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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/kaiser-permanente\">Kaiser Permanente\u003c/a> employees picketed outside several Bay Area locations on Tuesday, joining tens of thousands across multiple states in kicking off a planned \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12059551/california-kaiser-health-care-workers-reaching-breaking-point-set-to-strike-next-week\">five-day strike\u003c/a> at the nonprofit health care organization.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Up to 46,000 workers represented by an alliance of unions plan to join picket lines throughout the week, demanding higher wages and increased staffing levels. The work stoppage, which is expected to end Sunday morning, could disrupt operations at hospitals, clinics and medical offices in California, Hawaii and Oregon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workers say soaring inflation has outpaced their wages, hurting retention rates and patient care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just wanting better patient care, better patient access. Also, we’re asking for [them to] pay us fairly,” said Lore Vanden Heuvel, a physical therapist based in Antioch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser, which said it has already offered a “generous” wage hike, has been negotiating a new national contract since May with the Alliance of Healthcare Unions, a network of 23 unions that represent nearly 61,000 Kaiser employees. Some affiliated unions, including in the Bay Area, have been bargaining with the employer for longer, though not all of the unions involved in the ongoing contract negotiations are striking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059851\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059851\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-07-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lore Vandenheuvel and other workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The strike is designed to disrupt the lives of our patients — the very people we are all here to serve,” Kaiser \u003ca href=\"https://about.kaiserpermanente.org/who-we-are/labor-relations/alliance-national-bargaining/media-statements/our-statement-on-the-alliance-of-health-care-unions-strike\">said in a statement on Monday\u003c/a>, adding that the Oakland-based organization is prepared to maintain services for its patients, including about 8 million in California, by onboarding thousands of temporary nurses, clinicians and staff and reassigning others who have volunteered to work at strike locations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser hospitals and most medical offices will remain open, but some appointments are being shifted to virtual settings. Certain elective surgeries and procedures could be rescheduled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For months, we’ve been preparing contingency plans to ensure our members will continue to receive safe, high-quality care,” Kaiser said. “We remain committed to an agreement that balances fair pay with affordable care.”[aside postID=news_12059551 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240422-NursesAI-29-BL-1020x680.jpg']Compensation has been a major sticking point in the negotiations between the Alliance of Healthcare Unions and Kaiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alliance in May proposed a 38% wage increase over four years, though it has since lowered its ask to 25%. Kaiser’s most recent offer includes a 21.5% raise over four years, which it said builds on an already competitive pay scale. The proposal would improve health plans and retiree benefits for employees, according to Lionel Sims, the vice president of human resources for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But union leaders say Kaiser’s offer does not sufficiently compensate for the much smaller raises workers agreed to during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Kaiser said it was struggling financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Kaiser negotiated higher raises with other unions, according to Brian Mason, the representation director for one of the striking unions, the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UNAC/UHCP, which represents about 31,000 registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants and other health care professionals largely based in California, said its members need larger pay bumps to catch up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They left us behind,” Mason said. “Now it’s our time. These are health care professionals who come to work every day who are committed to their patients and they’re out fighting for what they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alliance is also concerned that Kaiser’s proposal would actually cut some health benefits and pensions for some groups of workers, including physicians assistants, nurse anesthetists and midwives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a significant increase in compensation, the unions said, Kaiser medical centers will continue to be understaffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re lacking staffing left and right in all different disciplines and inpatient and outpatient everywhere,” Vanden Heuvel told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Cathcart, a certified registered nurse anesthetist who has been with Kaiser for 20 years, said that anesthetists have been bargaining for a contract for most of the two years since they unionized. In that time, they’ve lost more than 100 of their 400 CRNAs, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re leaving for better working conditions, an average increase in pay of about 25%,” Cathcart said. “When we have that problem with retention and recruitment, that leads to access to care issues for our patients. And that’s really what we’re out here fighting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059850\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arezou Mansourian leads workers in chanting as they strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The short staffing is leading to burnout and hurting patient care by delaying appointment wait times, said Arezou Mansourian, who has worked as a physician assistant in orthopedics at Kaiser in Walnut Creek, Dublin and Antioch for 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you break your wrist, you’re going to have to wait one to two weeks to see us,” she told KQED. “Things like dermatology have six-month waits … you try to go in and even get your eyes checked, it’s three months; a colonoscopy, three to six months in most areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re a post-op patient and need to be seen weekly, and your therapist has to tell you, ‘Sorry, I’m booking out for four weeks,’ that’s not really the best of care,” Vanden Heuvel added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser has maintained that it meets or exceeds required state staffing levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sims, the VP of human resources, said the unions’ focus on negotiating higher pay is disingenuous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059845\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They say their goal is to protect patients by ensuring better care and staffing, but the real issue is wages,” he told KQED last week in a statement. “Their claims about Kaiser Permanente’s quality and staffing don’t reflect the facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Kaiser argues that offering a raise any higher than the 21.5% in its current proposal would force it to increase rates and potentially push people to “make the difficult choice to go without coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union alliance said Kaiser maintains significant financial reserves, mostly accumulated during the pandemic, and posted higher operating revenue and income in the first half of 2025 than the same period last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mason also pointed to the employer’s recent expansion into new states, \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kaiser-permanente-launches-in-nevada-in-2026-302552906.html\">partnering with Renown Health\u003c/a> in Nevada and purchasing medical groups on the East Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of hard to feel sorry for Kaiser when they say they have to raise rates [while] they’re out buying new medical groups,” he said. “They’re sitting on a lot of money and that’s all profit that is made off the backs of the health care professionals who are currently on strike right now … that is a result of the work that they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Compensation has been a major sticking point in the negotiations between the Alliance of Healthcare Unions and Kaiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alliance in May proposed a 38% wage increase over four years, though it has since lowered its ask to 25%. Kaiser’s most recent offer includes a 21.5% raise over four years, which it said builds on an already competitive pay scale. The proposal would improve health plans and retiree benefits for employees, according to Lionel Sims, the vice president of human resources for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But union leaders say Kaiser’s offer does not sufficiently compensate for the much smaller raises workers agreed to during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Kaiser said it was struggling financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Kaiser negotiated higher raises with other unions, according to Brian Mason, the representation director for one of the striking unions, the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UNAC/UHCP, which represents about 31,000 registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants and other health care professionals largely based in California, said its members need larger pay bumps to catch up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059848\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059848\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-04-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They left us behind,” Mason said. “Now it’s our time. These are health care professionals who come to work every day who are committed to their patients and they’re out fighting for what they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The alliance is also concerned that Kaiser’s proposal would actually cut some health benefits and pensions for some groups of workers, including physicians assistants, nurse anesthetists and midwives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a significant increase in compensation, the unions said, Kaiser medical centers will continue to be understaffed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re lacking staffing left