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The price varies based on how many signatures are needed and how quickly, as well as the difficulty of explaining the measure to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"n9DG4RSTlRyRB2zXuIO7z9YjEjtai9KB\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leading the pack currently at $5.50 per name is an initiative that would require a 72-hour waiting period before state lawmakers can pass each bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’ve never seen prices this high before on these petitions,\" Carl Towe of CTA Petition Management told his crew of signature gatherers on a recorded call last month. \"So you got a chance to make a lot of money here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is nationwide enterprise. Signature gatherers will sometimes migrate from state-to-state with their initiative processes. The competition has squeezed out at least two ballot measures in California -- one to divert high-speed rail funds to water projects, the other a property tax initiative. Consultants are now recommending campaigns budget roughly $5 million for signature gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The industry has been criticized for essentially putting a bounty on each name. Critics say it incentivizes signature gatherers to mislead people about what they’re signing, and since they’re independent contractors, the companies aren’t liable. Towe dismisses those complaints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s right there in front of them. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downey’s not part of a campaign, and he’s not a volunteer. He’s an independent contractor, hired by a signature-gathering company. He gets paid for each name he collects on each initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I’m in front of a store, I usually do three or four,\" Downey says. \"Here in the mall, sometimes people will stop and do them all.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downey says it’s just a temporary job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s better than nothing,\" he says. \"I don’t want to go on welfare, I’m just doing this until I find something better.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The business of signature gathering has become a multi-million-dollar fixture of California politics. Democratic political consultant Steve Maviglio says this is the only way to qualify an initiative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There hasn’t been an all-volunteer ballot measure that’s actually made it to voters since 1988,\" Maviglio says. \"So you need these folks that can stand around in front of Target and Wal-Mart and get your signature. Otherwise, it can’t be done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10934069\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/sigbiz2_800x593-800x593.jpg\" alt=\"An employee at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters opens a box of petitions. 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The union United Healthcare Workers West dropped off a dozen boxes, containing 20,000 signatures in Sacramento, as part of qualifying their minimum wage measure for the ballot. \u003ccite>(Ben Bradford/Capital Public Radio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California currently requires roughly 350,000 valid signatures to qualify an initiative for the November vote, and nearly 600,000 if it would change the Constitution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, about a dozen campaigns are paying companies to qualify their initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"2016 has been the mother of all signature gathering years,\" Maviglio says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The high demand for a limited supply of signature gatherers has driven up the price of each name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Typically in the past, it’s been $2 or $3 at the max, and now we’re seeing nearly double that,\" Maviglio says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each campaign competes against the others, setting their prices, so signature gatherers will prioritize their initiatives. 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"content": "\u003cp>Organized labor has always counted on Democrats' support for issues like raising the minimum wage and paid sick leave. But in the new gig economy, run on apps for companies like \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/?nav=c\" target=\"_blank\">Uber\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.taskrabbit.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TaskRabbit\u003c/a>, the very nature of work is changing. And the new tech-driven workplace could put some Democrats at odds with their friends in the labor movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food service workers, janitors and other low-wage employees staged a protest recently across the street from the headquarters of the tech company Intel in Santa Clara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a classic labor action over traditional issues, like wages, benefits and working conditions. The demonstration was organized by \u003ca href=\"http://siliconvalleyrising.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon Valley Rising\u003c/a>. The group is trying to give low-wage workers here more clout and a bigger share of profits in the super successful innovation economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/259868419\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though many of the demonstrators worked for a \u003cem>contractor\u003c/em> that runs Intel’s cafeteria, organizer Derecka Meherns is pushing Intel to allow these workers to organize a union. Meherns says tech companies like Intel have tremendous resources to influence this -- and a wide range of public policy issues affecting workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They can put those resources into campaigns and an army of lobbyists that can walk the halls of every city hall, county, state governments -- it’s a resource working people don’t have,\" Meherns says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But organized labor is hardly an underdog. Analysis by \u003ca href=\"http://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maplight\u003c/a> shows that in the past two election cycles, unions gave state legislators nearly $6 million in political contributions -- that’s \u003cem>10 times\u003c/em> more than the largest tech firms here. But Doug Bloch, political director for the Teamsters union, sees the tech sector gaining influence in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920898\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10920898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-800x369.png\" alt=\"Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-800x369.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-400x184.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-1180x544.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-960x443.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After an outcry over low wages and split shifts for drivers of shuttle buses for companies like Google and Apple, the Teamsters worked with those companies to join the union and raise their wages. But given the complexity of the new “gig economy” and the changing nature of work, Bloch wonders if Democrats will start wobbling on some issues labor cares about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think we have Democrats who are with us when it comes to bus drivers, food service workers and security officers,\" Bloch said. \"And when we go talk to them about supposed independent contractors driving for Uber, it’s a different story.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some labor unions, Uber -- the transportation upstart that’s crushing the taxi industry -- is corporate enemy number one. They, and other app-based services like TaskRabbit, say they don’t have employees -- just contractors who set their own hours and get \"gigs\" via customers using apps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Teamsters lobbyist Barry Broad doesn’t buy the notion that these aren't employees. He goes so far as to compare them to African-American sharecroppers after the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They’re working in a field,\" says Broad, sitting in his modest office near the state Capitol. \"The field is an urban area where people need rides. And Uber allows as many people into the field to pick crops, and Uber says this is how much you're getting per pound. They may not even be getting the minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, their system is from our perspective perfectly designed for exploitation of low-wage workers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This friction between labor and tech could create conflict for legislators, especially Democrats. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says organized labor needs to be nimble. Sitting in his office in a SoMa San Francisco startup incubator, Newsom says \"the tech genie is out of the bottle and you can't stuff it back in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Something big is happening and we’re going through this radical shift in real time, yet we have work rules and labor rules that have been inflexible that were designed for a world that no longer exists,\" Newsom said. The former San Francisco mayor has close ties to the tech industry, but is also considered a strong ally of labor. And he thinks unions will be making a mistake if they resist adapting to the changing workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the attitude is, 'No, we’re just going to deny it and everything is going to be fine,' labor and the middle class are in trouble. I'm rooting for labor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Assemblywoman \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a80/\" target=\"_blank\">Lorena Gonzalez \u003c/a>from San Diego understands that the old workplace rules don’t always apply anymore. She’s sponsoring legislation that would extend rights and a safety net to workers in the gig economy -- without involvement from unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her bill -- \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1727\" target=\"_blank\">AB1727 \u003c/a>known as the \"California 1099 Self-Organizing Act\" -- will be heard in the Assembly Labor Committee later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carl Guardino of the \u003ca href=\"http://svlg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon Valley Leadership Group \u003c/a>says the time is right for this conversation about the gig economy, but he worries about stifling the innovation economy, or what he calls \"the goose that lays the golden egg in California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Rather than imposing laws on people and companies, let’s sit down and try to figure out what’s best for all concerned,\" Guardino says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of now anyway, there’s not an app for finding common ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Search below to see how much companies and their employees donated to state legislators during the last two election cycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[techUnionDonations]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methodology: MapLight analysis of campaign contributions to the candidate-controlled committees associated with current members of the California Legislature during the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 election cycles. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They can put those resources into campaigns and an army of lobbyists that can walk the halls of every city hall, county, state governments -- it’s a resource working people don’t have,\" Meherns says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But organized labor is hardly an underdog. Analysis by \u003ca href=\"http://maplight.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Maplight\u003c/a> shows that in the past two election cycles, unions gave state legislators nearly $6 million in political contributions -- that’s \u003cem>10 times\u003c/em> more than the largest tech firms here. But Doug Bloch, political director for the Teamsters union, sees the tech sector gaining influence in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920898\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10920898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-800x369.png\" alt=\"Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder (1)\" width=\"800\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-800x369.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-400x184.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-1180x544.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1-960x443.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Union_and_Tech_Donations_to_State_Legislators_From_2013_to_2016_Democrat_Republican_chartbuilder-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After an outcry over low wages and split shifts for drivers of shuttle buses for companies like Google and Apple, the Teamsters worked with those companies to join the union and raise their wages. But given the complexity of the new “gig economy” and the changing nature of work, Bloch wonders if Democrats will start wobbling on some issues labor cares about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think we have Democrats who are with us when it comes to bus drivers, food service workers and security officers,\" Bloch said. \"And when we go talk to them about supposed independent contractors driving for Uber, it’s a different story.