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State officials will reveal next month which car brands are actually included, so don’t expect to receive this discount if you purchase an EV today. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading to learn what we know right now about California’s instant rebate program for EV purchases.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who qualifies for this program?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Only California residents who are buying or leasing an EV for the first time are eligible for this rebate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And consumers will have to confirm that this is the first time they are buying or leasing an EV before taking their car home, said Lindsay Buckley, communications director of the California Air Resources Board, the agency tasked with managing the program.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Participants will be required to sign a legal document declaring that this is in fact their first purchase or lease of an electric vehicle,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So if you’ve already bought or leased an electric vehicle in the past, then you wouldn’t be eligible for this program.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Limiting the program to first-time buyers could actually help boost the popularity of EVs among people who have never bought them, said Scott Moura, a UC Berkeley professor of civil engineering.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Providing incentive to people who have bought EVs before isn’t really adding to the number of people who purchase EVs,” he said. “The funds can be used most effectively if they’re targeted towards first-time EV buyers.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do I need to apply ahead of time?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No — there’s no application to fill out ahead of time. 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But state officials say that folks interested in the FirstEV discount won’t have to wait so long.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Once launched, Californians will be able to go down to participating automakers’ dealerships and access the rebates at the point of sale,” Buckley said. “They won’t have any delay in getting this discount.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can the program help me pay for \u003cem>any\u003c/em> EV I want?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No — MyFirstEV discounts will only cover battery-electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles from automakers participating in the program. State officials will confirm next month which car companies are included. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But this means that if an EV brand you really want to purchase is not on the list, you won’t get the discount when buying or leasing the car.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hybrid vehicles are also not included in MyFirstEV, state officials confirmed with KQED. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also a price limit: The EV you choose must cost under $50,000 if it’s a new car, and $25,000 if it’s used. There is, however, a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB168\">small exception\u003c/a> to this price rule if the automaker is headquartered in California — in which case the discounts will apply regardless of the manufacturer’s retail price. More than a \u003ca href=\"https://www.builtinsf.com/articles/silicon-valley-electric-car-companies\">dozen electric car brands\u003c/a> are based in the Golden State, with several selling models priced beyond the $50,000 limit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m really interested in this program. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program has secured $270 million in funding — half of that from the state budget and the other from participating EV automakers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One big thing to know: Despite the fanfare, the MyFirstEV program has not yet started — and we don’t have an official start date either. State officials will reveal next month which car brands are actually included, so don’t expect to receive this discount if you purchase an EV today. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Keep reading to learn what we know right now about California’s instant rebate program for EV purchases.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who qualifies for this program?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Only California residents who are buying or leasing an EV for the first time are eligible for this rebate.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And consumers will have to confirm that this is the first time they are buying or leasing an EV before taking their car home, said Lindsay Buckley, communications director of the California Air Resources Board, the agency tasked with managing the program.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Participants will be required to sign a legal document declaring that this is in fact their first purchase or lease of an electric vehicle,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So if you’ve already bought or leased an electric vehicle in the past, then you wouldn’t be eligible for this program.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Limiting the program to first-time buyers could actually help boost the popularity of EVs among people who have never bought them, said Scott Moura, a UC Berkeley professor of civil engineering.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Providing incentive to people who have bought EVs before isn’t really adding to the number of people who purchase EVs,” he said. “The funds can be used most effectively if they’re targeted towards first-time EV buyers.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Do I need to apply ahead of time?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No — there’s no application to fill out ahead of time. Once state officials announce that the MyFirstEV program has officially begun, all you need to do is go to a dealership of a participating automaker. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This is different from other past state rebate programs — like the now-terminated \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12062645/california-quietly-kills-electric-bike-vouchers-sending-money-to-ev-incentives-instead\">Electric Bicycle Incentive Program\u003c/a> — which have required participants to fill out an application \u003cem>before \u003c/em>making a purchase.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12016485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/IMG_5809-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Toyota electric vehicle on display at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 2024. (Saul Gonzalez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you move forward with making a purchase or lease, confirm two things with the salesperson and the financing team:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>That you qualify for the MyFirstEV discount\u003c/li>\n\n\n\n\u003cli>That there are still state funds available for this specific car brand.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When federal EV rebates were available, buyers had to initially wait until they filed their taxes the year after buying their car to request this money back. But state officials say that folks interested in the FirstEV discount won’t have to wait so long.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Once launched, Californians will be able to go down to participating automakers’ dealerships and access the rebates at the point of sale,” Buckley said. “They won’t have any delay in getting this discount.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can the program help me pay for \u003cem>any\u003c/em> EV I want?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>No — MyFirstEV discounts will only cover battery-electric cars and hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicles from automakers participating in the program. State officials will confirm next month which car companies are included. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But this means that if an EV brand you really want to purchase is not on the list, you won’t get the discount when buying or leasing the car.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hybrid vehicles are also not included in MyFirstEV, state officials confirmed with KQED. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also a price limit: The EV you choose must cost under $50,000 if it’s a new car, and $25,000 if it’s used. There is, however, a \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB168\">small exception\u003c/a> to this price rule if the automaker is headquartered in California — in which case the discounts will apply regardless of the manufacturer’s retail price. More than a \u003ca href=\"https://www.builtinsf.com/articles/silicon-valley-electric-car-companies\">dozen electric car brands\u003c/a> are based in the Golden State, with several selling models priced beyond the $50,000 limit.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>I’m really interested in this program. What should I do while I wait for it to open?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>While consumers wait for the program to begin, Buckley said they learn as much as they can about different EVs available on the market.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Maybe head to a dealership and take a test drive of an electric vehicle that you’re eyeing,” she said. “We do expect this to be a popular program and for [funds] to get gobbled up pretty quickly” — so the more prepared you are when the program officially begins, the better.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2274\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a parking lot that has EV chargers, with three cars parked in 'EV Charging Only' spots, and a fourth car pulling in to another one.\" class=\"wp-image-11971075\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf.jpg 2274w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/gettyimages-1576817852-98c5c2b1e80ed40f3e2b7969add10f2d9535efdf-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2274px) 100vw, 2274px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Polestar electric car prepares to park at an EV charging station on July 28, 2023, in Corte Madera. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">View the full episode transcript.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\u003cbr>In 1911, the last member of the Yahi, a tribe of indigenous Californians, walked into the town of Oroville in search of food. He’d spend years in hiding, seeking safety from the state-sponsored genocide of indigenous people that had taken place for decades. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He was taken into protective custody by police while newspapers across the country trumpeted the news in large headlines that said things like “Last Wild Indian.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>We don’t know his real name because, according to his traditions, he never shared it. Instead, we know him as \u003cem>Ishi\u003c/em>, which in his native language means “man.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Scientists brought Ishi to live in San Francisco, where they studied his language and traditional practices, and against all odds, he built a life. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Today, his story raises questions about how he was treated, ethics in the field of anthropology, and how he’s portrayed today. But Native people want to be sure we keep talking about the man himself — not just a victim of his circumstances — but for the remarkable human being he was.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Curious spoke with KQED’s Katherine Monahan about Ishi’s life and legacy. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-megaphone wp-block-embed-megaphone\">\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6827825325\n\u003c/div>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode transcript\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> Let’s begin in the late 1800s. When Ishi was still living with his tribe, the Yahi. What was the situation at the time for indigenous Californians?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Dire. In the half century following the Gold Rush, their population dropped by about 95%. Many of them were killed in massacres . . . that were being carried out by the \u003ca href=\"https://amindian.ucla.edu/publication/an-american-genocide/\">state and federal government\u003c/a> in many cases.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I spoke with Devlin Gandy with the California Grizzly Alliance – he’s a citizen of the Cherokee Nation – about what California was like when Ishi was born around 1860. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>The \u003ca href=\"https://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/s_01-Burnett2.html\">war of extermination\u003c/a> has been proposed and begun by Governor Burnett and is now part of just California state policy. And, you know, Ishi’s people… Their traditional homelands were some of the regions that were most impacted by mining and experienced some of the most violent atrocities that we have recorded.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>And then just a severe reduction in food supply. The gold mining industry filled California’s rivers with massive amounts of silt and pollution, which destroyed the salmon habitat. Settlers hunted out most of the game. And farmers built fences which kept the indigenous people from the acorns that were their staple food source.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So for all these reasons the life that Native Californians had been living, became very difficult if not impossible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>And where was Ishi as all this was happening around the state?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He grew up in the foothills near Mount Lassen, about 20 miles southeast of Redding. This was the territory of his tribe, the Yahi, which was a southern branch of the Yana tribe. It’s a really rugged country, jagged volcanic rock and very steep canyons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I talked to Steve Schoonover, who wrote a book about the Yahi, and he described the terrain as more vertical than horizontal, more sand than soil.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steve Schoonover: \u003c/strong>That country tried to kill me more than once. But these people lived there for thousands of years, and it was very, very impressive.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>The Yahi followed the migratory deer herd, and fished. But they were almost completely killed in a series of massacres in the 1860s — \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/fightingmillcree00anderich/page/n9/mode/2up\">hunted down\u003c/a> to just a very small group. Ishi would have been a child at the time. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And he and the few other survivors went into hiding for about forty years — \u003ca href=\"https://www.thetedkarchive.com/library/ishi-in-two-worlds\">moving silently\u003c/a>, always covering their footprints with leaves. Walking through creeks or scaling canyon walls with ropes to avoid making any trails that might give their presence away.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s Devlin Gandy again:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>So his childhood was one of hiding and fear, one of really trying to find safety and going more into remote areas that they would not normally live. Trying to find a place to live.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>In 1908 a surveying party came across their village – and by then there were just four Yahi left, Ishi and his family. They ran away when the strangers arrived. And then three years later, Ishi came walking into the town of Oroville. Alone.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Do we have any idea what happened to the three family members last seen around him?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Well, his hair was singed short, which was a sign of mourning. Ishi later said that after the surveyors scattered his tiny tribe they never reunited, and Ishi was then just with his mother until she died shortly after. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But we don’t really know what happened. We just have these pieces of a puzzle – there’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ishi-and-Companion-at-Lamin-Mool-painting-by-Frank-Day_fig9_259926704\">a painting\u003c/a> by a man from the Maidu tribe, Frank Day, that shows Ishi tending to a companion with a stomach wound. Day said he saw this when he was a small child with his father near Oroville – just a few days before Ishi showed up in town. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Let’s talk about Ishi’s arrival in town. After the massacre he lived through, and the other encounters he’d had with settlers. It’s hard to imagine the state he would have to be in to risk leaving the relative safety of his homelands and walking into town. To these people who have not proven to be trustworthy. What do we know about that story? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He walked onto the property of a slaughterhouse in Oroville in August 1911. He was about 50 years old. He was very thin. He was alone. A teenager called Ad Kessler was a worker at the slaughterhouse. He found Ishi by a corral. I have some \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmu4bV-mldc\">tape\u003c/a> of Kessler talking about it decades later. