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An estimated 1 in 10 children in California have at least one undocumented parent, according to the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.nccp.org/immigration/?state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Center for Children in Poverty\u003c/a>. It is unclear how many of them also have a U.S. citizen parent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this was announced, it was like a huge sigh of relief,” said Mayra Alvarez, president of The Children’s Partnership, a nonprofit children’s advocacy organization based in Los Angeles. \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>The opportunity that families are going to be able to stay together as they apply for permanent residency is a direct commitment to child well-being. 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What will happen if we can’t see you?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she gets permanent residency, she said, it would allow her to work in better-paying jobs to help support her family. She currently bakes and decorates cakes from her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being able to apply for permanent residency would also give her children more flexibility and freedom to choose where they want to attend college, Cisneros said. Her oldest daughter is set to graduate from high school next year and has told her she wants to attend college out of state, in Florida, but because Cisneros avoids traveling by plane because of her immigration status, her daughter has been planning to give up that dream to attend school closer to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that as soon as they’re able to get a work permit and have the stability of knowing that they’re not going to be deported, that parent will be able to access better employment. That will mean better salaries, better types of jobs that allow parents to be more engaged in their children’s schooling, and that’s going to lead to mental and physical health benefits for parents and children,” said Wendy Cervantes, director of immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). The nonprofit organization was one of two dozen groups that sent a \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://childrenthriveaction.org/2024/05/parole-in-place-letter-from-child-focused-organizations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u003c/a> to the Biden administration in May asking for the change in policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cervantes pointed to research about how children benefited when their parents received work permits and protection from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, introduced by then-President Barack Obama in 2012 that has allowed hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to the United States as children to temporarily remain in the country and obtain work permits. In one \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aan5893?casa_token=hdIyd4TIqBUAAAAA%3AsP8nHGHPIOAAHQiQdWhR04UXPD7iNfUeVet2V13xzpLcWNwZmWLvPeJxDKRNXHC6zSl64Lr_JxmklR0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study\u003c/a>, children whose mothers were eligible for the deferral program had 50% fewer diagnoses of adjustment and anxiety disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Sattin-Bajaj expressed concern that many immigrants may be hesitant to apply because of the upcoming presidential election and the uncertainty of whether such a policy would be maintained under a new administration, particularly if led by former President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have a lot of confidence that there’s euphoria right now because things move so slowly, and it feels like a storm is brewing,” Sattin-Bajaj said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top Republican leaders have rejected the program. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Tens of thousands of children in California stand to benefit from a new executive order by the Biden administration that would provide their parents with a pathway to citizenship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates said the new program will improve children’s financial security, physical health, mental health and will help them stay focused in school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden announced in June a \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/keepingfamiliestogether\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new program\u003c/a> that will allow undocumented immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens to apply for permanent residency without returning to their home countries if they have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years and have no criminal record. In the past, undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens could apply for permanent residency, but they had to return to their home countries to finalize the process and could be barred from the U.S. for up to 10 years. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will begin accepting applications in August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Department of Homeland Security estimates that about 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens and 50,000 children of applicants who are stepchildren of U.S. citizens will be eligible for the new program nationwide. About 120,000 spouses of U.S. citizens will be eligible for the program in California, according to an \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.fwd.us/news/parole-in-place-citizen-spouses/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis\u003c/a> by the organization FWD.us of data from the 2022 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those eligible likely have children. An estimated 1 in 10 children in California have at least one undocumented parent, according to the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.nccp.org/immigration/?state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Center for Children in Poverty\u003c/a>. It is unclear how many of them also have a U.S. citizen parent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When this was announced, it was like a huge sigh of relief,” said Mayra Alvarez, president of The Children’s Partnership, a nonprofit children’s advocacy organization based in Los Angeles. \u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>The opportunity that families are going to be able to stay together as they apply for permanent residency is a direct commitment to child well-being. It’s an acknowledgment that parents and caregivers are critical to children’s healthy development.