thinks it’s worth it to improve student focus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Call up five random superintendents, I don’t care where they’re at and ask them, how much would you spend to have your students pay more attention? It’s worth millions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-mixed-feelings-among-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mixed feelings among students\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Whether phones get locked in a clear box or a silver pouch, Oakland High School senior Leah West said she finds it punitive to require students to lock their phones away before they have broken any rules with the devices. While Oakland High School does not have a blanket smartphone ban, her former English teacher sometimes locked student phones in Yondr pouches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We should be given a chance to prove ourselves,” she said, adding that such an approach can motivate a rebellious streak in students like her who like freedom and don’t like when she isn’t trusted to make a responsible decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Louisa Perry-Picciotto, who graduated from high school in Alameda in June, said students with jobs rely on their phones for work updates and all teens use their phones to communicate with their friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she’s grateful her parents didn’t get her a smartphone until she was in eighth grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get distracted easily, and without a phone I was a lot more connected to the world,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000964\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000964\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/081624_CellPhoneBan_FM_CM_03-copy-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leah West, 17, in Oakland on Aug. 16, 2024, is in 12th grade at Oakland High School. \u003ccite>(Florence Middleton/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Edamevoh Ajayi, who is a junior at Oakland Technical High School, said there’s no question some students don’t pay attention in class because they’re busy texting or playing games. Those students would definitely benefit from rules surrounding cellphone use like the kind being implemented at her school this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she feels like she has a strong sense of self-control and a desire to learn, and doesn’t need a phone ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they take away my belongings, I feel like I’m being treated like a child,” she said. At her school, policies vary by classroom. In general, students are free to use their phones between classes and at lunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When students use their phones in class it can be frustrating for everyone else, said Fremont High School science teacher Chris Jackson. It puts teachers in a tough position: Either ignore that student and carry on for the sake of the students who are listening or disrupt learning for all students and confront them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the long run, Jackson said he’s worried that Black and brown students, who have historically faced \u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/4/5/17199810/school-discipline-race-racism-gao\">higher rates of punishment than other students\u003c/a>, will again bear the brunt of disciplinary actions related to smartphone bans. Rather than punishment, Jackson would prefer to see solutions that address root issues like addiction that lead students to use their devices in violation of the rules. So no matter what policy school districts adopt, he wants the focus to remain on teaching students digital literacy and how social media can be a risk to their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-course-corrections\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course corrections\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Some schools who helped pioneer smartphone bans have reassessed their initial approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Bullard is changing its policy to allow students to access their smartphones at lunch time. Torigian said school administrators wanted to make room for important communications, for example by allowing students who pick up younger siblings to text with their parents. They also hoped the looser rules would encourage more students to comply with the ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If kids don’t comply, teachers call parents, and if they still refuse they’re sent to what the school calls the re-engagement center. Starting last month, California \u003ca href=\"https://sd09.senate.ca.gov/news/20231010-california-law-will-make-student-suspensions-willful-defiance-illegal\">began prohibiting suspensions for “willful defiance\u003c/a>.” Torigian believes that schools need an exemption from the policy in order to enforce smartphone restrictions. He wants it back because he said he needs a way to hold kids accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why the governor’s got to give us some leeway on this willful defiance; you can’t do one [smartphone restrictions] without the other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ochoa said if he had to do it over again in San Mateo-Foster City he would devote more time to explaining to students why they adopted such a policy before putting it into place. Getting a smartphone is a big deal for middle school students, a milestone for adolescents that represents more freedom and autonomy, and it’s counterproductive for the school environment if they feel punished or something they value is taken away with little explanation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our teenagers told us, ‘you forgot to explain why we’re doing this,’” he said, adding that even if a small percentage of kids violate the policy it can be really harmful academically and to school culture. “Even with your conviction to implement a policy like this, spend the time developing the language around the policy and explaining it to your students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Common Sense Media CEO Jim Steyer, whose nonprofit is focused on how children use media and technology, agreed that it works best to explain to kids why a rule to limit smartphone access at school is necessary. Parents and teachers need the same explanation so that they can help enforce some restrictions in order to keep kids safe and healthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Any even remotely engaged parent is going to want their kid to do well in school, and is going to want them to understand why phones and social media platforms get in the way of learning and can be really distracting and can affect your mental health,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:55 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/artificial-intelligence\">artificial intelligence\u003c/a> booms, the technology has also given rise to “deepfake” pictures, including manipulated images of young, nude women and