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We have no idea what’s going to happen with the federal government at this point, which makes it all the more important to have local communities step up,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brodkin led a 1991 ballot initiative in San Francisco that made it the first city in the nation to dedicate a portion of its annual budget to children. Voters reauthorized the Children and Youth Fund twice and passed a measure in 2004 to expand access to preschool for 4-year-olds and in 2018 to impose a commercial rent tax to fund \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11948690/business-tax-provides-crucial-funding-for-early-childhood-education-and-care-in-san-francisco\">early care and education\u003c/a> for infants and toddlers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those successful campaigns became models for pro-kid ballot measures in other cities and counties. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anti-tax groups sued to block the San Francisco and Alameda County tax measures, arguing they needed a two-thirds supermajority vote to pass, but state courts ruled initiatives placed on the ballot by private citizens only need a simple majority to win.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rulings bolstered children’s advocates in Sonoma County, who spent a decade gathering enough support to establish a local funding stream for children’s services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We polled many, many times over the years and just could not be confident that we could get two-thirds,” said Angie Dillon-Shore, executive director of First Five Sonoma County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A simple majority requirement made getting the sales tax measure on this November’s ballot more feasible, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The measure earned support from a broad coalition of local elected officials, business and community organizations, while it had no formal opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results show voters were frustrated with the shortage of child care in Sonoma County, Dillon-Shore said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xAETmxI5XcsYTYHegEi0TwfFAkix-2zw/view\">A study found \u003c/a>the county lost 450 licensed child care slots after the destructive North Bay wildfires in 2017. After the COVID-19 pandemic, so many child care workers left their jobs that the county was only left with 52% of the slots it once had. That made it hard for parents, especially mothers, to return to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s quite clear now that the public knows that child care providers are some of the lowest-paid folks in our economic engine and yet they do some of the most important work,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brodkin said getting these measures on a ballot can be a hard sell to voters who aren’t used to voting for children’s services. In 2016, efforts to raise a local tax for that purpose failed in Napa, Marin and Solano counties. In 2022, parcel tax measures to fund child care failed in South San Francisco and Monterey County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, she said the strategy works best at the local level when people who are feeling the impact of the problem get organized to campaign for change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a wonderful thing for a community to work on because it’s your neighbors, it’s your kids, it’s the childcare center down the street or the family day care home your kids have gone to,” she said. “The results [of new funding] are very palpable for people, and they can immediately appreciate it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Pomona, community advocates spent years pushing for a greater city investment in young people before gathering enough signatures to put a measure on the November ballot, seeking a permanent funding stream for youth services and programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure, called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.pomonakidsfirst.com/\">Pomona Kids First Initiative\u003c/a>, would require the city to spend at least 10% of its budget on kids and create a city Department of Youth & Children to administer the funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An opposition campaign, dubbed “Save Our Pomona Public Library,” countered that the measure would lead the city to reduce library hours, police, fire and other essential city services. On its website, it characterized the Heising-Simons Action Fund, a Los Altos-based social welfare organization that donated $160,000 to support the measure, as “Bay Area billionaires who know nothing about Pomona and care even less about the impact of this measure on our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pomona mayor Tim Sandoval, several city council members and the region’s largest newspaper — the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin — endorsed a no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters credit young people and families for building strong public support for the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Looking at what’s happening at the state and national level, I think the lesson here is that we need to create more opportunities to empower voters locally,” said Jesus Sanchez, co-founder of the nonprofit Gente Organizada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We gave our community a vote in investing in themselves and their kids and their families, and they overwhelmingly decided, yes, that’s the right thing to do,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015513/indocumentados-que-hay-que-saber-antes-segundo-mandato-trump\">\u003ci>Leer en español\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 20, 2025, Donald Trump will once again \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/president\">step into the White House as President of the United States\u003c/a> — and is expected to bring with him sweeping changes in the country’s immigration system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has already named two individuals who will have key positions in his new administration: Stephen Miller \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/g-s1-33741/trump-stephen-miller-deputy-chief-of-staff-immigration-policy-deportations\">as his deputy chief of staff\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12014017/what-to-know-about-tom-homan-the-former-ice-head-returning-as-trumps-border-czar\">Thomas Homan as his “border czar.”\u003c/a> Both helped form immigration policies during Trump’s first term, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/president-biden-takes-office/2021/01/21/959074750/biden-suspends-deportations-stops-remain-in-mexico-policy\">the “Remain in Mexico” program\u003c/a>, which forced migrants seeking asylum to wait for their court dates in Mexican — rather than American — territory, and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741769333/u-s-sets-new-asylum-rule-telling-potential-refugees-to-apply-elsewhere\">the “safe third country” agreements\u003c/a> requiring migrant seekers to first request asylum in countries like El Salvador or Guatemala.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As they return to the White House, both Miller and Homan \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html\">want to fulfill many of Trump’s 2024 campaign promises\u003c/a>. These include ending the \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/DACA\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program\u003c/a> or DACA; \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/us/politics/harris-trump-asylum-immigration.html\">strictly limiting the asylum process\u003c/a>; expanding migrant detention centers; and enforcing what the president-elect \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/03/trump-mass-deportations-detention-camps-military-migrants\">has called “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.”\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/22/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/\">California has 1.8 million residents who l\u003c/a>ack permanent legal status, according to the latest available research — roughly 5% of people in the state. Eight percent of California households include a family member without a permanent legal status. Many are now feeling anxiety, confusion and fear as Trump continues to threaten deportation for people lacking permanent legal status — something that could separate thousands of families.[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At this point, we have nine weeks to get ready for what I would say is going to be a much worse version of what we’ve seen before,” said Huy Tran, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/\">Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)\u003c/a>, an organization with offices in San José and Fresno that offers legal aid, trainings and leadership development to immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To better understand what lies ahead and what undocumented and “mixed-status” families can do right now, we spoke to immigration attorneys working with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">legal aid groups\u003c/a> throughout the state. Keep reading to hear from experts, keeping in mind that each immigration situation is unique — and that for specific recommendations, it is best to talk to a licensed attorney about your individual case.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who would first be impacted by Trump’s immigration policies?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Trump may make a lot of promises on the campaign trail, but it’s important to question what he actually can do as president, said Lourdes Martínez, co-directing attorney of the immigrants’ rights practice at \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>, a legal services nonprofit in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The truth is,” Martínez said, “big changes to the law move very slowly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something she reminds her clients is that Joe Biden is still the president until Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Until then, Trump can’t make any changes to immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And once Trump is in office, she added, he will most likely focus on things he can change quickly without needing to go through Congress. Martínez said these would include security along the U.S.-Mexico border or the way that the federal government handles \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/immigration-benefits-in-eoir-removal-proceedings\">active removal proceedings\u003c/a> (when a judge decides if an immigrant who lacks permanent legal status should be deported from the country.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where lawyers are going to focus,” she said. “People who already have a case in court, especially those who are in removal proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s you, Martínez said — or a loved one — “I think it would be wise” to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">check in with a lawyer as soon as possible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do you know if you are in a removal proceeding?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice manages immigration courts, and if you’re in an active removal proceeding, they should have sent you a letter in the mail with the details of your next hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you \u003cem>haven’t\u003c/em> received a letter from EOIR, you can call the immigration court managing your case and have \u003ca href=\"https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/\">your Alien Registration Number\u003c/a> (A-Number) ready — it’s a number that you can find on documents you have received from U.S. immigration officials. You can find the contact information of the court managing your case \u003ca href=\"https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/\">by entering your A-Number on EOIR’s website\u003c/a>.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=news_12013409,news_12013960,news_12014017]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have never come in touch with immigration law enforcement, like Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you are likely not in the system,” Martínez said. “Most of our clients here in the Bay Area with new hearings are most likely people that were detained at the border and they’ve made their way here. They have a history of detention. They know they were detained. And they’ll have some paperwork.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In active removal proceedings, a Trump White House could exert influence upon which cases are given priority. According to the National Immigration Law Center, this is called “prosecutorial discretion”: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/president-legal-authority-2014-08-20.pdf\">the power to decide whom to investigate, arrest, detain, charge and prosecute\u003c/a>. According to \u003ca href=\"https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/24-01143-ICEs-Signed-Response-to-Representative-Tony-Gonzales.pdf\">data from Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u003c/a>, there are over 662,500 noncitizens with criminal histories on this agency’s list of pending or ongoing cases, and that includes both detained and non-detained immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if the Trump administration changes which cases are prioritized, that only affects people who are \u003cem>already\u003c/em> going to court for an active removal proceeding. But Martínez said that the huge media attention Trump gets from his threats against immigrants without permanent legal status ends up creating a perception of fear — and that’s by design, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The federal government is more likely going to do the things that can get the Trump administration visibility, so he can show off to his supporters that he’s doing what he said he would do,” she said. “Most likely what we might face is instead a culture of terror against the immigrant community … they only have to detain a few people for the fear to really reverberate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re not in an active removal proceeding, experts still recommend checking in with an immigration attorney on what your best options are, depending on your specific situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If you’re on DACA, what can you do?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you are currently one of the more than 800,000 people nationally on DACA and \u003ca href=\"https://unitedwedream.org/resources/daca-renewal-all-the-information-you-need-to-know-if-you-are-looking-to-renew/\">are eligible to renew this protection\u003c/a>, advocates recommend you talk to your attorney as soon as you can about a DACA renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because it’s not just the incoming Trump administration that is looking to change — or eliminate — the program; a federal court that has gained a reputation for hardline immigration decisions\u003ca href=\"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/daca-undocumented-youth-deportation-trump-harris-2024-fifth-circuit/\"> is currently reviewing the legality of DACA\u003c/a>. With this in mind, you may want to talk with a lawyer about if there’s anything else related to your situation that could be turned into a lawful status, Martínez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: According to the federal government, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-of-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca/frequently-asked-questions\">anyone who has DACA entered the country unlawfully\u003c/a>. Having an “unlawful entry” on your record makes it very difficult for DACA recipients to then gain permanent status through marriage or employee sponsorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “DACA does have provisions that allow people to get \u003ca href=\"https://unitedwedream.org/resources/daca-prep-session-4-daca-renewals-and-applying-for-advance-parole/\">advance parole\u003c/a>: when [recipients] are able to travel outside the country for very special reasons, such as educational purposes, medical emergencies or going to visit a family member who is about to pass away,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can obtain advance parole, Martínez said, that could \u003cem>potentially\u003c/em> improve your chances of improving your situation. If you leave the country, fulfill the purpose of that travel and then reenter on your advance parole, “you are no longer without lawful entry,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having a lawful entry on your record may help when applying for a lawful status, she said. “If there are DACAmented people out there who could be eligible for this advance parole,” Martínez said, “this would be the time to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1170\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-800x488.