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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This episode contains descriptions of sexual assault. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until last week, former Rep. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from Dublin, was a leading candidate for governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on Friday, a former staffer accused Swalwell of sexual assault. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php\">In interviews with the \u003ci>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/i>\u003c/a>, former staff member said Swalwell sexually assaulted her when she was too intoxicated to consent in both 2019 and 2024, after multiple inappropriate advances both on Snapchat and in person. Since then, at least four more women have come forward, including one who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/eric-swalwell-sex-assault-allegation/\">alleges she was violently raped by Swalwell in 2018\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan data-slate-fragment=\"JTVCJTdCJTIydHlwZSUyMiUzQSUyMnBhcmFncmFwaCUyMiUyQyUyMmNoaWxkcmVuJTIyJTNBJTVCJTdCJTIydGV4dCUyMiUzQSUyMlN3YWx3ZWxsJTIwZGVuaWVzJTIwdGhlc2UlMjBhbGxlZ2F0aW9ucy4lMjBCdXQlMjB3aXRoaW4lMjBkYXlzJTJDJTIwYWZ0ZXIlMjBzdXBwb3J0ZXJzJTIwZmxlZCUyMGhpcyUyMGNhbXBhaWduJTIwYW5kJTIwY2FsbGVkJTIwZm9yJTIwaGltJTIwdG8lMjBzdGVwJTIwZG93biUyQyUyMGhlJTIwZW5kZWQlMjBoaXMlMjBjYW1wYWlnbiUyMGZvciUyMGdvdmVybm9yJTIwYW5kJTIwcmVzaWduZWQlMjBoaXMlMjBDb25ncmVzc2lvbmFsJTIwc2VhdC4lMjIlN0QlNUQlN0QlNUQ=\">Swalwell denies these allegations. But within days, after supporters fled his campaign and called for him to step down, he ended his run for governor and resigned his Congressional seat.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC3913401334&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Links:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>SF Chronicle: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/eric-swalwell-allegations-22198271.php\">Ex-staffer says Eric Swalwell, candidate for California governor, sexually assaulted her\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>KQED: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12079800/eric-swalwell-allegations-resign-congress-california-governor-race-who-is-running-primary\">Eric Swalwell Is Out of the Governor’s Race and Resigning From Congress. What Happens Now? \u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>CalMatters: \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/04/eric-swalwell-sex-assault-allegation/\">Woman alleges violent sexual assault by Eric Swalwell: ‘He raped me’\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Episode Transcript\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This is a computer-generated transcript. While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:00] \u003c/em>Hi it’s Alan Montecillo. Before we begin today, just a quick heads up, this episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:14] \u003c/em>I’m Alan Montecillo, in for Ericka Cruz Guevara, and welcome to The Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Until last week, Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from Dublin, was one of the leading candidates in a crowded race for governor of California. He had become famous for his confrontations with the Trump administration and promised that he would protect and defend California from federal attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:44] \u003c/em>I’m running to be a fighter protector against a president who has chased Californians through the fields where they work, who’s put troops in our streets. I see it as table stakes to be considered in this race if you can’t convince the most vulnerable Californians that you can protect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:03] \u003c/em>But over the weekend, Swalwell’s campaign imploded. After reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN, describe detailed allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from multiple women, including former staffers. Swalwell says these allegations are false, but he has now ended his campaign for governor and resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives. Melissa Estepa, a resident of Hayward, says she feels let down by someone she saw as a potential leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Melissa Estepa: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:40] \u003c/em>I’m disappointed. I was really excited about him and thought he would be the prime candidate and he was someone I thought was a rising star and I was looking forward to supporting him but it’s just another man in power abusing women so it’s not surprising but it is still very disappointing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:58] \u003c/em>The rise and fall of Eric Swalwell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:12] \u003c/em>Eric Swalwell had a meteoric rise in politics and he fell just as fast last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:18] \u003c/em>Marisa Lagos is a politics correspondent for KQED and co-host of the Political Breakdown podcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:25] \u003c/em>He kind of burst onto the political scene as a city council member in Dublin. He made waves by challenging a guy who’d been in Congress for, I think, longer than he’d been alive. He really made this name for himself, taking on Trump, and became this national figure. And after entering the governor’s race, seemed like he was on a glide path to really kind of taking that top spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:51] \u003c/em>I don’t actually know that much about his backstory. How did he end up in politics, Bay Area politics, and eventually in Congress?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:58] \u003c/em>Yeah, so he was a prosecutor. His dad had been a police officer. And then he ended up running for the Dublin City Council. I would say was sort of ahead of the curve around issues of housing. He was seen as pretty pro-development, which back then was a knock in democratic circles, to some extent. In 2012, he ran for an East Bay district that includes Dublin and Pleasanton, and he won, beating out this incumbent who had been there for decades. As you all know, when incumbents get challenged, generally the kind of political establishment rallies behind them. And so I think that he was maybe a little ahead of the curve in terms of pushing a new generation of leadership and kind of calling out the fact that you had these people who had been there so long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:50] \u003c/em>That new energy and ideas are coming to Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Crowd: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:53] \u003c/em>Woo!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:56] \u003c/em>And we can proudly declare a victory as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:04] \u003c/em>I wouldn’t say in Congress he’s been a prolific lawmaker. He really made his name kind of carrying on his prosecutorial chops first as an investigator during the impeachment hearings of Trump related to his Ukraine-Russia dealings during the 2016 election, and then even more so, I think, raised his national profile during the second impeachment after January 6, where he was actually one of the house managers. So he was out there being a prosecutor. And he really became this kind of go-to cable news commentator for Democrats, right? MSNBC called him all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>MSNBC Announcer: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:39] \u003c/em>I’d like to get your reaction to the RNC’s idea of legitimate political discourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:45] \u003c/em>But, well, Jonathan, look, if your neighbor came over and stepped on your porch holding a knife, a gun, a machete, and said that he wanted to talk, I don’t think you would call the police and say, you know what, we’re gonna settle this. It’s a legitimate political discourse. No, you would say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:02] \u003c/em>But I would say that he was a lieutenant of democratic leadership. He was seen as pretty close to Nancy Pelosi and as a serious person who could kind of bring the case to Trump in a way that was based on his background in law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:20] \u003c/em>So Eric Swalwell runs for Congress in 2012, takes office in 2013, serves for a little more than a decade, and then he decides to run for governor. What was his platform?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:32] \u003c/em>It’s creepy now given the allegations against him, but his tagline is fighter and protector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:37] \u003c/em>This great state needs a fighter and a protector, someone who will bring prices down, lift wages up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:43] \u003c/em>It almost felt like he was running a national campaign. I mean, he announced his candidacy, not in a press conference in Sacramento or his district or Los Angeles, but on Jimmy Kimmel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:53] \u003c/em>So, I came here tonight, Jimmy, to tell you and your audience that I’m running to be the next governor of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:00] \u003c/em>Which obviously has this like double and tundra given Kimmel’s fights with the Trump administration as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jimmy Kimmel: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:06] \u003c/em>Well, thank you for being here and announcing this exciting news here on the show. And thanks for your support throughout our ordeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:15] \u003c/em>He really tried to cultivate this air of inevitability. And I would say that that started with that announcement. If you look at his policy platform, he wasn’t promising anything wildly different than the other leading Democrats, right? He wants to tackle affordability, make it so families can live here. He wants improve housing permitting and speed up the housing construction process. But there was no details on any of those proposals. Like there was not contours to these things. And I think, could I have told you a week ago or can I tell you now what a Governor Eric Swalwell would have actually looked like from a policy perspective? I don’t know that I could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:00] \u003c/em>And until late last week, it seemed like he had become the front runner on the Democratic side. What was the Swalwell coalition, if there was one, before last Friday, and what did people like about him?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:15] \u003c/em>I mean, it was the establishment. It was dozens of members of Congress and state lawmakers. It was some of the biggest unions in the state. We saw just in recent weeks, the California Teachers Association, SCIU California, both endorse him. I think that it was, to some extent, the biggest players in democratic politics was the coalition. I mean, and interestingly, it did seem like he was about to pull ahead as frontrunner, but he hadn’t yet. I mean the polls had not shown him out sort of performing any of the top candidates, but I think getting that support from the kind of political insiders was giving him that air and allowing him to kind of create that and he had money to back it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:03] \u003c/em>So Eric Swalwell was, until very recently, a frontrunner for governor of California, until Friday afternoon when reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN describes detailed allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. What exactly is being alleged here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:26] \u003c/em>So the Chronicles bombshell report really focuses on allegations by a woman who began working, first of all, well, first, I think as an intern in college, and then right out of college at age 21, first in one of his campaigns, and then in his district office, and eventually, I think, in DC. She alleges that shortly after they met, he started sending her. Kind of inappropriate, sexually explicit messages on Snapchat, that at one point, he basically pulled over his car and pulled out his penis and implied that she should perform oral sex on him. And then the core of her allegations are in both 2019 and 2024, that after nights of drinking where she was too inebriated to consent, essentially that he raped her. The first incident she alleged was in 2019 in Pleasanton. She was still a staffer at the time. Five years later in 2024 in New York City, these allegations were corroborated by the Chronicle through text messages, medical records, conversations with people in her life, family and others, who she had told at the times. A few hours later, CNN followed up with both an interview of this woman who has still chosen to remain anonymous. She was not identified in that interview. And then three other women who made allegations of sort of similar behavior in terms of unwanted touching or advances. And then on Tuesday, another woman came forward named Lana Drews. She says that. Representative Eric Swalwell drugged and raped her in 2018 and that she does plan to file a police report\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:10:18] \u003c/em>How much of this alleged behavior from Swalwell was known in political circles before this story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:10:25] \u003c/em>There was a lot of rumors over the years about him potentially maybe cheating on his wife. He’s a married father of three. And I think that there have been rumors, I hadn’t heard these, but of him maybe, yeah, acting inappropriately, flirtatiously with interns or other folks who he had power over. A lot of, I think, dots are being connected now in hindsight, but I’ll be frank, I’m struggling with this a little bit. I feel like there was a lot of rumors, and quite frankly, in the recent months, as he launched this campaign, a lot people within California politics, you know, at these labor unions, at these other groups he was trying to win endorsements from, apparently asked him very explicitly, like, about these rumors, and he just denied them flat out. I think that The power dynamics that exist within Congress, within the state capital, are real, and I think that it does take these survivors and victims to be willing to come forward. I’m sort of personally asking myself if we, as the press corps, should have asked these questions sooner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:37] \u003c/em>How Eric Swalwell’s campaign imploded. Stay with us. This news was published on Friday. What was the immediate response?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:11:54] \u003c/em>I mean, it was a bombshell and people acted appropriately. I would say it was swift. He started, you know, losing support. I mean by that evening we had seen every single member of Congress risk in their endorsement, um, as well as, you know, the big labor unions. It was clear by Friday afternoon that Swalwell was going to have to end his campaign and resign from the House of Representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:12:19] \u003c/em>And there was also a staffer letter, right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:12:22] \u003c/em>Several, yeah. Some of his top advisors just left, but his current campaign and congressional staff did put out kind of an anonymous statement on Friday, basically saying, look, any of us who have chosen to stay here, you should not construe that as a supporting Swalwell. We’re trying to support his constituents. Some these staffers are young. They don’t have the sort of financial means to just be able to walk away from a job overnight. That was followed by several other statements, including one. That came out Sunday by former staffers who really just distanced themselves from Swalwell, made very clear that they believe these women, and actually apologized to these women and said, you know, we did not know this was happening, but we wish we had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:13:07] \u003c/em>How did he react when the story came out on Friday? Was he also digging his heels and saying it’s not true?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:13:14] \u003c/em>Yeah, we should know, before the story published, Thursday night his attorney sent cease and desist letters to these women. A lot of rumors that started circulating online prior to these stories publishing, particularly by some online democratic women influencers. And even then, he and his campaign chose to very forcefully deny them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:13:38] \u003c/em>A lot has been said about me today through anonymous allegations. I thought it was important that you see and hear from me directly. These allegations of sexual assault are flat, false. They’re absolutely false. They did not happen. They have never happened. And I will fight them with everything that I have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:13:57] \u003c/em>After the story came out, he posted a video on Friday night where he specifically said the allegations of sexual assault are flat false, but he also acknowledged in that video he’s not perfect or a saint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:14:11] \u003c/em>I’ve certainly made mistakes in judgment in my past, but those mistakes are between me and my wife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:14:22] \u003c/em>So in that statement, and then again, when he announced on Sunday that he was stepping out of the governor’s race, he made some sort of nod to the fact that maybe some of this behavior did occur, maybe infidelity did occur. But he did not ever differentiate in these statements. He’s really focused and maybe understandably because there could be criminal charges potentially on the sexual assault allegations. We’ve also obviously seen no apologies or any sort of. Response directly to these women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:14:55] \u003c/em>Eric Swalwell’s not gonna be governor. He’s also leaving the House. He still says, I’m gonna fight this. So what does that mean? Are there other possible consequences coming for Eric Swallwell?