and right in all different disciplines and inpatient and outpatient everywhere,” Vanden Heuvel told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jeff Cathcart, a certified registered nurse anesthetist who has been with Kaiser for 20 years, said that anesthetists have been bargaining for a contract for most of the two years since they unionized. In that time, they’ve lost more than 100 of their 400 CRNAs, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re leaving for better working conditions, an average increase in pay of about 25%,” Cathcart said. “When we have that problem with retention and recruitment, that leads to access to care issues for our patients. And that’s really what we’re out here fighting for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059850\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059850\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-06-KQED-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arezou Mansourian leads workers in chanting as they strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The short staffing is leading to burnout and hurting patient care by delaying appointment wait times, said Arezou Mansourian, who has worked as a physician assistant in orthopedics at Kaiser in Walnut Creek, Dublin and Antioch for 16 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you break your wrist, you’re going to have to wait one to two weeks to see us,” she told KQED. “Things like dermatology have six-month waits … you try to go in and even get your eyes checked, it’s three months; a colonoscopy, three to six months in most areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re a post-op patient and need to be seen weekly, and your therapist has to tell you, ‘Sorry, I’m booking out for four weeks,’ that’s not really the best of care,” Vanden Heuvel added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser has maintained that it meets or exceeds required state staffing levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sims, the VP of human resources, said the unions’ focus on negotiating higher pay is disingenuous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059845\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059845\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251014-KAISER-STRIKE-START-MD-01-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers strike outside of the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in Oakland on Oct. 14, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They say their goal is to protect patients by ensuring better care and staffing, but the real issue is wages,” he told KQED last week in a statement. “Their claims about Kaiser Permanente’s quality and staffing don’t reflect the facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, Kaiser argues that offering a raise any higher than the 21.5% in its current proposal would force it to increase rates and potentially push people to “make the difficult choice to go without coverage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union alliance said Kaiser maintains significant financial reserves, mostly accumulated during the pandemic, and posted higher operating revenue and income in the first half of 2025 than the same period last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mason also pointed to the employer’s recent expansion into new states, \u003ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kaiser-permanente-launches-in-nevada-in-2026-302552906.html\">partnering with Renown Health\u003c/a> in Nevada and purchasing medical groups on the East Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of hard to feel sorry for Kaiser when they say they have to raise rates [while] they’re out buying new medical groups,” he said. “They’re sitting on a lot of money and that’s all profit that is made off the backs of the health care professionals who are currently on strike right now … that is a result of the work that they do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland\">Oakland\u003c/a>’s school board passed a resolution on Tuesday asking district staff to propose major budget reductions over the next two years as it faces \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12055977/ousd-just-got-control-of-its-finances-back-from-the-state-its-already-in-major-trouble\">threats of new county oversight\u003c/a> just months after regaining local financial control.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But whether the legislation can curb the district’s rapid overspending, or even lead to an implementation of funding changes, is another story.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What is also lacking is what the Board is going to do to partner with us,” OUSD’s chief business officer, Lisa Grant-Dawson, told the board on Tuesday. “I see nowhere that the board will not accept a staff recommendation on reduction of positions, where the board will not reverse [our cuts] — because that is our reality too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday night’s resolution, which passed with a slim four-to-three majority, comes after Alameda County Superintendent Alysse Castro warned in a letter to OUSD last month that she would not grant the district full budget approval if it did not comply with certain cost-reducing changes by its final November deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among her conditions for approval were identifying a total dollar amount that OUSD needs to cut to re-balance its 2025-26 budget based on updated financial information and approving a resolution by Oct. 8 that outlines a timeline and plan to address that projected shortfall in 2025-26, and a future one expected in 2026-27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042892\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042892\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Unified School District Board listens to public comment during a meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland, California, on Dec. 11, 2024. Students, families, educators, and community members raised their concerns about a proposed merger of their schools. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The resolution, passed in the final hours before the deadline, directs staff to develop budgeting scenarios that would cut tens of millions of dollars from next year’s spending plan and propose potential mid-year program and service cuts that could reduce spending already allocated for this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Grant-Dawson cautioned that in order to make actual gains in getting OUSD back in the black, the board would now have to approve, and stick to, her team’s suggestions — a feat OUSD’s board hasn’t always been able to achieve in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we’re going to speak truth to power and come back here Nov. 8 with [suggestions], I really need the board to be able to consider those components,” she said. “None of this [budget cutting] we want to do, right? But truly, [my team is] wanting to do this work without it being upended when you’re asking for a recommendation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district’s long track record of overspending — and reneging on spending cuts — dates back years.[aside postID=news_12055977 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-11_qed-1020x656.jpg']In 2003, it declared bankruptcy and was bailed out by a loan from the state. Over the next two decades, it was under the state’s eye as it paid off that debt and finally regained local control this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when it was under oversight, the district’s school board has repeatedly floated, then backed off, plans to close schools and impose personnel and service cuts, as it weathers declining enrollment and increasing operational costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, it approved a plan to close five schools, but reversed the plan the following year, before it took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the board attempted to make major progress on its long-term budget balancing process dubbed the “three Rs” — redesigning how it operates schools, restructuring its funding and staffing models and re-envisioning how many schools it supports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after months of back and forth, the board took no action in December on a school merger plan — proposed as part of the re-envisioning component. It did authorize staff to implement 30 other cost-cutting solutions into its 2025–26 budget proposal, including centralizing contracts, reducing schools’ discretionary funding, potentially eliminating some positions and reducing the majority of overtime pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spring, new board leadership passed legislation adding caps to some spending categories that have historically been seen as not student-focused, like consultant fees and external contracts. The “alternative budget solutions” were designed to shift necessary spending reductions away from school sites and classroom positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037460\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037460\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-17_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District parents, students and supporters attend a board meeting at Metwest High School in Oakland on April 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>These changes made the spending plan for 2025-2026 even tighter, though, after causing controversial after-school program cuts that\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041279/ousd-cancels-controversial-after-school-cuts-but-deep-divisions-within-school-board-remain\"> were ultimately reversed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the district adopted its 2025-26 budget, it’s also had to increase its special education budget and update salary and staffing costs based on bargaining agreements with its unions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The series of moves means OUSD began the fiscal year spending about $4 million more than it makes each month, Grant-Dawson said. She said reasonably, OUSD needs to cut $20 million from this year’s spending plan, and $80 million from next year’s, to prevent draining its mandatory reserve fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution approved Wednesday, directing Grant-Dawson and her staff to identify cuts for this year and next, asks that their proposed budget scenarios focus on cuts to administrative and centralized services and positions that “have the least impact on students in schools.” It also prohibits proposing school closures and mergers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolution doesn’t make any concrete spending changes, and any that Grant-Dawson’s staff does suggest at next month’s budget study session