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So we’re looking into that,” Church said.[aside postID=news_12022420 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240116-OaklandHillsHouseFire-22.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county Health Department said late Thursday that local and state partners will work together on collecting samples of water, debris and dust at the Vistra facility and in nearby areas, though they have not yet determined a timeline. Additional water and soil testing will follow, county representatives said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health officials added that residents who may have found residue from the fires on their property are urged to use caution when cleaning up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, some continue to worry about what they are potentially being exposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faste and her husband are considering leaving the area for a while in the hopes that her symptoms will diminish once she’s farther from the site of the fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re debating what to do, you know? 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Gavin Newsom signed a plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023677/california-legislature-moves-toward-approving-aid-for-wildfire-recovery-and-legal-battles\">provide $2.5 billion in relief\u003c/a> to communities damaged by the Los Angeles fires ahead of President Donald Trump’s Friday tour of the Pacific Palisades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This money will be made available immediately,” Newsom said Thursday. “We want to get these dollars out in real-time, so there’s no anxiety and stress associated with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and fellow Democrats in California continue to search for the right balance between collaboration and confrontation with the new president, who has repeatedly threatened to condition federal reimbursement on major changes to the state’s water system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After approving bipartisan fire relief funding, the state Senate passed a more controversial proposal to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023345/california-legislatures-special-session-fire-aid-trump-lawsuits-faces-1st-test\">finance legal battles against the federal government\u003c/a>, potentially including disputes over federal disaster aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m here for the long haul, to support the president where we can, to defend our values where we must, to have the backs of diverse communities,” Newsom said. “At the same time, we work together on critical issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Former President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts in office, pledged federal support for the next three months. 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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Thursday that Democrats would \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/23/congress/dems-fire-aid-debt-limit-00200221\">not support that plan\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the debt limit, it’s not exactly clear what sort of conditions Republicans are considering. Trump has repeatedly made false claims that firefighters were unable to battle the Los Angeles blazes because Newsom declined to send more water south from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Los Angeles is not currently facing a water shortage.[aside postID=news_12021435 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192441530.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not what California Republican lawmakers have been pushing: Policy reforms introduced by state GOP legislators are more focused on increasing controlled burns and other wildfire prevention by suspending environmental laws. 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Enrollment rates have gone down by nearly 40% since 2015, and funding avenues have dwindled while costs continue to rise, interim President Emily Cutrer said in a \u003ca href=\"https://budget.sonoma.edu/sites/budget/files/2025-01/Message%20from%20the%20President%201_22%20FINAL%20%281%29.pdf\">statement\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023461 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-033-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The university will cut 46 faculty positions, four management positions and 12 staff positions over the course of the next few months. More than 20 majors, such as art history, environmental science and philosophy, were also cut or merged into other departments, and the school’s entire athletics department is also closing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Horstein, a theatre studies professor and a union leader in the California Faculty Association, said he’s been in a state of shock since he received his layoff notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of Horstein’s students in the theatre arts and dance department, which is scheduled to be cut at the end of the semester, are angry and scared. Horstein said they feel as if the university betrayed them, especially because the deadline for students to transfer to many schools has passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t just teach people how to look nice on stage. We’re deeply involved with our community,” Horstein said about his department. “I don’t understand why the university doesn’t think that’s worth supporting and doesn’t think that the North Bay and the state of California deserves that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University officials are advising students who are more than 60 units away from graduating to switch majors, Horstein said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateCutsFolo_GC-25-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sydnie Crumrine, left, and Estrella Gonzalez Poblano rehearse during a drama ensemble workshop at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. 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There are also plans to transform 80 acres of waterfront land in Humboldt meant to be a hub for offshore wind operators and their ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The floating platforms would be located about 20 miles off of the California coast. \u003ccite>(KQED/Climate Central)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Were the Trump administration to try to claw back leases for California’s offshore wind farms, the state would no doubt sue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump tried to rip up numerous environmental plans and policies during his first term, and California initiated many multi-state challenges to these efforts — and often won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, public and private money has poured into the ambitious plan for floating wind power off the state. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order doesn’t pause work on wind farms with existing leases, but it does direct officials to find ways of “terminating or amending” these projects, of which there are currently five in the waters miles off the coast of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Developers plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010502/whats-next-for-californias-offshore-wind-industry\">construct massive clusters of turbines\u003c/a> attached to floating platforms — two near Humboldt Bay and three farther south, off Morro Bay. There are also plans to transform 80 acres of waterfront land in Humboldt meant to be a hub for offshore wind operators and their ships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/CaliforniaWindFarmLeases-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The floating platforms would be located about 20 miles off of the California coast. \u003ccite>(KQED/Climate Central)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Were the Trump administration to try to claw back leases for California’s offshore wind farms, the state would no doubt sue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump tried to rip up numerous environmental plans and policies during his first term, and California initiated many multi-state challenges to these efforts — and often won.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, public and private money has poured into the ambitious plan for floating wind power off the state. California’s first-ever wind auction went for $757 million. Last year, the Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District\u003ca href=\"https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/huffman-delivers-over-426-million-federal-investment-for-humboldt-bay-offshore-wind-farms\"> received $426.7 million\u003c/a> in money approved by Congress and intended to build and maintain offshore wind infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The best wind potential in the country, if not the world, is off \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981061/california-jobs-boom-anticipated-following-offshore-wind-auction\">the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast\u003c/a>. Without offshore wind, it would technically be possible for the U.S. to reach “net zero” by 2050, but it would be more expensive than tapping into what is right off the coast of California, according to researchers with Princeton’s \u003ca href=\"https://netzeroamerica.princeton.edu/?explorer=pathway&state=national&table=e-positive&limit=200\">Net-Zero America project\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists bemoaned Trump’s order. Offshore wind is a reliable source of energy that could lower the cost of power for families and reduce toxic air and water pollution caused by dirty fossil fuels, they said. It is “essential to California’s transition to responsible, clean energy,” said Julia Rose Manriquez Dowell, a Sierra Club senior campaign organizer, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Instead of prolonging our energy dependence on harmful methane gas plants — as Trump is doing now — we need to be building out ports and turbines, creating a clean energy economy along our coast that boosts jobs and the health of our communities,” Dowell said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Offshore wind industry groups took a different tack, arguing that floating wind turbines are a vast domestic resource that could be central to the Trump administration’s plans for what it has called “energy dominance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A national energy emergency requires us to unleash all necessary sources of American energy — including offshore wind,” said Hillary Bright, executive director of Turn Forward, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Rolling back protections for gender-nonconforming people was always a central part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015590/following-abortion-playbook-trump-likely-to-limit-federal-funding-for-trans-health-care\">president’s campaign\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Community groups dedicated to supporting transgender and nonbinary people have been readying themselves since Trump’s electoral victory in November, said Heron Greenesmith, deputy director of policy at the Transgender Law Center in Oakland. Community outreach services are already in place to educate people on their rights and to provide legal assistance to those who need it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Greenesmith said that while Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/defending-women-from-gender-ideology-extremism-and-restoring-biological-truth-to-the-federal-government/\">executive order\u003c/a> evokes a lot of anxiety and uncertainty, they believe that now is not the time to give into fear or catastrophization but rather to take action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The purpose of this administration, the extremist right-wing administration, is to cause fear and confusion in our community,” Greenesmith said. “We expect that they’re going to enact cruel and harmful policies directed at our humanity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12015242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12015242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderRemembrance-13-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">About a hundred people gather for a rally on Transgender Day of Remembrance in front of City Hall in San Francisco on Nov. 20, 2024, an annual event honoring lives lost to violence against transgender people. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Greenesmith urged their fellow trans-rights advocates to focus their energy on supporting the most vulnerable within the transgender community rather than on the new administration’s directives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Transgender Law Center will continue providing legal assistance to transgender people who are incarcerated, and plans are in place to secure more resources for the nonprofit’s legal help desk and hotline, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While this is a new administration, this work is not new. This bullying is not new. The persecution is not new,” Greenesmith continued. “We will continue to care for each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the Pacific Center for Human Growth, an LGBTQ nonprofit in Berkeley, workers are partnering with the national organization Advocates for Transgender Equality to host a “Know Your Trans Rights” conference at the end of February, said Lasara Firefox Allen, executive director of the Pacific Center. They said organizers will use the next month to see what the actual effects of Trump’s order will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023321 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250121_Gender-Exec-Order_DB_00459-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is also offering expanded mental health and peer support services to transgender people, from youth to adults, Allen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing the president can say that will make us give up who we are,” Allen said. “We’ve existed since before the government recognized us and will continue to do so. We don’t need the permission of the United States government in order to exist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some organizations are already preparing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023321/trumps-binary-gender-mandate-leaves-trans-californians-facing-mounting-risks\">take legal action\u003c/a> against Trump’s administration and the order. Lambda Legal, a civil rights group focused on the LGBTQ community, told KQED that it would be pursuing litigation alleging violations of the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. The ACLU also said in a statement that it is prepared to fight if federal agencies move to enforce the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The executive order, which Trump signed only a few hours into his term, declares that a person’s gender is determined by the reproductive cells they have upon conception, and that will dictate which federally funded facilities a person is permitted to use when the spaces are segregated by sex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s order also takes aim at federal policies that allow transgender and nonbinary people to self-select their gender on official government forms, an option that Trump said promotes “gender ideology” and “eradicates the biological reality of sex,” according to the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, advocates and community members are waiting to see which of Trump’s orders are enacted and what the effects will be in the near future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re ready to take care of our community in all the ways that we know how,” Allen said. “We will keep us safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>While President Trump’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023252/2-californians-on-fbis-most-wanted-list-among-capitol-rioters-pardoned-by-trump\">pardons for Jan. 6 rioters\u003c/a> were the most public of his first day, he also granted clemency the next day to a man who operated an international dark web marketplace, partly from his home in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross Ulbricht was living in San Francisco when he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101859899/nick-bilton-investigates-dread-pirate-roberts-and-the-origins-of-the-deep-web\">discovered as the creator of Silk Road\u003c/a>, an online black market used to facilitate the trade of more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs and goods with bitcoin in the early 2010s. The complex sting operation that got him arrested happened in an unlikely spot: the science fiction section of the city’s Glen Park library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until this week, Ulbricht had been serving two \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10543620/silk-road-operator-set-to-be-sentenced-today\">life sentences\u003c/a>, plus 40 years, in a high-security prison in Colorado after failed appeals. For years, libertarians and cryptocurrency enthusiasts had championed his release, adopting the rallying cry “Free Ross” online and at conferences. Trump said Tuesday on his social media platform Truth Social that he told Ulbricht’s mother he had pardoned her son “in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern-day weaponization of government against me,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ulbricht’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/113690/the-digital-drug-lord-next-door-feds-bust-alleged-silk-road-mastermind-in-san-francisco\">arrest came in October 2013\u003c/a>, when Department of Homeland Security agent Jared Der-Yeghiayan sat outside Cafe Bello on Diamond Street and used a secure chat app to ask his “boss” — screen name Dread Pirate Roberts — to check on a flagged message sent by a Silk Road user, according to a transcript of his testimony during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10424537/silk-road-operator-convicted-on-seven-counts\">Ulbricht’s 2015 trial.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a two-year investigation, Der-Yeghiayan had infiltrated the site and was working as a support staff member under the screen name Cirrus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had first discovered Silk Road working at O’Hare Airport in Chicago, investigating mail seized for illegal drugs, he told the jury. In June 2011, he started noticing packages with just one or two ecstasy pills in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023775\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023775 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/461481378_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Supporters of Ross Ulbricht, the creator and operator of the Silk Road underground market, stand in front of a Manhattan federal courthouse on the first day of jury selection for his trial on Jan. 13, 2015, in New York City. \u003ccite>(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They had commercial envelopes, printed sticker labels and were addressed to multiple different addresses across the U.S. — all of which he said was unusual for parcels containing such small quantities of drugs. Month over month, the airport’s drug seizures were increasing, and so were similar packages. In October, a colleague told him about a new underground website, Silk Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I found it was a market that was similar to an online market that was similar to, like, Amazon, for instance, that had items for sale that were mostly illegal in nature that I could see,” Der-Yeghiayan recalled during his testimony. “Drugs and various other things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Der-Yeghiayan said he started going on the marketplace, which could only be accessed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/201310040900/fbi-shuts-down-silk-road-but-the-deep-web-lives-on\">through the dark web\u003c/a> and disguised users’ identities and locations. He placed over 50 orders from different sellers throughout the investigation, he said, and received them in envelopes matching the strange ones at O’Hare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His time browsing Silk Road also led him to a separate website, he testified: a forum that Silk Road’s operator, Dread Pirate Roberts, used to post updates and that buyers and sellers also used to chat and review purchases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023747\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1302\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpEOGetty-1920x1250.