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some research shows that the fear of deportation of a parent or caregiver impacts children’s ability to do well in school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Absenteeism, repeating a grade and dropping out are all more likely” for children who have an undocumented parent, said Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, associate professor of education at UC Santa Barbara. She added that undocumented parents are also less likely to apply for public programs for which their U.S. citizen children are eligible, like Head Start, food stamps and public health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Modesto resident Mirna Cisneros, whose husband and three children are U.S. citizens, said she was elated when she learned about the new policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Imagine, I even cried when I found out,” Cisneros said in Spanish. Still, she said she won’t truly believe it until she is actually able to apply for permanent residency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cisneros came to the U.S. from Mexico in 1999 when she was 17. She met her husband in Florida and later moved with him to California. Though her husband is a U.S. citizen, she has not been able to obtain permanent residency through him. She was going to apply but stopped the process after realizing that she would have to return to Mexico and might have to stay there for 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cisneros said her three children, who are 17, 16 and 11 years old and are also U.S. citizens, have told her many times they are afraid she will be deported. She said her middle son told her, “’Mamá, I’m always thinking about what will happen if they grab you and take you to Mexico. I’m going to miss you. What will happen if we can’t see you?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she gets permanent residency, she said, it would allow her to work in better-paying jobs to help support her family. She currently bakes and decorates cakes from her home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being able to apply for permanent residency would also give her children more flexibility and freedom to choose where they want to attend college, Cisneros said. Her oldest daughter is set to graduate from high school next year and has told her she wants to attend college out of state, in Florida, but because Cisneros avoids traveling by plane because of her immigration status, her daughter has been planning to give up that dream to attend school closer to home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know that as soon as they’re able to get a work permit and have the stability of knowing that they’re not going to be deported, that parent will be able to access better employment. That will mean better salaries, better types of jobs that allow parents to be more engaged in their children’s schooling, and that’s going to lead to mental and physical health benefits for parents and children,” said Wendy Cervantes, director of immigration and immigrant families at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). The nonprofit organization was one of two dozen groups that sent a \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://childrenthriveaction.org/2024/05/parole-in-place-letter-from-child-focused-organizations/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter\u003c/a> to the Biden administration in May asking for the change in policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cervantes pointed to research about how children benefited when their parents received work permits and protection from deportation through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, introduced by then-President Barack Obama in 2012 that has allowed hundreds of thousands of people who were brought to the United States as children to temporarily remain in the country and obtain work permits. In one \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aan5893?casa_token=hdIyd4TIqBUAAAAA%3AsP8nHGHPIOAAHQiQdWhR04UXPD7iNfUeVet2V13xzpLcWNwZmWLvPeJxDKRNXHC6zSl64Lr_JxmklR0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study\u003c/a>, children whose mothers were eligible for the deferral program had 50% fewer diagnoses of adjustment and anxiety disorders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Sattin-Bajaj expressed concern that many immigrants may be hesitant to apply because of the upcoming presidential election and the uncertainty of whether such a policy would be maintained under a new administration, particularly if led by former President Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have a lot of confidence that there’s euphoria right now because things move so slowly, and it feels like a storm is brewing,” Sattin-Bajaj said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Top Republican leaders have rejected the program. Karoline Leavitt, the Trump campaign national press secretary, issued a statement saying, “Biden only cares about one thing — power — and that’s why he is giving mass amnesty and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of illegals who he knows will ultimately vote for him and the Open Border Democrat Party.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who qualify for the new program would not be able to vote until they receive citizenship, and they would not be able to apply for citizenship until three years after they get permanent residency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaker of the House Mike Johnson \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://mikejohnson.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a statement\u003c/a> saying he expects the program to be challenged in court and accused President Joe Biden of trying to “play both sides.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]J[/dropcap]avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">J\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. 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The school is in Fruitvale, home to the city’s largest Latin American immigrant community, and with many students speaking Spanish or a Mayan language called Mam at home, they were not yet comfortable with English.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by the end of the year, assessments showed that the students were picking up a lot of English, Seibert said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One student she called her “favorite, rebellious Venezuelan kid” often avoided talking to her by saying, “I can’t speak English, Miss.” He wound up passing his assessments with flying colors, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just looked at him like, ‘OK, you can’t understand me? You did pretty well, bilingual genius,’” Seibert said. “And so, it’s really cool to see their confidence grow in another language.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988058\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988058\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-55-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher smiles as she plays with students at an outdoor play gym slide\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-55-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-55-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-55-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-55-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-55-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher Sophie Seiberth speaks with transitional kindergarten students during recess at the International Community School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Valdivia said the Spanish-speaking students’ vocabulary grew in their native language, and their sentence structures became more complex.