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The result is that more than 30% of the U.S. auto market is governed by California’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California’s waiver has a massive impact,” Stephanie Brinley, the associate director of AutoIntelligence at S&P Global Mobility, wrote in a report in January 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032226\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/IMG_6860_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traffic on Interstate 550 in Oakland flowing with cars, but without large diesel trucks, which are prohibited from driving on this interstate. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade group representing automakers, had pushed hard for Congress to step in and overrule California because they argue that consumer demand for EVs is not strong enough to support California’s targets. John Bozzella, the trade group’s president, has warned that meeting the requirements \u003ca href=\"https://www.autosinnovate.org/posts/papers-reports/December%202024%20Memo%20-%20California%20and%20states%20with%20EV%20sales%20requirements.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>would “take a miracle”\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and said in a statement Wednesday that “thousands of American auto jobs and millions of units of U.S. auto production are at stake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups such as the Union of Concerned Scientists argue that flexibilities built into the rules make them \u003ca href=\"https://blog.ucs.org/dave-reichmuth/what-the-auto-industry-isnt-telling-you-about-californias-clean-vehicle-rules/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>more achievable than they seem\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. And they say stricter regulations are important for protecting public health and the climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This vote is an unprecedented and reckless attack on states’ legal authority to address the vehicle pollution causing asthma, lung disease and heart conditions,” Kathy Harris, Director of Clean Vehicles at the Natural Resources Defense Council, wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how we got here, and what’s next.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What is a ‘California waiver’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Picture Los Angeles in the 1940s and ’50s. Beautiful beaches, palm trees and picturesque homes — that were impossible to see behind a thick haze. That choking smog was fueled by air pollution from cars and industry, which became trapped mid-air by mountains and wind patterns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing this unusually severe problem, the state began regulating air pollution well before the federal government did. As a result, California has a unique privilege: It, alone among U.S. states, can impose its own emissions standards that are stricter than the nation’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Each time California wants to add a new, stricter rule, it has to obtain a waiver from the EPA. It’s done that more than 75 times.[aside postID=news_12037646 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-09_qed-1020x680.jpg']Today, the House voted to rescind the waiver that let California issue its zero-emission rule for passenger cars, along with two more that allow California to set rules for heavy trucks. One rule would require more heavy trucks to be electric, while the other would require new diesel vehicles to become cleaner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those three California rules aren’t \u003cem>just \u003c/em>about reducing smog. Cars and trucks are a major source of carbon dioxide emissions that are warming the planet. Increasingly, California has become a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/11/24/456650555/california-an-environmental-leader-eyes-a-key-role-in-climate-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>global leader\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in reducing the carbon emissions that fuel climate change, and zero-emission vehicles are a key part of those climate policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s climate-minded vehicle regulations, far more aggressive than the federal standards and explicitly designed to fight climate change, have long \u003ca href=\"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-green-bay-wisconsin-april-2-2024/#85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>outraged\u003c/u>\u003c/a> President Trump and his \u003ca href=\"https://www.governing.com/resilience/a-blow-against-californias-ev-tyranny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>allies\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Trump has dismissed climate concerns and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5273496/trump-biden-climate-change-energy-fossil-fuels-paris-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>prioritized the domestic fossil fuel industry\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5326354/trump-epa-environmental-rules-rollback-deregulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>opposes regulations\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that he describes as limiting consumer choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration is working to eliminate a number of the Biden administration’s pro-EV policies, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5289922/trump-transportation-department-ev-charging-halt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>freezing EV charger funding\u003c/u>\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5272749/donald-trump-ev-electric-vehicles-subsidies-auto-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>reconsidering federal vehicle standards\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if the administration eases federal standards, California’s tougher rules still push the auto industry to move aggressively toward EVs. That’s why reversing these waivers is a key part of the Trump administration’s broader deregulation plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wait, didn’t this happen before?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes. During the first Trump presidency, the federal government revoked a waiver that allowed California to set its own vehicle standards. That had never been done before, and triggered years of litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also split the auto industry. Some companies that had already made costly investments based on existing rules, and that were looking for some consistency among flip-flopping policies, sided with California. They agreed to follow the state’s rules regardless of whether they were legally required to. Others sided with the Trump administration. The whole situation was messy, chaotic and, ultimately, temporary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Biden took office, the waiver was reinstated. Over the next few years, California made its rules even stricter, requiring a new waiver to be granted — the one on passenger vehicles that the House just voted to nix.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s different this time?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new Trump administration is now trying a different tactic to eliminate these waivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA grants them. In the first Trump term, it was also the EPA that revoked the passenger vehicle waiver. As soon as Biden was in office, the EPA just issued the waiver again. That flip-flopping could, hypothetically, continue with each new administration, unless something changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1536x1002.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump answers a reporter’s question in the Oval Office on Monday. \u003ccite>(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time, Congress is attempting to use the Congressional Review Act to reverse the EPA’s decision to grant these waivers in the first place. It’s a little bit like pressing an “undo” button, wiping the waivers out of existence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s only an option within a narrow window of time — and it only works if the president’s party controls Congress. (Trump used this tool heavily in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/09/523064408/republicans-are-using-an-obscure-law-to-repeal-some-obama-era-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>first administration\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.) Significantly, rules that are reversed under the CRA \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>may not be reissued\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in “substantially the same form” unless Congress passes a new law authorizing that specific rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Congressional Review Act also states that actions taken under it are not subject to judicial review, meaning that courts can’t overturn Congress’ decision. But if the California waiver is in fact revoked under the CRA, expect legal challenges anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s guaranteed,” says Christopher “Smitty” Smith, an environmental lawyer in California. “And that’s something I’m willing to state: It’s \u003cem>guaranteed \u003c/em>to result in litigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Now, the Senate has a decision to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Government Accountability Office, a federal agency, believes the waiver is \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/products/b-337179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>not actually eligible\u003c/u>\u003c/a> for this kind of reversal. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Today, the House voted to rescind the waiver that let California issue its zero-emission rule for passenger cars, along with two more that allow California to set rules for heavy trucks. One rule would require more heavy trucks to be electric, while the other would require new diesel vehicles to become cleaner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those three California rules aren’t \u003cem>just \u003c/em>about reducing smog. Cars and trucks are a major source of carbon dioxide emissions that are warming the planet. Increasingly, California has become a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2015/11/24/456650555/california-an-environmental-leader-eyes-a-key-role-in-climate-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>global leader\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in reducing the carbon emissions that fuel climate change, and zero-emission vehicles are a key part of those climate policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s climate-minded vehicle regulations, far more aggressive than the federal standards and explicitly designed to fight climate change, have long \u003ca href=\"https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-political-rally-green-bay-wisconsin-april-2-2024/#85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>outraged\u003c/u>\u003c/a> President Trump and his \u003ca href=\"https://www.governing.com/resilience/a-blow-against-californias-ev-tyranny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>allies\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. Trump has dismissed climate concerns and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/01/nx-s1-5273496/trump-biden-climate-change-energy-fossil-fuels-paris-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>prioritized the domestic fossil fuel industry\u003c/u>\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5326354/trump-epa-environmental-rules-rollback-deregulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>opposes regulations\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that he describes as limiting consumer choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration is working to eliminate a number of the Biden administration’s pro-EV policies, from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5289922/trump-transportation-department-ev-charging-halt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>freezing EV charger funding\u003c/u>\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5272749/donald-trump-ev-electric-vehicles-subsidies-auto-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>reconsidering federal vehicle standards\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even if the administration eases federal standards, California’s tougher rules still push the auto industry to move aggressively toward EVs. That’s why reversing these waivers is a key part of the Trump administration’s broader deregulation plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wait, didn’t this happen before?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes. During the first Trump presidency, the federal government revoked a waiver that allowed California to set its own vehicle standards. That had never been done before, and triggered years of litigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also split the auto industry. Some companies that had already made costly investments based on existing rules, and that were looking for some consistency among flip-flopping policies, sided with California. They agreed to follow the state’s rules regardless of whether they were legally required to. Others sided with the Trump administration. The whole situation was messy, chaotic and, ultimately, temporary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Biden took office, the waiver was reinstated. Over the next few years, California made its rules even stricter, requiring a new waiver to be granted — the one on passenger vehicles that the House just voted to nix.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s different this time?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new Trump administration is now trying a different tactic to eliminate these waivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA grants them. In the first Trump term, it was also the EPA that revoked the passenger vehicle waiver. As soon as Biden was in office, the EPA just issued the waiver again. That flip-flopping could, hypothetically, continue with each new administration, unless something changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035189\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1020x666.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-6-1536x1002.