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If the vote succeeds, residents could \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/2023/10/kaiser-permanente-union-strikes-california-contract/\">join most other Kaiser workers\u003c/a> — including pharmacists, nurses and housekeepers — in gaining union representation at the largest health provider and private employer in the state. More than 9 million Californians get health care through Kaiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Brandon Anderson, a second-year internal medicine resident at Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center, said the move to organize was spurred in part by other hospital residents unionizing across the state and country. In an informal vote more than 70% of trainee doctors across Northern California Kaiser facilities supported unionizing, Anderson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is a huge national movement to recognize residents as decent workers,” Anderson said. “We’ve become pawns in this giant game of making money for a hospital at the expense of your frontline workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11980953 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/240208-HospitalViolence-11-BL_qut-1020x680.jpg']Nationally, union membership among medical residents has expanded from 17,000 to more than 32,000 in a little over three years. There are more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.aamc.org/news/america-s-medical-residents-numbers-0#:~:text=The%20number%20of%20active%20medical,medical%20education%20specialty%2C%20and%20gender.\">144,000 doctors in residency programs nationally\u003c/a>, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. 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Many doctors participate in the politically powerful California Medical Association, which represents their interests in the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors-in-training have long bemoaned grueling workweeks and little pay, but the pandemic fueled unionization, said Ken Jacobs, co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Philip Sossenheimer, hospice and palliative medicine fellow, Stanford Medicine\"]‘It was so stark the differences of how we’re treated compared to our colleagues who are doing similar work.’[/pullquote]“\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/health/\">In health care\u003c/a> specifically, COVID and the aftermath of COVID have pushed a lot of people into seeing the need for a union and going out and doing the work necessary to win a union election,” Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals relied on residents for surge staff during COVID-19 peaks but didn’t pay them overtime or offer other worker protections, several doctors interviewed for this story said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford Health Care initially excluded residents from eligibility for the \u003ca href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/only-seven-of-stanfords-first-5-000-vaccines-were-designated-for-medical-residents#:~:text=Update%2C%20Dec.,for%20the%20new%20Pfizer%20vaccine.\">first round of COVID-19 vaccines\u003c/a> in 2020, a breaking point for trainee doctors who unionized there in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It showed us that they view us as an expendable workforce,” said Dr. Philip Sossenheimer, a hospice and palliative medicine fellow at Stanford Medicine. “It was so stark the differences of how we’re treated compared to our colleagues who are doing similar work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sossenheimer said doctors-in-training are especially vulnerable to exploitative employer practices because it is nearly impossible to leave a residency and find another position. 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"content": "\u003cp>Lost in the hubbub surrounding California’s new \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-minimum-wage-increase-fast-food-newsom-69c26b7f07f2647149c37677446cea30\">$20-per-hour minimum wage\u003c/a> for fast-food workers is how that raise could impact public schools, forcing districts to compete with the likes of McDonald’s and Wendy’s for cafeteria workers amid a state budget crunch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The minimum wage law that \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-fast-food-minimum-wage-a04c2e559b09cbcd26dd5702e0755a83\">took effect Monday\u003c/a> guarantees at least $20 per hour for workers at fast-food restaurant chains that have at least 60 locations nationwide. 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Last year, the Sacramento Unified School District — anticipating the law’s passage — agreed to a 10% increase for its food service workers and other low-paying jobs, followed by another 6% increase July 1 of this year to bump their wages up to $20 per hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11975340,news_11977956,news_11974073\" label=\"Related Stories\"]Cancy McArn, the district’s chief human resources officer, said it was the largest single raise in the district in nearly three decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are looking not only at competing with districts and comparing with districts, we’re also looking at fast-food places,” McArn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, San Luis Coastal Unified doubled its food service staff to 40 people after seeing a 52% increase in the number of students eating school meals. 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In the Lynwood Unified School District in Los Angeles County, the starting salary for food service workers is $17.70 per hour and maxes out at $21.51 per hour, according to Gretchen Janson, the district’s assistant superintendent of business services. She said these workers only work three hours per day, meaning they aren’t eligible for health benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Janson says the district is waiting to see how employees react, adding: “We just don’t have the increase in revenue to be able to provide additional funding for staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nuria Alvarenga has worked food service in the Lynwood School District for 20 years. She makes $21 per hour now, but said she could likely earn more in fast food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she said several co-workers were considering finding other jobs, she hasn’t decided yet what she will do. 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It’s just terrible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DiGiovanni said she’s been calling Vartanian about these issues “three times a day, and he has not called me back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hospital operators have failed to “fix and repair equipment that we need and provide the resources that we need to treat our patients,” Caridis, the X-ray technician, added. “In my personal specialty, I have no equipment to do the procedures that I need to do on a safe basis. We cancel a lot of patients.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers like Ortua, the material management technician, acknowledged that the hospital is a business with financial constraints but said penalizing its workers and patients is both unethical and foolhardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand trying to save money but treating your employees this way, you’ll never save money that way,” she said. “You’re going to lose people and end up losing the hospital. 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And though state lawmakers ordered one in 2016 and set a 2019 deadline, it won’t be until next month when the state is finally expected to adopt a rule to go into effect by the summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Shane Gusman, lobbyist who represented the Teamsters and other unions during discussions\"]‘There’s a lot of push and pull between the employers’ and the workers’ side on this. It’s just something at this point in time we need to get in place. Summer’s coming.’[/pullquote]Excessive heat can cause nausea, vomiting, fainting, and, in the most extreme cases, heat stroke, leading to organ damage or death. In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA1386-1.html\">seven workers died\u003c/a> from indoor heat from 2010 through 2017. In recent years, summer temperatures \u003ca href=\"https://ktla.com/news/local-news/these-southern-california-temperatures-are-now-the-highest-ever-recorded/\">across southern California\u003c/a> have broken historical records.