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:15:05] \u003c/em>Yeah, so we saw the Manhattan district attorney and the Alameda district attorney say that they were basically exploring whether there could be potential criminal charges in both of the sexual assault incidents, because, of course, one of them occurred in Alamedo County in 2019, allegedly, and one allegedly occurred in 2024 in New York. I would assume that those are the sort of most serious venues for anything to occur, although we don’t know what else could come out. Could also be civil cases moving forward, we really don’t know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:15:42] \u003c/em>I’m thinking about Representative Swalwell’s constituents in the East Bay. I mean, what happens for them? It seems like they’ll have a new representative soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:15:52] \u003c/em>I mean, Swalwell wasn’t going to be on the ballot because he was running for governor. So there’s a race to replace him for the term that begins in January already underway. Governor Gavin Newsom could choose to call for a special election for the final months of his term. I believe the earliest that could occur would be August. Unless somebody won, you know, flat out, there would be a runoff in November. So that would be for a very short time. So I think that’s a really open question. How many of these staff members will stick around now that he’s leaving to help kind of still serve constituents and run the office? That’s not an unheard of situation. And we’ve seen this happen when people have died and resigned before. But certainly this is a loss in terms of just representation for his constituents in the short term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:16:39] \u003c/em>I mean, in the meantime, we still have to pick a governor this year. And one of the leading Democrats is out six, seven weeks before the June primary. I mean where, where do we go from here? What might the next month and a half look like?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:16:52] \u003c/em>I mean, brace yourself. There’s going to be some political ads, right? We’re seeing a lot of money being dumped. It’s a really crowded field, and it does seem like most of the candidates have kind of failed to capture the imagination of voters. Even the top polling candidates, including former Orange County Representative Katie Porter and Democratic activist and billionaire Tom Steyer. Really are only polling in, you know, the low teens at this point, and the rest of the field is in single digits, low single digits actually. And then you have two Republicans who have been really actually topping Democrats in the polls, Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco, businessman Steve Hilton. It feels wide open, and it’s pretty wide. I just want to note, I’ve been covering California politics since Gray Davis got recalled in 2003 and Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor. 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While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:00] \u003c/em>Hi it’s Alan Montecillo. Before we begin today, just a quick heads up, this episode contains descriptions of sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:14] \u003c/em>I’m Alan Montecillo, in for Ericka Cruz Guevara, and welcome to The Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Until last week, Representative Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from Dublin, was one of the leading candidates in a crowded race for governor of California. He had become famous for his confrontations with the Trump administration and promised that he would protect and defend California from federal attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:00:44] \u003c/em>I’m running to be a fighter protector against a president who has chased Californians through the fields where they work, who’s put troops in our streets. I see it as table stakes to be considered in this race if you can’t convince the most vulnerable Californians that you can protect them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:03] \u003c/em>But over the weekend, Swalwell’s campaign imploded. After reporting by the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN, describe detailed allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from multiple women, including former staffers. Swalwell says these allegations are false, but he has now ended his campaign for governor and resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives. Melissa Estepa, a resident of Hayward, says she feels let down by someone she saw as a potential leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Melissa Estepa: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:40] \u003c/em>I’m disappointed. I was really excited about him and thought he would be the prime candidate and he was someone I thought was a rising star and I was looking forward to supporting him but it’s just another man in power abusing women so it’s not surprising but it is still very disappointing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:01:58] \u003c/em>The rise and fall of Eric Swalwell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:12] \u003c/em>Eric Swalwell had a meteoric rise in politics and he fell just as fast last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:18] \u003c/em>Marisa Lagos is a politics correspondent for KQED and co-host of the Political Breakdown podcast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:25] \u003c/em>He kind of burst onto the political scene as a city council member in Dublin. He made waves by challenging a guy who’d been in Congress for, I think, longer than he’d been alive. He really made this name for himself, taking on Trump, and became this national figure. And after entering the governor’s race, seemed like he was on a glide path to really kind of taking that top spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:51] \u003c/em>I don’t actually know that much about his backstory. How did he end up in politics, Bay Area politics, and eventually in Congress?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:02:58] \u003c/em>Yeah, so he was a prosecutor. His dad had been a police officer. And then he ended up running for the Dublin City Council. I would say was sort of ahead of the curve around issues of housing. He was seen as pretty pro-development, which back then was a knock in democratic circles, to some extent. In 2012, he ran for an East Bay district that includes Dublin and Pleasanton, and he won, beating out this incumbent who had been there for decades. As you all know, when incumbents get challenged, generally the kind of political establishment rallies behind them. And so I think that he was maybe a little ahead of the curve in terms of pushing a new generation of leadership and kind of calling out the fact that you had these people who had been there so long.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:50] \u003c/em>That new energy and ideas are coming to Washington, D.C.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Crowd: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:53] \u003c/em>Woo!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:03:56] \u003c/em>And we can proudly declare a victory as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:04] \u003c/em>I wouldn’t say in Congress he’s been a prolific lawmaker. He really made his name kind of carrying on his prosecutorial chops first as an investigator during the impeachment hearings of Trump related to his Ukraine-Russia dealings during the 2016 election, and then even more so, I think, raised his national profile during the second impeachment after January 6, where he was actually one of the house managers. So he was out there being a prosecutor. And he really became this kind of go-to cable news commentator for Democrats, right? MSNBC called him all the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>MSNBC Announcer: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:39] \u003c/em>I’d like to get your reaction to the RNC’s idea of legitimate political discourse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:04:45] \u003c/em>But, well, Jonathan, look, if your neighbor came over and stepped on your porch holding a knife, a gun, a machete, and said that he wanted to talk, I don’t think you would call the police and say, you know what, we’re gonna settle this. It’s a legitimate political discourse. No, you would say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:02] \u003c/em>But I would say that he was a lieutenant of democratic leadership. He was seen as pretty close to Nancy Pelosi and as a serious person who could kind of bring the case to Trump in a way that was based on his background in law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:20] \u003c/em>So Eric Swalwell runs for Congress in 2012, takes office in 2013, serves for a little more than a decade, and then he decides to run for governor. What was his platform?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:32] \u003c/em>It’s creepy now given the allegations against him, but his tagline is fighter and protector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:37] \u003c/em>This great state needs a fighter and a protector, someone who will bring prices down, lift wages up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:43] \u003c/em>It almost felt like he was running a national campaign. I mean, he announced his candidacy, not in a press conference in Sacramento or his district or Los Angeles, but on Jimmy Kimmel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Eric Swalwell: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:05:53] \u003c/em>So, I came here tonight, Jimmy, to tell you and your audience that I’m running to be the next governor of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:00] \u003c/em>Which obviously has this like double and tundra given Kimmel’s fights with the Trump administration as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jimmy Kimmel: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:06] \u003c/em>Well, thank you for being here and announcing this exciting news here on the show. And thanks for your support throughout our ordeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:15] \u003c/em>He really tried to cultivate this air of inevitability. And I would say that that started with that announcement. If you look at his policy platform, he wasn’t promising anything wildly different than the other leading Democrats, right? He wants to tackle affordability, make it so families can live here. He wants improve housing permitting and speed up the housing construction process. But there was no details on any of those proposals. Like there was not contours to these things. And I think, could I have told you a week ago or can I tell you now what a Governor Eric Swalwell would have actually looked like from a policy perspective? I don’t know that I could.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:00] \u003c/em>And until late last week, it seemed like he had become the front runner on the Democratic side. What was the Swalwell coalition, if there was one, before last Friday, and what did people like about him?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:07:15] \u003c/em>I mean, it was the establishment. It was dozens of members of Congress and state lawmakers. It was some of the biggest unions in the state. We saw just in recent weeks, the California Teachers Association, SCIU California, both endorse him. I think that it was, to some extent, the biggest players in democratic politics was the coalition. I mean, and interestingly, it did seem like he was about to pull ahead as frontrunner, but he hadn’t yet. I mean the polls had not shown him out sort of performing any of the top candidates, but I think getting that support from the kind of political insiders was giving him that air and allowing him to kind of create that and he had money to back it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:03] \u003c/em>So Eric Swalwell was, until very recently, a frontrunner for governor of California, until Friday afternoon when reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle and CNN describes detailed allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. What exactly is being alleged here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:08:26] \u003c/em>So the Chronicles bombshell report really focuses on allegations by a woman who began working, first of all, well, first, I think as an intern in college, and then right out of college at age 21, first in one of his campaigns, and then in his district office, and eventually, I think, in DC. She alleges that shortly after they met, he started sending her. Kind of inappropriate, sexually explicit messages on Snapchat, that at one point, he basically pulled over his car and pulled out his penis and implied that she should perform oral sex on him. And then the core of her allegations are in both 2019 and 2024, that after nights of drinking where she was too inebriated to consent, essentially that he raped her. The first incident she alleged was in 2019 in Pleasanton. She was still a staffer at the time. Five years later in 2024 in New York City, these allegations were corroborated by the Chronicle through text messages, medical records, conversations with people in her life, family and others, who she had told at the times. A few hours later, CNN followed up with both an interview of this woman who has still chosen to remain anonymous. She was not identified in that interview. And then three other women who made allegations of sort of similar behavior in terms of unwanted touching or advances. And then on Tuesday, another woman came forward named Lana Drews. She says that. Representative Eric Swalwell drugged and raped her in 2018 and that she does plan to file a police report\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:10:18] \u003c/em>How much of this alleged behavior from Swalwell was known in political circles before this story?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:10:25] \u003c/em>There was a lot of rumors over the years about him potentially maybe cheating on his wife. He’s a married father of three. And I think that there have been rumors, I hadn’t heard these, but of him maybe, yeah, acting inappropriately, flirtatiously with interns or other folks who he had power over. A lot of, I think, dots are being connected now in hindsight, but I’ll be frank, I’m struggling with this a little bit. 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That was followed by several other statements, including one. That came out Sunday by former staffers who really just distanced themselves from Swalwell, made very clear that they believe these women, and actually apologized to these women and said, you know, we did not know this was happening, but we wish we had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:13:07] \u003c/em>How did he react when the story came out on Friday? Was he also digging his heels and saying it’s not true?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:13:14] \u003c/em>Yeah, we should know, before the story published, Thursday night his attorney sent cease and desist letters to these women. A lot of rumors that started circulating online prior to these stories publishing, particularly by some online democratic women influencers. 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So I think that’s a really open question. How many of these staff members will stick around now that he’s leaving to help kind of still serve constituents and run the office? That’s not an unheard of situation. And we’ve seen this happen when people have died and resigned before. But certainly this is a loss in terms of just representation for his constituents in the short term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alan Montecillo: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:16:39] \u003c/em>I mean, in the meantime, we still have to pick a governor this year. And one of the leading Democrats is out six, seven weeks before the June primary. I mean where, where do we go from here? What might the next month and a half look like?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Marisa Lagos: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:16:52] \u003c/em>I mean, brace yourself. There’s going to be some political ads, right? We’re seeing a lot of money being dumped. 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"content": "\u003cp>Environmental groups are asking an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> judge to halt the city’s major airport expansion, which would significantly increase air travel through the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three lawsuits opposing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-airport\">Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport\u003c/a>’s major renovation say the Port of Oakland violated environmental laws when it approved plans for the modernization project and argue that it should not be allowed to move forward without further assessment by public health experts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Communities for a Better Environment, Advocates for the Environment, and Stop OAK Expansion Coalition also say the project will exacerbate poor environmental health impacts in already disproportionately polluted neighborhoods of East Oakland. The groups’ lawsuits were heard simultaneously on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This expansion should not happen until there is an objective health impact assessment conducted by people with the public health expertise to make a prediction of what … based on data and research, the impact would be on the people who live near the airport,” said Dr. Mark Jacobson, a professor of medicine emeritus at UC San Francisco and a member of the Stop OAK Expansion Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The airport modernization project includes planned renovations to its two terminals, which opened in 1962 and 1985, upgrades for aging facilities, an expanded international arrivals area and 16 new gates — about a 55% increase from the airport’s current 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Port of Oakland said the renovation is meant to “meet the regional demand and provide a world class experience” for fliers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065092\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traveler walks through baggage claim in Terminal 2 at Oakland International Airport on April 12, 2024, in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The groups that filed suit allege that an environmental review certified by the Port of Oakland is inadequate and are asking the court to require a health impact assessment conducted by the Alameda County Public Health Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Jacobson, a health impact report, separate from the environmental impact report, would take into consideration the underlying health of populations expected to be most affected by the expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Oakland, a predominantly Black and Latino community, “already bears the brunt of toxic land uses and other environmental stressors,” the lawsuits say.