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The panel, chaired by Concord Democrat Mark DeSaulnier, is in the midst of a review of infrastructure \"megaprojects.\" That inquiry was prompted by delays and cost overruns in building the new Bay Bridge span, a project that had an original price tag of about $1.4 billion but which ultimately took nearly $6.5 billion to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, titled \"\u003ca href=\"http://stran.senate.ca.gov/sites/stran.senate.ca.gov/files/DeWolkreportfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future\u003c/a>,\" blasts Caltrans for lack of accountability for problems with the project and \"chronic attempts to keep many of the serious safety allegations quiet.\" (The complete 39-page report is embedded at the end of this post.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This inquiry has come to the inevitable conclusion that there are legitimate concerns that this appears to be part of an institutionalized ... lack of transparency in the project.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"This inquiry has come to the inevitable conclusion that there are legitimate concerns that this appears to be part of an institutionalized, if not malicious, lack of transparency in the project,\" the report says. The document was prepared by veteran Bay Area journalist Roland De Wolk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans, which by now has been dealing with years of bad press over the bridge project, says it's studying the report and will respond during the Senate committee hearing Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report has gotten widespread media attention. A couple sample leads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Vorderbrueggen\u003c/strong>, Contra Costa Times: \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24970599/bay-bridge-construction-managers-systematically-shut-down-safety\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Bridge construction managers systematically shut down safety critics, investigation concludes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Caltrans systematically squelched serious allegations about the structural safety of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, concluded an investigation commissioned by the state Senate Transportation Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans managers marginalized dissenters, fired critics, reassigned outspoken engineers and urged those involved to avoid putting details of problems or issues in writing that would have to be disclosed under the state's Public Records Act, the report concluded.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jaxon Van Derbeken\u003c/strong>, San Francisco Chronicle: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Caltrans-accused-of-trying-to-hide-Bay-Bridge-5166927.php\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrans accused of trying to hide Bay Bridge problems\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A Caltrans engineer and an outside expert working on the Bay Bridge eastern span accused agency officials of discounting warnings about cracked welds on the bridge, and telling them not to put their concerns in writing to keep them from becoming public, according to a report commissioned for a state Senate committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An official overseeing the long-delayed, $6.4 billion project told a Caltrans engineer who had examined the Chinese-made welds \"not to record his concerns in writing, either on paper or e-mail, but rather to communicate orally,\" said the report for the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, which was released Wednesday. A quality-control consultant said Caltrans supervisors \"did not want a record that would be legally available through the California Public Records Act,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And \u003cstrong>Charles Piller\u003c/strong> of the Sacramento Bee \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/22/6093564/senate-report-caltrans-ignored.html\" target=\"_blank\">runs down the report's key disclosures\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Quality control managers found thousands of cracks in welds produced by a Chinese contractor for the span’s signature tower and roadway. Rather than ordering all needed fixes, top California Department of Transportation managers replaced those who discovered the problems.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Millions of dollars were paid to the same Chinese contractor to speed up work after it fell behind schedule and bridge officials urgently wanted faster results.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bridge officials rejected warnings in 2008 that suspect anchor rods for the suspension span were not adequately tested; some of those rods snapped last year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Officials frequently told contractors and employees not to put concerns about quality into writing – ostensibly to avoid disclosure under the state Public Records Act\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the latest from the Associated Press on the Bay Bridge report, followed by the report itself:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JHDearen\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Dearen\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A California Senate report released Wednesday on the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge raises questions about the quality of workmanship used to build the $6.3 billion span.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report by the state Senate's Transportation and Housing Committee contains testimony from engineers that question the durability of welds on bridge pieces produced in China and the integrity of large bolts used to hold earthquake-safety equipment in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, both engineers say that despite the defects, they don't believe the bridge to be unsafe, but that parts of it will need expensive retrofitting sooner than they should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report's investigators found that California Department of Transportation managers dismissed concerns from quality-assurance experts that the Chinese firm Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, or ZPMC, hired to do key bridge welds, lacked the experience to meet standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Merrill, an engineer who oversaw weld inspections in China, told investigators that his staff found hundreds of weld cracks. He told Caltrans officials they were taking a \"great risk\" in allowing ZPMC to do the work, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, the contract with ZPMC called for no cracks at all, so Merrill's firm MacTec Engineering rejected the pieces, leading to severe delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Merrill said Caltrans was concerned about the delays, and that he was told he was being \"too rigorous\" in his inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans failed to renew MacTec's contract after the disagreement over ZPMC's work and hired another firm, Alta Vista Solutions, that turned out not to be qualified for the job, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon said officials would address the report's findings at a meeting on Friday before the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also found that Caltrans forced another of its supervising bridge engineers off the job after supervising work on the welds being made in China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Chinese were not catching stuff,\" former Caltrans bridge engineer Douglas Coe, a 25-year department veteran, told the report's authors. \"Why are we finding all these cracks?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coe said he felt pressure from bridge managers Tony Anziano and Peter Siegenthaler not to stop work, and that eventually he argued that Caltrans should change the language in the contract — which permitted no cracks in the welds — if managers were going to order them through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans eventually changed that language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the first time in my career the engineering wasn't allowed to be done right,\" Coe told investigators. \"I'm mad as hell that the Department (Caltrans) put me in a position to have to say this. ... 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_92879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/bay-bridge-bolts.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-92879\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/bay-bridge-bolts.jpg\" alt=\"A key problem on the Bay Bridge’s new self-anchored suspension span: Massive steel rods designed to anchor seismic safety devices snapped soon after the nuts were tightened early last year. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A key problem on the Bay Bridge’s new self-anchored suspension span: Massive steel rods designed to anchor seismic safety devices snapped soon after the nuts were tightened early last year. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A report commissioned by a state Senate committee contains a litany of criticisms of Caltrans for its handling of construction problems on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report was put together in preparation for \u003ca href=\"http://stran.senate.ca.gov/agenda\" target=\"_blank\">an investigatory hearing Friday\u003c/a> by the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing. The panel, chaired by Concord Democrat Mark DeSaulnier, is in the midst of a review of infrastructure \"megaprojects.\" That inquiry was prompted by delays and cost overruns in building the new Bay Bridge span, a project that had an original price tag of about $1.4 billion but which ultimately took nearly $6.5 billion to complete.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, titled \"\u003ca href=\"http://stran.senate.ca.gov/sites/stran.senate.ca.gov/files/DeWolkreportfinal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future\u003c/a>,\" blasts Caltrans for lack of accountability for problems with the project and \"chronic attempts to keep many of the serious safety allegations quiet.\" (The complete 39-page report is embedded at the end of this post.)\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'This inquiry has come to the inevitable conclusion that there are legitimate concerns that this appears to be part of an institutionalized ... lack of transparency in the project.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"This inquiry has come to the inevitable conclusion that there are legitimate concerns that this appears to be part of an institutionalized, if not malicious, lack of transparency in the project,\" the report says. The document was prepared by veteran Bay Area journalist Roland De Wolk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans, which by now has been dealing with years of bad press over the bridge project, says it's studying the report and will respond during the Senate committee hearing Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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A couple sample leads:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lisa Vorderbrueggen\u003c/strong>, Contra Costa Times: \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_24970599/bay-bridge-construction-managers-systematically-shut-down-safety\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Bridge construction managers systematically shut down safety critics, investigation concludes\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Caltrans systematically squelched serious allegations about the structural safety of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge, concluded an investigation commissioned by the state Senate Transportation Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans managers marginalized dissenters, fired critics, reassigned outspoken engineers and urged those involved to avoid putting details of problems or issues in writing that would have to be disclosed under the state's Public Records Act, the report concluded.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jaxon Van Derbeken\u003c/strong>, San Francisco Chronicle: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Caltrans-accused-of-trying-to-hide-Bay-Bridge-5166927.php\" target=\"_blank\">Caltrans accused of trying to hide Bay Bridge problems\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A Caltrans engineer and an outside expert working on the Bay Bridge eastern span accused agency officials of discounting warnings about cracked welds on the bridge, and telling them not to put their concerns in writing to keep them from becoming public, according to a report commissioned for a state Senate committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An official overseeing the long-delayed, $6.4 billion project told a Caltrans engineer who had examined the Chinese-made welds \"not to record his concerns in writing, either on paper or e-mail, but rather to communicate orally,\" said the report for the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, which was released Wednesday. A quality-control consultant said Caltrans supervisors \"did not want a record that would be legally available through the California Public Records Act,\" the report said.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And \u003cstrong>Charles Piller\u003c/strong> of the Sacramento Bee \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/2014/01/22/6093564/senate-report-caltrans-ignored.html\" target=\"_blank\">runs down the report's key disclosures\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Quality control managers found thousands of cracks in welds produced by a Chinese contractor for the span’s signature tower and roadway. Rather than ordering all needed fixes, top California Department of Transportation managers replaced those who discovered the problems.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Millions of dollars were paid to the same Chinese contractor to speed up work after it fell behind schedule and bridge officials urgently wanted faster results.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Bridge officials rejected warnings in 2008 that suspect anchor rods for the suspension span were not adequately tested; some of those rods snapped last year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Officials frequently told contractors and employees not to put concerns about quality into writing – ostensibly to avoid disclosure under the state Public Records Act\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the latest from the Associated Press on the Bay Bridge report, followed by the report itself:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/JHDearen\" target=\"_blank\">Jason Dearen\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nAssociated Press\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A California Senate report released Wednesday on the construction of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge raises questions about the quality of workmanship used to build the $6.3 billion span.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report by the state Senate's Transportation and Housing Committee contains testimony from engineers that question the durability of welds on bridge pieces produced in China and the integrity of large bolts used to hold earthquake-safety equipment in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, both engineers say that despite the defects, they don't believe the bridge to be unsafe, but that parts of it will need expensive retrofitting sooner than they should.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report's investigators found that California Department of Transportation managers dismissed concerns from quality-assurance experts that the Chinese firm Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd, or ZPMC, hired to do key bridge welds, lacked the experience to meet standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Merrill, an engineer who oversaw weld inspections in China, told investigators that his staff found hundreds of weld cracks. He told Caltrans officials they were taking a \"great risk\" in allowing ZPMC to do the work, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, the contract with ZPMC called for no cracks at all, so Merrill's firm MacTec Engineering rejected the pieces, leading to severe delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Merrill said Caltrans was concerned about the delays, and that he was told he was being \"too rigorous\" in his inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans failed to renew MacTec's contract after the disagreement over ZPMC's work and hired another firm, Alta Vista Solutions, that turned out not to be qualified for the job, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bridge spokesman Andrew Gordon said officials would address the report's findings at a meeting on Friday before the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also found that Caltrans forced another of its supervising bridge engineers off the job after supervising work on the welds being made in China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Chinese were not catching stuff,\" former Caltrans bridge engineer Douglas Coe, a 25-year department veteran, told the report's authors. \"Why are we finding all these cracks?