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Now, utilizing data obtained from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), our joint investigation with the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism has found at least 80 companies — including one that recently dismantled parts of the iconic San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge — continue to have workers in California who are lead-poisoned at levels high enough to cause birth defects, tremors and a variety of brain disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once again we found that CDPH routinely failed to refer even the most egregious employers to state enforcement officers who can levy fines and require mandatory changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the most extensive problems were found at other car battery recycling plants in working-class areas of Los Angeles. At one plant, Trojan Battery Recycling Company had 174 employees with elevated levels of lead in their blood between 2015 and 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cli>\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.scribd.com/lists/22191603/California-s-Dept-of-Public-Health-Failed-to-Report-Elevated-Blood-Lead-Levels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More Documents Related to the Story\u003c/a>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It’s beyond upsetting,” Bell city councilman Nestor Valencia said. He lives in one of the roughly 10,000 residential properties contaminated at levels above what is safe for kids by lead emissions from the Exide plant. “You know we need these jobs, but not at the expense of worker health or keeping kids who live nearby safe. 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Seven cases were reported during 2015 and 2016, the most recent years for which data is available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Target Master West owner Bill Heskett bristled at the suggestion his workers had been poisoned, asserting that a spate of recent findings by public health experts that lead at lower levels is harmful to human health “isn’t based in real science and has been set by a bunch of clerks with no accountability.” Heskett said that the recent spikes in lead levels at his range were attributable to an employee “who wasn’t following protocols.” The employee was terminated, Heskett said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the Exide revelations in our March investigation, a bill was introduced in the California legislature by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose). Assembly Bill 2963 would require mandatory inspections at any workplace where a worker’s blood lead level is at or above 25 micrograms per deciliter. Even at levels as low as 10 micrograms per deciliter, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Controls (CDC), people with prolonged exposure to the neurotoxin are at higher risk for high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney disease and reduced fertility.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cstrong>“You know we need these jobs, \u003c/strong>but not at the expense of worker health or keeping kids who live nearby safe.\u003ccite>Bell city councilman Nestor Valencia\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While the legislation has faced stiff opposition from industry groups and only passed out of the Assembly by a single vote, it has stronger support in the Senate and appears likely to make it to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among AB 2963’s supporters is Senator Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), who expressed dismay that problems at the Milpitas gun range (which is in his district), the Bay Bridge project and elsewhere have been allowed to linger. “If you had a family member or a friend exposed to high blood lead levels, you would want to see immediate action taken to reduce that exposure,” Wieckowski said. “The health and safety of all workers should be the top priority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Two Agencies Working in Silos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The problem in California doesn’t appear to lie with finding out about lead-poisoned workers, but with what happens when some state officials get that information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At battery plants, gun ranges and other workplaces where exposure to lead is common, the state of California requires companies to test their workers for elevated levels of lead. The custodian of that testing information is a division of CDPH called the Occupational Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (OLPPP). The division is funded through a small fee on employers in industries that work with lead. In theory, OLPPP provides education to companies and at the agency’s discretion can refer serious cases to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA. The enforcement agency can then determine the cause of problems and issue fines when unsafe practices are found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our year-long investigation found a stunning level of reluctance on the part of CDPH to turn lead-poisoning cases over to Cal/OSHA for enforcement. Of the eight companies with some of the most persistent problems with lead exposure in California between 2013 and 2016, Cal/OSHA confirmed that it received no referrals from OLPPP for any of them during the last 10 years, and conducted no lead-related inspections at any of the companies. Many of the workplaces have had lead-poisoned workers for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CDPH has declined repeated interview requests and did not respond in time for publication to written questions about its management of lead poisoning cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through the state Public Records Act, Capital & Main obtained communications between OLPPP and California Engineering Contractors (CEC), one of the companies awarded a contract by California’s Department of Transportation to dismantle the Bay Bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In October 2013, OLPPP informed the company that workers on the project would be exposed to lead coating as the steel bridge was dismantled. “Our role is to assist employers in identifying and correcting work practices that can result in employees being over exposed to lead,” the OLPPP wrote in a letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cstrong>“They’ve lost sight of the fundamental mission,\u003c/strong> to make sure that at the end of the day workers come home to their families safe and sound.”\u003ccite>Mariano Kramer, a former district manager for Cal/OSHA\u003c/cite>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Within a year, workers on the project showed signs of elevated blood lead levels. The company asserted in an August, 2014 email to OLPPP that it could bring the situation under control. “We are confident we can get even the highest exposed workers under 10 µg/dl (BLL) with aggressive oversight and support,” wrote CEC safety director Robert Ikenberry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite assurances, the problem of lead-poisoned employees grew worse. By 2015 one worker’s blood lead levels had exceeded 40 micrograms per deciliter, a level deemed “very high” by the CDC. Michael McKinney, a safety manager for CEC had an explanation, which he provided in an email to OLPPP. “The employee admitted to us that he was chewing tobacco during work. We feel that this practice is what caused the high lead level,” McKinney wrote. OLPPP appeared to accept that explanation, and never referred the Bay Bridge project for Cal/OSHA inspection, even when elevated blood levels amongst workers jumped 25 percent the following year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mariano Kramer, a former district manager for Cal/OSHA, said that simply accepting emailed assurances from a company with lead-poisoned workers is not acceptable. “There are a myriad of issues which can cause elevated blood lead levels. A trained inspector knows how to identify them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 27 states, workplace occupational lead safety standards are administered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a federal agency. In those states, any blood lead level above 25 micrograms triggers an automatic OSHA inspection, through which fines for unsafe conditions can be levied and changes can be mandated. 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"content": "\u003cp>Back \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/25/old-bay-bridge-piers-to-be-reused-as-public-boardwalk-vista-points/\">in January\u003c/a>, an important but rather obscure committee of state and regional transportation officials approved a Caltrans plan to turn four of the support piers from the Bay Bridge’s old eastern span into a pair of public parks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://baybridgeinfo.org/tbpoc\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee\u003c/a> imposed one rather important condition on its approval: The budget for the project, which involves some demolition along with the anticipated construction, was limited to $52 million. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Caltrans, along with officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and agencies on both sides of the bay, see the massive relics of the now-vanished span as a once-in-a-century opportunity to give the public access to areas just offshore of Oakland and Yerba Buena Island. The new parks would be great vantage points for taking in the workings of the Port of Oakland, for instance, and marveling at the $6.5 billion splendor of the new eastern span.