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon disputed the citation and said it is appealing. It said that its San Bernardino air hub is air-conditioned, workers are encouraged to take breaks, and the company generally supports an indoor heat standard. It declined to comment on the state’s proposed rule. “We’ve seen the positive impacts of an effective heat mitigation program and believe all employers should be held to the same standard as we have proactively set,” company spokesperson Maureen Lynch Vogel wrote in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To understand why a state rule has taken so long — even with lives at stake — is to take a journey through the byzantine world of administrative rulemaking in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CalMatters review found:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The 2016 law gave \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/\">Cal/OSHA\u003c/a> the option to adopt an indoor heat rule targeted at certain industries, but the agency wrote a broad one, prompting immediate pushback from a wide swath of employers;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Cal/OSHA advisory committee took employer and worker input and drafted a rule by the 2019 deadline, but it had to be submitted to a little-known state workplace safety board for approval;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>During the pandemic, that safety board, part of the understaffed Department of Industrial Relations, was focused on emergency COVID-19 prevention rules;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Before any vote could happen, the rule triggered a requirement in state law for an economic impact study;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The state hired two different contractors to complete the economic assessment and didn’t submit the final study until September 2021;\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>After another year-plus of “detailed consultation” with other agencies, the safety board started its own rulemaking process in March 2023. Still, there have been four public comment periods since — more than most other recent regulations.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/oshsb.html\">Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board\u003c/a> is expected to give final approval to the rule at its March 21 meeting, making California the third state with indoor heat protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Approval would come at the last possible minute:\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>If there are further amendments and the vote doesn’t happen in March, the workplace safety board’s formal rulemaking process — which can take as long as a year — would have to start over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of push and pull between the employers’ and the workers’ side on this,” said Shane Gusman, a lobbyist who represented the Teamsters and other unions during the discussions. “It’s just something at this point in time we need to get in place. Summer’s coming.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s in the indoor heat rule\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The rule would require employers statewide to provide cooling areas and monitor workers who take cooling breaks for signs of heat illness when indoor workplaces hit 82 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the temperature hits 87, or if workers wear restrictive clothing or work near a heat source, businesses would have to take further steps: First, to cool the worksite, if feasible. If not, employers must adjust work schedules, slow production, allow more breaks or rotate workers through assignments. They’d have to provide personal fans or cooling vests as a last resort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries expected to be most affected include warehouses, manufacturing and restaurants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sara Fee, former Amazon air hub employee\"]‘The humidity inside the building was unbearable. You felt heavy in your chest like it was hard to breathe.’[/pullquote]Neither advocates for workers nor employers are satisfied with the proposed rule. Workers want to require lower temperatures. Employers said the rule is too complicated, conflicts with the outdoor heat rule and is too broad to apply to vastly different indoor workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hard part about this regulation for California employers has been trying to find language that works equally well for an office building, a restaurant kitchen and a storage shed,” said Rob Moutrie, policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers’ advocates said their top priority now is to get a rule on the books without further delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the indoor rule, workers complaining of heat at the Amazon warehouse last summer asked Cal/OSHA to inspect inside under a general rule requiring safe workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The humidity inside the building was unbearable,” said former air hub employee Sara Fee, who helped file the complaint along with the San Bernardino-based Warehouse Worker Resource Center, where she now works. “You felt heavy in your chest like it was hard to breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hauling packages in and out of truck trailers was the hottest task. The metal containers sitting in the sun easily climbed above 100 degrees, Fee said, and even with air conditioners in the warehouse and fans near the trucks, the trailers “feel like a sauna” with workers in “constant motion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976716\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976716\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"An older white woman with a plaid shirt on a black tshirt and a black truckers hat with a map behind her and looking at the camera with a slight smile. \" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inland Empire Amazon Workers United founder Sara Fee in front of the Warehouse Worker Resource Center in Ontario on Feb 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Elisa Ferrari for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The heat that comes from the trailer almost knocks you over,” Fee said. “We had fans you could turn around and face into the trailers, but you might as well be standing there with a straw in your mouth blowing air.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency found no evidence of safety violations indoors, according to the citation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon is appealing the outdoor citations and disputed claims about hot working conditions both inside and outside the 660,000-square-foot KSBD facility at San Bernardino International Airport, where about 1,400 workers carry cargo off arriving planes, sort them with the help of large robots and load them onto truck trailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Lynch Vogel, spokesperson, Amazon\"]‘There’s simply no truth to claims that KSBD workers are working in extreme temperatures indoors.’[/pullquote]Amazon spokesperson Lynch Vogel said the facility is fully air-conditioned — unlike many others in the distribution industry — and never hotter than 78 degrees inside. “There’s simply no truth to claims that KSBD workers are working in extreme temperatures indoors,” she wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Tim Shadix, legal director of the Warehouse Worker Resource Center, said he suspects the lack of an indoor heat rule made it more difficult to issue violations inside the warehouse. The prior summer, workers wearing thermometers inside the warehouse and truck trailers reported temperatures of between 75 and 96 degrees and between 80 and 121 on the tarmac — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-09-21/amazon-heat-wave-california-work\">a report that\u003c/a> Amazon also disputed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a clear standard would give more clear indication to employers to take more proactive steps, and if there’s still a need for citations, having explicit standards that are required to be followed will make that process a clearer path for Cal/OSHA,” Shadix said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A long, hot history\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Though recent heat waves have made the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/07/workplace-injuries-rising-temperatures/\">risks of hot workplaces\u003c/a> top-of-mind for policymakers, workers have been pushing for protections for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers in factories and even libraries in Southern California were petitioning the state for a general heat standard — indoors and outdoors — as early as the 1980s, said Kevin Riley, director of the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program at UCLA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The library branches didn’t have air conditioning yet, and (librarians) got sick in the stacks,” he said. “Then in the subsequent decade or two, a lot of those spaces became air-conditioned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, the heat-related deaths of four farmworkers prompted California to adopt an outdoor heat illness prevention rule, which requires shade and water when the temperature hits 80 degrees and, for farming and construction work, additional breaks and monitoring when it hits 95. It was the first such rule in the nation; a 2021 study \u003ca href=\"https://docs.iza.org/dp14560.pdf\">suggested it has helped (PDF)\u003c/a> to decrease workplace injuries on hot days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other workers, such as those in the newly booming warehouses of the High Desert and Inland Empire, took up the cause of an indoor heat rule. In 2011, a union representing workers at a Lancaster warehouse secured heat protections in its contract with Rite Aid, but union president Luisa Gratz said as the climate gets hotter, workers need stronger protections in state law, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976719\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers load packages into electric trucks at an Amazon facility in Poway on Nov. 