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McGregor argues that what family physicians can do to help pregnant patients is limited in addressing this disparity. “Just having a family medicine doctor available for prenatal care or outpatient care doesn’t solve the problem of not having a place available for a safe delivery,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/06/california-unions-billionaire-tax-ballot/\">\u003cstrong>A tax on billionaires qualifies for the November ballot\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A union wants California’s billionaires to rescue the state’s healthcare system. The billionaires have other ideas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 17, an initiative to tax the state’s wealthiest residents qualified for the ballot, according to the secretary of state’s office, which verifies petition signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/25-0024A1%20%28Billionaire%20Tax%20%29.pdf\">proposed initiative\u003c/a> would levy a one-time 5% tax on California residents whose net worth exceeded $1 billion at the start of this year. The tax would hit roughly 200 people, and billionaires could pay in installments over five years. Proponents of the measure estimate it would generate $100 billion for the state. The revenue would go into a special fund with 90% reserved for healthcare spending and 10% for education and food assistance programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has consistently swatted down the idea of tax increases throughout his tenure, emerged early as an \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/01/billionaires-tax-health-funding/\">opponent of the proposed tax\u003c/a>. Wealthy allies in Silicon Valley joined the fray armed with deep pockets and threats to leave the state, which depends disproportionately on high earners for revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The union funding the measure, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, says California needs the revenue that would be generated by the measure to rescue the healthcare system from deep cuts that the Trump administration made last year in the president’s tax reform package. 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Alecia McGregor, a maternal health researcher at Harvard University, has studied the \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2024.01552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impact\u003c/a> of maternity ward closures across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her research found that patients who gave birth when their nearest labor and delivery unit closed had a higher risk of having complications during childbirth than those who gave birth at a hospital closer to home. 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Many who were forced to evacuate are questioning how safe their neighborhoods are, in the wake of the scare.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/congress-young-dem-challengers/\">\u003cstrong>Young California Democrats are challenging veteran House members in safe blue seats\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California’s battleground House districts might get the lion’s share of national attention for their role in deciding which party rules Congress’s lower chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in a handful of California’s deep blue districts, an intra-party battle over the future of the Democratic Party is brewing in the wake of grim losses during last year’s presidential race. In Sacramento, Napa County and Los Angeles, three younger challengers are arguing that Democrats need to give voters fresh faces with bold new ideas to energize the party’s base, rather than aging incumbents who are entrenched more in Washington insider culture than in their districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Status quo politics isn’t going to protect our communities,” said Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang, who is running against 10-term Rep. Doris Matsui. “We need leaders who can meet the moment. And that’s why I decided to step into the ring.” Vang is the first formidable primary challenge that Matsui has faced in the two decades since the congresswoman won her late husband’s seat in 2005. Former Rep. Bob Matsui held that seat for 26 years prior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two other senior California congressional Democrats have also attracted primary challengers. Rep. Mike Thompson of Napa County, a Vietnam veteran vying for his 15th term, faces a challenge from Eric Jones, a former San Francisco venture capitalist. And farther south, former Obama and Biden White House climate aide Jake Levine is challenging Rep. Brad Sherman of Los Angeles, who is seeking his 16th term. All three challengers have vowed not to take corporate PAC money as their incumbent opponents do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around California and across the country, younger challengers argue that Democratic incumbents in safe districts take their seats for granted since they so rarely receive serious challenges. That false sense of security, Vang said, results in out-of-touch members who have fewer incentives to show up in their districts and talk to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calls for generational change within the Democratic Party, while not new, have increased significantly as the party works to find its footing after 2024. The dynamic played out first in internal House leadership races earlier this year, where younger members like \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/robert-garcia-proposition-50/\">Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach\u003c/a> leapfrogged more senior colleagues to lead powerful committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One risk of primarying veteran members of Congress is the loss of institutional wisdom, said Gale Kaufman, a Sacramento-based Democratic strategist, particularly with the Trump administration testing the limits of the law and boundaries of power. “Especially when you’re up against stuff like this, which we’re not familiar with, breaking every norm you could possibly imagine,” Kaufman said, “having some of those people around is not a bad thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/garden-grove-residents-asked-to-evacuate-area-toxic-tank-could-explode\">\u003cstrong>Evacuation orders lift for thousands of residents near Garden Grove chemical tank\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Authorities rolled back evacuation orders Monday evening for tens of thousands of Orange County residents near a Garden Grove tank holding toxic chemicals. Around 16,000 residents still remain under evacuation orders, according to Garden Grove police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJ McGovern, interim fire chief for the Orange County Fire Authority, said Monday evening that the most catastrophic and worst case scenario was mitigated, but that the incident was not over. “ We still have work to do,” McGovern said. “We still have to mitigate a fire and very small explosion concern, and also a spill potential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials reported Monday morning that an overnight operation was successful in finding a crack in the tank and taken the threat of an explosion “off the table.” McGovern said crews verified the crack and that the tank has released its pressure. He said the tank’s temperature is also reducing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 16,000 residents near the tank in Garden Grove remain under evacuation orders. The new borders include Orangewood Avenue to the north, Dale Street to the east, Knott Street to the west and Garden Grove Boulevard to the south, according Garden Grove police. All off and on ramps of the 22 Freeway will now remain open. Evacuation centers will remain open for residents who cannot return home, Garden Grove Police Chief Amir El-Farra said. “Please understand that we are doing this for your safety, and we will continue to work diligently so that you will be able to return home hopefully soon,” El-Farra said Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, May 26, 2026\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We’re just a week away from the June 2 primary and in California, several younger, more progressive-leaning candidates are looking to replace longtime incumbents. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/congress-young-dem-challengers/\">Two congressional races are highlighting this potential “generational change”\u003c/a>– the District 7 race pitting Doris Matsui against challenger Mai Vang and the 32nd Congressional District with incumbent Brad Sherman facing off against Jake Levine. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evacuation orders \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/garden-grove-residents-asked-to-evacuate-area-toxic-tank-could-explode\">have been lifted\u003c/a> for more than 30,000 Orange County residents who were ordered to leave their home, over concerns a damaged chemical tank in Garden Grove might explode. Many who were forced to evacuate are questioning how safe their neighborhoods are, in the wake of the scare.