would have to be approved by the board before taking effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029337\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029337\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Unified School District Board takes public comment during a meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland, California, on Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grant-Dawson said she would also need major clarification, and likely rewriting, of parts of the legislation to avoid proposing unintended, and potentially catastrophic, changes — like the cuts to after-school programs this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county will decide by its final budget approval deadline on Nov. 8 if Tuesday’s resolution — and any concrete plan for cutting costs that comes from it — satisfies its standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it doesn’t, the county could be forced to retake control of OUSD’s finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The district must take further actions, listed below, to formally obtain approval of the [Local Control and Accountability Plan] and budget,” Castro’s letter last month read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is imperative that the board fully exercise its fiduciary responsibility and governance authority,” it continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Over the next two decades, it was under the state’s eye as it paid off that debt and finally regained local control this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when it was under oversight, the district’s school board has repeatedly floated, then backed off, plans to close schools and impose personnel and service cuts, as it weathers declining enrollment and increasing operational costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, it approved a plan to close five schools, but reversed the plan the following year, before it took effect.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the board attempted to make major progress on its long-term budget balancing process dubbed the “three Rs” — redesigning how it operates schools, restructuring its funding and staffing models and re-envisioning how many schools it supports.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after months of back and forth, the board took no action in December on a school merger plan — proposed as part of the re-envisioning component. It did authorize staff to implement 30 other cost-cutting solutions into its 2025–26 budget proposal, including centralizing contracts, reducing schools’ discretionary funding, potentially eliminating some positions and reducing the majority of overtime pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the spring, new board leadership passed legislation adding caps to some spending categories that have historically been seen as not student-focused, like consultant fees and external contracts. 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"content": "\u003cp>After an Urban Alchemy community ambassador was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058277/sf-district-attorney-to-charge-man-suspected-of-killing-urban-alchemy-employee-with-shotgun-blast\">fatally shot on the job\u003c/a> last month, San Francisco lawmakers on Tuesday rallied behind the nonprofit, whose future role in the city has been in question in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City leaders joined about 100 members of the Tenderloin community on the steps of City Hall to pay tribute to Joey Alexander, who was shot just a few hundred feet away in front of the city’s main library after asking a man to stop using drugs on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They paid tribute to Alexander’s life and service, as well as to the mission of the nonprofit, which has contracted with the city since 2018 to patrol and clean up some of its roughest downtown streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot deliver on safe and clean streets in the 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[from] Urban Alchemy work alongside San Francisco police officers, our neighborhood street teams and service providers, helping connect people in crisis to care, supporting first responders and ensuring that our neighborhoods are welcoming places for everyone,” Lurie said. “That work, your work, is so important.”[aside postID=news_12058277 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/URBAN-ALCHEMY-01-KQED-2000x1429.jpg']Whether Urban Alchemy’s ambassador work with the city — which currently extends through the end of the year — will continue in its current capacity, though, is somewhat uncertain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The role of the nonprofit has expanded to include operating safe RV parking sites and homeless shelters in recent years, but its ambassador contract could be impacted by changes to the city’s larger approach to street safety work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/Ambassador%20Program%20Report%202023.pdf\">Department of Emergency Management report\u003c/a> showed that there were at least 34 different ambassador programs, run by seven nonprofits and even more “community benefit districts,” which were awarded grants by twelve government agencies to operate across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie spokesperson Charles Lutvak said that strategically, it makes more sense to have one department overseeing all of the work around street conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is phasing out its own Community Ambassador Program through the Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs in 2027, and the Mayor’s office has consolidated all street ambassador contracts under DEM, which will decide which organizations win future bids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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Separately, Supervisor Connie Chan called for an audit of its previous overspending last November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the outpouring of support for the organization — and \u003ca href=\"https://urban-alchemy.us/mayor-london-breed-stanford-researchers-and-urban-alchemyannounce-52-decrease-in-crime-rates-in-ambassador-served-areas/\">data\u003c/a> that shows an overall 50% reduction in crime and 80% reduction in drug-related crime where it operates — was a “loud and clear” indicator of its impact, Mahmood said Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re urging the mayor’s office to include Urban Alchemy as part of the long-term plan,” he said. “We still don’t know the long-term details of what’s going to happen in years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have seen the data of how they impact this neighborhood, and so we’re going to fight like hell to ensure that our communities still continue to feel safe,” he continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news comes on the heels of Mayor Barbara Lee’s first State of the City address on Tuesday night, where she praised Mitchell for steep drops in crime during his tenure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the first six months of this year, Oakland saw a 29% reduction in violent crimes compared with 2024, according to city data. Burglary dropped 19% and motor vehicle theft declined 45% in the same period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the work of Chief Mitchell and the [Oakland Police Department] officers, dispatchers, community ambassadors and violence prevention staff who put themselves on the line every single day,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12055135\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12055135\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250814-OaklandPushback-10_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mayor Barbara Lee speaks during a press conference at Oakland City Hall in Oakland on Aug. 14, 2025, condemning President Trump’s recent remarks about Oakland. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The trend in Oakland mirrors cities \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/15/icymi-crime-dropped-significantly-last-year-according-to-early-data/\">across the state\u003c/a>, where violent crime rates are falling after a spike during the COVID-19 pandemic. Property crime rates have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996211/san-francisco-crime-is-down-significantly-but-its-not-clear-trend-will-last\">also dropped sharply\u003c/a> in San Francisco over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11996211/san-francisco-crime-is-down-significantly-but-its-not-clear-trend-will-last\">past two years\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear why Mitchell, whose contract was set to last three years, is choosing to resign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the announcement was abrupt, Oakland civil rights attorney John Burris, who has helped oversee OPD’s decades-long reform process, said it didn’t come as a surprise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fully expected it to occur sooner than later,” he told KQED. “I never was under the impression that it was a job that he was comfortable with, and once the new mayor was appointed, I thought it might be time for him to move on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burris said Oakland’s chief has to respond to a lot of interests, including the mayor, city administrator, police commission and rank-and-file officers, creating a dynamic he said might have differed from Mitchell’s previous departments. Before leading OPD, Mitchell was chief in both Lubbock and Temple, Texas, and served as an officer for 25 years in Kansas City, Missouri.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a few weeks, over 100 colleges and universities across \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> will lose access to essential funding for tutoring, academic counseling and other support services aimed at helping Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students succeed in college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes after the U.S. Department of Education said earlier this month that it was ending \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions\">a grant program \u003c/a>that supports “minority-serving institutions,” claiming that it illegally favors certain racial or ethnic groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every state will lose money, but the Education Department’s decision hits California hardest. The state receives over a quarter of all of these diversity grants, since it has a high percentage of minority students, especially Latinos, and it has more college campuses than any other state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s community college system could lose $20 million next year as a result of the funding cuts, said Chris Ferguson, who supports finance and strategic relations at the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. The Cal State University and the University of California systems, which also receive this money, did not respond to questions about the amount of funding at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laney College, located just a few blocks from Oakland’s Chinatown and Little Saignon, has used these federal grants for the past 15 years to run the Asian Pacific American Student Success center on campus, helping students improve their English, build community and find work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1023px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_18-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a dark blazer stands in a covered walkway holding a framed certificate of appreciation with both hands. The background shows a corridor with concrete walls, doors, and bulletin boards.