[aside postID=news_12056544 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250918-Oakland-Arms-Folo-JCL-01-KQED.jpg']“The health of community members living near Oakland Airport is already severely compromised by existing airport operations, nearby transportation corridors and industrial activities,” Communities for a Better Environment argued in its legal complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Oakland residents who live closest to the airport are in the 100th percentile of asthma rates in the state, according to the suit. Some of the area’s neighborhoods are also ranked among the \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/11d2f52282a54ceebcac7428e6184203/page/CalEnviroScreen-4_0\">most burdened by multiple sources of pollution in California\u003c/a>, according to a mapping tool created by the California Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobson said neighborhoods adjacent to the airport have the highest rate of mortality due to heart attacks and the highest rate of pediatric emergency room visits for asthma exacerbations in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The harmful health effects are largely due to the ultrafine particles, or small bits of carbon, that are released into the atmosphere when airplane fuel combusts, he said. The particles are associated with increased risk of heart attack, atherosclerotic disease and lung disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobson also said airplane exhaust releases benzene, a carcinogen that causes lymphoma and leukemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While neighboring Alameda has developed a noise abatement policy with the Port of Oakland, Gustavo Gutierrez, an East Oakland organizer with Communities for a Better Environment, said similar settlements weren’t offered to Oakland neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Port of Oakland on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers have raised concerns that the settlement with Alameda could increase air traffic over some East Oakland neighborhoods, but airport officials say that’s not true. According to the Port of Oakland, the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic plan for the Oakland airport does not route planes over the East Oakland flatlands, and the project does not propose any changes to the current air traffic routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OAK flight maps show that planes departing from its commercial runway take off northwest, over the San Francisco Bay, and the majority of arrivals approach the airport from the south. Because of the runway configurations at San Francisco International Airport, some flights leaving from SFO do follow departure paths over the East Bay, including Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the environmental review process, Gutierrez said the nonprofit and a coalition of activists opposed to the expansion pushed for a health impact report, but the port refused to conduct one, in part leading to the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trucks leave the Port of Oakland on Sept. 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the nonprofit also pursued the suit because the environmental impact review that the port completed “grossly understates what the scope of the project is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Port of Oakland spokesperson Justin Berton said the port’s “outreach and community engagement efforts with residents exceeded requirements” during the environmental impact review process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Port met with several groups over several years to discuss noise abatement, air quality, and other environmental resources of concern that was in the EIR,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit from Communities for a Better Environment argues that the report provides an incomplete description of the modernization project, including the scope of its expansion of activity, and relies on outdated airport activity data from before the COVID-19 pandemic, which reflects higher rates of travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland International Airport on April 14, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gutierrez said increasing air travel would also increase the number of freight trucks in the area, since the Oakland airport is a hub for FedEx.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Berton said the environmental impact review certified by the port’s Board of Commissioners followed a “comprehensive review by staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Final [Environmental Impact Report] was based on substantial evidence and expert analysis, and the Port looks forward to defending the EIR and the project in public hearings,” he said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>April 17: This story was updated with additional comments from the Port of Oakland about flight paths over the city.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This expansion should not happen until there is an objective health impact assessment conducted by people with the public health expertise to make a prediction of what … based on data and research, the impact would be on the people who live near the airport,” said Dr. Mark Jacobson, a professor of medicine emeritus at UC San Francisco and a member of the Stop OAK Expansion Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The airport modernization project includes planned renovations to its two terminals, which opened in 1962 and 1985, upgrades for aging facilities, an expanded international arrivals area and 16 new gates — about a 55% increase from the airport’s current 29.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Port of Oakland said the renovation is meant to “meet the regional demand and provide a world class experience” for fliers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12065092\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12065092\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/OaklandAirportGetty-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traveler walks through baggage claim in Terminal 2 at Oakland International Airport on April 12, 2024, in Oakland, California. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The groups that filed suit allege that an environmental review certified by the Port of Oakland is inadequate and are asking the court to require a health impact assessment conducted by the Alameda County Public Health Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Jacobson, a health impact report, separate from the environmental impact report, would take into consideration the underlying health of populations expected to be most affected by the expansion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Oakland, a predominantly Black and Latino community, “already bears the brunt of toxic land uses and other environmental stressors,” the lawsuits say.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“The health of community members living near Oakland Airport is already severely compromised by existing airport operations, nearby transportation corridors and industrial activities,” Communities for a Better Environment argued in its legal complaint.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Oakland residents who live closest to the airport are in the 100th percentile of asthma rates in the state, according to the suit. Some of the area’s neighborhoods are also ranked among the \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/11d2f52282a54ceebcac7428e6184203/page/CalEnviroScreen-4_0\">most burdened by multiple sources of pollution in California\u003c/a>, according to a mapping tool created by the California Environmental Protection Agency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobson said neighborhoods adjacent to the airport have the highest rate of mortality due to heart attacks and the highest rate of pediatric emergency room visits for asthma exacerbations in Alameda County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The harmful health effects are largely due to the ultrafine particles, or small bits of carbon, that are released into the atmosphere when airplane fuel combusts, he said. The particles are associated with increased risk of heart attack, atherosclerotic disease and lung disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jacobson also said airplane exhaust releases benzene, a carcinogen that causes lymphoma and leukemia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While neighboring Alameda has developed a noise abatement policy with the Port of Oakland, Gustavo Gutierrez, an East Oakland organizer with Communities for a Better Environment, said similar settlements weren’t offered to Oakland neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250306-PORT-OF-OAKLAND-MD-04_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Port of Oakland on March 6, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers have raised concerns that the settlement with Alameda could increase air traffic over some East Oakland neighborhoods, but airport officials say that’s not true. According to the Port of Oakland, the Federal Aviation Administration’s air traffic plan for the Oakland airport does not route planes over the East Oakland flatlands, and the project does not propose any changes to the current air traffic routes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OAK flight maps show that planes departing from its commercial runway take off northwest, over the San Francisco Bay, and the majority of arrivals approach the airport from the south. Because of the runway configurations at San Francisco International Airport, some flights leaving from SFO do follow departure paths over the East Bay, including Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the environmental review process, Gutierrez said the nonprofit and a coalition of activists opposed to the expansion pushed for a health impact report, but the port refused to conduct one, in part leading to the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12052396\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12052396\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/230928-EAGLE-ROCK-SETTLE-MD-07_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trucks leave the Port of Oakland on Sept. 28, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He said the nonprofit also pursued the suit because the environmental impact review that the port completed “grossly understates what the scope of the project is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Port of Oakland spokesperson Justin Berton said the port’s “outreach and community engagement efforts with residents exceeded requirements” during the environmental impact review process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Port met with several groups over several years to discuss noise abatement, air quality, and other environmental resources of concern that was in the EIR,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit from Communities for a Better Environment argues that the report provides an incomplete description of the modernization project, including the scope of its expansion of activity, and relies on outdated airport activity data from before the COVID-19 pandemic, which reflects higher rates of travel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12047651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047651\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/003_KQED_Oakland_Airport_04142020_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland International Airport on April 14, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Gutierrez said increasing air travel would also increase the number of freight trucks in the area, since the Oakland airport is a hub for FedEx.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Berton said the environmental impact review certified by the port’s Board of Commissioners followed a “comprehensive review by staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Final [Environmental Impact Report] was based on substantial evidence and expert analysis, and the Port looks forward to defending the EIR and the project in public hearings,” he said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>April 17: This story was updated with additional comments from the Port of Oakland about flight paths over the city.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">How We Get By\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">full series here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From a young age, Liam Chavez felt different from the people around him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up in Thousand Oaks, he got bullied. In high school, he didn’t know anyone who was openly gay or queer. “I didn’t really fit in,” said Chavez, 28. “It was really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was sure something was wrong with him. It wasn’t until he moved to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/berkeley\">Berkeley \u003c/a>a decade ago for college that he felt like he was home. “A lot of people I meet are surprised to learn I didn’t grow up here because I enjoy it so much and fit in so well,” Chavez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the first time, he’d found the language and the identity that matched his experience. “Basically, the day that I found out that trans men existed, I realized I was a trans man,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But staying here has come at a real cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he came out to his family, they cut him off. His parents told him it was Berkeley’s fault, “that I’ve been brainwashed,” he said. His father refused to come to his graduation, and he said he’s hardly spoken to either parent since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh out of school, he felt overwhelmed. He struggled to find his financial footing, knowing nobody was there to catch him if he fell. At the same time, he was trying to heal from the trauma of a sexual assault by another college student, and he had developed chronic migraines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I go back to that time, I just remember terror,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_003_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_003_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_003_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_003_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez examines yarn for an upcoming artisans fair on April 8, 2026, at Avenue Yarn in Albany, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With no family support and significant medical expenses, including medication for his migraines and therapy, in part for the assault, the gap between what he earned and what he needed to live widened fast. But he couldn’t go home, and leaving the state for somewhere cheaper didn’t feel like an option.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Chavez was transitioning, his doctor sat him down and issued some advice: Don’t leave California, at least not for a while. “I think she was right,” Chavez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Bay Area is one of the most expensive places to live in the country, transgender Californians like Chavez have found that the calculation of whether to stay or go is about more than rent prices.[aside postID=news_12078915 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_011-KQED.jpg']In \u003ca href=\"https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/transgender-moving-desire/\">a national survey\u003c/a> conducted following the 2024 presidential election, nearly half of trans respondents said they had already moved, or were considering moving, in search of a more trans-friendly community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To afford life here, Chavez patched together part-time work as a tutor and dog sitter and picked up random gigs on Craigslist. His friends joked that he was always hustling. “I had no choice,” he said. “I had to, and it was exhausting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it still wasn’t enough, he turned to credit cards. He charged food, gas and rent until he owed close to $15,000, on top of his student loan debt. “It felt crushing,” he said. “It felt like I could never get out from under that money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-poverty-us/\">Research has found\u003c/a> that nearly 1 in 3 transgender Americans lives in poverty — double the rate of cisgender straight people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether you’re looking at individual income, household income, food insecurity or housing instability, what you’ll see among trans people are much higher rates of economic vulnerability,” said Brad Sears, a distinguished scholar at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason for these discrepancies lies, in part, in demographics. Research from the Williams Institute found that, compared with cisgender straight men, transgender people are more likely to be young and people of color, and almost twice as likely to be living with a disability — all factors that can make it more difficult to achieve financial stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez and Avenue Yarn employee Leti Iversen compare yarn colors on April 8, 2026, in Albany, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But even when researchers compared people with the same education, age, race and disability status, they found that transgender people still have 70% higher odds of living in poverty than cisgender straight men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sears attributes this to the unique layer of discrimination that transgender people face. “The pathways to poverty really start with [family] rejection, over-criminalization, homelessness … while trans people are still young,” he said. “That continues into adult life, where you continue to see high rates of discrimination in all parts of life, including housing, but particularly in the workplace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing these disparities, he said, means working with parents to decrease family rejection, and with law enforcement — “so it’s not a crime to be walking while trans” — in order to keep trans people out of the foster care and criminal justice systems, “which are just huge predictors for future poverty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079251\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez speaks with Avenue Yarn employee Leti Iversen on April 8, 2026, in Albany, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workplace protections also make a big difference. Although federal employment protections prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the Trump administration has sought to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/trumps-executive-orders-promoting-sex-discrimination-explained\">limit and roll back safeguards\u003c/a> for transgender Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, meanwhile, has one of the country’s strongest \u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/employment/know-your-rights/faq-the-gender-nondiscrimination-act/\">nondiscrimination frameworks for transgender people\u003c/a>, and some Bay Area cities add \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/san-francisco-all-gender-restroom-ordinance?