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some labor unions, Uber -- the transportation upstart that’s crushing the taxi industry -- is corporate enemy number one. They, and other app-based services like TaskRabbit, say they don’t have employees -- just contractors who set their own hours and get \"gigs\" via customers using apps.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Teamsters lobbyist Barry Broad doesn’t buy the notion that these aren't employees. He goes so far as to compare them to African-American sharecroppers after the Civil War.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They’re working in a field,\" says Broad, sitting in his modest office near the state Capitol. \"The field is an urban area where people need rides. And Uber allows as many people into the field to pick crops, and Uber says this is how much you're getting per pound. They may not even be getting the minimum wage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Frankly, their system is from our perspective perfectly designed for exploitation of low-wage workers.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This friction between labor and tech could create conflict for legislators, especially Democrats. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says organized labor needs to be nimble. Sitting in his office in a SoMa San Francisco startup incubator, Newsom says \"the tech genie is out of the bottle and you can't stuff it back in.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Something big is happening and we’re going through this radical shift in real time, yet we have work rules and labor rules that have been inflexible that were designed for a world that no longer exists,\" Newsom said. The former San Francisco mayor has close ties to the tech industry, but is also considered a strong ally of labor. And he thinks unions will be making a mistake if they resist adapting to the changing workplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the attitude is, 'No, we’re just going to deny it and everything is going to be fine,' labor and the middle class are in trouble. I'm rooting for labor.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Assemblywoman \u003ca href=\"http://asmdc.org/members/a80/\" target=\"_blank\">Lorena Gonzalez \u003c/a>from San Diego understands that the old workplace rules don’t always apply anymore. She’s sponsoring legislation that would extend rights and a safety net to workers in the gig economy -- without involvement from unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her bill -- \u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1727\" target=\"_blank\">AB1727 \u003c/a>known as the \"California 1099 Self-Organizing Act\" -- will be heard in the Assembly Labor Committee later this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carl Guardino of the \u003ca href=\"http://svlg.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Silicon Valley Leadership Group \u003c/a>says the time is right for this conversation about the gig economy, but he worries about stifling the innovation economy, or what he calls \"the goose that lays the golden egg in California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Rather than imposing laws on people and companies, let’s sit down and try to figure out what’s best for all concerned,\" Guardino says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of now anyway, there’s not an app for finding common ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Search below to see how much companies and their employees donated to state legislators during the last two election cycles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[techUnionDonations]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Methodology: MapLight analysis of campaign contributions to the candidate-controlled committees associated with current members of the California Legislature during the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 election cycles. 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"content": "\u003cp>When criminal investigators with the \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/\">California Attorney General's Office\u003c/a> searched the home of a former top utility regulator early last year, they uncovered evidence that upended a story state officials and a major electric utility had been telling consumers about the deal to pay for the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was big. And Attorney General Kamala Harris, now a \u003ca href=\"http://www.kamalaharris.org/\">candidate for U.S. Senate\u003c/a>, was hailed by consumer activists for her aggressive investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Public Utilities Commission and Southern California Edison had claimed a settlement that left ratepayers with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/nov/20/cpuc-approves-controversial-san-onofre-settlement-/\">$3.3 billion bill\u003c/a> for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s closure was the product of hard-fought negotiations between ratepayer advocates and the power company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when Harris' investigators went through the La Cañada Flintridge home of former CPUC President Michael Peevey after obtaining a \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Agents-search-Michael-Peevey-s-home-in-PG-E-6047151.php\">search warrant\u003c/a>, a different story emerged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Investigators \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/apr/10/rsg-notes-hotel-bristol-stationery/\">found handwritten notes\u003c/a> that showed Peevey had met secretly with an Edison executive in Poland after the nuclear power plant sprang a radioactive leak and had to be closed. There, they came up with a framework for a San Onofre settlement that closely resembled the final public deal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"xAeJ17jSowvjGd64z74rRec7ATDOjWsK\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the most remarkable piece of investigative work that I’ve ever seen in the last 40 years,” said San Diego consumer attorney \u003ca href=\"http://www.amslawyers.com/\">Mike Aguirre\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the kind of work, Aguirre said, that makes people fall in love with their leaders. But now he contends Harris is jilting her constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no follow-up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguirre and other consumer activists contend Harris is failing to police state regulators and Edison. While her office's criminal probe launched with a punch when Peevey’s home was searched, the investigation is now dragging on without result, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5F1yydMtY&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris declined to be interviewed for this story. Her office also declined to answer any questions about the inquiry into the San Onofre settlement. A statement released by her spokesman said, \"Criminal investigations are very serious. To protect the integrity of our investigations, we can’t comment on potential ongoing investigations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Search Warrants Issued\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six months after Harris’ investigators searched Peevey’s house, the attorney general obtained more \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/06/two-new-warrants-served-in-cpuc-case/\">search warrants\u003c/a>. This time they were for the centers of power in the San Onofre case — Edison and the offices of state regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the attorney general's investigators never went in, according to court documents. Instead, they served the search warrants to Edison and the CPUC and asked them to turn over all documents and communications related to the San Onofre settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t drop it off at the front door and say, ‘Hey, gee, send me your records,’\" said Aguirre, a former federal prosecutor and San Diego city attorney. “That’s the whole point of a search warrant. ... You go in and you execute the search warrant and you seize the records, because you’re concerned they’re going to disappear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said using the full power of the search warrant is essential if the public is ever to get the truth from state regulators and Edison over how the San Onofre settlement was reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much momentum behind the unlawful conduct, the search warrant is the only device you can use, unless you can have some sort of wiretap,” Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CPUC Slow to Turn Over Records\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edison has turned over some records to the State Attorney General's Office. The CPUC, however, has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/25/cpuc-warrant-return-no-records/\">withheld many of the documents\u003c/a> on grounds they don’t have enough resources to work on producing the documents. The agency also is claiming some of the records are privileged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris hasn’t challenged the CPUC’s privilege assertion. \u003ca href=\"http://www.rgrdlaw.com/attorneys-Jason-A-Forge.html\">Jason Forge\u003c/a>, a former San Diego federal prosecutor, said the attorney general would likely prevail if she did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The PUC is the state, and so if the PUC is the state and the state is the client, that’s who controls the privilege. The person at the top of the state is Gov. (Jerry) Brown, and he could waive the privilege,” Forge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s own office has exchanged emails about San Onofre with the CPUC. The CPUC is refusing to release those emails as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Aguirre has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/13/brown-san-onofre-emails/\">demanded\u003c/a> the CPUC make the communications public, not Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also successfully \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/mar/09/kline-out/\">sought the removal\u003c/a> of appeals court Justice J. Anthony Kline from the case because Kline had gone to law school with Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguirre said it’s puzzling that Harris hasn’t made the same efforts he has.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has no presence,” Aguirre said. “She has no involvement. She has no leadership. You have no sense of her being out there on the front saying we’re charging forward to do what’s right.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10928706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"Former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre talks about his fight to overturn the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station settlement in March, 2015.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10928706\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-960x539.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre talks about his fight to overturn the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station settlement in March, 2015. \u003ccite>(Katie Schoolov/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harris has also remained silent on another part of the case. The CPUC’s law firm, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/\">DLA Piper\u003c/a>, is representing the agency and its employees. Forge said the practice is frowned upon by prosecutors because it intimidates potential whistle-blowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens is the individual employees do not have anyone to whom they can truly turn for legal advice, because they know the same person who is representing them is representing their supervisor, and their supervisor’s supervisor,” Forge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris could ask a court to require the CPUC to retain separate counsel. So far, she hasn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Democratic Politics Could Be at Play\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer advocate \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/mar/04/consumer-advocates-question-state-regulators-role-/\">Charles Langley\u003c/a> said Harris may not want to pursue the San Onofre investigation to its end because the state’s Democratic hierarchy could be touched by it and that could affect her U.S. Senate bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a scandal that will very likely implicate Gov. Jerry Brown, a powerful Democrat, and Michael Peevey, a powerful Democrat, and his wife, an elected powerful Democrat,” Langley said. “I think it’s very distressing to her when she’s running for U.S. Senate and going up against the Democratic Party structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peevey’s wife is state \u003ca href=\"http://sd25.senate.ca.gov/\">Sen. Carol Liu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10928713\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-800x1040.