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-1020x622.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-1536x936.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young immigrants and supporters walk holding signs during a rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How to prepare for Jan. 20 if your family is mixed-status\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A very common situation immigration attorneys see is mixed-status families — when either a parent or spouse lacks permanent legal status while others in the family are citizens or permanent residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, family members with legal status can petition for direct relatives without permanent legal status, said Gilberto Nicolás González, immigration staff attorney at \u003ca href=\"https://www.larazacrc.org/\">La Raza Community Resource Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco. “If you know anybody who’s in your direct family who has any sort of legal status and you don’t, then please talk to them to see if they would be willing to petition for you,” he recommended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something important to keep in mind: in June, \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/biden-parole-place-announcement-helping-mixed-status-families-stay-together\">the Biden administration announced “Parole in Place,”\u003c/a> a program that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33370/judge-biden-program-immigrant-spouses-deportation\">would have allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of American citizens to apply for a green card\u003c/a> without first having to leave the U.S. However, after only a week of accepting applications, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33370/judge-biden-program-immigrant-spouses-deportation\">a federal judge in Texas struck down Parole in Place.\u003c/a> This means that in many situations, spouses without permanent legal status still have to temporarily leave the country if they want to apply for legal status despite already being married to a U.S. citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González adds that there are some small things that families can do to help stay together if a relative is at risk of being deported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important for people to know that they should not publish their locations online,” he said, adding that immigration officials can work with local law enforcement to use information available on social media to track down immigrants who have a deportation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014534\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-1536x1023.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families attend a workshop for immigrants without permanent legal status in Coachella, California, during the first Trump term on Feb. 24, 2017. \u003ccite>(David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most cities in the Bay Area and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/05/555920658/california-governor-signs-sanctuary-state-bill\">the whole state of California\u003c/a> have adopted what is referred to as “sanctuary” laws when local and state officials do not cooperate with federal immigration law enforcement. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">However, advocates stress that these policies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2018/05/rebelling-against-californias-sanctuary-law-from-inside-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are not perfect shields\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> That’s why they remind folks to avoid situations where they could end up arrested or questioned by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families should also prepare for the worst, said Cathy Sakimura, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/how-we-can-help/\">Legal Services for Children\u003c/a>, a San Francisco-based legal aid organization that primarily serves minors who entered the country without their parents. One difficult question adults with children who are U.S. citizens should consider when making an emergency plan is, she said, “Who should care for children if parents are deported?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents may be able to fill out a standby guardianship, for example, or some other kind of estate planning documents around nominating who they would want to take care of their child if something were to happen to them,” Sakimura said. She said that it’s best to talk to a lawyer now about preparing legal and financial documents and how to address specific needs children may have if parents are suddenly placed in the custody of immigration officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Remember, the Constitution still protects you…\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2019, during the last Trump presidency, ICE announced that it would carry out \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/noticias/inmigracion/comienza-el-operativo-de-ice-para-arrestar-a-indocumentados-con-orden-de-deportacion-final\">large-scale raids to detain immigrants who lack permanent legal status across the country\u003c/a>. In most states, ICE detained a few dozen individuals at a time, but in Mississippi, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749243985/mississippi-immigration-raids-net-hundreds-of-workers\">officials arrested hundreds of immigrants working at food processing plants\u003c/a>. At this time, immigrant advocates were on high alert, tracking ICE’s movements around the clock to get information and legal aid to vulnerable individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the organizations that led this effort in California was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/\">SIREN\u003c/a>, which has consistently held workshops in schools, churches and community centers, letting people know what to do if an ICE agent knocked on their door. Folks who attended these training sessions also received \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/documents/red_card-self_srv-english.pdf\">small red cards in multiple languages that listed their rights during an encounter with ICE\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 735px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014479\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/4327a8_dd2af11554ad4f0b9ded4173d95eb379mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/4327a8_dd2af11554ad4f0b9ded4173d95eb379mv2.jpg 735w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/4327a8_dd2af11554ad4f0b9ded4173d95eb379mv2-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At training sessions, SIREN hands out small red cards that explain an individual’s rights during an encounter with ICE.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even when you are face-to-face with an immigration official, said Tran from SIREN, “the Constitution still applies — and that’s what the red cards are based on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the rights that every person within the United States can utilize because these are rules and expectations that are placed on law enforcement,” he explained, adding that the protections in the Constitution apply regardless of your immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>… and by your community\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are many lessons from the first Trump administration that immigrants lacking permanent legal status — along with their families and advocates — can apply now, Martínez said. “One lesson learned is the importance of community action at the local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living in terror is very detrimental to our mental and emotional health,” she said. “We really cannot discount the importance of being in community, to build support systems that are pragmatically really effective, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your-rights/california-values-act-sb-54#:~:text=The%20California%20Values%20Act%20(SB,into%20effect%20January%201%2C%202018.\">like sanctuary policies\u003c/a> — but also the unseen part of life, the emotional and psychological impact of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that we are bracing for changes that will not be easy to deal with,” Martínez said. “Ultimately, the real power is with the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that it’s really hard to believe that when you’re an undocumented person, but the real power is really your internal resources to withstand these attacks of fear and not let yourself be in a state of terror.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This guide includes reporting from KQED’s Dana Cronin and the Associated Press.\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>“At this point, we have nine weeks to get ready for what I would say is going to be a much worse version of what we’ve seen before,” said Huy Tran, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/\">Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN)\u003c/a>, an organization with offices in San José and Fresno that offers legal aid, trainings and leadership development to immigrant communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To better understand what lies ahead and what undocumented and “mixed-status” families can do right now, we spoke to immigration attorneys working with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">legal aid groups\u003c/a> throughout the state. Keep reading to hear from experts, keeping in mind that each immigration situation is unique — and that for specific recommendations, it is best to talk to a licensed attorney about your individual case.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who would first be impacted by Trump’s immigration policies?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Trump may make a lot of promises on the campaign trail, but it’s important to question what he actually can do as president, said Lourdes Martínez, co-directing attorney of the immigrants’ rights practice at \u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a>, a legal services nonprofit in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The truth is,” Martínez said, “big changes to the law move very slowly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something she reminds her clients is that Joe Biden is still the president until Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Until then, Trump can’t make any changes to immigration policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And once Trump is in office, she added, he will most likely focus on things he can change quickly without needing to go through Congress. Martínez said these would include security along the U.S.-Mexico border or the way that the federal government handles \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/immigration-benefits-in-eoir-removal-proceedings\">active removal proceedings\u003c/a> (when a judge decides if an immigrant who lacks permanent legal status should be deported from the country.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s where lawyers are going to focus,” she said. “People who already have a case in court, especially those who are in removal proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that’s you, Martínez said — or a loved one — “I think it would be wise” to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">check in with a lawyer as soon as possible\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How do you know if you are in a removal proceeding?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) at the Department of Justice manages immigration courts, and if you’re in an active removal proceeding, they should have sent you a letter in the mail with the details of your next hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you \u003cem>haven’t\u003c/em> received a letter from EOIR, you can call the immigration court managing your case and have \u003ca href=\"https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/\">your Alien Registration Number\u003c/a> (A-Number) ready — it’s a number that you can find on documents you have received from U.S. immigration officials. You can find the contact information of the court managing your case \u003ca href=\"https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/\">by entering your A-Number on EOIR’s website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have never come in touch with immigration law enforcement, like Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you are likely not in the system,” Martínez said. “Most of our clients here in the Bay Area with new hearings are most likely people that were detained at the border and they’ve made their way here. They have a history of detention. They know they were detained. And they’ll have some paperwork.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In active removal proceedings, a Trump White House could exert influence upon which cases are given priority. According to the National Immigration Law Center, this is called “prosecutorial discretion”: \u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/president-legal-authority-2014-08-20.pdf\">the power to decide whom to investigate, arrest, detain, charge and prosecute\u003c/a>. According to \u003ca href=\"https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/24-01143-ICEs-Signed-Response-to-Representative-Tony-Gonzales.pdf\">data from Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u003c/a>, there are over 662,500 noncitizens with criminal histories on this agency’s list of pending or ongoing cases, and that includes both detained and non-detained immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if the Trump administration changes which cases are prioritized, that only affects people who are \u003cem>already\u003c/em> going to court for an active removal proceeding. But Martínez said that the huge media attention Trump gets from his threats against immigrants without permanent legal status ends up creating a perception of fear — and that’s by design, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The federal government is more likely going to do the things that can get the Trump administration visibility, so he can show off to his supporters that he’s doing what he said he would do,” she said. “Most likely what we might face is instead a culture of terror against the immigrant community … they only have to detain a few people for the fear to really reverberate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even if you’re not in an active removal proceeding, experts still recommend checking in with an immigration attorney on what your best options are, depending on your specific situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>If you’re on DACA, what can you do?