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">additional\u003c/a> protection \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/our-work/title-vi-nondiscrimination-policy#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Berkeley%20is,Rights%20Restoration%20Act%20of%201987\">through\u003c/a> local \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/employment-investigations-and-civil-rights-compliance/documents/working-for-oakland/workplace-amp-employment-standards/employment-investigations-and-civil-rights-compliance/city-of-oakland-gender-inclusion-policy-ai-73.pdf\">policies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sears said having a gender identity nondiscrimination policy is a good start, but workplaces should also have a plan in place to support employees who want to transition by doing things like ensuring there’s an appropriate bathroom available and providing colleagues with training. “Visible support from leadership at the top is one of the biggest things that make a difference,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A whole future that I can think about’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Chavez, the turning point came when, out of desperation, he called the free, 24-hour 211 helpline that connects callers to social services. The operator referred him to a nonprofit credit counseling agency, Money Management International, where a counselor helped him build a monthly budget and negotiated with his creditors to cut his interest rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency consolidated his debt into a single monthly payment automatically drafted from his bank account — something that credit counseling agencies have set up in agreements with major creditors to help close accounts and dig borrowers out of crushing debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez opens the trunk of his car as he prepares for a morning swim at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach on March 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These creditors know that when people come to us, they’re not just getting plugged into this affordable repayment plan, but they’re also getting budgeting advice and advice that helps people achieve financial stability, which makes it more likely that they will repay the debt that they owe when presented with more affordable repayment terms,” said Bruce McClary, a spokesperson for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chavez said the counselor’s debt management plan helps hold him accountable, and the low monthly payment has allowed him to chip away at his balance. “That’s really helped because it’s really the interest that is just like a killer,” Chavez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three years later, he has paid off more than $10,000. “I really want to be debt-free,” he said. “And I’m so close.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Chavez’s life today is structured around that goal.[aside postID=news_12075761 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00263_TV-KQED.jpg']At home in Oakland, he tracks every dollar in a spreadsheet: rent, insurance, groceries, savings, income from his job and side gigs like a pet-sitting job he recently took on. “I’m actually pretty comfortable this month, which I’m kind of like, whoa, this is new,” he said, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To cut costs, he keeps his heater off and uses an electric blanket. He buys clothes, furniture and appliances secondhand. Groceries come from a mix of bulk purchases, discount markets and Trader Joe’s. When money gets tight, he turns to food pantries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just visited a couple weeks ago because I had some unexpected expenses and I was really hungry and I needed to eat,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He shares a one-bedroom apartment with Erasmo, a 7-year-old Greek tortoise he got during a difficult stretch in college. “I thought to myself, it might be good to have somebody to be responsible to, another creature,” Chavez said. “In order to take care of him, I have to take care of myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tortoise’s name means “beloved” in Greek, and Chavez has a custom bumper sticker on his car that reads: My tortoise is smarter than your honor student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, Chavez has a full-time job at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, where he administers grant funding to students working on community health projects and helps them manage budgets — skills he’s honed through hard experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, he ran his salary through an online calculator and was surprised to find himself labeled middle class, like his family had been growing up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079296\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079296\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_012_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_012_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_012_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_012_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez swims in the bay at Robert W. 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It’s one of the small, hard-won pleasures that make staying in the Bay Area feel worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079297\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079297\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_013_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_013_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_013_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_013_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez swims across the bay with “Chorizo” trailing behind him at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach in Alameda on March 30, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In his spare time, he volunteers on a crisis line for sexual assault survivors. He said he recently took a call from someone whose circumstances closely mirrored his own. “It was incredible that I could answer that call and be their advocate and be their support,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s considering pursuing a master’s degree in social work or public health once his debt is paid off — a path he hopes will lead him to a stable career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kinda been crazy for me to think about, like, oh wow, I actually have a whole future that I can think about,” he said. “I can have professional aspirations now instead of just thinking about: Where’s my next meal? How am I gonna pay the rent?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some months, Chavez is still living with little room to spare. His medical expenses remain high, and the cost of living continues to climb. But for the first time in years, he said, “I think I see a light at the end of the tunnel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/transgender-moving-desire/\">a national survey\u003c/a> conducted following the 2024 presidential election, nearly half of trans respondents said they had already moved, or were considering moving, in search of a more trans-friendly community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To afford life here, Chavez patched together part-time work as a tutor and dog sitter and picked up random gigs on Craigslist. His friends joked that he was always hustling. “I had no choice,” he said. “I had to, and it was exhausting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it still wasn’t enough, he turned to credit cards. He charged food, gas and rent until he owed close to $15,000, on top of his student loan debt. “It felt crushing,” he said. “It felt like I could never get out from under that money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-poverty-us/\">Research has found\u003c/a> that nearly 1 in 3 transgender Americans lives in poverty — double the rate of cisgender straight people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Whether you’re looking at individual income, household income, food insecurity or housing instability, what you’ll see among trans people are much higher rates of economic vulnerability,” said Brad Sears, a distinguished scholar at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason for these discrepancies lies, in part, in demographics. Research from the Williams Institute found that, compared with cisgender straight men, transgender people are more likely to be young and people of color, and almost twice as likely to be living with a disability — all factors that can make it more difficult to achieve financial stability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079250\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079250\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_007_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez and Avenue Yarn employee Leti Iversen compare yarn colors on April 8, 2026, in Albany, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But even when researchers compared people with the same education, age, race and disability status, they found that transgender people still have 70% higher odds of living in poverty than cisgender straight men.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sears attributes this to the unique layer of discrimination that transgender people face. “The pathways to poverty really start with [family] rejection, over-criminalization, homelessness … while trans people are still young,” he said. “That continues into adult life, where you continue to see high rates of discrimination in all parts of life, including housing, but particularly in the workplace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Addressing these disparities, he said, means working with parents to decrease family rejection, and with law enforcement — “so it’s not a crime to be walking while trans” — in order to keep trans people out of the foster care and criminal justice systems, “which are just huge predictors for future poverty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079251\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079251\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/040826TransAffordability-_GH_008_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez speaks with Avenue Yarn employee Leti Iversen on April 8, 2026, in Albany, California. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Workplace protections also make a big difference. Although federal employment protections prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the Trump administration has sought to \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/trumps-executive-orders-promoting-sex-discrimination-explained\">limit and roll back safeguards\u003c/a> for transgender Americans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California, meanwhile, has one of the country’s strongest \u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/employment/know-your-rights/faq-the-gender-nondiscrimination-act/\">nondiscrimination frameworks for transgender people\u003c/a>, and some Bay Area cities add \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/san-francisco-all-gender-restroom-ordinance?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">additional\u003c/a> protection \u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyca.gov/your-government/our-work/title-vi-nondiscrimination-policy#:~:text=The%20City%20of%20Berkeley%20is,Rights%20Restoration%20Act%20of%201987\">through\u003c/a> local \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/files/assets/city/v/1/employment-investigations-and-civil-rights-compliance/documents/working-for-oakland/workplace-amp-employment-standards/employment-investigations-and-civil-rights-compliance/city-of-oakland-gender-inclusion-policy-ai-73.pdf\">policies\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sears said having a gender identity nondiscrimination policy is a good start, but workplaces should also have a plan in place to support employees who want to transition by doing things like ensuring there’s an appropriate bathroom available and providing colleagues with training. “Visible support from leadership at the top is one of the biggest things that make a difference,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘A whole future that I can think about’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Chavez, the turning point came when, out of desperation, he called the free, 24-hour 211 helpline that connects callers to social services. The operator referred him to a nonprofit credit counseling agency, Money Management International, where a counselor helped him build a monthly budget and negotiated with his creditors to cut his interest rates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency consolidated his debt into a single monthly payment automatically drafted from his bank account — something that credit counseling agencies have set up in agreements with major creditors to help close accounts and dig borrowers out of crushing debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12079242\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12079242\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/033026Trans-affordability-_GH_001_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liam Chavez opens the trunk of his car as he prepares for a morning swim at Robert W. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">How We Get By\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">full series here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Saturday afternoon, people moved shoulder to shoulder through a small shop in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/east-oakland\">East Oakland\u003c/a>, pausing at tables, lifting objects, and deciding what to take with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The space resembled a grandmother’s attic, crowded with mismatched objects: glassware stacked beside old electronics, knitted hats next to typewriters and rotary phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One elementary school-aged girl gripped a lock-and-key set, turning it over in her hands as if testing its purpose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I guess I could put it on my suitcase,” she said. When asked who wouldn’t be allowed to open it, she didn’t hesitate: “Anybody!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, she walked out of the store without paying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how it works here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes filled with donated art supplies line the sidewalk outside Free Oakland UP in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026 \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a city grappling with rising costs and displacement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/freeoaklandup/\">Free Oakland UP\u003c/a> offers a hybrid model of mutual aid and art: a storefront where goods circulate freely, customers pay what they can and community interaction is as central as the items themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ‘UP’ stands for Utopian Project,” said Jocelyn Meggait, an artist and the founder of Free Oakland UP. “Wouldn’t it be great if everything was free — your housing, your medical, everything?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>From art experiment to Oakland storefront\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The store reflects Meggait’s background as a social practice artist — someone who builds experiences rather than physical art pieces. The idea first took shape nearly 15 years ago, when she was pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at Mills College in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did start it out as a response to the economy,” she said. “After the crash in 2008, everyone was freaking out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jocelyn Meggait, the creator of Free Oakland UP, poses inside the store where donated items are sorted and future art projects are developed in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her master’s thesis, she created a “free pile” inside the school’s art museum — a curated installation where visitors could take one item, no more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liked the idea of it being in a gallery or museum where you’re not allowed to touch anything,” she said, “let alone take something for free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That one-item limit was intentional. It forced visitors to weigh their choices and needs — whether they wanted to walk away with a piece of art or a mug. For Meggait, the project extends beyond that single choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An ongoing project by artist Jocelyn Meggait, the creator of Free Oakland UP, hangs inside the space in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s about the economy, and it’s about the environment — keeping stuff out of the landfill, reusing, upcycling, the whole circular economy of it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduate school, Meggait expanded the concept into pop-ups across California, bringing the free-store model to places like Lake Tahoe and Venice Beach. In 2014, she settled on a permanent storefront in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I found it, I was so excited,” she said. “The neighborhood is great because [this area] needs something to get the community out and get people talking to each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A third space in a city under pressure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Free Oakland UP sits in a quiet strip mall near an ice cream shop, an auto repair shop and a bodega. Meggait’s operation runs on small donations from customers, arts grants and plant sales, but she said it’s been hard to maintain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The business model has changed just because I’ve had to adapt to paying rent and my rent has just been raised,” she said, adding that now the shop is open an extra day in order to afford the rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacques Lafontant, a frequent patron of Free Oakland UP and Oakland resident, holds a copy of his favorite book, “The Story of the Exposition,” inside the store in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland has faced a deepening affordability crisis for years, with its unhoused population \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Community/The-Unhoused-Community/Homelessness-and-Encampment-Response/Oaklands-Response-to-Homelessness#:~:text=@oaklandca.gov.-,Our%20Response,more%20people%20in%20their%20homes.\">doubling over the past decade\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ccrl.stanford.edu/publications/residential-and-neighborhood-instability-in-oakland\">2021 Stanford report\u003c/a> found that East Oakland experiences some of the highest levels of financial instability and disinvestment in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, Free Oakland UP stands out — a quirky, kooky, joyful space where people can find objects and community.[aside postID=news_12041474 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-43-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“It’s like an intersection between three or four different neighborhoods,” said Jacques Lafontant, a longtime Oakland resident. “People from different communities and socioeconomic environments come here and mix.