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In July 2013, Der-Yeghiayan bought the screen name of a support staff member who had been working for Dread Pirate Roberts. He said he went by Cirrus and became a moderator with greater access to Silk Road’s marketplace and forum, as well as a private staff chat with its shadowy operator. He would work 10-hour days cleaning up forum discussions and looking over flagged messages sent on the marketplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his testimony, Der-Yeghiayan said a team of investigators connected Ulbricht as the possible user behind Dread Pirate Roberts around the same time after finding posts he made about Silk Road — under another fake name — on separate online forums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the team still needed to link him to Dread Pirate Roberts directly and gain access to his laptop, which they suspected was being used to run the hundred-million-dollar site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Der-Yeghiayan and his team traveled to San Francisco, he said, and camped out outside a cafe they discovered Ulbricht often worked at, just a few blocks from the brown multi-family home where he was living.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023321 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250121_Gender-Exec-Order_DB_00459-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around 3 p.m. on Oct. 1, they saw Ulbricht leave his house and walk in and out of Cafe Bello, looking for a seat, before giving up and crossing the street to the Glen Park library.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few minutes after Ulbricht walked up the stairs to the library’s main floor, Der-Yeghiayan spotted Dread Pirate Roberts becoming active on the Silk Road staff messaging site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as I saw him come online, I then initiated a chat with him, trying to ask him to go into a specific place on the Silk Road — into the admin panel to log in to check something,” Der-Yeghiayan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Der-Yeghiayan knew Ulbricht had logged onto the Silk Road marketplace, he said other agents moved in, pulled his laptop out of reach and handcuffed him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Der-Yeghiayan went into the library, where another agent took photos of the computer with his Blackberry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw on the computer screen the same chat that I had with Dread Pirate Roberts minutes earlier,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, the team found sheets of yellow note paper in Ulbricht’s garbage can that appeared to be related to Silk Road, and clicking back through the browser he had pulled up to help Der-Yeghiayan, they were taken to a web address that referred to him as Silk Road’s “mastermind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silk Road was shut down the next morning, and Ulbricht was ultimately convicted of distributing narcotics through the Internet, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to traffic fraudulent identity documents and other charges. A seller on Silk Road has claimed that he arranged five murders-for-hire for Ulbricht, but the \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/silk-road-drug-vendor-who-claimed-commit-murders-hire-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht\">Department of Justice said\u003c/a> in 2023 that it did not have evidence that those murders took place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California Democrats, humbled by losses in the November election, returned to the capitol this year resolving to narrow their focus on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">bringing down the cost of living\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/wildfire\">Southern California wildfires\u003c/a> have made tragically apparent, those goals are running headlong into the impacts of extreme weather brought on by climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of homes and businesses have burned, further sapping the housing supply and leaving victims with costly rebuilds. The state’s shaky \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021019/la-fires-threaten-california-insurance-market-stability-housing-costs\">home insurance market\u003c/a> now must absorb record losses, likely resulting in higher premiums for all policyholders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, residential energy costs, already the second-highest in the nation, seem destined to rise further as utilities pass along the expense of reducing their own fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more disasters that happen, the more insurance costs rise. And the more that existing housing is destroyed, we have to build even more in order to respond to the need,” said Moira Birss, an Oakland-based senior fellow with the Climate and Community Institute. “So climate change is definitely making things a lot harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state appears to have reached an inflection point. Californians, already grappling with expensive housing and years of inflation, are being hit simultaneously with the costs of slowing global warming and the price of living on an overheated planet. This conundrum is forcing state leaders to consider whether more of the state’s climate spending should be used to ease the hit on Californians’ wallets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has led global efforts to combat climate change, which scientists say is driving unprecedented fires, storms and heat waves. Tough restrictions on pollution and unmatched investments in clean energy and electric vehicles allowed California to meet early benchmarks for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1927229/california-meets-key-climate-change-goal-early\">reducing greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a>. While researchers warn that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1979603/california-overhauls-its-sea-level-rise-plan-as-climate-change-reshapes-coastal-life\">consequences of inaction\u003c/a> will saddle residents with exorbitant costs in the future, many of California’s climate initiatives come with added costs at the gas pump or on their electricity bills, at a time when prices have risen across the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lead-up to the election, prices and jobs \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-october-2024/\">topped the list of concerns for Californians\u003c/a>. While Democrats maintained supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, Republicans flipped two seats in the state Assembly and one in the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">first day of the new legislative session in December\u003c/a>, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), urged his caucus to “consider every bill through the lens of Californians who are anxious about affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas on the State Capitol grounds in Sacramento on March 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Specifically, we must focus on building more housing and lowering energy costs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to private-sector estimates, the Los Angeles fires will be the costliest in American history, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022375/many-in-pacific-palisades-were-not-wealthy-after-fire-can-they-rebuild\">leaving thousands of homeowners to navigate a lengthy rebuild\u003c/a> in neighborhoods where demand for contractors and construction materials will be overwhelming. Others without insurance could be forced to sell and simply walk away from their previous lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state leaders have mobilized resources to assist with the recovery. Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021941/newsom-expands-special-session-speed-up-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-funds\">Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders proposed $2.5 billion\u003c/a> in addition to federal funding, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022146/california-fast-tracks-wildfire-recovery-eases-key-building-regulations-temporarily\">streamlined rules for rebuilding homes\u003c/a>. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has blocked insurance companies from not renewing policies in the fire zone for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hit to the insurance market will spread far beyond the fire lines. The rising threat of wildfire, along with the escalating costs of construction, have already led insurance companies such as State Farm, Allstate and Nationwide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">reduce or eliminate coverage in the state\u003c/a>. To draw those companies back into California’s teetering market, Lara agreed to allow the insurers to raise premiums on homeowners more easily — a move they are likely to make to cover the losses incurred in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10914233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10914233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1222\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-400x255.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-800x509.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-1180x751.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-960x611.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. \u003ccite>( Courtesy of California Department of Insurance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rates were already going to go up as a result of the regulatory changes,” Dave Jones, California’s former insurance commissioner, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908485/l-a-fires-place-enormous-pressure-on-insurance-industry\">told KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “They’re going to go up even higher as a result of the experience of these wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones added the state may need to step in and provide subsidies for premiums — basically Obamacare for home insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given what’s happening vis-à-vis climate change and our failure to transition [away from] fossil fuels, it’s only going to get worse,” Jones said. “And I don’t think we’re going to rate-increase or modify regulations out of this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home energy market has become ground zero for some of the toughest choices pitting economic equity against emission reductions. The state has placed ambitious mandates on utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985611/is-california-still-on-track-to-meet-its-goal-of-100-clean-power-by-2045\">generate more of their power from renewable sources\u003c/a>, which has raised the cost of electricity. Additionally, the utilities are scrambling to prevent their aging power lines from continuing to spark wildfires — and they’ve added the costs of infrastructure upgrades to energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state regulators decided to spread electricity costs more equitably among ratepayers — by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935425/california-votes-to-lower-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-panels-to-evenly-spread-overall-energy-costs\">reducing payments to rooftop solar users\u003c/a> in 2022 and approving an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905607/california-puc-considers-new-fixed-charge-for-electricity\">income-based fixed charge on monthly power bills\u003c/a> last year — they were met with outrage from some environmentalists who argued the changes would remove the incentive for users to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern California Edison workers service a utility pole in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4950\">report released last month\u003c/a>, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that more tradeoffs are ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislature likely will confront difficult decisions about how to approach electricity rates in order to best support its varied goals, including balancing the desires to both mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as preserve affordability,” the report read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, the impacts of a warming planet and efforts to slow that warming will add more costs for Californians in the short-term, at a time when residents already feel burdened by the price of housing and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conventional wisdom over the years, when the economies were strong and the state budget was strong, was to pass [climate-related] costs on to the consumer,” said former state Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat who represented Napa and Sonoma during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/tag/north-bay-fires\">2017 North Bay fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd said the election revealed a political version of “price elasticity” — that is, how sensitive voters are to price increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023451 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. Bill Dodd in Sacramento on May 15, 2017. \u003ccite>(Bert Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So if [reducing emissions] is going to be a major policy in the state — and it should be — well, the state is going to have to prioritize in its budget ways of getting these things done without tacking it on the bills,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Democrats remain confident that programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions do not need to be sacrificed at the altar of affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re able to walk and chew gum at the same time,” state Sen. Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) said. “We can focus on the climate crisis, which is a multiyear, and really, a multidecade effort, and also focus on the affordability crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023248 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1495481816_qed-1020x652.