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney General Kamala Harris.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1040\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10928713\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-800x1040.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-400x520.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-1180x1533.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-960x1248.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General Kamala Harris. \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As attorney general, Harris has established a record for fighting white-collar crime. She set up a mortgage fraud task force, and she \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/business/how-kamala-harris-finessed-a-foreclosure-deal-for-california.html?_r=0\">obtained\u003c/a> $18 billion from the nation’s biggest banks for their role in the foreclosure crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is also \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-exxon-global-warming-20160120-story.html\">investigating\u003c/a> whether Exxon Mobil misled the public and shareholders on what it knew about climate change and whether that amounts to securities fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the questions surrounding Harris' handling of the San Onofre settlement investigation have not affected her standing with voters expected to cast ballots in the June primary. Harris has been the front-runner since she announced in January 2015 that she would run to replace Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is retiring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In last month's \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-latimes-senate-primary-poll-20160329-story.html\">USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll\u003c/a>, Harris was leading her closest rival, Orange County congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, 28 percent to 19 percent. Both are Democrats. The top two vote-getters in June will compete in the November election, regardless of party. The poll showed about a third of those surveyed have yet to decide who they will vote for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 KPBS. To see more election coverage, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/\">www.kpbs.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/tag/cacounts\" target=\"_blank\">Read more in this series\u003c/a> and let us know your thoughts on Twitter using the hashtag \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CACounts&src=typd\" target=\"_blank\">#CACounts\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was the most remarkable piece of investigative work that I’ve ever seen in the last 40 years,” said San Diego consumer attorney \u003ca href=\"http://www.amslawyers.com/\">Mike Aguirre\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was the kind of work, Aguirre said, that makes people fall in love with their leaders. But now he contends Harris is jilting her constituents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was no follow-up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguirre and other consumer activists contend Harris is failing to police state regulators and Edison. While her office's criminal probe launched with a punch when Peevey’s home was searched, the investigation is now dragging on without result, they said.\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/xJ5F1yydMtY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/xJ5F1yydMtY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Harris declined to be interviewed for this story. Her office also declined to answer any questions about the inquiry into the San Onofre settlement. A statement released by her spokesman said, \"Criminal investigations are very serious. To protect the integrity of our investigations, we can’t comment on potential ongoing investigations.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Search Warrants Issued\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six months after Harris’ investigators searched Peevey’s house, the attorney general obtained more \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/jul/06/two-new-warrants-served-in-cpuc-case/\">search warrants\u003c/a>. This time they were for the centers of power in the San Onofre case — Edison and the offices of state regulators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the attorney general's investigators never went in, according to court documents. Instead, they served the search warrants to Edison and the CPUC and asked them to turn over all documents and communications related to the San Onofre settlement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t drop it off at the front door and say, ‘Hey, gee, send me your records,’\" said Aguirre, a former federal prosecutor and San Diego city attorney. “That’s the whole point of a search warrant. ... You go in and you execute the search warrant and you seize the records, because you’re concerned they’re going to disappear.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said using the full power of the search warrant is essential if the public is ever to get the truth from state regulators and Edison over how the San Onofre settlement was reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so much momentum behind the unlawful conduct, the search warrant is the only device you can use, unless you can have some sort of wiretap,” Aguirre said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>CPUC Slow to Turn Over Records\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edison has turned over some records to the State Attorney General's Office. The CPUC, however, has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/25/cpuc-warrant-return-no-records/\">withheld many of the documents\u003c/a> on grounds they don’t have enough resources to work on producing the documents. The agency also is claiming some of the records are privileged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris hasn’t challenged the CPUC’s privilege assertion. \u003ca href=\"http://www.rgrdlaw.com/attorneys-Jason-A-Forge.html\">Jason Forge\u003c/a>, a former San Diego federal prosecutor, said the attorney general would likely prevail if she did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The PUC is the state, and so if the PUC is the state and the state is the client, that’s who controls the privilege. The person at the top of the state is Gov. (Jerry) Brown, and he could waive the privilege,” Forge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown’s own office has exchanged emails about San Onofre with the CPUC. The CPUC is refusing to release those emails as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Aguirre has \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/nov/13/brown-san-onofre-emails/\">demanded\u003c/a> the CPUC make the communications public, not Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also successfully \u003ca href=\"http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/mar/09/kline-out/\">sought the removal\u003c/a> of appeals court Justice J. Anthony Kline from the case because Kline had gone to law school with Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aguirre said it’s puzzling that Harris hasn’t made the same efforts he has.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She has no presence,” Aguirre said. “She has no involvement. She has no leadership. You have no sense of her being out there on the front saying we’re charging forward to do what’s right.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10928706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-800x449.jpg\" alt=\"Former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre talks about his fight to overturn the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station settlement in March, 2015.\" width=\"800\" height=\"449\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10928706\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-800x449.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-1180x663.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/MikeAguierre-960x539.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former San Diego City Attorney Mike Aguirre talks about his fight to overturn the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station settlement in March, 2015. \u003ccite>(Katie Schoolov/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harris has also remained silent on another part of the case. The CPUC’s law firm, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/\">DLA Piper\u003c/a>, is representing the agency and its employees. Forge said the practice is frowned upon by prosecutors because it intimidates potential whistle-blowers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What happens is the individual employees do not have anyone to whom they can truly turn for legal advice, because they know the same person who is representing them is representing their supervisor, and their supervisor’s supervisor,” Forge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris could ask a court to require the CPUC to retain separate counsel. So far, she hasn’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Democratic Politics Could Be at Play\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer advocate \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/mar/04/consumer-advocates-question-state-regulators-role-/\">Charles Langley\u003c/a> said Harris may not want to pursue the San Onofre investigation to its end because the state’s Democratic hierarchy could be touched by it and that could affect her U.S. Senate bid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a scandal that will very likely implicate Gov. Jerry Brown, a powerful Democrat, and Michael Peevey, a powerful Democrat, and his wife, an elected powerful Democrat,” Langley said. “I think it’s very distressing to her when she’s running for U.S. Senate and going up against the Democratic Party structure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peevey’s wife is state \u003ca href=\"http://sd25.senate.ca.gov/\">Sen. Carol Liu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10928713\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-800x1040.jpg\" alt=\"Attorney General Kamala Harris.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1040\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10928713\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-800x1040.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-400x520.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-1180x1533.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/AGHarris-960x1248.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General Kamala Harris. \u003ccite>( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As attorney general, Harris has established a record for fighting white-collar crime. She set up a mortgage fraud task force, and she \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/business/how-kamala-harris-finessed-a-foreclosure-deal-for-california.html?_r=0\">obtained\u003c/a> $18 billion from the nation’s biggest banks for their role in the foreclosure crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is also \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-exxon-global-warming-20160120-story.html\">investigating\u003c/a> whether Exxon Mobil misled the public and shareholders on what it knew about climate change and whether that amounts to securities fraud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the questions surrounding Harris' handling of the San Onofre settlement investigation have not affected her standing with voters expected to cast ballots in the June primary. Harris has been the front-runner since she announced in January 2015 that she would run to replace Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is retiring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In last month's \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-latimes-senate-primary-poll-20160329-story.html\">USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll\u003c/a>, Harris was leading her closest rival, Orange County congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, 28 percent to 19 percent. Both are Democrats. The top two vote-getters in June will compete in the November election, regardless of party. The poll showed about a third of those surveyed have yet to decide who they will vote for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 KPBS. To see more election coverage, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/\">www.kpbs.