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"content": "\u003cp>This month, the World Cup is coming to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/levis-stadium\">Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a> in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over two weeks beginning on June 13, the stadium — also known as “San Francisco Bay Area Stadium” for the purposes of the World Cup — will host six matches, including one elimination match, as part of a worldwide celebration of soccer that happens once every four years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With events at Levi’s Stadium already \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-cowboys-game-traffic-jam-17734652.php\">infamous\u003c/a> for causing hourslong traffic jams, local leaders are encouraging the tens of thousands of fans expected to attend each match to take public transportation instead of driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s public transit agencies are rolling out extended schedules to accommodate night games that are likely to end around midnight, discounted multi-day fare passes and increased service to make sure fans are able to get to and from games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whether you’re a Bay Area local who’s snagged World Cup tickets or you’re visiting our region from out of town, consider leaving your car — and definitely that \u003ca href=\"https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/world-cups-official-instrument-now-banned-world-cup\">vuvuzela \u003c/a>— at home and keep reading for how to get to and from Levi’s Stadium on public transit. (And if you’re \u003cem>really \u003c/em>determined to drive there, we’ve got information on where to find parking at Levi’s Stadium, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#CanIstillgetticketstoWorldCupmatchesinSantaClara\">Can I still get tickets to World Cup matches in Santa Clara?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIgethomefromWorldCupnightgamesonpublictransit\">How can I get home from World Cup night games on public transit?\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatstheparkingsituationatLevisStadium\">What’s the parking situation at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What matches are being played at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (Levi’s Stadium)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083101/world-cup-2026-bay-area-games-where-is-fifa-world-cup-santa-clara-levis-stadium-tickets-fan-zone-watch-parties\"> six World Cup matches at Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>: five “group stage matches and one “Round of 32” match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group B: Qatar vs. Switzerland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group J: Austria vs. Jordan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday, June 16 at 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group D: Türkiye vs. Paraguay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday, June 19 at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty-1536x1054.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turkey’s player Kerem Kesgin (8) duels for the ball against Paraguay’s Luis Zarate (15) during the FIFA U-17 World Cup match between Turkey and Paraguay in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 12, 2017. \u003ccite>(Imtiyaz Shaikh/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group J: Jordan vs. Algeria\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday, June 22 at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group D: Paraguay vs. Australia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, June 25 at 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium will then host one knockout match:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Top-scoring team from Group D vs. the third-best team from either Group B, E, F, I or J\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday, July 1 at 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"CanIstillgetticketstoWorldCupmatchesinSantaClara\">\u003c/a>Can I still get World Cup tickets for the Santa Clara matches this month?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, at the time of publication, some tickets were still available — but that might change. Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/tickets\">FIFA’s ticket portal\u003c/a>, which includes last-minute sales and verified resales. You can also look for tickets on a verified resale website, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/soccer\">Ticketmaster \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/world-cup-tickets/grouping/45410\">StubHub\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We recommend reading \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084228/dont-fall-for-world-cup-ticket-scams-in-california\">our guide on how to avoid World Cup resale ticket scams\u003c/a> first, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How many people are expected to come to the Bay Area for the World Cup?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Host Committee, which plans for major events like Super Bowl LX and the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics, is expecting 260,000 visitors from outside the Bay Area over the course of the region’s World Cup matches — according to Zaileen Janmohamed, the host committee’s CEO and president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070878/watch-super-bowl-lx-santa-clara-2026-levis-stadium-nfl-tickets-parking-bag-policy\">Super Bowl LX\u003c/a>, which Levi’s Stadium hosted in February, the World Cup’s Bay Area engagements are longer and more spread out, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083101/world-cup-2026-bay-area-games-where-is-fifa-world-cup-santa-clara-levis-stadium-tickets-fan-zone-watch-parties\">fan-related activities and experiences \u003c/a>spanning multiple locations and weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Adidas FIFA World Cup soccer ball is seen on a FIFA x NFL chair in the Media Center ahead of Super Bowl LX on Feb. 4, 2026, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Matthew Huang/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“From a transit perspective, that means planning for repeated waves of movement across counties, venues, hotels and neighborhoods,” Janmohamed said — “for both local fans and a higher percentage of global visitors navigating the Bay Area for the first time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the first time one region has hosted both the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the same year, Janmohamed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIgethomefromWorldCupnightgamesonpublictransit\">\u003c/a>How do I get to Levi’s Stadium using public transportation?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are three transit agencies that will get you to the front door of Levi’s Stadium: Capitol Corridor, ACE Rail and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority or VTA. And if you aren’t close to one of their stops, there are multiple ways to transfer to them from other transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the agencies that are changing their service schedules to accommodate World Cup fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>VTA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority provides bus, light rail and paratransit services in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Great America and Lick Mill are the VTA stations closest to Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12072787 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Super Bowl attendees ride VTA to Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For information on fares, inter-agency transfers and where to park at VTA stations, check out the agency’s \u003ca href=\"https://worldcup.vta.org/fares\">World Cup page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA is expecting to carry as many as 15,000 people in and out of each match at Levi’s Stadium, according to Stacey Hendler Ross, the agency’s public information officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hendler Ross said the agency will be adjusting routes to accommodate an expected increase in local riders heading to the stadium. For instance, the blue line will serve Levi’s Stadium for World Cup matches, instead of traveling straight to its scheduled stop in Bay Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ We’ll be running additional light rail service before and after matches, with trains serving the stadium every 10 minutes from Mountain View Transit Center, which connects to Caltrain — and every twenty minutes from the Milpitas Transit Center in downtown San José, which connects with BART,” Hendler Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency says it’ll let riders know more information by email, SMS and VTA’s \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/vtaservice\">service updates on X\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://worldcup.vta.org/updates\">Sign up for route change updates for each match here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are hoping to put out a lot of messaging about that so that people know that the service plan is going to be a little bit different than it is for every day,” Hendler Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For late-night games, Hendler Ross said VTA will guarantee service for up to about two hours after the end of each match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ If there are still hundreds of people on the platform two hours after the game, obviously we’re going to continue our service to get people where they need to go,” Hendler Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hendler Ross also recommends using the \u003ca href=\"https://transitapp.com/\">Transit app\u003c/a> for trip planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/fares\">paying for VTA rides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ACE Rail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE Rail connects Central Valley communities with the East and South Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is planning additional services for three World Cup matches. Take a look at the \u003ca href=\"https://acerail.com/event-train/\">ACE Rail schedule. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://acerail.com/tickets/\">paying for ACE Rail here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Capitol Corridor\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Capitol Corridor connects the Sacramento area with the Bay Area by train, taking passengers from as far away as Rocklin and Auburn directly to Levi’s Stadium. The railway also provides easy transfers to BART and VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capitol Corridor is planning special match day service for five of the latest matches at Levi’s. The agency has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/fwc26-sfbayarea/\">World Cup page \u003c/a>including \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/trainschedule/FIFA-Train-Schedule_2026.pdf?v=28052026\">service adjustments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For evening and night games, Capitol Corridor will time its final departure from Levi’s Stadium to 15 minutes after the match is expected to end, according to Rob Padgette, the managing director of Capitol Corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means if you are taking Capitol Corridor to the game, you’ll want to leave the stadium \u003cem>right \u003c/em>after the match ends to ensure you catch your train home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932707\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11932707 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso.jpeg\" alt=\"A passenger train reflected in a trackside puddle at sunset.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak California’s Capitol Corridor at Alviso on the south end of San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Max Camden/Link21-BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padgette also suggests riders \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/\">buy their ticket\u003c/a> in advance to make sure they get a seat. “ Because we expect a lot of fans to ride, we’re going to cap the number of sales on the train,” Padgette said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/tickets/\">paying for Capitol Corridor rides here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain connects Santa Clara County to San Francisco by rail, passing through Silicon Valley, Stanford and San Mateo County on the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to take Caltrain to Levi’s Stadium, get off at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/station/mountainview\">Mountain View station\u003c/a> and transfer to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/routes/orange-line\">VTA’s Orange Line\u003c/a> and ride towards Alum Rock station and get off at Great America station. VTA recommends entering and exiting the stadium through \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/4900+Centennial+Blvd+Intel+Gate+A,+Santa+Clara,+CA+95054/@37.4027987,-121.9717298,431m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x808fc9c827c5f0df:0x11455a372e1f7d18!2sLevi's+Stadium!8m2!3d37.4033165!4d-121.9693774!16s%2Fm%2F0269w0y!3m5!1s0x808fc9b7fe7b6d4b:0x40de625050fafeb7!8m2!3d37.4037655!4d-121.9712125!16s%2Fg%2F11f48k_zld?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDUyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">Gate A\u003c/a> to get back to the Orange Line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is planning its regular \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/worldcup26?active_tab=route_explorer_tab&destination=7021\">half-hourly service\u003c/a> for World Cup matches, with additional trains on top of that, Caltrain public information officer Dan Lieberman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to have one or two scheduled additional post-game trains for each match, while also keeping an additional train on standby if crowds necessitate it,” Lieberman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lieberman said Caltrain will publish specific \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/about-caltrain/caltrain-news\">service plans for each match online soon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about paying for \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/fares\">Caltrain fares\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rapid Transit serves five Bay Area counties, connecting a wide swath of the East Bay with San Francisco and the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to Levi’s Stadium, BART recommends riders take its Green or Orange Line (labeled “Berryessa” or “OAK/Berryessa”) to Milpitas Station and use the pedestrian bridge to transfer to VTA’s Orange Line and then get off at Lick Mill Station. To get back to VTA after the match, follow “Gate F” signs while exiting the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12080719 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty-1536x1068.