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Trump answers a reporter’s question in the Oval Office on Monday. \u003ccite>(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time, Congress is attempting to use the Congressional Review Act to reverse the EPA’s decision to grant these waivers in the first place. It’s a little bit like pressing an “undo” button, wiping the waivers out of existence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s only an option within a narrow window of time — and it only works if the president’s party controls Congress. (Trump used this tool heavily in his \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/09/523064408/republicans-are-using-an-obscure-law-to-repeal-some-obama-era-regulations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>first administration\u003c/u>\u003c/a>.) Significantly, rules that are reversed under the CRA \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>may not be reissued\u003c/u>\u003c/a> in “substantially the same form” unless Congress passes a new law authorizing that specific rule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Congressional Review Act also states that actions taken under it are not subject to judicial review, meaning that courts can’t overturn Congress’ decision. But if the California waiver is in fact revoked under the CRA, expect legal challenges anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s guaranteed,” says Christopher “Smitty” Smith, an environmental lawyer in California. “And that’s something I’m willing to state: It’s \u003cem>guaranteed \u003c/em>to result in litigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s next?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Now, the Senate has a decision to make.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Government Accountability Office, a federal agency, believes the waiver is \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/products/b-337179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>not actually eligible\u003c/u>\u003c/a> for this kind of reversal. So does the Senate parliamentarian, a sort of referee over what Congress can and can’t do according to its own rules. \u003ca href=\"https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/statement-whitehouse-padilla-schiff-on-senate-parliamentarian-reaffirming-californias-clean-air-act-waivers-not-subject-to-cra/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>Three Democratic senators\u003c/u>\u003c/a> say the parliamentarian “reaffirmed” in early April that the waiver is not subject to the Congressional Review Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The parliamentarian is not elected, and while her rulings hold significant weight in the Senate, they are not binding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But overruling the parliamentarian violates long-held Senate norms — the same norms that keep the filibuster in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reports \u003ca href=\"https://www.eenews.net/articles/senators-weigh-next-move-on-california-clean-car-rules/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cu>indicate\u003c/u>\u003c/a> that some Republican senators have been weighing whether eliminating the California rules justifies breaking that norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lobbying on this issue has been intense, with traditional automakers and the oil industry pushing hard for Congress to eliminate the rules, and public health groups like the American Lung Association joining environmental and EV groups to defend California’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Diaz said she felt compelled to start organizing fellow workers, many of them immigrants, when the administration launched its sweeping immigration crackdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our rights as immigrants are human rights, and we want worker rights to be respected,” Diaz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many demonstrations are being organized by \u003ca href=\"https://maydaystrong.org/\">May Day Strong\u003c/a>, a national coalition of more than 160 grassroots organizations united in their opposition to the administration’s right-wing policies on everything from immigration and labor issues to health care access and education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, demonstrators are planning to march in the late afternoon from City Hall to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office downtown to show “we are all together as a working class and that immigrant workers are the backbone of our economy,” said Maria Moreno, an organizer for Jobs with Justice San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201544551.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032407\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201544551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201544551.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201544551-800x572.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201544551-1020x729.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/GettyImages-2201544551-160x114.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA Local 9119 and AFSCME Local 3299 protest on West Chapman Avenue in front of UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California, on Feb. 26, 2025. AFSCME Local 3299 President Liz Perlman said Wednesday, ‘It’s the weight at the top that’s crushing the system,’ blaming the UC top brass for the hiring freeze. \u003ccite>(Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One historic thing that we’re doing this year is marching with every union in the city,” said Moreno, predicting that many workers who have never marched before will be galvanized to show up this year. “It’s to show solidarity across the movement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, at UC Berkeley and UCSF, thousands of health care, research and technical workers are planning a one-day strike, accusing the University of California of unfair labor practices following last month’s announcement of a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032232/head-of-ucs-largest-union-blasts-top-brass-for-hiring-freeze-amid-massive-vacancy-crisis\">systemwide hiring freeze\u003c/a>. Some 60,000 workers in the UPTE-CWA 9119 and AFSCME Local 3299 — which includes social workers, pharmacists and IT workers — are expected to walk off their jobs at all 10 UC campuses across the state — in what will be their fourth strike since November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two unions have negotiated unsuccessfully with the UC system for months over new contracts. Both recently filed separate complaints to state workforce regulators alleging, among other things, that UC failed to provide notice of the hiring freeze or allow the unions to bargain over it in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dan Russell, UPTE’s president and chief negotiator, and an IT worker at UC Berkeley, said the stalled contract negotiations and hiring freeze come amid a severe shortage of frontline workers at UC medical centers and other facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our workers have seen the impacts of short staffing for years now, with clinical trials being canceled or paused, clinics closing their doors to new patients, students waiting longer and longer for appointments with therapists, patients waiting longer and longer in emergency rooms,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12038227 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell said UC’s hiring freeze was ostensibly prompted by the Trump administration’s bid to slash billions in federal grants to universities. But, he noted, those cuts have so far been blocked by the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the university using ‘storm clouds’ on the horizon, even though there have not been significant financial cuts yet, as an excuse to deepen a crisis that they have created,” he said. “As a way to hoard billions in reserves and expand their market share.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For its part, UC officials emphasized that the hiring freeze applies to future hires only and does not in any way impact the status of current employees. They also said they have consistently tried to negotiate “mutually beneficial contracts” with both unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are disappointed by the union’s continued choice of striking as a negotiation tactic,” UC said in a statement. “These strikes cost union members a full day of pay, and they cost the University system millions of dollars. This is especially harmful considering the current economic and fiscal uncertainty in higher education and nationally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a brighter note, the Oakland teachers union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038227/oakland-teachers-strike-called-off-after-union-reaches-deal-school-district\">called off its planned May Day walkout\u003c/a> after reaching a last-minute tentative deal with the city’s school district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the Oakland Education Association said the district agreed to maintain contracts for 120 high school teachers whose hours would have been reduced in next year’s budget to shrink the district’s deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Campus-based substitute teachers, whose roles would have been centralized after this year as part of the proposed budget cuts, will also remain at their assigned school sites under the new $2.5 million deal with the Oakland Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This outcome reflects the power of educators standing together against cuts harmful to our goal of retaining experienced teachers in Oakland’s hardest-to-staff classrooms,” OEA President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The averted walkout would have been the fourth Oakland teachers’ strike since 2019.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/fjhabvala\">\u003cem>Farida Jhabvala Romero\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kdebenedetti\">\u003cem>Katie DeBenedetti\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California plans to erase parts of a rule created to clean up the state’s dirty air from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12032217/caltrans-launches-long-awaited-study-on-i-580-truck-ban-and-pollution-impact\">truck pollution\u003c/a>. The action comes in response to a lawsuit from the California Trucking Association and strong headwinds from the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/advanced-clean-fleets\">Advanced Clean Fleet rule\u003c/a>, adopted in 2023, would have phased out diesel trucks used by large companies, state and local governments, as well as ports and railroad yards. It would have eliminated new gas-fueled truck sales by 2036 and mandated that large trucking fleets go electric or hydrogen-powered by 2042.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to the trade group’s lawsuit, the California Air Resources Board plans to propose repealing parts of the rule that applies to trucks serving ports, rail yards and large companies this year. California’s requirements that state and local governments increasingly move towards all-electric vehicles — and that all new truck sales be electric by 2036 — will remain, so long as the federal government approves that policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state adopted the clean truck regulation during the Biden administration, but did not get the necessary green light from the EPA before the Trump Administration took office this year. State officials withdrew their request for federal approval in January, meaning the state was largely unable to enforce the truck rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CARB confirmed the legal updates to KQED and a spokeswoman wrote that the agency “remains committed to protecting public health using new and alternative approaches,” in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re pleased to have reached agreement with the Air Resources Board on this stipulation,” Eric Sauer, head of the California Trucking Association, wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11930567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11930567\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/10/GettyImages-1396887368-1920x1080.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close-up of a hydrogen fuel cell truck driving on a road. According to the California Air Resources Board, heavy-duty fossil-fuel trucks spew 70% of the state’s smog-forming gases and 80% of carcinogenic diesel pollutants. \u003ccite>(Aranga87/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sam Wilson, who works on clean transportation at the Union of Concerned Scientists, called the move “disappointing,” but “more of an administrative action than anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The repeal of Advanced Clean Fleets has nothing to do with the rule’s real-world viability, but rather the political climate we find ourselves in today,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the rule would have accelerated the state’s transition to clean vehicles, Wilson is “confident that commercial vehicle electrification will continue, although at a slower pace.” The state can use other incentives to spur electric truck adoption, like requiring warehouses to track pollution and reduce it through electric heavy-duty vehicles, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The court order between CARB and the California Trucking Association noted that the state will not require that new truck sales must be electric by 2036 without the approval of the federal government.[aside postID=news_12036063 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GavinNewsom1AP-1020x680.jpg']Wilson viewed the mention of the 2036 goal positively — a sign CARB officials were not abandoning the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should the state officially remove the entire rule from California’s regulatory code, it would need to entirely rewrite a new version and relaunch a lengthy regulatory process to pursue similar actions in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CARB is also resolving litigation from trade groups representing railroads, which would have limited idling times and retired older locomotives, among other things. The \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/reducing-rail-emissions-california/locomotive-fact-sheets\">rule\u003c/a> was aimed at reducing pollution from diesel-powered trains, but it also failed to receive EPA approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of planet-warming emissions produced by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions\">U.S.\u003c/a> come from transportation, and the same is true for \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-inventory-graphs\">California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California was the first state to regulate tailpipe emissions in the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/about/history#:~:text=In%201966%20California%20established%20the,Air%20Resources%20Board%20was%20established.