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Her husband is a product manager with Google. “I came here following my husband. He had an opportunity he wanted to pursue. So I came here as his wife, and now I’m dependent on him,” Bhai explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word “dependent” rolls uneasily off Bhai’s tongue. Originally from Mumbai, she got her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Mumbai University. “I have also an MBA from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.isb.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian School of Business\u003c/a>. It’s an amazing school, and I have an amazing education. I would love to use that, if possible, here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai is allowed to work for now, thanks to a rule change that went into effect just three years ago, around the time she arrived in the U.S. She’s an H-4 EAD visa holder, the spouse of an H-1B visa holder, which means her husband’s petition for permanent residence, or green card, has already been approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband Siddharth has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their \"American dream.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband, Siddharth, has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their “American Dream.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bhai works for \u003ca href=\"https://anitab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AnitaB.org\u003c/a>, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that helps recruit, retain and advance women in technology. “I use my H-4 EAD for the betterment of the community. If that’s taken away from me, it’s a little bit of a loss to those women, too. Right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai and others like her — mostly women, it must be said — are worried the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are poised to do an about-face on H-4 EAD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, President Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> to review the H-1B visa process as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Conversation-Director-USCIS-Francis-Cissna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare public conversation\u003c/a> last August at the National Press Club, USCIS Director Francis Cissna argued Congress never explicitly gave H-1B visa spouses the right to work. “That is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it,” Cissna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His argument mirrors the one from a group of IT workers called “Save Jobs USA.” The organization \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigration.com/sites/default/files/SaveJobs-Lawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2015 over this issue, claiming the DHS is sidestepping protections for U.S. workers built into the H-1B program, specifically a limit on the number of H-1B visas that can be issued each fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, DHS maintained it had broad authority to interpret immigration law. But under the Trump administration, DHS told the appeals court it \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Save_Jobs_USA_v_DHS_Docket_No_1605287_DC_Cir_Sept_30_2016_Court_D/1?1519928167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702628 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png\" alt='\"The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,\" says Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1200x900.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1180x885.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-960x720.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-240x180.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-375x281.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-520x390.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,” says Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of political science and public policy. \u003ccite>(Infographic: Courtesy of Karthick Ramakrishnan/AAPI Data)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose is one of 132 members of Congress who \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/sites/jayapal.house.gov/files/JayapalLove_DHS_Maintain_H4_Work_Authorization_2018_05_16_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter\u003c/a> urging Homeland Security to reconsider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the nation is long overdue for a broad reform of U.S. immigration law that takes into account, among other things, the needs of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bill to do that. There are other bills that have been introduced. None of them are moving. The Republicans control every branch of government right now and they can’t do anything,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1965 law established that no individual country can constitute more than 7 percent of green cards issued in a year. The Immigration Act of 1990 caps the total number of new employment-based green cards at 140,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no other country sends as many highly educated green card applicants to the U.S. as India. Indians who applied in 2009 are just getting their green cards now, and the backlog is growing. Some Indians who qualify are waiting as long as 25 years to move through that queue. “The wait for us is nearly exponential,” Bhai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai’s daughter is 7 years old. Her son is 4. She wonders what will happen when they get old enough to apply to college and require more financial support than her husband can manage now. What happens when they turn 21, old enough to require green cards of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aside her concerns as a mother, what happens if Bhai is forced to sit out during her most productive professional years? “H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes,” \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-trumps-plan-to-forbid-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-to-work-is-a-bad-idea-89279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes\u003c/a> associate professor \u003ca href=\"https://gwst.umbc.edu/amy-bhatt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Bhatt\u003c/a> at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BHAATH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H4-EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H-4 EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are approved immigrants waiting for their number to come up. These intending immigrants are supposed to sit on their hands and do nothing, even though they also have Ph.D.s?” Rep. Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that highly skilled immigrants don’t have to work here. “They’re getting poached by Canada, because they also feel that based on the president’s behavior, his comments, and some new hostility from the Immigration Service itself, that they’re not wanted here. You know, we’re not the only game in town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Countries like Australia, China, Germany and Israel are also reaching out to frustrated Indians who don’t want to wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Trump administration does not appear to be rushing this particular rule change through. The Department of Homeland Security has pushed its decision-making timeline several times over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leslie Dellon, staff attorney with the pro-immigration nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Immigration Council\u003c/a>, said that a notice of proposed rule-making requires a review by the Office of Management and Budget first, as well as a public comment period. “We’re probably looking at 2019 before there’s going to be any action taken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leena Bhai can keep working, at least until the new year. Presuming she wants to stay.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Any day now, federal immigration officials are expected to officially propose that spouses of \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/nativedocuments/Characteristics_of_H-1B_Specialty_Occupation_Workers_FY17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">H-1B\u003c/a> visa holders \u003ca href=\"https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/eAgenda/StaticContent/201810/Statement_1600.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer be allowed to work\u003c/a> in the U.S. Roughly \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Resources/Reports%20and%20Studies/Immigration%20Forms%20Data/BAHA/eads-by-basis-for-eligibility.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">105,000\u003c/a> families are expected to be affected, most of them from India, many of them right here in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take Leena Bhai. Her family of four rents a spacious but modest home in Sunnyvale. Her husband is a product manager with Google. “I came here following my husband. He had an opportunity he wanted to pursue. So I came here as his wife, and now I’m dependent on him,” Bhai explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The word “dependent” rolls uneasily off Bhai’s tongue. Originally from Mumbai, she got her bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Mumbai University. “I have also an MBA from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.isb.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian School of Business\u003c/a>. It’s an amazing school, and I have an amazing education. I would love to use that, if possible, here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai is allowed to work for now, thanks to a rule change that went into effect just three years ago, around the time she arrived in the U.S. She’s an H-4 EAD visa holder, the spouse of an H-1B visa holder, which means her husband’s petition for permanent residence, or green card, has already been approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702626 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband Siddharth has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their \"American dream.\" ' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1020x766.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-1180x886.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-960x721.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33518_Leena-with-family-2-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leena Bhai with her family on vacation in 2018 at Death Valley. Her husband, Siddharth, has a job at Google and an H-1B visa, but because of the years-long wait time Indian applicants face for an employment-based green card, the Bhais feel like they may have to give up on their “American Dream.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bhai works for \u003ca href=\"https://anitab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AnitaB.org\u003c/a>, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit that helps recruit, retain and advance women in technology. “I use my H-4 EAD for the betterment of the community. If that’s taken away from me, it’s a little bit of a loss to those women, too. Right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai and others like her — mostly women, it must be said — are worried the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are poised to do an about-face on H-4 EAD.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April 2017, President Trump signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> to review the H-1B visa process as part of his “Buy American, Hire American” initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.cis.org/Immigration-Newsmaker/Immigration-Newsmaker-Conversation-Director-USCIS-Francis-Cissna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rare public conversation\u003c/a> last August at the National Press Club, USCIS Director Francis Cissna argued Congress never explicitly gave H-1B visa spouses the right to work. “That is an important reason why we should propose rescinding it,” Cissna said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His argument mirrors the one from a group of IT workers called “Save Jobs USA.” The organization \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigration.com/sites/default/files/SaveJobs-Lawsuit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2015 over this issue, claiming the DHS is sidestepping protections for U.S. workers built into the H-1B program, specifically a limit on the number of H-1B visas that can be issued each fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, DHS maintained it had broad authority to interpret immigration law. But under the Trump administration, DHS told the appeals court it \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/desktop/document/Save_Jobs_USA_v_DHS_Docket_No_1605287_DC_Cir_Sept_30_2016_Court_D/1?1519928167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its mind\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702628\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702628 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png\" alt='\"The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,\" says Karthick Ramakrishnan, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-800x600.