\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director David Lee stands outside the Asian Pacific American Student Success center. Lee will be left without a job at the end of the month due to President Donald Trump’s cuts on funding for minority-serving colleges. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of the month, David Lee, its longtime director, will lose his job. “It’s like a gut punch,” he said, standing in his basement office, which doubles as the Asian student center. All around him are signs of his legacy — posters on the wall from various campus events, photos of students and staff who treat the center as a second home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After CalMatters reached out to the college about the future of the student center, Laney College’s Vice President of Student Services Lily Espinoza sent an email to faculty, saying that the space will continue to be available to students after Lee leaves, although with fewer staff to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of California’s 116 community colleges, 22 California State University campuses, and 10 UC campuses, about two-thirds receive these diversity grants. Colleges that receive these grants get to decide how they use the money to support students. The grants max out at about $600,000 per school per year.[aside postID=news_12056908 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230817-UC-BERKELEY-CAMPUS-MD-03-1020x680.jpg']Laney College gets much less than that, though. Lee said the school’s federal grant, about $300,000 a year, supports his salary, the salary of up to three part-time counselors and various expenses for events. The state also provides some money, and the college grants access to the basement office and community space for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is next to the boiler, which emits a loud humming noise for hours each day. A slanted pole runs through the middle of it, hiding wires and breaking up the space, which can only accommodate a few students at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Lee is proud of the program and the impact it has had. “There’s a lot of history here,” he said. “We’re the only center serving Asian students in Peralta.” Last year, roughly 5,500 Asian students attended one of the four schools in the Peralta Community College District, which includes Laney College, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his budget for next year, which was released in May, President Trump proposed expanding this federal grant program, known as “minority-serving institutions” grants, but he didn’t say why. Both Republicans and Democrats have long supported the program, especially those who represent states with large Latino populations such as California, Texas and Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trump’s support for the program didn’t last long. In June, the attorney general for Tennessee and a legal advocacy group, Students for Fair Admissions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2025/2025-6-hsi.pdf\">sued\u003c/a> the U.S. Department of Education, claiming that the grant program was discriminatory. In July, the Department of Justice, which is representing the Education Department in the case, told the judge it would not defend against the lawsuit, saying grants to certain minority-serving institutions violate the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/media/1411811/dl?inline\">discrimination\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1023px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_32-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Office workspace with a large sign reading “APASS Asian and Pacific American Student Success” above cubicles, decorated with international flags, photos, papers, and a gift bag hanging from the cabinet.\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Asian Pacific American Student Success center has provided a platform for students to build community and access academic support as they navigate college life. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Education Department reiterated that reasoning with its decision last week to stop funding minority-serving institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some minority-serving institutions, namely historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, are exempt from the department’s decision. McMahon said last week that she’ll use the money that’s earmarked for minority-serving institutions, especially Hispanic-serving institutions, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-makes-historic-grant-investments-programs-bolster-educational-outcomes\">redirect\u003c/a> it toward those exempt schools instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision effectively pulls money away from California, which has a high concentration of Hispanic-serving institutions, and moves it to the exempt schools, which are generally located in \u003ca href=\"https://collegefund.org/tribal-colleges-and-universities/\">swing states\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1zx-DKOdr0Mc42eGiC0nJbDBYz96EnJp9&ll=33.73239834721144%2C-86.34591083746132&z=5\">states that voted for Trump in 2024\u003c/a>. While California has many minority-serving institutions, and even one historically Black graduate school, none are recognized as historically Black colleges or official tribal colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The first Mongolian student club\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To be considered a historically Black college, the undergraduate institution must have been established prior to 1964 and have a track record of serving Black students, which is less applicable to a newer state like California. Becoming a registered tribal college is also difficult, even for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2021/08/california-tribal-colleges/\">schools that might otherwise meet the criteria.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, most other minority-serving schools, including many schools with a high percentage of Black or Native American students, apply for a more general federal grant that only asks the institution to prove that it has less money per-student than the average school in the U.S. and that it serves a diverse population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_30-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A person sits at a desk in an office, partly hidden by the blurred foreground of another person holding a phone. The individual at the desk rests their hand on their chin while looking toward a computer screen, with stacks of papers, framed certificates, and colorful notes on the wall around them.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff assistant Huizhen Joan Su looks at student Narmandakh Suurinburneebaatar as she shows videos from a Mongolian cultural activity. Photos by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Laney College easily qualifies. Its enrollment is almost equally divided among Latino, Asian, Black and white students. The school is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2025/06/california-bay-area-community-colleges-funding-formula/\">struggling financially\u003c/a> under the state’s new community college funding formula, potentially requiring it to merge with another local college in the coming years. Its hard-scrabble reputation was depicted in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXRJL52ZD8\">2020 Netflix documentary\u003c/a> Last Chance U, which profiled Laney College football players and the issues they faced in addition to their sport — including hunger and caring for their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laney College uses all of its minority-serving institution grant funding for the Asian Pacific American Student Success center. Colleges are typically only eligible for one of these grants, even when it may have numerous communities that need support. Though the center is focused on Asian students, anyone is technically welcome to the services it provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is what kept Narmandakh Suurinburneebaatar in school. After moving from Mongolia to Oakland in 2008, she spent years knowing just a few words of English. When she enrolled in an English-language learning course at Laney College in 2013, she wasn’t aware of the Asian student center. She was nervous at the time and struggled to talk with other students and teachers, she said. She dropped out before the end of the semester. She also enrolled in 2016 but dropped out again after the first semester.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, Laney College offered free classes in light of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/09/community-college-enrollment-3/#:~:text=At%20its%20lowest%20point%20following%20the%20start%20of%20the%20pandemic%2C%20the%20California%20Community%20Colleges%20system%20had%20lost%20just%20over%20417%2C000%20students%2C%20an%2018.5%25%20drop%C2%A0%20compared%20to%20the%202018%2D19%20academic%20year.