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Hi, April. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:01:56] Hi, Katrina. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:01:57] OK, so the state knew that a vaccine was coming months before it was actually approved. So shouldn’t they have prepared for this moment? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:02:05] Well, yes and no. California did do a lot of planning. But when you have a federal government that keeps changing things up, it can be hard to keep up. And that’s the biggest failing of the vaccine rollout, is the utter lack of national leadership. So the Trump administration did an amazing job of getting the vaccine made in record time. It had vaccines ready to ship the moment it was approved by the FDA. But after that, once it got to the states, there was no plan. And so instead, you have 50 states making up 50 plans. And in California, we have 58 counties with 58 plans. So everyone is making this up as they go along. Also, keep in mind that we’ve been trying to do this at the same time that we’ve been in the middle of our biggest surge of the pandemic. Hospitals have been maxed out and the health care system has not had a ton of resources left over to also manage a mass vaccination effort. And until recently, there was no money from the feds to really prepare. So let me put it this way. At every turn in the pandemic, the U.S. has responded poorly. We’ve been slow and uncoordinated with testing, contact tracing, prevention, masks. And it’s the same public health system for the vaccine. 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They were balancing, risk and exposure and societal impact. And they came up with a very detailed plan that was centered on equity and fairness. So the first phase, health care workers. But it also had all these tiers for which health care workers were most at risk and should be first. And that also included sending vaccines to hospitals in low income neighborhoods first. So the second phase, the state prioritized mainly essential workers, farm workers or meatpackers who had no way of working from home. But it turns out that all that detail was just too complex to actually put into operation on the ground. And by the time the state plan got to the counties, there was hardly any time left for them to figure out how to actually implement it. 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So let me give you a couple of examples. So this vaccine needs to be stored at very low temperatures. And once you allow a batch to thaw, you have to use it within a few hours or it’s no good. So you have a situation where hospitals had vaccine ready to go, but not enough people from the priority groups ready and willing to be vaccinated. That’s where you have hospitals putting out word to their own friends and family, ‘Hey, come get the vaccine or it’s going to go to waste.’ There is another example of a hospital in San Jose where the hospital administrator called up a local school superintendent and said, ‘Send over your employees,’ even though it was not their turn yet. So stories like these start filtering out. And at the same time, you have those 50 states with those 50 plans. And so over here in California, we start hearing stories about older people in Florida getting the vaccine first. So, older Floridians are a large Republican voting bloc. And so there’s been some talk that that’s why the governor there went his own way and put them first. But either way, older people here in California start deluging the state, ‘What about us?’ So you have these logistical complications combined with this political pressure to speed things up. So this is the point where Governor Newsom opens up vaccinations to all people 65 and over. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:07:11] OK, so what’s the rationale behind the change, like moving to this age-based system? Why that? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:07:17] So there are two reasons. And the main one, which is a very powerful one, is that people 65 and older are the most likely to need hospital care if they get Covid and the most likely to die. They account for 75 percent of Covid deaths in the state. 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So some of the reasons are similar to what we’re seeing now with computer access. At one hospital in Virginia, for example, notifications about vaccine registration went out by email. Well, it turned out the janitorial staff there did not have access to email, so structurally our systems are leaving people of color out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:10:50] So I have to say, when I first heard that California was trying to be thoughtful about the vaccine distribution to prioritize populations who’ve been historically disadvantaged or who have already borne the brunt of this pandemic, I was actually really hopeful about that. I mean, it seemed to me like a new way of thinking about health care, one that takes a bit more of a holistic approach. So it’s kind of disturbing to watch all of this fall apart. Is there any way that this could have gone better? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:11:18] It’s hard to say. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz \u003c/strong>[00:01:14] First the vaccine was only available to healthcare workers and that made sense. But then there were plans to focus on groups that were hit the hardest by the pandemic. Now it’s all about age. Today on the show, what’s going on with California’s vaccine rollout and why has it felt so chaotic? I’m Katrina Schwartz and this is Bay Curious. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:01:41] California health officials originally said they intended to focus vaccines on the most vulnerable groups, but that plan has been changing quickly. KQED’s health correspondent April Dembosky is here to explain what’s going on. Hi, April. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:01:56] Hi, Katrina. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:01:57] OK, so the state knew that a vaccine was coming months before it was actually approved. So shouldn’t they have prepared for this moment? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:02:05] Well, yes and no. California did do a lot of planning. But when you have a federal government that keeps changing things up, it can be hard to keep up. And that’s the biggest failing of the vaccine rollout, is the utter lack of national leadership. So the Trump administration did an amazing job of getting the vaccine made in record time. It had vaccines ready to ship the moment it was approved by the FDA. But after that, once it got to the states, there was no plan. And so instead, you have 50 states making up 50 plans. And in California, we have 58 counties with 58 plans. So everyone is making this up as they go along. Also, keep in mind that we’ve been trying to do this at the same time that we’ve been in the middle of our biggest surge of the pandemic. Hospitals have been maxed out and the health care system has not had a ton of resources left over to also manage a mass vaccination effort. And until recently, there was no money from the feds to really prepare. So let me put it this way. At every turn in the pandemic, the U.S. has responded poorly. We’ve been slow and uncoordinated with testing, contact tracing, prevention, masks. And it’s the same public health system for the vaccine. So I think the expectation that this would ever happen quickly and smoothly was a little unrealistic. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz \u003c/strong>[00:03:26] But you said that the state did do a lot of planning, so why wasn’t that enough?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nApril Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:03:30] So I think it’s fair to say that the state didn’t fully think things through. So, yes, starting in November, the state convened the Community Vaccine Advisory Committee and they invited 70 different groups to be part of it. Advocates for farm workers, teachers, the elderly, as well as health insurance groups, hospital groups, county health departments, across the spectrum. And the main goal of this group was to figure out who should get the vaccine first. So we’ve known from the beginning that there wouldn’t be enough vaccines for everybody. And so who should get priority? So this group put a ton of thought into this. They were balancing, risk and exposure and societal impact. And they came up with a very detailed plan that was centered on equity and fairness. So the first phase, health care workers. But it also had all these tiers for which health care workers were most at risk and should be first. And that also included sending vaccines to hospitals in low income neighborhoods first. So the second phase, the state prioritized mainly essential workers, farm workers or meatpackers who had no way of working from home. But it turns out that all that detail was just too complex to actually put into operation on the ground. And by the time the state plan got to the counties, there was hardly any time left for them to figure out how to actually implement it. Denny Chan is an attorney with \u003ca href=\"https://justiceinaging.org/\">Justice in Aging\u003c/a> and a member of the vaccine committee. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Denny Chan\u003c/strong> [00:04:58] “We have been so caught up in some of the minutiae of what sectors in which phase, but we don’t seem to be spending the same amount of time and consideration on thinking through how you’re going to get to those people ultimately in the end.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:05:30] This whole pandemic has shown us over and over again how inequitable and fragile the U.S. healthcare system is and getting vaccines to people has been no exception. So can you help us to understand why it has been so hard for California to actually follow through on its good intentions and to be more equitable?