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It’s time to put the public’s interests first, even if that means disrupting the disrupters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, joined by Supervisor Mark Farrell and Brian Wiedenmeier, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, vowed to introduce legislation “prohibiting the unpermitted use of the public realm as a distribution platform for private bike-share corporations and other unregulated ‘sharing economy’ schemes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Jan. 16 letter to Bluegogo from Ed Reiskin, head of the Municipal Transportation Agency, and Mohammed Nuru, director of Public Works, asked the company to provide its business plan, show it has obtained a city business license, and confirm that its operations would not interfere with the city’s exclusive contract with Bay Area Motivate LLC, which operates Bay Area BikeShare, soon to become Ford GoBike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exclusive bike-share contract contains just three exceptions: traditional bike-rental operations, electric scooter sharing, and automated round-trip bike sharing — systems that require users to return bicycles to the site where they’re rented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city letter warns that if Bluegogo’s business violated that contract provision, the city may withhold permits and could take legal action against the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of equal concern, the letter said, was the company’s use of public sidewalks and streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the extent that your shared bicycles will occupy the public right of way, we require they do so in compliance with local law and in a manner that does not constitute a public nuisance or public safety hazard,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Public Works, said the department has the authority to remove the bikes if they become a hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11276996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11276996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1020x532.png\" alt=\"Bluegogo insists its bikes will be placed only where its legal to park a bicycle, and that its users will be instructed to do the same.\" width=\"640\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1020x532.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-160x83.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-800x417.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1180x616.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-960x501.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-240x125.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-375x196.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-520x271.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM.png 1221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluegogo’s bikes have locking clamps on the back wheels, and an alarm sounds when the bikes move without being unlocked. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Bluegogo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Ilya Movshovich, Bluegogo’s vice president of U.S. operations, said considering that San Francisco is “a bike city,” Bluegogo was shocked to see the pushback from city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still happy to be cooperative and collaborative,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to SFMTA officials dated Jan. 2 and provided by Bluegogo, Movshovich wrote to Luis Montoya, the head of the SFMTA’s livable streets program. He inquired about what permits the company might need and shared some general information about the company’s planned operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that according to California law, we can’t drop our bikes in positions that would disrupt an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. We don’t intend to do that. We also have a system in place to monitor, review and reward/penalize users for bicycle placement behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Movshovich wrote that the company would charge a $99 deposit that “would hedge against damaged bikes or if the user is irresponsible with bike placement or any actions that would jeopardize the safety of others — they would get assessed a warning, and possibly a fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bluegogo says it plans to charge 99 cents for every 30 minutes, along with the $99 deposit. The cheapest Bay Area BikeShare membership is $9 for 24 hours, a charge that provides unlimited rides up to 30 minutes each; rides of 30 to 60 minutes incur a $4 overage fee; rides over 60 minutes cost $7 for each additional half-hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Users can locate a bike with the Bluegogo app, reserve it and have about 15 minutes to pick it up before the reservation expires. The bikes weigh 33 pounds and come equipped with airless tires, so users don’t have to worry about flats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The beauty is the fact that we don’t have docking stations, which makes us special and unique in this market,” said Movshovich, who is also co-founder of the shared-parking startup \u003ca href=\"https://www.carmanation.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CARMAnation\u003c/a>. “It’s more likely that people are going to be using the bikes when it’s a couple of steps from them as opposed to a couple of blocks. We bring easier access.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Movshovich wouldn’t talk numbers, neither confirming the amount of funding the company has raised nor the number of bikes the company plans to deploy around the city. But he said it’s nowhere near 10,000 to 20,000, as some have speculated. The company can scale up or down depending on the demand, he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peskin, joined by Supervisor Mark Farrell and Brian Wiedenmeier, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, vowed to introduce legislation “prohibiting the unpermitted use of the public realm as a distribution platform for private bike-share corporations and other unregulated ‘sharing economy’ schemes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Jan. 16 letter to Bluegogo from Ed Reiskin, head of the Municipal Transportation Agency, and Mohammed Nuru, director of Public Works, asked the company to provide its business plan, show it has obtained a city business license, and confirm that its operations would not interfere with the city’s exclusive contract with Bay Area Motivate LLC, which operates Bay Area BikeShare, soon to become Ford GoBike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The exclusive bike-share contract contains just three exceptions: traditional bike-rental operations, electric scooter sharing, and automated round-trip bike sharing — systems that require users to return bicycles to the site where they’re rented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city letter warns that if Bluegogo’s business violated that contract provision, the city may withhold permits and could take legal action against the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of equal concern, the letter said, was the company’s use of public sidewalks and streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To the extent that your shared bicycles will occupy the public right of way, we require they do so in compliance with local law and in a manner that does not constitute a public nuisance or public safety hazard,” the letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for San Francisco Public Works, said the department has the authority to remove the bikes if they become a hazard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11276996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11276996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1020x532.png\" alt=\"Bluegogo insists its bikes will be placed only where its legal to park a bicycle, and that its users will be instructed to do the same.