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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We meet Souleika Dirieh and Tarek Cherif at \u003ca href=\"https://cuesa.org/seller/hummus-heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the hummus factory\u003c/a> they own in San Leandro. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their three-year-old daughter Kawkeb loves playing outdoors. She runs between empty food crates, deep in a game of hide-and-go-seek with her mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the factory, the Cherifs and their employees make dozens of different types of hummus. Piles of ripped pita bread sizzle in the deep fryer before being sprinkled with spices. They’re packaged and shipped off to farmers markets around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Souleika Dirieh stands in front of the hummus shop she and her husband own in San Leandro. They believe their daughter got lead poisoning from an apartment they used to rent down the street. \u003ccite>(Angela Johnston)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hummus factory is right down the street from the studio apartment this family used to live in. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where their lead poisoning story began, a little over three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Hidden Problem\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tarek had just opened the business. He worked late nights, sleeping on the couch so he wouldn’t disturb his wife and daughter when he came home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One day I got sick,” he says. “For three days I was sick in the house. I couldn’t even move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He just couldn’t shake the lingering cold. Souleika and Kawkeb got it too. Her parents say their little girl was sick for about six months with cold symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family only seemed to get better when they left the apartment, like when they went on vacation. Then, one day, Tarek realized he couldn’t find his wedding ring. They tore apart the house looking for it, pulling out the dresser and peering down the sink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We flipped the couch over and everything was green, green and black,” Tarek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was mold everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I was in shock,” says Tarek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says rainwater that collected on the roof seeped into their walls and onto the floor. The mold was disgusting, but they were about to discover something worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They took Kawkeb to the hospital to see if the mold was making her sick. The doctors ran other tests, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s when we realized that she had lead [poisoning],” says Tarek. “Honestly, the only thing I could think of was that it came from the apartment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Serious Discovery\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/\">there is no safe level for lead\u003c/a>, but the threshold for intervention is when blood shows more than 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. Kawkeb’s blood registered a lead level of 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She stopped eating at first. She was always crying for no reason,” Souleika recalls. “Under her eyes were dark circles, and she wanted only my breast milk and not other food, and she would sleep a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That unusual behavior terrified Souleika.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I blamed myself,” she says. “I thought I didn’t take care of her and that she ate something that I did not pay attention to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs came to the U.S. from Africa: Souleika from Djibouti and Tarek from Tunisia. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, most of the time I don’t hear American kids got lead,” says Souleika.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Response Network Kicks Into Gear\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The doctor immediately faxed Kawkeb’s high results to the county. Diep Tran, a county public health nurse, called the Cherifs, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.achhd.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Healthy Homes\u003c/a> department came by to inspect the property for lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs say by the time the county inspectors got there, the landlord had painted over the mold and the lead, so they couldn’t find any initial evidence. Painting over lead does contain it, temporarily solving the problem and making it undetectable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But county officials concluded that when Kawkeb got sick, the mold must have worn down the lead paint on the walls. Lead particles made their way into the air, and onto the floor where Kawkeb used to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would get affected more than us,” Tarek says. “We could breathe [it in], but because we are adults we could get rid of it faster than she does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once they got Kawkeb into the county’s lead reduction program, the Cherifs moved out temporarily, staying with family while the landlord said he would finish the repairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as soon as they moved back in, Kawkeb’s lead levels didn’t go down like they should. The whole family started to get sick again. Tarek says he could tell the mold and lead weren’t really gone. He called the landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took him inside the house and I showed them the same problem again,” Tarek says. “He wanted to move me to another apartment.” It was a neighboring unit in the building. Tarek wanted the county to come and inspect that unit, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told him, ‘before I could move to another apartment, I’m going to bring in a whole team and test the place and then I’ll move. If it’s safe, I’ll move.’ And I think that’s what actually triggered everything. He evicted us right after that,” Tarek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Legal Battle Begins\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs claim their landlord evicted them because they started to put up a fight. They’ve sued their former landlord for wrongful eviction and a host of other habitability claims. Basically, they allege their apartment wasn’t safe to live in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The same day he kicked us out he had another family move into the apartment,” claims Tarek. “He didn’t even clean it. He didn’t do a thing. Nothing. I mean we moved out at midnight, and a new family came in at 8 a.m., and they were already in the apartment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We spoke with the lawyer who represents both Cherifs’ former landlord and the property management company. He said he can’t comment because the case is ongoing, but that his clients “categorically deny any and all of the Cherifs’ claims,” and have not seen any evidence with merit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tarek Cherif says he’s worried someone else will get sick staying in his old apartment building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know my neighbors, they’re afraid because the rent is still kind of low. So, they don’t want to move out even though they know there are all these problems,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lead-free, but not cheap\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs paid just under $900 per month for their old place. The fair market rent for a studio in Alameda County is just over \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2018_code/2018summary.odn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1500\u003c/a> and many go for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they searched for a new place in San Leandro near Tarek’s hummus shop, they couldn’t find anything. Eventually, they moved to Milpitas, a 40-minute drive away, into a house they shared with Tarek’s brother’s family, creating a joint household of seven people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their rent nearly quadrupled, but the house is safe. Tarek says he had it tested as soon as he moved in. More importantly, he says, Kawkeb’s acting like herself again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s developing normally, she’s grown normal. I mean she speaks, what, seven or eight languages,” Tarek says. “She counts, she knows numbers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her lead levels have gone down significantly, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s fine,” Souleika chimes in. “She’s eating well, she’s playing. She’s hundred percent healthy, and I’m happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a family dealing with a lead-poisoned child, the Cherifs were actually lucky. They had a safety net, some savings and family they could move in with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happens to the families that don’t have anywhere else to move once they discover their child has lead poisoning?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diep Tran, the nurse who handles severe lead poisoning cases in Alameda County, says she strongly urges families to move if the lead problem is too difficult to fix or the property owners can’t be persuaded. State laws dictate landlords must maintain the property — including addressing lead hazards if there is a lead poisoned child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran says landlords can claim that they want to sell the property instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What if they’re really not trying to sell the property and they just want the family to move so they don’t have to do the work?” asks Tran. “I cannot go back in three months and snoop around and see that that’s what the property owners meant when they said that they are selling. Sometimes they evict the family, and they change their mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the homeowners can rent to someone who can pay more, or sell the property altogether. She says sometimes this type of gentrification can result in lead cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After a low-income family moves out, the property owners repaint and remodel the apartment or the house and can charge double or triple the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran says when families have no other options, she actually may encourage them to go to a homeless shelter. That actually ups their chance of getting affordable and lead-safe housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other families, Tran says, move to Stockton, Antioch, Vallejo or Concord — suburbs on the edge of the Bay Area or Central Valley with cheaper, newer homes that don’t have lead paint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, some eight million homes were built before lead paint was banned in the 1970s. There are some 400,00 such homes in Alameda County alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668663\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668663\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-800x568.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-800x568.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-160x114.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-1020x725.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-1200x853.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-1180x838.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-960x682.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-240x171.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-375x266.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30978_PHOTO_HEATMAP-qut-520x369.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alameda County’s public health department put together this lead poisoning heat map that accounts for several risk factors like race, poverty level, education, and age of homes. 