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker/REUTERS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Teamsters secured a contract with UPS that averted a nationwide strike and that, besides higher pay, included air conditioning in delivery trucks for drivers and additional fans, ice machines and water fountains in buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA1386-1.html\">20 workers died\u003c/a> from heat illness between 2010 and 2017, seven of them because of indoor heat, according to the Rand Corp., which analyzed the state’s proposed indoor heat rules. Workers compensation data analyzed by Cal/OSHA show between 2010 and 2018 — the hottest decade on record — an average of 185 workers a year claimed injuries from indoor heat, a figure that was rising, and nearly 20% of all workplace heat injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency only recently began separately counting safety complaints that mention indoor heat; it received 194 such complaints in 2022 and 549 last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those most likely to experience injuries are younger and male, a likely indication of who is working in industries with the most heat exposure, said Amy Heinzerling, chief of the Emerging Workplace Hazards Unit at the California Department of Public Health. Nearly 10% were injured within the first two weeks on the job, Heinzerling found in another study, highlighting the importance of “gradually increasing worker exposure to hot conditions and really keeping a close eye on them for signs of heat illness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, former state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/connie-leyva-1967/\">Connie Leyva\u003c/a>, a labor-friendly Democrat from the Inland Empire, introduced the bill for Cal/OSHA to develop an indoor heat rule. It was a direct response to reports of workers falling ill from heat in warehouses concentrated in her district, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She initially wanted the rule to take effect in 2017 and said in a recent interview she “had no idea that it would take this long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did expect it to happen right away,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Delays in rulemaking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Cal/OSHA’s indoor heat advisory committee began meeting to draft the rule in February 2017, a wide range of employers pushed back immediately, some questioning the need for an indoor rule at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee met over the next two years, going back and forth on the temperature and whether to consider other factors, such as workers’ activity level and humidity levels in the workplace. Worker advocates wanted an across-the-board 80-degree threshold, while some employers called for stricter protections to kick in only at 95 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early 2019, the agency had a draft proposal ready for the workplace safety board to kick off formal rulemaking — a process that can be as short as a few months and as long as one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the delays really began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the rule would have at least $50 million in economic impact, a 2011 state law required a study to be submitted to the Department of Finance. The requirement has irked labor advocates, who argue workplace regulations are already subject to vetting. The Cal/OSHA advisory committee on indoor heat met three times and revised a draft rule seven times before submitting it to the safety board, which also takes comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11956922,news_11969338,news_11886628\"]Leyva, backed by the California Labor Federation, tried in 2017 and 2021 to exempt Cal/OSHA from conducting economic impact studies, saying they slow down regulations that are needed for workers’ safety. Both times, the bill cleared the Senate and then died. Leyva blamed business interests that were hostile to new regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All the people who were always talking about streamlining things and saying, ‘There’s too much regulation, there’s too many hoops to jump through,’” she said, “We propose a bill that’s going to streamline it, and all of a sudden, ‘Oh, no, we can’t do that.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In February 2020, the Department of Industrial Relations, which houses Cal/OSHA and the occupational safety board, submitted a draft study to the Department of Finance. While that study was underway, the department put out a second contract. It submitted a final study a year and a half later, using the new contractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither department explained why two contractors were needed. The final economic impact study conducted by the Rand Corp. estimated that the proposed rule would cost employers statewide $215 million in the first year and about $88 million annually afterward, mostly for employers to install AC or fans or provide cool-down areas. The analysis also predicted the rule would cut indoor workplace heat injuries by 40% by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another year passed. Asked for an explanation for the delay, the Department of Industrial Relations said only that it was talking to other agencies, including the governor’s office, between late 2021 and early 2023. The department responded in a statement Wednesday after weeks of inquiries. It declined to make a representative of the safety board available for an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was a complex rulemaking that required detailed consultation with subject matter experts at various points, which led to further edits and refinements to the documents,” a department spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2022, then-Assembly Labor chairperson \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/ash-kalra-1972/\">Ash Kalra\u003c/a>, a San José Democrat, asked an embattled and understaffed Cal/OSHA about why the rule was taking so long. Director Jeff Killip, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.cal-osha.com/flash-report/dosh-chief-resigns/\">left his post in January\u003c/a>, replied that the pandemic had “diverted our focus,” and the standards board would soon be ready to begin formal rulemaking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board, which the governor appoints, kicked off that process in March 2023. Its vote of approval, along with the Department of Finance’s approval of the economic impact document, is among the last steps that are still needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Tim Shadix, legal director, Warehouse Worker Resource Center\"]‘The clock was ticking on the deadline, and of course, the clock is ticking every day for workers in terms of exposure to heat illness. We would like to see it in place for the summer.’[/pullquote]During a public hearing last May, workers pleaded with the board to adopt the rule without further delay. But for the past year, the rule has undergone three more revisions requiring a new public comment period each time, the last of which ended in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past year, employers have pushed to exempt businesses where workers are only briefly inside a truck, trailer or storage shed. Business groups such as the California Farm Bureau remain upset that the latest exemption doesn’t apply if it’s hotter than 95 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The temperature in those spaces is going to exceed 95 degrees for much of the year,” said the bureau’s director of labor affairs, Bryan Little. “It’s just not going to be very useful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The number of revisions is unusual compared to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/apprvd.html\">dozens of other\u003c/a> workplace safety rules approved since 2017. Of those, which ranged from regulations narrowly targeted at a single industry to a wider COVID-19 prevention standard, only one other rule — on protective equipment for firefighters — has undergone as many board revisions as indoor heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers’ groups are concerned about how the rule will be enforced, with Cal/OSHA currently without a director and suffering vacancy rates of one-third, and the rule only allowing workers’ representatives into unionized worksites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Shadix of the warehouse workers’ center said he just wants to see a rule adopted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The clock was ticking on the deadline, and of course, the clock is ticking every day for workers in terms of exposure to heat illness,” he said. “We would like to see it in place for the summer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Neither advocates for workers nor employers are satisfied with the proposed rule. Workers want to require lower temperatures. Employers said the rule is too complicated, conflicts with the outdoor heat rule and is too broad to apply to vastly different indoor workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hard part about this regulation for California employers has been trying to find language that works equally well for an office building, a restaurant kitchen and a storage shed,” said Rob Moutrie, policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers’ advocates said their top priority now is to get a rule on the books without further delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the indoor rule, workers complaining of heat at the Amazon warehouse last summer asked Cal/OSHA to inspect inside under a general rule requiring safe workplaces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The