\" width=\"640\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1020x532.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-160x83.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-800x417.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-1180x616.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-960x501.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-240x125.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-375x196.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM-520x271.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-10.24.04-AM.png 1221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluegogo’s bikes have locking clamps on the back wheels, and an alarm sounds when the bikes move without being unlocked. \u003ccite>(Photo courtesy of Bluegogo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In an interview, Ilya Movshovich, Bluegogo’s vice president of U.S. operations, said considering that San Francisco is “a bike city,” Bluegogo was shocked to see the pushback from city officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still happy to be cooperative and collaborative,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to SFMTA officials dated Jan. 2 and provided by Bluegogo, Movshovich wrote to Luis Montoya, the head of the SFMTA’s livable streets program. He inquired about what permits the company might need and shared some general information about the company’s planned operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that according to California law, we can’t drop our bikes in positions that would disrupt an adequate path for pedestrian traffic. We don’t intend to do that. We also have a system in place to monitor, review and reward/penalize users for bicycle placement behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Movshovich wrote that the company would charge a $99 deposit that “would hedge against damaged bikes or if the user is irresponsible with bike placement or any actions that would jeopardize the safety of others — they would get assessed a warning, and possibly a fine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bluegogo says it plans to charge 99 cents for every 30 minutes, along with the $99 deposit. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you live in the Bay Area, a foggy day can be a good excuse for some guilt-free time indoors. If you live near the water, days like that bring something else: foghorns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s the topic of a question we got at Bay Curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco residents Andy MacKinnon and Jen Liu live in the Sunset District near Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From their apartment, MacKinnon says, “We can see the fog rolling in off the ocean and creeping up the street until our house is completely engulfed by fog. And shortly after that happens, we start hearing foghorns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11275302 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jen Liu and Andy MacKinnon. This pair is bay curious about fog horns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen Liu and Andy MacKinnon. This pair is curious about foghorns. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Andy MacKinnon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes they can hear three foghorns all at once, and it’s hard to figure out where they’re coming from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MacKinnon and Liu have a boatload of questions about the sounds that help vessels navigate safely through the water. They want to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Where are these foghorns?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How many of them are there?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Why do we still use them despite technologies like radar and GPS?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Who or what turns them on?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Let’s find some answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303438492″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where are the foghorns and how many are there? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We start on Yerba Buena Island, right in the middle of the Bay Bridge, with U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer John Sherwood of the Aids to Navigation Team San Francisco. One aspect of his job is maintaining foghorns, lights and other signals that are essentially the road signs of the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275301\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer John Sherwood poses with a map of sound signals across the San Francisco Bay.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer John Sherwood poses with a map of sound signals across the San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sherwood shows me a map listing these aids to navigation — things like buoys, signs and foghorns. Sherwood counts 11 foghorns that the Coast Guard operates in the bay, and roughly 20 more operated by other entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have horns located at Point Bonita, Yerba Buena Island, Alcatraz Island, Angel Island,” he says. They’re not only on islands, but also at bridges and lighthouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each foghorn has a distinct sound and plays at a different interval, which is intentional. Sherwood says that in low visibility it’s possible to figure out which point of land is closest if you learn the sounds of each foghorn well enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwood also shows me around a Coast Guard parking lot. It looks like an island of misfit toys, with several 20-foot-long metal buoys on their sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11275307 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='A buoy with a bell on it awaits repair in this \"buoy depot\" next to a U.S. Coast Guard building on Yerba Buena Island.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A buoy with a bell on it awaits repair in this ‘buoy depot’ next to a U.S. Coast Guard building on Yerba Buena Island. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sherwood calls this area a “buoy depot.” Here, the Coast Guard repairs buoys to put them back out in the water. The buoys are important instruments in the orchestra of the sea. Foghorns make music, but buoys do as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwood says some buoys have huge bells that sound off when swayed by rough waves. Others have gongs — made of stacks of metal plates. And there are also whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwood says that if we think we’ve never heard these before, it’s more likely that we don’t recognize them or know to listen for them. Some of these noises could be making their way to MacKinnon’s and Liu’s apartment, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why do we still use foghorns if we now have sophisticated navigational systems?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To answer this one, I go to Vallejo, right by the Carquinez Bridge, to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csum.edu/web/mycampus/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California State University Maritime Academy\u003c/a>. It’s an institution that teaches students the ways of the sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Training Ship Golden Bear's Captain Harry Bolton looks out from the ship's bridge.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Training Ship Golden Bear Capt. Harry Bolton looks out from the ship’s bridge. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harry Bolton is the captain of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csum.edu/web/about/tsgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Training Ship Golden Bear\u003c/a>. He shows me two large computers in the ship’s bridge, which is like a command center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bolton says the ship’s radar and electronic navigation systems use the latest technology. But not all boats are equipped with it. Smaller vessels especially may still need foghorns to guide them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We sound the fog signals, so that if they don’t have this equipment they can avoid hitting us,” Bolton says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says all these sounds, including the simpler technologies, are redundant, and together they make the bay a safer place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The smoke stack of the Training Ship Golden Bear is adorned with a foghorn and a golden grizzly bear. The over 10,000-ton ship serves as a training vessel for students attending California State University Maritime Academy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The smokestack of the Training Ship Golden Bear is adorned with a foghorn and a golden grizzly bear. The over 10,000-ton ship serves as a training vessel for students attending California State University Maritime Academy. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So when it seems to MacKinnon and Liu that a foghorn is like a moving target, it’s because it might actually be a horn coming from a ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who or what turns on the foghorns?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, a lot of foghorns are automatic. Angel Island, for example, has a sensor that detects particulates in the air. When there are enough particles, the foghorn goes off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some foghorns, even some very important ones, require a human to flip a switch or press a button.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This brings us to our final stop: the Golden Gate Bridge. Our guide is operating engineer Mario Territo with the \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the bridge opened in the 1930s, he says, there were a lot of complaints from people who lived in San Francisco because they were being kept awake by the foghorns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They run 149 decibels,” Territo says. That’s nine decibels louder than the point at which a person starts to feel pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Territo says they redirected the foghorns more toward the center of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then the Alcatraz prisoners were complaining that it was interrupting their sleep,” he says. Those complaints were largely ignored, however, and the foghorns stayed that way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet Territo with the goal of seeing the Golden Gate Bridge foghorns. They’re frequent favorites with some nautical experts because of their design: The horns run on compressed air, while more modern ones are electric. I also want to get a sense of just how loud these are, and find out who turns them on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to two out of the five foghorns on the bridge, we have to go down 240 feet through a secret door that, if you’ve ever walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, you have passed and likely not noticed. Then we squeeze into a phone booth-size elevator inside the South Tower of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we scramble out onto a concrete platform, we’re just 40 feet above the bay waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A rare view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the concrete base of its South Tower.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-520x780.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rare view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the concrete base of its South Tower. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As you can see, we’re on the South Tower Pier,” Territo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points to two orange tanks on the concrete platform. They are each about the size of a four-door car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had an original air tank for the foghorns that was put in here in 1937 and it rusted out about a year ago,” he says. They’ve replaced both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foghorns work by pushing compressed air through the noisemakers. This air is pumped to the tanks from a building right by the bridge toll booths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one end of the platform where we stand, there, in all of its international-orange glory, is a 4-foot-long foghorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Territo, operating engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District, shows off this international-orange foghorn.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Territo, operating engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, shows off this international-orange foghorn. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We shove neon earplugs into our ears. Territo radios engineers to blow the foghorns. The way they operate something very old is through something very new: a touch-screen monitor. While it’s not foggy in the slightest, they do it. For me. For you. For Andy MacKinnon and Jen Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Territo summarizes the feeling best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re standing next to it,” he says, “it vibrates your bones.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you live in the Bay Area, a foggy day can be a good excuse for some guilt-free time indoors. If you live near the water, days like that bring something else: foghorns.