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What draws people in may be the objects, but what lingers is something less tangible — the conversations that form around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[I asked] someone last week …‘what are you going to do with those 20 Pez dispensers?’” said Angie Fryer, who lives two blocks away. “That’s not a conversation you’re going to strike up at the grocery store line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what keeps the space alive isn’t just money — it’s movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deborah Campbell regularly donates items to the store and picks up materials to bring to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.creativegrowth.org/\">Creative Growth Art Center\u003c/a>, where adults with developmental disabilities make and sell artwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish there was more of this going on,” she said. “I think this activates a community spirit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others come with no specific purpose at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For window shopping,” said Niem Nguyen, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years. “Just for fun and for a happy day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071059\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A repurposed filing cabinet holds old circuit boards at Free Oakland UP in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over time, Meggait has become a central figure within that ecosystem — a shopkeeper, a therapist, a confidant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you come in here, you realize she knows everybody,” Fryer said. “And if it’s their first visit, she knows that too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meggait sees that role a little differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hear people’s stories and their secrets,” she said. “I’m like somebody’s grandma. You can tell Grandma anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071061\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A customer places a doll into a box of vintage handmade dolls inside Free Oakland UP in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than a decade after opening the storefront, Meggait said the concept still surprises people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first opened, my customers thought I was insane,” she said. “My family up in Canada thinks I’m insane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she said, “I’m still here, so it seems to be working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a city where scarcity can define daily choices, Free Oakland UP offers a different framework — one rooted in a free exchange of goods and the added bonus of community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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When asked who wouldn’t be allowed to open it, she didn’t hesitate: “Anybody!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moments later, she walked out of the store without paying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s how it works here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_005-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boxes filled with donated art supplies line the sidewalk outside Free Oakland UP in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026 \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a city grappling with rising costs and displacement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/freeoaklandup/\">Free Oakland UP\u003c/a> offers a hybrid model of mutual aid and art: a storefront where goods circulate freely, customers pay what they can and community interaction is as central as the items themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The ‘UP’ stands for Utopian Project,” said Jocelyn Meggait, an artist and the founder of Free Oakland UP. “Wouldn’t it be great if everything was free — your housing, your medical, everything?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>From art experiment to Oakland storefront\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The store reflects Meggait’s background as a social practice artist — someone who builds experiences rather than physical art pieces. The idea first took shape nearly 15 years ago, when she was pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at Mills College in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did start it out as a response to the economy,” she said. “After the crash in 2008, everyone was freaking out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_007-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jocelyn Meggait, the creator of Free Oakland UP, poses inside the store where donated items are sorted and future art projects are developed in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For her master’s thesis, she created a “free pile” inside the school’s art museum — a curated installation where visitors could take one item, no more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liked the idea of it being in a gallery or museum where you’re not allowed to touch anything,” she said, “let alone take something for free.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That one-item limit was intentional. It forced visitors to weigh their choices and needs — whether they wanted to walk away with a piece of art or a mug. For Meggait, the project extends beyond that single choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071055\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_002-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An ongoing project by artist Jocelyn Meggait, the creator of Free Oakland UP, hangs inside the space in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s about the economy, and it’s about the environment — keeping stuff out of the landfill, reusing, upcycling, the whole circular economy of it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduate school, Meggait expanded the concept into pop-ups across California, bringing the free-store model to places like Lake Tahoe and Venice Beach. In 2014, she settled on a permanent storefront in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I found it, I was so excited,” she said. “The neighborhood is great because [this area] needs something to get the community out and get people talking to each other.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A third space in a city under pressure\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Free Oakland UP sits in a quiet strip mall near an ice cream shop, an auto repair shop and a bodega. Meggait’s operation runs on small donations from customers, arts grants and plant sales, but she said it’s been hard to maintain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The business model has changed just because I’ve had to adapt to paying rent and my rent has just been raised,” she said, adding that now the shop is open an extra day in order to afford the rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071056\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071056\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_004-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacques Lafontant, a frequent patron of Free Oakland UP and Oakland resident, holds a copy of his favorite book, “The Story of the Exposition,” inside the store in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland has faced a deepening affordability crisis for years, with its unhoused population \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Community/The-Unhoused-Community/Homelessness-and-Encampment-Response/Oaklands-Response-to-Homelessness#:~:text=@oaklandca.gov.-,Our%20Response,more%20people%20in%20their%20homes.\">doubling over the past decade\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://ccrl.stanford.edu/publications/residential-and-neighborhood-instability-in-oakland\">2021 Stanford report\u003c/a> found that East Oakland experiences some of the highest levels of financial instability and disinvestment in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here, Free Oakland UP stands out — a quirky, kooky, joyful space where people can find objects and community.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It’s like an intersection between three or four different neighborhoods,” said Jacques Lafontant, a longtime Oakland resident. “People from different communities and socioeconomic environments come here and mix.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What draws people in may be the objects, but what lingers is something less tangible — the conversations that form around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[I asked] someone last week …‘what are you going to do with those 20 Pez dispensers?’” said Angie Fryer, who lives two blocks away. “That’s not a conversation you’re going to strike up at the grocery store line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what keeps the space alive isn’t just money — it’s movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deborah Campbell regularly donates items to the store and picks up materials to bring to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.creativegrowth.org/\">Creative Growth Art Center\u003c/a>, where adults with developmental disabilities make and sell artwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish there was more of this going on,” she said. “I think this activates a community spirit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others come with no specific purpose at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For window shopping,” said Niem Nguyen, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years. “Just for fun and for a happy day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071059\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071059\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_008-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A repurposed filing cabinet holds old circuit boards at Free Oakland UP in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over time, Meggait has become a central figure within that ecosystem — a shopkeeper, a therapist, a confidant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you come in here, you realize she knows everybody,” Fryer said. “And if it’s their first visit, she knows that too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meggait sees that role a little differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hear people’s stories and their secrets,” she said. “I’m like somebody’s grandma. You can tell Grandma anything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12071061\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12071061\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/012426_FREEOAKLANDUP_GH_012-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A customer places a doll into a box of vintage handmade dolls inside Free Oakland UP in Oakland on Jan. 24, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>More than a decade after opening the storefront, Meggait said the concept still surprises people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I first opened, my customers thought I was insane,” she said. “My family up in Canada thinks I’m insane.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, she said, “I’m still here, so it seems to be working.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a city where scarcity can define daily choices, Free Oakland UP offers a different framework — one rooted in a free exchange of goods and the added bonus of community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">How We Get By\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>, a KQED series exploring how people are coping with rising costs in the Bay Area and California. Find the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/affordability\">full series here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Annie Malekzadeh was shopping at a Joanne Fabrics store in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/concord\">Concord\u003c/a> a couple of years ago when she had an encounter that stung her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An older woman who saw her pregnant while pushing her toddler son in a shopping cart, told her: “I don’t know why you would want more than two [children]. It’s basically impossible in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the time I was like, how dare she?” she said. “But now I’m like, oh, [she] was right. It’s really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malekzadeh wound up having another baby, and the decision to have three kids pushed her child care expenses to roughly $56,000 a year and ultimately changed the course of her career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12061802/how-are-child-care-costs-affecting-the-lives-of-bay-area-families-you-told-us\">Rising child care costs in the Bay Area\u003c/a> are forcing parents to make painful tradeoffs, either by passing up career opportunities, cutting back work hours, or quitting altogether. For families with multiple young children, these expenses can surpass a parent’s entire salary, disproportionately affecting mothers and shaping their long-term economic security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malekzadeh’s story is just one example of how the gap between what families can afford and the actual cost of care is pushing parents to find creative solutions — and prompting calls for systemic change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care has long been expensive for parents, but recently it’s been even more so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078461\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078461\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00035_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00035_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00035_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00035_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Malekzadeh, a mom who quit her teaching job to save on child care and is now pursuing her master’s degree in mathematics, studies at Pleasant Hill Library in Pleasant Hill on April 1, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Prices shot up almost 30% between 2020 and 2024, outpacing inflation by 7 percentage points, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.childcareaware.org/price-landscape24/\">a survey of child care resource and referral organizations \u003c/a>around the country. In just the last year, 40% of child care programs in California \u003ca href=\"https://www.naeyc.org/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/user-174467/2026_survey_brief.pdf\">reported raising tuition \u003c/a>to offset rising operating costs like insurance and food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four years ago, Malekzadeh was a math teacher at a private middle school, earning roughly $32,000 annually and working 25 hours per week. At the time, her son was in kindergarten and her daughter in preschool. Her husband is a psychiatrist, she said, and because he earned more money and worked more hours, most of the parenting responsibilities went to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With their joint income, the cost of preschool and before- and afterschool care was manageable for the Pleasant Hill couple. But when their baby boy came along in July 2022, and needed full-time infant care, the amount for all three kids’ care — about $4,700 per month — was almost double her teacher’s salary.[aside postID=news_12070762 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/240911-CHILDCARE-REAX-MD-01_qed.jpg']“It didn’t make sense,” she said. “My job wasn’t really making enough of a contribution to justify that kind of expense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the school year ended, Malekzadeh decided to quit, even though she didn’t want to leave a profession she loved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My grandparents were both educators,” she said. “They were beloved by their community, and they were really excited when I chose to become a teacher. So that was my plan, and I didn’t ever expect to deviate from that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move is saving about $600 a week in child care. The older two are in public school, and the youngest is still in preschool. While he’s in care, Malekzadeh takes classes at Diablo Valley College as she pursues a master’s degree in math, which she hopes will ultimately lead to a higher-paying job to make up for time away from the labor market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you quit to stay home with your kids, it creates gaps in your resume that a lot of places don’t necessarily look nicely at,” Melakzadeh said. “You have to have some kind of explanation for that, which might translate into less pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care prices vary by region and depend on a child’s age and the type of provider. In California, full-time infant care in 2024 cost an average of $22,628, which is 16% of the average married couple’s income and 50% of a single parent’s. Bay Area families pay the highest child care prices \u003ca href=\"https://tootris.com/edu/blog/parents/cost-of-child-care-in-california-by-city-age-and-type-of-care-provider/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">compared to other parts of California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12078462 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Malekzadeh plays a card game with her daughter as they wait for her older son to finish school at Valhalla Elementary School in Pleasant Hill on April 1, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The spike in prices came as companies began mandating employees return to work and \u003ca href=\"https://rapidsurveyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arpa-funding-factsheet-aug2023.pdf\">child care providers lost federal funds\u003c/a> meant to help them recover from the pandemic. Less flexibility and high costs led to a decline in labor force participation for moms of children under the age of 5, and college-educated moms in particular, according to\u003ca href=\"https://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2025/october-2025-the-great-exit.html\"> an analysis by the financial firm KPMG.