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you are currently one of the more than 800,000 people nationally on DACA and \u003ca href=\"https://unitedwedream.org/resources/daca-renewal-all-the-information-you-need-to-know-if-you-are-looking-to-renew/\">are eligible to renew this protection\u003c/a>, advocates recommend you talk to your attorney as soon as you can about a DACA renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is because it’s not just the incoming Trump administration that is looking to change — or eliminate — the program; a federal court that has gained a reputation for hardline immigration decisions\u003ca href=\"https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/daca-undocumented-youth-deportation-trump-harris-2024-fifth-circuit/\"> is currently reviewing the legality of DACA\u003c/a>. With this in mind, you may want to talk with a lawyer about if there’s anything else related to your situation that could be turned into a lawful status, Martínez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember: According to the federal government, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-of-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca/frequently-asked-questions\">anyone who has DACA entered the country unlawfully\u003c/a>. Having an “unlawful entry” on your record makes it very difficult for DACA recipients to then gain permanent status through marriage or employee sponsorship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But “DACA does have provisions that allow people to get \u003ca href=\"https://unitedwedream.org/resources/daca-prep-session-4-daca-renewals-and-applying-for-advance-parole/\">advance parole\u003c/a>: when [recipients] are able to travel outside the country for very special reasons, such as educational purposes, medical emergencies or going to visit a family member who is about to pass away,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if you can obtain advance parole, Martínez said, that could \u003cem>potentially\u003c/em> improve your chances of improving your situation. If you leave the country, fulfill the purpose of that travel and then reenter on your advance parole, “you are no longer without lawful entry,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having a lawful entry on your record may help when applying for a lawful status, she said. “If there are DACAmented people out there who could be eligible for this advance parole,” Martínez said, “this would be the time to do it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014518\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014518\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1170\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-800x488.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-1020x622.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-160x98.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-841662300_edited-1536x936.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Young immigrants and supporters walk holding signs during a rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) in Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 1, 2017. \u003ccite>(Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>How to prepare for Jan. 20 if your family is mixed-status\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A very common situation immigration attorneys see is mixed-status families — when either a parent or spouse lacks permanent legal status while others in the family are citizens or permanent residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes, family members with legal status can petition for direct relatives without permanent legal status, said Gilberto Nicolás González, immigration staff attorney at \u003ca href=\"https://www.larazacrc.org/\">La Raza Community Resource Center\u003c/a> in San Francisco. “If you know anybody who’s in your direct family who has any sort of legal status and you don’t, then please talk to them to see if they would be willing to petition for you,” he recommended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something important to keep in mind: in June, \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/biden-parole-place-announcement-helping-mixed-status-families-stay-together\">the Biden administration announced “Parole in Place,”\u003c/a> a program that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33370/judge-biden-program-immigrant-spouses-deportation\">would have allowed undocumented spouses and stepchildren of American citizens to apply for a green card\u003c/a> without first having to leave the U.S. However, after only a week of accepting applications, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g-s1-33370/judge-biden-program-immigrant-spouses-deportation\">a federal judge in Texas struck down Parole in Place.\u003c/a> This means that in many situations, spouses without permanent legal status still have to temporarily leave the country if they want to apply for legal status despite already being married to a U.S. citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>González adds that there are some small things that families can do to help stay together if a relative is at risk of being deported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important for people to know that they should not publish their locations online,” he said, adding that immigration officials can work with local law enforcement to use information available on social media to track down immigrants who have a deportation order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014534\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-800x533.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-1020x679.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/GettyImages-645467442-edited-1536x1023.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families attend a workshop for immigrants without permanent legal status in Coachella, California, during the first Trump term on Feb. 24, 2017. \u003ccite>(David McNew/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Most cities in the Bay Area and \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/05/555920658/california-governor-signs-sanctuary-state-bill\">the whole state of California\u003c/a> have adopted what is referred to as “sanctuary” laws when local and state officials do not cooperate with federal immigration law enforcement. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">However, advocates stress that these policies \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2018/05/rebelling-against-californias-sanctuary-law-from-inside-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are not perfect shields\u003c/a>.\u003c/span> That’s why they remind folks to avoid situations where they could end up arrested or questioned by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families should also prepare for the worst, said Cathy Sakimura, executive director of \u003ca href=\"https://lsc-sf.org/how-we-can-help/\">Legal Services for Children\u003c/a>, a San Francisco-based legal aid organization that primarily serves minors who entered the country without their parents. One difficult question adults with children who are U.S. citizens should consider when making an emergency plan is, she said, “Who should care for children if parents are deported?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents may be able to fill out a standby guardianship, for example, or some other kind of estate planning documents around nominating who they would want to take care of their child if something were to happen to them,” Sakimura said. She said that it’s best to talk to a lawyer now about preparing legal and financial documents and how to address specific needs children may have if parents are suddenly placed in the custody of immigration officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Remember, the Constitution still protects you…\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the summer of 2019, during the last Trump presidency, ICE announced that it would carry out \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/noticias/inmigracion/comienza-el-operativo-de-ice-para-arrestar-a-indocumentados-con-orden-de-deportacion-final\">large-scale raids to detain immigrants who lack permanent legal status across the country\u003c/a>. In most states, ICE detained a few dozen individuals at a time, but in Mississippi, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749243985/mississippi-immigration-raids-net-hundreds-of-workers\">officials arrested hundreds of immigrants working at food processing plants\u003c/a>. At this time, immigrant advocates were on high alert, tracking ICE’s movements around the clock to get information and legal aid to vulnerable individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the organizations that led this effort in California was \u003ca href=\"https://www.sirenimmigrantrights.org/\">SIREN\u003c/a>, which has consistently held workshops in schools, churches and community centers, letting people know what to do if an ICE agent knocked on their door. Folks who attended these training sessions also received \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/documents/red_card-self_srv-english.pdf\">small red cards in multiple languages that listed their rights during an encounter with ICE\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014479\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 735px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014479\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/4327a8_dd2af11554ad4f0b9ded4173d95eb379mv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/4327a8_dd2af11554ad4f0b9ded4173d95eb379mv2.jpg 735w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/4327a8_dd2af11554ad4f0b9ded4173d95eb379mv2-160x91.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At training sessions, SIREN hands out small red cards that explain an individual’s rights during an encounter with ICE.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even when you are face-to-face with an immigration official, said Tran from SIREN, “the Constitution still applies — and that’s what the red cards are based on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are the rights that every person within the United States can utilize because these are rules and expectations that are placed on law enforcement,” he explained, adding that the protections in the Constitution apply regardless of your immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>… and by your community\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>There are many lessons from the first Trump administration that immigrants lacking permanent legal status — along with their families and advocates — can apply now, Martínez said. “One lesson learned is the importance of community action at the local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Living in terror is very detrimental to our mental and emotional health,” she said. “We really cannot discount the importance of being in community, to build support systems that are pragmatically really effective, \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your-rights/california-values-act-sb-54#:~:text=The%20California%20Values%20Act%20(SB,into%20effect%20January%201%2C%202018.\">like sanctuary policies\u003c/a> — but also the unseen part of life, the emotional and psychological impact of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is that we are bracing for changes that will not be easy to deal with,” Martínez said. “Ultimately, the real power is with the people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that it’s really hard to believe that when you’re an undocumented person, but the real power is really your internal resources to withstand these attacks of fear and not let yourself be in a state of terror.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This guide includes reporting from KQED’s Dana Cronin and the Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On the campaign trail, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/donald-trump\">former President Donald Trump\u003c/a> repeatedly threatened to cut off financial disaster recovery aid to California, even as the state grapples with increasingly large and destructive fires \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984200/climate-change-makes-wildfires-in-california-more-extreme\">due in part to climate change\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not giving any of that fire money that we send you all the time for all the fire, forest fires that you have,” Trump said at a pre-election \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009289/why-is-donald-trump-campaigning-in-california-a-state-hes-almost-certain-to-lose\">rally in California’s Coachella Valley\u003c/a>, directing the threat toward Democratic Gov. 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FEMA has various guidelines before making such a recommendation, including assessing the extent and severity of damage and an estimate of how much funding is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once FEMA has recommended a disaster declaration, it goes to the secretary of Homeland Security (Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/g-s1-33820/trump-kristi-noem-homeland-security\">has nominated\u003c/a> South Dakota Gov. 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He reportedly changed his mind after his aides pulled data showing how many people voted for him in the affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2020, in the aftermath of six major wildfires that burned across the state, the Trump administration initially \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/15/politics/trump-california-fire-disaster-assistance/index.html\">denied the state aid\u003c/a>, saying the disaster declaration was “not supported by the relevant data.” It eventually \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/trump-california-wildfire-relief.html\">reversed that decisio\u003c/a>n.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would he punish any American really reeling from a natural disaster?” Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman, who represents parts of the North Bay and California’s North Coast region, said in an interview this week with KQED. “It’s just so despicable. But that’s likely to be what we’re up against, and we’ve got a few strategies that we’re developing to deal with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huffman, whose district has been faced with historic wildfires in recent years, said he’s been in talks this week with Newsom and colleagues in California’s congressional delegation about disaster aid contingency plans for Trump’s second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, how California can backfill and protect things that we care about and how we are going to navigate some of these likely confrontations going forward,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom is looking to establish a fund he can draw from in the event of a natural disaster, he said in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/22/trump-california-emergency-aid-newsom-00184799\">interview with \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>\u003c/a>. He’s expected to introduce the funding as part of his budget proposal in January.[aside postID=news_12013395 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/NewsomTrump2018AP.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Trump isn’t the only president to deny California wildfire aid, he stands apart in directly citing political reasons for doing so. Research shows that political factors \u003ca href=\"https://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=jpmsp\">do shade presidents’ decisions\u003c/a> to deny disaster relief, particularly during election years, but Sedlar said, “I can’t think of any other instances in which a president has said the quiet part out loud so many times.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>President Biden denied individual assistance — a type of financial aid for affected individuals — to victims of the 2021 Caldor Fire after FEMA determined that enough of them were covered by insurance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rep. 