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A commuter looks for a less crowded section of a westbound BART train at the West Oakland station in Oakland, California, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The last scheduled BART train that stops at all stations systemwide leaves Milpitas at 11:53 p.m., heading towards the East Bay and San Francisco. But the agency is adding special limited-express service after midnight for matches that start at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those trains will generally depart Milpitas every 30 minutes between 12:30 a.m. and 1:40 a.m., depending on how long it takes to clear the stadium and timed transfers with VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders taking these special limited-express service trains should note that the trains will \u003cem>not \u003c/em>stop at all BART stations. Instead, they’ll l only serve the following BART stations:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Bay Fair\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dublin\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>MacArthur\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El Cerrito del Norte\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pleasant Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Powell Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11935689\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/gettyimages-1448202231-01daa7c0eabc9dfe5eff17bfe429ac097ee645ce-scaled-e1780442735101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">So if you plan to drive to a BART station and park your car, make sure you park at one of those stations to avoid getting stranded carless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find more details about special service on \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/fun/fifaworldcup\">BART’s World Cup page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/tickets\">BART fares\u003c/a> here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni is the public transit agency serving the city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to Levi’s Stadium, riders can take Muni routes like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/30-stockton\">30 Stockton\u003c/a> bus, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/45-unionstockton\">45 Union/Stockton\u003c/a> bus and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/t-third-street\">T Third Street\u003c/a> train and transfer to either BART or Caltrain and then transfer to VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is planning \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/fifa-world-cup-26%E2%84%A2-sf-bay-area\">additional bus shuttle service\u003c/a> for nighttime World Cup matches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shuttle will operate between Union Square, the SoMa neighborhood, the Powell Street BART station and Caltrain’s Fourth and King Station, using the 45 Union/Stockton route. The shuttle will operate as late as 3:15 a.m., depending on the day. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/fifa-world-cup-26%E2%84%A2-sf-bay-area\">Check here for specific shuttle times.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/fares\">Muni fares\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I pay for public transit to get to World Cup matches at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are a number of different ways to pay your fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tap to pay with a chip-enabled credit or debit card\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most transit agencies that will get you to Levi’s Stadium accept chip-enabled credit or debit cards as a form of payment. Just tap your card on the card reader as you enter a station or board a vehicle, and in some cases, tap when you exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two exceptions to know: Capitol Corridor accepts tap to pay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/tap2ride/\">but it requires registration ahead of time. \u003c/a>ACE Rail does not accept tap to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger tags their Clipper card at Montgomery BART Station in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clipper\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Bay Area transit agencies accept \u003ca href=\"https://www.clippercard.com/\">Clipper\u003c/a>, a fare payment platform for public transit. You can use Clipper by either purchasing a physical card for $3 at a ticket vending machine (located at many BART, Muni and Caltrain stations) and pre-loading money onto it, or by \u003ca href=\"https://www.clippercard.com/clipper-app\">downloading the app\u003c/a> and pre-loading money that way — through which you can also tap using your phone by transferring your Clipper card to your Apple or Google Wallet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look up \u003ca href=\"https://www.clippercard.com/locations\">Clipper card sales and service locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE Rail and Capitol Corridor trains do not accept Clipper as a form of payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Token Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA is offering one-day, three-day, five-day and seven-day adult passes via the \u003ca href=\"https://tokentransit.com/app\">Token Transit app\u003c/a>. The agency is also offering a joint VTA/Caltrain Adult one-day pass that includes unlimited transfers within VTA, valid for World Cup match days only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://worldcup.vta.org/fares\">Read more about paying for VTA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cash\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA buses only accept exact fare, while light rail ticket machines accept cash or card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cash fareboxes are located at the front of each Muni bus or train. Use exact change and keep your transfer as proof of payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11254007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11254007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/31909760916_d88814d339_o-e1483581327477.jpg\" alt=\"The side of a Caltrain train as it enters a station.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain cars at San José’s Diridon Station, December 2016. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART trains don’t accept cash, but you can pay with cash on BART by using the add value machines located inside every station to purchase or reload a plastic Clipper Card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain has ticket vending machines at every station that accept coins and bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capitol Corridor riders can use cash to pay for a ticket directly from a conductor on board a train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE Rail accepts cash for ticket purchases at staffed locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatstheparkingsituationatLevisStadium\">\u003c/a>What if I want to drive and park my car at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parking at Levi’s Stadium must be purchased in advance, and only one parking pass may be purchased per World Cup match ticket. \u003ca href=\"https://www.justpark.com/us/event-parking/fifa-world-cup-2026/fifa-worldcup-2026-san-francisco/\">Check out FIFA’s official parking page. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also park at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/stations\">VTA station,\u003c/a> a \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/rider-information/parking\">Caltrain station\u003c/a> or a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/guide/parking\">BART station\u003c/a> and ride public transit to Levi’s Stadium from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: If you are taking BART to a night game, make sure you park at one of the stations that will be available by BART’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/fun/fifaworldcup\">limited express service\u003c/a> (Bay Fair, Dublin, MacArthur, El Cerrito del Norte, Pleasant Hill and Powell Street stations).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I get to Levi’s Stadium using a ride-hailing app like Uber, Lyft or Waymo?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, but according to the FIFA website, there will be “geofenced” rideshare stops for pickup starting one hour after kick-off — that is, you’ll have to meet your rideshare at a designated location at Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rideshare North (Red Lot 7) covers northbound rides to San Francisco and Rideshare South (Freedom Circle) covers southbound rides to San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A self-driving Waymo car with rooftop lidar and a bird-themed mural on the Embarcadero with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the background, in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>FIFA advises that World Cup guests leaving from Gates A, E and F will be directed to Rideshare North Red Lot 7. Guests leaving from Gates B or C will be directed to Rideshare South on Freedom Circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Autonomous vehicles like Waymo are not allowed into the rideshare lots at Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about people with mobility needs?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>FIFA said accessible pickup and drop-off points for fans are located on Patrick Henry Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessible parking is also offered to fans via the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 \u003ca href=\"https://www.justpark.com/us/event-parking/fifa-world-cup-2026/\">Parking Page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association said guests with mobility needs who use rideshare should use the Rideshare North lot and be shuttled to the Stadium Plaza drop-off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out FIFA’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/stadiums/san-francisco-bay-area/accessibility\">accessibility page\u003c/a> here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area’s public transit agencies are rolling out extended schedules to accommodate night games that are likely to end around midnight, discounted multi-day fare passes and increased service to make sure fans are able to get to and from games.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So whether you’re a Bay Area local who’s snagged World Cup tickets or you’re visiting our region from out of town, consider leaving your car — and definitely that \u003ca href=\"https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/world-cups-official-instrument-now-banned-world-cup\">vuvuzela \u003c/a>— at home and keep reading for how to get to and from Levi’s Stadium on public transit. (And if you’re \u003cem>really \u003c/em>determined to drive there, we’ve got information on where to find parking at Levi’s Stadium, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#CanIstillgetticketstoWorldCupmatchesinSantaClara\">Can I still get tickets to World Cup matches in Santa Clara?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#HowcanIgethomefromWorldCupnightgamesonpublictransit\">How can I get home from World Cup night games on public transit?\u003c/a> \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#WhatstheparkingsituationatLevisStadium\">What’s the parking situation at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What matches are being played at San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (Levi’s Stadium)\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083101/world-cup-2026-bay-area-games-where-is-fifa-world-cup-santa-clara-levis-stadium-tickets-fan-zone-watch-parties\"> six World Cup matches at Levi’s Stadium\u003c/a>: five “group stage matches and one “Round of 32” match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group B: Qatar vs. Switzerland\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday, June 13 at 12 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group J: Austria vs. Jordan\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday, June 16 at 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group D: Türkiye vs. Paraguay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday, June 19 at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085857\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085857\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1372\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/Turkiye-vs.-Paraguay-Getty-1536x1054.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turkey’s player Kerem Kesgin (8) duels for the ball against Paraguay’s Luis Zarate (15) during the FIFA U-17 World Cup match between Turkey and Paraguay in Mumbai, India, on Oct. 12, 2017. \u003ccite>(Imtiyaz Shaikh/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group J: Jordan vs. Algeria\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monday, June 22 at 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Group D: Paraguay vs. Australia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thursday, June 25 at 7 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levi’s Stadium will then host one knockout match:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Top-scoring team from Group D vs. the third-best team from either Group B, E, F, I or J\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday, July 1 at 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"CanIstillgetticketstoWorldCupmatchesinSantaClara\">\u003c/a>Can I still get World Cup tickets for the Santa Clara matches this month?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, at the time of publication, some tickets were still available — but that might change. Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/tickets\">FIFA’s ticket portal\u003c/a>, which includes last-minute sales and verified resales. You can also look for tickets on a verified resale website, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.ticketmaster.com/soccer\">Ticketmaster \u003c/a>or \u003ca href=\"https://www.stubhub.com/world-cup-tickets/grouping/45410\">StubHub\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We recommend reading \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084228/dont-fall-for-world-cup-ticket-scams-in-california\">our guide on how to avoid World Cup resale ticket scams\u003c/a> first, though.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How many people are expected to come to the Bay Area for the World Cup?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Bay Area Host Committee, which plans for major events like Super Bowl LX and the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics, is expecting 260,000 visitors from outside the Bay Area over the course of the region’s World Cup matches — according to Zaileen Janmohamed, the host committee’s CEO and president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070878/watch-super-bowl-lx-santa-clara-2026-levis-stadium-nfl-tickets-parking-bag-policy\">Super Bowl LX\u003c/a>, which Levi’s Stadium hosted in February, the World Cup’s Bay Area engagements are longer and more spread out, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083101/world-cup-2026-bay-area-games-where-is-fifa-world-cup-santa-clara-levis-stadium-tickets-fan-zone-watch-parties\">fan-related activities and experiences \u003c/a>spanning multiple locations and weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1980px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1321\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504.jpg 1980w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/GettyImages-2259411504-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Adidas FIFA World Cup soccer ball is seen on a FIFA x NFL chair in the Media Center ahead of Super Bowl LX on Feb. 4, 2026, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. \u003ccite>(Matthew Huang/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“From a transit perspective, that means planning for repeated waves of movement across counties, venues, hotels and neighborhoods,” Janmohamed said — “for both local fans and a higher percentage of global visitors navigating the Bay Area for the first time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is the first time one region has hosted both the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the same year, Janmohamed said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"HowcanIgethomefromWorldCupnightgamesonpublictransit\">\u003c/a>How do I get to Levi’s Stadium using public transportation?