\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\nApril Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:05:48] I would say it comes down to logistics and leadership. So let me give you a couple of examples. So this vaccine needs to be stored at very low temperatures. And once you allow a batch to thaw, you have to use it within a few hours or it’s no good. So you have a situation where hospitals had vaccine ready to go, but not enough people from the priority groups ready and willing to be vaccinated. That’s where you have hospitals putting out word to their own friends and family, ‘Hey, come get the vaccine or it’s going to go to waste.’ There is another example of a hospital in San Jose where the hospital administrator called up a local school superintendent and said, ‘Send over your employees,’ even though it was not their turn yet. So stories like these start filtering out. And at the same time, you have those 50 states with those 50 plans. And so over here in California, we start hearing stories about older people in Florida getting the vaccine first. So, older Floridians are a large Republican voting bloc. And so there’s been some talk that that’s why the governor there went his own way and put them first. But either way, older people here in California start deluging the state, ‘What about us?’ So you have these logistical complications combined with this political pressure to speed things up. So this is the point where Governor Newsom opens up vaccinations to all people 65 and over. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:07:11] OK, so what’s the rationale behind the change, like moving to this age-based system? Why that? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:07:17] So there are two reasons. And the main one, which is a very powerful one, is that people 65 and older are the most likely to need hospital care if they get Covid and the most likely to die. They account for 75 percent of Covid deaths in the state. And so the thinking is, if we can quickly start vaccinating this group, maybe we can actually start to impact both the death toll and the toll on our overwhelmed hospital system. So the other reason to do it this way is because health officials have said it’s easier. It’s a clear message to communicate to the public and there’s data for it. So health insurers don’t have reliable data on who’s a farm worker, for example, or who’s a teacher. You know, many farm workers are uninsured, but they do have data on who is 65 and over. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:08:05] So now the governor has opened up vaccinations to folks over 65 and that’s over 6.2 million people. Will that just make it harder for less privileged people to get the vaccine? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:08:17] At first, it’s definitely going to make it harder. Remember, this was not part of the original plan. Some counties had already started setting up vaccination clinics for teachers or first responders or farm workers. And now there’s this last minute change. And so it’s hard for counties to just turn on a dime and suddenly do something different. And that’s part of the reason we’re hearing all sorts of stories of the struggles that seniors are having, getting a vaccine, people waiting on hold on the phone for eight hours to get an appointment. People refreshing their web portal over and over and over again to try to register online for an appointment or driving two hours to a clinic, because that’s the only place where you could get an appointment. So if you don’t have a computer or a family member who can help you with this, it’s too hard. You have to fight. And so this is inherently going to favor people with time and means to navigate the system. There was a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7183732/\">recent study\u003c/a> that was investigating racial inequities in heart failure treatment, and it showed that white patients were more likely to receive specialty care. And the reason that they found was because white patients were more likely to vigorously advocate for access to that care. I talked to Dr. Michelle Morse from Harvard Medical School. She worked on the study and she said the same thing is likely to play out with vaccines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Michelle Morse\u003c/strong> [00:09:37] “Folks who are white do feel that they are entitled or feel that they should have access to certain things that, you know, other groups have either been told that they shouldn’t have access to or actually have been intentionally excluded from having access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:09:54] We are already seeing this play out with the first group that got vaccinated, health care workers. \u003ca href=\"https://khn.org/news/article/black-americans-are-getting-vaccinated-at-lower-rates-than-white-americans/\">Kaiser Health News did an analysis\u003c/a> of 16 states that have been tracking race data and vaccinations. And so far in all of them, white people are being vaccinated at much higher rates than black people. In many cases, the rate is two to three times higher for white people. So some of the reasons are similar to what we’re seeing now with computer access. At one hospital in Virginia, for example, notifications about vaccine registration went out by email. Well, it turned out the janitorial staff there did not have access to email, so structurally our systems are leaving people of color out. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:10:50] So I have to say, when I first heard that California was trying to be thoughtful about the vaccine distribution to prioritize populations who’ve been historically disadvantaged or who have already borne the brunt of this pandemic, I was actually really hopeful about that. I mean, it seemed to me like a new way of thinking about health care, one that takes a bit more of a holistic approach. So it’s kind of disturbing to watch all of this fall apart. Is there any way that this could have gone better? \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:11:18] It’s hard to say. And I think part of what’s tricky is that, the state did set out to do that and set up a lot of expectations. That is now leaving a lot of groups disappointed. But, could it have gone better? I mean, reaching hard to reach populations takes time. You have to build trust. And in general, it’s better to go to those communities rather than asking them to come to you. And as much as advocates know that this is the path to follow, our current healthcare system is just not set up for that. And right now, there’s so much impatience and so much urgency to move fast. So I think the real issue is the fact that the state changed its plan at the last minute. We’ve known all along that vaccine doses were going to be scarce. So in some ways, we could have seen this coming and it seemed like the state wasn’t really willing to say at any certain point, no, your group will not be prioritized because they can work from home or they can mitigate their risk. And, seniors are the ones who are dying. But at the same time, it’s not that the state is, going to drop all concerns about equity. It is still thinking about this and talking about this. You know, if they’re going to direct vaccines to seniors, how do you direct them to seniors who live maybe in low income areas or to areas of the state that have been hit hard by the pandemic? Some counties are working on mobile clinics that can bring the vaccine to the most vulnerable communities. And now more recently, the state has said it is it has finally said it’s it’s taking the reins. It’s saying it’s going to lead distribution at the state level. It’s creating a statewide registry called My Turn, and it’s going to coordinate the delivery and keep data on who’s getting the vaccine. So on some level, that’s going to streamline the process and also hopefully make it easier to track and implement an equity plan. The other thing that I’ll say is that we also have a new administration coming in at the federal level. And the Biden administration has absolutely signaled that they’re going to do more to take on national leadership around vaccine distribution. So a lot of things really could be changing. The one thing I will say is that I do think we’re going to get better at this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:13:39] Good. A note of optimism to end on. Thank you so much, April. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April Dembosky\u003c/strong> [00:13:42] Thanks, Katrina. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz\u003c/strong> [00:13:43] That was April Dembosky, KQED health correspondent. Information about the coronavirus and the vaccine’s. It’s changing all the time, like April just said. So the best place to find answers to your practical questions is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11855623/where-can-i-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-in-the-bay-area-your-questions-answered\">online at KQED\u003c/a>. Dawg, our colleagues have been answering your questions about where to get the vaccine, who’s eligible, and making sure that it’s all up to date. So that’s really the place to go for the nitty gritty. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katrina Schwartz \u003c/strong>[00:14:12] KQED is looking to learn more about how you listen to podcasts and what you love about them, so if you have ten minutes to spare, could you \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/about/15410/podcastsurvey\">please take our survey\u003c/a>? It would help us a lot and give us really valuable feedback. All you have to do is go to KQED.org/podcastsurvey. It’s all one word. I’ll put a link in our show notes. Bay Curious is produced by Suzie Racho, Katie McMurran and me, Katrina Schwartz. Our show is a production of member-supported KQED in San Francisco. See you next week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#share\">Share your pandemic housing story with KQED\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Between 50 and 100 protesters gathered in front of the Santa Clara County Courthouse in San Jose on Wednesday morning, demanding stronger state and local eviction protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Betty Gabaldon, tenant organizer\"]‘Evictions are deadly. They’re telling us to stay home to fight COVID, but how are we going to do it if they are kicking us out?’