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She says, older housing stock often ends up going to people who have fewer resources to deal with problems like lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is part of a \u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org/post/lead-and-bay-area-housing-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longer story\u003c/a> in a KALW series \u003ca href=\"http://kalw.org/term/persistent-poison-leads-toxic-legacy-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Persistent Poison: Lead’s Toxic Legacy in the Bay Area.”\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-california-report-magazine/id1314750545?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to this and more in-depth storytelling by subscribing to The California Report Magazine podcast.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We meet Souleika Dirieh and Tarek Cherif at \u003ca href=\"https://cuesa.org/seller/hummus-heaven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the hummus factory\u003c/a> they own in San Leandro. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their three-year-old daughter Kawkeb loves playing outdoors. She runs between empty food crates, deep in a game of hide-and-go-seek with her mom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the factory, the Cherifs and their employees make dozens of different types of hummus. Piles of ripped pita bread sizzle in the deep fryer before being sprinkled with spices. They’re packaged and shipped off to farmers markets around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11668659\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11668659\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30976_IMG_2172-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Souleika Dirieh stands in front of the hummus shop she and her husband own in San Leandro. They believe their daughter got lead poisoning from an apartment they used to rent down the street. \u003ccite>(Angela Johnston)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The hummus factory is right down the street from the studio apartment this family used to live in. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where their lead poisoning story began, a little over three years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Hidden Problem\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Tarek had just opened the business. He worked late nights, sleeping on the couch so he wouldn’t disturb his wife and daughter when he came home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One day I got sick,” he says. “For three days I was sick in the house. I couldn’t even move.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He just couldn’t shake the lingering cold. Souleika and Kawkeb got it too. Her parents say their little girl was sick for about six months with cold symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family only seemed to get better when they left the apartment, like when they went on vacation. Then, one day, Tarek realized he couldn’t find his wedding ring. They tore apart the house looking for it, pulling out the dresser and peering down the sink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We flipped the couch over and everything was green, green and black,” Tarek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was mold everywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I couldn’t believe it. I mean, I was in shock,” says Tarek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says rainwater that collected on the roof seeped into their walls and onto the floor. The mold was disgusting, but they were about to discover something worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They took Kawkeb to the hospital to see if the mold was making her sick. The doctors ran other tests, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s when we realized that she had lead [poisoning],” says Tarek. “Honestly, the only thing I could think of was that it came from the apartment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Serious Discovery\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/\">there is no safe level for lead\u003c/a>, but the threshold for intervention is when blood shows more than 5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. Kawkeb’s blood registered a lead level of 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She stopped eating at first. She was always crying for no reason,” Souleika recalls. “Under her eyes were dark circles, and she wanted only my breast milk and not other food, and she would sleep a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That unusual behavior terrified Souleika.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I blamed myself,” she says. “I thought I didn’t take care of her and that she ate something that I did not pay attention to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs came to the U.S. from Africa: Souleika from Djibouti and Tarek from Tunisia. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, most of the time I don’t hear American kids got lead,” says Souleika.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Response Network Kicks Into Gear\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The doctor immediately faxed Kawkeb’s high results to the county. Diep Tran, a county public health nurse, called the Cherifs, and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.achhd.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Healthy Homes\u003c/a> department came by to inspect the property for lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs say by the time the county inspectors got there, the landlord had painted over the mold and the lead, so they couldn’t find any initial evidence. Painting over lead does contain it, temporarily solving the problem and making it undetectable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But county officials concluded that when Kawkeb got sick, the mold must have worn down the lead paint on the walls. Lead particles made their way into the air, and onto the floor where Kawkeb used to play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She would get affected more than us,” Tarek says. “We could breathe [it in], but because we are adults we could get rid of it faster than she does.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once they got Kawkeb into the county’s lead reduction program, the Cherifs moved out temporarily, staying with family while the landlord said he would finish the repairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as soon as they moved back in, Kawkeb’s lead levels didn’t go down like they should. The whole family started to get sick again. Tarek says he could tell the mold and lead weren’t really gone. He called the landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I took him inside the house and I showed them the same problem again,” Tarek says. “He wanted to move me to another apartment.” It was a neighboring unit in the building. Tarek wanted the county to come and inspect that unit, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told him, ‘before I could move to another apartment, I’m going to bring in a whole team and test the place and then I’ll move. If it’s safe, I’ll move.’ And I think that’s what actually triggered everything. He evicted us right after that,” Tarek says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Legal Battle Begins\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs claim their landlord evicted them because they started to put up a fight. They’ve sued their former landlord for wrongful eviction and a host of other habitability claims. Basically, they allege their apartment wasn’t safe to live in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The same day he kicked us out he had another family move into the apartment,” claims Tarek. “He didn’t even clean it. He didn’t do a thing. Nothing. I mean we moved out at midnight, and a new family came in at 8 a.m., and they were already in the apartment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We spoke with the lawyer who represents both Cherifs’ former landlord and the property management company. He said he can’t comment because the case is ongoing, but that his clients “categorically deny any and all of the Cherifs’ claims,” and have not seen any evidence with merit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tarek Cherif says he’s worried someone else will get sick staying in his old apartment building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know my neighbors, they’re afraid because the rent is still kind of low. So, they don’t want to move out even though they know there are all these problems,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Lead-free, but not cheap\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Cherifs paid just under $900 per month for their old place. The fair market rent for a studio in Alameda County is just over \u003ca href=\"https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/fmr/fmrs/FY2018_code/2018summary.odn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1500\u003c/a> and many go for more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they searched for a new place in San Leandro near Tarek’s hummus shop, they couldn’t find anything. Eventually, they moved to Milpitas, a 40-minute drive away, into a house they shared with Tarek’s brother’s family, creating a joint household of seven people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their rent nearly quadrupled, but the house is safe. Tarek says he had it tested as soon as he moved in. More importantly, he says, Kawkeb’s acting like herself again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s developing normally, she’s grown normal. I mean she speaks, what, seven or eight languages,” Tarek says. “She counts, she knows numbers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her lead levels have gone down significantly, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She’s fine,” Souleika chimes in. “She’s eating well, she’s playing. She’s hundred percent healthy, and I’m happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a family dealing with a lead-poisoned child, the Cherifs were actually lucky. They had a safety net, some savings and family they could move in with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What happens to the families that don’t have anywhere else to move once they discover their child has lead poisoning?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diep Tran, the nurse who handles severe lead poisoning cases in Alameda County, says she strongly urges families to move if the lead problem is too difficult to fix or the property owners can’t be persuaded. State laws dictate landlords must maintain the property — including addressing lead hazards if there is a lead poisoned child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran says landlords can claim that they want to sell the property instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What if they’re really not trying to sell the property and they just want the family to move so they don’t have to do the work?” asks Tran. “I cannot go back in three months and snoop around and see that that’s what the property owners meant when they said that they are selling. Sometimes they evict the family, and they change their mind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the homeowners can rent to someone who can pay more, or sell the property altogether. She says sometimes this type of gentrification can result in lead cleanup.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After a low-income family moves out, the property owners repaint and remodel the apartment or the house and can charge double or triple the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran says when families have no other options, she actually may encourage them to go to a homeless shelter. That actually ups their chance of getting affordable and lead-safe housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other families, Tran says, move to Stockton, Antioch, Vallejo or Concord — suburbs on the edge of the Bay Area or Central Valley with cheaper, newer homes that don’t have lead paint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, some eight million homes were built before lead paint was banned in the 1970s. 