humidity inside the building was unbearable,” said former air hub employee Sara Fee, who helped file the complaint along with the San Bernardino-based Warehouse Worker Resource Center, where she now works. “You felt heavy in your chest like it was hard to breathe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hauling packages in and out of truck trailers was the hottest task. The metal containers sitting in the sun easily climbed above 100 degrees, Fee said, and even with air conditioners in the warehouse and fans near the trucks, the trailers “feel like a sauna” with workers in “constant motion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976716\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976716\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"An older white woman with a plaid shirt on a black tshirt and a black truckers hat with a map behind her and looking at the camera with a slight smile. \" width=\"1568\" height=\"1046\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/021324_Sara-Fee_EF_04-CM-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inland Empire Amazon Workers United founder Sara Fee in front of the Warehouse Worker Resource Center in Ontario on Feb 13, 2024. \u003ccite>(Elisa Ferrari for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The heat that comes from the trailer almost knocks you over,” Fee said. “We had fans you could turn around and face into the trailers, but you might as well be standing there with a straw in your mouth blowing air.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency found no evidence of safety violations indoors, according to the citation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amazon is appealing the outdoor citations and disputed claims about hot working conditions both inside and outside the 660,000-square-foot KSBD facility at San Bernardino International Airport, where about 1,400 workers carry cargo off arriving planes, sort them with the help of large robots and load them onto truck trailers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Amazon spokesperson Lynch Vogel said the facility is fully air-conditioned — unlike many others in the distribution industry — and never hotter than 78 degrees inside. “There’s simply no truth to claims that KSBD workers are working in extreme temperatures indoors,” she wrote in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Tim Shadix, legal director of the Warehouse Worker Resource Center, said he suspects the lack of an indoor heat rule made it more difficult to issue violations inside the warehouse. The prior summer, workers wearing thermometers inside the warehouse and truck trailers reported temperatures of between 75 and 96 degrees and between 80 and 121 on the tarmac — \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-09-21/amazon-heat-wave-california-work\">a report that\u003c/a> Amazon also disputed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Having a clear standard would give more clear indication to employers to take more proactive steps, and if there’s still a need for citations, having explicit standards that are required to be followed will make that process a clearer path for Cal/OSHA,” Shadix said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A long, hot history\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Though recent heat waves have made the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/07/workplace-injuries-rising-temperatures/\">risks of hot workplaces\u003c/a> top-of-mind for policymakers, workers have been pushing for protections for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers in factories and even libraries in Southern California were petitioning the state for a general heat standard — indoors and outdoors — as early as the 1980s, said Kevin Riley, director of the Labor Occupational Safety and Health Program at UCLA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The library branches didn’t have air conditioning yet, and (librarians) got sick in the stacks,” he said. “Then in the subsequent decade or two, a lot of those spaces became air-conditioned.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, the heat-related deaths of four farmworkers prompted California to adopt an outdoor heat illness prevention rule, which requires shade and water when the temperature hits 80 degrees and, for farming and construction work, additional breaks and monitoring when it hits 95. It was the first such rule in the nation; a 2021 study \u003ca href=\"https://docs.iza.org/dp14560.pdf\">suggested it has helped (PDF)\u003c/a> to decrease workplace injuries on hot days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other workers, such as those in the newly booming warehouses of the High Desert and Inland Empire, took up the cause of an indoor heat rule. In 2011, a union representing workers at a Lancaster warehouse secured heat protections in its contract with Rite Aid, but union president Luisa Gratz said as the climate gets hotter, workers need stronger protections in state law, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976719\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976719\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/022024-Amazon-Warehouse-REUTERS-SH-CM-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers load packages into electric trucks at an Amazon facility in Poway on Nov. 16, 2022. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker/REUTERS)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last year, the Teamsters secured a contract with UPS that averted a nationwide strike and that, besides higher pay, included air conditioning in delivery trucks for drivers and additional fans, ice machines and water fountains in buildings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WRA1386-1.html\">20 workers died\u003c/a> from heat illness between 2010 and 2017, seven of them because of indoor heat, according to the Rand Corp., which analyzed the state’s proposed indoor heat rules. Workers compensation data analyzed by Cal/OSHA show between 2010 and 2018 — the hottest decade on record — an average of 185 workers a year claimed injuries from indoor heat, a figure that was rising, and nearly 20% of all workplace heat injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency only recently began separately counting safety complaints that mention indoor heat; it received 194 such complaints in 2022 and 549 last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those most likely to experience injuries are younger and male, a likely indication of who is working in industries with the most heat exposure, said Amy Heinzerling, chief of the Emerging Workplace Hazards Unit at the California Department of Public Health. Nearly 10% were injured within the first two weeks on the job, Heinzerling found in another study, highlighting the importance of “gradually increasing worker exposure to hot conditions and really keeping a close eye on them for signs of heat illness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2016, former state Sen. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/legislator-tracker/connie-leyva-1967/\">Connie Leyva\u003c/a>, a labor-friendly Democrat from the Inland Empire, introduced the bill for Cal/OSHA to develop an indoor heat rule. It was a direct response to reports of workers falling ill from heat in warehouses concentrated in her district, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She initially wanted the rule to take effect in 2017 and said in a recent interview she “had no idea that it would take this long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did expect it to happen right away,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Delays in rulemaking\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Cal/OSHA’s indoor heat advisory committee began meeting to draft the rule in February 2017, a wide range of employers pushed back immediately, some questioning the need for an indoor rule at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The committee met over the next two years, going back and forth on the temperature and whether to consider other factors, such as workers’ activity level and humidity levels in the workplace. Worker advocates wanted an across-the-board 80-degree threshold, while some employers called for stricter protections to kick in only at 95 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In early 2019, the agency had a draft proposal ready for the workplace safety board to kick off formal rulemaking — a process that can be as short as a few months and as long as one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s where the delays really began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because the rule would have at least $50 million in economic impact, a 2011 state law required a study to be submitted to the Department of Finance. The requirement has irked labor advocates, who argue workplace regulations are already subject to vetting. The Cal/OSHA advisory committee on indoor heat met three times and revised a draft rule seven times before submitting it to the safety board, which also takes comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>California’s fast-food workers have a new union to advocate for higher pay and safer working conditions, organizers announced Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of workers statewide will be able to join the California Fast Food Workers Union, an organization that will likely represent a small share of workers but advocate for all fast-food employees in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization doesn’t have the same \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/projects/california-fast-food-bill-tests-labor-laws/\">collective bargaining \u003c/a>power of traditional unions, but it will be affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, a traditional union that represents workers in various industries and for more than a decade has fought to raise pay at fast-food restaurants. Recently it helped secure a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2023/09/minimum-wage-california/\">$20-an-hour \u003c/a>minimum wage for all fast-food workers in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Joseph Bryant, international executive vice president, Service Employees International Union\"]‘Today is a historic day … The idea of it is to really build the voices by bringing hundreds and eventually thousands of workers together to be able to make demands, to be able to ensure they are getting treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.’