\">1960s\u003c/a>, as it struggled to bring harmful air pollution under control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act into law in 1970, giving the EPA the authority to regulate air pollution from cars. The law bars states from enacting their own regulations, except California, given its unique air pollution problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11880116\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11880116\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880.jpg\" alt=\"Cars and trucks fill the lanes on I-80 near Berkeley on June 28, 2021. A ban against heavy trucks on I-580, another freeway running through Oakland, pushes most diesel truck traffic onto I-880.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/07/trucks-I880-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cars and trucks fill the lanes on I-80 near Berkeley on June 28, 2021. A ban against heavy trucks on I-580, another freeway running through Oakland, pushes most diesel truck traffic onto I-880. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California’s standards must be at least as strict as federal law and are considered necessary “to meet compelling and extraordinary conditions.” While other states can’t set their own standards, they can adopt California’s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The EPA has granted California waivers for decades, with only one of its requests being initially denied in 2008 by the George W. Bush administration, then later granted by the Obama administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump’s EPA first revoked California’s waiver for tailpipe emissions in his first term, but California sued in response. 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But Cordell resigned in March, citing Jenkins’ behavior toward judges when she disagreed with their rulings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was important for me not to remain silent, because I believe if you remain silent, then you’re complicit,” Cordell told KQED. “Having been a judge, I know how important judicial independence is and respect for the judiciary, which I do not see coming from the leader of the District Attorney’s office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell argued in the complaint that Jenkins’ behavior violates the California Business and Professions Code and the State Bar Rules of Professional Conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the complaint, she cited three cases where Jenkins spoke out against a judge’s ruling, either in a public setting or on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One involved Superior Court Judge Kay Tsenin, who issued a suspended sentence last March for a mentally disturbed man who stabbed an elderly Asian American woman. 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Meyer/Bay Area News Group via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Jenkins condemned the ruling at a protest, the judge faced death threats that forced her to hear cases remotely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Jenkins also used her account on the social media platform X to describe a ruling from Superior Court Judge Gerardo Sandoval as “[epitomizing] the broken laissez-faire culture at the Hall of Justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell said that Jenkins’ behavior is especially concerning given a rise in threats to judges around the country, including attacks from President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Jenkins’ outspoken disrespect to the San Francisco judiciary has contributed to an atmosphere of public hostility against the Court,” Cordell wrote in the complaint. “Judges are not immune from criticism. However, there is a difference between criticizing a judge’s ruling and personally attacking the judge and smearing an entire judiciary.”[aside postID=news_12037898 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250428_WARRANTLESSSEARCHES_GC-19-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“Once again, my political opponents are abusing the state bar complaint process by attempting to weaponize it against me in an effort to curtail my First Amendment right to free speech and attack my character,” Jenkins said in a statement. “Judges, as elected government officials, while entitled to judicial independence, are not entitled to secrecy, nor immune from comment or criticism.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Bar recently took disciplinary action against Jenkins for a separate misconduct case, sending her to a diversion program over ethics complaints, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/brooke-jenkins-diversion-ethics-20259223.php\">the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> reported.\u003c/a> Among them was the allegation that Jenkins misrepresented herself as a volunteer on the campaign to recall former District Attorney Chesa Boudin more than two years ago, when she actually earned more than $120,000 consulting for nonprofits with connections to the campaign. She was also accused of sharing a confidential “rap sheet” of a defendant in a case where she was not involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Bar did not reach a formal decision on whether Jenkins did anything wrong. According to the state bar letters, Jenkins has less than a year to comply with the conditions of her diversion program, although it’s not clear when that process began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angela Chan, an assistant chief attorney at the Public Defender’s Office, said Jenkins’ behavior also puts pressure on judges to rule in her favor “even if the cases don’t merit that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve noticed that judges are more cautious of what they say and definitely feel more pressure to keep people in jail, especially pre-trial,” Chan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cordell, a Santa Clara County Judge from 1982 to 2001, and the first Black female jurist to sit on a superior court in Northern California, was also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037502/embattled-san-mateo-sheriff-brings-back-former-aide-alleged-romantic-partner\">the investigator\u003c/a> behind a scathing 408-page report into San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and her former chief of staff — and alleged boyfriend — Victor Aenlle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys at the State Bar have up to 60 days to review Cordell’s complaint against Jenkins and decide whether to pursue a formal investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The place for a prosecutor to respectfully disagree with a judge’s ruling is in the courtroom, not on social media and not in the streets, pandering to voters,” Cordell wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Kalra’s bill would have extended those protections to renters of single-family homes, whose properties are currently exempt, and made the legislation permanent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034319\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034319\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/024_SanFrancisco_Housing_07292021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A “For Rent” sign hangs in the window of an apartment building in Nob Hill in San Francisco on July 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The California Apartment Association, which represents owners, developers and landlords and has been a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012553/californians-appear-to-reject-many-rent-control-measures\">staunch opponent of rent control efforts\u003c/a>, said in a statement that the Affordable Rent Act would “make it harder for housing construction to pencil out, target mom and pop landlords, and put government price controls on renting out your extra bedroom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contingent appears to have swayed — or at least given pause to — enough members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee to halt the legislation. Kalra said discussions with its members and debate in the Housing and Community Development Committee, which passed the bill by a slim majority, both signaled that more time was needed to revise the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m concerned that elements of this bill could exacerbate our housing production concerns and have some potential unintended consequences in that vein,” Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, said during the Housing and Community Development hearing on the bill last week. She ultimately voted to forward the legislation, but Democrats Anamarie Avila Farias and Lori Wilson joined three Republicans who voted against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California YIMBY, a pro-development lobbying organization, raised similar concerns after the hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imposing increasingly strict price controls every few years could dissuade the housing production our state needs — addressing a symptom of the crisis while making the underlying disease worse,” the group said in a statement.[aside postID=news_12037474 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250425-SFSUStudentHousing-10-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Shanti Singh, an advocate for Tenants Together, told KQED that the fear of slowing development is a common argument against tenant protections in Sacramento, but it isn’t realistic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We see that argument trotted out over and over and over again to the point where everything apparently blocks new housing,” she said. “Not just rent control, but just cause blocks new housing, changing the eviction process blocks new housing, giving tenants protection for retaliation for organizing blocks new housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really need to break out of that dichotomy. It’s a false one.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said tenants’ advocates are disappointed but plan to bring the legislation back next session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are going to come back every single year until there is a resolution to this, because the rent cap, as it exists, expires in 2030, and we don’t want to wait for that,” she said. “There’s also issues that we’ve been trying to fix.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the current 10% cap, a tenant’s rent could double in just seven years, according to Singh. It also excludes renters of single-family homes. In 2022, 23% of single-family homes were rentals, according to census data \u003ca href=\"https://www.ocregister.com/2023/12/04/california-investors-are-shedding-rental-houses-its-a-national-trend-too/\">tracked by the \u003cem>Orange County Register\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People always rank [housing affordability] like the highest priority on the ground — to fix that — so we’re going to keep trying,” Singh said. “Still, it’s disappointing that the Legislature isn’t really taking this cost-of-living crisis seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/vrancano\">\u003cem>Vanessa Rancaño\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Imagine you’re a lonely 14-year-old. Maybe you want to talk about sex. Maybe you want to complain about school or ask about the voices in your head. Whatever the case, it’s appealing to imagine a context in which no adult shuts down your curiosity — or worse, makes you feel awkward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of this explains the popularity of online companions to children and teens. The chatbots mimic human social interaction in a more sophisticated fashion than digital assistants like \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/openai\">OpenAI\u003c/a>’s ChatGPT or Amazon’s Alexa. Unlike those assistants, chatbots are much more likely to veer into socially controversial and even illegal territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companion chatbot users can personalize their experience, like opting for characters from gaming, anime and pop culture. For instance, a 14-year-old boy from Florida \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034490/ai-companions-seductive-risk-teens-senators-want-more-guardrails\">took his own life last year\u003c/a> after growing emotionally close to a chatbot that mimicked the “Game of Thrones” character \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbuBfizSnPk\">Daenerys Targaryen\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The characters play along with the idea that they’re almost human, talking about eating meals or meeting up in real life, actively encouraging users to stay engaged.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What could go wrong with minors using this technology? Plenty, according to researchers from Stanford School of Medicine’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.stanfordbrainstorm.com\">Brainstorm Lab for Mental Health Innovation\u003c/a>, who collaborated with \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ai-ratings/social-ai-companions?gate=riskassessment\">Common Sense Media\u003c/a> to set up test accounts for 14-year-olds, to evaluate how software from three different chatbot developers interacts with young people struggling to learn impulse control and social skills. They report that it took minimal prompting to get Character.AI, Nomi and Replika chatbots to engage in behavior harmful to human mental health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11146714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11146714 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/11146713-thumb-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researchers from Stanford School of Medicine’s Brainstorm Lab for Mental Health Innovation, in collaboration with Common Sense Media, tested how chatbots interact with teens, finding that AI companions from Character.AI, Nomi and Replika quickly engaged in behavior potentially harmful to youth mental health — with major platforms like Snapchat and Meta also expanding their AI offerings for young users. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We did not have to do backflips to get the models to perform in the way that they did. The AI ‘friends’ will actively participate in sexual conversations and role play on any topic, with graphic details,” said Robbie Torney, Common Sense Media’s senior director for AI programs and project lead on what the nonprofit organization calls a risk assessment of the AI companion chatbot sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Character.AI, Nomi and Replika are not the only companies developing these products. Snapchat offers AI digital companions who are willing to \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/14/snapchat-myai/\">talk to teens\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf\">Meta\u003c/a> is racing to catch up across Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are countless other, similar social AI companions out there, with more being created every day,” the report states. “So, while we use examples from the specific products we tested to illustrate the potential harms of these tools, the research and evaluation we conducted for this risk assessment covers social AI companions more broadly.”