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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have been looking at these kinds of reports forever and a blue moon,” McPartland said from his Castro Valley home via Zoom. “And despite my relationship with Maceo that goes back — oh my goodness, two decades — I’ve got to tell you that, as opposed to trying to figure out which way to go and based on the data we’re looking at, I find the work that Maceo is doing right now to be so cotton-pickin’ inspirational.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McPartland ended by congratulating Wiggins on “magnificent work” and added, “I look forward to being part of it in any way I can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">The following video contains offensive content.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Yooc2KDD6Hs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Yooc2KDD6Hs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Seven of the other eight board members were in the meeting room at BART’s downtown Oakland headquarters; board member Debora Allen of Contra Costa County was also attending remotely. None of the directors responded immediately to McPartland’s comment, though a brief exclamation was audible immediately after he uttered the phrase “cotton-pickin’.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re not going to be able to air the words I said, but it was along the lines of, ‘I can’t believe this,'” San Francisco board member Bevan Dufty said last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The expression McPartland used is \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/rapry3/comment/hnn0i96/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3\">considered racist\u003c/a> and one that denigrates Black Americans, who endured forced labor in Southern cotton fields as enslaved workers and later as part of the coercive sharecropping system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jan. 12 comment prompted Li to put forward a “\u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23586052/consideration-of-action-memo.pdf\">consideration of action (PDF)\u003c/a>” against McPartland. The motion says McPartland violated provisions in the BART board \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/sites/default/files/docs/08-08-13%20Board%20of%20Directors%20CofC.pdf\">code of conduct (PDF)\u003c/a> that require members to treat the public, staff and each other with respect and to refrain from publicly attacking or disparaging staff or members of the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Li said she feels McPartland, first elected to the BART board in 2008, had no ill intent. But, she added, this was not the first time he had made racially offensive comments during board meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are public officials, we are elected leaders, and we run a district,” Li said. “The bar is set higher for folks like us. And when this is a pattern of behavior, I think that we can’t just say, ‘Oh, but he doesn’t mean any ill will, it’s fine, we’ll just pull him aside and let him know.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, McPartland drew criticism for a patronizing comment made to Abre’ Conner, a Black attorney for the ACLU of Northern California, who had addressed the board during a discussion of whether BART could ban panhandling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t catch the name of the young African American lady,” McPartland said. “Very articulate. … If you’re a law student, you’re doing great. If not, you should consider it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Informed that Conner was an attorney, he chuckled and said, “Already a lawyer? OK. … Doing great.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a June 2020 board discussion, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11826287/bart-director-says-hes-distressed-by-villainization-of-police-and-of-robert-e-lee\">McPartland complained about the removal of monuments commemorating leaders of the Confederacy\u003c/a>. He focused on one in Richmond, Virginia, celebrating Gen. Robert E. Lee, a slaveholder who betrayed his oath to defend the U.S. Constitution by resigning from the Army to lead Confederate forces in the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Robert E. 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In an interview after the Jan. 12 comment, Dufty said he considers McPartland a friend but that his words “would not pass muster in any way, shape or form.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dufty said he regretted not addressing McPartland’s remark in the moment, saying he realized the words were traumatizing for BART staff members. “I have my own apology to make,” he said. “I’m not going to dance around it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Li said one factor that made McPartland’s recent comment different from earlier episodes was the fact that it was directed toward BART staff members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3AlGTIB\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Ziad Shafi has lived in several parts of the U.S. and in Europe. In Washington, D.C., he was impressed with the metro system, which took him most places he wanted to go. Same thing in many European cities. So, when he moved to the Bay Area and started riding BART, he was a little confused. Look at any BART map and you’ll see lines converging from Contra Costa and Alameda counties on a single corridor through the Transbay Tube across San Francisco and down the Peninsula to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Metros and subways in European cities tend to be spread out, hitting every city corner,” Ziad said. “Why do four of the five BART lines (red, yellow, green, blue) go all the way from West Oakland to Daly City? It seems like a mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ziad submitted his question to Bay Curious and it won \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/baycurious/\">a voting round\u003c/a>, so a lot of people have been wondering why BART was designed this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, what one person sees as a mistake can be another’s very deliberate strategy. And in this case, BART’s route is the product of what public officials, business interests and planners in the 1950s thought a rapid transit system should be. They planned BART as a system with a single main line on its route down to the Peninsula. (Yes, BART was originally envisioned as a system that would also run west through northern and parts of western San Francisco to the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond, but that plan died in 1962 when Marin County officials opted out of the system.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The growing dominance of the automobile — and the massive highway construction that went along with it — lay behind the choice of a main line system whose central mission was to get commuters and shoppers from outlying areas to and from downtown San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23314106/redundancy-in-public-transit-1980-adler-chapter-ix.pdf\">1955 status report (PDF)\u003c/a> prepared for the commission overseeing BART planning argued that the only way a regional rapid transit system would persuade drivers to get out of their cars was if service was fast, frequent and comfortable. Patronage would depend on having widely spaced stations, each with a huge parking lot or easy bus access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More Bay Curious BART Episodes\" link1=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-are-bart-trains-so-loud/id1172473406?i=1000392016987&ign-itscg=30200S&ign-itsct=podcast_box,Why Are BART Trains So Loud?\" link2=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/youre-really-really-curious-about-bart/id1172473406?i=1000464113096&ign-itscg=30200S&ign-itsct=podcast_box,You're Really Really Curious About BART\"]Planners contrasted that with what they termed a “neighborhood system,” one that would be within walking distance of most Bay Area homes, and which would require lots of train lines and lots of stops. While that kind of service might be accessible, the frequency of stops and longer waits between trains would mean it was slower — and thus unlikely to woo drivers who were believed to value speed and personal convenience above all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The foregoing considerations compel in our minds a recommendation for a main line, trunk system, even without taking into account its much lower capital and operating costs as compared to a neighborhood system,” the 1955 memo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932714\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11932714\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-800x997.jpg\" alt=\"A 1970 aerial view of freeway and rapid transit construction in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"997\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-800x997.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1020x1271.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-160x199.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1233x1536.jpg 1233w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1644x2048.jpg 1644w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1920x2392.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of the Grove-Shafter Freeway and Bay Area Rapid Transit MacArthur Station construction on Aug. 29, 1970, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Russ Reed, from plane flown by Warren Boggess/MediaNews Group-Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, one shouldn’t forget that there was — and is — transit that ties into BART on both sides of the bay. In San Francisco, we’re talking about Muni, mostly. And in the East Bay, we’re talking about AC Transit. If you add those network maps to the rather skeletal BART system, transit looks much more robust — though yes, you’re required to jump from one operator to another to get to your destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a couple of important historical notes to touch upon regarding Muni and the possibility of more rapid transit in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco rejects new subway lines\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>City officials had started touting the possibility of citywide subway service as far back as the first decade of the 20th century. Those initiatives were moved to the back burner several times — by “no” votes from the electorate, World War II and, later, by the belief that with BART on the way, such a system might be redundant. The last serious attempt to turn that idea into reality came in 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition B on the city’s November ballot that year included a $96.5 million bond issue that would help pay for construction of three new rapid transit subways across the city. The new routes — one to the Richmond District, one to the Sunset, one to the San Francisco State neighborhood by way of Twin Peaks — would take advantage of BART’s two-level subway tunnel under Market Street and make it possible to reach downtown in 20 minutes from anywhere along the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, which would require tax increases, needed a two-thirds vote to pass. It garnered only a 57% “yes” vote. The plan was never revived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11932710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-800x613.png\" alt=\"A 1966 newspaper map showing proposed routes for San Francisco rapid transit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-800x613.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-1020x782.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-160x123.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-1536x1177.