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Her first name means lotus flower in Sanskrit. And she’s the Democratic Party favorite this year to replace U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is retiring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Attorney General Kamala Harris is such a favorite that once she \u003ca href=\"http://www.kamalaharris.org/\">announced her candidacy\u003c/a>, potential big-name Democratic rivals did a quick fade. All except Orange County congresswoman \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/03/15/can-underdog-u-s-senate-candidate-sanchez-turn-out-the-vote\" target=\"_blank\">Loretta Sanchez\u003c/a>, a fellow Democrat who trails Harris in the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"R6eLm6MSLBoOhffkTS6t0VmaRBByZjAA\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Voters tend to assess a candidate on the person's policies, persona and narrative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Harris, 51, her narrative starts in the 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents met when they were graduate students at the University of California Berkeley, while they were active in the civil rights movement,” said Harris at an event put on by Emily’s List, a group devoted to electing women who support abortion rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris’ father is from Jamaica and taught economics at Stanford University. Her mother was an endocrinologist and breast cancer researcher from India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sister Maya and I, we joke that we grew up surrounded by a bunch of adults who spent full time marching and shouting for this thing called justice,” Harris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258867248\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has described her influences as the icons of the civil rights movement: \u003ca href=\"http://thurgoodmarshall.com/\">Thurgood Marshall\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-charles-hamilton-houston\">Charles Hamilton Houston\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.blackpast.org/aah/motley-constance-baker-1921-2005\">Constance Baker Motley\u003c/a>. They were all lawyers, with Marshall eventually becoming a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Harris said their heroism inspired her to study law. After attending Howard University, she went to UC Hastings College of the Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when she chose to be a prosecutor, she told journalist Katie Couric she had to defend her decision to her family as she would a college thesis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have witnessed what I think is essentially a false choice that has been presented, which is that you are either in favor of public safety, or in favor of civil rights and civil liberties,” Harris said. “You can be both. And that’s how I've approached my work and public service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, as San Francisco's district attorney, she \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-D-A-won-t-pursue-death-in-cop-2767716.php\">declined\u003c/a> to seek the death penalty against the killer of a police officer. That raised the ire of U.S. Sens. Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and then-Attorney General Bill Lockyer, all Democrats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris went on to write a book called \u003ca href=\"http://californiacorrectionscrisis.blogspot.com/2009/11/book-review-smart-on-crime-by-kamala.html\">“Smart On Crime,”\u003c/a> in which she argued the most effective way to stop crime is through early intervention. She told NBC’s Matt Lauer that she threatened to prosecute parents of elementary school children who were habitually truant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As far as I’m concerned, a child going without an education is tantamount to a crime,” she said. “And we need to treat it as seriously as we would any other issue, because invariably that kid will be the dropout who will be the crime victim or the perpetrator.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilLMX_exi1A&feature=youtu.be\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris once dated former San Francisco Mayor \u003ca href=\"http://www.biography.com/people/willie-brown-40059\">Willie Brown\u003c/a>, who from 1980 to 1995 was speaker of the state Assembly. He is said to have influenced her decision to enter politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Harris \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article2607685.html\">married Los Angeles attorney Douglas Emhoff\u003c/a>, a partner in the Venable LLP law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some have called Harris the female Barack Obama. The president once \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/04/04/obama-calls-kamala-harris-the-best-looking-attorney-general/\">described her\u003c/a> as the best-looking attorney general in the country. She told Couric that she views comments about a woman’s looks as irrelevant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I refused to be distracted from the work that needs to get done,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris, who declined to be interviewed for this story, has promised during the U.S. Senate campaign to stand up for California’s residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It means defending collective bargaining rights for working Americans,” Harris told an audience at a state Democratic Party gathering in 2015. “It means taking on those science-deniers who insist that the Earth is flat, the Loch Ness monster is real and climate change doesn’t exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"pOD6q1xjL7NWgeVZOZmvllZEb67QZmiu\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also has said she favors national climate change legislation, backs immigration reform and supports Obama’s plan for free tuition at community colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://lorettasanchez.house.gov/\">Congresswoman Sanchez\u003c/a> is Harris’ closest competitor in the race to succeed Boxer, who \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/jan/08/california-democratic-sen-barbara-boxer-retire/\">announced last year she would retire\u003c/a> after 24 years in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://pressroom.usc.edu/usc-dornsifela-times-poll-democrats-lead-in-californias-top-two-senate-primary/\">USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll\u003c/a> out last month shows Harris leading \u003ca href=\"http://www.loretta.org/\">Sanchez\u003c/a> 28 percent to 19 percent among registered voters, followed by Republicans \u003ca href=\"http://www.delbeccaroforsenate.com/\">Tom Del Beccaro\u003c/a> with 8 percent and \u003ca href=\"https://sundheimforsenate.com/\">Duf Sundheim\u003c/a> with 6 percent. Former gubernatorial candidate \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article66525082.html\">Ron Unz\u003c/a> was not included in the poll because he had just entered the race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The top two vote-getters in the June primary, regardless of party affiliation, will face off in the November election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite Harris’ big lead over \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/mar/14/california-counts-sanchez-bid-senate-seat-could-hi/\">Sanchez\u003c/a>, UC San Diego political science professor \u003ca href=\"https://polisci.ucsd.edu/about-our-people/faculty/faculty-directory/currently-active-faculty/kousser-profile.html\">Thad Kousser\u003c/a> said the congresswoman should not be discounted. He said Sanchez proved herself a formidable candidate when she unseated \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/dornan051698.htm\">Republican congressman Bob Dornan\u003c/a> in 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that Loretta Sanchez was able to win an election in Orange County, which at the time she won was still called the Orange Curtain and was the Republican stronghold in California, shows that she can preach to someone other than just the choir,” Kousser said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Senate race, Sanchez has touted her national credentials as a member of Congress. Even so, most observers say Harris’ lack of federal experience is unlikely to hurt her because she has better statewide name recognition as attorney general than Sanchez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris has been given credit for standing up to the banking industry, which was accused by several states of rubber-stamping foreclosures without doing due diligence during the mortgage crisis. She didn’t like the banks’ initial settlement offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They were offering $2 (billion) to $4 billion,” she told journalist Farai Chideya. “I thought that was crumbs on the table, and so I pulled out. We got California $18 billion instead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris also \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/jan/19/state-accountability-scarce-four-years-after-san-o/\">initially received praise\u003c/a> for her office's work that uncovered an apparent backroom deal between Southern California Edison and state regulators that led to ratepayers paying the $3.3 billion bill for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ocregister.com/articles/plant-511732-radioactive-permanently.html\">shutdown\u003c/a> of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that criminal probe by the California Attorney General's Office has so far led to no charges, and that has a San Diego lawyer concerned that Harris has let the investigation stall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the attorney general would give the same emphasis to enforcing the law in this case as she is pursuing higher office, the case would be over by now,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/mike-aguirre-the-voice-speaking-truth-to-power-regulators/\">said attorney Mike Aguirre\u003c/a>, who has been filing lawsuits and seeking public records over San Onofre's closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 KPBS. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents met when they were graduate students at the University of California Berkeley, while they were active in the civil rights movement,” said Harris at an event put on by Emily’s List, a group devoted to electing women who support abortion rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harris’ father is from Jamaica and taught economics at Stanford University. Her mother was an endocrinologist and breast cancer researcher from India.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sister Maya and I, we joke that we grew up surrounded by a bunch of adults who spent full time marching and shouting for this thing called justice,” Harris said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258867248&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/258867248'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has described her influences as the icons of the civil rights movement: \u003ca href=\"http://thurgoodmarshall.com/\">Thurgood Marshall\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-history-charles-hamilton-houston\">Charles Hamilton Houston\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.blackpast.org/aah/motley-constance-baker-1921-2005\">Constance Baker Motley\u003c/a>. 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He is said to have influenced her decision to enter politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, Harris \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article2607685.html\">married Los Angeles attorney Douglas Emhoff\u003c/a>, a partner in the Venable LLP law firm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some have called Harris the female Barack Obama. The president once \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/04/04/obama-calls-kamala-harris-the-best-looking-attorney-general/\">described her\u003c/a> as the best-looking attorney general in the country. 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But now advocates are wondering: What happened to the money?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We definitely believe that there are more savings than is currently indicated is going to be in the budget,” says Lenore Anderson, executive director of \u003ca href=\"http://www.safeandjust.org/http://D\">Californians for Safety and Justice, \u003c/a>who co-authored Prop. 47 with San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We think the administration has underestimated the savings from Prop. 47 by around $100 million.'\u003ccite>Aaron Edwards, senior analyst, Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Anderson was stunned in January when the Brown administration announced that the state saved just $29.3 million from the measure this fiscal year -- a fraction of the “low hundreds of millions” that had been predicted in the voter guide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We‘re very comfortable with the methodology and the calculations that we’ve used,” says H. 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Palmer, a spokesman for the state Finance Department. “We think it provides a realistic expectation -- not only to the Legislature but to the public -- in terms of the savings that are going to be generated by this proposition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palmer says the savings estimate is based on the most recent data from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on how many inmates were affected by Prop. 47 -- and in what types of beds they would have been housed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to prison officials, 4,700 fewer people were in state prison during fiscal year 2015-16, the majority of them saving the state $9,000 each.