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday in San Francisco, Caltrans' chief bridge engineer Brian Maroney reported to the three-member oversight committee that the agency is ready to proceed with a slightly scaled-back version of the agency's original vision for the waterfront parks. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To manage all the work in the project for $52 million -- to implode two of the half-dozen remaining piers, build a 600-foot walkway over the bay on three of the remaining piers near the Oakland shore and construct a massive viewing platform on a pier adjacent to Yerba Buena Island -- Maroney said a team of architects, engineers and contractors had to revise some of their more ambitious plans. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"After we went out and got bids, we were closer to 60 (million dollars) than we were to 52,\" Maroney told the panel. \"About two weeks ago, we had one of those 'come to Jesus' meetings, where everybody got together, and it was really tough. ... I made it clear I wasn't coming back here and asking for any more money.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To get under the budget and include a 10 percent contingency -- a cushion for unforeseen expenses -- Maroney said the team identified eliminated some details of the original plan. For instance, a large parking lot and paved walkway leading to the Yerba Buena Island viewing platform was removed from the project and replaced by a simple crushed-gravel walkway. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although electrical connections will be provided for both the Oakland and Yerba Buena parks, no lighting will be installed. That's in part because the agencies that will manage the sites -- the East Bay Regional Park District and the Treasure Island Development Authority -- don't want them to be open at night. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We identified items that if taken out, somebody in the future could put back in if they wanted,\" Maroney said. \"That was painful.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11658369\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM.png\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-800x409.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"409\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11658369\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-800x409.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-160x82.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-1020x521.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-1920x982.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-1180x603.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-960x491.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-240x123.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-375x192.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-27-at-6.13.08-PM-520x266.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Caltrans rendering of the view from the existing Bay Bridge bike path to a planned park and recreational pier on the Oakland shoreline. \u003ccite>(Caltrans)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maroney also said the general contractor on the job, Kiewit/Manson, had agreed to forego $2 million in their normal overhead and markup charges. \"They took a bite of the sandwich, too,\" Maroney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maroney added that Caltrans feels it's essential to start moving on the project immediately. The price of steel needed for the project has been changing rapidly because of the Trump administration's threats of tariffs against Chinese steel. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Caltrans contractor told the agency last week that \"when they were getting quotes, they were literally getting quotes that only lasted for one hour.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More important, Maroney said the project has not yet obtained environmental approvals from the host of federal and state agencies, including the Bay Conservation and Development Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, that will need to sign off. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We do not have any permits to build this work,\" Maroney told the committee, adding that delays in approvals could threaten the Caltrans timeline to finish its in-water construction work by the end of the year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he said he was encouraged by recent meetings the agencies that permits could be expedited \"and we are asking, respectfully, to do things a little faster.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee unanimously granted Caltrans permission to sign contracts to proceed. 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"content": "\u003cp>The family and friends of the Bay Bridge toll collector who died Saturday say she was a generous mother and wife. Si Si Han, 46, was killed after a box truck crashed into the tollbooth where she had just begun a morning shift minutes before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She always smiled,” said Ryan Saw, 40, Han’s husband. “She put family first, you know? She was always there for her daughter, for her mom, for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Sunday afternoon, Saw and other relatives gathered by the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza for a traditional Buddhist ceremony. They poured water in the area where Han died and left a flower to wish her a long afterlife, said Ashin Nanikabhivamsa, the priest who officiated the ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635402\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 101px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11635402\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-06-at-3.40.55-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"182\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Si Si Han, a Caltrans employee, died after a box truck crashed into the tollbooth where she was working. This photo comes from an announcement of her funeral by her family. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Han family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We pray for Ms. Han and we sing loving kindness. We wish her a healthy, happy life,” said Nanikabhivamsa, sitting by a golden Buddha at Han’s temple in Hayward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her death is a “big loss” to the Bay Area’s Burmese community, he said. The immigrant from Myanmar, also known as Burma, donated money and often cooked food for festivals at the Mudita Shwe Kyaung temple.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was very, very kind and generous,” Nanikabhivamsa said. “Almost every month she’d bring food for us at our monastery.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han loved to try out new recipes at home for 10-year-old daughter, Ashly, said Saw.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My daughter… whatever my wife made, she’d want to eat it, too,” he said. Han “was so happy she made it for our daughter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family is grieving and planning a funeral for Han this Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to be strong, but it’s very hard,” said Saw, his voice breaking. The couple was married for 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Made ‘a Lot of Friends’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saw met Han in Myanmar when he was only 15 years old. He left for the U.S. the following year to go to high school, but they kept in touch for a decade. She was his first love, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We went apart. But when I became a (U.S.) citizen, I went back to my country and married her,” said Saw, a post office worker in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Han moved to the U.S., the couple lived in Daly City, near Saw’s relatives. It was difficult for Han to adapt at first, he said. She worried she wouldn’t be happy in her adopted country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Han took English lessons and got an accounting degree from Skyline College in San Bruno. Those experiences helped change her outlook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She met a lot of friends,” said Saw, from San Lorenzo. He added that while Han had initially insisted the couple go back to Myanmar for their retirement, she later decided to make the Bay Area their permanent home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han was enrolled at Skyline from 2003 to 2006, said Cherie Colin, a spokeswoman for the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our deepest condolences go out to her family and friends on this tremendous loss to our community,” said Colin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11635413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS28355_IMG_1200-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashin Nanikabhivamsa, a monk at the Mudita Shwe Kyaung temple, in Hayward, on Dec. 5, 2017. Si Si Han was “a real family lady,” he said. “She was very kind.” \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Just Wanted to Say ‘Si Si Get Up”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day of the fatal accident, Saw dropped his wife at work around 4:30 a.m. He promised to pick her up in the afternoon. The family planned to have lunch at one of Han’s favorite Thai or Indian restaurants, and then go shopping, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a few minutes after Han started her shift at 5 a.m. on Lane 14, a man suspected of driving under the influence rammed a rental box truck into other vehicles and destroyed the tollbooth where she was working.