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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Go straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#where\">Where do I still have to wear a mask?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#safe\">Is it safe to hang out with unvaccinated friends?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#kids\">How does this work with unvaccinated kids?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#when\">Remind me: What does 'fully vaccinated' mean? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Almost half of California's population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, as of June 15, the state has reopened for \"business as usual\" — which includes scrapping the long-standing mask mandate and officially adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's earlier guidance that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks in most places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you're feeling like you already heard about this CDC update, you're not imagining it: These are the same guidelines released back on May 13. Unlike other states, California has waited a month to adopt them.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some people are nervous and some people are ready. And I can just tell you scientifically, we are ready,\" said Dr. Monica Gandhi, infectious disease expert and professor of medicine at UCSF, about this reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These vaccines absolutely work against variants ... it really is safe to ditch that mask inside if you're vaccinated,\" said Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all this in mind, you might be wondering: What exactly can you now do after you're fully vaccinated? Where do you still have to wear a mask? And, perhaps more importantly, what should you not do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: Even though the official guidance has been updated, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877048/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them\">many fully vaccinated people will be choosing to still wear their mask\u003c/a> in certain settings, despite the rules saying they don't \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877048/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them\">Read more\u003c/a> about the reasons you might consider holding onto your mask a little longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Don't see your question answered here? Wondering about specific situations? Ask KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>If I'm Fully Vaccinated, in Which Settings Can I Ditch My Mask?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As of June 15, pretty much everywhere — with a few exceptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that California has adopted the CDC's latest guidance, the only places that fully vaccinated people are still required to wear a mask are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On public transit, like BART and Muni (because \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2021/04/30/tsa-extends-face-mask-requirement-airports-and-throughout\">the Transportation Security Administration has extended mask requirements\u003c/a> across all transportation networks throughout the United States — meaning buses, rail systems, planes and at airports — through Sept. 13)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Indoors in K-12 schools and child care settings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Health care settings, like hospitals\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Homeless shelters, emergency shelters and and cooling centers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Individual businesses, like stores, may also require customers wear masks. Your workplace may also have its own rules about you, as an employee, wearing a mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, here are \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html\">examples of the outdoor situations\u003c/a> in which fully vaccinated Californians now no longer need masks. The asterisk* shows which activities still require unvaccinated people to wear a mask:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Walk, run, wheelchair roll or bike outdoors with members of your household\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a small, outdoor gathering with fully vaccinated family and friends\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a small, outdoor gathering with fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people, particularly in areas of substantial to high transmission*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dine at an outdoor restaurant with friends from multiple households*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a crowded outdoor event like a live performance, parade or sports event*\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>(Because all these updates can get confusing: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871317/stop-and-smell-the-roses-cdc-says-many-americans-can-now-go-outside-safely-without-a-mask\">The CDC's earlier guidance about outdoor masking \u003c/a>stated that the only place fully vaccinated people had to wear a mask outside was in \u003cem>crowds\u003c/em>. This newest guidance for California, however, has removed this requirement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11824024\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11824024\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California has lifted its mask mandate, and fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks during exercise classes — unless a gym requires it. \u003ccite>(Victor Freitas/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html\">Examples of indoor settings\u003c/a> in which fully vaccinated Californians now no longer need masks (asterisk* shows which activities still require unvaccinated people to wear a mask):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit a barber or hair salon*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to an uncrowded, indoor shopping center or museum*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a small, indoor gathering of fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people from multiple households*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to an indoor movie theater*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a full-capacity worship service*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sing in an indoor chorus*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eat at an indoor restaurant or bar*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Participate in an indoor, high-intensity exercise class*\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Because it might not always be obvious ahead of time what businesses or locations might require you to put on a mask regardless of your vaccination status, it's a good idea to still bring a mask with you when you leave your home ... just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>If you're fully vaccinated, you can go mask-free in pretty much all settings, with important exceptions.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Don't see your question answered here? Wondering about specific situations? Ask KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"safe\">\u003c/a>What About Hanging Out With Unvaccinated Friends?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're fully vaccinated and you're meeting up with a friend who for whatever reason hasn't got their vaccine yet, the CDC's guidance now effective in California says that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html\">\u003cem>you\u003c/em> don't have to wear your mask around them \u003c/a>— indoors or outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your unvaccinated friend is immunocompromised, or otherwise at high risk for getting very sick from COVID, you may want to chat to them about their preferences around masking. Even though your chances of transmitting the coronavirus to them are low as a fully vaccinated person, if masking up makes everyone involved feel safe and more comfortable, it might be something to consider. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877048/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them#health\">vaccinated people wanting to mask around people with health conditions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11866713\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11866713\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you and your friend are both fully vaccinated, it's safe to hang out with them indoors, without masks. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You might also stay vigilant when it comes to the \u003cem>size\u003c/em> of any gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The numbers matter because it's just a matter of how many noses and mouths from different risk groups come together,\" said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF. \"The more people you bring together [vaccinated or unvaccinated], the higher the chances of somebody who didn't respond to the vaccine, and somebody who might have COVID might be in a larger group. So it's just really a statistical game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version:\u003c/strong> The CDC's guidance says you don't need a mask around unvaccinated people — but there a few instances in which you might still consider it. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"kids\">\u003c/a>How Does All This Work Around Unvaccinated Kids?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are indoor play dates/hangouts OK if the adults are all vaccinated but the kids aren't?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While younger children are at lower risk of severe disease if they do get infected, the risk \"is not zero,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://www.uofmhealth.org/profile/922/preeti-n-malani-md\">Dr. Preeti Malani\u003c/a>, an infectious disease specialist and chief health officer at the University of Michigan. And kids can transmit to others, so you still need to be thoughtful about your social bubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outdoor play dates are safer, and Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/cassandra-pierre/\">Cassandra Pierre,\u003c/a> an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center, said it's probably fine to let the kiddos go maskless if they are outside — provided there aren't variants of concern circulating widely in your community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856374\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11856374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/01202021_KidsCOVID_SH_01_10-e1611253693171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mae Villanueva, 4, plays at Lake Balboa Park in Van Nuys on Jan. 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Shae Hammond/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want the kids to play indoors, make sure you have an honest conversation with the other family about their risk factors. Did they just fly back from vacation in a spot where variants of concern are circulating widely? Do their kids play on a sports team that just had a COVID-19 case? Have they had a sleepover at someone else's house?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The point is, you have shared risk and shared responsibility in terms of play dates,\" Malani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how many families can join the indoor play date? Given CDC guidelines about meeting up with unvaccinated households, Pierre suggests limiting it to one family at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/monica.gandhi\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/a> is an infectious disease doctor at UCSF, and her interpretation is more liberal: If the kids are all low-risk and the adults are all vaccinated, she would suggest no more than four households. \"It's ultimately about what your risk tolerance is,\" Gandhi notes — though case rates in your community should help guide your decision making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>My relatives want to hold a family reunion. Is it safe for us to gather?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, but keep it small and keep most of the activities outdoors if you can. \"If you have a big family reunion, there's going to be risk,\" said Malani. \"It's probably not a great time to hang out with 100 people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure all the vulnerable adults in the family are vaccinated, and again, talk openly about the kids' risk factors. It might be a good idea to hold off on maskless indoor play dates for a week or two before traveling to the reunion, Pierre said. For older kids, maybe they shouldn't be spending a lot of time unmasked with a bunch of friends before they meet up with grandparents, said Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease specialist and executive medical director for infection prevention and control at the University of Chicago School of Medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about taking a vacation with my unvaccinated kids?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it's feasible, consider driving instead of flying, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.vumc.org/viiii/person/david-aronoff-md\">Dr. David Aronoff\u003c/a>, director of the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do fly, make sure your kids know how to wear a mask properly and keep their distance from other people. Pierre, the mother of 3-year-old twins, suggests avoiding longer flights because longer exposures pose potentially higher risks. Also, consider your sanity: It can be hard to keep young kids masked up and entertained on long-haul flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest risk on flights is from the exhalations of nearby passengers, so seat your kids in between you and their other parent, not on an aisle, suggest Aronoff and Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avoid busy theme parks or crowded indoor activities at your destination. One other thing to consider: Will your kids have to quarantine once they're back home or refrain from school sports or other activities?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"movies\">\u003c/a>Can I Travel if I'm Fully Vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. On April 2, the CDC updated its guidance to say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867775/fully-vaccinated-you-can-travel-again-says-new-cdc-covid-19-guidance\">fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S.\u003c/a> without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During travel, you'll have to wear a mask on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transit. You'll also have to do so indoors at U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and train or bus stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After you arrive home from traveling, the CDC still recommends you monitor yourself for COVID symptoms, but says you'll only need to self-quarantine or get a coronavirus test if you do develop symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867796\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11867796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two masked people hugging in an airport\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-1536x1039.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traveler is hugged outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What about state-specific advice? Back on April 2, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Travel-Advisory.aspx\">the California Department of Public Health released revised COVID-19 travel guidance \u003c/a>for both residents and travelers to the state, removing \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-07/californians-shouldnt-travel-more-than-120-miles-from-home-state-says\">previous guidelines that asked Californians to travel no further than 120 miles from their homes\u003c/a>. The revised guidelines still urge \u003cem>unvaccinated\u003c/em> Californians to \"avoid non-essential travel outside of California, to other states or countries.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>The CDC now says travel is OK once you're fully vaccinated, but you'll still need to mask in transit.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"when\">\u003c/a>Remind Me: When Am I Fully Vaccinated After My COVID-19 Vaccine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's important to know that \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">you are \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">not\u003c/i> immediately protected from the coronavirus after your first vaccination shot\u003c/a>. That's because it takes your body time to build up the necessary antibodies that offer protection against getting sick from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">You're considered \"fully protected\" \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html\">\"fully vaccinated,\"\u003c/a> according to the CDC, two weeks after your second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks after the single-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11866647\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11866647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1405\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-800x439.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-1020x560.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-160x88.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-2048x1124.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-1920x1054.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Licensed vocational nurse Denise Saldana prepares the single-dose Johnson&Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine \u003ccite>(Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So what about your immunity \u003cem>before\u003c/em> that? For the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\">the first dose gives you most of the protection against severe disease\u003c/a> and the second dose takes you all the way there. Plus, experts think the second dose may extend how long the vaccine lasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fourteen days after your first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, you are 80% protected on average, said \u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/robert.wachter\">Dr. Robert Wachter\u003c/a>, chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine. (In case that makes you think about skipping the second dose, remember that the vaccine trials were two doses, so what we know about how well the vaccine works depends on two doses.)\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=\"news_11855623\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson & Johnson/Janssen's single dose provides 66% overall protection after two weeks. It becomes more effective at preventing severe or critical illness, at 85%, after 28 days.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\"> Read more about how immunity develops after getting the vaccine.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's also important to remember that not everyone's body will react to the vaccine the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's super important to wait two weeks after your last shot, because not everybody is the same, and although some people get some efficacy early on with antibodies being formed against the spike proteins, that's not true for most people,\" said Dr. Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't know who's going to get the antibody response early and who's not. So giving everyone a two week window period after your last shot gives us the confidence that you're going to act like the people in the clinical trials,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>Give the vaccine the time it needs to get your body protected from COVID-19. You're not fully vaccinated until two weeks after your dose.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"infection\">\u003c/a> If I'm Fully Vaccinated Can I Still Transmit COVID-19?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\"The bulk of the evidence now suggests that it is very, very unlikely that a vaccinated individual — who's fully vaccinated — can transmit to somebody who is not vaccinated. But there's always going to be a small chance,\" Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as with everything in the pandemic, it's best to err on the side of caution to protect your friends, family and greater community, and follow the guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>We still don't know for sure yet if being fully vaccinated from COVID-19 stops you from spreading the virus. That's why you'll still be asked to wear a mask in certain scenarios.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Can I Still \u003cem>Get\u003c/em> COVID-19 When Fully Vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The CDC says that the risk that fully vaccinated people could become infected with COVID-19 is \"low\" — but that any \u003cem>symptoms\u003c/em> of COVID-19 are the thing you should really watch for.[aside postID=\"science_1972824\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're exposed to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, but you're fully vaccinated and you have no COVID-like symptoms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html\">you don't need to quarantine and you don't need to get tested for the coronavirus\u003c/a>. That's because your risk of infection is is low, says the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11862753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with a face mask\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to know: What do you need? \u003ccite>(Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if you are exposed and you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> get symptoms, the CDC says you should isolate yourselves from others and get a test. When this happens, it's important to let your health care provider know that you're fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC also has more detailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-after-vaccination.html\">guidance for fully vaccinated people who work in health care settings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>Your risk of getting COVID-19 when fully vaccinated is low, but watch for symptoms.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Ask Your Question: What Else Do You Want to Know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"7478\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/7478.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A previous version of this post was published on April 27. \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">This post includes additional reporting from NPR’s Maria Godoy and Carmel Wroth, and \u003c/i>KQED Science's Carolina Cuellar.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Go straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#where\">Where do I still have to wear a mask?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#safe\">Is it safe to hang out with unvaccinated friends?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#kids\">How does this work with unvaccinated kids?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#when\">Remind me: What does 'fully vaccinated' mean? \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Almost half of California's population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And now, as of June 15, the state has reopened for \"business as usual\" — which includes scrapping the long-standing mask mandate and officially adopting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's earlier guidance that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks in most places.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(If you're feeling like you already heard about this CDC update, you're not imagining it: These are the same guidelines released back on May 13. Unlike other states, California has waited a month to adopt them.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some people are nervous and some people are ready. And I can just tell you scientifically, we are ready,\" said Dr. Monica Gandhi, infectious disease expert and professor of medicine at UCSF, about this reopening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"These vaccines absolutely work against variants ... it really is safe to ditch that mask inside if you're vaccinated,\" said Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With all this in mind, you might be wondering: What exactly can you now do after you're fully vaccinated? Where do you still have to wear a mask? And, perhaps more importantly, what should you not do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: Even though the official guidance has been updated, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877048/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them\">many fully vaccinated people will be choosing to still wear their mask\u003c/a> in certain settings, despite the rules saying they don't \u003cem>have\u003c/em> to. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877048/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them\">Read more\u003c/a> about the reasons you might consider holding onto your mask a little longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Don't see your question answered here? Wondering about specific situations? Ask KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"where\">\u003c/a>If I'm Fully Vaccinated, in Which Settings Can I Ditch My Mask?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>As of June 15, pretty much everywhere — with a few exceptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now that California has adopted the CDC's latest guidance, the only places that fully vaccinated people are still required to wear a mask are:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>On public transit, like BART and Muni (because \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2021/04/30/tsa-extends-face-mask-requirement-airports-and-throughout\">the Transportation Security Administration has extended mask requirements\u003c/a> across all transportation networks throughout the United States — meaning buses, rail systems, planes and at airports — through Sept. 13)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Indoors in K-12 schools and child care settings\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Health care settings, like hospitals\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Homeless shelters, emergency shelters and and cooling centers.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Individual businesses, like stores, may also require customers wear masks. Your workplace may also have its own rules about you, as an employee, wearing a mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the CDC, here are \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html\">examples of the outdoor situations\u003c/a> in which fully vaccinated Californians now no longer need masks. The asterisk* shows which activities still require unvaccinated people to wear a mask:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Walk, run, wheelchair roll or bike outdoors with members of your household\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a small, outdoor gathering with fully vaccinated family and friends\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a small, outdoor gathering with fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people, particularly in areas of substantial to high transmission*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Dine at an outdoor restaurant with friends from multiple households*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a crowded outdoor event like a live performance, parade or sports event*\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>(Because all these updates can get confusing: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871317/stop-and-smell-the-roses-cdc-says-many-americans-can-now-go-outside-safely-without-a-mask\">The CDC's earlier guidance about outdoor masking \u003c/a>stated that the only place fully vaccinated people had to wear a mask outside was in \u003cem>crowds\u003c/em>. This newest guidance for California, however, has removed this requirement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11824024\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11824024\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/10-lb-rogue-weight-plate-near-people-gathered-703016-NEW-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California has lifted its mask mandate, and fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks during exercise classes — unless a gym requires it. \u003ccite>(Victor Freitas/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html\">Examples of indoor settings\u003c/a> in which fully vaccinated Californians now no longer need masks (asterisk* shows which activities still require unvaccinated people to wear a mask):\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Visit a barber or hair salon*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to an uncrowded, indoor shopping center or museum*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a small, indoor gathering of fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people from multiple households*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Go to an indoor movie theater*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Attend a full-capacity worship service*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Sing in an indoor chorus*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eat at an indoor restaurant or bar*\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Participate in an indoor, high-intensity exercise class*\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Because it might not always be obvious ahead of time what businesses or locations might require you to put on a mask regardless of your vaccination status, it's a good idea to still bring a mask with you when you leave your home ... just in case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>If you're fully vaccinated, you can go mask-free in pretty much all settings, with important exceptions.