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six demonstrators sat in front of the courthouse doors, their arms linked, to prevent people from entering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eduardo Torres was among those blocking the doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m tired of seeing families being evicted,” he said, “especially during a pandemic. It’s really just heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, 42, is a tenants’ rights organizer. He says he’s frustrated with loopholes in state and local law that allow evictions to continue during the coronavirus pandemic, despite moratoriums designed to prevent them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courthouse remained closed through most of the morning as the protest continued. After several hours, Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies removed the demonstrators who were blocking the doors, escorting them into the building in zip-tie handcuffs. Deputies then moved the remaining protestors out of the courtyard in front of the courthouse, which resulted in some scrimmages between law enforcement and protestors. Three other people were arrested, the sheriff’s office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of protestors appeared to be there for legitimate concerns, however there was a small group of individuals who were clearly there to incite violence and violate the Court Order,” Sgt. Michael Low, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1555px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857382 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1555\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg 1555w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators rally in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on the morning of Jan. 27, 2021, demanding stronger eviction protections in California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were at least 527 evictions in the Bay Area from the start of the statewide coronavirus lockdown on March 19 through the end of December, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856817/more-than-500-bay-area-residents-have-been-evicted-during-the-pandemic-despite-protections\">data collected by KQED and CalMatters\u003c/a> from sheriffs’ offices in the Bay Area’s nine counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#share\">Have you experienced eviction — or had landlord problems — during the pandemic? We want to hear your story.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At least 145 of those evictions — the most of any county in the region — took place in Santa Clara County. Tenants’ attorneys say that figure is an undercount, since most tenants leave or get locked out before law enforcement ever gets involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857361 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff’s deputies clear anti-eviction demonstrators blocking the front doors of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are here to demand from the sheriff no evictions during the pandemic,” said Betty Gabaldon, a tenant organizer. She called on Superior Court Judge Deborah Ryan to “halt all eviction proceedings during the pandemic, and for Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass a stronger eviction moratorium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, lawmakers approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835565/newsom-announces-new-statewide-eviction-moratorium-but-major-concessions-may-threaten-tenants\">Assembly Bill 3088\u003c/a>, which prevents tenants impacted by the pandemic from being immediately evicted for non-payment of rent — a protection that expires on Jan. 31. On Monday, Newsom and key legislators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/lawmakers-propose-extending-eviction-moratorium-until-june-30/\">introduced Senate Bill 91\u003c/a>, which extends those protections through the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new bill, like the previous one, requires tenants to continue paying at least 25% of their rent. It also permits evictions for various other reasons, including minor breaches of the lease, nuisance allegations, health and safety violations, and when properties are removed from the rental market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1477px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857359\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1477\" height=\"985\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg 1477w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-2-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1477px) 100vw, 1477px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An anti-eviction protester stands in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court on Jan. 27, 2021, during a demonstration calling for stronger statewide eviction protections. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"evictions\"]Kevin Matthew O’Malley, 58, happened to be at the courthouse on Wednesday to fight his own eviction. He said he had gotten into an argument with his friend, who was letting him stay in an outbuilding on his property, and who now wants him gone. But O’Malley says he has nowhere to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m homeless,” he said. “You’re kicking someone out during coronavirus. That should be a crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3739576\">A November study\u003c/a>, still awaiting peer review, by UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health, linked the lifting of eviction moratoriums in 27 states to 433,000 new COVID-19 cases and 11,000 deaths. The researchers attributed those cases to an increased spread of the virus, the result of people searching for new housing, doubling up with friends or family, or becoming homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Evictions are deadly,” Gabaldon, the tenant organizer, said. “They’re telling us to stay home to fight COVID, but how are we going to do it if they are kicking us out?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857389\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1539px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857389\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1539\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7.jpg 1539w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-7-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1539px) 100vw, 1539px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anti-eviction demonstrators stand with hands raised in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021, demanding stronger protections for renters. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SB 91 outlines a complex scheme for distributing $2.6 billion in federal stimulus funding for rental assistance. Under the proposal, landlords can receive 80% of unpaid back rent for low-income renters — but only if they agree to permanently forgive the remaining 20% and not pursue eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the landlord doesn’t agree, however, the tenant is on the hook for coming up with 75% of the back rent owed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, said he’s concerned about the ability of landlords to opt out of rent relief for their tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The power imbalance between tenants and landlords is real and it’s troubling,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857362\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857362\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-5-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A tenants’ rights demonstrator is detained and led away by sheriff’s deputies during an anti-eviction protest in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Paul Barulich, a tax attorney who was watching the demonstration from the sidelines, said his hearing had been canceled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It throws all the people in the courtroom off,” Barulich said. “I get the passion. I just don’t know how effective that is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The demonstrators, however, declared the protest a victory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Urban_Habitat/status/1354584387162054664?s=20\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED staff writer Molly Solomon contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"share\">\u003c/a>Share Your Story\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEYwbLJZFt6TlGwoOQYPaHZfQhqM_BBj0XlVQuJoa4Po87mg/viewform?embedded=true\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Six demonstrators sat in front of the courthouse doors, their arms linked, to prevent people from entering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eduardo Torres was among those blocking the doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m tired of seeing families being evicted,” he said, “especially during a pandemic. It’s really just heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres, 42, is a tenants’ rights organizer. He says he’s frustrated with loopholes in state and local law that allow evictions to continue during the coronavirus pandemic, despite moratoriums designed to prevent them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The courthouse remained closed through most of the morning as the protest continued. After several hours, Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies removed the demonstrators who were blocking the doors, escorting them into the building in zip-tie handcuffs. Deputies then moved the remaining protestors out of the courtyard in front of the courthouse, which resulted in some scrimmages between law enforcement and protestors. Three other people were arrested, the sheriff’s office said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The vast majority of protestors appeared to be there for legitimate concerns, however there was a small group of individuals who were clearly there to incite violence and violate the Court Order,” Sgt. Michael Low, a spokesman for the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1555px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857382 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1555\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6.jpg 1555w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-6-1536x1023.