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aaron Edwards, with the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lao.ca.gov/Reports/2016/3352/fiscal-impacts-prop47-021216.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>, thinks the state saved a lot more than that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The bottom line here is that we think the administration has underestimated the savings from Prop. 47 by around $100 million.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has been contracting thousands of beds with private facilities or prisons in other states in order to comply with a federal court order to cap the population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"JWutwuMyWd2VMOJ2Ol82LFX47vIVinXG\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given those conditions, Edwards thinks corrections officials would have sent those extra 4,700 inmates to private institutions or prisons in other states -- not to crowded state facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look at those factors and you look at what the trend line was, it appears pretty clear to us that we would have had to go out and get several thousand contract beds, had this measure not passed,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edwards estimates prisons saved $29,000 each on those contract beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How much Prop. 47 saved and how much of those savings will go to community programs is the focus of a Senate hearing Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters are pushing to get the governor to increase the allocation when he revises his budget in May. Just how many people will be served by Prop. 47’s funding will be sorted out in Sacramento over the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 47 co-author Anderson says California has been slow to shift funds from prisons and jails into programs that can reduce incarceration:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are failing to do what we know we could do to prevent people from falling through the cracks: to invest in mental health and drug treatment at the scale that it’s needed at the community level before people are even in the criminal justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armando Corpus, an addiction specialist at Thunder Road, says whatever Prop. 47 ultimately yields, he hopes the teenagers he treats receive a fair share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There aren’t a lot of open arms for kids with drug charges against them or a history of drug use,” Corpus says. “There’s not a lot of folks reaching out to them. Our kids really deserve that shot if they can get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Corpus says many teenagers get swept up in the criminal justice system largely because of addiction or mental illnesses like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kids who get sent here have tougher cases against them, a lot more family dysfunction, a lot more history of abuse and neglect,” Corpus says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated two-thirds of the teenagers treated at Thunder Road have been physically abused. Roughly a quarter have been sexually abused. Many live in homes where multiple family members are abusing drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our 16-year-old Eric plans to live with his grandmother and a younger sister after treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They didn’t give up on me,” he says. “Since I came here, they got hope in me. They know that I’m trying to change and become a better person.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Residential Treatment Rare\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residential treatment programs are the most expensive, the hardest to fund and the most critical, says Dee Gagnon, admissions director at Thunder Road. “With mental health and substance abuse, most people don’t get better on their own.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thunder Road helps teenagers develop more positive coping skills to help keep them out of jail and prison. The nonprofit also works to improve relationships through family counseling. It’s the last remaining residential treatment program for adolescents in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thunder Road almost closed this year after Sutter Health decided to drop the program because it had been losing money. Just before the doors were due to shut, the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.bayareacs.org/thunder-road-joins-bacs-programs/\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Community Services\u003c/a> (BACS) took it over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very grateful they did,” says Gagnon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>BACS helps people coming out of prison find housing and jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thunder Road hopes to ramp up staffing later this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Copyright 2016 KQED. To see more election coverage, visit \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/election-2016\" target=\"_blank\">kqed.org/election2016\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what's important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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This type of program is exactly what voters were promised would get more support under Proposition 47.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/257789372&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/257789372'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 2014 measure reduced penalties for drug offenses and other low-level felonies with the promise of saving hundreds of millions of dollars a year on prisons. Those savings will be used for drug treatment and other rehabilitation programs, starting this year. 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Just how many people will be served by Prop. 47’s funding will be sorted out in Sacramento over the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prop. 47 co-author Anderson says California has been slow to shift funds from prisons and jails into programs that can reduce incarceration:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are failing to do what we know we could do to prevent people from falling through the cracks: to invest in mental health and drug treatment at the scale that it’s needed at the community level before people are even in the criminal justice system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Armando Corpus, an addiction specialist at Thunder Road, says whatever Prop. 47 ultimately yields, he hopes the teenagers he treats receive a fair share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There aren’t a lot of open arms for kids with drug charges against them or a history of drug use,” Corpus says. “There’s not a lot of folks reaching out to them. 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"disqusTitle": "Could All-Latino Slate Motivate Higher Voter Turnout In San Diego Neighborhood?",
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"content": "\u003cp>For years, one wealthy and mostly white San Diego neighborhood has effectively decided who represents an entire City Council district — a district that’s 50 percent Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kensington neighborhood wields the power in District 9 because the residents there vote. In the last general election, Kensington’s turnout was 30 percentage points higher than in the rest of the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year may be different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the major City Council candidates in the district are Latino. They also either grew up in or now live in City Heights. The neighborhood is less than a mile south of Kensington but is nothing like it — it’s majority Latino, almost half its residents are foreign-born and its voter turnout was under 30 percent in the last general election.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920797\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10920797\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map-800x565.png\" alt=\"SDDistrict9Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map-400x283.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nOn a recent afternoon, one of the council candidates, Sarah Saez, was decorating her campaign office in City Heights. Along with the typical red, white and blue posters emblazoned with her name, she also has handwritten notes from supporters, some in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ella apoya a les maestros,” Saez read out loud. It means, “She supports teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You’d think it makes sense that a candidate in a majority Latino district would have Spanish campaign material, but Saez said it’s actually a departure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said campaign consultants urged her to focus on Kensington, where they know people will turn out to vote. That meant the people in other neighborhoods “wouldn’t have a choice, and they just would have thought: Oh, it’s just the next person in line,” Saez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, white incumbent Marti Emerald beat Latino Mateo Camarillo for the council seat. Emerald isn’t running for re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norma Sandoval, a community organizer from City Heights, hopes having candidates with the names Martinez, Flores, Gomez and Saez will draw new voters. The top two vote-getters in the June 7 election will face off in the November general election. No one is expected to win outright in June by getting more than 50 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping it’s going to get our youth excited about being able to see people that look like them running for positions that bring power to this community,” Sandoval said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Mohamud Osman, an 18-year-old City Heights resident whose family is from Somalia. He said it means a lot to be able to vote for someone from his neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They know where we’re coming from instantly,” Osman said. “We wouldn’t have to speak, in a way, because they know where we’re coming from, (being) low income, and how it feels to be in a struggle for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a mile from Osman’s home is a small park in the heart of Kensington with lush green grass and a playground. Council candidate Ricardo Flores grew up in City Heights, but he and his new wife now live in an apartment a block away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10920803\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920803\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10920803\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"San Diego City Council District 9 candidate Ricardo Flores talks in a Kensington park near his home, March 18, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Diego City Council District 9 candidate Ricardo Flores talks in a Kensington park near his home, March 18, 2016. \u003ccite>(Nicholas McVicker/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For me, Kensington holds a special place in my heart,” he said. As a child, he’d visit Kensington Video, which is still there and is where he began his love of film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores is Emerald’s chief of staff, and she has endorsed him. He moved to Kensington last April, around the same time Emerald announced her retirement. But he said he moved not to reach the neighborhood’s voters, but because it’s a good place to raise children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Flores is Latino, he’s not focusing his campaign on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re building a park, when you’re building a fire station, when you’re repairing a sidewalk, adding streetlights, I think at the end of the day you’re not just appealing to one group, you’re appealing to everybody,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judy McDonald, a white 45-year Kensington resident, said she doesn’t care whether her council representative is from her neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But if we were to discover that whoever is elected would ignore Kensington, there would be a rumpus,” McDonald said. “If we didn’t get police coverage or fire coverage, or lights were out, the people of Kensington know how to make their voice heard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Emerald won the district last time, she campaigned in similar ways across the divergent neighborhoods, said her campaign manager, Xema Jacobson. She’d ask supporters to host coffees and would sit and talk to residents about their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Election Day, Jacobson said, the low-turnout areas needed far more attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With active voters, you can go in and identify them and follow up with phone calls, and that’s it,” she said. “With people who don’t vote all the time, you spend a bit more time with them. It’s not just a phone call, but on Election Day you go knock on their door, ask, ‘Do you need a ride? Do you need child care? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For years, one wealthy and mostly white San Diego neighborhood has effectively decided who represents an entire City Council district — a district that’s 50 percent Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Kensington neighborhood wields the power in District 9 because the residents there vote. In the last general election, Kensington’s turnout was 30 percentage points higher than in the rest of the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year may be different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All the major City Council candidates in the district are Latino. They also either grew up in or now live in City Heights. The neighborhood is less than a mile south of Kensington but is nothing like it — it’s majority Latino, almost half its residents are foreign-born and its voter turnout was under 30 percent in the last general election.\u003cbr>\n\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920797\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10920797\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map-800x565.png\" alt=\"SDDistrict9Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/SDDistrict9Map-400x283.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nOn a recent afternoon, one of the council candidates, Sarah Saez, was decorating her campaign office in City Heights. Along with the typical red, white and blue posters emblazoned with her name, she also has handwritten notes from supporters, some in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ella apoya a les maestros,” Saez read out loud. It means, “She supports teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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No one is expected to win outright in June by getting more than 50 percent of the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hoping it’s going to get our youth excited about being able to see people that look like them running for positions that bring power to this community,” Sandoval said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s true for Mohamud Osman, an 18-year-old City Heights resident whose family is from Somalia. He said it means a lot to be able to vote for someone from his neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They know where we’re coming from instantly,” Osman said. “We wouldn’t have to speak, in a way, because they know where we’re coming from, (being) low income, and how it feels to be in a struggle for a while.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a mile from Osman’s home is a small park in the heart of Kensington with lush green grass and a playground. Council candidate Ricardo Flores grew up in City Heights, but he and his new wife now live in an apartment a block away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10920803\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10920803\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10920803\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"San Diego City Council District 9 candidate Ricardo Flores talks in a Kensington park near his home, March 18, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/04/Ricardo-Flores-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Diego City Council District 9 candidate Ricardo Flores talks in a Kensington park near his home, March 18, 2016. \u003ccite>(Nicholas McVicker/KPBS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“For me, Kensington holds a special place in my heart,” he said. As a child, he’d visit Kensington Video, which is still there and is where he began his love of film.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flores is Emerald’s chief of staff, and she has endorsed him. He moved to Kensington last April, around the same time Emerald announced her retirement. 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She’d ask supporters to host coffees and would sit and talk to residents about their needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Election Day, Jacobson said, the low-turnout areas needed far more attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With active voters, you can go in and identify them and follow up with phone calls, and that’s it,” she said. “With people who don’t vote all the time, you spend a bit more time with them. It’s not just a phone call, but on Election Day you go knock on their door, ask, ‘Do you need a ride? Do you need child care? 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And so if we do not vote then it’s not going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As get-out-the-vote efforts ramp up in California ahead of the primary election, the influence of women, even those who like Salas can’t cast a ballot, could prove key in fulfilling the promise of the Latino vote this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10913478\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10913478\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119568-full-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Norma Salas (L) talks with Keshia Mills at a home in Watts where a lunch discussion focused on voting on Feb. 10, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119568-full-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119568-full-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119568-full-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119568-full.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norma Salas (L) talks with Keshia Mills at a home in Watts where a lunch discussion focused on voting on Feb. 10, 2016. \u003ccite>(Dan Tuffs/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With over 6.9 million eligible Latino voters in the state, their collective influence could be substantial if participation is high. Low turnout in the past in communities like Watts, however, has blunted their political standing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than 17 percent of Latinos voted in most of Watts’ precincts during the 2014 general election. That’s about 5 percentage points lower than the total population’s turnout in most areas of Watts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Resident Mery Alvarez said she feels like politicians have left Watts behind. She’d like to see more of them reach out to residents and provide civic education to the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mobilizing the Vote\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the women chatting over lunch here are Latina mothers and, although some are ineligible to vote since they’re not U.S. citizens, they are a secret weapon of sorts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They care about Watts deeply and they’re telling their family members why voting matters, and in some cases, who and what they should vote for.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">It’s not celebrities nor community leaders who are best at convincing citizens to vote, but rather family members.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Leticia Martinez pays attention to the newspapers and candidates, but she can’t vote. 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And that’s actually untrue,” she said. “It’s not for a lack of interest or not understanding the importance of an election but just the feeling like they couldn’t relate to it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10913477\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10913477\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119577-full-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Leticia Martinez attends a discussion on the upcoming 2016 elections in Watts on Feb. 10, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119577-full-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119577-full-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119577-full-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/119577-full.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leticia Martinez attends a discussion on the upcoming 2016 elections in Watts on Feb. 10, 2016. \u003ccite>(Dan Tuffs/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>NALEO conducted research in 2014 to uncover what practices proved most effective in mobilizing Latino voters. The group found that it’s not celebrities nor community leaders who are best at convincing citizens to vote, but rather family members, including the women closest to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside Peña’s NALEO office recently, about a dozen workers were busy answering phone calls at the group’s call center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, the desks will be filled with phone canvassers working the phones to get out the vote as part of a nonpartisan campaign. They will be putting the insights from NALEO’s voter research to the test, refining exactly who and what message works best to get Latinos to cast their ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One longtime hotline worker is Lillian Meza. A mother and a messenger herself, Meza regularly encourages others to register to vote, jumping on social media platforms like Facebook to spread the word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”jCzWtNlvyfbJl7rTT6qmajqvT32yQFHQ”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meza has even done this work within her own family. 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"content": "\u003cp>Right now it's not hard to buy pot legally in California: $40 and a trip to the doctor, and you have yourself a prescription for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/MMP/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">medical marijuana\u003c/a>, which you can use to treat things like back pain and anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a campaign is underway to make pot legal for recreational use. Supporters are gathering signatures now to put an initiative on the November ballot, asking California voters if pot should be fully legal, like it is in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"0zYIXQeBrog5J7ZZEhOaliuzHP8pQ44r\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those signatures are for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0103%20(Marijuana)_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act\u003c/a> (AUMA). It's likely going to be the initiative that makes it to California's ballot, according to Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far it has more traction than the other marijuana-related initiatives being circulated. It's been endorsed by notable marijuana advocacy groups like \u003ca href=\"http://blog.norml.org/2016/03/23/norml-endorsed-auma-now-we-need-your-help/\" target=\"_blank\">NORML\u003c/a> and has received significant financial support from Napster's Sean Parker, who \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1381808&view=late1\" target=\"_blank\">donated $1 million\u003c/a> to the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what'll actually change if it comes to pass? Here's what you need to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would I Be Able to Buy Pot in a Supermarket?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If adult legalization passes in California in November, you’re not going to be able to walk into a supermarket in December and buy a joint,\" said Kilmer. People 21 and older \u003cem>would\u003c/em> be able to walk into licensed retailers and buy marijuana without a prescription. When those retailers could open up is unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If adult legalization passes in November, you’re not going to be able to walk into a supermarket in December and buy a joint.'\u003ccite>Beau Kilmer,\u003cbr>RAND Drug Policy Research Center\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But where you could buy marijuana would still depend on what city you're in. Currently, individual cities can decide whether or not they allow medical dispensaries to set up and sell pot. Some do, and some don't. The ones that don't — for example, Pasadena — can continue to outlaw marijuana shops, even if recreational weed becomes legal statewide. People living in cities where pot shops are not allowed could still have it delivered to their door, or they could simply travel to another city to buy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pot could remain a cash business, as it has been, said Kilmer, because marijuana is illegal under federal law, and banks are federally-regulated. In order for that to change, there would have to be changes at the federal level. In other states that have fully-legalized marijuana, pot shops continue to be mostly cash businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would There Be a Limit on How Much Marijuana I Can Possess?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, 28.5 grams, or a little over an ounce of marijuana, in plant form. If it's in the form of a concentrate, the limit is 8 grams. Since people can legally cultivate up to six plants on their property, they could end up with more than 28.5 grams of harvestable marijuana. In that case, no more than the maximum possession amount can leave the property at one time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A man smokes a joint in public.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10912117\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-800x509.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-1180x751.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-960x611.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would Everyone Be Smoking in Public?