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Being on the streets gave me a mission. It helped me stay alert about what really happens in our cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would get shamed at school sometimes for not reading the news, but living from phone charge to phone charge forces compromises. I used the power on my cellphone to navigate the cities, hunting for story sources, food, restrooms and gyms to complete daily tasks and homework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today I’m part of a community of four families, including nine children, living out of eight vehicles in a parking lot at the marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As humans, we all want to be directors of our own dream. Our relationships with one another help us grow: financially, physically, spiritually and morally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have created a network of neighbors, family, friends, comrades. 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Amber leads the discussions, encouraging neighbors to know their rights on the street. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Sweeney, the grandfather in the Bockover family, prepares and eats a ribeye steak from Whole Foods Market. He enjoys the small pleasures of life: good food and dancing. He works with his son-in-law in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677603\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Torres, Prado’s friend, smiles for a portrait inside her RV at the Berkeley Marina. Their daily routine is to make breakfast with their camping stove, hit the gym, shower, commute around the city for food, and linger at coffee shops or libraries to charge up battery packs and electronics for the day. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31596_RS31596_Prado_MarinaFriends010-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr., age 5, plays inside an inflatable ball outside his motorhome at the Hs Lordships parking lot. Paul was the first child in the Berkeley Marina Friends on Wheels. He attends pre-kindergarten at the Berkeley Technology Academy. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677600\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian and Jim Hauso prepare hamburgers and hot dogs at a community barbecue on Sunday afternoon at Hs Lordships. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hs Lordships parking lot is a popular spot to come race and make car doughnuts. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today I’m part of a community of four families, including nine children, living out of eight vehicles in a parking lot at the marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As humans, we all want to be directors of our own dream. Our relationships with one another help us grow: financially, physically, spiritually and morally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have created a network of neighbors, family, friends, comrades. The Berkeley Marina Friends on Wheels is an example of how poverty is a shared experience in the world, regardless of education, color or nationality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677599\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community meetings are held weekly, and neighbors gather to share concerns and issues that happened throughout the week. Amber leads the discussions, encouraging neighbors to know their rights on the street. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Sweeney, the grandfather in the Bockover family, prepares and eats a ribeye steak from Whole Foods Market. He enjoys the small pleasures of life: good food and dancing. He works with his son-in-law in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677603\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Torres, Prado’s friend, smiles for a portrait inside her RV at the Berkeley Marina. Their daily routine is to make breakfast with their camping stove, hit the gym, shower, commute around the city for food, and linger at coffee shops or libraries to charge up battery packs and electronics for the day. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31596_RS31596_Prado_MarinaFriends010-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr., age 5, plays inside an inflatable ball outside his motorhome at the Hs Lordships parking lot. Paul was the first child in the Berkeley Marina Friends on Wheels. He attends pre-kindergarten at the Berkeley Technology Academy. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677600\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian and Jim Hauso prepare hamburgers and hot dogs at a community barbecue on Sunday afternoon at Hs Lordships. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hs Lordships parking lot is a popular spot to come race and make car doughnuts. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul reads an encyclopedia about animals before going to bed. While living at the marina, Paul has learned about the animals, plants and geology you can find here. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After a fire burned down her home, Dorothy Nolan began living in an RV. One of the biggest challenges she has found as an RV dweller? Being told to move — constantly — by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just could not park,” Nolan said. “We’d park to even just cook or take our dogs out for a walk. And, ‘What are you doing here? How long are you gonna be here? There’s no camping. Move it; you’ve got an hour.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nolan recently found a parking lot at the edge of the Berkeley Marina where, so far, no one has ticketed or towed her RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been sleeping for two days,” she said. “After not sleeping for six months, we were dead tired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorothy Nolan smiles for a portrait outside her trailer, which is pulled by another friend with his motor home. Nolan lived in San Pablo, and became homeless after her house burned down. Nolan is a former veterinary technician and lives in the trailer with her seven dogs and boyfriend. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By the \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017HIRDReport-Berkeley-1.pdf\">latest count\u003c/a>, the city of Berkeley has nearly 1,000 homeless people, many living in tented encampments along roads and underpasses. But in the past year, a group of people living in their vehicles — mostly RVs — have been living at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Marina_Home/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Marina. \u003c/a> Now the city is considering whether to create a sanctioned area for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parked near Nolan is Berkeley native Paul Schrager, who grew up just off of University Avenue, right up the road from the Berkeley Marina. He’s on disability and can’t work right now. Schrager left the Bay Area for a year, and then moved back to his hometown, closer to a support network of relatives and friends. But rents were so high, he was unable to find a place his family could afford. When he bought the RV for $300, he thought of it as a temporary home while he searched for housing. It’s been three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think we’d be in this thing this long,” Schrager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s 5-year-old attends a public school in Berkeley and often plays outdoors near the bay. Schrager doesn’t want to leave his friends and family in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been hard raising a child here in this environment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s RV has electricity now, so his son can watch TV, but it lacks proper facilities. Some of his neighbors pay for gym memberships in order to shower — much easier to afford than local rent. Schrager and his son are able to bathe at his dad’s house nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a bathroom, but we have no shower or bathtub or running water right now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr. and his dad fly a kite in a parking lot at the Berkeley Marina, where they are part of a community of people living in vehicles. Paul’s favorite color is “the whole rainbow,” he says, and he enjoys flying colorful kites at the marina. He shares his toys with the other children. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schrager and Nolan are part of a fluctuating group of RV dwellers who have formed a community here over the past year. There are retired seniors, several people on disability, and many working adults: a barista, a security guard and a delivery driver for Amazon, to name a few. One woman earned her master’s degree at UC Berkeley while living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday, there were about 16 live-in vehicles mostly in a row. They are in the parking lot of a marina restaurant that leases the land from the city. The restaurant is shutting down in a few days, and the city does not yet have a plan for what will happen to the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, Berkeley doesn’t allow vehicular camping, though the city sometimes looks the other way. The core RV dwellers here have become a tight-knit group. Last April, when the city made everyone leave an area near a local hotel, they voted to all move to a new part of the marina — together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Whitson lived for seven years at an encampment on nearby Albany Bulb park, before it was forcibly disbanded. Now living in a RV in the marina, Whitson still worries that she and her neighbors could be towed or forced to move at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still in an unsure place here as far as the legality of our being here. It isn’t technically sanctioned for us to be here,” said Whitson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677221\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber Whitson rakes weeds off the parking lot at Hs Lordships on the Berkeley Marina. She is getting rid of the spiky weeds hidden in the patches of overgrown grass for the safety of the kids and pets playing in the parking lot. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So Whitson has been pushing her neighbors to organize and advocate on their own behalf, including bringing their concerns to people who have the political power to make changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve started showing up at City Council meetings. And they’re asking for a longer-term fix — a sanctioned area, like an RV park, with running water and septic tank disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty,” Whitson said at a recent City Council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they are willing to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities\u003c/strong> is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Amber Whitson\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Some in the marina have been supportive, but there has also been some pushback. There have been complaints about sanitation and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of why Whitson and others have also been working to establish rules for those seeking to live here, to help maintain order and safety and avoid negative attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in between a row of RVs, Whitson reads from a draft of their proposed community rules of conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No street drugs and/or alcohol. No rowdy behavior. 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. noise curfew. All holding tanks must be proper and legal working order,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A van at the marina. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and City Council members Cheryl Davila and Kate Harrison are trying to find an answer. They are introducing \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2018/06_June/City_Council__06-26-2018_-_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a proposal\u003c/a> for the city manager to develop a local vehicle-dweller park. It would have toilets, garbage service, showers and potable water. There would also be access to social services. The city would issue permits, and collect a fee of somewhere between $60 to $150 per month, far less than most RV parks. The local RV-dwelling community could live there without fear of harassment or citation, if they abide by some rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it’s approved, Arreguin said there would have to be limits to how many people could stay there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also going to be people that are going to want to come, that are going to want to live there, that either won’t be able to live there because of space or are not going to be able to conform to those rules,” said Arreguin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitson is hopeful the city’s proposal could lead to a longer-term solution for the community, even if it’s not in the marina. For now, she’s helping the community organize so they can stay in the minds — and good graces — of the city.