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Han’s body was ejected from the booth, said Latasha Luster, who saw the fatal accident happen from the nearby toll operations building. Luster remembers running out as fast as she could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It looked like a total war zone. 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"content": "\u003cp>We’ve reached the home stretch of the legislative year at the state Capitol, with hours left until tonight’s midnight deadline to pass bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means hallways packed with fretting lobbyists, hundreds of rapid-fire votes and late-night debates on the Senate and Assembly floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve been updating this post throughout the week as bills are passed, killed or changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:40 a.m. Friday: No Later Start Time for Middle and High Schoolers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments after passing a series of landmark housing bills, the State Assembly threw cold water on a measure that would given given middle and high schoolers a little more sleep, by pushing back school start times in California to at least 8:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 328 was defeated Thursday night on a 26-29 vote. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have found that adolescents \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/08/24/should-school-start-later-with-lesson-plan/\">require more sleep\u003c/a> as they develop, but the idea of a single, state-mandated start time drew bipartisan opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each local district should be able to incorporate what are the local pressures on young people’s schedules,” said Assemblyman Matthew Harper (R-Huntington Beach).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average high school start time in the state is currently 8:07 a.m. SB 328, carried by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena), would have enacted the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/08/07/bill-for-late-school-start-passes-senate-heads-to-assembly/\">first such statewide start time\u003c/a> in the country, beginning in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”4LSMzH9HV5TSmVBXP8vkWqXiRYKps5td”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a lengthy floor debate in the Assembly, members with experience on local school boards argued that the bill would create a logjam of early morning school bus pickups, and inconvenience parents who need to get to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the measure said the focus should be squarely on the kids who need the sleep, not parents or administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to make sure that we’re really thinking about what’s beneficial for our children,” said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weber said leaving the decision to districts would be fruitless, as individual school boards would have to contend with angry parents and the difficulty of synchronizing extracurricular activities with neighboring schools that remained on a different schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:15 a.m. Friday: Bridge Toll Measure Would Raise Billions for Bay Area Transportation; Passes Over Objections from East Bay Legislators\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live in the Bay Area, you’ll be hearing a lot about \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 595\u003c/a> over the next year or so. The bill by state Sen. Jim Beall, D-Campbell, won final Senate passage Thursday and now awaits the governor’s signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 595 provides for a vote in the nine Bay Area counties next year to raise tolls on the region’s state-owned bridges — that’s all of them, except the Golden Gate — by as much as $3. If the Bay Area Toll Authority, the agency that oversees the bridges, seeks that maximum $3 increase, tolls on the bridges would be $8 to $9. (We still wouldn’t be in Verrazano-Narrows Bridge territory, though; the cash toll on the span between Brooklyn and Staten Island rose to $17 earlier this year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher tolls would raise something like $375 million a year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB595#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the latest legislative analysis\u003c/a>, and pay for nearly three dozen transit and highway projects totaling $4.45 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11617220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-800x460.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic backs up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza.\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11617220\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-800x460.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-160x92.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-1020x587.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-1180x679.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-960x553.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-240x138.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-375x216.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-520x299.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic backs up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART would get $500 million to help pay for its expanded fleet of new-generation rail cars, and $50 million for preliminary design and engineering work on a second transbay crossing. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority would get $375 million, part of what it needs to build a planned BART extension to downtown San Jose. Some $325 million would go to a long-dreamed-of Caltrain extension from San Francisco’s far-South of Market to downtown. The Bay Area’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority would get $300 to pay for new boats and dock facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the highway side, $300 million in toll proceeds would go to building new paid express lanes on Bay Area freeways, and another $1.1 billion would go to rebuilding interchanges and improving the most heavily traveled highway corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another major feature: In a provision put forward by longtime BART critic Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, the measure creates a new inspector general position that would have sweeping authority to watch over the agency’s finances and performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long list of local officials, unions, business and urban planning groups supported SB 595 as crucial for dealing with current and future transportation challenges in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill gives the Bay Area the bold plan it needs for the future,’’ Sen. Beall, the bill’s sponsor, said in a statement after the proposal finally made it through the Assembly on Wednesday. He added that the measure is especially important in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On weekdays, an average of 602,000 vehicles enter and exit the Bay Area,” Beall said. “With the expansion of tech firms, such as Google and Apple, those numbers will grow. Let’s take action now to curb traffic before it becomes worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what’s not to like in this picture?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Contra Costa County legislators — Assemblymember Tim Grayson and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier among them — opposed SB 595, saying that it’s 1) a regressive tax and 2) a ripoff for the residents of the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their main argument — both \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/09/01/desaulnier-bridge-toll-plan-fails-east-bay-commuters-miserably/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSaulnier\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion-toll-increases-are-not-the-answer-we-deserve/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grayson\u003c/a> penned op-ed pieces for the East Bay Times — is that residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties will pay significantly more in increased tolls than their communities will get back in benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson said after SB 595 passed the Assembly that while he understood the need for infrastructure upgrades in the Bay Area, “there is a fundamental lack of equity in this proposal. … East Bay commuters deserve a better and far more just measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier, who has vowed to fight the toll increase when it appears on the ballot, said he feels the long shopping list of projects in SB 595 is the result of what he termed a politically driven planning process on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s frustrating that such an innovative area is so backward when it comes to transportation,” DeSaulnier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14: Bill to Seal Court Records of the Unconvicted\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill that could help thousands of Californians overcome a persistent obstacle to getting a job or housing is heading to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393\">SB 393\u003c/a> aims to address problems faced by people\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">who were arrested but not \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">convicted\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of a crime, yet still find that potential employers, landlords and others have access to their court records.