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature’s best opportunity to navigate those twin crises may come this year when members of the Assembly and Senate could begin negotiations with Newsom to renew \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11573588/california-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-extend-cap-and-trade-system\">California’s landmark climate program\u003c/a>, known as cap-and-trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program sets a limit on the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gasses that can be emitted each year and then holds auctions where refineries, power plants and factories bid for the ability to pollute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blakespear, who chairs the Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee, pointed to the importance of existing programs like the California Climate Credit, which uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810853/you-could-receive-a-63-credit-on-your-april-utility-bill\">revenue from the cap-and-trade auctions\u003c/a> to pay down the costs of Californians’ energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not well recognized what it is and people don’t recognize it as a rebate that’s coming back to them,” Blakespear said. “So it’s really important that when the state does these things, that we communicate with people what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But far more cap-and-trade dollars are invested into efforts to further reduce carbon emissions, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-high-speed-rail\">constructing a high-speed rail system\u003c/a>, improving buses and trains and building more housing near transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11922992 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Legislature wraps up its two-year legislative session on Aug. 31, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Democrats in the Legislature are eyeing more of that money for immediate financial relief for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/sites/climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/files/FINAL_JLCCCP%20How%20Can%20California%20Climate%20Policies%20Ensure%20Affordability%20While%20Achieving%20Jobs%20and%20Justice.pdf\">report\u003c/a> last year from members of the Democrat-led Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies urged colleagues to consider using more cap-and-trade revenue to help residents pay their energy bills. Raising the price of carbon and putting the new money into programs like the California Climate Credit, they argued, could chop $350 a year from the average household’s energy bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Delivering climate solutions at scale that actually reduce household energy-related expenses has never been more critical,” the authors wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At stake is whether California leaders can maintain global leadership in reducing carbon emissions while easing the energy transitions for residents — and whether Newsom and the Legislature will be forced to prioritize spending more of the state’s limited dollars ensuring Californians are not crushed by the costs of a warming planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, residential energy costs, already the second-highest in the nation, seem destined to rise further as utilities pass along the expense of reducing their own fire risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more disasters that happen, the more insurance costs rise. And the more that existing housing is destroyed, we have to build even more in order to respond to the need,” said Moira Birss, an Oakland-based senior fellow with the Climate and Community Institute. “So climate change is definitely making things a lot harder.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023445\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12023445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/240109-CAWindStorm-075_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The remains of a house in Altadena, California, after the Eaton Fire swept through the area northeast of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state appears to have reached an inflection point. Californians, already grappling with expensive housing and years of inflation, are being hit simultaneously with the costs of slowing global warming and the price of living on an overheated planet. This conundrum is forcing state leaders to consider whether more of the state’s climate spending should be used to ease the hit on Californians’ wallets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has led global efforts to combat climate change, which scientists say is driving unprecedented fires, storms and heat waves. Tough restrictions on pollution and unmatched investments in clean energy and electric vehicles allowed California to meet early benchmarks for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1927229/california-meets-key-climate-change-goal-early\">reducing greenhouse gas emissions\u003c/a>. While researchers warn that the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1979603/california-overhauls-its-sea-level-rise-plan-as-climate-change-reshapes-coastal-life\">consequences of inaction\u003c/a> will saddle residents with exorbitant costs in the future, many of California’s climate initiatives come with added costs at the gas pump or on their electricity bills, at a time when prices have risen across the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the lead-up to the election, prices and jobs \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/ppic-statewide-survey-californians-and-their-government-october-2024/\">topped the list of concerns for Californians\u003c/a>. While Democrats maintained supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, Republicans flipped two seats in the state Assembly and one in the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016294/california-democrats-prepare-for-trump-vow-renewed-focus-affordability\">first day of the new legislative session in December\u003c/a>, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Hollister), urged his caucus to “consider every bill through the lens of Californians who are anxious about affordability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas on the State Capitol grounds in Sacramento on March 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Specifically, we must focus on building more housing and lowering energy costs,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to private-sector estimates, the Los Angeles fires will be the costliest in American history, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022375/many-in-pacific-palisades-were-not-wealthy-after-fire-can-they-rebuild\">leaving thousands of homeowners to navigate a lengthy rebuild\u003c/a> in neighborhoods where demand for contractors and construction materials will be overwhelming. Others without insurance could be forced to sell and simply walk away from their previous lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal and state leaders have mobilized resources to assist with the recovery. Gov. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021941/newsom-expands-special-session-speed-up-los-angeles-wildfire-relief-funds\">Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders proposed $2.5 billion\u003c/a> in addition to federal funding, along with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12022146/california-fast-tracks-wildfire-recovery-eases-key-building-regulations-temporarily\">streamlined rules for rebuilding homes\u003c/a>. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has blocked insurance companies from not renewing policies in the fire zone for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the hit to the insurance market will spread far beyond the fire lines. The rising threat of wildfire, along with the escalating costs of construction, have already led insurance companies such as State Farm, Allstate and Nationwide to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you\">reduce or eliminate coverage in the state\u003c/a>. To draw those companies back into California’s teetering market, Lara agreed to allow the insurers to raise premiums on homeowners more easily — a move they are likely to make to cover the losses incurred in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10914233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10914233\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1222\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-400x255.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-800x509.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-1180x751.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/dave-jones-960x611.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. \u003ccite>( Courtesy of California Department of Insurance)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Rates were already going to go up as a result of the regulatory changes,” Dave Jones, California’s former insurance commissioner, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101908485/l-a-fires-place-enormous-pressure-on-insurance-industry\">told KQED’s \u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. “They’re going to go up even higher as a result of the experience of these wildfires.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones added the state may need to step in and provide subsidies for premiums — basically Obamacare for home insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Given what’s happening vis-à-vis climate change and our failure to transition [away from] fossil fuels, it’s only going to get worse,” Jones said. “And I don’t think we’re going to rate-increase or modify regulations out of this problem.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The home energy market has become ground zero for some of the toughest choices pitting economic equity against emission reductions. The state has placed ambitious mandates on utilities such as Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1985611/is-california-still-on-track-to-meet-its-goal-of-100-clean-power-by-2045\">generate more of their power from renewable sources\u003c/a>, which has raised the cost of electricity. Additionally, the utilities are scrambling to prevent their aging power lines from continuing to spark wildfires — and they’ve added the costs of infrastructure upgrades to energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When state regulators decided to spread electricity costs more equitably among ratepayers — by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11935425/california-votes-to-lower-incentives-for-rooftop-solar-panels-to-evenly-spread-overall-energy-costs\">reducing payments to rooftop solar users\u003c/a> in 2022 and approving an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905607/california-puc-considers-new-fixed-charge-for-electricity\">income-based fixed charge on monthly power bills\u003c/a> last year — they were met with outrage from some environmentalists who argued the changes would remove the incentive for users to conserve energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12021876\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12021876\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/SCELawsuitAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Southern California Edison workers service a utility pole in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire on Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, California. \u003ccite>(Ethan Swope/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4950\">report released last month\u003c/a>, the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office warned that more tradeoffs are ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Legislature likely will confront difficult decisions about how to approach electricity rates in order to best support its varied goals, including balancing the desires to both mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as preserve affordability,” the report read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taken together, the impacts of a warming planet and efforts to slow that warming will add more costs for Californians in the short-term, at a time when residents already feel burdened by the price of housing and groceries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The conventional wisdom over the years, when the economies were strong and the state budget was strong, was to pass [climate-related] costs on to the consumer,” said former state Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat who represented Napa and Sonoma during the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/tag/north-bay-fires\">2017 North Bay fires\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dodd said the election revealed a political version of “price elasticity” — that is, how sensitive voters are to price increases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023451\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023451 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20170515_StateCapitol_Sen_BIllDodd_credit_BertJohnson-1_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislature’s best opportunity to navigate those twin crises may come this year when members of the Assembly and Senate could begin negotiations with Newsom to renew \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11573588/california-lawmakers-approve-plan-to-extend-cap-and-trade-system\">California’s landmark climate program\u003c/a>, known as cap-and-trade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program sets a limit on the amount of planet-warming greenhouse gasses that can be emitted each year and then holds auctions where refineries, power plants and factories bid for the ability to pollute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blakespear, who chairs the Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee, pointed to the importance of existing programs like the California Climate Credit, which uses \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11810853/you-could-receive-a-63-credit-on-your-april-utility-bill\">revenue from the cap-and-trade auctions\u003c/a> to pay down the costs of Californians’ energy bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not well recognized what it is and people don’t recognize it as a rebate that’s coming back to them,” Blakespear said. “So it’s really important that when the state does these things, that we communicate with people what’s happening.