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are three transit agencies that will get you to the front door of Levi’s Stadium: Capitol Corridor, ACE Rail and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority or VTA. And if you aren’t close to one of their stops, there are multiple ways to transfer to them from other transit agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the agencies that are changing their service schedules to accommodate World Cup fans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>VTA\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority provides bus, light rail and paratransit services in Santa Clara County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Great America and Lick Mill are the VTA stations closest to Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072787\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12072787 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260208-SUPERBOWLSUNDAY00166_TV-KQED-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Super Bowl attendees ride VTA to Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara on Feb. 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For information on fares, inter-agency transfers and where to park at VTA stations, check out the agency’s \u003ca href=\"https://worldcup.vta.org/fares\">World Cup page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA is expecting to carry as many as 15,000 people in and out of each match at Levi’s Stadium, according to Stacey Hendler Ross, the agency’s public information officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hendler Ross said the agency will be adjusting routes to accommodate an expected increase in local riders heading to the stadium. For instance, the blue line will serve Levi’s Stadium for World Cup matches, instead of traveling straight to its scheduled stop in Bay Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ We’ll be running additional light rail service before and after matches, with trains serving the stadium every 10 minutes from Mountain View Transit Center, which connects to Caltrain — and every twenty minutes from the Milpitas Transit Center in downtown San José, which connects with BART,” Hendler Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency says it’ll let riders know more information by email, SMS and VTA’s \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/vtaservice\">service updates on X\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://worldcup.vta.org/updates\">Sign up for route change updates for each match here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are hoping to put out a lot of messaging about that so that people know that the service plan is going to be a little bit different than it is for every day,” Hendler Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For late-night games, Hendler Ross said VTA will guarantee service for up to about two hours after the end of each match.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ If there are still hundreds of people on the platform two hours after the game, obviously we’re going to continue our service to get people where they need to go,” Hendler Ross said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hendler Ross also recommends using the \u003ca href=\"https://transitapp.com/\">Transit app\u003c/a> for trip planning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/fares\">paying for VTA rides\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ACE Rail\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE Rail connects Central Valley communities with the East and South Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is planning additional services for three World Cup matches. Take a look at the \u003ca href=\"https://acerail.com/event-train/\">ACE Rail schedule. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://acerail.com/tickets/\">paying for ACE Rail here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Capitol Corridor\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Capitol Corridor connects the Sacramento area with the Bay Area by train, taking passengers from as far away as Rocklin and Auburn directly to Levi’s Stadium. The railway also provides easy transfers to BART and VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capitol Corridor is planning special match day service for five of the latest matches at Levi’s. The agency has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/fwc26-sfbayarea/\">World Cup page \u003c/a>including \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/trainschedule/FIFA-Train-Schedule_2026.pdf?v=28052026\">service adjustments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For evening and night games, Capitol Corridor will time its final departure from Levi’s Stadium to 15 minutes after the match is expected to end, according to Rob Padgette, the managing director of Capitol Corridor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means if you are taking Capitol Corridor to the game, you’ll want to leave the stadium \u003cem>right \u003c/em>after the match ends to ensure you catch your train home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11932707\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11932707 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso.jpeg\" alt=\"A passenger train reflected in a trackside puddle at sunset.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1020x680.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/11/Capitol-Corridor-Alviso-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amtrak California’s Capitol Corridor at Alviso on the south end of San Francisco Bay. \u003ccite>(Max Camden/Link21-BART)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padgette also suggests riders \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/\">buy their ticket\u003c/a> in advance to make sure they get a seat. “ Because we expect a lot of fans to ride, we’re going to cap the number of sales on the train,” Padgette said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/tickets/\">paying for Capitol Corridor rides here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Caltrain\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain connects Santa Clara County to San Francisco by rail, passing through Silicon Valley, Stanford and San Mateo County on the way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you plan to take Caltrain to Levi’s Stadium, get off at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/station/mountainview\">Mountain View station\u003c/a> and transfer to \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/routes/orange-line\">VTA’s Orange Line\u003c/a> and ride towards Alum Rock station and get off at Great America station. VTA recommends entering and exiting the stadium through \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/place/4900+Centennial+Blvd+Intel+Gate+A,+Santa+Clara,+CA+95054/@37.4027987,-121.9717298,431m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x808fc9c827c5f0df:0x11455a372e1f7d18!2sLevi's+Stadium!8m2!3d37.4033165!4d-121.9693774!16s%2Fm%2F0269w0y!3m5!1s0x808fc9b7fe7b6d4b:0x40de625050fafeb7!8m2!3d37.4037655!4d-121.9712125!16s%2Fg%2F11f48k_zld?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDUyNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">Gate A\u003c/a> to get back to the Orange Line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is planning its regular \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/worldcup26?active_tab=route_explorer_tab&destination=7021\">half-hourly service\u003c/a> for World Cup matches, with additional trains on top of that, Caltrain public information officer Dan Lieberman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to have one or two scheduled additional post-game trains for each match, while also keeping an additional train on standby if crowds necessitate it,” Lieberman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lieberman said Caltrain will publish specific \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/about-caltrain/caltrain-news\">service plans for each match online soon\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about paying for \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/fares\">Caltrain fares\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BART\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rapid Transit serves five Bay Area counties, connecting a wide swath of the East Bay with San Francisco and the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to Levi’s Stadium, BART recommends riders take its Green or Orange Line (labeled “Berryessa” or “OAK/Berryessa”) to Milpitas Station and use the pedestrian bridge to transfer to VTA’s Orange Line and then get off at Lick Mill Station. To get back to VTA after the match, follow “Gate F” signs while exiting the stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080719\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12080719 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1391\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty-160x111.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/BARTSFGetty-1536x1068.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A commuter looks for a less crowded section of a westbound BART train at the West Oakland station in Oakland, California, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. \u003ccite>(Paul Chinn/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The last scheduled BART train that stops at all stations systemwide leaves Milpitas at 11:53 p.m., heading towards the East Bay and San Francisco. But the agency is adding special limited-express service after midnight for matches that start at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those trains will generally depart Milpitas every 30 minutes between 12:30 a.m. and 1:40 a.m., depending on how long it takes to clear the stadium and timed transfers with VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders taking these special limited-express service trains should note that the trains will \u003cem>not \u003c/em>stop at all BART stations. Instead, they’ll l only serve the following BART stations:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Bay Fair\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dublin\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>MacArthur\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El Cerrito del Norte\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Pleasant Hill\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Powell Street\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11935689\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/gettyimages-1448202231-01daa7c0eabc9dfe5eff17bfe429ac097ee645ce-scaled-e1780442735101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">So if you plan to drive to a BART station and park your car, make sure you park at one of those stations to avoid getting stranded carless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Find more details about special service on \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/fun/fifaworldcup\">BART’s World Cup page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/tickets\">BART fares\u003c/a> here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Muni \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni is the public transit agency serving the city of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get to Levi’s Stadium, riders can take Muni routes like the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/30-stockton\">30 Stockton\u003c/a> bus, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/45-unionstockton\">45 Union/Stockton\u003c/a> bus and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/routes/t-third-street\">T Third Street\u003c/a> train and transfer to either BART or Caltrain and then transfer to VTA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency is planning \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/fifa-world-cup-26%E2%84%A2-sf-bay-area\">additional bus shuttle service\u003c/a> for nighttime World Cup matches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shuttle will operate between Union Square, the SoMa neighborhood, the Powell Street BART station and Caltrain’s Fourth and King Station, using the 45 Union/Stockton route. The shuttle will operate as late as 3:15 a.m., depending on the day. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/travel-updates/fifa-world-cup-26%E2%84%A2-sf-bay-area\">Check here for specific shuttle times.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learn more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/muni/fares\">Muni fares\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I pay for public transit to get to World Cup matches at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are a number of different ways to pay your fare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tap to pay with a chip-enabled credit or debit card\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most transit agencies that will get you to Levi’s Stadium accept chip-enabled credit or debit cards as a form of payment. Just tap your card on the card reader as you enter a station or board a vehicle, and in some cases, tap when you exit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two exceptions to know: Capitol Corridor accepts tap to pay, \u003ca href=\"https://www.capitolcorridor.org/tap2ride/\">but it requires registration ahead of time. \u003c/a>ACE Rail does not accept tap to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040954\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040954\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20241204-BART-JY-028_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A passenger tags their Clipper card at Montgomery BART Station in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Clipper\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Bay Area transit agencies accept \u003ca href=\"https://www.clippercard.com/\">Clipper\u003c/a>, a fare payment platform for public transit. You can use Clipper by either purchasing a physical card for $3 at a ticket vending machine (located at many BART, Muni and Caltrain stations) and pre-loading money onto it, or by \u003ca href=\"https://www.clippercard.com/clipper-app\">downloading the app\u003c/a> and pre-loading money that way — through which you can also tap using your phone by transferring your Clipper card to your Apple or Google Wallet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Look up \u003ca href=\"https://www.clippercard.com/locations\">Clipper card sales and service locations\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE Rail and Capitol Corridor trains do not accept Clipper as a form of payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Token Transit\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA is offering one-day, three-day, five-day and seven-day adult passes via the \u003ca href=\"https://tokentransit.com/app\">Token Transit app\u003c/a>. The agency is also offering a joint VTA/Caltrain Adult one-day pass that includes unlimited transfers within VTA, valid for World Cup match days only.