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM.png 1730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map the San Francisco Examiner printed just before the November 1966 vote on a bond issue to fund a Muni rapid transit network in San Francisco. The caption read: “Here’s a look at the overall transit plan showing the six major high-speed subways and bus lines. Routes 1, 4 and 6 would be financed by Proposition B. Passage of Proposition B at the Nov. 8 elections qualify the Muni for federal aid to build No. 2 and No. 2. BART is building No. 5.” \u003ccite>(San Francisco Examiner via Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Henderson, a San Francisco State University professor of geography who has written extensively on the city’s transportation politics, said in his 2013 book “\u003ca href=\"https://geog.sfsu.edu/publication/street-fight-politics-mobility-san-francisco\">Street Fight\u003c/a>” that the measure failed for a variety of reasons: a distaste for higher taxes and fear that the new subways would spur unwanted dense development. Voters were unconvinced the new transit plan, which would scrap the existing J, K, L, M and N streetcar lines, would be an improvement on Muni’s existing network. Henderson wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Some neighborhood groups were opposed to the proposal because the plan included restructuring of the bus routes so that the buses fed into the rapid transit trunk lines. … Passengers’ actual travel times would be higher with the transfer and restructuring of routes. The transit plan of 1966 discontinued almost all electric trolley bus service, replacing it with a diesel bus fleet. Some neighborhood groups opposed the proposal on these grounds because in San Francisco, with its many hills, diesel buses performed especially poorly and were extremely noisy compared to electric buses.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But that’s the past. Is a denser, more efficient transit system — the kind our question-asker Ziad talked about — in our future?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with Bay Curious, Henderson said that in order to “decarbonize” rapidly enough to head off the worst effects of climate change, staggering levels of new investment will be necessary to build a regional rail system and interim systems like busways where it might be too expensive or time-consuming to build train lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Northern California, we’re a region that should be tied together by a train system that rivals or exceeds the freeway system we have,” Henderson said. “I think we could spend the next generation building that. And yes, it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, but that’s what we’ve got to spend to address the climate issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Making current system more efficient\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A regional rail system is coming — eventually. BART and other agencies are working on \u003ca href=\"https://link21program.org/en\">Link21\u003c/a>, an effort to refine a plan for a second transbay rail crossing, and building out improved train service for the “megaregion” stretching to Sacramento and the northern San Joaquin Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso.jpeg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11932707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"A passenger train reflected in a trackside puddle at sunset.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak California’s Capitol Corridor — seen here at Alviso on the south end of San Francisco Bay — is among the partners in the Link21 program to create improved regional rail service. \u003ccite>(Max Camden/Link21-BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But like other big transportation projects in our region — \u003ca href=\"https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/san-franciscos-central-subway-opens-for-limited-se\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Francisco’s Central Subway\u003c/a>, BART’s planned extension through downtown San José to Santa Clara, the planned extension of Caltrain to the Salesforce Transit Center, among others — a second transbay crossing promises to be not only expensive, but very slow in moving from plan to reality. Link21’s estimated date for completion is 2039.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the urgency of climate change and the role that clean transportation can play in providing a solution, Henderson is one of many people impatient to see progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We gotta move fast,” he said. “We’ve got to be scaling up and rolling this stuff out this decade and in the early part of the ’30s if we’re gonna really seriously take on this climate issue. And we need to be inspiring the rest of the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://bit.ly/3AlGTIB\">\u003cem>Read a transcript of this episode here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Ziad Shafi has lived in several parts of the U.S. and in Europe. In Washington, D.C., he was impressed with the metro system, which took him most places he wanted to go. Same thing in many European cities. So, when he moved to the Bay Area and started riding BART, he was a little confused. Look at any BART map and you’ll see lines converging from Contra Costa and Alameda counties on a single corridor through the Transbay Tube across San Francisco and down the Peninsula to San Francisco International Airport and Millbrae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Metros and subways in European cities tend to be spread out, hitting every city corner,” Ziad said. “Why do four of the five BART lines (red, yellow, green, blue) go all the way from West Oakland to Daly City? It seems like a mistake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ziad submitted his question to Bay Curious and it won \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/baycurious/\">a voting round\u003c/a>, so a lot of people have been wondering why BART was designed this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a podcast that answers your questions about the Bay Area.\n Subscribe on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bay-curious/id1172473406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a>,\n \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/podcasts/500557090/bay-curious\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR One\u003c/a> or your favorite podcast platform.\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, what one person sees as a mistake can be another’s very deliberate strategy. And in this case, BART’s route is the product of what public officials, business interests and planners in the 1950s thought a rapid transit system should be. They planned BART as a system with a single main line on its route down to the Peninsula. (Yes, BART was originally envisioned as a system that would also run west through northern and parts of western San Francisco to the Golden Gate Bridge and beyond, but that plan died in 1962 when Marin County officials opted out of the system.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Planners contrasted that with what they termed a “neighborhood system,” one that would be within walking distance of most Bay Area homes, and which would require lots of train lines and lots of stops. While that kind of service might be accessible, the frequency of stops and longer waits between trains would mean it was slower — and thus unlikely to woo drivers who were believed to value speed and personal convenience above all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The foregoing considerations compel in our minds a recommendation for a main line, trunk system, even without taking into account its much lower capital and operating costs as compared to a neighborhood system,” the 1955 memo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932714\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11932714\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-800x997.jpg\" alt=\"A 1970 aerial view of freeway and rapid transit construction in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"997\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-800x997.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1020x1271.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-160x199.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1233x1536.jpg 1233w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1644x2048.jpg 1644w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/GettyImages-1318535223-1920x2392.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aerial view of the Grove-Shafter Freeway and Bay Area Rapid Transit MacArthur Station construction on Aug. 29, 1970, in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Russ Reed, from plane flown by Warren Boggess/MediaNews Group-Oakland Tribune via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, one shouldn’t forget that there was — and is — transit that ties into BART on both sides of the bay. In San Francisco, we’re talking about Muni, mostly. And in the East Bay, we’re talking about AC Transit. If you add those network maps to the rather skeletal BART system, transit looks much more robust — though yes, you’re required to jump from one operator to another to get to your destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a couple of important historical notes to touch upon regarding Muni and the possibility of more rapid transit in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>San Francisco rejects new subway lines\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>City officials had started touting the possibility of citywide subway service as far back as the first decade of the 20th century. Those initiatives were moved to the back burner several times — by “no” votes from the electorate, World War II and, later, by the belief that with BART on the way, such a system might be redundant. The last serious attempt to turn that idea into reality came in 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Proposition B on the city’s November ballot that year included a $96.5 million bond issue that would help pay for construction of three new rapid transit subways across the city. The new routes — one to the Richmond District, one to the Sunset, one to the San Francisco State neighborhood by way of Twin Peaks — would take advantage of BART’s two-level subway tunnel under Market Street and make it possible to reach downtown in 20 minutes from anywhere along the line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, which would require tax increases, needed a two-thirds vote to pass. It garnered only a 57% “yes” vote. The plan was never revived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM.png\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11932710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-800x613.png\" alt=\"A 1966 newspaper map showing proposed routes for San Francisco rapid transit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-800x613.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-1020x782.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-160x123.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM-1536x1177.png 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Screen-Shot-2022-11-17-at-3.35.12-PM.png 1730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A map the San Francisco Examiner printed just before the November 1966 vote on a bond issue to fund a Muni rapid transit network in San Francisco. The caption read: “Here’s a look at the overall transit plan showing the six major high-speed subways and bus lines. Routes 1, 4 and 6 would be financed by Proposition B. Passage of Proposition B at the Nov. 8 elections qualify the Muni for federal aid to build No. 2 and No. 2. BART is building No. 5.” \u003ccite>(San Francisco Examiner via Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jason Henderson, a San Francisco State University professor of geography who has written extensively on the city’s transportation politics, said in his 2013 book “\u003ca href=\"https://geog.sfsu.edu/publication/street-fight-politics-mobility-san-francisco\">Street Fight\u003c/a>” that the measure failed for a variety of reasons: a distaste for higher taxes and fear that the new subways would spur unwanted dense development. Voters were unconvinced the new transit plan, which would scrap the existing J, K, L, M and N streetcar lines, would be an improvement on Muni’s existing network. Henderson wrote:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Some neighborhood groups were opposed to the proposal because the plan included restructuring of the bus routes so that the buses fed into the rapid transit trunk lines. … Passengers’ actual travel times would be higher with the transfer and restructuring of routes. The transit plan of 1966 discontinued almost all electric trolley bus service, replacing it with a diesel bus fleet. Some neighborhood groups opposed the proposal on these grounds because in San Francisco, with its many hills, diesel buses performed especially poorly and were extremely noisy compared to electric buses.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>But that’s the past. Is a denser, more efficient transit system — the kind our question-asker Ziad talked about — in our future?