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-160x120.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1020x765.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1200x900.png 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1920x1440.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-1180x885.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-960x720.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-240x180.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-375x281.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/H4-visas-2008-17-520x390.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“The predominance of Indians in both is quite remarkable, but it is also telling that the number of total EADs granted from 2015-17 was much smaller than the H-4 visas granted during the same period,” says Karthick Ramakrishnan, professor of political science and public policy. \u003ccite>(Infographic: Courtesy of Karthick Ramakrishnan/AAPI Data)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of San Jose is one of 132 members of Congress who \u003ca href=\"https://jayapal.house.gov/sites/jayapal.house.gov/files/JayapalLove_DHS_Maintain_H4_Work_Authorization_2018_05_16_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a letter\u003c/a> urging Homeland Security to reconsider.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the nation is long overdue for a broad reform of U.S. immigration law that takes into account, among other things, the needs of Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have a bill to do that. There are other bills that have been introduced. None of them are moving. The Republicans control every branch of government right now and they can’t do anything,” Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 1965 law established that no individual country can constitute more than 7 percent of green cards issued in a year. The Immigration Act of 1990 caps the total number of new employment-based green cards at 140,000 a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no other country sends as many highly educated green card applicants to the U.S. as India. Indians who applied in 2009 are just getting their green cards now, and the backlog is growing. Some Indians who qualify are waiting as long as 25 years to move through that queue. “The wait for us is nearly exponential,” Bhai said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bhai’s daughter is 7 years old. Her son is 4. She wonders what will happen when they get old enough to apply to college and require more financial support than her husband can manage now. What happens when they turn 21, old enough to require green cards of their own?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaving aside her concerns as a mother, what happens if Bhai is forced to sit out during her most productive professional years? “H-4 women face a triple burden if they are able to start working again, particularly in technology: race, gender and long gaps in their resumes,” \u003ca href=\"https://theconversation.com/why-trumps-plan-to-forbid-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-to-work-is-a-bad-idea-89279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writes\u003c/a> associate professor \u003ca href=\"https://gwst.umbc.edu/amy-bhatt/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Bhatt\u003c/a> at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, author of \u003ca href=\"http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/BHAATH.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11702634\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H4-EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/RS33519_Leena-conference-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Silicon Valley skews heavily male, and many of the women who are present are immigrants. Leena Bhai, who works for AnitaB, an organization that promotes women in technology, argues H-4 EAD holders contribute to the San Francisco Bay Area, professionally as well as culturally. \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Leena Bhai)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These are approved immigrants waiting for their number to come up. These intending immigrants are supposed to sit on their hands and do nothing, even though they also have Ph.D.s?” Rep. Lofgren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lofgren added that highly skilled immigrants don’t have to work here. “They’re getting poached by Canada, because they also feel that based on the president’s behavior, his comments, and some new hostility from the Immigration Service itself, that they’re not wanted here. You know, we’re not the only game in town.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Countries like Australia, China, Germany and Israel are also reaching out to frustrated Indians who don’t want to wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the Trump administration does not appear to be rushing this particular rule change through. The Department of Homeland Security has pushed its decision-making timeline several times over the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leslie Dellon, staff attorney with the pro-immigration nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Immigration Council\u003c/a>, said that a notice of proposed rule-making requires a review by the Office of Management and Budget first, as well as a public comment period. “We’re probably looking at 2019 before there’s going to be any action taken.