[aside postID=science_1996504 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/03/IMG_0962-1020x765.jpg']The researchers argue that one of the most troubling features of companion chatbots is the way they are hardwired to be agreeable, engaging with a population of humans hardwired to be vulnerable. According to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nami.org/about-mental-illness/mental-health-conditions/\">National Alliance on Mental Illness\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15939837\">50\u003c/a> percent of all mental disorders, like cutting, suicidal ideation and schizophrenia, begin by age 14, 75 percent by age 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chatbots “blur the line between fantasy and reality, at the exact time when adolescents are developing critical skills like emotional regulation, identity formation, and healthy relational attachment,” said Dr. Nina Vasan, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. “Instead of encouraging healthy real-world relationships, these AI friends pull users even deeper into artificial ones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companion chatbots, the researchers warn, are not prepared to replace parents or professionals in identifying the first signs of something that requires speedy and effective treatment. “In our testing, when a user showed signs of serious mental illness and suggested a dangerous action, the AI did not intervene. In fact, it encouraged dangerous behavior,” Vasan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The AI companions reinforced users’ delusions, validating fears of being followed and offering advice on decoding imaginary messages, researchers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AI companions don’t understand the real consequences of bad advice. 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"content": "\u003cp>The 100-day marker for presidential administrations is really nothing more than that: A marker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The benchmark was established during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term because \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2017/04/23/525310208/the-first-100-days-presidential-benchmark-goes-back-to-fdr-and-napoleon\">he got a lot done\u003c/a> in those first few months as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His moves in a relatively short amount of time — helped by a Congress controlled by Democrats — has since defined a period where presidents are expected to show what they are initially accomplishing in the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now it’s Trump’s turn, again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time around, we’ve witnessed a reshaping of how the United States \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5357511/state-department-human-rights-report-cuts\">deals with the world\u003c/a>, a dismantling of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5332274/judge-ruling-usaid-shutdown\">multiple federal agencies\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5328721/reduction-in-force-rif-federal-workers-job-cuts-musk-doge-layoffs\">mass\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5364544/fda-inspections-layoffs-food-and-drug-supply-less-safe\">layoffs\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5349435/us-census-bureau-data-decennial\">government workers\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5361461/fentanyl-medicaid-addiction\">deep cuts\u003c/a> to administrative functions and funds that support a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5337999/elon-musk-doge-social-security-cuts\">variety of programs\u003c/a> that serve millions of people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014668\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014668\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/TrumpOilGasRegulationsAP-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks about American energy production during a visit to the Double Eagle Energy Oil Rig on July 29, 2020, in Midland, Texas. \u003ccite>(Evan Vucci/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In these first 100 days, we’ve heard a lot from D.C. pundits. Today, we’re looking at how those decisions are hitting home. We’re focusing on two of America’s biggest and most complex states: Texas and California. Two states with enormous economic power, deep diversity and very different politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Texas, the Republican leadership controls \u003ca href=\"https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/donald-trump-texas-republicans-future-policy/\">both houses in the Legislature and the governor’s office\u003c/a>, and they’ve largely aligned themselves with President Trump’s second-term agenda. In California, where Democrats hold a supermajority, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036199/trumps-tariffs-could-wreck-californias-economy-the-state-is-suing\">state’s pushing back\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many cities across both Texas and California, you’ll find plenty of people who share a skepticism — if not scorn — for the second Trump administration. However, in more rural areas of both states, support for Trump’s direction is strong, especially when it comes to issues like immigration or cutting what some see as government waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, this change is happening so quickly that it can be hard to keep up. The ripple effects of mass layoffs, deportations and trade threats are making many people anxious, and that fear seems to be crossing clear party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Journalists at public radio stations and nonprofit newsrooms in California and Texas spoke with dozens of residents, reporters and political observers to dig into that uncertainty. Not just the economics, but across the board — where it’s coming from and what it means.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California, Texas respond to second Trump administration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California and Texas are similar by size and population metrics, but politically, the two states are opposites. In the 2024 presidential election, for example, roughly 58.5% of Californians voted for Kamala Harris, while 56.14% of Texans voted for Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Pineda is an associate professor of communications with a focus on politics at the University of Texas at El Paso. He said Texas leaders at all levels seem to be in “lockstep” with President Trump. But that’s not the case across the state, he added, especially in areas that tend to vote blue — like El Paso and Travis counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that there is a tremendous amount of concern about some of these changes, especially when you see shifts that are happening politically rolling into things like the University of Texas system,” Pineda said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037889 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/TravisAirForceBaseGetty-1020x602.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some traditionally blue counties are starting to see increases in Republican voters, he added. That can be seen in \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties/\">Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy and Cameron counties\u003c/a> — all of which are border counties that have historically voted blue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not to a point that the county will change anytime soon, but even short shifts means that the state is becoming even redder than before,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Mitchell is the vice president of \u003ca href=\"https://politicaldata.com/\">Political Data, Inc.\u003c/a>, a voter data firm in California. He said the state, which was seen as the resistance state during Trump’s first term — filing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-lawsuits-against-donald-trump/\">over 120 lawsuits against his administration\u003c/a> — hasn’t had the same “clear point of focus” this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of what Trump tried to do early on (in his first term) that really galvanized support from Democrats in California was he was trying to undo Obamacare,” Mitchell said. “In this first 100 days, you’ve seen him \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/03/newsom-transgender-athletes/\">go after transgender issues\u003c/a>, and a lot of Democrats don’t know necessarily what to do with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Californians polled by journalists working on this project expressed deep concern over the president’s actions, while others said they were “cautiously optimistic.” Some in the latter category suggested that their backing of President Trump had to do with frustration over state and local governments, more than the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mitchell said the 2024 election came at the “perfect time” for those frustrated by these issues in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of voters saw what he was proposing as real action, where they look at California policy makers — whether they’re looking at the lack of action on high-speed rail or these other promises that lawmakers have made — and they say, ‘Well, they’re not delivering here in California, this guy is offering to make big real change,’” Mitchell said. “And I think that that was important to his victory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas is booming right now: There’s a huge \u003ca href=\"https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2023-01-09/texas-has-an-unprecedented-budget-surplus-what-can-be-done-with-the-billions-of-dollars\">budget surplus\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-12-02/texas-leads-nation-net-migration-census\">population is growing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2025/04/14/518779/nvidia-houston-ai-supercomputer-manufacturing-plant-amid-tariff-concerns/\">business is moving there\u003c/a>. In fact, Elon Musk has picked up \u003ca href=\"https://www.kut.org/business/2024-07-16/elon-musk-twitter-spacex-california-relocate-austin-texas\">most of his operations\u003c/a> and moved them out of California to Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP20089833722736-scaled-e1745962998545.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038133\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP20089833722736-scaled-e1745962998545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1180\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles merge onto I-10 on Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Orange, Texas, near the Louisiana border. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pineda said Texas business leaders have been encouraged by state leadership’s support of the Trump administration’s move to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor and the lieutenant governor taking an active stance to try to undercut those [DEI practices] has allowed some businesses to move without having to worry about having those policies or maintaining those policies,” he said. “That then comes on top of the president pushing against these things, and that’s a good climate for these particular businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, overall, he said, growth hasn’t remained consistent for all regions of Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you’re seeing is developments in these sort of core communities, some of the bigger cities,” he said. “There’s still a lot of rural development that has not happened. We’ve looked to try to expand a \u003ca href=\"https://www.texasrailadvocates.org/post/txdots-2024-texas-rail-plan-to-be-released-by-years-end\">rail infrastructure\u003c/a> that seems to come up every couple of years and die down. I do think that the move to bring some of these companies in dovetails with limitations on previously held restrictions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trade and tariffs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>President Trump is no stranger to tariffs — and the battles that come with changing them. During his first term, Trump imposed a number of tariffs on goods imported from China, \u003ca href=\"https://www.piie.com/blogs/trade-and-investment-policy-watch/2018/trumps-trade-war-timeline-date-guide\">sparking a trade war in 2018\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And starting on his first day back in the White House, Trump promised immediate action on the price of imported goods. Since then, news about tariffs has moved quickly. Over the last three months, Trump has imposed, rescinded and reinstated tariffs worldwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037649 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-02_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether tariffs are active or on hold, California and Texas will feel it. Of all the U.S. states, these two do the most trade with other countries — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/map-us-exports-to-china-states-agriculture\">China\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.worldatlas.com/economics/which-us-states-trade-the-most-with-mexico.html\">Mexico\u003c/a> and Canada are at the top of the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas and Mexico’s economies are greatly intertwined — in 2023, trade between Texas and Mexico topped $272 billion, ranking \u003ca href=\"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/business/Mexico-Profile.pdf\">Mexico as Texas’ no. 1 trading partner\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://nmbia.org/about-us/board-of-directors/\">Jerry Pacheco\u003c/a>, president of the Border Industrial Association, said the first 100 days of the second Trump administration has felt like “chaos” for both himself and the members of his organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, my world has just been… I get up every day and wonder what’s going to happen,” Pacheco said. “Are we going to lose a prospect that we had close to signing the dotted line? Are we going to see businesses in our industrial base, related particularly to the automotive industry, shuttered?