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Still, it’s unlikely a lawsuit payout would equal FEMA aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although Democratic nominee Kamala Harris won the state, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/election/article/trump-vote-california-county-19897935.php\">Trump increased his margins in California\u003c/a> this election, which could potentially help the state secure federal relief when wildfires undoubtedly strike over the next four years. Though, by that logic, the Bay Area could face hurdles in seeking aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, wildfires do not follow political boundaries, and some of these coastal areas that have fires went towards Harris,” Sedlar said.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Although \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013684/why-alameda-countys-vote-count-slow-official-blasts-sluggish-pace\">the county has been blasted\u003c/a> in recent days for its slow vote count, elections officials said their focus is on meeting that certification deadline rather than delivering fast early results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, the City Council has to officially declare the results of the election at its next meeting, which would likely be Dec. 17. Once it’s done so, the mayor’s seat is officially vacant, with the council president serving as interim mayor, according to the city charter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question is who that interim mayor will be, given that current council president Nikki Fortunato Bas is still in the running for a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/races#supervisor-5th-district\">a race that has yet to be called\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland on Aug. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bas is currently trailing her opponent, Emeryville City Council member John J. 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The mayor’s job, \u003ca href=\"https://library.municode.com/ca/oakland/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=THCHOA_ARTIIITHMA\">according to the city charter\u003c/a>, is largely to elect other city officers and serve as the ceremonial head of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s Bas or another council member, the interim mayor is only expected to fill in for a few months at most — the charter requires a special election to determine who will take over the position permanently within 120 days of the vacancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired NFL footballer Marshawn Lynch is all smiles before the preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams at Aloha Stadium on Aug. 17, 2019, in Honolulu, Hawaii. \u003ccite>(Alika Jenner/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Who will run in that special election is still up in the air. So far, Marshawn Lynch, a former NFL player who grew up in Oakland, has \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/10/marshawn-lynch-oakland-mayor-00183302\">hinted at a possible run\u003c/a> for mayor on a podcast he co-hosts with his agent and California Gov. 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During her two years in office, Thao faced a lot of criticism for her handling of the budget and her attempts to balance it. The city’s next mayor will be faced with the same challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The next mayor has to be certifiable to really want to be mayor because balancing the budget next year is going to be virtually impossible,” said Dan Lindheim, former Oakland city administrator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two-thirds of Oakland’s funding goes to the police and fire departments, which means those departments will likely face cuts under the next administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to be, let’s just say, a very difficult situation to try to do that,” Lindheim said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ahall\">Alex Hall\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum\">Forum\u003c/a> team contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Once it’s done so, the mayor’s seat is officially vacant, with the council president serving as interim mayor, according to the city charter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The question is who that interim mayor will be, given that current council president Nikki Fortunato Bas is still in the running for a seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/alameda/races#supervisor-5th-district\">a race that has yet to be called\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/230802-OAKLAND-CITY-HALL-MHN-03-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland on Aug. 2, 2023. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bas is currently trailing her opponent, Emeryville City Council member John J. 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The mayor’s job, \u003ca href=\"https://library.municode.com/ca/oakland/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=THCHOA_ARTIIITHMA\">according to the city charter\u003c/a>, is largely to elect other city officers and serve as the ceremonial head of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whether it’s Bas or another council member, the interim mayor is only expected to fill in for a few months at most — the charter requires a special election to determine who will take over the position permanently within 120 days of the vacancy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014331\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/MarshawnLynchGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retired NFL footballer Marshawn Lynch is all smiles before the preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams at Aloha Stadium on Aug. 17, 2019, in Honolulu, Hawaii. \u003ccite>(Alika Jenner/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Who will run in that special election is still up in the air. 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In San Jose, Mayor Matt Mahan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#matt-mahan-sails-to-second-term-as-mayor-of-san-jose\">cruised to an early re-election in March\u003c/a>, riding the momentum of his own insurgent victory less than two years ago. And in Oakland, Mayor Sheng Thao \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">was removed from office after an unprecedented\u003c/a> recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates have long rode promises of change to victory, but in Mahan and Lurie, voters in the region’s two largest cities have chosen leaders with a historic lack of government experience who touted their outsider status as evidence of a fresh and independent perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Matt Mahan felt like an outsider, and I think Daniel Lurie does, too,” said Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of the business advocacy group the Bay Area Council and a former mayoral chief of staff in San Francisco. “I think their campaigns were sort of saying, ‘Things aren’t being run the way they could be, and I could do a better job, and I won’t be afraid to make the changes.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his surprising victory in 2022, Mahan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967395/san-jose-labor-groups-dont-like-mayor-matt-mahan-so-why-does-his-re-election-seem-assured\">faced no organized opposition in the mayoral contest held in March\u003c/a> after the city moved its mayoral elections to presidential years. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">Lurie prevailed in a ranked-choice election, winning the most first-choice votes\u003c/a> and also drawing second-choice support from voters across San Francisco’s political spectrum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This wave of political change in Bay Area cities could have profound impacts on city management, government transparency and local labor unions — especially those representing city workers. Some progressives worry that a new preference for upstart campaigns could challenge the traditional pipelines of power that allow candidates without access to large financial resources to build support while slowly moving up the ranks of local government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010904/whos-pouring-millions-into-san-franciscos-expensive-mayors-race\">benefited from record spending, much of it self-financed\u003c/a>, to become the city’s first mayor elected without any government experience since Jim Rolph in 1911. When Mahan won the mayorship in 2022, he did so after just two years on the city council — the least government experience of any mayor since San Jose voters began directly electing the position in 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984099\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984099\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08.jpg\" alt=\"A white middle aged man speaks into microphones wearing a blue suit and a white collared shirt with no tie.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan at the press conference on April 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Mahan and Lurie were able to seize on voter discontent over widespread and highly visible homelessness, a rise in shoplifting and commercial burglaries and ongoing disruptions from the pandemic by blaming city hall “insiders.” They argued that their years of experience outside of government — Mahan as CEO of the civic engagement tech platform Brigade, Lurie as founder of the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point Community — would allow them to engineer a culture shift within the municipal bureaucracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">At his victory press conference on Friday\u003c/a>, Lurie promised “a government centered on accountability, service and change” that would move past years of corruption scandals. It was a message with echoes of Mahan’s 2022 campaign call for “common sense, accountability and transparency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither candidate emerged completely independent of their cities’ existing power structures. Lurie grew up amid San Francisco’s financial elite, and his work with Tipping Point brought him close contact with city leaders trying to reduce homelessness. Mahan was backed by the incumbent mayor, Sam Liccardo, and the city’s powerful business community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wunderman said voters viewed these political outsiders as better equipped to take a data-driven approach to reducing homelessness, crime and blight — and more likely to ask tough questions of city department heads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like ‘Why do we have so many employees in the city? What are we getting from the work of these departments and the individuals in them?” Wunderman said. “‘What kind of management do we have in place?’’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those questions could portend conflict with existing city employees and the unions that represent them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan has sparred with municipal worker unions since taking office, and he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958290/san-jose-city-council-approves-agreements-with-unions-to-avoid-strike\">voted against a deal that raised wages and benefits for city employees\u003c/a> last year. Lurie’s relationship with labor is less defined. While he received the support of a few unions, most labor groups backed other candidates in the mayoral race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IFPTE Local 21, which represents municipal workers across the Bay Area’s largest cities, has opposed Mahan and strongly supported Sheng Thao in Oakland. In San Francisco, they recommended only that voters leave former interim mayor Mark Farrell off of their ranked-choice ballots for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s our fervent hope that Daniel Lurie’s administration is going to make it a priority to support the workers that actually make this city run,” said Bianca Polovina, president of IFPTE Local 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polovina said the mayoral election results should not be read as a rebuke to organized labor — pointing to the success of a majority of IFPTE-endorsed candidates for supervisor and city council across the three cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='politics' label='More Politics Coverage.']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Working people across the San Francisco Bay Area are demanding bold leadership that prioritizes high-quality public services,” Polovina added. “Voters are pretty adamant that they want core essential services, they want clean streets, effective public transportation, and comprehensive public safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only did Mahan and Lurie win without major backing from labor, incumbent elected officials across the political spectrum also opposed them. All of Mahan’s fellow city council members endorsed his 2022 opponent, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, and not a single sitting San Francisco supervisor picked Lurie as their first choice for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facing entrenched interests and the daunting task of introducing themselves to voters, Lurie’s personal wealth and Mahan’s Silicon Valley connections provided them with access to capital, argued Kimi Lee, executive director of Bay Rising, a coalition of progressive groups working to build political power among working-class voters of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we see is that there’s definitely an influence of corporations and billionaires and outside money and venture capitalists,” said Lee, who also noted the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998651/a-hedge-fund-manager-is-funding-bid-to-oust-oaklands-mayor-and-its-not-his-first-recall\">outsized role of a single hedge-fund manager\u003c/a> in funding the Thao recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the losing end of last week’s electoral upheaval were two incumbents, Thao and Breed, who had spent years working their way up the ranks of city government before breaking barriers as their city’s first Hmong-American and Black female mayors, respectively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there is still something there, where people overly criticize women, women of color,” said Lee. “They expect higher things from them — just more critical, saying they’re soft on crime…or saying that they’re not someone who can handle this job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lurie’s lack of experience will be tested quickly, as he will face the immediate challenges of building an administration, establishing relationships within city hall and closing an ongoing budget deficit. After a rocky first year in office in which he was often on the losing end of high-profile votes, Mahan found his footing in 2024 — winning \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">unanimous support for his homeless housing plan\u003c/a>, emerging as a leading supporter of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012656/proposition-36-californias-newest-tough-on-crime-measure-appears-headed-for-victory\">new criminal sentencing law approved by California voters\u003c/a>, Proposition 36, and garnering 87% of the vote in his run for re-election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next test for insurgent campaigns will be in Oakland, where voters will likely pick a new mayor in a special election next spring. Any outsider running there will face a familiar historical obstacle: since the city returned to directly electing the position in the 1950s, every Oakland mayor has come into office with prior government experience.