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#ask\">Don't see your question answered here? Wondering about specific situations? Ask KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"safe\">\u003c/a>What About Hanging Out With Unvaccinated Friends?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you're fully vaccinated and you're meeting up with a friend who for whatever reason hasn't got their vaccine yet, the CDC's guidance now effective in California says that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html\">\u003cem>you\u003c/em> don't have to wear your mask around them \u003c/a>— indoors or outdoors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your unvaccinated friend is immunocompromised, or otherwise at high risk for getting very sick from COVID, you may want to chat to them about their preferences around masking. Even though your chances of transmitting the coronavirus to them are low as a fully vaccinated person, if masking up makes everyone involved feel safe and more comfortable, it might be something to consider. Read more about \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877048/californias-mask-mandate-ends-june-15-heres-why-some-fully-vaccinated-people-will-keep-wearing-them#health\">vaccinated people wanting to mask around people with health conditions\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11866713\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11866713\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-cottonbro-4684262-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you and your friend are both fully vaccinated, it's safe to hang out with them indoors, without masks. \u003ccite>(Cottonbro/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You might also stay vigilant when it comes to the \u003cem>size\u003c/em> of any gathering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The numbers matter because it's just a matter of how many noses and mouths from different risk groups come together,\" said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF. \"The more people you bring together [vaccinated or unvaccinated], the higher the chances of somebody who didn't respond to the vaccine, and somebody who might have COVID might be in a larger group. So it's just really a statistical game.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version:\u003c/strong> The CDC's guidance says you don't need a mask around unvaccinated people — but there a few instances in which you might still consider it. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"kids\">\u003c/a>How Does All This Work Around Unvaccinated Kids?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Are indoor play dates/hangouts OK if the adults are all vaccinated but the kids aren't?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While younger children are at lower risk of severe disease if they do get infected, the risk \"is not zero,\" said \u003ca href=\"https://www.uofmhealth.org/profile/922/preeti-n-malani-md\">Dr. Preeti Malani\u003c/a>, an infectious disease specialist and chief health officer at the University of Michigan. And kids can transmit to others, so you still need to be thoughtful about your social bubble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outdoor play dates are safer, and Dr. \u003ca href=\"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/cassandra-pierre/\">Cassandra Pierre,\u003c/a> an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center, said it's probably fine to let the kiddos go maskless if they are outside — provided there aren't variants of concern circulating widely in your community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856374\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11856374\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/01202021_KidsCOVID_SH_01_10-e1611253693171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mae Villanueva, 4, plays at Lake Balboa Park in Van Nuys on Jan. 20, 2021. \u003ccite>(Shae Hammond/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want the kids to play indoors, make sure you have an honest conversation with the other family about their risk factors. Did they just fly back from vacation in a spot where variants of concern are circulating widely? Do their kids play on a sports team that just had a COVID-19 case? Have they had a sleepover at someone else's house?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The point is, you have shared risk and shared responsibility in terms of play dates,\" Malani said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for how many families can join the indoor play date? Given CDC guidelines about meeting up with unvaccinated households, Pierre suggests limiting it to one family at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/monica.gandhi\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/a> is an infectious disease doctor at UCSF, and her interpretation is more liberal: If the kids are all low-risk and the adults are all vaccinated, she would suggest no more than four households. \"It's ultimately about what your risk tolerance is,\" Gandhi notes — though case rates in your community should help guide your decision making.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>My relatives want to hold a family reunion. Is it safe for us to gather?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, but keep it small and keep most of the activities outdoors if you can. \"If you have a big family reunion, there's going to be risk,\" said Malani. \"It's probably not a great time to hang out with 100 people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Make sure all the vulnerable adults in the family are vaccinated, and again, talk openly about the kids' risk factors. It might be a good idea to hold off on maskless indoor play dates for a week or two before traveling to the reunion, Pierre said. For older kids, maybe they shouldn't be spending a lot of time unmasked with a bunch of friends before they meet up with grandparents, said Dr. Emily Landon, an infectious disease specialist and executive medical director for infection prevention and control at the University of Chicago School of Medicine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What about taking a vacation with my unvaccinated kids?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it's feasible, consider driving instead of flying, said \u003ca href=\"https://www.vumc.org/viiii/person/david-aronoff-md\">Dr. David Aronoff\u003c/a>, director of the division of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you do fly, make sure your kids know how to wear a mask properly and keep their distance from other people. Pierre, the mother of 3-year-old twins, suggests avoiding longer flights because longer exposures pose potentially higher risks. Also, consider your sanity: It can be hard to keep young kids masked up and entertained on long-haul flights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest risk on flights is from the exhalations of nearby passengers, so seat your kids in between you and their other parent, not on an aisle, suggest Aronoff and Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Avoid busy theme parks or crowded indoor activities at your destination. One other thing to consider: Will your kids have to quarantine once they're back home or refrain from school sports or other activities?\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"movies\">\u003c/a>Can I Travel if I'm Fully Vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. On April 2, the CDC updated its guidance to say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867775/fully-vaccinated-you-can-travel-again-says-new-cdc-covid-19-guidance\">fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S.\u003c/a> without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During travel, you'll have to wear a mask on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transit. You'll also have to do so indoors at U.S. transportation hubs such as airports and train or bus stations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After you arrive home from traveling, the CDC still recommends you monitor yourself for COVID symptoms, but says you'll only need to self-quarantine or get a coronavirus test if you do develop symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867796\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11867796\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two masked people hugging in an airport\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1299\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-800x541.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-1020x690.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/RS48337_GettyImages-1292637776-qut-1536x1039.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traveler is hugged outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What about state-specific advice? Back on April 2, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Travel-Advisory.aspx\">the California Department of Public Health released revised COVID-19 travel guidance \u003c/a>for both residents and travelers to the state, removing \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-07/californians-shouldnt-travel-more-than-120-miles-from-home-state-says\">previous guidelines that asked Californians to travel no further than 120 miles from their homes\u003c/a>. The revised guidelines still urge \u003cem>unvaccinated\u003c/em> Californians to \"avoid non-essential travel outside of California, to other states or countries.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>The CDC now says travel is OK once you're fully vaccinated, but you'll still need to mask in transit.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"when\">\u003c/a>Remind Me: When Am I Fully Vaccinated After My COVID-19 Vaccine?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>It's important to know that \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">you are \u003ci data-stringify-type=\"italic\">not\u003c/i> immediately protected from the coronavirus after your first vaccination shot\u003c/a>. That's because it takes your body time to build up the necessary antibodies that offer protection against getting sick from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">You're considered \"fully protected\" \u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html\">\"fully vaccinated,\"\u003c/a> according to the CDC, two weeks after your second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks after the single-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11866647\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11866647\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1405\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-800x439.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-1020x560.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-160x88.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-2048x1124.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231929310-1920x1054.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Licensed vocational nurse Denise Saldana prepares the single-dose Johnson&Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine \u003ccite>(Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So what about your immunity \u003cem>before\u003c/em> that? For the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\">the first dose gives you most of the protection against severe disease\u003c/a> and the second dose takes you all the way there. Plus, experts think the second dose may extend how long the vaccine lasts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fourteen days after your first dose of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, you are 80% protected on average, said \u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/robert.wachter\">Dr. Robert Wachter\u003c/a>, chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine. (In case that makes you think about skipping the second dose, remember that the vaccine trials were two doses, so what we know about how well the vaccine works depends on two doses.)\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson & Johnson/Janssen's single dose provides 66% overall protection after two weeks. It becomes more effective at preventing severe or critical illness, at 85%, after 28 days.\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1972824/covid-19-vaccine-your-questions-answered#question11\"> Read more about how immunity develops after getting the vaccine.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's also important to remember that not everyone's body will react to the vaccine the same way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's super important to wait two weeks after your last shot, because not everybody is the same, and although some people get some efficacy early on with antibodies being formed against the spike proteins, that's not true for most people,\" said Dr. Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We don't know who's going to get the antibody response early and who's not. So giving everyone a two week window period after your last shot gives us the confidence that you're going to act like the people in the clinical trials,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>Give the vaccine the time it needs to get your body protected from COVID-19. You're not fully vaccinated until two weeks after your dose.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"infection\">\u003c/a> If I'm Fully Vaccinated Can I Still Transmit COVID-19?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\"The bulk of the evidence now suggests that it is very, very unlikely that a vaccinated individual — who's fully vaccinated — can transmit to somebody who is not vaccinated. But there's always going to be a small chance,\" Chin-Hong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, as with everything in the pandemic, it's best to err on the side of caution to protect your friends, family and greater community, and follow the guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>We still don't know for sure yet if being fully vaccinated from COVID-19 stops you from spreading the virus. That's why you'll still be asked to wear a mask in certain scenarios.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Can I Still \u003cem>Get\u003c/em> COVID-19 When Fully Vaccinated?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The CDC says that the risk that fully vaccinated people could become infected with COVID-19 is \"low\" — but that any \u003cem>symptoms\u003c/em> of COVID-19 are the thing you should really watch for.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're exposed to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, but you're fully vaccinated and you have no COVID-like symptoms, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html\">you don't need to quarantine and you don't need to get tested for the coronavirus\u003c/a>. That's because your risk of infection is is low, says the CDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11862753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193.jpg\" alt=\"A woman with a face mask\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/pexels-polina-tankilevitch-3873193-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to know: What do you need? \u003ccite>(Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But if you are exposed and you \u003cem>do\u003c/em> get symptoms, the CDC says you should isolate yourselves from others and get a test. When this happens, it's important to let your health care provider know that you're fully vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CDC also has more detailed \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/infection-control-after-vaccination.html\">guidance for fully vaccinated people who work in health care settings\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>The short version: \u003c/strong>Your risk of getting COVID-19 when fully vaccinated is low, but watch for symptoms.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"ask\">\u003c/a>Ask Your Question: What Else Do You Want to Know?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "Una 'brecha' del estímulo económico: Por qué muchos inmigrantes indocumentados no han podido recibir el alivio financiero de California que les corresponde",
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"headTitle": "Una ‘brecha’ del estímulo económico: Por qué muchos inmigrantes indocumentados no han podido recibir el alivio financiero de California que les corresponde | KQED",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11874637/the-stimulus-gap-why-many-undocumented-immigrants-arent-getting-the-golden-state-stimulus-theyre-entitled-to\">Read in English\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"#recursos\">\u003cstrong>Pase a la sección de sitios en el Área de la Bahía que siguen ofreciendo asistencia gratuita para presentar sus impuestos\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Leydi estaba preocupada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ya era abril y todavía no había pagado sus impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque ella quería hacerlo, no podía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leydi y su familia son inmigrantes indocumentados que viven en California (y por esa razón sólo usaremos sus nombres sin apellido para identificarlos).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ellos califican para recibir hasta $2,400 en ayuda económica como parte del \u003cem>Golden State Stimulus\u003c/em> (o el Estímulo del Estado Dorado). El plan de alrededor de \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2021/02/california-considera-estimulo-para-trabajadores-indocumentados-excluidos-de-la-ayuda-federal/\">$7.6 mil millones\u003c/a> fue aprobado por el gobernador Gavin Newsom el pasado mes de febrero y ofrece cheques de $600 a contribuyentes que ganaron menos de $30,000 en 2020 y $600 adicionales a trabajadores indocumentados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El año pasado fue extremadamente difícil para la familia de Leydi, que vive en el distrito de la Misión en San Francisco. Ella y su esposo se quedaron sin empleo y por esa razón, esta ayuda, de las pocas que califican a causa de su estatus migratorio, podría aliviar un poco el estrés financiero de la familia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero para recibir este monto, Leydi y su marido Jorge, tienen que presentar sus impuestos. En el caso de los trabajadores indocumentados, se requiere tener un \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/es/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">número de identificación personal del contribuyente\u003c/a>, o ITIN por sus siglas en inglés. Sólo el Servicio de Impuestos Internos (o mejor conocido como el IRS en inglés) da este dato, el cual requiere que el solicitante verifique su identidad y estatus como extranjero. Normalmente la dependencia acepta documentos como una acta de nacimiento o pasaporte para cumplir este requisito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jorge, un inmigrante indocumentado de México viviendo en San Francisco\"]‘Dos meses, así estuve llamando … No me contestaban, no entraba la llamada, o estaba ocupado.’[/pullquote]Ahí es cuando se comenzaron complicaron las cosas para Leydi. Tanto su marido como su hijo no tienen un pasaporte vigente de México, su país de origen. En California, sólo un consulado mexicano puede concederles ese documento, pero ya por varias semanas, habían llamado sin éxito a \u003ca href=\"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/denver/index.php/citas/mexitel\">Mexitel\u003c/a>, la línea telefónica del gobierno mexicano para agendar una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me comencé a desesperar porque solamente era el pasaporte de él que nos hacía falta y realmente nos estamos atrasando para realizar todo esto”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dos meses, así estuve llamando,” dijo Jorge, y agregó, “No me contestaban, no entraba la llamada, o estaba ocupado…casi todos los días estaba intentando llamar”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Estados Unidos, existen 50 consulados mexicanos que atienden a unos 11 millones de ciudadanos mexicanos en los Estados Unidos. Dos de estos consulados se encuentran en el Área de la Bahía, en San Francisco y San José, ambos sitios requieren que uno llame a Mexitel para agendar una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorge dijo que llamó a Mexitel tantas veces que hasta se aprendió de memoria el horario de los operadores. “Yo marcaba a veces a las 10 a.m. y sólo sonaba y no me contestaban porque comienzan a contestar las llamadas a partir de las 2 p.m. de aquí”, explicó él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando por fin le atendieron su llamada, las únicas citas que le ofrecieron eran para varios meses después o en otros consulados lejos del Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En aquel momento, Leydi y Jorge justo acababan de encontrar un poco de trabajo otra vez. Faltar uno o dos días para viajar a Sacramento o Los Ángeles podrían perder lo poca fuente de ingresos que su familia necesitaba con urgencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es un poco complicado de un día para el otro realizar un viaje repentino”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faltaban pocas semanas para la fecha límite del 17 de mayo y la familia tenía pocas opciones. Decidieron ir directamente al consulado de San Francisco para pedir en persona una cita. No se les permitió entrar, pero insistieron en que se iban a quedar hasta que fueran atendidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alguien del personal del consulado por fin salió y les dijo que si traían una carta de una organización comunitaria o un abogado que confirmara que necesitaban los pasaportes de manera urgente, podrían agendar una cita de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al no tener los recursos para contratar a un abogado, acudieron por ayuda a \u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em> (en español, la ‘Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de la Misión’ o mejor conocido como \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">MEDA\u003c/a> por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero es el director de las iniciativas comunitarias para MEDA, y a lo largo de este año, ha ayudado a decenas de familias, muchas de ellas indocumentadas, a presentar sus impuestos por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, de MEDA, sentado con una persona en una mesa, platicando y con varios papeles a la mano.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA, ayuda a un miembro de la comunidad a presentar impuestos el 19 de mayo de 2021 en un espacio del banco de alimentos ‘Mission Food Hub’ en San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero aceptó escribir una carta, en la cual él explicó que Leydi y su familia necesitaban los pasaportes lo más pronto posible, lo que permitió que la pareja por fin recibiera una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nos sentimos más tranquilos”, dijo Jorge, con su pasaporte por fin en su mano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Romero indica que este método tiene sus límites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya he hecho como unas 6 cartas diciendo que para el proceso de vivienda o para su declaración de impuestos se necesita el consulado para que le den prioridad y puedan expedir su pasaporte” explicó Romero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero agregó, “No quiero promover eso porque ya me están llamando para que le haga cartas a todo el mundo y hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘Una brecha’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Romero ha intentado ayudar a otras familias que están pasando por situaciones similares y muchas de ellas provienen de El Salvador y Guatemala, los países que representan el segundo y tercer grupo de inmigrantes latinoamericanos más grandes en California, después de México.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lo que le preocupa a él es que podría haber muchos más inmigrantes indocumentados que de otra manera calificarían para recibir los cheques de ayuda económica del estado, pero enfrentan bastantes dificultades al navegar el sistema consular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Actualmente existen pocos datos de cuántos inmigrantes indocumentados que califican para recibir el \u003cem>Golden State Stimulus\u003c/em> están perdiendo este beneficio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11865309\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut.jpg\"]Pero un \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">estudio de abril\u003c/a> del California Policy Lab puede proporcionar algunas pistas. El informe encontró que 2.2 millones de californianos de bajos ingresos pueden estar perdiendo $5.7 mil millones en cheques de estímulo federal, algo que los investigadores consideran como una “brecha” del estímulo económico. Esa cifra no incluye a los inmigrantes indocumentados, que quedan automáticamente excluidos de la ayuda federal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, entre esos 2.2 millones de californianos, el estudio identificó 360,000 dependientes que son ciudadanos estadounidenses pero que también son hijos de padres indocumentados que no han logrado presentar sus impuestos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La tercera ronda de cheques de estímulo económico, bajo la administración del presidente Joe Biden, permitió a las familias de estatus mixto, si los niños son ciudadanos, recibir parte de este monto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero, si los padres indocumentados no pueden declarar sus impuestos, sus hijos no recibirán esa ayuda aunque sean ciudadanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se ha hablado mucho … sobre cómo estos créditos van a ayudar a la gente a salir de la pobreza”, dijo Aparna Ramesh, gerente de investigaciones en el centro \u003cem>California Policy Lab\u003c/em> (o ‘Laboratorio de políticas de California’) y uno de los autores del reporte. “Es cierto eso. Pero yo creo que a fin de cuentas, sólo podrán ser de ayuda siempre y cuando la gente reciba este alivio”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero, de MEDA, recalca que tan importante es un ITIN para que una persona indocumentada solicite ayuda financiera durante la pandemia, pero cuando este proceso se complica, la espera para recibir ayuda esencial puede prolongarse aún más.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Por la pandemia, sí es muy común estos casos”, dijo Romero, indicando que muchos consulados han visto sus operaciones reducidas durante la pandemia debido a las restricciones de salud y agregó, “el proceso de dar el pasaporte es muy fácil, pero el problema es que no están dando citas”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877675\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877675\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero de MEDA, parado enfrente del edificio del grupo 'Mission Food Hub'.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49133_014_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA ha escrito varias cartas en nombre de familias que necesitan una carta para seguir adelante con su proceso de ITIN pero recalca que esto no es una solución sustentable. “Hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”, dijo Romero.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Nunca estaremos al día’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Nelda De León, una inmigrante guatemalteca que vive en San Francisco, pasó días tratando de agendar una cita con el consulado de Guatemala en San Francisco para procesar el trámite de doble ciudadanía para su sobrina. Cuando por fin le respondieron, la primera cita disponible era hasta diciembre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No es algo fácil, pero uno con la necesidad que tiene lo tiene que hacer, pero no es justo, ese tiempo no debería de estar allí”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De León insistió repetidamente que el centro de llamadas la conectaran directamente al consulado guatemalteco en San Francisco, y cuando finalmente lo hicieron, logrò agendar una cita para la siguiente semana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Nelda De León, inmigrante de Guatemala\"]‘No es algo fácil, pero uno con la necesidad que tiene lo tiene que hacer, pero no es justo, ese tiempo no debería de estar allí.’[/pullquote]Ella dice que algunas de sus amistades intentaron agendar citas para procesar su pasaporte para su solicitud del ITIN, pero no les tocó una que fuera antes de la fecha límite para presentar los impuestos, y ahora están haciendo todo lo que pueden para ubicar otros tipos de documentación que el IRS acepte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entiendo el malestar de los guatemaltecos que dicen, ‘ay, nunca contestan’, dijo Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde hace dos años, Wohlers dirige este consulado y se ha enfocado en ampliar sus operaciones para responder a las necesidades de la población guatemalteca en el norte de California y Nevada, la cual sigue creciendo año tras año. Pero indica que pese a que ella y su personal conocen muy bien los costos que conlleva manejar un consulado, ellos no tienen control sobre el presupuesto otorgado al consulado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esa decisión se toma a miles de millas de distancia, en Ciudad de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, sentada enfrente de su computadora en su oficina.