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coe said he felt pressure from bridge managers Tony Anziano and Peter Siegenthaler not to stop work, and that eventually he argued that Caltrans should change the language in the contract — which permitted no cracks in the welds — if managers were going to order them through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans eventually changed that language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the first time in my career the engineering wasn't allowed to be done right,\" Coe told investigators. \"I'm mad as hell that the Department (Caltrans) put me in a position to have to say this. ... But if that bridge starts to crack in five years it's all going come out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans' Anziano and Siegenthaler told the investigators that the weld cracks in question were repairable and have been mostly fixed. They maintain that the bridge is safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one was discouraged in reporting quality assurance,\" Anziano said in the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also faulted Caltrans with allowing a number of giant steel bolts to be installed despite a lack of quality-assurance testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of rejecting the bolts, Caltrans managers \"resolved the situation by changing the specifications on the bolt fabrication contract and then accepted them 'as is,' \" the report found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dozens of the bolts ended up snapping after being tightened in March, leading to a $25 million repair job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MacTec's Merrill told investigators that he suggested the bolts undergo more testing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I got told we weren't doing any testing and to stop mentioning it,\" Merrill told the panel's investigators. \"I was basically told to stop bringing it up. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120270\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/11293201603_070575a91a_o-e1386615496451.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120270\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/11293201603_070575a91a_o-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"In a December protest, activists surround a Google bus at 24th and Valencia streets Monday in protest aimed at evictions and displacement in San Francisco's Mission District. (Steve Rhodes via Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a December protest, activists surround a Google bus at 24th and Valencia streets Monday in protest aimed at evictions and displacement in San Francisco’s Mission District. (Steve Rhodes via Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:25 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors has just approved \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/commuter-shuttles-policy-and-pilot-program\" target=\"_blank\">a pilot program\u003c/a> to begin regulating employee shuttles in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal was passed by a unanimous voice vote that came after two hours of sometimes angry public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing took place after anti-displacement protesters held another in a series of protests against the buses, which are used by Google, Facebook, Apple and other tech firms to transport workers to the South Bay. In today’s action, marchers blocked buses reportedly headed for Google and Facebook at 8th and Market Streets for about 30 minutes during the morning rush hour. The activists, who are demanding the city take action to slow the pace of evictions and limit rent increases, then marched to the San Francisco Association of Realtors before holding a rally at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA’s pilot program would cover shuttles for UCSF and other colleges in the city as well as bus services operated on behalf of large office buildings and the Silicon Valley technology companies. If approved, the SFMTA proposal would:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Require shuttle operators — both bus firms and companies that set up shuttles for workers — to get permits to operate in San Francisco.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Designate 200 stops for shuttle use, many of which are Muni bus stops.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Impose rules to prevent shuttles from blocking Muni vehicles or other traffic.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Charge buses $1 for every stop they make. SFMTA planners say that will raise $1.5 million over the life of the 18-month pilot and defray the program ‘s costs.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA board heard about two hours of public comment on the proposal. On the anti-side, residents and activists said the $1 per stop price was too low, that the buses are out of control on the streets, that they pose a danger to pedestrians and cyclists, and that they’re helping fuel the displacement of tenants unable to pay rents driven upward by the influx of highly paid tech workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing’s going to change until people rise up and do something, and stopping these buses would be a step in the right direction,” one speaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side, several tech company and bus service employees said they supported both the shuttles and the pilot program. They said the buses reduce car trips, cut pollution and provide economic benefits to the city both by fostering the current tech boom and by encouraging those who commute to Silicon Valley via bus to spend more in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A speaker who identified herself as Krista Jones, an employee of bus service Bauer’s Transportation, said activists were indulging in “misplaced hostility” by blaming the buses for the city’s housing and displacement issues. “Wake the hell up to what’s really going on,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim talks with News Fix editor Dan Brekke about the details of the pilot program:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/130737142&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board meeting has started. On the agenda: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/commuter-shuttles-policy-and-pilot-program\" target=\"_blank\">a pilot program under which shuttle operators would pay for using city-owned and -maintained stops\u003c/a>. (Before that item came up, the MTA board heard public comments calling on the agency to do something to respond to a rising number of pedestrians being struck and killed by cars in the city.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\">Alex Emslie\u003c/a> is at the meeting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SFMTA&src=hash\">#SFMTA\u003c/a> Mtng on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23techshuttle&src=hash\">#techshuttle\u003c/a> regulations getting underway … packed room. Just avoided getting kicked out. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/Q0xscmFHUL\">pic.twitter.com/Q0xscmFHUL\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/425740190708006912\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>At least 27 speakers waiting to sound off to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SFMTA&src=hash\">#SFMTA\u003c/a> board abt \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23techshuttle&src=hash\">#techshuttle\u003c/a> regulation… next item after director’s report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/425743732051169280\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Noon\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay City News\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Solnit, a local author and historian who has written extensively about the impact of tech workers moving into San Francisco, said today’s protest is about fighting for the “San Francisco dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the dream that you can be idealistic, that you can lead a really meaningful life … that you can live in a city that has room for everyone,” she told the crowd gathered at City Hall this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the reason a lot of us were out there blockading this morning is that we’re looking at a city that could become homogeneous, that could become a very dense suburb … as it becomes a bedroom community for the Silicon Valley,” Solnit said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:30 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay City News \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of several dozen protesters briefly blocked two tech buses at Market and Eighth streets in San Francisco this morning. As of 10 a.m., the buses had been allowed to leave and the protesters had marched up Market Street to the offices of the San Francisco Association of Realtors at Grove and Franklin streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is ground zero for the battle of renters in San Francisco,” a woman yelled through a bullhorn while gesturing at the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other protesters played musical instruments including drums, a saxophone, a trombone and a clarinet. The crowd chanted, “What do we want? Stop the evictions!