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://worldcup.vta.org/fares\">Read more about paying for VTA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cash\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>VTA buses only accept exact fare, while light rail ticket machines accept cash or card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cash fareboxes are located at the front of each Muni bus or train. Use exact change and keep your transfer as proof of payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11254007\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11254007\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/01/31909760916_d88814d339_o-e1483581327477.jpg\" alt=\"The side of a Caltrain train as it enters a station.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltrain cars at San José’s Diridon Station, December 2016. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART trains don’t accept cash, but you can pay with cash on BART by using the add value machines located inside every station to purchase or reload a plastic Clipper Card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrain has ticket vending machines at every station that accept coins and bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capitol Corridor riders can use cash to pay for a ticket directly from a conductor on board a train.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ACE Rail accepts cash for ticket purchases at staffed locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"WhatstheparkingsituationatLevisStadium\">\u003c/a>What if I want to drive and park my car at Levi’s Stadium?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Parking at Levi’s Stadium must be purchased in advance, and only one parking pass may be purchased per World Cup match ticket. \u003ca href=\"https://www.justpark.com/us/event-parking/fifa-world-cup-2026/fifa-worldcup-2026-san-francisco/\">Check out FIFA’s official parking page. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also park at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.vta.org/go/stations\">VTA station,\u003c/a> a \u003ca href=\"https://www.caltrain.com/rider-information/parking\">Caltrain station\u003c/a> or a \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/guide/parking\">BART station\u003c/a> and ride public transit to Levi’s Stadium from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: If you are taking BART to a night game, make sure you park at one of the stations that will be available by BART’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.bart.gov/news/fun/fifaworldcup\">limited express service\u003c/a> (Bay Fair, Dublin, MacArthur, El Cerrito del Norte, Pleasant Hill and Powell Street stations).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I get to Levi’s Stadium using a ride-hailing app like Uber, Lyft or Waymo?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, but according to the FIFA website, there will be “geofenced” rideshare stops for pickup starting one hour after kick-off — that is, you’ll have to meet your rideshare at a designated location at Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rideshare North (Red Lot 7) covers northbound rides to San Francisco and Rideshare South (Freedom Circle) covers southbound rides to San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12063808\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12063808\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/WaymoSFGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A self-driving Waymo car with rooftop lidar and a bird-themed mural on the Embarcadero with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in the background, in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>FIFA advises that World Cup guests leaving from Gates A, E and F will be directed to Rideshare North Red Lot 7. Guests leaving from Gates B or C will be directed to Rideshare South on Freedom Circle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Autonomous vehicles like Waymo are not allowed into the rideshare lots at Levi’s Stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What about people with mobility needs?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>FIFA said accessible pickup and drop-off points for fans are located on Patrick Henry Drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accessible parking is also offered to fans via the Official FIFA World Cup 2026 \u003ca href=\"https://www.justpark.com/us/event-parking/fifa-world-cup-2026/\">Parking Page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The association said guests with mobility needs who use rideshare should use the Rideshare North lot and be shuttled to the Stadium Plaza drop-off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out FIFA’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026/stadiums/san-francisco-bay-area/accessibility\">accessibility page\u003c/a> here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a> jury will decide whether seven pro-Palestinian protesters who halted traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge for hours in 2024 should each spend more than a decade in jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the activists began closing arguments on Thursday, arguing that their clients believed their actions were necessary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12082743/activists-defend-golden-gate-bridge-shutdown-in-gaza-war-protest-trial\">to save the lives of Palestinians\u003c/a> amid Israel’s military strikes on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necessary, urgent, lifesaving,” defense attorney Shaffy Moeel said during the trial. “Bhavika Anandpura showed up on the Golden Gate Bridge because she believed it was necessary. She showed up on that bridge because she believed it was urgent. 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The defendants are accused of blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In her final statement, Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze quoted a person who was stuck on the Golden Gate Bridge that day: “We all have a right to protest, but I should have had a right to leave,” she said. “In this case, the defendants unilaterally decided to take that right away from everyone on the road.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said between 8 a.m. and noon, no cars passed through the bridge’s toll plaza, which usually records 5,000 vehicles in that time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The evidence in this case is clear. These seven individuals broke the law, regardless of their message or beliefs,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roze spent much of her closing focused on proving conspiracy — the most serious of the charges that carries the longest sentence.[aside postID=news_12082743 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260529-GGBTRIALTESTIMONY00089_TV-KQED.jpg']She said that the night before the protest, six of the defendants met in Berkeley and devised the plan to block a thoroughfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s when they became guilty of conspiracy to commit false imprisonment,” Roze said, adding that the seventh defendant received a call the same night telling him to meet at a BART station for the protest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The defendants’ lawyers have focused throughout the trial on setting up a so called “necessity defense” — which requires attorneys to show that the protesters believed they were facing a real, specific and immediate threat to themselves or others; had no reasonable alternative to the action they took; did not create greater danger than the danger they avoided; and did not contribute to or cause the threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attorneys said the protesters had tried expressing their concern through less disruptive means, like calling their local representatives and participating in marches. At the time, as Israel was weighing whether to invade Rafah, a city along Gaza’s southern border where 1 million displaced Palestinians were seeking refuge, they believed the escalation was necessary to save lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When their words were ignored, they had to get louder. And when the invasion of Rafah was imminent, they had to get loudest of all,” defense attorney John Viola said. “They weren’t there to break the law; they were there to enforce the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But ahead of closing arguments, Judge Teresa Caffese declined to give jurors special instructions to consider necessity in their deliberation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086300\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086300\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260604-GGBTRIALCLOSING-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violette Mansour, with Palestinian Youth Movement, speaks during a rally across from the San Francisco Superior Courthouse on June 4, 2026, to support the “Golden Gate 26” ahead of closing arguments in their trial. The defendants are accused of blocking traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge during a 2024 protest against the war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, attorneys told the jury that because their clients believed they were protected by the legal justification — which has been used in the past to fight charges against animal activists involved in “open rescues” of animals from factory farms — and therefore should not be found guilty of conspiracy, which requires willfully breaking the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The felony conspiracy carries the longest sentence and is one of the harshest filed against activists in comparable cases. Six of the protesters could face 14 years in prison. Cantor could face 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A reasonable doubt does not need to be substantial; it just needs to be reasonable, and if it exists, it means Ms. Tillotson and the rest are not guilty,” public defender Anthony Gedeon said during his closing statement on Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing arguments in the case are expected to wrap up Friday, and the jury could decide on the case as soon as the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents Wednesday, bringing the city’s total \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pedestrian-safety\">pedestrian\u003c/a> fatalities this year to 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, the San Francisco Police Department responded to Brannan and 7th streets in the South of Market neighborhood, where a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle. They located the victim lying on the ground and rendered aid, but the person died on the scene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to police, the driver is cooperating with an investigation, and drugs and alcohol do not appear to have been involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than an hour later, a second incident occurred on Geneva Avenue in the Excelsior, which Walk SF, a pedestrian safety group, alleged was a hit-and-run. SFPD officers met paramedics on the scene, reporting a deceased person located in the street. Police have not yet determined an official cause of death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The incidents mark the 10th and 11th pedestrian deaths of 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are dying simply walking in our city,” said Jodie Medeiros, Walk SF’s executive director. “We should be able to get around San Francisco safely as pedestrians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11997137\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11997137\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1315\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/SFPDTenderloinStation-1920x1262.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Tenderloin Police station along Eddy Street, on May 30, 2012, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We look to our leaders and everyone driving on our streets to make human life the priority in their decisions,” she continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s first eight fatalities, which include a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075110/2-young-children-in-the-last-3-years-have-been-killed-crossing-this-sf-street\">two-year-old\u003c/a> and 74-year-old \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12080923/woman-killed-in-alleged-hit-and-run-was-a-kind-soul-not-a-threat-friends-say\">Dannielle Spillman\u003c/a>, whose case is being investigated as a murder, occurred in quick succession between February and April, reinvigorating concerns about traffic safety in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot to process and it just starts to feel like this is just happening so often,” said Marta Lindsey, Walk SF’s communications director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has tried to address the issue for more than a decade. In 2014 it launched “Vision Zero,” a policy aimed at completely eliminating traffic fatalities over the course of a decade. But 2024, when the plan expired, was the deadliest year for pedestrians since its launch.[aside postID=news_12080923 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/042026DANNIELLE-SPILLMAN-VIGIL-_GH_006-KQED.jpg']In December, Mayor Daniel Lurie signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12067175/after-vision-zero-san-francisco-overhauls-approach-to-tackling-traffic-violence\">new street safety strategy\u003c/a>, the “Street Safety Act,” which creates specific goals for various city agencies, including the police, public health and public works departments, and requires them to work together to ensure traffic safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lindsey said Walk SF will be looking at the mayor’s six-month check in, scheduled for mid-June, to see progress on the initiatives’ promises.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within six months, the Street Safety Act committed to: launching a public dashboard to track progress, developing a process to add safety improvements to roads being repaved, establishing design standards and setting time limits on traffic calming projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also promised to release a Traffic Enforcement Safety Strategy report that identifies crash-causing behaviors and enforcement solutions, among other initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our leaders have said and legislated good things that can improve street safety, but now these agencies have to deliver them and our leaders have to hold them to that,” Lindsey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s too soon to say, but obviously the fact that we have had 11 pedestrians die already this year is not a great indicator,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ever since her 1 ½-year-old son was born, Carmen Perez has been waiting for a subsidy to help with childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Novato mom said she didn’t have to wait this long a couple of years ago when she needed to enroll her daughters in preschool.