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But far more cap-and-trade dollars are invested into efforts to further reduce carbon emissions, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california-high-speed-rail\">constructing a high-speed rail system\u003c/a>, improving buses and trains and building more housing near transit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11922992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11922992 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS46694_009_Sacramento_InaugurationDay_01202021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The California Legislature wraps up its two-year legislative session on Aug. 31, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some Democrats in the Legislature are eyeing more of that money for immediate financial relief for Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/sites/climatechangepolicies.legislature.ca.gov/files/FINAL_JLCCCP%20How%20Can%20California%20Climate%20Policies%20Ensure%20Affordability%20While%20Achieving%20Jobs%20and%20Justice.pdf\">report\u003c/a> last year from members of the Democrat-led Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies urged colleagues to consider using more cap-and-trade revenue to help residents pay their energy bills. Raising the price of carbon and putting the new money into programs like the California Climate Credit, they argued, could chop $350 a year from the average household’s energy bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Delivering climate solutions at scale that actually reduce household energy-related expenses has never been more critical,” the authors wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At stake is whether California leaders can maintain global leadership in reducing carbon emissions while easing the energy transitions for residents — and whether Newsom and the Legislature will be forced to prioritize spending more of the state’s limited dollars ensuring Californians are not crushed by the costs of a warming planet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>With \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">President Donald Trump\u003c/a> continuing to call for mass deportations and his administration threatening recalcitrant state and local leaders with federal prosecution, officials in sanctuary cities like Oakland and San Francisco are preparing for the worst.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only a few hours after entering the Oval Office on Monday, Trump signed several executive orders on immigration, including one that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023126/california-leaders-to-sue-trump-over-birthright-citizenship-border-policies\">threatens to end birthright citizenship\u003c/a> for children whose parents are living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. Meanwhile, fears of federal raids and deportations have gripped immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite pressure from the Trump administration, officials in Oakland and San Francisco said they are committed to shielding members of the immigrant community, including those without legal status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whatever Trump says or threatens, we are a sanctuary city, and we are a sanctuary state,” state Sen. Jesse Arreguín (D–Berkeley) said Wednesday in Oakland, where officials discussed new initiatives and protections for immigrant families. “We are ready to protect our immigrant families. That’s what Oakland does as a proud sanctuary city and a place of refuge for decades, and the state of California is a committed partner in this work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Arreguín pointed to bills being \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023345/california-legislatures-special-session-fire-aid-trump-lawsuits-faces-1st-test\">considered in a special legislative session\u003c/a> to allocate $25 million to funding litigation against the Trump administration and another $25 million for nonprofit legal aid providers assisting Californians at risk of deportation or detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12023544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12023544 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/250122-OaklandImmigrants-22-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Jesse Arreguín speaks during a press conference with leaders from community groups throughout Alameda County in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland on Jan. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The efforts come amid reports of \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25501043-memorandum-from-the-acting-deputy-attorney-general-01/?mode=document\">a Justice Department memorandum\u003c/a> sent Tuesday directing the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces to take part in the enforcement of the president’s directives and instructing U.S. attorneys to \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/donald-trump-justice-department-immigration-005783\">pursue prosecutions and legal action\u003c/a> against state and local officials who resist the beefed-up immigration protocol — a veiled threat against states such as California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials passed several sanctuary laws during Trump’s first administration and frequently \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.org/news/12023094/california-has-sued-trump-123-times-heres-where-it-won-and-lost\">pushed back\u003c/a> against the president’s anti-immigrant policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12023252 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/DonaldTrumpJanuary6PardonsGetty-1020x686.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joaquín Torres, the elected assessor-recorder in San Francisco, said city officials there are also prepared to defend undocumented residents against the Trump administration’s hostile policies regardless of what federal officials threaten to do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco is working with community organizations to educate people on their rights and the protections they’re guaranteed through the city’s sanctuary laws, Torres said. He noted that San Francisco County has an \u003ca href=\"https://immigrants.sf.gov/help/rapid-response\">emergency hotline for immigrants\u003c/a> that is monitored 24/7.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have been preparing and getting information out to communities so that they can know their rights no matter what actions are taken by the federal government,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued: “We’re not going to fall prey to scare tactics. 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