children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonconsensual pornographic photos of anyone, including celebrities like Taylor Swift and pre-teens in California, can be generated in a few clicks. In February, faked nude pictures of 16 eighth-grade girls went around a Beverly Hills middle school, prompting expulsions of five fellow students accused of making them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The movement has left many people, including San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, “horrified.” On Wednesday, he announced that his office had filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against 16 of the largest websites that create and distribute nonconsensual AI-generated pornography, setting up a major test of the laws that currently govern the burgeoning technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to be very clear that this is not innovation — this is sexual abuse,” Chiu said in a statement shared with KQED. “This is a big, multi-faceted problem that we, as a society, need to solve as soon as possible. We all need to do our part to crack down on bad actors using AI to exploit and abuse real people, including children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chief Deputy City Attorney Yvonne Meré first brought the issue to Chiu this year after seeing news coverage of young girls who were targeted by these deepfake images.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She was “horrified and fearful thinking of my own 15-year-old daughter and how she would feel if her autonomy was stripped from her, her image distorted, her privacy wholly disregarded,” Meré said during a press conference Wednesday. “And as a lawyer I was frustrated. How can it be that this pernicious practice can go on?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12000417\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12000417\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CityAttorneyDeepfakes-13-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy City Attorney Yvonne Meré speaks during a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco on Aug. 15, 2024, about a lawsuit against websites that create and distribute nonconsensual AI-generated pornography. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The suit, which Chiu’s team believes is the first government lawsuit of its kind, hopes to stamp out websites that allow users to create “nonconsensual sexually explicit images” or “undress” women — and, in some cases, children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real novelty here is that they’re focusing on the companies that create this stuff and not individuals,” Jennifer King, the privacy and data policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While individuals targeted by falsified nude images have pursued legal action before, the goal is generally to get the images scrubbed from the internet or hold the person who created them accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real difference here is that San Francisco’s going after the actual companies that enable the creation of the material,” King said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The companies being sued by San Francisco took no effort to hide the nonconsensual nature of the explicit material their users could create, according to the city attorney’s office. One of the websites says: “Imagine wasting time taking her out on dates when you can just use [website] to get her nudes.” Another asks users: “Have someone to undress?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sites make use of open-source generative AI models that are available to the public to adapt and train on specific content, according to the city attorney’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even where the creators of these open-source models subsequently incorporate safeguards into new releases of the model, earlier releases — and fine-tuned versions trained to generate pornographic content — continue to circulate online,” the complaint reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chiu’s office alleges the companies violate state and federal laws against deepfake, revenge and child pornography. While several states have proposed or enacted legislation to criminalize such nonconsensual AI-generated images, the lawsuit asks the San Francisco Superior Court to order the sites to shut down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11998817 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/ChatGPTGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether this is possible remains to be seen, said professor Colleen Chien, co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In bringing the complaint in state court, the city attorney’s office alleges that the website operators engaged in unlawful and unfair business practices in San Francisco and elsewhere in California. Chien expects the defendants to fight the notion that their violation of laws in San Francisco’s jurisdiction can force them to shutter worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if the suit is successful, King said, it likely cannot prevent the creation of this kind of material by private users, since the technology already exists. But it could set a new legal framework for fighting the issue. The design of the suit will test how effective existing laws surrounding AI are at blocking the companies that make this technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this highlights is that though there have been a flurry of new laws, what it might actually need is more law enforcement,” Chien said. “These laws that they’re drawing upon have been out there, but it’s not proven how much they will actually provide protection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California was one of the first states to pass anti-deepfake legislation in 2019, before the current frenzy over AI: one bill dealing with pornography and the other with political elections. Currently, state lawmakers are set to decide Thursday whether \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1831\">Assembly Bill 1831\u003c/a>, which would expand the scope of these provisions to include material altered or generated with AI, lives to face a floor vote in the Senate or dies. They’ll also decide if Senate Bill 1047, a far-reaching proposal that would require developers of the largest AI models to safety test their technology, will go to an Assembly floor vote or be killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco complaint targets two U.S. companies, one based in England and two based in Estonia, as well as a resident of Estonia and 50 unnamed John Doe defendants whose true identities are not yet known. 