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1555px) 100vw, 1555px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators rally in front of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on the morning of Jan. 27, 2021, demanding stronger eviction protections in California. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There were at least 527 evictions in the Bay Area from the start of the statewide coronavirus lockdown on March 19 through the end of December, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856817/more-than-500-bay-area-residents-have-been-evicted-during-the-pandemic-despite-protections\">data collected by KQED and CalMatters\u003c/a> from sheriffs’ offices in the Bay Area’s nine counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#share\">Have you experienced eviction — or had landlord problems — during the pandemic? We want to hear your story.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>At least 145 of those evictions — the most of any county in the region — took place in Santa Clara County. Tenants’ attorneys say that figure is an undercount, since most tenants leave or get locked out before law enforcement ever gets involved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857361\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1620px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11857361 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4.jpg 1620w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Image-from-iOS-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sheriff’s deputies clear anti-eviction demonstrators blocking the front doors of Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose on Jan. 27, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We are here to demand from the sheriff no evictions during the pandemic,” said Betty Gabaldon, a tenant organizer. She called on Superior Court Judge Deborah Ryan to “halt all eviction proceedings during the pandemic, and for Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass a stronger eviction moratorium.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, lawmakers approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835565/newsom-announces-new-statewide-eviction-moratorium-but-major-concessions-may-threaten-tenants\">Assembly Bill 3088\u003c/a>, which prevents tenants impacted by the pandemic from being immediately evicted for non-payment of rent — a protection that expires on Jan. 31. On Monday, Newsom and key legislators \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/lawmakers-propose-extending-eviction-moratorium-until-june-30/\">introduced Senate Bill 91\u003c/a>, which extends those protections through the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new bill, like the previous one, requires tenants to continue paying at least 25% of their rent. 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"content": "\u003cp>California immigrant advocacy groups, along with newly appointed Sen. Alex Padilla, are gearing up to try and push President Biden’s sweeping immigration reform bill through Congress – but the effort will face a tough road in the Senate, where power is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On his first day in office, Biden announced the \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22246670/Fact_Sheet__America_s_Citizenship_Act_of_2021.pdf\">outlines of a bill\u003c/a> that would provide an accelerated path to citizenship for the nearly 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the country, a goal long held by immigrant rights advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, a coalition of those groups, including several based in California, launched a major campaign to hold Biden’s feet to the fire and persuade Congress to pass broad-based legalization and refashion the nation’s immigration system to be more humane and welcoming. The \u003ca href=\"https://unitedwedream.org/2021/01/leading-organizations-join-forces-launch-nationwide-campaign-for-immigrant-justice/\">We Are Home coalition\u003c/a> announced a plan to spend upwards of $10 million on media and grassroots organizing in pursuit of those goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Sen. Alex Padilla\"]'No state has more at stake in these reforms than the state of California.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The groups represent farmworkers, domestic workers, Dreamers – young undocumented immigrants who grew up in the U.S. – and others. They are also pushing for the swift reversal of hundreds of former President Donald Trump’s restrictive policies, which they say fed a poisonous climate of hostility toward immigrants and their families, regardless of legal status. Within hours of being sworn in, Biden began issuing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856440/bidens-day-1-immigration-reform-plan-sparks-hope-in-california\">executive orders to revoke some of those measures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After four years of one attack on immigrants after another, to see the immediate action taken by the Biden-Harris administration ... is a really good starting point,” said Kamal Essaheb, deputy director of the National Immigration Law Center, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., that’s a member of the coalition. “Now is the time to start turning the corner and projecting our values as a country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to allowing unauthorized immigrants who pay taxes and pass criminal background checks to become citizens in eight years or less, Biden’s bill would also:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Reduce backlogs for legal immigration by ending per-country visa caps\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eliminate the \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-to-admissibility\">3- and 10-year bars\u003c/a>\" that block people who've lived in the U.S. illegally from reentering to become legal residents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prioritize visas for foreign STEM graduates of U.S. universities\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Target border enforcement on criminal organizations\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase technology at the border and ports of entry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Restore discretion to immigration judges to reduce court backlogs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Address the roots of migration from Central America by investing in economic development and anti-corruption efforts there\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The plan has special resonance in California, which is home to 1 in 4 of all the immigrants in the country, including roughly 2 million unauthorized immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not lost on Padilla, a Democrat who was sworn in last Wednesday to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President Harris. Padilla often talks about his own parents, who came to California from Mexico in the 1960s in search of opportunity, but who often faced discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No state has more at stake in these reforms than the state of California, just by the numbers,” he said recently. “We’re home to more immigrants, documented and undocumented, than any state in the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Sen. Alex Padilla speaks during the Latino Inaugural 2021: Inheritance, Resilience and Promise event hosted by the Biden Inaugural Committee on Jan. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Early in January, shortly after Gov. Gavin Newsom tapped him for the Senate vacancy, Padilla reached out to California immigrant rights leaders for an early talk about how to roll back Trump’s punitive policies and offer unauthorized people the security of legal status and the chance to become full Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The average undocumented immigrant has \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2018/11/27/unauthorized-immigrants-are-more-likely-to-be-long-term-residents/\">lived in the U.S. for 15 years\u003c/a>, usually with no way to become a legal resident, according to estimates from the Pew Research Center. And advocates have been pushing for two decades to give them a path to citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major immigration reform bills have been advanced repeatedly over the past 15 years, most with bipartisan support, and none have reached a president’s desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those so-called comprehensive immigration reform bills combined a path to citizenship and an overhaul of the immigration system with steep increases in immigration enforcement, both at the borders and inside the country, something Republicans sought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After four years in which Trump focused exclusively on enforcement, there's almost none of that in Biden's proposal. Some Republicans in the Senate are calling it a “mass amnesty.” And Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, who will introduce the bill, acknowledges it is a starting point for negotiation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today, Congress is more polarized than ever. Though the House of Representatives is in Democratic control and has approved recent liberal immigration bills, in the Senate, the bill’s backers must overcome the \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/what-is-the-senate-filibuster-and-what-would-it-take-to-eliminate-it/\">filibuster rule\u003c/a>, which would require 60 senators to bring the issue to a vote. Democrats have just 50 seats, plus a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Harris.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s leading Democrats and many immigrant advocates to strategize about other approaches. \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A Path to Citizenship as Part of COVID-19 Relief?