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Amid continued frustration over the cost of living, public safety and homelessness, voters in the Bay Area’s largest cities are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013761/this-was-not-a-good-election-to-be-an-incumbent\">embracing mayoral candidates and campaigns that promise a shake-up at city hall\u003c/a> — putting aside concerns about experience and stability and embracing political outsiders in this year’s elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, nonprofit founder and philanthropist Daniel Lurie \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013464/daniel-lurie-clinches-victory-become-sfs-next-mayor-unseating-london-breed\">toppled incumbent mayor London Breed and bested a field of candidates\u003c/a> with decades of combined city hall experience. In San Jose, Mayor Matt Mahan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/liveblog/election-2024#matt-mahan-sails-to-second-term-as-mayor-of-san-jose\">cruised to an early re-election in March\u003c/a>, riding the momentum of his own insurgent victory less than two years ago. And in Oakland, Mayor Sheng Thao \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012357/sheng-thao-accepts-defeat-in-contentious-oakland-mayoral-recall\">was removed from office after an unprecedented\u003c/a> recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates have long rode promises of change to victory, but in Mahan and Lurie, voters in the region’s two largest cities have chosen leaders with a historic lack of government experience who touted their outsider status as evidence of a fresh and independent perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Matt Mahan felt like an outsider, and I think Daniel Lurie does, too,” said Jim Wunderman, president and CEO of the business advocacy group the Bay Area Council and a former mayoral chief of staff in San Francisco. “I think their campaigns were sort of saying, ‘Things aren’t being run the way they could be, and I could do a better job, and I won’t be afraid to make the changes.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After his surprising victory in 2022, Mahan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967395/san-jose-labor-groups-dont-like-mayor-matt-mahan-so-why-does-his-re-election-seem-assured\">faced no organized opposition in the mayoral contest held in March\u003c/a> after the city moved its mayoral elections to presidential years. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">Lurie prevailed in a ranked-choice election, winning the most first-choice votes\u003c/a> and also drawing second-choice support from voters across San Francisco’s political spectrum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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When Mahan won the mayorship in 2022, he did so after just two years on the city council — the least government experience of any mayor since San Jose voters began directly electing the position in 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11984099\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11984099\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08.jpg\" alt=\"A white middle aged man speaks into microphones wearing a blue suit and a white collared shirt with no tie.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/San-Jose-License-Plate-Readers-08-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan at the press conference on April 25, 2024. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Both Mahan and Lurie were able to seize on voter discontent over widespread and highly visible homelessness, a rise in shoplifting and commercial burglaries and ongoing disruptions from the pandemic by blaming city hall “insiders.” They argued that their years of experience outside of government — Mahan as CEO of the civic engagement tech platform Brigade, Lurie as founder of the anti-poverty nonprofit Tipping Point Community — would allow them to engineer a culture shift within the municipal bureaucracy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013667/daniel-lurie-san-franciscos-next-mayor-what-will-that-look-like\">At his victory press conference on Friday\u003c/a>, Lurie promised “a government centered on accountability, service and change” that would move past years of corruption scandals. It was a message with echoes of Mahan’s 2022 campaign call for “common sense, accountability and transparency.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither candidate emerged completely independent of their cities’ existing power structures. Lurie grew up amid San Francisco’s financial elite, and his work with Tipping Point brought him close contact with city leaders trying to reduce homelessness. Mahan was backed by the incumbent mayor, Sam Liccardo, and the city’s powerful business community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wunderman said voters viewed these political outsiders as better equipped to take a data-driven approach to reducing homelessness, crime and blight — and more likely to ask tough questions of city department heads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Like ‘Why do we have so many employees in the city? What are we getting from the work of these departments and the individuals in them?” Wunderman said. “‘What kind of management do we have in place?’’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those questions could portend conflict with existing city employees and the unions that represent them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan has sparred with municipal worker unions since taking office, and he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958290/san-jose-city-council-approves-agreements-with-unions-to-avoid-strike\">voted against a deal that raised wages and benefits for city employees\u003c/a> last year. Lurie’s relationship with labor is less defined. While he received the support of a few unions, most labor groups backed other candidates in the mayoral race.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>IFPTE Local 21, which represents municipal workers across the Bay Area’s largest cities, has opposed Mahan and strongly supported Sheng Thao in Oakland. In San Francisco, they recommended only that voters leave former interim mayor Mark Farrell off of their ranked-choice ballots for mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s our fervent hope that Daniel Lurie’s administration is going to make it a priority to support the workers that actually make this city run,” said Bianca Polovina, president of IFPTE Local 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Polovina said the mayoral election results should not be read as a rebuke to organized labor — pointing to the success of a majority of IFPTE-endorsed candidates for supervisor and city council across the three cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015520/que-pueden-hacer-personas-trans-para-otro-gobierno-trump\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 9:45 a.m. Friday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s former President Donald Trump prepares to reenter the White House in January, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907810/the-future-of-trans-rights-in-a-trump-presidency\">advocates for trans communities have expressed their deep concerns\u003c/a> about trans rights over the coming years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final weeks of Trump’s presidential campaign were especially marked by repeated attacks on transgender people, not least at his Madison Square Garden rally, where Trump railed at “transgender insanity” and trans athletes. \u003ca href=\"https://abcnews.go.com/US/wake-call-lgbtq-crisis-hotlines-surge-calls-amid/story?id=115811488\">Calls to LBGTQ+ support hotlines have now reportedly surged\u003c/a> in the wake of the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the election, “the fear was really, really real,” said Chase Overholt, director of development at Positive Images, a LGBTQIA+ community center in Santa Rosa serving the North Bay. “For my community, for the protection of my rights, my friends’ rights, my friends, access to gender-affirming care across state lines, we knew that Trump was the wrong choice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has promised to remove Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender transition treatment to minors. Project 2025 — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11998288/what-is-project-2025-donald-trump-heritage-foundation-director-steps-down\">a detailed, 900-page policy agenda for the next Republican presidency authored and supported by Trump allies\u003c/a>, former and current Trump staffers and Vice President-elect JD Vance — also calls for \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/project-2025-lgbtq-rights\">rolling back regulations that ban discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and trans status\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=forum_2010101907810]On Nov. 12, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907810/the-future-of-trans-rights-in-a-trump-presidency\">KQED Forum hosted a conversation focused on the future of trans rights\u003c/a> in California under Trump. The guest panelists — including Honey Mahogany, director of San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives — acknowledged that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101907810/the-future-of-trans-rights-in-a-trump-presidency\">it’s difficult to offer concrete recommendations right now to trans folks\u003c/a> and their families, given the uncertainty of what’s to come. But amid these attacks, Overholt said, the election “also brought a sense of ‘OK, it’s time to roll up our sleeves even further and get to work, to make sure that folks in this area have the access to the things that they need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And you can still do a few things, even at this early stage. Keep reading for what advocates say trans Californians can do at this moment to find support — and to make themselves feel safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Find — and nurture — community\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“Our advice is to first check in with your loved ones,” said Jorge Reyes Salinas, communications director at Equality California, the largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the United States. “Check in with yourself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a very difficult time where a lot of emotional distress is present, and needs to be acknowledged in the LGBTQ community,” Reyes Salinas said. Turning to others can also help a person feel the weight — and power — of their community in the wake of the election, he said, and help you “understand that we’re not alone and that there are people fighting and fighting for all of our rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overholt also stresses the intersectionality of community and how organizations like Positive Images will also be seeking to collaborate and build strength through partnerships during this time — in a way that acknowledges that “the queer community is not a monolith,” they said. “We have trans folks with differing documentation statuses. We have Black trans folks. We have a lot of friends that need support, that our organization as a queer organization can only do so much [for].”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12014350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12014350\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/031_SanFrancisco_BreonnaTaylorRally_03132021_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A demonstrator holds a sign reading, “Black Trans Lives Matter” during a march in San Francisco in March, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this time, “our strength is really going to be in coalition-building and leaning on other organizations like NAACP, like Latino service providers, like our local legal aid to make sure that when things arise, we have the resources at our fingertips,” Overholt said. “So that our friends can take swift action to do what they need to do, to either repair some of that trauma or harm that’s been done or protect against it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, know you’re not alone right now, even if it feels like it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Get your documentation in order\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“One of the most important things that you can do right now is make sure that your legal documents are in order,” Overholt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you’re trans and you’re interested in a \u003ca href=\"https://transcare.ucsf.edu/legal-info-and-namegender-changes\">legal name change or gender indicator change\u003c/a>, “you should file that paperwork tomorrow,” he said. \u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/id/\">Read more about making name or gender indicator changes from the Transgender Law Center. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason this is pressing, Overholt said, is “because that’s probably going to be one of the tools [that Californians will have] to protect ourselves and our access to different resources, in terms of gender-affirming care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) has \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/documents\">a state-by-state guide to changing your state and federal documents\u003c/a>, including:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Your legal name\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your driver’s license or state ID\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your birth certificate\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your U.S. Passport\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your Social Security record\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Your immigration documents\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12013522]If the bureaucracy of name or gender indicator changes feels daunting to embark on right now, Honey Mahogany said that you seek out support and advice from local LGBTQ+ organizations — who may well have special teams on hand to help you with these processes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She specifically recommended the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcenter.org/\">SF LGBT Center\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/\">SF Transgender District\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://lyon-martin.org/\">Lyon-Martin Community Health Services\u003c/a> for the support they can provide for folks looking to change their name or gender indicator and “getting your ducks, legally, in order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just want people to feel safe,” Mahogany said. “And so, at this point, I’m just encouraging all trans people to do what they think will make them feel safest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about equal marriage? While Project 2025 does not explicitly call for overturning same-sex marriages, the ACLU has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/project-2025-is-coming-after-lgbtq-americans/\">the document makes many indirect arguments for treating them as second-class partnerships\u003c/a>. Tom Temprano, managing director of external affairs at Equality California, said that it’s “not a coincidence” that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012822/california-prop-roundup-heres-what-passed-and-what-got-rejected\">California voters overwhelmingly voted to pass Proposition 3 last week\u003c/a>, safeguarding the right to same-sex marriage within the state Constitution — a measure put on the ballot by California Democratic lawmakers to protect against possible federal changes to marriage protections. “The Supreme Court and these extremist judges that Donald Trump appointed have made clear that after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">overturning 40 years of precedent on abortion care\u003c/a>, same-sex marriage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11913295/lgbtq-advocates-fear-implications-of-overturning-roe-v-wade\">is next\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11913295]In her own life, Mahogany said that she and her partner are now discussing whether they should get married: “Who knows what’s going to happen if they overturn the right to marry federally?