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After a fire burned down her home, Dorothy Nolan began living in an RV. One of the biggest challenges she has found as an RV dweller? Being told to move — constantly — by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just could not park,” Nolan said. “We’d park to even just cook or take our dogs out for a walk. And, ‘What are you doing here? How long are you gonna be here? There’s no camping. Move it; you’ve got an hour.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nolan recently found a parking lot at the edge of the Berkeley Marina where, so far, no one has ticketed or towed her RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been sleeping for two days,” she said. “After not sleeping for six months, we were dead tired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorothy Nolan smiles for a portrait outside her trailer, which is pulled by another friend with his motor home. Nolan lived in San Pablo, and became homeless after her house burned down. Nolan is a former veterinary technician and lives in the trailer with her seven dogs and boyfriend. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By the \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017HIRDReport-Berkeley-1.pdf\">latest count\u003c/a>, the city of Berkeley has nearly 1,000 homeless people, many living in tented encampments along roads and underpasses. But in the past year, a group of people living in their vehicles — mostly RVs — have been living at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Marina_Home/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Marina. \u003c/a> Now the city is considering whether to create a sanctioned area for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parked near Nolan is Berkeley native Paul Schrager, who grew up just off of University Avenue, right up the road from the Berkeley Marina. He’s on disability and can’t work right now. Schrager left the Bay Area for a year, and then moved back to his hometown, closer to a support network of relatives and friends. But rents were so high, he was unable to find a place his family could afford. When he bought the RV for $300, he thought of it as a temporary home while he searched for housing. It’s been three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think we’d be in this thing this long,” Schrager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s 5-year-old attends a public school in Berkeley and often plays outdoors near the bay. Schrager doesn’t want to leave his friends and family in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been hard raising a child here in this environment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s RV has electricity now, so his son can watch TV, but it lacks proper facilities. Some of his neighbors pay for gym memberships in order to shower — much easier to afford than local rent. Schrager and his son are able to bathe at his dad’s house nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a bathroom, but we have no shower or bathtub or running water right now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr. and his dad fly a kite in a parking lot at the Berkeley Marina, where they are part of a community of people living in vehicles. Paul’s favorite color is “the whole rainbow,” he says, and he enjoys flying colorful kites at the marina. He shares his toys with the other children. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schrager and Nolan are part of a fluctuating group of RV dwellers who have formed a community here over the past year. There are retired seniors, several people on disability, and many working adults: a barista, a security guard and a delivery driver for Amazon, to name a few. One woman earned her master’s degree at UC Berkeley while living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday, there were about 16 live-in vehicles mostly in a row. They are in the parking lot of a marina restaurant that leases the land from the city. The restaurant is shutting down in a few days, and the city does not yet have a plan for what will happen to the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, Berkeley doesn’t allow vehicular camping, though the city sometimes looks the other way. The core RV dwellers here have become a tight-knit group. Last April, when the city made everyone leave an area near a local hotel, they voted to all move to a new part of the marina — together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Whitson lived for seven years at an encampment on nearby Albany Bulb park, before it was forcibly disbanded. Now living in a RV in the marina, Whitson still worries that she and her neighbors could be towed or forced to move at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still in an unsure place here as far as the legality of our being here. It isn’t technically sanctioned for us to be here,” said Whitson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677221\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber Whitson rakes weeds off the parking lot at Hs Lordships on the Berkeley Marina. She is getting rid of the spiky weeds hidden in the patches of overgrown grass for the safety of the kids and pets playing in the parking lot. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So Whitson has been pushing her neighbors to organize and advocate on their own behalf, including bringing their concerns to people who have the political power to make changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve started showing up at City Council meetings. And they’re asking for a longer-term fix — a sanctioned area, like an RV park, with running water and septic tank disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty,” Whitson said at a recent City Council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they are willing to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities\u003c/strong> is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Amber Whitson\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Some in the marina have been supportive, but there has also been some pushback. There have been complaints about sanitation and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of why Whitson and others have also been working to establish rules for those seeking to live here, to help maintain order and safety and avoid negative attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in between a row of RVs, Whitson reads from a draft of their proposed community rules of conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No street drugs and/or alcohol. No rowdy behavior. 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. noise curfew. All holding tanks must be proper and legal working order,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A van at the marina. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and City Council members Cheryl Davila and Kate Harrison are trying to find an answer. They are introducing \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2018/06_June/City_Council__06-26-2018_-_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a proposal\u003c/a> for the city manager to develop a local vehicle-dweller park. It would have toilets, garbage service, showers and potable water. There would also be access to social services. The city would issue permits, and collect a fee of somewhere between $60 to $150 per month, far less than most RV parks. The local RV-dwelling community could live there without fear of harassment or citation, if they abide by some rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it’s approved, Arreguin said there would have to be limits to how many people could stay there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also going to be people that are going to want to come, that are going to want to live there, that either won’t be able to live there because of space or are not going to be able to conform to those rules,” said Arreguin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After 38 years in business, owner Andy Katz is closing \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/five-star-video-berkeley-4\">Five Star Video\u003c/a>. For decades, Katz had been the last man standing, offering patrons a blast from the past: the in-person experience of browsing an aisle for a movie, touching and reading the covers, and listening to movie recommendations from store clerks who carry with them encyclopedic knowledge of obscure titles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katz’s store houses about 18,000 titles, everything from musicals to documentaries to foreign language film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People get lost here. They will start picking at movies. They lose sight of what they’re here for,” says Katz. “But it’s like being a library, and it’s recreation for people. They like it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11673233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 440px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11673233\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shelf-e1528329458176-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Katz is standing next to the recommendation section, which is curated by humans working at the store instead of by the algorithms of a streaming site. \u003ccite>(Sam Harnett/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have grown, video rental stores throughout the country have closed. What have we lost as we moved from brick-and-mortar stores with human-curated collections to streaming services that recommend videos and television shows?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lot, says Katz.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a tactile side of shopping, and that’s gone with Netflix. Their algorithm steers you towards things you might like based on what you’ve seen before, and that takes away your curiosity for new things. It’s the further commoditization of art.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The end of his lease seemed like a perfect moment to retire, he says. The store’s final day of operation will be June 17. After the store closes — from July 13 to 15 — Katz is planning to have a liquidation sale. It’s been a decent run, he says. Last year was profitable, but like most video store owners before him have discovered, Katz predicts the future won’t be so bright.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Saturday was \u003ca href=\"https://www.freecomicbookday.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Comic Book Day\u003c/a>, which means comic bookstores across the country and in the Bay Area gave out free comics to anyone who comes in. Comic book fans of all ages gathered at The Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Escapist Comics specializes in vintage comics and graphic novels. On Saturday, local comic book artists set up shop to draw sketches and sign books as part of the festivities. Employees handed out free movie posters and limited edition prints; fans flocked to get their hands on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2018/05/03/603652979/free-comic-book-day-2018-a-guide-to-the-best-bets-and-the-best-avoided\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free comics\u003c/a> ranging from The Avengers to Pokemon, and many stuck around afterwards to flip through even more comics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the growing dominance of online marketplaces like Amazon, the store’s manager, Paul Purcell, says people still enjoy the tactile experience of buying comic books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Purcill and Jessica Balboni run the The Escapist Comics Bookstore in Berkeley. Paul has worked here since the store opened in 2011.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Purcell and Jessica Balboni run the The Escapist Comic Bookstore. Paul has worked here since the store opened in 2011. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666705\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Comics ranging from Star Wars to The Only Living Boy are free to pick up at the Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comics ranging from Star Wars to The Only Living Boy were free to pick up at the Escapist Comic Bookstore. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666706\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666706\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Ché and his mom Sylvia Avalos are at the Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley. When asked if comics have people that look like him in them, he said, \"Hmmm, maybe one...with puffy hair like me!\"' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ché and his mom Sylvia Avalos stand in line at the checkout. When asked if comics have people that look like him in them, Ché said, “Hmmm, maybe one…with puffy hair like me!”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Schwerin-Dari and his dad Aman Daro look at comics at The Escapist Comic Bookstore. Every year Zachary and his dad go to Free Comic Book Day and then to the library afterwards.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zachary Schwerin-Dari and his dad Aman Daro look at comics. Every year Zachary and his dad go to Free Comic Book Day and then to the library afterwards. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666708\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Comic book fans browse the collection at the Escapist Comic Bookstore.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic book fans browse the collection at the Escapist Comic Bookstore. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Hutt is the cashier at the Escapist Comic Bookstore.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesse Hutt is the cashier at the Escapist Comic Bookstore. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ayan thinks comic books are having a resurgence - he says they're not "something to be kept in the closet about anymore."\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Ayan thinks comic books are having a resurgence – he says they’re not “something to be kept in the closet about anymore.” \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666711\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666711\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Evan Horn of Berkeley flips through his comics in front of The Escapist Comic Bookstore. He draws his own Captain Underpants comics in his comic drawing class at Park Day school in Temescal.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Horn of Berkeley flips through his comics in front of The Escapist Comic Bookstore. He draws his own Captain Underpants comics in his comic drawing class at Park Day school in Temescal. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Caroline Champlin contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Saturday was \u003ca href=\"https://www.freecomicbookday.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Comic Book Day\u003c/a>, which means comic bookstores across the country and in the Bay Area gave out free comics to anyone who comes in. Comic book fans of all ages gathered at The Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Escapist Comics specializes in vintage comics and graphic novels. On Saturday, local comic book artists set up shop to draw sketches and sign books as part of the festivities. Employees handed out free movie posters and limited edition prints; fans flocked to get their hands on \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2018/05/03/603652979/free-comic-book-day-2018-a-guide-to-the-best-bets-and-the-best-avoided\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free comics\u003c/a> ranging from The Avengers to Pokemon, and many stuck around afterwards to flip through even more comics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the growing dominance of online marketplaces like Amazon, the store’s manager, Paul Purcell, says people still enjoy the tactile experience of buying comic books.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666704\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Purcill and Jessica Balboni run the The Escapist Comics Bookstore in Berkeley. Paul has worked here since the store opened in 2011.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30680_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-6-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Purcell and Jessica Balboni run the The Escapist Comic Bookstore. Paul has worked here since the store opened in 2011. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666705\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666705\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Comics ranging from Star Wars to The Only Living Boy are free to pick up at the Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30678_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-4-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comics ranging from Star Wars to The Only Living Boy were free to pick up at the Escapist Comic Bookstore. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666706\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666706\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt='Ché and his mom Sylvia Avalos are at the Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley. When asked if comics have people that look like him in them, he said, \"Hmmm, maybe one...with puffy hair like me!\"' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30675_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-1-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ché and his mom Sylvia Avalos stand in line at the checkout. When asked if comics have people that look like him in them, Ché said, “Hmmm, maybe one…with puffy hair like me!”\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666707\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666707\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Schwerin-Dari and his dad Aman Daro look at comics at The Escapist Comic Bookstore. Every year Zachary and his dad go to Free Comic Book Day and then to the library afterwards.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30673_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-qut-2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zachary Schwerin-Dari and his dad Aman Daro look at comics. Every year Zachary and his dad go to Free Comic Book Day and then to the library afterwards. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666708\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666708\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Comic book fans browse the collection at the Escapist Comic Bookstore.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30677_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-3-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic book fans browse the collection at the Escapist Comic Bookstore. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666709\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666709\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Hutt is the cashier at the Escapist Comic Bookstore.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30679_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-5-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesse Hutt is the cashier at the Escapist Comic Bookstore. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666710\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666710\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ayan thinks comic books are having a resurgence - he says they're not "something to be kept in the closet about anymore."\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30676_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-2-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Ayan thinks comic books are having a resurgence – he says they’re not “something to be kept in the closet about anymore.” \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11666711\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11666711\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Evan Horn of Berkeley flips through his comics in front of The Escapist Comic Bookstore. He draws his own Captain Underpants comics in his comic drawing class at Park Day school in Temescal.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-900x1200.jpg 900w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/05/RS30681_Image-uploaded-from-iOS-7-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Horn of Berkeley flips through his comics in front of The Escapist Comic Bookstore. He draws his own Captain Underpants comics in his comic drawing class at Park Day school in Temescal. \u003ccite>(Caroline Champlin/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Caroline Champlin contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"disqusTitle": "Berkeley's Elmwood Cafe Closed, as 2015 Racism Charge Gets New Life With Starbucks Arrest",
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"content": "\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elmwood Cafe\u003c/a> has closed abruptly, shutting down its social media pages and posting a brief note on the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of about 2 a.m. Friday, the windows of the Elmwood neighborhood restaurant at 2900 College Ave. were covered with brown butcher paper, a Berkeleyside reader reported. A sign on the door proclaimed the business has closed for good: “Our sincere gratitude to all in the community,” the note reads. “Thank you for your support through the years.” The cafe had been open for business Thursday, the reader said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a recent wave of negative Yelp reviews accusing the business of racism may have contributed to the sudden closure. The reviews were prompted by news coverage this week drawing a parallel between a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/02/04/new-details-emerge-in-w-kamau-bellelmwood-cafe-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 incident at the cafe\u003c/a> and last week’s controversial Starbucks arrest of two black men in Philadelphia. Berkeleyside has asked the Elmwood’s owner for information, but failed to speak with him before publication time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A closed sign was posted at the Elmwood Cafe early Friday morning. \u003ccite>(Berkeleyside)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cafe was thrust into the spotlight Monday when comedian \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/philadelphia-starbucks-sounds-familiar-to-me-w-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W. Kamau Bell posted a blog on CNN\u003c/a> to share thoughts about what he and his wife have said was racism at the Elmwood Cafe in 2015. Bell’s opinion piece, “I know what it’s like to get kicked out for being black,” was featured prominently online as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbucks drew significant criticism\u003c/a> for the April 12 arrest of two black men who sat down without ordering and then would not leave when police were called. The New York Times identified the men as real estate agents there for a meeting. Starbucks has apologized, called the incident “reprehensible,” and pledged to train staff \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/business/starbucks-racial-bias-training.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to be more aware of racial bias\u003c/a>. A video of the arrest on Twitter has been viewed more than 11 million times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his CNN piece, Bell, who is black, said the Starbucks incident \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/philadelphia-starbucks-sounds-familiar-to-me-w-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought up a lot of memories for him\u003c/a>. In 2015, he had walked up to the cafe to speak with his wife, who is white, and her friends as they sat at a table outside. It was his birthday, and the couple had also eaten breakfast at the Elmwood that morning. But he had left to work on his computer at another coffee spot on College Avenue. When he got back to the Elmwood Cafe and approached his wife and her friends, he said a staff member gestured for him to leave, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/01/29/comedian-w-kamau-bell-reports-being-subject-of-racism-at-berkeleys-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thought he was a stranger\u003c/a> trying to sell something. That person ultimately was fired. Bell asserted on his blog that he was discriminated against because he is black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Starbucks-racial-apologies-revive-bad-memories-12842822.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/comedian-w-kamau-bell-recalls-being-kicked-out-of-coffee-shop/3351799/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 7\u003c/a> both featured Bell’s story this week. The Chronicle said “Starbucks’ racial apologies” had revived “bad memories” for Bell. He told ABC 7 the Elmwood had “let the story go,” and that “the owner of the Elmwood Cafe stopped answering my emails because once they got through the storm, they were able to sort of go back to business as usual.” Bell said the cafe never followed through with promises it had made to launch an \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/16/at-community-forum-in-berkeley-w-kamau-bell-and-elmwood-cafe-launch-implicit-bias-training-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious implicit bias initiative\u003c/a> for service workers. The Chronicle said it was unable to reach Elmwood owner Michael Pearce to get his side of the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some community members have said on social media this week that they were disappointed in the Elmwood, based on what Bell had written. One woman who shared the CNN blog said on Facebook on Tuesday: “Shame on the Elmwood Cafe (College Ave, Berkeley)!! I remember when this happened a few years ago, and I’m further appalled that NOTHING has been done to prevent it from happening again ... and that they’re not kept their promises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said the business had done what it needed to do, and had been a big supporter of community efforts over the years: “I do not sit outdoors when I am there because of the panhandling that happens every day. It’s unfortunate that W. Kamal [sic] Bell continues to slam them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no explanation for the Elmwood Cafe’s closure at the business early Friday morning. But its Facebook page “isn’t available right now,” according to a message reached by clicking the Facebook link on the company website. Its Instagram page is now set to private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A red banner on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/elmwood-cafe-berkeley?osq=elmwood+cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cafe’s Yelp page\u003c/a> reads, “This business is being monitored by Yelp’s Support team for content related to media reports.” A large red pop-up box, entitled “Active Cleanup Alert,” notes that the Elmwood “recently made waves in the news, which often means that people come to this page to post their views on the news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-240x193.