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Rather than invest everything in one big bill, some suggest breaking efforts toward a path to citizenship into smaller chunks, through bills like the American Dream and Promise Act for undocumented youth and people with temporary protected status, or a farmworker bill, both of which have already passed the House with bipartisan support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights\"]'You can't battle the pandemic and provide relief if essential immigrant undocumented workers are left out.'[/pullquote]Padilla and others are turning their focus to undocumented immigrants working in essential industries – including food production and health care – during the pandemic. They’re calling on the Biden administration to include a path to citizenship for some 5 million essential workers as part of the president’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have deemed so many of them as essential and we have an obligation to treat them as essential,” said Padilla. “It's not an 'either or.' We are pushing for the whole 11 million, but with the urgency of COVID-19 relief, it seems that there is a quick, easy way to get a good number of these folks covered and protected sooner rather than later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added: \"We have deemed so many of them essential and we have an obligation to treat them as essential ... History will remember them as American heroes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus relief bill, which could be debated as early as next week, is a golden opportunity, said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we want to make sure that everybody understands is, you can't battle the pandemic and provide relief if essential immigrant undocumented workers are left out,\" she said. \"So we want immediately for them to be included and legalized through this process.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='immigration']Including legalization in the COVID-19 relief bill is significant because Senate Democrats are already taking steps to use an arcane process called \u003ca href=\"https://budget.house.gov/publications/fact-sheet/budget-reconciliation-basics\">budget reconciliation\u003c/a> that would allow them to pass the relief package with a simple majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Jawetz, vice president for immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington, D.C., think tank, believes the reconciliation process will be key.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we know for a fact the president does not approach these negotiations from the perspective of relying upon only Democratic votes to get relief to the public that they need, it is an important tool at the president's disposal,” Jawetz said. “It’s a technique that can be used to get big legislation done when it needs to get done.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jawetz said he and others have been consulting former Senate parliamentarians to understand how to include a tailored legalization program for essential workers in the COVID-19 bill in a way that would pass muster in the reconciliation process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think there's a strong case to be made that it would comply with the rules,” he said. “The moment for decisive action is now. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Wiener said there are always times when communication could be better. But he said it’s healthy and normal for there to be tension between governors and lawmakers. And Wiener brushed off comparisons to Newsom's \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Many-casualties-in-Newsom-Peskin-war-of-words-3294756.php\">poor relationship\u003c/a> with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors when Newsom was mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That Board of Supervisors went out of its way to poke then-Mayor Newsom in the eye to oppose anything that he was for,\" Wiener said. \"So it was a very different kind of dynamic. And I don't see that dynamic at all in the governor's relationship with the Legislature.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked in a press conference Monday about whether he left the Legislature out of the loop on his decision to lift the stay at home order, Newsom said sometimes he needs to act quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Do we delay that for a long, protracted, comprehensive outreach or do we just move forward?\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether or not lawmakers accept that explanation, or look for ways to reassert themselves, will become more clear in the coming weeks. And with a possible recall of the governor on a future ballot, Newsom will need all the friends he can get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As state officials frantically work to review hundreds of thousands of frozen unemployment accounts for fraud, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2020-128and628.1/summary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new report\u003c/a> from the California state auditor found that the state unemployment department’s inefficiency and lack of advanced planning continue to create delays — and the department is still not doing all it needs to in order to correct the issue. But reports from the Employment Development Department indicate this figure has already increased with more fraud being verified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report is a response to a request for an emergency audit from the state’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee. State legislators responded Tuesday by asking for an oversight hearing focused on ensuring the Employment Development Department implements the auditor’s recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The audit comes one day after EDD confirmed it has paid out at least $11 billion worth of fraudulent unemployment benefits since the beginning of the pandemic. A good chunk of claims are still being reviewed, and Labor Secretary Julie Su says the agency expects the number of fraudulent claims will continue to increase. [aside tag=\"EDD,jobless-benefits\" label=\"more coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no sugarcoating the reality,\" Su said at a press event Monday. \"California did not have sufficient security measures in place to prevent this level of fraud, and criminals took advantage of the situation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November, California district attorneys announced that \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-11-24/california-has-sent-jobless-benefits-to-death-row-inmates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a scam ring centered out of state and county correctional facilities\u003c/a> had bilked the state out of hundreds of millions in fake benefits. The figure reported Monday exceeds \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-15/unemployment-benefit-fraud-california-billions-edd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier, already staggering estimates\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of 2020, as part of an effort to prevent future hacks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11854097/california-suspends-1-4-million-virus-unemployment-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EDD froze 1.4 million accounts\u003c/a> in what one advocate called “the New Year’s Eve freeze.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, EDD spokesperson Loree Levy said she could not confirm how many of those frozen accounts have since been verified as legitimate. But she could confirm that a little over 300,000 applicants had provided the requested verification information to reactivate their accounts. This does not necessarily mean they have gotten their money yet, but they should be much closer to getting paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also means the accounts and benefits of more than 1 million people are still in limbo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857149\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Collins works in a friend's garden in Redwood City on Jan. 25, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Frozen but Not a Fraudster\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Though EDD is unable to confirm how many legitimate applicants have been impacted by its attempts to fight fraud, advocates say the numbers are significant. And some applicants have been both victims of fraud \u003cem>and\u003c/em> victims of the unemployment agency’s efforts to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory Collins of Redwood City is one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, Collins worked as a tech contractor. He’s been trying to hustle and find work since he got laid off last spring. But Collins, in his early 50s, says his age creates an additional barrier in the already anemic job market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he hasn’t just confined his search to his field. Several months ago, he applied at In-N-Out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a vegetarian and there’s nothing there that I actually eat, so not even a free meal there would appeal to me, but it was close and I thought, until things get better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t get the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857130\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11857130\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"Greg Collins with his mother, who passed away while he was navigating Bank of America's circuitous fraud process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-840x1120.jpeg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-687x916.jpeg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-414x552.jpeg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-354x472.jpeg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Collins with his mother, who passed away while he was navigating Bank of America's circuitous fraud process. \u003ccite>((Courtesy Greg Collins))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of last year, Collins was one of those 1.4 million accounts EDD froze to fight future fraud. In mid-January, he was able to verify his claim