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with Bay Curious, Henderson said that in order to “decarbonize” rapidly enough to head off the worst effects of climate change, staggering levels of new investment will be necessary to build a regional rail system and interim systems like busways where it might be too expensive or time-consuming to build train lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In Northern California, we’re a region that should be tied together by a train system that rivals or exceeds the freeway system we have,” Henderson said. “I think we could spend the next generation building that. And yes, it would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, but that’s what we’ve got to spend to address the climate issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Making current system more efficient\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A regional rail system is coming — eventually. 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"content": "\u003cp>The 24th Street BART plaza, in San Francisco’s Mission, is the beating heart of the city’s Latino Cultural District. Commuters riding the escalators up from the underground station are immediately immersed in the unmistakable aroma of carne asada sizzling in the nearby taquerias, the sounds of street ministers preaching in Spanish and the sight of people from all walks of life moving through this Bay Area crossroads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaza has traditionally served as a public space to congregate or rest, as well as an unofficial marketplace for street vendors. But in recent months, it’s become a point of contention among community members, amid the city’s ongoing efforts to combat the sale of stolen goods on its streets. In response to public safety concerns from San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who represents the district, BART erected fences around the plaza in late July, keeping only a narrow corridor open for passengers to access the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923861\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"24th Street and Mission BART in the background and a man pushing an ice cream cart in the foreground\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vendors sell goods on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But on August 20, a group of self-described community members and vendors dismantled the fences in protest, lambasting the blockade strategy as an attack on lower-income people already struggling to survive. The fences have remained dismantled since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen this week told KQED she has no intention of asking BART to reinstall them and said she regrets not having first held a town hall to gather community input before the original decision was made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You live and you learn and in the future we will do that,” said Ronen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Calle 24, a local community group, convened its own town hall this past Tuesday, an event that drew some 200 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands speaking with one arm raised, as several other people sit listening in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Cristina Gutiérrez speaks during a town hall meeting filled with Mission residents, local vendors and members of community organizations about the fence that was put up at 24th and Mission BART, at the Latino Task Force health site in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What can we do to better protect the women who go out to work for their children?” asked Yolanda Dorado, a Mission resident who said she walks through the plaza before sunrise in order to get to work, and has been harassed there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The community needs more police to prevent people from selling drugs outside BART,” added Silvia Ferrusquía, who runs a nearby bridal and quinceañera dress shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some in attendance, particularly younger people, voiced concerns that more law enforcement presence in the neighborhood would likely lead to an uptick in police violence against people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You and your history have shown us how a community can protect itself,” said Rut Hernandez, who grew up in the Mission. “If the older generation thinks the police can be of help, it’s worth considering it. Even if we’re not in agreement about that, we can reach some sort of compromise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On August 20, within hours of the fences being dismantled, the plaza was once again packed with vendors as pedestrians gathered to watch a low-rider parade.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Joshua Baltodano, Mission resident\"]‘The fences didn’t help. If anything, they just created more of a problem.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fences didn’t help. If anything, they just created more of a problem,” said Joshua Baltodano, a nearby resident who helped create the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/missiondefence_sf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mission DeFence\u003c/a>” Instagram page to organize resistance against the fences. “When the fences were here, there was no room for anybody. Now we have room to actually have some legitimate vendors out here selling their goods and services and trying to make a living.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baltodano said BART tried to reinstall the fences later on Saturday morning but gave up when community members refused to leave the plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vendor Demetra Block, who has been selling used clothes on the streets for the past two years, said she came back and set up shop at the plaza shortly after the fences came down. She said she relies on the plaza not only to sell her wares, but also to buy basic necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sell my stuff for $1, $2 or $5. Which is very affordable. I also have to come here to get my laundry detergent,” she said. “I can’t afford no $20 laundry detergent at the stores. But I can come here and get it for 10 or 15 bucks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also pushed back against the assertion that open-air markets, like this one, are dangerous, and said in the time she has been coming here, she has never seen a fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people are trying to feed their families. They’re staying out of trouble. They’re not selling drugs,” Block said. “Why would they take this place from us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ronen said in the months leading up to the fences being erected, her office received numerous complaints from constituents that the plaza had become overcrowded and unruly, with an increasing number of people selling stolen goods and making it hard for seniors and people with disabilities to navigate the sidewalks. Meanwhile, nearby brick-and-mortar businesses complained that the street vendors created unfair competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen also said some longtime vendors who had sold in the neighborhood for decades reported being assaulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would come and rip their tablecloth off the table and have all of their wares flying away,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hat stands next to a variety of wares with houses in the mission in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Allen sells items a block away from 24th and Mission streets to have more space, in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Stop and Shop’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another vendor, Jerome Allen, used to sell goods at the plaza but was forced to move down Mission Street when the fences went up. His sidewalk spread, which he calls “Stop and Shop,” is among the larger ones in the vicinity. It stretches the entire length of a typical retail storefront, and is organized by wares, including shoes, clothes, tools, electronics and games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can name something I don’t have, I’ll give you something for free,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he tries to maintain a legitimate business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the stuff, people donate to me,” he said. “They’ll just pull up in their car and give me a bag of stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Allen acknowledges that inevitably, some of what he and others sell may have originally been stolen before it reaches them — what he calls “boosting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the boosting has gotten a little out of hand, you know, they’re doing too much,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, viral videos of organized retail theft operations — including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1G8cA_s9BI\">brazen robbery of a Louis Vuitton store\u003c/a> in the city’s upscale Union Square shopping district, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09QamyK1YM\">a man in a Walgreens casually throwing items off a shelf\u003c/a> into a garbage bag and riding his bicycle out of the store — thrust San Francisco into the national spotlight, particularly galvanizing the attention of conservative media outlets, which pumped out headlines describing the city as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-san-francisco-crime-attitude-of-lawlessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawless\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local politicians took notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Illegal street vending has posed a significant challenge to our city and our small businesses for quite some time now, and it has only gotten worse since the beginning of the pandemic,” said San Francisco Mayor London Breed in a March press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unwanted publicity from retail theft spurred action from politicians and law enforcement agencies, who began to focus on cracking down not only on theft, but also the resale of the stolen goods. The BART plaza fence was another of these reactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet some of the vendors who spoke with KQED said they were in favor of the fences. Garcia is one of the vendors who continued selling alongside the fences while they were still up (he asked that his full name not be used because he fears for his safety). He said he actually welcomed the fences, because it prevented people from harassing him while he worked.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Hillary Ronen, San Francisco supervisor\"]‘I believe this law is essential to making change in the neighborhood, because once people realize that their goods are going to be confiscated, then it’s no longer going to be profitable to sell these stolen goods in the streets.’[/pullquote]Garcia said someone even recently stole the dolly he had used to transport his stuff. But he still returns to the plaza to sell his wares, and uses what he earns to pay his rent and send money home to his family in Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another vendor, Lourdes Villegas, who sells tamales and champurrado, a warm beverage, at the plaza, said that she supports the fences because they prevented people from hanging around her table at the plaza. She said the crowds made her food appear unhygienic and drove customers away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re protecting our area so that we can continue to maintain our livelihood. If we let it one person come, everyone will come,” said Villegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923855\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Vendors on 24th and Mission BART plaza stand under red tends speaking to people\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susana Rojas (right), executive director of Calle 24, speaks with a vendor on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The new rules\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The fences were a last resort, and were never intended to be the permanent solution to address the complaints about deteriorating conditions at the plaza. That was intended to be addressed by a controversial \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/apply-street-vending-permit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new street vendor permit\u003c/a> ordinance the city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wording of the\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10676767&GUID=38123A26-8DC6-42A9-89C5-9C18D4CE8AE7\"> measure\u003c/a> makes a clear connection between unregulated street vending and an increase in disturbances that require police intervention. It specifically cites an informal market of vendors at United Nations Plaza in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood that “fuels unlawful activity [and] leads to a high volume of 911 calls, incident reports, and arrests.