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, California \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/23/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-supporting-working-families-and-child-care-providers/\">increased funding for subsidized childcare\u003c/a> with the goal of paying for more than 200,000 new slots to support low-income families. Perez got subsidies for her girls, now 7 and 5 years old, which enabled her to work and take classes at College of Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was awesome,” she said. “I didn’t apply for [public assistance] because I was working and providing along with my husband.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after adding almost 130,000 slots, the state paused the expansion for three years with \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=10212.6&lawCode=WIC\">a commitment to resume the roll-out \u003c/a>in the 2026-27 fiscal year. But instead of sticking to the plan, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to cut funding for slots as part of a push to eliminate the state deficit even after his term ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Assembly opposes the cuts, and the Senate wants to add 44,000 new slots. As state leaders negotiate a budget deal by June 30, parents like Perez are pushing for more childcare support, especially as President Donald Trump’s domestic policy bill, H.R. 1, threatens their access to basic needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the federal government forces work requirements on CalFresh and Medi-Cal, this is when we are supposed to be doubling down on childcare, so that families can not only work, but have their food security, have their health security,” said Mary Ignatius, executive director of the advocacy group Parent Voices California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086168\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00251_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00251_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00251_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00251_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Perez (center left) and her husband Dyson Sanchez (center right) pose for a portrait with their children at Pioneer Park in Novato on May 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Julia Forte Frudden, a policy analyst at Child Care Law Center in Berkeley, called Newsom’s proposals, which also include reducing a cost-of-living adjustment for childcare providers, a major setback.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we see is the governor not recognizing that childcare has a high return on investment,” she said. “So this could actually help the state’s financial strains that it’s dealing with right now, not add to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration initially proposed in January to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083461/california-advocates-want-newsom-to-fulfill-promise-to-fund-child-care-spaces\">cut funding for 4,200 “general childcare” slots\u003c/a> in licensed centers and homes when it projected a $2.9 billion shortfall. But in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083617/newsom-touts-dominance-of-california-in-final-budget-proposal\">revised budget released last month\u003c/a>, it proposed cutting 6,800 slots —mostly vouchers for home-based childcare arrangements and some childcare center slots. Newsom said, despite a recent surge in tax revenue from the booming A.I. industry, he proposed further cuts to balance the budget for two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administration officials say the cuts are necessary to offset more than $86 million in reductions from the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) and Proposition 64, which sets aside a portion of the state’s cannabis tax revenues for early childhood programs. They say the cuts wouldn’t affect families currently receiving subsidies for childcare. Instead, they’re taking back funds that were not spent by community-based agencies responsible for enrolling eligible families and reimbursing providers.[aside postID=news_12083461 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260428-VallejoChildCare-37-BL_qed.jpg']The justification doesn’t make sense to Cristina Alvarado, executive director of Child Care Alliance Los Angeles, which represents 10 agencies that altogether have more than 22,000 kids on waitlists for childcare vouchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said sometimes agencies that don’t fully spend their funds by the end of the fiscal year can transfer the money to others to enroll as many families as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No L.A. agency has offered any additional funding,” she said, because of the high demand for slots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An analysis of state spending over the last five years shows California dedicates \u003ca href=\"https://www.datawrapper.de/_/rGm2r/?v=5\">only about 2% of its total budget to childcare\u003c/a>. While the additional slots initiated by Newsom have helped tens of thousands of families afford childcare, the California Budget & Policy Center estimates that only 16% of eligible children are enrolled in subsidized childcare programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, Perez’s son, Dyson, is among nearly 680 children eligible for subsidies who are on a waitlist because there’s no more funding for new slots, according to Aideen Gaidmore, CEO of Marin Child Care Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promise of additional funding gave Perez hope that she could go back to work and catch up financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are in the water and somebody is trying to take you out, but then they push you into the water again, that’s a game. That’s not fun. It’s playing with their feelings, playing with their mental health,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desperate for relief, she joined Parent Voices to advocate for more funding in Sacramento. At a state Assembly budget hearing in April, she held her babbling boy in her arms while testifying about her mounting credit card debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Perez holds her son, Dyson, while testifying about the impact of waiting for a childcare subsidy at a California Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing on human services on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My husband makes $800 a week, and we live in Marin. Everything is expensive. We barely make … afford the rent,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez’s voice began to crack as she wondered how she could “work more to take some pressure off of my husband” and afford extracurricular activities, maybe a trip to Disneyland, for her kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we met at a park near her home recently, Perez said she tried to hire a nanny so she could provide in-home care to an elderly person. But she couldn’t keep up with the nanny’s $35 per hour rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she resorted to taking Dyson to her gig job and strapping him to her back, but when he cried out of frustration, her employer told her not to come back until she finds childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She dreams of obtaining a Certified Nursing Assistant license so she could find a good job providing eldercare. Marin County has the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/california-population-age-projections/\">largest elderly population in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, and there’s a future in that career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086167\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Perez, a mother of four who has been waiting for more than a year for an open subsidized childcare slot for her 18-month-old son, poses for a portrait with her son at Pioneer Park in Novato on May 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perez said waiting for an open childcare slot brings back bad memories of when her eldest son, who is 14, waited for a slot for 10 years until he was too old to qualify for a subsidy. She said she paid neighbors to care for him and enrolled him in preschool part-time. But that arrangement became too expensive, and she eventually pulled him out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He went straight to kindergarten, and it was so hard,” she said. “He struggled with reading and math, and I can still see the hard work he has to do by himself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her daughters, on the other hand, are doing well in school, Perez said, because preschool helped them prepare for kindergarten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She fears Dyson may have the same struggle as his older brother if he doesn’t get off the waitlist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s very important to invest in the children and provide childcare for all, because a lot of families are on the waiting list,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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While the additional slots initiated by Newsom have helped tens of thousands of families afford childcare, the California Budget & Policy Center estimates that only 16% of eligible children are enrolled in subsidized childcare programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, Perez’s son, Dyson, is among nearly 680 children eligible for subsidies who are on a waitlist because there’s no more funding for new slots, according to Aideen Gaidmore, CEO of Marin Child Care Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The promise of additional funding gave Perez hope that she could go back to work and catch up financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you are in the water and somebody is trying to take you out, but then they push you into the water again, that’s a game. That’s not fun. It’s playing with their feelings, playing with their mental health,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desperate for relief, she joined Parent Voices to advocate for more funding in Sacramento. At a state Assembly budget hearing in April, she held her babbling boy in her arms while testifying about her mounting credit card debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086166\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260603-California-Budget-Child-Care-01-KQED-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Perez holds her son, Dyson, while testifying about the impact of waiting for a childcare subsidy at a California Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing on human services on April 8, 2026. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Assembly)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“My husband makes $800 a week, and we live in Marin. Everything is expensive. We barely make … afford the rent,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez’s voice began to crack as she wondered how she could “work more to take some pressure off of my husband” and afford extracurricular activities, maybe a trip to Disneyland, for her kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we met at a park near her home recently, Perez said she tried to hire a nanny so she could provide in-home care to an elderly person. But she couldn’t keep up with the nanny’s $35 per hour rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she resorted to taking Dyson to her gig job and strapping him to her back, but when he cried out of frustration, her employer told her not to come back until she finds childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She dreams of obtaining a Certified Nursing Assistant license so she could find a good job providing eldercare. Marin County has the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/california-population-age-projections/\">largest elderly population in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, and there’s a future in that career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12086167\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12086167\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260531-CALIFORNIABUDGETCHILDCARE00101_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carmen Perez, a mother of four who has been waiting for more than a year for an open subsidized childcare slot for her 18-month-old son, poses for a portrait with her son at Pioneer Park in Novato on May 31, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perez said waiting for an open childcare slot brings back bad memories of when her eldest son, who is 14, waited for a slot for 10 years until he was too old to qualify for a subsidy. 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"content": "\u003cp>After months of campaigning, millions of dollars’ worth of advertisements and a 61-candidate ballot for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085541/california-governor-race-becerra-hilton-lead-early-with-millions-of-votes-to-be-counted\">governor\u003c/a> that included names such as LivingForGod AndCountry DeMott and Barack D. Obama Shaw, California voters have arrived at the next phase of the election:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wait.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After counting late into election night, just 54% of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/governor\">vote for governor\u003c/a> has been tallied as of Wednesday afternoon, according to an estimate from the\u003cem> Associated Press\u003c/em>. Many of the state’s largest counties won’t issue another update until Thursday — or even Friday — meaning longer waits for hundreds of thousands of votes that could have an impact on the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once again, the crawling pace could draw false accusations, largely from national Republicans, that something nefarious is happening with the count in California. Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged that concern when he recently urged election officials to speed up their work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But those registrars and experts argue that without more resources, California will continue to endure \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12081363/california-election-officials-face-false-choice-count-votes-quickly-or-count-them-right\">days or weeks of uncertainty\u003c/a> in the closest contests on the ballot as long as it relies so heavily on voting by mail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The two biggest variables of how long it takes a state actually to count ballots aren’t so much the policies. It is, one, the margin of victory, and two, the number of mail ballots that are cast at the last minute,” said David Becker, executive director and founder of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Center for Election Innovation & Research, which works to ensure elections are trustworthy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said there’s an important distinction between how long it takes for election watchers like the \u003cem>AP\u003c/em> to call winners in a race and how long it takes for local officials to count all the ballots. Many races are called days or weeks before the votes are finished being tabulated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085889\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085889\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602_PRIMARY2026CD4_GC-20-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters cast their ballots at UC Davis in Davis on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The quicker the call is, the wider the margins are,” he said. “Californians know that on election night in a presidential election at 8:01 Pacific time, the media is going to call California already, right? That’s not because they’re counting ballots that fast. It’s because the margins were big. In different statewide races, particularly in primaries and in district races, margins can often be very, very narrow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true this year in the top-two primaries for several \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085513/california-primary-2026-key-congressional-races-to-watch-today\">congressional races\u003c/a> around the state, as well as the much-watched contests for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086040/race-too-close-to-call-for-california-governor\">governor\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12086090/los-angeles-mayor-karen-bass-advances-to-november-runoff-as-she-seeks-second-term\">Los Angeles mayor\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Who votes when also matters in those races, Political Data Inc. Vice President Paul Mitchell, whose firm crunches voter data, said. This election cycle, Republicans seemed more eager to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084978/california-democrats-anxious-about-wasted-votes-are-clinging-to-their-ballots\">turn in their ballots early\u003c/a>, he said, while Democrats waited — meaning the early returns may overrepresent more conservative voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to providing more funding for county election offices, Becker said one thing California could do to speed up its count is “encourage those who are willing and able to go vote in person, to vote in person, particularly early.”[aside label=\"Live 2026 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/governor,Learn about the results of the California Governor Election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2026/04/Aside-California-Governor-2026-Primary-Election-1200x1200@2x.png]California began \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890023/california-adopts-vote-by-mail-system-for-all-future-elections\">sending every registered voter a mail ballot\u003c/a> by default during the pandemic, in an effort to make voting as easy as possible. In California’s 2024 general election, more than 80% of voters cast a vote-by-mail ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade-off: processing time. With traditional in-person voting, voters’ signatures are reviewed \u003cem>before \u003c/em>they cast a ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With vote-by-mail, the verification and processing happens after election officials receive a ballot. Every signature on every envelope is reviewed to match the voter’s signature on file, a check meant to prevent voter fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody wants efficient and fast counting, but let’s be clear, efficient and accurate is way more important than fast,” said Darius Kemp, executive director of California Common Cause, a nonpartisan political watchdog organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When voters wait until close to Election Day to return their ballots, as many Democrats did in this race, those ballots can pile up in election offices — only to be processed and added to the count days later, especially in large counties with millions of votes to tally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, claimed earlier this year that Republican leads in California have “magically whittled away” during the vote-counting process. But that’s false, Kemp said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no mystery there; it’s simple to understand, and it’s simple to digest,” Kemp said. “It just takes someone who cares about honesty and truth to actually do the proper research and understand what’s going on, instead of — excuse me for this colloquialism, I’m originally from Alabama — just talking out the side of their necks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084670\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his state budget proposal on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, even some Democrats acknowledge the slow count has frustrated members of the public and opened the door to disinformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter last month calling on county election officials to speed up their counts, Newsom pointed to legislation he signed last year that requires counties to report results by the 13th day after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must acknowledge that the longer the voting count takes, the more mis- and disinformation spreads,” Newsom wrote. “That means we must do all that we can to tabulate votes quickly and accurately. Time is of the essence in preventing election lies from taking hold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the new policies have not been paired with new money for counting the ballots.[aside postID=news_12085541 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/GETTYIMAGES-2279541285-KQED.jpg']“If I had more space, if I had more staff and had more equipment to scan, I could pick up some of the speed,” said Jesse Salinas, registrar of voters in Yolo County and president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Salinas said only about 30% of ballots received by his office can be signature-verified by a machine; the rest require an election worker to visually validate the signatures. After verification, election workers open the envelopes and prepare the ballots to be scanned and read by the machine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that process slowly plays out, Salinas acknowledged that he prefers to release the returns in large batches. As a result, Yolo County — like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">Alameda\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/contracosta\">Contra Costa\u003c/a> counties in the Bay Area — will not have its next update until Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I do 1,000 a day or 2,000 a day, that’s not going to move as much of a needle as if I used a little longer window of two and a half days … almost three,” Salinas said. “Then I can have a 3,000 or 4,000, or maybe even a 5,000 [vote] needle swing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Becker, the elections expert, said he’s not sure why county officials would wait that long, noting that some states, such as Florida, have laws dictating regular updates — whether or not there’s anything new to report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Becker said election officials are doing their best under difficult circumstances — and cautioned that no changes to the process will satisfy election conspiracy theorists, who he said, “very conveniently try to latch onto anything to delegitimize results that aren’t in their favor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that we’ve seen those same conspiracy theorists who say it takes too long to count ballots in California say ballot counting was too fast when they didn’t like the results if those results were early on against them,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California began \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11890023/california-adopts-vote-by-mail-system-for-all-future-elections\">sending every registered voter a mail ballot\u003c/a> by default during the pandemic, in an effort to make voting as easy as possible. In California’s 2024 general election, more than 80% of voters cast a vote-by-mail ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade-off: processing time. With traditional in-person voting, voters’ signatures are reviewed \u003cem>before \u003c/em>they cast a ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With vote-by-mail, the verification and processing happens after election officials receive a ballot. Every signature on every envelope is reviewed to match the voter’s signature on file, a check meant to prevent voter fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody wants efficient and fast counting, but let’s be clear, efficient and accurate is way more important than fast,” said Darius Kemp, executive director of California Common Cause, a nonpartisan political watchdog organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When voters wait until close to Election Day to return their ballots, as many Democrats did in this race, those ballots can pile up in election offices — only to be processed and added to the count days later, especially in large counties with millions of votes to tally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Johnson, the Republican speaker of the House, claimed earlier this year that Republican leads in California have “magically whittled away” during the vote-counting process. But that’s false, Kemp said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no mystery there; it’s simple to understand, and it’s simple to digest,” Kemp said. “It just takes someone who cares about honesty and truth to actually do the proper research and understand what’s going on, instead of — excuse me for this colloquialism, I’m originally from Alabama — just talking out the side of their necks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12084670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12084670\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GavinNewsomAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his state budget proposal on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Sacramento, California. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, even some Democrats acknowledge the slow count has frustrated members of the public and opened the door to disinformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter last month calling on county election officials to speed up their counts, Newsom pointed to legislation he signed last year that requires counties to report results by the 13th day after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must acknowledge that the longer the voting count takes, the more mis- and disinformation spreads,” Newsom wrote. “That means we must do all that we can to tabulate votes quickly and accurately. Time is of the essence in preventing election lies from taking hold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet the new policies have not been paired with new money for counting the ballots.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085513/california-primary-2026-key-congressional-races-to-watch-today\">primary\u003c/a> is coming to a close — with voters casting their final ballots to decide on the state’s future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their long list of choices included an unusually \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085576/governors-race-enters-the-final-stretch-and-down-ballot-races-to-watch\">close\u003c/a> governor’s race and consequential local races, including the fight to replace Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Tuesday morning, polling places across the Bay Area were quiet, reflecting some of the uneasiness of constituents. At North and West Oakland satellite locations, poll workers said turnout was lower than expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is probably the least hopeful I felt in an election, to be completely frank,” said Oakland resident Josh Adams, 35, who said he’s most concerned about the governor’s race. Adams, whose partner is an educator, said he researched the candidates’ policies to see who would support funding public education and infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if there is a right answer — someone who scratches all of the itches of the state,” Adams said, after voting at the Oakland Main Branch Library. “I hope I made the right decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Adams stands outside the Oakland Main Library after casting his ballot in Oakland, California, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with voters at multiple Bay Area polling places to hear from them about the Election Day vibes. Those who did turn out said they were invested in the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in San Francisco, Chiraag Hebbar, 26, cast his ballot at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With both Gavin Newsom and Pelosi leaving, I think it’s a critical election,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters fill out their ballots at the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Big money has poured into campaigns, with major financial backing from tech and oil for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085483/whos-backing-californias-next-governor-and-why\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, the Democratic frontrunner, and for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084959/after-pelosi-young-sf-voters-want-change-two-progressives-are-competing-to-offer-it\">Saikat Chakrabarti\u003c/a>, who is vying against state Sen. Scott Wiener and Supervisor Connie Chan for Pelosi’s seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of money getting thrown around,” said Gwynn Beasley, a Lower Haight resident, who said she votes at City Hall to feel more “civic.” Beasley said she saw a lot of major donors “putting money behind candidates they don’t necessarily support to [get others] out of the race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Widya Batin, a 27-year-old Fillmore resident, said the political moment can feel discouraging, so she wanted to vote in the primary to exercise her civil right as a citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085822\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A polling place at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really get educated on how our vote works or how the political system works. That’s why I get discouraged. If you don’t really go into the measures or candidates yourself, you can easily be caught up in the ads they run before the election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Batin said she will vote for candidates that she’s seen in action, but “for the propositions, I kind of rely on the homies and what we are sharing around in our groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democracy was in full swing down in East San José, where the Dr. Robert Cruz Alum Rock Library had a steady stream of voters. Every few minutes, someone walked through the double doors to drop off a ballot or vote in person, though most came to drop off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085824\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shireman Ichikawa family leaves the Bernal Heights Library polling place in San Francisco after casting their ballots on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No two voters looked alike — old, young, Hispanic, Black, Asian, white — pushing strollers, holding a partner’s hand, or pulling their dog’s leash. Staff who have worked at the location for years say this is the busiest voting site in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Martinez came to drop off both her and her sister’s ballots. Martinez, born and raised in the South Bay, started voting as soon as she turned 18. A child of immigrants, she said she’s been politically active since high school.