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their labor force participation declined by 2.3 percentage points, while the number of college-educated dads of young children who were working or seeking a job continued to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families are facing child care prices that are higher than the price of rent or mortgage. So this is a huge problem. It’s one of the biggest expenses in a family’s budgets,” said Julie Kashen, a researcher at The Century Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078476\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nolan Cruz eats oatmeal for breakfast in the morning on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The progressive think tank conducted an October survey of 1,400 voters about their affordability concerns. Kashen said that while all families are facing rising costs, it’s women who experience a greater threat to their economic security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women are faring worse in terms of taking on debt to cover their basics, borrowing from friends and families to pay the bills,” she said. “So when you add child care on top of that, I think it’s incredibly challenging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those challenges led Amy Cruz to walk away from a six-figure nursing job to freelance as a dance teacher and care for her 3-year-old son, Nolan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078474\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon and Nolan Cruz cook oatmeal for breakfast on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until he was about two years old, Cruz paid $3,000 per month to share a nanny with another family for just four days a week of child care (on the fifth day, she leaned on family members to look after him). While child care wasn’t the only reason she left her job, it was a significant factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially, half of my monthly income was going to child care,” Cruz said. “Watching that much money leave our account every month was tough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Nolan was old enough to start preschool, she enrolled him in a three-day program near her Berkeley home, which cut her child care costs in half. When he’s there, she teaches dance — something she did professionally before going to nursing school — to afford his tuition. With a second baby on the way, she also figured that it was “worth it to make a little less money but be able to be with my kids more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078475\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Cruz picks raspberries for her son Nolan’s breakfast in the morning on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Economists call child care a broken market because the actual cost of providing care is a lot more than what families can afford to pay. In California, \u003ca href=\"https://rrnetwork.org/assets/general-files/California.pdf\">the demand for licensed infant care exceeds supply\u003c/a> because it’s the most expensive and labor-intensive. Babies need constant care, and California has strict rules limiting the number of children each adult can care for in a licensed child care home or center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, low pay and benefits have made it tough for child care providers to attract or retain early educators. In January, nearly half of providers said they didn’t have enough staff to enroll children at capacity, according to a survey by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For providers, energy costs, food, insurance have all gone up,” said Matthew Nestler, senior economist at KPMG. “They can’t necessarily raise their workers’ wages to the degree that they would like to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078473\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Brandon, Amy and Nolan Cruz prepare breakfast and pack a lunch for Nolan in the morning on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shortage can cause parents to weave in and out of the workforce. Malezadeh first left her job when her eldest child was born eight years ago, and she couldn’t find an open infant care slot when her maternity leave ended. She didn’t know she had to reserve months in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t actually find any kind of daycare spot for him until he was two, and by then, I was already expecting my second child,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malekzadeh stayed out of teaching for four years and went back to work when her first two kids were a little older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after a year, the costs of infant care for her youngest, combined with her older children’s care, were too great, and she left her job again.[aside postID=news_12078480 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/AffordabilitySeriesIntro_Lede.jpg']Kashen, from The Century Foundation, said public investment can help close the gap between what parents like Malekzadeh and Cruz can afford and what it actually costs to provide child care. As an example, she pointed to New Mexico’s recent move to offer free child care for all residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When governments invest in child care, that is the biggest thing that we can do because right now what we have is essentially a DIY, do-it-yourself, system for families where everyone’s on their own,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Cruz gave birth to a daughter. During her pregnancy, she considered becoming a nanny so she could take care of her baby alongside someone else’s, allowing her to make some money. She also thought about continuing to teach dance part-time, and while she’s at work, trading child care responsibilities with other parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been thinking about it more and more, because I can make more money teaching dance than doing my own nanny share,” Cruz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building a community with other parents has helped Malekzadeh get by when she’s in a child care pinch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re gonna be five minutes late to pick up, you have to have someone else that you can text, and be like, ‘Can you grab my kid for me real quick?’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078901\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Malekzadeh walks her kids home after school in Pleasant Hill on April 1, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Malekzadeh tutors on the side to make some money and said she’s constantly revising the family budget as grocery and health insurance prices go up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m looking at where can we cut costs and what bundle can I use or coupon can I use to save money? I do most of our shopping at Costco now because buying in bulk is usually cheaper,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her family is also taking fewer trips, but Malezadeh said, despite these compromises, she’s grateful she has been able to afford raising three kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel very fortunate that I got through having our second kid and didn’t feel done,” she said. “Instead of living with the potential of regretting it for the rest of my life, I was able to say, ‘Hey, can we have another one? Can we work that into the budget?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It didn’t make sense,” she said. “My job wasn’t really making enough of a contribution to justify that kind of expense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the school year ended, Malekzadeh decided to quit, even though she didn’t want to leave a profession she loved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My grandparents were both educators,” she said. “They were beloved by their community, and they were really excited when I chose to become a teacher. So that was my plan, and I didn’t ever expect to deviate from that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move is saving about $600 a week in child care. The older two are in public school, and the youngest is still in preschool. While he’s in care, Malekzadeh takes classes at Diablo Valley College as she pursues a master’s degree in math, which she hopes will ultimately lead to a higher-paying job to make up for time away from the labor market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you quit to stay home with your kids, it creates gaps in your resume that a lot of places don’t necessarily look nicely at,” Melakzadeh said. “You have to have some kind of explanation for that, which might translate into less pay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Child care prices vary by region and depend on a child’s age and the type of provider. In California, full-time infant care in 2024 cost an average of $22,628, which is 16% of the average married couple’s income and 50% of a single parent’s. Bay Area families pay the highest child care prices \u003ca href=\"https://tootris.com/edu/blog/parents/cost-of-child-care-in-california-by-city-age-and-type-of-care-provider/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">compared to other parts of California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12078462 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-AFFORDABILITYCHILDCARE00228_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Malekzadeh plays a card game with her daughter as they wait for her older son to finish school at Valhalla Elementary School in Pleasant Hill on April 1, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The spike in prices came as companies began mandating employees return to work and \u003ca href=\"https://rapidsurveyproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/arpa-funding-factsheet-aug2023.pdf\">child care providers lost federal funds\u003c/a> meant to help them recover from the pandemic. Less flexibility and high costs led to a decline in labor force participation for moms of children under the age of 5, and college-educated moms in particular, according to\u003ca href=\"https://kpmg.com/us/en/articles/2025/october-2025-the-great-exit.html\"> an analysis by the financial firm KPMG.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their labor force participation declined by 2.3 percentage points, while the number of college-educated dads of young children who were working or seeking a job continued to increase.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Families are facing child care prices that are higher than the price of rent or mortgage. So this is a huge problem. It’s one of the biggest expenses in a family’s budgets,” said Julie Kashen, a researcher at The Century Foundation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078476\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078476\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nolan Cruz eats oatmeal for breakfast in the morning on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The progressive think tank conducted an October survey of 1,400 voters about their affordability concerns. Kashen said that while all families are facing rising costs, it’s women who experience a greater threat to their economic security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Women are faring worse in terms of taking on debt to cover their basics, borrowing from friends and families to pay the bills,” she said. “So when you add child care on top of that, I think it’s incredibly challenging.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those challenges led Amy Cruz to walk away from a six-figure nursing job to freelance as a dance teacher and care for her 3-year-old son, Nolan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078474\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-02-KQED-1536x1034.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon and Nolan Cruz cook oatmeal for breakfast on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until he was about two years old, Cruz paid $3,000 per month to share a nanny with another family for just four days a week of child care (on the fifth day, she leaned on family members to look after him). While child care wasn’t the only reason she left her job, it was a significant factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Essentially, half of my monthly income was going to child care,” Cruz said. “Watching that much money leave our account every month was tough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once Nolan was old enough to start preschool, she enrolled him in a three-day program near her Berkeley home, which cut her child care costs in half. When he’s there, she teaches dance — something she did professionally before going to nursing school — to afford his tuition. With a second baby on the way, she also figured that it was “worth it to make a little less money but be able to be with my kids more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078475\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078475\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-03-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy Cruz picks raspberries for her son Nolan’s breakfast in the morning on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Economists call child care a broken market because the actual cost of providing care is a lot more than what families can afford to pay. In California, \u003ca href=\"https://rrnetwork.org/assets/general-files/California.pdf\">the demand for licensed infant care exceeds supply\u003c/a> because it’s the most expensive and labor-intensive. Babies need constant care, and California has strict rules limiting the number of children each adult can care for in a licensed child care home or center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, low pay and benefits have made it tough for child care providers to attract or retain early educators. In January, nearly half of providers said they didn’t have enough staff to enroll children at capacity, according to a survey by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For providers, energy costs, food, insurance have all gone up,” said Matthew Nestler, senior economist at KPMG. “They can’t necessarily raise their workers’ wages to the degree that they would like to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078473\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078473\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/251027-CHILD-CARE-PRICES-MD-01-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Brandon, Amy and Nolan Cruz prepare breakfast and pack a lunch for Nolan in the morning on Oct. 27, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shortage can cause parents to weave in and out of the workforce. Malezadeh first left her job when her eldest child was born eight years ago, and she couldn’t find an open infant care slot when her maternity leave ended. She didn’t know she had to reserve months in advance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t actually find any kind of daycare spot for him until he was two, and by then, I was already expecting my second child,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malekzadeh stayed out of teaching for four years and went back to work when her first two kids were a little older.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after a year, the costs of infant care for her youngest, combined with her older children’s care, were too great, and she left her job again.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Kashen, from The Century Foundation, said public investment can help close the gap between what parents like Malekzadeh and Cruz can afford and what it actually costs to provide child care. As an example, she pointed to New Mexico’s recent move to offer free child care for all residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When governments invest in child care, that is the biggest thing that we can do because right now what we have is essentially a DIY, do-it-yourself, system for families where everyone’s on their own,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Cruz gave birth to a daughter. During her pregnancy, she considered becoming a nanny so she could take care of her baby alongside someone else’s, allowing her to make some money. She also thought about continuing to teach dance part-time, and while she’s at work, trading child care responsibilities with other parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been thinking about it more and more, because I can make more money teaching dance than doing my own nanny share,” Cruz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Building a community with other parents has helped Malekzadeh get by when she’s in a child care pinch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re gonna be five minutes late to pick up, you have to have someone else that you can text, and be like, ‘Can you grab my kid for me real quick?’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078901\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078901\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-affordabilitychildcare00326_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annie Malekzadeh walks her kids home after school in Pleasant Hill on April 1, 2026. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Malekzadeh tutors on the side to make some money and said she’s constantly revising the family budget as grocery and health insurance prices go up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m looking at where can we cut costs and what bundle can I use or coupon can I use to save money? I do most of our shopping at Costco now because buying in bulk is usually cheaper,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her family is also taking fewer trips, but Malezadeh said, despite these compromises, she’s grateful she has been able to afford raising three kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel very fortunate that I got through having our second kid and didn’t feel done,” she said. “Instead of living with the potential of regretting it for the rest of my life, I was able to say, ‘Hey, can we have another one? Can we work that into the budget?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a warm, sunlit afternoon around Lake Merritt, just days after city leaders announced a sharp drop in crime, a KQED reporter and photographer approached \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> residents with a simple question: In a city long defined by its struggles with violence, does this moment feel any different?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answer depends on who you ask — and where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel safe,” said Andy Stern, a member of the Oakland Yellowjackets Bicycle Club whose home was burglarized several years ago. “I don’t know that I recognize the decrease in crime, but it doesn’t feel like an unsafe place. We cycle around Oakland a lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His fellow cyclist, Antonia Bowman, said her sense of safety has improved since a traumatic robbery before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was robbed at gunpoint and I lost my wallet and backpack,” Bowman said. “But I haven’t had anything serious like that happen to me while continuing to live in Oakland since that time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078758\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Stern poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A longtime cyclist in the city, he says he feels safe, though he hasn’t noticed the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their experiences mirror the city’s latest data, which shows \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Police/OPD-Data/Oakland-Crime-Incident-Data-Reports\">broad declines across multiple categories\u003c/a>. Violent crime — including homicide and rape — is down 22% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2025. Homicides alone have fallen 39%, according to city figures released April 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drop builds on trends from 2025, when Oakland saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068975/oaklands-violent-crime-dropped-significantly-in-2025-police-data-shows-what-happened?