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"content": "\n\u003cp>More than a dozen members of Janak Raj Dhungana’s family are still missing following the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet. Another two dozen of the \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/richmond\">Richmond \u003c/a>resident’s friends – some from his childhood in Nepal – are also unaccounted for. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really very hard to control my emotions,” he said at a candlelight vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond. “We are praying for them. We can’t do nothing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At least 676 people died in the flooding that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, and almost 3,000 people are still missing, according to Saturday morning figures from both governments. Nepali authorities said that 65 U.S. citizens are among the missing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees sit and stand around candles arranged on the ground during a vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Raj Dhungana was with about 100 people who said a prayer thousands of miles away for their families and friends who number among the missing and dead.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Members of the Nepali Association of Northern California bowed their heads on Friday night at its community center, surrounding candles they had placed on the ground in patterns. One of the arrangements spelled out the word: “PRAY.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sheela Dawadi, a Pittsburg resident, said she doesn’t have any blood relatives affected by the floods, but that “family” includes everyone right now. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheela Dawadi kneels as she places rows of candles before a vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[The whole of] Nepal is family right now,” Dawadi said. “I’m far away. I feel so hopeless.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is home to upwards of 35,000 Nepali people in the diaspora, according to Preetesh Karki, president of the Nepali Association of Northern California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The U.S. Geological Survey said the flooding was “likely triggered” by rapid slope failure that involved a glacier. Though the agency hasn’t definitely said the cause is a melting glacier and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/28/world/nepal-tibet-flash-floods\">an investigation into the incident\u003c/a> is still underway, climate experts say that it’s likely. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097504\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An attendee bows her head as people gather around candles during a vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>More than a dozen members of Janak Raj Dhungana’s family are still missing following the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet. Another two dozen of the \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/richmond\">Richmond \u003c/a>resident’s friends – some from his childhood in Nepal – are also unaccounted for. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s really very hard to control my emotions,” he said at a candlelight vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond. “We are praying for them. We can’t do nothing.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At least 676 people died in the flooding that swept through the Nepal-Tibet border region on Wednesday, and almost 3,000 people are still missing, according to Saturday morning figures from both governments. Nepali authorities said that 65 U.S. citizens are among the missing. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097502\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed.jpg 1998w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_020_qed-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees sit and stand around candles arranged on the ground during a vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Raj Dhungana was with about 100 people who said a prayer thousands of miles away for their families and friends who number among the missing and dead.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Members of the Nepali Association of Northern California bowed their heads on Friday night at its community center, surrounding candles they had placed on the ground in patterns. One of the arrangements spelled out the word: “PRAY.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sheela Dawadi, a Pittsburg resident, said she doesn’t have any blood relatives affected by the floods, but that “family” includes everyone right now. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097503\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_004_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sheela Dawadi kneels as she places rows of candles before a vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“[The whole of] Nepal is family right now,” Dawadi said. “I’m far away. I feel so hopeless.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Bay Area is home to upwards of 35,000 Nepali people in the diaspora, according to Preetesh Karki, president of the Nepali Association of Northern California. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The U.S. Geological Survey said the flooding was “likely triggered” by rapid slope failure that involved a glacier. Though the agency hasn’t definitely said the cause is a melting glacier and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/28/world/nepal-tibet-flash-floods\">an investigation into the incident\u003c/a> is still underway, climate experts say that it’s likely. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097504\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_009_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An attendee bows her head as people gather around candles during a vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" data-id=\"12097501\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_007_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097501\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_007_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_007_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_007_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Yashoda Bhattarai, center, and her daughter Ravya listen to speakers during a candlelight vigil at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Climate change has increased the speed at which glaciers defrost, meaning events like those in Nepal are becoming \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/08/28/nx-s1-5945799/nepal-floods-climate-change-himalayas\">more frequent\u003c/a>. Karki and Tika Lamsal, president of the Buddha Nepal Peace Foundation, said the disaster didn’t have to happen. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of surreal, apocalyptic for all of us,” Lamsal said at the vigil. “It is not only Nepal that is suffering right now, it’s all the community in the world because global warming is real.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Karki agreed, blasting other countries that disproportionately contribute to climate change. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People from a country like mine who have nothing to do with all this impact are the people who are losing life,” Karki said before the vigil. “Nepal don’t just need your prayer. We need your apology.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_001_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12097510\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_001_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_001_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/082826_NepalVigil_GH_001_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees light candles during a vigil for victims of flooding in Nepal at the Nepali Community Center in Richmond on Aug. 28, 2026. (Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Nepal contributed less than 1% of the world’s carbon emissions in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency. In comparison, the U.S. made up 15.5% and China, 32.1%, that same year. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The recent wars in Iran and Russia also contribute to the increase in emissions, Karki said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“People living in the world, especially in developed countries, are enjoying their everyday life, that luxury is being paid by someone remote who has nothing to do [with it],” Karki said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Nepali Association of Northern California said it is \u003ca href=\"https://nancusa.org/donations/support-nepal-flood-victims/\">doubling donations\u003c/a> going toward flood relief.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/psibulo\">\u003cem>Paula Sibulo\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmonahan\">\u003cem>Katherine Monahan\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> reduced its official homeless count in 2025 after years of increases. Now, preliminary data for 2026 shows many places in the state are continuing to make progress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Counties up and down the state are reporting that their homeless populations dropped this year, citing early results of the point-in-time count conducted in January. Some of the drops were significant. San Joaquin County cut its total unhoused population by nearly a third compared to 2024 and nearly halved the number of people sleeping on the street without shelter. Others were more modest, such as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12083310/fewer-people-are-sleeping-on-san-francisco-streets-but-family-homelessness-is-up\">San Francisco’s 4% drop\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 28 counties or continuums of care (which group smaller counties together into single counts) that released 2026 data, more than half reported a decline in homelessness. Eight others did not conduct a point-in-time count this year, while seven had not publicly released their results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in counties where the homeless count dropped credit their progress to creating more shelter beds and low-income housing, which they say was made possible by new state funds released over the past several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, some activists are questioning whether the numbers really are as rosy as they seem. Cities have ramped up enforcement against unhoused people in recent years – clearing encampments and citing people for illegal camping more frequently – which causes people to scatter and become harder to count. Just because someone is missing from an official count doesn’t mean they moved off the street and into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in counties celebrating wins this year, officials wonder whether they can maintain those gains in the face of recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2026/08/medi-cal-the-cut-healthcare-threatened/\">federal cuts to Medi-Cal\u003c/a> and social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made progress,” said Jonathan Russell, director of Alameda County Health Housing and Homelessness Services, which reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084262/homelessness-is-down-in-alameda-county-can-it-maintain-that-progress\">a 13% drop in homelessness compared to 2024\u003c/a>. “And there are real threats, real peril.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the 2026 point-in-time counts show\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government requires every county to conduct a point-in-time census of its homeless population at least every other year, though some do it every year. Typically, volunteers join city, county and nonprofit staffers on a single night in January to tally every unhoused person they see. The results are generally considered an undercount, as it’s easy to overlook people tucked away behind bushes or hunkered down in parked cars. But despite the count’s flaws, it’s the only standardized way the state (and the rest of the country) has to measure fluctuations in its homeless populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 181,934 homeless Californians counted last year – a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/05/point-in-time-homelessness-report/\">nearly 3% drop\u003c/a> from 2024. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which compiles the data from each county, won’t release the official statewide or nationwide 2026 count for many months. But most counties that did a 2026 count have published the preliminary results on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-6oAWh\" style=\"min-height: 931px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/6oAWh/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In some counties, the results were disappointing. Los Angeles County, after two years of declines, reported a 1% increase in homelessness this year. Homelessness increased 13% throughout Sacramento County from 2024, though it was down within the city of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/contra-costa-county\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>, after a significant decrease between 2024 and 2025, saw homelessness creep up 7% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, there were several reminders this year that the point-in-time counts are not perfect. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-11/accounting-glitch-caused-nearly-half-of-l-a-s-increase-in-homeless-count\">The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> uncovered an accounting glitch that inflated the city’s homeless count by more than 600 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678220 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS23880_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_215-e1530300027897.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless the Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment near an overpass in Contra Costa County, on Jan. 26, 2017. The county recorded an almost 7% increase in homelessness this year since 2025. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Central California, Fresno and Madera counties, which combined reported a 34% drop in homelessness compared to last year, appeared to have the largest reduction in the state. But the counties \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc7bc02e8ba44aa938ccd4f/t/6a234bea54fe294ede543e7c/1780698092853/2026+PIT+Preliminary+Summary.pdf\">changed\u003c/a> the way they counted this year, potentially skewing the numbers. Instead of tallying everyone who was visible on the street as they did in 2025, this year, volunteers counted only people who confirmed they are homeless and agreed to participate in a survey. That change makes this year’s count difficult to compare to 2025 data, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/article316062827.html\">officials admitted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties touted wins in moving people off the street and into shelters – a feat that’s considered progress even though those people are still considered homeless. In Alameda County, the percentage of unhoused people living in shelters \u003ca href=\"https://weblink.alamedacountyca.gov/ACHHS/DocView.aspx?id=2336&dbid=0&repo=ACH-DocumentLibrary&cr=1\">increased\u003c/a> from 21% in 2019 to 37% this year.[aside postID=news_12084262 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-1247572601-scaled-e1760372488675.jpg']Alameda County reached another significant milestone last year: for the first time since the county began tracking in 2021, slightly more people left homelessness and moved into housing than became newly homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell credits a major influx of state homelessness dollars that appeared in the county’s coffers about four years ago, including investments in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/05/newsom-homekey-records/\">Homekey\u003c/a> (the state program that helps cities and counties buy hotels to turn into homeless housing) and the state’s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention fund. The state also awarded additional housing funds for homeless Californians with mental illness and substance use disorder in 2023 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County, which boasted one of the biggest drops in overall homelessness and unsheltered homelessness in California, added more than 100 shelter beds and more than 1,000 permanent housing units between 2024 and 2026. That allowed the county to increase the number of people living in permanent housing by 86%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There just wasn’t money available 10 years ago like there is now,” said Dawn McLeish, deputy director of the county’s human services department. “It just took a couple years for those investments to get all the way off the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-7JDyb\" style=\"min-height: 826px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/7JDyb/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Niki Jones, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, views downward-trending numbers across the state with suspicion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They can call it progress if they want to,” she said. “I call baloney.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/06/california-homeless-camps-grants-pass-ruling/\">gave cities more leeway\u003c/a> to crack down on homeless encampments, cities have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/09/camping-ban-ordinances/\">passed new ordinances\u003c/a> banning camps, police are giving out \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/06/homelessness-enforcement-data/\">more citations\u003c/a> for camping-related offenses and activists are reporting more frequent encampment clearings. When people are forced to disperse from their camps, they become more difficult to spot during point-in-time counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot harder to find one person with a blanket somewhere than it is to see a camp,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4903-1.html\">recent study\u003c/a> looking at the Skid Row, Hollywood and Venice neighborhoods in Los Angeles found the overall level of unsheltered homelessness didn’t change between December 2024 and January 2026. But the number of people living in tents dropped 23%, while the number of people “sleeping rough” (without a tent, tarp or other shelter) increased 20%, according to data from the nonprofit research organization RAND.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks at the homeless encampment located along Coleman Avenue between West Hedding Street and Asbury Street in San Jose on June 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That shift away from camps could pose a challenge in getting people into housing, as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ main intervention – the Inside Safe program – specifically targets people living in tent encampments and moves them into hotels. In addition, rough sleepers generally have a harder time holding onto their personal documents and phones, making it harder for them to navigate the process of getting into housing, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased enforcement could lead to people going uncounted, but it’s hard to tell how much that is really affecting point-in-time count results, said Roxanne Wilson, homeless services director for Monterey County. She does know that she’s seeing more people in her community move into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County saw a 15% decrease in overall homelessness compared to 2024, while the number of people living outdoors dropped by nearly a quarter. Wilson attributes that largely to state funds. Monterey County won three state Encampment Resolution Grants that helped it move more than 150 people out of encampments along the Pajaro River levee, in Soledad and in King City. The money went toward opening a new shelter for the Pajaro River residents in Santa Cruz County, tiny homes in Soledad and hotel rooms in King City, Wilson said. People moved from the camps into those temporary accommodations, where they could then focus on securing permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson called that a “huge accomplishment.” But state homelessness funding comes in the form of one-time grants, meaning counties never know for sure how much money they’ll get next year – or if they’ll get anything at all. That makes it hard to plan ahead and invest in long-term strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that it’s going to be hard to hold this line,” Wilson said, “if we don’t start having more stable funding sources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story reflected an incorrect number of new shelter beds in San Joaquin County. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials in counties where the homeless count dropped credit their progress to creating more shelter beds and low-income housing, which they say was made possible by new state funds released over the past several years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, some activists are questioning whether the numbers really are as rosy as they seem. Cities have ramped up enforcement against unhoused people in recent years – clearing encampments and citing people for illegal camping more frequently – which causes people to scatter and become harder to count. Just because someone is missing from an official count doesn’t mean they moved off the street and into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even in counties celebrating wins this year, officials wonder whether they can maintain those gains in the face of recent \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2026/08/medi-cal-the-cut-healthcare-threatened/\">federal cuts to Medi-Cal\u003c/a> and social services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve made progress,” said Jonathan Russell, director of Alameda County Health Housing and Homelessness Services, which reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12084262/homelessness-is-down-in-alameda-county-can-it-maintain-that-progress\">a 13% drop in homelessness compared to 2024\u003c/a>. “And there are real threats, real peril.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What the 2026 point-in-time counts show\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The federal government requires every county to conduct a point-in-time census of its homeless population at least every other year, though some do it every year. Typically, volunteers join city, county and nonprofit staffers on a single night in January to tally every unhoused person they see. The results are generally considered an undercount, as it’s easy to overlook people tucked away behind bushes or hunkered down in parked cars. But despite the count’s flaws, it’s the only standardized way the state (and the rest of the country) has to measure fluctuations in its homeless populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were 181,934 homeless Californians counted last year – a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/05/point-in-time-homelessness-report/\">nearly 3% drop\u003c/a> from 2024. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which compiles the data from each county, won’t release the official statewide or nationwide 2026 count for many months. But most counties that did a 2026 count have published the preliminary results on their own.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-6oAWh\" style=\"min-height: 931px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/6oAWh/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>In some counties, the results were disappointing. Los Angeles County, after two years of declines, reported a 1% increase in homelessness this year. Homelessness increased 13% throughout Sacramento County from 2024, though it was down within the city of Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/contra-costa-county\">Contra Costa County\u003c/a>, after a significant decrease between 2024 and 2025, saw homelessness creep up 7% this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, there were several reminders this year that the point-in-time counts are not perfect. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-08-11/accounting-glitch-caused-nearly-half-of-l-a-s-increase-in-homeless-count\">The Los Angeles Times\u003c/a> uncovered an accounting glitch that inflated the city’s homeless count by more than 600 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678220 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS23880_20170126_CC_county_homeless_count_215-e1530300027897.jpg\" alt=\"The homeless camp of Jarrett Keesling and Kelli Lengele, whom are among the hundreds of homeless the Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) interacted with as it conducts its annual count of homeless county residents Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless encampment near an overpass in Contra Costa County, on Jan. 26, 2017. The county recorded an almost 7% increase in homelessness this year since 2025. \u003ccite>(Eric Kayne/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Central California, Fresno and Madera counties, which combined reported a 34% drop in homelessness compared to last year, appeared to have the largest reduction in the state. But the counties \u003ca href=\"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc7bc02e8ba44aa938ccd4f/t/6a234bea54fe294ede543e7c/1780698092853/2026+PIT+Preliminary+Summary.pdf\">changed\u003c/a> the way they counted this year, potentially skewing the numbers. Instead of tallying everyone who was visible on the street as they did in 2025, this year, volunteers counted only people who confirmed they are homeless and agreed to participate in a survey. That change makes this year’s count difficult to compare to 2025 data, \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/article316062827.html\">officials admitted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some counties touted wins in moving people off the street and into shelters – a feat that’s considered progress even though those people are still considered homeless. In Alameda County, the percentage of unhoused people living in shelters \u003ca href=\"https://weblink.alamedacountyca.gov/ACHHS/DocView.aspx?id=2336&dbid=0&repo=ACH-DocumentLibrary&cr=1\">increased\u003c/a> from 21% in 2019 to 37% this year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Alameda County reached another significant milestone last year: for the first time since the county began tracking in 2021, slightly more people left homelessness and moved into housing than became newly homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell credits a major influx of state homelessness dollars that appeared in the county’s coffers about four years ago, including investments in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2026/05/newsom-homekey-records/\">Homekey\u003c/a> (the state program that helps cities and counties buy hotels to turn into homeless housing) and the state’s Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention fund. The state also awarded additional housing funds for homeless Californians with mental illness and substance use disorder in 2023 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Joaquin County, which boasted one of the biggest drops in overall homelessness and unsheltered homelessness in California, added more than 100 shelter beds and more than 1,000 permanent housing units between 2024 and 2026. That allowed the county to increase the number of people living in permanent housing by 86%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There just wasn’t money available 10 years ago like there is now,” said Dawn McLeish, deputy director of the county’s human services department. “It just took a couple years for those investments to get all the way off the ground.