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Senate Bill 393, the so-called California Arrest Record Equity (CARE) Act, most of these people will be able to file a petition asking the court to seal their records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon. The measure’s author, Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Los Angeles, says people who were not convicted deserve a chance to live life free from the stigma of prior arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This now creates a clear uniform process to allow the judge to finally once and for all seal this record so that people can move on with their lives and not be trapped in this paper jail,” Lara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 393 is one of several criminal justice bills heading to the governor’s desk this session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, Noon Thursday, Sept. 14: Bill to House Homeless Medi-Cal Recipients Heads to the Governor\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the state Legislature considers a number of high-profile bills to address the state’s affordable housing crisis, a measure to help house chronically homeless Californians is heading to the governor’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 74, from San Francisco Assemblyman David Chiu, would provide rental assistance to homeless Medi-Cal recipients. It passed out of the state Assembly on Wednesday on a 60-18 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is home to 20 percent of the nation’s homeless population and one-third of the nation’s chronically homeless population,” Chiu said in a statement. “We need to bring significant and innovative solutions to address this crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation takes a ‘housing first’ approach, with the idea that permanent housing will \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/03/california-taps-health-care-money-to-pay-for-homeless-services/\">provide a stable setting\u003c/a> where homeless Californians can access medical and supportive services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”gKvrpDsnMiCODbIy8Ktt5uGTsE2VVWaJ”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill initially sought to use state general fund money to pay for the rental assistance, but that Assembly proposal didn’t survive negotiations with the governor and Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, funding in the bill will come from the federal Housing Trust Fund program, which could place the initiative on shakier ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Housing Trust Fund sent $10.1 million to California last year, but the Trump administration has proposed \u003ca href=\"https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=SOHUDtestFY18Budget_House.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eliminating the program\u003c/a> from the Housing and Urban Development Department budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, advocates remained optimistic that the bill will promote the cooperation between housing and health care agencies that they believe will benefit homeless residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a home of their own will provide the stability they need to pursue regular, preventive and effective care and that means healthier people and lower costs,” said Sharon Rapport, Associate Director at the Corporation for Supportive Housing, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m. Wednesday: Landmark Prescription Drug Measure Heads to Governor’s Desk\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill to increase transparency on prescription drugs passed out of the Senate over the strong objections of the pharmaceutical industry and now heads to Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Brown signs Senate Bill 17, it will require drug makers to give advance notice before they raise prices and force health plans to report how much they spend on prescription drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Sen. Ed Hernandez’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2017/04/07/california-presses-forward-in-fight-to-regulate-pharma/\">second run at the issue\u003c/a>; a similar measure was changed so dramatically in the Assembly last year that Hernandez abandoned his own bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, on the heels of public outrage over soaring drug prices — including the EpiPen — the powerful drug lobby was unable to stall the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, I think the biggest difference [this year] is the consumer is concerned about the costs of prescription drugs and they’re telling their elected officials,” Hernandez said shortly after the bill cleared the Senate floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616926\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Ed Hernandez\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Ed Hernandez \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pharmaceutical industry representatives said the bill will do nothing to drive down prices and accused Hernandez of making false promises. His response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, if it’s not going to do anything to impact drug prices, why do they fight so hard against it?” Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said having an even better sense of how drug prices are impacting healthcare costs could put pressure on the market. And, he’s hopeful that California’s lead could help consumers in other states as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope it spreads to the federal government,” Hernandez said, but he added that even if Congress doesn’t act, “I think this is going to make a national impact because California, being such a big market, it will send shock waves throughout the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 3:45 p.m. Wednesday: Bills to Expand ID Options for Nonbinary Californians Pass Assembly\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pair of bills aiming to make life easier for Californians who identify as neither male or female sailed to passage in the state Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 179 would allow Californians to have a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/05/30/california-bill-would-recognize-a-nonbinary-third-gender/\">“nonbinary” designation\u003c/a> displayed on state identifications like drivers licenses and birth certificates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California joins Oregon as the only states to allow this third gender on drivers licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”v6pa7MbBBfa209nJ9xgb7fnl4pCXofZP”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to keep California on the leading edge when it comes to the LGBTQ rights movement,” said Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters said the option will help transgender and nonbinary residents avoid delay and harassment when using their identification on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure was opposed by conservative groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiafamily.org/2017/bill-to-make-gender-a-personal-choice-in-hearing-tomorrow/\">California Family Council\u003c/a>, which argued that gender is a medical fact, not a choice. Only Democrats supported the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly later passed a separate bill, also by San Diego Senator Toni Atkins, that will make it easier for California prisoners to change their name and gender while incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both bills head back to the Senate for a final concurrence vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:15 p.m. Tuesday: Senate Rejects Safe Injection Sites\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate voted down \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/27/spurred-by-drug-deaths-legislature-advances-idea-of-supervised-injection-sites/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation\u003c/a> that would have allowed cities and counties to create “safe-consumption sites” for drug users, in an effort to address the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/18/the-california-report-1262/\">opioid epidemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first-in-the-nation idea was modeled after a program in Vancouver, where users of drugs such as heroin can shoot up under the supervision of trained staff in a designated facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of Assembly Bill 186 was to connect users in the “consumption sites” to medical treatment and other social services, while making sure they are not overdosing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-800x694.jpg\" alt=\"Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, the Stockton Democrat who carried the bill, once worked as a drug treatment counselor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-160x139.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-240x208.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-375x325.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-520x451.