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, reconoce que la necesidad de servicios consulares de la población guatemalteca en el Área de la Bahía es mucho mayor que la capacidad de su oficina. Y aunque le gustaría traer más personal, indica que hacerlo requeriría la autorización de las autoridades guatemaltecas. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“En Guatemala, pasó lo mismo que lo que han pasado en otros países por esta pandemia y los ingresos se redujeron enormemente, se redujeron, no hay comercio exterior”, explicó Wohlers y agregó que, “nosotros tenemos que tener mucho cuidado con los fondos que nosotros administramos y que nosotros recibimos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco\"]‘El crecimiento de la población que requiere una atención es cada vez mayor. Estamos luchando por estar a la par pero es difícil lograrlo.’[/pullquote]Durante la pandemia, la demanda de los servicios consulares sólo ha incrementado pero la Cónsul menciona que esto ocurre a la misma vez que su oficina opera con una capacidad limitada a causa de las restricciones de salud por el COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es una carrera contra el tiempo”, dijo Wohlers, haciendo referencia al hecho de que si ella quiere contratar a más personal o pagar horas extras a sus empleados que ya tiene, ella debe esperar hasta recibir permiso del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nunca vamos a estar al día. Nunca. Porque el crecimiento de la población que requiere una atención es cada vez mayor. Estamos luchando por estar a la par pero es difícil lograrlo”, dijo Wohlers, e indicó que su oficina espera hacer disponible más citas a partir del 15 de junio, fecha cuando California planea remover gran parte de las restricciones de salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A través de comunicados separados, los consulados mexicanos en San Francisco y San José afirmaron que su capacidad para hacer citas durante la pandemia ha sido limitada por las pautas de salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Más en español' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, la cónsul general de México en San José expresó en un comunicado que su oficina “trabaja casi al 100% de su capacidad” y que alrededor de mil citas se agendan cada semana para expeditar pasaportes y otros documentos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, una visita a la página de Mexitel el 26 de mayo demostró que no había ninguna cita disponible en las siguientes dos semanas, el único plazo de tiempo en el que el portal comparte información, tanto en el consulado de San Francisco como en el de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bologna informó que el consulado sí ofrece citas de emergencia en caso que alguien necesite una consulta de manera urgente. Pero quienes escojan esta opción tendrán que pagar un 30% adicional de lo que cuesta procesar un pasaporte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Leydi y Jorge lograron encontrar una cita de emergencia para el trámite de pasaporte, se sorprendieron al saber que ellos tendrían que pagar este costo extra. “Muchos [inmigrantes] no pueden pagar cuando les cobran un 30% extra”, dijo Jorge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED también intentó contactar al consulado salvadoreño en San Francisco varias veces para realizar una entrevista pero nunca recibió una respuesta. Llamamos varias veces en abril y mayo al número telefónico indicado para hacer una cita, pero en cada llamada siempre se podía escuchar la misma grabación, la cual decía que en ese momento, todos los agentes están ocupados y que llame más al rato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramón Cardona es director del \u003ca href=\"https://centro-latino-cuscatlan.business.site/\">Centro Latino Cuzcatlán\u003c/a>, un centro de servicios migratorios en la ciudad de El Cerrito, y trabaja con varias familias salvadoreñas. Él mismo es un inmigrante salvadoreño quien ha trabajado en el sector migratorio por varias décadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Me han dicho gente que han estado llamando días, días para que por fin alguien les responda … porque es puras máquinas, puras máquinas y nadie en vivo te responde. A veces te responden y te mandan a otro centro y pasas lo mismo, llama y llama”, dijo Cardona.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ramón Cardona, director del Centro Latino Cuzcatlán\"]‘Me han dicho gente que han estado llamando días, días para que por fin alguien les responda … porque es puras máquinas.’[/pullquote]Como Romero, Cardona ha escrito múltiples cartas para familias que necesitan una cita. Ha conocido a inmigrantes salvadoreños que han llegado a San Francisco de lugares tan remotos como Oregón y Utah, sólo para llegar y ser decepcionados cuando se dan cuenta que no podrán entrar al consulado sin cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardona sugiere que los consulados comuniquen claramente cómo programar una cita de la manera más eficaz, especialmente en casos urgentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El laberinto de llamadas que un inmigrante debe de navegar no sólo podría afectar el trámite para recibir un ITIN, sino también podría atrasar un proceso migratorio, menciona Cardona, ya que para muchos, los trámites migratorios requieren que uno esté al día con sus obligaciones tributarias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un proceso migratorio lleva años”, dijo él y agregó que, “por un momento, que tu consulado no te puede dar el pasaporte a tiempo por todos estos obstáculos en este momento [tendrías] que recalendarizar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"recursos\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Recursos disponibles para quienes todavía no han presentado sus impuestos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si aún no ha pagado sus impuestos o busca ayuda para solicitar un ITIN, todavía hay varias opciones disponibles. 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Lo pueden atender en inglés, español, cantonés o mandarín. Normalmente hay citas disponibles de lunes a viernes. Puede llamar al (510) 536-5179 para agendar una cita.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Contra Costa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003cem>SparkPoint/\u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works ECC\u003c/a>\u003c/em> ofrecerá asistencia virtual/a distancia para presentar los impuestos y también para solicitar un ITIN a partir del 2 de junio. Lo pueden atender en inglés o español. Antes de dejar su información, por favor llame al (925) 252-2331 después de las 9:30 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/programs/free-tax-preparation/\">\u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (MEDA) ofrece asistencia en persona por cita o sin cita para presentar los impuestos o para solicitar el ITIN, en inglés o español. Llame al (415) 612-2014, extensión 6 para agendar una cita.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El centro comunitario \u003ca href=\"https://chinesenewcomers.org/en/volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita/\">\u003cem>Chinese Newcomers Service Center\u003c/em>\u003c/a> tiene citas virtuales disponibles en inglés, mandarín, cantonés y vietnamita. Llame al (415) 421-2111 para agendar una cita, entre las 9 a.m. a las 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Solano:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>El grupo comunitario \u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">\u003cem>Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/em>\u003c/a> ofrece asistencia virtual/a distancia hasta el 30 de octubre. Sólo lo pueden atender en inglés. Se recomiende que antes de dejar su información en las oficinas de la organización, llame al (707) 745-0900. Puede llamar de martes a jueves.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por el autor y la traducción fue editada por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Dos de estos consulados se encuentran en el Área de la Bahía, en San Francisco y San José, ambos sitios requieren que uno llame a Mexitel para agendar una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorge dijo que llamó a Mexitel tantas veces que hasta se aprendió de memoria el horario de los operadores. “Yo marcaba a veces a las 10 a.m. y sólo sonaba y no me contestaban porque comienzan a contestar las llamadas a partir de las 2 p.m. de aquí”, explicó él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando por fin le atendieron su llamada, las únicas citas que le ofrecieron eran para varios meses después o en otros consulados lejos del Área de la Bahía.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En aquel momento, Leydi y Jorge justo acababan de encontrar un poco de trabajo otra vez. Faltar uno o dos días para viajar a Sacramento o Los Ángeles podrían perder lo poca fuente de ingresos que su familia necesitaba con urgencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es un poco complicado de un día para el otro realizar un viaje repentino”, dijo Leydi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Faltaban pocas semanas para la fecha límite del 17 de mayo y la familia tenía pocas opciones. Decidieron ir directamente al consulado de San Francisco para pedir en persona una cita. No se les permitió entrar, pero insistieron en que se iban a quedar hasta que fueran atendidos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alguien del personal del consulado por fin salió y les dijo que si traían una carta de una organización comunitaria o un abogado que confirmara que necesitaban los pasaportes de manera urgente, podrían agendar una cita de emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Al no tener los recursos para contratar a un abogado, acudieron por ayuda a \u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em> (en español, la ‘Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de la Misión’ o mejor conocido como \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">MEDA\u003c/a> por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero es el director de las iniciativas comunitarias para MEDA, y a lo largo de este año, ha ayudado a decenas de familias, muchas de ellas indocumentadas, a presentar sus impuestos por primera vez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877674\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877674\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, de MEDA, sentado con una persona en una mesa, platicando y con varios papeles a la mano.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero de MEDA, ayuda a un miembro de la comunidad a presentar impuestos el 19 de mayo de 2021 en un espacio del banco de alimentos ‘Mission Food Hub’ en San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero aceptó escribir una carta, en la cual él explicó que Leydi y su familia necesitaban los pasaportes lo más pronto posible, lo que permitió que la pareja por fin recibiera una cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nos sentimos más tranquilos”, dijo Jorge, con su pasaporte por fin en su mano.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, Romero indica que este método tiene sus límites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya he hecho como unas 6 cartas diciendo que para el proceso de vivienda o para su declaración de impuestos se necesita el consulado para que le den prioridad y puedan expedir su pasaporte” explicó Romero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero agregó, “No quiero promover eso porque ya me están llamando para que le haga cartas a todo el mundo y hay personas que ni conozco y me están llamando para pedirme cartas”.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Ella dice que algunas de sus amistades intentaron agendar citas para procesar su pasaporte para su solicitud del ITIN, pero no les tocó una que fuera antes de la fecha límite para presentar los impuestos, y ahora están haciendo todo lo que pueden para ubicar otros tipos de documentación que el IRS acepte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Entiendo el malestar de los guatemaltecos que dicen, ‘ay, nunca contestan’, dijo Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde hace dos años, Wohlers dirige este consulado y se ha enfocado en ampliar sus operaciones para responder a las necesidades de la población guatemalteca en el norte de California y Nevada, la cual sigue creciendo año tras año. Pero indica que pese a que ella y su personal conocen muy bien los costos que conlleva manejar un consulado, ellos no tienen control sobre el presupuesto otorgado al consulado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esa decisión se toma a miles de millas de distancia, en Ciudad de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877676\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, sentada enfrente de su computadora en su oficina.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, cónsul general de Guatemala en San Francisco, reconoce que la necesidad de servicios consulares de la población guatemalteca en el Área de la Bahía es mucho mayor que la capacidad de su oficina. Y aunque le gustaría traer más personal, indica que hacerlo requeriría la autorización de las autoridades guatemaltecas. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“En Guatemala, pasó lo mismo que lo que han pasado en otros países por esta pandemia y los ingresos se redujeron enormemente, se redujeron, no hay comercio exterior”, explicó Wohlers y agregó que, “nosotros tenemos que tener mucho cuidado con los fondos que nosotros administramos y que nosotros recibimos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Durante la pandemia, la demanda de los servicios consulares sólo ha incrementado pero la Cónsul menciona que esto ocurre a la misma vez que su oficina opera con una capacidad limitada a causa de las restricciones de salud por el COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Es una carrera contra el tiempo”, dijo Wohlers, haciendo referencia al hecho de que si ella quiere contratar a más personal o pagar horas extras a sus empleados que ya tiene, ella debe esperar hasta recibir permiso del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nunca vamos a estar al día. Nunca. Porque el crecimiento de la población que requiere una atención es cada vez mayor. Estamos luchando por estar a la par pero es difícil lograrlo”, dijo Wohlers, e indicó que su oficina espera hacer disponible más citas a partir del 15 de junio, fecha cuando California planea remover gran parte de las restricciones de salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A través de comunicados separados, los consulados mexicanos en San Francisco y San José afirmaron que su capacidad para hacer citas durante la pandemia ha sido limitada por las pautas de salud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Como Romero, Cardona ha escrito múltiples cartas para familias que necesitan una cita. Ha conocido a inmigrantes salvadoreños que han llegado a San Francisco de lugares tan remotos como Oregón y Utah, sólo para llegar y ser decepcionados cuando se dan cuenta que no podrán entrar al consulado sin cita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardona sugiere que los consulados comuniquen claramente cómo programar una cita de la manera más eficaz, especialmente en casos urgentes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El laberinto de llamadas que un inmigrante debe de navegar no sólo podría afectar el trámite para recibir un ITIN, sino también podría atrasar un proceso migratorio, menciona Cardona, ya que para muchos, los trámites migratorios requieren que uno esté al día con sus obligaciones tributarias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Un proceso migratorio lleva años”, dijo él y agregó que, “por un momento, que tu consulado no te puede dar el pasaporte a tiempo por todos estos obstáculos en este momento [tendrías] que recalendarizar.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"recursos\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Recursos disponibles para quienes todavía no han presentado sus impuestos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Si aún no ha pagado sus impuestos o busca ayuda para solicitar un ITIN, todavía hay varias opciones disponibles. Cuando esté preparando sus impuestos, puede avisar a la persona que le ayude en este proceso que aún no ha recibido su cheque de estímulo del estado de California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El IRS sigue aceptando solicitudes de ITIN. El sitio web de la agencia dice que toma alrededor de siete semanas para que alguien reciba su número luego de mandar su solicitud.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hay algunas organizaciones que todavía ofrecen asistencia para llenar los impuestos de manera gratuita y además ayuda con la aplicación del ITIN (pero cabe recalcar que sólo el IRS puede proveer un ITIN).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Alameda:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/jsp/direction.jsp?id=11873&lng=-122.236562&lat=37.785067\">\u003cem>San Antonio CDC\u003c/em>\u003c/a> ofrece citas y asistencia a distancia a lo largo del año excepto durante julio y las fiestas decembrinas. Lo pueden atender en inglés, español, cantonés o mandarín. Normalmente hay citas disponibles de lunes a viernes. Puede llamar al (510) 536-5179 para agendar una cita.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Contra Costa\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003cem>SparkPoint/\u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works ECC\u003c/a>\u003c/em> ofrecerá asistencia virtual/a distancia para presentar los impuestos y también para solicitar un ITIN a partir del 2 de junio. Lo pueden atender en inglés o español. Antes de dejar su información, por favor llame al (925) 252-2331 después de las 9:30 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>La organización \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/programs/free-tax-preparation/\">\u003cem>Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/em>\u003c/a> (MEDA) ofrece asistencia en persona por cita o sin cita para presentar los impuestos o para solicitar el ITIN, en inglés o español. Llame al (415) 612-2014, extensión 6 para agendar una cita.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>El centro comunitario \u003ca href=\"https://chinesenewcomers.org/en/volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita/\">\u003cem>Chinese Newcomers Service Center\u003c/em>\u003c/a> tiene citas virtuales disponibles en inglés, mandarín, cantonés y vietnamita. Llame al (415) 421-2111 para agendar una cita, entre las 9 a.m. a las 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Condado de Solano:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>El grupo comunitario \u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">\u003cem>Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/em>\u003c/a> ofrece asistencia virtual/a distancia hasta el 30 de octubre. Sólo lo pueden atender en inglés. Se recomiende que antes de dejar su información en las oficinas de la organización, llame al (707) 745-0900. Puede llamar de martes a jueves.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por el autor y la traducción fue editada por la periodista \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#advice\">Advice on handling \"mask challenges\"\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On June 15, California will fully reopen for \"business as usual.\" The state will officially adopt the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873527/cdc-says-no-masks-needed-indoors-for-fully-vaccinated-with-a-few-caveats\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidance that fully vaccinated people can ditch their masks\u003c/a> in most indoor and outdoor settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From that date onward, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx#June15guidance\">the only places that vaccinated Californians will be required to wear masks\u003c/a> are: on and around public transit (e.g. BART, Muni, ferries and airplanes), indoors in K-12 schools and child care settings, health care settings, homeless shelters, emergency shelters and cooling centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This update on mask guidance — which the state has waited almost a month to implement after the CDC first announced their new guidelines back in May — will no doubt have many vaccinated Californians delighted to finally stop wearing masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you're not ready to scrap your face covering just yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked KQED's social media audiences if they would in fact keep wearing a mask in certain situations after June 15, despite being fully vaccinated. And while many people told us they were looking forward to dispensing with masks, others gave multiple reasons that they wanted to keep wearing theirs a little longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We consulted Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF, on the reasons we'd heard for mask-wearing beyond June 15, asking how justified these concerns might be from a medical and social perspective. Read on for the full list — or skip to a particular one:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#habit\">Familiarity, habit and control\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#kids\">Concern for unvaccinated kids\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#colds\">Wanting to avoid colds and other viruses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#health\">Concern for others with health conditions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#trust\">Trust issues over who isn't really vaccinated\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#pressure\">Social pressure to mask up\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#privacy\">Privacy and convenience\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>(And if you're more in the mood for listening, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877720/if-youre-vaccinated-you-can-choose-the-unmasked-life-on-june-15-but-will-you\">hear this story explained on The Bay podcast\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"habit\">\u003c/a>Familiarity, Habit and Control\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836826\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11836826 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple wearing face masks walk in the boardwalk in Venice, California. (Photo by Apu Gomes/AFP)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps one of the simplest reasons for continuing to wear masks: We've been collectively wearing them for over a year. We're now used to grabbing one before we leave the house, and accustomed to our jacket pockets being stuffed with face coverings from previous outings. After a year of public health messaging, many of us now automatically associate masks with safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chin-Hong said June 15 feels to him like \"about the right time\" for California to adopt the CDC's guidance, he also stressed that continuing to cover your face, for whatever reason, is virtually without drawbacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If people want to wear the masks, it's not going to \u003cem>harm\u003c/em> them,\" he said. \"Nobody ever dies from wearing a mask.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[aside postID=\"news_11877720\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're feeling attached to your mask, you may not even be alone for the first few weeks after June 15. Chin-Hong notes that just because California is formally adopting these latest CDC guidelines on masks doesn't mean a ton of people \u003cem>will\u003c/em> immediately start observing them. The state officially aligned with the CDC's previous set of guidelines — the update that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871317/stop-and-smell-the-roses-cdc-says-many-americans-can-now-go-outside-safely-without-a-mask\">both vaccinated and unvaccinated people could mostly ditch their masks outdoors\u003c/a> — back in April, but many in the Bay Area have chosen to keep wearing face coverings outside anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's kind of reflecting, at least regionally, [some] people's hesitancy to sort of dispense with the masks altogether,\" said Chin-Hong. It could also be an indication that we might not see a great collective unmasking after June 15 just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"kids\">\u003c/a>Concern For Unvaccinated Kids\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11862602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children attend online classes at a learning hub inside the Crenshaw Family YMCA on Feb. 17, 2021 in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Right now, children younger than 12 years old can't get vaccinated (yet) in the United States. And some parents and caregivers are naturally concerned about keeping those kids safe from COVID, even as fully vaccinated adults around them are taking their masks off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chin-Hong understands families' fears around this, he said this concern is \"only sensible if you think about context — and I think that's where much of the guidance is probably not comprehensive enough.\" This means it's all about assessing risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evidence shows that children under 12 are far less likely to contract and transmit COVID than older kids and adults, Chin-Hong said. But he thinks that even when they're armed with these facts, many parents and caregivers are still \"probably just uncomfortable about the idea of not having zero risk, even though everything in life is not zero risk.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His ultimate advice? If you're feeling worried about the kids in your life, masking is \"a very mild intervention,\" meaning that continuing to do it has very few downsides. What's more, for caregivers, continuing to mask up might bring an element of control and agency that can feel highly comforting at this stage of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason parents and caregivers might want to keep wearing masks after June 15? They may want to model mask-wearing for their kids to show it's important to keep your family and community safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can't tell your kid, for example, to wear a bicycle helmet when you don't wear one yourself,\" Chin-Hong reminded us, calling it \"kind of Parenting 101.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"colds\">\u003c/a>Wanting to Avoid Colds and Other Viruses\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11877357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031.jpg\" alt=\"Woman on a couch wrapped in a blanket, sneezing\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-800x545.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-1536x1046.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you've managed to avoid getting the common cold during the pandemic, you're not the only one. \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I haven't had a single cold during the entire pandemic because of my mask\" is the essence of many comments we received from our audience. Several of you said it's your reason for wanting to wear masks in certain settings beyond June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard from many audience members who told us they would definitely keep masking on public transit, like BART, which will actually be required for several months anyway. That's because \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2021/04/30/tsa-extends-face-mask-requirement-airports-and-throughout\">the Transportation Security Administration has extended mask requirements\u003c/a> across all United States transportation networks, including on buses, trains, planes and at airports, through Sept. 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your mask — along with social distancing, and increased hygiene like hand-washing — has probably very well protected you against the usual common colds you'd otherwise have picked up in settings like BART. Unlike COVID, many colds also spread from infection-carrying surfaces (called fomites), and Chin-Hong said that this is where masks really help protect you against colds: because they reduce your ability to touch your nose and mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, if you've heard people talking about how having less exposure to viruses like colds is actually \u003cem>bad\u003c/em> for your immune systems, Chin-Hong is happy to clarify: That's \"completely wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That theory about your immune system not being 'trained enough' is kind of bonkers, because there are 200 different viruses that cause the common cold, at least,\" he said. So in other words, being exposed to one cold virus doesn't reduce your chances of getting another type of cold the next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Chin-Hong said the true power of the mask is its ability to protect others from \u003cem>your\u003c/em> infectious droplets. It's the reason that many people have worn masks in crowded places for years when they're sick, and why he hopes we'll see this practice continue beyond the COVID pandemic. If more people do that, he said, \"I think we'll all probably have fewer colds in general in the population.