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"entry-title \">\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/11/congress-young-dem-challengers/\">\u003cstrong>Young California Democrats are challenging veteran House members in safe blue seats\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California’s battleground House districts might get the lion’s share of national attention for their role in deciding which party rules Congress’s lower chamber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in a handful of California’s deep blue districts, an intra-party battle over the future of the Democratic Party is brewing in the wake of grim losses during last year’s presidential race. In Sacramento, Napa County and Los Angeles, three younger challengers are arguing that Democrats need to give voters fresh faces with bold new ideas to energize the party’s base, rather than aging incumbents who are entrenched more in Washington insider culture than in their districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Status quo politics isn’t going to protect our communities,” said Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang, who is running against 10-term Rep. Doris Matsui. “We need leaders who can meet the moment. And that’s why I decided to step into the ring.” Vang is the first formidable primary challenge that Matsui has faced in the two decades since the congresswoman won her late husband’s seat in 2005. Former Rep. Bob Matsui held that seat for 26 years prior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two other senior California congressional Democrats have also attracted primary challengers. Rep. Mike Thompson of Napa County, a Vietnam veteran vying for his 15th term, faces a challenge from Eric Jones, a former San Francisco venture capitalist. And farther south, former Obama and Biden White House climate aide Jake Levine is challenging Rep. Brad Sherman of Los Angeles, who is seeking his 16th term. All three challengers have vowed not to take corporate PAC money as their incumbent opponents do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Around California and across the country, younger challengers argue that Democratic incumbents in safe districts take their seats for granted since they so rarely receive serious challenges. That false sense of security, Vang said, results in out-of-touch members who have fewer incentives to show up in their districts and talk to voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calls for generational change within the Democratic Party, while not new, have increased significantly as the party works to find its footing after 2024. The dynamic played out first in internal House leadership races earlier this year, where younger members like \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/robert-garcia-proposition-50/\">Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach\u003c/a> leapfrogged more senior colleagues to lead powerful committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One risk of primarying veteran members of Congress is the loss of institutional wisdom, said Gale Kaufman, a Sacramento-based Democratic strategist, particularly with the Trump administration testing the limits of the law and boundaries of power. “Especially when you’re up against stuff like this, which we’re not familiar with, breaking every norm you could possibly imagine,” Kaufman said, “having some of those people around is not a bad thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/garden-grove-residents-asked-to-evacuate-area-toxic-tank-could-explode\">\u003cstrong>Evacuation orders lift for thousands of residents near Garden Grove chemical tank\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Authorities rolled back evacuation orders Monday evening for tens of thousands of Orange County residents near a Garden Grove tank holding toxic chemicals. Around 16,000 residents still remain under evacuation orders, according to Garden Grove police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>TJ McGovern, interim fire chief for the Orange County Fire Authority, said Monday evening that the most catastrophic and worst case scenario was mitigated, but that the incident was not over. “ We still have work to do,” McGovern said. “We still have to mitigate a fire and very small explosion concern, and also a spill potential.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials reported Monday morning that an overnight operation was successful in finding a crack in the tank and taken the threat of an explosion “off the table.” McGovern said crews verified the crack and that the tank has released its pressure. He said the tank’s temperature is also reducing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 16,000 residents near the tank in Garden Grove remain under evacuation orders. The new borders include Orangewood Avenue to the north, Dale Street to the east, Knott Street to the west and Garden Grove Boulevard to the south, according Garden Grove police. All off and on ramps of the 22 Freeway will now remain open. Evacuation centers will remain open for residents who cannot return home, Garden Grove Police Chief Amir El-Farra said. “Please understand that we are doing this for your safety, and we will continue to work diligently so that you will be able to return home hopefully soon,” El-Farra said Monday night.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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About 50,000 people remain under evacuation orders in Orange County, and several shelters have quickly filled up. It’s unclear when evacuees might be able to return home.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A young boxer from the remote Fresno County town of Huron \u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/community/2026-05-14/a-california-boxer-represents-her-town-in-national-championship-her-family-helped-her-get-there\">won bronze in her weight class\u003c/a> in the national Golden Gloves tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma this month. To get there, she had to win the California Golden Gloves State Championship in Pasadena in April. But her road to success hasn’t been easy.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"Page-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-tank-leak-explosion-garden-grove-770af6de585b1771824539b163555eaa\">\u003cstrong>Risk of a catastrophic explosion has been eliminated at chemical tank in California\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The risk of a catastrophic explosion at a \u003cspan class=\"LinkEnhancement\">\u003ca class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https://apnews.com/article/storage-tank-chemical-leak-california-e0da10097b68b7f48ed512225eb487fa\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">damaged chemical tank\u003c/a>\u003c/span> in Southern California has been eliminated following a close overnight inspection that confirmed a crack in the tank relieved pressure and cooled the chemical, authorities said Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results of the evaluation was “incredibly positive news,” and allowed officials to turn the corner after days of concern about a possible explosion, said Orange County Fire Authority division chief Craig Covey. However, evacuation orders remained in place for about 50,000 people in Garden Grove. There has been no chemical leak as of early Monday, but the Orange County Fire Authority said the risk to public safety is “ongoing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covey didn’t say in the recorded message what the most likely outcome might be but officials had previously said they hoped to cool off the chemical inside the tank so it wouldn’t leak or explode. The tank’s interior had cooled to 93 degrees F, Covey said, down from 100 degrees Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the tank at GKN Aerospace overheated Thursday and began venting vapors, firefighters have repeatedly sprayed the tank with water in an attempt to cool the chemical inside, methyl methacrylate, which is used to make plastic parts. As the interior temperature rises, methyl methacrylate converts from a liquid to a gas and increases the pressure, according to Purdue University engineering professor Andrew Whelton. Exposure to methyl methacrylate can cause serious respiratory problems, neurological problems and irritation to the skin, eyes and throat, according to fact sheets about the chemical.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some 50,000 people in Orange County are still under evacuation orders. It’s unclear when they might be lifted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kvpr.org/community/2026-05-14/a-california-boxer-represents-her-town-in-national-championship-her-family-helped-her-get-there\">\u003cstrong>A California boxer represents her town in national championship\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you met 21-year-old Shavana Trejo on the street, your first thought would not be “boxer.” She’s small – about 5 feet 3 inches – and weighs 119 pounds. Her comportment is understated – gentle, even. But watch her in the ring at the Underdogs Boxing Club in the rural town of Avenal in Kings County and there’s a huge transformation. She punches with a gusto that comes from deep within her. She’s fiery and aggressive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her punches have paid off. Last month, Trejo won the California Golden Gloves State Championship in Pasadena for her weight class, which is 112 to 119 pounds. And then earlier this month, she was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, competing in the National Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions. The road to Tulsa hasn’t been easy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been through hell, honestly. I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs in my life,” she said. “Just hitting the bag. It’s like you’re releasing bad, negative energy.” Trejo said she was a shy, quiet kid, and she was bullied a lot. “I would come home with black eyes. I would come home with my hair cut, slime thrown in my hair,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she never hit back – except in the ring. She started competing at age 13. She was great at other sports, too. As a high school junior, she was on her way to breaking a school record in basketball when she decided to heed her dad’s advice and focus on just one sport – boxing. Since then, she’s won 14 belts. “My dad’s like, ‘look, I believe in you. If I didn’t believe in you, I wouldn’t tell you you’ve got to pick one,’” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she’s sacrificed a lot for boxing. Her daily schedule is packed and she bounces around a lot. She lives in the town of Huron and starts every day with early-morning strength training at a gym in nearby Hanford. During the day, she works a full-time job at a fast food restaurant in Kettleman City. And every evening, she’s at the boxing club in Avenal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trejo isn’t the only champion boxer who has worked out in this gym. Former world champion light welterweight and 2012 U.S. Olympic boxer Jose Ramirez trained here years ago, too. The nonprofit gym hosts a mix of pro boxers, amateurs and kids who just need a safe place to come after school. On any given day, about 20 to 30 kids are at the gym.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So is Trejo’s father, Michael Trejo, who can be heard directing the kids to squat, lunge and jump. He started out as a volunteer coach at the gym in 2013, not long after Ramirez was in the Olympics. He said he knew his daughter was going to be a star athlete when she was just a preschooler. He remembers taking her to a track at a middle school in Huron. “She was wearing a little dress and sandals. I just sat in the bleachers. I said ‘want to try running?’ She said, ‘yeah.’ She ran about a mile and a half without stopping, at four years old,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, August 12, 2025…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the first time in eight years, Republican Congressman Doug LaMalfa held an \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2025-08-11/lamalfa-faces-loud-crowd-at-first-chico-town-hall-in-8-years\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">in-person town hall\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for his constituents in Chico on Monday. And he was met by plenty of boos and jeering from the crowd.