\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>That’s the topic of a question we got at Bay Curious.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco residents Andy MacKinnon and Jen Liu live in the Sunset District near Ocean Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From their apartment, MacKinnon says, “We can see the fog rolling in off the ocean and creeping up the street until our house is completely engulfed by fog. And shortly after that happens, we start hearing foghorns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11275302 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jen Liu and Andy MacKinnon. This pair is bay curious about fog horns.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23654_Andy-and-Jen-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jen Liu and Andy MacKinnon. This pair is curious about foghorns. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Andy MacKinnon)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes they can hear three foghorns all at once, and it’s hard to figure out where they’re coming from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MacKinnon and Liu have a boatload of questions about the sounds that help vessels navigate safely through the water. They want to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>Where are these foghorns?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How many of them are there?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Why do we still use them despite technologies like radar and GPS?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Who or what turns them on?\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>Let’s find some answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303438492″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/303438492″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Where are the foghorns and how many are there? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We start on Yerba Buena Island, right in the middle of the Bay Bridge, with U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer John Sherwood of the Aids to Navigation Team San Francisco. One aspect of his job is maintaining foghorns, lights and other signals that are essentially the road signs of the water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275301\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer John Sherwood poses with a map of sound signals across the San Francisco Bay.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23653_John-Sherwood-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer John Sherwood poses with a map of sound signals across the San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sherwood shows me a map listing these aids to navigation — things like buoys, signs and foghorns. Sherwood counts 11 foghorns that the Coast Guard operates in the bay, and roughly 20 more operated by other entities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have horns located at Point Bonita, Yerba Buena Island, Alcatraz Island, Angel Island,” he says. They’re not only on islands, but also at bridges and lighthouses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each foghorn has a distinct sound and plays at a different interval, which is intentional. Sherwood says that in low visibility it’s possible to figure out which point of land is closest if you learn the sounds of each foghorn well enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwood also shows me around a Coast Guard parking lot. It looks like an island of misfit toys, with several 20-foot-long metal buoys on their sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11275307 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt='A buoy with a bell on it awaits repair in this \"buoy depot\" next to a U.S. Coast Guard building on Yerba Buena Island.' width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23619_IMG_6321-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A buoy with a bell on it awaits repair in this ‘buoy depot’ next to a U.S. Coast Guard building on Yerba Buena Island. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sherwood calls this area a “buoy depot.” Here, the Coast Guard repairs buoys to put them back out in the water. The buoys are important instruments in the orchestra of the sea. Foghorns make music, but buoys do as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwood says some buoys have huge bells that sound off when swayed by rough waves. Others have gongs — made of stacks of metal plates. And there are also whistles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sherwood says that if we think we’ve never heard these before, it’s more likely that we don’t recognize them or know to listen for them. Some of these noises could be making their way to MacKinnon’s and Liu’s apartment, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why do we still use foghorns if we now have sophisticated navigational systems?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To answer this one, I go to Vallejo, right by the Carquinez Bridge, to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csum.edu/web/mycampus/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California State University Maritime Academy\u003c/a>. It’s an institution that teaches students the ways of the sea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275476\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Training Ship Golden Bear's Captain Harry Bolton looks out from the ship's bridge.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23616_IMG_6304-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Training Ship Golden Bear Capt. Harry Bolton looks out from the ship’s bridge. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harry Bolton is the captain of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.csum.edu/web/about/tsgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States Training Ship Golden Bear\u003c/a>. He shows me two large computers in the ship’s bridge, which is like a command center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bolton says the ship’s radar and electronic navigation systems use the latest technology. But not all boats are equipped with it. Smaller vessels especially may still need foghorns to guide them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We sound the fog signals, so that if they don’t have this equipment they can avoid hitting us,” Bolton says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says all these sounds, including the simpler technologies, are redundant, and together they make the bay a safer place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275485\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The smoke stack of the Training Ship Golden Bear is adorned with a foghorn and a golden grizzly bear. The over 10,000-ton ship serves as a training vessel for students attending California State University Maritime Academy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23617_IMG_6306-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The smokestack of the Training Ship Golden Bear is adorned with a foghorn and a golden grizzly bear. The over 10,000-ton ship serves as a training vessel for students attending California State University Maritime Academy. \u003ccite>(Laura Klivans/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So when it seems to MacKinnon and Liu that a foghorn is like a moving target, it’s because it might actually be a horn coming from a ship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who or what turns on the foghorns?