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, the Stockton Democrat who carried the bill, once worked as a drug treatment counselor. \u003ccite>(Steve Yeater/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To opponents, the measure was little more than a step toward supporting illegal drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we condoning the illegal drug use of heroin, which leads to other opiate addiction problems?” asked Jeff Stone R-Temecula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, which is expected to be taken up on a reconsideration vote later this week, would have allowed local governments in Alameda, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Francisco and San Joaquin counties to establish four-year trial runs of the consumption sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senators in both parties criticized that provision for not weighing the desires of the local governments chosen in the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”dQckkjvpUAAxKQQWV0ZBHrmPRTf4L2rt”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Coast Democrat Mike McGuire said Humboldt County was not consulted before they were included in the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers in Fresno also \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article165602407.html\">chafed at the idea\u003c/a>, leading to the county being removed from the list of potential pilot sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, 4,000 people in the state ended up in the emergency room because of an opiate overdose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The approach we’ve been using, it’s a failure,” said Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco. “Why wouldn’t we want to try new things?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Tuesday: Effort to Lower Voting Age Fails in Assembly\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A proposal to lower California’s voting age from 18 to 17-years-old failed to pass on the Assembly floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Constitutional Amendment 10, from Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), did not receive the two-thirds vote it needed to advance towards a future statewide ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California would have become the first state in the country to allow 17-year-olds to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a bold idea,” said Low. “But bold ideas are required to make significant change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616741\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616741\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-800x503.jpg\" alt=\"A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Pasadena in 2014.\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-800x503.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-1020x641.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-1180x742.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-960x604.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-240x151.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-375x236.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/VotingBooths-520x327.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Pasadena in 2014. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Proponents of ACA 10 argued that high school seniors are well-positioned to take on the responsibility of voting. Many are enrolled in history or civics classes, and unlike some college freshmen, they don’t have to vote as absentees from other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics pointed out that California has already settled on 18 as an age of responsibility for other thresholds, such as getting married and entering into contracts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This schizophrenic lawmaking does not make any sense,” said Assemblyman Matthew Harper (R-Huntington Beach).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lengthy floor debate on the idea saw several members call on personal experience to inform their decision on the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) indicated that the thought of her own 17-year-old child was enough to make her vote against the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher said Melendez doesn’t speak for all mothers in the Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve had a 17-year-old who, unlike other people on this floor, I actually would very much trust to vote,” she responded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Low’s office says he plans to bring the measure back on a reconsideration vote later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 2 p.m., Tuesday: Assembly OKs Parental Leave Law Extension\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Assembly has passed legislation to expand parental leave law to cover California businesses with between 20 and 50 employees. Other states including New York, Oregon and Washington have protections similar to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 63\u003c/a>, which guarantees a worker’s employment upon return from leave but does not provide pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Moms are only trying to bring their baby into the world and stay home for a certain amount of time,” said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, D-San Diego. “We need to catch up to the rest of the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure passed on a 45-12 vote, with five Republicans voting in favor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An earlier version of SB 63 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/30/california-senate-votes-to-expand-parental-leave-law/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed the state Senate in May\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”D84HNq0BgcFHEEzwTMVosYmZQHzHByLP”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Santa Barbara Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson pushed for a similar expansion of the state’s current law, which only applies to businesses with more than 50 employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That bill was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown, who was concerned that small businesses couldn’t afford to defend potential lawsuits brought by workers who could claim that they were not given proper pay or returned to a similar position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Negotiations with the governor’s office this year resulted in the creation of a proposed mediation pilot program, in which disputes can be heard before they end up in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amendment — added to the bill last week — was not enough to stave off opposition from the measure’s most powerful opponent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://blob.capitoltrack.com/17blobs/8f89c461-defa-4c50-8d28-b6858546bf3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a> says the mediation program is toothless, because an employee has the option of terminating the process and heading straight to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill now heads \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/30/california-senate-votes-to-expand-parental-leave-law/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">back to the State Senate\u003c/a> for a final concurrence vote.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>We’ve reached the home stretch of the legislative year at the state Capitol, with hours left until tonight’s midnight deadline to pass bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means hallways packed with fretting lobbyists, hundreds of rapid-fire votes and late-night debates on the Senate and Assembly floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve been updating this post throughout the week as bills are passed, killed or changed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 11:40 a.m. Friday: No Later Start Time for Middle and High Schoolers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments after passing a series of landmark housing bills, the State Assembly threw cold water on a measure that would given given middle and high schoolers a little more sleep, by pushing back school start times in California to at least 8:30 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 328 was defeated Thursday night on a 26-29 vote. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Studies have found that adolescents \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/08/24/should-school-start-later-with-lesson-plan/\">require more sleep\u003c/a> as they develop, but the idea of a single, state-mandated start time drew bipartisan opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Each local district should be able to incorporate what are the local pressures on young people’s schedules,” said Assemblyman Matthew Harper (R-Huntington Beach).