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has a similar trade relationship with Mexico, with a highly integrated supply chain that sees individual pieces of larger products often travel back and forth across the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tijuana, for example, hosts a number of car manufacturing plants, \u003ca href=\"https://www.toyota.com/usa/operations/map/tmmbc\">including one owned by Toyota\u003c/a>. But not all pieces of these vehicles are made in Mexico: Individual parts of each vehicle can cross the border multiple times — and there’s a tariff each time it crosses back and forth. Seat leather, for example, could be produced in one country, processed in another, then finished in another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego business professionals echoed the sentiment of their counterparts in Texas, many of whom said they feel uncertain about the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a relationship with Mexico where we’re not just trading together, we’re producing together,” said Jessica Anderson, the interim CEO and president of the \u003ca href=\"https://sdchamber.org/about/team/jessica-anderson/\">San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a>. “This is not a tax on just Mexican companies. This is a tax on U.S. businesses and on U.S. companies directly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://data.imf.org/en/Data-Explorer?datasetUrn=IMF.RES:WEO(6.0.0)\">International Monetary Fund\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state\">U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis\u003c/a> announced recently that California had surpassed Japan to become the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/23/california-is-now-the-4th-largest-economy-in-the-world/\">fourth-largest economy\u003c/a> in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislative leaders say California’s booming economy is the driving force behind their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/g-s1-62417/trump-tariff-lawsuits-states\">tariff-related lawsuit\u003c/a> against the Trump administration. They’ve also said the fluctuating stock market is a risk to California’s budget, which is highly dependent on income tax revenue from capital gains.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Immigration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Within hours after his second inauguration in January, President Trump signed dozens of executive orders, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/07/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/\">10 aimed at the immigration system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038131\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP25115031458660-scaled-e1745963102151.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038131\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP25115031458660-scaled-e1745963102151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks past four men being detained after crossing the border through a gap in the walls separating Mexico and the United States, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. \u003ccite>(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among other actions, these orders pledge to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/us-immigration-tracker-follow-arrests-detentions-border-crossings-rcna189148\">detain and deport undocumented immigrants\u003c/a> accused of crimes and stop the resettlement of refugees from countries like Afghanistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of it has – or at least promises to have – a deep impact on Texas and California, hugely diverse states with some of the largest undocumented and refugee populations in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Response to these orders has been mixed, largely across party lines:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, I live here on the border and I’ve seen firsthand what happened the last several years with immigration, and now it’s the numbers have plummeted,” said Tim Wilkins of McAllen, Texas. “I mean, it’s almost zero activity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way that the Trump administration is handling this is frightening — deporting people to El Salvador and some of those people are not the gang members that they say they are and there’s no due process,” said Jane Demian, who lives in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, ICE raids and enforcement actions by federal agents in cities like San Diego, Pomona and Los Angeles have heightened fears in immigrant communities. In Texas, agents from multiple federal agencies \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/26/texas-immigration-deportation-ice-austin-san-antonio/\">began carrying out immigration enforcement operations\u003c/a> in late January in a number of cities, including Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reactions to these operations have mixed — Texans in conservative areas are largely supportive, while Texas immigration advocates and professionals are concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many people in the immigrant community, many clients, fear for their future in this country, even lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens,” said Irving-based immigration attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.haimvasquezlegal.com/\">Haim Vasquez\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Inauguration Day, a number of university students have \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/09/texas-universities-international-students-legal-status/\">had their visas canceled\u003c/a>. Some international students around the country have \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/international-students-revoked-visas-reasons-why-rcna200313\">even been detained\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of these California students are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">suing the Trump administration\u003c/a>. In recent days, a handful \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037662/ice-is-reversing-termination-of-legal-status-for-international-students-around-us-lawyer-says\">have won temporary restraining orders\u003c/a> with federal judges saying they must not be detained or deported while their cases are heard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12037900 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/3527_transform-1440x960.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say everybody is scared right now,” Zahra Biloo, director for the \u003ca href=\"https://ca.cair.com/staff/zahra-billoo/\">Bay Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations,\u003c/a> said. “The most challenging types of calls we are receiving are from U.S. citizens, and so I think to myself, if U.S. citizens with as much privilege and safety as they carry are scared, so, too, then are student visa-holders as well as undocumented students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California leaders are no strangers to taking action against the Trump administration. This time around, California Attorney General staff \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/11/07/prepared-for-trumps-comeback-californias-attorney-general-is-ready-to-fight/\">began writing briefs before Inauguration Day\u003c/a>, and in early February, Gov. Gavin Newsom approved \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/02/newsom-lawsuit-fund-california-trump/\">$25 million to sue the Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The response from Texas leaders has looked a bit different: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced recently that he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-03-13/dallas-sanctuary-city-ken-paxton-investigation\">opening an investigation into the city of Dallas\u003c/a>, accusing it of having “sanctuary city” policies, or policies that would not allow city staff to cooperate with federal law enforcement in arresting or detaining undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Agriculture and business\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All eyes are on the economy. The Trump administration’s approach to tariffs and other economic policies has a lot of people wondering where things are headed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, that uncertainty brings on a whole lot of anxiety: “Because he enacted a policy that made me lose my job, yeah, I’m anxious, I’m worried, my budget’s completely changed, and, you know, [I’m] living off beans and rice,” said Benjamin Dechard of Austin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are bullish about the president’s actions: “People are willing to start investing again in their businesses, not holding cash back as a reserve, but now using this as an opportunity to make those investments,” said David Stein from Tyler, Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agriculture is one business sector that’s got some questions. It’s a huge economic driver in both states: Texas sold about \u003ca href=\"https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-farm-ranch-working-dogs/#:~:text=Texas%20livestock%20farms%3F-,Some%20ranchers%20are%20turning%20to%20dogs%20for%20help,work%20with%20sheep%20or%20cattle.\">$32 billion in agricultural products\u003c/a> in 2022, and California, the nation’s largest supplier, sold a little more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/\">$59 billion worth of goods\u003c/a> in the same year. A big chunk of that money comes from exports to countries like Mexico, Canada, and China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest exports coming out of Texas are \u003ca href=\"https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2021/03/18/texas-tops-all-u-s-states-in-exports-for-19th-consecutive-year/\">beef and cotton\u003c/a>, amounting to roughly $2.6 billion every year. However, the state also imports and takes in a lot of goods, and farmers are concerned about tariffs affecting the cost to raise their crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP25117835043903-scaled-e1745963195295.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038132\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP25117835043903-scaled-e1745963195295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers harvest cabbage on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, on a field less than ten miles from the border with Mexico, in Holtville, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Materials like \u003ca href=\"https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2025/04/09/uan32-continues-lead-higher-prices-8\">fertilizer\u003c/a>, insecticides, seeds and parts for farm equipment are imported and have begun to rise in price, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I apologize, I don’t mean to sound ignorant, but there’s probably more unknowns than known,” said Dale Murden, a citrus farmer in the Rio Grande Valley. “I’m like… ‘Uh, wait a minute, my fertilizer cost just tripled. Where’d that come from?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s been a lot of back and forth over tariffs. But the ongoing battle is with China, whose leaders responded with their own levies on U.S. goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas sends a \u003ca href=\"https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2018/04/12/economist-china-commodities-tariffs-would-hit-texas-cotton-sorghum-hardest/\">large share of its cotton\u003c/a>, beef and rice to China. Market leaders are concerned that these U.S.-made goods may become prohibitively expensive for Chinese consumers, and push other exporting countries to swoop in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last time there was a Trump tariff issue, cotton did get caught up in that, and it just caused this great reshuffle,” said \u003ca href=\"https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/robinson-john-r-c/\">John Robinson\u003c/a>, a cotton market specialist with Texas A&M University. “We actually sent more of our cotton to Vietnam, and Brazil took our market share formerly with China. Great big reshuffle. It’s inefficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s largest exports are nuts and dairy — the state produces 80% of the world’s almonds — and a lot of that goes to China. Some California farmers share concerns about the state of the industry as tariffs are set to go into effect, though not all of them are sure of what to expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenny Holtermann, a fourth-generation farmer in Kern County, said she’s “worried and sort of not worried,” though she ultimately supports Trump’s tariffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that even if her almond farm takes a hit, she’s hoping tariffs will bring business back to the U.S. However, she mentioned she is facing higher costs and she’s already made adjustments in her farm operations because of them. The last time Trump was president and imposed tariffs, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/04/tariffs-california-agriculture-wine/\">exports of California almonds and pistachios fell 20%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Holtermann said she’s in a better place than others because she has another job and doesn’t rely on the farm as her family’s sole income. Almonds are also not as perishable as other crops, so she has a little bit more flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eighty percent of the world’s supply of almonds come from California,” Holtermann said. “At some point, well, if they want almonds, they have to get them from California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan Talley, who owns a \u003ca href=\"https://talleyfarms.com/\">medium-sized farm\u003c/a> that his grandfather started in the 1940s in Arroyo Grande, said he hasn’t seen a big direct impact yet because he sells most of his crops inside the U.S. However, he does sell spinach to Canada — and he’s planning on selling bell peppers in that market, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because the Trump administration is constantly changing its mind about the tariffs, he’s worried because, unlike almond-growers, his crops have a shorter shelf life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re highly perishable,” Talley said of his produce. “We don’t have the ability to hold our products for a month or two to wait for the tariffs to go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, some folks in the agriculture business are seeing positive impacts as a result of tariffs. In Texas, people who harvest shrimp and oysters see the tariffs as a bulwark against overseas competition.