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv id=\"datawrapper-vis-7JDyb\" style=\"min-height: 826px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/7JDyb/full.png\" alt=\"A bar chart showing the change in total homeless counts, expressed as a percent change, between either 2024 or 2025 and 2026. The largest decline was in Fresno and Madera counties, with a 34% drop. The largest increase was in Amador, Calveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne which saw a more than doubling —130%.\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Niki Jones, executive director of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, views downward-trending numbers across the state with suspicion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They can call it progress if they want to,” she said. “I call baloney.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/06/california-homeless-camps-grants-pass-ruling/\">gave cities more leeway\u003c/a> to crack down on homeless encampments, cities have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2024/09/camping-ban-ordinances/\">passed new ordinances\u003c/a> banning camps, police are giving out \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/06/homelessness-enforcement-data/\">more citations\u003c/a> for camping-related offenses and activists are reporting more frequent encampment clearings. When people are forced to disperse from their camps, they become more difficult to spot during point-in-time counts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot harder to find one person with a blanket somewhere than it is to see a camp,” Jones said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA4903-1.html\">recent study\u003c/a> looking at the Skid Row, Hollywood and Venice neighborhoods in Los Angeles found the overall level of unsheltered homelessness didn’t change between December 2024 and January 2026. But the number of people living in tents dropped 23%, while the number of people “sleeping rough” (without a tent, tarp or other shelter) increased 20%, according to data from the nonprofit research organization RAND.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12077679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12077679\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/050422-SAN-JOSE-HOMELESS-SJM-DS-CM-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A man walks at the homeless encampment located along Coleman Avenue between West Hedding Street and Asbury Street in San Jose on June 22, 2021. \u003ccite>(Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That shift away from camps could pose a challenge in getting people into housing, as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ main intervention – the Inside Safe program – specifically targets people living in tent encampments and moves them into hotels. In addition, rough sleepers generally have a harder time holding onto their personal documents and phones, making it harder for them to navigate the process of getting into housing, according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased enforcement could lead to people going uncounted, but it’s hard to tell how much that is really affecting point-in-time count results, said Roxanne Wilson, homeless services director for Monterey County. She does know that she’s seeing more people in her community move into housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monterey County saw a 15% decrease in overall homelessness compared to 2024, while the number of people living outdoors dropped by nearly a quarter. Wilson attributes that largely to state funds. Monterey County won three state Encampment Resolution Grants that helped it move more than 150 people out of encampments along the Pajaro River levee, in Soledad and in King City. The money went toward opening a new shelter for the Pajaro River residents in Santa Cruz County, tiny homes in Soledad and hotel rooms in King City, Wilson said. People moved from the camps into those temporary accommodations, where they could then focus on securing permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson called that a “huge accomplishment.” But state homelessness funding comes in the form of one-time grants, meaning counties never know for sure how much money they’ll get next year – or if they’ll get anything at all. That makes it hard to plan ahead and invest in long-term strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that it’s going to be hard to hold this line,” Wilson said, “if we don’t start having more stable funding sources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>An earlier version of this story reflected an incorrect number of new shelter beds in San Joaquin County. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When teachers learned the results of the air testing on Thursday morning, Principal David Luongo said the room broke into “loud cheers and excitement.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Luongo said the campus opened Monday for anyone who wanted to walk through it, and that upperclassmen would show incoming freshmen around, making up for the fact that orientation had been moved off campus.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Marikka Hughes, a licensed geologist who runs the site mitigation and restoration program at the state Department of Toxic Substances Control, told an Aug. 13 town hall that the agency is “confident that there is no vapor intrusion at Kennedy High School based off of the samples and data that have been collected to date.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Crews took indoor air, outdoor air and sub-slab samples, she said, and found almost nothing directly beneath the buildings, “which means that there is nothing to move from the ground into indoor spaces.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There were two exceptions to those findings — in the kitchen and in the metal welding shop. In a letter to the district on Thursday, scientists for the state stated that the source of detected PCE is expected to be consumer products rather than the plume underground.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hughes said the readings in both rooms fall below standards set by the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, as well as the state’s commercial screening level.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Jeff Carter, the district’s interim associate superintendent of business services, said staff will inventory the chemicals stored in those rooms, “remove those consumer products that we believe are enhancing that level of PCE,” retest and then decide whether to reopen the spaces.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094385\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The campus of John F. 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(Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hughes said the samples were collected under deliberately conservative conditions, with no ventilation running, and that the kitchen in particular needs to be sampled again “under typical working conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Dr. Gina Solomon, chief of occupational, environmental and climate medicine at UCSF, who was briefed by state investigators and has advised the district as a volunteer, said that she feels “extremely confident that the school is safe.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If she were the parent of a Kennedy student, she said, “I would feel totally comfortable sending my child to that high school.” In the district’s news release, Solomon called the results “truly the best case scenario.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Hughes said her office has not identified the source of the contamination, nor has it mapped how far the plume extends, and that cleanup options cannot be evaluated until those determinations are made. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Asked whether the state could simply dig the chemical out, she said that would be ideal but that the agency expects to be working on it “in the coming years.” A schedule for future testing at Kennedy has not been set. Carter said the district hopes to test again during a school break, when results can be compared across seasons.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Addressing the town hall on Thursday, a woman who said she lives directly across from the school, at the corner of 45th Street and Cutting Boulevard, said she watches construction crews dig, and that “the dirt blows into my house” while her children play in the backyard. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California \u003c/a>lawmakers are advancing an effort to preserve oil refinery safety rules that were designed to prevent fires, explosions and other catastrophes despite industry opposition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The union-backed proposal, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb966\">Senate Bill 966\u003c/a>, would enshrine existing worker protections into state law as California regulators move to revise them in response to a legal settlement with the state’s oil lobby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to get the best regulations possible for these industries,” said Nick Plurkowski, a leader of a Bay Area local of the United Steelworkers. “An industry where you have to write into regulation … that it’s okay to refuse work that could lead to your death.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11975694\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Chevron refinery in Richmond on Oct. 27, 2023. A 2012 fire that broke out at the facility prompted safety regulations that state lawmakers are now looking to lock in. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bill would lock in workers’ rights to refuse dangerous work, participate in safety reviews, choose their own representatives for safety planning and report hazards anonymously. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure is among several targeting the oil and gas industry this year, including proposals aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb1259\">refinery closure plans\u003c/a> and a bid to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb493\">curb high gas prices during wartime\u003c/a> by expanding the state’s price-gouging law. Lawmakers’ focus on refineries comes as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/03/california-iran-oil-profit-spike/\">California drivers\u003c/a> face the \u003ca href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/\">nation’s highest gasoline prices\u003c/a> and the Iran war pushes up the global price of crude oil.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The worker safety bill would lock in provisions adopted after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/chevron-richmond-refinery-fire/\">2012 Chevron refinery fire\u003c/a> in Richmond that prompted 15,000 people to seek medical attention. The Western States Petroleum Association, the state’s main oil lobby, formally opposes the measure, arguing it would override a 2024 legal settlement the industry reached with regulators.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The industry and union players fighting over the bill do not contribute much money directly to lawmakers, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/\">CalMatters’ Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. Campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry can be toxic in elections for the state’s politically dominant Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But WSPA is a powerhouse when it comes to lobbying. It’s routinely the biggest spender in the Capitol among the many interest groups that hire lobbyists, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/data/2025/04/california-lobbying-spending-2024/\">according to state records\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3180844&amendid=0\">WSPA\u003c/a> reported lobbying on the measure, and is joined by some of the state’s largest refiners, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3180792&amendid=0\">Chevron\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3178680&amendid=0\">Marathon Petroleum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3173091&amendid=0\">PBF Energy\u003c/a>, according to lobbying reports reviewed by CalMatters. Those three companies \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-petroleum-market/californias-oil-refineries\">run refineries\u003c/a> that comprise nearly 90% of California’s crude oil refining capacity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The proposal, which cleared a key fiscal committee this week, is authored by State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/lena-gonzalez-165452\">Lena Gonzalez\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Long Beach, and comes after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/10/refinery-explosion-federal-state-oversight/\">an explosion last year\u003c/a> at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery. That blast rattled windows across nearby neighborhoods and shot uncontrolled columns of flame into the air, raising new concerns about the safety of the state’s aging refineries.