and restart his payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that, Collins said it feels like two steps forward, 5,000 steps back. Because every benefit check he gets goes towards paying off the debt that fraudsters racked up when they hacked his benefits account last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of September, Collins’ Bank of America debit card — through which he receives his benefits — got breached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony, he says, is that Collins himself had triggered freezes on his own account for everyday purchases. But when hackers used his card to make more than 50 fraudulent transactions in Southern California, there was no alert from Bank of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the middle of all this, his mom passed away. And because of the fraud, Collins couldn’t afford to get back to Ohio, where she lived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was just no way I could do it without the funds,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The claims process took months, countless hours on the phone and required filing police reports. By mid-November, Collins thought he was finally in the clear, but he wasn’t. A month later, Bank of America sent him a letter saying, after a review, the bank had decided that there were no fraudulent charges on his account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 667px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Denial-Ltr-2.jpg\" alt=\"Denial letter from Bank of America dated Dec. 14, 2020. \" width=\"667\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Denial-Ltr-2.jpg 667w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Denial-Ltr-2-160x61.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denial letter from Bank of America dated Dec. 14, 2020. \u003ccite>((Courtesy Gregory Collins))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Collins called the bank for clarification, he didn’t get much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just said, ‘Oh, well, just resubmit your claim for reconsideration.’ But I'm like, what was the problem with the first, you know, submission?’ ” he said. The representative said they were unable to provide Collins with more context for his denial and that bank staff would get to his submission as soon as they could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America spokesman Bill Halldin said the bank has beefed up the call center team that handles inquiries on EDD cards to expedite processing times. But, as of late January, Collins is still waiting to hear back on the reconsideration request he submitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he’s not the only unemployment recipient who’s exasperated as a result of his experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In mid-January, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/bank-of-america-sued-over-edd-unemployment-debit-card-fraud/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new lawsuit\u003c/a> filed out of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco alleged Bank of America didn’t do enough to protect EDD account holders. Like Collins, the plaintiff in the case says she has yet to be reimbursed for unauthorized transactions on her EDD debit card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a chance that the hacking of Collins’ debit card, and the freezing of his EDD account last year, are linked, said Daniela Urban, founder of the Center for Workers’ Rights in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've been hearing more and more about problems like this, where ... the claimant \u003cem>themselves\u003c/em> have reported the fraud and all that did was make it more difficult for that claimant to receive the payments,\" she said. [ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Identity Verification Backlog\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While EDD isn’t able to confirm how many legitimate applicants it has mistakenly frozen through fraud efforts, a few newly released data points provide a window of insight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Applicants are required to verify their identities through a database called ID.me that EDD implemented last October in hopes of minimizing manual processing times that helped to create its still-sizable backlog of unprocessed claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the state audit, in the first two months of ID.me’s use, 20% of the estimated number of legitimate applicants who tried to verify their identities, \u003ca href=\"https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2020-128and628.1/responses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were unsuccessful\u003c/a>. That accounts for about 140,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, \u003ca href=\"https://cuiab.ca.gov/Statistics/quickStats/Outcomes_July-Dec_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new data from the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board\u003c/a> shows almost 40% of appeals filed between July and December 2020 were related to claims denied because applicants didn’t submit appropriate ID documents on time. Of those cases, CUIAB granted almost 90% of the appeals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short: More than 30,000 applicants weren't getting their money when they should have been because of EDD’s errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, EDD extended the timeline for applicants to submit their ID verification documents after numerous reports of delays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CA_EDD/status/1352775661908226049\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When ID.me can’t verify a user via document uploads, applicants are referred to a video call service. Blake Hall, CEO of ID.me, said Monday that 12% — or more than 70,000 people — of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11856760/california-extends-deadline-for-unemployment-claimants-to-verify-identity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">those who’ve verified in the month of January\u003c/a> got referred to the video service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hall said the target wait time for video calls is between 30 minutes and two hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The system can also be challenging to access for people who don’t have smartphones. And while EDD does offer certain parts of the application process in multiple languages, ID.me is currently only available in English and Spanish for unemployment benefit purposes. But Hall said the company is committed to expanding those language options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for Gregory Collins, he said he’s gotten one unemployment benefit payment from EDD since he verified his account earlier this month. 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The figure reported Monday exceeds \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-01-15/unemployment-benefit-fraud-california-billions-edd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">earlier, already staggering estimates\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of 2020, as part of an effort to prevent future hacks, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11854097/california-suspends-1-4-million-virus-unemployment-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EDD froze 1.4 million accounts\u003c/a> in what one advocate called “the New Year’s Eve freeze.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, EDD spokesperson Loree Levy said she could not confirm how many of those frozen accounts have since been verified as legitimate. But she could confirm that a little over 300,000 applicants had provided the requested verification information to reactivate their accounts. This does not necessarily mean they have gotten their money yet, but they should be much closer to getting paid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also means the accounts and benefits of more than 1 million people are still in limbo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857149\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857149\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS46745_004_RedwoodCity_BankofAmericaFraud_01252021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Collins works in a friend's garden in Redwood City on Jan. 25, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Frozen but Not a Fraudster\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Though EDD is unable to confirm how many legitimate applicants have been impacted by its attempts to fight fraud, advocates say the numbers are significant. And some applicants have been both victims of fraud \u003cem>and\u003c/em> victims of the unemployment agency’s efforts to prevent it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gregory Collins of Redwood City is one of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, Collins worked as a tech contractor. He’s been trying to hustle and find work since he got laid off last spring. But Collins, in his early 50s, says his age creates an additional barrier in the already anemic job market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he hasn’t just confined his search to his field. Several months ago, he applied at In-N-Out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m a vegetarian and there’s nothing there that I actually eat, so not even a free meal there would appeal to me, but it was close and I thought, until things get better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He didn’t get the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857130\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11857130\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"Greg Collins with his mother, who passed away while he was navigating Bank of America's circuitous fraud process.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-840x1120.jpeg 840w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-687x916.jpeg 687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-414x552.jpeg 414w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom-354x472.jpeg 354w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Mom.