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Robert Bowers, the man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, posted about his hatred of Jews on the social network \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://gab.ai\">Gab\u003c/a> \u003c/span>for months beforehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gab was founded two years ago by a San Mateo-based Trump supporter named Andrew Torba. It’s a lot like Twitter, but without what Torba would call “censorship” of ideas unpopular with people on the political left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The platform \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702162/gab-site-where-synagogue-shooting-suspect-posted-is-suspended\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">is now offline\u003c/span>\u003c/a> and looking for a new hosting provider. But whatever happens to the site, there’s a market for platforms like Gab, a haven for alt-right enthusiasts. That troubles Brian Levin, who directs the \u003ca href=\"https://csbs.csusb.edu/hate-and-extremism-center\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism\u003c/span>\u003c/a> at California State University, San Bernardino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the costs of segregating bigots into their own ecosystem, creating virtual universities for hate that aren’t on the more well-known mainstream social media platforms?” Levin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gab reportedly has nearly 700,000 users — that’s tiny compared to the billions that Facebook, YouTube and others collectively boast. But hate speech watchers say many people with extreme views want to be on “mainstream” platforms because of the huge audiences they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Scrubbing Away Hate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley is spending millions to scrub hate speech from social media, but it’s a complicated and controversial task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on down, tech leaders all boast of the promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning. But hate speech posters prove time and again they can easily game even the most sophisticated AI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keyword flagging algorithms often miss simple hacks, like inserting a “$” for an “S.” Sure enough, tech giants have hired tens of thousands of human screeners to help flag hate speech, because humans are still much better at picking up on the subtleties of cultural context. They can decipher the dollar sign strategy, and much more insidious, buried code language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take “Shrinky Dinks,” a toy that became popular in the 1980s. You cut figures out of polystyrene sheets and bake them in an oven where they shrink to form little charms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frak7UgnmpM]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people online use “Shrinky Dinks” today to refer to Jews, because the Nazis shoved Jews into ovens during the Holocaust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is something that probably wouldn’t be caught by a machine learning-based algorithm because it’s the name of a 1980s toy, and not commonly associated with hate speech, unless you know the target,” explains Brittan Heller, director of technology and society at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anti-Defamation League\u003c/span>\u003c/a> (ADL), a group established to fight anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heller is ADL’s point person for Silicon Valley and consults with Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook and Google about defining and combating hate speech. But humans drive AI, and Heller says the industry is going to have to address its systemic weaknesses in human hiring. “Tech companies aren’t very diverse, and hate speech is dependent on context and in-group knowledge,” according to Heller.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Heller is generally positive about the possibilities of AI. “Hate speech is a fluid animal, and is constantly shifting. Machine learning and AI identify patterns over a large data set. So as long as you keep having input to your AI, you can identify these changes in meaning and context.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook and Twitter, asked about the diversity of their hate speech screening workforce, both declined to provide detailed statistics. Facebook spokeswoman Carolyn Glanville wrote, “In some countries, it is illegal to ask these questions as part of the hiring process. We aren’t able to keep diversity statistics on all. But … language and cultural context is the most important thing we hire for, as well as a diverse background to reflect that of the community we serve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11702266\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11702266 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Shrinkydink202.jpg\" alt='An illustration from a blog called \"Voices From Russia.\" In the accompanying blog post, the author writes, \"When you support [the Jewish Hungarian-American investor and political activist] George Soros, you support shrinky-dinks and judges taking kids away from their families.\"' width=\"536\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Shrinkydink202.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Shrinkydink202-160x227.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Shrinkydink202-240x341.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Shrinkydink202-375x533.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/Shrinkydink202-520x739.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration from a blog called “Voices From Russia.” In the accompanying blog post, the author writes, “When you support [the Jewish Hungarian-American investor and political activist] George Soros, you support shrinky-dinks and judges taking kids away from their families.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of ADL)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A More Transparent Approach to Defining Hate Speech\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Heller is also working with UC Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://dlab.berkeley.edu\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">D-Lab\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, which partners with academics and organizations on data-intensive research projects. They’ve created \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/resources/reports/the-online-hate-index\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Online Hate Index\u003c/span>\u003c/a> to collect incidents of hate speech and to define what constitutes hateful speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>D-Lab Executive Director Claudia von Vacano says the index uses Amazon’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.mturk.com/worker/help\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mechanical Turk\u003c/span>\u003c/a> service to develop a rubric for defining hate speech that isn’t hidden behind the proprietary walls that companies like Facebook or YouTube put up. “What we’re developing is an ability to speak across different platforms in a very public and transparent way, so that the public can investigate, and be invested, and help us in the understanding of hate speech as a linguistic phenomena,” von Vacano said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All too often, social media companies have their own internal agendas determining what constitutes hate speech and whether a particular instance merits banning or deletion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heller said, the index “approaches hate speech from the target’s perspective, and it creates community-centric definitions of what hate speech is. We don’t want tech companies to tell us what is or is not hate speech.