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Education\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to cut a federal program that provides around \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-food-banks-school-meals/\">$660 million for schools\u003c/a> to buy fresh food directly from farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the Local Food for Schools program served up about \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/nu/localfoodforschools.asp\">$23 million\u003c/a> of meals around the state. It was about the same amount of money for Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12038026 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/08/240815-CITYATTORNEYDEEPFAKES-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both were part of a broader set of pandemic-era initiatives designed to address food insecurity and support local agriculture during COVID-19 disruptions. The USDA now said these programs no longer line up with priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These cuts have already begun affecting residents of both states. In California’s San Bernardino and Riverside counties, the program will expire at the end of this school year. More than $600,000 was awarded for the region to provide organic strawberries, citrus fruits, apples, and lettuce that ends up in school salads, along with produce like dragon fruit and bok choy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has attempted to recreate the program on its own, but schools have to apply to receive grant funding, while the federal program was opt-in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Texas, these federal grants amounted to less than a tenth of what state schools were previously spending for local food. However, if states don’t step in to subsidize these programs, some students could lose an important lifeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many farmers are in a tough situation because they’ve planted their crops with this program in mind. In one case, a California farmer plowed under fields of kale and collard greens because they were no longer contracted and replanted an easier crop to offload. In another case, a local poultry farm that had a contract to provide about 160 cases of chicken wings each month to a school stands to lose $13,000 a month in revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Overall impact on California and Texas? You tell us.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The idea for this joint statewide special developed during a transformative time for our country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Collectively, it’s difficult — and perhaps even unfair — to find the right words that capture what is unfolding. It’s still too early to tell what the true impact will be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We know reactions in California and Texas are different — they’re bound to be — different states with different budget demands, different priorities, different cultures and different political views among the majority of voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, granular polling so far in both states is rather lean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, what’s the impact of the first 100 days on California and Texas? You tell us. It’ll help us in our coverage going forward, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can reach the Texas Standard by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:texasstandard@kut.org\">texasstandard@kut.org\u003c/a> and the California Newsroom by emailing \u003ca href=\"mailto:CaliforniaNewsroom@kqed.org\">CaliforniaNewsroom@kqed.org\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from Angela Korcherga of KTEP in El Paso, Michael Marks of the Texas Standard, Levi Sumagaysay and Carolyn Jones of CalMatters in Sacramento, Stella Chávez of the Texas Newsroom, Gustavo Solis of KPBS in San Diego, Tyche Hendricks of KQED in San Francisco, and Jessica Greenwell of KVCR in Riverside, California.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Today, we’re looking at how those decisions are hitting home. We’re focusing on two of America’s biggest and most complex states: Texas and California. Two states with enormous economic power, deep diversity and very different politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Texas, the Republican leadership controls \u003ca href=\"https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/donald-trump-texas-republicans-future-policy/\">both houses in the Legislature and the governor’s office\u003c/a>, and they’ve largely aligned themselves with President Trump’s second-term agenda. In California, where Democrats hold a supermajority, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036199/trumps-tariffs-could-wreck-californias-economy-the-state-is-suing\">state’s pushing back\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many cities across both Texas and California, you’ll find plenty of people who share a skepticism — if not scorn — for the second Trump administration. However, in more rural areas of both states, support for Trump’s direction is strong, especially when it comes to issues like immigration or cutting what some see as government waste.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, this change is happening so quickly that it can be hard to keep up. The ripple effects of mass layoffs, deportations and trade threats are making many people anxious, and that fear seems to be crossing clear party lines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Journalists at public radio stations and nonprofit newsrooms in California and Texas spoke with dozens of residents, reporters and political observers to dig into that uncertainty. Not just the economics, but across the board — where it’s coming from and what it means.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>California, Texas respond to second Trump administration\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>California and Texas are similar by size and population metrics, but politically, the two states are opposites. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some traditionally blue counties are starting to see increases in Republican voters, he added. That can be seen in \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/06/donald-trump-near-sweep-texas-border-counties/\">Starr, Hidalgo, Willacy and Cameron counties\u003c/a> — all of which are border counties that have historically voted blue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not to a point that the county will change anytime soon, but even short shifts means that the state is becoming even redder than before,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Mitchell is the vice president of \u003ca href=\"https://politicaldata.com/\">Political Data, Inc.\u003c/a>, a voter data firm in California. He said the state, which was seen as the resistance state during Trump’s first term — filing \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/01/california-lawsuits-against-donald-trump/\">over 120 lawsuits against his administration\u003c/a> — hasn’t had the same “clear point of focus” this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of what Trump tried to do early on (in his first term) that really galvanized support from Democrats in California was he was trying to undo Obamacare,” Mitchell said. “In this first 100 days, you’ve seen him \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/03/newsom-transgender-athletes/\">go after transgender issues\u003c/a>, and a lot of Democrats don’t know necessarily what to do with that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the Californians polled by journalists working on this project expressed deep concern over the president’s actions, while others said they were “cautiously optimistic.” Some in the latter category suggested that their backing of President Trump had to do with frustration over state and local governments, more than the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mitchell said the 2024 election came at the “perfect time” for those frustrated by these issues in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of voters saw what he was proposing as real action, where they look at California policy makers — whether they’re looking at the lack of action on high-speed rail or these other promises that lawmakers have made — and they say, ‘Well, they’re not delivering here in California, this guy is offering to make big real change,’” Mitchell said. “And I think that that was important to his victory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas is booming right now: There’s a huge \u003ca href=\"https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2023-01-09/texas-has-an-unprecedented-budget-surplus-what-can-be-done-with-the-billions-of-dollars\">budget surplus\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.keranews.org/news/2024-12-02/texas-leads-nation-net-migration-census\">population is growing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2025/04/14/518779/nvidia-houston-ai-supercomputer-manufacturing-plant-amid-tariff-concerns/\">business is moving there\u003c/a>. 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Phillip)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Pineda said Texas business leaders have been encouraged by state leadership’s support of the Trump administration’s move to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The governor and the lieutenant governor taking an active stance to try to undercut those [DEI practices] has allowed some businesses to move without having to worry about having those policies or maintaining those policies,” he said. “That then comes on top of the president pushing against these things, and that’s a good climate for these particular businesses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, overall, he said, growth hasn’t remained consistent for all regions of Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What you’re seeing is developments in these sort of core communities, some of the bigger cities,” he said. “There’s still a lot of rural development that has not happened. 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Of all the U.S. states, these two do the most trade with other countries — and \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/04/09/map-us-exports-to-china-states-agriculture\">China\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.worldatlas.com/economics/which-us-states-trade-the-most-with-mexico.html\">Mexico\u003c/a> and Canada are at the top of the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas and Mexico’s economies are greatly intertwined — in 2023, trade between Texas and Mexico topped $272 billion, ranking \u003ca href=\"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/business/Mexico-Profile.pdf\">Mexico as Texas’ no. 1 trading partner\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://nmbia.org/about-us/board-of-directors/\">Jerry Pacheco\u003c/a>, president of the Border Industrial Association, said the first 100 days of the second Trump administration has felt like “chaos” for both himself and the members of his organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I mean, my world has just been… I get up every day and wonder what’s going to happen,” Pacheco said. “Are we going to lose a prospect that we had close to signing the dotted line? Are we going to see businesses in our industrial base, related particularly to the automotive industry, shuttered?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has a similar trade relationship with Mexico, with a highly integrated supply chain that sees individual pieces of larger products often travel back and forth across the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tijuana, for example, hosts a number of car manufacturing plants, \u003ca href=\"https://www.toyota.com/usa/operations/map/tmmbc\">including one owned by Toyota\u003c/a>. But not all pieces of these vehicles are made in Mexico: Individual parts of each vehicle can cross the border multiple times — and there’s a tariff each time it crosses back and forth. Seat leather, for example, could be produced in one country, processed in another, then finished in another.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Diego business professionals echoed the sentiment of their counterparts in Texas, many of whom said they feel uncertain about the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a relationship with Mexico where we’re not just trading together, we’re producing together,” said Jessica Anderson, the interim CEO and president of the \u003ca href=\"https://sdchamber.org/about/team/jessica-anderson/\">San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce\u003c/a>. “This is not a tax on just Mexican companies. This is a tax on U.S. businesses and on U.S. companies directly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://data.imf.org/en/Data-Explorer?datasetUrn=IMF.RES:WEO(6.0.0)\">International Monetary Fund\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bea.gov/data/gdp/gdp-state\">U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis\u003c/a> announced recently that California had surpassed Japan to become the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/23/california-is-now-the-4th-largest-economy-in-the-world/\">fourth-largest economy\u003c/a> in the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislative leaders say California’s booming economy is the driving force behind their \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/g-s1-62417/trump-tariff-lawsuits-states\">tariff-related lawsuit\u003c/a> against the Trump administration. 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In Texas, agents from multiple federal agencies \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/26/texas-immigration-deportation-ice-austin-san-antonio/\">began carrying out immigration enforcement operations\u003c/a> in late January in a number of cities, including Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reactions to these operations have mixed — Texans in conservative areas are largely supportive, while Texas immigration advocates and professionals are concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many people in the immigrant community, many clients, fear for their future in this country, even lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens,” said Irving-based immigration attorney \u003ca href=\"https://www.haimvasquezlegal.com/\">Haim Vasquez\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Inauguration Day, a number of university students have \u003ca href=\"https://www.texastribune.org/2025/04/09/texas-universities-international-students-legal-status/\">had their visas canceled\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would say everybody is scared right now,” Zahra Biloo, director for the \u003ca href=\"https://ca.cair.com/staff/zahra-billoo/\">Bay Area chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations,\u003c/a> said. “The most challenging types of calls we are receiving are from U.S. citizens, and so I think to myself, if U.S. citizens with as much privilege and safety as they carry are scared, so, too, then are student visa-holders as well as undocumented students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California leaders are no strangers to taking action against the Trump administration. This time around, California Attorney General staff \u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/11/07/prepared-for-trumps-comeback-californias-attorney-general-is-ready-to-fight/\">began writing briefs before Inauguration Day\u003c/a>, and in early February, Gov. Gavin Newsom approved \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/02/newsom-lawsuit-fund-california-trump/\">$25 million to sue the Trump administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The response from Texas leaders has looked a bit different: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced recently that he was \u003ca href=\"https://www.keranews.org/government/2025-03-13/dallas-sanctuary-city-ken-paxton-investigation\">opening an investigation into the city of Dallas\u003c/a>, accusing it of having “sanctuary city” policies, or policies that would not allow city staff to cooperate with federal law enforcement in arresting or detaining undocumented immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Agriculture and business\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>All eyes are on the economy. The Trump administration’s approach to tariffs and other economic policies has a lot of people wondering where things are headed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some, that uncertainty brings on a whole lot of anxiety: “Because he enacted a policy that made me lose my job, yeah, I’m anxious, I’m worried, my budget’s completely changed, and, you know, [I’m] living off beans and rice,” said Benjamin Dechard of Austin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others are bullish about the president’s actions: “People are willing to start investing again in their businesses, not holding cash back as a reserve, but now using this as an opportunity to make those investments,” said David Stein from Tyler, Texas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agriculture is one business sector that’s got some questions. It’s a huge economic driver in both states: Texas sold about \u003ca href=\"https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/texas-farm-ranch-working-dogs/#:~:text=Texas%20livestock%20farms%3F-,Some%20ranchers%20are%20turning%20to%20dogs%20for%20help,work%20with%20sheep%20or%20cattle.