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not legally. The same restrictions (and then some) would apply to marijuana that apply to tobacco. There would be no consumption allowed in public spaces, in schools or in businesses, unless the businesses are licensed to allow that type of activity. It'll also continue to be illegal to operate motor vehicles under the influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Could Legal Marijuana Be Different Than What's Currently Out There?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be much more regulated, as the entire infrastructure would be tracked from seed to sale. Consumers would know where their product came from, what products were used to grow it and how much THC (the psychoactive chemical in pot) exists in what they buy. All of that information would have to be included in an ingredient list on the pot product. Manufacturers would also have to include whether the product was made in a facility that also processes nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There would also be a required legal warning on marijuana packaging, as there is on cigarette packs. The state would know who's producing, selling and manufacturing marijuana and marijuana products, as licenses are going to be issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Could Things Change for Companies That Are Already Manufacturing Marijuana Products?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some believe that legalization could bring more legitimacy to their line of work, and that as a result, they'd sell more of their product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Lewis co-owns a company called \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/drinksprig\" target=\"_blank\">Sprig\u003c/a>, which manufactures THC-infused soda and sells it in medical dispensaries in California. He said that the increased regulation would be good for his business, and for the industry as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’ll improve the products. It’ll make things safer... and it’ll make it more of a legitimate industry,\" Lewis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10912213\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"A vendor weighs buds for card-carrying medical marijuana patients attending Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market on July 4, 2014.\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10912213\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-1180x743.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-960x605.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vendor weighs buds for card-carrying medical marijuana patients attending Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market on July 4, 2014. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's the legitimacy that he's after. He's already manufacturing his soda in a large-scale bottling plant and designing the can so to look like any other that you'd find in a grocery store. It looks professional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, no matter how hard he tries, he said, he can't get away from certain legal grey areas. For instance, he has to procure THC syrup from his “guy” in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He does operate a pretty clandestine business... There are some people in the state that have poked their head out of the fox hole. It’s generally not a good idea in my opinion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If recreational pot is legalized, Lewis thinks he’ll be in a good position to take advantage of the new market. Getting pot syrup would be in a little bit less of a grey area and some companies that have been uncomfortable working with him might change their mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He anticipates his company’s sales will jump from about 15,000 cans a month to 75,000 as more shops open and pot use becomes more socially acceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would This Whole Thing Make California any Money?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.boe.ca.gov/news/marijuana.htm\" target=\"_blank\">dispensaries in California\u003c/a> brought in about $570 million, which resulted in about $49.5 million in taxable income. A \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/fiscal-impact-estimate-report%2815-0103%29.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\">state report \u003c/a>estimates that if recreational marijuana is legalized, it could bring in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/06/recreational-marijuana-could-net-1-billion-in-new-taxes-state-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\">more than $1 billion\u003c/a> in taxes statewide. That money could be used to study the impact of marijuana use, drug use prevention and social welfare programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oregon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/1215%20Marijuana%20Tax%2C%20License%2C%20and%20Fees%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.liq.wa.gov/records/frequently-requested-lists\" target=\"_blank\">Washington\u003c/a> have all seen \u003ca href=\"http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/607759/Convergex_Morning_Briefing_2016_3_24docx.pdf?t=1458767285242&utm_campaign=Morning+Briefing&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27641277&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--apm2Jz1WbjPmF8sVDtyhRZk5LU_mKBY-8_IOlnfrWNLBJl_cfh1C4V2YjkM28mrdHd1Yn7gD0fM7gfAiGZiU15-TcnCKa0W5mjnOUcUiB-OwP2SU&_hsmi=27641277\" target=\"_blank\">an increase\u003c/a> in tax revenue as a result of legalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what's important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Copyright 2015 KPCC. To see more election coverage, visit \u003ca href=\"http://www.kpcc.org/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.kpcc.org/\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Right now it's not hard to buy pot legally in California: $40 and a trip to the doctor, and you have yourself a prescription for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/MMP/Pages/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">medical marijuana\u003c/a>, which you can use to treat things like back pain and anxiety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But a campaign is underway to make pot legal for recreational use. Supporters are gathering signatures now to put an initiative on the November ballot, asking California voters if pot should be fully legal, like it is in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those signatures are for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/15-0103%20(Marijuana)_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act\u003c/a> (AUMA). It's likely going to be the initiative that makes it to California's ballot, according to Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far it has more traction than the other marijuana-related initiatives being circulated. It's been endorsed by notable marijuana advocacy groups like \u003ca href=\"http://blog.norml.org/2016/03/23/norml-endorsed-auma-now-we-need-your-help/\" target=\"_blank\">NORML\u003c/a> and has received significant financial support from Napster's Sean Parker, who \u003ca href=\"http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/Campaign/Committees/Detail.aspx?id=1381808&view=late1\" target=\"_blank\">donated $1 million\u003c/a> to the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what'll actually change if it comes to pass? Here's what you need to know:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would I Be Able to Buy Pot in a Supermarket?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If adult legalization passes in California in November, you’re not going to be able to walk into a supermarket in December and buy a joint,\" said Kilmer. People 21 and older \u003cem>would\u003c/em> be able to walk into licensed retailers and buy marijuana without a prescription. When those retailers could open up is unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'If adult legalization passes in November, you’re not going to be able to walk into a supermarket in December and buy a joint.'\u003ccite>Beau Kilmer,\u003cbr>RAND Drug Policy Research Center\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But where you could buy marijuana would still depend on what city you're in. Currently, individual cities can decide whether or not they allow medical dispensaries to set up and sell pot. Some do, and some don't. The ones that don't — for example, Pasadena — can continue to outlaw marijuana shops, even if recreational weed becomes legal statewide. People living in cities where pot shops are not allowed could still have it delivered to their door, or they could simply travel to another city to buy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pot could remain a cash business, as it has been, said Kilmer, because marijuana is illegal under federal law, and banks are federally-regulated. In order for that to change, there would have to be changes at the federal level. In other states that have fully-legalized marijuana, pot shops continue to be mostly cash businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would There Be a Limit on How Much Marijuana I Can Possess?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, 28.5 grams, or a little over an ounce of marijuana, in plant form. If it's in the form of a concentrate, the limit is 8 grams. Since people can legally cultivate up to six plants on their property, they could end up with more than 28.5 grams of harvestable marijuana. In that case, no more than the maximum possession amount can leave the property at one time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-800x509.jpg\" alt=\"A man smokes a joint in public.\" width=\"800\" height=\"509\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10912117\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-800x509.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-1180x751.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/Smokin-960x611.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would Everyone Be Smoking in Public?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not legally. The same restrictions (and then some) would apply to marijuana that apply to tobacco. There would be no consumption allowed in public spaces, in schools or in businesses, unless the businesses are licensed to allow that type of activity. It'll also continue to be illegal to operate motor vehicles under the influence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Could Legal Marijuana Be Different Than What's Currently Out There?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be much more regulated, as the entire infrastructure would be tracked from seed to sale. Consumers would know where their product came from, what products were used to grow it and how much THC (the psychoactive chemical in pot) exists in what they buy. All of that information would have to be included in an ingredient list on the pot product. Manufacturers would also have to include whether the product was made in a facility that also processes nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There would also be a required legal warning on marijuana packaging, as there is on cigarette packs. The state would know who's producing, selling and manufacturing marijuana and marijuana products, as licenses are going to be issued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Could Things Change for Companies That Are Already Manufacturing Marijuana Products?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some believe that legalization could bring more legitimacy to their line of work, and that as a result, they'd sell more of their product.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Lewis co-owns a company called \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/drinksprig\" target=\"_blank\">Sprig\u003c/a>, which manufactures THC-infused soda and sells it in medical dispensaries in California. He said that the increased regulation would be good for his business, and for the industry as a whole.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’ll improve the products. It’ll make things safer... and it’ll make it more of a legitimate industry,\" Lewis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10912213\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-800x504.jpg\" alt=\"A vendor weighs buds for card-carrying medical marijuana patients attending Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market on July 4, 2014.\" width=\"800\" height=\"504\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10912213\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-800x504.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-400x252.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-1180x743.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/PotFarmersMarket-960x605.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vendor weighs buds for card-carrying medical marijuana patients attending Los Angeles' first-ever cannabis farmer's market on July 4, 2014. \u003ccite>(FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It's the legitimacy that he's after. He's already manufacturing his soda in a large-scale bottling plant and designing the can so to look like any other that you'd find in a grocery store. It looks professional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, no matter how hard he tries, he said, he can't get away from certain legal grey areas. For instance, he has to procure THC syrup from his “guy” in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"He does operate a pretty clandestine business... There are some people in the state that have poked their head out of the fox hole. It’s generally not a good idea in my opinion.