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>So I shimmied over this fence, and I dropped down alongside this Indian, and I pushed him over, raised this club. He showed no resistance, he was scared, he muttered something like cheku cheku. So I see he was an old man, and I see he wasn’t properly clothed, so I reached down and I got him and I pulled him back up into a sitting position. And I talked to him. I got no answer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Kessler said he then called for the sheriff, and while he waited with Ishi he found that they were able to communicate some using signs. Ishi motioned that he’d like a cigarette, and Kessler gave him one, and they laughed together when the sulphur from the match got in Ishi’s nose. When the sheriff came, Kessler rode along with Ishi to the local jail. The staff there gave Ishi a bowl of beans – which he devoured. And eventually they led him to a cell. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>And I felt sorry for a man. There he was, all alone, he didn’t have the least idea of what was going to happen to him. Closed the door, turned the key in it. And he stood right behind them bars, and looked.\u003cbr>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What did they do with him?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He stayed at the jail for about a week. Indigenous people from different tribes were called in to try to communicate with him, but no one spoke his language. All the papers ran stories, “Wild Man Caught in Oroville, Last Aborigine!”, stuff like that. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When the anthropology faculty at the University of California heard about it, one of them caught a train up right away, with a list of Yana words – and he was able to talk with Ishi a little bit and figure out that he must be the last, or one of the last, of the Yahi tribe. And so they arranged to bring him back to San Francisco. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We’ll pause it here for a quick break. When we return: Ishi’s life in San Francisco. Stay with us.\u003cbr>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>Sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> So Ishi is brought from a jail in Oroville to San Francisco. Where does he live while he’s here?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He was given a room at the University of California’s anthropology museum, which at that time was on the UCSF Parnassus campus — kind of wedged between Mount Sutro and Golden Gate Park. The museum had living quarters with a kitchen and bathrooms, and a bedroom where the caretakers would stay overnight, or indigenous people while they were working with the linguists, and that’s where Ishi lived.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The professors in the anthropology department, which was led by Alfred Kroeber, they had him over for dinner, took him to the theater, the beach. Everybody said Ishi was exceptionally polite and dignified and just really nice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The professors would ask him to tell his stories and sing his traditional songs and they would record those onto wax cylinders – which was the technology of the time. Some of those recordings have been restored and so let’s listen to one from 1911 – here’s Ishi singing a song about gambling.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/187940?ln=en&v=%2Caud\">\u003cem>Wax cylinder recording or Ishi singing\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>So Ishi helped the anthropologists learn about Yahi language and practices. And then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/82721800/?match=1&terms=museum%20of%20anthropology%20affiliated%20colleges%20ishi\">on Sundays\u003c/a> he would do public demonstrations outside the museum. He would make arrowheads and start fires with a stick, stuff like that. 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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>The \u003ca href=\"https://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/s_01-Burnett2.html\">war of extermination\u003c/a> has been proposed and begun by Governor Burnett and is now part of just California state policy. And, you know, Ishi’s people… Their traditional homelands were some of the regions that were most impacted by mining and experienced some of the most violent atrocities that we have recorded.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>But we don’t really know what happened. We just have these pieces of a puzzle – there’s also \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ishi-and-Companion-at-Lamin-Mool-painting-by-Frank-Day_fig9_259926704\">a painting\u003c/a> by a man from the Maidu tribe, Frank Day, that shows Ishi tending to a companion with a stomach wound. Day said he saw this when he was a small child with his father near Oroville – just a few days before Ishi showed up in town. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He walked onto the property of a slaughterhouse in Oroville in August 1911. He was about 50 years old. He was very thin. He was alone. A teenager called Ad Kessler was a worker at the slaughterhouse. He found Ishi by a corral. I have some \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmu4bV-mldc\">tape\u003c/a> of Kessler talking about it decades later. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>So I shimmied over this fence, and I dropped down alongside this Indian, and I pushed him over, raised this club. He showed no resistance, he was scared, he muttered something like cheku cheku. So I see he was an old man, and I see he wasn’t properly clothed, so I reached down and I got him and I pulled him back up into a sitting position. And I talked to him. I got no answer.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Kessler said he then called for the sheriff, and while he waited with Ishi he found that they were able to communicate some using signs. Ishi motioned that he’d like a cigarette, and Kessler gave him one, and they laughed together when the sulphur from the match got in Ishi’s nose. When the sheriff came, Kessler rode along with Ishi to the local jail. The staff there gave Ishi a bowl of beans – which he devoured. And eventually they led him to a cell. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>And I felt sorry for a man. There he was, all alone, he didn’t have the least idea of what was going to happen to him. Closed the door, turned the key in it. And he stood right behind them bars, and looked.\u003cbr>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What did they do with him?\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He stayed at the jail for about a week. Indigenous people from different tribes were called in to try to communicate with him, but no one spoke his language. All the papers ran stories, “Wild Man Caught in Oroville, Last Aborigine!”, stuff like that. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>When the anthropology faculty at the University of California heard about it, one of them caught a train up right away, with a list of Yana words – and he was able to talk with Ishi a little bit and figure out that he must be the last, or one of the last, of the Yahi tribe. And so they arranged to bring him back to San Francisco. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We’ll pause it here for a quick break. When we return: Ishi’s life in San Francisco. Stay with us.\u003cbr>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>Sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He was given a room at the University of California’s anthropology museum, which at that time was on the UCSF Parnassus campus — kind of wedged between Mount Sutro and Golden Gate Park. The museum had living quarters with a kitchen and bathrooms, and a bedroom where the caretakers would stay overnight, or indigenous people while they were working with the linguists, and that’s where Ishi lived.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The professors in the anthropology department, which was led by Alfred Kroeber, they had him over for dinner, took him to the theater, the beach. Everybody said Ishi was exceptionally polite and dignified and just really nice. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>The professors would ask him to tell his stories and sing his traditional songs and they would record those onto wax cylinders – which was the technology of the time. Some of those recordings have been restored and so let’s listen to one from 1911 – here’s Ishi singing a song about gambling.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>So Ishi helped the anthropologists learn about Yahi language and practices. And then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/82721800/?match=1&terms=museum%20of%20anthropology%20affiliated%20colleges%20ishi\">on Sundays\u003c/a> he would do public demonstrations outside the museum. He would make arrowheads and start fires with a stick, stuff like that. And people would come and watch. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Soon after his arrival at the museum, an agent came from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to ask him, do you want to leave? Would you rather go back to where you’re from? Would you rather go to a reservation? And \u003ca href=\"https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska-paperback/9780803222502/ishi-in-three-centuries/\">Ishi said no\u003c/a>. He said he wanted to stay and that he wanted to live there and die there.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>So, I won’t speculate on his happiness or fulfillment – but he was presented with alternatives and he turned them down.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What was his life like outside of the museum? On the streets of San Francisco – in what, 1911?\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Yes, 1911-1916. He \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/188/mode/2up\">learned basic English\u003c/a>; he got a bank account and two cats. He liked to ride the street car and the ferry. \u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>About four and a half years. He died of tuberculosis in 1916. Ishi didn’t have much immunity to illnesses that had arrived from Europe. And the rate of tuberculosis infection among Native Americans was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/641.html\">several times higher\u003c/a> than it was for other Americans –- in fact it \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/tb-surveillance-report-2024/data/race-ethnicity.html\">still is\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n",
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"innerHTML": "\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Given Ishi’s lack of immunity, bringing him to a major city, to live in a museum that was regularly visited by thousands of people, was a known risk. As Thomas Waterman – the main anthropologist who worked with him — \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/Ishis-Brain/\">said in a letter\u003c/a>, “A museum is a hell of a place for a fragile Indian.” Waterman also said after Ishi’s death that he was “the best friend I had in the world” but that “we were certainly none too soon in obtaining the material from him” — meaning the language recordings and arrows and stuff.\u003c/p>\n",
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Many of them were killed in massacres . . . that were being carried out by the \u003ca href=\"https://amindian.ucla.edu/publication/an-american-genocide/\">state and federal government\u003c/a> in many cases.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>I spoke with Devlin Gandy with the California Grizzly Alliance – he’s a citizen of the Cherokee Nation – about what California was like when Ishi was born around 1860. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>The \u003ca href=\"https://governors.library.ca.gov/addresses/s_01-Burnett2.html\">war of extermination\u003c/a> has been proposed and begun by Governor Burnett and is now part of just California state policy. And, you know, Ishi’s people… Their traditional homelands were some of the regions that were most impacted by mining and experienced some of the most violent atrocities that we have recorded.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>And then just a severe reduction in food supply. 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It’s a really rugged country, jagged volcanic rock and very steep canyons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>I talked to Steve Schoonover, who wrote a book about the Yahi, and he described the terrain as more vertical than horizontal, more sand than soil.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steve Schoonover: \u003c/strong>That country tried to kill me more than once. But these people lived there for thousands of years, and it was very, very impressive.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>The Yahi followed the migratory deer herd, and fished. But they were almost completely killed in a series of massacres in the 1860s — \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/fightingmillcree00anderich/page/n9/mode/2up\">hunted down\u003c/a> to just a very small group. 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Day said he saw this when he was a small child with his father near Oroville – just a few days before Ishi showed up in town. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Let’s talk about Ishi’s arrival in town. After the massacre he lived through, and the other encounters he’d had with settlers. It’s hard to imagine the state he would have to be in to risk leaving the relative safety of his homelands and walking into town. To these people who have not proven to be trustworthy. What do we know about that story? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He walked onto the property of a slaughterhouse in Oroville in August 1911. He was about 50 years old. He was very thin. He was alone. A teenager called Ad Kessler was a worker at the slaughterhouse. He found Ishi by a corral. 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When the sheriff came, Kessler rode along with Ishi to the local jail. The staff there gave Ishi a bowl of beans – which he devoured. And eventually they led him to a cell. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ad Kessler Archival: \u003c/strong>And I felt sorry for a man. There he was, all alone, he didn’t have the least idea of what was going to happen to him. Closed the door, turned the key in it. And he stood right behind them bars, and looked.\u003cbr>\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\u003c/strong>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What did they do with him?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He stayed at the jail for about a week. Indigenous people from different tribes were called in to try to communicate with him, but no one spoke his language. All the papers ran stories, “Wild Man Caught in Oroville, Last Aborigine!”, stuff like that. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>When the anthropology faculty at the University of California heard about it, one of them caught a train up right away, with a list of Yana words – and he was able to talk with Ishi a little bit and figure out that he must be the last, or one of the last, of the Yahi tribe. And so they arranged to bring him back to San Francisco. \u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>We’ll pause it here for a quick break. When we return: Ishi’s life in San Francisco. Stay with us.\u003cbr>\u003cem>\u003cbr>\u003c/em>\u003cem>Sponsor message\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/strong> So Ishi is brought from a jail in Oroville to San Francisco. Where does he live while he’s here?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He was given a room at the University of California’s anthropology museum, which at that time was on the UCSF Parnassus campus — kind of wedged between Mount Sutro and Golden Gate Park. The museum had living quarters with a kitchen and bathrooms, and a bedroom where the caretakers would stay overnight, or indigenous people while they were working with the linguists, and that’s where Ishi lived.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The professors in the anthropology department, which was led by Alfred Kroeber, they had him over for dinner, took him to the theater, the beach. Everybody said Ishi was exceptionally polite and dignified and just really nice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The professors would ask him to tell his stories and sing his traditional songs and they would record those onto wax cylinders – which was the technology of the time. Some of those recordings have been restored and so let’s listen to one from 1911 – here’s Ishi singing a song about gambling.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/187940?ln=en&v=%2Caud\">\u003cem>Wax cylinder recording or Ishi singing\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>So Ishi helped the anthropologists learn about Yahi language and practices. And then \u003ca href=\"https://www.newspapers.com/image/82721800/?match=1&terms=museum%20of%20anthropology%20affiliated%20colleges%20ishi\">on Sundays\u003c/a> he would do public demonstrations outside the museum. He would make arrowheads and start fires with a stick, stuff like that. And people would come and watch. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Do we have a sense of what Ishi thought about his new life?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Soon after his arrival at the museum, an agent came from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to ask him, do you want to leave? Would you rather go back to where you’re from? Would you rather go to a reservation? And \u003ca href=\"https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska-paperback/9780803222502/ishi-in-three-centuries/\">Ishi said no\u003c/a>. He said he wanted to stay and that he wanted to live there and die there.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>So, I won’t speculate on his happiness or fulfillment – but he was presented with alternatives and he turned them down.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>He ended up getting a job as an assistant janitor and general helper at the museum, and he stayed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>What was his life like outside of the museum? On the streets of San Francisco – in what, 1911?