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the new law had been slow to implement on the ground — the city’s Department of Public Works now plans to begin enforcing it on September 12, roughly six months after its passage. Ronen, who has tried to fast-track its implementation, said the department needed time to create the entire permitting process, and that the ordinance includes a mandatory outreach period to inform street vendors of the changes and allow them enough time to comply with the new rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susana Rojas, executive director of Calle 24 in the Mission, is one of the community organizers putting the word out about the new law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after spending several months trying to inform vendors about the imminent rule changes, she said many people are still confused about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s fear. This is the way that they make their money. Anytime that they think, ‘Oh my God, I’m not gonna be able to vend there,’ they kind of shut off. So we have to come back multiple times until they understand what it is,” she said. “For us, what is important is that they do understand and they are ready so that they don’t end up getting moved and lose income with something that’s preventable if we all work together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new rules, vendors will be required to register for a business license, and pay a $430 fee to get a permit. They’ll also need to show proof of original purchase if they’re selling products that appear to be new. Without that proof, their goods can be confiscated by city enforcement officers; if they continue selling without permits, they could face fines of up to $1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923857\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A variety of different items seen through a fence\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goods for sale on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Bath LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ronen said she sees this new law as the “ultimate solution” to ending the sale of stolen goods on city streets, and the allegedly unsafe conditions that accompany them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe this law is essential to making change in the neighborhood, because once people realize that their goods are going to be confiscated, then it’s no longer going to be profitable to sell these stolen goods in the streets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also acknowledges that many people who take to selling goods on the street are simply trying to earn a basic income, and notes that the new rules do not carry any criminal penalties for vending without a license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do believe that the vendors themselves, even the vast majority of the vendors selling the stolen goods, are not criminals themselves. They’re trying to survive,” she said. “This is the result of living in an expensive city with minimum-wage jobs, rising inequality and all these deep-rooted social problems that we have in San Francisco not allowing people to make ends meet.”[aside tag=\"mission, BART\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]Susana Rojas, with Calle 24, said that the nonprofit reluctantly supported the fences being erected. She said they did so because the number of complaints from community members made them feel that they had run out of options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never said that the fence was perfect. The fence was a little barrier to protect the vendors and to provide some kind of relief. That’s what the fences are, and to also give us an opportunity to create the process so that our vendors can have the BART plaza back,” said Rojas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, she hopes that the future of the plaza will be community led.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re hoping that we can come up with a community solution to make it better and to really have the steps that are going to support people … and addressing the root issues,” said Rojas, adding that her organization is now working to help some vendors fill out their paperwork and pay the new fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents of the new vendor law say it will just make life harder for people already struggling to make ends meet, and will ultimately further displace longtime residents of the Mission by removing a crucial source of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked whether she plans on getting a permit to sell her goods, vendor Demetra Block scoffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I couldn’t afford $430. They know that we can’t pay that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Dan Brekke and Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The 24th Street BART plaza, in San Francisco’s Mission, is the beating heart of the city’s Latino Cultural District. Commuters riding the escalators up from the underground station are immediately immersed in the unmistakable aroma of carne asada sizzling in the nearby taquerias, the sounds of street ministers preaching in Spanish and the sight of people from all walks of life moving through this Bay Area crossroads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plaza has traditionally served as a public space to congregate or rest, as well as an unofficial marketplace for street vendors. But in recent months, it’s become a point of contention among community members, amid the city’s ongoing efforts to combat the sale of stolen goods on its streets. In response to public safety concerns from San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who represents the district, BART erected fences around the plaza in late July, keeping only a narrow corridor open for passengers to access the station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923861\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923861\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"24th Street and Mission BART in the background and a man pushing an ice cream cart in the foreground\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57805_021_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vendors sell goods on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But on August 20, a group of self-described community members and vendors dismantled the fences in protest, lambasting the blockade strategy as an attack on lower-income people already struggling to survive. The fences have remained dismantled since then.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen this week told KQED she has no intention of asking BART to reinstall them and said she regrets not having first held a town hall to gather community input before the original decision was made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You live and you learn and in the future we will do that,” said Ronen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Calle 24, a local community group, convened its own town hall this past Tuesday, an event that drew some 200 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923853\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923853\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A woman stands speaking with one arm raised, as several other people sit listening in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS58094_021_KQED_24thMissionTownHall_08232022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Cristina Gutiérrez speaks during a town hall meeting filled with Mission residents, local vendors and members of community organizations about the fence that was put up at 24th and Mission BART, at the Latino Task Force health site in San Francisco on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“What can we do to better protect the women who go out to work for their children?” asked Yolanda Dorado, a Mission resident who said she walks through the plaza before sunrise in order to get to work, and has been harassed there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The community needs more police to prevent people from selling drugs outside BART,” added Silvia Ferrusquía, who runs a nearby bridal and quinceañera dress shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some in attendance, particularly younger people, voiced concerns that more law enforcement presence in the neighborhood would likely lead to an uptick in police violence against people of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You and your history have shown us how a community can protect itself,” said Rut Hernandez, who grew up in the Mission. “If the older generation thinks the police can be of help, it’s worth considering it. Even if we’re not in agreement about that, we can reach some sort of compromise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On August 20, within hours of the fences being dismantled, the plaza was once again packed with vendors as pedestrians gathered to watch a low-rider parade.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fences didn’t help. If anything, they just created more of a problem,” said Joshua Baltodano, a nearby resident who helped create the “\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/missiondefence_sf/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mission DeFence\u003c/a>” Instagram page to organize resistance against the fences. “When the fences were here, there was no room for anybody. Now we have room to actually have some legitimate vendors out here selling their goods and services and trying to make a living.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baltodano said BART tried to reinstall the fences later on Saturday morning but gave up when community members refused to leave the plaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vendor Demetra Block, who has been selling used clothes on the streets for the past two years, said she came back and set up shop at the plaza shortly after the fences came down. She said she relies on the plaza not only to sell her wares, but also to buy basic necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sell my stuff for $1, $2 or $5. Which is very affordable. I also have to come here to get my laundry detergent,” she said. “I can’t afford no $20 laundry detergent at the stores. But I can come here and get it for 10 or 15 bucks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also pushed back against the assertion that open-air markets, like this one, are dangerous, and said in the time she has been coming here, she has never seen a fight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These people are trying to feed their families. They’re staying out of trouble. They’re not selling drugs,” Block said. “Why would they take this place from us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Ronen said in the months leading up to the fences being erected, her office received numerous complaints from constituents that the plaza had become overcrowded and unruly, with an increasing number of people selling stolen goods and making it hard for seniors and people with disabilities to navigate the sidewalks. Meanwhile, nearby brick-and-mortar businesses complained that the street vendors created unfair competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ronen also said some longtime vendors who had sold in the neighborhood for decades reported being assaulted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People would come and rip their tablecloth off the table and have all of their wares flying away,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923854\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923854\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a hat stands next to a variety of wares with houses in the mission in the background\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57817_005_24thMissionVendors_08102022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jerome Allen sells items a block away from 24th and Mission streets to have more space, in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘Stop and Shop’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another vendor, Jerome Allen, used to sell goods at the plaza but was forced to move down Mission Street when the fences went up. His sidewalk spread, which he calls “Stop and Shop,” is among the larger ones in the vicinity. It stretches the entire length of a typical retail storefront, and is organized by wares, including shoes, clothes, tools, electronics and games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can name something I don’t have, I’ll give you something for free,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he tries to maintain a legitimate business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of the stuff, people donate to me,” he said. “They’ll just pull up in their car