\">significant reductions in violent crime\u003c/a> following pandemic-era spikes. The East Bay city is not alone: Nationwide, homicide rates have fallen sharply, reaching some of the lowest levels since modern record-keeping began in the late 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the reasons behind the decline remain unclear, and the impact on daily life is uneven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1321px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg 1321w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-1015x1536.jpg 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melvin Welch, 72, poses for a photo at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. He lives on 105th Avenue, an area he says has long seen high crime, and has noticed a decrease this year. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In East Oakland, where crime has historically been concentrated, some residents say they are beginning to notice a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in one of the hardest parts of the city, which is 105th Avenue, where there’s a lot of crime,” said 72-year-old Melvin Welch, who has lived in Oakland since infancy. “A man like me shouldn’t be afraid of having to rush home before it gets dark because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch said that, at least in recent months, that fear has eased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good thing, especially for me,” he said. “Oakland is a beautiful city. We get a bad rep because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-1536x912.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People disembark from a bus at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others say the numbers are encouraging, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075833/mass-shooting-in-oakland-leaves-2-dead-several-others-injured\">even if the shift isn’t always visible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes me happy to know that there is a drop in crime,” said Lindsey Pease, an Oakland resident. “Hopefully that means the perception will catch up for people who grew up in Oakland because they were direct victims of a crime or their perception of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078767\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-1536x1074.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alivia Schaffer and her dog Tuna pose for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A resident for 10 years, she says she has always felt safe in what she describes as “neighborly” Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some, the perception gap is as important as the statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt like the crime rate thing was more of a story being told about Oakland than an experience of Oakland itself,” said Liv Schaffer. “I’ve always felt a lot of real neighborly sense here.”[aside postID=forum_2010101913298 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/gettyimages-1160435930-scaled.jpeg']The disconnect between data and lived experience is not unusual, experts say. Crime trends often take time to register in public perception, particularly in cities like Oakland where high-profile incidents and long-standing narratives shape how residents and outsiders view safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials and researchers point to several possible factors behind the recent decline. According to reporting by \u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/07/oakland-homicides-crime-down-public-safety-2025/#:~:text=The%20city's%20violent%20crime%20rate,key%20driver%20in%20violence%20reduction.\">targeted policing strategies\u003c/a> and focused deterrence efforts — which concentrate resources on individuals and groups most likely to be involved in violence — have played a key role in reducing homicides and shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, city leaders are emphasizing long-term approaches that go beyond policing. One of the most ambitious is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021914/rise-east-unlocks-100-million-to-reimagine-east-oakland\">“Rise East” initiative\u003c/a>, a $100 million effort aimed at addressing the root causes of violence in East Oakland through economic investment, housing, workforce development and community-led programs. The initiative seeks to reduce poverty and stabilize neighborhoods that have experienced decades of disinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selena Wilson (left), CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, and Carolyn Johnson, CEO of Black Culture Zone, lead a fundraising walking tour for the Rise East collective along International Boulevard in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that such investments are essential to sustaining any gains in public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are also in the midst of searching for a new permanent police chief after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059098/oaklands-police-chief-is-resigning-after-just-a-year-and-a-half\">a period of leadership turnover\u003c/a> in the department. The city has held public forums to gather input from residents, underscoring the role community trust may play in shaping future crime strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonia Bowman poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A victim of a robbery seven years ago, she says she hasn’t been affected since but feels encouraged by the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/04/02/crime-decrease-continuing-in-oakland-strategies-planned-to-extend-trend/\">recent reporting by the \u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> indicates that city leaders are already discussing how to maintain the downward trend, including continuing targeted enforcement and expanding prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the uncertainty around what exactly is driving the decline, many residents say the trajectory itself is what matters most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s positive news, and as a resident of Oakland I am very happy to see that,” Bowman said. “There is a lot of work to do, but at least it’s moving in a positive direction, and I’m hoping there’s a way to keep the progress moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s crime data suggests meaningful progress. Whether that progress translates into a lasting sense of safety across all neighborhoods remains an open question — one that will likely define the city’s public safety debate in the months ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/otaylor\">Otis R. Taylor Jr.\u003c/a> contributed to this story\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His fellow cyclist, Antonia Bowman, said her sense of safety has improved since a traumatic robbery before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was robbed at gunpoint and I lost my wallet and backpack,” Bowman said. “But I haven’t had anything serious like that happen to me while continuing to live in Oakland since that time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078758\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078758\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-3-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Stern poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A longtime cyclist in the city, he says he feels safe, though he hasn’t noticed the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Their experiences mirror the city’s latest data, which shows \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandca.gov/Public-Safety-Streets/Police/OPD-Data/Oakland-Crime-Incident-Data-Reports\">broad declines across multiple categories\u003c/a>. Violent crime — including homicide and rape — is down 22% in the first quarter compared with the same period in 2025. Homicides alone have fallen 39%, according to city figures released April 2.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drop builds on trends from 2025, when Oakland saw \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12068975/oaklands-violent-crime-dropped-significantly-in-2025-police-data-shows-what-happened?\">significant reductions in violent crime\u003c/a> following pandemic-era spikes. The East Bay city is not alone: Nationwide, homicide rates have fallen sharply, reaching some of the lowest levels since modern record-keeping began in the late 1950s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the reasons behind the decline remain unclear, and the impact on daily life is uneven.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078762\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1321px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078762\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1321\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED.jpg 1321w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-160x242.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-9-KQED-1015x1536.jpg 1015w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1321px) 100vw, 1321px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melvin Welch, 72, poses for a photo at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. He lives on 105th Avenue, an area he says has long seen high crime, and has noticed a decrease this year. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In East Oakland, where crime has historically been concentrated, some residents say they are beginning to notice a difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I live in one of the hardest parts of the city, which is 105th Avenue, where there’s a lot of crime,” said 72-year-old Melvin Welch, who has lived in Oakland since infancy. “A man like me shouldn’t be afraid of having to rush home before it gets dark because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Welch said that, at least in recent months, that fear has eased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good thing, especially for me,” he said. “Oakland is a beautiful city. We get a bad rep because of crime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078763\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078763\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-160x95.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-11-KQED-1536x912.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People disembark from a bus at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland on April 4, 2026. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Others say the numbers are encouraging, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075833/mass-shooting-in-oakland-leaves-2-dead-several-others-injured\">even if the shift isn’t always visible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes me happy to know that there is a drop in crime,” said Lindsey Pease, an Oakland resident. “Hopefully that means the perception will catch up for people who grew up in Oakland because they were direct victims of a crime or their perception of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078767\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078767\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1399\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-160x112.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-12-KQED-1-1536x1074.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alivia Schaffer and her dog Tuna pose for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A resident for 10 years, she says she has always felt safe in what she describes as “neighborly” Oakland. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For some, the perception gap is as important as the statistics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt like the crime rate thing was more of a story being told about Oakland than an experience of Oakland itself,” said Liv Schaffer. “I’ve always felt a lot of real neighborly sense here.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The disconnect between data and lived experience is not unusual, experts say. Crime trends often take time to register in public perception, particularly in cities like Oakland where high-profile incidents and long-standing narratives shape how residents and outsiders view safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local officials and researchers point to several possible factors behind the recent decline. According to reporting by \u003cem>The Oaklandside\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/07/oakland-homicides-crime-down-public-safety-2025/#:~:text=The%20city's%20violent%20crime%20rate,key%20driver%20in%20violence%20reduction.\">targeted policing strategies\u003c/a> and focused deterrence efforts — which concentrate resources on individuals and groups most likely to be involved in violence — have played a key role in reducing homicides and shootings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, city leaders are emphasizing long-term approaches that go beyond policing. One of the most ambitious is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021914/rise-east-unlocks-100-million-to-reimagine-east-oakland\">“Rise East” initiative\u003c/a>, a $100 million effort aimed at addressing the root causes of violence in East Oakland through economic investment, housing, workforce development and community-led programs. The initiative seeks to reduce poverty and stabilize neighborhoods that have experienced decades of disinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009387\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-RISEEASTDEEPDOWN-25-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Selena Wilson (left), CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center, and Carolyn Johnson, CEO of Black Culture Zone, lead a fundraising walking tour for the Rise East collective along International Boulevard in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that such investments are essential to sustaining any gains in public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland officials are also in the midst of searching for a new permanent police chief after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059098/oaklands-police-chief-is-resigning-after-just-a-year-and-a-half\">a period of leadership turnover\u003c/a> in the department. The city has held public forums to gather input from residents, underscoring the role community trust may play in shaping future crime strategies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078759\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1356\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/20260404_OAKLANDCRIMEDROP_GC-5-KQED-1536x1041.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonia Bowman poses for a photo at Lake Merritt in Oakland on April 4, 2026. A victim of a robbery seven years ago, she says she hasn’t been affected since but feels encouraged by the recent drop in crime. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/04/02/crime-decrease-continuing-in-oakland-strategies-planned-to-extend-trend/\">recent reporting by the \u003cem>East Bay Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a> indicates that city leaders are already discussing how to maintain the downward trend, including continuing targeted enforcement and expanding prevention programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the uncertainty around what exactly is driving the decline, many residents say the trajectory itself is what matters most.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s positive news, and as a resident of Oakland I am very happy to see that,” Bowman said. “There is a lot of work to do, but at least it’s moving in a positive direction, and I’m hoping there’s a way to keep the progress moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s crime data suggests meaningful progress. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a> will soon join a growing list of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> cities allocating housing for public school teachers, as districts across the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913422/campus-closures-and-teacher-layoffs-bay-area-public-schools-in-crisis\">raise concerns \u003c/a>about the cost of living for educators, leading many to leave urban districts — and the profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Fund, a nonprofit based in the city, announced Thursday that it purchased a 33-unit residential building in the Temescal District, with the goal of providing affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For a teacher to not have to worry about whether they can pay their rent, or whether they can even afford to stay in the community that they love … it’s going to make such a difference,” OUSD interim Superintendent Denise Saddler said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know what difference it’ll make in terms of when we’re responsible for getting our best people here to do what is so important,” Saddler said\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, as the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101913161/how-do-you-get-by-in-the-pricey-bay-area\">cost of living\u003c/a> outpaces the rate of teachers’ salaries, cities across the Bay Area, including San Francisco, have introduced workforce housing developments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Unified School District \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12044911/san-francisco-starts-construction-on-its-second-teacher-housing-project\">opened a 134-unit building in October\u003c/a> and broke ground on another 75-unit project last June. San Mateo’s Jefferson Union High School District also has a 122-unit development, which houses about 25% of its eligible workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078519\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078519\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-30-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee, Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, politicians, teachers and supporters participate in a ribbon cutting during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The housing model’s appeal is growing as teachers’ strikes mount in several Bay Area school districts. Earlier this year, Oakland’s teachers union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074272/oakland-teachers-approve-a-strike-as-report-calls-districts-pay-not-competitive\">threatened to strike\u003c/a> after a year of contract negotiations, citing low pay and sky-high costs of living in the city. Union President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said about 60% of the district’s teachers can’t afford to live in Oakland with their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of affordable housing options for educators has made it difficult for the district to attract and retain educators. Oakland loses about 400 teachers each year, according to the teachers’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyra Mungia, The Oakland Fund’s chief executive officer, said that when staffing instability and classroom vacancies occur, “it’s our kids who end up paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are showing that a different path is possible,” Mungia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the workforce housing developments that Bay Area districts have pursued, the housing will be converted from existing residential units, not built from the ground up. Transferring the units to educators will be a gradual process, as turnover among tenants occurs naturally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the nonprofit, rental rates will vary by unit and be set at 30% of educators’ household income. One bedrooms will be priced between $1,120 and $2,240, while two bedrooms could cost up to $2,560.