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-375x301.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-520x417.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posts on the Elmwood Cafe’s Yelp are under review in the wake of this week’s media coverage. \u003ccite>(Yelp)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, the Yelp message said, reviews “may be removed as part of our cleanup process” to limit reviews “motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience.” But 15 mostly one-star reviews since Monday, criticizing the business in connection with Bell’s recent opinion piece and other media coverage, are still present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This place is miserable and racist. They are hypocritical. Why bother? There are so many other places to go,” one person wrote. On Friday, a woman who listed Los Angeles as her location wrote, “Get some diversity and race sensitivity training ASAP or close down shop! This is Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reviewer wrote, “Not gonna go there. I don’t care how ... hip, cozy, whatever it seems to be. They didn’t do the diversity training that they said they would after they threw W. Kamau Bell out for talking to a white woman (his wife), thinking he was trying to sell her something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wrote another, “Darker folks with Afros who go to this place with their ivory skinned wives and their little mixed baby should be able to eat all the overpriced food and drink all the overpriced coffee they want to. It’s time the owner sets the record straight. Apologize and do better. I’ll be back soon if you do. If you don’t I will be counting the days until you are no longer in business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another reviewer, who signed off “BLM” in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: “I would have gone here with my family until I learned about you kicking out black folks like Starbucks does. How very Berkeley of you. Now I hope you go out of business. I urge everyone in the East Bay to boycott this cafe immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bell’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkamaubell.com/blog/2015/01/happy-birthday-have-some-racism-from-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 blog\u003c/a> about his experience at the cafe, called “Happy Birthday! Have some racism from Elmwood Cafe,” continues to be among the top Google search results for the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the 2015 incident, the Elmwood Cafe has retained many devoted customers. Many fans have lauded the cafe’s program to \u003ca href=\"https://www.elmwoodcafe.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support local and international nonprofits\u003c/a> that are chosen by the community. The Elmwood’s Yelp page shows a four-star rating and nearly 700 reviews. It has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g32066-d3514469-Reviews-Elmwood_Cafe-Berkeley_California.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Certificate of Excellence” from TripAdvisor\u003c/a>, bestowed upon “attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers,” according to that website. No reviews appear to have been written on that page since the Bell blog on CNN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cafe remained busy right up until its closure. Thursday around noon there was a line outside the door of people waiting to place their orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marion Abbott, a co-owner of Mrs. Dalloway’s, the bookstore next door, said she saw a lot of people gathered for a meeting in the cafe Thursday evening after a bookstore event. “Private party or crisis powwow,” she said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside has asked the cafe for further information. This story will be updated if it is provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Follow Berkeleyside on \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u003c/a> or get the latest news in your inbox with \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeleyside’s Daily Briefing\u003c/a>. Email us at tips@berkeleyside.com. Keep Berkeleyside running and support independent local journalism by \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/support-berkeleyside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">becoming a member\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Berkeley’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/tag/elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elmwood Cafe\u003c/a> has closed abruptly, shutting down its social media pages and posting a brief note on the door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of about 2 a.m. Friday, the windows of the Elmwood neighborhood restaurant at 2900 College Ave. were covered with brown butcher paper, a Berkeleyside reader reported. A sign on the door proclaimed the business has closed for good: “Our sincere gratitude to all in the community,” the note reads. “Thank you for your support through the years.” The cafe had been open for business Thursday, the reader said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a recent wave of negative Yelp reviews accusing the business of racism may have contributed to the sudden closure. The reviews were prompted by news coverage this week drawing a parallel between a \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/02/04/new-details-emerge-in-w-kamau-bellelmwood-cafe-storm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 incident at the cafe\u003c/a> and last week’s controversial Starbucks arrest of two black men in Philadelphia. Berkeleyside has asked the Elmwood’s owner for information, but failed to speak with him before publication time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663589\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/elmwood-2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A closed sign was posted at the Elmwood Cafe early Friday morning. \u003ccite>(Berkeleyside)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cafe was thrust into the spotlight Monday when comedian \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/philadelphia-starbucks-sounds-familiar-to-me-w-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W. Kamau Bell posted a blog on CNN\u003c/a> to share thoughts about what he and his wife have said was racism at the Elmwood Cafe in 2015. Bell’s opinion piece, “I know what it’s like to get kicked out for being black,” was featured prominently online as \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/us/starbucks-philadelphia-black-men-arrest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starbucks drew significant criticism\u003c/a> for the April 12 arrest of two black men who sat down without ordering and then would not leave when police were called. The New York Times identified the men as real estate agents there for a meeting. Starbucks has apologized, called the incident “reprehensible,” and pledged to train staff \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/business/starbucks-racial-bias-training.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to be more aware of racial bias\u003c/a>. A video of the arrest on Twitter has been viewed more than 11 million times.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his CNN piece, Bell, who is black, said the Starbucks incident \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/16/opinions/philadelphia-starbucks-sounds-familiar-to-me-w-kamau-bell-opinion/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought up a lot of memories for him\u003c/a>. In 2015, he had walked up to the cafe to speak with his wife, who is white, and her friends as they sat at a table outside. It was his birthday, and the couple had also eaten breakfast at the Elmwood that morning. But he had left to work on his computer at another coffee spot on College Avenue. When he got back to the Elmwood Cafe and approached his wife and her friends, he said a staff member gestured for him to leave, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/01/29/comedian-w-kamau-bell-reports-being-subject-of-racism-at-berkeleys-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thought he was a stranger\u003c/a> trying to sell something. That person ultimately was fired. Bell asserted on his blog that he was discriminated against because he is black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Starbucks-racial-apologies-revive-bad-memories-12842822.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://abc7news.com/comedian-w-kamau-bell-recalls-being-kicked-out-of-coffee-shop/3351799/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC 7\u003c/a> both featured Bell’s story this week. The Chronicle said “Starbucks’ racial apologies” had revived “bad memories” for Bell. He told ABC 7 the Elmwood had “let the story go,” and that “the owner of the Elmwood Cafe stopped answering my emails because once they got through the storm, they were able to sort of go back to business as usual.” Bell said the cafe never followed through with promises it had made to launch an \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/16/at-community-forum-in-berkeley-w-kamau-bell-and-elmwood-cafe-launch-implicit-bias-training-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ambitious implicit bias initiative\u003c/a> for service workers. The Chronicle said it was unable to reach Elmwood owner Michael Pearce to get his side of the story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some community members have said on social media this week that they were disappointed in the Elmwood, based on what Bell had written. One woman who shared the CNN blog said on Facebook on Tuesday: “Shame on the Elmwood Cafe (College Ave, Berkeley)!! I remember when this happened a few years ago, and I’m further appalled that NOTHING has been done to prevent it from happening again ... and that they’re not kept their promises.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others said the business had done what it needed to do, and had been a big supporter of community efforts over the years: “I do not sit outdoors when I am there because of the panhandling that happens every day. It’s unfortunate that W. Kamal [sic] Bell continues to slam them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no explanation for the Elmwood Cafe’s closure at the business early Friday morning. But its Facebook page “isn’t available right now,” according to a message reached by clicking the Facebook link on the company website. Its Instagram page is now set to private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A red banner on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.yelp.com/biz/elmwood-cafe-berkeley?osq=elmwood+cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cafe’s Yelp page\u003c/a> reads, “This business is being monitored by Yelp’s Support team for content related to media reports.” A large red pop-up box, entitled “Active Cleanup Alert,” notes that the Elmwood “recently made waves in the news, which often means that people come to this page to post their views on the news.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11663590\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11663590\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood.jpg 720w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-160x128.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-240x193.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-375x301.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/Elmwood-520x417.