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But I don’t think that the decision is related,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has long been one of the city’s biggest employers: More than 400 people work at the Benicia refinery, which is \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-petroleum-market/californias-oil-refineries\">the sixth largest in the state\u003c/a> and can process as much as 170,000 barrels of oil a day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036332\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1985_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1985_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1985_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1985_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1985_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1985_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Valero Benicia refinery on July 25, 2013. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We understand the impact that this may have on our employees, business partners, and community, and will continue to work with them through this period,” Valero CEO Lane Riggs said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city, which stands to take a major financial hit from the possible refinery closure, said it intended to work with the company to “seek clarity around the timeline and scope” of the proposed changes and pledged to keep residents informed about any “potential economic impacts and challenges this may present.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My reaction remains surprise, concern for what it means to the community and a dedication to try to get through this in terms of trying to deal with the impacts it’s going to have on our city,” Benicia Mayor Steve Young told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Young said the city will work with Valero, regional partners and state agencies “to better understand the path ahead,” with the hope that a deal can be reached with the company to keep the refinery in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would certainly be preferable to them leaving altogether. That that serves nobody’s interest,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12011785 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Refinery-1920x1440.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the significant economic hit to the city’s tax base, he said the closure would have a major impact on the community, including the hundreds of residents who work there and the many local businesses that depend on those workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to sugarcoat it and say that we’re just going to power through and it won’t have any effect,” he said. “It’s going to have an effect for sure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kristine Roselius, a spokesperson for the Bay Area Air District, told KQED in an email that the agency would work with the refinery on any closure plans “to ensure that emissions are minimized and that air quality and public health are protected during this process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valero has owned and operated the Benicia refinery since 2000. The refinery was originally built in 1968 for Humble Oil, later called Exxon, and began operations the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The facility’s imminent closure would mark a dramatic transition that the city will be “working on for years to come,” Birdseye said. City leaders, she added, planned to seek advice from other former refinery towns that have experienced similar situations, and would also be working with the state to figure out “how we can be part of the clean energy future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Birdseye noted that the closure announcement comes with a bright silver lining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Solano County has some of the highest respiratory disease rates in California. Nearly 15% of residents suffer from asthma, a rate roughly 70% higher than the statewide average, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DEODC/EHIB/CPE/Pages/CaliforniaBreathingCountyAsthmaProfiles.aspx\">state health data from 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1979_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1979_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1979_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1979_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1979_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/IMG_1979_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Valero refinery worker at the site in Benicia on July 25, 2013. \u003ccite>(Craig Miller/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So we will be resilient and we will figure out who we want to bring to our town,” she said, “and make sure that whoever comes isn’t going to increase our asthma rates.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley energy economist, said Valero’s announcement suggests the company has been reading the tea leaves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is phasing out its gasoline consumption and refiners see that coming,” Borenstein said, noting that the Benicia refinery’s many production and emissions problems would likely require significant, costly upgrades to address.[aside postID=news_12031389 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-7-1020x680.jpg']“So I think they looked at that and said, ‘Is it worth making that investment?’ and decided it probably isn’t,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borenstein suggested that the company, which owns another refinery in Southern California, may also have calculated that shuttering production at its Benicia facility would raise gasoline prices statewide, helping its other refinery make more money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement comes amid a growing exodus of traditional oil refiners in California, a state with some of the strictest environmental regulations in the nation. \u003ca href=\"https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/phillips-66-rodeo-conversion-project-to-begin-operations-in-q1\">Phillips 66’s refinery in Rodeo\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/marathon-martinez-biorefinery-to-reach-full-capacity-by-year-end\">Marathon’s facility in Martinez \u003c/a>both recently converted operations to biofuel production. Phillips 66 also \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-10-16/phillips-66-will-shut-historic-wilmington-refinery\">plans to close\u003c/a> its Los Angeles-area refinery — the seventh largest in the state — later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it is a harbinger of the larger issues that California faces,” Borenstein said. “We should be seriously concerned about how all that gasoline supply is going to get replaced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Assembly Republican Caucus on Wednesday was quick to blame Gov. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“So I think they looked at that and said, ‘Is it worth making that investment?’ and decided it probably isn’t,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borenstein suggested that the company, which owns another refinery in Southern California, may also have calculated that shuttering production at its Benicia facility would raise gasoline prices statewide, helping its other refinery make more money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The announcement comes amid a growing exodus of traditional oil refiners in California, a state with some of the strictest environmental regulations in the nation. \u003ca href=\"https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/phillips-66-rodeo-conversion-project-to-begin-operations-in-q1\">Phillips 66’s refinery in Rodeo\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/marathon-martinez-biorefinery-to-reach-full-capacity-by-year-end\">Marathon’s facility in Martinez \u003c/a>both recently converted operations to biofuel production. Phillips 66 also \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-10-16/phillips-66-will-shut-historic-wilmington-refinery\">plans to close\u003c/a> its Los Angeles-area refinery — the seventh largest in the state — later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it is a harbinger of the larger issues that California faces,” Borenstein said. “We should be seriously concerned about how all that gasoline supply is going to get replaced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Assembly Republican Caucus on Wednesday was quick to blame Gov. Gavin Newsom for the planned closure of the Benicia refinery, saying in a statement that the “real-world consequences” of [his] war on California energy producers are becoming clearer by the day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Danny Bernardini, business manager for the Napa-Solano Building & Construction Trades Council, said he was in Benicia just last night talking to city officials about a labor agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11906319\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11906319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png\" alt=\"Map showing location of Valero's Benicia refinery\" width=\"400\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery.png 940w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-800x839.