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There is a higher risk of lead poisoning in the darker areas. \u003ccite>(Alameda County's Community Assessment Planning Evaluation (CAPE))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To follow up on her hunch, we called a handful of Bay Area fair-housing agencies. They told us they’re seeing an alarming trend: clusters of refugees and immigrants in unsafe housing. That practice of landlords taking advantage of people they know won’t be able to fight back is called \u003ca href=\"http://ced.berkeley.edu/downloads/gallery/incity/su13/incity_bayarea_voicesoftheregion_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">predatory habitability\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s no surprise to Souleika Cherif. She says, older housing stock often ends up going to people who have fewer resources to deal with problems like lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Alameda County prosecutors moved to dismiss their own case Thursday morning against an Oakland police officer charged with illegal sex with a minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It signals an end to the most serious Alameda County prosecutions of a group of law enforcement officers accused of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/police-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexually exploiting\u003c/a> the teenage daughter of an Oakland police dispatcher. The case spanned six Bay Area jurisdictions, spawned a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/17/a-department-in-crisis-yet-another-oakland-police-chief-removed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major upheaval\u003c/a> in leadership of the Oakland Police Department and led to the filing of half a dozen lawsuits, most of which are still pending.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I had the utmost confidence that this would be the result. Unfortunately, it took a year and a half to get here. I am happy. I look forward to getting back and serving the people of Oakland.'\u003ccite>Giovanni LoVerde,\u003cbr>\nOakland police officer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The latest move to drop charges against OPD Officer Giovanni LoVerde follows Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson's recent dismissal of related charges against two former law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor Sabrina Farrell said in court that the charges against LoVerde -- felony oral copulation with a minor -- had facts similar to the case against former Contra Costa sheriff's Deputy Ricardo Perez, which Rolefson dismissed Wednesday. The judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove Perez should have known the teen who went by the name Celeste Guap was underage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Wednesday’s ruling on the 995 motion in the case against Ricardo Perez, the judge articulated his analysis of the law,\" Assistant District Attorney Teresa Drenick, who serves as the DA's spokeswoman, wrote in an emailed response to a request for comment. She added that the office disagrees with Rolefson's rulings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There exists a conflict in the law interpreting the criminal statutes that govern the crimes charged, and we have determined that we will seek an appellate remedy,\" Drenick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoVerde, who was accused of having oral sex with now 20-year-old Jasmine Abuslin in an apartment entryway near Lake Merritt when she was 17, said after the hearing that the dismissal was \"long overdue.\"\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"UJtSNfWcyeFz6DiGwyHVfxIufMS3lD4T\"]\u003cbr>\n\"I had the utmost confidence that this would be the result,\" he said. \"Unfortunately, it took a year and a half to get here. I am happy. I look forward to getting back and serving the people of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoVerde said he's been on leave since he was charged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His defense attorneys cast LoVerde as the victim of a case driven by a salacious scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you google his name, all this information comes up,\" attorney Jyoti Rekhi said. \"The allegations were unfounded and that should have been properly processed before a case was filed, and a case shouldn’t have been filed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Michael Cardoza said Oakland \"really should be ashamed\" for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/teen-tied-to-sexual-misconduct-case-relieved-by-oakland-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paying $989,000\u003c/a> to settle a civil claim brought on behalf of Abuslin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She was working the streets,\" he said. \"It was her choice. We understand that at one time she was underage when she started, but her mother was a dispatcher for the Oakland Police Department. You mean to tell me the mother didn’t know what was going on in this situation?\"\u003cbr>\n[contextly_sidebar id=\"dWZg1oWB7DEep22veT4dWAsSgmlajJtr\"]\u003cbr>\nSimilar lawsuits are pending against Contra Costa and Alameda counties, as well as Richmond, San Francisco and Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abuslin's testimony at preliminary hearings for former Oakland police Officer Brian \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05/18/teen-at-center-of-cop-sex-scandal-to-testify-in-court/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bunton\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/29/former-contra-costa-sheriffs-deputy-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-exploitation-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perez\u003c/a> was both graphic and grueling, with Abuslin describing various sexually explicit electronic messages swapped with the peace officers. In Perez's case, the former deputy repeatedly coaxed her to send naked pictures of herself, and he repeatedly sent her photos of his penis, according to Abuslin's testimony that referenced the messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her civil attorney, John Burris, said Wednesday that repeating that experience was taking a toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It causes her to have a loss of faith, if you will, in the judicial system and really raises question in her own mind as to whether or not it’s worth it,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors made their decision to scrap the charges before a preliminary hearing for LoVerde with that in mind, according to the district attorney's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are always mindful of how difficult it has been for the victim in these matters to testify in open court about her exploitation, and we made today’s decision in close consultation with her,\" Drenick wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is one criminal prosecution related to Abuslin remaining. Former OPD Officer Terryl Smith is charged with five misdemeanors for illegally accessing and furnishing confidential law enforcement records. The case is scheduled to go to trial early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 7:10 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> An Alameda County Superior Court judge has dismissed criminal charges against a second defendant in a widespread law enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/police-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual exploitation case\u003c/a> involving dozens of Bay Area peace officers and the teenage daughter of an Oakland police dispatcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors had \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/09/former-contra-costa-deputy-charged-with-sex-with-a-minor-in-exploitation-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged\u003c/a> former Contra Costa County sheriff's Deputy Ricardo Perez with felony sex with a minor and two misdemeanor counts of lewd acts in a public place. The charges were based on a series of encounters between Perez and the now 20-year-old Jasmine Abuslin, also known as Celeste Guap, in the summer of 2015, when she was 17 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Judge Jon Rolefson ruled from the bench Wednesday that the prosecution had not met its burden to prove Perez was guilty of either charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s nothing in this set of facts that he knew or should have known [Abuslin's age],\" Rolefson said in court. \"The burden is on the prosecution to disprove that lack of knowledge. They did not do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the lewd conduct in a public place, Rolefson found prosecutors failed to prove a likelihood that anyone who could be offended would be at the dark spot off rural Fish Ranch Road in Alameda County, where Perez allegedly drove Abuslin to have sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s no reasonable expectation that someone would be present to see it and be offended,\" Rolefson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez's defense attorney, Joe Motta, said his client couldn't talk about the case because he's still a defendant in one of five lawsuits brought by Abuslin against Contra Costa County, Alameda County, San Francisco, Richmond and Livermore. Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/teen-tied-to-sexual-misconduct-case-relieved-by-oakland-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled\u003c/a> Abuslin's claim for $989,000 in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abuslin's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/29/former-contra-costa-sheriffs-deputy-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-exploitation-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony at a preliminary hearing\u003c/a> in the case against Perez described their initial contact on Facebook that quickly turned to sexually graphic messaging and swapping explicit naked photos. Perez sent several photographs of his naked penis to Abuslin between July 2015 and April 2016, according to the testimony and exhibits at the preliminary hearing. Abuslin, though sometimes she protested, sent several naked, sexually explicit photographs of herself to the former deputy, sometimes while he appeared to be on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mr. Perez did nothing to exploit this young woman,\" Motta said. Abuslin appears to have been sexually trafficked since she was 12 years old, he said, but the prosecution didn't investigate her earlier life and what led her to cultivate relationships with so many law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By the time she was 17 or 18, she’s been a one-woman wrecking ball,\" Motta said. \"She’s destroyed lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The dismissal of charges against Perez comes less than a month after Rolefson \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/09/13/charges-dismissed-for-ex-oakland-officer-in-police-sex-scandal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tossed out charges\u003c/a> against former Oakland police Officer Brian Bunton for allegedly trading information on prostitution stings for sex with Abuslin, who was over 18 and working in the sex trade at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fizzling criminal prosecutions are in contrast to the major scandal that inspired them and precipitated a succession of police chief \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/17/a-department-in-crisis-yet-another-oakland-police-chief-removed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resignations\u003c/a> in Oakland last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Alameda County District Attorney's Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the dismissal Wednesday of charges against Perez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman called the dismissal of charges against Bunton in September \"disappointing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We firmly stand behind the criminal charges that we filed and wholeheartedly believe that the evidence supports the charges,\" the office said in a statement last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Stanford Law School Professor Robert Weisberg said there's a difference between a major scandal in the news and criminal charges before a judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If it is a highly morally fraught case, as these are, and the allegations -- even if they’re just allegations -- are very, very stigmatizing, then the case is going to look worse for the defendants at the very start because it’s all a big part of this scandal,\" Weisberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the cases proceed through the criminal system, they separate from each other and from the larger scandal, allowing defense attorneys to focus on the weaknesses of charges against individual officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It turns out that the evidence is much more equivocal once you have lawyers homing in on the specific allegations against the specific individual, and you really stick to the facts about that particular individual rather than some general sense that he is part of some wider scandal or scheme,\" Weisberg said. \"The cases look weaker when they’re looked at with great scrutiny on an individual basis.