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The second day of testimony begins Tuesday morning in California’s challenge to President Donald Trump’s \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051797/california-argues-trumps-use-of-troops-in-l-a-violated-federal-law\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">deployment of thousands of National Guard troops\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and US Marines to Los Angeles earlier this summer\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As students and families in Los Angeles prepare to go back to school this week, local leaders are \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-preparing-school-increased-immigration-enforcement-actions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">reaffirming their support for immigrant communities\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in light of ongoing concerns over ICE raids.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A former Orange County supervisor has been ordered \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/former-orange-county-supervisor-andrew-do-is-ordered-to-pay-restitution-over-corruption-scheme\">to pay the county back,\u003c/a> for his role in illegally redirecting millions of dollars in contracts for bribes.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArtP-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.mynspr.org/news/2025-08-11/lamalfa-faces-loud-crowd-at-first-chico-town-hall-in-8-years\">\u003cstrong>LaMalfa Faces Loud Crowd At First Chico Town Hall In 8 Years\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>U.S. Congressman Doug LaMalfa struggled to speak over a raucous crowd at Chico’s Elks Lodge on Monday. The meeting came amid Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to potentially redraw California’s congressional districts — changes that could affect LaMalfa’s seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was LaMalfa’s first in-person town hall in Chico since 2017. More than 500 people packed the banquet hall, often yelling over the Republican congressman’s remarks. Attendees waved red or green construction paper to signal disapproval or support and at times broke into chants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Questions during the 90-minute meeting ranged from wildfire recovery and veterans’ healthcare to LaMalfa’s support for Israel amid the crisis in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healthcare drew some of the strongest pushback. Critics cited LaMalfa’s support for President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” saying it would cut Medicaid funding and threaten rural hospitals. LaMalfa disagreed, pointing to a multi-billion-dollar rural hospital fund in the bill. He denied cuts to care and said “the focus has been on illegal immigrants on that program.” He said the bill attempts to serve “people that should be eligible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"routes-Site-routes-Post-Title-__Title__title\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12051797/california-argues-trumps-use-of-troops-in-l-a-violated-federal-law\">\u003cstrong>California Argues Trump’s Use Of Troops In LA Violated Federal Law\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for California began presenting their case on Monday, that President Donald Trump’s deployment of federalized California National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles earlier this summer \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043314/california-to-sue-trump-for-sending-national-guard-troops-into-la-after-ice-protests\">violated federal law\u003c/a> that prohibits the military from performing police functions on U.S. soil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump called up the National Guard following civil unrest, as his administration began mass deportations and raids across Los Angeles and other cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through Attorney General Rob Bonta, Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Trump and the federal government, claiming the deployment violated the \u003ca href=\"https://policy.defense.gov/portals/11/Documents/hdasa/references/6_USC_466.pdf\">Posse Comitatus Act\u003c/a> by having the U.S. military perform law enforcement duties.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-preparing-school-increased-immigration-enforcement-actions\">\u003cstrong>How LAUSD Is Preparing For School Amid Increased Immigration Enforcement \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Ahead of the start of school on Thursday, Los Angeles Unified is working to reassure students and families concerned about potential immigration enforcement action that there are resources available to help them navigate the new school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ It is virtually impossible, considering the size of our community, to ensure that we have one caring, compassionate individual in every street corner, in every street, but we are deploying resources at a level never before seen in our district,” said Superintendent Alberto Carvalho at a news conference Monday while flanked by school board members, labor leaders and local elected officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district said that as of Monday they have made 10,000 phone calls and 800 home visits to vulnerable families to offer resources and support\u003cb> \u003c/b>— for example, to English language learners, students at newcomer academies, and those who stopped coming to school toward the end of last school year as immigration enforcement actions ramped up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district already has protocols in place for how campus administrators respond if federal agents visit, as \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/homeland-security-immigration-lausd-schools-trump-administration\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>happened this spring\u003c/u>\u003c/a>. But the district announced additional steps this week, on the heels of protests by teachers and others \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://abc7.com/post/teachers-call-lausd-keep-students-safe-immigration-raids/17412980/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>calling for stronger protections\u003c/u>\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>New bus routes to serve students whose families may feel uncomfortable walking or driving them to school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>On the first day of school, the district will dispatch 1,000 staff members from its central office to provide more information and support to families at school sites in communities frequently targeted in immigration raids.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Local law enforcement collaborations. For example, Vernon Mayor Leticia Lopez said the local police force would respond to calls for service at the school on behalf of the Los Angeles School Police Department so those officers can focus on other campuses within the district.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A “rapid communication task force” headed by a former L.A. school police chief to spread information between school sites and law enforcement agencies.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The distribution of information packets to students in \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26047978-we-are-one-family-preparedness-care-package/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>English\u003c/u>\u003c/a> and \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26047979-we-are-one-family-preparedness-care-package-spanish-lausd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>Spanish\u003c/u>\u003c/a> about how to interact with immigration agents, create a plan to care for their child in an emergency and get resources.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\">\u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/former-orange-county-supervisor-andrew-do-is-ordered-to-pay-restitution-over-corruption-scheme\">\u003cstrong>Ex-Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do Ordered To Pay Thousands In Restitution \u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do was ordered Monday to pay $878,230.80\u003cb> \u003c/b>in restitution for his involvement in a bribery scheme that saw millions in taxpayer dollars diverted from feeding needy seniors, leading authorities to label him a “Robin Hood in reverse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal prosecutors \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/questions-about-former-orange-county-supervisor-andrew-do-restitution-hearing\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">had asked the judge\u003c/a> to order Do to pay back the roughly $878,000 amount, while \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/andrew-do-10-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">\u003cu>Orange County was seeking\u003c/u>\u003c/a> the return of millions more. Kevin Dunn, an attorney for Orange County, had asked the judge for the higher amount “to restore the full measure of the damage to the county.” The judge ultimately sided with prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Do did not attend Monday’s hearing. His attorney told the court Do was preparing to \u003ca class=\"Link\" href=\"https://laist.com/news/politics/andrew-do-sentencing-orange-county-supervisor\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">turn himself in\u003c/a> by Friday to begin serving a five-year federal prison term.