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That is, it could have been another place, it would have been a another country, it could have another president, but it was the president of this country who allowed this to happen and who took on the trouble to go to Venezuela and remove President Maduro. So I only have gratitude in my heart, so much gratitude, because as I already said and I repeat, today is a day of victory. And we can never forget that God used Trump as an instrument to take this great step. That’s what I think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Carolina Morales: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:06:30] \u003c/em>I mean I’m very emotional about what’s going on. My parents are there, my family is there, I have a lot of friends there and I’m scared for them. I’m Carolina Morales, and I have been an organizer for social justice in San Francisco and the Bay Area for about 20 years. I’m terrified of Venezuela becoming Iraq, Afghanistan, I mean, so many examples, Palestine, Honduras, right? Was it 2009 or 10? Taken out? Is the military going to start bombing more? I don’t know. I’m honestly very terrified because I am aware of the history of the United States in other countries and I can see what our federal administration is currently doing within our own borders in the U.S. So if there have been very little limits. Here, I can’t imagine what horrors our peoples in Venezuela might be facing. I mean, I think we need to remember, regardless of our opinions around the Venezuelan government and their management of the country, that everyday people in Venezuela need food, need medication. My father has cancer. He actually has to start radiation. We have over 150 sanctions at Venezuela. Has had to suffer through already difficulty finding medication in certain items or being able to find them but so expensive that sometimes it’s prohibitive so if like what the consequence of this is actually going to be more suffering and having people die in more terrible ways and what’s our responsibility as U.S. Citizens in this moment\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alejandro: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:11] \u003c/em>There are a lot of emotions at play. We feel joy, but at the same time, bewilderment. We’re excited, but also worried about our families. It’s very confusing. It’s a very, very confusing time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Alejandro: \u003c/b>\u003cem>[00:09:26] \u003c/em>No Venezuelan, was prepared for this intervention to happen. We had already been in this situation for more than 20 years, and in a way, many people had even lost hope that this would ever happen. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a> lawmakers signaled support on Monday for reasserting Congress’ war powers, days after an astonishing raid in which the U.S. military captured Venezuela’s president and first lady and reportedly killed dozens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawmakers accused the Trump administration of violating the U.S. Constitution by failing to obtain congressional approval before authorizing the military force. They said they would favor resolutions to bar the administration from ordering further military action in Venezuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Congress doesn’t exist to be briefed after the bombs fall,” Rep. Lateefah Simon, D-Oakland, told KQED’s Forum on Monday. “Clearly, we have to vote this week on a war powers resolution.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said he expects the Senate to vote this week on a resolution, co-sponsored by Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, that would prohibit future military action in Venezuela without congressional approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must speak for the American people who profoundly reject being dragged into new wars,” Schiff said in a statement on Saturday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York \u003ca href=\"https://www.c-span.org/event/news-conference/house-democratic-leader-jeffries-holds-news-conference/439231\">said Monday\u003c/a> that he also expects three separate similar resolutions to see a vote on the House floor this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058317\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058317 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/GettyImages-2238159587-scaled-e1767658578960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1379\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, (left) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-New York, deliver remarks following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Democratic leaders met with President Trump to negotiate funding legislation to avoid a government shutdown. \u003ccite>(Win McNamee/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Republicans control both houses of Congress, and Democrats would need at least four to cross the aisle in the House or the Senate for either resolution to pass. Similar efforts in both the House and the Senate failed to garner enough Republican votes to pass last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has argued that Saturday’s action did not require congressional approval because it was not a military invasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This was an arrest operation. This was a law enforcement operation. [Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro] was arrested on the ground in Venezuela by FBI agents, read his rights and removed from the country,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on ABC’s \u003cem>This Week\u003c/em> on Sunday.[aside postID=news_12056560 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240624-JARED-HUFFMAN-ON-OB-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Maduro was \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl\">indicted in 2020\u003c/a> on federal drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saturday’s action, dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve,” involved thousands of troops, an elite military unit and more than 150 military aircraft, including drones, bombers and fighter planes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cuban government said Sunday that 32 Cuban citizens from its armed forces or interior ministry were killed during the strike. The \u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> reported Sunday that the overall death toll has risen to 80, according to a “senior Venezuelan official.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really a dereliction of congressional authority and responsibility,” Rep. John Garamendi, whose district includes parts of Contra Costa and Solano County, said Monday on KQED’s Forum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump administration officials briefed members of Congress on the operation on Monday, but those meetings were not open to the public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those hearings need to be public. The American public and indeed the world needs to know what is being contemplated and why,” Garamendi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12058425\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12058425 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00078_TV_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00078_TV_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00078_TV_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251002-pelosishutdown_00078_TV_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Congressman Kevin Mullin speaks at North East Medical Services in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bay Area Rep. Kevin Mullin called Maduro a “brutal dictator who has terrorized the people of Venezuela for decades,” but he maintained that the Trump administration’s actions were still illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s ridiculous for Trump to pretend that this military action is about law enforcement and drugs. It reeks of corruption. He even tipped off the oil companies before notifying elected leaders,” Mullin told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Trump has said that the United States will “run” Venezuela for the foreseeable future, including taking control of its plentiful oil industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Saturday’s action in Venezuela, President Trump has threatened the president of Colombia, as well as Greenland, Cuba and Mexico, with similar military interventions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12032690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12032690 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/250323-DEM-TOWN-HALLS-MD-05-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. 