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School, moved into the Idora building in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teacher Melanie Turner speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been here for now my third year, and I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon because of where I live,” she said at the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, prior to becoming a teacher, Turner and her preschool-aged son had been couch-hopping at friends’ and family members’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was not able to provide for my child in the way that I expected to,” she said. “Now, I can stand here in front of you and say, not only am I able to do that, but I can have savings.[aside postID=news_12078253 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240104-PEOPLES-PARK-MD-05-1020x680.jpg']She originally got a lowered price on the unit through a separate program called Teachers Rooted In Oakland. Now her rent will be reduced to 30% of her income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have to worry about, ‘Do I have enough to pay my rent and my groceries and my medical bills and commute costs, if I need to have them?’ I am at peace,” Turner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nonprofit has raised $14 million to purchase a total of 150 residential units for educator housing over the next three years. It also partnered with the city, which committed more than $7.6 million in affordable housing financing toward the first acquisition, the Idora Building.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mungia said that currently, the city’s multifamily real estate market is depressed, meaning “buildings like these are changing hands.” The Idora Building on Claremont Avenue sold for $12.6 million, half the price it sold for in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The question is, who will own Oakland?” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are choosing Oakland, owning Oakland,” Mungia said. “We are choosing to invest in the very people who make the city work: Our educators.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/epeppel\">\u003cem>Eliza Peppel\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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Earlier this year, Oakland’s teachers union \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074272/oakland-teachers-approve-a-strike-as-report-calls-districts-pay-not-competitive\">threatened to strike\u003c/a> after a year of contract negotiations, citing low pay and sky-high costs of living in the city. Union President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said about 60% of the district’s teachers can’t afford to live in Oakland with their current salaries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lack of affordable housing options for educators has made it difficult for the district to attract and retain educators. Oakland loses about 400 teachers each year, according to the teachers’ union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kyra Mungia, The Oakland Fund’s chief executive officer, said that when staffing instability and classroom vacancies occur, “it’s our kids who end up paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we are showing that a different path is possible,” Mungia said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078514\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-02-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kyra Mungia, co-founder of Rooted, speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Unlike many of the workforce housing developments that Bay Area districts have pursued, the housing will be converted from existing residential units, not built from the ground up. 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One bedrooms will be priced between $1,120 and $2,240, while two bedrooms could cost up to $2,560.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melanie Turner, a special education teacher at Emerson Elementary School, moved into the Idora building in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260402-OAKTEACHERHOUSING-25-BL_QED-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teacher Melanie Turner speaks during a press conference announcing new affordable housing for Oakland Unified School District teachers and school employees at a recently purchased residential building in Oakland on April 2, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been here for now my third year, and I don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon because of where I live,” she said at the press conference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, prior to becoming a teacher, Turner and her preschool-aged son had been couch-hopping at friends’ and family members’ homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was not able to provide for my child in the way that I expected to,” she said. “Now, I can stand here in front of you and say, not only am I able to do that, but I can have savings.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But after tens of thousands of Californians became ineligible for programs like SNAP, known as CalFresh in California, her clients and many others are facing enormous setbacks in maintaining those benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064446\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE00936_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE00936_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE00936_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/251113-SNAPDELAYSFEATURE00936_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shopping carts are parked around the Alameda Food Bank on Nov. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to the Alameda County Community Food Bank, the East Bay is bracing for an increased food demand, with 5,400 CalFresh recipients at risk of losing their benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County Supervisor Elisa Marquez said the county has raised millions of dollars for food assistance, but they still need the state’s support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot brag that we are the fourth largest economy while our immigrants and refugee community members stay hungry,” Marquez said. “Now it’s time for the governor and our state legislators to do their part.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, a bill ensuring tens of thousands of Californians do not lose their CalFresh and Medi-Cal coverage is one step closer to law. On March 25, West Sacramento lawmaker state Sen. Christopher Cabaldon’s \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB1054/id/3406264\">SB 1054\u003c/a> unanimously passed the labor committee with bipartisan support, although it would not restore benefits for immigrants who are set to lose eligibility. Instead, it focuses on new federal work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid.[aside postID=news_12078168 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251031-SFMARINFOODBANK-11-BL-KQED.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://nourishca.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-Food4All-infographic.pdf\">a 2024 report\u003c/a> from Nourish California, an organization advocating for accessible food and resources, 64% of undocumented Californians are living in or near poverty, compared to the 35% overall statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Silvia Garcia, a resident of the East Bay Cherryland community, said that although she won’t be affected by the new eligibility requirements, she fears that this is just the beginning of immigrants being stripped of their resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia said that after her husband was deported two years ago, taking care of her three children alone has been an expensive and mentally taxing experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many times I find myself having to set aside other basic needs my children have in order to prioritize buying food,” Garcia said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Other times I wake up in the middle of the night, and that terrifying panic hits me about how I’ll manage this month’s expenses,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And just like me,” Garcia said, “There are many families facing the same situation and uncertainty.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By June 1, California is poised to implement \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/benefits-services/food-nutrition-services/calfresh/frequently-asked-questions\">a new rule\u003c/a> making requirements for CalFresh more stringent — recipients who are 18-64 years old without young children at home must fulfill more work or community engagement hours in order to maintain their eligibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oo said, regardless of immigration status, people who live in the U.S. deserve access to government assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They work hard,” Oo said. “We’re Americans here serving not only our family, serving the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>April 7: This story was updated to clarify the scope of state Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>The 160-acre waterfront property that was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955826/golden-gate-fields-racetrack-set-to-close-this-fall\">once home to Golden Gate Fields\u003c/a> horse racing track could soon become a new public park, linking more than eight miles of open space along the East Bay shoreline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trust for Public Land, a national conservation group, announced Tuesday that it had reached an agreement to purchase the site and transfer it to the East Bay Regional Park District, with intentions to restore the natural landscape of the bayshore and create recreation space for residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to put nature and public access to the forefront,” said Guillermo Rodriguez, Trust for Public Land’s state director. “We at the Trust for Public Land are super excited to turn the page over on a new chapter of what this property can mean for generations to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez said the nonprofit has until the end of the year to raise $175 million to purchase the site, which has been known as a prominent horse racing track at the border of Albany and Berkeley for more than 80 years. Even decades before Golden Gate Fields shuttered in 2024, residents, local elected officials and developers have considered what could become of the rare expanse of undeveloped waterfront land in the East Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restoring the shoreline and creating park space that links McLaughlin Eastshore State Park to the south and Albany Bulb and Point Isabel Regional Shoreline to the north has always been popular among residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Golden Gate Fields is located in the middle of McLaughlin Eastshore State Park. Its protection will fill a missing gap in public lands and is the culmination of decades of work and advocacy,” said Robert Cheasty, the executive director of the Citizens for East Shore Parks. “From the very creation of this 8.5-mile shoreline park … [a] major parcel has been missing — the centerpiece that has been occupied by the racetrack. Now, this crucial piece can be added.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078408\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078408\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Fields, a former horse racing track along the Berkeley shoreline, on April 1, 2026. The track closed in 2024, and the Trust for Public Land is working to turn the site into a public park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1990, Albany voters passed Measure C, which restricts the waterfront land in the city to open space, parks and recreation and other water-related uses. It also permits building restaurants, bars and commercial recreation or entertainment spaces. To pursue housing or a large commercial or retail development would require another vote. Berkeley zoning codes also restrict the prospective uses for the property, about 40 acres of which are in its city limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am excited to partner with the East Bay Regional Park District to engage our community in reimagining the former racetrack as a vibrant public space, expanding opportunities to gather in community and experience the beauty of our shoreline,” Berkeley Mayor Adena Ishii said. “From kayaking and kite flying to sunset dining, Berkeley’s waterfront parks are a treasured destination enjoyed by residents and visitors alike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the late 2000s, Albany also conducted a wide outreach project that found significant support for a park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s “Voices to Vision” report, which surveyed about 10% of Albany residents, found that the vast majority wanted to expand its waterfront open space, while some were concerned about the loss of tax revenue that the racetrack generated.[aside postID=news_12078253 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240104-PEOPLES-PARK-MD-05-1020x680.jpg']According to the city, the property generates about $1.1 million in special revenues for the city and $700,000 for the Albany Unified School District annually. When it was operating, the racetrack fueled another $150,000 to $300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report concluded that the majority of the land should be maintained as open space, and a park should be created. It recommended that a smaller portion could be used for commercial and nonprofit development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, developers have proposed other uses for the site, similar to the massive projects at other former Bay Area racetracks, like San Bruno’s Tanforan, which is now a major mall, and Bay Meadows in San Mateo, a mixed-use development that includes more than 1,000 housing units, as well as significant retail and office space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the early 2000s, Los Angeles developer Rick Caruso proposed a mixed-use \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2005-10-14/article/22509?headline=Albany-Council-Will-Oversee-Mall-Development-By-F.-Timothy-Martin-Special-to-the-Planet\">development\u003c/a> featuring an outdoor mall and apartments at Golden Gate Fields, and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory eyed it for a \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2011/11/15/seventy-years-of-racing-history-may-make-way-for-new-lab-2/\">new campus \u003c/a>in 2011. More recently, after the track announced it would close, UC Berkeley graduate students considered alternative uses of the site that included housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley professor Zachary Lamb said his students took on the project to examine ways to address the “dire need to build housing in the inner Bay,” especially in places close to transit infrastructure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really wanted to be responsive to the housing crisis and demonstrate through these hypothetical design exercises that this site is big enough and it’s well-positioned enough that you could accomplish a lot of open space, ecological restoration, climate resilience … lots of goals that could really benefit the wider community — while also building a lot of housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12078407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12078407\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-03-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-03-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-03-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/260401-GOLDENGATEFIELDSPARK-03-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden Gate Fields, a former horse racing track along the Berkeley shoreline, on April 1, 2026. The track closed in 2024, and the Trust for Public Land is working to turn the site into a public park. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez said the Bay Meadows project, which features about a dozen acres of open space, makes sense for its location, but that for the Bay Area’s third major racetrack redevelopment, “we have the opportunity to put nature and public access in front of the line.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the next year, Trust for Public Land will be focused on raising the funds needed to act on their purchase option, which stands until the end of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay Regional Park District has already offered to put $20 million toward the purchase. That funding will come from an Alameda and Contra Costa County bond measure from 2008, which provided half a billion dollars in bonds to expand regional parks and protect open space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rodriguez said the nonprofit will also pursue state funds as well as private donations, noting that Proposition 4, California’s 2024 climate bond initiative, set aside significant funding to acquire properties like the Golden Gate Fields site.[aside postID=news_12077281 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/042924_State-Capitol-Session-MG_CM_25.jpeg']“We’re approaching various state agencies who have a high interest in the property, who have high interest in restoration of the Bay, who have a high interest in expanding biodiversity and protecting biodiversity,” he said. “We think we have some real opportunities to knock on the public doors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local state representatives Sen. Jesse Arreguín and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks have already voiced support for the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the purchase goes through, the land would then be transferred to the East Bay Regional Parks District, which manages an extensive system of parks and open spaces across Alameda and Contra Costa counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not yet clear what the park could look like, or how much it could cost. 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She said Cemex granted Sample multiple leaves of absence that were not required to provide, and added that when coworkers raised concerns, it was over safety issues, not harassment.[aside postID=news_12074694 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/ImmigrantTruckLicensesAP.jpg']Liu pointed to a March 2022 workplace accident in which she said Sample ran a red light with a mixer truck, and she said coworkers reported feeling unsafe around him over on-the-job safety disputes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first witness to take the stand was Thomas Milano, a former Cemex driver and trainer of 23 years, who said he trained Sample around 2017 and 2018, and later became a close friend. 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