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bernal Heights resident Amanda Ream, 38, said she is participating in today’s protest because she wants San Francisco to “maintain the diversity and culture that I love about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protester Barry Hermanson, 62, a homeowner in the Sunset District, said, “The eviction crisis is out of hand…The gentrification in this city is incredible.” Hermanson said he is running for Congress, in part because he says he is concerned about a lack of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group protested outside the Realtors’ office for about 10 minutes before heading back toward Civic Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>***\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>[Picking up with our original post:] \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nReports via Twitter showed dozens of protesters stopped two buses at 8th and Market streets. It’s unknown right now which tech companies are connected to the vehicles:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Protesters against the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/google\">@google\u003c/a> bus are at 8th and market. Lots of backed up traffic. Police just arrived \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23googlebus&src=hash\">#googlebus\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tMHg6EMnTp\">pic.twitter.com/tMHg6EMnTp\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Kyle Wong (@kwong47) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kwong47/statuses/425683423215120385\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>RT \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kurtisalexander\">@kurtisalexander\u003c/a>: Exchange between police and tech protesters in downtown S.F. getting testy. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoogleBus&src=hash\">#GoogleBus\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/We5osJRUx1\">pic.twitter.com/We5osJRUx1\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— SFGate.com (@SFGate) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFGate/statuses/425682837258268673\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s a press release from the anti-eviction/anti-displacement group that organized this morning’s protest:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Subject: Embargoed Press Release: Anti-Displacement Action Against the Relationship of Tech, Real Estate Speculation, and City Politics\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Embargoed Press Release (keep embargo until 9am PST on 1/21/14).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Press Contacts:\u003cbr>\nRebecca Gourevitch (650)248-1295\u003cbr>\nRoberto Hernandez (415)206-0577\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What: \u003c/strong>Anti-Displacement Action Against the Impacts of the Tech Boom, Real Estate Speculation and City Politics\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where:\u003c/strong> Beginning at UN Plaza, marching to three locations\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>When:\u003c/strong> 8:30am, Tuesday 1/21/14. We will conclude by 11am. Some of us will reconvene at City Hall at 1pm for the SFMTA Hearing on the Tech Bus Pilot Program\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday 1/21/14 at 8:30am, a group of activists, organizers, and community members will join together at UN Plaza to protest the augmenting levels of displacement shattering the heart of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three target locations will highlight what we see as the main causal relationship of displacement in San Francisco: real estate speculators and investors are capitalizing on the tech class that big tech corporations are inputting into the city. The city gives the tech industry major incentives to move in, be they tax breaks or practically free use of public bus stops and other infrastructure. Real estate speculators take advantage of this, abusing state laws such as the Ellis Act to displace longtime residents, disproportionately those who are elderly, disabled, and/or in other ways marginalized. This industry too has long had its hands in the pockets of politicians. The collusion between tech, real estate, and city/state politics is responsible for the unprecedented levels of displacement. Ellis Act evictions have gone up 170% over the last 12 months; no-fault evictions are up 83% over the last three years. Rents are up 20% along tech bus routes, and evictions have skyrocketed in SOMA directly correlating to Twitter settling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will march to three locations and will have speakers at each one, including community leaders, writers, and tenants who are being displaced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We will reconvene at City Hall at 1pm for the SFMTA Board meeting on the $1/bus stop proposal. We maintain that $1 doesn’t stop displacement.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120270\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/11293201603_070575a91a_o-e1386615496451.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120270\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/11293201603_070575a91a_o-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"In a December protest, activists surround a Google bus at 24th and Valencia streets Monday in protest aimed at evictions and displacement in San Francisco's Mission District. (Steve Rhodes via Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a December protest, activists surround a Google bus at 24th and Valencia streets Monday in protest aimed at evictions and displacement in San Francisco’s Mission District. (Steve Rhodes via Flickr)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:25 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board of directors has just approved \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/commuter-shuttles-policy-and-pilot-program\" target=\"_blank\">a pilot program\u003c/a> to begin regulating employee shuttles in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal was passed by a unanimous voice vote that came after two hours of sometimes angry public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing took place after anti-displacement protesters held another in a series of protests against the buses, which are used by Google, Facebook, Apple and other tech firms to transport workers to the South Bay. In today’s action, marchers blocked buses reportedly headed for Google and Facebook at 8th and Market Streets for about 30 minutes during the morning rush hour. The activists, who are demanding the city take action to slow the pace of evictions and limit rent increases, then marched to the San Francisco Association of Realtors before holding a rally at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA’s pilot program would cover shuttles for UCSF and other colleges in the city as well as bus services operated on behalf of large office buildings and the Silicon Valley technology companies. If approved, the SFMTA proposal would:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Require shuttle operators — both bus firms and companies that set up shuttles for workers — to get permits to operate in San Francisco.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Designate 200 stops for shuttle use, many of which are Muni bus stops.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Impose rules to prevent shuttles from blocking Muni vehicles or other traffic.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Charge buses $1 for every stop they make. SFMTA planners say that will raise $1.5 million over the life of the 18-month pilot and defray the program ‘s costs.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The SFMTA board heard about two hours of public comment on the proposal. On the anti-side, residents and activists said the $1 per stop price was too low, that the buses are out of control on the streets, that they pose a danger to pedestrians and cyclists, and that they’re helping fuel the displacement of tenants unable to pay rents driven upward by the influx of highly paid tech workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nothing’s going to change until people rise up and do something, and stopping these buses would be a step in the right direction,” one speaker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other side, several tech company and bus service employees said they supported both the shuttles and the pilot program. They said the buses reduce car trips, cut pollution and provide economic benefits to the city both by fostering the current tech boom and by encouraging those who commute to Silicon Valley via bus to spend more in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A speaker who identified herself as Krista Jones, an employee of bus service Bauer’s Transportation, said activists were indulging in “misplaced hostility” by blaming the buses for the city’s housing and displacement issues. “Wake the hell up to what’s really going on,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s Mina Kim talks with News Fix editor Dan Brekke about the details of the pilot program:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/130737142&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board meeting has started. On the agenda: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfmta.com/projects-planning/projects/commuter-shuttles-policy-and-pilot-program\" target=\"_blank\">a pilot program under which shuttle operators would pay for using city-owned and -maintained stops\u003c/a>. (Before that item came up, the MTA board heard public comments calling on the agency to do something to respond to a rising number of pedestrians being struck and killed by cars in the city.