[/pullquote]“Today is a historic day in the launching of the first-of-its-kind in the U.S. fast-food workers union,” said Joseph Bryant, international executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union. “The idea of it is to really build the voices by bringing hundreds and eventually thousands of workers together to be able to make demands, to be able to ensure they are getting treated with the respect and dignity they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers who join will pay $20 monthly in membership dues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union won’t be able to negotiate contracts with individual employers, but it will be able to advocate for better working conditions across the industry through a recently created statewide fast-food council in a process similar to typical union bargaining, organizers said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year the Service Employees International Union won a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2023/09/california-fast-food-deal/\">major victory\u003c/a> with the passage of a law that created a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2024/01/california-fast-food-council-2/\">fast-food labor council \u003c/a>that will set working conditions and standards in California and increase the minimum wage for fast workers to $20 starting in April. The fast-food council will elect representatives and begin meeting by March 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom will appoint 11 representatives to the council, including fast-food workers and restaurant industry representatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-fast-food-workers-sign-up-in-la\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fast-food workers sign up in LA\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hundreds of workers from across the state gathered at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee’s Phoenix Hall on Friday in Los Angeles to learn about their new union, begin the sign-up process and discuss potential priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Workers were enthusiastic about how the union could support them in solving a range of issues they deal with, because they’ve already seen change with their involvement in the national Fight for $15 movement.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>The Fight for $15 launched in 2012 when 200 fast-food workers walked off the job in New York City to demand $15 an hour and union representation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many ways the new union is a formalization of the work the Fight for $15 movement has been doing for years, said Ken Jacobs, co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through Fight for $15, workers advocated for the 2016 law that set California on a path to a $15 minimum wage and they pushed to create the fast-food council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically Fight for $15 has used tactics like doing one-day strikes and other actions on employers, as well as pushing for public policy that benefits fast-food workers,” Jacobs said. “I expect the fast-food workers union to do very similar sorts of actions. The change here is to codify this into a membership organization where workers are paying dues. It’s their organization, and they are formally part of the Service Employees International Union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This type of union, often called a minority union, is not unusual, he said. Another example of a minority union is the Communication Workers of America’s \u003ca href=\"https://cwad9.org/workplaces/t-mobile\">union for T-Mobile workers\u003c/a>, Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fast-food workers will have a unique opportunity to implement desired changes through the fast-food council, a mechanism that other minority unions don’t have, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975344\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd wearing mostly purple shirts celebrates and applauds. \" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers applaud a panel lead by Joseph Bryant, executive vice president of SEIU, at the California Fast Food Workers Union membership launch in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maria Rosalva Najera Lopez, a McDonald’s worker, said the new union is the culmination of years of effort. She said her involvement in organizing with the Fight for $15 campaign had already improved conditions at work, and that with the new union, employers will be less likely to retaliate or push back against employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finally we’ve accomplished what we’ve been fighting for for so many years,” she said. “That’s what we’re celebrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chain restaurants are notoriously difficult to unionize because of high employee turnover and because the restaurant corporations are often not direct employers of the workers. Even when restaurants are able to unionize, such as Starbucks stores, corporations often employ delay tactics that make bargaining difficult, like shutting down stores, Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Maria Rosalva Najera Lopez, McDonald’s worker\"]‘Finally we’ve accomplished what we’ve been fighting for for so many years. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In many ways the new union is a formalization of the work the Fight for $15 movement has been doing for years, said Ken Jacobs, co-chair of the UC Berkeley Labor Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through Fight for $15, workers advocated for the 2016 law that set California on a path to a $15 minimum wage and they pushed to create the fast-food council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Historically Fight for $15 has used tactics like doing one-day strikes and other actions on employers, as well as pushing for public policy that benefits fast-food workers,” Jacobs said. “I expect the fast-food workers union to do very similar sorts of actions. The change here is to codify this into a membership organization where workers are paying dues. It’s their organization, and they are formally part of the Service Employees International Union.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This type of union, often called a minority union, is not unusual, he said. Another example of a minority union is the Communication Workers of America’s \u003ca href=\"https://cwad9.org/workplaces/t-mobile\">union for T-Mobile workers\u003c/a>, Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the fast-food workers will have a unique opportunity to implement desired changes through the fast-food council, a mechanism that other minority unions don’t have, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11975344\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11975344\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy.jpg\" alt=\"A crowd wearing mostly purple shirts celebrates and applauds. \" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/020924_FAST_FOOD_UNION_JAH_CM_00618-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers applaud a panel lead by Joseph Bryant, executive vice president of SEIU, at the California Fast Food Workers Union membership launch in Los Angeles on Feb. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Jules Hotz for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maria Rosalva Najera Lopez, a McDonald’s worker, said the new union is the culmination of years of effort. She said her involvement in organizing with the Fight for $15 campaign had already improved conditions at work, and that with the new union, employers will be less likely to retaliate or push back against employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Finally we’ve accomplished what we’ve been fighting for for so many years,” she said. “That’s what we’re celebrating.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chain restaurants are notoriously difficult to unionize because of high employee turnover and because the restaurant corporations are often not direct employers of the workers. Even when restaurants are able to unionize, such as Starbucks stores, corporations often employ delay tactics that make bargaining difficult, like shutting down stores, Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>At first glance, Angel Cruz Park on the northern end of Stockton doesn’t appear extraordinary — there are tennis courts, a softball field, a playground and picnic tables. But along the southern end, the air is filled with wafts of smoke, the smell of grilled meats and karaoke tracks booming out of speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For more than 30 years, especially on weekends, Angel Cruz Park has been a destination for made-to-order dishes created by local food vendors, many of whom are Hmong and Cambodian immigrants. Locals argue over who has the best beef sticks or papaya salad.