\">$32 billion in agricultural products\u003c/a> in 2022, and California, the nation’s largest supplier, sold a little more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus/\">$59 billion worth of goods\u003c/a> in the same year. A big chunk of that money comes from exports to countries like Mexico, Canada, and China.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The biggest exports coming out of Texas are \u003ca href=\"https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2021/03/18/texas-tops-all-u-s-states-in-exports-for-19th-consecutive-year/\">beef and cotton\u003c/a>, amounting to roughly $2.6 billion every year. However, the state also imports and takes in a lot of goods, and farmers are concerned about tariffs affecting the cost to raise their crops.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038132\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP25117835043903-scaled-e1745963195295.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038132\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/AP25117835043903-scaled-e1745963195295.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers harvest cabbage on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, on a field less than ten miles from the border with Mexico, in Holtville, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Materials like \u003ca href=\"https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/crops/article/2025/04/09/uan32-continues-lead-higher-prices-8\">fertilizer\u003c/a>, insecticides, seeds and parts for farm equipment are imported and have begun to rise in price, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I apologize, I don’t mean to sound ignorant, but there’s probably more unknowns than known,” said Dale Murden, a citrus farmer in the Rio Grande Valley. “I’m like… ‘Uh, wait a minute, my fertilizer cost just tripled. Where’d that come from?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s been a lot of back and forth over tariffs. But the ongoing battle is with China, whose leaders responded with their own levies on U.S. goods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Texas sends a \u003ca href=\"https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2018/04/12/economist-china-commodities-tariffs-would-hit-texas-cotton-sorghum-hardest/\">large share of its cotton\u003c/a>, beef and rice to China. Market leaders are concerned that these U.S.-made goods may become prohibitively expensive for Chinese consumers, and push other exporting countries to swoop in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last time there was a Trump tariff issue, cotton did get caught up in that, and it just caused this great reshuffle,” said \u003ca href=\"https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/robinson-john-r-c/\">John Robinson\u003c/a>, a cotton market specialist with Texas A&M University. “We actually sent more of our cotton to Vietnam, and Brazil took our market share formerly with China. Great big reshuffle. It’s inefficient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s largest exports are nuts and dairy — the state produces 80% of the world’s almonds — and a lot of that goes to China. Some California farmers share concerns about the state of the industry as tariffs are set to go into effect, though not all of them are sure of what to expect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jenny Holtermann, a fourth-generation farmer in Kern County, said she’s “worried and sort of not worried,” though she ultimately supports Trump’s tariffs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that even if her almond farm takes a hit, she’s hoping tariffs will bring business back to the U.S. However, she mentioned she is facing higher costs and she’s already made adjustments in her farm operations because of them. The last time Trump was president and imposed tariffs, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/04/tariffs-california-agriculture-wine/\">exports of California almonds and pistachios fell 20%\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Holtermann said she’s in a better place than others because she has another job and doesn’t rely on the farm as her family’s sole income. Almonds are also not as perishable as other crops, so she has a little bit more flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eighty percent of the world’s supply of almonds come from California,” Holtermann said. “At some point, well, if they want almonds, they have to get them from California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan Talley, who owns a \u003ca href=\"https://talleyfarms.com/\">medium-sized farm\u003c/a> that his grandfather started in the 1940s in Arroyo Grande, said he hasn’t seen a big direct impact yet because he sells most of his crops inside the U.S. However, he does sell spinach to Canada — and he’s planning on selling bell peppers in that market, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because the Trump administration is constantly changing its mind about the tariffs, he’s worried because, unlike almond-growers, his crops have a shorter shelf life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re highly perishable,” Talley said of his produce. “We don’t have the ability to hold our products for a month or two to wait for the tariffs to go away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the flip side, some folks in the agriculture business are seeing positive impacts as a result of tariffs. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036939/san-francisco-chinatown-businesses-survival-mode-trade-war\">trade war\u003c/a> with China could prove to be even more devastating to businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown than the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s according to Donald Luu, president of the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce, who told KQED \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">the administration’s\u003c/a> steep tariffs on Chinese goods — of up to 145% — are creating a nearly impossible situation for the more than 1,000 mostly small businesses in this historic immigrant community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking at a Tuesday press event on Clay Street, in the heart of Chinatown, Luu said about 90% of goods sold there are from China, and the tariffs have already forced many merchants to raise their prices by at least 30%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With this economic trade war, we feel that the effect’s going to be long-lasting and it’s going to threaten the very fabric of Chinatown,” said Luu, flanked by local business leaders and state Assemblymember Matt Haney, who represents the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Magan Li, the owner of Lion Trading, which sells religious and spiritual items, said nearly all the products lining her shelves come from China. As costs skyrocket, she said she can only increase prices so much before customers refuse to pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037241\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-22-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Avenue in San Francisco’s Chinatown neighborhood on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a very, very big blow to our small business,” said Li in Cantonese. “We’re at risk of losing the traditions that the community has spent so much time protecting. And so I hope that the government will work something out and help small businesses like us to continue to thrive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chinese exports to the U.S. have plummeted amid the administration’s outsized tariffs (and China’s reciprocal 125% import duties on U.S. products), prompting major U.S. retailers and small businesses alike to sound the alarm about imminent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-exports-to-us-drop-sharply/\">supply shortages\u003c/a>. The Port of Los Angeles, a major entry point for Chinese goods, has seen that drop firsthand, leading its director to recently predict that cargo shipments to the port will drop by 35% within a few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>None of that bodes well for businesses in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the oldest and largest of its kind in the country, which has been reluctantly thrust onto the frontlines of Trump’s escalating trade war.[aside postID=news_12036939 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-CHINATOWNTARIFFS-32-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“I think Chinatown is at the center of why these tariffs are so harmful and how devastating they’re going to be — not to another country’s government, but to us here, in our country,” Haney said on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many products sold here can’t be found anywhere else in the city, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a direct attack on these businesses, and it’s a direct attack on our residents who rely on this community,” Haney said. “This is where they get their medicine. This is where they get their clothing. This is where they get their goods to cook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Haney said that if the administration refuses to relent on the tariffs, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/gavin-newsom\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a> has indicated he would begin negotiating directly with China on a California trade agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s unfortunate that California is increasingly having to act like our own country, negotiating trade agreements with countries and trying to find ways to reduce the cost of these imports,” said Haney, who noted California’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036199/trumps-tariffs-could-wreck-californias-economy-the-state-is-suing\">recent lawsuit\u003c/a> against the administration over the tariffs. “Because our businesses, our economy, cannot survive without these imports, especially coming from Asia.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The trade war has pushed Chinatown merchants into an existential crisis, Malcolm Yeung, executive director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036939/san-francisco-chinatown-businesses-survival-mode-trade-war\">told KQED\u003c/a> for a recent story profiling several local business owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ This has always been a community that has been built around trade,” he said, noting the resiliency of the district throughout its long history. “Trade created an opportunity for upward economic mobility for people through owning stores, or by leveraging relationships that they have back in China.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/camiiddominguez\">\u003cem>Cami Dominguez\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/adahlstromeckman\">\u003cem>Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Starting next week, the Education Department said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/65437/trump-administration-to-resume-collections-on-student-loan-borrowers-in-default\">student loans that are in default will be referred for collections.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 5.3 million borrowers nationwide are in default on their \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-repayment-trump-9fb6287fe52ed0be73719b53dd5bf90d\">federal student loans\u003c/a> and soon could be subject to having their wages garnished starting May 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Referrals for collection had been put on hold since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the U.S. government also paused federal student loan payments and interest accrual as a temporary relief measure. That grace period was extended multiple times by the Biden administration and ended in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#student-loan-default-what-to-do\">What to know if you’re a student loan borrower in default\u003cbr>\n\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Amanda Kahn Fried, chief of policy and communications at the San Francisco Office of the Treasurer, said city officials are “deeply concerned” about the Trump administration’s decision to resume collection on defaulted student loans on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/what-cost-student-loan-debt-bay-area\">the most recent available figures\u003c/a> from March 2018, approximately 735,000 student loan borrowers in the nine-county Bay Area — over 12% of the region’s adult population — owed a collective $26.6 billion in student debt, with the average borrower owing a balance of over $36,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fried said that the Treasury’s Office of Financial Empowerment, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/StudentDebt\">works with residents around navigating their student debt\u003c/a>, is especially worried that “people don’t necessarily know that this change is coming and going into effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our concern is that starting May 5, borrowers who are already on the brink could see their wages garnished, their tax refunds seized and even their social security checks docked, which is the opposite of what we need to build a stronger economy here in San Francisco and across the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1536x1001.