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/02/BeniciaRefinery-160x168.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ci>Map by Matthew Green/KQED\u003c/i>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We had good news coming out of Benicia at 8 o’clock at night, and then bad news at 8 in the morning,” said Bernardini, whose council represents hundreds of boilermakers, laborers, plumbers and steamfitters who work on call at the refinery. “We always knew this was a possibility, but to have it kind of just dropped in your lap in the morning, it was definitely a shock.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bernardini said he’s still holding out a glimmer of hope that a deal might be reached to keep the refinery operating, but acknowledged that was unlikely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have state and local governments that are not fond of refineries,” he said, noting that in its effort to limit oil production, the state still hasn’t created enough alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of laws and ordinances that have been passed that make it hard to do business,” he added. “So this is the other side of that coin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jsmall\">\u003cem>Julie Small\u003c/em>\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/nnavarro\">Natalia Navarro\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Bay Area consumer advocates are sounding alarms after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">Trump administration\u003c/a> this month fired the entire staff running a federal program that helps low-income Americans afford to heat and cool their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) distributes federal funds to help \u003ca href=\"https://www.csd.ca.gov/pages/liheapprogram.aspx\">households with their energy needs\u003c/a> through services such as providing one-time financial assistance to pay bills, offering emergency help when utilities are disconnected or upgrading homes to make them more energy-efficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>States use the federal funding to provide those services, but \u003ca href=\"https://www.caliheapapply.com/\">California’s LIHEAP application\u003c/a> warns that executive orders affecting LIHEAP’s “operations and program funding” have left such assistance uncertain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We encourage you to apply for LIHEAP, but we cannot guarantee a payment assistance benefit, even if you are approved,” the application reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The uncertainty comes after around \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/01/g-s1-57716/hhs-layoffs-seniors-disabled-liheap-acl\">20 federal employees at the office overseeing LIHEAP\u003c/a> were laid off as part of wide-reaching staff cuts across the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034527/meals-on-wheels-child-welfare-hhs-staff-sf-woke-up-our-jobs-gone\">Department of Health and Human Services\u003c/a> in early April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Utility Reform Network (TURN), a consumer advocacy group based in Oakland, signed \u003ca href=\"https://www.nclc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025.04.11_Letter_Rural-Power-Coalition_LIHEAP-Sign-on-Letter.pdf\">a letter with 220 other groups\u003c/a> last week demanding that Congress reinstate the laid-off federal employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If there’s no one working the program, then if you apply, there’s no one going to process that application,” said Lee Trotman, a spokesperson for TURN. “This is a crisis at the federal level. And it’s going to affect Californians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LIHEAP helps around \u003ca href=\"https://nlihc.org/resource/entire-liheap-staff-hhs-fired-jeopardizing-distribution-home-energy-bill-assistance-low\">6.2 million households across the country\u003c/a>, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035735 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/internal-revenue-service_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such aid is especially helpful in Northern California, where the average PG&E \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033386/pge-electricity-rates-have-jumped-nearly-70-since-2020\">bill has gone up by 67% since 2020\u003c/a>. A March KQED analysis found that residential ratepayers now pay an average of about $300 a month for their combined gas and electric service, up from $179 in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A program like LIHEAP “basically lowers energy costs for low-income families and gives people breathing room to minimize trade-offs between their energy needs and food, stable housing or medicine,” Trotman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter notes that the Department of Health and Human Services still has $378 million of LIHEAP funding for the fiscal year, which runs through September, and it is “unclear how or if these funds will be distributed” to states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state, California has received over $215 million in LIHEAP funding so far this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LIHEAP is overseen by the California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) and is administered by \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/account/billing-and-assistance/financial-assistance/low-income-home-energy-assistance-program.html\">31 agencies across the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSD said in a statement to KQED that the department is “committed to understanding the implications of the announcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding downsizing in the federal office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As of today, we are not experiencing any impacts to LIHEAP’s ability to provide benefits to low-income households. Our priority remains to ensure all Californians continue to receive uninterrupted access to essential LIHEAP services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can you do if you need help with energy bills?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Californians can still \u003ca href=\"https://www.caliheapapply.com/\">apply for LIHEAP online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Generally, \u003ca href=\"https://www.csd.ca.gov/Pages/LIHEAP-Income-Eligibility.aspx\">eligibility for LIHEAP is based on your household’s income\u003c/a> as follows:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>$3,170.00 monthly income for a household of 1\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$4,145.41 monthly income for a household of 2\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$6,096.25 monthly income for a household of 4.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>However, eligibility can be affected by other factors like the source of your household’s income, and CSD recommends applicants reach out to their service providers for more information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035871 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/012-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trotman said that households may be able to enroll in both LIHEAP and their utility provider’s own discount program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Federal funding for LIHEAP is limited, and local LIHEAP service providers prioritize benefits and services for particularly vulnerable households,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.csd.ca.gov/pages/liheapprogram.aspx\">the state’s website\u003c/a> reads. “As a result, some households eligible for LIHEAP may not qualify for a benefit in order to prioritize assistance for households with the greatest need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trotman said applicants should apply for PG&E’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/account/billing-and-assistance/financial-assistance/california-alternate-rates-for-energy-program.html\">California Alternate Rates for Energy program\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.pge.com/en/account/billing-and-assistance/financial-assistance/family-electric-rate-assistance-program-fera.html\">Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11972887/pge-rates-are-way-up-do-you-qualify-for-a-discount\">Read more about these discount guides provided by PG&E\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023805/pge-bills-keep-rising-what-can-you-do-to-potentially-lower-your-bills\">practical steps you can take to potentially save energy at home\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also consult the California Public Utility Commission’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/consumer-support/financial-assistance-savings-and-discounts\">listing options for finding more financial assistance and discounts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In just 24 minutes and without any debate, the most powerful committee in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034385/politics-friday-trans-bills-die-in-sacramento-becerra-is-running-for-governor\">state Senate\u003c/a> last week moved 33 bills from public view into a secretive process that will decide whether the measures live or die.