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Although the party has gained ground within the state delegation, Democratic hopes for wider gains were dashed, leaving Republicans to control both chambers of Congress as President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">In the 41st District, which includes the Riverside County cities of Corona, Menifee and Palm Springs, Calvert defeated Democrat Will Rollins in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009362/riverside-rematch-will-help-decide-which-party-controls-the-house\">rematch of the 2022 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a hard-fought victory that shows voters want someone who will put results over partisan politics,” Calvert said in a statement. “Together, we’ll continue working to secure our border, bring down prices for working families and ensure law enforcement has all the tools they need to keep our communities safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican gains across the Inland Empire may have boosted the 16-term incumbent. Trump visited the Coachella Valley in the closing weeks of the campaign and currently holds a narrow lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Riverside County, which President Joe Biden won by 8 percentage points in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Central Valley, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007594/democrats-are-hoping-to-flip-this-central-valley-house-seat-it-wont-be-easy\">Valadao defeated Rudy Salas\u003c/a> in a rematch from 2022 when Valadao narrowly bested the former Assemblymember. Valadao, a dairy farmer first elected to the House in 2012, appeared to expand his support from 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest returns from the 22nd District show Valadao leading Salas 53% to 47%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao will return to Washington as one of the two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will continue reaching across the aisle to find solutions to increase the Valley’s water supply, make energy more affordable, ensure our law enforcement are well-funded to keep communities safe, create good-paying jobs, and improve our healthcare system,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further north in the 13th District, near Merced, Rep. John Duarte leads former Assemblymember Adam Gray 51% to 49%, in another rematch from last cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Democrats’ biggest coup of the cycle undoubtedly came in Southern California, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010811/balance-of-power-democrats-are-hoping-an-aerospace-executive-can-beat-a-republican-navy-combat-pilot\">George Whitesides\u003c/a> knocked off incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Garcia on Tuesday in the 27th District, north of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia was first elected in 2020 in a suburban district that has trended left. Democrats were exasperated when Garcia won reelection in 2022 despite the removal of the conservative enclave of Simi Valley during the redistricting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12014032 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/20161109_203307_qed-1020x765.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitesides, the former CEO of Virgin Galactic, gave more than $1 million to his campaign and ran on a moderate platform supporting tax cuts and more funding for police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the honor of a lifetime to be elected to serve our district in Congress and deliver for Santa Clarita, the Antelope Valley, and the San Fernando Valley,” Whitesides said in a statement. “In Congress, you can count on me to fight to create more good local jobs, lower everyday costs, build safe communities, protect Social Security and Medicare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in Southern California, incumbent Republican \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008573/asian-american-voters-are-key-in-this-orange-county-congressional-race\">Michelle Steel\u003c/a> is narrowly leading Democrat Derek Tran in the 45th District — although recently counted ballots from Orange and Los Angeles counties have significantly narrowed Steel’s advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another Orange County election, Democrat Dave Min defeated Republican Scott Baugh in the 47th District. The incumbent Democrat, Katie Porter, made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009870/dave-min-scott-baugh-vie-for-competitive-orange-county-house-seat\">leaving an open seat covering Irvine and Huntington Beach\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the child of immigrants who survived the Korean War, I owe everything I have to this country,” Min said in a statement. “In Congress, I will carry on the fight to protect our democracy, safeguard our freedoms, and expand the economic opportunity at the heart of the American Dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final competitive O.C. seat, Democratic Rep. Mike Levin won reelection against Republican Matt Gunderson in the 49th District, which also covers part of San Diego County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">In the 41st District, which includes the Riverside County cities of Corona, Menifee and Palm Springs, Calvert defeated Democrat Will Rollins in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009362/riverside-rematch-will-help-decide-which-party-controls-the-house\">rematch of the 2022 election\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a hard-fought victory that shows voters want someone who will put results over partisan politics,” Calvert said in a statement. “Together, we’ll continue working to secure our border, bring down prices for working families and ensure law enforcement has all the tools they need to keep our communities safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican gains across the Inland Empire may have boosted the 16-term incumbent. Trump visited the Coachella Valley in the closing weeks of the campaign and currently holds a narrow lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Riverside County, which President Joe Biden won by 8 percentage points in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Central Valley, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007594/democrats-are-hoping-to-flip-this-central-valley-house-seat-it-wont-be-easy\">Valadao defeated Rudy Salas\u003c/a> in a rematch from 2022 when Valadao narrowly bested the former Assemblymember. Valadao, a dairy farmer first elected to the House in 2012, appeared to expand his support from 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest returns from the 22nd District show Valadao leading Salas 53% to 47%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valadao will return to Washington as one of the two remaining House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I will continue reaching across the aisle to find solutions to increase the Valley’s water supply, make energy more affordable, ensure our law enforcement are well-funded to keep communities safe, create good-paying jobs, and improve our healthcare system,” he said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further north in the 13th District, near Merced, Rep. John Duarte leads former Assemblymember Adam Gray 51% to 49%, in another rematch from last cycle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Democrats’ biggest coup of the cycle undoubtedly came in Southern California, where \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010811/balance-of-power-democrats-are-hoping-an-aerospace-executive-can-beat-a-republican-navy-combat-pilot\">George Whitesides\u003c/a> knocked off incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Garcia on Tuesday in the 27th District, north of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garcia was first elected in 2020 in a suburban district that has trended left. Democrats were exasperated when Garcia won reelection in 2022 despite the removal of the conservative enclave of Simi Valley during the redistricting process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitesides, the former CEO of Virgin Galactic, gave more than $1 million to his campaign and ran on a moderate platform supporting tax cuts and more funding for police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the honor of a lifetime to be elected to serve our district in Congress and deliver for Santa Clarita, the Antelope Valley, and the San Fernando Valley,” Whitesides said in a statement. “In Congress, you can count on me to fight to create more good local jobs, lower everyday costs, build safe communities, protect Social Security and Medicare.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elsewhere in Southern California, incumbent Republican \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008573/asian-american-voters-are-key-in-this-orange-county-congressional-race\">Michelle Steel\u003c/a> is narrowly leading Democrat Derek Tran in the 45th District — although recently counted ballots from Orange and Los Angeles counties have significantly narrowed Steel’s advantage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another Orange County election, Democrat Dave Min defeated Republican Scott Baugh in the 47th District. The incumbent Democrat, Katie Porter, made an unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009870/dave-min-scott-baugh-vie-for-competitive-orange-county-house-seat\">leaving an open seat covering Irvine and Huntington Beach\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As the child of immigrants who survived the Korean War, I owe everything I have to this country,” Min said in a statement. “In Congress, I will carry on the fight to protect our democracy, safeguard our freedoms, and expand the economic opportunity at the heart of the American Dream.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final competitive O.C. seat, Democratic Rep. Mike Levin won reelection against Republican Matt Gunderson in the 49th District, which also covers part of San Diego County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n a Sunday evening in early October, dozens of people mingled in a backyard overlooking a canyon in the posh Turtle Rock neighborhood of Irvine for a local Democratic club fundraiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irvine is the largest city in the 47th Congressional District, one of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/10/23/nx-s1-5155122/which-party-controls-the-house-could-be-determined-by-deeply-blue-california\">House swing seats in California that could decide control of Congress in November\u003c/a>. But on this balmy evening, conversation over wine and hors d’oeuvres drifted to the topic of the district’s second-largest city, just up the 405: Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One local school board member told of a recent trip to a Huntington Beach pickleball court, where she was alarmed to find a vendor selling Make America Great Again hats. Democratic elected officials warned those gathered of the conservative policies gaining traction in Huntington Beach: flag bans, voter ID law and lawsuits over transgender identity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re lucky to live in Irvine, where we don’t have the craziness,” Dave Min, the Democrat \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009870/dave-min-scott-baugh-vie-for-competitive-orange-county-house-seat\">running for Congress in the 47th District\u003c/a>, told the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Democrats and Republicans are evenly registered in the 47th District, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008793/how-the-diploma-divide-is-shaping-a-toss-up-house-race-in-orange-county\">a stark political divide exists between its two largest cities\u003c/a>. In the 2022 election, incumbent Democrat Katie Porter carried Irvine by a margin of 63% to 37% on her way to victory over Republican Scott Baugh, a former state legislator. But in Huntington Beach, Baugh