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Watch Reddit Vice President and General Counsel Melissa Tidwell, approximately 12 minutes and 30 seconds in, discuss some of the challenges of moderating hate speech.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[youtube https://youtu.be/fW7Xauhooyk?t=704]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Fool’s Errand?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are those who argue scrubbing social media of hate speech is a fool’s errand, even if social media networks have the legal right to enforce their terms of service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New York Law School professor \u003ca href=\"https://www.nyls.edu/faculty/faculty-profiles/faculty_profiles/nadine_strossen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nadine Strossen\u003c/a>, immediate past president of the ACLU, wrote a book called \u003ca href=\"https://global.oup.com/academic/product/hate-9780190859121?cc=us&lang=en&\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Hate: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship.”\u003c/a> Screening for hate speech, she argues, is an “inherently subjective undertaking, no matter who is engaging in it: a government official, a campus official, a business executive or artificial intelligence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strossen added, “Having diverse enforcers is not going to be a solution.” She says enforcement tends to come down more frequently against minority viewpoints, an issue that’s particularly problematic in non-democratic countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strossen prefers to see hate speech posters out in the proverbial sunlight, as opposed to tucked away on platforms like Gab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s really important to know about them, and we’re going to be more effective in identifying and refuting those ideas, and in monitoring the people who have them and preventing them from engaging in hateful actions if we know who they are,” Strossen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how, exactly, do you identify somebody about to switch from hateful words to hateful actions? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Robert Bowers, the man accused of killing 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, posted about his hatred of Jews on the social network \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://gab.ai\">Gab\u003c/a> \u003c/span>for months beforehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gab was founded two years ago by a San Mateo-based Trump supporter named Andrew Torba. It’s a lot like Twitter, but without what Torba would call “censorship” of ideas unpopular with people on the political left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The platform \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11702162/gab-site-where-synagogue-shooting-suspect-posted-is-suspended\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">is now offline\u003c/span>\u003c/a> and looking for a new hosting provider. But whatever happens to the site, there’s a market for platforms like Gab, a haven for alt-right enthusiasts. That troubles Brian Levin, who directs the \u003ca href=\"https://csbs.csusb.edu/hate-and-extremism-center\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism\u003c/span>\u003c/a> at California State University, San Bernardino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What are the costs of segregating bigots into their own ecosystem, creating virtual universities for hate that aren’t on the more well-known mainstream social media platforms?” Levin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gab reportedly has nearly 700,000 users — that’s tiny compared to the billions that Facebook, YouTube and others collectively boast. But hate speech watchers say many people with extreme views want to be on “mainstream” platforms because of the huge audiences they serve.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Scrubbing Away Hate\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Silicon Valley is spending millions to scrub hate speech from social media, but it’s a complicated and controversial task.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg on down, tech leaders all boast of the promise of artificial intelligence and machine learning. But hate speech posters prove time and again they can easily game even the most sophisticated AI.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keyword flagging algorithms often miss simple hacks, like inserting a “$” for an “S.” Sure enough, tech giants have hired tens of thousands of human screeners to help flag hate speech, because humans are still much better at picking up on the subtleties of cultural context. They can decipher the dollar sign strategy, and much more insidious, buried code language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take “Shrinky Dinks,” a toy that became popular in the 1980s. 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The site has come in for increased scrutiny since the shooting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of Monday, the site displayed a message saying it had been “systematically no-platformed by App Stores, multiple hosting providers, and several payment processors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been smeared by the mainstream media for defending free expression and individual liberty for all people and for working with law enforcement to ensure that justice is served for the horrible atrocity committed at Pittsburgh,” it said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The platform’s future is newly in doubt because an account linked to Robert Bowers, the 46-year-old Pittsburgh resident charged in the shootings, wrote on Gab Saturday morning: “HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. 