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's possible, Weisberg said, that pending civil claims will fare better than the criminal charges, due in part to a lower standard of proof in civil cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Civil rights attorney John Burris, who represents Abuslin in those cases, agreed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The civil case is one place that you can get stuff done,\" he said. \"You don’t have the similar constraints that you have in criminal cases that I think prevents jurors and judges from really objectively evaluating police officers’ conduct if it can result in jail or prison terms.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said Abuslin's hours-long testimony in preliminary hearings concerning Bunton and Perez was difficult for her, and she's considering whether it's worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s very, very painful for her to put herself out like that and offer testimony and then to have it sort of rejected, if you will, later,\" Burris said. \"It’s been an eye-opener for her and certainly raises questions about whether she should go forward in any of these further criminal cases.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's expected to repeat that process in Alameda County Superior Court Thursday morning, when Oakland police Officer Giovanni LoVerde is scheduled for a preliminary hearing. LoVerde is charged with felony oral copulation with a minor stemming from an alleged meeting near Lake Merritt when Abuslin was 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to charging documents, Abuslin \"orally copulated suspect [LoVerde] in a public area, an apartment entryway.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:30 a.m. Thursday:\u003c/strong> Alameda County prosecutors moved to dismiss their own case Thursday morning against an Oakland police officer charged with illegal sex with a minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It signals an end to the most serious Alameda County prosecutions of a group of law enforcement officers accused of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/police-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexually exploiting\u003c/a> the teenage daughter of an Oakland police dispatcher. The case spanned six Bay Area jurisdictions, spawned a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/17/a-department-in-crisis-yet-another-oakland-police-chief-removed/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">major upheaval\u003c/a> in leadership of the Oakland Police Department and led to the filing of half a dozen lawsuits, most of which are still pending.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'I had the utmost confidence that this would be the result. Unfortunately, it took a year and a half to get here. I am happy. I look forward to getting back and serving the people of Oakland.'\u003ccite>Giovanni LoVerde,\u003cbr>\nOakland police officer\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The latest move to drop charges against OPD Officer Giovanni LoVerde follows Alameda County Superior Court Judge Jon Rolefson's recent dismissal of related charges against two former law enforcement officers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutor Sabrina Farrell said in court that the charges against LoVerde -- felony oral copulation with a minor -- had facts similar to the case against former Contra Costa sheriff's Deputy Ricardo Perez, which Rolefson dismissed Wednesday. The judge ruled prosecutors failed to prove Perez should have known the teen who went by the name Celeste Guap was underage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In Wednesday’s ruling on the 995 motion in the case against Ricardo Perez, the judge articulated his analysis of the law,\" Assistant District Attorney Teresa Drenick, who serves as the DA's spokeswoman, wrote in an emailed response to a request for comment. She added that the office disagrees with Rolefson's rulings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There exists a conflict in the law interpreting the criminal statutes that govern the crimes charged, and we have determined that we will seek an appellate remedy,\" Drenick said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoVerde, who was accused of having oral sex with now 20-year-old Jasmine Abuslin in an apartment entryway near Lake Merritt when she was 17, said after the hearing that the dismissal was \"long overdue.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n\"I had the utmost confidence that this would be the result,\" he said. \"Unfortunately, it took a year and a half to get here. I am happy. I look forward to getting back and serving the people of Oakland.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LoVerde said he's been on leave since he was charged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His defense attorneys cast LoVerde as the victim of a case driven by a salacious scandal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When you google his name, all this information comes up,\" attorney Jyoti Rekhi said. \"The allegations were unfounded and that should have been properly processed before a case was filed, and a case shouldn’t have been filed.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Defense attorney Michael Cardoza said Oakland \"really should be ashamed\" for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/teen-tied-to-sexual-misconduct-case-relieved-by-oakland-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paying $989,000\u003c/a> to settle a civil claim brought on behalf of Abuslin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"She was working the streets,\" he said. \"It was her choice. We understand that at one time she was underage when she started, but her mother was a dispatcher for the Oakland Police Department. You mean to tell me the mother didn’t know what was going on in this situation?\"\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nSimilar lawsuits are pending against Contra Costa and Alameda counties, as well as Richmond, San Francisco and Livermore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abuslin's testimony at preliminary hearings for former Oakland police Officer Brian \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/05/18/teen-at-center-of-cop-sex-scandal-to-testify-in-court/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bunton\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/29/former-contra-costa-sheriffs-deputy-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-exploitation-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perez\u003c/a> was both graphic and grueling, with Abuslin describing various sexually explicit electronic messages swapped with the peace officers. In Perez's case, the former deputy repeatedly coaxed her to send naked pictures of herself, and he repeatedly sent her photos of his penis, according to Abuslin's testimony that referenced the messages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her civil attorney, John Burris, said Wednesday that repeating that experience was taking a toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It causes her to have a loss of faith, if you will, in the judicial system and really raises question in her own mind as to whether or not it’s worth it,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors made their decision to scrap the charges before a preliminary hearing for LoVerde with that in mind, according to the district attorney's office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are always mindful of how difficult it has been for the victim in these matters to testify in open court about her exploitation, and we made today’s decision in close consultation with her,\" Drenick wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is one criminal prosecution related to Abuslin remaining. Former OPD Officer Terryl Smith is charged with five misdemeanors for illegally accessing and furnishing confidential law enforcement records. The case is scheduled to go to trial early next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 7:10 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> An Alameda County Superior Court judge has dismissed criminal charges against a second defendant in a widespread law enforcement \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/police-sexual-exploitation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexual exploitation case\u003c/a> involving dozens of Bay Area peace officers and the teenage daughter of an Oakland police dispatcher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prosecutors had \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/09/former-contra-costa-deputy-charged-with-sex-with-a-minor-in-exploitation-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charged\u003c/a> former Contra Costa County sheriff's Deputy Ricardo Perez with felony sex with a minor and two misdemeanor counts of lewd acts in a public place. The charges were based on a series of encounters between Perez and the now 20-year-old Jasmine Abuslin, also known as Celeste Guap, in the summer of 2015, when she was 17 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Judge Jon Rolefson ruled from the bench Wednesday that the prosecution had not met its burden to prove Perez was guilty of either charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s nothing in this set of facts that he knew or should have known [Abuslin's age],\" Rolefson said in court. \"The burden is on the prosecution to disprove that lack of knowledge. They did not do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for the lewd conduct in a public place, Rolefson found prosecutors failed to prove a likelihood that anyone who could be offended would be at the dark spot off rural Fish Ranch Road in Alameda County, where Perez allegedly drove Abuslin to have sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s no reasonable expectation that someone would be present to see it and be offended,\" Rolefson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez's defense attorney, Joe Motta, said his client couldn't talk about the case because he's still a defendant in one of five lawsuits brought by Abuslin against Contra Costa County, Alameda County, San Francisco, Richmond and Livermore. Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/06/01/teen-tied-to-sexual-misconduct-case-relieved-by-oakland-settlement/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settled\u003c/a> Abuslin's claim for $989,000 in June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abuslin's \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/29/former-contra-costa-sheriffs-deputy-to-stand-trial-in-sexual-exploitation-case/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testimony at a preliminary hearing\u003c/a> in the case against Perez described their initial contact on Facebook that quickly turned to sexually graphic messaging and swapping explicit naked photos. Perez sent several photographs of his naked penis to Abuslin between July 2015 and April 2016, according to the testimony and exhibits at the preliminary hearing. Abuslin, though sometimes she protested, sent several naked, sexually explicit photographs of herself to the former deputy, sometimes while he appeared to be on duty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Mr. Perez did nothing to exploit this young woman,\" Motta said. 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"content": "\u003cp>Prison reform advocates say Santa Rita Jail in Dublin needs more oversight after four jail guards were charged with felonies for allegedly abusing eight inmates last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three current and one former guard are accused of allowing an inmate to spray feces and urine into cells onto other inmates housed in a maximum security unit. Two of them are also accused of conspiring to silence a witness and one is also accused of choking an inmate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern said the alleged abuse comes down to, essentially, a few bad apples.