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED News reporter \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter\">Alex Emslie\u003c/a> is at the meeting:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SFMTA&src=hash\">#SFMTA\u003c/a> Mtng on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23techshuttle&src=hash\">#techshuttle\u003c/a> regulations getting underway … packed room. Just avoided getting kicked out. \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/Q0xscmFHUL\">pic.twitter.com/Q0xscmFHUL\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/425740190708006912\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>At least 27 speakers waiting to sound off to \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23SFMTA&src=hash\">#SFMTA\u003c/a> board abt \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23techshuttle&src=hash\">#techshuttle\u003c/a> regulation… next item after director’s report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Alex Emslie (@SFNewsReporter) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFNewsReporter/statuses/425743732051169280\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Noon\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay City News\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rebecca Solnit, a local author and historian who has written extensively about the impact of tech workers moving into San Francisco, said today’s protest is about fighting for the “San Francisco dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the dream that you can be idealistic, that you can lead a really meaningful life … that you can live in a city that has room for everyone,” she told the crowd gathered at City Hall this morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the reason a lot of us were out there blockading this morning is that we’re looking at a city that could become homogeneous, that could become a very dense suburb … as it becomes a bedroom community for the Silicon Valley,” Solnit said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 10:30 a.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bay City News \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A group of several dozen protesters briefly blocked two tech buses at Market and Eighth streets in San Francisco this morning. As of 10 a.m., the buses had been allowed to leave and the protesters had marched up Market Street to the offices of the San Francisco Association of Realtors at Grove and Franklin streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is ground zero for the battle of renters in San Francisco,” a woman yelled through a bullhorn while gesturing at the building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other protesters played musical instruments including drums, a saxophone, a trombone and a clarinet. The crowd chanted, “What do we want? Stop the evictions!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bernal Heights resident Amanda Ream, 38, said she is participating in today’s protest because she wants San Francisco to “maintain the diversity and culture that I love about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Protester Barry Hermanson, 62, a homeowner in the Sunset District, said, “The eviction crisis is out of hand…The gentrification in this city is incredible.” Hermanson said he is running for Congress, in part because he says he is concerned about a lack of affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group protested outside the Realtors’ office for about 10 minutes before heading back toward Civic Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>***\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>[Picking up with our original post:] \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nReports via Twitter showed dozens of protesters stopped two buses at 8th and Market streets. It’s unknown right now which tech companies are connected to the vehicles:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>Protesters against the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/google\">@google\u003c/a> bus are at 8th and market. Lots of backed up traffic. Police just arrived \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23googlebus&src=hash\">#googlebus\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/tMHg6EMnTp\">pic.twitter.com/tMHg6EMnTp\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Kyle Wong (@kwong47) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kwong47/statuses/425683423215120385\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\u003cp>RT \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kurtisalexander\">@kurtisalexander\u003c/a>: Exchange between police and tech protesters in downtown S.F. getting testy. \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23GoogleBus&src=hash\">#GoogleBus\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://t.co/We5osJRUx1\">pic.twitter.com/We5osJRUx1\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— SFGate.com (@SFGate) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SFGate/statuses/425682837258268673\">January 21, 2014\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-118115\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/lyft.jpg\" alt=\"Two agents from the same insurance company gave TNC driver different answers on whether they could provide coverage. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Lyft vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n November we reported on the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">widespread confusion over insurance\u003c/a> for ride-share drivers who work for companies such as Lyft, Sidecar and UberX. These companies use smartphone apps to connect ordinary car owners with those seeking a ride. The growing industry has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">given the taxi industry fits\u003c/a>, siphoning off both customers and drivers. In San Francisco, where it has long been notoriously hard to find a cab, the transportation network companies, or TNCs for short, have stepped in to fill the gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One downside for both passengers and riders, however, is uncertainty over insurance coverage if a TNC driver gets into an accident, as several have in the past few weeks. Here's what we found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ride-service companies like Lyft and Sidecar say drivers’ personal insurance policies will cover some claims. But the insurance industry says the policies won’t provide any coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The insurance industry says ride-service drivers will have to buy commercial insurance to be covered when they’re driving for hire and maybe even when they’re not.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>At least some ride-service drivers are keeping their status secret from their insurance companies because they’re afraid of losing coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These issues might take on increasing urgency as more and more drivers sign up and accidents occur. A \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/01/elderly_pedestrian_hit_by_car.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft driver was involved in an accident\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Friday, and an UberX driver \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">struck and killed a 6-year-old girl\u003c/a> on New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"bc1da10c030fd708c761553593624a03\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One question we posed in the past: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Are ride-service drivers at risk of losing their insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week on the Lyft Lounge, a Facebook meeting area for drivers, one member posted a cancellation notice she received from Geico. The termination was for \"commercial use of your 2012 Toyota Prius.\" The posting has sparked a long online discussion among Lyft drivers. Wrote one fellow Lyft driver in response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it. What's Lyft's response to the fact that serving for them may end up with us losing insurance and possibly our livelihood?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, journalist Josh Wolf, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/2013/08/06/driven-take-risks\" target=\"_blank\">writing for the San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/a>, reported on a similar cancellation of a Lyft driver's insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft has not gotten back to us with a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keeping TNC Status a Secret\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the fear over such cancellations, at least some ride-service drivers have kept their status a secret from their insurance companies. Several Lyft drivers we spoke to previously said they did not want their names used for this reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have heard about people being denied coverage because it was discovered they were driving for Lyft, and therefore their personal insurance policy would not be renewed, or canceled,\" Lyft driver Dan told us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another driver: \"I don’t think I should let my insurance company know because I’ll probably get dropped.