and give me a bag of stuff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Allen acknowledges that inevitably, some of what he and others sell may have originally been stolen before it reaches them — what he calls “boosting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the boosting has gotten a little out of hand, you know, they’re doing too much,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, viral videos of organized retail theft operations — including a \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1G8cA_s9BI\">brazen robbery of a Louis Vuitton store\u003c/a> in the city’s upscale Union Square shopping district, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R09QamyK1YM\">a man in a Walgreens casually throwing items off a shelf\u003c/a> into a garbage bag and riding his bicycle out of the store — thrust San Francisco into the national spotlight, particularly galvanizing the attention of conservative media outlets, which pumped out headlines describing the city as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-san-francisco-crime-attitude-of-lawlessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lawless\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State and local politicians took notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Illegal street vending has posed a significant challenge to our city and our small businesses for quite some time now, and it has only gotten worse since the beginning of the pandemic,” said San Francisco Mayor London Breed in a March press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unwanted publicity from retail theft spurred action from politicians and law enforcement agencies, who began to focus on cracking down not only on theft, but also the resale of the stolen goods. The BART plaza fence was another of these reactions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet some of the vendors who spoke with KQED said they were in favor of the fences. Garcia is one of the vendors who continued selling alongside the fences while they were still up (he asked that his full name not be used because he fears for his safety). He said he actually welcomed the fences, because it prevented people from harassing him while he worked.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Garcia said someone even recently stole the dolly he had used to transport his stuff. But he still returns to the plaza to sell his wares, and uses what he earns to pay his rent and send money home to his family in Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another vendor, Lourdes Villegas, who sells tamales and champurrado, a warm beverage, at the plaza, said that she supports the fences because they prevented people from hanging around her table at the plaza. She said the crowds made her food appear unhygienic and drove customers away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re protecting our area so that we can continue to maintain our livelihood. If we let it one person come, everyone will come,” said Villegas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923855\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923855\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Vendors on 24th and Mission BART plaza stand under red tends speaking to people\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57792_009_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susana Rojas (right), executive director of Calle 24, speaks with a vendor on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>The new rules\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The fences were a last resort, and were never intended to be the permanent solution to address the complaints about deteriorating conditions at the plaza. That was intended to be addressed by a controversial \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/apply-street-vending-permit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new street vendor permit\u003c/a> ordinance the city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wording of the\u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=10676767&GUID=38123A26-8DC6-42A9-89C5-9C18D4CE8AE7\"> measure\u003c/a> makes a clear connection between unregulated street vending and an increase in disturbances that require police intervention. It specifically cites an informal market of vendors at United Nations Plaza in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood that “fuels unlawful activity [and] leads to a high volume of 911 calls, incident reports, and arrests.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the new law had been slow to implement on the ground — the city’s Department of Public Works now plans to begin enforcing it on September 12, roughly six months after its passage. Ronen, who has tried to fast-track its implementation, said the department needed time to create the entire permitting process, and that the ordinance includes a mandatory outreach period to inform street vendors of the changes and allow them enough time to comply with the new rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susana Rojas, executive director of Calle 24 in the Mission, is one of the community organizers putting the word out about the new law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after spending several months trying to inform vendors about the imminent rule changes, she said many people are still confused about it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s fear. This is the way that they make their money. Anytime that they think, ‘Oh my God, I’m not gonna be able to vend there,’ they kind of shut off. So we have to come back multiple times until they understand what it is,” she said. “For us, what is important is that they do understand and they are ready so that they don’t end up getting moved and lose income with something that’s preventable if we all work together.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new rules, vendors will be required to register for a business license, and pay a $430 fee to get a permit. They’ll also need to show proof of original purchase if they’re selling products that appear to be new. Without that proof, their goods can be confiscated by city enforcement officers; if they continue selling without permits, they could face fines of up to $1,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923857\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11923857\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A variety of different items seen through a fence\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS57809_027_24thMissionVendors_08112022-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goods for sale on 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco on Aug. 11, 2022. \u003ccite>(Bath LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ronen said she sees this new law as the “ultimate solution” to ending the sale of stolen goods on city streets, and the allegedly unsafe conditions that accompany them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I believe this law is essential to making change in the neighborhood, because once people realize that their goods are going to be confiscated, then it’s no longer going to be profitable to sell these stolen goods in the streets,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also acknowledges that many people who take to selling goods on the street are simply trying to earn a basic income, and notes that the new rules do not carry any criminal penalties for vending without a license.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do believe that the vendors themselves, even the vast majority of the vendors selling the stolen goods, are not criminals themselves. They’re trying to survive,” she said. “This is the result of living in an expensive city with minimum-wage jobs, rising inequality and all these deep-rooted social problems that we have in San Francisco not allowing people to make ends meet.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Susana Rojas, with Calle 24, said that the nonprofit reluctantly supported the fences being erected. She said they did so because the number of complaints from community members made them feel that they had run out of options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We never said that the fence was perfect. The fence was a little barrier to protect the vendors and to provide some kind of relief. That’s what the fences are, and to also give us an opportunity to create the process so that our vendors can have the BART plaza back,” said Rojas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going forward, she hopes that the future of the plaza will be community led.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re hoping that we can come up with a community solution to make it better and to really have the steps that are going to support people … and addressing the root issues,” said Rojas, adding that her organization is now working to help some vendors fill out their paperwork and pay the new fees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But opponents of the new vendor law say it will just make life harder for people already struggling to make ends meet, and will ultimately further displace longtime residents of the Mission by removing a crucial source of income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked whether she plans on getting a permit to sell her goods, vendor Demetra Block scoffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I couldn’t afford $430. They know that we can’t pay that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay up to date on the latest developments on mask mandates in the Bay Area with our daily newsletter. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">Sign up for the News Daily here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:45 p.m. Friday, July 29\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART board of directors approved a resolution Thursday night reinstating a mask requirement on the transit system effective immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a federal judge in Florida struck down an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring masks on public transit nationwide, BART broke ranks with most other operators in late April and adopted its own mask mandate. The agency allowed that requirement, which was incorporated into its customer code of conduct, to lapse on July 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">What your local Bay Area transit agency says about masks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Board member Bevan Dufty proposed renewing the mandate because of the highly contagious nature of the currently dominant coronavirus variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think COVID is at its most transmissible right now, and I think our responsibility is to stay the course and to ensure our riders, many of whom are immunocompromised, are safe and feel welcome in our system,” Dufty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushback came from board members Robert Raburn of Oakland and Debora Allen of Clayton. Raburn argued that mask mandates are not supported by current guidance from health authorities. Allen questioned the wisdom and effectiveness of having BART police enforce a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing public comment, the board agreed to reinstate the mask requirement through Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-2. The board will consider extending the mandate further at its Sept. 22 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is the only other major Bay Area transit agency currently requiring riders to wear masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/1552835835069755393\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Masks on transit: How we got here\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agencies imposed a mask mandate for passengers on most modes of transportation at the outset of the pandemic. And following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended nationwide mask requirements on planes, buses, trains and ferries through May 3, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 18, a federal judge in Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911526/tsa-will-no-longer-enforce-travel-mask-mandate-after-federal-judge-strikes-it-down\">struck down the CDC mask mandate\u003c/a>. A few hours later, the TSA announced it would no longer enforce mask rules inside airports and airplanes and on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ruling meant private and public transportation agencies could drop their own mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most major airlines, along with the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports, now have made masks optional. Rideshare giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/safety/\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/update-to-lyfts-health-safety-guidelines\">Lyft\u003c/a> also have dropped their masking requirements for passengers and drivers. And private bus companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FlixBus_USA/status/1516446461671714820\">FlixBus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megabus/status/1516415898168532992\">Megabus\u003c/a>, have followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>BART and AC Transit are the only Bay Area public transit agencies that currently require face masks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area transit agencies — including Caltrain and Muni — initially retained their mask rules after the TSA announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 20, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">the state’s mask requirements for public transit — and transportation hubs, like stations — also \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">were \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\"> terminated\u003c/a> “effective immediately.” The statement nonetheless still “strongly” recommended that California residents keep wearing their masks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">Every Bay Area public transit agency subsequently dropped their mask requirements\u003c/a> for riders following the state’s announcement. However, AC Transit, which operates in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, announced June 2 that its passengers would once again be required to wear face masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could we see more agencies or regions reintroducing their own mask rules for public transit — regardless of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093927926/mask-mandate-appeal-doj\">the Justice Department’s own appeal against the original decision by the Florida judge\u003c/a>? Right now, it’s unclear. CDC officials declined to comment on the status of that appeal, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-travel-health-business-3b819aa097b4e642a97d39f606924203\">The Associated Press reports that DOJ officials did not immediately respond\u003c/a> to a request for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 22, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-masks-mandate-bring-back-face-public-transit/11779646/\">Los Angeles County independently introduced a new health order that once again requires masks\u003c/a> on all public transit within the county. LA County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cited the CDC’s continued guidance that masking on public transit remains a key way of preventing the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, remember: Regardless of whether a transit agency has dropped its mask requirement, you can always choose to keep wearing your mask in whichever setting you please. NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/25/1083046757/coronavirus-faq-im-a-one-way-masker-what-strategy-will-give-me-optimal-protectio\">tips on figuring out whether wearing a mask when others around you are not (aka “one-way masking”) is the right call\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"maskmandate\">\u003c/a>Face mask requirements of all Bay Area transit agencies\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on BART?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapid transit system, which serves five Bay Area counties, now requires riders to wear masks in all its facilities beyond the fare gates. This includes any waiting areas, platforms and trains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/SFBART/status/1552835835069755393\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BART riders are required to wear face masks when waiting at a station and when riding a train. The rule is set to expire Oct. 1. The BART board of directors will review the mask requirement at a meeting on Sept. 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Caltrain?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain updated riders Wednesday afternoon that it will no longer require face masks on trains. 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The agency also urges patrons: “Be kind to fellow ferry passengers whether they choose to wear a mask or not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains reporting by KQED’s Carly Severn and the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Stay up to date on the latest developments on mask mandates in the Bay Area with our daily newsletter. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters\">Sign up for the News Daily here.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:45 p.m. Friday, July 29\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The BART board of directors approved a resolution Thursday night reinstating a mask requirement on the transit system effective immediately.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a federal judge in Florida struck down an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requiring masks on public transit nationwide, BART broke ranks with most other operators in late April and adopted its own mask mandate. The agency allowed that requirement, which was incorporated into its customer code of conduct, to lapse on July 18.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">What your local Bay Area transit agency says about masks\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Board member Bevan Dufty proposed renewing the mandate because of the highly contagious nature of the currently dominant coronavirus variant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think COVID is at its most transmissible right now, and I think our responsibility is to stay the course and to ensure our riders, many of whom are immunocompromised, are safe and feel welcome in our system,” Dufty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pushback came from board members Robert Raburn of Oakland and Debora Allen of Clayton. Raburn argued that mask mandates are not supported by current guidance from health authorities. Allen questioned the wisdom and effectiveness of having BART police enforce a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing public comment, the board agreed to reinstate the mask requirement through Oct. 1 by a vote of 7-2. The board will consider extending the mandate further at its Sept. 22 meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit is the only other major Bay Area transit agency currently requiring riders to wear masks.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Masks on transit: How we got here\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal agencies imposed a mask mandate for passengers on most modes of transportation at the outset of the pandemic. And following guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) extended nationwide mask requirements on planes, buses, trains and ferries through May 3, 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 18, a federal judge in Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11911526/tsa-will-no-longer-enforce-travel-mask-mandate-after-federal-judge-strikes-it-down\">struck down the CDC mask mandate\u003c/a>. A few hours later, the TSA announced it would no longer enforce mask rules inside airports and airplanes and on public transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This ruling meant private and public transportation agencies could drop their own mask mandates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most major airlines, along with the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose international airports, now have made masks optional. Rideshare giants \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/us/en/safety/\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/blog/posts/update-to-lyfts-health-safety-guidelines\">Lyft\u003c/a> also have dropped their masking requirements for passengers and drivers. And private bus companies, like \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/FlixBus_USA/status/1516446461671714820\">FlixBus\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/megabus/status/1516415898168532992\">Megabus\u003c/a>, have followed suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>BART and AC Transit are the only Bay Area public transit agencies that currently require face masks\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Several Bay Area transit agencies — including Caltrain and Muni — initially retained their mask rules after the TSA announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on April 20, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">the state’s mask requirements for public transit — and transportation hubs, like stations — also \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">were \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\"> terminated\u003c/a> “effective immediately.” The statement nonetheless still “strongly” recommended that California residents keep wearing their masks in these settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"#maskmandate\">Every Bay Area public transit agency subsequently dropped their mask requirements\u003c/a> for riders following the state’s announcement. However, AC Transit, which operates in both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, announced June 2 that its passengers would once again be required to wear face masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could we see more agencies or regions reintroducing their own mask rules for public transit — regardless of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/04/20/1093927926/mask-mandate-appeal-doj\">the Justice Department’s own appeal against the original decision by the Florida judge\u003c/a>? Right now, it’s unclear. CDC officials declined to comment on the status of that appeal, and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-travel-health-business-3b819aa097b4e642a97d39f606924203\">The Associated Press reports that DOJ officials did not immediately respond\u003c/a> to a request for information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 22, \u003ca href=\"https://abc7.com/los-angeles-county-masks-mandate-bring-back-face-public-transit/11779646/\">Los Angeles County independently introduced a new health order that once again requires masks\u003c/a> on all public transit within the county. LA County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer cited the CDC’s continued guidance that masking on public transit remains a key way of preventing the spread of COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, remember: Regardless of whether a transit agency has dropped its mask requirement, you can always choose to keep wearing your mask in whichever setting you please. 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The agency \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caltrain/status/1516926371573866496\">stated on Twitter that while its mandate has ended\u003c/a>, “guests can and are strongly encouraged to continue wearing them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>AC Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on AC Transit?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>Yes.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AC Transit, which serves both Alameda and Contra Costa counties, brought back its mandate in June. \u003ca href=\"https://www.actransit.org/mask-mandate-policy-restored-june-2022\">Wearing a face mask is required whenever riding an AC Transit bus.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agency officials stressed that the return of the mandate is due to the recent spike in new COVID-19 cases in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11911715\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11911715\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/04/RS41958_008_KQED_PublicTransit_03102020_6529-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers on the F Muni car in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Muni\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are masks required on Muni?\u003c/strong> \u003cem>No.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which operates Muni, is still “strongly recommending” that people who ride Muni continue to wear a mask. 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I guarantee you that on any project this large you will have fraud, product substitution and waste.’[/pullquote]“It is a daunting job,” Weiderhold said about the California project. “You have to follow the money. I guarantee you that on any project this large you will have fraud, product substitution and waste.