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two days later, its sister committee in the Assembly \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/258908?t=1021&f=d51dbab457534dd5347a16ea035602e3\">moved 82 of its bills in under two minutes\u003c/a> to the same secretive, uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If history is any guide, between a quarter to a third of those bills will be killed next month. For most of the bills, no one but lobbyists, a handful of capital staffers, lawmakers and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. 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For instance, of 2,403 bills that died in the two-year session that concluded last fall, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2024/12/failed-bills-california/\">only 25 were killed \u003c/a>by a majority of lawmakers voting “no.” Instead, bills tend to die behind the scenes. It can be incredibly difficult for members of the public to learn who killed a measure and why.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The appropriations committees’ suspense files are the most notorious example. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12034707 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/230817-UC-BERKELEY-CAMPUS-MD-02_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opaque process frustrates some lawmakers, including Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/corey-jackson-165443\">Corey Jackson\u003c/a>, a Democrat representing Moreno Valley. He \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/jackson835/status/1909992574783488216\">has criticized\u003c/a> Democratic leadership for not doing more to address homelessness, inequality and people moving out of state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way we treat the appropriations process is a non-democratic process; I believe that it’s a corrupt process,” Jackson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per decades-old policy, any bill that’s estimated to cost taxpayers at least \u003ca href=\"https://sapro.senate.ca.gov/FAQs#:~:text=Generally%2C%20if%20the%20cost%20of,referral%20to%20the%20Suspense%20File.\">$50,000\u003c/a> gets placed on the suspense file. Twice a year – once in May and again in August – the committees announce which bills move bills off of “suspense” and can advance through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/capitol/2024/08/california-laws-legislature-suspense-file/\">Last summer\u003c/a>, the committees culled about a third of the 830 bills that had been placed on suspense. Some of them were controversial.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans were outraged that the committee didn’t vote on their bill seeking to add new requirements before state officials could place “sexually violent predators” in communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Senate’s top Republican, Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/brian-jones-42\">Brian Jones\u003c/a> of San Diego, accused Democratic leaders of protecting “predators over families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some Democrats, including Jackson, also were frustrated. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab2977\">Jackson had a child tax credit bill\u003c/a> die in the suspense file. Asked last week if he knew who was responsible for killing the bill, Jackson said, “That’s part of the process. You don’t know in many cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When cost estimates kill California bills\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Other Democrats last summer also accused the Newsom administration of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/digital-democracy/2024/08/newsom-healthcare-costs-inflated-estimates/\">inflating cost estimates\u003c/a> to kill health care legislation the governor’s team didn’t like through the suspense process. 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The chairs often have to make tough decisions to kill particularly controversial, poorly thought out or expensive bills that the leaders of the other legislative committees didn’t want to make. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would get angry with people,” said Lorena Gonzalez, a former Democratic assemblymember from San Diego who is now president of the California Labor Federation. “I’d have policy (committee) chairs come to me and they’re like, ‘Oh, I couldn’t kill these. But here are the bills I think you should kill.’ I’m like, you know, ‘Grow some balls.’ ” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12033818 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250331-Trans-Newsom-Rally-AC-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plus, chairs also have to deal with colleagues who take it personally when their favorite bills are killed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Gatto, a former Democratic Assembly appropriations chair from Los Angeles, said he faced intense blowback from some colleagues. 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"content": "\u003cp>Two days after Oakland confirmed it was gutting a program that has for years provided free daily lunches to thousands of kids during the summer, the city on Friday seemingly reversed course, saying it now planned to continue offering meals on a limited basis at some sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Things are rapidly evolving with this program,” Jean Walsh, a spokesperson for the city administrator’s office, said in an email Friday afternoon. “The Summer Food Service Program will continue through the summer to a limited set of City sites, like recreation centers and libraries.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is also in discussions to see if the program can be expanded, according to Walsh who did not provide any details on the number of sites that would be offering meals or what prompted the city to extend the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The turnaround comes shortly after the city, in a letter to the \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/LIST-OF-SFSP-SERVICE-SITES-FOR-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community and faith-based sites (PDF)\u003c/a> that previously distributed the food, said it would “not be providing meals” through its Summer Food Service Program this year due to “severe city budget constraints,” a development \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034895/oakland-halts-free-summer-meals-amid-budget-shortfall\">KQED first reported\u003c/a> earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize this is a significant loss for the children and families who rely on these meals,” Michael Akanji, from the city administrator’s office, wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was set to begin almost immediately after the Oakland Unified School District’s final day of classes on May 29 and run through the summer. Last summer, the program provided more than 100,000 free lunches to children as part of an effort to “bridge the meal gap throughout the summer months” when school meals are not available, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candice Elder, the executive director of The East Oakland Collective — a nonprofit that has provided meals to kids for the last two summers — was among a number of community site directors who told KQED they never received the city’s letter announcing the program’s cancellation, which the city said it sent in late March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a smallish nonprofit, we can’t afford to pay for these meals on our own,” Elder told KQED Friday morning before the city reversed its decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12034895 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-1321784533-1020x703.