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rotana Lach, food vendor, Angel Cruz Park in Stockton\"]‘I make beef stick, chicken stick, sausage, angel wing, stuffed chicken, lao sausage and papaya salad. I make everything by myself.’[/pullquote]The vendors that make this park a food-lovers destination start their days early. Rotana Lach was the first to arrive on a recent Sunday. At 7 a.m., before she even set up her cooking station, she swept the area clean with a tree branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a mischievous smile, Lach explained that 15 years ago, when she was first establishing herself as a vendor in this park, she used to show up even earlier, at 2 or 3 in the morning, to stake out this prime spot. That didn’t make her too popular with other vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After that, they get mad at me all the time,” Lach said with a little laugh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She began unloading her car, which was stuffed with folding tables, charcoal and cleaning supplies\u003cem>. \u003c/em>She pulled out coolers full of food she prepped at home in the middle of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I make beef stick, chicken stick, sausage, angel wing, stuffed chicken, lao sausage and papaya salad,” she said. “I make everything by myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lach started cooking as a livelihood in a roundabout way. Growing up in Cambodia, she rejected her family’s efforts to get her to cook, saying it felt too traditional. Born in Battambang in 1974, the chaos of the war in Vietnam and ongoing regional conflicts was all around her.[aside label='More on California Foodways' tag='california-foodways']When she was a little girl, she said, a friend accidentally detonated an explosive near her, leaving her with burn scars that are still painful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes, it’s like my head hurts,” Lach said. “I cannot control myself, sometimes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few years after the explosion, Lach said her family moved out of the city to cultivate land closer to the Thai border. As she grew older, into her teen years, her family was even more eager for her to learn to cook. They saw it as a necessary skill for her future, but Lach resisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tell my stepmom, ‘No, I don’t want to cook,’” Lach said. “When people ask [about] marriage, tell them your daughter [doesn’t] know how to cook.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her plan to delay marriage worked for a while; suitors stopped asking to marry her. But Lach said, eventually, she did marry, and her husband brought her to Stockton, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/fact-sheet/asian-americans-cambodians-in-the-u-s/\">home to one of the largest populations of Cambodians in the country.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a baseball cap smiles while working with food in an park setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bopha Om works at her cousin Rotana’s side, making papaya salad to order at Angel Cruz Park on Nov. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That was 20 years ago, and she’s since divorced that husband. But the difficulty of those early days hasn’t left her. When she arrived in California, she only spoke Khmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No writing, no reading,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t speak any English, so she attended adult school for about five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooking finally caught up to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a husband and a growing family, she finally had to learn. At parties, she’d spy on what experienced cooks were doing. She also spent time online watching cooking videos on YouTube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that work paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, her stall at the Angel Cruz Park food market earns enough money to support her four kids and to send funds back to relatives in Cambodia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A multigenerational community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vendors at this longstanding market represent several different generations within the Southeast Asian community. Many of the longest-standing stalls are run by older folks. Lach falls into the middle category. And then, there are the younger, newer folks, like Steve Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Cambodian American, we’re known for using a lemongrass paste,” Kim said. “[It] has like kaffir lime leaf, garlic, longa, turmeric.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972484\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a baseball cap smiles while standing under a tent in an park setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Kim at his stand at Angel Cruz Park on Nov. 12, 2023. Kim started selling three lemonades at the park in the summer of 2023 and has since added Cambodian food, waffles and boba teas to his menu. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kim’s tent is fancier than the others, with laminated images of the items he sells: lemonades, boba tea, Cambodian food and waffles. The 30-year-old said his stomach led him to start cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the fourth grade, I was like, ‘Hey, mom’s always working. Dad is always working. You know, we come [home] after school [and we’re] starving.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He asked his mom to teach him some Cambodian basics — and his cooking evolved from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After managing restaurants for years and making food videos on TikTok, he started selling at Angel Cruz Park in the summer of 2023. He wanted to see if he could build a customer base before jumping into the financial commitment of a full-fledged restaurant. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Steve Kim, food vendor, Angel Cruz Park\"]‘When the Southeast Asians migrated, they decided to showcase their food and their culture. … this park has grown a lot. The food is cheap; it’s made fresh to order. And it’s like a community event.’[/pullquote]“So once I got my business license all set up, my permits and everything, I was like, ‘Hey, let’s just try it out,’” Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He started with three types of lemonade — strawberry, grapefruit and dragonfruit — and then added more items.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Angel Cruz Park market is a Stockton institution, Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the Southeast Asians migrated, they decided to showcase their food and their culture,” Kim said. “And since then, this park has grown a lot. The food is cheap; it’s made fresh to order. And it’s like a community event.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He likes that there are multiple generations at the park, elders who established this tradition, and people his age who are expanding on it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You hear a lot of negativity about Stockton, but once you come here and you see it [with] your own eyes, it’s not like that,” Kim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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But Lach said, eventually, she did marry, and her husband brought her to Stockton, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/fact-sheet/asian-americans-cambodians-in-the-u-s/\">home to one of the largest populations of Cambodians in the country.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972487\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972487\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person wearing a baseball cap smiles while working with food in an park setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bopha Om works at her cousin Rotana’s side, making papaya salad to order at Angel Cruz Park on Nov. 12, 2023. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That was 20 years ago, and she’s since divorced that husband. But the difficulty of those early days hasn’t left her. When she arrived in California, she only spoke Khmer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No writing, no reading,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She didn’t speak any English, so she attended adult school for about five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooking finally caught up to her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a husband and a growing family, she finally had to learn. At parties, she’d spy on what experienced cooks were doing. She also spent time online watching cooking videos on YouTube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All that work paid off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, her stall at the Angel Cruz Park food market earns enough money to support her four kids and to send funds back to relatives in Cambodia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A multigenerational community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The vendors at this longstanding market represent several different generations within the Southeast Asian community. Many of the longest-standing stalls are run by older folks. Lach falls into the middle category. And then, there are the younger, newer folks, like Steve Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a Cambodian American, we’re known for using a lemongrass paste,” Kim said. “[It] has like kaffir lime leaf, garlic, longa, turmeric.