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It must be stressed, however: A huge amount just isn’t known right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Seek support — and action — from local resources\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike many parts of the country, the Bay Area has a strong network of community centers, resources and advocacy groups serving the LGBTQ+ community. These organizations often offer everything from community building and assistance with access to health care service to referrals for housing and legal resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t been in touch with your nearest organization yet, now is the time, Reyes Salinas said. “See what resources are available, in addition to checking in with any transgender organizations that you’ve been following and seeing what their advice is” in terms of how to be ready for a second Trump presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are just a few of the local and state resources available to trans folks and their families, in person and online:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcenter.org/program/resources/\">SF LGBT Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.posimages.org/support\">Positive Images Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-transgender-community-services?_gl=1*1cgn943*_ga*MjI1MTYwNTY4LjE3MzA0MDEzMzI.*_ga_BT9NDE0NFC*MTczMTU0OTQ4OS4zLjAuMTczMTU0OTQ4OS4wLjAuMA..*_ga_63SCS846YP*MTczMTU0OTQ4OS4zLjAuMTczMTU0OTQ4OS4wLjAuMA..\">San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/\">San Francisco Transgender District\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lyon-martin.org/\">Lyon-Martin Community Health Services\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/transgender-support\">Oakland LGBTQ Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/\">Transgender Law Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lyric.org/\">Lyric Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://prevention.ucsf.edu/transguide\">UCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you don’t live near a center or cannot travel to one, Reyes Salinas recommends visiting \u003ca href=\"https://transfamilysos.org/\">the TransFamily Support Services website\u003c/a>, which has a list of resources around mental health support and legal and medical support agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Speak to your health care provider\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have a regular health care provider, reach out to them as soon as you can to get their take. For example, you could ask specific questions about what longer-term access to any medications or services you use looks like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gender-affirming care looks so different to every trans individual,” stressed Overholt — from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to “things that you can access in a salon or a medical esthetics office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For this reason, Overholt recommends that you reach out ASAP to “gender [and] queer-affirming individuals that work in those fields where you receive your gender-affirming care and ask them: ‘What’s the most that I can do to prepare myself, to have access to these resources for the most amount of time I possibly can?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Follow California’s plans for a second Trump presidency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Something the experts that KQED spoke to stressed: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013535/california-and-the-bay-area-took-on-trump-before-theyre-ready-to-do-it-again\">California’s leaders have been clear about their intention to challenge the actions and policies of a second Trump presidency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, these plans have been in the works for a long time, Mahogany said — noting that “there are many of us” in local government “who have been thinking about things and preparing for … the possibility that we would face another anti-LGBTQ administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12013535]During Trump’s first presidency, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2024/11/california-vs-trump-lawsuits/\">California sued his administration on average about every 12 days\u003c/a> on issues ranging from immigration to the environment. Now, ahead of a second term, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013535/california-and-the-bay-area-took-on-trump-before-theyre-ready-to-do-it-again\">said California has “thought through all of the possibilities of the attacks on our values\u003c/a>, our people, our state, and we expect certain litigation to come or certain actions to come from the federal government and certain litigation that we will take in response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of different scenarios on a lot of different topics, from immigration to the environment to civil rights to gun safety,” Bonta said. “The list goes on, but we are ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temprano of Equality California said that “fortunately, over the past several years, California has already enacted some of the strongest protections, legal protections and supports for LGBTQ people — and specifically trans people — in the entire nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So if you’re going to be anywhere in this country in a Trump administration as a queer and specifically trans person, California is the safest and most affirming place in the nation to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahogany emphasized that this planning is taking place on the local level as well as statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Know here in San Francisco, the Office of Transgender Initiatives is hosting conversations with other trans-serving orgs throughout the city, figuring out what the needs are, what people are saying, what people are feeling, and how we get through the next four years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/16/california-remains-the-worlds-5th-largest-economy/\">California is the fifth-largest economy in the world\u003c/a>,” Mahogany said. “We have a lot of power here, and we shouldn’t be afraid to use it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Finally, don’t despair — even if that feels like a tall order right now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The advocates KQED spoke to all acknowledged the deep sorrow and grief that many people in the community are feeling right now — and it’s important not to artificially force yourself into coming to terms with anything if you’re just not there yet. But Overholt said that as an organization, Positive Images want to convey that “all hope is not lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='audience-news']“We are staring into some dark times,” he said. “But there will be light, and we’re going to keep working, and we’re going to stay here. We’ve been here for 34 years. We’re going to be here for at least another 34 more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not to say that it’s not going to be difficult, but persistence is going to be key here,” Overholt said. “We know that the emotional effects of trauma, a shared collective trauma like this, are difficult. But there are resources — and we hope that folks are able to lean on those resources to make sure that they can find some peace.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community has been resilient and has shown that in many times when we’ve been standing alone, we succeeded because of the community power that is behind this movement,” Reyes Salinas said. He noted that the history of LGBTQ+ resistance to oppression may especially bring comfort to younger trans folks who weren’t adults during the first Trump presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a fight that we’re all in together, and we’ve got this because we’ve got us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting by KQED’s Brian Krans.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>If the bureaucracy of name or gender indicator changes feels daunting to embark on right now, Honey Mahogany said that you seek out support and advice from local LGBTQ+ organizations — who may well have special teams on hand to help you with these processes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She specifically recommended the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcenter.org/\">SF LGBT Center\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/\">SF Transgender District\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://lyon-martin.org/\">Lyon-Martin Community Health Services\u003c/a> for the support they can provide for folks looking to change their name or gender indicator and “getting your ducks, legally, in order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just want people to feel safe,” Mahogany said. “And so, at this point, I’m just encouraging all trans people to do what they think will make them feel safest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What about equal marriage? While Project 2025 does not explicitly call for overturning same-sex marriages, the ACLU has said \u003ca href=\"https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/project-2025-is-coming-after-lgbtq-americans/\">the document makes many indirect arguments for treating them as second-class partnerships\u003c/a>. Tom Temprano, managing director of external affairs at Equality California, said that it’s “not a coincidence” that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012822/california-prop-roundup-heres-what-passed-and-what-got-rejected\">California voters overwhelmingly voted to pass Proposition 3 last week\u003c/a>, safeguarding the right to same-sex marriage within the state Constitution — a measure put on the ballot by California Democratic lawmakers to protect against possible federal changes to marriage protections. “The Supreme Court and these extremist judges that Donald Trump appointed have made clear that after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">overturning 40 years of precedent on abortion care\u003c/a>, same-sex marriage \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11913295/lgbtq-advocates-fear-implications-of-overturning-roe-v-wade\">is next\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In her own life, Mahogany said that she and her partner are now discussing whether they should get married: “Who knows what’s going to happen if they overturn the right to marry federally?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It must be stressed, however: A huge amount just isn’t known right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Seek support — and action — from local resources\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Unlike many parts of the country, the Bay Area has a strong network of community centers, resources and advocacy groups serving the LGBTQ+ community. These organizations often offer everything from community building and assistance with access to health care service to referrals for housing and legal resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t been in touch with your nearest organization yet, now is the time, Reyes Salinas said. “See what resources are available, in addition to checking in with any transgender organizations that you’ve been following and seeing what their advice is” in terms of how to be ready for a second Trump presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are just a few of the local and state resources available to trans folks and their families, in person and online:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcenter.org/program/resources/\">SF LGBT Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.posimages.org/support\">Positive Images Santa Rosa\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sf.gov/get-transgender-community-services?_gl=1*1cgn943*_ga*MjI1MTYwNTY4LjE3MzA0MDEzMzI.*_ga_BT9NDE0NFC*MTczMTU0OTQ4OS4zLjAuMTczMTU0OTQ4OS4wLjAuMA..*_ga_63SCS846YP*MTczMTU0OTQ4OS4zLjAuMTczMTU0OTQ4OS4wLjAuMA..\">San Francisco’s Office of Transgender Initiatives\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/\">San Francisco Transgender District\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lyon-martin.org/\">Lyon-Martin Community Health Services\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oaklandlgbtqcenter.org/transgender-support\">Oakland LGBTQ Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/resources/\">Transgender Law Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://lyric.org/\">Lyric Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://prevention.ucsf.edu/transguide\">UCSF’s Center of Excellence for Transgender Health\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>If you don’t live near a center or cannot travel to one, Reyes Salinas recommends visiting \u003ca href=\"https://transfamilysos.org/\">the TransFamily Support Services website\u003c/a>, which has a list of resources around mental health support and legal and medical support agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Speak to your health care provider\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>If you have a regular health care provider, reach out to them as soon as you can to get their take. For example, you could ask specific questions about what longer-term access to any medications or services you use looks like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Gender-affirming care looks so different to every trans individual,” stressed Overholt — from hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to “things that you can access in a salon or a medical esthetics office.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For this reason, Overholt recommends that you reach out ASAP to “gender [and] queer-affirming individuals that work in those fields where you receive your gender-affirming care and ask them: ‘What’s the most that I can do to prepare myself, to have access to these resources for the most amount of time I possibly can?”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Follow California’s plans for a second Trump presidency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Something the experts that KQED spoke to stressed: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013535/california-and-the-bay-area-took-on-trump-before-theyre-ready-to-do-it-again\">California’s leaders have been clear about their intention to challenge the actions and policies of a second Trump presidency\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, these plans have been in the works for a long time, Mahogany said — noting that “there are many of us” in local government “who have been thinking about things and preparing for … the possibility that we would face another anti-LGBTQ administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>During Trump’s first presidency, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2024/11/california-vs-trump-lawsuits/\">California sued his administration on average about every 12 days\u003c/a> on issues ranging from immigration to the environment. Now, ahead of a second term, the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013535/california-and-the-bay-area-took-on-trump-before-theyre-ready-to-do-it-again\">said California has “thought through all of the possibilities of the attacks on our values\u003c/a>, our people, our state, and we expect certain litigation to come or certain actions to come from the federal government and certain litigation that we will take in response.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s a lot of different scenarios on a lot of different topics, from immigration to the environment to civil rights to gun safety,” Bonta said. “The list goes on, but we are ready.