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"content": "\u003cp>Late Monday afternoon — on the same day \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996422/hospital-operator-backs-off-closure-of-east-san-jose-trauma-center-after-public-outcry\">Regional Medical Center in East San José planned to downgrade its trauma center\u003c/a> and cut back other critical health care services — residents and advocates held a vigil to mourn what they called an irresponsible divestment from a largely working-class community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The action was the latest in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11990284/doctors-community-leaders-ramp-up-efforts-to-halt-closure-of-east-san-jose-trauma-center\">series of rallies and protests\u003c/a> since May by a coalition of medical workers, community members and patient advocates who were angered by cutbacks enacted by HCA Healthcare — the parent company of Regional Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re here mourning their disregard for our lives,” said Darcie Green, the executive director of health nonprofit Latinas Contra Cancer, who joined about a dozen other members of the coalition at the vigil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They held their vigil outside Good Samaritan Hospital in the more affluent West San José area, another facility owned by HCA Healthcare — where the company is pursuing a major expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group shared stories of their experiences with Regional Medical Center and their concerns, marched and chanted in front of Good Samaritan, and lit candles, leaving them on the edge of the facility’s east entrance driveway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As these candles are lit, they are a reminder that this fire is still burning. We’re not stopping today,” Green said. “We’re going to continue on this fight because all communities deserve to have full access to health care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February, HCA announced it planned to close the Regional Medical Center’s trauma center, eliminate its severe heart attack services and reduce stroke services on Aug. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, following months of protests by the coalition, the company \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996422/hospital-operator-backs-off-closure-of-east-san-jose-trauma-center-after-public-outcry\">backed off the closures in mid-July\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, hospital officials said the company plans to downgrade its trauma center from a Level II to a Level III, which offers lower levels of care, doesn’t require specialists to be on-site around the clock, and leans more on transferring patients with serious needs to other facilities after stabilizing them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company said that instead of eliminating its ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) program, which handles severe heart attacks, it will reduce services. For example, the hospital’s around-the-clock catheterization laboratory, where cardiologists insert catheters to help diagnose heart issues, will now only be staffed in the daytime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stroke services will also be reduced from “comprehensive” to just above “primary” levels, which the company said will still be able to serve 97% of patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11999961\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11999961\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240812-HCAVIGIL-JG-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240812-HCAVIGIL-JG-7.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240812-HCAVIGIL-JG-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240812-HCAVIGIL-JG-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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multi-year effort to get major expansion plans approved for Good Samaritan, which includes two new hospital wings and a medical office building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the primary reason for the new construction at Good Samaritan is due to state seismic safety requirements, the hospital company is also adding more beds and more space to upgrade technology and add private rooms, as well as keep up with accessibility requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11996422 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/SanJoseRegionalMedCenter-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for HCA said claims of inequity are false, noting that HCA invested hundreds of millions of dollars in seismically upgrading Regional Medical Center facilities and buildings in 2014 and nearly $200 million since in ongoing equipment and facilities upgrades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company also plans to expand the Regional Medical Center emergency department from 43 beds to 63 beds in the coming year, costing about $10 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spokesperson said the company is making decisions based on the long-term financial viability of the hospital, balanced with the health care needs of the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the company’s critics have questioned the decision to pull back on services on the East Side when the Nashville-based conglomerate is earning significant profits, with its stock price around an all-time high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its second-quarter \u003ca href=\"https://investor.hcahealthcare.com/news/news-details/2024/HCA-Healthcare-Reports-Second-Quarter-2024-Results/default.aspx#:~:text=Revenues%20in%20the%20second%20quarter,the%20second%20quarter%20of%202023.\">earnings report\u003c/a> for 2024, HCA said its net income totaled $1.461 billion, and it expects to earn nearly $6 billion over the course of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In terms of the care, we’re trying to provide that but also do that in a sustainable way so that the institution itself doesn’t start going down a slippery slope because we haven’t managed the finances required to provide that care,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the most part, not much will change in terms of what the public will experience,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987728\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-6_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-6_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-6_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-6_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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Chavez and others called on Attorney General Rob Bonta to halt service cuts planned by the hospital’s ownership. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez said it’s “ridiculous” and “dishonest” to suggest that cuts won’t be impactful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not looking out for patient care. They’re looking out for their business interests,” Chavez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What they’re saying is they’re looking out for their bottom line. And our obligation is to look out for the people who live, work, play, learn and worship here,” Chavez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My expectation is that corporations that care deeply about the community try to share in that responsibility. I’m not seeing HCA do that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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