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, a lot of foghorns are automatic. Angel Island, for example, has a sensor that detects particulates in the air. When there are enough particles, the foghorn goes off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some foghorns, even some very important ones, require a human to flip a switch or press a button.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This brings us to our final stop: the Golden Gate Bridge. Our guide is operating engineer Mario Territo with the \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the bridge opened in the 1930s, he says, there were a lot of complaints from people who lived in San Francisco because they were being kept awake by the foghorns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They run 149 decibels,” Territo says. That’s nine decibels louder than the point at which a person starts to feel pain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, Territo says they redirected the foghorns more toward the center of the bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And then the Alcatraz prisoners were complaining that it was interrupting their sleep,” he says. Those complaints were largely ignored, however, and the foghorns stayed that way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I meet Territo with the goal of seeing the Golden Gate Bridge foghorns. They’re frequent favorites with some nautical experts because of their design: The horns run on compressed air, while more modern ones are electric. I also want to get a sense of just how loud these are, and find out who turns them on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to two out of the five foghorns on the bridge, we have to go down 240 feet through a secret door that, if you’ve ever walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, you have passed and likely not noticed. Then we squeeze into a phone booth-size elevator inside the South Tower of the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we scramble out onto a concrete platform, we’re just 40 feet above the bay waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275755\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"A rare view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the concrete base of its South Tower.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut-520x780.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23442_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs04-qut.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rare view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the concrete base of its South Tower. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As you can see, we’re on the South Tower Pier,” Territo says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He points to two orange tanks on the concrete platform. They are each about the size of a four-door car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had an original air tank for the foghorns that was put in here in 1937 and it rusted out about a year ago,” he says. They’ve replaced both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foghorns work by pushing compressed air through the noisemakers. This air is pumped to the tanks from a building right by the bridge toll booths.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At one end of the platform where we stand, there, in all of its international-orange glory, is a 4-foot-long foghorn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11275759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11275759\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mario Territo, operating engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District, shows off this international-orange foghorn.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23587_161219_GGFoghorns_bhs09-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mario Territo, operating engineer for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway & Transportation District, shows off this international-orange foghorn. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>We shove neon earplugs into our ears. Territo radios engineers to blow the foghorns. The way they operate something very old is through something very new: a touch-screen monitor. While it’s not foggy in the slightest, they do it. For me. For you. For Andy MacKinnon and Jen Liu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Territo summarizes the feeling best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The price of gasoline in the Bay Area increased over the last month because of problems at the East Bay's Chevron, Shell and Phillips 66 refineries, according to a new gas survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in California is $2.81, said AAA. That's up 15 cents from a month ago. In San Francisco it's $2.94, and in San Jose and Oakland it's $2.82.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization's Fuel Gauge Report says many of California's refineries have experienced \"degrees of challenges,\" which have led to the price spike. Those challenges include flaring incidents at Chevron's Richmond refinery, the Phillips 66 facility in Rodeo and Shell's Martinez plant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are an island unto ourselves as far as gas is concerned,\" AAA spokeswoman Cynthia Harris said of California's gas market. \"If there is any kind of interruption, temporary as it may be, it does affect the price of gas because there's speculation that there ... might be a reduction in the supply.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The price hike highlights concerns among energy regulators and consumer advocates that California's gas market is too volatile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association did not specify which flaring incidents at local refineries directly led to gas price hikes. And representatives for the three oil companies and an industry group that represents them would not say what kind of impact the refinery problems had on operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the gas price report comes as local air regulators and Contra Costa County authorities have been investigating whether two malfunctions followed by flaring at Chevron late last month led to the release of abnormally \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/06/mysterious-s-f-odors-preceded-by-high-levels-of-toxic-gas-in-richmond/\" target=\"_blank\">high levels of hydrogen sulfide and a sulfurlike odor reported by dozens of San Franciscans\u003c/a> shortly afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"pZdUwxGlwKD6Wg6KNZGDNmOJavhYRnWx\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chevron would not confirm, though, that those incidents impacted its operations. \"The Richmond refinery has continued to supply its customers over the past month,\" said Braden Reddall, a company spokesman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also in late December, a part of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2016/12/28/rodeo-part-of-refinery-shut-down-following-incident/\" target=\"_blank\">Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo was shut down\u003c/a>. County health officials said a problem at a plant that supplies hydrogen to the refinery caused several processing units to come to a halt. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Gov. Jerry Brown unveils his budget proposal Tuesday morning, Democratic lawmakers will be particularly interested in how the governor approaches two key policy areas: transportation and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While state leaders got a lot done in 2016, there was no grand deal on how to tackle two of California's most vexing and expensive infrastructure challenges. Now, Democrats in Sacramento -- who control both houses of the Legislature -- say that improving aging transportation infrastructure and building more affordable housing are among their top priorities in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/301828644\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers who have pushed for state solutions to both issues in the past said they're optimistic that the time is right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think all indications are that there is a great desire among the whole spectrum of my colleagues to really focus on these issues of housing and transportation in a way we haven't in the past, so I am hopeful,\" said San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman David Chiu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, state leaders need to find money to tackle either problem -- and that's where the challenge lies. Last year, a special session called by the governor in 2015 to deal with the state's estimated $130 billion in road repair needs \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article116573743.html\">ended without any agreement\u003c/a> on how to fund those fixes. Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-jerry-brown-affordable-housing-union-fight-20160720-snap-story.html\">proposal by Brown \u003c/a>to put $400 million into low-income housing development if lawmakers agreed to relax building regulations \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article96492302.html\">died amid concerted opposition\u003c/a> by environmentalists, local governments and the construction trades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11262348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11262348 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-800x463.jpg\" alt=\"In August, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared a $400 million affordable housing package 'dead,' pointing to intense opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to relax local land-use rules, which was included in the package.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-520x301.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In August, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared a $400 million affordable housing package 'dead,' pointing to intense opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to relax local land-use rules, which was included in the package. \u003ccite>(KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democrats now have a two-thirds majority in both houses of the Legislature -- meaning that in theory, they could pass a gas tax or other tax hike without Republican votes. It's not clear whether moderate Democrats are any more willing to back tax hikes than GOP lawmakers are, but Chiu said he think there's room for agreement, since the issues transcend regional differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do see a path in part because these crises have only intensified -- the housing crisis that started in San Francisco and the Bay Area has spread to the entire state of California,\" he said. \"And Californians up and down the state are very frustrated with the state of our roads, with the lateness of public transit, the lack of real options to get around and the tremendous congestion we face on the roads.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Road repairs are something that if we don’t do, it’s like an unfunded liability -- it is wrecking the economy.'\u003ccite>Sen. Jim Beall\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>State Senate President Kevin de León said there is agreement among both houses of the Legislature and the governor that a transportation infrastructure plan is needed. He hopes to get it done within months -- and with Republican support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My hope is that we can get it done in a bipartisan fashion, irrespective of the supermajorities that we currently enjoy in both the Assembly and Senate, because a transportation infrastructure package is a vote for continued economic growth of the middle class of California,\" said de León, D-Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Sen. Jim Beall has been one of the Legislature's most vocal supporters of a transportation deal. He noted that lawmakers already have legislation in front of them in both houses -- in the Senate, \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1\">he authored SB 1\u003c/a> -- that would \u003ca href=\"http://sd15.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-12-05-beall-introduces-new-transportation-infrastructure-maintenance-bill\">raise about $6 billion a year \u003c/a>through an increase the gas tax and car registration fees. That plan is \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-new-transportation-funding-plan-calls-1471476415-htmlstory.html\">more expansive than the 6-cents-per-gallon tax proposed by the governor last year, but less ambitious \u003c/a>than earlier proposals of Beall and other Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Road repairs are something that if we don't do, it's like an unfunded liability -- it is wrecking the economy,\" Beall said. \"The governor has said it makes no sense to let things deteriorate further.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he expects Brown to make a proposal similar to the one the governor's office put out in 2016 and he hopes they can strike a deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing Agreement Further Off\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there is at least agreement between lawmakers and the governor on potential funding sources for transportation, common ground on housing may be a bit stickier. Brown's proposal last year was seen by critics as a giveaway to developers that would have done little to spur affordable housing production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, lawmakers have a host of ideas on the table. Chiu and other Democrats in the Assembly \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a17/news-room/press-releases/assemblymember-david-chiu-joins-colleagues-to-announce-bills-to-address-affordable-housing-crisis\">unveiled a legislative package in December\u003c/a> that includes a proposal to eliminate a tax break for second homes, $400 million a year they want to redirect toward affordable housing development. In the Senate, Beall and San Diego Democratic Sen. Toni Atkins are looking to tack on a $75 fee to real estate transactions to fund the construction of low-income homes; they also want to put a $3 billion housing bond before voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11262355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11262355\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-800x477.