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valdivia and Siebert’s classroom is a model of California’s effort to boost bilingual education while it also works to make transitional kindergarten available to all 4-year-olds by next fall. School districts are offering TK classes in Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and other languages that reflect the linguistic diversity of their community and to seize upon the window when young learners are most open to language development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have a lot of catching up to do: California\u003ca href=\"https://tcf.org/content/report/moving-from-vision-to-reality-establishing-california-as-a-national-bilingual-education-and-dual-language-immersion-leader/\"> is behind other states\u003c/a> when it comes to investing in bilingual education and enrolling English learners in dual-language immersion programs, experts said, and the state may not have enough teachers to reach its big goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988062\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988062\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-98-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young student stands and raises her hand in class as other students around her remain seated in a classroom\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-98-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-98-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-98-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-98-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-98-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students raise their hands in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There are enormous numbers of dual language learners in California, and taking advantage of those children’s languages and helping them develop them fully is going to be a really big lift,” said Conor Williams, a researcher at The Century Foundation who examined the state’s bilingual education policies. “Could the state do more? Absolutely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, nearly 60% of children under the age of 6 live in homes where a language other than English is spoken, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/mpi-nciip_dll-fact-sheet2022_ca-final.pdf\">an analysis of U.S Census data\u003c/a>. [aside postID=news_11979071 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240309-EARLY-START-DEVELOPMENTAL-DELAYS-MD-02-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://www.air.org/resource/blog-post/how-expanding-transitional-kindergarten-california-can-benefit-dual-language\">A five-year study shows\u003c/a> these dual language learners, who are more likely to live in low-income households, benefit the most from a year of transitional kindergarten. When they get to kindergarten, they’re ahead of their peers in math and literacy skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, we hear, ‘Oh, if they want to learn English, we need to get them in English classrooms,’ but actually, the opposite is true,” said Carolyne Crolotte, who promotes dual language learner programs for Early Edge California. “If children have a very strong foundation in their home language, they actually learn English more easily.”\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School districts across the state are promoting the value of bilingualism. In Oakland, parents can attend district-sponsored presentations on how to keep a child’s home language alive so they don’t lose it when they start going to school. In Los Angeles County, billboards and bus stop benches are plastered with the message “two languages, twice the opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a dramatic shift in public attitude and policy toward bilingual education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1998, California voters passed Proposition 227, which limited bilingual education in public schools. Backers of the measure were worried bilingual instruction was delaying dual language learners’ ability to read, write and speak English because they were spending too much time learning in their home language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three young students hold hands outside as they walk away from the camera towards a play gym structure during recess\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transitional kindergarten students play outside during recess at the International Community School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2016, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11146643/the-return-of-bilingual-education-in-california\">voters overturned that policy\u003c/a>, paving the way for language immersion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by that time, the damage was done. Proposition 227 dismantled bilingual teacher training programs, Crolotte said, and now school districts struggle to find qualified teachers as the demand for language immersion programs grows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a challenge trying to get teachers back into the classroom and then also to get new bilingual teachers to fill these classrooms,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shortage affects all grades, but is particularly acute at the TK level because each classroom needs more teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988071\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl reads a bilingual exercise book at a classroom table\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student reads a book in English and Spanish in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Currently, the state sets the average class size for transitional kindergarten at 24, with one adult for every 12 students to ensure they receive enough attention and supervision — two marks of a high-quality early childhood education program. By the 2025–26 school year, the demand for teachers will be greater as the state lowers the average class size to 20, or one adult for every 10 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, school districts and charter schools surveyed by the California Department of Education said they’re having a hard time finding fully credentialed teachers to teach TK by the 2025–26 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These agencies also had challenges hiring assistant teachers to maintain adult-child ratios, resulting in a 12% vacancy rate for the position at the beginning of the 2022–23 school year. That number slightly improved to 8% by the middle of that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These positions are some of the most difficult to staff because pay is lower, and often those positions are part-day,” said Hanna Melnick, senior policy advisor at the Learning Policy Institute, who analyzed the survey results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher smiles in a classroom as a line of young children line up in front of her\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher Cintya Valdivia prepares to take transitional kindergarten students outside for recess at the International Community School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A sample audit of school districts found that at least 20 school districts and 50 charter schools failed to comply with the TK class size requirement and/or adult-to-child ratio in the 2022–23 year when the four-year expansion began. These districts and charter schools faced fines ranging from $1,706 to nearly $7 million, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/these-districts-charters-were-fined-for-violating-tk-requirements/712207\">according to a report by EdSource\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The districts blamed the problem on a nationwide teacher shortage and difficulty hiring assistant teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California invested $25 million to address the shortage to prepare teachers to work in dual-language classroom settings. As part of the TK expansion, the state also invested hundreds of millions of dollars to increase the number of early educators in TK and the California State Preschool Program, which serves income-eligible 3- to 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the state is missing out on \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/data-snapshot/early-educators-equipped-to-teach-tk/\">a valuable source of teachers\u003c/a>: those who already have experience working with 4-year-olds in private and nonprofit child care settings and may already have met some of the requirements for a teaching credential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl looks at a bilingual calendar on a classroom wall\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student works on a language exercise in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also point out that women of color and immigrant women form the backbone of the early child care workforce, and by easing their way into the TK classrooms, they could better reflect the diversity of the student body and improve their wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to young children, you come to work with your entire heart and your full emotional self. That requires training and experience, and just having more education [from a credentialing program] isn’t going to create that,” said Krystell Guzman, co-director of La Plazita Preschool, a private preschool chain in Oakland and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said most 4-year-old students are leaving her program to attend the Spanish immersion TK classes at OUSD, leaving her to scramble to preserve jobs for the immigrant women on her staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for racial equity in public education support \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1106/id/2829894\">a bill by Central Valley Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria\u003c/a> that would incentivize educators already in the early learning and care field to train to become TK teachers. Offering stipends, child care, transportation and academic support to those educators — many of whom already have bachelor’s degrees — would give them a boost as they pursue their credential, said Natalie Wheatfall-Lum, director of TK–12 policy at EdTrust-West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two young students, photographed from above, work on an exercise at a classroom table\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students work on language exercises in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We know that being in a culturally and linguistically affirming environment and being taught by culturally and linguistically diverse educators is an effective equity strategy — that’s part of what ‘quality’ means,” she said. “So we want families to be able to choose TK without having to compromise on quality — including a space where they feel welcomed and can see themselves represented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Education is responding to this concern by advising educators that even when they don’t speak their student’s home language, they can learn a few words or provide books that recognize the child’s home language. This recommendation will be included in a new edition of the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations, which the department will release this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, school districts like Oakland Unified are partnering with a local college to recruit new teachers and offering financial aid to current staff who want to work in TK classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seibert received an emergency permit through the district to co-teach the dual immersion TK classroom at International Community Elementary School while she earned her credential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988068\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three young children in the foreground work on an exercise as a bilingual alphabet hangs on the wall of a classroom behind them\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students work on language exercises in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 29-year-old has experience working at a private preschool but said she was drawn to the statewide effort to provide free early education for all children. She said working side-by-side with Valdivia, and getting additional support from a classroom aide, gave her a chance to hone her teaching skills and provide one-on-one support to the students who needed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her goal was to help students get used to the routines of the school day, learn to solve problems and collaborate with their peers — skills that she said would help them succeed in kindergarten and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those are key goals we’re trying to reach. All the letter recognition, rhyming skills and counting are just like the icing on top,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knows she’s fortunate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year, the district won’t have enough funding to put two teachers and an aide in one classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.air.org/resource/blog-post/how-expanding-transitional-kindergarten-california-can-benefit-dual-language\">A five-year study shows\u003c/a> these dual language learners, who are more likely to live in low-income households, benefit the most from a year of transitional kindergarten. When they get to kindergarten, they’re ahead of their peers in math and literacy skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, we hear, ‘Oh, if they want to learn English, we need to get them in English classrooms,’ but actually, the opposite is true,” said Carolyne Crolotte, who promotes dual language learner programs for Early Edge California. “If children have a very strong foundation in their home language, they actually learn English more easily.”