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short: Keeping your mask on in crowed spaces where you're likely to touch surfaces during cold and flu season is a good idea — especially if you're not feeling great yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"health\">\u003c/a>Concern for Others With Health Conditions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1258px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11848580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1258\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254.jpg 1258w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1258px) 100vw, 1258px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A caregiver and her client. \u003ccite>(verbaska_studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many fully vaccinated audience members told us that they would continue to wear masks out of concern for friends and family who are immunocompromised, or who have other health conditions that mean the vaccine might not offer them full protection against the coronavirus. Some audience members told us this concern also extended to wearing masks in public beyond June 15 out of consideration for strangers in the crowd who might also have these health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wanting to protect others in this way is a very valid thought, said Chin-Hong. And even though the science tells that fully vaccinated individuals are unlikely to spread COVID, if masking up around an immunocompromised person makes everyone involved feel safe and more comfortable, Chin-Hong said go for it. \"Certainly there's no harm in it,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're immunocompromised yourself, Chin-Hong said the science is even more straightforward: Continuing to wear a mask in higher-risk settings, like crowds or indoors, is a good idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"trust\">\u003c/a>Trust Issues Over Who Isn't Really Vaccinated\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850544\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11850544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired.jpg\" alt=\"Pedestrian walks in North Beach, bus in the background\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pedestrian walks near a Muni bus with a marquee reading 'Masks Required' in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The CDC's guidance that California will adopt on June 15 said that fully vaccinated people can ditch their masks in most places. But how can you know if someone who's not wearing a mask in your vicinity really \u003cem>is\u003c/em> fully vaccinated?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This conundrum — the issue of trust and deceit, especially in public — was a recurrent theme in why our audiences told us they'd keep masking after June 15. And it's natural, given how the politicization of masks and the COVID vaccine has been a dangerous, depressing hallmark of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's important to consider context in this equation, said Chin-Hong. Even if you're concerned that someone is lying about being fully vaccinated so they can go unmasked, he said that Northern California's high vaccination rates and low coronavirus case counts mean that person's chances of having COVID are much lower than they would have been months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even if you don't trust someone,\" said Chin-Hong, \"the chances of you getting it right now in the Bay Area are still relatively small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, if you're planning to travel to other parts of the state or the country this summer, bear in mind that it's all about the vaccination rates and COVID case count of the region you're in. In certain places, the chances that an unvaccinated person might be carrying the coronavirus are higher than they'd be in the Bay Area. If you're in one of these areas, wearing your mask again even if \u003cem>you're\u003c/em> fully vaccinated might well be a decision you want to take.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"pressure\">\u003c/a>Social Pressure to Mask Up\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11827410\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11827410\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wearing face masks walk past a health and safety guideline board and an open restaurant on Santa Monica Pier. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you've felt uncomfortable not wearing your mask outdoors when everyone else is — even though, \u003cem>yes,\u003c/em> what you're doing aligns with the CDC outdoor guidance California adopted weeks ago — you're not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people told us they'd felt similar social pressure to mask up again in certain places even though they were fully vaccinated. Some told us they didn't want to be mistaken for someone who doesn't believe in science, or for someone who is anti-vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others told us that it wasn't so much that they felt pressured, but that they actively \u003cem>wanted\u003c/em> to telegraph their courtesy and care for others by keeping their mask on, even when they knew they posed no COVID risk to anyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're social creatures, and these kinds of considerations are \"completely legitimate,\" said Chin-Hong — especially because as discussed above, wearing a mask can reduce the spread of other viruses like the common cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'd love it if it becomes part of our culture,\" said Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"privacy\">\u003c/a>Privacy and Convenience\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11817960\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11817960\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Bertha Flores usando una mascarilla que hizo con su hija.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cspan class=\"highlight\">Bertha\u003c/span> \u003cspan class=\"highlight\">Flores\u003c/span> wears a mask that she made with her daughter on 24th Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another reason given by our audience for appreciating mask-wearing: the privacy it afforded in public settings. As Chin-Hong said, \"What better way to stay incognito than wearing a mask?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We especially heard from several women commenters who told us that a mask reduced the amount of times random men told them to smile, or catcalled them. (Or \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/nr0dm0/yn_are_you_planning_to_continue_wearing_a_mask/\">as Reddit user scarlet_tanager told us\u003c/a>, \"Strange men leave me the hell alone when I'm masked, which has been an absolute dream.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other commenters told us they appreciated the sheer practicality of a mask when it came to covering their face, and how it allowed them to cut down on wearing makeup, or maintaining personal grooming they'd previously felt necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mask can also help shield your face from the Bay Area's notoriously fickle weather, offering more protection from bone-chilling fog and wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This one's all down to personal preferences around appearance, comfort and convenience. Although it goes without saying that no person should ever feel they have to cover up their face to avoid being the target of street harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"advice\">\u003c/a>OK, So What If I Get Challenged About Wearing My Mask?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11873530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alicia and Mai Gonzalez wear masks on 24th Street in San Francisco on April 7, 2020. Alicia's mask is from a Halloween store and Mai was given her mask by her physical therapist. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even though many audience members told us they were planning to keep wearing their masks beyond June 15, a \u003cem>lot \u003c/em>of people also told us they couldn't wait for California to adopt the CDC's latest guidance, and dispense with mask-wearing. And several of those people expressed frustration that other fully vaccinated people wouldn't also feel this way, and similarly jump at the chance to take off their masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add this burgeoning contrast to the existing politicization of mask-wearing, and you might find that choosing to keep your mask on after June 15 could well provoke comments, or see you being challenged on your decision, either in private or in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that happens, what should you do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your first impulse might be to feel defensive, but Chin-Hong advises against this approach, for how it might escalate such a conversation. He suggests you consider assuming good faith, and that these kinds of comments, as unsolicited or unwanted as they might actually be coming from a place of concern that \u003cem>you\u003c/em> don't feel safe or secure with that person without your mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong's advice is to initially approach these situations with gratitude and curiosity. You might begin by thanking someone for their concern, then following up by expressing your curiosity for the reason they're making their comment: \"I'm just really curious — why are you saying that?\" This approach, he said, can deescalate a situation much faster than automatically assuming bad intent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you don't necessarily wish to engage someone in a dialogue by asking them to explain their comment, you can also just thank them for their concern and either change the subject or leave the situation entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong hopes we don't see more instances of people being challenged about their preferences \u003cem>for\u003c/em> masks — especially because of the potential for this disproportionate impacting certain communities through prejudice. \"You can imagine lots of permutations with anti-Asian violence, because Asian populations have always worn a mask even before COVID,\" he said. \"These are things that I think we'll have to watch out for.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And be kind to each other, at the end of the day,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on June 9.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Skip to: \u003ca href=\"#advice\">Advice on handling \"mask challenges\"\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>On June 15, California will fully reopen for \"business as usual.\" The state will officially adopt the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873527/cdc-says-no-masks-needed-indoors-for-fully-vaccinated-with-a-few-caveats\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidance that fully vaccinated people can ditch their masks\u003c/a> in most indoor and outdoor settings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From that date onward, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx#June15guidance\">the only places that vaccinated Californians will be required to wear masks\u003c/a> are: on and around public transit (e.g. BART, Muni, ferries and airplanes), indoors in K-12 schools and child care settings, health care settings, homeless shelters, emergency shelters and cooling centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This update on mask guidance — which the state has waited almost a month to implement after the CDC first announced their new guidelines back in May — will no doubt have many vaccinated Californians delighted to finally stop wearing masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what if you're not ready to scrap your face covering just yet?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We asked KQED's social media audiences if they would in fact keep wearing a mask in certain situations after June 15, despite being fully vaccinated. And while many people told us they were looking forward to dispensing with masks, others gave multiple reasons that they wanted to keep wearing theirs a little longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We consulted Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine and infectious disease specialist at UCSF, on the reasons we'd heard for mask-wearing beyond June 15, asking how justified these concerns might be from a medical and social perspective. Read on for the full list — or skip to a particular one:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#habit\">Familiarity, habit and control\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#kids\">Concern for unvaccinated kids\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#colds\">Wanting to avoid colds and other viruses\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#health\">Concern for others with health conditions\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#trust\">Trust issues over who isn't really vaccinated\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#pressure\">Social pressure to mask up\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#privacy\">Privacy and convenience\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>(And if you're more in the mood for listening, you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877720/if-youre-vaccinated-you-can-choose-the-unmasked-life-on-june-15-but-will-you\">hear this story explained on The Bay podcast\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"habit\">\u003c/a>Familiarity, Habit and Control\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11836826\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11836826 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/09/GettyImages-1228061500-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple wearing face masks walk in the boardwalk in Venice, California. (Photo by Apu Gomes/AFP)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Perhaps one of the simplest reasons for continuing to wear masks: We've been collectively wearing them for over a year. We're now used to grabbing one before we leave the house, and accustomed to our jacket pockets being stuffed with face coverings from previous outings. After a year of public health messaging, many of us now automatically associate masks with safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chin-Hong said June 15 feels to him like \"about the right time\" for California to adopt the CDC's guidance, he also stressed that continuing to cover your face, for whatever reason, is virtually without drawbacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If people want to wear the masks, it's not going to \u003cem>harm\u003c/em> them,\" he said. \"Nobody ever dies from wearing a mask.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're feeling attached to your mask, you may not even be alone for the first few weeks after June 15. Chin-Hong notes that just because California is formally adopting these latest CDC guidelines on masks doesn't mean a ton of people \u003cem>will\u003c/em> immediately start observing them. The state officially aligned with the CDC's previous set of guidelines — the update that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871317/stop-and-smell-the-roses-cdc-says-many-americans-can-now-go-outside-safely-without-a-mask\">both vaccinated and unvaccinated people could mostly ditch their masks outdoors\u003c/a> — back in April, but many in the Bay Area have chosen to keep wearing face coverings outside anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think it's kind of reflecting, at least regionally, [some] people's hesitancy to sort of dispense with the masks altogether,\" said Chin-Hong. It could also be an indication that we might not see a great collective unmasking after June 15 just yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"kids\">\u003c/a>Concern For Unvaccinated Kids\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11862602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11862602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/GettyImages-1231222911-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children attend online classes at a learning hub inside the Crenshaw Family YMCA on Feb. 17, 2021 in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Right now, children younger than 12 years old can't get vaccinated (yet) in the United States. And some parents and caregivers are naturally concerned about keeping those kids safe from COVID, even as fully vaccinated adults around them are taking their masks off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Chin-Hong understands families' fears around this, he said this concern is \"only sensible if you think about context — and I think that's where much of the guidance is probably not comprehensive enough.\" This means it's all about assessing risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evidence shows that children under 12 are far less likely to contract and transmit COVID than older kids and adults, Chin-Hong said. But he thinks that even when they're armed with these facts, many parents and caregivers are still \"probably just uncomfortable about the idea of not having zero risk, even though everything in life is not zero risk.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His ultimate advice? If you're feeling worried about the kids in your life, masking is \"a very mild intervention,\" meaning that continuing to do it has very few downsides. What's more, for caregivers, continuing to mask up might bring an element of control and agency that can feel highly comforting at this stage of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another reason parents and caregivers might want to keep wearing masks after June 15? They may want to model mask-wearing for their kids to show it's important to keep your family and community safe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can't tell your kid, for example, to wear a bicycle helmet when you don't wear one yourself,\" Chin-Hong reminded us, calling it \"kind of Parenting 101.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"colds\">\u003c/a>Wanting to Avoid Colds and Other Viruses\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877357\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11877357\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031.jpg\" alt=\"Woman on a couch wrapped in a blanket, sneezing\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1307\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-800x545.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-1020x694.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-160x109.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/pexels-andrea-piacquadio-3960031-1536x1046.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you've managed to avoid getting the common cold during the pandemic, you're not the only one. \u003ccite>(Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"I haven't had a single cold during the entire pandemic because of my mask\" is the essence of many comments we received from our audience. Several of you said it's your reason for wanting to wear masks in certain settings beyond June 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard from many audience members who told us they would definitely keep masking on public transit, like BART, which will actually be required for several months anyway. That's because \u003ca href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2021/04/30/tsa-extends-face-mask-requirement-airports-and-throughout\">the Transportation Security Administration has extended mask requirements\u003c/a> across all United States transportation networks, including on buses, trains, planes and at airports, through Sept. 13.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your mask — along with social distancing, and increased hygiene like hand-washing — has probably very well protected you against the usual common colds you'd otherwise have picked up in settings like BART. Unlike COVID, many colds also spread from infection-carrying surfaces (called fomites), and Chin-Hong said that this is where masks really help protect you against colds: because they reduce your ability to touch your nose and mouth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, if you've heard people talking about how having less exposure to viruses like colds is actually \u003cem>bad\u003c/em> for your immune systems, Chin-Hong is happy to clarify: That's \"completely wrong.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That theory about your immune system not being 'trained enough' is kind of bonkers, because there are 200 different viruses that cause the common cold, at least,\" he said. So in other words, being exposed to one cold virus doesn't reduce your chances of getting another type of cold the next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, Chin-Hong said the true power of the mask is its ability to protect others from \u003cem>your\u003c/em> infectious droplets. It's the reason that many people have worn masks in crowded places for years when they're sick, and why he hopes we'll see this practice continue beyond the COVID pandemic. If more people do that, he said, \"I think we'll all probably have fewer colds in general in the population.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short: Keeping your mask on in crowed spaces where you're likely to touch surfaces during cold and flu season is a good idea — especially if you're not feeling great yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"health\">\u003c/a>Concern for Others With Health Conditions\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11848580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1258px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11848580\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1258\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254.jpg 1258w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254-800x530.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254-1020x675.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/11/iStock-1265223254-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1258px) 100vw, 1258px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A caregiver and her client. \u003ccite>(verbaska_studio)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many fully vaccinated audience members told us that they would continue to wear masks out of concern for friends and family who are immunocompromised, or who have other health conditions that mean the vaccine might not offer them full protection against the coronavirus. Some audience members told us this concern also extended to wearing masks in public beyond June 15 out of consideration for strangers in the crowd who might also have these health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wanting to protect others in this way is a very valid thought, said Chin-Hong. And even though the science tells that fully vaccinated individuals are unlikely to spread COVID, if masking up around an immunocompromised person makes everyone involved feel safe and more comfortable, Chin-Hong said go for it. \"Certainly there's no harm in it,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're immunocompromised yourself, Chin-Hong said the science is even more straightforward: Continuing to wear a mask in higher-risk settings, like crowds or indoors, is a good idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"trust\">\u003c/a>Trust Issues Over Who Isn't Really Vaccinated\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850544\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11850544\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired.jpg\" alt=\"Pedestrian walks in North Beach, bus in the background\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/MuniBusMaskRequired-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pedestrian walks near a Muni bus with a marquee reading 'Masks Required' in San Francisco on Dec. 4, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The CDC's guidance that California will adopt on June 15 said that fully vaccinated people can ditch their masks in most places. But how can you know if someone who's not wearing a mask in your vicinity really \u003cem>is\u003c/em> fully vaccinated?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This conundrum — the issue of trust and deceit, especially in public — was a recurrent theme in why our audiences told us they'd keep masking after June 15. And it's natural, given how the politicization of masks and the COVID vaccine has been a dangerous, depressing hallmark of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it's important to consider context in this equation, said Chin-Hong. Even if you're concerned that someone is lying about being fully vaccinated so they can go unmasked, he said that Northern California's high vaccination rates and low coronavirus case counts mean that person's chances of having COVID are much lower than they would have been months ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even if you don't trust someone,\" said Chin-Hong, \"the chances of you getting it right now in the Bay Area are still relatively small.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, if you're planning to travel to other parts of the state or the country this summer, bear in mind that it's all about the vaccination rates and COVID case count of the region you're in. In certain places, the chances that an unvaccinated person might be carrying the coronavirus are higher than they'd be in the Bay Area. If you're in one of these areas, wearing your mask again even if \u003cem>you're\u003c/em> fully vaccinated might well be a decision you want to take.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"pressure\">\u003c/a>Social Pressure to Mask Up\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11827410\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11827410\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/1920_GettyImages-1223036039-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wearing face masks walk past a health and safety guideline board and an open restaurant on Santa Monica Pier. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you've felt uncomfortable not wearing your mask outdoors when everyone else is — even though, \u003cem>yes,\u003c/em> what you're doing aligns with the CDC outdoor guidance California adopted weeks ago — you're not alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people told us they'd felt similar social pressure to mask up again in certain places even though they were fully vaccinated. Some told us they didn't want to be mistaken for someone who doesn't believe in science, or for someone who is anti-vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But others told us that it wasn't so much that they felt pressured, but that they actively \u003cem>wanted\u003c/em> to telegraph their courtesy and care for others by keeping their mask on, even when they knew they posed no COVID risk to anyone else.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We're social creatures, and these kinds of considerations are \"completely legitimate,\" said Chin-Hong — especially because as discussed above, wearing a mask can reduce the spread of other viruses like the common cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'd love it if it becomes part of our culture,\" said Chin-Hong.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"privacy\">\u003c/a>Privacy and Convenience\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11817960\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11817960\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Bertha Flores usando una mascarilla que hizo con su hija.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/RS42580_005_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003cspan class=\"highlight\">Bertha\u003c/span> \u003cspan class=\"highlight\">Flores\u003c/span> wears a mask that she made with her daughter on 24th Street in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another reason given by our audience for appreciating mask-wearing: the privacy it afforded in public settings. As Chin-Hong said, \"What better way to stay incognito than wearing a mask?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We especially heard from several women commenters who told us that a mask reduced the amount of times random men told them to smile, or catcalled them. (Or \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/nr0dm0/yn_are_you_planning_to_continue_wearing_a_mask/\">as Reddit user scarlet_tanager told us\u003c/a>, \"Strange men leave me the hell alone when I'm masked, which has been an absolute dream.\")\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other commenters told us they appreciated the sheer practicality of a mask when it came to covering their face, and how it allowed them to cut down on wearing makeup, or maintaining personal grooming they'd previously felt necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mask can also help shield your face from the Bay Area's notoriously fickle weather, offering more protection from bone-chilling fog and wind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This one's all down to personal preferences around appearance, comfort and convenience. Although it goes without saying that no person should ever feel they have to cover up their face to avoid being the target of street harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"advice\">\u003c/a>OK, So What If I Get Challenged About Wearing My Mask?