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 50 children a day — from toddlers to middle schoolers — filed into her community center nearly every weekday last summer to receive lunch and snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything from sandwiches, pasta, chicken tenders — it was a pretty well-balanced meal,” she said. “There was always fruit. There was milk, carrots, celery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder said her deep East Oakland neighborhood is a food desert, where many families with low income lack access to healthy food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So this has been an awesome program. It’s been really beneficial to have these meals available and then the kids know that, guaranteed, Monday through Friday they can still eat,” she said. “I understand the issues regarding budget and funding at the city level, but at the same time, when you cut programs that impact families and children, what message are you sending?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-source/educator-prep/coa-agendas/2021-05/2021-05-item-15.pdf?sfvrsn=d81e2bb1_6#:~:text=Located%20in%20the%20Bay%20Area,receive%20free%20or%20reduced%20meals.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75% of OUSD students (PDF)\u003c/a> qualify for free or reduced lunch, and many regularly experience food insecurity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has a long history of offering free food programs for children. In January 1969, the Black Panther Party \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13950520/ruth-beckford-dance-black-panthers-free-breakfast-program\">launched the Free Breakfast for School Children Program\u003c/a> at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in West Oakland, later expanding to other churches and community sites in Oakland and San Francisco’s lowest income neighborhoods. By the end of the year, the Panthers had set up kitchens in cities across the country, and claimed to have \u003ca href=\"https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/03n24-oct%204%201969.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fed some 20,000 children (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s initial move late last month to cancel the program followed a December city council vote to reallocate funds from its sugar-sweetened beverage tax, part of a frantic effort to close what was then a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027749/oakland-reverses-several-layoffs-amid-scramble-close-massive-budget-deficit\">nearly $130 million budget shortfall\u003c/a>. The tax, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Oakland,_California,_Sugar-Sweetened_Beverages_Tax,_Measure_HH_(November_2016)\">which voters approved in 2016\u003c/a>, generates \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/news/2023-08-16/revenue-allocations-soda-taxes-oakland-and-san-francisco-continue-diverge-advisory\">more than $7 million a year\u003c/a>, a portion of which is intended to support youth health-related programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland previously used about $200,000 of that revenue each year to supplement funding for the USDA-sponsored summer food program and cover administrative costs, but said the money was no longer available as a result of the reallocation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without those funds, the City is unable to continue working with community partners and organizations to provide food in the summer of 2025,” Akanji wrote in the letter to partner sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city administrator’s office did not respond to questions about when it made the decision to cancel the program or why it waited four months after the council’s budget vote to inform partner sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the city had told us a month ago, people could have applied for [other] funding, but they didn’t,” said Maria Alderete, executive director of Community Kitchens, an Oakland nonprofit meal provider. She said she learned about the program’s cancellation from KQED’s article.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In not communicating, not being transparent, the city is really jeopardizing the program in terms of feeding kids,” she said. “It’s just disappointing that the city of Oakland would drop the ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the “dumpster fire that is the city of Oakland budget,” Alderete said the city should really start handing programs like this over to nonprofits to administer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My gut is that it wasn’t really about the money itself in terms of a budget decision,” she said. “It was more about the fact that City Hall is gutted right now. They can’t administer contracts. They can’t actually pay people the invoices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alderete said she was still determined to find money to make meals for Oakland kids this summer — with or without help from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not feeding our kids this summer is not an option,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The turnaround comes shortly after the city, in a letter to the \u003ca href=\"https://cao-94612.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/documents/LIST-OF-SFSP-SERVICE-SITES-FOR-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">community and faith-based sites (PDF)\u003c/a> that previously distributed the food, said it would “not be providing meals” through its Summer Food Service Program this year due to “severe city budget constraints,” a development \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034895/oakland-halts-free-summer-meals-amid-budget-shortfall\">KQED first reported\u003c/a> earlier this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We recognize this is a significant loss for the children and families who rely on these meals,” Michael Akanji, from the city administrator’s office, wrote in the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program was set to begin almost immediately after the Oakland Unified School District’s final day of classes on May 29 and run through the summer. Last summer, the program provided more than 100,000 free lunches to children as part of an effort to “bridge the meal gap throughout the summer months” when school meals are not available, according to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candice Elder, the executive director of The East Oakland Collective — a nonprofit that has provided meals to kids for the last two summers — was among a number of community site directors who told KQED they never received the city’s letter announcing the program’s cancellation, which the city said it sent in late March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a smallish nonprofit, we can’t afford to pay for these meals on our own,” Elder told KQED Friday morning before the city reversed its decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As many as 50 children a day — from toddlers to middle schoolers — filed into her community center nearly every weekday last summer to receive lunch and snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything from sandwiches, pasta, chicken tenders — it was a pretty well-balanced meal,” she said. “There was always fruit. There was milk, carrots, celery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elder said her deep East Oakland neighborhood is a food desert, where many families with low income lack access to healthy food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So this has been an awesome program. It’s been really beneficial to have these meals available and then the kids know that, guaranteed, Monday through Friday they can still eat,” she said. “I understand the issues regarding budget and funding at the city level, but at the same time, when you cut programs that impact families and children, what message are you sending?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/docs/default-source/educator-prep/coa-agendas/2021-05/2021-05-item-15.pdf?sfvrsn=d81e2bb1_6#:~:text=Located%20in%20the%20Bay%20Area,receive%20free%20or%20reduced%20meals.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">75% of OUSD students (PDF)\u003c/a> qualify for free or reduced lunch, and many regularly experience food insecurity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland has a long history of offering free food programs for children. In January 1969, the Black Panther Party \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13950520/ruth-beckford-dance-black-panthers-free-breakfast-program\">launched the Free Breakfast for School Children Program\u003c/a> at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in West Oakland, later expanding to other churches and community sites in Oakland and San Francisco’s lowest income neighborhoods. By the end of the year, the Panthers had set up kitchens in cities across the country, and claimed to have \u003ca href=\"https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/black-panther/03n24-oct%204%201969.