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If recreational pot is legalized, Lewis thinks he’ll be in a good position to take advantage of the new market. Getting pot syrup would be in a little bit less of a grey area and some companies that have been uncomfortable working with him might change their mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He anticipates his company’s sales will jump from about 15,000 cans a month to 75,000 as more shops open and pot use becomes more socially acceptable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Would This Whole Thing Make California any Money?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, \u003ca href=\"https://www.boe.ca.gov/news/marijuana.htm\" target=\"_blank\">dispensaries in California\u003c/a> brought in about $570 million, which resulted in about $49.5 million in taxable income. A \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/fiscal-impact-estimate-report%2815-0103%29.pdf?\" target=\"_blank\">state report \u003c/a>estimates that if recreational marijuana is legalized, it could bring in \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/01/06/recreational-marijuana-could-net-1-billion-in-new-taxes-state-officials-say\" target=\"_blank\">more than $1 billion\u003c/a> in taxes statewide. That money could be used to study the impact of marijuana use, drug use prevention and social welfare programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oregon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/1215%20Marijuana%20Tax%2C%20License%2C%20and%20Fees%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Colorado\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.liq.wa.gov/records/frequently-requested-lists\" target=\"_blank\">Washington\u003c/a> have all seen \u003ca href=\"http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/607759/Convergex_Morning_Briefing_2016_3_24docx.pdf?t=1458767285242&utm_campaign=Morning+Briefing&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27641277&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--apm2Jz1WbjPmF8sVDtyhRZk5LU_mKBY-8_IOlnfrWNLBJl_cfh1C4V2YjkM28mrdHd1Yn7gD0fM7gfAiGZiU15-TcnCKa0W5mjnOUcUiB-OwP2SU&_hsmi=27641277\" target=\"_blank\">an increase\u003c/a> in tax revenue as a result of legalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what's important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On Tuesday, just hours after news that a ballot measure to raise California's minimum wage to $15 is now eligible for the statewide ballot in November, business leaders across the state vowed to fight it. But they left the door open for a compromise on the issue in the Legislature that would cost them less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Theresa Harvey, president and CEO of the North Orange County Chamber of Commerce, said she knew the measure was coming and has been preparing to fight it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s going to force more and more businesses out of California,\" she said. \"It’s going to be impossible for employers to keep within the law and it’s going to drive more people to hire fewer employees.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey said her group has an article in the quarterly newsletter set to go out soon telling members why they should oppose the measure. The chamber also has social media and email outreach plans in place to try and build support to vote it down.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"xyAhjsY0jaYcM4FZEhfS3WMAcOwPSTNz\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to a recent law change, the ballot measure's proponents have until June 30 to withdraw the initiative from the November ballot. That could happen if the Legislature were to pass a minimum wage bill before then. Senate Bill 3, which would raise California's minimum wage to $13, has been making its way through the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey said that although her group opposes the ballot measure, it might be open to a less rapid-fire approach from state lawmakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Were the Legislature to consider a more gradual step-up as they did from the seven to eight, and then the eight to nine and 10, we could certainly look at it,\" she said, referring to previous minimum wage increases. “I think the devil is in the details.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There's also a competing ballot initiative that's still trying to qualify for the November ballot that includes increased sick time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betty Jo Toccoli, president of the California Small Business Association, hopes the minimum wage issue will be resolved in the Legislature. She gave \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB3\">the current Senate bill\u003c/a> a 50/50 chance of passing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think there are those legislators that think the easy way out is to just let the initiative go through and then they won't be blamed for it, and then I think there are also legislators that recognize that they need to work on it,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toccoli said California businesses would like to see lawmakers carve out exemptions for students so they can work for lower wages. They also want to see exemptions for restaurant servers so they can still get tips.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest irritants in the ballot initiative for businesses is a provision for annual cost-of-living increases once the $15-an-hour mark has been reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hortencia Armendariz, director of health care outreach at SEIU-United Healthcare Workers, left room for the possibility that the sponsors could remove the ballot initiative if the Legislature were to act, but said they wouldn't do so for anything less than what their ballot initiative proposes. Their measure includes cost-of-living increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Where we stand is nothing less than $15 as an increase,\" she said. \"Right now we're very happy that it qualified.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nicholas Adcock, vice president and governmental affairs manager for Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce, said his group has yet to take an official position on the ballot measure but that it has deep concerns about minimum wage increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Economies are different from city to city,\" he said, pointing out that well over half of the businesses in Riverside have fewer than 10 employees. \"We're not talking very big profit models with huge profit margins.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riverside, according to Adcock, doesn't have the resources of larger cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. He fears a minimum wage increase could stifle small business growth, which is still in recovery after the housing crisis that hit the area hard during the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's going to force them to make some very tough decisions,\" he said, speaking of small business owners. \"We want more jobs to be created.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>California Counts is a collaboration of KPBS, KPCC, KQED and Capital Public Radio to report on the 2016 election. The coverage focuses on major issues and solicits diverse voices on what’s important to the future of California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>With California's June primary looking more consequential every day, a new \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1178\" target=\"_blank\">Public Policy Institute of California poll\u003c/a> shows Donald Trump with a commanding lead among the remaining Republicans running for president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump is preferred by 38 percent of likely voters, followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz with 19 percent. The poll was finished just before Florida Sen. Marco Rubio exited the race, and both he and Ohio Gov. 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Republicans Tom Del Becarro and Duf Sundheim are in single digits (9 and 6 percent respectively), with 31 percent of respondents saying they're still undecided. Republican Ron Unz entered the race after the poll was conducted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If there was any doubt whether California's primary would count for something, Kasich removed it the night he won the primary in his home state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m getting ready to rent a covered wagon,\" Kasich told the crowd in Cleveland last week. \"We’re gonna have a big sail and blow us to the Rocky Mountains and over the mountains to California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Disillusioned Republicans Return to the Party\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is by far the most fascinating presidential campaign I’ve ever been involved in and seen and witnessed,\" said San Francisco attorney Harmeet Dhillon, vice chair of the California Republican Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dhillon says the state's suddenly relevant primary has Republicans who left the party in disgust returning like the swallows to San Juan Capistrano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10906782\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-10906782\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/HarmeetDhillon-800x885.jpg\" alt=\"Harmeet Dhillon, vice chair of the California Republican Party.\" width=\"800\" height=\"885\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/HarmeetDhillon-800x885.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/HarmeetDhillon-400x442.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/HarmeetDhillon.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/HarmeetDhillon-1180x1305.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/HarmeetDhillon-960x1062.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harmeet Dhillon, vice chair of the California Republican Party. \u003ccite>(Jeremy Raff/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"They’re coming back into the party and they're seeing that they may be relevant this time,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's GOP primary is closed -- only registered Republicans can vote. 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He says he thinks Trump, like \"The Governator,\" has \"no core beliefs and says whatever is popular.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conservative GOP activist Jon Fleischman agrees, saying Trump is just playing on voter anger while promising to shake things up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It turns out it was a sham, he was an actor who acted mad to get my support,\" Fleischman said of Schwarzenegger. \"And then he went to Sacramento and really became a political insider.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Republican consultant Mike Madrid thinks critics underestimate Trump at their peril.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">You might see Trump, Cruz or Kasich, even if you live in liberal Oakland, Santa Monica or San Francisco — anywhere they think they can win delegates.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"I think he’s probably going to be more competitive than we think he is because we’re seeing this tremendous appetite against establishment candidates on both sides of the aisle,\" Madrid said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Madrid thinks the Trump phenomenon is driving up voter turnout, \"only half are pro-Trump, while the other half is turned off.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican consultant Hector Barajas says it’s all great for a party that's been losing voters -- and statewide elections in California -- year after year after year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's gonna mean that our volunteer rolls are going to increase,\" Barajas predicts. \"You’re going to have a lot more of that excitement, people wanting to get themselves registered, making sure they're registered. At the same time filling out those volunteer cards. You know increasing those volunteer rolls will be important, especially if we can carry that all the way to November.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'Hand-to-Hand Delegate Combat'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has the most delegates of any state -- in fact, more than 10 percent of the total number of delegates needed to capture the GOP nomination are available here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"eJVrv827nE9wQSW9lYk4jljTCAhiGnb1\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each of the state’s 53 congressional districts has three delegates, and whichever candidate gets the most votes in each district wins all three. 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