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average high school start time in the state is currently 8:07 a.m. SB 328, carried by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena), would have enacted the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/08/07/bill-for-late-school-start-passes-senate-heads-to-assembly/\">first such statewide start time\u003c/a> in the country, beginning in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During a lengthy floor debate in the Assembly, members with experience on local school boards argued that the bill would create a logjam of early morning school bus pickups, and inconvenience parents who need to get to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters of the measure said the focus should be squarely on the kids who need the sleep, not parents or administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to make sure that we’re really thinking about what’s beneficial for our children,” said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weber said leaving the decision to districts would be fruitless, as individual school boards would have to contend with angry parents and the difficulty of synchronizing extracurricular activities with neighboring schools that remained on a different schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10:15 a.m. Friday: Bridge Toll Measure Would Raise Billions for Bay Area Transportation; Passes Over Objections from East Bay Legislators\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you live in the Bay Area, you’ll be hearing a lot about \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 595\u003c/a> over the next year or so. The bill by state Sen. Jim Beall, D-Campbell, won final Senate passage Thursday and now awaits the governor’s signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 595 provides for a vote in the nine Bay Area counties next year to raise tolls on the region’s state-owned bridges — that’s all of them, except the Golden Gate — by as much as $3. If the Bay Area Toll Authority, the agency that oversees the bridges, seeks that maximum $3 increase, tolls on the bridges would be $8 to $9. (We still wouldn’t be in Verrazano-Narrows Bridge territory, though; the cash toll on the span between Brooklyn and Staten Island rose to $17 earlier this year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The higher tolls would raise something like $375 million a year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB595#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the latest legislative analysis\u003c/a>, and pay for nearly three dozen transit and highway projects totaling $4.45 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11617220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-800x460.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic backs up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza.\" width=\"800\" height=\"460\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11617220\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-800x460.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-160x92.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-1020x587.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-1180x679.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-960x553.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-240x138.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-375x216.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/TollPlaza-520x299.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic backs up at the Bay Bridge toll plaza. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>BART would get $500 million to help pay for its expanded fleet of new-generation rail cars, and $50 million for preliminary design and engineering work on a second transbay crossing. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority would get $375 million, part of what it needs to build a planned BART extension to downtown San Jose. Some $325 million would go to a long-dreamed-of Caltrain extension from San Francisco’s far-South of Market to downtown. The Bay Area’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority would get $300 to pay for new boats and dock facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the highway side, $300 million in toll proceeds would go to building new paid express lanes on Bay Area freeways, and another $1.1 billion would go to rebuilding interchanges and improving the most heavily traveled highway corridors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another major feature: In a provision put forward by longtime BART critic Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, the measure creates a new inspector general position that would have sweeping authority to watch over the agency’s finances and performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A long list of local officials, unions, business and urban planning groups supported SB 595 as crucial for dealing with current and future transportation challenges in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill gives the Bay Area the bold plan it needs for the future,’’ Sen. Beall, the bill’s sponsor, said in a statement after the proposal finally made it through the Assembly on Wednesday. He added that the measure is especially important in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“On weekdays, an average of 602,000 vehicles enter and exit the Bay Area,” Beall said. “With the expansion of tech firms, such as Google and Apple, those numbers will grow. Let’s take action now to curb traffic before it becomes worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what’s not to like in this picture?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several Contra Costa County legislators — Assemblymember Tim Grayson and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier among them — opposed SB 595, saying that it’s 1) a regressive tax and 2) a ripoff for the residents of the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their main argument — both \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/09/01/desaulnier-bridge-toll-plan-fails-east-bay-commuters-miserably/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSaulnier\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/09/07/opinion-toll-increases-are-not-the-answer-we-deserve/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grayson\u003c/a> penned op-ed pieces for the East Bay Times — is that residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties will pay significantly more in increased tolls than their communities will get back in benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grayson said after SB 595 passed the Assembly that while he understood the need for infrastructure upgrades in the Bay Area, “there is a fundamental lack of equity in this proposal. … East Bay commuters deserve a better and far more just measure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeSaulnier, who has vowed to fight the toll increase when it appears on the ballot, said he feels the long shopping list of projects in SB 595 is the result of what he termed a politically driven planning process on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s frustrating that such an innovative area is so backward when it comes to transportation,” DeSaulnier said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14: Bill to Seal Court Records of the Unconvicted\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill that could help thousands of Californians overcome a persistent obstacle to getting a job or housing is heading to Governor Jerry Brown’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB393\">SB 393\u003c/a> aims to address problems faced by people\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">who were arrested but not \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">convicted\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of a crime, yet still find that potential employers, landlords and others have access to their court records.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Senate Bill 393, the so-called California Arrest Record Equity (CARE) Act, most of these people will be able to file a petition asking the court to seal their records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was sponsored by San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon. The measure’s author, Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Los Angeles, says people who were not convicted deserve a chance to live life free from the stigma of prior arrests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This now creates a clear uniform process to allow the judge to finally once and for all seal this record so that people can move on with their lives and not be trapped in this paper jail,” Lara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 393 is one of several criminal justice bills heading to the governor’s desk this session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, Noon Thursday, Sept. 14: Bill to House Homeless Medi-Cal Recipients Heads to the Governor\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the state Legislature considers a number of high-profile bills to address the state’s affordable housing crisis, a measure to help house chronically homeless Californians is heading to the governor’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assembly Bill 74, from San Francisco Assemblyman David Chiu, would provide rental assistance to homeless Medi-Cal recipients. It passed out of the state Assembly on Wednesday on a 60-18 vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California is home to 20 percent of the nation’s homeless population and one-third of the nation’s chronically homeless population,” Chiu said in a statement. “We need to bring significant and innovative solutions to address this crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation takes a ‘housing first’ approach, with the idea that permanent housing will \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/03/california-taps-health-care-money-to-pay-for-homeless-services/\">provide a stable setting\u003c/a> where homeless Californians can access medical and supportive services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill initially sought to use state general fund money to pay for the rental assistance, but that Assembly proposal didn’t survive negotiations with the governor and Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, funding in the bill will come from the federal Housing Trust Fund program, which could place the initiative on shakier ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Housing Trust Fund sent $10.1 million to California last year, but the Trump administration has proposed \u003ca href=\"https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=SOHUDtestFY18Budget_House.