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fed some 20,000 children (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s initial move late last month to cancel the program followed a December city council vote to reallocate funds from its sugar-sweetened beverage tax, part of a frantic effort to close what was then a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027749/oakland-reverses-several-layoffs-amid-scramble-close-massive-budget-deficit\">nearly $130 million budget shortfall\u003c/a>. The tax, \u003ca href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Oakland,_California,_Sugar-Sweetened_Beverages_Tax,_Measure_HH_(November_2016)\">which voters approved in 2016\u003c/a>, generates \u003ca href=\"https://www.spur.org/news/2023-08-16/revenue-allocations-soda-taxes-oakland-and-san-francisco-continue-diverge-advisory\">more than $7 million a year\u003c/a>, a portion of which is intended to support youth health-related programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland previously used about $200,000 of that revenue each year to supplement funding for the USDA-sponsored summer food program and cover administrative costs, but said the money was no longer available as a result of the reallocation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Without those funds, the City is unable to continue working with community partners and organizations to provide food in the summer of 2025,” Akanji wrote in the letter to partner sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city administrator’s office did not respond to questions about when it made the decision to cancel the program or why it waited four months after the council’s budget vote to inform partner sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the city had told us a month ago, people could have applied for [other] funding, but they didn’t,” said Maria Alderete, executive director of Community Kitchens, an Oakland nonprofit meal provider. She said she learned about the program’s cancellation from KQED’s article.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In not communicating, not being transparent, the city is really jeopardizing the program in terms of feeding kids,” she said. “It’s just disappointing that the city of Oakland would drop the ball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given the “dumpster fire that is the city of Oakland budget,” Alderete said the city should really start handing programs like this over to nonprofits to administer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My gut is that it wasn’t really about the money itself in terms of a budget decision,” she said. “It was more about the fact that City Hall is gutted right now. They can’t administer contracts. They can’t actually pay people the invoices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alderete said she was still determined to find money to make meals for Oakland kids this summer — with or without help from the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not feeding our kids this summer is not an option,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The union representing editorial staffers at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-rosa\">Santa Rosa\u003c/a> Press Democrat voted Friday to waive their current contract in the newspaper’s sale to media conglomerate Hearst, clearing the last major hurdle in a deal that would take the paper back out of local ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By voting to approve the memorandum of understanding, union members agreed to waive their current contract — which would otherwise last through August 2026 — as soon as the sale is finalized, reporter Phil Barber said, adding that members were stuck between two less-than-ideal options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were put in a very difficult position by our current and future owners, and we wound up with a couple of very imperfect outcomes,” Barber said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement also stipulates that union members cannot file a legal injunction to block the deal with Hearst Corporation, which owns the San Francisco Chronicle and many other outlets across the country. Barber said the union was considering doing so in earlier negotiations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the outcome of Friday’s vote was decisive, Barber described uncertainty and frustration among union members. Journalists also feel that the current ownership under Sonoma Media Investments did not sufficiently fight to ensure the union’s contract would be recognized under Hearst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035730\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Press Democrat’s former printing facility in Rohnert Park on April 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Union members were told by leadership at the Press Democrat that if they rejected the memorandum of understanding, Hearst would pull out of the deal, forcing the owners to consider other bids that would be less sympathetic to the union’s demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among them was Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that has earned a sour reputation among journalists for buying distressed newspapers and gutting their ranks. A group of Santa Rosa business leaders also put in an offer to buy the Press Democrat. That group includes the publisher of NorthBay biz, a magazine covering Sonoma, Napa and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said it’s unclear whether Hearst would have actually pulled out of the deal or whether it was simply a negotiation tactic to move the sale through with fewer roadblocks from the union.[aside postID=news_12035299 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/17306665486_9d1bff4693_k-1180x787.jpg']“We don’t know if it was a tangible threat, or if it was a bluff, or somewhere in between the two,” Barber said. “We were put in the position of being the adults in the room and making the logical decision that wasn’t going to blow up the Press Democrat and our other publications, and in the end, we may not have had much real choice but to sign this agreement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forty-five newsroom employees at the Press Democrat are represented by the Pacific Media Workers Guild, which also oversees units at the Chronicle. An acquisition by Hearst would include not just the Press Democrat but also other outlets under Sonoma Media Investments, such as the Petaluma Argus-Courier and Sonoma Index-Tribune.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma Media Investments also made concessions as part of the memorandum of understanding, according to a guild representative, which includes a payout to all union members and a requirement that Hearst offer employment to everyone at their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Press Democrat has been under local ownership since 2012, when real estate developer Darius Anderson and several business partners \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/79576/santa-rosa-press-democrat-sold\">purchased it from newspaper chain Halifax Media Group,\u003c/a> which had owned it for less than a year after buying it from the New York Times Company. The potential acquisition by Hearst, first reported by the San Francisco Standard in February, could be in the low eight figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035732\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035732\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240411_PRESSDEMOCRATFILE_GC-4-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Press Democrat’s former printing facility in Rohnert Park on April 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Anderson and Hearst did not immediately respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barber said it’s not the first time the union has made sacrifices for the sake of a smooth transfer of ownership. When Sonoma Media Investments initially purchased the Press Democrat, union members took wage cuts and gave up their pensions to secure a new local owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Barber said it’s “disappointing” that the owners did not fight harder to secure protections for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members are concerned that ownership by a large media conglomerate would alienate community members in the North Bay, who they say trust the Press Democrat in large part because of its historic local ownership.