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And another: “I figure the less they know the better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke Monday to yet another Lyft driver about the issue, and again he would talk only on the condition of anonymity out of fear of having his insurance canceled. This driver said he noted one bit of advice on the Lyft Lounge recently: If you get into an accident, end your ride immediately and turn off your app, so you cannot be identified as a ride-service driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He also said he displays the famous pink mustache that identifies Lyft vehicles only when picking up a passenger, then throws it in the back seat, against both Lyft rules and state regulations. He does this to lessen the risk of being identified as a TNC driver and also because he does not want to get \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">hassled by taxi drivers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There does seem to be a distinct feeling among some TNC drivers that it is bad practice to go public with your professional driver status. On the Reddit Uber Drivers subgroup, someone recently put up a post titled: \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.reddit.com/r/uberdrivers/comments/1v0lwd/do_not_mention_your_work_as_an_uber_driver_on_any/\" target=\"_blank\">Do not mention your work as an Uber Driver on any social media. Good way to get coverage denied in the case of an accident\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can You Get Insurance for TNC Work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K192/77192335.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">rules adopted last September\u003c/a>, the California Public Utilities Commission requires ride-service companies to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance for their drivers. But it remains unclear just when that insurance is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham Archer, the attorney for Syed Muzaffar, the UberX driver involved in the fatal accident on New Year’s Eve, says his client had driven to San Francisco with the express intent of serving UberX users and had already completed one trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although Muzaffar was logged in and awaiting another customer, he wasn’t on a call at the moment of the accident, so UberX does not consider him covered under its policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The companies' commercial insurance won't cover the personal use of a TNC vehicle — for instance, when a driver is running personal errands or going on a road trip. There is a real question as to whether ride-service drivers can obtain personal insurance if they tell insurance companies the true nature of their intended use of the vehicle. During my reporting last year, I contacted the American Automobile Association and Allstate to see if they’d insure me for the personal use of my car if I also wanted to use it for transporting paying passengers as a TNC. Both said they wouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they discover that your car’s being used that way, then that’s going to raise the red flag for any claim,” an Allstate broker told me. “Tracking if accidents have occurred involving such vehicles is difficult, as the insurer will not always have the knowledge that the passenger paid for transport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent experiences of two taxi drivers who wanted to switch to UberX also shows how hard it is for TNC drivers to get insurance coverage. Each uses Uber Taxi, a service that connects passengers with regular cabs. Each said they considered driving for UberX after learning Uber offers financing for that service's drivers to buy new vehicles. But each said their plans hit a roadblock when they found they couldn't get insurance for the new cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those drivers was John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't find anybody who would insure an UberX vehicle,\" he says. \"When I talked to my personal insurance company, I was trying to be very honest. I said I had just been approved for a car loan but wanted to work for UberX. They said they can’t insure that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han says he was referred to a company that provides limousine insurance, but the broker said she couldn't find anyone to cover an UberX vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can’t really insure a car as both a personal vehicle and commercial at the same time,\" says Han, who has written about taxi issues for his own blog. \"Someone might create that kind of package. But it doesn't exist now. The insurance industry is under no obligation to insure something just because the CPUC says it’s OK.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only way I can do UberX would be to lie to my insurance company. I didn't want to do it that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bill Clark drives for Luxor Cab and was also ready to try driving for UberX. He says he was part of a group of about 25 cab drivers that Uber was encouraging to convert to its ride-service platform. He says he was turned down for insurance when he tried to buy a new car for his planned UberX work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went to Geico, filled out an application and told them I was going to transport people,\" he says. \"The application was declined as 'undesirable.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Han, he then tried to get commercial insurance, going through a broker, and couldn't find anyone to insure a TNC vehicle. \"They had never heard of TNCs,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No Answer to Request for Advice\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark then emailed the following to a contact at Uber complaining that he couldn't obtain insurance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I would like to discuss some concerns that have come up in researching the insurance for TNCs. According to the law the requirements to operate a TNC vehicle are: The California PUC requires personal insurance from the driver and excess liability insurance from the TNC (UBER). However when I applied for personal insurance from Geico and I truthfully represented the use of the vehicle, they declined, stating that my use was commercial. It also seems they do not offer the type of commercial insurance I would need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle, which I do not feel comfortable with. My conclusion from this indicates that if there were claims against a TNC driver and the insurance company found out that the true use of the vehicle was falsified, they would deny coverage.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Uber rep told Clark he would see what he could do. Clark then wrote a followup email saying he was still excited about working for Uber, but that the insurance matter needed to be resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he never got any answers and he now assumes the other cab drivers in his group who obtained insurance for TNC work told insurance companies their new cars were for personal use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musing about his quest to leave the taxi business, Clark says, \"I could get a brand-new Prius, drive any time I wanted to, and just make money. That’s like a dream; too good to be true. In fact, it was too good to be true. You can’t get insurance on them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, many people are obtaining insurance on vehicles for TNC use. But it's unclear how many insurers, if any, know about the insured's ride-service work and would balk at coverage if they found out. Almost all personal insurance policies contain an exclusion for commercial use of vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many insurers don’t know their customers are involved in these kinds of program,\" says Pete Moraga of the Insurance Information Network of California. \"If these drivers aren’t telling their insurers, there’s no way for them to know.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the California Department of Insurance has \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0200-bulletins/bulletin-notices-commiss-opinion/TransNetwkDrvrs.