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Zach Leary, a lobbyist for WSPA, in testimony at a legislative hearing earlier this summer, argued the proposal would override a 2024 settlement under which California regulators agreed to pursue changes to refinery safety rules in exchange for the industry dropping years of litigation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, it’s this type of regulatory and legislative whiplash that creates a business environment that is very difficult to operate in,” \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279744#t=1879&f=ddaaef2166740a84e19faea99e5135db\">Leary said in June\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. 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In response to the settlement, the California Environmental Protection Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28552134-2026-0226-01s-approval/\">finalized amendments\u003c/a> this year to its refinery safety rules, including how workers take part in safety decisions and how hazards are reviewed. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Petroleum-Refineries-Notice-Jan2026.pdf\">companion rule revision\u003c/a> at the state’s workplace safety agency is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Plurkowski, of the local United Steelworkers union, said that the outcome at CalEPA prompted the push for the worker safety measures to be written into law. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California \u003c/a>lawmakers are advancing an effort to preserve oil refinery safety rules that were designed to prevent fires, explosions and other catastrophes despite industry opposition. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The union-backed proposal, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260sb966\">Senate Bill 966\u003c/a>, would enshrine existing worker protections into state law as California regulators move to revise them in response to a legal settlement with the state’s oil lobby.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to get the best regulations possible for these industries,” said Nick Plurkowski, a leader of a Bay Area local of the United Steelworkers. “An industry where you have to write into regulation … that it’s okay to refuse work that could lead to your death.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11975694\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/231027-CHEVRON-RICHMOND-REFINERY-MD-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Chevron refinery in Richmond on Oct. 27, 2023. A 2012 fire that broke out at the facility prompted safety regulations that state lawmakers are now looking to lock in. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The bill would lock in workers’ rights to refuse dangerous work, participate in safety reviews, choose their own representatives for safety planning and report hazards anonymously. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Lawmakers’ focus on refineries comes as \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/03/california-iran-oil-profit-spike/\">California drivers\u003c/a> face the \u003ca href=\"https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/\">nation’s highest gasoline prices\u003c/a> and the Iran war pushes up the global price of crude oil.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The worker safety bill would lock in provisions adopted after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/chevron-richmond-refinery-fire/\">2012 Chevron refinery fire\u003c/a> in Richmond that prompted 15,000 people to seek medical attention. The Western States Petroleum Association, the state’s main oil lobby, formally opposes the measure, arguing it would override a 2024 legal settlement the industry reached with regulators.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The industry and union players fighting over the bill do not contribute much money directly to lawmakers, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/\">CalMatters’ Digital Democracy database\u003c/a>. Campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry can be toxic in elections for the state’s politically dominant Democratic Party.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But WSPA is a powerhouse when it comes to lobbying. It’s routinely the biggest spender in the Capitol among the many interest groups that hire lobbyists, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/data/2025/04/california-lobbying-spending-2024/\">according to state records\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3180844&amendid=0\">WSPA\u003c/a> reported lobbying on the measure, and is joined by some of the state’s largest refiners, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3180792&amendid=0\">Chevron\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3178680&amendid=0\">Marathon Petroleum\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/PDFGen/pdfgen.prg?filingid=3173091&amendid=0\">PBF Energy\u003c/a>, according to lobbying reports reviewed by CalMatters. Those three companies \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/californias-petroleum-market/californias-oil-refineries\">run refineries\u003c/a> that comprise nearly 90% of California’s crude oil refining capacity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The proposal, which cleared a key fiscal committee this week, is authored by State Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/legislators/lena-gonzalez-165452\">Lena Gonzalez\u003c/a>, a Democrat from Long Beach, and comes after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/10/refinery-explosion-federal-state-oversight/\">an explosion last year\u003c/a> at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery. That blast rattled windows across nearby neighborhoods and shot uncontrolled columns of flame into the air, raising new concerns about the safety of the state’s aging refineries.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Zach Leary, a lobbyist for WSPA, in testimony at a legislative hearing earlier this summer, argued the proposal would override a 2024 settlement under which California regulators agreed to pursue changes to refinery safety rules in exchange for the industry dropping years of litigation. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, it’s this type of regulatory and legislative whiplash that creates a business environment that is very difficult to operate in,” \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/279744#t=1879&f=ddaaef2166740a84e19faea99e5135db\">Leary said in June\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Department of Finance \u003ca href=\"https://leganalysis.dof.ca.gov/getPdf/15789\">also opposes the bill\u003c/a>, arguing it adds additional costs not included in this year’s budget, could expose the state to further litigation expenses and may conflict with an ongoing process to rewrite the rules following the 2024 settlement.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>California has some of the nation’s toughest refinery safety measures because of two earlier explosions: the 2012 Richmond refinery fire, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/20/exxonmobil_report_for_public_release.pdf?15813#page=6\">another in 2015\u003c/a> at a refinery in Torrance then owned by ExxonMobil that came close to releasing modified hydrofluoric acid, a potentially deadly industrial chemical.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"728\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS268_chevron20120810.jpg\" alt=\"The Chevron refinery fire in Richmond in August 2012 sent smoke across the Bay Area. 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In response to the settlement, the California Environmental Protection Agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28552134-2026-0226-01s-approval/\">finalized amendments\u003c/a> this year to its refinery safety rules, including how workers take part in safety decisions and how hazards are reviewed. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Petroleum-Refineries-Notice-Jan2026.pdf\">companion rule revision\u003c/a> at the state’s workplace safety agency is ongoing.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Plurkowski, of the local United Steelworkers union, said that the outcome at CalEPA prompted the push for the worker safety measures to be written into law. 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"content": "\u003cp>Students and staff may not be returning to John F. Kennedy High School campus in Richmond for the new school year as the state carries out more testing for tetrachloroethylene — a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/pollution\">carcinogenic solvent\u003c/a> once common in the dry-cleaning process. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The West Contra Costa Unified School District closed Kennedy out of what it called an abundance of caution after underground soil samples detected “varying levels” of the solvent otherwise known as PCE on July 31. Kennedy is \u003ca href=\"https://richmondside.org/2026/08/05/richmond-has-6-pce-chemical-sources-under-investigation/\">one of six\u003c/a> PCE sources in Richmond under investigation, and, along with the former headquarters of the pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, is one of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1981077/state-regulators-scrutinize-climate-plan-for-controversial-richmond-housing-development\">115 toxic spots across the city\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Kennedy High School’s soil may have become contaminated from a PCE plume linked to a dry cleaner that operated at its San Pablo Avenue location for 40 years, officials with the Department of Toxic Substances Control said Thursday at a town hall in the Richmond Memorial Auditorium.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094385\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The campus of John F. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campus has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.wccusd.net/departments-and-areas/facilities-construction-projects/kennedy-modernization\">under construction\u003c/a> following the July 2025 demolition of Kennedy High School’s main building as part of a school modernization plan. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>At the town hall on Thursday, Jeff Carter, assistant superintendent of business services for the school district, said WCCUSD has chosen alternative sites for Kennedy students to begin their school year if air-sample testing shows a danger. Those sites include Contra Costa College in San Pablo, the Craneway Pavilion on the waterfront next to the ferry terminal, or some other district-owned site.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We are planning for no delays for the start of the school year for Kennedy High School,” Carter said. “The test results will help us determine where we will open for the start of school.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Carter said testing of the site will continue through Saturday, with results expected by Wednesday of next week. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The first day of school for the district is Aug. 18.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Ian Utz, a DTSC senior environmental scientist and project manager, said there is no immediate risk to neighbors of the Kennedy campus, and that testing will show if PCE made it indoors where students and staff could be exposed. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12094386\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/260807-Kennedy-High-BK-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Posters announce the closure of John F. Kennedy High School in Richmond on Aug. 7, 2026, a week after soil samples detected the presence of PCE, a carcinogenic solvent used in dry cleaning. (Brian Krans/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Utz said concerns over contamination date back two decades before PCE was detected on July 31. He said it was unclear when PCE first entered the campus, but it was detected in five out of six soil samples taken along Cutting Boulevard and 45th Street.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Additional steps may be warranted,” Utz said. “In the meantime, DTSC continues its investigation to determine the source of the contamination and the extent of impacts on both the school site and the surrounding neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In addition to the Kennedy campus, city officials closed the adjacent Richmond Swim Center until further notice. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LaShonda White, Richmond’s deputy city manager for community services, said The Plunge in Point Richmond, which is open seven days a week, will host all registered classes at the swim center until the city and school district deem the swim center safe to reopen.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/pittsburg\">Pittsburg \u003c/a>residents opposed to a planned data center at the site of a former golf course plan to rally at a meeting on Monday, where they hope to discuss possible regulations with city leaders.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Although City Council members voted to approve construction of the data center in 2024, pushback has grown in recent months among residents citing concerns over environmental impacts and a perceived lack of transparency from officials. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Amhari Perkins has lived in Pittsburg all her life and started a petition opposing the project in June after learning it would be built near her daughter’s school, other schools and residential areas. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“I remember having nights where it was kind of hard sleeping, just thinking about it and questioning, ‘Who else knows about this?’” Perkins said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"12093621\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6046-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6046-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6046-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6046-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6046-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Several people show up to a community visibility event to protest data centers in Pittsburg. (Courtesy of Amhari Perkins)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"12093618\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6158-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12093618\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6158-scaled.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6158-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6158-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/IMG_6158-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Residents protest the AVAIO data center in the city of Pittsburg. (Courtesy of Amhari Perkins)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After that petition garnered thousands of signatures in weeks, she formed the Stop Pittsburg Data Center coalition, which helped push people to voice their concerns at recent City Council meetings. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pushback has prompted council members to host a discussion on Monday dedicated to the topic of data center policy and the project that has galvanized the community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Phase 1 of the project by AVAIO Digital, which includes the data center, is approved and requires additional permits, according to City Manager Darin Gale. The data center is \u003ca href=\"https://www.avaiodigital.com/updates/avaio-digital-marks-major-milestone-as-cec-approves-99mw-for-bay-area-data-center-project-perseus\">expected \u003c/a>to be operational by next year. But developers of the Pittsburg Technology Park project are planning two other phases that include the construction of employment spaces. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents say they’re worried about the development’s water and energy use, greenhouse gas pollution and noise. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Center for Biological Diversity sued the city over similar concerns, saying that Pittsburg lacked a plan to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, water use and harm to wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The two \u003ca href=\"https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/agreement-secures-renewable-energy-recycled-water-for-california-data-center-2025-12-16/\">settled\u003c/a>. The data center is required to use 100% renewable energy and recycled water for cooling under the agreement reached in late 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City officials have also said the final project would use one-fourth of the water that the former golf course used.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pauline Johnson, also with the Stop Pittsburg Data Center coalition, said that the group isn’t entirely against A.I. and data centers. For her, she thinks that there needs to be a safer relationship with A.I. developments. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A lot of these projects do encroach upon communities that have limited resources,” Johnson said. “Versus like Walnut Creek or Danville, those kind of high-income areas.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Transparency is another concern. Perkins and other residents say they weren’t properly informed of the project when it was under consideration for years and that the name itself — the Pittsburg Technology Park — is misleading. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“The response that we’ve received from the city and the City Council, they’ve been very quiet,” Perkins said. “It’s very scary for a lot of us.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Despite voting unanimously to approve the data center two years ago, no City Council members have publicly voiced their stance on the project since public backlash intensified.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Councilmember Juan Antonio Banales said in a 2025 statement that the AVAIO project would be part of the city’s push for economic development by adding more jobs to the area. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>After a meeting in June, Perkins did recall a conversation with Councilmember Jelani Killings where Killings suggested that Pittsburg was “different” than Oakley and Brentwood because it oversees the city-owned Pittsburg Power Company. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pushback has prompted council members to host a discussion on Monday dedicated to the topic of data center policy and the project that has galvanized the community. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Phase 1 of the project by AVAIO Digital, which includes the data center, is approved and requires additional permits, according to City Manager Darin Gale. The data center is \u003ca href=\"https://www.avaiodigital.com/updates/avaio-digital-marks-major-milestone-as-cec-approves-99mw-for-bay-area-data-center-project-perseus\">expected \u003c/a>to be operational by next year. But developers of the Pittsburg Technology Park project are planning two other phases that include the construction of employment spaces. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Residents say they’re worried about the development’s water and energy use, greenhouse gas pollution and noise. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Center for Biological Diversity sued the city over similar concerns, saying that Pittsburg lacked a plan to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, water use and harm to wildlife. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The two \u003ca href=\"https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/agreement-secures-renewable-energy-recycled-water-for-california-data-center-2025-12-16/\">settled\u003c/a>. The data center is required to use 100% renewable energy and recycled water for cooling under the agreement reached in late 2025. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>City officials have also said the final project would use one-fourth of the water that the former golf course used.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pauline Johnson, also with the Stop Pittsburg Data Center coalition, said that the group isn’t entirely against A.I. and data centers. For her, she thinks that there needs to be a safer relationship with A.I. developments. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“A lot of these projects do encroach upon communities that have limited resources,” Johnson said. “Versus like Walnut Creek or Danville, those kind of high-income areas.” \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Transparency is another concern. 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What makes Ávila Bugarin’s story unique is that the person who tried to strip her of her autonomy is now \u003ca href=\"https://avilafarias.asmdc.org/\">Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías\u003c/a>, who sits on her chamber’s \u003ca href=\"https://altc.assembly.ca.gov/members\">eldercare committee\u003c/a> — the legislative body that’s supposed to protect seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12093612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12093612\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías on the floor during a session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on May 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CalMatters reviewed the case as part of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/series/california-probate-court/\">our ongoing investigation\u003c/a> into California’s conservatorship system, which is designed to protect the vulnerable by taking control of their lives and finances. Previous stories have shown that weak oversight by the state’s Professional Fiduciaries Bureau and the courts has allowed the system to be used against the people it’s supposed to protect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records on file at the Contra Costa County Superior Court show that before Ávila Farías rose to become an assemblymember, she faced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28520577-court-grants-the-temporary-restraining-order/\">temporary restraining order\u003c/a> for elder abuse after \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232967-avila-bugarin-files-an-elder-abuse-restraining-order-against-avila-farias/#document/p3/a2824445\">allegedly hitting her mother\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522406-avila-farias-dismisses-her-conservatorship-petition-in-august-2019/\" data-type=\"link\">ended her conservatorship attempt\u003c/a> only after her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232951-the-judge-approves-the-settlement-agreement/#document/p5/a2824937\">agreed to sign over real estate\u003c/a> in a settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The records also reveal that Ávila Farías and her husband have filed for \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232945-avila-farias-files-for-bankruptcy/\">bankruptcy\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513594-isidro-farias-files-for-bankrupcy-in-2014/\">three\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522337-the-fariases-file-bankruptcy-for-buena-vista-llc-in-2011/\">times\u003c/a> on behalf of themselves and their company since 2011, and the assemblymember provided a vastly different explanation of the property in question to the courts than she did to the Fair Political Practices Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Brown, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacific.edu/campus-directory/melissa-brown\">elder-law professor emeritus\u003c/a> at the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law, said Ávila Farías’ attempt to place her mother in conservatorship looks like “a weaponization of the process.”[aside postID=news_11963961 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/092623-Newsom-Gun-Bill-Signing-MG-CM-03.jpg']Ávila Farías would not comment on details of the case, citing a confidentiality agreement that was part of the case’s settlement. But she said she plans to introduce legislation on the issue because of her experience in the case, “hopefully next year.” She didn’t provide specifics about the focus of the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her spokesperson, Roger Salazar, said in a written statement that there “has never been a judicial finding that Anamarie Farías engaged in any wrongdoing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California conservatorship proceedings commonly involve complex family dynamics,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed out that she has since been named a conservator for another family member, which “reflects the court’s independent determination that she satisfied the legal standards required to serve in a fiduciary capacity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her other family members also declined to comment for this story, citing the confidentiality agreement, or didn’t respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Miller, a spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, said the speaker was not aware of the temporary restraining order or the conservatorship petition when he appointed Ávila Farías to the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas on the State Capitol grounds in Sacramento on March 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías grew up in Martinez, where she served on the city council and the Contra Costa County Board of Education. She was on the board of directors for the California Housing Finance Agency from \u003ca href=\"https://archive.gov.ca.gov/archive/gov39/2015/04/08/news18916/index.html\">2015\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/02/04/governor-newsom-announces-appointments-2-4-21/\">2024\u003c/a>, during the court battles. Two years ago, voters sent her to the state Assembly with the \u003ca href=\"https://antiochherald.com/2024/05/avila-farias-announces-endorsement-by-gov-newsom-in-assembly-race/?fbclid=IwY2xjawS791RleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4ZGdCMnFSM1YwOFpURFVUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkMukZ9lcYHeouL4bicNC-zTcAQqoGeFX9HGyirf7lZVcx8FKFauskvsiRGZ_aem_Ox8lDsZdoyZTcP1Aw_1OoQ\">endorsement of Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the Fair Political Practices Commission received complaints that Ávila Farías had not disclosed \u003ca href=\"https://www.fppc.ca.gov/siteassets/documents/enforcement_div/enf_letters/2025/august/anamarie-avila-farias-nacl-202400760.pdf\">all of her economic interests\u003c/a> for several years. The commission closed an investigation in 2025 after she \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522262-avila-farias-amends-years-of-annual-statements/\">amended her forms\u003c/a>, disclosed reportable economic interests and completed the commission’s educational course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, she \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxla.com/news/california-ice-agent-employment-ban-ab1627\">introduced a bill\u003c/a> that would ban some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees from becoming police officers and teachers in California. A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1627\">watered-down version\u003c/a> of the bill passed the Assembly and is now in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12093000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12093000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalMatters-Olmos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalMatters-Olmos.