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posts on the Elmwood Cafe’s Yelp are under review in the wake of this week’s media coverage. \u003ccite>(Yelp)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As of Wednesday, the Yelp message said, reviews “may be removed as part of our cleanup process” to limit reviews “motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience.” But 15 mostly one-star reviews since Monday, criticizing the business in connection with Bell’s recent opinion piece and other media coverage, are still present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This place is miserable and racist. They are hypocritical. Why bother? There are so many other places to go,” one person wrote. On Friday, a woman who listed Los Angeles as her location wrote, “Get some diversity and race sensitivity training ASAP or close down shop! This is Berkeley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reviewer wrote, “Not gonna go there. I don’t care how ... hip, cozy, whatever it seems to be. They didn’t do the diversity training that they said they would after they threw W. Kamau Bell out for talking to a white woman (his wife), thinking he was trying to sell her something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wrote another, “Darker folks with Afros who go to this place with their ivory skinned wives and their little mixed baby should be able to eat all the overpriced food and drink all the overpriced coffee they want to. It’s time the owner sets the record straight. Apologize and do better. I’ll be back soon if you do. If you don’t I will be counting the days until you are no longer in business.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Said another reviewer, who signed off “BLM” in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement: “I would have gone here with my family until I learned about you kicking out black folks like Starbucks does. How very Berkeley of you. Now I hope you go out of business. I urge everyone in the East Bay to boycott this cafe immediately.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bell’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.wkamaubell.com/blog/2015/01/happy-birthday-have-some-racism-from-elmwood-cafe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2015 blog\u003c/a> about his experience at the cafe, called “Happy Birthday! Have some racism from Elmwood Cafe,” continues to be among the top Google search results for the business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the 2015 incident, the Elmwood Cafe has retained many devoted customers. Many fans have lauded the cafe’s program to \u003ca href=\"https://www.elmwoodcafe.com/about/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support local and international nonprofits\u003c/a> that are chosen by the community. The Elmwood’s Yelp page shows a four-star rating and nearly 700 reviews. It has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g32066-d3514469-Reviews-Elmwood_Cafe-Berkeley_California.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Certificate of Excellence” from TripAdvisor\u003c/a>, bestowed upon “attractions and restaurants that consistently earn great reviews from travelers,” according to that website. No reviews appear to have been written on that page since the Bell blog on CNN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cafe remained busy right up until its closure. Thursday around noon there was a line outside the door of people waiting to place their orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marion Abbott, a co-owner of Mrs. Dalloway’s, the bookstore next door, said she saw a lot of people gathered for a meeting in the cafe Thursday evening after a bookstore event. “Private party or crisis powwow,” she said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeleyside has asked the cafe for further information. This story will be updated if it is provided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Cops have a lot of pull in the California Capitol, and over the decades, that’s added up to this startling reality: The Golden State now goes further than many states in terms of protecting police from public scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a stark contrast to the state’s “left coast” image. On abortion rights, gun control and climate change, California has embraced some of the most liberal policies in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even with a statehouse controlled entirely by Democrats, California laws are friendlier to law enforcement—and less transparent to the public—than those in Wisconsin and Florida, states with Republican governors and legislatures. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One explanation is that politicians from both parties seek police endorsements to help them sway voters. Polling from last year showed that \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_317MBS.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-thirds of Californians\u003c/a> think their local police are doing a good job controlling crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another is that labor unions representing officers donate generously to elect officials at every level of government. Three major statewide law enforcement groups—the Peace Officers Research Association of California, the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association and the California Correctional Peace Officers Association—together poured $5.7 million into California political campaigns in the last election cycle, including giving $475,000 to the California Democratic Party and $168,500 to the California Republican Party. That doesn’t include the money dozens of local police unions around the state give to politicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cities across the nation were roiled by police killings in recent years, the Legislature quietly killed proposals to create more police accountability. Now, as California’s capital city responds to the recent killing of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11657508/demonstrators-protest-sacramento-police-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-black-man\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephon Clark\u003c/a>—the unarmed black man shot last month by Sacramento police who seemingly mistook the cellphone he held for a gun—some of those failed bills are being re-introduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California police shot 162 people dead last year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a tally by\u003c/a> The Washington Post—which means the state has 16 percent of the nation’s killings by police but only 12 percent of its population. Activists with the Black Lives Matter movement say legislation now proposed in California is “many years behind” and that Democrats in the Legislature have not been responsive to black communities on police issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens is that the police unions, the police lobbyists come out in full force and then legislators who are afraid of their campaign coffers being interrupted side with law enforcement,” said Cat Brooks, founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project based in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police unions see it differently: Reactionary legislators propose un-workable bills, and then law enforcement helps them understand why the bills are bad ideas. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been fortunate to have common sense prevail at the end, as opposed to the stuff that’s proposed at the beginning,” said Tom Saggau, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Protective League, a labor union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to making campaign contributions, police are like most interest groups that work to influence public policy, said Brian Marvel, president of Peace Officers Research Association of California, an advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s politics in America,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the money helps, Marvel said, it is not the only reason police have influence in Sacramento: “Public safety resonates across both sides. People want to be safe in their home, people want to be safe to walk down the street, people respect law enforcement.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are three ways in which California law protects police more than some states do—and one proposed law that would give it the nation’s toughest standard to justify police using deadly force: \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California keeps police misconduct records secret\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In most states, the public has at least some access to records that detail misconduct by police officers. Not so in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden State is among 23 states that do not make discipline of police officers available through a public records request—and one of just three states with laws specifically making police personnel records confidential, according to an investigation by New York public radio WNYC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"665\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661934\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-160x193.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-240x290.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-375x453.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-520x629.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The secrecy—which dates back to a law Gov. Jerry Brown signed in 1978—makes it nearly impossible for Californians to know if the police who patrol their streets have ever been disciplined for excessive use of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law enforcement is the only public employee group for which we have no access to the records—every other employment category you pretty much have full access under the Public Records Act,” said state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat. “Good policing requires community trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 1421\u003c/a> would make officers’ records public in three situations: when they fire a gun or use force resulting in serious injury or death; when they’ve engaged in sexual assault on the job; or when they’ve been dishonest in investigating a crime, such as by filing false reports or concealing evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar legislation \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-california-police-misconduct-r-1464384312-htmlstory.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">failed\u003c/a> in 2016, facing stiff opposition from law enforcement groups who argued that it amounted to an invasion of privacy. It’s too soon to say if Skinner’s bill will meet the same fate, but at least one police group says it’s working to find common ground with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to find how we can release some information once it’s gone through its administrative process or the courts,” said Marvel, a San Diego police officer who is president of the Peace Officers Research Association. “I think we can agree on a system of transparency that allows the community to have faith in their police department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other law enforcement groups say there’s no need to open up personnel records. Gary Ingemunson, an attorney for the LA police union, called Skinner’s proposal “a can of worms.” He said existing procedures—through the courts and citizen review boards—provide sufficient accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we opening it up? So the newspapers can have a field day?” Ingemunson said. “What’s really important is that the people who need to know have a way to find out... It’s already as open as it needs to be, in our view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California lets local law enforcement police themselves\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When police kill, it’s generally up to the local district attorney’s office to determine if it’s a crime. But sometimes they rely on investigations conducted by the cop’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/ties-that-bind-conflicts-of-interest-police-killings\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">own department\u003c/a>, and research has shown that prosecutors \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-rarely-criminally-charged-for-on-duty-shootings-1416874955\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rarely file\u003c/a> criminal charges against officers involved in on-the-job shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police say that’s because the vast majority of their shootings are legally justified, done only when officers perceive an imminent threat. Critics say it’s because cops and prosecutors, who work together closely and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article207924559.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spend money\u003c/a> to help each other win elections, are too cozy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four other states require that a state agency—instead of local prosecutors—conduct the investigation when police conduct results in death. Wisconsin passed such a law in 2014 after a man whose son was killed by police used a $1.75 million settlement \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/12/13/370592433/in-wisconsin-a-decade-old-police-shooting-leads-to-new-law\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lobby for the change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"665\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661935\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-160x193.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-240x290.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-375x453.