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And it always will be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PayPal confirmed to NPR that it had cut off the website from its payment system, and two web-hosting sites also severed ties with Gab over the weekend. Torba told NPR he would work to keep the platform going. But hours later, Gab.com was down with a statement posted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we transition to a new hosting provider Gab will be inaccessible for a period of time. We are working around the clock to get Gab.com back online,” according to the statement on Gab’s website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mechanics of what caused the website to be taken down were not clear early Monday, but websites depend on support from web-hosting providers. It was also not clear how long the site would stay down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1056221934331949056\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A casual scroll through Gab’s message boards while it was up over the weekend revealed plenty of anti-Semitism, racism, Nazism and sexism running through its messages, along with conspiracy theories. The site boasts plenty of standard social media fare as well, including messages about music, art and sports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As NPR’s Alina Selyukh \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/05/21/529005840/feeling-sidelined-by-mainstream-social-media-far-right-users-jump-to-gab\">reported last year,\u003c/a> “many members of the far right and others who feel their views are stifled by mainstream sites like Twitter and Facebook” have gravitated toward Gab, with its promise of few restrictions on speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site often \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1056392668404637696\">responds to critics\u003c/a> by pointing blame at Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites for the speech that can be found on those platforms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1056392668404637696\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christopher Cantwell, a white nationalist who became known \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/24/545766281/white-nationalist-christopher-cantwell-surrenders-after-charlottesville-violence\">and was arrested\u003c/a> after last year’s Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., \u003ca href=\"https://gab.com/Cantwell\">has a page on Gab. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1056283312522637312\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1056362626077220865\">Gab said later\u003c/a> on Saturday that its hosting provider, Joyent, pulled its service for the site effective Monday, meaning “Gab will likely be down for weeks because of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site’s \u003ca href=\"https://gab.com/about/guidelines\">community standards\u003c/a> have loose restrictions without an explicit ban on hate speech. They do, however, ban users from “calling for the acts of violence against others” and “threatening language or behavior that clearly, directly and incontrovertibly infringes on the safety of another user or individual(s).”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bowers used anti-Semitic slurs on Gab and called Jews an “infestation” and a “problem,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/blog/deadly-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue\">the Anti-Defamation League.\u003c/a> He also used the common white supremacist slogan “1488” in his profile, the group says, combining the classic white supremacist \u003ca href=\"https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/14-words?fbclid=IwAR0zel_J1YAiInUB5KBznY1HSu6gdZxbgvGnYOfYbE_NUoKTjU2cR-XE0OA\">“14 words”\u003c/a> with 88, which is code for “Heil Hitler.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gab was headquartered in Philadelphia as of March and also listed an address in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in September. 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"content": "\u003cp>After years of economic boom, voters in San Francisco, East Palo Alto and Mountain View will decide this November if big corporations should be taxed to help pay for issues that have only gotten worse as business has grown: housing and transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business groups against the tax hikes argue the measures would give companies a reason to expand in other cities, or even worse, leave the region altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters however, counter that corporate philanthropy has been insufficient to take on the Bay Area’s problems like homelessness and transportation. They argue that a steady funding stream must be created to pay for services.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘There’s two kinds of people in San Francisco. There’s people who are willing to give and always opening their hearts and their wallets to support whatever society needs. And there’s those who won’t give at all no matter what.’\u003ccite>Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“With all of these business taxes right now, there’s certainly an inspiration to take advantage of the enormous prosperity we have in the region, while we have it,” said Molly Turner, a lecturer at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The debate has touched a nerve in San Francisco, where a proposed tax hike has sparked a clash of tech titans, divided political allies and led the city’s new mayor to make the most controversial decision of her tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition C would double the city’s homeless services budget by raising the gross receipts tax on annual revenue above $50 million that companies bring in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average half-percent increase in the tax would raise roughly $300 million annually to help get homeless San Franciscans off of the street. Half of the money would go toward long-term fixes, like supportive housing, while the other half would go toward more immediate assistance, like shelters, mental health services and rental assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just got this massive tax break from [President] Trump. The corporate rate went from 35 percent all the way down to 21 percent,” said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness, which sponsored the measure. “In order to address the systemic crises we need ongoing revenue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As thousands of people sleep on the street each night, most San Franciscans would be quick to name homelessness as a top issue facing the city. Less clear is what voters are willing to do to address the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last two ballot measures that proposed a tax hike to raise money for the homeless — a 2016 sales tax increase and a real estate tax on the ballot last June — both failed. Proposition C differs because it would dedicate all the revenue it raises to homeless programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’ve seen in the past is tinkering, and I don’t think voters have a lot of patience for that,” said Friedenbach. “They want to see big change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYKxFrMkzKA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s estimated that 300 to 400 companies would pay the Proposition C tax hike. These corporations already pay 57 percent of the business taxes collected by San Francisco, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://sfcontroller.