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalMatters-Olmos-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal immigration agents arrest a man in Bell as residents clash with U.S. Border Patrol agents after a traffic collision involving one of the agency’s vehicles during immigration raids across the Los Angeles area on June 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías sits on the Assembly’s Aging and Long-Term Care Committee and is running for a second term in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before her ascent in state politics, Ávila Farías and her husband tried their hand in real estate, leaving behind a trail of bankruptcies and questionable property transfers, court and property records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their family strife centered on three properties: the family home that Ávila Farías purchased with her mother and sister, which they rented to a tenant; Ávila Farías’ permanent home; and another rental property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August 2008, Ávila Farías and her husband \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513617-avila-farias-transfers-the-family-home-in-2008/\">gifted\u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513619-the-fariases-transfer-their-rental-property-in-2008/\">three\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513618-the-fariases-transfer-their-permanent-residence-in-2008/\">properties\u003c/a> to the lawmaker’s mother, Ávila Bugarin, property records show. In court filings, Ávila Bugarin maintained she had no idea she’d been given ownership of two of the properties. Ávila Farías told the court that her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513665-avila-farias-responds-to-her-siblings-objections-to-the-conservatorship/#document/p10/a2824837\">was aware\u003c/a> of the transfers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About three months after the transfers, the couple signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513626-us-ban-canb-4-11bk70373-d1930112e1251-motion-motion-to-excuse-compliance-with-11-u-s-c-s/#document/p61/a2824438\">$2.3 million business loan agreement\u003c/a>. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513626-us-ban-canb-4-11bk70373-d1930112e1251-motion-motion-to-excuse-compliance-with-11-u-s-c-s/#document/p3/a2824440\">defaulted\u003c/a> on the loan about 18 months later, according to court filings, and the couple’s real estate company \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522337-the-fariases-file-bankruptcy-for-buena-vista-llc-in-2011/\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a> in September 2011, eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513636-the-judge-allows-the-creditor-to-take-possession-of-the-properties/\">turning over ownership\u003c/a> of an unrelated property to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513640-the-trustee-asks-the-judge-to-dismiss-buena-vistas-bankruptcy/\">lending company\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bankruptcy \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513646-buena-vistas-bankruptcy-was-dismissed-in-april-2012/\">case was dismissed\u003c/a> in April 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, Ávila Bugarin said that she discovered her daughter “was behind on her mortgage” on the family home, according to the court investigator’s report. It was then, Ávila Bugarin said, that she started researching the properties, and she learned that her daughter had placed the two other homes in her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Bugarin told the court investigator she also learned that her daughter had taken out loans against the family home. Ávila Bugarin, who spoke limited English, told the court investigator that she signed the bank documents for the loans, thinking she was refinancing the home, not borrowing against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She refused to deed the two properties back to Ávila Farías, saying she’d have to get the family home back first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police eventually got involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2018, according to court records filed by Ávila Bugarin, Ávila Farías \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232967-avila-bugarin-files-an-elder-abuse-restraining-order-against-avila-farias/#document/p3/a2824445\">stormed into her apartment\u003c/a>, yanked the telephone from her mother’s hand and hit her wrist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mother filed for a temporary restraining order, asking for protection for herself and her daughter who lived with her, Judith Ávila, which a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28520577-court-grants-the-temporary-restraining-order/\">judge granted\u003c/a>. Judith Ávila corroborated her mother’s account in court filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías denied the allegations, saying her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513654-avila-farias-responds-to-the-temporary-elder-abuse-restraining-order/#document/p9/a2824955\">slapped her instead\u003c/a>.[aside postID=news_12069417 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251007_Urban-Alchemy-Rally_-2_qed-1.jpg']Salazar pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28520015-rosemarie-griffins-response-to-the-restraining-order/#document/p2/a2824971\">statement from another sister\u003c/a>, RoseMarie Griffin, who was on the other end of the phone call when the altercation occurred. Griffin told the court her sister had no history of verbal or physical abuse. “I have never experienced or witnessed any behavior” that would merit a restraining order, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary restraining order was in place \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513564-the-temporary-elder-abuse-restraining-order-was-in-place-for-a-year/#document/p1/a2824448\">for about\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513564-the-temporary-elder-abuse-restraining-order-was-in-place-for-a-year/#document/p2/a2824447\">a year\u003c/a>, according to court records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After mediation over the restraining order failed, the mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513665-avila-farias-responds-to-her-siblings-objections-to-the-conservatorship/#document/p12/a2824449\">filed to evict\u003c/a> Ávila Farías from the home that was now in her name. Ávila Farías filed a request in probate court to place \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522392-avila-farias-files-petitions-to-have-her-mom-conserved/\">her mother\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522391-avila-farias-files-petitions-to-have-her-judith-avila-conserved/\">her sister\u003c/a> in a conservatorship, telling the court that her mother had “an inability to carry out actions in her own rational self-interest, and is subject to delusional and severely disorganized thinking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She argued that her brother was unduly influencing their mother and that her mother needed a neutral conservator in light of disagreements between her and her siblings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías told the court that her mother was forgetful and cited years-old incidents of her mother being scammed out of about $500 and allowing “some squatters (homeless felons)” to use her water hose as examples of why her mother needed someone else to handle her affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge immediately \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513670-the-judge-appoints-a-temporary-conservator-for-avila-bugarin/\">placed Ávila Bugarin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513669-the-judge-appoints-a-temporary-conservator-for-judith-avila/\">Judith Ávila\u003c/a> under a temporary conservatorship. He said Ávila Bugarin appeared to have been unduly influenced and ordered that she be evaluated. The conservatorship, albeit temporary, blocked Ávila Bugarin from making any financial or personal decisions for herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In subsequent proceedings to determine whether the conservatorship should be permanent, Ávila Bugarin’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513676-avila-fariass-siblings-objection-to-the-conservatorship/\">other children told the court\u003c/a> that they didn’t think their mother had dementia. Two medical doctors came to the same conclusion. And after the final exam, so did the neuropsychologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ms. Avila does not present with any form of significant cognitive deficits which would limit her ability to make medical, legal, financial or life care planning decisions for herself,” Dr. Eric Freitag told the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the court-appointed professional fiduciary — whom Ávila Farías had recommended — told the court investigator that she “hadn’t noticed any of the issues (Ávila Farías) set forth in the petition.” The fiduciary said Ávila Bugarin was “clear headed and able to take care of herself,” court records show.[aside postID=news_11944448 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/03/RS6278_104188708-sfi.jpg']A group of experts drew similar conclusions about Judith Ávila, saying she did not need a conservatorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías’ attorney, Gary Winuk, said it was appropriate to use conservatorship to figure out Ávila Bugarin’s mental capacity. “The whole purpose of the conservatorship process is to get appropriate testing to find out what someone’s capacity is,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even after experts determined that her mother and sister had the capacity to make their own decisions, the Contra Costa County politician didn’t drop the conservatorship cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a year after her petition, Ávila Farías won a significant victory: Her \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232951-the-judge-approves-the-settlement-agreement/#document/p2/a2824452\">mother agreed\u003c/a> to transfer ownership of the two contested properties, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232956-referees-report-to-the-court/#document/p3/a2824480\">valued\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232956-referees-report-to-the-court/#document/p6/a2824481\">about\u003c/a> $1.8 million. And they both agreed to sell the family home they owned together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her mother also agreed to drop her petition for a restraining order. Ávila Farías, who had been arguing that her mother wasn’t competent to make her own financial decisions, said she would stop trying to get the government to take away her mother and sister’s ability to control their own lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five months after the settlement, Ávila Farías \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232962-judge-appoints-receiver-to-sell-the-family-home/#document/p2/a2825129\" data-type=\"link\">hadn’t listed\u003c/a> the home for sale. The judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232962-judge-appoints-receiver-to-sell-the-family-home/\">appointed a receiver\u003c/a>, over \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515633-avila-farias-objects-to-appointing-a-receiver/\">Ávila Farías’ objection\u003c/a>, to sell the home. Three months later, Ávila Farías \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232945-avila-farias-files-for-bankruptcy/\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a>. The home was eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515634-avila-farias-files-updated-list-of-debts-and-payments-in-jan-2021/#document/p1/a2824475\">sold\u003c/a> in November 2020; mother and daughter \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515650-the-judge-approves-avila-fariass-payment-plan/\">used the profits\u003c/a> to cover \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515634-avila-farias-files-updated-list-of-debts-and-payments-in-jan-2021/#document/p10/a2824476\">more than $186,000\u003c/a> in legal fees and other bills related to the conservatorship. Under the agreement, Ávila Farías also gave her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515634-avila-farias-files-updated-list-of-debts-and-payments-in-jan-2021/#document/p10/a2824476\">$116,000 from the sale\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the case has long since been \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522434-the-conservatorship-case-was-resolved-in-2021/\" data-type=\"link\">resolved\u003c/a>, the records from the conservatorship petition raise larger questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías had claimed that her mother hadn’t been contributing to the costs of the properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the past 20 years, Ávila Farías not only has been financially responsible for all asset liability but has also managed day-to-day operations and expenses with no financial contributions from Mom,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513665-avila-farias-responds-to-her-siblings-objections-to-the-conservatorship/#document/p9/a2824989\">she wrote in a court filing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, three and a half years earlier, Ávila Farías told the Fair Political Practices Commission a completely different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052267\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052267\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city of Martinez, California on Jan. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Michael R. Lopez/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from a resident to recuse herself from a city council vote on a resolution that could have impacted her property value, she asked the commission to weigh in. “My mother provided the down payment and has made the loan payments ever since,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515697-avila-farias-writes-a-letter-to-the-fair-policial-practices-commission/#document/p1/a2824478\">she wrote\u003c/a>. “My mother is the sole owner of the property.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission said that there was \u003ca href=\"https://www.fppc.ca.gov/siteassets/documents/legal_div/advice_letters/2010-2019/2014/14-212.pdf\">no conflict of interest\u003c/a>. Ávila Farías voted in support of the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a city council hearing, the politician berated the resident for asking \u003ca href=\"https://martinez.granicus.com/player/clip/1112?meta_id=83350\">her to recuse herself\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I conduct myself in a high moral standard, and I have my own code of conduct, that I don’t need you or any of my council members to govern,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/investigation/2026/07/farias-assembly-conservatorship-2/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such ugly family battles can be common in \u003ca href=\"http://kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a>. What makes Ávila Bugarin’s story unique is that the person who tried to strip her of her autonomy is now \u003ca href=\"https://avilafarias.asmdc.org/\">Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías\u003c/a>, who sits on her chamber’s \u003ca href=\"https://altc.assembly.ca.gov/members\">eldercare committee\u003c/a> — the legislative body that’s supposed to protect seniors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12093612\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12093612\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/08/052826-Assembly-Session-MG-CM-12-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías on the floor during a session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on May 28, 2026. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>CalMatters reviewed the case as part of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/series/california-probate-court/\">our ongoing investigation\u003c/a> into California’s conservatorship system, which is designed to protect the vulnerable by taking control of their lives and finances. Previous stories have shown that weak oversight by the state’s Professional Fiduciaries Bureau and the courts has allowed the system to be used against the people it’s supposed to protect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records on file at the Contra Costa County Superior Court show that before Ávila Farías rose to become an assemblymember, she faced a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28520577-court-grants-the-temporary-restraining-order/\">temporary restraining order\u003c/a> for elder abuse after \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232967-avila-bugarin-files-an-elder-abuse-restraining-order-against-avila-farias/#document/p3/a2824445\">allegedly hitting her mother\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522406-avila-farias-dismisses-her-conservatorship-petition-in-august-2019/\" data-type=\"link\">ended her conservatorship attempt\u003c/a> only after her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232951-the-judge-approves-the-settlement-agreement/#document/p5/a2824937\">agreed to sign over real estate\u003c/a> in a settlement agreement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The records also reveal that Ávila Farías and her husband have filed for \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232945-avila-farias-files-for-bankruptcy/\">bankruptcy\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513594-isidro-farias-files-for-bankrupcy-in-2014/\">three\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522337-the-fariases-file-bankruptcy-for-buena-vista-llc-in-2011/\">times\u003c/a> on behalf of themselves and their company since 2011, and the assemblymember provided a vastly different explanation of the property in question to the courts than she did to the Fair Political Practices Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Brown, an \u003ca href=\"https://www.pacific.edu/campus-directory/melissa-brown\">elder-law professor emeritus\u003c/a> at the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law, said Ávila Farías’ attempt to place her mother in conservatorship looks like “a weaponization of the process.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Ávila Farías would not comment on details of the case, citing a confidentiality agreement that was part of the case’s settlement. But she said she plans to introduce legislation on the issue because of her experience in the case, “hopefully next year.” She didn’t provide specifics about the focus of the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her spokesperson, Roger Salazar, said in a written statement that there “has never been a judicial finding that Anamarie Farías engaged in any wrongdoing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“California conservatorship proceedings commonly involve complex family dynamics,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pointed out that she has since been named a conservator for another family member, which “reflects the court’s independent determination that she satisfied the legal standards required to serve in a fiduciary capacity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her other family members also declined to comment for this story, citing the confidentiality agreement, or didn’t respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Miller, a spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, said the speaker was not aware of the temporary restraining order or the conservatorship petition when he appointed Ávila Farías to the committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979470\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979470\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240314-SPEAKER-RIVAS-PB-MD-10-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas on the State Capitol grounds in Sacramento on March 14, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías grew up in Martinez, where she served on the city council and the Contra Costa County Board of Education. She was on the board of directors for the California Housing Finance Agency from \u003ca href=\"https://archive.gov.ca.gov/archive/gov39/2015/04/08/news18916/index.html\">2015\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/02/04/governor-newsom-announces-appointments-2-4-21/\">2024\u003c/a>, during the court battles. Two years ago, voters sent her to the state Assembly with the \u003ca href=\"https://antiochherald.com/2024/05/avila-farias-announces-endorsement-by-gov-newsom-in-assembly-race/?fbclid=IwY2xjawS791RleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4ZGdCMnFSM1YwOFpURFVUc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHkMukZ9lcYHeouL4bicNC-zTcAQqoGeFX9HGyirf7lZVcx8FKFauskvsiRGZ_aem_Ox8lDsZdoyZTcP1Aw_1OoQ\">endorsement of Gov. Gavin Newsom\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the Fair Political Practices Commission received complaints that Ávila Farías had not disclosed \u003ca href=\"https://www.fppc.ca.gov/siteassets/documents/enforcement_div/enf_letters/2025/august/anamarie-avila-farias-nacl-202400760.pdf\">all of her economic interests\u003c/a> for several years. The commission closed an investigation in 2025 after she \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522262-avila-farias-amends-years-of-annual-statements/\">amended her forms\u003c/a>, disclosed reportable economic interests and completed the commission’s educational course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, she \u003ca href=\"https://www.foxla.com/news/california-ice-agent-employment-ban-ab1627\">introduced a bill\u003c/a> that would ban some U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees from becoming police officers and teachers in California. A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1627\">watered-down version\u003c/a> of the bill passed the Assembly and is now in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12093000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12093000\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalMatters-Olmos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalMatters-Olmos.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/CalMatters-Olmos-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal immigration agents arrest a man in Bell as residents clash with U.S. Border Patrol agents after a traffic collision involving one of the agency’s vehicles during immigration raids across the Los Angeles area on June 20, 2025. \u003ccite>(Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías sits on the Assembly’s Aging and Long-Term Care Committee and is running for a second term in the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before her ascent in state politics, Ávila Farías and her husband tried their hand in real estate, leaving behind a trail of bankruptcies and questionable property transfers, court and property records show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their family strife centered on three properties: the family home that Ávila Farías purchased with her mother and sister, which they rented to a tenant; Ávila Farías’ permanent home; and another rental property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August 2008, Ávila Farías and her husband \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513617-avila-farias-transfers-the-family-home-in-2008/\">gifted\u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513619-the-fariases-transfer-their-rental-property-in-2008/\">three\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513618-the-fariases-transfer-their-permanent-residence-in-2008/\">properties\u003c/a> to the lawmaker’s mother, Ávila Bugarin, property records show. In court filings, Ávila Bugarin maintained she had no idea she’d been given ownership of two of the properties. Ávila Farías told the court that her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513665-avila-farias-responds-to-her-siblings-objections-to-the-conservatorship/#document/p10/a2824837\">was aware\u003c/a> of the transfers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About three months after the transfers, the couple signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513626-us-ban-canb-4-11bk70373-d1930112e1251-motion-motion-to-excuse-compliance-with-11-u-s-c-s/#document/p61/a2824438\">$2.3 million business loan agreement\u003c/a>. They \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513626-us-ban-canb-4-11bk70373-d1930112e1251-motion-motion-to-excuse-compliance-with-11-u-s-c-s/#document/p3/a2824440\">defaulted\u003c/a> on the loan about 18 months later, according to court filings, and the couple’s real estate company \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522337-the-fariases-file-bankruptcy-for-buena-vista-llc-in-2011/\">filed for bankruptcy\u003c/a> in September 2011, eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513636-the-judge-allows-the-creditor-to-take-possession-of-the-properties/\">turning over ownership\u003c/a> of an unrelated property to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513640-the-trustee-asks-the-judge-to-dismiss-buena-vistas-bankruptcy/\">lending company\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bankruptcy \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513646-buena-vistas-bankruptcy-was-dismissed-in-april-2012/\">case was dismissed\u003c/a> in April 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Years later, Ávila Bugarin said that she discovered her daughter “was behind on her mortgage” on the family home, according to the court investigator’s report. It was then, Ávila Bugarin said, that she started researching the properties, and she learned that her daughter had placed the two other homes in her name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Bugarin told the court investigator she also learned that her daughter had taken out loans against the family home. Ávila Bugarin, who spoke limited English, told the court investigator that she signed the bank documents for the loans, thinking she was refinancing the home, not borrowing against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She refused to deed the two properties back to Ávila Farías, saying she’d have to get the family home back first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The police eventually got involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2018, according to court records filed by Ávila Bugarin, Ávila Farías \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232967-avila-bugarin-files-an-elder-abuse-restraining-order-against-avila-farias/#document/p3/a2824445\">stormed into her apartment\u003c/a>, yanked