[aside postID=news_12034860 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS16535_IMG_0443.JPG-1020x680.jpg']“Our community has felt that their needs were really being looked after because we had local ownership,” Barber said. “We’re all sacrificing something as we lose local ownership. It’s also sort of the reality of today’s newspaper world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hearst also recently acquired the Austin American-Statesman in Texas, where part of the deal included not recognizing the union’s existing contract. Barber said journalists at the Press Democrat were in conversation with reporters in Austin to learn more about what may be in store for them under Hearst ownership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members at the American-Statesman are currently in contract negotiations with Hearst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the corporation does not have to recognize the Press Democrat’s current contract, it will still be obligated to recognize the union itself. 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The park service also said it would revise its general management plan to rezone about 16,000 acres of the seashore to disallow most agricultural operations and add \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936802/cattle-ranching-is-at-the-center-of-a-battle-brewing-in-point-reyes\">protections for the tule elk\u003c/a> population there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the letter sent Thursday to the Nature Conservancy and other environmental organizations who were party to the deal, Congress members are concerned about the “lack of transparency” and potential “environmental and legal consequences” of the deal, as well as the environmental nonprofit’s part in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The terms of the deal have been kept mostly private, and ranchers had to sign non-disclosure agreements related to the settlement and their compensation, according to the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congress members are now alleging that the NDAs have “muzzled” lessies who agreed to the deal and that many aren’t happy with its terms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936879\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11936879\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/DSC5237-scaled-e1672877098790.jpg\" alt=\"Four male elk walk down a grassy hillside\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Once abundant in Point Reyes, Tule elk were nearly hunted to extinction. In the 1970s, the Parks Service designated the northern tip of Point Reyes as an elk preserve. \u003ccite>(Amanda Font/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The committee understands that not only are some parties uncomfortable with the settlement agreement, but also that [Nature Conservancy] donors and environmental advocates have expressed displeasure with the settlement,” the letter reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Nature Conservancy said in a statement that it “was not part of the Point Reyes litigation, but was asked by all of the litigating parties, including the ranchers, to join their mediation as an honest broker and help find a compromise to end the long-standing conflict.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an organization, we have a long history of partnering with ranchers, farmers and communities who work closest to the land to help conserve the lands and waters that sustain us all,” the statement reads. “We have long considered farmers and ranchers some of our greatest conservation allies.”[aside postID=news_12029675 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/NimanRanchGetty-1020x680.jpg']The settlement came after three environmental groups — Resource Renewal Institute, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Western Watersheds Project — sued the park service in 2022, faulting it for part of the ecological damage done by ranchers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the deal spurred anger and anxiety within the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/marin-county\">West Marin\u003c/a> community, where ranching had been an economic backbone for generations. One rancher who agreed to the buyout told KQED at the time that even though he ultimately took the settlement, he and other ranchers “felt so much in a corner that [they] didn’t know what else to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicolette Hahn Niman and her husband, William, who own Niman Ranch, refused the deal and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029675/niman-ranch-challenges-point-reyes-seashore-settlement-in-lawsuit-over-ranching\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against the park service in March, saying that the move to bar ranching would cause environmental damage and failed to account for Congress’ goal to preserve the “ranching and agricultural heritage” of the seashore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A second lawsuit filed against the park service, Nature Conservancy and Department of Interior alleges that they conspired to pay off the ranchers. West Marin attorney Andrew Giacomini filed the suit on behalf of local workers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12002972/west-marin-worker-housing-often-substandard-and-faulty-new-report-finds\">who live in housing on the ranches\u003c/a> — one of few affordable options in the area — and are now poised to be evicted in the coming year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The members of Congress are requesting wide-ranging communication records between the Nature Conservancy, the environmental groups that brought the 2022 suit, the National Park Service, and the ranchers who are party to the settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035708\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035708\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240426_DeptofLaborAnnouncement-11_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman speaks during a press conference in Santa Rosa on April 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also seem to be reviewing the Nature Conservancy’s new role helping manage the seashore under the park service’s revision to the General Management Plan this year, which they believe could be a conflict of interest because of the nonprofit’s part in the land deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman, whose district includes West Marin, said he didn’t have any advance knowledge that the probe was being launched and that the representatives investigating never asked for information regarding the settlement before now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing to hide here,” he said. “I would have gladly brought them to Point Reyes, had them sit down and talk to the ranchers. There’s nothing controversial or scandalous in any of this, it’s just a painful and difficult business decision that these ranching families have made.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the probe has the possibility to reverse the historic deal unless the ranchers who agreed to it back it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ranching families who “have largely been silent for the last few months … [are] going to need to explain that they want this deal and that people should knock it off and stop politicizing it,” Huffman said. “If they do that, then we can probably still move forward, but if they’ve changed their minds, then we’re probably in a new place.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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As a result, 18 employees at 750 Post St. in San Francisco and 72 at 1301 30th Ave. in Oakland will be let go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter sent to the California Employment Development Department, Mona Stone, the organization’s chief legal officer, said the facility closures are a result of changes in business operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay looks ahead, we have made some adjustments to our existing footprint and structure to better position the organization for future growth plans in the coming years,” Goodwill said in a statement to KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization is looking to add larger and more efficient operational spaces, according to the statement. Other Bay Area locations that do not align with the new vision, including an Oakland warehouse, may also face closure soon, the statement continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11760194\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11760194\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Clothes-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Clothes-6.