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time Weiderhold left as Amtrak’s inspector general, he had helped put several hundred people in jail and caused 2,000 people to be fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-speed rail inspector general will not have authority to control actual spending, a decision that was considered and rejected by Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A more aggressive plan was followed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in 2015, when it faced a breakdown in Boston area service and spiraling capital cost overruns. 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"content": "\u003cp>The pungent odor of motor oil and grease wafts through the air at JR Automotive in San Francisco as Jesus Rojas lifts the hood of a 2014 Honda Civic to inspect its engine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gasoline-powered vehicles like this one have hundreds of moving parts and other components that keep mechanics like Rojas busy. Rojas, 42, has spent much of his life refining the specialized skills needed to inspect and repair them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as California switches to electric vehicles in its battle against climate change and air pollution, these skills will be needed less and less over the next decade. By 2040, the state projects that nearly 32,000 auto mechanic jobs will be lost in California, since electric vehicles need far less maintenance and repair than conventional combustion engines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not against electric vehicles,\" said Rojas, who immigrated to the Bay Area from Mexico as a teenager and opened his own shop 11 years ago. “I’ve always loved cars and I’ll work on them until I can’t anymore. So we have to adjust. We have to get out of our comfort zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to transform to a carbon-neutral, climate-friendly state, California’s proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/04/california-electric-cars-rule-zero-emissions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phase out all new gas-powered cars by 2035\u003c/a> will drive a wide-ranging transition of the workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the economy, an estimated 64,700 jobs will be lost because of the mandate, according to the California Air Resources Board’s calculations. On the other hand, an estimated 24,900 jobs would be gained in other sectors, so the estimated net loss is 39,800 jobs, a minimal amount across the state’s entire economy, by 2040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no single workforce in the state would be hurt more than auto mechanics: California has about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes493023.htm#st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">60,910 auto service technicians and mechanics\u003c/a>, and more than half of those jobs would be lost over the next two decades if the mandate goes into effect, the air board calculates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transition would be phased in over a decade: Beginning with 2026 models, 35% of new cars and light-duty trucks sold in California would be zero-emission, reaching 51% in 2028, 68% in 2030 and 100% in 2035. The board will hold a hearing on June 9 before voting on the proposal in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Dirige, 67, an immigrant from Guam who has worked as a mechanic in San Francisco for more than 30 years, worries that the transition to electric cars will threaten the livelihoods of marginalized groups like undocumented immigrants and cause many auto repair workers to leave the industry altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade provides a steady and reliable income in California for many workers with no college degree. On average, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes493023.htm#st\">mechanics across the state earn about $26 an hour\u003c/a> or $54,190 a year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many mechanics who have started working see that there’s not a long-term future in the auto repair business, with hybrids and electric cars coming out,” Dirige said. “The electric vehicle repair market is just about nonexistent. A lot of them would love to be in the field but they might choose to go into other types of employment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who loses and who gains jobs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California is already suffering the ill effects of climate change — which damages its economy, not just its public health and its environment. About 40% of the state's greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation, the largest of any sector, so state leaders say reducing reliance on gasoline and moving toward electric cars is crucial to averting even more disastrous effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some industries gain jobs while others lose them as the state shifts to zero-emission vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The retail trade sector, which includes gas station workers and automobile and parts dealers, would lose 38,669 jobs by 2040 or about 2% of the retail workforce. Most of the losses would be at gasoline stations. As the electric vehicle fleet grows, air board officials project gas stations could provide charging to offset the losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alex Dirige, auto mechanic, San Francisco\"]'The electric vehicle repair market is just about nonexistent.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the loss in the retail sector is due to less expendable income. Electric cars now cost more to purchase, although prices will drop and maintenance will cost far less, saving about $3,200 for the life of a 2026 car and $7,500 for a 2035 car, according to the air board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 20,831 jobs in state and local government would be eliminated because of the decrease in gas tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the transition to electric cars also will create thousands of jobs. Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and other power industry companies would benefit most, with the creation of about 5,600 jobs by 2040 as car owners spend more on electricity to power their vehicles. Insurance carriers will benefit from about 1,700 new jobs, while the construction industry is expected to gain about 3,600.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since few vehicles are manufactured in California, the state is unlikely to see a surge in manufacturing in response to the mandate. Of the 44 major auto assembly plants in the U.S., \u003ca href=\"https://theicct.org/publication/power-play-evaluating-the-u-s-position-in-the-global-electric-vehicle-transition/#:~:text=Seven%20of%20the%2044%20major,companies%20Rivian%20and%20Lucid%20Motors.\">most are located in the Midwest and the South\u003c/a>, according to a 2021 report from the International Council on Clean Transportation, a nonprofit research organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A 'slow-moving' change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mechanics who work on internal combustion engines would still have plenty of work: The rule would not ban sales of used cars, and it wouldn’t force the state’s residents to stop driving the roughly 29 million gas-powered cars that are already on the road. Californians also could keep importing new or used vehicles from out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means Californians will still own a lot of gas-powered cars past 2035, softening the blow for car mechanics and industries dependent on fossil fuels, said \u003ca href=\"https://haas.berkeley.edu/energy-institute/about/people/james-sallee/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Sallee\u003c/a>, an economist and research associate at the Energy Institute at University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sallee said the changes wouldn’t occur fast enough to trigger a sharp economic slowdown within the auto repair industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s when there’s quick and rapid changes that we think the most harm is done to workers because they can’t relocate freely and quickly,” Sallee said. “So it’s important people have in perspective that it is a slow-moving process, not a dramatic and super-fast shift away from demand for gasoline stations or oil changes. It’s going to be something that takes place over a longer time period.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electric cars have fewer fluids, such as engine oil, and fewer moving parts than a conventional car. Brake systems also last longer because of regenerative braking, which converts energy from the brake pads into electricity to recharge the battery, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_maintenance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of Energy\u003c/a>. They also don’t have mufflers, radiators and exhaust systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"James Sallee, economist, UC Berkeley Energy Institute\"]'It is a slow-moving process, not a dramatic and super-fast shift away from demand for gasoline stations or oil changes.’[/pullquote]But auto mechanics warned that while most operating and maintenance costs are lower for electric vehicles, some parts can be more expensive to replace. Rojas also said electric car owners could experience problems down the line they haven’t yet thought about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electric vehicles tend to weigh more than conventional cars, which means they need special tires that can support a heavier load. 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Electric cars in 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://tableau.cnra.ca.gov/t/CNRA_CEC/views/DMVDataPortal_15986380698710/STOCK_Dashboard?%3AshowAppBanner=false&%3Adisplay_count=n&%3AshowVizHome=n&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&%3Aembed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made up about 3% of all cars\u003c/a> on the road but \u003ca href=\"https://www.veloz.org/california-first-u-s-state-to-hit-1-million-evs-sold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12.4% of auto sales\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some mechanics doubt that consumer behavior can change as quickly as the air board thinks it will. The proposal would require a massive overhaul of new charging stations and building codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nearly impossible to make all these changes by 2035,” Dirige said. “We don’t have the infrastructure to go to all electric vehicles. We barely have it now. And if you ask people, they’re afraid they’re going to end up with a car that is going to run out of electricity and they’ll be stuck somewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mechanics will need new skills or new jobs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rojas and his business partner, Raul Perez, employ two other mechanics, also Latino immigrants, who perform routine services such as oil changes and tune-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rojas said mechanics have to invest thousands of dollars of their own money to buy special equipment and tools. Some could use their existing tools and skills to service electric cars, since the cars would still require cosmetic repairs, tire rotations and battery inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many won’t be able to afford retraining for a new career or learning new skills in complex areas like electrical engineering needed to repair hybrid and electric models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the government is interested in helping us economically to get retrained, it could really help the people who might be struggling but want to learn,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11914955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11914955\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Nina-Riggio-for-CalMatters01-800x537.png\" alt=\"A man stands underneath a car fixing something. 