the telephone from her mother’s hand and hit her wrist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mother filed for a temporary restraining order, asking for protection for herself and her daughter who lived with her, Judith Ávila, which a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28520577-court-grants-the-temporary-restraining-order/\">judge granted\u003c/a>. Judith Ávila corroborated her mother’s account in court filings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías denied the allegations, saying her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513654-avila-farias-responds-to-the-temporary-elder-abuse-restraining-order/#document/p9/a2824955\">slapped her instead\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Salazar pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28520015-rosemarie-griffins-response-to-the-restraining-order/#document/p2/a2824971\">statement from another sister\u003c/a>, RoseMarie Griffin, who was on the other end of the phone call when the altercation occurred. Griffin told the court her sister had no history of verbal or physical abuse. “I have never experienced or witnessed any behavior” that would merit a restraining order, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary restraining order was in place \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513564-the-temporary-elder-abuse-restraining-order-was-in-place-for-a-year/#document/p1/a2824448\">for about\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513564-the-temporary-elder-abuse-restraining-order-was-in-place-for-a-year/#document/p2/a2824447\">a year\u003c/a>, according to court records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After mediation over the restraining order failed, the mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513665-avila-farias-responds-to-her-siblings-objections-to-the-conservatorship/#document/p12/a2824449\">filed to evict\u003c/a> Ávila Farías from the home that was now in her name. Ávila Farías filed a request in probate court to place \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522392-avila-farias-files-petitions-to-have-her-mom-conserved/\">her mother\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522391-avila-farias-files-petitions-to-have-her-judith-avila-conserved/\">her sister\u003c/a> in a conservatorship, telling the court that her mother had “an inability to carry out actions in her own rational self-interest, and is subject to delusional and severely disorganized thinking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She argued that her brother was unduly influencing their mother and that her mother needed a neutral conservator in light of disagreements between her and her siblings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías told the court that her mother was forgetful and cited years-old incidents of her mother being scammed out of about $500 and allowing “some squatters (homeless felons)” to use her water hose as examples of why her mother needed someone else to handle her affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge immediately \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513670-the-judge-appoints-a-temporary-conservator-for-avila-bugarin/\">placed Ávila Bugarin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513669-the-judge-appoints-a-temporary-conservator-for-judith-avila/\">Judith Ávila\u003c/a> under a temporary conservatorship. He said Ávila Bugarin appeared to have been unduly influenced and ordered that she be evaluated. The conservatorship, albeit temporary, blocked Ávila Bugarin from making any financial or personal decisions for herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In subsequent proceedings to determine whether the conservatorship should be permanent, Ávila Bugarin’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513676-avila-fariass-siblings-objection-to-the-conservatorship/\">other children told the court\u003c/a> that they didn’t think their mother had dementia. Two medical doctors came to the same conclusion. And after the final exam, so did the neuropsychologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ms. Avila does not present with any form of significant cognitive deficits which would limit her ability to make medical, legal, financial or life care planning decisions for herself,” Dr. Eric Freitag told the court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the court-appointed professional fiduciary — whom Ávila Farías had recommended — told the court investigator that she “hadn’t noticed any of the issues (Ávila Farías) set forth in the petition.” The fiduciary said Ávila Bugarin was “clear headed and able to take care of herself,” court records show.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>A group of experts drew similar conclusions about Judith Ávila, saying she did not need a conservatorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías’ attorney, Gary Winuk, said it was appropriate to use conservatorship to figure out Ávila Bugarin’s mental capacity. “The whole purpose of the conservatorship process is to get appropriate testing to find out what someone’s capacity is,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even after experts determined that her mother and sister had the capacity to make their own decisions, the Contra Costa County politician didn’t drop the conservatorship cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About a year after her petition, Ávila Farías won a significant victory: Her \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232951-the-judge-approves-the-settlement-agreement/#document/p2/a2824452\">mother agreed\u003c/a> to transfer ownership of the two contested properties, \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232956-referees-report-to-the-court/#document/p3/a2824480\">valued\u003c/a> at \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28232956-referees-report-to-the-court/#document/p6/a2824481\">about\u003c/a> $1.8 million. 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Under the agreement, Ávila Farías also gave her mother \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28515634-avila-farias-files-updated-list-of-debts-and-payments-in-jan-2021/#document/p10/a2824476\">$116,000 from the sale\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the case has long since been \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28522434-the-conservatorship-case-was-resolved-in-2021/\" data-type=\"link\">resolved\u003c/a>, the records from the conservatorship petition raise larger questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ávila Farías had claimed that her mother hadn’t been contributing to the costs of the properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the past 20 years, Ávila Farías not only has been financially responsible for all asset liability but has also managed day-to-day operations and expenses with no financial contributions from Mom,” \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28513665-avila-farias-responds-to-her-siblings-objections-to-the-conservatorship/#document/p9/a2824989\">she wrote in a court filing\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, three and a half years earlier, Ávila Farías told the Fair Political Practices Commission a completely different story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052267\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052267\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty-160x128.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/MartinezGetty-1536x1229.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The city of Martinez, California on Jan. 11, 2025. \u003ccite>(Michael R. 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"content": "\u003cp>Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies arrested nine people after a protest outside the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12090638/ch-sugar-striking-workers-to-meet-for-first-time-in-month-long-strike\">C&H Sugar refinery in Crockett\u003c/a> on Tuesday, where warehouse and dockworkers have been striking for six weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sheriff’s office spokesperson Jimmy Lee said the gathering was declared an unlawful assembly after “repeated efforts to gain compliance” and multiple attempts to disperse a crowd protesting outside the facility. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Warehouse workers represented by International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 6 walked off the job last month amid stalled contract negotiations. C&H dockworkers, represented by ILWU Local 10, have refused to cross picket lines in solidarity throughout the strike.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Sheriff’s officials said they responded to the refinery on Loring Avenue on Tuesday morning after receiving multiple reports of rocks being thrown at trucks attempting to enter the facility, and protesters blocking the roadway, preventing workers’ movement in and out. ILWU Local 10 officials denied that members threw rocks at vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The Crockett refinery usually processes six million pounds of raw cane sugar per day, but operations have been disrupted since the 90 warehouse employees went on strike June 15 amid bargaining over wages, sick time and retirement benefits. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/07/803A0691-scaled-e1784753898575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12092193\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kendra Sparks is a lifelong Crockett resident and 30-year employee of C&H Sugar. Her father, Greg Soria, retired from C&H after 40 years and would lose healthcare benefits he earned with the company under terms proposed by C&H, she said. (Courtesy of Roy San Fillipo, ILWU)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>ILWU Local 6 negotiators previously told KQED that C&H has offered their members a 20% raise over five years, while halving sick days and getting rid of benefits for retired employees. Union members said at the time that the salary increase wasn’t worth the trade-off.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Retirees cannot afford not to have benefits at all; we cannot afford as a worker to pay another 30% for our health care; we can’t afford to take a cut in our sick leave,” said Michael Villeggiante, the president of ILWU Local 10, which is not in negotiations, but striking in solidarity.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for C&H told KQED that while the company “has worked tirelessly to resolve the labor dispute and responsibly operate our business, the ILWU has opted instead to engage in unlawful and dangerous activity that has threatened the health and safety of our employees, independent drivers, contractors, Crockett residents and law enforcement.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have respected the union’s right to strike, but we do not accept this dangerous and illegal behavior,” the spokesperson said via email. “We are grateful to the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol who responded yesterday.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Because dockworkers have refused to cross the picket line, C&H began diverting some operations to the Levin Richmond Terminal, where goods like coal and oil are unloaded, in recent weeks. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But days ago, the company redirected a ship, known as the Tai Herald, from Richmond to Crockett, where it sat docked until Monday. Then, C&H hired nonunionized workers to unload it, Villeggiante said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>In response, ILWU Local 10 workers left their jobs at other Northern California ports, including Oakland, Eureka, Sacramento and Benicia, to join the picket at Crockett at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. Villeggiante said at least 400 people joined for a “peaceful rally” featuring music and entertainment as picketers marched back and forth across every entrance at the property.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“That’s our jurisdiction,” he said. “Going all the way back to 1934, we were awarded to unload and load these ships. And we have a practice of doing those ships at C&H Sugar since 1938.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>According to the county sheriff’s office, personnel arrived around 11 a.m., and stayed on scene for five hours trying to maintain order and facilitate traffic movement. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Villeggiante said that the crowd dwindled to about 150 throughout the day as more police presence appeared. The tense confrontation occurred in the afternoon, after sheriff’s officials said they broadcast multiple announcements to the crowd to disperse and asked the picketers to clear a driveway to let workers out of the facility. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Villeggiante said he instructed ILWU members to move, but some protesters remained in front of the driveway. The nine arrested were booked at the Martinez Detention Facility after Villeggiante said law enforcement “manhandled” multiple union members. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The majority were cited and released, while three remained in custody overnight. The individuals were arrested on various charges, including remaining present at an unlawful assembly after being lawfully ordered to disperse, battery, obstruction and resisting a police officer.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Four ILWU Local 10 members were arrested, including the three who stayed in custody overnight and were bailed out this morning. 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