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temprano of Equality California said that “fortunately, over the past several years, California has already enacted some of the strongest protections, legal protections and supports for LGBTQ people — and specifically trans people — in the entire nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So if you’re going to be anywhere in this country in a Trump administration as a queer and specifically trans person, California is the safest and most affirming place in the nation to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahogany emphasized that this planning is taking place on the local level as well as statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Know here in San Francisco, the Office of Transgender Initiatives is hosting conversations with other trans-serving orgs throughout the city, figuring out what the needs are, what people are saying, what people are feeling, and how we get through the next four years,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Let’s be clear that \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/04/16/california-remains-the-worlds-5th-largest-economy/\">California is the fifth-largest economy in the world\u003c/a>,” Mahogany said. “We have a lot of power here, and we shouldn’t be afraid to use it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Finally, don’t despair — even if that feels like a tall order right now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The advocates KQED spoke to all acknowledged the deep sorrow and grief that many people in the community are feeling right now — and it’s important not to artificially force yourself into coming to terms with anything if you’re just not there yet. But Overholt said that as an organization, Positive Images want to convey that “all hope is not lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Supporters of criminal justice reform in California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012656/proposition-36-californias-newest-tough-on-crime-measure-appears-headed-for-victory\">suffered major losses in last week’s election\u003c/a>. Yet, even those who pushed to rein in the state’s progressive movement warn against seeing the election as a repudiation of those reforms entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the most high-profile ballot box outcomes: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/california/proposition-36\">A resounding win for Proposition 36\u003c/a>, which rolled back some criminal justice reforms embraced by voters just a decade ago. And the ousting of progressive prosecutors in two of the state’s largest counties, Los Angeles and Alameda. Los Angeles DA George Gascón \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/la-district-attorney-progressive-loses-re-election-gascon-rcna175906\">was handily defeated in his reelection bid\u003c/a>, while Alameda County DA Pamela Price \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">was voted out in a recall just two years into her term\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s just a ratification that Californians are ready for something more moderate than the progressive reforms that we’ve seen in the last few years,” said Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, who helped write Proposition 36. “It was too much too fast, and it resulted in a lot of negative consequences that people could see with their own eyes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Reisig doesn’t see this moment as a return to the tough-on-crime laws that dominated California politics for decades. He and other prosecutors have campaigned for years to pass something like Proposition 36, which increased criminal penalties for repeat thieves and drug users by rolling back portions of an earlier ballot measure, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975692/prop-47s-impact-on-californias-criminal-justice-system\">Proposition 47\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Proposition 47 went too far. And this kind of brings it back to the middle,” he said, noting that the ballot measure emphasized treatment for drug users and gave prosecutors wide discretion to decide whether someone should face a felony charge if they repeatedly steal or are caught possessing drugs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11975692]The measure’s passage with more than 70%of voters backing it – support that came from every corner of the state, Reisig said, “doesn’t negate the righteous arguments that the system needed to be corrected coming out of the ‘90s.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not the argument law enforcement and conservative politicians made for years against reform,s including Proposition 47, which made most low-level thefts and drug charges misdemeanors instead of felonies. Four years ago, prosecutors and retailers tried unsuccessfully to pass a more draconian rollback of Proposition 47 that focused solely on incarceration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time, they took a different tack, leaning into the need for more treatment, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012013/can-tough-on-crime-prop-36-solve-theft-drug-use-and-homelessness-despite-no-new-funding\">even though Proposition 36 provides no new funding for those types of programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lenore Anderson, who wrote Proposition 47 and has been a leading national voice for criminal justice reform as president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, said it’s striking that Proposition 36 was not framed to voters as a return to the harsh incarceration policies of the 1990s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The proponents of the campaign talked about mass treatment. They talked about a balanced approach to public safety,” she said. “And in that regard, I don’t think you can walk away from looking at how the proponents ran that campaign and say, this was a referendum on criminal justice reform. It just wasn’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12012013]Anderson argues that Proposition 36, which she opposed, was successful precisely because it borrowed cues from the reform movement in focusing on rehabilitation over incarceration. She said those who supported reforms need to better address public concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Voters have been asking for solutions to the crime and fentanyl issue for years now. And I do think there has been a problem in communicating real-world solutions to concerned Californians,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emily Bazelon, a fellow at Yale Law School who wrote a book about prosecutor’s power, says the election results reflect public frustration with visible problems like homelessness, fentanyl use and viral videos of shoplifting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That may explain why progressive district attorneys in both Los Angeles and Alameda counties lost their jobs last week. Gascón, who rode into office four years ago, at the height of the 2020 racial justice protests, promised to roll back his predecessor’s tough policies. But Bazelon says he lost public support by not doing what politicians are expected to do: Respond to the disorder his constituents were seeing and feeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’re Gascón and you’re looking at stats showing that violent crime has come down, you’re going to try to rationally argue with people like, come on, you shouldn’t be so upset. Like, look, things are basically fine – and that does not work,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='More Criminal Justice' tag='criminal-justice']Bazelon said whether it’s a policy question or candidate race, politicians fail when they try to talk voters out of their own emotional responses to problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) agrees that there are some throughlines between Proposition 36’s passage, Gascón’s loss and the recall of Price: Voters want to see accountability for people who break the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are deeply frustrated when they go into their Walgreens or CVS, and everything is locked up. They’re frustrated when they see growing tent encampments on the street. And they want something to change,” he said. “People want to have confidence that the law is being consistently enforced.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the political pendulum has swung back toward the center after more than a decade of criminal justice reforms, Wiener said he doesn’t believe California will ever return to the harshest sentencing policies of its past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\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. 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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. 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"content": "\u003cp>Eleven staffers at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-rita-jail\">Santa Rita Jail\u003c/a> have been charged with felonies in connection to the 2021 death of a man who was incarcerated there and allegedly left unresponsive for days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maurice Monk, 45, died in his cell after days of not receiving adequate care or necessary medication from staff at the Dublin jail notorious for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11945438/community-and-civil-rights-groups-hold-vigil-and-rally-over-recent-deaths-at-santa-rita-jail\">poor and dangerous conditions\u003c/a>, according to his family’s lawyer. At least 66 people have died there since 2014, some from overdoses and others from lack of care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The charges of dependent adult abuse against nine jail deputies and two health care workers were filed last week. Three of the deputies were also charged with falsifying documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Monk’s] family is optimistic that they’ll finally have these officers and medical professionals held responsible and accountable for a death that easily could have been prevented if not for their indifference and callousness that they displayed,” Adanté Pointer, the family’s lawyer, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family reached a $7 million settlement with Alameda County last year after filing a federal civil rights lawsuit. Pointer said the lawsuit revealed the true circumstances of Monk’s death. 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Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office and my office have been preparing for a potential second Trump term for more than a year,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement calling for a special session of the legislature issued the day after the election, highlighting the threat to California’s existing laws that protect the right to an abortion within the state. California, Newsom wrote, was “marshaling the arguments and evidence needed to be ready to challenge in court unconstitutional and unlawful federal policies, and to mount robust and vigorous defenses of California’s laws, policies and programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">California’s laws around reproductive freedom being some of the strongest in the country\u003c/a>, safe access to abortions in the state is still sometimes challenged.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When abortion access is challenged — even in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Basic accessibility has long been an issue for some Californians, most notably in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934819/for-rural-californians-abortion-is-legal-but-its-not-always-accessible\">rural parts of the state\u003c/a> or for people with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11896908/for-many-rural-and-lower-income-californians-abortion-services-remain-hard-to-access\">low-income backgrounds\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the Attorney General’s Office found that the city of Beverly Hills had \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-holds-beverly-hills-accountable-preventing-reproductive\">pressured a landlord\u003c/a> to prevent an abortion clinic from opening. This summer, a San Diego woman said a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991664/if-it-happened-to-me-its-happening-to-other-people-woman-says-a-california-cvs-refused-to-fill-her-abortion-pill-prescription\">CVS pharmacist refused to fill\u003c/a> her prescription for abortion pills, and earlier this year, a former Marine was sentenced to nine years in prison for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1245047704/former-marine-planned-parenthood-firebombing-sentenced\">firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood\u003c/a> in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">state sued the Catholic-affiliated Providence St. Joseph Hospital\u003c/a> in Humboldt County for allegedly refusing to perform an emergency abortion. The patient in question, Dr. Anna Nusslock, was rushed to another hospital for the life-saving surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923874\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11923874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit stands in front of a sign saying 'We Demand Reproductive Justice'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General of California Rob Bonta speaks during a rally in support of abortion rights outside the Federal Building in San Francisco on May 3, 2022, as part of a nationwide response to the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s decision that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta said\u003c/a> that Nusslock’s case could be just one of several instances of a patient being denied abortion care in California — something Jennifer Wonnacott, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, echoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For every one of those [cases], there’s likely many more we don’t hear about,” she said, noting that Planned Parenthood expects “that it will unfortunately become more of a common story” across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html\">the future of abortion rights in America remains uncertain after the election\u003c/a>, you have the right to abortion care in California. Keep reading for what you’re entitled to and what to do if you or someone you know is denied your health rights in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jump straight to:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#denied-an-abortion\">What to do if you’re denied an abortion\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#abortion-religious-objections\">Religious objections to providing abortions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#report-denied-abortion\">How to report being denied abortion care in California\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What is the state of abortion rights in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, KQED published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">a comprehensive guide to abortion rights in California\u003c/a>, including details of the types of procedures available and insurance options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">The major takeaways\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You can get an abortion in California for any reason until roughly six months after conception\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>After six months of pregnancy, you can only get an abortion in certain circumstances\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you’re under 18, you don’t need your parents’ permission to get an abortion in California\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you have insurance, California requires your providers to cover abortion\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you are uninsured, there are options for finding a free or low-cost abortion, as well as temporary Medi-Cal coverage\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the November 2022 election, Californians voted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134833374/california-results-abortion-contraception-amendment-midterms\">enshrine abortion rights\u003c/a> in the state constitution. Since then, California officials have strengthened protections for patients and providers. This includes \u003ca href=\"https://abortion.ca.gov/your-rights/state-action/\">an executive order\u003c/a> that would decline “out-of-state extradition requests related to legal abortions in California” if a person traveled to California for the procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California law also requires hospitals to provide “stabilizing care in an emergency,” Planned Parenthood’s Wonnacott said. “Patients have protections in California to access the care they need,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"denied-an-abortion\">\u003c/a>If someone is being denied an abortion they need, what can they do?