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning to TNC drivers\u003c/a> about possible gaps in insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent Uber a number of questions about insurance, including one asking the company if it could name any personal insurers who were willing to insure a TNC vehicle. The company would not answer any of those questions on the record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update Jan 22:\u003c/strong> Uber now tells us it did respond to Clark in a phone conversation. Clark, however, says that while an Uber rep did call him, he merely listened to Clark's concerns, saying he would get back to him with a response. But Clark never heard back with any answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2: \u003c/strong>Kara Cross, general counsel for the Personal Insurance Federation of California, an industry group made up of State Farm, Farmers', Progressive, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, and Mercury, contacted us with some insurance implications for TNC passengers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cross says that if you are injured as a result of riding in a TNC vehicle, you can draw on the $1 million-per-incident coverage TNCs are required to have, but only if the TNC driver is judged to be at fault. If the other vehicle is judged to be at fault, you will have to rely on that driver's insurance, which will very likely cover a much lower amount than $1 million if it is a private vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_118115\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-118115\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2014/11/lyft.jpg\" alt=\"Two agents from the same insurance company gave TNC driver different answers on whether they could provide coverage. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Lyft vehicle on the streets of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.733em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n November we reported on the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/who-pays-when-ride-share-driver-crashes\" target=\"_blank\">widespread confusion over insurance\u003c/a> for ride-share drivers who work for companies such as Lyft, Sidecar and UberX. These companies use smartphone apps to connect ordinary car owners with those seeking a ride. The growing industry has \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">given the taxi industry fits\u003c/a>, siphoning off both customers and drivers. In San Francisco, where it has long been notoriously hard to find a cab, the transportation network companies, or TNCs for short, have stepped in to fill the gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One downside for both passengers and riders, however, is uncertainty over insurance coverage if a TNC driver gets into an accident, as several have in the past few weeks. Here's what we found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Ride-service companies like Lyft and Sidecar say drivers’ personal insurance policies will cover some claims. But the insurance industry says the policies won’t provide any coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The insurance industry says ride-service drivers will have to buy commercial insurance to be covered when they’re driving for hire and maybe even when they’re not.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>At least some ride-service drivers are keeping their status secret from their insurance companies because they’re afraid of losing coverage.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>These issues might take on increasing urgency as more and more drivers sign up and accidents occur. A \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2014/01/elderly_pedestrian_hit_by_car.php\" target=\"_blank\">Lyft driver was involved in an accident\u003c/a> in San Francisco on Friday, and an UberX driver \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/01/02/122446/\" target=\"_blank\">struck and killed a 6-year-old girl\u003c/a> on New Year's Eve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One question we posed in the past: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/14/can-lyft-uberx-drivers-lose-their-insurance\" target=\"_blank\">Are ride-service drivers at risk of losing their insurance?\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week on the Lyft Lounge, a Facebook meeting area for drivers, one member posted a cancellation notice she received from Geico. The termination was for \"commercial use of your 2012 Toyota Prius.\" The posting has sparked a long online discussion among Lyft drivers. Wrote one fellow Lyft driver in response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it. What's Lyft's response to the fact that serving for them may end up with us losing insurance and possibly our livelihood?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, journalist Josh Wolf, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/2013/08/06/driven-take-risks\" target=\"_blank\">writing for the San Francisco Bay Guardian\u003c/a>, reported on a similar cancellation of a Lyft driver's insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lyft has not gotten back to us with a response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keeping TNC Status a Secret\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the fear over such cancellations, at least some ride-service drivers have kept their status a secret from their insurance companies. Several Lyft drivers we spoke to previously said they did not want their names used for this reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have heard about people being denied coverage because it was discovered they were driving for Lyft, and therefore their personal insurance policy would not be renewed, or canceled,\" Lyft driver Dan told us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another driver: \"I don’t think I should let my insurance company know because I’ll probably get dropped.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And another: “I figure the less they know the better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke Monday to yet another Lyft driver about the issue, and again he would talk only on the condition of anonymity out of fear of having his insurance canceled. This driver said he noted one bit of advice on the Lyft Lounge recently: If you get into an accident, end your ride immediately and turn off your app, so you cannot be identified as a ride-service driver.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'No one, I mean no one told me my insurance would have a problem with it.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>He also said he displays the famous pink mustache that identifies Lyft vehicles only when picking up a passenger, then throws it in the back seat, against both Lyft rules and state regulations. He does this to lessen the risk of being identified as a TNC driver and also because he does not want to get \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/07/taxis-lyft-ride-service-war-on-streets-of-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">hassled by taxi drivers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There does seem to be a distinct feeling among some TNC drivers that it is bad practice to go public with your professional driver status. On the Reddit Uber Drivers subgroup, someone recently put up a post titled: \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.reddit.com/r/uberdrivers/comments/1v0lwd/do_not_mention_your_work_as_an_uber_driver_on_any/\" target=\"_blank\">Do not mention your work as an Uber Driver on any social media. Good way to get coverage denied in the case of an accident\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can You Get Insurance for TNC Work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K192/77192335.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">rules adopted last September\u003c/a>, the California Public Utilities Commission requires ride-service companies to carry at least $1 million in liability insurance for their drivers. But it remains unclear just when that insurance is in effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham Archer, the attorney for Syed Muzaffar, the UberX driver involved in the fatal accident on New Year’s Eve, says his client had driven to San Francisco with the express intent of serving UberX users and had already completed one trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But although Muzaffar was logged in and awaiting another customer, he wasn’t on a call at the moment of the accident, so UberX does not consider him covered under its policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The companies' commercial insurance won't cover the personal use of a TNC vehicle — for instance, when a driver is running personal errands or going on a road trip. There is a real question as to whether ride-service drivers can obtain personal insurance if they tell insurance companies the true nature of their intended use of the vehicle. During my reporting last year, I contacted the American Automobile Association and Allstate to see if they’d insure me for the personal use of my car if I also wanted to use it for transporting paying passengers as a TNC. Both said they wouldn't.