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873530\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11873530\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS42579_004_KQED_SanFrancisco_Masks_04072020-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alicia and Mai Gonzalez wear masks on 24th Street in San Francisco on April 7, 2020. Alicia's mask is from a Halloween store and Mai was given her mask by her physical therapist. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even though many audience members told us they were planning to keep wearing their masks beyond June 15, a \u003cem>lot \u003c/em>of people also told us they couldn't wait for California to adopt the CDC's latest guidance, and dispense with mask-wearing. And several of those people expressed frustration that other fully vaccinated people wouldn't also feel this way, and similarly jump at the chance to take off their masks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Add this burgeoning contrast to the existing politicization of mask-wearing, and you might find that choosing to keep your mask on after June 15 could well provoke comments, or see you being challenged on your decision, either in private or in public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that happens, what should you do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Your first impulse might be to feel defensive, but Chin-Hong advises against this approach, for how it might escalate such a conversation. He suggests you consider assuming good faith, and that these kinds of comments, as unsolicited or unwanted as they might actually be coming from a place of concern that \u003cem>you\u003c/em> don't feel safe or secure with that person without your mask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong's advice is to initially approach these situations with gratitude and curiosity. You might begin by thanking someone for their concern, then following up by expressing your curiosity for the reason they're making their comment: \"I'm just really curious — why are you saying that?\" This approach, he said, can deescalate a situation much faster than automatically assuming bad intent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you don't necessarily wish to engage someone in a dialogue by asking them to explain their comment, you can also just thank them for their concern and either change the subject or leave the situation entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chin-Hong hopes we don't see more instances of people being challenged about their preferences \u003cem>for\u003c/em> masks — especially because of the potential for this disproportionate impacting certain communities through prejudice. \"You can imagine lots of permutations with anti-Asian violence, because Asian populations have always worn a mask even before COVID,\" he said. \"These are things that I think we'll have to watch out for.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And be kind to each other, at the end of the day,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on June 9.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated June 28, 4 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#qualify\">Do I qualify for California rent relief?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#undocumented\">Are undocumented tenants eligible?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howto\">How do I apply for rent relief?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#landlords\">Are landlords required to apply for rent relief?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#amount\">How much money could I potentially get?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The pandemic has been crushing for low-income tenants in California — and has caused financial strain on property owners who haven’t been able to collect rent and have their own bills to pay. Local and state eviction protections have helped many people stay housed but, eventually, the rent will be due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s rent relief program, called \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/index.html\">Housing Is Key\u003c/a>, was established by state lawmakers in January when they passed Senate Bill 91, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11850145/with-looming-threat-of-evictions-california-bill-would-extend-renter-protections-through-2021\">which also extended the statewide eviction moratorium\u003c/a> through June 30. As of June 28, 2021 Gov. Newsom and state legislative leaders have agreed upon a deal shielding tenants from evictions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11879548/californias-eviction-moratorium-extension-what-tenants-and-landlords-should-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through Sept 30\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both tenants and landlords with low-income tenants who have fallen behind on rent because of the pandemic can apply for relief. The new bill, AB 832, allows tenants and landlords to receive 100% of the back rent. That’s an increase from the previous program, where landlords could only receive 80% of what they were owed, and had to agree to forgive the remaining 20%. Landlords or tenants who have already applied or received funding, will automatically have their payments go up to 100%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants can now also apply directly for relief if their landlord does not respond or chooses not to participate, if they swear under penalty of perjury that the money will go toward paying off rent debt. Before if a landlord refused to participate, tenants could only get 25% of their debt forgiven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program to distribute $5.2 billion in federal funds opened for applications on March 15 – but that money has gone out extremely slowly. While billions have been available since January, the state has distributed only \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article252289103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$61.6 million\u003c/a> in relief to a little more than 5,000 households so far. That’s just about 10% of the total aid that people have applied for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The delays in payment are due to problems with the Department of Housing and Community Development’s anti-fraud system and to ensure there were no duplicate payments, said Jessica Hayes, a program specialist with HCD. She said they first prioritized sending assistance to people with the lowest incomes, but have started expanding the program to more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been able to increase the number of households that we’re processing through the application each week,” she said, “and we expect that to continue to ramp up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants have also complained of a clunky and cumbersome system and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869250/a-discriminatory-barrier-californias-rent-relief-website-lacks-translations-advocates-say\">the lack of translation for non-English speakers\u003c/a> as factors inhibiting people from applying. In response, HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez said the state has now streamlined the application, making it more user friendly, and has added more languages, including simplified Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about applying for rent relief in California, with answers to these frequently asked questions:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"qualify\">\u003c/a>‘Do I qualify for rent relief?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The program is targeted at low-income renters and their landlords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be eligible for the aid, tenants must make less than 80% of the local median income. Median income varies widely from county to county, and also depends on how many people live in your household. Don’t know what your local area median income (or AMI) is? \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/income-limits/state-and-federal-income-limits/docs/income-limits-2020.pdf\">Here’s a handy cheat sheet from the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tenants must also have at least one person in the household who has lost a job or income during the pandemic and can show they are at risk of homelessness. A past-due rent or utility bill can be used to show a risk of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state wants to get relief as quickly as it can to the most vulnerable renters first, and is sending the first round of checks to households that are making 50% or below the area’s median income, or someone who has been unemployed for 90 days or more. People in higher-income tiers, but no more than 80% AMI, will receive aid next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some cities like Oakland, who opted to run their own programs, are going even further and prioritizing households making less — 30 % AMI or below.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"undocumented\">\u003c/a>‘Are undocumented tenants eligible?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. The federal government never made citizenship status a requirement to access rent relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means that the assistance is available to all renters who meet the eligible income levels, regardless of whether they are a legal resident or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850681\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11850681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘Now Renting’ sign on an apartment building on Market Street in San Francisco on Dec. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"howto\">\u003c/a>‘How do I apply?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Most landlords and tenants who qualify can apply through the state’s website, \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/index.html\">Housing Is Key\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants still have to submit a declaration saying they are unable to make full rent, and pay at least 25% of their monthly rent between Sept. 1, 2020 and June 2021, or in bulk, by Sept. 30, to avoid eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants and landlords each have a role to play. There are parts of the application to be filled out by both parties. If both a landlord and a tenant applied for funds, the money will go directly to the landlord. It will only go to the tenant if the landlord declines to participate in the program.\u003cbr>\nThe bill expands eligibility to tenants who may have moved out of their home during the pandemic, who were not covered previously. They can now apply for back rent owed to a previous landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a tenant applies first, the landlord will be notified and invited to participate. If a landlord applies first, the state will get in touch with the tenant to gather additional information, like their income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Apartment Association is urging property owners to get in touch with eligible tenants early to let them know you plan on applying for aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You and the tenant need to work together,” said Debra Carlton, executive vice president of state government affairs and compliance with the California Apartment Association, the state’s largest landlord group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco renter Jonas Di Gregorio says the rent relief can’t come soon enough. He lost his job as a restaurant server at the beginning of the pandemic and owes more than $10,000 to his landlord in back rent. He’s been able to continue paying 25% of his monthly rent on his studio to avoid eviction.[aside tag='housing' label='Latest Housing News']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think this rental assistance is very important,” Di Gregorio said in March. “I hope my landlord will apply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can also find answers on eligibility or get help applying through the state’s new hotline, (833) 430-2122.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you need direct one-on-one assistance to fill out the application, the state can arrange an in-person appointment with an outreach worker. The list of local groups who will be providing assistance will be available through the hotline or \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/partner_resources.html\">the state’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Is the process the same for everyone in California?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Not exactly. Like so many things that have to do with addressing the pandemic, it depends on where you live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some larger local governments got a slice of the federal stimulus money directly and are creating their own programs, and if you live in those places, your process may be a little different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the Bay Area’s largest cities and counties are among those with their own programs, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/your-government/departments-offices/housing/covid-19-resources/rental-assistance\">San Jose\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://sf.gov/renthelp\">San Francisco\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/resources/housing-resources-erap-emergency-rental-assistance\">Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Landlords and tenants in jurisdictions with a pending local program can start their application through the state portal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more information on local rent assistance programs, check out this nifty map from the \u003ca href=\"https://nlihc.org/rental-assistance\">National Low Income Housing Coalition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘What documents or information will I need?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Landlords will need some documentation proving they are the property owner. That could include a deed, a mortgage note, property tax statements or a current lease agreement. If it is an informal living situation and there is no signed lease, bank statements that show rent is being collected are also accepted. Property managers can also apply on behalf of a landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eligible tenants have to have some financial impact from COVID-19. \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/pdf/covid19/tenant_checklist.pdf\">There is an opportunity to provide documentation\u003c/a>, like a recent pay stub or a termination letter, but it is not required — and a written attestation that they have been impacted is sufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Renters must also demonstrate housing instability or risk of homelessness. This could be owed back rent or an overdue utility bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"landlords\">\u003c/a>‘If I am a landlord, am I required to apply for rent relief?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, but if landlords want to start eviction proceedings after September 30, due to unpaid rent, they will need to show that they or their tenants have attempted to apply for rent relief. If they don’t receive word on their application from either the state or their tenant, or if their tenant doesn’t qualify or meet the income requirements, the landlord can proceed with the eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘What if my landlord doesn’t want to participate?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>With SB 91, some nonprofits that advocate for low-income tenants voiced concerns that landlords may pick and choose which of their tenants get to receive relief, since the program depended heavily on the willingness of landlords to voluntarily opt-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with AB 832, tenants will be able to apply on their own for \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/program_overview.html#renter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100% of back rent and up to three months of forward rent\u003c/a>. Previously, without landlord approval, a tenant was eligible for only 25% of missed rental payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"amount\">\u003c/a>‘How much money could I get?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There isn’t any cap on how much rent aid an individual can qualify for under the state’s program. And the state says it will keep accepting applications and sending out checks until the pool of money runs out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rules vary for programs run by local jurisdictions, including the city of Oakland which has a cap of $15,000 of assistance per tenant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases, like if a landlord refuses to accept the funds, the tenant could use the money to cover future rent payments, but only after past due rent has been paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Erin Baldassari and CalMatters’ Manuela Tobias.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was first published on March 15. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated June 28, 4 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Skip straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#qualify\">Do I qualify for California rent relief?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#undocumented\">Are undocumented tenants eligible?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#howto\">How do I apply for rent relief?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#landlords\">Are landlords required to apply for rent relief?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#amount\">How much money could I potentially get?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The pandemic has been crushing for low-income tenants in California — and has caused financial strain on property owners who haven’t been able to collect rent and have their own bills to pay. Local and state eviction protections have helped many people stay housed but, eventually, the rent will be due.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s rent relief program, called \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/index.html\">Housing Is Key\u003c/a>, was established by state lawmakers in January when they passed Senate Bill 91, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11850145/with-looming-threat-of-evictions-california-bill-would-extend-renter-protections-through-2021\">which also extended the statewide eviction moratorium\u003c/a> through June 30. As of June 28, 2021 Gov. Newsom and state legislative leaders have agreed upon a deal shielding tenants from evictions \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11879548/californias-eviction-moratorium-extension-what-tenants-and-landlords-should-know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">through Sept 30\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both tenants and landlords with low-income tenants who have fallen behind on rent because of the pandemic can apply for relief. The new bill, AB 832, allows tenants and landlords to receive 100% of the back rent. That’s an increase from the previous program, where landlords could only receive 80% of what they were owed, and had to agree to forgive the remaining 20%. Landlords or tenants who have already applied or received funding, will automatically have their payments go up to 100%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants can now also apply directly for relief if their landlord does not respond or chooses not to participate, if they swear under penalty of perjury that the money will go toward paying off rent debt. Before if a landlord refused to participate, tenants could only get 25% of their debt forgiven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program to distribute $5.2 billion in federal funds opened for applications on March 15 – but that money has gone out extremely slowly. While billions have been available since January, the state has distributed only \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article252289103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$61.6 million\u003c/a> in relief to a little more than 5,000 households so far. That’s just about 10% of the total aid that people have applied for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The delays in payment are due to problems with the Department of Housing and Community Development’s anti-fraud system and to ensure there were no duplicate payments, said Jessica Hayes, a program specialist with HCD. She said they first prioritized sending assistance to people with the lowest incomes, but have started expanding the program to more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been able to increase the number of households that we’re processing through the application each week,” she said, “and we expect that to continue to ramp up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants have also complained of a clunky and cumbersome system and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869250/a-discriminatory-barrier-californias-rent-relief-website-lacks-translations-advocates-say\">the lack of translation for non-English speakers\u003c/a> as factors inhibiting people from applying. In response, HCD Director Gustavo Velasquez said the state has now streamlined the application, making it more user friendly, and has added more languages, including simplified Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Tagalog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about applying for rent relief in California, with answers to these frequently asked questions:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"qualify\">\u003c/a>‘Do I qualify for rent relief?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The program is targeted at low-income renters and their landlords.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be eligible for the aid, tenants must make less than 80% of the local median income. Median income varies widely from county to county, and also depends on how many people live in your household. Don’t know what your local area median income (or AMI) is? \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/grants-funding/income-limits/state-and-federal-income-limits/docs/income-limits-2020.pdf\">Here’s a handy cheat sheet from the state\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tenants must also have at least one person in the household who has lost a job or income during the pandemic and can show they are at risk of homelessness. A past-due rent or utility bill can be used to show a risk of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state wants to get relief as quickly as it can to the most vulnerable renters first, and is sending the first round of checks to households that are making 50% or below the area’s median income, or someone who has been unemployed for 90 days or more. People in higher-income tiers, but no more than 80% AMI, will receive aid next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some cities like Oakland, who opted to run their own programs, are going even further and prioritizing households making less — 30 % AMI or below.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"undocumented\">\u003c/a>‘Are undocumented tenants eligible?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Yes. The federal government never made citizenship status a requirement to access rent relief.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means that the assistance is available to all renters who meet the eligible income levels, regardless of whether they are a legal resident or not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11850681\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11850681\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/12/RS46311_031_KQED_SanFrancisco_COVIDShutdown_12062020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ‘Now Renting’ sign on an apartment building on Market Street in San Francisco on Dec. 6, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"howto\">\u003c/a>‘How do I apply?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Most landlords and tenants who qualify can apply through the state’s website, \u003ca href=\"https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/index.html\">Housing Is Key\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants still have to submit a declaration saying they are unable to make full rent, and pay at least 25% of their monthly rent between Sept. 1, 2020 and June 2021, or in bulk, by Sept. 30, to avoid eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tenants and landlords each have a role to play. There are parts of the application to be filled out by both parties. If both a landlord and a tenant applied for funds, the money will go directly to the landlord. It will only go to the tenant if the landlord declines to participate in the program.\u003cbr>\nThe bill expands eligibility to tenants who may have moved out of their home during the pandemic, who were not covered previously. They can now apply for back rent owed to a previous landlord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If a tenant applies first, the landlord will be notified and invited to participate. 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He is a wholly owned subsidiary of the gun lobby of the National Rifle Association.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state already is appealing the same judge’s 2017 ruling against the state’s nearly two-decade-old ban on the sales and purchases of magazines holding more than 10 bullets, and his ruling last year blocking a 2019 California law requiring background checks for anyone buying ammunition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to call this federal judge out. He will continue to do damage, mark my word,” Newsom said. “This is a very focused agenda to work through this judge, where the decision’s already made before it’s even presented, who writes ‘press releases’ on behalf of the gun lobby.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gun owners’ rights groups have made no secret of their effort to get firearms restrictions before the nation’s high court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the Firearms Policy Coalition, which led plaintiffs who won at the trial level, condemned the governor’s “outrageous and callous personal attacks” on the judge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Newsom’s verbal assaults on a long-respected member of the judiciary shows his deep and continuing disrespect for the rule of law, the judiciary, the Constitution, and the human rights of California citizens,” the group said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Benitez was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush. Newsom, a Democrat, also assailed Republicans who don’t support gun restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A three-judge appeals court panel agreed with Benitez on his ammunition magazine ruling, but the decision is being reconsidered by a larger appellate panel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the three-page notice of appeal and plans to ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay so the current 32-year assault weapons ban will remain in effect throughout the appeals process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877597\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS48088_032_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11877597\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS48088_032_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS48088_032_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS48088_032_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS48088_032_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS48088_032_SanFrancisco_NewsomBontaPressConference_03242021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks during a press conference on March 24, 2021, with Gov. Gavin Newsom in the background. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Benitez ruled on Friday that the state’s definition of illegal military-style rifles violates the U.S. Constitution because it deprives law-abiding Californians of weapons commonly allowed in most other states. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of the ruling, including Bonta and Newsom, were particularly upset with the judge’s comparison of assault weapons to a common tool: “Like the Swiss Army knife, the popular AR-15 rifle is a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle,” the judge wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pocket knives were not intended to kill as many people as possible,” said Mattie Scott, Brady California state president, whose 24-year-old son was killed with an assault weapon in 1996.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials announced their appeal at San Francisco General Hospital, a Level I Trauma Center, where trauma surgeon Dr. Andre Campbell vividly described the damage that can be done by a high-speed rifle round fired from an assault weapon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An AR-15 is a weapon of mass destruction … used in warfare,” Campbell said. It “causes absolute devastation to the human body. It is as if a bomb went off in the tissues of the patient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Gun Control' tag='gun-control']California first banned specific brands of weapons in 1989 after a mass shooting at a Stockton elementary school killed five children and injured more than two dozen others. The state has updated the law several times since then and overall has some of the nation’s strictest firearms laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, “we have one of the lowest gun death rates in the entire country,” said Robyn Thomas, executive director of the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Firearms Policy Coalition said it will oppose any stay of Benitez’s order. It had argued in part that assault weapons are no more deadly than some other weapons that are not banned by the state. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The State’s desire to continue imposing its ban should not be allowed to prevail over the fundamental rights of law-abiding gun owners,” the group said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and Bonta are longtime supporters of what they term commonsense gun restrictions. The governor likely faces a recall election this fall largely driven by his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Bonta took office in April to fill a vacancy and faces several more conservative challengers in next year’s election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their move was backed earlier by 10 Democratic state lawmakers who said the restrictions help control gun violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democrats who control the state Assembly on Thursday revived for future consideration a bill that would raise taxes on the sale of guns and ammunition. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill requires a two-thirds vote because it would raise taxes, and last week it failed to muster enough votes. It would impose a 10% tax on the sales price of handguns and an 11% tax on the sales price of rifles, precursor parts and ammunition, using the money for gun violence prevention and recovery programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Adam Beam of The Associated Press contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California's workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Gavin Newsom's promise that the state will fully reopen from the pandemic on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board's revised rule, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876529/californians-may-need-masks-at-work-unless-all-employees-are-vaccinated\">adopted last week after it was initially rejected\u003c/a>, would have allowed workers to forego masks only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That contrasts with the state's broader plan to do away with virtually all masking and social distancing requirements for vaccinated people in concert with the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board's decision late Wednesday to withdraw that worksite rule before it goes into effect allows the board to consider changes at its June 17 meeting and potentially have them go into effect by month's end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11877048 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/GettyImages-1210618045-1-1020x680.jpg']But some business leaders on Wednesday kept up their pressure on Newsom to override the board. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"After the confusion and lack of clarity on reopening guidelines at the Cal/OSHA hearing tonight, the statewide business community must once again request the governor issue an Executive Order before June 15 to provide all employers with the consistency and certainty in guidelines,\" Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, said in a statement after the vote. That, he said, \"will be the catalyst for a full economic reopening and create a powerful incentive to get even more Californians vaccinated.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goal of the unanimous vote, said board Chairman David Thomas, is to change the workplace regulation \"so that it matches up with the CDC and the California Department of Public Health, so that we're all on the same page. That's what this is about, so we're not out of step with everybody else.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The safety board's staff was not specific on what changes it will recommend next week, other than it will try to more closely conform the workplace rules with public health guidelines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Eric Berg, deputy chief of health for Cal/OSHA, said the public health guidelines generally allow anyone who is vaccinated to skip wearing a mask indoors. Under those rules, he said, \"a vaccinated person would not have to wear a mask at work.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reversal came after State Health Officer Dr. Tomás Aragón reiterated to board members at a hastily scheduled special meeting that the state next week will end most masking rules for people who are vaccinated, while continuing to require face coverings for unvaccinated people in indoor public settings and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Exceptions where everyone must remain masked include public transit, indoor school classes, in health care and correctional facilities, and in places like homeless shelters and cooling centers, Aragón said. Individual businesses are also free to require everyone to remain masked under the general rules, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Employers Cannot Plan'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Helen Cleary, director of the Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable, a coalition of large businesses with major California operations, was among numerous business representatives urging the board to conform its rule with public health requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Employers cannot plan with this high level of uncertainty,\" she said. \"We are disappointed and frustrated with the confusion, the process, the substance and the lack of leadership.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workplace board's more restrictive approach puts Newsom in an awkward position as he battles a pending recall election, though he was reluctant to override a board that he appoints.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The public doesn't draw a distinction between this board and the rest of the Newsom administration,\" Michael Miiller, California Association of Winegrape Growers government relations director, told board members before the vote. \"What they hear is the Newsom administration say that wearing masks at work may be here to stay.\" \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pressure on the board built before the meeting when a dozen business groups, including the California Retailers Association and organizations representing manufacturers, farmers, tourism interests and other industries, sent a letter to Newsom asking him to rescind the board's regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Requiring masks unless all are vaccinated in a workplace would \"create yet another barrier to rehiring and reopening\" at a time when \"we need to be providing incentives to bring people back,\" they said. Moreover, they said requiring masks for people who are fully inoculated could lead the public to believe the vaccine isn't really effective. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>'Outbreaks Are Still Occurring'\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Board member Laura Stock said it is important to keep protecting employees who don't have a realistic choice but to go to work. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, state data show that in the retail sector in the last 30 days \"there were 70 outbreaks, more than two a day,\" said Stock, who directs the Labor Occupational Health Program at UC Berkeley. \"Outbreaks are still occurring.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The idea of a continued workplace mask mandate has also been broadly supported by a range of unions representing teamsters, nurses, machinists, utility workers, engineers and school employees. Many advocates have stressed that the pandemic is not over, and that low-wage front-line workers have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11875988/minimal-to-non-existent-safety-inspector-shortage-worsened-in-pandemic-leaving-california-workers-vulnerable\">disproportionately impacted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11875988 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49630_GettyImages-1231067411-qut-1020x600.jpg']As COVID-19 cases, and deaths, spiked across the state last fall and winter, Cal/OSHA received thousands of worker complaints related to the virus. Yet the vacancy rate for field inspectors doubled to 26% as of late February, compared to 13% two years earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The workplace is not the same as deciding to go to a dinner party or the gym or go to a movie,\" said Maggie Robbins, an occupational health specialist with Worksafe Inc., an Oakland-based worker-advocacy group. \"There’s a lot of work to be done before we have a substantially immune population where we can relax more of the controls.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liz Ortega, executive secretary-treasurer of the Alameda Labor Council, told KQED last week the workers she advocates for have put themselves at risk for the last year and a half, \"making sure the rest of us could survive during the pandemic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We’ve spent the last 18 months fighting for and winning worker safety, hazard pay, and sick leave,\" Ortega said in an email. \"We aren’t going to now criticize Cal/OSHA for proceeding with caution.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Business groups also want the board to withdraw its proposal to require employers to start providing the most effective N95 masks for voluntary use by employees who work indoors or at large outdoor events and are not fully vaccinated, starting July 31. 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"content": "\u003cp>Outside the Colusa County Courthouse Annex, 21-year-old Lorenzo Acosta takes a few puffs from his vape cartridge to calm himself before walking into court to support a friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acosta acknowledges he’s been “in the system,” so he knows how it all works here. He knows the police, the public defenders, the judge who, he says, hands out extended lectures. But Acosta has never before realized one of the most glaring facts about the local bench of judges who help determine people’s punishments:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Colusa County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/colusacountycalifornia/PST045219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where 60% of the population is Latino\u003c/a>, both of the Superior Court judges — who handle everything from disorderly conduct to murder trials — are white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His eyes widen. “That’s crazy, for real? Deadass?” he asks. Then he slowly shakes his head. “Actually, thinking about it now, I’ve only seen white judges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coulsa is one of four \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mercedcountycalifornia,maderacountycalifornia,kingscountycalifornia,colusacountycalifornia/RHI725219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">majority-Latino California counties\u003c/a> — along with Kings, Madera, and Merced — with no Latino judges in any superior courtrooms. Latino representation on the bench in three of those counties has not improved much since the state began collecting judicial diversity data 14 years ago. And the fourth, Kings — which had one Latino judge in 2007 — is back down to zero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877169\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11877169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-800x567.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-800x567.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-1020x723.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-160x113.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Actually, thinking about it now, I’ve only seen white judges,' says Lorenzo Acosta. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t have expected it to be that bad,” said Lisa Pruitt, a law professor at the University of California, Davis who helped with the state’s research on attorney access in rural California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 13 other California counties, there’s a gap of 30 percentage points or more between the percentage of Latinos in the population and the percentage of Latino judges. The gaps tend to be greatest in the Central Valley, but also include counties such as Los Angeles, Monterey and San Bernardino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, the focus on fairness and equity within the criminal justice system has been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/08/californias-new-police-law-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on policing\u003c/a>, with far less scrutiny to the component of the justice system that wields vast power over attorneys, defendants and how cases are viewed by juries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judges “often set rules for how the courts across the state or across the county will decide certain cases or how they’ll treat parties before them,” said Douglas Keith, an attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice, a progressive think tank on law and policy. “Who sits on these benches can have a significant impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/california-judges-diversity-gaps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bench representation\u003c/a> is worse for Latinos than any other racial group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And such disparities can have effects that ripple through individual lives and entire communities. \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/weinberg_nielsen_-_examining_empathy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research indicates\u003c/a> that racially diverse judges and women judges tend to assess certain cases differently, on average, from their white and male counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while roughly 60% of white and Asian-Americans felt \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/4_37pubtrust1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California county courts\u003c/a> were fair over half the time, only about 40% of Latinos felt the same, according to a study commissioned by the California Judicial Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1050px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6368028/embed?auto=1\" height=\"1050\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How has this situation persisted in some California counties? One clear factor is a lack of practicing Latino attorneys in the area — the pool from which judicial appointments are drawn. Others cite the appointments process itself — blaming a good ‘ole boy appointments system that, until recently, was shrouded in secrecy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, years of planning and programs aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/california-judges-diversity-gaps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diversifying the bench\u003c/a> have yielded exceptional results in some counties, decent results in others, and whites-only benches in a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are roughly 1,600 superior court judges throughout California. The State Bar, the Hispanic Bar Association and the California Association of Black Lawyers have sounded the alarm about a lack of \u003ca href=\"http://calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/caf/2006_Diversity-Pipeline-Report.pdf?ver=2017-05-19-133238-773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diversity on the bench\u003c/a> for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/13418.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state began releasing judicial diversity data\u003c/a> in 2007, the number of Latino trial court judges, statewide, \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/2021-JO-Demographic-Data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has nearly doubled\u003c/a>, going from 96 to 184. Although the percentage of white judges has dropped a bit, they still make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/2021-JO-Demographic-Data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 60% of all trial court judges in California\u003c/a>, as they did 14 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While adding people from different backgrounds and life experiences can lead to litigants feeling more trustful of the judicial system, it’s not the only reason diversity is important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877228\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11877228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1024px-Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOTUS_robe.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1024px-Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOTUS_robe.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1024px-Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOTUS_robe-160x200.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has noted the perspective a Latina justice might bring to the bench. \u003ccite>(Steve Petteway/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s been more than a decade since then-President Barack Obama named to the U.S. Supreme Court a New Yorker, Sonia Sotomayor, who had famously — and controversially — said at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/05/sotomayors_wise_latina_line_ma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Berkeley symposium\u003c/a>: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several studies have attempted to tease out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051617-090650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link between a judge’s race or ethnicity and that judge’s rulings and sentencing behavior\u003c/a>. The reported results have been \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1532673X19867052?journalCode=aprb&\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mixed\u003c/a> — perhaps reflecting the interplay of a variety of factors that correlate to race and ethnicity, including political ideology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/allison-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yale University professor Allison Harris’\u003c/a> research into Chicago’s Cook County found that having Black judges around made white judges more fair and led to sentencing equity for Black and white defendants. Among her conclusions: “increasing the number of judges who look like the majority of defendants could reduce those defendants’ likelihood of being imprisoned.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A study published by the American Bar Foundation found that \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/weinberg_nielsen_-_examining_empathy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">having a diverse bench can also affect judicial outcomes\u003c/a>: Researchers discovered that white judges dismissed 61% of federal cases in which employees alleged workplace discrimination, while judges of color dismissed a dramatically lower 38%. White judges also were particularly more likely to dismiss cases involving minority plaintiffs than those involving white plaintiffs. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Felicia Espinosa, Advocacy Director For Root & Rebound\"]'It is ... intimidating. It is infuriating. It is not shocking.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to think of the law as kind of interchangeable and they just apply the law to the facts, but that’s not what all judges are doing,” said \u003ca href=\"https://sociology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/laura-beth-nielsen.html#:~:text=Professor%20Nielsen's%20research%20focuses%20on,race%2C%20gender%2C%20and%20class.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwestern University Law professor Laura Beth Nielsen,\u003c/a> who conducted the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another \u003ca href=\"https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1691&context=facpub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornell Law School study of implicit bias among trial court judges\u003c/a>, researchers presented several hypothetical cases and found that judges, like most people, have implicit biases that can affect their judgement. The study also found that judges can suppress those unconscious biases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What may be research fodder for academics is palpable for attorneys, plaintiffs and defendants when they walk into a courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is…intimidating. It is infuriating. It is not shocking,” said Felicia Espinosa, describing what it feels like to be the only Latina attorney in court. She works in Fresno, where she’s one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/accessJustice/Attorney-Desert-Policy-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roughly 2,200 attorneys in the county\u003c/a> for a population of nearly 1 million, according to data from the California State Bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m both dealing with my own internal feelings and thinking about my client and how it impacts them,” said Espinosa, advocacy director for \u003ca href=\"https://www.rootandrebound.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roots and Rebound\u003c/a>, which offers legal aid for people who were once in jail or prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Along the hour drive from Sacramento to Colusa, rows of nut trees and farmland line Lone Star Road leading into town. Dotted with rice fields, almond trees and small farmworker communities, this small county grows about \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofcolusa.org/DocumentCenter/View/12901/2019-Crop-Report?bidId=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion worth of food a year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town’s square has the feel of an old Western town with a touch of the plantation. That’s not an exaggeration: The towering courthouse, built in 1861, reflects the county’s heritage from the “ANTE-BELLUM SOUTH AND STATES RIGHTS SYMPATHIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a plaque added to the building\u003c/a> in 1976. It stood in for a Deep South courthouse in the 1962 classic film “To Kill a Mockingbird.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every week hundreds of people file into the courthouse for traffic court, land titles and the like. A couple of blocks away, outfitted with metal detectors and x-ray machines, the Annex is where many criminal cases are heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877195\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11877195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-1020x679.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">American flags hang from many of the homes in Colusa. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From morning to afternoon in these COVID-affected days, dozens of mask-wearing litigants and their supporters wait in small wooden chairs, distanced by more chairs and plastic partitions, for their chance to address the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case by case, individuals rise to speak. Often their eyes dart around, looking for the court interpreter who dashes over to translate the legal jargon into Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“¿Podría repetir la pregunta? No entiendo lo que quieres decir,” one defendant implores the judge through interpreter Juanita Ulloa — asking if a question could be repeated because he didn’t understand it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just beyond Ulloa, photos hang along the wall, marking a time in history when the bench was filled with white men. Things have changed a little since then. \u003ca href=\"https://www.appeal-democrat.com/first-woman-colusa-county-judge-sworn-in/article_1eb0f5bc-be15-5792-8b09-4650fcc6c625.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colusa County welcomed its first woman judge in 2010\u003c/a>, an appointment by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the bench has not caught up to the county’s demographics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always noticed that there were always white judges, white lawyers,” said Jessica Lopez, 32, of Williams, at the Colusa Annex to fight what she termed “a few” pending cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Of course it’s impossible to diversify the bench unless there are qualified Latino attorneys in these areas willing to trade in their briefcases for gavels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a state where Latinos make up 40% of the population — outnumbering all other groups — only 7% of \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/reports/State-Bar-Annual-Diversity-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s practicing attorneys are Latino\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/f023fcff-fab2-49b8-a570-6442c8076847?src=embed\" title=\"Latino judges in the State Bar\" width=\"550\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond its metropolitan areas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/accessJustice/Attorney-Desert-Policy-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">large swaths of California have too few attorneys to represent their population size\u003c/a>. This has fueled attorney deserts where clients and attorneys have to travel miles and miles for meetings and court proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Bar Association data doesn’t break down the number of practicing attorneys in an area by race or ethnicity, making it impossible to pinpoint gaps where lawyers of color — and thus potential judges — are in short supply. Several Latino attorneys would not speak to CalMatters on-the-record because they’re only “a few of us,” said one Latino attorney who often appears in several different counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s obviously a problem,” said Pruitt, the UC Davis law professor. “It is probably related to the fact that there’s a deficit of attorneys and probably a deficit of Latinx attorneys in those areas. A lot of law students are just not interested in going and working in rural California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>It’s around noon when criminal defense attorney Roberto Marquez parks and heads inside a Colusa courtroom, positioning himself in the back and pacing back and forth between his client and the prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As soon as he finishes addressing the court on behalf of his client, Marquez grabs his things and heads out the door — on to his next stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, I’m in Colusa County, this morning I was in Yuba, and tomorrow, I’ll be who knows where,” Marquez explains later, his cell phone connection sputtering as he travels the rural roads to his next meeting. For more than 30 years, he has traveled as north as Butte County and as south as Sacramento County defending clients. He says he used to think about becoming a judge, but that now is a distant memory and he no longer feels a desire for judicial robes, having grown to love traveling a wide territory as a criminal defense attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also not convinced more Latino judges would affect his cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t need (judges) to be Hispanic, white, Brown, Black or whatever,” said Marquez. “I just need them to be smart and follow the law, and I feel like I practice in front of some smart, fair-minded judges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Most Superior Court judges first get the job because the governor appoints them after a sitting judge retires. \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/California_Judicial_Branch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The requirements:\u003c/a> have at least 10 years’ experience practicing law, and submit a formal application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/reports/JNE-Demographics-Report-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">14% of state judicial candidates applicants were Latino\u003c/a>. Deciding to leave practicing for judging is a difficult decision that can take a decade’s worth of planning, and some worry about a lack of Latino attorneys to back-fill them if they become judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6344486/embed?auto=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, judicial applicants had to know someone who knew someone to pitch themselves to regional Judicial Selection Advisory Committees, all composed of local attorneys and judges. These committees, the conduit to the governor’s office, have the power to make or break a judicial appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee members were secret under former governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was an obstacle course,” said Judge Juan Ulloa, a judge in Imperial County, who once applied for a judicial appointment. “It was very political, very secret. People were able to make anonymous comments.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Juan Ulloa, Imperial County Judge\"]'It was an obstacle course. It was very political, very secret.