[aside postID=news_12085513 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/voter.jpg']“I just always knew that if I wanted to keep them safe, in some ways, it depends on how I voted and who I voted for,” Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José resident Pam Payton, whose dad was planning commissioner for the city, and who was part of the campaign to elect Norman Mineta as mayor, said voting has been ingrained in her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to make a change, it’s not going to happen if you don’t vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Payton, the economy was top of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is a hot mess right now,” she said, laughing. “I don’t know that there’s anything the potential governors will do to lower the price of gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She described going to the store and buying one bag of groceries without meat, and spending $80. “That’s crazy,” Payton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Payton did her patriotic duty. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is probably the least hopeful I felt in an election, to be completely frank,” said Oakland resident Josh Adams, 35, who said he’s most concerned about the governor’s race. Adams, whose partner is an educator, said he researched the candidates’ policies to see who would support funding public education and infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know if there is a right answer — someone who scratches all of the itches of the state,” Adams said, after voting at the Oakland Main Branch Library. “I hope I made the right decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085812\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/20260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-JY-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Adams stands outside the Oakland Main Library after casting his ballot in Oakland, California, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with voters at multiple Bay Area polling places to hear from them about the Election Day vibes. Those who did turn out said they were invested in the results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over in San Francisco, Chiraag Hebbar, 26, cast his ballot at City Hall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With both Gavin Newsom and Pelosi leaving, I think it’s a critical election,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085818\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085818\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-02-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voters fill out their ballots at the City Hall Voting Center in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Big money has poured into campaigns, with major financial backing from tech and oil for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085483/whos-backing-californias-next-governor-and-why\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, the Democratic frontrunner, and for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084959/after-pelosi-young-sf-voters-want-change-two-progressives-are-competing-to-offer-it\">Saikat Chakrabarti\u003c/a>, who is vying against state Sen. Scott Wiener and Supervisor Connie Chan for Pelosi’s seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of money getting thrown around,” said Gwynn Beasley, a Lower Haight resident, who said she votes at City Hall to feel more “civic.” Beasley said she saw a lot of major donors “putting money behind candidates they don’t necessarily support to [get others] out of the race.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Widya Batin, a 27-year-old Fillmore resident, said the political moment can feel discouraging, so she wanted to vote in the primary to exercise her civil right as a citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085822\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085822\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-20-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A polling place at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really get educated on how our vote works or how the political system works. That’s why I get discouraged. If you don’t really go into the measures or candidates yourself, you can easily be caught up in the ads they run before the election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Batin said she will vote for candidates that she’s seen in action, but “for the propositions, I kind of rely on the homies and what we are sharing around in our groups.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democracy was in full swing down in East San José, where the Dr. Robert Cruz Alum Rock Library had a steady stream of voters. Every few minutes, someone walked through the double doors to drop off a ballot or vote in person, though most came to drop off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085824\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085824\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/260602-PRIMARYVOTERVOX-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Shireman Ichikawa family leaves the Bernal Heights Library polling place in San Francisco after casting their ballots on June 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No two voters looked alike — old, young, Hispanic, Black, Asian, white — pushing strollers, holding a partner’s hand, or pulling their dog’s leash. Staff who have worked at the location for years say this is the busiest voting site in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Martinez came to drop off both her and her sister’s ballots. Martinez, born and raised in the South Bay, started voting as soon as she turned 18. A child of immigrants, she said she’s been politically active since high school.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“I just always knew that if I wanted to keep them safe, in some ways, it depends on how I voted and who I voted for,” Martinez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José resident Pam Payton, whose dad was planning commissioner for the city, and who was part of the campaign to elect Norman Mineta as mayor, said voting has been ingrained in her family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you want to make a change, it’s not going to happen if you don’t vote.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Payton, the economy was top of mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is a hot mess right now,” she said, laughing. “I don’t know that there’s anything the potential governors will do to lower the price of gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She described going to the store and buying one bag of groceries without meat, and spending $80. “That’s crazy,” Payton said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Payton did her patriotic duty. For those who didn’t vote Tuesday, Payton had simple advice: “Don’t complain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/aaliahmad\">\u003cem>Ayah Ali-Ahmad\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, Desmond Meagley, \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/psibulo\">\u003cem>Paula Sibulo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">\u003cem>Elize Manoukian\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Polls are now closed in California’s primary election, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results\">the first tallies\u003c/a> are starting to trickle in from some counties. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/governor\">race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> has loomed large in media coverage and political advertisements, but there’s a lot more on the ballot. Here’s what we will be watching closely on election night and in the days to come as votes continue to be counted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, one reminder: California has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083839/what-is-californias-jungle-primary-and-why-does-it-matter-so-much-for-the-governors-race\">top-two primary system\u003c/a>, meaning the top two vote-getters in statewide races and congressional races move on to the November runoff — regardless of party affiliation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A messy, confusing race for California governor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s first truly open governor’s race in more than two decades has remained unsettled to the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polls now show three candidates likely competing for the two spots in the November general election: Democratic former Health and Human Services Secretary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/xavier-becerra\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, Republican businessman and former Fox News host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/steve-hilton\">Steve Hilton\u003c/a> and billionaire Democratic activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tom-steyer\">Tom Steyer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Becerra secures one of the top spots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085276/becerra-hilton-lead-in-california-governors-race-poll-ahead-of-june-primary\">as the latest polling suggests\u003c/a>, it would cap one of the most surprising and dramatic comebacks in recent state political history. As recently as April, polls were showing Becerra — also a former member of Congress and California attorney general — languishing in single digits in a crowded field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274719112-scaled-e1778887506369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California gubernatorial candidates former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, businessman Tom Steyer, businessman Steve Hilton, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, San José Mayor Matt Mahan look on during a CNN California Governor Primary Debate at East Los Angeles College on May 5, 2026, in Monterey Park, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Becerra’s campaign was boosted after former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race and resigned from Congress following multiple accusations of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079502/rep-eric-swalwell-candidate-for-california-governor-is-accused-of-sexual-assault\">sexual assault and harassment\u003c/a>. Shortly after Swalwell’s exit, Becerra began rising in the polls, outpacing most of his Democratic rivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078793/trump-endorses-steve-hilton-for-california-governor-giving-gop-a-front-runner\">endorsed Hilton\u003c/a> in April, propelling him to the top of the field alongside Becerra. But neither has cracked more than 25% support in most public polls — and Steyer, who’s spent more than $213 million of his own fortune in the race, remains within striking distance of the top two in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085443/new-california-governor-poll-shows-a-slim-but-growing-chance-of-2-democrats-advancing\">recent surveys\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That state of play helped quell fears among Democrats that a crowded field without a superstar candidate could result in two Republicans moving on to the general election, locking out Democrats entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An open congressional seat in San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062796/nancy-pelosi-leaves-congress-after-38-years-defining-generations-of-democratic-power\">retirement\u003c/a> of Democratic powerhouse Nancy Pelosi, most San Francisco voters are facing an open congressional seat for the first time since 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi’s exit has spurred a tight and spirited contest among three leading Democrats to replace her: state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/scott-wiener\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a>, San Francisco Supervisor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/connie-chan\">Connie Chan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/saikat-chakrabarti\">Saikat Chakrabarti\u003c/a>, a former tech engineer who previously worked as chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12078159 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates running for California’s 11th Congressional District (from left) Saikat Chakrabarti, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan take part in a forum at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Polls show the race boiling down to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084959/after-pelosi-young-sf-voters-want-change-two-progressives-are-competing-to-offer-it\">a fight for the No. 2 spot\u003c/a>, with Wiener leading and expected to make the November runoff. He’s made a name for himself as a staunch champion of increasing housing development and funding public transit, and defending gay rights. Wiener is seen as the more business-friendly moderate in the race — though on the national stage, he’d be considered incredibly liberal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan has racked up the endorsements of labor groups and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084132/nancy-pelosi-endorses-san-francisco-supervisor-connie-chan-for-congress\">Pelosi\u003c/a>, as well as some other big-name Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. She’s running as a tried-and-true San Francisco progressive and has leaned on her personal story as an immigrant and mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who’s used his own personal wealth to help fund his upstart campaign, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084959/after-pelosi-young-sf-voters-want-change-two-progressives-are-competing-to-offer-it\">running as an outsider\u003c/a> who will shake things up. He’s had to introduce himself to an electorate unfamiliar with him and is banking on frustration with the Democratic Party establishment to help fuel his run.