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they discover that your car’s being used that way, then that’s going to raise the red flag for any claim,” an Allstate broker told me. “Tracking if accidents have occurred involving such vehicles is difficult, as the insurer will not always have the knowledge that the passenger paid for transport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The recent experiences of two taxi drivers who wanted to switch to UberX also shows how hard it is for TNC drivers to get insurance coverage. Each uses Uber Taxi, a service that connects passengers with regular cabs. Each said they considered driving for UberX after learning Uber offers financing for that service's drivers to buy new vehicles. But each said their plans hit a roadblock when they found they couldn't get insurance for the new cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those drivers was John Han, who drives for Yellow Cab in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I couldn't find anybody who would insure an UberX vehicle,\" he says. \"When I talked to my personal insurance company, I was trying to be very honest. I said I had just been approved for a car loan but wanted to work for UberX. They said they can’t insure that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han says he was referred to a company that provides limousine insurance, but the broker said she couldn't find anyone to cover an UberX vehicle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can’t really insure a car as both a personal vehicle and commercial at the same time,\" says Han, who has written about taxi issues for his own blog. \"Someone might create that kind of package. But it doesn't exist now. The insurance industry is under no obligation to insure something just because the CPUC says it’s OK.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The only way I can do UberX would be to lie to my insurance company. I didn't want to do it that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle.'\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bill Clark drives for Luxor Cab and was also ready to try driving for UberX. He says he was part of a group of about 25 cab drivers that Uber was encouraging to convert to its ride-service platform. He says he was turned down for insurance when he tried to buy a new car for his planned UberX work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went to Geico, filled out an application and told them I was going to transport people,\" he says. \"The application was declined as 'undesirable.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Han, he then tried to get commercial insurance, going through a broker, and couldn't find anyone to insure a TNC vehicle. \"They had never heard of TNCs,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>No Answer to Request for Advice\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clark then emailed the following to a contact at Uber complaining that he couldn't obtain insurance:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I would like to discuss some concerns that have come up in researching the insurance for TNCs. According to the law the requirements to operate a TNC vehicle are: The California PUC requires personal insurance from the driver and excess liability insurance from the TNC (UBER). However when I applied for personal insurance from Geico and I truthfully represented the use of the vehicle, they declined, stating that my use was commercial. It also seems they do not offer the type of commercial insurance I would need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can see my dilemma. It seems to me the only way to comply with Uber by getting personal insurance would be to misrepresent my use of the vehicle, which I do not feel comfortable with. My conclusion from this indicates that if there were claims against a TNC driver and the insurance company found out that the true use of the vehicle was falsified, they would deny coverage.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Uber rep told Clark he would see what he could do. Clark then wrote a followup email saying he was still excited about working for Uber, but that the insurance matter needed to be resolved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he never got any answers and he now assumes the other cab drivers in his group who obtained insurance for TNC work told insurance companies their new cars were for personal use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Musing about his quest to leave the taxi business, Clark says, \"I could get a brand-new Prius, drive any time I wanted to, and just make money. That’s like a dream; too good to be true. In fact, it was too good to be true. You can’t get insurance on them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Obviously, many people are obtaining insurance on vehicles for TNC use. But it's unclear how many insurers, if any, know about the insured's ride-service work and would balk at coverage if they found out. Almost all personal insurance policies contain an exclusion for commercial use of vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many insurers don’t know their customers are involved in these kinds of program,\" says Pete Moraga of the Insurance Information Network of California. \"If these drivers aren’t telling their insurers, there’s no way for them to know.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the California Department of Insurance has \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0200-bulletins/bulletin-notices-commiss-opinion/TransNetwkDrvrs.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning to TNC drivers\u003c/a> about possible gaps in insurance coverage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I sent Uber a number of questions about insurance, including one asking the company if it could name any personal insurers who were willing to insure a TNC vehicle. 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It's a kind of a perilous thing to watch.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>— Jaxon Van Derbeken\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Van Derbeken reported the video shows emergency personnel looking at the girl — whom they later reported they thought was dead — but at no point does the video show them directly checking her for signs of life. They also did not mark her with a casualty flag, as is common at disaster scenes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Chronicle says a source provided the video on condition that it not be shared publicly because it is so graphic. 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Van Derbeken said it's unclear whether she is still alive before this second hit.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Fire Department has not responded directly to the video but has called Ye's death a \"tragic accident.\" Van Derbeken's story included this account from firefighter Roger Phillips, the one who initially motioned Rescue 10 around Ye:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Phillips later told investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board that the girl was in the fetal position, her eyes rolled up, her face waxen and wearing a grimace.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Ye's parents filed a claim against the city of San Francisco earlier this week, saying rescuers were reckless and poorly trained. The city has 45 days to respond, and if it denies the claim, Ye's parents may sue. 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Fewer cars mean less traffic, and less idling in traffic, which is especially polluting.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Now Solnit is back with another broadside that takes aim at Adler and Grist, questions the environmental claims made for the buses and broadens her critique of the tech sector’s impact on the city. Her new essay, “\u003ca href=\"http://www.guernicamag.com/daily/rebecca-solnit-resisting-monoculture/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resisting Monoculture\u003c/a>,” was published Tuesday by online culture journal Guernica. She says in part:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I’m seeing the town that gave birth to the Sierra Club and Rainforest Action Network and seminal movements for human rights, a town that produced great insurrection and antiwar activism and idealism and new social ideas, become a place where you can’t afford to live unless you’re doing something incredibly lucrative and time-consuming — and probably involving technology corporations. A young human rights activist is not so likely to be able to afford to live here, or a nurse’s aide, or a baker, and so the biodiversity of the city is being laid waste, and in its place springs up a monocrop of technology workers. If this continues, the contributions San Francisco has given the world will not be given any more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who like green transit need to consider that when a place becomes the economic equivalent of a luxury resort, the urban equivalent of Jackson Hole, the laborers who really keep the place running — the people who clean and cook and drive and build and care for the old, the young, the frail — need to come in from far away. And no luxury coaches come to fetch the home healthcare worker from Richmond or the construction worker from Tracy. It’s unhealthy when firefighters and teachers can’t afford to live in the community they care for, and San Francisco was already tough that way: it’s now, thanks to the Silicon Valley incursion, getting a lot worse.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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