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972484\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11972484\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a baseball cap smiles while standing under a tent in an park setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-ANGEL-CRUZ-PARK-LM-01-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Kim at his stand at Angel Cruz Park on Nov. 12, 2023. Kim started selling three lemonades at the park in the summer of 2023 and has since added Cambodian food, waffles and boba teas to his menu. \u003ccite>(Lisa Morehouse/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kim’s tent is fancier than the others, with laminated images of the items he sells: lemonades, boba tea, Cambodian food and waffles. The 30-year-old said his stomach led him to start cooking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the fourth grade, I was like, ‘Hey, mom’s always working. Dad is always working. You know, we come [home] after school [and we’re] starving.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He asked his mom to teach him some Cambodian basics — and his cooking evolved from there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After managing restaurants for years and making food videos on TikTok, he started selling at Angel Cruz Park in the summer of 2023. He wanted to see if he could build a customer base before jumping into the financial commitment of a full-fledged restaurant. \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.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like swap meets throughout the country, the Coliseum Swap Meet, an open-air market known as La Pulga in East Oakland, is a reflection of the community it serves. Here, all are welcome to taste the flavors of Mexico, enjoy a Michelada under the shade, buy household goods, produce, sweets, croc charms, flowers, hardware, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and more at a discounted price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children can run around a playground or ride a colorful choo-choo train that snakes around the aisles. Friends can meet for a beer and dance to live bands that perform on weekend evenings. La Pulga certainly provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show a couple dancing and a child riding in a stroller as bubbles float past.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972355 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show people browsing wares in market stalls and a musician singing into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three Saturdays in October, the El Tímpano team set up a booth at La Pulga to engage with the community. We offered instant film portraits for free, and nearly everyone who participated in the portrait session agreed to a recorded interview. Almost 60 patrons and 14 vendors spoke to El Tímpano about how they spend their time and money at La Pulga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard tales of celebration, camaraderie, and some of heartbreak, but mostly, we heard stories of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos show a person in a cowboy hat, an assortment of jewelry, and two people carrying a large pot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos showing a large crowd in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-800x337.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1020x430.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1920x809.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every day, Samuelin Martinez, 73, can be found walking the grounds of La Pulga. Martinez calls his laps around the market “prayer walks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972359 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a moustache waves while sitting for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-800x952.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuelin Martínez\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez describes it as if he’s talking about a sacred place. He has long been a community activist and is keenly aware of the area’s history — he used to live in High Street Homes, temporary public housing that once stood near where La Pulga stands now. With the help of his cane, Martinez now spends his days slowly walking among hundreds of booths run mostly by Spanish-speaking vendors. He talks to anyone who crosses his path and greets them with a wide, mustachioed smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people wearing cowboy hats, a person with wings tattooed on their back and a band on stage.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many vendors have found it hard to stay afloat in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has also impacted sales. Many told El Tímpano that the flea market isn’t as large or packed with people as before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972426 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-MARIA-VILLA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, a person stands amidst varied wares in a market stall. On the right, several Día de los Muertos statues on display in a market stall.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Villa\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>María Villa, 77, an immigrant from Mexico, was a single mother of two. She’s known around La Pulga as “Tía María” and has sold artisan jugs, pots, toys and decorations for 30 years. The sales from her booth helped put her children in college. But, Villa adds, business recently has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people playing music, an array of baseball caps and a pan standing beside a truck.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Luna, 62, is an immigrant from Guatemala who has also sold at La Pulga for 30 years. Between the flashy lights of LED signs for sale and the noises coming from the small electronic toys she sells, her booth is hard to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972431 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg\" alt=\"A person in sunglasses standing in front of an array of LED signs.\" width=\"640\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Luna\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Luna says her profits today are not as good as they were when she first opened up shop. On a good weekend, she says, she might take home between $200–$250.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has noticed that patrons are spending less, and she cannot compete with online sales. On top of that, her booth location will be auctioned in December, and she’s unsure if she can afford to keep it if she is outbid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a couple dancing, a clown playing music and a Pancho Villa sticker on a car bumper.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Pulga has also made recent headlines. Two men were arrested in August for allegedly selling $85,000 worth of stolen merchandise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 21, Omar Oñate Rivas told El Tímpano he was visiting La Pulga for the first time to try to find stolen construction tools that were taken from his friend’s car in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972358 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair sits for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-800x956.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Oñate Rivas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oñate Rivas didn’t find the stolen items that day, he could purchase budget-friendly construction supplies he could use for his job as a day laborer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a woman singing, a series of children's train cars and an outdoor space filled with shopping stalls.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though El Tímpano’s goal at La Pulga was not to verify whether goods sold at the market were stolen, we observed a cycle of supply and demand that makes clear how challenging it can be to afford to live in the Bay Area. Immigrants might find work as day laborers or in construction, but they often need to buy their tools — equipment that could amount to hundreds of dollars that they may not have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cesar, whom El Tímpano is identifying by first name only because he is underage, has sold used construction tools at La Pulga for nearly a year with three partners. Their hundreds of tools for sale are laid out on the floor in chunky rows that resemble farm fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972397 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a Whitney Houston sweatshirt while standing beside an array of power tools in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-800x957.