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are talking about four employees out of a staff of 500 that work within the jail,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates say jails need high-level accountability to prevent such abuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, jail commanders who model respect toward prisoners, create programming for inmates and schedule reasonable hours for guards, said attorney Ernest Galvan, who specializes in cases regarding prison conditions for \u003ca href=\"https://rbgg.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anytime that one group of people has total control over the lives of another group of people, it's corrosive for both sides,\" Galvan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahern contends existing audits and accountability measures at the jail are working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other advocates, like \u003ca href=\"http://ellabakercenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ella Baker Center for Human Rights\u003c/a> Executive Director Zachary Norris, said the county should re-route money from the jail to community services to keep people from being locked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is a need for true structural change that moves away from the dehumanization of folks inside and towards a culture of care....(like) mental health services and other necessary community-based solutions,\" Norris wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahern said diverting money away from his department will mean less staff and more incidents. He said he doesn't believe there is a cultural problem within the department or at Santa Rita jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Ahern's internal investigation into his own guards led to the recent charges, it hasn't prompted any specific changes within the jail. However, the sheriff's department has been making changes, including a change of command and increased surveillance of guard interactions with inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O' Malley has called the alleged abuse of people under the guards' protection \"sadistic and terrorizing\" acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, at her request, a judge nearly doubled Justin Linn and Erik McDermott's bail to more than $300,000. The two have until Sept. 11 to pay the increase, during a hearing when they are expected to plea alongside fellow defendants Stephen Sarcos and Sarah Krause.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, jail commanders who model respect toward prisoners, create programming for inmates and schedule reasonable hours for guards, said attorney Ernest Galvan, who specializes in cases regarding prison conditions for \u003ca href=\"https://rbgg.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Anytime that one group of people has total control over the lives of another group of people, it's corrosive for both sides,\" Galvan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahern contends existing audits and accountability measures at the jail are working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other advocates, like \u003ca href=\"http://ellabakercenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ella Baker Center for Human Rights\u003c/a> Executive Director Zachary Norris, said the county should re-route money from the jail to community services to keep people from being locked up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There is a need for true structural change that moves away from the dehumanization of folks inside and towards a culture of care....(like) mental health services and other necessary community-based solutions,\" Norris wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahern said diverting money away from his department will mean less staff and more incidents. He said he doesn't believe there is a cultural problem within the department or at Santa Rita jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Ahern's internal investigation into his own guards led to the recent charges, it hasn't prompted any specific changes within the jail. However, the sheriff's department has been making changes, including a change of command and increased surveillance of guard interactions with inmates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O' Malley has called the alleged abuse of people under the guards' protection \"sadistic and terrorizing\" acts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, at her request, a judge nearly doubled Justin Linn and Erik McDermott's bail to more than $300,000. The two have until Sept. 11 to pay the increase, during a hearing when they are expected to plea alongside fellow defendants Stephen Sarcos and Sarah Krause.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Going to the mall with my grandmother has been a staple of our \"girls time\" for years. Now our shopping trips include stops at the supermarket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health issues have made it difficult for both her and my grandfather to drive to the grocery store, so sometimes I make the drive from Oakland to Richmond to take them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My grandparents are fortunate that they have family nearby to help them with their grocery shopping, but not everyone has access to that kind of support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Oakland seniors report skipping meals to pay for housing and other necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We estimate somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of all seniors go hungry on a daily basis in Oakland,” said Bryan Ricks, a member of the Oakland Mayor’s Commission on Aging. He defines a person suffering from hunger as anyone who does not consume at least one meal a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Probably the two biggest issues that are facing seniors are housing and hunger,\" Ricks said. \"People have to prioritize where to spend their resources.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Help Hits the Road\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>To help get food to seniors in need, \u003ca href=\"https://mercybrownbag.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mercy Brown Bag Program\u003c/a> launched a mobile grocery truck. The truck drives to seniors and, with the push of a button, features shelving that comes down to allow them to shop free of charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truck is expected to feed 2,500 seniors annually, on top of Mercy Brown Bag's existing efforts to feed low-income seniors in Alameda County. A shortage of warehouse space and requests for easier access to food prompted the program to hit the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kept getting all of these phone calls from people who couldn’t make it to our sites who needed delivery and didn’t have anyone in the community to help them,\" said Mercy Brown Bag Program Director Krista Lucchesi. \"We wanted to make sure we could get to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11515001\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11515001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Grocery truck volunteer and recipient Iraneo Garcia chats with Mercy Brown Bag Program Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence about how to cook lentils.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grocery truck volunteer and recipient Iraneo Garcia chats with Mercy Brown Bag Program Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence about how to cook lentils. \u003ccite>(Jenee Darden/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I met up with Lucchesi and her staff at their pilot site at Eden Issei Terrace, a residential housing community for low-income seniors in Hayward. The truck's shelves hanging from the side are easily accessible for people in wheelchairs. Volunteers are there to help the recipients bag their goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those volunteers -- and recipients -- is 84-year-old Iraneo Garcia. He and his wife waited four years to get into Eden Issei Terrace. Garcia retired 17 years ago from the San Francisco Carpenters Union and said things were fine then. But as housing costs soared, his dollars didn’t stretch as far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The money doesn’t even reach a quarter of as far as I used to get,” said Garcia. “We rented one room from family because we could not afford a house or apartment. And we finally got this place, which is very nice. With this food [truck] around it helps us with the rent and our living. It’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I watched as people lined up to get their fresh fruits, veggies, lentils, rice and potatoes. I even shared with them how I prepare my yams and lentils. The mobile grocery truck allows a space for seniors to socialize too, which is a plus for seniors who face isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people here are happy,\" said volunteer Lilian Mira, who was all smiles. She doesn't drive and also uses the service. \"It will help our little economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11514968\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11514968\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Crates of fresh fruits and veggies line the inside of the grocery truck for seniors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crates of fresh fruits and veggies line the inside of the grocery truck for seniors. \u003ccite>(Jenee Darden/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Health problems, high cost of living and lack of access to transportation make it difficult for seniors to get food. A long-term \u003ca href=\"https://www.aaa1b.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Health-Consequences-of-Food-Insecurity-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> from 2014 found there's a domino effect to senior hunger. Lack of nutrition -- whether from not eating or choosing cheaper and unhealthier food -- can increase a senior's risk of depression, heart failure, asthma and other ailments. Lucchesi and Ricks said it’s important to act now, especially as senior populations are expected to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11515004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11515004 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"(l-r) Mercy Brown Bag Program's Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence and Director Krista Lucchesi after supplying free groceries to seniors in Hayward with the truck.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Mercy Brown Bag Program's Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence and Director Krista Lucchesi after supplying free groceries to seniors in Hayward. \u003ccite>(Jenee Darden/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People can visit the \u003ca href=\"https://mercybrownbag.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mercy Brown Bag Program\u003c/a> website or call them to find out where the truck is rolling to next. Lucchesi said the program needs more volunteers, especially to bring groceries to people who can’t physically make it to the truck when it stops in their area.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Going to the mall with my grandmother has been a staple of our \"girls time\" for years. Now our shopping trips include stops at the supermarket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health issues have made it difficult for both her and my grandfather to drive to the grocery store, so sometimes I make the drive from Oakland to Richmond to take them there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My grandparents are fortunate that they have family nearby to help them with their grocery shopping, but not everyone has access to that kind of support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Oakland seniors report skipping meals to pay for housing and other necessities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We estimate somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of all seniors go hungry on a daily basis in Oakland,” said Bryan Ricks, a member of the Oakland Mayor’s Commission on Aging. He defines a person suffering from hunger as anyone who does not consume at least one meal a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Probably the two biggest issues that are facing seniors are housing and hunger,\" Ricks said. \"People have to prioritize where to spend their resources.