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Collins with his mother, who passed away while he was navigating Bank of America's circuitous fraud process. \u003ccite>((Courtesy Greg Collins))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of last year, Collins was one of those 1.4 million accounts EDD froze to fight future fraud. In mid-January, he was able to verify his claim and restart his payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite that, Collins said it feels like two steps forward, 5,000 steps back. Because every benefit check he gets goes towards paying off the debt that fraudsters racked up when they hacked his benefits account last fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of September, Collins’ Bank of America debit card — through which he receives his benefits — got breached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The irony, he says, is that Collins himself had triggered freezes on his own account for everyday purchases. But when hackers used his card to make more than 50 fraudulent transactions in Southern California, there was no alert from Bank of America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the middle of all this, his mom passed away. And because of the fraud, Collins couldn’t afford to get back to Ohio, where she lived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was just no way I could do it without the funds,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The claims process took months, countless hours on the phone and required filing police reports. By mid-November, Collins thought he was finally in the clear, but he wasn’t. A month later, Bank of America sent him a letter saying, after a review, the bank had decided that there were no fraudulent charges on his account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 667px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857122\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Denial-Ltr-2.jpg\" alt=\"Denial letter from Bank of America dated Dec. 14, 2020. \" width=\"667\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Denial-Ltr-2.jpg 667w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Greg-Denial-Ltr-2-160x61.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denial letter from Bank of America dated Dec. 14, 2020. \u003ccite>((Courtesy Gregory Collins))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Collins called the bank for clarification, he didn’t get much.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just said, ‘Oh, well, just resubmit your claim for reconsideration.’ But I'm like, what was the problem with the first, you know, submission?’ ” he said. The representative said they were unable to provide Collins with more context for his denial and that bank staff would get to his submission as soon as they could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bank of America spokesman Bill Halldin said the bank has beefed up the call center team that handles inquiries on EDD cards to expedite processing times. But, as of late January, Collins is still waiting to hear back on the reconsideration request he submitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he’s not the only unemployment recipient who’s exasperated as a result of his experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In mid-January, a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/bank-of-america-sued-over-edd-unemployment-debit-card-fraud/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new lawsuit\u003c/a> filed out of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco alleged Bank of America didn’t do enough to protect EDD account holders. Like Collins, the plaintiff in the case says she has yet to be reimbursed for unauthorized transactions on her EDD debit card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a chance that the hacking of Collins’ debit card, and the freezing of his EDD account last year, are linked, said Daniela Urban, founder of the Center for Workers’ Rights in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've been hearing more and more about problems like this, where ... the claimant \u003cem>themselves\u003c/em> have reported the fraud and all that did was make it more difficult for that claimant to receive the payments,\" she said. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11858607/no-nos-escucharon-se-contagia-de-covid-19-el-inmigrante-detenido-por-ice-que-realizo-una-huelga-de-hambre-en-favor-de-mas-protecciones-contra-la-pandemia\">\u003cem>Leer en español\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of January, Juan Jose Erazo Herrera found himself coughing up blood and having difficulty breathing. The 20-year-old asylum seeker, held by immigration authorities at a jail north of Sacramento, tested positive for COVID-19 on Jan. 7, a few days after his symptoms began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The diagnosis felt particularly stinging to Erazo Herrera. He had repeatedly called on officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Yuba County Jail to do more to prevent a coronavirus outbreak at the facility, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835611/ice-detainees-at-yuba-jail-press-for-covid-19-protections\">waging hunger strikes\u003c/a> last year to protest what he believed were unsafe conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Juan Jose Erazo Herrera, ICE detainee at Yuba County Jail\"]'It’s not our fault we get sick when we can’t protect ourselves.'[/pullquote]“They didn’t listen to us,” Erazo Herrera said in Spanish. “And it’s really unfair. It’s not our fault we get sick when we can’t protect ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus has spread rapidly at the Yuba County Jail, infecting about half of all the people currently locked up there. More than 120 county inmates and nine ICE detainees at the facility have tested positive for COVID-19 since last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guards isolated Erazo Herrera in a small, concrete cell with no windows for 12 days, he said. When he was first placed there, he said the conditions were squalid, with a filthy toilet, moldy walls and a bed covered in dust and other people’s hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to lie, when I first saw the cell, I started crying,” said Erazo Herrera, who is originally from El Salvador. “I tried to protest. It made me so sad to see how dirty it was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guards told him the unit was the only one available for quarantine, he said. He asked for cleaning products and wiped it down himself despite having a severe headache and shortness of breath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, a federal judge in San Francisco has been monitoring conditions at the jail, located in Marysville, and on Dec. 23 he ordered ICE take steps to protect detainees, including testing them at least weekly for the coronavirus, and ensuring cells are cleaned and disinfected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria intervened after immigrants held at Yuba County Jail and another facility in Bakersfield \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832472/people-are-terrified-sf-judge-orders-covid-19-testing-at-ice-facility\">sued to force ICE to release detainees\u003c/a> in an effort to reduce the detained population and allow for social distancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the cleaning requirement at Yuba County Jail isn’t being met, said Kelly Wells, an attorney with the San Francisco Public Defender’s immigration unit, who represents Erazo Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've heard consistently from every single detainee who has been moved since the order that they have arrived to filthy cells that clearly hadn't even been cleaned, much less disinfected,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior doors of isolation cells at Yuba County Jail\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells-160x115.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ICE detainees and other people incarcerated at Yuba County Jail can be placed in isolation in windowless 'safety cells' for days at a time. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman with the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees the jail, referred questions to ICE. The immigration agency also declined to comment about the conditions of Erazo Herrera’s medical segregation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot comment due to pending litigation,” said ICE spokesman Jonathan Moor in a statement. “However, a lack of comment should not be construed as an agreement with or stipulation to any allegations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 9,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 while in ICE detention, according to agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus#detStat\">figures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE detention centers must ensure that medical isolation is “operationally distinct” from any punitive form of housing, according to the agency’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/eroCOVID19responseReqsCleanFacilities.pdf\">pandemic response requirements\u003c/a>. For instance, facilities must provide detainees with access to TV, recreation and books to the fullest extent possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But immigrants held at various detention centers, including private prisons and county jails, have reported that ICE is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11841120/ice-misusing-solitary-confinement-for-covid-19-quarantine-detainees-say\">misusing solitary confinement\u003c/a> for COVID-19 quarantine. Erazo Herrera said the 12-day quarantine he experienced felt like a punishment, and his mental health deteriorated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='immigration']He was kept in the cell alone, 22 hours per day, he said. For days, there was nothing for him to do to pass the time. The jail eventually allowed him to have books friends outside the jail sent him, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That cell is not for a human being, it’s like for keeping a dangerous animal locked