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Economic%20Analysis/hgrt_economic_impact_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report\u003c/a> from the Office of Economic Analysis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s on top of the increased costs necessary to recruit and retain workers in the region, said Jim Lazarus, senior vice president of public policy at the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At some point the straw breaks the camel’s back and some chief financial officer says, ‘When the lease comes up we’re leaving town,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar warnings from Amazon pushed Seattle’s City Council to abandon a newly enacted business tax earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But San Francisco’s largest private employer, Salesforce, has taken a markedly different stance on Proposition C. The cloud computing giant has donated $4.7 million to the Yes on C campaign, with another $1 million coming from CEO Marc Benioff. This despite Benioff’s assertion that the company stands to pay millions more under the tax proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10467228\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10467228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-800x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-800x528.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-400x264.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-1440x950.jpg 1440w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-1180x779.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-768x507.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/03/457215846-320x211.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff pictured at company conference in October 2014. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To Benioff, the debate over Proposition C is black and white, and CEOs who aren’t for the measure aren’t being socially responsible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’ve found is there’s two kinds of people in San Francisco,” he told KQED. “There’s people who are willing to give and always opening their hearts and their wallets to support whatever society needs. And there’s those who won’t give at all no matter what.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Implied in that second group was Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who Benioff traded jabs with over Proposition C. Dorsey argued that his company Square will be hurt more by the tax increase than Salesforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/jack/status/1053312148317716480\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Lyft and Macy’s joined Square to donate to the No on Prop. C campaign. It didn’t make much of a dent. Thanks to Benioff, the “yes” side has raked in four times as much in contributions, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/ethics/2018/03/campaign-finance-dashboards-june-5-2018-and-november-6-2018-elections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Department of Elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff’s stance on Proposition C has also caused a fissure with a political ally: San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff said the need for sustained homeless funding is best illustrated by a call he recently got from the mayor. Breed was looking for a donation of $8 million to acquire a site that could be used for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s out of money. Her budget was fully maxed,” Benioff said. “The city has these shovel-ready projects ready to go and we can directly address these homeless people if we have more directed funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed disagrees, not only with the nature of the call — she said she asked Benioff for the immediate donation because a budget supplemental would have taken too long to secure the units — but with the idea that San Francisco can hike taxes for homeless services without consequences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Can big business pay more to support this? Yes, they can,” Breed told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But things like a ballot measure need to be handled more responsibly,” she added. “Making sure that as we try and tax, that there aren’t the unintended consequences of job loss for middle-income residents. I mean manufacturing, retail, those are things that are important to San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11690711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11690711\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-800x552.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-800x552.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-1020x704.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-1200x828.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-1180x814.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-960x663.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-240x166.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-375x259.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/09/LondonBreed-520x359.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city’s economic analysis of Proposition C finds that retail would be the sector most at risk of job loss, but that the tax’s overall impact on jobs would be insignificant: an estimated loss of 0.1 percent of all jobs in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brimming beneath Breed’s warning of job flight, and her stated desire for the city to get a better handle on how it spends the $300 million already dedicated to homelessness, seems to be a political frustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor was elected in June on a promise to address the crisis. If Proposition C passes and doubles the city’s homeless budget, it will likely be Breed — not Benioff or the homeless advocates who wrote the measure — who will be judged for its results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to make sure that I’m being held accountable for the decisions I make,” she said. “Not the decisions that other people are making.