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This terrible incident underscores the increasingly dangerous conditions under which humanitarian operations are forced to be conducted in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement to NPR, the Israel Defense Forces said its troops encountered thousands of Palestinians and “fired warning shots in order to remove an immediate threat posed to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Israeli military said it was examining the incident but that an “initial review suggests that the number of casualties reported does not align with the information held by the IDF.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12047968 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/250630-HUMANITARIANPAROLEDEEPDIVE-13-BL-KQED.jpg']Hundreds of billions of dollars have been appropriated for defense and military spending through Congress, despite cuts being made to health care, education and other critical services across the country, Simon said, adding that she is committed to voting ‘no’ on every legislative move that funds warfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara Kiswani, executive director of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center in San Francisco, said Israel’s actions on Sunday are nothing new to organizers who have been working to send aid to Gaza, where Palestinians have endured months of severe famine. 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She praised Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) for disrupting Trump’s speech on Tuesday, which led to the 77-year-old congressman being removed from the chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was so proud of Rep. Green because he chanted down the lies of a president who is trying to take Medicaid and Medicare from our sick, from our disabled and from our elderly,” she said. “I was so proud that he called a spade a spade.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon added that she is open to working with Republicans on meaningful legislation, but said that doing so may prove challenging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I plan to do as much as I can with my colleagues across the aisle. But there’s also an emerging group of folks who are very outright with their racism and their misogyny and their unwillingness to work with their Democratic colleagues,” she said, referring to MAGA loyalists in Congress. “It is shocking. 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Alex Padilla and Lee, who congratulated Simon from Harris’ deflated watch party on election night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so honored to pass the baton to you,” Lee said in a video message. “Let us continue to stand up for the values of the 12th Congressional District and continue building a broad coalition, working together for a better world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon, who will represent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">Alameda County\u003c/a> after Lee leaves office following 26 years in Congress, told KQED she is prepared to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to fight like hell,” she said Thursday. “To ensure that the people of the United States have health care, that we push back on the Trump administration’s promise to gut Social Security. Women like my children, my girls, do not have the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012326/californian-votes-really-matter-what-the-election-could-mean-for-reproductive-health\">right to pursue bodily autonomy\u003c/a> in the state of this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lateefah Simon takes a selfie with a supporter at an election watch party at Town Fare in Oakland on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Nisa Khan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> hadn’t officially called the race as of Thursday afternoon, but with about a quarter of the votes counted so far, Simon is leading fellow Democrat Jennifer Tran with 63%. Simon said the House administration had already reached out to arrange travel to its freshman orientation next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she arrives on Capitol Hill, Simon said she’ll focus not only on guarding \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013395/newsom-calls-special-session-prepare-california-legal-fight-against-trump\">against the Trump administration’s likely extreme policies\u003c/a> but also on public transportation and safety — policy areas she’s been influencing in her home state for years. She is a former president of the BART board, which she has sat on since 2016, and served as co-chair of Gov. Gavin Newson’s police reform task force in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12013395 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/NewsomTrump2018AP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon also campaigned on closing loopholes in federal gun laws, focusing on mental health and addiction treatment, and pursuing an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite having big plans to bring to the national stage, Simon said she knows it will be an uphill battle. On Tuesday, Republicans flipped both the Senate and the presidency. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so honored to pass the baton to you,” Lee said in a video message. “Let us continue to stand up for the values of the 12th Congressional District and continue building a broad coalition, working together for a better world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon, who will represent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda\">Alameda County\u003c/a> after Lee leaves office following 26 years in Congress, told KQED she is prepared to do just that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to fight like hell,” she said Thursday. “To ensure that the people of the United States have health care, that we push back on the Trump administration’s promise to gut Social Security. Women like my children, my girls, do not have the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012326/californian-votes-really-matter-what-the-election-could-mean-for-reproductive-health\">right to pursue bodily autonomy\u003c/a> in the state of this country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lateefah Simon takes a selfie with a supporter at an election watch party at Town Fare in Oakland on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Nisa Khan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The \u003cem>Associated Press\u003c/em> hadn’t officially called the race as of Thursday afternoon, but with about a quarter of the votes counted so far, Simon is leading fellow Democrat Jennifer Tran with 63%. Simon said the House administration had already reached out to arrange travel to its freshman orientation next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she