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eliminating the program\u003c/a> from the Housing and Urban Development Department budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, advocates remained optimistic that the bill will promote the cooperation between housing and health care agencies that they believe will benefit homeless residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a home of their own will provide the stability they need to pursue regular, preventive and effective care and that means healthier people and lower costs,” said Sharon Rapport, Associate Director at the Corporation for Supportive Housing, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 5 p.m. Wednesday: Landmark Prescription Drug Measure Heads to Governor’s Desk\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill to increase transparency on prescription drugs passed out of the Senate over the strong objections of the pharmaceutical industry and now heads to Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Brown signs Senate Bill 17, it will require drug makers to give advance notice before they raise prices and force health plans to report how much they spend on prescription drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was Sen. Ed Hernandez’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2017/04/07/california-presses-forward-in-fight-to-regulate-pharma/\">second run at the issue\u003c/a>; a similar measure was changed so dramatically in the Assembly last year that Hernandez abandoned his own bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this year, on the heels of public outrage over soaring drug prices — including the EpiPen — the powerful drug lobby was unable to stall the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Honestly, I think the biggest difference [this year] is the consumer is concerned about the costs of prescription drugs and they’re telling their elected officials,” Hernandez said shortly after the bill cleared the Senate floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616926\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"State Sen. Ed Hernandez\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/EdHernandez-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Sen. Ed Hernandez \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pharmaceutical industry representatives said the bill will do nothing to drive down prices and accused Hernandez of making false promises. His response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, if it’s not going to do anything to impact drug prices, why do they fight so hard against it?” Hernandez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said having an even better sense of how drug prices are impacting healthcare costs could put pressure on the market. And, he’s hopeful that California’s lead could help consumers in other states as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope it spreads to the federal government,” Hernandez said, but he added that even if Congress doesn’t act, “I think this is going to make a national impact because California, being such a big market, it will send shock waves throughout the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Update, 3:45 p.m. Wednesday: Bills to Expand ID Options for Nonbinary Californians Pass Assembly\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pair of bills aiming to make life easier for Californians who identify as neither male or female sailed to passage in the state Assembly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Bill 179 would allow Californians to have a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2017/05/30/california-bill-would-recognize-a-nonbinary-third-gender/\">“nonbinary” designation\u003c/a> displayed on state identifications like drivers licenses and birth certificates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California joins Oregon as the only states to allow this third gender on drivers licenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to keep California on the leading edge when it comes to the LGBTQ rights movement,” said Assemblyman Todd Gloria, D-San Diego.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters said the option will help transgender and nonbinary residents avoid delay and harassment when using their identification on a daily basis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure was opposed by conservative groups like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.californiafamily.org/2017/bill-to-make-gender-a-personal-choice-in-hearing-tomorrow/\">California Family Council\u003c/a>, which argued that gender is a medical fact, not a choice. Only Democrats supported the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Assembly later passed a separate bill, also by San Diego Senator Toni Atkins, that will make it easier for California prisoners to change their name and gender while incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both bills head back to the Senate for a final concurrence vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 9:15 p.m. Tuesday: Senate Rejects Safe Injection Sites\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Senate voted down \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/07/27/spurred-by-drug-deaths-legislature-advances-idea-of-supervised-injection-sites/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">legislation\u003c/a> that would have allowed cities and counties to create “safe-consumption sites” for drug users, in an effort to address the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/08/18/the-california-report-1262/\">opioid epidemic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first-in-the-nation idea was modeled after a program in Vancouver, where users of drugs such as heroin can shoot up under the supervision of trained staff in a designated facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of Assembly Bill 186 was to connect users in the “consumption sites” to medical treatment and other social services, while making sure they are not overdosing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11616737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11616737\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-800x694.jpg\" alt=\"Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, the Stockton Democrat who carried the bill, once worked as a drug treatment counselor.\" width=\"800\" height=\"694\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-160x139.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-240x208.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-375x325.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/09/SusanEggman-800x694-520x451.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, the Stockton Democrat who carried the bill, once worked as a drug treatment counselor. \u003ccite>(Steve Yeater/CALmatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To opponents, the measure was little more than a step toward supporting illegal drug use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we condoning the illegal drug use of heroin, which leads to other opiate addiction problems?” asked Jeff Stone R-Temecula.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, which is expected to be taken up on a reconsideration vote later this week, would have allowed local governments in Alameda, Humboldt, Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Francisco and San Joaquin counties to establish four-year trial runs of the consumption sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senators in both parties criticized that provision for not weighing the desires of the local governments chosen in the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>North Coast Democrat Mike McGuire said Humboldt County was not consulted before they were included in the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers in Fresno also \u003ca href=\"http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article165602407.html\">chafed at the idea\u003c/a>, leading to the county being removed from the list of potential pilot sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, 4,000 people in the state ended up in the emergency room because of an opiate overdose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The approach we’ve been using, it’s a failure,” said Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco. “Why wouldn’t we want to try new things?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 7 p.m. Tuesday: Effort to Lower Voting 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chris Cassidy, communications director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, said transportation officials and cycling and pedestrian advocates consider the route exceptionally hazardous: steep, poorly paved, lacking sidewalks and an artery for traffic heading to and from the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I've biked for a long time in and around San Francisco, and I'd take advocates' warnings very seriously about Hillcrest,\" Cassidy said Friday. \"We fought for these shuttles and strongly recommend you use them to access the remainder of the island.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shuttles are expected to accommodate eight to 12 passengers and be equipped with racks that can carry eight bikes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post, 4:27 p.m Thursday:\u003c/strong> It's a decision seemingly \u003ca href=\"http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/RusnEnig.html\" target=\"_blank\">wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma\u003c/a>, but officials at Caltrans may have made up their minds to open the final leg of the Bay Bridge bike and pedestrian path to Yerba Buena Island this Sunday, Oct. 23.