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The federal student loan portfolio — which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers — is currently overseen by the Education Department’s office of Federal Student Aid. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area’s student loan burden is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/what-cost-student-loan-debt-bay-area\">lower than the national level\u003c/a>, San Francisco officials say there are\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/what-cost-student-loan-debt-bay-area\"> “dramatic disparities” in who is most affected locally by this type of debt\u003c/a>, with “considerably higher delinquency and default” in lower-income communities and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fried said she’s particularly concerned about the impact on residents who took out student loans but ultimately did not obtain a degree — people who “are particularly low income who may have taken a risk and tried to get a degree and not been able to complete that degree for a number of reasons, and that will find themselves in default and have a very, very hard time catching up,” because they “don’t actually have the earning power to be able to repay that debt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we gut borrower protections, we don’t just hurt individuals with debt,” Fried said. “We actually make it harder for cities like San Francisco to hire nurses and public servants and teachers that our communities depend on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Education Department said it will soon begin sending notices on collection efforts, but there are options for borrowers to get out of default. Keep reading for what student loan borrowers need to know about this announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"student-loan-default-what-to-do\">\u003c/a>How will ‘involuntary collection’ on student loan debt work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beginning May 5, the department will begin “involuntary collection” through the Treasury Department’s offset program. Borrowers who have student loans in default will receive communication from Federal Student Aid in the upcoming weeks with information about their options, according to the Education Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Involuntary collection means the government can garnish wages, intercept tax refunds and seize portions of Social Security checks and other benefit payments to go toward paying back the loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=mindshift_65437 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2025/04/2025-02-26t000000z-1066384240-mt1abcpr937788032-rtrmadp-3-abaca-press-1020x728.jpeg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In general, the collections will start with a letter,” Fried said. “So, making sure that your contact information is up to date is also very important so that you’re not missing any notices.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While “the first step typically isn’t having your wages garnished,” Fried acknowledged that “it’s very hard to predict in this environment if that’s what is going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re a student loan borrower in default, this latest announcement is undoubtedly anxiety-provoking. But “the first piece of advice I would have is to obviously take a deep breath, and then to really approach this from a very organized fashion,” Fried recommended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a starting point, “take screenshots of your progress on your different loan websites: Go to the Federal Student Aid website, literally take a photo of everything you can find about your account today,” she said. “Download all of your payment history documents for your records, [and] just make sure you really capture a true picture of where you are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How do I know if my student loans are in default — or if I’m delinquent?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A student loan becomes delinquent when a borrower doesn’t make a payment 90 days after its due date. If you continue to be delinquent on your loan for 270 days — or roughly nine months — then your loan goes into default.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While being delinquent affects your credit score, going into default has more serious consequences, such as wage garnishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens when a loan goes into default?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When you fall behind on a loan by 270 days, the loan appears on your credit report as being in default.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once a loan is in default, the government will send the borrower into collections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What can I do right now if my student loan is in default?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Education Department is recommending borrowers visit its \u003ca href=\"https://myeddebt.ed.gov/\">Default Resolution Group\u003c/a> to make a monthly payment, enroll in an income-driven repayment plan, or sign up for loan rehabilitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Betsy Mayotte, president of The Institute for Student Loan Advisors, recommends loan rehabilitation as an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=mindshift_65377 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2025/03/capossela-npr-book-education-v2-final-1020x680.jpeg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers in default must ask their loan servicer to be placed into such a program. Typically, servicers ask for proof of income and expenses to calculate a payment amount. Once a borrower has paid on time for nine months in a row, they are taken out of default, Mayotte said. A loan rehabilitation can only be done once.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Fried said the best plan of action “if you absolutely can’t afford to make the payments” is to contact your student loan servicer, she also noted that “you need to be very cautious” about the option you choose, because of the interest these paths forward could add to your total amount owed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fried also recommended that anyone who lives, works or receives services in San Francisco can \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov.org/ofe/counseling\">book a free financial consultation with the city’s Office of Financial Empowerment\u003c/a> to discuss their student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Student debt is a very complicated landscape and there are a lot of different types of loans,” she said. “And so it is really important to have somebody work with you on your particular issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What does ‘forbearance’ mean?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Student loan forbearance is a temporary pause on your student loan payments granted to borrowers who are experiencing financial difficulties. To apply for forbearance, borrowers must contact their loan servicer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Borrowers can be granted forbearance by their loan servicer for up to 12 months, but interest will continue to accrue during this period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forbearance is not an option for borrowers whose student loans are in default. However, they are an option if you are delinquent on your loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How can a borrower find the status of their student loans?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Borrowers need to know the status of their student loans in order to find out if they are in default, said Kate Wood, student loans expert at NerdWallet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To find the status of a student loan and their loan servicer information, borrowers need to access their studentaid.gov account. Since the Education Department is going to send notices about involuntary collections through email, borrowers want to make sure all their personal information is updated, such as email and physical address, Wood recommended.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can involuntary collections affect my Supplemental Security Income?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Yes, benefits from Social Security are considered income and can be affected by involuntary collections.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How does delinquency affect my credit score?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Borrowers who are delinquent on their student loans take a massive hit on their credit scores, Wood said. Those who are delinquent on their student loans might see a drop of 100 points or more to their credit score. A delinquency stays on your credit report for seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Credit scores are used in many aspects of people’s financial lives, such as access to credit cards, buying a house or renting an apartment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Can I apply to income-driven repayment plans?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12036573 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66293_230613-SFMarinFoodPantry-04-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Income-driven repayment plans applications are currently open. These plans base your monthly student loan payment amount on your income and family size.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden administration’s SAVE program is no longer open for applications since it was challenged in court. However, those who got accepted into the SAVE program are currently in administrative forbearance, meaning they don’t have to make payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To review income-driven repayment plan options, you can \u003ca href=\"http://studentaid.gov\">check the loan simulator at studentaid.gov\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where can I find information and guidance about my student loans?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>During this unpredictable time, you may be wondering how you can stay on top of the latest news about your student loans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayotte told KQED earlier this year that the best information comes straight from the source itself — \u003ca href=\"http://studentaid.gov\">studentaid.gov\u003c/a>. However, Californians also have \u003ca href=\"https://dfpi.ca.gov/consumers/student-loans/\">a student loan ombudsperson\u003c/a> that they can reach out to for questions or be reminded of \u003ca href=\"https://dfpi.ca.gov/consumers/student-loans/rights/\">their rights\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/what-cost-student-loan-debt-bay-area\">the most recent available figures\u003c/a> from March 2018, approximately 735,000 student loan borrowers in the nine-county Bay Area — over 12% of the region’s adult population — owed a collective $26.6 billion in student debt, with the average borrower owing a balance of over $36,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fried said that the Treasury’s Office of Financial Empowerment, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/StudentDebt\">works with residents around navigating their student debt\u003c/a>, is especially worried that “people don’t necessarily know that this change is coming and going into effect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our concern is that starting May 5, borrowers who are already on the brink could see their wages garnished, their tax refunds seized and even their social security checks docked, which is the opposite of what we need to build a stronger economy here in San Francisco and across the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12032461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1173\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8.jpg 1800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1020x665.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/npr.brightspotcdn-copy-8-1536x1001.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The federal student loan portfolio — which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers — is currently overseen by the Education Department’s office of Federal Student Aid. \u003ccite>(Mario Tama/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area’s student loan burden is \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/what-cost-student-loan-debt-bay-area\">lower than the national level\u003c/a>, San Francisco officials say there are\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgov.org/ofe/what-cost-student-loan-debt-bay-area\"> “dramatic disparities” in who is most affected locally by this type of debt\u003c/a>, with “considerably higher delinquency and default” in lower-income communities and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fried said she’s particularly concerned about the impact on residents who took out student loans but ultimately did not obtain a degree — people who “are particularly low income who may have taken a risk and tried to get a degree and not been able to complete that degree for a number of reasons, and that will find themselves in default and have a very, very hard time catching up,” because they “don’t actually have the earning power to be able to repay that debt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we gut borrower protections, we don’t just hurt individuals with debt,” Fried said. “We actually make it harder for cities like San Francisco to hire nurses and public servants and teachers that our communities depend on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Education Department said it will soon begin sending notices on collection efforts, but there are options for borrowers to get out of default. Keep reading for what student loan borrowers need to know about this announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"student-loan-default-what-to-do\">\u003c/a>How will ‘involuntary collection’ on student loan debt work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Beginning May 5, the department will begin “involuntary collection” through the Treasury Department’s offset program. Borrowers who have student loans in default will receive communication from Federal Student Aid in the upcoming weeks with information about their options, according to the Education Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Involuntary collection means the government can garnish wages, intercept tax refunds and seize portions of Social Security checks and other benefit payments to go toward paying back the loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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