\">decline in student enrollment \u003c/a>during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suurinburneebaatar’s son had also started moving through the Oakland school system, and she wanted to communicate with his teachers. She re-enrolled again, but this time, a representative from the Asian student center came to her English class, offering interpretation services for Mongolian speakers. It changed her entire trajectory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1023px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_10-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to Director David Lee, many of the students who work part time at the Asian Pacific American Student Success center are immigrant single mothers. Photos by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The center offered support, she said repeatedly: support in school, in finding a job, and in taking care of her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall of 2023, soon after discovering the Asian student center, she founded a Mongolian students club with a goal of strengthening the community, including one event that brought over 100 Mongolians to campus. Now Mongolian students from other colleges come to Laney because of its support services, and Suurinburneebaatar works part time at the Asian student center, tutoring others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proven success\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Asian center has never been financially secure, even before the Trump administration’s support for minority-serving institutions began to wane. The federal grant is awarded on a five-year cycle and Laney College’s final year was scheduled to end this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the college applied again for another five-year grant, and has received the grant for the past 15 years, successfully navigating three different grant cycles, it’s a competitive process and the money is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/05/hispanic-serving-institutions-programs-funding/\">never guaranteed\u003c/a>. To receive the money repeatedly, schools need to prove their programs are successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, Lee co-published \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/15210251221134686\">a study\u003c/a> that looked at how counseling for English-language learners affected their performance. The study found that students who received counseling support were more likely to “return and re-enroll” than those who didn’t, though the study also found that academic performance was roughly the same for both groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_28-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Reflection through a circular surface showing an office with a desk, computer, certificate on the wall, and a banner for the Asian and Pacific American Student Success program. A person is seated at the desk, hand partially covering their face, surrounded by papers and office supplies.\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>A clock hangs inside the Asian Pacific American Student Success center at Laney College. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Southwestern College, a community college and a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution near San Diego, students were invited to join what’s known as a “learning community,” where they had access to specialized counseling and content tailored for Latinos. An \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/southwesterncollege/viz/EnrollmentandCourseOutcomesDashboard/EnrollmentandCourseOutcomesDashboard\">evaluation\u003c/a> conducted by the school found that students who participated in the grant-funded learning community were far more likely to stay in school, to graduate and to transfer to a four-year institution, said President Mark Sanchez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because minority-serving institutions have wide discretion as to how they use federal money, evaluating the efficacy of the entire program — including hundreds of institutions and thousands of programs — is tough, said Marcela Cuellar, a professor at UC Davis. Some programs are\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2022/11/hispanic-serving-institutions-california/\"> a mixed bag\u003c/a> in terms of results. Nonetheless, Cuellar pointed to a few studies that show the grants’ broad-reaching impact on increasing students’ retention, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/publications/2024/working-paper/impact-developing-hispanic-serving-institution-program-college\">reducing their debt\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1538192718801792\">improving graduation rates\u003c/a>. She said the new cuts are “heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at both the community college system and the University of California system agreed with Cuellar, saying the cuts were concerning or troubling, according to their respective spokespeople. A spokesperson for the Cal State University system said it was too early to comment on the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using state funds, which currently represent about a quarter of the center’s annual budget, Espinoza said in her email to faculty that Laney College will replace Lee’s full-time position with a part-time faculty role next year. She also said the college will offer each student worker another campus job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee has already offered Suurinburneebaatar a different campus job, but she said no. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a few weeks, over 100 colleges and universities across \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> will lose access to essential funding for tutoring, academic counseling and other support services aimed at helping Black, Latino, Asian and Native American students succeed in college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change comes after the U.S. Department of Education said earlier this month that it was ending \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions\">a grant program \u003c/a>that supports “minority-serving institutions,” claiming that it illegally favors certain racial or ethnic groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every state will lose money, but the Education Department’s decision hits California hardest. The state receives over a quarter of all of these diversity grants, since it has a high percentage of minority students, especially Latinos, and it has more college campuses than any other state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s community college system could lose $20 million next year as a result of the funding cuts, said Chris Ferguson, who supports finance and strategic relations at the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. The Cal State University and the University of California systems, which also receive this money, did not respond to questions about the amount of funding at risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laney College, located just a few blocks from Oakland’s Chinatown and Little Saignon, has used these federal grants for the past 15 years to run the Asian Pacific American Student Success center on campus, helping students improve their English, build community and find work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1023px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_18-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a dark blazer stands in a covered walkway holding a framed certificate of appreciation with both hands. The background shows a corridor with concrete walls, doors, and bulletin boards.\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director David Lee stands outside the Asian Pacific American Student Success center. Lee will be left without a job at the end of the month due to President Donald Trump’s cuts on funding for minority-serving colleges. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At the end of the month, David Lee, its longtime director, will lose his job. “It’s like a gut punch,” he said, standing in his basement office, which doubles as the Asian student center. All around him are signs of his legacy — posters on the wall from various campus events, photos of students and staff who treat the center as a second home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After CalMatters reached out to the college about the future of the student center, Laney College’s Vice President of Student Services Lily Espinoza sent an email to faculty, saying that the space will continue to be available to students after Lee leaves, although with fewer staff to support it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of California’s 116 community colleges, 22 California State University campuses, and 10 UC campuses, about two-thirds receive these diversity grants. Colleges that receive these grants get to decide how they use the money to support students. The grants max out at about $600,000 per school per year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Laney College gets much less than that, though. Lee said the school’s federal grant, about $300,000 a year, supports his salary, the salary of up to three part-time counselors and various expenses for events. The state also provides some money, and the college grants access to the basement office and community space for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is next to the boiler, which emits a loud humming noise for hours each day. A slanted pole runs through the middle of it, hiding wires and breaking up the space, which can only accommodate a few students at a time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Lee is proud of the program and the impact it has had. “There’s a lot of history here,” he said. “We’re the only center serving Asian students in Peralta.” Last year, roughly 5,500 Asian students attended one of the four schools in the Peralta Community College District, which includes Laney College, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his budget for next year, which was released in May, President Trump proposed expanding this federal grant program, known as “minority-serving institutions” grants, but he didn’t say why. Both Republicans and Democrats have long supported the program, especially those who represent states with large Latino populations such as California, Texas and Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Trump’s support for the program didn’t last long. In June, the attorney general for Tennessee and a legal advocacy group, Students for Fair Admissions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2025/2025-6-hsi.pdf\">sued\u003c/a> the U.S. Department of Education, claiming that the grant program was discriminatory. In July, the Department of Justice, which is representing the Education Department in the case, told the judge it would not defend against the lawsuit, saying grants to certain minority-serving institutions violate the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition on \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/oip/media/1411811/dl?inline\">discrimination\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1023px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_32-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Office workspace with a large sign reading “APASS Asian and Pacific American Student Success” above cubicles, decorated with international flags, photos, papers, and a gift bag hanging from the cabinet.\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Asian Pacific American Student Success center has provided a platform for students to build community and access academic support as they navigate college life. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Education Department reiterated that reasoning with its decision last week to stop funding minority-serving institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some minority-serving institutions, namely historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, are exempt from the department’s decision. McMahon said last week that she’ll use the money that’s earmarked for minority-serving institutions, especially Hispanic-serving institutions, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-makes-historic-grant-investments-programs-bolster-educational-outcomes\">redirect\u003c/a> it toward those exempt schools instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision effectively pulls money away from California, which has a high concentration of Hispanic-serving institutions, and moves it to the exempt schools, which are generally located in \u003ca href=\"https://collegefund.org/tribal-colleges-and-universities/\">swing states\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1zx-DKOdr0Mc42eGiC0nJbDBYz96EnJp9&ll=33.73239834721144%2C-86.34591083746132&z=5\">states that voted for Trump in 2024\u003c/a>. While California has many minority-serving institutions, and even one historically Black graduate school, none are recognized as historically Black colleges or official tribal colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The first Mongolian student club\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To be considered a historically Black college, the undergraduate institution must have been established prior to 1964 and have a track record of serving Black students, which is less applicable to a newer state like California. Becoming a registered tribal college is also difficult, even for \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2021/08/california-tribal-colleges/\">schools that might otherwise meet the criteria.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, most other minority-serving schools, including many schools with a high percentage of Black or Native American students, apply for a more general federal grant that only asks the institution to prove that it has less money per-student than the average school in the U.S. and that it serves a diverse population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_30-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A person sits at a desk in an office, partly hidden by the blurred foreground of another person holding a phone. The individual at the desk rests their hand on their chin while looking toward a computer screen, with stacks of papers, framed certificates, and colorful notes on the wall around them.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff assistant Huizhen Joan Su looks at student Narmandakh Suurinburneebaatar as she shows videos from a Mongolian cultural activity. Photos by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Laney College easily qualifies. Its enrollment is almost equally divided among Latino, Asian, Black and white students. The school is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/2025/06/california-bay-area-community-colleges-funding-formula/\">struggling financially\u003c/a> under the state’s new community college funding formula, potentially requiring it to merge with another local college in the coming years. Its hard-scrabble reputation was depicted in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXRJL52ZD8\">2020 Netflix documentary\u003c/a> Last Chance U, which profiled Laney College football players and the issues they faced in addition to their sport — including hunger and caring for their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laney College uses all of its minority-serving institution grant funding for the Asian Pacific American Student Success center. Colleges are typically only eligible for one of these grants, even when it may have numerous communities that need support. Though the center is focused on Asian students, anyone is technically welcome to the services it provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is what kept Narmandakh Suurinburneebaatar in school. After moving from Mongolia to Oakland in 2008, she spent years knowing just a few words of English. When she enrolled in an English-language learning course at Laney College in 2013, she wasn’t aware of the Asian student center. She was nervous at the time and struggled to talk with other students and teachers, she said. She dropped out before the end of the semester. She also enrolled in 2016 but dropped out again after the first semester.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\n\u003cfigure>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 2022, Laney College offered free classes in light of the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2023/09/community-college-enrollment-3/#:~:text=At%20its%20lowest%20point%20following%20the%20start%20of%20the%20pandemic%2C%20the%20California%20Community%20Colleges%20system%20had%20lost%20just%20over%20417%2C000%20students%2C%20an%2018.5%25%20drop%C2%A0%20compared%20to%20the%202018%2D19%20academic%20year.\">decline in student enrollment \u003c/a>during the COVID-19 pandemic. Suurinburneebaatar’s son had also started moving through the Oakland school system, and she wanted to communicate with his teachers. She re-enrolled again, but this time, a representative from the Asian student center came to her English class, offering interpretation services for Mongolian speakers. It changed her entire trajectory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1023px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_10-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to Director David Lee, many of the students who work part time at the Asian Pacific American Student Success center are immigrant single mothers. Photos by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The center offered support, she said repeatedly: support in school, in finding a job, and in taking care of her son.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall of 2023, soon after discovering the Asian student center, she founded a Mongolian students club with a goal of strengthening the community, including one event that brought over 100 Mongolians to campus. Now Mongolian students from other colleges come to Laney because of its support services, and Suurinburneebaatar works part time at the Asian student center, tutoring others.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Proven success\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Asian center has never been financially secure, even before the Trump administration’s support for minority-serving institutions began to wane. The federal grant is awarded on a five-year cycle and Laney College’s final year was scheduled to end this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the college applied again for another five-year grant, and has received the grant for the past 15 years, successfully navigating three different grant cycles, it’s a competitive process and the money is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/05/hispanic-serving-institutions-programs-funding/\">never guaranteed\u003c/a>. To receive the money repeatedly, schools need to prove their programs are successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, Lee co-published \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/15210251221134686\">a study\u003c/a> that looked at how counseling for English-language learners affected their performance. The study found that students who received counseling support were more likely to “return and re-enroll” than those who didn’t, though the study also found that academic performance was roughly the same for both groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/091225_Laney-College_MO_CM_28-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Reflection through a circular surface showing an office with a desk, computer, certificate on the wall, and a banner for the Asian and Pacific American Student Success program. A person is seated at the desk, hand partially covering their face, surrounded by papers and office supplies.\">\u003cfigcaption>\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>A clock hangs inside the Asian Pacific American Student Success center at Laney College. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At Southwestern College, a community college and a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution near San Diego, students were invited to join what’s known as a “learning community,” where they had access to specialized counseling and content tailored for Latinos. An \u003ca href=\"https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/southwesterncollege/viz/EnrollmentandCourseOutcomesDashboard/EnrollmentandCourseOutcomesDashboard\">evaluation\u003c/a> conducted by the school found that students who participated in the grant-funded learning community were far more likely to stay in school, to graduate and to transfer to a four-year institution, said President Mark Sanchez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because minority-serving institutions have wide discretion as to how they use federal money, evaluating the efficacy of the entire program — including hundreds of institutions and thousands of programs — is tough, said Marcela Cuellar, a professor at UC Davis. Some programs are\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2022/11/hispanic-serving-institutions-california/\"> a mixed bag\u003c/a> in terms of results. Nonetheless, Cuellar pointed to a few studies that show the grants’ broad-reaching impact on increasing students’ retention, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/publications/2024/working-paper/impact-developing-hispanic-serving-institution-program-college\">reducing their debt\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1538192718801792\">improving graduation rates\u003c/a>. She said the new cuts are “heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials at both the community college system and the University of California system agreed with Cuellar, saying the cuts were concerning or troubling, according to their respective spokespeople. A spokesperson for the Cal State University system said it was too early to comment on the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Using state funds, which currently represent about a quarter of the center’s annual budget, Espinoza said in her email to faculty that Laney College will replace Lee’s full-time position with a part-time faculty role next year. She also said the college will offer each student worker another campus job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee has already offered Suurinburneebaatar a different campus job, but she said no. 