\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School districts across the state are promoting the value of bilingualism. In Oakland, parents can attend district-sponsored presentations on how to keep a child’s home language alive so they don’t lose it when they start going to school. In Los Angeles County, billboards and bus stop benches are plastered with the message “two languages, twice the opportunities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a dramatic shift in public attitude and policy toward bilingual education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1998, California voters passed Proposition 227, which limited bilingual education in public schools. Backers of the measure were worried bilingual instruction was delaying dual language learners’ ability to read, write and speak English because they were spending too much time learning in their home language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988060\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988060\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three young students hold hands outside as they walk away from the camera towards a play gym structure during recess\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-80-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transitional kindergarten students play outside during recess at the International Community School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, in 2016, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11146643/the-return-of-bilingual-education-in-california\">voters overturned that policy\u003c/a>, paving the way for language immersion programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But by that time, the damage was done. Proposition 227 dismantled bilingual teacher training programs, Crolotte said, and now school districts struggle to find qualified teachers as the demand for language immersion programs grows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a challenge trying to get teachers back into the classroom and then also to get new bilingual teachers to fill these classrooms,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shortage affects all grades, but is particularly acute at the TK level because each classroom needs more teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988071\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988071\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl reads a bilingual exercise book at a classroom table\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-130-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student reads a book in English and Spanish in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Currently, the state sets the average class size for transitional kindergarten at 24, with one adult for every 12 students to ensure they receive enough attention and supervision — two marks of a high-quality early childhood education program. By the 2025–26 school year, the demand for teachers will be greater as the state lowers the average class size to 20, or one adult for every 10 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, school districts and charter schools surveyed by the California Department of Education said they’re having a hard time finding fully credentialed teachers to teach TK by the 2025–26 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These agencies also had challenges hiring assistant teachers to maintain adult-child ratios, resulting in a 12% vacancy rate for the position at the beginning of the 2022–23 school year. That number slightly improved to 8% by the middle of that year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These positions are some of the most difficult to staff because pay is lower, and often those positions are part-day,” said Hanna Melnick, senior policy advisor at the Learning Policy Institute, who analyzed the survey results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988057\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher smiles in a classroom as a line of young children line up in front of her\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-45-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teacher Cintya Valdivia prepares to take transitional kindergarten students outside for recess at the International Community School in Oakland on May 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A sample audit of school districts found that at least 20 school districts and 50 charter schools failed to comply with the TK class size requirement and/or adult-to-child ratio in the 2022–23 year when the four-year expansion began. These districts and charter schools faced fines ranging from $1,706 to nearly $7 million, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/these-districts-charters-were-fined-for-violating-tk-requirements/712207\">according to a report by EdSource\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The districts blamed the problem on a nationwide teacher shortage and difficulty hiring assistant teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California invested $25 million to address the shortage to prepare teachers to work in dual-language classroom settings. As part of the TK expansion, the state also invested hundreds of millions of dollars to increase the number of early educators in TK and the California State Preschool Program, which serves income-eligible 3- to 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the state is missing out on \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/data-snapshot/early-educators-equipped-to-teach-tk/\">a valuable source of teachers\u003c/a>: those who already have experience working with 4-year-olds in private and nonprofit child care settings and may already have met some of the requirements for a teaching credential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988064\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988064\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young girl looks at a bilingual calendar on a classroom wall\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-107-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A student works on a language exercise in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They also point out that women of color and immigrant women form the backbone of the early child care workforce, and by easing their way into the TK classrooms, they could better reflect the diversity of the student body and improve their wages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to young children, you come to work with your entire heart and your full emotional self. That requires training and experience, and just having more education [from a credentialing program] isn’t going to create that,” said Krystell Guzman, co-director of La Plazita Preschool, a private preschool chain in Oakland and San Leandro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said most 4-year-old students are leaving her program to attend the Spanish immersion TK classes at OUSD, leaving her to scramble to preserve jobs for the immigrant women on her staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for racial equity in public education support \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB1106/id/2829894\">a bill by Central Valley Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria\u003c/a> that would incentivize educators already in the early learning and care field to train to become TK teachers. Offering stipends, child care, transportation and academic support to those educators — many of whom already have bachelor’s degrees — would give them a boost as they pursue their credential, said Natalie Wheatfall-Lum, director of TK–12 policy at EdTrust-West.