up. There’s no TV, there’s nothing,” said Erazo Herrera. “You start feeling so depressed that you think about killing yourself. You wonder what you’ve done to deserve to be treated this way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was released from medical segregation last week and said he no longer feels severe COVID-19 symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since April, the ICE detainee population at Yuba County Jail has decreased from 144 to 16 people. Judge Chhabria ordered the agency to release more than 50 immigrants from the facility. Others were transferred, deported or released by ICE, which can free individuals after assessing their public safety and flight risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Wells said conditions are so miserable that some immigrants held at Yuba County Jail have given up and agreed to be deported after just one month in detention. But Erazo Herrera has endured three years at the jail as he waits for his asylum case to be decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Juan Jose has not agreed to deportation because he really is in a dire situation,” said Wells. “In addition to the abuse that he suffered by his mother, he was also repeatedly beaten by gang members and threatened with death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erazo Herrera fled El Salvador and crossed the U.S. border without a parent when he was 16. Officials with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied migrant minors, took him into custody and subsequently released him to an older brother in New York, said Wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Erazo Herrera was involved in a robbery, for which he served time at a juvenile facility. When he turned 18, ICE detained him and sent him to the Yuba jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow-160x109.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Jose Erazo Herrera plays in the snow in New York, where he lived with his brother before his involvement in a robbery led him to be detained by ICE. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Juan Jose Erazo Herrera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The crime wass a mistake Erazo Herrera said he frequently regrets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve paid for it. I haven’t been free since I was 16,” he said. “I just want an opportunity to show that I am different, that I’ve learned a lot while locked up here. I’m not the same kid I was then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, a judge in Yuba County Superior Court granted Erazo Herrera special immigrant juvenile status, reserved for undocumented immigrants under age 21 who were abused by a parent, and for whom returning to their home country is not in their best interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The classification is not enough for ICE to release him from detention, said Wells, but it opens the door for him to apply for a green card. Still, that may take years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erazo Herrera hopes that when he can eventually leave the detention center, he’ll have a chance go to school, work, and one day start an organization that supports young undocumented migrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’d like to help other kids who’ve gone through similar circumstances as me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday lifted regional stay-at-home orders across the state in response to improving coronavirus conditions and increased hospital capacity, returning the state to a tier-based system of county-by-county restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"All regions, effective immediately, are no longer in the stay-at-home order,\" Newsom said at a press briefing Monday. \"We're seeing a flattening of the curve. Everything that should be up is up. Everything that should be down is down.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order had been in place for over a month in the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions, covering the majority of the state's counties. All but four counties will now go back to the most restrictive purple tier, which allows for modified outdoor dining, outdoor church services and some youth sports competitions. Hair and nail salons can also reopen indoors at limited capacity. But bars that only serve beverages must still remain shuttered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Individual counties can still impose stricter requirements despite the relaxed mandate from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also lifting a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/Mollydacious/status/1353757298875797504\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following Monday's announcement, officials in many California counties — including Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara — announced they would allow outdoor restaurant dining and other services to reopen. San Francisco will wait until Thursday to do so, Mayor London Breed said on Monday. “We will be moving forward with some limited re-openings, including outdoor dining and personal services,” she wrote in a tweet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Orange County planned to lift some restrictions as well, said Jessica Good, a spokesperson for the county health agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Los Angeles County, home to 10 million people, county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said outdoor dining will reopen Friday with capacity limits for restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's decision comes amid improving trends in California's rate of infections, hospitalizations and \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/#icu-capacity\">intensive care unit capacity\u003c/a>, as well as vaccinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, we can lay claim to starting to see some real light at the end of the tunnel as it relates to case numbers,\" Newsom said, pointing to a notable decline in average statewide case rates over the last two weeks and a nearly 20% decrease in hospitalizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Each region's a little bit different, but we are in a position projecting four weeks forward with a significant decline in the case rates, positivity rates,\" he said. \"We are anticipating still more declines in hospitalizations and more declines in ICU use. And that's why we're lifting that stay-at-home order effective immediately today.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he warned that despite the encouraging data, the virus was still raging, and California was by no means \"out of the woods.\" As of Monday, the state topped 3.1 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and 37,118 deaths, according to its\u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/\"> public health website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom imposed the stay-at-home order in December, as new coronavirus cases exploded. Under the system, a multi-county region had to shut down most businesses and order people to stay home if ICU capacity dropped below 15%. An 11-county Northern California region was never under the order. 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Newsom said those projections are based on four variables, including each region's case rates, rates of transmission, ICU capacity and the percentage of cases that end up in the ICU.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's overall projected ICU capacity for Feb. 21 is just over 30%, he said, with regional projected ICU capacities ranging from 18.9% in the Greater Sacramento region to 33.3% in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"coronavirus\"]Last weekend, the Bay Area's ICU capacity increased significantly, to 23% — up from single digits just last week — while the San Joaquin Valley agricultural region rose to 1.3%, its first time above zero in more than a month. The huge Southern California region, the state's most populous, remains at zero ICU capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Monday's announcement feels familiar, it's because this marks the third time during the pandemic that Newsom has imposed sweeping restrictions across the state in response to surges of the virus, and then subsequently eased those rules, allowing counties to reopen at different rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans said Newsom was relaxing the rules in response to political pressure and the threat of a recall. Republican organizers have until mid-March to gather 1.5 million signatures to force a recall against Newsom, who is halfway through his first term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This Governor’s decisions have never been based on science. Him re-opening our state is not an attempt to help working Californians, but rather an attempt to counter the Recall Movement. It’s sad and pathetic,\" California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson tweeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Criticism wasn't limited to Newsom's political opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Smith, Santa Clara County executive, said his county had no plans to impose stricter rules but still criticized the state's decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Essentially it’s a decision being made politically that puts people’s lives at risk, especially in Southern California,\" he told The Mercury News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom called the suggestion that he was lifting the order due to political pressure \"complete, utter nonsense.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last summer, the state developed a \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">system of color-coded tiers\u003c/a> that dictated the level of restrictions on businesses and individuals based on virus conditions in each of California's 58 counties.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom on Monday also said the rate of COVID-19 vaccine inoculations in California, which has lagged behind many other states, is rapidly increasing. 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