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-520x629.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, lawmakers have rejected the idea twice. But Sacramento Democratic Assemblyman Kevin McCarty—spurred on by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article206963509.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent announcement\u003c/a> that Sacramento police asked the state Attorney General to investigate the death of Stephon Clark—plans to re-introduce a bill requiring the state Justice Department to investigate deaths and serious injury caused by police. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It raises a bigger question: why not for all the shootings?” McCarty said. “Having an independent third-party law enforcement agency come and do the investigation can bring about more transparency and more trust in the process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarty points to \u003ca href=\"https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/At-Arms-Length-Oct-2016.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a report by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center\u003c/a> that describes the Wisconsin law as a model California should follow. But Tanya Faison, a leader of Black Lives Matter in Sacramento, said such a change is far short of a panacea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There needs to be oversight boards that reflect our community that do the investigations when police officers kill people,” Faison said. “This would move the needle in the right direction but there is more work to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police opposed McCarty’s bill last year, saying people who mistrust local law enforcement are unlikely to have more confidence in state-level authorities. And they challenge the assumption that investigators can’t set aside their personal relationships to conduct a fair inquiry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What McCarty is saying is that these officers are unprofessional and can’t do their job,” said Marvel. “I don’t buy into that premise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Xavier Becerra chimed in with support only after last year’s bill was watered down to a study. Lawmakers then killed it in the Senate Appropriations Committee, where bills can \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/capitol-suspense-california-bills-vanish-almost-without-trace/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">die without a public vote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked this month if he would support McCarty’s effort this year, Becerra was noncommittal. “What you want to make sure is that you have an investigation that withstands the test of transparency, scrutiny, and accountability. That can be accomplished in any number of ways,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Establishing a unit in the state Department of Justice to investigate police shootings would cost between $8.5 million and $10 million a year, according to \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB284\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an analysis\u003c/a> of prior legislation. McCarty said he’s exploring whether his proposal can be inserted into this year’s state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California has no power to revoke a cop’s certification \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>State law says that anyone convicted of a felony cannot serve in law enforcement. Beyond that though, California’s system for getting rid of bad cops is highly decentralized. The state has more than 600 law enforcement agencies, and each one can decide if (short of a felony conviction) an officer’s misconduct is a firing offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the opposite of how most of the country regulates police, according to research by Roger Goldman, retired professor at the Saint Louis University School of Law. He said that 45 states have a centralized system for revoking an officer’s professional certification—and most of them do it for less than a felony conviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“States like Georgia, Florida and North Carolina are decertifying cops hand over fist, and California is decertifying nobody, other than if convicted of a felony,” Goldman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"701\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661936\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-160x204.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-240x306.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-375x478.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-520x663.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t always like this. California used to allow its law enforcement regulatory agency—known as the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—to yank a cop’s certification. But in 2003, police unions lobbied the Legislature to take away that power, and Gov. Gray Davis signed the bill a month before he was recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other states with a decentralized system like California’s are Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Goldman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What do they have in common? Very blue. Very strong police unions. The (California) Legislature is obviously scared to death of taking on the police unions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Goldman contends the lack of such a system makes it easier for bad cops in California to bounce from one department to another, state officials disagree. They argue that police departments here can do a background check on anyone they’re considering hiring and find out if they’ve been fired for misconduct. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just because California doesn’t have a process per se like other states (to) rescind or cancel a certificate or license, doesn’t mean California takes that lightly,” said Dave Althausen, spokesman for the state regulatory agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has a database that tracks every sworn officer in the state, he said, including when they were hired by a department and under what circumstances they left. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they are convicted of a felony, the law says the agency must note in their file that they are “ineligible to be a peace officer in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Althausen acknowledged, there’s no requirement that agencies check the database when hiring a new officer. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>And yet: California is considering the nation’s toughest standard for use of deadly force\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/490/386.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruled\u003c/a> that police use of force is justified whenever a “reasonable officer” in the same circumstance would do the same, setting the legal standard now used in every state. It’s one reason so few cops are convicted of crimes when they kill—jurors must consider whether a reasonable officer perceiving the same threat would make the same split-second decision. If so, the killing is legally justified. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers will consider a bill this year that would make California the only state in the nation to set a different standard, one supporters believe will make it easier to hold police accountable. Under AB 931 police could only use deadly force when “necessary” to prevent injury or death in the context of the officer’s entire encounter with a suspect—not just the moment before firing his gun. Killing would only be legally justified if other tactics, such as warnings or de-escalation, were not possible instead. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/jpeTtfceEBA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not saying that law enforcement officers can never use deadly force,” said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a San Diego Democrat carrying the bill with McCarty. “Deadly force can be used, but only when it is completely necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, which is backing the bill, say the Supreme Court standard sets a minimum level of protection for civilians confronted by police, and that states can choose to set a higher bar. But Ingemunson, the lawyer for the LA police union questioned that, saying the proposed standard may violate officers’ rights under federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The theory would be that an officer also has rights, and one might be to be judged by the federal standard, not some state standard,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police are frustrated that the bill language has not yet been made public, and say it’s hypocritical of the ACLU to criticize law enforcement for a lack of transparency while working with legislators behind the scenes to draft a bill that would impact their profession. They also warn that the “necessary” standard might discourage police from going into dangerous situations where their help is needed. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be a colossal hindrance to law enforcement in this state,” said Marvel. “It would take away our ability to react efficiently and effectively. Officers will be thinking, ‘Should I really be doing this? Should I run away?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though no other states have a standard like the one California is considering, some police departments have a standard higher than the one set by the Supreme Court in their internal policies. Seth Stoughton, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, researched use-of-force policies in the nation’s 50 largest police departments for a paper published last year. He concluded that Los Angeles has nothing in its policy describing a continuum of the types of force that should be deployed, while Seattle has the most detailed policy, stating, in part, that officers must “use only the force necessary to perform their duties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Supreme Court case law sets a (low) floor, but not a ceiling on how agencies handle use of force internally,” Stoughton wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franklin Zimring, a professor at UC Berkeley’s law school, said the California Legislature could best impact police behavior by increasing the amount of civil damages victims may seek in lawsuits over deadly force. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The major force in controlling, or failing to control, police use of force is the police chief,” Zimring said. “What state law can do is...make excessive use of deadly force expensive enough to motivate police chiefs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CALmatters.org\u003c/a> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As cities across the nation were roiled by police killings in recent years, the Legislature quietly killed proposals to create more police accountability. Now, as California’s capital city responds to the recent killing of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11657508/demonstrators-protest-sacramento-police-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-black-man\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephon Clark\u003c/a>—the unarmed black man shot last month by Sacramento police who seemingly mistook the cellphone he held for a gun—some of those failed bills are being re-introduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California police shot 162 people dead last year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a tally by\u003c/a> The Washington Post—which means the state has 16 percent of the nation’s killings by police but only 12 percent of its population. Activists with the Black Lives Matter movement say legislation now proposed in California is “many years behind” and that Democrats in the Legislature have not been responsive to black communities on police issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens is that the police unions, the police lobbyists come out in full force and then legislators who are afraid of their campaign coffers being interrupted side with law enforcement,” said Cat Brooks, founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project based in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police unions see it differently: Reactionary legislators propose un-workable bills, and then law enforcement helps them understand why the bills are bad ideas. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been fortunate to have common sense prevail at the end, as opposed to the stuff that’s proposed at the beginning,” said Tom Saggau, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Protective League, a labor union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to making campaign contributions, police are like most interest groups that work to influence public policy, said Brian Marvel, president of Peace Officers Research Association of California, an advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s politics in America,” he said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the money helps, Marvel said, it is not the only reason police have influence in Sacramento: “Public safety resonates across both sides. People want to be safe in their home, people want to be safe to walk down the street, people respect law enforcement.