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Help Hits the Road\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>To help get food to seniors in need, \u003ca href=\"https://mercybrownbag.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mercy Brown Bag Program\u003c/a> launched a mobile grocery truck. The truck drives to seniors and, with the push of a button, features shelving that comes down to allow them to shop free of charge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The truck is expected to feed 2,500 seniors annually, on top of Mercy Brown Bag's existing efforts to feed low-income seniors in Alameda County. A shortage of warehouse space and requests for easier access to food prompted the program to hit the road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We kept getting all of these phone calls from people who couldn’t make it to our sites who needed delivery and didn’t have anyone in the community to help them,\" said Mercy Brown Bag Program Director Krista Lucchesi. \"We wanted to make sure we could get to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11515001\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11515001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Grocery truck volunteer and recipient Iraneo Garcia chats with Mercy Brown Bag Program Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence about how to cook lentils.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1757-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grocery truck volunteer and recipient Iraneo Garcia chats with Mercy Brown Bag Program Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence about how to cook lentils. \u003ccite>(Jenee Darden/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>I met up with Lucchesi and her staff at their pilot site at Eden Issei Terrace, a residential housing community for low-income seniors in Hayward. The truck's shelves hanging from the side are easily accessible for people in wheelchairs. Volunteers are there to help the recipients bag their goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those volunteers -- and recipients -- is 84-year-old Iraneo Garcia. He and his wife waited four years to get into Eden Issei Terrace. Garcia retired 17 years ago from the San Francisco Carpenters Union and said things were fine then. But as housing costs soared, his dollars didn’t stretch as far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The money doesn’t even reach a quarter of as far as I used to get,” said Garcia. “We rented one room from family because we could not afford a house or apartment. And we finally got this place, which is very nice. With this food [truck] around it helps us with the rent and our living. It’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I watched as people lined up to get their fresh fruits, veggies, lentils, rice and potatoes. I even shared with them how I prepare my yams and lentils. The mobile grocery truck allows a space for seniors to socialize too, which is a plus for seniors who face isolation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The people here are happy,\" said volunteer Lilian Mira, who was all smiles. She doesn't drive and also uses the service. \"It will help our little economy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11514968\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11514968\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Crates of fresh fruits and veggies line the inside of the grocery truck for seniors.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/RS25723_IMG_1996-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crates of fresh fruits and veggies line the inside of the grocery truck for seniors. \u003ccite>(Jenee Darden/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Health problems, high cost of living and lack of access to transportation make it difficult for seniors to get food. A long-term \u003ca href=\"https://www.aaa1b.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Health-Consequences-of-Food-Insecurity-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study\u003c/a> from 2014 found there's a domino effect to senior hunger. Lack of nutrition -- whether from not eating or choosing cheaper and unhealthier food -- can increase a senior's risk of depression, heart failure, asthma and other ailments. Lucchesi and Ricks said it’s important to act now, especially as senior populations are expected to grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11515004\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11515004 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"(l-r) Mercy Brown Bag Program's Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence and Director Krista Lucchesi after supplying free groceries to seniors in Hayward with the truck.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/IMG_1760-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Mercy Brown Bag Program's Assistant Director Nicole St. Lawrence and Director Krista Lucchesi after supplying free groceries to seniors in Hayward. \u003ccite>(Jenee Darden/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People can visit the \u003ca href=\"https://mercybrownbag.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mercy Brown Bag Program\u003c/a> website or call them to find out where the truck is rolling to next. Lucchesi said the program needs more volunteers, especially to bring groceries to people who can’t physically make it to the truck when it stops in their area.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Alameda County's homeless population grew by 39 percent over the past two years, according to biennial data released Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The estimated number of people on streets and in shelters in 2015 was 4,040, and now it's up to 5,629. Part of the increase is because Alameda County changed the way it conducts the count, which led to more accurate numbers. But officials are mainly pointing fingers at high rents and the lack of affordable housing. It's a problem that needs short- and long-term solutions, they say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We know that housing is what will end homelessness, but in the meantime we’ve got people living on the streets now,\" said Elaine de Coligny, executive director of EveryOne Home, which conducts the county's homeless count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Some Takeaways From the Survey\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The homeless count is conducted every two years on a night in late January. For the count on Jan. 30, 2017, Alameda County used 345 volunteers and paid 99 currently or recently homeless people to help volunteers walk individual census tracts, which allowed the county to cover more ground and get a more accurate count, de Coligny said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four cities -- Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward and Fremont -- will receive more personalized reports soon that detail specifics for their respective cities. The county data released Thursday will be followed by a more comprehensive report in the summer. But here are some takeaways from the report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>There were 4,040 homeless people counted in 2015. That number increased to 5,629 in 2017.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>69 percent of the people counted were not sheltered (living on streets, in cars, etc.), which is about a 10 percent increase from 2015.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>82 percent of those surveyed said their prior residence was in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>58 percent have been homeless for at least one year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The number of homeless veterans increase from 388 in 2015 to 531 in 2017.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/everyone-counts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the full brief here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/EOC_Full2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is the 2015 report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Led to the Increase\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, median rents have increased 25 percent since 2015, while median household income increased only by 5 percent, according to EveryOne Home. Stories about evictions and displacement have become commonplace as Bay Area cities react with temporary solutions like sanctioned encampments, rent control or other eviction protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report found that 82 percent of people were living in Alameda County before they lost their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This data remind us that people who are homeless are our neighbors. They lived in Alameda County before they lost their homes and they stay here because this is home to them,\" de Coligny said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But homeless shelters and other programs are having trouble helping people find apartments and other homes because of the stiff competition. Many of those with housing vouchers are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/28/the-challenges-of-finding-bay-area-housing-through-a-fathers-eyes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taking months to find a place\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Coligny also believes that Proposition 57, which allows the early release of some nonviolent felons, has played a part in the higher number of homeless in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't put the return infrastructure in place to help people reintegrate, find housing and get jobs,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What might also be contributing to the growing encampments in places like Oakland is the development happening in areas that have long been dormant, de Coligny said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People who could be invisible during their homelessness are now being pushed into big encampments,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Growing Encampments, Growing Problems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been several fires at homeless encampments around Oakland. Acting Oakland Fire Chief Mark Hoffmann recalls at least four fires in the last month alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a trend of the times,\" he said. \"The encampments are higher density, and they’ve been longer-lived camps. So you’ve got a lot more debris and junk built up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major fire burned several tents \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/08/oaklands-sanctioned-homeless-camp-project-ends-on-sad-note/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this month\u003c/a> at an encampment in West Oakland, which the city was previously using as a sanctioned site to deliver sanitation and housing counseling services. Another fire occurred early Wednesday morning under the BART tracks near the West Oakland stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the County and Cities Are Doing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several initiatives and programs that Alameda County and its cities are implementing or considering to help alleviate homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County voters approved a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/09/bay-area-voters-approving-most-affordable-housing-measures-by-wide-margins/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$580 million housing bond\u003c/a> in 2016 to help build thousands of affordable housing units, including supportive housing for the homeless. Voters in Berkeley and Oakland also approved bond measures that will help build affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County is also one of 18 pilots \u003ca href=\"http://www.achch.org/ac-care-connect.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">granted more than $140 million\u003c/a> last year from the state to implement \"Whole Person Care,\" to address homeless people who need extra help. The county has launched a campaign to get more landlords to rent to low-income residents, de Coligny said. EveryOne Home is also \u003ca href=\"https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/aadb20e7-54b2-4fe5-ac60-0929b21e333a?prv=369805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking donations from the public \u003c/a>to help the homeless transition into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Half of Alameda County's homeless population resides in Oakland. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four cities -- Oakland, Berkeley, Hayward and Fremont -- will receive more personalized reports soon that detail specifics for their respective cities. The county data released Thursday will be followed by a more comprehensive report in the summer. But here are some takeaways from the report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>There were 4,040 homeless people counted in 2015. That number increased to 5,629 in 2017.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>69 percent of the people counted were not sheltered (living on streets, in cars, etc.), which is about a 10 percent increase from 2015.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>82 percent of those surveyed said their prior residence was in Alameda County.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>58 percent have been homeless for at least one year.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The number of homeless veterans increase from 388 in 2015 to 531 in 2017.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/everyone-counts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">See the full brief here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/EOC_Full2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is the 2015 report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What Led to the Increase\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alameda County, median rents have increased 25 percent since 2015, while median household income increased only by 5 percent, according to EveryOne Home. Stories about evictions and displacement have become commonplace as Bay Area cities react with temporary solutions like sanctioned encampments, rent control or other eviction protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report found that 82 percent of people were living in Alameda County before they lost their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This data remind us that people who are homeless are our neighbors. They lived in Alameda County before they lost their homes and they stay here because this is home to them,\" de Coligny said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But homeless shelters and other programs are having trouble helping people find apartments and other homes because of the stiff competition. Many of those with housing vouchers are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/28/the-challenges-of-finding-bay-area-housing-through-a-fathers-eyes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taking months to find a place\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De Coligny also believes that Proposition 57, which allows the early release of some nonviolent felons, has played a part in the higher number of homeless in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We haven't put the return infrastructure in place to help people reintegrate, find housing and get jobs,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What might also be contributing to the growing encampments in places like Oakland is the development happening in areas that have long been dormant, de Coligny said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People who could be invisible during their homelessness are now being pushed into big encampments,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Growing Encampments, Growing Problems\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been several fires at homeless encampments around Oakland. Acting Oakland Fire Chief Mark Hoffmann recalls at least four fires in the last month alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a trend of the times,\" he said. \"The encampments are higher density, and they’ve been longer-lived camps. So you’ve got a lot more debris and junk built up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A major fire burned several tents \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/08/oaklands-sanctioned-homeless-camp-project-ends-on-sad-note/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier this month\u003c/a> at an encampment in West Oakland, which the city was previously using as a sanctioned site to deliver sanitation and housing counseling services. Another fire occurred early Wednesday morning under the BART tracks near the West Oakland stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What the County and Cities Are Doing\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are several initiatives and programs that Alameda County and its cities are implementing or considering to help alleviate homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County voters approved a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/11/09/bay-area-voters-approving-most-affordable-housing-measures-by-wide-margins/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$580 million housing bond\u003c/a> in 2016 to help build thousands of affordable housing units, including supportive housing for the homeless. Voters in Berkeley and Oakland also approved bond measures that will help build affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County is also one of 18 pilots \u003ca href=\"http://www.achch.org/ac-care-connect.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">granted more than $140 million\u003c/a> last year from the state to implement \"Whole Person Care,\" to address homeless people who need extra help. The county has launched a campaign to get more landlords to rent to low-income residents, de Coligny said. EveryOne Home is also \u003ca href=\"https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/aadb20e7-54b2-4fe5-ac60-0929b21e333a?prv=369805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking donations from the public \u003c/a>to help the homeless transition into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Half of Alameda County's homeless population resides in Oakland. The City Council is currently considering which of the many homeless programs should be part of the next budget.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Three moms in Alameda County will be spending Mother’s Day at home with their kids instead of locked up in jail or immigration detention. They are among 30 moms being bailed out nationwide by social and racial justice groups looking to reform the bail system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moms were being bailed out in Oakland, Los Angeles, Memphis, Atlanta, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago and a number of other cities across the country as part of \u003ca href=\"https://nomoremoneybail.org/\">National Mama’s Bail Out Day\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women lose custody of their children because they cannot make bail,” said Cheryl Diston, a member of the Essie Justice Group in Oakland that was participating in the bailout day. “Families are torn apart because they cannot make bail. It isn’t right. It’s not right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two dozen people gathered on the steps of Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland on Thursday to talk about the financial and emotional cost of bail that often falls on African-American mothers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11452863\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11452863\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_000-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Cheryl Diston, 52, has a son in jail waiting trial. She says money bail is immoral.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheryl Diston, 52, spoke of the humiliation of being in jail when she was a young mother and the pain of being separated from her kids. She says money bail is immoral. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Black women are twice as likely as white women to end up in jails, and nearly 80 percent of women in jails nationwide are mothers, according to advocacy groups. Since 1980, the number of incarcerated women has grown by 700 percent, the groups said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le’Char Toki, of the Essie Justice Group, spoke about being a kid and remembering seeing a bail bonds commercial on TV.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was of a black child needing his mother to bail him out,” she said. “The message I heard that day was: A woman, a black woman, will do whatever it takes to bring her loved one home. The bail bonds industry was taking advantage of it with [sic] their own profit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toki said that when her little brother was arrested some time after that, she saw her mom become the same woman she’d seen on that commercial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Less than an hour [later], the bail bondsman became the co-owner of everything my family worked hard for,” she said. “When my husband was arrested, I was back in the same bail bond shop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speakers also told their own stories of incarceration. More than \u003ca href=\"http://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/documents/Final%20paper_County%20Jails%20at%20a%20Crossroads_8.10.15.pdf\">60 percent\u003c/a> of the people in jail are there waiting for trial, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Many of them sit behind bars because they can’t afford to pay bail. Criminal justice reform advocates\u003ca href=\"http://www.pretrial.org/\"> say\u003c/a> money alone shouldn’t determine a person’s freedom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The momentum to reform bail is growing in Oakland and across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California legislators are \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/03/23/california-lawmakers-push-for-reforms-to-bail-system/\">considering\u003c/a> two bills — AB 42 and SB 10 — that would move the state away from a money-based bail system toward a model that assesses an individual’s risk to society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11452874\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11452874\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"A representative from Assemblyman Rob Bonta's office attended National Mama's Bail Out Day to talk about AB42, which would overhaul California's bail system. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/File_001-1-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A representative from Assemblyman Rob Bonta’s office attended National Mama’s Bail Out Day to talk about AB 42, which would overhaul California’s bail system. \u003ccite>(Sukey Lewis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bail agents are critical, saying that this legislation will end up costing taxpayers and will put the public at risk. They have said that money bail works because it provides a financial incentive for people to show up to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A federal judge in Houston, Texas, recently \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/us/judge-strikes-down-harris-county-bail-system.html?_r=0\">found\u003c/a> that holding people in jail simply because they are unable to pay bail is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. Another \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/05/03/2-billion-bail-bond-industry-threatened-by-lawsuit-against-san-francisco/\">constitutional challenge\u003c/a> to money bail is also working its way through federal court here in California.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Lourdes Martinez, an organizer who works with Latina women in the Bay Area, says that since the election of President Trump her clients have been on edge. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were times when it was like daily — we were getting people calling us with fears that ICE was in their communities,” said Martinez, political director of Mujeres Unidas y Activas. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that rumors of immigration officials patrolling Alameda County have been increasingly more common, and she believes that actual sightings of federal agents have spiked, too, based on the details callers have provided. “They would see the ‘ICE Police’ jackets and vans.