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Yes, 1911-1916. He \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/188/mode/2up\">learned basic English\u003c/a>; he got a bank account and two cats. He liked to ride the street car and the ferry. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Here’s Devlin Gandy again:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>He would go around Golden Gate Park. but he also, you know, visited different merchants, different shops, different cafes, and the folks there knew him personally, and he would go and visit with them. He was a really known, loved figure around town.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>He became good friends with some of the kids in the neighborhood and would play with them in the city’s parks. One of them, Fred H. Zumwalt Jr, later said in a letter: “He was a kind, gentle, understanding and patient man, given over to laughter at my clumsy efforts to copy him; nevertheless, I can still walk silently in the woods and come within a few feet of deer.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ishi also liked to visit the patients in the university hospital, which was next to the museum. And he became friends with one of the doctors there who was really into archery and \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/yahiarcherysaxton00poperich/page/n5/mode/2up\">they would practice\u003c/a> archery together. So, he made a new life.\u003cbr>\u003cbr>\u003cem>Music\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>How long did he live in the museum? \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>About four and a half years. He died of tuberculosis in 1916. Ishi didn’t have much immunity to illnesses that had arrived from Europe. And the rate of tuberculosis infection among Native Americans was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/timeline/641.html\">several times higher\u003c/a> than it was for other Americans –- in fact it \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/tb-surveillance-report-2024/data/race-ethnicity.html\">still is\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Even in Ishi’s time, there were ethical questions about how he was being treated. What were some of those concerns?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Given Ishi’s lack of immunity, bringing him to a major city, to live in a museum that was regularly visited by thousands of people, was a known risk. As Thomas Waterman – the main anthropologist who worked with him — \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/Ishis-Brain/\">said in a letter\u003c/a>, “A museum is a hell of a place for a fragile Indian.” Waterman also said after Ishi’s death that he was “the best friend I had in the world” but that “we were certainly none too soon in obtaining the material from him” — meaning the language recordings and arrows and stuff.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>So you see this mix of what seems to be true affection, with a kind of ruthless science. And you see it again in how Ishi’s remains were treated. Ishi had told the university staff that he did not want to be autopsied — which was the practice at the university hospital — and they did it anyway. Alfred Kroeber, the director of the museum, was away in Europe when Ishi died, and he did send back a letter saying not to autopsy him. To quote the letter, “If there is any talk about the interests of science, say for me that science can go to hell. We propose to stand by our friends.” But they \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/212/mode/2up\">autopsied him anyway\u003c/a>. And removed his brain and weighed it and put it in a jar and Kroeber later sent it to the Smithsonian. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Were his remains ever returned to the tribes?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Yes, in the 1990s. There was some initial confusion and denial from the University of California and the Smithsonian – it seems they had \u003ca href=\"https://wwnorton.com/books/Ishis-Brain/\">lost track of Ishi’s brain\u003c/a>. But they found it and repatriated it along with his ashes to the Pit River Tribe and the Redding Rancheria, which were determined to be Ishi’s closest living relatives. And the tribal members did a ceremony to put him to rest in an undisclosed location near Mt. Lassen. I reached out to those tribes for comment, but didn’t hear back.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The anthropology museum, which is now at UC Berkeley, still has \u003ca href=\"https://portal.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/catalog/eee9628c-9673-489f-bc28-2262acc06aea\">Ishi’s death mask\u003c/a>. That was a cast that was taken of his face when he died. Bits of his hair were used to make the hair and eyelashes. Devlin Gandy had a chance to see it when he was working in the museum.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>It sticks with me. It’s something that should never have been made and it’s something that the university should have been willing to give back a very long time ago.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>I reached out to UC Berkeley and they said they are committed to repatriation, but have not received official requests for Ishi’s death mask or the several hundred other objects still in their \u003ca href=\"https://portal.hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/?f%5Bobjmaker_ss%5D%5B%5D=Ishi&per_page=50&view=gallery\">Ishi collection\u003c/a> — his clothes, the tools he made, etc.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>They have apologized publicly for their treatment of him and they removed the name of Kroeber Hall in 2021 largely because of it. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>So when people look back at that time now, over a hundred years later, what do they say about his living in a museum?\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>A lot of people find it very disturbing that he was studied and effectively put on display. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy: \u003c/strong>There’s a lot of ways in which Kroeber treated Ishi as a zoo specimen, and really didn’t let Ishi have a life that I think anybody would find dignity in.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>And then other people say, where else could he have gone? \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/medicalhistoryof00pope/page/192/mode/2up\">Ishi said\u003c/a> he didn’t want to return to his homeland, because everybody was dead, it was inhabited by evil spirits, and there wasn’t enough food there. Legally he didn’t have the right to travel freely anyway; Native Americans didn’t get citizenship until 1924. And the reservations in the early 1900s had awful public health conditions, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Here’s Steve Schoonover, who wrote a book about the Yahi.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Steve Schoonover: \u003c/strong>It might’ve been the best opportunity at that time. I mean, the people who were in California were genocidal towards the Indians. And the fact that this guy had a place to live out the last of his life comfortably, perhaps a little more on display than is appropriate. I don’t know. It’s hard to put myself back in what happened in those days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>Ishi for his part said on a couple of occasions that the museum was home. So it could be that he chose that life as a way to keep going.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Devlin Gandy asks us to try to focus on Ishi himself when we consider his story, and the incredible strength he showed.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Devlin Gandy:\u003c/strong> It’s easier to sometimes to focus at this point about how bad the circumstances were. And at the same time, in those horrible circumstances, he really had such a tenacity and such a love for life. You know, he’s someone who had gone through so many hardships and, you know, through it all was still able to find friendship, able to find joy, able, to find wonder in the world.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Music\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Thanks for sharing this story, Katherine.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katherine Monahan: \u003c/strong>My pleasure.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/strong>Katherine Monahan is a reporter with Bay Curious at KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you value stories like the one you just heard, consider becoming a member of KQED. These programs are only possible with the financial support from our listeners. And membership comes with some awesome perks – like access to PBS Passport, KQED’s pledge-free stream, and discounts to cultural events all over the Bay Area. Learn more at \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/donate\">KQED.org/donate\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bay Curious is made in San Francisco at member-supported KQED. Our show is produced by Katrina Schwartz, Christopher Beale and me, Olivia Allen Price.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>We get extra support from Maha Sanad, Katie Sprenger, Jen Chien, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco Northern California Local.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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At least 14 of those educators were rehired by other schools.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>McMahon threatened to withhold federal funding from public schools that fail to protect children from teacher sexual misconduct. She called on states and school districts to scrutinize their laws and regulations to prevent educators who have engaged in sexual misconduct involving students from obtaining new positions elsewhere. Citing previous \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-11-200\">reports by the Government Accountability Office\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED483143.pdf\">other studies\u003c/a>, McMahon said the Department of Education has observed a “troubling and recurring pattern” of credible reports of sexual abuse and harassment by school employees going uninvestigated. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, many administrators and State educational regulators have apparently preferred to sweep these incidents under the rug and have ‘pass[ed] the trash’ to another school,” McMahon wrote in an open letter to state schools chiefs on Friday, referring to teachers who go on to work in different schools after findings of sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McMahon said the Department of Education intends to increase its monitoring of school systems to ensure that they comply with federal law. The Trump administration will also examine states’ laws and regulations to determine their effectiveness in protecting students, she said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The department is investigating \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-launches-national-k-12-initiative-protect-students-adult-sexual-predators-schools\">20 school districts\u003c/a> over their data collection practices and handling of allegations of staff sexual harassment of students, McMahon announced. Two of the districts — Tulare City and Wilsona — are in central and Southern California, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28475359-doe-list-email/#document/p1\">list the department provided\u003c/a> to KQED and ProPublica. The Tulare City superintendent has not responded to a request for comment. Wilsona Superintendent Steve Doyle said the district will cooperate fully with the federal review and “is committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for every student.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2206133236-scaled-e1773253186922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12048527\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order poses with U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump on March 20 signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, saying that his administration is returning education back to the states. (Chen Mengtong via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The list, which the Trump administration said was built on 2023-24 civil rights data, also includes districts in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Tony Thurmond, California state superintendent of public instruction, said he was not available to comment on the Trump administration’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law requires public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct to be reported to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state’s educator licensing agency. That agency then decides whether teachers will be disciplined further, including by losing their professional credentials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Our look at California’s teacher disciplinary process revealed a pattern of delays and inaction, combined with a lack of transparency, that has allowed educators to continue teaching after school districts reported them to the state for sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That disciplinary process, which is hidden from public view, stands out compared with how California oversees other professionals. The fact that a teacher has been disciplined is noted — along with a red flag icon next to their name — on a state website of credentialed educators, but the database does not explain why. California law prohibits the teacher licensing agency from sharing that information publicly. In contrast, the licensing bodies governing dozens of other professions in California, including doctors, nurses, police officers and lawyers, make the reasons behind disciplinary actions easily accessible on their websites. And at least 12 states, including Oregon, Washington and Florida, do the same for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s system also makes it difficult for school districts to learn the details of prospective employees’ disciplinary histories. Only after the state licensing agency recommends educators be disciplined can prospective employers request a summary of the case and the agency’s findings — if the request is made within five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law does require teaching candidates to provide prospective employers with their complete educational job history and mandates that school districts ask previous employers whether candidates have ever been reported to the state for egregious misconduct. 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The Tulare City superintendent has not responded to a request for comment. Wilsona Superintendent Steve Doyle said the district will cooperate fully with the federal review and “is committed to providing a safe and inclusive learning environment for every student.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1382\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/GettyImages-2206133236-scaled-e1773253186922.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12048527\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump holding up a signed executive order poses with U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon at the White House on March 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Trump on March 20 signed an executive order to formally begin the process of dismantling the Education Department, saying that his administration is returning education back to the states. (Chen Mengtong via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The list, which the Trump administration said was built on 2023-24 civil rights data, also includes districts in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for Tony Thurmond, California state superintendent of public instruction, said he was not available to comment on the Trump administration’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law requires public school teachers who resign or are fired for misconduct to be reported to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state’s educator licensing agency. That agency then decides whether teachers will be disciplined further, including by losing their professional credentials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Our look at California’s teacher disciplinary process revealed a pattern of delays and inaction, combined with a lack of transparency, that has allowed educators to continue teaching after school districts reported them to the state for sexual harassment or other sexual misconduct.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>That disciplinary process, which is hidden from public view, stands out compared with how California oversees other professionals. The fact that a teacher has been disciplined is noted — along with a red flag icon next to their name — on a state website of credentialed educators, but the database does not explain why. California law prohibits the teacher licensing agency from sharing that information publicly. In contrast, the licensing bodies governing dozens of other professions in California, including doctors, nurses, police officers and lawyers, make the reasons behind disciplinary actions easily accessible on their websites. And at least 12 states, including Oregon, Washington and Florida, do the same for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California’s system also makes it difficult for school districts to learn the details of prospective employees’ disciplinary histories. Only after the state licensing agency recommends educators be disciplined can prospective employers request a summary of the case and the agency’s findings — if the request is made within five years.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California law does require teaching candidates to provide prospective employers with their complete educational job history and mandates that school districts ask previous employers whether candidates have ever been reported to the state for egregious misconduct. 