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are three ways in which California law protects police more than some states do—and one proposed law that would give it the nation’s toughest standard to justify police using deadly force: \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California keeps police misconduct records secret\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In most states, the public has at least some access to records that detail misconduct by police officers. Not so in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden State is among 23 states that do not make discipline of police officers available through a public records request—and one of just three states with laws specifically making police personnel records confidential, according to an investigation by New York public radio WNYC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"665\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661934\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-160x193.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-240x290.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-375x453.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/27-states-give-the-public-at-least-some-access-to-police-discipline-records-520x629.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The secrecy—which dates back to a law Gov. Jerry Brown signed in 1978—makes it nearly impossible for Californians to know if the police who patrol their streets have ever been disciplined for excessive use of force.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Law enforcement is the only public employee group for which we have no access to the records—every other employment category you pretty much have full access under the Public Records Act,” said state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat. “Good policing requires community trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1421\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 1421\u003c/a> would make officers’ records public in three situations: when they fire a gun or use force resulting in serious injury or death; when they’ve engaged in sexual assault on the job; or when they’ve been dishonest in investigating a crime, such as by filing false reports or concealing evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similar legislation \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-essential-politics-california-police-misconduct-r-1464384312-htmlstory.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">failed\u003c/a> in 2016, facing stiff opposition from law enforcement groups who argued that it amounted to an invasion of privacy. It’s too soon to say if Skinner’s bill will meet the same fate, but at least one police group says it’s working to find common ground with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are trying to find how we can release some information once it’s gone through its administrative process or the courts,” said Marvel, a San Diego police officer who is president of the Peace Officers Research Association. “I think we can agree on a system of transparency that allows the community to have faith in their police department.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other law enforcement groups say there’s no need to open up personnel records. Gary Ingemunson, an attorney for the LA police union, called Skinner’s proposal “a can of worms.” He said existing procedures—through the courts and citizen review boards—provide sufficient accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are we opening it up? So the newspapers can have a field day?” Ingemunson said. “What’s really important is that the people who need to know have a way to find out... It’s already as open as it needs to be, in our view.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California lets local law enforcement police themselves\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When police kill, it’s generally up to the local district attorney’s office to determine if it’s a crime. But sometimes they rely on investigations conducted by the cop’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/ties-that-bind-conflicts-of-interest-police-killings\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">own department\u003c/a>, and research has shown that prosecutors \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-rarely-criminally-charged-for-on-duty-shootings-1416874955\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rarely file\u003c/a> criminal charges against officers involved in on-the-job shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police say that’s because the vast majority of their shootings are legally justified, done only when officers perceive an imminent threat. Critics say it’s because cops and prosecutors, who work together closely and \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article207924559.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spend money\u003c/a> to help each other win elections, are too cozy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four other states require that a state agency—instead of local prosecutors—conduct the investigation when police conduct results in death. Wisconsin passed such a law in 2014 after a man whose son was killed by police used a $1.75 million settlement \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2014/12/13/370592433/in-wisconsin-a-decade-old-police-shooting-leads-to-new-law\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to lobby for the change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"665\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661935\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-160x193.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-240x290.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-375x453.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/4-states-require-a-state-agency-to-investigate-police-shootings-520x629.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, lawmakers have rejected the idea twice. But Sacramento Democratic Assemblyman Kevin McCarty—spurred on by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article206963509.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent announcement\u003c/a> that Sacramento police asked the state Attorney General to investigate the death of Stephon Clark—plans to re-introduce a bill requiring the state Justice Department to investigate deaths and serious injury caused by police. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It raises a bigger question: why not for all the shootings?” McCarty said. “Having an independent third-party law enforcement agency come and do the investigation can bring about more transparency and more trust in the process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McCarty points to \u003ca href=\"https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/At-Arms-Length-Oct-2016.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a report by the Stanford Criminal Justice Center\u003c/a> that describes the Wisconsin law as a model California should follow. But Tanya Faison, a leader of Black Lives Matter in Sacramento, said such a change is far short of a panacea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There needs to be oversight boards that reflect our community that do the investigations when police officers kill people,” Faison said. “This would move the needle in the right direction but there is more work to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police opposed McCarty’s bill last year, saying people who mistrust local law enforcement are unlikely to have more confidence in state-level authorities. And they challenge the assumption that investigators can’t set aside their personal relationships to conduct a fair inquiry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What McCarty is saying is that these officers are unprofessional and can’t do their job,” said Marvel. “I don’t buy into that premise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Xavier Becerra chimed in with support only after last year’s bill was watered down to a study. Lawmakers then killed it in the Senate Appropriations Committee, where bills can \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/capitol-suspense-california-bills-vanish-almost-without-trace/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">die without a public vote\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked this month if he would support McCarty’s effort this year, Becerra was noncommittal. “What you want to make sure is that you have an investigation that withstands the test of transparency, scrutiny, and accountability. That can be accomplished in any number of ways,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Establishing a unit in the state Department of Justice to investigate police shootings would cost between $8.5 million and $10 million a year, according to \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billAnalysisClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB284\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">an analysis\u003c/a> of prior legislation. McCarty said he’s exploring whether his proposal can be inserted into this year’s state budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>California has no power to revoke a cop’s certification \u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>State law says that anyone convicted of a felony cannot serve in law enforcement. Beyond that though, California’s system for getting rid of bad cops is highly decentralized. The state has more than 600 law enforcement agencies, and each one can decide if (short of a felony conviction) an officer’s misconduct is a firing offense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s the opposite of how most of the country regulates police, according to research by Roger Goldman, retired professor at the Saint Louis University School of Law. He said that 45 states have a centralized system for revoking an officer’s professional certification—and most of them do it for less than a felony conviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“States like Georgia, Florida and North Carolina are decertifying cops hand over fist, and California is decertifying nobody, other than if convicted of a felony,” Goldman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"701\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11661936\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-160x204.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-240x306.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-375x478.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/04/45-states-have-the-power-to-revoke-a-police-officers-certification-520x663.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn’t always like this. California used to allow its law enforcement regulatory agency—known as the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—to yank a cop’s certification. But in 2003, police unions lobbied the Legislature to take away that power, and Gov. Gray Davis signed the bill a month before he was recalled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other states with a decentralized system like California’s are Hawaii, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Goldman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What do they have in common? Very blue. Very strong police unions. The (California) Legislature is obviously scared to death of taking on the police unions,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Goldman contends the lack of such a system makes it easier for bad cops in California to bounce from one department to another, state officials disagree. They argue that police departments here can do a background check on anyone they’re considering hiring and find out if they’ve been fired for misconduct. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just because California doesn’t have a process per se like other states (to) rescind or cancel a certificate or license, doesn’t mean California takes that lightly,” said Dave Althausen, spokesman for the state regulatory agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It has a database that tracks every sworn officer in the state, he said, including when they were hired by a department and under what circumstances they left. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If they are convicted of a felony, the law says the agency must note in their file that they are “ineligible to be a peace officer in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, Althausen acknowledged, there’s no requirement that agencies check the database when hiring a new officer. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>And yet: California is considering the nation’s toughest standard for use of deadly force\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/490/386.