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However secretive the meetings were, comments about certain women applicants being “too difficult to work with” or applicants of color “not being hardworking and not seeking out challenging court assignments,” made their way around the judicial circles and often back to applicants, said retired Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, who once spearheaded the state’s efforts to diversify the bench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was told, ‘This lawyer says that you’re not qualified because you’re biased against people with money and property holders’,” said Ulloa, who once worked as a legal aid attorney. It didn’t take long, he said, for him to get the message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted the veil, sharing the names of the state committee members. It didn’t require new laws or executive orders, and for the first time, Californians could see who was helping select \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/06/26/in-historic-move-for-transparency-governor-newsom-opens-judicial-selection-advisory-committees-to-identify-next-generation-of-california-judges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointed judges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people of our state have little insight on the process by which judges are chosen, it is only fair that the public knows who is helping to select the people who will serve them,” said Newsom, whose own father had been one of the judges appointed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newfound transparency, however, didn’t extend to local bar associations, several of which are contracted with the governor’s office to evaluate judicial candidates. Local bar associations are not required to disclose who is on their evaluation committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877194\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11877194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_16-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"The Burchfield primary school marquee written in Spanish and English informing parents to call the school office to make a kindergarten entrance exam appointment in Colusa.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_16-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_16-1020x679.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_16-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_16.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Burchfield primary school marquee written in Spanish and English informing parents to call the school office to make a kindergarten entrance exam appointment in Colusa. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, judicial appointments eventually face elections once their terms expire. While California Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal justices serve 12-year terms, Superior Court terms are six years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the overwhelming majority of state Superior Court judges are appointed, the state constitution also allows qualified attorneys to run against a Superior Court judge who’s up for election. Absent that rare challenge, Superior Court judges are unopposed and their names do not appear on the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the four counties that have no Latino judges, former Democratic Gov. Brown appointed a total of seven judges during his second tenure. Just one was a person of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet statewide, Brown made greater strides, with \u003ca href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20190327212457/https://www.ca.gov/archive/gov39/2019/01/03/governor-brown-swears-in-justice-groban-to-california-supreme-court-releases-judicial-appointment-data/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">16% of his appointments being Latinos\u003c/a>. So far, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/03/01/governor-newsom-releases-2020-judicial-appointment-data/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18% of Newsom’s judicial appointments\u003c/a> have gone to Latinos. 11% of former \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/gov-2010appdata.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s appointees were Latinos\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because challenges can happen, governors have to consider whether their appointees can withstand one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being appointed by Brown in 2018, Judge Monique Langhorne, a Black woman, faced an opponent in last year’s election — the first challenge to a sitting Napa County judge in three decades. “I’d never run in an election. None of the sitting judges here had ever run in an election, and I didn’t know who I could lean on to learn what to do,” she told the Napa Valley Register. \u003ca href=\"https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/monique-langhorne-wins-napa-county-s-first-election-for-judge-s-seat-since-1980s/article_6426a270-f15b-5a64-a191-fe0dec9eb699.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">She retained her judgeship\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However uncommon, judges become politicians when they face a challenge — seeking campaign donations and votes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while a governor may make diversity a tenet for judicial appointments, local voters may have different priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As researchers and politicians iron out what diversity on the courts mean and how the state should get there, residents who appear before judges are often left shrugging their shoulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s just the way it is. I’ve been in the court system since I was 16, and they’ve all been white,” said a 28-year-old Latino before he gets into his black pickup and drives away from the Colusa courthouse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve only seen a Latino judge on TV.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Graphics by Liliana Michelena\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Outside the Colusa County Courthouse Annex, 21-year-old Lorenzo Acosta takes a few puffs from his vape cartridge to calm himself before walking into court to support a friend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Acosta acknowledges he’s been “in the system,” so he knows how it all works here. He knows the police, the public defenders, the judge who, he says, hands out extended lectures. But Acosta has never before realized one of the most glaring facts about the local bench of judges who help determine people’s punishments:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Colusa County, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/colusacountycalifornia/PST045219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">where 60% of the population is Latino\u003c/a>, both of the Superior Court judges — who handle everything from disorderly conduct to murder trials — are white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His eyes widen. “That’s crazy, for real? Deadass?” he asks. Then he slowly shakes his head. “Actually, thinking about it now, I’ve only seen white judges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Coulsa is one of four \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/mercedcountycalifornia,maderacountycalifornia,kingscountycalifornia,colusacountycalifornia/RHI725219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">majority-Latino California counties\u003c/a> — along with Kings, Madera, and Merced — with no Latino judges in any superior courtrooms. Latino representation on the bench in three of those counties has not improved much since the state began collecting judicial diversity data 14 years ago. And the fourth, Kings — which had one Latino judge in 2007 — is back down to zero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877169\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11877169\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-800x567.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-800x567.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-1020x723.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01-160x113.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_01.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Actually, thinking about it now, I’ve only seen white judges,' says Lorenzo Acosta. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I wouldn’t have expected it to be that bad,” said Lisa Pruitt, a law professor at the University of California, Davis who helped with the state’s research on attorney access in rural California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 13 other California counties, there’s a gap of 30 percentage points or more between the percentage of Latinos in the population and the percentage of Latino judges. The gaps tend to be greatest in the Central Valley, but also include counties such as Los Angeles, Monterey and San Bernardino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, the focus on fairness and equity within the criminal justice system has been \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2019/08/californias-new-police-law-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on policing\u003c/a>, with far less scrutiny to the component of the justice system that wields vast power over attorneys, defendants and how cases are viewed by juries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judges “often set rules for how the courts across the state or across the county will decide certain cases or how they’ll treat parties before them,” said Douglas Keith, an attorney for the Brennan Center for Justice, a progressive think tank on law and policy. “Who sits on these benches can have a significant impact.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/california-judges-diversity-gaps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bench representation\u003c/a> is worse for Latinos than any other racial group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And such disparities can have effects that ripple through individual lives and entire communities. \u003ca href=\"http://www.americanbarfoundation.org/uploads/cms/documents/weinberg_nielsen_-_examining_empathy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research indicates\u003c/a> that racially diverse judges and women judges tend to assess certain cases differently, on average, from their white and male counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while roughly 60% of white and Asian-Americans felt \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/4_37pubtrust1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California county courts\u003c/a> were fair over half the time, only about 40% of Latinos felt the same, according to a study commissioned by the California Judicial Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 1050px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6368028/embed?auto=1\" height=\"1050\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>How has this situation persisted in some California counties? One clear factor is a lack of practicing Latino attorneys in the area — the pool from which judicial appointments are drawn. Others cite the appointments process itself — blaming a good ‘ole boy appointments system that, until recently, was shrouded in secrecy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regardless, years of planning and programs aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2021/03/california-judges-diversity-gaps/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diversifying the bench\u003c/a> have yielded exceptional results in some counties, decent results in others, and whites-only benches in a few.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are roughly 1,600 superior court judges throughout California. The State Bar, the Hispanic Bar Association and the California Association of Black Lawyers have sounded the alarm about a lack of \u003ca href=\"http://calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/caf/2006_Diversity-Pipeline-Report.pdf?ver=2017-05-19-133238-773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diversity on the bench\u003c/a> for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/13418.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state began releasing judicial diversity data\u003c/a> in 2007, the number of Latino trial court judges, statewide, \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/2021-JO-Demographic-Data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has nearly doubled\u003c/a>, going from 96 to 184. Although the percentage of white judges has dropped a bit, they still make up \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/2021-JO-Demographic-Data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 60% of all trial court judges in California\u003c/a>, as they did 14 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While adding people from different backgrounds and life experiences can lead to litigants feeling more trustful of the judicial system, it’s not the only reason diversity is important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877228\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11877228\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1024px-Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOTUS_robe.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1024px-Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOTUS_robe.jpeg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/1024px-Sonia_Sotomayor_in_SCOTUS_robe-160x200.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has noted the perspective a Latina justice might bring to the bench. \u003ccite>(Steve Petteway/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s been more than a decade since then-President Barack Obama named to the U.S. Supreme Court a New Yorker, Sonia Sotomayor, who had famously — and controversially — said at a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/05/sotomayors_wise_latina_line_ma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Berkeley symposium\u003c/a>: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several studies have attempted to tease out the \u003ca href=\"https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051617-090650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">link between a judge’s race or ethnicity and that judge’s rulings and sentencing behavior\u003c/a>. The reported results have been \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1532673X19867052?journalCode=aprb&\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mixed\u003c/a> — perhaps reflecting the interplay of a variety of factors that correlate to race and ethnicity, including political ideology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/allison-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yale University professor Allison Harris’\u003c/a> research into Chicago’s Cook County found that having Black judges around made white judges more fair and led to sentencing equity for Black and white defendants. Among her conclusions: “increasing the number of judges who look like the majority of defendants could reduce those defendants’ likelihood of being imprisoned.”\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want to think of the law as kind of interchangeable and they just apply the law to the facts, but that’s not what all judges are doing,” said \u003ca href=\"https://sociology.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/core/laura-beth-nielsen.html#:~:text=Professor%20Nielsen's%20research%20focuses%20on,race%2C%20gender%2C%20and%20class.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwestern University Law professor Laura Beth Nielsen,\u003c/a> who conducted the research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another \u003ca href=\"https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1691&context=facpub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cornell Law School study of implicit bias among trial court judges\u003c/a>, researchers presented several hypothetical cases and found that judges, like most people, have implicit biases that can affect their judgement. The study also found that judges can suppress those unconscious biases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What may be research fodder for academics is palpable for attorneys, plaintiffs and defendants when they walk into a courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is…intimidating. It is infuriating. It is not shocking,” said Felicia Espinosa, describing what it feels like to be the only Latina attorney in court. She works in Fresno, where she’s one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/accessJustice/Attorney-Desert-Policy-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">roughly 2,200 attorneys in the county\u003c/a> for a population of nearly 1 million, according to data from the California State Bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m both dealing with my own internal feelings and thinking about my client and how it impacts them,” said Espinosa, advocacy director for \u003ca href=\"https://www.rootandrebound.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roots and Rebound\u003c/a>, which offers legal aid for people who were once in jail or prison.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Along the hour drive from Sacramento to Colusa, rows of nut trees and farmland line Lone Star Road leading into town. Dotted with rice fields, almond trees and small farmworker communities, this small county grows about \u003ca href=\"https://www.countyofcolusa.org/DocumentCenter/View/12901/2019-Crop-Report?bidId=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">$1 billion worth of food a year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The town’s square has the feel of an old Western town with a touch of the plantation. That’s not an exaggeration: The towering courthouse, built in 1861, reflects the county’s heritage from the “ANTE-BELLUM SOUTH AND STATES RIGHTS SYMPATHIES DURING THE CIVIL WAR,” according to \u003ca href=\"https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a plaque added to the building\u003c/a> in 1976. It stood in for a Deep South courthouse in the 1962 classic film “To Kill a Mockingbird.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every week hundreds of people file into the courthouse for traffic court, land titles and the like. A couple of blocks away, outfitted with metal detectors and x-ray machines, the Annex is where many criminal cases are heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11877195\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11877195\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-800x533.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-800x533.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-1020x679.jpeg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08-160x107.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/052721_Colusa_AW_sized_08.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">American flags hang from many of the homes in Colusa. \u003ccite>(Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From morning to afternoon in these COVID-affected days, dozens of mask-wearing litigants and their supporters wait in small wooden chairs, distanced by more chairs and plastic partitions, for their chance to address the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Case by case, individuals rise to speak. Often their eyes dart around, looking for the court interpreter who dashes over to translate the legal jargon into Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“¿Podría repetir la pregunta? No entiendo lo que quieres decir,” one defendant implores the judge through interpreter Juanita Ulloa — asking if a question could be repeated because he didn’t understand it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just beyond Ulloa, photos hang along the wall, marking a time in history when the bench was filled with white men. Things have changed a little since then. \u003ca href=\"https://www.appeal-democrat.com/first-woman-colusa-county-judge-sworn-in/article_1eb0f5bc-be15-5792-8b09-4650fcc6c625.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colusa County welcomed its first woman judge in 2010\u003c/a>, an appointment by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But the bench has not caught up to the county’s demographics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve always noticed that there were always white judges, white lawyers,” said Jessica Lopez, 32, of Williams, at the Colusa Annex to fight what she termed “a few” pending cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Of course it’s impossible to diversify the bench unless there are qualified Latino attorneys in these areas willing to trade in their briefcases for gavels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a state where Latinos make up 40% of the population — outnumbering all other groups — only 7% of \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/reports/State-Bar-Annual-Diversity-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California’s practicing attorneys are Latino\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/f023fcff-fab2-49b8-a570-6442c8076847?src=embed\" title=\"Latino judges in the State Bar\" width=\"550\" height=\"750\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond its metropolitan areas, \u003ca href=\"https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/accessJustice/Attorney-Desert-Policy-Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">large swaths of California have too few attorneys to represent their population size\u003c/a>. This has fueled attorney deserts where clients and attorneys have to travel miles and miles for meetings and court proceedings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Bar Association data doesn’t break down the number of practicing attorneys in an area by race or ethnicity, making it impossible to pinpoint gaps where lawyers of color — and thus potential judges — are in short supply. Several Latino attorneys would not speak to CalMatters on-the-record because they’re only “a few of us,” said one Latino attorney who often appears in several different counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s obviously a problem,” said Pruitt, the UC Davis law professor. “It is probably related to the fact that there’s a deficit of attorneys and probably a deficit of Latinx attorneys in those areas. A lot of law students are just not interested in going and working in rural California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>It’s around noon when criminal defense attorney Roberto Marquez parks and heads inside a Colusa courtroom, positioning himself in the back and pacing back and forth between his client and the prosecutor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As soon as he finishes addressing the court on behalf of his client, Marquez grabs his things and heads out the door — on to his next stop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, I’m in Colusa County, this morning I was in Yuba, and tomorrow, I’ll be who knows where,” Marquez explains later, his cell phone connection sputtering as he travels the rural roads to his next meeting. For more than 30 years, he has traveled as north as Butte County and as south as Sacramento County defending clients. He says he used to think about becoming a judge, but that now is a distant memory and he no longer feels a desire for judicial robes, having grown to love traveling a wide territory as a criminal defense attorney.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also not convinced more Latino judges would affect his cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t need (judges) to be Hispanic, white, Brown, Black or whatever,” said Marquez. “I just need them to be smart and follow the law, and I feel like I practice in front of some smart, fair-minded judges.”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>Most Superior Court judges first get the job because the governor appoints them after a sitting judge retires. \u003ca href=\"https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/California_Judicial_Branch.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The requirements:\u003c/a> have at least 10 years’ experience practicing law, and submit a formal application.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, \u003ca href=\"http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/reports/JNE-Demographics-Report-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">14% of state judicial candidates applicants were Latino\u003c/a>. Deciding to leave practicing for judging is a difficult decision that can take a decade’s worth of planning, and some worry about a lack of Latino attorneys to back-fill them if they become judges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Interactive or visual content\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-forms allow-scripts allow-downloads allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 600px;\" src=\"https://flo.uri.sh/visualisation/6344486/embed?auto=1\" height=\"600\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, judicial applicants had to know someone who knew someone to pitch themselves to regional Judicial Selection Advisory Committees, all composed of local attorneys and judges. These committees, the conduit to the governor’s office, have the power to make or break a judicial appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee members were secret under former governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was an obstacle course,” said Judge Juan Ulloa, a judge in Imperial County, who once applied for a judicial appointment. “It was very political, very secret. People were able to make anonymous comments.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However secretive the meetings were, comments about certain women applicants being “too difficult to work with” or applicants of color “not being hardworking and not seeking out challenging court assignments,” made their way around the judicial circles and often back to applicants, said retired Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, who once spearheaded the state’s efforts to diversify the bench.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was told, ‘This lawyer says that you’re not qualified because you’re biased against people with money and property holders’,” said Ulloa, who once worked as a legal aid attorney. It didn’t take long, he said, for him to get the message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom lifted the veil, sharing the names of the state committee members. It didn’t require new laws or executive orders, and for the first time, Californians could see who was helping select \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2019/06/26/in-historic-move-for-transparency-governor-newsom-opens-judicial-selection-advisory-committees-to-identify-next-generation-of-california-judges/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appointed judges\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people of our state have little insight on the process by which judges are chosen, it is only fair that the public knows who is helping to select the people who will serve them,” said Newsom, whose own father had been one of the judges appointed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The newfound transparency, however, didn’t extend to local bar associations, several of which are contracted with the governor’s office to evaluate judicial candidates. 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Last year, she received $1,000 from a nonprofit organization providing assistance to undocumented immigrant workers, but given the cost of living in San Francisco, the money hasn’t gone far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We [essential immigrant workers] should not be feeling so unprotected as we are now. We don’t have a guarantee … if we lose our employment, we are practically left with nothing, in the streets, because many of us have been evicted from the places we live because we owe more than eight months in rent,” Bueso said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is currently in the final stages of deciding how to spend a $75 billion budget surplus. Some believe the surplus should include more support for immigrant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The issue of political will is always a question, but financially it’s viable,” said Lucas Zucker, policy and communications director for Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, which organized the protest. “The rich have gotten richer in this pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11862122]Zucker said the state of New York has shown leadership on the issue with its establishment of an \u003ca href=\"https://access.nyc.gov/programs/excluded-workers-fund/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excluded workers fund\u003c/a>, which is a direct payment for low-income workers who don’t qualify for other benefits. 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"content": "\u003cp>Last summer, Imelda Arroyo and a co-worker at an Oakland fast food restaurant filed a complaint with the California agency in charge of enforcing health and safety regulations in the workplace. Colleagues had been diagnosed with COVID-19, but their boss hadn’t notified staff and had failed to ensure all employees and customers wore face masks, Arroyo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt like they were putting us and customers at too great of a risk,” she said, in Spanish. “I was afraid. I knew that at any moment I could get sick at work, and get my family sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mother of three worried about bringing the coronavirus home to her kids and a diabetic sister with a higher risk of severe illness. Arroyo wanted state inspectors from Cal/OSHA to come investigate quickly and make her workplace safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the months that followed, her employers at the restaurant still failed to follow state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/COVIDOnePageFS.pdf\">rules\u003c/a> to prevent exposure to the virus, and more co-workers got infected, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Imelda Arroyo, Oakland fast food worker\"]‘I was asking for protection. But they didn’t listen to me, and they took too long.’