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But the law does not apply to public school teachers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Some critics characterized McMahon’s latest guidance as political rhetoric and grandstanding, given the Trump administration’s gutting of the Education Department and routine \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination\">dismissal of civil rights cases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Staff-on-student predation occurs less frequently than student-on-student harassment and assault. This letter is silent on that,” said Heidi Goldstein, a personnel commissioner of the Berkeley Unified School District and advisory board member of Stop Sexual Assault in Schools, a national nonprofit. “I look at something like this as a wedge issue you’re going to take to schools to weaken union power overall.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In her letter, McMahon singled out teachers’ unions as obstructions to legislative reforms to protect children.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12014399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/028_KQEDScience_IntCommunitySchoolOakland_10202022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students run behind a wall providing shade in the schoolyard at International Community School in Oakland on Oct. 20, 2022. 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That left growers like Johl \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article314486736.html\">without a buyer\u003c/a> for their fruit — and facing a dire economic crisis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“When the processor goes out, basically you got no place to go,” Johl said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In April, the United States Department of Agriculture threw farmers a lifeline by creating a \u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2026-05-05/california-lawmakers-secure-federal-aid-for-yuba-sutter-peach-farmers-affected-by-major-cannery-closure\">$9 million program\u003c/a> to fund the removal of thousands of acres of trees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12090778\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090778\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1858-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A pile of dead peach trees lie in a field next to an active peach orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026.\u003cbr> (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" data-id=\"12090773\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1818-scaled-e1783982597496.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090773\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An excavator destroys a portion of Sarb Johl’s peach orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026. (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Now, farmers like Johl need to invest in growing another crop, likely a type of nut, and they’re hoping the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12088977/a-lifeline-for-californias-small-farms-just-expired-what-comes-next\">new farm bill\u003c/a> will provide some help to make the transition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But it may not be that simple.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“So historically, the farm bill has sort of left out specialty crop growers,” said \u003ca href=\"https://jsayre.ucdavis.edu/\">James Sayre\u003c/a>, an agricultural economist at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sayre said that specialty crops — like some fruits, vegetables and nuts — have gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to the massive piece of agriculture legislation. He said that’s partially because a lot of the bill is dedicated to what are called \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12047\">Title I crops\u003c/a> — think big commodities like corn, wheat and soybeans. Title I crops are federally subsidized with insurance programs and direct payments to farmers when prices fall.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The upshot is that if you are a specialty crop grower, you basically didn’t have access to many of these programs,” Sayre said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1827-scaled-e1783983231785.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090774\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarb Johl holds a pair of unripe peaches at his orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026. (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Title I crops are grown across many Midwestern states, while specialty crops are concentrated in California. Sayre said that means lawmakers from big commodity-growing regions have more votes in Congress and therefore more political power.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>One silver lining is that California Sen. Adam Schiff has a seat on the Senate’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/\">Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee\u003c/a>. It’s the first time in 30 years that a lawmaker from the Golden State is at the table.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schiff said one of his main priorities is to \u003ca href=\"https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-sen-schiff-pushes-to-level-playing-field-for-californias-farmers-in-senate-farm-bill-with-six-new-agriculture-bills/\">get more resources\u003c/a> for specialty crop farmers.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“There’s no reason to treat these farmers differently than we treat farmers in other parts of the country that grow different crops,” Schiff said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The senator said that specialty crop farmers face the same natural disasters and market pressures as commodity farmers. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12090781\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/IMG_1852-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sarb Johl reaches for an unripe peach at his orchard in Marysville, California, on June 12, 2026. \u003cbr> (Claudia Brancart/NSPR)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But getting a new farm bill across the finish line has gotten more difficult since H.R. 1, the president’s federal budget package, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/millions-lose-snap-benefits-as-one-big-beautiful-bills-stricter-requirements-kick-in\">significantly cut\u003c/a> the food assistance program known as SNAP. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Schiff said Democrats want to see those cuts reversed in the next farm bill.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I think there’s some bipartisan interest in doing that,” Schiff said. “If Republicans are willing to meet us, then I think we have a farm bill.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But farmers like Johl can’t wait around for politicians to duke it out in the halls of the Capitol. Back at the farm, he said giving up peaches entirely would be like giving up a part of his family heritage. Johl’s dad immigrated from Punjab, India, in the 1960s, landing in Yuba City and working on a peach farm.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Eventually, he bought his own ranch. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“He had a love for peaches,” Johl said. “That got passed on to the next generation.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Johl hopes the new farm bill will include more support for specialty crop farmers, so maybe his kids can grow peaches, too.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We live by, ‘Hey, tomorrow’s gonna be a better day,’” Johl said. “‘Next year is gonna be a better season.”’\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And Johl said that maybe, in another season, he’ll get the chance to plant some more peach trees.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was edited with support from the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californianewsroom\">\u003cem>California Newsroom\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a collaboration of public media outlets throughout the state.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">\u003cem>How We Get By\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">\u003cem>full series here\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the span of four months, Juan Carrillo’s life got flipped around. He lost two family members in January: a brother and a nephew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of his grief, the 49-year-old Fresno resident and his family were staring down funeral bills, each costing more than $10,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everything has done a complete 360-degree turn; you just don’t see it coming, and you don’t even know where else to find the money to make your regular payments,” Carrillo said in Spanish. “In one way or another, we had to help our families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of the unexpected expenses, he fell behind on rent and utility payments, even though he was working three jobs — as a DJ, an Uber driver and as a construction worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Carrillo got a boon at just the right time: in January, he received $900 in his bank account, which helped his family cover some of the funeral expenses. That was thanks to his tanda, a community-based lending circle, in which members contribute small amounts of money regularly — in his case, $150 each month — and take turns receiving a lump-sum payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how we help each other,” Carrillo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Carrillo stands for a portrait at his home in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo joined a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America, and was able to contribute to funeral expenses for two of his family members because of it. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A tanda is a centuries-old financial system widely used across Latin America that functions as a community-based savings-and-lending circle. The system relies on trust among its members — usually small groups of six to 10 — and has historically operated in cash, similar to an interest-free savings plan or an informal loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, however, tandas are becoming more modernized, with apps and other tech tools drawing in younger generations of Latinos. And as California’s cost of living continues to increase, more people are turning to tandas as a way to get out of a tight spot, to save money and build credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is very expensive to live in these areas,” said Mariel Hernandez, a spokesperson for Bay Area nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionassetfund.org/\">Mission Asset Fund\u003c/a>. “California’s affordability crisis has made predatory lending more dangerous and more tempting at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her organization partnered with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.elfus.org/\">Education and Leadership Foundation\u003c/a>, based in Fresno, more than three years ago to expand access to these traditional lending circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090555\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Carrillo displays his delivery driver badge in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo joined a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America, and was able to buy new tires for his car with a loan from the tanda. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both nonprofits use the model as a way to help communities build savings and access small, no-interest loans through structured, community-based programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, a professor of Chicano studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the origins of tandas go back centuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not new,” Hinojosa-Ojeda said. “There’s multi-thousand-year-old roots of communal labor in Mexico, there’s 1,000-year-old roots in Asia of communal work and communal savings and lending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hinojosa-Ojeda said tandas made their way to California in the 19th century, when immigrants from China and Mexico brought the collective savings practices to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090556\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new tire on delivery driver Juan Carrillo’s car in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo joined a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America, and was able to buy new tires for his car with a loan from the tanda. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, participants knew each other; they were family members, neighbors, friends, and coworkers. Trust is essential within the tanda because a person is less likely to take the money and never return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the systems operated by the Education and Leadership Foundation and Mission Asset Fund, participants are strangers, and they no longer operate with cash. Instead, they use an app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the organizations are able to guarantee funding if a person drops out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept is very similar,” Hinojosa-Ojeda said. “People join, and then they agree to deposit money into a fund that’s controlled by a trusted body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community Engagement Coordinator Carmen Cardenas shows the “MyMAF” portal on her phone at the Education and Leadership Foundation office in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. MyMAF is a model by Mission Asset Fund that helps community members build their savings, credit, and access small loans. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hernandez said community members turn to tandas for any number of reasons, including household emergencies or securing a down payment for a home or for rent. She uses tandas herself and said she’s received $1,200 that helped cover the tuition costs of her master’s degree, as well as her Bay Area apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can be for buying back-to-school supplies, sending money to family abroad, sometimes it’s even covering quinceañeras,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When 24-year-old David Medina was feeling the pressure of the holiday season late last year, he realized he didn’t have enough money to buy gifts for his family.[aside postID=news_12084761 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/IMG_1522.jpg']“And then I remembered, ‘Wait, I’m about to get my money from the tanda.’ That money can go straight into my Christmas shopping,” Medina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had been paying $100 a month and received $1,000 just before the holidays. The timing helped turn a stressful situation into a manageable one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That money that I didn’t know I had put aside, I had it, and it worked perfectly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the extra cash, Medina was able to buy gifts: toys, new clothes, household items, and food. It helped his family enjoy a more comfortable Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carmen Cardenas, the community engagement coordinator for Education and Leadership Foundation, joined a tanda to celebrate her 24th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I received the loan, I wasn’t wanting to go into credit card debt for my birthday celebration, so I saved the money that I got from the lending circle to put it towards that,” Cardenas said. “I was able to use that money and then keep paying it back as the lending circle went on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She makes it a priority to participate in tandas whenever the opportunity arises, viewing them as an important way to manage her finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community Engagement Coordinator Carmen Cardenas stands for a portrait at the Education and Leadership Foundation (ELF) office in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Cardenas assists ELF community members with signing up for tandas, also known as lending circles, and has made use of them for her own expenses. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through the Mission Asset Fund app — which is now available through partnerships in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York and Washington — Cardenas is instantly alerted whenever a scheduled payment is processed, allowing her to track when money has been automatically withdrawn from her bank account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Medina has grown to love tandas — not just because he can save money along the way, but also because he’s actively building and strengthening his credit score through the Mission Asset Fund’s app, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After college, I didn’t really build my credit,” Medina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving his last payout, he signed up for another tanda and is set to collect $750 later this year — again with the ability to track and access his payments instantly from his devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Carrillo prays at an altar honoring his brother and nephew in his home in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result of the unexpected expenses, he fell behind on rent and utility payments, even though he was working three jobs — as a DJ, an Uber driver and as a construction worker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Carrillo got a boon at just the right time: in January, he received $900 in his bank account, which helped his family cover some of the funeral expenses. That was thanks to his tanda, a community-based lending circle, in which members contribute small amounts of money regularly — in his case, $150 each month — and take turns receiving a lump-sum payout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how we help each other,” Carrillo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090543\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-08_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Carrillo stands for a portrait at his home in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo joined a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America, and was able to contribute to funeral expenses for two of his family members because of it. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A tanda is a centuries-old financial system widely used across Latin America that functions as a community-based savings-and-lending circle. The system relies on trust among its members — usually small groups of six to 10 — and has historically operated in cash, similar to an interest-free savings plan or an informal loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, however, tandas are becoming more modernized, with apps and other tech tools drawing in younger generations of Latinos. And as California’s cost of living continues to increase, more people are turning to tandas as a way to get out of a tight spot, to save money and build credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is very expensive to live in these areas,” said Mariel Hernandez, a spokesperson for Bay Area nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.missionassetfund.org/\">Mission Asset Fund\u003c/a>. “California’s affordability crisis has made predatory lending more dangerous and more tempting at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her organization partnered with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.elfus.org/\">Education and Leadership Foundation\u003c/a>, based in Fresno, more than three years ago to expand access to these traditional lending circles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090555\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-11_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Carrillo displays his delivery driver badge in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo joined a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America, and was able to buy new tires for his car with a loan from the tanda. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both nonprofits use the model as a way to help communities build savings and access small, no-interest loans through structured, community-based programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, a professor of Chicano studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, said the origins of tandas go back centuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re not new,” Hinojosa-Ojeda said. “There’s multi-thousand-year-old roots of communal labor in Mexico, there’s 1,000-year-old roots in Asia of communal work and communal savings and lending.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hinojosa-Ojeda said tandas made their way to California in the 19th century, when immigrants from China and Mexico brought the collective savings practices to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090556\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-15_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new tire on delivery driver Juan Carrillo’s car in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo joined a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America, and was able to buy new tires for his car with a loan from the tanda. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Traditionally, participants knew each other; they were family members, neighbors, friends, and coworkers. Trust is essential within the tanda because a person is less likely to take the money and never return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the systems operated by the Education and Leadership Foundation and Mission Asset Fund, participants are strangers, and they no longer operate with cash. Instead, they use an app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the organizations are able to guarantee funding if a person drops out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept is very similar,” Hinojosa-Ojeda said. “People join, and then they agree to deposit money into a fund that’s controlled by a trusted body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-03_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community Engagement Coordinator Carmen Cardenas shows the “MyMAF” portal on her phone at the Education and Leadership Foundation office in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. MyMAF is a model by Mission Asset Fund that helps community members build their savings, credit, and access small loans. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hernandez said community members turn to tandas for any number of reasons, including household emergencies or securing a down payment for a home or for rent. She uses tandas herself and said she’s received $1,200 that helped cover the tuition costs of her master’s degree, as well as her Bay Area apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can be for buying back-to-school supplies, sending money to family abroad, sometimes it’s even covering quinceañeras,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When 24-year-old David Medina was feeling the pressure of the holiday season late last year, he realized he didn’t have enough money to buy gifts for his family.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“And then I remembered, ‘Wait, I’m about to get my money from the tanda.’ That money can go straight into my Christmas shopping,” Medina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had been paying $100 a month and received $1,000 just before the holidays. The timing helped turn a stressful situation into a manageable one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That money that I didn’t know I had put aside, I had it, and it worked perfectly,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the extra cash, Medina was able to buy gifts: toys, new clothes, household items, and food. It helped his family enjoy a more comfortable Christmas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carmen Cardenas, the community engagement coordinator for Education and Leadership Foundation, joined a tanda to celebrate her 24th birthday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I received the loan, I wasn’t wanting to go into credit card debt for my birthday celebration, so I saved the money that I got from the lending circle to put it towards that,” Cardenas said. “I was able to use that money and then keep paying it back as the lending circle went on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She makes it a priority to participate in tandas whenever the opportunity arises, viewing them as an important way to manage her finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090547\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community Engagement Coordinator Carmen Cardenas stands for a portrait at the Education and Leadership Foundation (ELF) office in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Cardenas assists ELF community members with signing up for tandas, also known as lending circles, and has made use of them for her own expenses. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Through the Mission Asset Fund app — which is now available through partnerships in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York and Washington — Cardenas is instantly alerted whenever a scheduled payment is processed, allowing her to track when money has been automatically withdrawn from her bank account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Medina has grown to love tandas — not just because he can save money along the way, but also because he’s actively building and strengthening his credit score through the Mission Asset Fund’s app, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After college, I didn’t really build my credit,” Medina said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After receiving his last payout, he signed up for another tanda and is set to collect $750 later this year — again with the ability to track and access his payments instantly from his devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12090548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12090548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/20260706-tandas-JY-19_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Carrillo prays at an altar honoring his brother and nephew in his home in Fresno, California, on Monday, July 6, 2026. Carrillo was able to contribute to funeral expenses for his brother and nephew after joining a tanda, a lending circle widely used in Latin America. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The ability to build credit scores also interested Carrillo, not for himself, but for his 18- and 20-year-old sons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In this country, you move forward with credit; without credit, you don’t,” Carrillo said. “Everything relies on credit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’d be tempting to lean on credit to keep up with California’s rising costs, but Carrillo said the tandas have helped him manage it. And, when tragedy struck, the tanda was there with quick cash and zero debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thank God because it arrived at a time [of need],” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A bill to allow insurance companies to monitor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/drivers\">California drivers’\u003c/a> behavior in exchange for potential discounts on their premiums would change the state’s longstanding insurance law, drawing opposition from the Insurance Department as well as consumer and privacy advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab311\">Assembly Bill 311\u003c/a> would let insurance companies use telematics — technology installed in vehicles that allows them to transmit information such as location, speed, braking force, swerving and more — when setting rates for drivers who choose to allow themselves to be tracked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the only state in the nation that does not allow insurers to use telematics in setting rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires insurers to prioritize safety record, miles driven and driving experience as the main factors when they set drivers’ premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would let drivers choose to use telematics data to establish their driving records in addition to what their Department of Motor Vehicles records show. Telematics data is collected by smartphone app, systems embedded in vehicles or other connected technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the legislation would make streets and highways safer by encouraging better driving, while opponents worry about privacy, lack of transparency and possible bias in insurance pricing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11699281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1200x848.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1180x833.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-960x678.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-240x170.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-375x265.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-520x367.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kellie Montalvo, a parent whose son died after a distracted driver hit him, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279768#t=1740&f=41a5de742ae9b5da1a12b7c015d72373\">testified before the Senate Standing Committee on Insurance\u003c/a> on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her son Benjamin, 21, was riding his bike in 2020 when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/17/corona-couple-channel-their-grief-to-urge-motorists-not-to-text-and-drive/\">hit by a driver who had been texting while driving\u003c/a>. She said the driver had a record of “speeding tickets, prior crashes and this was her fourth hit-and-run.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spend many sleepless nights wondering if she had been stopped at any point prior to that horrific night, would my beautiful son be here today,” Montalvo said, her voice breaking. She urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying it will save lives.[aside postID=news_12090223 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/gettyimages-84674999-272e4d9602509b640a3288b5aa8fd95454c9a110-e1491337540814.jpg']Other witnesses, also clearly emotional, expressed support for the bill as they carried enlarged photos of the loved ones they’ve lost because of crashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">Tina McKinnor\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Inglewood, said at the committee hearing that she has lost three friends in vehicle crashes in the past several years. She called telematics a tool to help make streets safer, saying her bill would “incentivize safer, good driving behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safer Streets for Everyone, a nonprofit organization advocating for road safety, co-sponsored the legislation. The group’s founder and executive director, Damian Kevitt, is a cyclist who was hit by a car and lost his leg. He testified before the committee, citing a couple of \u003ca href=\"https://aaafoundation.org/research/a-randomized-field-trial-of-smartphone-based-feedback-designed-to-encourage-safe-driving-comparing-focused-and-self-chosen-goals-to-standard-usage-based-insurance-messaging/\">studies\u003c/a> that show drivers improved their behavior — including \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820970\">reducing their use of mobile phones\u003c/a> — while behind the wheel when financial rewards were involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both studies were backed by the insurance industry. None of the proponents who testified recently before two Senate committees advanced the bill mentioned any independent studies around whether telematics has helped improve safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other supporters of the bill include several road-safety coalitions and bicycle associations from around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Insurance department’s concerns\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state’s insurance department is opposed to the bill, saying the legislation is not compatible with California insurance law, Proposition 103.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law came out of a ballot proposition written by Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, in response to rising car and home insurance premiums almost four decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was approved by 51% of the state’s voters in 1988 and includes a mandate for insurance companies to give “good drivers” 20% discounts. (Some drivers also receive discounts for low mileage — it’s a form of monitoring that’s OK under Prop. 103 because miles driven is an allowed factor in rate-setting.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957604\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Cars drive over a large bridge.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge driving across the San Francisco Bay, as seen from northern Point San Quentin in San Quentin on Sept. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The bill creates broad liability loopholes, dilutes regulator oversight, and allows insurance companies to shift core regulatory responsibilities to unregulated third-party telematics vendors, among other concerns,” wrote Josephine Figueroa, deputy insurance commissioner and legislative director for the department, to Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/steve-padilla-165435\">Steve Padilla\u003c/a>, chairperson of the Senate insurance committee, on June 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Figueroa wrote that the bill contains vague language about how insurance companies are supposed to do “due diligence” around third-party telematics providers, and using telematics data as part of drivers’ records. She said the insurance department has documented cases “where facially neutral criteria produce disparate impacts, such as the use of census-tract voter registration rates as a proxy for race or citizenship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, she said “consumer savings also remain generally unproven and varied.” She cited \u003ca href=\"https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Appeals%20and%20Grievances%20Reports/Telematics-Survey-Report-2025.pdf\">data\u003c/a> from the Maryland Insurance Administration, which showed that in 2023, 31% of that state’s drivers enrolled in their insurers’ telematics program saw their rates drop; 24% actually experienced an increase; and 45% saw no change in their premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research also showed that the telematics systems collected a lot of data that included trip route, days driven, G-force, unsafe following, aggressive turning and many more driver behaviors. Most insurers outsourced the collection of that data to third parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Senate insurance committee passed the bill four days after Figueroa’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department is meeting with McKinnor’s staff about its concerns, according to Michael Soller, spokesperson for the department. McKinnor and her staff would not answer CalMatters’ questions about the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11685396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11685396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-84776357-e1533663544615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait in line outside of the DMV in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the insurance department’s concerns about the legislation align with those of Consumer Watchdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California, auto insurance has to be rated in a driver’s actual driving history, not the product of an unverified algorithm or (artificial intelligence) system predicting future driving,” said Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, in testimony before the Senate insurance committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with CalMatters, Balber wondered why the legislation — a “gut-and-amend,” a bill that has been substantially reworked or rewritten, has missed the introduction deadline and is meant to be fast-tracked, often because it’s controversial — is bypassing the typical hearing process. The new language was submitted to the Senate June 10; Balber said her group had less than a week’s notice that it was coming up for discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worry, too, is in line with that of the insurance department. Figueroa wrote in her letter to Padilla that she was concerned that the bill, as gutted and amended, contains language the department had reviewed and expressed reservations about several months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of the bill’s supporters includes insurance industry groups that have long pushed for telematics use in California. One group in particular, the Personal Insurance Federation of California, has given about $1,000 worth of dinner and travel to McKinnor several times over the past few years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">CalMatters’ Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. She has also received campaign contributions from the group, as well as other insurance industry groups and employees, totaling $38,000 since 2022, state campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla, a Democrat from the San Diego area who chairs the Senate insurance committee, was unavailable to respond to CalMatters’ questions about the concerns the insurance department raised in the letter it sent him, spokesperson Cameron Sutherland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056587\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A driver rides the carpool lane in a Tesla on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padilla also is on the Senate Standing Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection, which passed the bill a few days after the insurance committee did and referred it to the appropriations committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla has received about the same amount of campaign contributions from the insurance industry since 2022, according to campaign finance records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department sent the chairperson of the privacy committee, Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/christopher-cabaldon-5699\">Christopher Cabaldon\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Napa, a similar letter with its concerns about the bill, according to Soller. Cabaldon’s office did not immediately respond to CalMatters’ request to talk about the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabaldon showed strong support for the bill, saying during his committee \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279739#t=202&f=e9b9ce561078fd2e175df81755ec9abf\">hearing\u003c/a> that consumers should have the choice to use their driving data how they want and that he believed in the technology’s potential. He has also received campaign contributions from the insurance industry — about $27,000 going back to when he ran for the state Assembly in 2008, campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The numbers, or lack thereof\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has some of the highest rates for full auto insurance coverage in the nation, according to at least one \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/insurance-services/auto-insurance/car-insurance-rates-by-state/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by MarketWatch, a news publication with an arm that publishes commerce guides. Another \u003ca href=\"https://insurify.com/car-insurance/report/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by insurance-comparison site Insurify, says California’s car insurance rates have been rising for the past couple of years and are projected to increase 1% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research on the effects of telematics is the first by a state insurance regulator, according to Consumer Federation of America, a national association of consumer nonprofit organizations. The group is urging other state regulators to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t trust companies to do this without oversight,” Michael DeLong, research and advocacy associate for the group, told CalMatters. He said companies can collect a lot of information about drivers and use it to make money; an example of that is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/05/gm-record-california-penalty-onstar-data/\">a recent settlement\u003c/a> between the California Justice Department and General Motors, penalizing the automaker for selling driver data associated with its OnStar emergency roadside and navigation service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from inside Amarjit Singh’s truck in Livermore, on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DeLong said the group plans to write a letter criticizing AB 311.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one other independent survey, by \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/money/car-insurance/car-insurance-telematics-pros-and-cons-a5869096072/\">Consumer Reports\u003c/a> in 2024, has shown that telematics can help reduce drivers’ premiums. The survey found a median annual savings of $120 — including higher savings for Black and Latino drivers than for white and Asian drivers — but also found that some drivers’ insurance costs rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer and privacy advocates, including ACLU California Action, Consumer Federation of California and TechEquity Action, worry that some drivers will feel like they have no choice but to give up their privacy in exchange for possibly saving money. In doing so, they could also open themselves up to bias depending on where they live, work and drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill “would authorize an opaque surveillance pricing infrastructure for a product Californians are legally required to purchase,” Becca Cramer, speaking for Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, told both the Senate insurance committee and privacy committee. “Californians have a constitutional right to privacy and not have to choose between exercising that right and affording a mandatory product.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cramer also cited the Consumer Reports survey and said telematics companies score drivers based on “factors that correlate strongly with race and income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/07/telematics-car-insurance-bill/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires insurers to prioritize safety record, miles driven and driving experience as the main factors when they set drivers’ premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would let drivers choose to use telematics data to establish their driving records in addition to what their Department of Motor Vehicles records show. Telematics data is collected by smartphone app, systems embedded in vehicles or other connected technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say the legislation would make streets and highways safer by encouraging better driving, while opponents worry about privacy, lack of transparency and possible bias in insurance pricing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11699281\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11699281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg\" alt=\"The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-800x565.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1020x720.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1200x848.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-1180x833.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-960x678.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-240x170.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-375x265.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/10/DMVEntrance-520x367.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The entrance to a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in Corte Madera. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kellie Montalvo, a parent whose son died after a distracted driver hit him, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279768#t=1740&f=41a5de742ae9b5da1a12b7c015d72373\">testified before the Senate Standing Committee on Insurance\u003c/a> on June 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said her son Benjamin, 21, was riding his bike in 2020 when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.pressenterprise.com/2024/04/17/corona-couple-channel-their-grief-to-urge-motorists-not-to-text-and-drive/\">hit by a driver who had been texting while driving\u003c/a>. She said the driver had a record of “speeding tickets, prior crashes and this was her fourth hit-and-run.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I spend many sleepless nights wondering if she had been stopped at any point prior to that horrific night, would my beautiful son be here today,” Montalvo said, her voice breaking. She urged lawmakers to pass the bill, saying it will save lives.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Other witnesses, also clearly emotional, expressed support for the bill as they carried enlarged photos of the loved ones they’ve lost because of crashes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s author, Assemblymember \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">Tina McKinnor\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Inglewood, said at the committee hearing that she has lost three friends in vehicle crashes in the past several years. She called telematics a tool to help make streets safer, saying her bill would “incentivize safer, good driving behavior.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safer Streets for Everyone, a nonprofit organization advocating for road safety, co-sponsored the legislation. The group’s founder and executive director, Damian Kevitt, is a cyclist who was hit by a car and lost his leg. He testified before the committee, citing a couple of \u003ca href=\"https://aaafoundation.org/research/a-randomized-field-trial-of-smartphone-based-feedback-designed-to-encourage-safe-driving-comparing-focused-and-self-chosen-goals-to-standard-usage-based-insurance-messaging/\">studies\u003c/a> that show drivers improved their behavior — including \u003ca href=\"https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820970\">reducing their use of mobile phones\u003c/a> — while behind the wheel when financial rewards were involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both studies were backed by the insurance industry. None of the proponents who testified recently before two Senate committees advanced the bill mentioned any independent studies around whether telematics has helped improve safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other supporters of the bill include several road-safety coalitions and bicycle associations from around the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Insurance department’s concerns\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The state’s insurance department is opposed to the bill, saying the legislation is not compatible with California insurance law, Proposition 103.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law came out of a ballot proposition written by Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of consumer advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, in response to rising car and home insurance premiums almost four decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was approved by 51% of the state’s voters in 1988 and includes a mandate for insurance companies to give “good drivers” 20% discounts. (Some drivers also receive discounts for low mileage — it’s a form of monitoring that’s OK under Prop. 103 because miles driven is an allowed factor in rate-setting.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11957604\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11957604\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Cars drive over a large bridge.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/08/RS51744_RichmondSanRafaelBridge-12-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge driving across the San Francisco Bay, as seen from northern Point San Quentin in San Quentin on Sept. 23, 2021. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The bill creates broad liability loopholes, dilutes regulator oversight, and allows insurance companies to shift core regulatory responsibilities to unregulated third-party telematics vendors, among other concerns,” wrote Josephine Figueroa, deputy insurance commissioner and legislative director for the department, to Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/steve-padilla-165435\">Steve Padilla\u003c/a>, chairperson of the Senate insurance committee, on June 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Figueroa wrote that the bill contains vague language about how insurance companies are supposed to do “due diligence” around third-party telematics providers, and using telematics data as part of drivers’ records. She said the insurance department has documented cases “where facially neutral criteria produce disparate impacts, such as the use of census-tract voter registration rates as a proxy for race or citizenship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, she said “consumer savings also remain generally unproven and varied.” She cited \u003ca href=\"https://insurance.maryland.gov/Consumer/Appeals%20and%20Grievances%20Reports/Telematics-Survey-Report-2025.pdf\">data\u003c/a> from the Maryland Insurance Administration, which showed that in 2023, 31% of that state’s drivers enrolled in their insurers’ telematics program saw their rates drop; 24% actually experienced an increase; and 45% saw no change in their premiums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research also showed that the telematics systems collected a lot of data that included trip route, days driven, G-force, unsafe following, aggressive turning and many more driver behaviors. Most insurers outsourced the collection of that data to third parties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Senate insurance committee passed the bill four days after Figueroa’s letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department is meeting with McKinnor’s staff about its concerns, according to Michael Soller, spokesperson for the department. McKinnor and her staff would not answer CalMatters’ questions about the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11685396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11685396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/08/GettyImages-84776357-e1533663544615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait in line outside of the DMV in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the insurance department’s concerns about the legislation align with those of Consumer Watchdog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In California, auto insurance has to be rated in a driver’s actual driving history, not the product of an unverified algorithm or (artificial intelligence) system predicting future driving,” said Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, in testimony before the Senate insurance committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview with CalMatters, Balber wondered why the legislation — a “gut-and-amend,” a bill that has been substantially reworked or rewritten, has missed the introduction deadline and is meant to be fast-tracked, often because it’s controversial — is bypassing the typical hearing process. The new language was submitted to the Senate June 10; Balber said her group had less than a week’s notice that it was coming up for discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worry, too, is in line with that of the insurance department. Figueroa wrote in her letter to Padilla that she was concerned that the bill, as gutted and amended, contains language the department had reviewed and expressed reservations about several months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list of the bill’s supporters includes insurance industry groups that have long pushed for telematics use in California. One group in particular, the Personal Insurance Federation of California, has given about $1,000 worth of dinner and travel to McKinnor several times over the past few years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/tina-mckinnor-35053\">CalMatters’ Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. She has also received campaign contributions from the group, as well as other insurance industry groups and employees, totaling $38,000 since 2022, state campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla, a Democrat from the San Diego area who chairs the Senate insurance committee, was unavailable to respond to CalMatters’ questions about the concerns the insurance department raised in the letter it sent him, spokesperson Cameron Sutherland said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056587\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/EV-Carpool_GettyImages-2234597020-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A driver rides the carpool lane in a Tesla on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Padilla also is on the Senate Standing Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies and Consumer Protection, which passed the bill a few days after the insurance committee did and referred it to the appropriations committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Padilla has received about the same amount of campaign contributions from the insurance industry since 2022, according to campaign finance records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The insurance department sent the chairperson of the privacy committee, Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/christopher-cabaldon-5699\">Christopher Cabaldon\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Napa, a similar letter with its concerns about the bill, according to Soller. Cabaldon’s office did not immediately respond to CalMatters’ request to talk about the letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cabaldon showed strong support for the bill, saying during his committee \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279739#t=202&f=e9b9ce561078fd2e175df81755ec9abf\">hearing\u003c/a> that consumers should have the choice to use their driving data how they want and that he believed in the technology’s potential. He has also received campaign contributions from the insurance industry — about $27,000 going back to when he ran for the state Assembly in 2008, campaign finance records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The numbers, or lack thereof\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California has some of the highest rates for full auto insurance coverage in the nation, according to at least one \u003ca href=\"https://www.marketwatch.com/insurance-services/auto-insurance/car-insurance-rates-by-state/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by MarketWatch, a news publication with an arm that publishes commerce guides. Another \u003ca href=\"https://insurify.com/car-insurance/report/\">analysis\u003c/a>, by insurance-comparison site Insurify, says California’s car insurance rates have been rising for the past couple of years and are projected to increase 1% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maryland’s research on the effects of telematics is the first by a state insurance regulator, according to Consumer Federation of America, a national association of consumer nonprofit organizations. The group is urging other state regulators to follow suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t trust companies to do this without oversight,” Michael DeLong, research and advocacy associate for the group, told CalMatters. He said companies can collect a lot of information about drivers and use it to make money; an example of that is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2026/05/gm-record-california-penalty-onstar-data/\">a recent settlement\u003c/a> between the California Justice Department and General Motors, penalizing the automaker for selling driver data associated with its OnStar emergency roadside and navigation service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12067538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12067538\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/12/20251216_REVOKE-OF-COMMERCIAL-DRIVERS-LICENSES_DECEMBER_GH-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from inside Amarjit Singh’s truck in Livermore, on Dec. 16, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>DeLong said the group plans to write a letter criticizing AB 311.