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As she made her rounds, she and the students — generations apart — seemed to be awestruck in each other’s presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The East Bay middle school, formerly Juan Crespi Middle School, was \u003ca href=\"https://richmondstandard.com/community/education/2021/06/24/el-sobrante-middle-school-renamed-in-honor-of-betty-reid-soskin/\">renamed \u003c/a>in 2021 to honor Reid Soskin, who, Principal Jason Lau said, serves as a role model and an inspiration to the students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Your legacy reminds us that it’s never too early or too late to make a difference,” he told Reid Soskin in front of the small crowd assembled in the school’s library for her party on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceTemp\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>While she doesn’t consider herself a “Rosie,” proclaimed a display documenting Reid Soskin’s life at the school’s library, Reid Soskin made her own contributions to the World War II effort at home in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/betty-reid-soskin.htm\">as a file clerk for shipyard workers in Richmond\u003c/a>. But she and her former husband — who would together go on to open \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13850266/reids-records-berkeley-gospel-mainstay-to-close-after-75-years\">Reid’s Records\u003c/a>, one of the first Black-owned record stores in Oakland and one of the oldest in the state before it \u003ca href=\"https://www.berkeleyside.org/2019/02/05/reids-records-californias-oldest-record-shop-to-close-in-the-fall\">closed\u003c/a> in 2019 — faced considerable racism, driving her into politics and civil rights work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057138\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-12-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-12-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-12-KQED-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-12-KQED-1536x998.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Reid Soskin signs a poster made by history students during her 104th birthday celebration at Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in El Sobrante on Sept. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She would later lead the creation of the Richmond site, which opened in 2000. Thanks to her efforts, the museum \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053628/richmond-rally-national-parks-trump-white-house-rosie-the-riveter-world-war-ii-homefront\">highlights the wartime contributions of the East Bay’s nonwhite residents\u003c/a> and the struggles they faced to win their own freedom at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reid Soskin said it wasn’t until her mid-50s, after she experienced the loss of her father and two former husbands within the span of just three months, that her life took a turn toward political activism — and to fully embracing who she is.[aside postID=arts_13952570 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-20-at-12.01.15-PM-1020x572.png']“I think I felt lost for a while,” she said. “I didn’t know that I was going to come back. And then I came back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I came back as Betty, and I’ve been able to work as Betty ever since,” she continued. “I was defined by myself and that was really something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reid Soskin said working for the park service “was probably the best thing I ever did. I felt as if I were meant to be here, and I was doing exactly as I was intended to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Contra Costa Unified School District Superintendent Cheryl Cotton said she had the opportunity to see Reid Soskin at work as a park ranger when she and her son visited the Rosie the Riveter park as part of a school group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can’t imagine how many lives she’s touched and really inspired,” Cotton said. “I think that the world needs to know that great things come from Richmond. Great things come from our communities — and she is one of the greatest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13952570/at-102-years-old-betty-reid-soskin-revisits-her-music-from-the-civil-rights-era\">But it’s Reid Soskin’s music\u003c/a> and songwriting that inspires eighth grader Farahzareh Parvar, who plays the flute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12057136\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12057136\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250922_BETTYREIDSOSKIN104TH_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Reid Soskin speaks to media during her 104th birthday celebration at Betty Reid Soskin Middle School in El Sobrante on Sept. 22, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I do music myself, and I think I just look up to her,” Parvar said. Reid Soskin used her music to reflect on her life and her generation’s fight for civil liberties, but kept her songs private for nearly a half-century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reid Soskin said if today’s students take anything from her life’s story, it’s to keep pushing themselves and others forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that they continue to ask questions, and that they never settle for the answers,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989078/oakland-ballers-sold-out-opener-a-ray-of-light-for-city-that-still-loves-baseball\">Ballers believed\u003c/a> when no one else did.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-ballers\">Oakland’s baseball team\u003c/a> has its first-ever Pioneer League championship, beating the Idaho Falls Chukars 8–1 at Oakland’s Raimondi Park on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland fell behind Idaho 2–0 in a best-of-five series, but came all the way back with three consecutive wins — clinching the Town’s first baseball championship since 1989, when the Athletics still called the Coliseum home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Ballers’ second season set \u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandballers.com/sports/bsb/2025p/releases/202509228aws6a\">records \u003c/a>in the Pioneer League — an independent professional league without MLB affiliations —with 73 wins, but the playoffs proved more difficult. The Ogden Raptors pushed the Ballers to three games before Oakland moved on and then found itself on the brink of elimination against the Chukars. Still, the Ballers silenced the naysayers and took home the title, outscoring the Chukars 26–6 in the series.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We always knew that Oakland was a championship town. When we started a team, it wasn’t just good enough to build a team with the community. 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The team also created \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993723/oakland-ballers-give-fans-a-chance-to-own-a-piece-of-the-team\">opportunities for fan ownership in the club\u003c/a> with a crowdfunding campaign similar to the one completed by the Oakland Roots and Soul soccer club.[aside postID=arts_13972636 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/bj.as_-1536x1536.jpg']In true Bay Area style, the Ballers made professional sports history earlier this \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6599707/2025/09/05/artificial-intelligence-baseball-manager-oakland-ballers/\">month \u003c/a>with a game managed entirely by AI. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 12:30 p.m., Saturday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland Unified School District\u003c/a> only just regained local control this summer after a state bailout two decades ago, and already top officials are warning that it is spending past its means and quickly falling back into perilous financial territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to the Oakland school board last week, Alameda County Superintendent of Schools Alysse Castro warned that it will need to propose major budget revisions in the next month to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043062/as-ousd-gets-closer-to-controlling-its-finances-new-budget-challenges-loom\">avoid running out of funds\u003c/a> during this academic year, risking insolvency for the second time in recent memory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oakland Unified School District enters Fiscal Year 2025–26 under full local control for the first time in a generation; however, the same fiscal and decision-making issues that have plagued the district for many years remain,” Castro wrote in her annual report of the district’s finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter detailed a series of moves by the school board over the last year that have pushed the district toward disarray: first failing to take action on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017719/oaklands-school-merger-plan-stalled-districts-huge-deficit-remains\">a plan to merge schools\u003c/a> in December to save about $3 million annually, and later continuing to renege on its own service and personnel cuts meant to close a $95 million budget deficit for the 2025–26 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, district budget chief Lisa Grant-Dawson wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/communications-public-affairs/newsroom/news/~board/ousd-news/post/the-closing-of-the-books-for-the-2024-25-budget-continues-the-sobering-financial-news-for-the-district\">separate letter to families\u003c/a> that OUSD’s expenses have been outpacing revenue by about $4 million a month for nearly a year. The district’s budget reserve has shrunk by 53% in the last year, dwindling from $118 million to just $55.8 million, according to newly updated financial information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District parents, students and community leaders rally in support of improved schools, ahead of an OUSD board meeting at Metwest High School in Oakland on April 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grant-Dawson said that reserve will shrink further this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spending plan passed in June already violated OUSD’s policy to maintain reserves of at least 3% of its budget for unexpected expenses. Based on the updated numbers, Grant-Dawson said the district will not only spend the small $374,000 cushion it did preserve but also dip below the state’s lower 2% reserve requirement, risking financial insolvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like districts across the state, Oakland is struggling with declining enrollment, rising costs for services and employees, and federal and state funding cuts. That has made it difficult for OUSD to regain its financial footing after taking a $100 million loan from the state in 2003 in exchange for control over its operations, but it was on the right track, said school board member Mike Hutchinson, who chairs the district’s finance committee.