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury housing under construction in San Francisco in 2015.\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-800x477.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-1020x608.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-1180x703.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-960x572.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-240x143.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-375x223.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-520x310.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luxury housing under construction in San Francisco in 2015. \u003ccite>(Anya Schultz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's not clear whether Brown, who has been reticent to add to the state's debt or increase taxes and fees, would support either proposal. Assemblyman Phil Ting, who is a co-author of the Assembly proposals, said he thinks there is room for agreement with Brown and others who may be wary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting, D-San Francisco, said the state needs to take a bigger role in funding affordable housing development after taking a step back in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But we also heard loud and clear the governor's desire to streamline the development of housing so we can reduce those costs, so public dollars can go further, which makes a lot of sense,\" he said. \"I think there are different proposals we are looking at that can balance the interest of different groups.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What About Trump?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wild card in all of this is what a Donald Trump presidency will do to the state budget. The president-elect has\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/29/donald-trump-wants-to-cut-funding-from-sanctuary-cities-but-can-he/\"> threatened to strip funding from \"sanctuary\" jurisdictions\u003c/a> like California that limit their cooperation with federal immigration officials, and there's\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/09/obamacare-repeal-could-punch-15-billion-hole-in-state-budget/\"> huge uncertainty over what a repeal of Obamacare will do to the state's Medicaid program\u003c/a>, Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, Trump has repeatedly talked about investing in infrastructure. Democrats said they're open to working with the new president, but are skeptical of how Republicans will go about paying for an infrastructure package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Where we can find common ground with Washington we will find common ground, but to move an infrastructure package at a national level by incurring much more debt, and by rolling that debt over year after year, is not the most fiscally prudent thing to do,\" de León said. \"You can't offer free money because there's no free money -- somebody has to pay for it eventually.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, lawmakers agree, the heart of the debate this year will focus on that exact question: how to pay for the investment they believe the state desperately needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Katie Orr contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When Gov. Jerry Brown unveils his budget proposal Tuesday morning, Democratic lawmakers will be particularly interested in how the governor approaches two key policy areas: transportation and housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While state leaders got a lot done in 2016, there was no grand deal on how to tackle two of California's most vexing and expensive infrastructure challenges. Now, Democrats in Sacramento -- who control both houses of the Legislature -- say that improving aging transportation infrastructure and building more affordable housing are among their top priorities in 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/301828644&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/301828644'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers who have pushed for state solutions to both issues in the past said they're optimistic that the time is right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think all indications are that there is a great desire among the whole spectrum of my colleagues to really focus on these issues of housing and transportation in a way we haven't in the past, so I am hopeful,\" said San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman David Chiu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, state leaders need to find money to tackle either problem -- and that's where the challenge lies. Last year, a special session called by the governor in 2015 to deal with the state's estimated $130 billion in road repair needs \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article116573743.html\">ended without any agreement\u003c/a> on how to fund those fixes. Another \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-jerry-brown-affordable-housing-union-fight-20160720-snap-story.html\">proposal by Brown \u003c/a>to put $400 million into low-income housing development if lawmakers agreed to relax building regulations \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article96492302.html\">died amid concerted opposition\u003c/a> by environmentalists, local governments and the construction trades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11262348\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11262348 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-800x463.jpg\" alt=\"In August, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared a $400 million affordable housing package 'dead,' pointing to intense opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to relax local land-use rules, which was included in the package.\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-160x93.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-240x139.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-375x217.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/Rendon-520x301.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In August, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon declared a $400 million affordable housing package 'dead,' pointing to intense opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to relax local land-use rules, which was included in the package. \u003ccite>(KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Democrats now have a two-thirds majority in both houses of the Legislature -- meaning that in theory, they could pass a gas tax or other tax hike without Republican votes. It's not clear whether moderate Democrats are any more willing to back tax hikes than GOP lawmakers are, but Chiu said he think there's room for agreement, since the issues transcend regional differences.