arrives on Capitol Hill, Simon said she’ll focus not only on guarding \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013395/newsom-calls-special-session-prepare-california-legal-fight-against-trump\">against the Trump administration’s likely extreme policies\u003c/a> but also on public transportation and safety — policy areas she’s been influencing in her home state for years. She is a former president of the BART board, which she has sat on since 2016, and served as co-chair of Gov. Gavin Newson’s police reform task force in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Lateefah Simon, a BART Board member, has a commanding lead to replace \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/barbara-lee\">Rep. Barbara Lee\u003c/a>, who stepped down after 26 years representing Congressional District 12 in the East Bay. In initial results, Simon received 63% of the vote, while her opponent, Jennifer Tran, received 37%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon’s connections with the Democratic Party made her an early favorite to represent the district, which spans Alameda County and includes Oakland, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont and San Leandro, with a population of more than 750,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She served as co-chair of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s task force on police reform in 2020. U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla endorsed Simon. So did Lee, her longtime mentor. In August, Simon drew attention on the national stage when \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eft_aVFw3cY\">she spoke about her friendship\u003c/a> with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kamala-harris\">Vice President Kamala Harris\u003c/a> at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001412/kamala-harris-and-the-biggest-speech-of-her-life-5-takeaways-from-the-dnc\">Democratic National Convention\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night, sent a video of encouragement to Simon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am so honored to pass the baton to you,” she said. “Let us continue to stand up for the values of the 12th Congressional District and continue building a broad coalition, working together for a better world. Congratulations again, my sister.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012952\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012952\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241105-ELECTION-NIGHT-SIMON-PARTY-NK-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lateefah Simon takes a selfie with a supporter at an election watch party at Town Fare in Oakland on Nov. 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Nisa Khan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Spirits were high at Simon’s election watch party at the Oakland Museum of California. She took the stage at 9:30 p.m. and thanked the crowded room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you send me to Washington D.C., understand that every single voice in this room and beyond — in the seven cities that we will represent — will be front and center,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tran, a political newcomer and CSU East Bay ethnic studies professor, said the Democratic Party didn’t give her fair consideration. She aligned herself with the East Bay’s political moderates and wrongly accused Simon of supporting the movement to defund the police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009507\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241015-OAKLANDCHINATOWNTHAORECALL-26-BL-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Tran speaks during a rally calling for the recall of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao at Pacific Renaissance Plaza in Oakland on Oct. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DBkWyO7vSW8/\">In campaign ads\u003c/a>, Tran, who is president of Oakland’s Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce, railed against what she called “the corporate mega party” and criticized Simon for not agreeing to debate with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Simon fundraised over $2 million, while Tran’s war chest never broke $300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a campaign event on Saturday, Lee and Simon cast their ballots together at Mills College, their shared alma mater.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let me just say the very first time I voted was in 1972 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001183/barbara-lee-on-protests-outside-dnc-their-voices-are-very-important\">for Shirley Chisholm for president\u003c/a>. And today I get to vote for Kamala Harris for president and Lateefah Simon for Congress. How good can it get?” Lee said, smiling in a black shirt that read “Trust Black Women” and featured photos of Harris, Simon, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008296/mayor-london-breed-says-shes-just-getting-started\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> and California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, among others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12012459\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12012459\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/EastBayElection1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Councilmember Treva Reid (left), Congressional candidate Lateefah Simon and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (center) at a campaign event on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, at Mills College in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Annelise Finney/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Simon, like Lee, is a single mom and has long championed women. At 19, Simon became the executive director of the San Francisco-based Young Women’s Freedom Center, a nonprofit focused on ending the incarceration of young women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Live 2024 Election Results\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/bayarea,Learn about the results for every single race and measure across the nine Bay Area counties' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/10/Aside-Results-Bay-Area-2024-Primary-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At 26, Simon became the youngest woman to be selected for the MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the “Genius Grant.” Later, she worked in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009311/sf-shaped-pelosi-feinstein-newsom-harris-global-political-leaders\">San Francisco District Attorney’s Office under Harris\u003c/a>, directing the office’s anti-recidivism program for young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She serves on a series of boards, including the Board of Trustees for the California State University system and the Akonadi Foundation, an Oakland-based racial justice philanthropic organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Simon pledged to close loopholes in federal gun laws, invest in mental healthcare and addiction treatment, decrease defense spending and push for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Barbara Lee is still, poll-wise, one of the most beloved electeds that we’ve had,” Simon said Saturday. “The folks here in the 12th district, they actually need someone to continue this legacy and shift material conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday night at the Oakland Museum of California, Simon’s family showed up to support her, including her mother and her uncle, Timothy Simon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lateefah was born in the revolution,” Timothy Simon said. “She was born of parents who believed in a Black economic agenda. 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