[aside postID=news_12042255 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250428-OUSD-OFFICE-FILE-MD-01-KQED-1020x680.jpg']Now, he believes new board leadership is driving the district back into financial jeopardy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just been a series of actions and inactions that have led us to this point,” Hutchinson said. “We were always trying to thread the needle, and with this series of actions, it’s taken all of that leeway away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson, who was among the board members opposed to merging schools in December, pointed to a series of 4–3 votes over the last nine months. He places much of the blame for the board’s shortcomings on President Jennifer Brouhard and Vice President Valarie Bachelor, who were elected board leaders in a 4–3 vote in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, that same voting bloc — which is backed by the teachers union, has been aligned on several votes that have gone against district staff and affected OUSD’s financial situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, they made changes to the district’s budget balancing plan that ended up \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">causing upheaval to after-school programs\u003c/a> and could have cut about a third of the district’s spending on third-party services and contracts. Those union-backed “alternative budget balancing solutions,” which Brouhard said aimed to restore classroom personnel cuts, were \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041279/ousd-cancels-controversial-after-school-cuts-but-deep-divisions-within-school-board-remain\">ultimately rescinded\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same four board members in April approved a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037315/oakland-school-board-votes-remove-superintendent-sparking-worries-instability\">separation agreement with Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell\u003c/a>, who was contracted to remain with OUSD until 2027.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12038081\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12038081\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/021_KQED_OUSDTeacherStrike_05112023_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District teachers, parents and students rally outside of Glenview Elementary in Oakland on May 11, 2023, during a teacher strike in the district. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The longtime leader had been credited with much of the district’s financial recovery since taking over in 2017, but often sparred with the teachers union. Her early departure led to questions about whether the board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035005/oakland-school-board-may-replace-superintendent-despite-contract-extension\">pushed her out.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, the union-backed board majority approved a $2.5 million agreement to restore teaching roles that were initially proposed to be cut this fall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038078/oakland-teachers-set-strike-this-week-union-tells-school-district\">narrowly avoiding a labor strike\u003c/a>. At the time, it did not make any additional cuts to offset the expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brouhard, Bachelor and board members Rachel Latta and VanCedric Williams, who approved those moves, did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate letter last week, conditionally approving OUSD’s 2025–26 budget, Castro gave the board a deadline of Oct. 8 to direct district staff on how to make mid-year budget reductions to rebalance spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified students and parents make signs to support teachers at a ‘solidarity school’ in Diamond Park, Oakland, on May 11, 2023, as the Oakland Unified School District teacher strike continues. Parents, teachers, and middle and high school students volunteer to watch students, providing lunch and activities. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson believes the necessary cuts will be at least $10 million for this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They would have to further cut currently planned expenses, though, to fulfill new wage demands from the Oakland Education Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers union, whose contract expired in June, sent the district a compensation proposal in August requesting a 9% retroactive raise from July, and an additional 5% increase next year, among other costly demands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until our district prioritizes stability, every year our schools will lose incredible educators to other districts with better pay and benefits,” said OEA president Kampala Taiz-Rancifer. “We know that districts that invest in their classroom staff see successful and supported students as a result, and we need to see OUSD do the same.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said the district hasn’t set aside any money for increased wages and will have to make dollar-for-dollar cuts to raise them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If our teachers union wants a $20 million package for this year, we will have to make $20 million in spending cuts for this year in order to do that,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said board leadership has yet to schedule a meeting to discuss the necessary cuts. If they fail to act, he said, it might be best for the county to step back in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/shossaini\">\u003cem>Sara Hossaini\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Sept. 20: A previous version of this story misattributed a statement to Jessica Beard, communications organizer for the California Teachers Association. It has been corrected to attribute the statement to Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, president of the Oakland Education Association, a workforce services specialist. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter detailed a series of moves by the school board over the last year that have pushed the district toward disarray: first failing to take action on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017719/oaklands-school-merger-plan-stalled-districts-huge-deficit-remains\">a plan to merge schools\u003c/a> in December to save about $3 million annually, and later continuing to renege on its own service and personnel cuts meant to close a $95 million budget deficit for the 2025–26 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, district budget chief Lisa Grant-Dawson wrote in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/communications-public-affairs/newsroom/news/~board/ousd-news/post/the-closing-of-the-books-for-the-2024-25-budget-continues-the-sobering-financial-news-for-the-district\">separate letter to families\u003c/a> that OUSD’s expenses have been outpacing revenue by about $4 million a month for nearly a year. The district’s budget reserve has shrunk by 53% in the last year, dwindling from $118 million to just $55.8 million, according to newly updated financial information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056737\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056737\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-2_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District parents, students and community leaders rally in support of improved schools, ahead of an OUSD board meeting at Metwest High School in Oakland on April 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grant-Dawson said that reserve will shrink further this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The spending plan passed in June already violated OUSD’s policy to maintain reserves of at least 3% of its budget for unexpected expenses. Based on the updated numbers, Grant-Dawson said the district will not only spend the small $374,000 cushion it did preserve but also dip below the state’s lower 2% reserve requirement, risking financial insolvency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like districts across the state, Oakland is struggling with declining enrollment, rising costs for services and employees, and federal and state funding cuts. That has made it difficult for OUSD to regain its financial footing after taking a $100 million loan from the state in 2003 in exchange for control over its operations, but it was on the right track, said school board member Mike Hutchinson, who chairs the district’s finance committee.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He places much of the blame for the board’s shortcomings on President Jennifer Brouhard and Vice President Valarie Bachelor, who were elected board leaders in a 4–3 vote in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, that same voting bloc — which is backed by the teachers union, has been aligned on several votes that have gone against district staff and affected OUSD’s financial situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, they made changes to the district’s budget balancing plan that ended up \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">causing upheaval to after-school programs\u003c/a> and could have cut about a third of the district’s spending on third-party services and contracts. 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Her early departure led to questions about whether the board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035005/oakland-school-board-may-replace-superintendent-despite-contract-extension\">pushed her out.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, the union-backed board majority approved a $2.5 million agreement to restore teaching roles that were initially proposed to be cut this fall, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038078/oakland-teachers-set-strike-this-week-union-tells-school-district\">narrowly avoiding a labor strike\u003c/a>. At the time, it did not make any additional cuts to offset the expense.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brouhard, Bachelor and board members Rachel Latta and VanCedric Williams, who approved those moves, did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a separate letter last week, conditionally approving OUSD’s 2025–26 budget, Castro gave the board a deadline of Oct. 8 to direct district staff on how to make mid-year budget reductions to rebalance spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12056738\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12056738\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/007_KQED_OUSDSolidaritySchool_05112023_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified students and parents make signs to support teachers at a ‘solidarity school’ in Diamond Park, Oakland, on May 11, 2023, as the Oakland Unified School District teacher strike continues. 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