won 55% to 45%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To win the district this year, Min and Baugh will need to find a way to bridge the gap — or increase their margins in the polarized communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"2024 California Voter Guide\" link1='https://www.kqed.org/voterguide,Learn everything you need to cast an informed ballot for the 2024 general election' hero=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/80/2024/09/Aside-California-Voter-Guide-2024-General-Election-1200x1200-1.png]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irvine, like Orange County as a whole, has moved leftward since the emergence of Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s standard bearer — reflecting suburban opposition to the former president and the GOP’s rightward move on issues like abortion. Huntington Beach appears to be moving in the opposite direction: the city is a hub for conservative activism and local voters have recently backed conservative councilmembers and ballot measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This tale of two cities’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The split between the two cities could be explained by a gap in educational attainment, which Jon Gould, dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, called the most important demarcation in OC politics. Over 72% of Irvine residents hold college degrees, compared to around 44% in Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing happening here in Orange County is the real divide of left to right, Democrat to Republican, is college education versus non-college education,” said Gould, who heads the UC Irvine poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The so-called “diploma divide” has helped shift Orange County from a GOP stronghold to a political battleground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It used to be that the college-educated would typically be more Republican,” Gould added. “What we’re seeing right now in the Trump era is the college-educated are much more strongly Democratic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polling conducted by Gould shows the education trend beginning to extend across racial and ethnic groups in a county where just 37% of residents are white. A UC Irvine poll of county voters in April found support for President Joe Biden’s reelection stood at 41% with both white and non-white voters without a college degree. Meanwhile, support for Biden among white and non-white voters with a diploma stood at 55% and 54%, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing this diploma divide actually overtake, in many instances, race and ethnicity as driving behavior,” said Mike Madrid, a longtime California political consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This education gap, along with divergent trends in population growth and housing policy, has left Irvine and Huntington Beach at loggerheads: two communities embodying a larger divide in national politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why you’ve got this tale of two cities,” said Tammy Kim, an Irvine city council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>With growth, Irvine moves to the left\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Irvine’s story is one of rapid growth. A master-planned community built on the Irvine Company Ranch, the city wasn’t officially incorporated until 1971. Since 1990, the city’s population has nearly tripled as city leaders have approved ambitious developments to house new residents, including many arriving from Asia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are building the most, not in terms of just market priced homes, but we are actually the regional leader in affordable housing,” said Kim, a native of Korea who is running to be Irvine’s next mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we are growing, we’re growing to be more diverse and more progressive,” Kim added. “We have the largest Persian community anywhere in Orange County. We have the largest Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean communities here in Irvine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2024-08-16/the-nations-hottest-housing-market-irvine\">According to the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Irvine has added more residents than any other California city in the past three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those new arrivals is Ren Kondo, who moved from Austin this summer to a house just down the street from the Turtle Rock fundraiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I chose Irvine because I think Irvine is a very advanced and chill community for Asians,” said Kondo, who met the hosts of the Democratic gathering at his own housewarming party the week before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Kim, what unites Irvine’s diverse residents is their shared emphasis on education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have very highly educated people that make their way to Irvine,” she added. “They choose to have their home in Irvine, and they come here because of the education system so their children can also have access to the best education system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011656\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12011656 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students wait in line to cast their ballot at a polling station on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, on Nov. 6, 2018, in Irvine, California, on Election Day. (Robyn Beck/Getty Contributor)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Irvine is the political heart of the congressional district for Democrats. Both Porter and Min were UC Irvine professors before launching campaigns for office. And Democratic success in the area can often hinge on whether candidates are able to drive a large enough turnout among student voters on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Irvine is this hot spot of youth voters who are really, really passionate about politics,” said Khushi Patel, activism director for the Orange County Young Democrats. “A lot of the voter percentage here is Democratic, so it’s really important that we’re making sure not only that everyone is registered to vote, but they’re educated on where to vote and also how to vote and all the issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans see Huntington Beach as their counterweight to Irvine in the 47th District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to offset the votes that go against Scott Baugh in Irvine, that we make sure we win dramatically here in Huntington Beach to get him across the finish line,” said Tony Strickland, a Huntington Beach city councilmember.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A working-class beach community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Huntington Beach was Surf City, it was Oil City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A century ago, oil derricks lined the coastline and drew workers from petroleum states like Texas and Oklahoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s working-class roots are still visible, from the oil drilling platforms on the horizon to the city’s high school mascot: the Oilers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a working-class community,” Strickland said. “It’s different than any other beach community, especially here in Orange County. It’s not Newport Beach. It’s not overwhelmingly wealthy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_12009870,news_12008793\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huntington Beach was once one of the fastest-growing cities in California. In the 1960s, it expanded from 11,492 to 115,962 residents after the city annexed surrounding farmland and greenlit housing projects in seaside wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Ali arrived in town in the late ’60s. He came with “a few thousand dollars and a ‘65 Impala and a young wife,” and for years has run a beachside concession stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I moved to Huntington Beach, 95% of the population were middle-class working white people,” Ali said. “A lot of the people who came down here and bought houses in the ‘60s and the ‘70s are dying or selling their home, and [they] go somewhere else, and the kids take over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While more recent population growth has brought racial diversity to cities like Irvine, white residents still make up a majority in Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Huntington Beach’s population growth has leveled off, city leaders have vehemently resisted efforts to plan for new housing. That has resulted in a series of legal clashes with Gov. Gavin Newsom, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943154/they-asked-for-this-california-sues-huntington-beach-for-flouting-laws-meant-to-ease-housing-crisis\">who has called the city “Exhibit A” among municipalities\u003c/a> failing to address housing affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost like a small town where people know each other, they watch for each other, there’s Neighborhood Watch,” Strickland said. “And even though we have 200,000 people, it has a suburban coastal community and kind of a neighborhood feel, unlike Irvine, which is…a lot of high-rise, high-density apartment buildings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A hub for conservative activism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Decades ago, Huntington Beach developed a reputation for right-wing extremism. A 1993\u003cem> Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-25-me-16750-story.html\">headline asked whether\u003c/a> it was the “Skinhead Capital of the County” and described the city as a gathering place for groups of white supremacists. Just last month, a man accused of leading a white supremacist group in the city pled guilty to a charge of inciting a riot during a political rally in the city in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many locals point to the pandemic as an inflection point for its role as a hub for conservative activism. The Huntington Beach waterfront and pier became a gathering spot for protests against beach and business closures and curfews that often doubled as rallies in support of Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011663\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12011663 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huntington Beach, California, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. As COVID-19 cases reached record numbers in the U.S. and California, hundreds gathered at the pier and Pacific Coast Highway to protest a State-mandated curfew of 10 p.m. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As opposed to, say, Newport Beach, where the Republicans there are what we would have previously called the ‘business Republicans’ or the ‘country club Republicans,’ there is a larger percentage of the Republicans in Huntington Beach who would be the Trump true believers who want to own the libs, who want to focus on particular social issues,” Gould said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cecilia Garcia joined the protests in Huntington Beach after losing her job as a cook during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After four months of waiting for the restaurant to reopen, she gathered her savings and started something new: a Trump merchandise stand with homemade hats and T-shirts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her stand now is a fixture at local rallies and Republican meetings — where she sells shirts like “MAGA Fight Club,” “Felon and Hillbilly 2024,” and her favorite, which depicts the biblical angel Gabriel draped over Trump during this year’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My values are family, marriage between a woman and a man, having kids, no abortion,” she said. “And I believe in God, so [Trump] represents everything that I believe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spirit of MAGA activism has infused the Huntington Beach city council. In 2022, conservatives won a majority on the local board and made headlines for laws \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/health/covid-mandate-ban\">banning local vaccine and mask requirements\u003c/a> — and more recently a \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/huntington-beach-sues-the-state-over-parental-notification-ban\">“notification” ordinance requiring city staff to alert parents\u003c/a> about a child’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Competing for the 47th District\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many local Democrats believe the rightward swing in Huntington Beach is more fleeting than the consolidation of liberal strength in Irvine. They point to the close divide on the Huntington Beach city council (split four to three in favor of conservatives) and the Republican turnout edge in the 2022 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Strickland is confident the council majority has the backing of Surf City residents. After all, when proposals to restrict flags such as the Pride flag from city buildings and enact a local requirement for voter ID were put before voters in March, they both were approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people said we were out of step with our city, we put it to the vote,” Strickland said. “And overwhelmingly, the flag ordinance passed, I believe, by 14%. And even after all the money and everything was spent on the other side, voter ID passed by, I think, a healthy 7%.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Madrid predicts the diploma divide between communities like Irvine and Huntington Beach will continue to push cultural issues to the forefront of political campaigns, intensifying fights over changing gender and identity norms that “Democrats, in large part because of a function of the college education, are more comfortable with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024 and beyond, Madrid said he is watching to see if these education dividing lines begin to chip away at the longstanding ethnic, partisan loyalties that have defined politics in the county.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This becomes the existential battle that you’re seeing in the 47th District or Orange County more broadly,” Madrid said. “And the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irvine, like Orange County as a whole, has moved leftward since the emergence of Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s standard bearer — reflecting suburban opposition to the former president and the GOP’s rightward move on issues like abortion. Huntington Beach appears to be moving in the opposite direction: the city is a hub for conservative activism and local voters have recently backed conservative councilmembers and ballot measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘This tale of two cities’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The split between the two cities could be explained by a gap in educational attainment, which Jon Gould, dean of the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine, called the most important demarcation in OC politics. Over 72% of Irvine residents hold college degrees, compared to around 44% in Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing happening here in Orange County is the real divide of left to right, Democrat to Republican, is college education versus non-college education,” said Gould, who heads the UC Irvine poll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The so-called “diploma divide” has helped shift Orange County from a GOP stronghold to a political battleground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It used to be that the college-educated would typically be more Republican,” Gould added. “What we’re seeing right now in the Trump era is the college-educated are much more strongly Democratic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polling conducted by Gould shows the education trend beginning to extend across racial and ethnic groups in a county where just 37% of residents are white. A UC Irvine poll of county voters in April found support for President Joe Biden’s reelection stood at 41% with both white and non-white voters without a college degree. Meanwhile, support for Biden among white and non-white voters with a diploma stood at 55% and 54%, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing this diploma divide actually overtake, in many instances, race and ethnicity as driving behavior,” said Mike Madrid, a longtime California political consultant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This education gap, along with divergent trends in population growth and housing policy, has left Irvine and Huntington Beach at loggerheads: two communities embodying a larger divide in national politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why you’ve got this tale of two cities,” said Tammy Kim, an Irvine city council member.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>With growth, Irvine moves to the left\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Irvine’s story is one of rapid growth. A master-planned community built on the Irvine Company Ranch, the city wasn’t officially incorporated until 1971. Since 1990, the city’s population has nearly tripled as city leaders have approved ambitious developments to house new residents, including many arriving from Asia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are building the most, not in terms of just market priced homes, but we are actually the regional leader in affordable housing,” said Kim, a native of Korea who is running to be Irvine’s next mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we are growing, we’re growing to be more diverse and more progressive,” Kim added. “We have the largest Persian community anywhere in Orange County. We have the largest Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean communities here in Irvine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2024-08-16/the-nations-hottest-housing-market-irvine\">According to the \u003cem>Los Angeles Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Irvine has added more residents than any other California city in the past three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those new arrivals is Ren Kondo, who moved from Austin this summer to a house just down the street from the Turtle Rock fundraiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I chose Irvine because I think Irvine is a very advanced and chill community for Asians,” said Kondo, who met the hosts of the Democratic gathering at his own housewarming party the week before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Kim, what unites Irvine’s diverse residents is their shared emphasis on education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have very highly educated people that make their way to Irvine,” she added. “They choose to have their home in Irvine, and they come here because of the education system so their children can also have access to the best education system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011656\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12011656 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852-1920x1278.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1058414852.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students wait in line to cast their ballot at a polling station on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, on Nov. 6, 2018, in Irvine, California, on Election Day. (Robyn Beck/Getty Contributor)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UC Irvine is the political heart of the congressional district for Democrats. Both Porter and Min were UC Irvine professors before launching campaigns for office. And Democratic success in the area can often hinge on whether candidates are able to drive a large enough turnout among student voters on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Irvine is this hot spot of youth voters who are really, really passionate about politics,” said Khushi Patel, activism director for the Orange County Young Democrats. “A lot of the voter percentage here is Democratic, so it’s really important that we’re making sure not only that everyone is registered to vote, but they’re educated on where to vote and also how to vote and all the issues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans see Huntington Beach as their counterweight to Irvine in the 47th District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to offset the votes that go against Scott Baugh in Irvine, that we make sure we win dramatically here in Huntington Beach to get him across the finish line,” said Tony Strickland, a Huntington Beach city councilmember.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A working-class beach community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Before Huntington Beach was Surf City, it was Oil City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A century ago, oil derricks lined the coastline and drew workers from petroleum states like Texas and Oklahoma.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s working-class roots are still visible, from the oil drilling platforms on the horizon to the city’s high school mascot: the Oilers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely a working-class community,” Strickland said. “It’s different than any other beach community, especially here in Orange County. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huntington Beach was once one of the fastest-growing cities in California. In the 1960s, it expanded from 11,492 to 115,962 residents after the city annexed surrounding farmland and greenlit housing projects in seaside wetlands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Ali arrived in town in the late ’60s. He came with “a few thousand dollars and a ‘65 Impala and a young wife,” and for years has run a beachside concession stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I moved to Huntington Beach, 95% of the population were middle-class working white people,” Ali said. “A lot of the people who came down here and bought houses in the ‘60s and the ‘70s are dying or selling their home, and [they] go somewhere else, and the kids take over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While more recent population growth has brought racial diversity to cities like Irvine, white residents still make up a majority in Huntington Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Huntington Beach’s population growth has leveled off, city leaders have vehemently resisted efforts to plan for new housing. That has resulted in a series of legal clashes with Gov. Gavin Newsom, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943154/they-asked-for-this-california-sues-huntington-beach-for-flouting-laws-meant-to-ease-housing-crisis\">who has called the city “Exhibit A” among municipalities\u003c/a> failing to address housing affordability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s almost like a small town where people know each other, they watch for each other, there’s Neighborhood Watch,” Strickland said. “And even though we have 200,000 people, it has a suburban coastal community and kind of a neighborhood feel, unlike Irvine, which is…a lot of high-rise, high-density apartment buildings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A hub for conservative activism\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Decades ago, Huntington Beach developed a reputation for right-wing extremism. A 1993\u003cem> Los Angeles Times\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-25-me-16750-story.html\">headline asked whether\u003c/a> it was the “Skinhead Capital of the County” and described the city as a gathering place for groups of white supremacists. Just last month, a man accused of leading a white supremacist group in the city pled guilty to a charge of inciting a riot during a political rally in the city in 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many locals point to the pandemic as an inflection point for its role as a hub for conservative activism. The Huntington Beach waterfront and pier became a gathering spot for protests against beach and business closures and curfews that often doubled as rallies in support of Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12011663\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12011663 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1229732397.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huntington Beach, California, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. As COVID-19 cases reached record numbers in the U.S. and California, hundreds gathered at the pier and Pacific Coast Highway to protest a State-mandated curfew of 10 p.m. (Robert Gauthier/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As opposed to, say, Newport Beach, where the Republicans there are what we would have previously called the ‘business Republicans’ or the ‘country club Republicans,’ there is a larger percentage of the Republicans in Huntington Beach who would be the Trump true believers who want to own the libs, who want to focus on particular social issues,” Gould said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cecilia Garcia joined the protests in Huntington Beach after losing her job as a cook during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After four months of waiting for the restaurant to reopen, she gathered her savings and started something new: a Trump merchandise stand with homemade hats and T-shirts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her stand now is a fixture at local rallies and Republican meetings — where she sells shirts like “MAGA Fight Club,” “Felon and Hillbilly 2024,” and her favorite, which depicts the biblical angel Gabriel draped over Trump during this year’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My values are family, marriage between a woman and a man, having kids, no abortion,” she said. “And I believe in God, so [Trump] represents everything that I believe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That spirit of MAGA activism has infused the Huntington Beach city council. In 2022, conservatives won a majority on the local board and made headlines for laws \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/health/covid-mandate-ban\">banning local vaccine and mask requirements\u003c/a> — and more recently a \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/education/huntington-beach-sues-the-state-over-parental-notification-ban\">“notification” ordinance requiring city staff to alert parents\u003c/a> about a child’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Competing for the 47th District\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many local Democrats believe the rightward swing in Huntington Beach is more fleeting than the consolidation of liberal strength in Irvine. They point to the close divide on the Huntington Beach city council (split four to three in favor of conservatives) and the Republican turnout edge in the 2022 midterms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Strickland is confident the council majority has the backing of Surf City residents. After all, when proposals to restrict flags such as the Pride flag from city buildings and enact a local requirement for voter ID were put before voters in March, they both were approved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When people said we were out of step with our city, we put it to the vote,” Strickland said. “And overwhelmingly, the flag ordinance passed, I believe, by 14%. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Editor’s note:\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003cem> This story is part of an occasional series examining the rollout of CARE Courts across the state. \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952228/san-francisco-to-implement-newsoms-care-court-plan-to-treat-severe-mental-illness\">\u003cem>Read or listen to KQED’s reporting on San Francisco County here.\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Heidi Sweeney first began hallucinating, the voices in her head told her Orange County’s Huntington Beach was where she would be safe. There, behind the bikini-clad crowds playing volleyball and riding beach cruisers, she slept in homeless encampments, then beside a bush outside a liquor store, drinking vodka to drown out the din only she could hear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, she refused help, insisting to all who offered, “I’m not sick,” until police arrested her for petty theft and public drunkenness. A judge gave her an ultimatum: jail, or treatment. She chose treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so thankful that they did that,” said Sweeney, now 52. “I needed that. I think there’s others out there that need it, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she hadn’t been compelled to get care, Sweeney said she wouldn’t be alive today, back at work and reunited with her husband. It’s why she supports California’s new civil CARE Courts, which will launch this fall in eight counties, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952228/san-francisco-to-implement-newsoms-care-court-plan-to-treat-severe-mental-illness\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/psych-treatment/care-court\">Los Angeles\u003c/a> and Orange, followed by the rest of the state in 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the new system, family members and first responders can ask county judges to order people with psychotic illness into treatment, even if they are not unhoused or haven’t committed a crime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill creating the program sailed through the state Legislature with near unanimous support last year amid growing frustration from voters over the state’s increasing population of unhoused residents, even as it drew vehement opposition from disability rights groups, who argued CARE Courts’ hallmark — compelling people who have done nothing wrong into mental health care — is a violation of civil rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Maria Hernandez, presiding judge, Orange County Superior Court\"]‘We don’t want to punish people. We want them to maintain their dignity.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Orange County, that tension — between those who advocate for voluntary treatment and those who say the status quo allows people to die in the streets “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11944448/a-war-of-compassion-debate-over-forced-treatment-of-mental-illness-splits-california-liberals\">with their rights on\u003c/a>” — is playing out in the implementation of the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its officials are threading a delicate needle: particularly, how to convince people to accept care without coercion, when their illness causes them to believe they are not ill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to punish people,” said Maria Hernandez, the presiding judge for Orange County Superior Court. “We want them to maintain their dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955163\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11955163 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A light-skinned middle-aged woman with long brown hair and wearing black judge's robes smiles at the camera from behind a desk.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Maria Hernandez says CARE Court will resemble the county’s other collaborative courts, like her young adult diversion court, where compassion and science drive her decisions. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Orange County is expecting that between 900 and 1,500 residents will be eligible for CARE Court in any given year, according to the county public defender’s office. Local lawyers, judges and health officials all have aligned in designing their program with a distinct patient focus, endeavoring to make the process as benign and nonthreatening as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Stories on CARE Court' tag='care-court']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez said that means modeling the new civil court after the county’s other collaborative courts, where judges often lose the black robe and come down off the bench to work \u003cem>with \u003c/em>people, eye to eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One prototype, she said, is her \u003ca href=\"https://www.occourts.org/directory/collaborative-courts/YAC_Pamphlet.pdf\">Young Adult Court (PDF)\u003c/a>, where, on a day in June, the mood was downright jovial. Defendants and their family members were chatting and laughing, munching on snacks laid out on a table in the back as three young men “graduated” from the diversion program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Judge Hernandez is so awesome,” said Abraham, 25, a former graduate, who asked to be identified only by his first name because he was charged with a felony that has since been expunged from his record. “I don’t even look at her as the judge. She’s just like a mom figure. She’s only trying to push you to be the better you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A minute later, Hernandez walked through the aisle of the courtroom and gave Abraham a hug.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Disaster preparedness’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Even if CARE Court is ruled by the likes of Mary Poppins, Orlando Vera, who lives with bipolar disorder, said helping a vulnerable person heal from mental illness shouldn’t involve dragging them into a courtroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955161\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11955161 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A very fair-skinned bald man wearing glasses sits in an office setting, smiling and wearing a short-sleeved blue collared polo shirt.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orlando Vera, co-founder of Peer Voices of Orange County, says he and other people with lived experience of mental illness will attend CARE Court proceedings on behalf of patients. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a place [where] you resolve your emotions. It is a very business-oriented environment. So I do feel that this is not the place for it,” Vera said, adding, “Can we stop it? I would say we can’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Orlando Vera, founder, Peer Voices of Orange County\"]‘Our focus is how do we support those that are going through the system. We need to be their voice.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After advocates \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article274547296.html\">failed to convince the state Supreme Court\u003c/a> to block the program on constitutional grounds, some started referring to the rollout of CARE Court as “disaster preparedness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://peervoices.org/\">Peer Voices of Orange County\u003c/a>, a group Vera co-founded and runs, plans to install patient advocates at the courthouse to attend any and all CARE Court hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is how do we support those that are going through the system,” he said. “We need to be their voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘CARE’ without coercion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Orange County behavioral health director Veronica Kelley is sympathetic to advocates’ concerns. She said CARE Court is not the program she would have created to improve the state’s mental health system. But she serves at the will of the governor and other elected officials who control her budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we end up building the Winchester Mystery House,” she said. “It is a structure that was OK, but then it just started adding hallways to nowhere and basements that are on top of the building. That’s what our system looks like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11955162 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman with long blond hair and long earrings sits in front of a bookshelf filled with books. She is unsmiling.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veronica Kelley, behavioral health director for Orange County, will oversee mental health outreach and care provided through the local CARE Court, launching Oct. 1. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Kelley is committed to making sure CARE Court is not a hallway to nowhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a hallway that I’m going to, at the end, construct a door that opens out to a bunch of different options,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley is shaping the new court process into something its critics can accept. This is why she wanted Orange County to go first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we can help craft it into something that’s not another colossal waste of time and funds, and that we don’t destroy the people we’re trying to serve at the same time,” she told a roomful of patient advocates during a meeting of the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/MH/Pages/PatientsRights.aspx#:~:text=California%20Office%20of%20Patients'%20Rights,training%20and%20technical%20assistance%20to\">Patient Rights’ Committee\u003c/a>, held in Santa Ana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means social workers from her \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochealthinfo.com/services-programs/mental-health-crisis-recovery/mental-health\">behavioral health department\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/\">public defender’s office\u003c/a> might visit people 20, 30 or 40 times to build trust, listen and set goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Veronica Kelley, behavioral health director, Orange County\"]‘If someone agrees to do something of their own accord, it is far more probable that there will be long-term success and long-term commitment to the services being provided.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If they can’t be convinced, CARE Court isn’t for them. But we’re not going to give up on folks because they say no the first time,” said Martin Schwarz, Orange County’s public defender, who plans to devote eight full-time staff to represent the interests of patients referred into the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the CARE legislation, the court is allowed to fine behavioral health agencies $1,000 per day if they can’t find a patient and enroll them in treatment by certain deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley said her county’s judges have agreed to give her staff the time and extensions they need to do their jobs right. She also vowed that no one who declines services in her county would be institutionalized, as the legislation allows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If someone agrees to do something of their own accord, it is far more probable that there will be long-term success and long-term commitment to the services being provided,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley and Schwarz pointed to their success with another civil court process established by Laura’s Law in 2002, where for each individual involved in court-ordered outpatient care, there were another 20 who accepted treatment willingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They say they have the same goal for CARE Court, where the focus will be on finding a treatment plan people accept voluntarily — before a judge has to order it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Success is measured by who we keep out of the court system,” Schwarz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After advocates \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article274547296.html\">failed to convince the state Supreme Court\u003c/a> to block the program on constitutional grounds, some started referring to the rollout of CARE Court as “disaster preparedness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://peervoices.org/\">Peer Voices of Orange County\u003c/a>, a group Vera co-founded and runs, plans to install patient advocates at the courthouse to attend any and all CARE Court hearings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is how do we support those that are going through the system,” he said. “We need to be their voice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘CARE’ without coercion\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Orange County behavioral health director Veronica Kelley is sympathetic to advocates’ concerns. She said CARE Court is not the program she would have created to improve the state’s mental health system. But she serves at the will of the governor and other elected officials who control her budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we end up building the Winchester Mystery House,” she said. “It is a structure that was OK, but then it just started adding hallways to nowhere and basements that are on top of the building. That’s what our system looks like.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11955162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11955162 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A white woman with long blond hair and long earrings sits in front of a bookshelf filled with books. She is unsmiling.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/230707-ORANGE-COUNTY-CARE-COURT-AD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veronica Kelley, behavioral health director for Orange County, will oversee mental health outreach and care provided through the local CARE Court, launching Oct. 1. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But Kelley is committed to making sure CARE Court is not a hallway to nowhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a hallway that I’m going to, at the end, construct a door that opens out to a bunch of different options,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelley is shaping the new court process into something its critics can accept. This is why she wanted Orange County to go first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So we can help craft it into something that’s not another colossal waste of time and funds, and that we don’t destroy the people we’re trying to serve at the same time,” she told a roomful of patient advocates during a meeting of the state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/services/MH/Pages/PatientsRights.aspx#:~:text=California%20Office%20of%20Patients'%20Rights,training%20and%20technical%20assistance%20to\">Patient Rights’ Committee\u003c/a>, held in Santa Ana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This means social workers from her \u003ca href=\"https://www.ochealthinfo.com/services-programs/mental-health-crisis-recovery/mental-health\">behavioral health department\u003c/a> or the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pubdef.ocgov.com/\">public defender’s office\u003c/a> might visit people 20, 30 or 40 times to build trust, listen and set goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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