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ruled\u003c/a> that police use of force is justified whenever a “reasonable officer” in the same circumstance would do the same, setting the legal standard now used in every state. It’s one reason so few cops are convicted of crimes when they kill—jurors must consider whether a reasonable officer perceiving the same threat would make the same split-second decision. If so, the killing is legally justified. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California lawmakers will consider a bill this year that would make California the only state in the nation to set a different standard, one supporters believe will make it easier to hold police accountable. Under AB 931 police could only use deadly force when “necessary” to prevent injury or death in the context of the officer’s entire encounter with a suspect—not just the moment before firing his gun. Killing would only be legally justified if other tactics, such as warnings or de-escalation, were not possible instead. \u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/jpeTtfceEBA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/jpeTtfceEBA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“We’re not saying that law enforcement officers can never use deadly force,” said Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, a San Diego Democrat carrying the bill with McCarty. “Deadly force can be used, but only when it is completely necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, which is backing the bill, say the Supreme Court standard sets a minimum level of protection for civilians confronted by police, and that states can choose to set a higher bar. But Ingemunson, the lawyer for the LA police union questioned that, saying the proposed standard may violate officers’ rights under federal law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The theory would be that an officer also has rights, and one might be to be judged by the federal standard, not some state standard,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police are frustrated that the bill language has not yet been made public, and say it’s hypocritical of the ACLU to criticize law enforcement for a lack of transparency while working with legislators behind the scenes to draft a bill that would impact their profession. They also warn that the “necessary” standard might discourage police from going into dangerous situations where their help is needed. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would be a colossal hindrance to law enforcement in this state,” said Marvel. “It would take away our ability to react efficiently and effectively. Officers will be thinking, ‘Should I really be doing this? 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He concluded that Los Angeles has nothing in its policy describing a continuum of the types of force that should be deployed, while Seattle has the most detailed policy, stating, in part, that officers must “use only the force necessary to perform their duties.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Supreme Court case law sets a (low) floor, but not a ceiling on how agencies handle use of force internally,” Stoughton wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Franklin Zimring, a professor at UC Berkeley’s law school, said the California Legislature could best impact police behavior by increasing the amount of civil damages victims may seek in lawsuits over deadly force. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The major force in controlling, or failing to control, police use of force is the police chief,” Zimring said. “What state law can do is...make excessive use of deadly force expensive enough to motivate police chiefs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>For nearly a year, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11649507/candidates-vie-to-separate-themselves-in-crowded-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">candidates for the open 15th District State Assembly seat in the East Bay\u003c/a> have been raising money, knocking on doors and participating in an endless series of debates and forums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Saturday, they had to put their stump speeches aside and focus on two ideas that may seem out of place during campaign season: empathy and caring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of the Radical Empathy Forum was to get candidates in one of the state's \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11653744/race-for-east-bay-assembly-seat-brings-out-formidable-field-of-candidates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most competitive\u003c/a> legislative races to model active listening and to discuss how to build a more caring and empathic culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This is the first time that I’ve ever heard of anybody doing something like this,\" said Edwin Rutsch, the event's organizer and founder of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy and Compassion. \"We’re really pioneers for building a new movement.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forum's guinea pigs were nine candidates in California's most crowded legislative race, where 12 contestants are vying for a rare open seat that represents the liberal cities of Oakland, Berkeley and Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high-minded discussion may have been an only-in-Berkeley event, but even here contestants initially struggled with the format. Candidates addressed an opponent, who was then required to repeat back what they had heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m actually struggling with how to begin this conversation right now,\" said East Bay MUD director \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11658719/attorney-andy-katz-wants-voters-to-know-about-more-than-his-water-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Katz\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So you’re struggling with how to begin the conversation,\" replied political strategist Buffy Wicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About the Candidates for the 15th District\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660655/college-republican-wants-to-bring-intellectual-diversity-to-deep-blue-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College Republican Wants to Bring 'Intellectual Diversity' to Deep Blue East Bay Assembly Race\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11658719/attorney-andy-katz-wants-voters-to-know-about-more-than-his-water-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attorney Andy Katz Wants Voters to Know About More Than His Water Work\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11657888/will-universal-basic-income-message-resonate-in-the-liberal-15th-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Universal Basic Income Message Resonate in the Liberal 15th District?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656348/judy-appel-touts-experience-in-education-vows-to-take-on-charters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judy Appel Touts Experience in Education, Vows to Take on Charters\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655062/jovanka-beckles-hopes-to-take-corporate-money-free-message-to-state-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jovanka Beckles Hopes to Take 'Corporate Money Free' Message to State Assembly\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655125/berkeleys-ben-bartlett-wants-to-take-housing-proposals-to-sacramento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley's Ben Bartlett Wants to Take Housing Proposals to Sacramento\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>After months of candidate forums, these Assembly hopefuls could probably recite each others' talking points. Now, they were required to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Buffy thinks we need to fix our broken politics and really work on active listening,\" parroted Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, a coucilmember from El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, the candidates warmed up, and began to share stories of personal experiences where they gained empathy for someone else. The issues that have dominated previous forums, like housing and health care, took a back seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It had a more personal quality,\" said Rutsch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contracts consultant Cheryl Sudduth said it was important to shed the \"soft\" stereotype around empathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you’re going to empathize with me, you need to know my story and where I come from and know that sometimes that’s a painful conversation,\" she said. \"So let’s have an honest dialogue, or it's not true empathy, it’s sympathy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another challenge: using the 'empathy circle' model to bridge the partisan divide on issues that split Democrats and Republicans in Sacramento and Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Listening to the other side is this beautiful idea in theory, but when it comes to actually doing it, people can get really emotional,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660655/college-republican-wants-to-bring-intellectual-diversity-to-deep-blue-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pranav Jandhyala\u003c/a>, the lone Republican in the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The conversation, broken into two panels, remained meta: candidates were asked to discuss solutions for making society more empathic, but not for answers on adding empathy into their future day-to-day work as potential lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Writer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11657888/will-universal-basic-income-message-resonate-in-the-liberal-15th-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Owen Poindexter\u003c/a> said he hoped the emphasis on empathy could extend beyond gaining a better understanding of fellow candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a legislator there is a lot that can be learned from an empathy circle in connecting people,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by actually passing legislation to improve society \"you can be empathic in a different way,\" he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few of the candidates left the forum vowing to at least try to bring the exercise to the Capitol if elected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They would say ‘Wow you must be the representative from Berkeley,'\" said Pardue-Okimoto. \"But maybe we could bring an empathy circle to one of the caucuses and really work on our human relations skills with one another as Assemblymembers.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Candidates addressed an opponent, who was then required to repeat back what they had heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m actually struggling with how to begin this conversation right now,\" said East Bay MUD director \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11658719/attorney-andy-katz-wants-voters-to-know-about-more-than-his-water-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Katz\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So you’re struggling with how to begin the conversation,\" replied political strategist Buffy Wicks.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Read More About the Candidates for the 15th District\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11660655/college-republican-wants-to-bring-intellectual-diversity-to-deep-blue-east-bay-assembly-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College Republican Wants to Bring 'Intellectual Diversity' to Deep Blue East Bay Assembly Race\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11658719/attorney-andy-katz-wants-voters-to-know-about-more-than-his-water-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Attorney Andy Katz Wants Voters to Know About More Than His Water Work\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11657888/will-universal-basic-income-message-resonate-in-the-liberal-15th-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Universal Basic Income Message Resonate in the Liberal 15th District?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11656348/judy-appel-touts-experience-in-education-vows-to-take-on-charters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judy Appel Touts Experience in Education, Vows to Take on Charters\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655062/jovanka-beckles-hopes-to-take-corporate-money-free-message-to-state-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jovanka Beckles Hopes to Take 'Corporate Money Free' Message to State Assembly\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655125/berkeleys-ben-bartlett-wants-to-take-housing-proposals-to-sacramento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley's Ben Bartlett Wants to Take Housing Proposals to Sacramento\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>After months of candidate forums, these Assembly hopefuls could probably recite each others' talking points. 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