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988066\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988066\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two young students, photographed from above, work on an exercise at a classroom table\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-113-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students work on language exercises in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We know that being in a culturally and linguistically affirming environment and being taught by culturally and linguistically diverse educators is an effective equity strategy — that’s part of what ‘quality’ means,” she said. “So we want families to be able to choose TK without having to compromise on quality — including a space where they feel welcomed and can see themselves represented.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Education is responding to this concern by advising educators that even when they don’t speak their student’s home language, they can learn a few words or provide books that recognize the child’s home language. This recommendation will be included in a new edition of the Preschool/Transitional Kindergarten Learning Foundations, which the department will release this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, school districts like Oakland Unified are partnering with a local college to recruit new teachers and offering financial aid to current staff who want to work in TK classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seibert received an emergency permit through the district to co-teach the dual immersion TK classroom at International Community Elementary School while she earned her credential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988068\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut.jpg\" alt=\"Three young children in the foreground work on an exercise as a bilingual alphabet hangs on the wall of a classroom behind them\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240517-TKBilingualLearners-123-BL_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students work on language exercises in a bilingual transitional kindergarten class at Global Family Elementary School in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The 29-year-old has experience working at a private preschool but said she was drawn to the statewide effort to provide free early education for all children. She said working side-by-side with Valdivia, and getting additional support from a classroom aide, gave her a chance to hone her teaching skills and provide one-on-one support to the students who needed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her goal was to help students get used to the routines of the school day, learn to solve problems and collaborate with their peers — skills that she said would help them succeed in kindergarten and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those are key goals we’re trying to reach. All the letter recognition, rhyming skills and counting are just like the icing on top,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knows she’s fortunate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next year, the district won’t have enough funding to put two teachers and an aide in one classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed he would not fix the state’s budget deficit by removing health insurance from low-income adults living in the country without legal permission, calling the state’s policy “something I believe in.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Newsom would eliminate an important health benefit for some low-income immigrants with disabilities, angering his allies who are now accusing the second-term governor of breaking his word.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California was one of the first states to give free health insurance to all low-income adults \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-medicaid-expansion-undocumented-immigrants-34d8deb2186e9195b253f499e81a3d77\">regardless of their immigration status\u003c/a>. The multibillion-dollar project, completed in January, made more than 1 million people eligible for California’s Medicaid program, including many people who had never before had health insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, just five months later and with California facing an estimated \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-budget-deficit-gov-gavin-newsom-8f502d57d00d551c0b6b6331367f7a25#:~:text=Officially%2C%20Newsom%20said%20the%20state's,Legislature%20agreed%20to%20in%20March.\">$45 billion deficit\u003c/a>, Newsom wants the state to stop paying for caregivers to come to the homes of some disabled people — who are living in the country without legal permission — to help them with cooking, cleaning and other tasks so they can stay out of nursing homes. 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However, back-to-back multibillion-dollar deficits are forcing Newsom to make some hard choices that have put him on a collision course with some of his most vocal supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Navigating these conflicts will be critical for Newsom, who has been building his national profile ahead of a potential presidential campaign. So far, Newsom has been moving quickly to address them. When the state’s largest teachers union ran ads \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-budget-deficit-schools-newsom-teachers-union-e8de3476bfdec82f916b54223d9bf061\">criticizing him\u003c/a> for his proposed cuts to education, Newsom struck a deal with them that resolved much of their concerns. That deal still must be approved by the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other negotiations will be more difficult. 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Then, those who need the office’s help to collect on their back pay only get all their money back 12% of the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The audit confirms the findings of several recent news reports on the problem, including a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/series/unpaid-wages-california-workers/\">2022 CalMatters series detailing long waits\u003c/a> and low payouts for workers making claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The audit stated that it would take the Labor Commissioner’s Office wage claims unit nearly 900 staff members to fully address the backlogs and handle claims in the time required by law. 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