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”FLueTo53DjveJXYESJDIKVAWY30QkzBp”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the heightened anxiety among undocumented East Bay residents, Alameda County and Oakland are funding a new \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfbar.org/forms/immigration/acilep-english-printable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24/7 hotline\u003c/a> where immigrants can report suspected enforcement activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. 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Chan felt it was important to provide support and legal aid to the county’s undocumented population, which the Public Policy Institute of California estimates to number more than 100,000. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Chan started searching for funding from local philanthropic organizations. She found a willing partner in the San Francisco Foundation, which pledged to match up to $750,000 from Alameda County. The foundation also matched Oakland’s contribution of $300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n‘Raid verification … is extremely important because of all the rumors and false information that is sweeping through the community and creating so much panic and fear.’\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Marisela Esparza, SFILEN program manager\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This type of coalition is new to Alameda County, but will be modeled after the San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network (SFILEN), which started a hotline to report ICE activity back in 2007. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Raid verification … is extremely important because of all the rumors and false information that is sweeping through the community and creating so much panic and fear,” explained Marisela Esparza, the network’s program manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the San Francisco hotline receives a call, the operator dispatches volunteer observers who go to the scene to confirm whether or not enforcement is taking place. 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This allows the partnership to hire seven paid community responders who will deploy to the site of a reported raid to check out whether ICE is actually arresting people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleni Wolfe-Roubatis, the immigration project director for Centro Legal de la Raza, told KQED that, “It’s important that community members know their due process rights.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that a common tactic employed by ICE is to have detainees sign a document waiving their right to go before an immigration judge, so it’s important that immigrants get legal advice during a raid so they don’t inadvertently deprive themselves of their day in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE officers have also been accused of letting people believe they are local police during enforcement operations. 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That suit, against county and jail officials and Tyler Technologies, seeks to become a class action for all defendants whose posting of bond was delayed, who were held in custody after they had posted bond, who were held after charges had been dismissed or who were rearrested on warrants that had been cleared -- all issues similar to those in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Tyler Technologies spokesman said the lawsuit's allegations are without merit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We look forward to presenting a vigorous defense,\" the spokesman wrote in a previous statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the extent that it acknowledges problems in Alameda County, Tyler Technologies says its software is not to blame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Superior Court of Alameda County transitioned from a 40-year-old system before they were ready,\" its statement says, adding that company representatives repeatedly advised court officials about technical issues that needed to be addressed before the system launched. 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"content": "\u003cp>It’s before sunrise when Brenda Goldstein and Eddie Heard head into the cold under an Oakland freeway and start counting the tents and homeless people they see.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305632572\" 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>Every county that receives federal funding for the homeless is required to go out every two years and count homeless people during one day in January. Alameda County tried something new in 2017: paying people who have been homeless themselves to guide volunteers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldstein and Heard never met before Tuesday, Jan. 31, the morning of the homeless survey. Goldstein works at a community health center. Heard runs concessions at the Oakland Coliseum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11296572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11296572\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-800x976.jpg\" alt=\"Brenda Goldstein of El Cerrito fills out survey forms during the Alameda County Point-In-Time homeless survey on Jan. 31, 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"976\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-800x976.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-160x195.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-1020x1244.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-1180x1439.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-960x1171.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-240x293.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-375x457.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/Brenda-520x634.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenda Goldstein of El Cerrito fills out survey forms during the Alameda County Point-In-Time homeless survey on Jan. 31, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goldstein has been a volunteer on several previous homeless counts, but she's never had a guide before. Heard has special expertise: Two or three years ago, after separating from a longtime partner, he became homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I lived just like place to place, like you know, with family members and hotels and stuff like that,\" Heard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heard is in transitional housing now. He and other guides are getting paid $15 an hour to help with the count. He helps Goldstein when she isn't sure if there’s someone sleeping under rolled-up blankets or make-do tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11295322\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11295322 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Heard and Goldstein spent hours in Goldstein's car in order to cover two whole census tracts.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23944_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-10-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heard and Goldstein spent hours in Goldstein's car in order to cover two whole census tracts. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Eddie’s really, really helpful,\" Goldstein said. \"He's kind of the reality check for me. When I look at a tent, he says, 'That's going to have at least two or three people in it.' I have a lot more confidence going out with him, too, knowing we’re looking in the right places.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County officials expect to get a more accurate count using homeless guides during the 2017 Point-in-Time Count. It's a strategy some other counties already use, but in past years Alameda County sent volunteers to sites where homeless people get services, and used surveys to estimate how many people are homeless. For the first time this year, they're trying to cover every block, so they’ll know how many homeless people are in each city, even down to the census tract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 150 guides and more than 400 volunteers have been enlisted in Alameda County, according to Elaine de Coligny, executive director of EveryOne Home, an organization set up by the county to coordinate efforts to stop homelessness. The guides will be conducting surveys over the next two weeks with homeless people to get more information about how they became homeless, how long they’ve been homeless, their health and other issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the last count in 2015, volunteers estimated 4,040 people were homeless -- 2,397 of them without shelter. Heard thinks that number is probably low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11295318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11295318\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"A tent under a freeway overpass in Oakland, photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, the day of the Point-In-Time survey of Alameda County's homeless population.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23938_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-4-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tent under a freeway overpass in Oakland, photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, the day of the Point-In-Time survey of Alameda County's homeless population. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve already identified about 47 people living in homeless encampments,\" said Goldstein, \"just along the freeway, just one tent after another.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And that was just in the first hour. They have to cover two whole census tracts, so they spend hours in Goldstein’s car, peering into corners and doorways, and getting out to walk under bridges and overpasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers for this year's homeless count will be available this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11295239\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11295239 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Heard looked through a broken fence in Oakland to count the tents in a homeless encampment on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Heard, who is formerly homeless, was hired by EveryOne Home as a guide to help volunteers conduct a more accurate count during the Point-In-Time survey of Alameda County.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eddie Heard looked through a broken fence in Oakland to count the tents in a homeless encampment on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. 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When I look at a tent, he says, 'That's going to have at least two or three people in it.' I have a lot more confidence going out with him, too, knowing we’re looking in the right places.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County officials expect to get a more accurate count using homeless guides during the 2017 Point-in-Time Count. It's a strategy some other counties already use, but in past years Alameda County sent volunteers to sites where homeless people get services, and used surveys to estimate how many people are homeless. For the first time this year, they're trying to cover every block, so they’ll know how many homeless people are in each city, even down to the census tract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 150 guides and more than 400 volunteers have been enlisted in Alameda County, according to Elaine de Coligny, executive director of EveryOne Home, an organization set up by the county to coordinate efforts to stop homelessness. 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They have to cover two whole census tracts, so they spend hours in Goldstein’s car, peering into corners and doorways, and getting out to walk under bridges and overpasses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The numbers for this year's homeless count will be available this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11295239\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11295239 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/RS23937_20170131_AlamedaCountyHomelessCount_Credit_BertJohnson-3-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Eddie Heard looked through a broken fence in Oakland to count the tents in a homeless encampment on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. 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