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Other congressional races\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The real action in California’s congressional swing seats won’t start until the fall, when Democrats are hoping to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085418/two-democrats-are-fighting-for-the-chance-to-flip-californias-only-toss-up-house-race\">flip multiple Republican-held districts\u003c/a> in their push to retake the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a pair of primaries Tuesday will set the stage for those battles. In the Bakersfield-area 22nd District, Democrats Jasmeet Bains, a moderate state Assembly member and Randy Villegas, a progressive school board member, are competing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085466/two-democrats-battling-to-unseat-longtime-central-valley-congressman\">challenge incumbent Republican Rep. David Valadao\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071887\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. David Valadao of California speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2021. \u003ccite>(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And in the newly drawn 48th District, San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert and Navy Reserve officer Ammar Campa-Najjar are among the Democrats vying to make the general election, where they will likely face Republican Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In safe Democratic seats, a handful of primaries are dividing along generational lines. Longtime incumbents Mike Thompson, Doris Matsui and Brad Sherman are all facing youthful challengers arguing for a changing of the guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An important race for insurance commissioner\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/insurance-commissioner\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Compare insurance commissioner candidates in the KQED Voter Guide \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of governor, the primary for California’s insurance commissioner is the statewide election with the highest stakes. The next commissioner will assume \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000611/california-insurance-commissioner-candidates-debate-solutions-to-wildfire-driven-crisis\">oversight of an insurance market in crisis\u003c/a> — with insurers issuing nonrenewals and limiting new policies in the face of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000990/california-must-move-faster-on-wildfire-risk-experts-warn\">massive wildfire threats and liabilities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The field of Democrats running includes state Sen. Ben Allen and former state Sen. Steven Bradford, along with former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim and financial analyst Patrick Wolff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five Republicans are also on the ballot, though unlikely to win statewide election. Insurance agent Stacy Korsgaden has won the party’s official endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local taxes as cities face budget crunches\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Voters in the Bay Area’s three largest cities will decide whether to approve new taxes to help bolster struggling local budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco and Oakland, the tax votes could provide a key measure of the political clout of Mayors Daniel Lurie and Barbara Lee a year into their terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078516\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084482/oakland-mayor-barbara-lee-signals-shell-run-for-full-term-in-november\">pushing for the passage of Measure E\u003c/a>, a parcel tax of $192 a year for single-family properties that is expected to raise $34 million annually. Across the bay, Lurie is asking voters to reject \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco/proposition-d\">Proposition D\u003c/a>, a union-backed measure that would increase business taxes on corporations whose CEOs make 100 times more than their median San Francisco employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San José, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/measure-a\">Measure A\u003c/a> has been met with less debate: The city’s entire political establishment is behind the idea of increasing the hotel tax from 10% to 12% to bring in $10 million a year for the general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Los Angeles mayor’s race takes statewide spotlight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The L.A. mayor’s race has emerged after the governor’s race as one of the most surprising contests in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Karen Bass, a longtime fixture in L.A. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A messy, confusing race for California governor\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California’s first truly open governor’s race in more than two decades has remained unsettled to the end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polls now show three candidates likely competing for the two spots in the November general election: Democratic former Health and Human Services Secretary \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/xavier-becerra\">Xavier Becerra\u003c/a>, Republican businessman and former Fox News host \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/steve-hilton\">Steve Hilton\u003c/a> and billionaire Democratic activist \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/tom-steyer\">Tom Steyer\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Becerra secures one of the top spots, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085276/becerra-hilton-lead-in-california-governors-race-poll-ahead-of-june-primary\">as the latest polling suggests\u003c/a>, it would cap one of the most surprising and dramatic comebacks in recent state political history. As recently as April, polls were showing Becerra — also a former member of Congress and California attorney general — languishing in single digits in a crowded field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12082916\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12082916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/GettyImages-2274719112-scaled-e1778887506369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California gubernatorial candidates former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, businessman Tom Steyer, businessman Steve Hilton, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, San José Mayor Matt Mahan look on during a CNN California Governor Primary Debate at East Los Angeles College on May 5, 2026, in Monterey Park, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Becerra’s campaign was boosted after former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race and resigned from Congress following multiple accusations of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079502/rep-eric-swalwell-candidate-for-california-governor-is-accused-of-sexual-assault\">sexual assault and harassment\u003c/a>. Shortly after Swalwell’s exit, Becerra began rising in the polls, outpacing most of his Democratic rivals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Donald Trump also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12078793/trump-endorses-steve-hilton-for-california-governor-giving-gop-a-front-runner\">endorsed Hilton\u003c/a> in April, propelling him to the top of the field alongside Becerra. But neither has cracked more than 25% support in most public polls — and Steyer, who’s spent more than $213 million of his own fortune in the race, remains within striking distance of the top two in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085443/new-california-governor-poll-shows-a-slim-but-growing-chance-of-2-democrats-advancing\">recent surveys\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That state of play helped quell fears among Democrats that a crowded field without a superstar candidate could result in two Republicans moving on to the general election, locking out Democrats entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An open congressional seat in San Francisco\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062796/nancy-pelosi-leaves-congress-after-38-years-defining-generations-of-democratic-power\">retirement\u003c/a> of Democratic powerhouse Nancy Pelosi, most San Francisco voters are facing an open congressional seat for the first time since 1987.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pelosi’s exit has spurred a tight and spirited contest among three leading Democrats to replace her: state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/scott-wiener\">Scott Wiener\u003c/a>, San Francisco Supervisor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/connie-chan\">Connie Chan\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/saikat-chakrabarti\">Saikat Chakrabarti\u003c/a>, a former tech engineer who previously worked as chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078159\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12078159 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/260107-SFCongressionalCandidateForum-19-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Candidates running for California’s 11th Congressional District (from left) Saikat Chakrabarti, state Sen. Scott Wiener and San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan take part in a forum at UC Law San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Polls show the race boiling down to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084959/after-pelosi-young-sf-voters-want-change-two-progressives-are-competing-to-offer-it\">a fight for the No. 2 spot\u003c/a>, with Wiener leading and expected to make the November runoff. He’s made a name for himself as a staunch champion of increasing housing development and funding public transit, and defending gay rights. Wiener is seen as the more business-friendly moderate in the race — though on the national stage, he’d be considered incredibly liberal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan has racked up the endorsements of labor groups and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084132/nancy-pelosi-endorses-san-francisco-supervisor-connie-chan-for-congress\">Pelosi\u003c/a>, as well as some other big-name Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff and former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown. She’s running as a tried-and-true San Francisco progressive and has leaned on her personal story as an immigrant and mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chakrabarti, who’s used his own personal wealth to help fund his upstart campaign, is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084959/after-pelosi-young-sf-voters-want-change-two-progressives-are-competing-to-offer-it\">running as an outsider\u003c/a> who will shake things up. He’s had to introduce himself to an electorate unfamiliar with him and is banking on frustration with the Democratic Party establishment to help fuel his run.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Other congressional races\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The real action in California’s congressional swing seats won’t start until the fall, when Democrats are hoping to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085418/two-democrats-are-fighting-for-the-chance-to-flip-californias-only-toss-up-house-race\">flip multiple Republican-held districts\u003c/a> in their push to retake the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a pair of primaries Tuesday will set the stage for those battles. In the Bakersfield-area 22nd District, Democrats Jasmeet Bains, a moderate state Assembly member and Randy Villegas, a progressive school board member, are competing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12085466/two-democrats-battling-to-unseat-longtime-central-valley-congressman\">challenge incumbent Republican Rep. David Valadao\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071887\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071887\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/092222-DAVID-VALADAO-REUTERS-GS-CM-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. David Valadao of California speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2021. \u003ccite>(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via Reuters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>And in the newly drawn 48th District, San Diego City Councilmember Marni von Wilpert and Navy Reserve officer Ammar Campa-Najjar are among the Democrats vying to make the general election, where they will likely face Republican Jim Desmond, a San Diego County supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In safe Democratic seats, a handful of primaries are dividing along generational lines. Longtime incumbents Mike Thompson, Doris Matsui and Brad Sherman are all facing youthful challengers arguing for a changing of the guard.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An important race for insurance commissioner\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/california/insurance-commissioner\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Compare insurance commissioner candidates in the KQED Voter Guide \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of governor, the primary for California’s insurance commissioner is the statewide election with the highest stakes. The next commissioner will assume \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000611/california-insurance-commissioner-candidates-debate-solutions-to-wildfire-driven-crisis\">oversight of an insurance market in crisis\u003c/a> — with insurers issuing nonrenewals and limiting new policies in the face of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/2000990/california-must-move-faster-on-wildfire-risk-experts-warn\">massive wildfire threats and liabilities\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The field of Democrats running includes state Sen. Ben Allen and former state Sen. Steven Bradford, along with former San Francisco Supervisor Jane Kim and financial analyst Patrick Wolff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five Republicans are also on the ballot, though unlikely to win statewide election. Insurance agent Stacy Korsgaden has won the party’s official endorsement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Local taxes as cities face budget crunches\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Voters in the Bay Area’s three largest cities will decide whether to approve new taxes to help bolster struggling local budgets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco and Oakland, the tax votes could provide a key measure of the political clout of Mayors Daniel Lurie and Barbara Lee a year into their terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078516\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078516\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-12-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084482/oakland-mayor-barbara-lee-signals-shell-run-for-full-term-in-november\">pushing for the passage of Measure E\u003c/a>, a parcel tax of $192 a year for single-family properties that is expected to raise $34 million annually. Across the bay, Lurie is asking voters to reject \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco/proposition-d\">Proposition D\u003c/a>, a union-backed measure that would increase business taxes on corporations whose CEOs make 100 times more than their median San Francisco employee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San José, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/santaclara/measure-a\">Measure A\u003c/a> has been met with less debate: The city’s entire political establishment is behind the idea of increasing the hotel tax from 10% to 12% to bring in $10 million a year for the general fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Los Angeles mayor’s race takes statewide spotlight\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The L.A. mayor’s race has emerged after the governor’s race as one of the most surprising contests in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Karen Bass, a longtime fixture in L.A. 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