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at the agency on Thursday declined to discuss the opening date, though cycling advocates and others \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/10/11/bay-bridge-east-span-bike-path-its-done-just-not-open-yet/\" target=\"_blank\">have been suggesting\u003c/a> the bike path would open by the end of the month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Caltrans may have let the cat out of the bag by way of \u003ca href=\"http://www.baybridgeinfo.org/sites/default/files/pdf/sfobb-bike-path-closure-calendarr4_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a bike-path calendar\u003c/a> for October and November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11138620\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11138620\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39.png\" alt=\"Bay Bridge bike path calendar for October and November. \" width=\"780\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39.png 780w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39-160x122.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39-240x184.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39-375x287.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Screenshot-2016-10-20-15.32.39-520x398.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bay Bridge bike path calendar for October and November.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The calendar says, in part, \"The Bay Bridge bike path will be open on the 2-mile long bridge this winter on weekends and holidays from Oakland to the YBI [Yerba Buena Island] landing from 7 a.m.-6 p.m.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sunday, Oct. 23, is marked as a day the path will be open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, maybe that's a scoop -- OK, a mini-scoop -- maybe it's not. But there are a couple more things to note in the little bit of information divulged on the calendar:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, the path will be open only to the \"landing\" area at its Yerba Buena Island end. Officials have described the area as a busy construction zone, and it's not clear whether cyclists would be allowed to proceed down an adjacent road and on to Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second, the calendar pointedly says there are \"no parking or pedestrian facilities on YBI.\" The takeaway from that: Those who want to walk the path need to park at the Oakland end and make the 2-mile-plus hike out to the island and back. (Eventually, the agencies involved in the Bay Bridge Trail project plan to set up shuttles to carry pedestrians and less experienced cyclists from the path down to Treasure Island and back. Work continues on a nearby vista point for cyclists and walkers, but that feature is not expected to open for several weeks.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Third, the calendar reinforces the current rather disappointing reality for eager cyclists and walkers: The path will be closed virtually every weekday between now and Thanksgiving because of demolition work on the old eastern span. On the other hand, the path is scheduled to be open every weekend in November, with a four-day opening on Thanksgiving weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there's one other major piece of Bay Bridge work to note this weekend: On Saturday, Caltrans will open a new, improved ramp from the bridge's eastern span to Yerba Buena Island. The new ramp switches the exit from the left to the right side of the roadway.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Cyclists and long-distance walkers, listen up: The bicycle and pedestrian path across the eastern span of the Bay Bridge is done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hold on: The path from Oakland to Yerba Buena Island isn't open yet -- repeat, it's \u003cem>not open\u003c/em> -- and won't be until crews complete a few finishing touches on the island side of the route. The path is expected to open in the next two to three weeks, officials and bike advocates say, and an exact date could be settled on this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.baybridgeinfo.org/path\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Bridge Trail\u003c/a>, as the cycling/walking path is formally known, opened in September 2013, immediately after the eastern span opened to motor vehicles. The path has been open past the eastern span's suspension tower, about 2.5 miles west of the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza but a few hundred yards short of Yerba Buena Island. Construction delays and design tweaks have held up the path's opening, which Caltrans initially scheduled for 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The main issue holding things up now? The trail's Yerba Buena Island landing point is in the middle of a busy construction zone, with crews working on new ramps for traffic onto and off of the bridge. To complicate matters, the surface streets at which the path ends are narrow and steep. Cyclists who venture down Hillcrest Road, which leads to Treasure Island, can count on encountering traffic bound to or from the bridge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11125639\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/sfobb-vistapoint.png\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-11125639\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/sfobb-vistapoint-400x254.png\" alt=\"Map and diagram showing location of Bay Bridge Trail and a new vista point for cyclists and pedestrians on Yerba Buena Island. 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We want the bridge open more than anyone, but I am not OK with the way it is now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Randy Rentschler, spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, said Tuesday that the agencies involved in the project -- which include Caltrans, the Bay Area Toll Authority, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority and the city's Treasure Island Development Authority -- want to make sure the island end of the path is safe before it opens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rentschler said it will be important \"for people to understand the environment they're in\" when they reach Yerba Buena Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What's happening there is not only is there a lot of construction trucks all the time, but roads are closed, too,\" Rentschler said. \"So the idea is to provide access to people that's safe and provide people an experience that is memorable in a positive way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To improve the odds that path users will have that positive experience, the S.F. County Transportation Authority has built a temporary vista point, complete with bike racks, restrooms and water fountains, adjacent to an old Navy residence just to the southwest of the trail's western end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFCTA spokesman Eric Young said Tuesday that work on preparing the short route from the path to the vista point, which includes a 12-foot-wide crosswalk across Southgate Road and new directional and advisory signage, is nearly complete. Young said the vista facility, which will look east and southeast over the Oakland waterfront, is expected to open by mid-November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rivera, Rentschler and Young all say they expect the bike path to be open to Yerba Buena Island by then -- sometime in the next two to three weeks. Among the issues still to be ironed out is what to do for cyclists who want to travel down from the heights of Yerba Buena Island to the adjacent sea-level expanse of Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rentschler notes it will be possible for cyclists to ride to and from Treasure Island but emphasized it's not an undertaking for the faint of heart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The route \"is tight, is congested with people seeking to get onto the freeway, in some cases it has trucks on it,\" Rentschler said. \"Experienced cyclists would have no problem with this. But I would urge people not to bring inexperienced bicyclists or families on this road -- it is simply not a safe place for them to be.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the short term, transportation officials are planning to use shuttle vans or buses to get both those less experienced riders and pedestrians from the new vista point to Treasure Island.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the current bridge-related ramp construction ends, Rentschler says, transportation agencies will build \"much safer\" alternate routes from the end of the eastern span trail to Treasure Island. That project, which he says is already mapped out, will involve repaving roads, fencing and guardrails along some parts of the route, and restriping intersections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But look, that's going to take a while,\" Rentschler said. \"I guess I'm asking folks to be happy with what they can get -- all the way across -- knowing that when you get there, except for the most experienced riders, you've found the end of your trip as opposed to the beginning of it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, that's when cyclists will really start asking when they'll be able to ride \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/02/01/bay-bridge-western-span-bike-path-design/\" target=\"_blank\">all the way to San Francisco\u003c/a>. That's another project that's going to take a while.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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