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Clothes-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Clothes-6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Clothes-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/07/Clothes-6-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A worker sorts through clothing at Goodwill’s sorting facility in South San Francisco on July 10, 2019. \u003ccite>(Sarah Craig/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It encouraged workers facing termination to apply for roles at other locations. There are about 10 Goodwill locations, including donation centers and career offices, scattered across San Francisco and a few more in the rest of the Bay Area. It is unknown which other locations may close or how many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The layoffs announced this week will affect positions ranging from management and store supervision to retail and warehouse work and are expected to be permanent, according to the organization’s notice to state employment officials. Other employees will be able to continue in their positions either remotely or at nearby locations with no changes to pay or benefits, it said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>News of the closures follows a tumultuous year for the nonprofit’s Bay Area chapter.[aside postID=news_12034827 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250407-TARIFFSBAYAREASMALLBIZ-05-BL_QED-KQED-1020x680.jpg']In 2024, Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay entered into an \u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tim-o%E2%80%99neal-474980238_goodwill-of-central-and-northern-arizona-activity-7236801820650565632-jSsW/\">operating partnership\u003c/a> with Goodwill of Northern and Central Arizona. The move was essentially an acquisition after Bay Area executives stepped down from their positions in favor of Arizona-based CEO Tim O’Neal, according to an \u003ca href=\"https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_audit/2024-06-GSAFAC-0000355807\">audit\u003c/a> published by ProPublica. Goodwill San Francisco, under former CEO William Rogers, also went through a merger in 2021 when it took over Goodwill East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Goodwill effectively became a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary of [Goodwill of Northern and Central Arizona],” the audit reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2024/09/03/goodwill-az-md-monocacy-ceo-tim-oneal-sanfrancisco.html\">San Francisco Business Times\u003c/a> last year, O’Neal said the nonprofit planned to invest $7 million in the Bay Area’s network of retail stores and community service projects. He said they would open locations in suburban areas and shift away from smaller stores as part of the organization’s expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Notice of the impending closures were sent to local workforce agencies, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, interim Oakland Mayor Kevin Jenkins and supervisors in Alameda and San Francisco counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10908960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10908960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/RS18844_shoppers-in-the-bins-e1744320417150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1126\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goodwill employees sort through donations on March 25, 2016. \u003ccite>(Andrew Stelzer/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Goodwill has been an important workforce development partner, which is why this closure is so disappointing,” said San Francisco Supervisor Danny Sauter, whose district includes the Goodwill career center set to close. “I look forward to working with Goodwill to ensure their career training continues in other ways in San Francisco.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to its statement, Goodwill provided 3,600 individuals facing barriers to employment with career training last year. 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However, public transit advocates say that prioritizing privately owned vehicles on public roadways will stunt Muni’s post-pandemic rebound and compound disruptions as the city cuts bus services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=forum_2010101908873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/02/250128-SFImmigration-33-BL-1-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Muni ridership dropped by nearly 90% between February and April 2020 but has hit its highest numbers over the past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transit riders will now not only need to deal with increased transfers and delays brought on by upcoming service cuts, but also the delays and hazards caused by a fleet of new Waymo vehicles flooding Market Street,” SF Transit Riders community and policy manager Dylan Fabris said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since banning cars, Muni buses and streetcars have been able to increase speed and efficiency by 14% along Market Street, Fabrissaid. 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The incoming tide helped it move to deeper waters on Tuesday morning, but it got stuck in the mud again, within 20 feet from shore, later in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alameda County firefighters laid down wooden planks in the mud to reach the animal but were unable to rescue it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rulli said the center planned to conduct a necropsy — or animal autopsy — to try to determine why the animal was “showcasing these symptoms and behavioral patterns that are just very abnormal for a live, fully healthy functioning whale.” Results will take several weeks, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035247\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/WhaleDeath-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scientists prepare to humanely euthanize a stranded juvenile minke whale in Emeryville after efforts to save it proved unsuccessful. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Sean Hathorn)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s been a rough couple of weeks for whales in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three dead gray whales were discovered in different locations in and around the bay last week, including an emaciated “subadult” female seen near Alcatraz on April 1 and another floating east of Angel Island State Park the following day. 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But commissioners ultimately landed on Sunset Dunes at the nomination of president Kat Anderson, who said the name contained two of the three main themes identified by city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[That name] does a great job of honoring the neighborhood and hitting the two primary benefits of the area: the fact that you can enjoy the dunes and the sunset,” said public commenter Ben Davis, who leads the arts nonprofit Illuminate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In order to land at those five choices to recommend to the commission, city staffers narrowed the field from over 4,000 submissions over the course of several stages since the beginning of March, outlined in a \u003ca href=\"https://sfrecpark.org/DocumentCenter/View/25804/Item-2-Great-Highway-Naming-Proposal---Staff-Report-040925\">staff report filed Wednesday\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032870\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032870\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-38-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Houses line the Great Highway near Ocean Beach in San Francisco’s Sunset District neighborhood on Feb. 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many residents used the submission process to air their grievances against District 4 Supervisor Joel Engardio, whose support for Proposition K to permanently close the section of the Great Highway to vehicles put him at odds with many people in his district. Among them were names like “Engardio’s Folly” and “Traitor Joel’s,” \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/sf-great-highway-ocean-beach-park/\">\u003cem>Mission Local\u003c/em> reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over 3,000 submissions remained even after weeding out unsavory ones that took aim at Engardio or those that could cause confusion with existing parks like Land’s End or Ocean Beach. Staffers identified top themes such as dunes, sunset and esplanade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top 15 contenders were then selected for a trial by survey. Thousands of residents voted on their favorites from the shortlist and graded them on a rubric based on historical significance, natural and geographical importance, community relevance, placemaking impact, and appropriateness and clarity.