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, La Pulga’s ecosystem is a microcosm of life in East Oakland, like a terrarium filled with loud music and the smell of new leather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only work I’ve been able to invent in order to survive,” says Patricia Beltrán in Spanish. She lost her job during the pandemic and recently separated from her husband. She sells a mish-mash of items, from craft supplies to clothes. At La Pulga, she can bring her children with her so that she doesn’t have to pay for childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972428 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-PATRICIA-BELTRÁN-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, person with long hair stands beside a market stall. On the right, the same person with long hair sits for a photo with a child.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Beltrán\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a beautiful city … I respect everyone, from the young people who make donuts — you’ve got to be brave to make donuts, you’ve got to be brave for everything,” Beltrán says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This story includes contributions from El Tímpano’s Hiram Durán, Mayra Sierra, Katherine Nagasawa, Luis Ángel Urbina, Jasmine Aguilera, Mayra Sierra, Vanessa Flores, Ximena Loeza, Maye Primera, Martha Calmo Ramirez and Madeleine Bair.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/reporting/memories-of-the-market/\"> \u003ci>El Tímpano’s original version of the story — in English and Spanish — can be found here.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\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.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like swap meets throughout the country, the Coliseum Swap Meet, an open-air market known as La Pulga in East Oakland, is a reflection of the community it serves. Here, all are welcome to taste the flavors of Mexico, enjoy a Michelada under the shade, buy household goods, produce, sweets, croc charms, flowers, hardware, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and more at a discounted price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children can run around a playground or ride a colorful choo-choo train that snakes around the aisles. Friends can meet for a beer and dance to live bands that perform on weekend evenings. La Pulga certainly provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show a couple dancing and a child riding in a stroller as bubbles float past.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972355 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show people browsing wares in market stalls and a musician singing into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three Saturdays in October, the El Tímpano team set up a booth at La Pulga to engage with the community. We offered instant film portraits for free, and nearly everyone who participated in the portrait session agreed to a recorded interview. Almost 60 patrons and 14 vendors spoke to El Tímpano about how they spend their time and money at La Pulga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard tales of celebration, camaraderie, and some of heartbreak, but mostly, we heard stories of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos show a person in a cowboy hat, an assortment of jewelry, and two people carrying a large pot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos showing a large crowd in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-800x337.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1020x430.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1920x809.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every day, Samuelin Martinez, 73, can be found walking the grounds of La Pulga. Martinez calls his laps around the market “prayer walks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972359 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a moustache waves while sitting for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-800x952.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuelin Martínez\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez describes it as if he’s talking about a sacred place. He has long been a community activist and is keenly aware of the area’s history — he used to live in High Street Homes, temporary public housing that once stood near where La Pulga stands now. With the help of his cane, Martinez now spends his days slowly walking among hundreds of booths run mostly by Spanish-speaking vendors. He talks to anyone who crosses his path and greets them with a wide, mustachioed smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people wearing cowboy hats, a person with wings tattooed on their back and a band on stage.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many vendors have found it hard to stay afloat in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has also impacted sales. Many told El Tímpano that the flea market isn’t as large or packed with people as before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972426 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-MARIA-VILLA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, a person stands amidst varied wares in a market stall. On the right, several Día de los Muertos statues on display in a market stall.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Villa\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>María Villa, 77, an immigrant from Mexico, was a single mother of two. She’s known around La Pulga as “Tía María” and has sold artisan jugs, pots, toys and decorations for 30 years. The sales from her booth helped put her children in college. But, Villa adds, business recently has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people playing music, an array of baseball caps and a pan standing beside a truck.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Luna, 62, is an immigrant from Guatemala who has also sold at La Pulga for 30 years. Between the flashy lights of LED signs for sale and the noises coming from the small electronic toys she sells, her booth is hard to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972431 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg\" alt=\"A person in sunglasses standing in front of an array of LED signs.\" width=\"640\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Luna\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Luna says her profits today are not as good as they were when she first opened up shop. On a good weekend, she says, she might take home between $200–$250.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has noticed that patrons are spending less, and she cannot compete with online sales. On top of that, her booth location will be auctioned in December, and she’s unsure if she can afford to keep it if she is outbid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a couple dancing, a clown playing music and a Pancho Villa sticker on a car bumper.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Pulga has also made recent headlines. Two men were arrested in August for allegedly selling $85,000 worth of stolen merchandise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 21, Omar Oñate Rivas told El Tímpano he was visiting La Pulga for the first time to try to find stolen construction tools that were taken from his friend’s car in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972358 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair sits for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-800x956.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Oñate Rivas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oñate Rivas didn’t find the stolen items that day, he could purchase budget-friendly construction supplies he could use for his job as a day laborer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a woman singing, a series of children's train cars and an outdoor space filled with shopping stalls.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though El Tímpano’s goal at La Pulga was not to verify whether goods sold at the market were stolen, we observed a cycle of supply and demand that makes clear how challenging it can be to afford to live in the Bay Area. Immigrants might find work as day laborers or in construction, but they often need to buy their tools — equipment that could amount to hundreds of dollars that they may not have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cesar, whom El Tímpano is identifying by first name only because he is underage, has sold used construction tools at La Pulga for nearly a year with three partners. Their hundreds of tools for sale are laid out on the floor in chunky rows that resemble farm fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972397 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a Whitney Houston sweatshirt while standing beside an array of power tools in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-800x957.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, La Pulga’s ecosystem is a microcosm of life in East Oakland, like a terrarium filled with loud music and the smell of new leather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only work I’ve been able to invent in order to survive,” says Patricia Beltrán in Spanish. She lost her job during the pandemic and recently separated from her husband. She sells a mish-mash of items, from craft supplies to clothes. At La Pulga, she can bring her children with her so that she doesn’t have to pay for childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972428 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-PATRICIA-BELTRÁN-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, person with long hair stands beside a market stall. 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