[/pullquote]“I was asking for protection,” Arroyo said. She submitted her complaint to Cal/OSHA in June 2020 after trying unsuccessfully to get her manager to address the concerns. “But they didn’t listen to me, and they took too long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Arroyo finally heard back from Cal/OSHA nine months later, on Feb. 22, 2021, officials said their inspection had found no violations at the restaurant. Yet no Cal/OSHA inspector had ever interviewed her, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, Cal/OSHA, more formally known as the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has been understaffed. But vacancies in the ranks of field inspectors, who conduct investigations, only worsened during the pandemic, crippling the agency’s ability to protect millions of workers who faced new risks from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as the head of Cal/OSHA and the state’s labor secretary are in line for top positions in the Biden administration, the lack of enforcement in California is facing new scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Enforcement of health and safety regulations has been minimal to non-existent due to the lack of occupational health inspectors,” staffers of a California Senate committee wrote in a February 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20792875/02252021_sub-5-agenda-final.pdf\">report on Cal/OSHA\u003c/a>. “As a result, workers in California continue to be exposed to COVID-related and other health hazards, and sustain serious illnesses and injuries, including death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has also identified deficiencies. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has long criticized low staffing levels at Cal/OSHA which have resulted in delays in issuing citations for violations, according to the same report by the California Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As COVID-19 cases, and deaths, spiked across the state last fall and winter, Cal/OSHA received thousands of worker complaints related to the virus. Yet the vacancy rate for field inspectors doubled to 26% as of late February, compared to 13% two years earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Garrett Brown, former Cal/OSHA field inspector\"]‘It’s a very sad situation. It has never been this bad.’[/pullquote]In recent months, the agency has hired some new inspectors, but others have left, and 52 positions — 22% of the total — remained vacant statewide as of April 30, according to officials with the Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very sad situation. It has never been this bad,” said Garrett Brown, a former field inspector who worked for more than two decades at Cal/OSHA, and who has been \u003ca href=\"https://insidecalosha.org/staffing/\">tracking\u003c/a> low staffing levels at the agency since the 1990s. “And it has just a tremendously adverse, harmful impact on the health, safety and rights of workers in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic began, Cal/OSHA has received 13,000 complaints related to COVID-19, out of about 18,500 complaints overall. The agency conducted on-site, workplace inspections in 18% of the coronavirus cases, while responding to the rest with letters requiring employers to address safety and health concerns. As of May 20, the agency had issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/COVID19citations.html\">citations\u003c/a> for 550 violations, assessing $5.1 million in proposed penalties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman with the Department of Industrial Relations said both agencies “have been working hard” to find qualified candidates for field inspector positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the past several months, we have conducted a nationwide recruitment campaign in order to fill industrial hygienist and safety engineer positions,” DIR spokeswoman Erika Monterroza said, in a statement. “Cal/OSHA’s goal is to fill all enforcement positions as quickly as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for most of the last two years, the hiring process has been slower than normal, in part because the Department of Industrial Relations lost its authority to make hires directly due to a nepotism \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Major-California-labor-official-accused-of-13728257.php\">scandal\u003c/a> involving former director Christine Baker, who retired in 2018. From April 2019 to March 2021, DIR required pre-approval from the California Human Resources Department to hire staffers, Monterroza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='calosha']Brown, the former Cal/OSHA inspector, said the dysfunction in hiring dates back many years. He faulted the current agency director, Doug Parker, and especially state Labor Secretary Julie Su, who previously served as state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/\">labor commissioner\u003c/a>, for not doing more to solve it. Both officials could soon leave their positions, Parker to head federal OSHA and Su to become deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disappointing, is all I can say,” said Brown. “Julie Su had quite a successful record of protecting worker rights as labor commissioner, but as labor secretary, she presided over the hollowing out of Cal/OSHA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through her special assistant, Colton Stadtmiller, Su declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, who heads the state Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, was less critical of Su and Parker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think this falls necessarily with one individual including the department heads, I think this is something that has been long-standing,” said Kalra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalra said the pandemic has made hiring a challenge for all sorts of employers, and it’s difficult to recruit qualified personnel to inspector positions. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:15 p.m. on Monday, June 14.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11877669/una-brecha-del-estimulo-economico-por-que-muchos-inmigrantes-indocumentados-no-han-podido-recibir-el-alivio-financiero-de-california-que-les-corresponde\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#finding\">\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Skip straight to tax assistance resources\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Leydi was worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was April and she hadn’t filed her taxes yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not because she didn’t want to, but because she couldn’t. Leydi and her family are undocumented immigrants living in California (only their first names are being used in this story due to their immigration status).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are eligible to receive a rebate of up to $2,400 as part of the Golden State Stimulus. The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-600-stimulus-checks-undocumented-workers/\">$7.6 billion plan\u003c/a>, approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom in February, offers a one-time payment of $600 to taxpayers who earned less than $30,000 in 2020, and an additional $600 to undocumented workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year was extremely difficult financially for Leydi’s family, who live in San Francisco’s Mission District. She and her husband lost their jobs, so this aid, one of the few government assistance programs they qualify for, would make a big difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to get the rebate, Leydi and her husband, Jorge, have to file their taxes. And for undocumented immigrants without Social Security numbers, that requires getting an \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">Individual Taxpayer Identification Number\u003c/a> (ITIN) from the Internal Revenue Service. To request one, applicants need to confirm their identities and foreign status by providing documentation like a birth certificate, driver’s license or passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jorge, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico living in San Francisco\"]'For about two months, I was calling every day. Sometimes I would not get a response, other times the call would not go through.'[/pullquote]That’s where Leydi’s troubles began. Both her husband and son did not have a valid passport from Mexico, where they’re from. Only the Mexican consulate could grant them one, and for weeks, they had been trying, unsuccessfully, to book an appointment through \u003ca href=\"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/denver/index.php/citas/mexitel\">Mexitel\u003c/a>, the government’s helpline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started to get really desperate because we were only missing the passports and we were falling behind in this process,” Leydi said, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For about two months, I was calling every day. Sometimes I would not get a response, other times the call would not go through or all the lines were busy,” Jorge added, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, there are 50 Mexican consulates serving roughly 11 million Mexican citizens in the United States. Two of these consulates are in the Bay Area — in San Francisco and San Jose — and both sites request appointments be made through Mexitel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorge says he called so many times he even figured out the schedule of the operators at the other end of the line. “I would start calling at 10 a.m. and only hear the line ring and no one would pick up my call till 2 p.m.,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he did finally connect with an operator, the only available appointments he was offered were months away or at other consulates far from the Bay Area.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nAt the time, Leydi and Jorge had just started working again, and missing a day or two to travel to consulates in Sacramento or Los Angeles would mean losing out on possible income their family sorely needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s complicated for us to plan a trip like this out of the blue,” Leydi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running out of options and with the May 17 filing deadline fast approaching, they went directly to the San Francisco consulate to personally request an appointment. When they were not let in the building, they insisted on waiting outside until they received some kind of response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the staffers finally came out and told them if they brought a letter from an advocacy organization or lawyer affirming that they urgently needed the passports, they could book an emergency appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unable to afford a lawyer, they reached out to the \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) in San Francisco for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero is the community initiatives manager at MEDA, and this year he has helped dozens of families, many of whom are undocumented, file their taxes for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876122 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, community initiatives manager at MEDA, sits at a table as he helps out a person file their taxes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero, right, with the Mission Economic Development Agency, helps an undocumented immigrant file taxes on May 19, 2021, at the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero agreed to write a letter vouching for Leydi, explaining that they urgently needed the passports, which allowed them to finally book an appointment at the consulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We felt so much more relieved,” said Jorge, holding on tightly to his passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Romero points out that this method has its limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve written about six letters explaining why the consulate needs to prioritize the passport process, because it’s a document that will be needed later on in processes like filing taxes or applying for affordable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero added, “But I don’t want to promote the letters because I’ve gotten so many calls, even from people I don’t know, asking for me to write letters for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A ‘Stimulus Gap’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Romero has tried to help many other families going through similar situations, including ones from El Salvador and Guatemala, where California's second and third largest Latin American immigrant populations are from, after Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he's concerned many undocumented immigrants who would otherwise qualify to receive the state’s rebate checks are missing out because of difficulties navigating the consular system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little data is available on how many eligible undocumented immigrants are missing out on the Golden State Stimulus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">April study\u003c/a> from the California Policy Lab may provide some clues. The report found that 2.2 million low-income Californians may be missing out on $5.7 billion in federal stimulus checks, a disparity it labels the “stimulus gap.” That figure does not include undocumented immigrants, who are automatically excluded from federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, among those 2.2 million Californians, the study identified 360,000 dependents who are U.S. citizens but are children of undocumented parents who have not filed taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third round of federal stimulus checks, under the Biden administration, permitted mixed status families — if the children are citizens — to receive some assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, if undocumented parents are unable to file their taxes, their kids won’t get the aid they’re entitled to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11860924\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47239_001_SanFrancisco_HenryZhang_02162021-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]“There's been a lot of focus … about how these credits are going to lift people out of poverty,” said Aparna Ramesh, a senior research manager at California Policy Lab and a co-author of the report. “That's certainly true. But I think the bottom line is they're only going to lift people out of poverty if people actually receive the credits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero, from MEDA, emphasized how critical an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can be for an undocumented person navigating aid programs during the pandemic, and how the complicated process of getting one can often drag things out even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the pandemic, these cases are fairly common,” Romero said, noting that many consulates limited their services due to health restrictions. “The process itself of receiving a passport is fairly easy but the problem is that there are no available appointments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>’We’ll Never Be up to Date’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Nelda De León, an immigrant from Guatemala who lives in San Francisco, spent days trying to make an appointment with the Guatemalan consulate in San Francisco to secure a dual citizenship for her niece. When she finally got a response, the earliest available appointment was December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy, but this is something we need to do. It’s not fair because this amount of time should not be spent this way,” she said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De León repeatedly insisted that the call center connect her directly with the Guatemalan consulate in San Francisco, and when they finally did, she managed to book an appointment the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Nelda De León, Immigrant from Guatemala\"]'It’s not easy but this is something we need to do. It’s not fair because this amount of time should not be spent this way.'[/pullquote]She says some of her friends tried to find an appointment to get their passport for their ITIN application, but weren’t able to find a time before the federal tax deadline, and are now scrambling to find the other types of accepted documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the distress Guatemalans feel when they say no one is picking up,” said Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wohlers started running the San Francisco consulate two years ago and has pushed for her office to expand its operations to meet the needs of the growing Guatemalan population she tries to serve in Northern California and Nevada. But she points out that while she and her staff are intimately familiar with the costs of running their consulate, they do not control their office’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amount is calculated thousands of miles away in Guatemala City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, types on her computer in her office. She is wearing glasses and a blue facemask.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, acknowledges that the need for consular services in the Bay Area is much greater than her office's capacity. And while she'd like to bring in more staff, she says doing so would require authorization from Guatemalan authorities. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In Guatemala, the same thing has happened as other countries during the pandemic. Economic activity has gone down tremendously,” she said. “So we have to be extremely careful with the funds that we operate with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Wohlers explains, the need for consular services has significantly increased during the pandemic, even as her office has only been able to operate at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a race against time,” she said, noting that if she wants to hire more staffers or even pay for more hours for existing employees, she needs to get approval from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll never be up to date. Never. Because the need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so,” Wohlers said, noting that her office hopes to open up additional appointments starting on June 15, when California eases pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through separate statements, the Mexican consulates in San Francisco and San Jose both said their capacity to offer appointments during the pandemic has also been limited due to health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco\"]'The need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so.'[/pullquote]Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, the Mexican consul general in San Jose, said in a statement in Spanish that her office “works at almost 100% capacity,” with some 1,000 appointments booked each week for passports and other identification documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visit to the Mexitel website on May 26 showed there were no available appointments to file for a passport over the next two weeks — the only period that the website shares information for — at either the San Francisco or San Jose consulates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bologna pointed out that the consulate does offer emergency appointments in case someone can’t wait for the next available slot. But those who use this option must pay an extra 30% in fees to process a passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Leydi and Jorge managed to get an emergency appointment for their passports, they were surprised when they saw this additional charge. “Many [immigrants] just can’t pay that extra 30%,” Jorge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to the Salvadoran consulate for an interview multiple times but did not get an official response. Several calls were made during April and May to the phone number listed on the consulate’s Facebook page for booking an appointment. Each time, the automatic recording said all operators were busy and to call back later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramón Cardona, director of Centro Latino Cuzcatlan, an immigration and naturalization legal services center in El Cerrito, works with several Salvadoran families. He’s a Salvadoran immigrant himself and has worked in immigration advocacy for several decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks tell me that they are calling for days and days for someone to finally respond … but it is always the automatic recording, and no real person ever seems to respond. On the occasion a person responds, you’re transferred to another call center and it’s the same thing all over again, calling, calling and calling,” Cardona said, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ramón Cardona, director of Centro Latino Cuzcatlan\"]'Folks tell me that they are calling for days and days for someone to finally respond … but it is always the automatic recording.'[/pullquote]Like Romero, Cardona has also written multiple letters for families in need of an appointment. He’s met Salvadoran immigrants who have traveled to San Francisco from places as far away as Oregon and Utah, only to be turned down at the doors of the consulate because they did not have an appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardona suggests consulates should clearly communicate how to most effectively schedule an appointment, especially when the need for one is urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labyrinth of calls someone may have to go through may not just impact their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number process, but could also seriously delay immigration proceedings, Cardona pointed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An immigration process takes years,” he said. “And it could take even longer just because your consulate is not able to give you a passport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"finding\">\u003c/a>Resources for People Still Trying to File Their Taxes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t filed your taxes yet or are looking to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, there are several options still available. When filing, you can let your preparer know you have not received your Golden State Stimulus check yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS is still accepting ITIN applications. The agency website says that it takes about seven weeks for an applicant to receive one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few organizations in the Bay Area that still offer free tax aid, as well as help applying for an ITIN (although only the IRS can actually provide an ITIN).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/jsp/direction.jsp?id=11873&lng=-122.236562&lat=37.785067\">San Antonio CDC\u003c/a> offers appointments and drop-off filing services all year round except during July and December holidays. Assistance is available in English, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Appointments are usually available from Monday through Friday. Call (510) 536-5179 to set up a time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>SparkPoint/\u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works ECC\u003c/a> starts offering drop-off filing services and ITIN assistance starting June 2. Support is available in English and Spanish. Before dropping off, call (925) 252-2331 after 9:30 a.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/programs/free-tax-preparation/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) will offer both walk-ins and appointments for assistance in the ITIN process in English and Spanish. 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When they were not let in the building, they insisted on waiting outside until they received some kind of response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the staffers finally came out and told them if they brought a letter from an advocacy organization or lawyer affirming that they urgently needed the passports, they could book an emergency appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unable to afford a lawyer, they reached out to the \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) in San Francisco for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero is the community initiatives manager at MEDA, and this year he has helped dozens of families, many of whom are undocumented, file their taxes for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876122 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, community initiatives manager at MEDA, sits at a table as he helps out a person file their taxes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero, right, with the Mission Economic Development Agency, helps an undocumented immigrant file taxes on May 19, 2021, at the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero agreed to write a letter vouching for Leydi, explaining that they urgently needed the passports, which allowed them to finally book an appointment at the consulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We felt so much more relieved,” said Jorge, holding on tightly to his passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Romero points out that this method has its limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve written about six letters explaining why the consulate needs to prioritize the passport process, because it’s a document that will be needed later on in processes like filing taxes or applying for affordable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero added, “But I don’t want to promote the letters because I’ve gotten so many calls, even from people I don’t know, asking for me to write letters for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A ‘Stimulus Gap’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Romero has tried to help many other families going through similar situations, including ones from El Salvador and Guatemala, where California's second and third largest Latin American immigrant populations are from, after Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he's concerned many undocumented immigrants who would otherwise qualify to receive the state’s rebate checks are missing out because of difficulties navigating the consular system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little data is available on how many eligible undocumented immigrants are missing out on the Golden State Stimulus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">April study\u003c/a> from the California Policy Lab may provide some clues. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She says some of her friends tried to find an appointment to get their passport for their ITIN application, but weren’t able to find a time before the federal tax deadline, and are now scrambling to find the other types of accepted documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the distress Guatemalans feel when they say no one is picking up,” said Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wohlers started running the San Francisco consulate two years ago and has pushed for her office to expand its operations to meet the needs of the growing Guatemalan population she tries to serve in Northern California and Nevada. But she points out that while she and her staff are intimately familiar with the costs of running their consulate, they do not control their office’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amount is calculated thousands of miles away in Guatemala City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, types on her computer in her office. She is wearing glasses and a blue facemask.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, acknowledges that the need for consular services in the Bay Area is much greater than her office's capacity. And while she'd like to bring in more staff, she says doing so would require authorization from Guatemalan authorities. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In Guatemala, the same thing has happened as other countries during the pandemic. Economic activity has gone down tremendously,” she said. “So we have to be extremely careful with the funds that we operate with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Wohlers explains, the need for consular services has significantly increased during the pandemic, even as her office has only been able to operate at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a race against time,” she said, noting that if she wants to hire more staffers or even pay for more hours for existing employees, she needs to get approval from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll never be up to date. Never. Because the need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so,” Wohlers said, noting that her office hopes to open up additional appointments starting on June 15, when California eases pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through separate statements, the Mexican consulates in San Francisco and San Jose both said their capacity to offer appointments during the pandemic has also been limited due to health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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