[aside postID=news_12032868 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/240214-CoastalCommission-33-BL_qed-1-1020x680.jpg']“As the space enters its next chapter, it’s great that San Franciscans got to have a say in the park’s name,” said Heidi Moseson, vice president of the nonprofit Friends of Ocean Beach Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all residents are as excited about the park’s grand opening. Although voters passed Proposition K by a narrow margin in November, a majority of westside residents voted in opposition, with many opponents calling the road a necessary throughway for neighborhoods like the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioner Larry Mazzola, a lifelong resident of the city’s westside, said Proposition K should never have gone to a citywide vote. During the meeting, he jokingly suggested the name Reopen the Great Highway Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go into this vote today not feeling excited or proud. Instead, I feel pressured to name something I never wanted in the first place,” he said. “And a supermajority of the westside feels the same way I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the section of the highway \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031300/this-stretch-san-franciscos-great-highway-now-permanently-closed-cars\">closed\u003c/a> on March 14, the park has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032868/sf-park-repeatedly-vandalized-after-great-highway-closed-cars\">vandalized multiple times\u003c/a> with graffiti — and, like the name suggestions, many of the tags called out Engardio specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anger toward the supervisor by his own constituents boiled over into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017070/sf-supervisor-faces-a-recall-campaign-over-great-highway-closure\">a recall campaign\u003c/a> launched against him shortly after the November election. Others also unsuccessfully \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030751/days-before-san-franciscos-great-highway-closure-opponents-aim-block-it\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> to block the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite legal and cultural backlash to the project, the park is expected to have a grand opening Saturday under its new name. City staff compared the undertaking to the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 10, 20 years, everybody will be like, ‘I’m glad that that commission did that, I’m glad that that vote did that, I’m glad that that happened,’” said Commissioner Sonya Clark-Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“As the space enters its next chapter, it’s great that San Franciscans got to have a say in the park’s name,” said Heidi Moseson, vice president of the nonprofit Friends of Ocean Beach Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not all residents are as excited about the park’s grand opening. Although voters passed Proposition K by a narrow margin in November, a majority of westside residents voted in opposition, with many opponents calling the road a necessary throughway for neighborhoods like the Sunset District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commissioner Larry Mazzola, a lifelong resident of the city’s westside, said Proposition K should never have gone to a citywide vote. During the meeting, he jokingly suggested the name Reopen the Great Highway Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I go into this vote today not feeling excited or proud. Instead, I feel pressured to name something I never wanted in the first place,” he said. “And a supermajority of the westside feels the same way I do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the section of the highway \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031300/this-stretch-san-franciscos-great-highway-now-permanently-closed-cars\">closed\u003c/a> on March 14, the park has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032868/sf-park-repeatedly-vandalized-after-great-highway-closed-cars\">vandalized multiple times\u003c/a> with graffiti — and, like the name suggestions, many of the tags called out Engardio specifically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anger toward the supervisor by his own constituents boiled over into \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017070/sf-supervisor-faces-a-recall-campaign-over-great-highway-closure\">a recall campaign\u003c/a> launched against him shortly after the November election. Others also unsuccessfully \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030751/days-before-san-franciscos-great-highway-closure-opponents-aim-block-it\">filed a lawsuit\u003c/a> to block the highway closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite legal and cultural backlash to the project, the park is expected to have a grand opening Saturday under its new name. City staff compared the undertaking to the removal of the Embarcadero Freeway more than 30 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In 10, 20 years, everybody will be like, ‘I’m glad that that commission did that, I’m glad that that vote did that, I’m glad that that happened,’” said Commissioner Sonya Clark-Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland’s school board\u003c/a> could be considering a plan to hire a new interim superintendent at the end of the current school year, despite extending current Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell’s contract through 2027 last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move could push out Johnson-Trammell, according to board member Mike Hutchinson, who told KQED that during the board’s meeting Wednesday night, members plan to discuss changing the multi-year transition plan to make way for Johnson-Trammell’s successor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the board now is trying to do is say, ‘Forget that plan, we want to try to bring in an outside interim superintendent starting on July 1,’” Hutchinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last August, OUSD gave Johnson-Trammell, whose tenure at the district is the longest in more than 50 years, a final three-year contract extension. It included one more year leading the district’s day-to-day operations, followed by two years during which she would begin transferring those duties to OUSD’s senior staff “to prepare for a transition to her successor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The members of the district’s senior leadership team — a stable, strong group of leaders who know Oakland well — are expected to each take on additional responsibilities,” the contract reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland School Board President Mike Hutchinson delivers a speech to the media with OUSD’s response to an ongoing teacher’s strike on May 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson-Trammell is expected to provide the board with an interim operations plan by August, outlining which members of her senior leadership team will take on specific tasks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson believes that hiring an interim superintendent would violate Johnson-Trammell’s contract and therefore allow her to leave the district while still being paid out. He called the move “disrespectful” and said it could have big financial and personnel costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If our superintendent leaves, then also our chief business officer will leave and probably other senior staff,” he told KQED. “It would leave us in a situation with no leadership in place and probably no ability to bring in new leadership any time soon.”[aside postID=news_12034895 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-1321784533.jpg']The board’s closed session agenda for Wednesday’s meeting said it will be discussing a “public employment discipline/dismissal/release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President Jennifer Brouhard said she could not comment on what discussions were slated for closed session. Board member Rachel Latta declined to comment on specifics but said that the board would be “discussing the superintendent transition plan.” Other board members did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson-Trammell could not be reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland NAACP released a statement Tuesday in advance of the meeting, saying it was “profoundly concerned and compelled to speak out” about the “potential premature removal of the current superintendent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization urged residents to contact Brouhard to voice support for Johnson-Trammell, saying any attempt to remove her would be “disruptive, unjust, and potentially politically motivated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board and district leadership have been at odds over OUSD’s tenuous budget situation for much of the academic year. 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