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He said the “path of getting to zero needs to foster new well-paying, secure, middle-class jobs, and work to transition those from fossil fuel industries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is true that it is easier to talk about the energy transition when it is not our own jobs that are threatened by it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, who chairs the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies, introduced \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AB 1966\u003c/a>, which would create a state fund to help retrain and transition workers from the fossil fuel industry to other nonpolluting sectors. He said the funds would also offer wage replacement and insurance, pension guarantees, health care options and peer counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, however, would not help auto mechanics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all know that change can be difficult for anyone,” he said. “We need to make the transition to a clean-energy economy in a way that doesn’t leave anyone behind.” [aside tag=\"electric-cars\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research is also developing a \u003ca href=\"https://opr.ca.gov/economic-development/just-transition/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“just transition” road map\u003c/a> to guide state policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Rojas said he’s focused on the day-to-day operations of his business. The shop is busy, servicing about 40 to 50 cars a week, and Rojas and his team are seeing more hybrid vehicles. He said he supports the state’s plan, and hopes other workers in his industry will also get on board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This industry, it’s always changing,” Rojas said. “But a lot of mechanics, they don’t want to change, they just want to do what they’re good at, and that’s a problem. We need people that are willing to learn because we have to adapt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The pungent odor of motor oil and grease wafts through the air at JR Automotive in San Francisco as Jesus Rojas lifts the hood of a 2014 Honda Civic to inspect its engine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gasoline-powered vehicles like this one have hundreds of moving parts and other components that keep mechanics like Rojas busy. Rojas, 42, has spent much of his life refining the specialized skills needed to inspect and repair them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as California switches to electric vehicles in its battle against climate change and air pollution, these skills will be needed less and less over the next decade. By 2040, the state projects that nearly 32,000 auto mechanic jobs will be lost in California, since electric vehicles need far less maintenance and repair than conventional combustion engines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm not against electric vehicles,\" said Rojas, who immigrated to the Bay Area from Mexico as a teenager and opened his own shop 11 years ago. “I’ve always loved cars and I’ll work on them until I can’t anymore. So we have to adjust. We have to get out of our comfort zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to transform to a carbon-neutral, climate-friendly state, California’s proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/04/california-electric-cars-rule-zero-emissions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">phase out all new gas-powered cars by 2035\u003c/a> will drive a wide-ranging transition of the workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the economy, an estimated 64,700 jobs will be lost because of the mandate, according to the California Air Resources Board’s calculations. On the other hand, an estimated 24,900 jobs would be gained in other sectors, so the estimated net loss is 39,800 jobs, a minimal amount across the state’s entire economy, by 2040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But no single workforce in the state would be hurt more than auto mechanics: California has about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes493023.htm#st\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">60,910 auto service technicians and mechanics\u003c/a>, and more than half of those jobs would be lost over the next two decades if the mandate goes into effect, the air board calculates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The transition would be phased in over a decade: Beginning with 2026 models, 35% of new cars and light-duty trucks sold in California would be zero-emission, reaching 51% in 2028, 68% in 2030 and 100% in 2035. The board will hold a hearing on June 9 before voting on the proposal in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alex Dirige, 67, an immigrant from Guam who has worked as a mechanic in San Francisco for more than 30 years, worries that the transition to electric cars will threaten the livelihoods of marginalized groups like undocumented immigrants and cause many auto repair workers to leave the industry altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade provides a steady and reliable income in California for many workers with no college degree. On average, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes493023.htm#st\">mechanics across the state earn about $26 an hour\u003c/a> or $54,190 a year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many mechanics who have started working see that there’s not a long-term future in the auto repair business, with hybrids and electric cars coming out,” Dirige said. “The electric vehicle repair market is just about nonexistent. A lot of them would love to be in the field but they might choose to go into other types of employment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Who loses and who gains jobs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California is already suffering the ill effects of climate change — which damages its economy, not just its public health and its environment. About 40% of the state's greenhouse gas emissions come from transportation, the largest of any sector, so state leaders say reducing reliance on gasoline and moving toward electric cars is crucial to averting even more disastrous effects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some industries gain jobs while others lose them as the state shifts to zero-emission vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The retail trade sector, which includes gas station workers and automobile and parts dealers, would lose 38,669 jobs by 2040 or about 2% of the retail workforce. Most of the losses would be at gasoline stations. As the electric vehicle fleet grows, air board officials project gas stations could provide charging to offset the losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the loss in the retail sector is due to less expendable income. Electric cars now cost more to purchase, although prices will drop and maintenance will cost far less, saving about $3,200 for the life of a 2026 car and $7,500 for a 2035 car, according to the air board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another 20,831 jobs in state and local government would be eliminated because of the decrease in gas tax revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the transition to electric cars also will create thousands of jobs. Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and other power industry companies would benefit most, with the creation of about 5,600 jobs by 2040 as car owners spend more on electricity to power their vehicles. Insurance carriers will benefit from about 1,700 new jobs, while the construction industry is expected to gain about 3,600.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since few vehicles are manufactured in California, the state is unlikely to see a surge in manufacturing in response to the mandate. Of the 44 major auto assembly plants in the U.S., \u003ca href=\"https://theicct.org/publication/power-play-evaluating-the-u-s-position-in-the-global-electric-vehicle-transition/#:~:text=Seven%20of%20the%2044%20major,companies%20Rivian%20and%20Lucid%20Motors.\">most are located in the Midwest and the South\u003c/a>, according to a 2021 report from the International Council on Clean Transportation, a nonprofit research organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A 'slow-moving' change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mechanics who work on internal combustion engines would still have plenty of work: The rule would not ban sales of used cars, and it wouldn’t force the state’s residents to stop driving the roughly 29 million gas-powered cars that are already on the road. Californians also could keep importing new or used vehicles from out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means Californians will still own a lot of gas-powered cars past 2035, softening the blow for car mechanics and industries dependent on fossil fuels, said \u003ca href=\"https://haas.berkeley.edu/energy-institute/about/people/james-sallee/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Sallee\u003c/a>, an economist and research associate at the Energy Institute at University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sallee said the changes wouldn’t occur fast enough to trigger a sharp economic slowdown within the auto repair industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s when there’s quick and rapid changes that we think the most harm is done to workers because they can’t relocate freely and quickly,” Sallee said. “So it’s important people have in perspective that it is a slow-moving process, not a dramatic and super-fast shift away from demand for gasoline stations or oil changes. It’s going to be something that takes place over a longer time period.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electric cars have fewer fluids, such as engine oil, and fewer moving parts than a conventional car. Brake systems also last longer because of regenerative braking, which converts energy from the brake pads into electricity to recharge the battery, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_maintenance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Department of Energy\u003c/a>. They also don’t have mufflers, radiators and exhaust systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Those can cost between $200 and $300 per tire, compared to the $50 to $150 average for a gas-powered car, Rojas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, other services like replacing a windshield on a car like a Tesla, which has sensors and computerized features, could cost anywhere from $1,100 to $2,000, he said, compared to $200 to $500 for the windshield of a conventional car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because the car is still under warranty from the dealership, nothing right now comes out of pocket,” said Rojas. “But as soon as the vehicle becomes older, they’re going to become more expensive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While zero-emission vehicle sales have been steadily increasing in recent years, Californians continue to primarily drive gas-powered cars. Electric cars in 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://tableau.cnra.ca.gov/t/CNRA_CEC/views/DMVDataPortal_15986380698710/STOCK_Dashboard?%3AshowAppBanner=false&%3Adisplay_count=n&%3AshowVizHome=n&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&%3Aembed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">made up about 3% of all cars\u003c/a> on the road but \u003ca href=\"https://www.veloz.org/california-first-u-s-state-to-hit-1-million-evs-sold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12.4% of auto sales\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some mechanics doubt that consumer behavior can change as quickly as the air board thinks it will. The proposal would require a massive overhaul of new charging stations and building codes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nearly impossible to make all these changes by 2035,” Dirige said. “We don’t have the infrastructure to go to all electric vehicles. We barely have it now. And if you ask people, they’re afraid they’re going to end up with a car that is going to run out of electricity and they’ll be stuck somewhere.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mechanics will need new skills or new jobs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Rojas and his business partner, Raul Perez, employ two other mechanics, also Latino immigrants, who perform routine services such as oil changes and tune-ups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rojas said mechanics have to invest thousands of dollars of their own money to buy special equipment and tools. Some could use their existing tools and skills to service electric cars, since the cars would still require cosmetic repairs, tire rotations and battery inspections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many won’t be able to afford retraining for a new career or learning new skills in complex areas like electrical engineering needed to repair hybrid and electric models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the government is interested in helping us economically to get retrained, it could really help the people who might be struggling but want to learn,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11914955\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11914955\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/05/Nina-Riggio-for-CalMatters01-800x537.png\" alt=\"A man stands underneath a car fixing something. 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