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s a chance the heated debate over Proposition C could actually stretch past November. Supporters are hoping that a recent state Supreme Court ruling will allow the citizens’ initiative to pass with a majority vote. Historically, local measures that directed funding to a specific source, like homeless services, required a two-thirds vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax measures in Mountain View and East Palo Alto have come with significantly fewer political fireworks, but also reflect a shift toward demanding greater corporate responsibility to take on the Bay Area’s vexing housing and transportation problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11647955 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS378_Google_082411-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign is posted outside Google headquarters Jan. 21, 2010, in Mountain View, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Measure HH in East Palo Alto would tax large commercial office space at a rate of $2.50 per square foot to pay for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters are hoping to capitalize on the recent growth of Amazon in the city, and Facebook’s expansion in nearby Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just trying to protect our community and have a fair share that will improve the lives of more people,” said Mayor Ruben Abrica. “We’re also trying to be proactive because we know that other development is going to take place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View’s tax is more heavily directed toward a single company: Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed “head tax” in Measure P would tax companies for each employee, with larger companies paying higher rates. Revenue from the tax will go to the general fund, with the promise that it will be used for transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax is expected to raise $6 million annually, with more than half coming from Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google is not opposing the tax increase, and Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel said the search giant has been quick to assist with issues like homelessness in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re a good corporate citizen but we can’t bond against their donations,” he told \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101866893/election-2018-bay-area-cities-to-vote-on-taxing-big-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s Forum\u003c/a>. “So the tax will allow us to bond so that we can build the infrastructure that allows Google employees to get from Caltrain to the Googleplex.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11700919/sen-feinstein-calls-out-s-f-tech-ceos-for-lack-of-civic-engagement\">Sen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Last week, Lyft and Macy’s joined Square to donate to the No on Prop. C campaign. It didn’t make much of a dent. Thanks to Benioff, the “yes” side has raked in four times as much in contributions, according to \u003ca href=\"https://sfethics.org/ethics/2018/03/campaign-finance-dashboards-june-5-2018-and-november-6-2018-elections.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data\u003c/a> from the San Francisco Department of Elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff’s stance on Proposition C has also caused a fissure with a political ally: San Francisco Mayor London Breed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benioff said the need for sustained homeless funding is best illustrated by a call he recently got from the mayor. Breed was looking for a donation of $8 million to acquire a site that could be used for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s out of money. 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If Proposition C passes and doubles the city’s homeless budget, it will likely be Breed — not Benioff or the homeless advocates who wrote the measure — who will be judged for its results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to make sure that I’m being held accountable for the decisions I make,” she said. “Not the decisions that other people are making.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there’s a chance the heated debate over Proposition C could actually stretch past November. Supporters are hoping that a recent state Supreme Court ruling will allow the citizens’ initiative to pass with a majority vote. Historically, local measures that directed funding to a specific source, like homeless services, required a two-thirds vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tax measures in Mountain View and East Palo Alto have come with significantly fewer political fireworks, but also reflect a shift toward demanding greater corporate responsibility to take on the Bay Area’s vexing housing and transportation problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11647955\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11647955 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/02/RS378_Google_082411-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign is posted outside Google headquarters Jan. 21, 2010, in Mountain View, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Measure HH in East Palo Alto would tax large commercial office space at a rate of $2.50 per square foot to pay for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters are hoping to capitalize on the recent growth of Amazon in the city, and Facebook’s expansion in nearby Menlo Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just trying to protect our community and have a fair share that will improve the lives of more people,” said Mayor Ruben Abrica. “We’re also trying to be proactive because we know that other development is going to take place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View’s tax is more heavily directed toward a single company: Google.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed “head tax” in Measure P would tax companies for each employee, with larger companies paying higher rates. 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