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do see a path in part because these crises have only intensified -- the housing crisis that started in San Francisco and the Bay Area has spread to the entire state of California,\" he said. \"And Californians up and down the state are very frustrated with the state of our roads, with the lateness of public transit, the lack of real options to get around and the tremendous congestion we face on the roads.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Road repairs are something that if we don’t do, it’s like an unfunded liability -- it is wrecking the economy.'\u003ccite>Sen. Jim Beall\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>State Senate President Kevin de León said there is agreement among both houses of the Legislature and the governor that a transportation infrastructure plan is needed. He hopes to get it done within months -- and with Republican support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"My hope is that we can get it done in a bipartisan fashion, irrespective of the supermajorities that we currently enjoy in both the Assembly and Senate, because a transportation infrastructure package is a vote for continued economic growth of the middle class of California,\" said de León, D-Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Sen. Jim Beall has been one of the Legislature's most vocal supporters of a transportation deal. He noted that lawmakers already have legislation in front of them in both houses -- in the Senate, \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1\">he authored SB 1\u003c/a> -- that would \u003ca href=\"http://sd15.senate.ca.gov/news/2016-12-05-beall-introduces-new-transportation-infrastructure-maintenance-bill\">raise about $6 billion a year \u003c/a>through an increase the gas tax and car registration fees. That plan is \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-updates-new-transportation-funding-plan-calls-1471476415-htmlstory.html\">more expansive than the 6-cents-per-gallon tax proposed by the governor last year, but less ambitious \u003c/a>than earlier proposals of Beall and other Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Road repairs are something that if we don't do, it's like an unfunded liability -- it is wrecking the economy,\" Beall said. \"The governor has said it makes no sense to let things deteriorate further.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said he expects Brown to make a proposal similar to the one the governor's office put out in 2016 and he hopes they can strike a deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Housing Agreement Further Off\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there is at least agreement between lawmakers and the governor on potential funding sources for transportation, common ground on housing may be a bit stickier. Brown's proposal last year was seen by critics as a giveaway to developers that would have done little to spur affordable housing production.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, lawmakers have a host of ideas on the table. Chiu and other Democrats in the Assembly \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a17/news-room/press-releases/assemblymember-david-chiu-joins-colleagues-to-announce-bills-to-address-affordable-housing-crisis\">unveiled a legislative package in December\u003c/a> that includes a proposal to eliminate a tax break for second homes, $400 million a year they want to redirect toward affordable housing development. In the Senate, Beall and San Diego Democratic Sen. Toni Atkins are looking to tack on a $75 fee to real estate transactions to fund the construction of low-income homes; they also want to put a $3 billion housing bond before voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11262355\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11262355\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-800x477.jpg\" alt=\"Luxury housing under construction in San Francisco in 2015.\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-800x477.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-1020x608.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-1180x703.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-960x572.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-240x143.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-375x223.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/SfLuxuryHOusing-520x310.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luxury housing under construction in San Francisco in 2015. \u003ccite>(Anya Schultz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's not clear whether Brown, who has been reticent to add to the state's debt or increase taxes and fees, would support either proposal. Assemblyman Phil Ting, who is a co-author of the Assembly proposals, said he thinks there is room for agreement with Brown and others who may be wary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ting, D-San Francisco, said the state needs to take a bigger role in funding affordable housing development after taking a step back in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But we also heard loud and clear the governor's desire to streamline the development of housing so we can reduce those costs, so public dollars can go further, which makes a lot of sense,\" he said. \"I think there are different proposals we are looking at that can balance the interest of different groups.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What About Trump?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wild card in all of this is what a Donald Trump presidency will do to the state budget. The president-elect has\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/29/donald-trump-wants-to-cut-funding-from-sanctuary-cities-but-can-he/\"> threatened to strip funding from \"sanctuary\" jurisdictions\u003c/a> like California that limit their cooperation with federal immigration officials, and there's\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/09/obamacare-repeal-could-punch-15-billion-hole-in-state-budget/\"> huge uncertainty over what a repeal of Obamacare will do to the state's Medicaid program\u003c/a>, Medi-Cal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the other hand, Trump has repeatedly talked about investing in infrastructure. Democrats said they're open to working with the new president, but are skeptical of how Republicans will go about paying for an infrastructure package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Where we can find common ground with Washington we will find common ground, but to move an infrastructure package at a national level by incurring much more debt, and by rolling that debt over year after year, is not the most fiscally prudent thing to do,\" de León said. \"You can't offer free money because there's no free money -- somebody has to pay for it eventually.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Sacramento, lawmakers agree, the heart of the debate this year will focus on that exact question: how to pay for the investment they believe the state desperately needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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