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At least one other independent survey, by \u003ca href=\"https://www.consumerreports.org/money/car-insurance/car-insurance-telematics-pros-and-cons-a5869096072/\">Consumer Reports\u003c/a> in 2024, has shown that telematics can help reduce drivers’ premiums. The survey found a median annual savings of $120 — including higher savings for Black and Latino drivers than for white and Asian drivers — but also found that some drivers’ insurance costs rose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consumer and privacy advocates, including ACLU California Action, Consumer Federation of California and TechEquity Action, worry that some drivers will feel like they have no choice but to give up their privacy in exchange for possibly saving money. In doing so, they could also open themselves up to bias depending on where they live, work and drive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill “would authorize an opaque surveillance pricing infrastructure for a product Californians are legally required to purchase,” Becca Cramer, speaking for Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, told both the Senate insurance committee and privacy committee. “Californians have a constitutional right to privacy and not have to choose between exercising that right and affording a mandatory product.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cramer also cited the Consumer Reports survey and said telematics companies score drivers based on “factors that correlate strongly with race and income.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/07/telematics-car-insurance-bill/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When Babette Papineau enrolled at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/marin-county\">College of Marin\u003c/a> in the spring of 2023, she hoped to become a naturalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The 34-year-old mother of two took an environmental science class with professor Joe Mueller and quickly came to see him as an environmental hero and an expert in the field she hoped to enter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I put him on a pedestal,” Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2024, Papineau said she reached out to Mueller for guidance after deciding to pursue the college’s natural history certificate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau and Mueller formed a professional and later, romantic relationship. They dated on and off until last summer, when Papineau filed a Title IX complaint against Mueller, alleging that he coerced her into a relationship and engaged in unwanted and inappropriate sexual conduct with her while she was his student and relied on him for mentorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau’s complaint is one of several accounts that reveal a broader pattern in the college’s natural history program. Interviews with multiple current and former College of Marin students, along with Title IX investigative records reviewed by KQED, describe what former students said was a decadeslong pattern in which Mueller blurred professional boundaries with students, played favorites in class and intimidated students he disliked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students said Mueller used mentorship, favoritism and control over required coursework in ways that altered their education, shaped their career decisions and created fear inside the department.[aside postID=news_12086091 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CA-Teacher-Discipline-Holly.jpg']College of Marin commissioned workplace investigation law firm Van Dermyden Makus to conduct a third-party evidentiary review of Papineau’s complaint. After a closed-door hearing in May, a third-party consultant found sufficient evidence to support multiple violations of the school’s sexual harassment policy and one violation of its sexual assault policy, according to documents reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was placed on immediate leave on Thursday, according to a summary of remedies from the district. It said it planned to “initiate” his termination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator June 29, Mueller was previously found in violation of college harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one case, the school found that Mueller “exercised extremely poor judgement and unprofessional conduct and placed the District at risk of serious liability by engaging in sexual relationships with students … and taking students to a store with sexually-based items” during an overnight field trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator on June 29 and reviewed by KQED, investigators found that the college had previously found Mueller to have violated its harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller initially declined to comment on the details of the investigation but later provided a written statement disputing many of the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following multiple requests to Mueller for comment, several current and former students contacted KQED to express support for the professor and describe positive experiences with him as an instructor and mentor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mentorship and power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that he noticed Papineau’s talent as a writer in his spring 2023 course and later invited her and several classmates to give a presentation on the environmental impact of grass lawns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two remained in touch through email, discussing environmental issues and Papineau’s move to Fairfax, the small North Bay town where Mueller lived. Mueller later told investigators their friendship developed in summer 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she initially viewed Mueller as a mentor. She began working on a website for the natural history program at his request and later spoke on his behalf at a local Board of Supervisors meeting. The two also began hiking together and communicating more frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085022\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was very excited thinking, ‘Wow, this professor who was such an inspiration to me seems to be offering me mentorship, which was like a dream come true,’” Papineau told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said the relationship became romantic during a hike in summer 2024 when Mueller kissed her. She said the relationship was consensual at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little conflicted about it because I was like, ‘He is my hero, and so if he wants something more, I have to at least give that a try,’” Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relationship changed after class resumed in fall 2024, Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She enrolled in Mueller’s ecology class, the first of several classes she would take from him while they were romantically involved. At the time, College of Marin discouraged, but did not prohibit, relationships between instructors and students.[aside postID=news_12087201 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/06/CollegeGraduationGetty.jpg']In November 2025, the Marin Community College District \u003ca href=\"https://policies.marin.edu/sites/default/files/AP3430-ProhibitionofHarassment.pdf\">revised its harassment policy\u003c/a> to prohibit most relationships between students and employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Such relationships present an inherent imbalance of power and carry a significant risk of exploitation, compromising the integrity of the educational environment,” the policy states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The college did not respond to questions about what prompted the change. Spokesperson Nicole Cruz said it was campus policy not to comment on specific student or employment matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“College of Marin is committed to providing an academic and work environment free of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment under Title IX,” she said via email. “College of Marin has a robust and thorough process for investigating complaints of unlawful discrimination … Further, College of Marin strictly prohibits retaliation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that Papineau initiated most of their contact and frequently shared details about her personal life. At one point, he said she told him she’d broken up with her boyfriend and moved out of his residence, according to the investigators’ report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Mueller said: “In my 35 years of teaching, I have never, not once, asked a woman out on a date or accepted an invitation to go out on a date that was currently enrolled in one of my classes.” He said in two instances, in 2024 and 1998, women that he “was in well-established relationships with” wanted to take his classes and he could not prohibit them from enrolling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau was first Mueller’s student in the spring of 2023 and told Mueller in May 2024, before they began dating, that she planned to take his course that fall, according to emails viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A pattern of favoritism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Papineau filed her complaint, other students said they had already come to view Mueller as a professor who rewarded favored students and marginalized others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Wales enrolled in Mueller’s environmental science course in fall 2024 during their first semester at College of Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was “sort of legendary” on campus, according to Wales. But he was also known for being harsh with students, while singling out some — including Wales — as favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would pull me aside after class and tell me how good I was doing and say that he had a lot of connections in the biology world,” Wales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088073\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088073\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin biology professor Joe Mueller on a ridge overlooking Home Bay, part of Drake’s Estero on Jan. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wales, who was 17 at the time, said Mueller complimented them, offered networking opportunities and invited them on hikes, which they declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Wales said the attention was validating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was pretty young, and so I was really naive,” Wales said. “I was like, ‘It’s so great that so early on there’s somebody in the field that really wants to help me.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around midterms, however, they became uncomfortable with the attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When students were working on group projects, Wales said Mueller critiqued other groups while praising theirs without closely examining the work. Wales said they didn’t study well for the midterm exam and answered multiple questions incorrectly, but were awarded a perfect score.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was a moment where I was like, ‘I feel like there’s something going on and I don’t want it to get to a point of there being a relationship that’s being formed,’” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, Wales said they stopped attending Mueller’s class and had avoided taking any of his others throughout their time at College of Marin. Mueller reached out to Wales to express his concern after they had missed a few weeks of class, according to an email viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The cost of staying in good standing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Walker Newell took about five classes with Mueller during his first few years at College of Marin. He alleges that the professor gave preferential treatment to young, pretty women, while treating others harshly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely people who get weeded out of the classroom that essentially [are] people that Joe doesn’t want in the classroom,” Newell told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell recalled that Mueller would often pause mid-lecture to make comments about a student who had an accommodation allowing them to take notes on a laptop. According to Newell, Mueller suggested that the student’s typing distracted classmates and slowed the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another former student and college employee, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation, similarly said Mueller was often uncooperative with accommodations and singled students out in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said that he tries to discourage students from typing notes and asks those who do to speak with him about the benefits of handwriting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t disparage them; somebody might take it that way,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller described himself as a dedicated teacher and said he would never intentionally treat students unfairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell said Mueller liked to be seen as “all-knowing” and “grand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, Newell said, he benefited from Mueller’s favor, and it felt good to be praised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re on his side, it’s great. You get questions wrong on a test, and they get marked right,” Newell said. “But then, after a while, you just can’t see that happen to other people and just feel OK.”[aside postID=news_12084071 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260518-SCU_Sutter-med-school-02-KQED.jpg']That dynamic, Newell said, created an environment in which students understood there were advantages to remaining in Mueller’s good graces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell also described an incident during a two-week field course along the West Coast in 2022. According to Newell, Mueller offered to waive the cost of the trip if he helped transport equipment and assist with camp setup and breakdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they returned, though, Newell alleges that Mueller charged him hundreds of dollars, saying that he owed him for the cost of the trip, minus a small hourly wage for his work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said in an email that Newell had been unable to complete the work he promised to do, that the two reached a compromise and that Mueller paid half of the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He got a damn good deal because I cared,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell said Mueller repeatedly singled out a middle-aged female student during the trip. After several students stopped at a coffee shop without permission, Newell said Mueller focused his criticism on the woman and berated her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was bawling, and she was like, ‘I’m leaving,’” Newell said. “It was just hard to see a grown woman just full on crying and sobbing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Someone later reported Mueller’s conduct on the trip, and Newell said he was interviewed as part of an investigation. It remains unclear what conclusions the college reached or whether Mueller faced disciplinary action. College of Marin did not respond to questions about the investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When the relationship changed\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Between spring of 2024 and summer 2025, Papineau and Mueller exchanged dozens of emails reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau wrote about kissing and being with Mueller, and said she had dreams of them marrying and living together with her daughters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau also expressed concerns about Mueller’s reactions to her interactions with male classmates and said she felt pressured to manage his emotions. She said that during his fall ecology class, she sat near the edge of the room and focused her attention almost exclusively on him because she worried about upsetting him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12088108 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/20260527-MarinCollegeProfessor-JY-05_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Babette Papineau stands for a portrait in her home in Fairfax, California, on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Papineau is a student at the College of Marin and filed a Title IX complaint against her professor, Joe Mueller, after she said he coerced her into a relationship. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After she said she had learned that Mueller previously dated former students, Papineau wrote to him in an email that she “felt almost like I was an insect caught in [his] web.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another email, Mueller acknowledged previous relationships with former students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[W]hen I was first teaching, I didn’t realize how dating former students could lead to problems,” he wrote. “It was certainly not of a predatory nature, as back then I was very shy and only dated women that pursued me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she threatened to end their relationship in fall 2024. She alleges that Mueller warned that doing so would jeopardize her future in the natural history program. Mueller teaches several courses required for the natural history certificate, including some that other instructors do not offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The story became: ‘Think about your future, think about your career. If we are not together, you cannot carry on in this department,’” Papineau said.[aside postID=news_12084624 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-21-at-10.21.25%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg']“Education, for me, it’s given me purpose. So the threat of that being taken away was absolutely not something I was OK with. And so I stayed in that with Joe [Mueller],” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In emails, Mueller expressed frustration about the couple’s lack of physical intimacy and questioned whether Papineau’s feelings for him were fading. Papineau said that after she told Mueller she didn’t want to be intimate because of past trauma, he paid for therapy and expected updates about her sessions and whether she felt closer to being comfortable having sex with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also sent what he called “everlasting love assignments” — quiz-style questionnaires about their relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you could travel anywhere in the world with me, where would you go? What would we do? … Remember, due to the nature of the exercise, you must include love in at least one answer,” one of the quizzes stated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we were together in physical presence, you could tell that I wasn’t comfortable,” Papineau said. “So part of my job was to make up for that in writing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she became increasingly dependent on Mueller. He paid her for work on the book project and contributed more than $11,000 toward her rent, according to copies of checks reviewed by KQED. He also paid more than $2,000 toward therapy expenses, according to images of transaction records reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two continued dating until spring 2025. Even after they broke up, they remained in contact and continued collaborating on a book project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she ultimately filed her Title IX complaint after learning that other students had similar experiences. What she initially viewed as mentorship had become the foundation of a complaint that raised broader questions about power, favoritism and influence within the college’s natural history program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Students who walked away\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In March 2025, Papineau confided in another professor in the geology department, who later confirmed the conversation to Title IX investigators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the investigative report, the professor, who co-taught multiple classes with Mueller, said other students had raised concerns about Mueller’s fairness. The professor also recalled a female student asking in 2017 whether anyone else taught one of Mueller’s classes because she wanted to avoid taking a course with him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some students, avoiding Mueller was difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085020\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12085020 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00007_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A directional sign at College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The difficult thing for a lot of students is that [Mueller] is the only teacher that teaches [environmental science] and, I think, three of his other classes,” Wales said. “If you need any of the classes that he teaches, there’s no other option.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Wales stopped attending Mueller’s class in fall 2024, they allege that they received an F that temporarily placed them on academic probation. They later petitioned to have the grade removed from their record. Wales said the four-year university they hope to transfer to does not require Mueller’s course — a factor in their decision to apply there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell also altered his plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of pursuing College of Marin’s natural history certificate, which required additional classes taught only by Mueller, he switched to biology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau changed her major to philosophy and said she no longer believed a future in natural history was feasible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, the students described a program in which one professor’s influence extended beyond the classroom and shaped decisions about majors, certificates, careers and whether students remained in the field at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did meet people frequently who were like, ‘Be careful around Joe,’” Papineau said. “But I didn’t believe that for a long time until I saw it for myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>College of Marin commissioned workplace investigation law firm Van Dermyden Makus to conduct a third-party evidentiary review of Papineau’s complaint. After a closed-door hearing in May, a third-party consultant found sufficient evidence to support multiple violations of the school’s sexual harassment policy and one violation of its sexual assault policy, according to documents reviewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was placed on immediate leave on Thursday, according to a summary of remedies from the district. It said it planned to “initiate” his termination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator June 29, Mueller was previously found in violation of college harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one case, the school found that Mueller “exercised extremely poor judgement and unprofessional conduct and placed the District at risk of serious liability by engaging in sexual relationships with students … and taking students to a store with sexually-based items” during an overnight field trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the findings report, which was delivered to the school’s Title IX coordinator on June 29 and reviewed by KQED, investigators found that the college had previously found Mueller to have violated its harassment policies on two prior occasions since 2016.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller initially declined to comment on the details of the investigation but later provided a written statement disputing many of the allegations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following multiple requests to Mueller for comment, several current and former students contacted KQED to express support for the professor and describe positive experiences with him as an instructor and mentor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Mentorship and power\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that he noticed Papineau’s talent as a writer in his spring 2023 course and later invited her and several classmates to give a presentation on the environmental impact of grass lawns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two remained in touch through email, discussing environmental issues and Papineau’s move to Fairfax, the small North Bay town where Mueller lived. Mueller later told investigators their friendship developed in summer 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said she initially viewed Mueller as a mentor. She began working on a website for the natural history program at his request and later spoke on his behalf at a local Board of Supervisors meeting. The two also began hiking together and communicating more frequently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085022\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00111_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I was very excited thinking, ‘Wow, this professor who was such an inspiration to me seems to be offering me mentorship, which was like a dream come true,’” Papineau told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau said the relationship became romantic during a hike in summer 2024 when Mueller kissed her. She said the relationship was consensual at first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was a little conflicted about it because I was like, ‘He is my hero, and so if he wants something more, I have to at least give that a try,’” Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The relationship changed after class resumed in fall 2024, Papineau said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She enrolled in Mueller’s ecology class, the first of several classes she would take from him while they were romantically involved. At the time, College of Marin discouraged, but did not prohibit, relationships between instructors and students.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In November 2025, the Marin Community College District \u003ca href=\"https://policies.marin.edu/sites/default/files/AP3430-ProhibitionofHarassment.pdf\">revised its harassment policy\u003c/a> to prohibit most relationships between students and employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Such relationships present an inherent imbalance of power and carry a significant risk of exploitation, compromising the integrity of the educational environment,” the policy states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The college did not respond to questions about what prompted the change. Spokesperson Nicole Cruz said it was campus policy not to comment on specific student or employment matters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“College of Marin is committed to providing an academic and work environment free of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment under Title IX,” she said via email. “College of Marin has a robust and thorough process for investigating complaints of unlawful discrimination … Further, College of Marin strictly prohibits retaliation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller told investigators that Papineau initiated most of their contact and frequently shared details about her personal life. At one point, he said she told him she’d broken up with her boyfriend and moved out of his residence, according to the investigators’ report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Mueller said: “In my 35 years of teaching, I have never, not once, asked a woman out on a date or accepted an invitation to go out on a date that was currently enrolled in one of my classes.” He said in two instances, in 2024 and 1998, women that he “was in well-established relationships with” wanted to take his classes and he could not prohibit them from enrolling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Papineau was first Mueller’s student in the spring of 2023 and told Mueller in May 2024, before they began dating, that she planned to take his course that fall, according to emails viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A pattern of favoritism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Papineau filed her complaint, other students said they had already come to view Mueller as a professor who rewarded favored students and marginalized others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lily Wales enrolled in Mueller’s environmental science course in fall 2024 during their first semester at College of Marin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller was “sort of legendary” on campus, according to Wales. But he was also known for being harsh with students, while singling out some — including Wales — as favorites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He would pull me aside after class and tell me how good I was doing and say that he had a lot of connections in the biology world,” Wales said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12088073\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12088073\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/JoeMueller-160x92.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin biology professor Joe Mueller on a ridge overlooking Home Bay, part of Drake’s Estero on Jan. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Cy Musiker/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Wales, who was 17 at the time, said Mueller complimented them, offered networking opportunities and invited them on hikes, which they declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Wales said the attention was validating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was pretty young, and so I was really naive,” Wales said. “I was like, ‘It’s so great that so early on there’s somebody in the field that really wants to help me.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around midterms, however, they became uncomfortable with the attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When students were working on group projects, Wales said Mueller critiqued other groups while praising theirs without closely examining the work. Wales said they didn’t study well for the midterm exam and answered multiple questions incorrectly, but were awarded a perfect score.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was a moment where I was like, ‘I feel like there’s something going on and I don’t want it to get to a point of there being a relationship that’s being formed,’” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after, Wales said they stopped attending Mueller’s class and had avoided taking any of his others throughout their time at College of Marin. Mueller reached out to Wales to express his concern after they had missed a few weeks of class, according to an email viewed by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The cost of staying in good standing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Walker Newell took about five classes with Mueller during his first few years at College of Marin. He alleges that the professor gave preferential treatment to young, pretty women, while treating others harshly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely people who get weeded out of the classroom that essentially [are] people that Joe doesn’t want in the classroom,” Newell told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell recalled that Mueller would often pause mid-lecture to make comments about a student who had an accommodation allowing them to take notes on a laptop. According to Newell, Mueller suggested that the student’s typing distracted classmates and slowed the class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12085021\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12085021\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/05/260522-MARINPROFESSOR00067_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">College of Marin in Kentfield on May 22, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another former student and college employee, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation, similarly said Mueller was often uncooperative with accommodations and singled students out in class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller said that he tries to discourage students from typing notes and asks those who do to speak with him about the benefits of handwriting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t disparage them; somebody might take it that way,” Mueller said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mueller described himself as a dedicated teacher and said he would never intentionally treat students unfairly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newell said Mueller liked to be seen as “all-knowing” and “grand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Initially, Newell said, he benefited from Mueller’s favor, and it felt good to be praised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you’re on his side, it’s great. 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