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>While being denied abortion care you \u003cem>know\u003c/em> you’re entitled to will be an intensely fraught experience, Wonnacott said it’s nonetheless important for patients to “seek the care they need” — even if that means getting to another health center or hospital as an alternative to the provider denying care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While advocating for yourself in medical situations is ideal, Wonnacott also acknowledged that “a patient’s experience with the medical system can vary greatly,” and “that may not be a comfortable space for patients and their historical experience” — for example, in the \u003ca href=\"https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health/medical-racism-antiracism\">context of medical racism\u003c/a>. Therefore, “trying to find a provider that is responsive to listening to their concerns is important in these situations,” she said — and that may mean moving on as swiftly as possible to another provider to get yourself the care you need.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"abortion-religious-objections\">\u003c/a>What about religious objections to providing abortions?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For years, activists have sounded the alarm over \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/catholic-hospitals-denied-these-women\">Catholic hospitals denying procedures\u003c/a> during emergencies across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Attorney General’s Office said that “\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/reprorights#:~:text=You%20have%20the%20right%20to%20ask%20your%20healthcare%20provider%20if,%2C%20ethical%2C%20or%20religious%20reasons.\">healthcare providers are allowed to refuse to perform abortions for moral, ethical or religious reasons\u003c/a>.” But California law does not allow religious objections to take precedence in an emergency situation, such as an emergency abortion, Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">In his Sept. 30 announcement of the state’s suit\u003c/a> against Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Bonta confirmed that religious objections don’t apply when it comes to California’s Emergency Services Law, which mandates that hospitals provide care “necessary to relieve or eliminate the emergency medical condition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s lawsuit alleges that Providence St. Joseph Hospital denied the patient an emergency abortion her doctors recommended because “fetal heart tones” could be detected. But state law, Bonta said, “applies generally to all emergency care providers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not a suggestion or a recommendation; it is the law, and you are duty-bound to follow it,” Bonta said. “You can’t make up your own standard.” Ultimately, however, the patient in the Providence St. Joseph case said she was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">forced to seek the life-saving treatment at another nearby medical facility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925552\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925552\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a billboard proclaiming abortion is and will remain legal in California\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1538\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-2048x1230.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-1920x1154.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A billboard proclaiming abortion is still legal in California is seen at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and 40th Street in Oakland in July 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the launch of a new online hub for abortion resources, part of a wider effort to establish California as a sanctuary state after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"report-denied-abortion\">\u003c/a>How can someone report being denied abortion care in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After securing the abortion care they need, a patient can then judge whether or not they want to report the experience to any officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta — California’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/office\">top lawyer and law enforcement official\u003c/a> — has emphasized his commitment to monitoring cases of denied abortions, especially as his office gears up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013588/ag-bonta-pledges-to-protect-california-values-from-trump-presidency\">fight the incoming Trump presidency\u003c/a>. Bonta’s office also encouraged people to reach out to them about abortions they may have been denied by emailing abortion.access@doj.ca.gov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If “a patient feels comfortable, our office would like to hear their story,” a California Department of Justice (DoJ) spokesperson told KQED by email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DoJ is specifically interested in hearing about cases where “you were denied an abortion you needed in a medical emergency, or if you were denied any other emergency or reproductive medical care,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please note that you may or may not be contacted after writing to this email address, depending on the needs of the investigation,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='abortion' label='More Abortion Coverage.']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Attorney General’s Office also has a form available for people who want to file \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/crisis-pregnancy-center-complaint\">a complaint\u003c/a> about \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/crisis-pregnancy-center-complaint\">crisis pregnancy centers\u003c/a>, which are organizations designed to look like community health clinics but which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973441/in-california-anti-abortion-centers-outnumber-abortion-clinics\">actively discourage people from pursuing an abortion\u003c/a>. In 2023, these anti-abortion centers — which usually do not have a medical license — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973441/in-california-anti-abortion-centers-outnumber-abortion-clinics\">outnumbered\u003c/a> abortion clinics in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Attorney General’s Office told KQED it would not be able to confirm how widespread cases like Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s are in California in order to “protect the integrity of our investigation.” But Bonta “remains committed to enforcing California laws by using all the tools at his disposal to ensure California continues to be a safe haven for those seeking essential reproductive health care, including abortion care,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you have issues with insurance covering the abortion, ACLU NorCal said you can \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-abortion-access-california\">try filing a grievance\u003c/a> directly with the plan. In addition, you can file a complaint with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.dmhc.ca.gov/fileacomplaint.aspx\">California Department of Managed Health Care\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/110-health/30-have/index.cfm\">California Department of Insurance\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">a company complaint\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To file a complaint about a doctor, you can file with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-abortion-access-california\">Medical Board of California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you suspect you are being discriminated against by an employer or a health care provider for having or getting an abortion, you can reach out to the \u003ca href=\"https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/complaintprocess/\">California Civil Rights Department\u003c/a> or a \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/about/affiliates\">local ACLU office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED also has a guide on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11967439/how-can-i-call-my-representative-a-step-by-step-guide-to-the-process\">how to call or reach your representative or elected official\u003c/a> about a matter that’s important to you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More resources and guides:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-abortion-access-california\">Know your rights from the American Civil Liberties Union Northern California\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/know-your-rights/abortion-care-california#minors\">the ACLU Southern California\u003c/a>, including details for minors and individuals in jails and prisons.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/center-reproductive-health-law-and-policy/southern-california-legal-alliance-reproductive-justice\">Southern California Legal Alliance for Reproductive Justice\u003c/a> (310-206-4466 or larj@law.ucla.edu)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://abortion.ca.gov/your-rights/your-legal-right-to-an-abortion/\">State of California’s abortion resources\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://abortion.ca.gov/getting-an-abortion/how-to-pay-for-an-abortion/\">how to pay for an abortion\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://abortion.ca.gov/your-rights/your-privacy/\">your right to privacy\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://fosterreprohealth.org/fact-sheets-know-your-rights/\">Abortion for foster youth\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://abortion.ca.gov/your-rights/people-with-disabilities/\">Abortion accessibility for people with disabilities\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.reprolegalhelpline.org/abortion-laws-by-state/california/\">Repro Legal Helpline\u003c/a> (844-868-2812)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-northern-california/community-health/education-services\">Planned Parenthood Northern California\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013522/free-legal-aid-in-the-bay-area-how-it-works-where-to-find-it\">Legal aid services in the Bay Area, which may offer health care services\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">L\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ast week, California’s top officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013395/newsom-calls-special-session-prepare-california-legal-fight-against-trump\">reaffirmed the state’s role\u003c/a> as \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/06/24/governor-newsom-first-partner-mark-second-anniversary-of-the-overturning-of-roe-v-wade/#:~:text=Governor%20Newsom%20actions%20to%20protect%20abortion%20access%3A&text=June%202022%2C%20Governor%20Newsom%3A,Wade%20was%20overturned.\">a haven\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Special_Session_Proc_Nov.pdf\">reproductive freedoms\u003c/a> — as Americans prepare for a second Trump administration that will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013256/how-health-care-could-change-under-the-new-trump-administration\">likely bring\u003c/a> an agenda with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12012326/californian-votes-really-matter-what-the-election-could-mean-for-reproductive-health\">aims to further restrict reproductive rights\u003c/a> after the fall of Roe v. Wade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Lawyers from the Attorney General’s Office and my office have been preparing for a potential second Trump term for more than a year,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement calling for a special session of the legislature issued the day after the election, highlighting the threat to California’s existing laws that protect the right to an abortion within the state. California, Newsom wrote, was “marshaling the arguments and evidence needed to be ready to challenge in court unconstitutional and unlawful federal policies, and to mount robust and vigorous defenses of California’s laws, policies and programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">California’s laws around reproductive freedom being some of the strongest in the country\u003c/a>, safe access to abortions in the state is still sometimes challenged.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>When abortion access is challenged — even in California\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Basic accessibility has long been an issue for some Californians, most notably in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11934819/for-rural-californians-abortion-is-legal-but-its-not-always-accessible\">rural parts of the state\u003c/a> or for people with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11896908/for-many-rural-and-lower-income-californians-abortion-services-remain-hard-to-access\">low-income backgrounds\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, the Attorney General’s Office found that the city of Beverly Hills had \u003ca href=\"https://www.oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-holds-beverly-hills-accountable-preventing-reproductive\">pressured a landlord\u003c/a> to prevent an abortion clinic from opening. This summer, a San Diego woman said a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991664/if-it-happened-to-me-its-happening-to-other-people-woman-says-a-california-cvs-refused-to-fill-her-abortion-pill-prescription\">CVS pharmacist refused to fill\u003c/a> her prescription for abortion pills, and earlier this year, a former Marine was sentenced to nine years in prison for \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1245047704/former-marine-planned-parenthood-firebombing-sentenced\">firebombing a Southern California Planned Parenthood\u003c/a> in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">state sued the Catholic-affiliated Providence St. Joseph Hospital\u003c/a> in Humboldt County for allegedly refusing to perform an emergency abortion. The patient in question, Dr. Anna Nusslock, was rushed to another hospital for the life-saving surgery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11923874\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11923874\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man in a suit stands in front of a sign saying 'We Demand Reproductive Justice'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/08/RS55693_018_KQED_AbortionRallySF_05032022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attorney General of California Rob Bonta speaks during a rally in support of abortion rights outside the Federal Building in San Francisco on May 3, 2022, as part of a nationwide response to the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s decision that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">California Attorney General Rob Bonta said\u003c/a> that Nusslock’s case could be just one of several instances of a patient being denied abortion care in California — something Jennifer Wonnacott, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, echoes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For every one of those [cases], there’s likely many more we don’t hear about,” she said, noting that Planned Parenthood expects “that it will unfortunately become more of a common story” across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even as \u003ca href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/trump-second-term-abortion-agenda-blue-state-crackdown.html\">the future of abortion rights in America remains uncertain after the election\u003c/a>, you have the right to abortion care in California. Keep reading for what you’re entitled to and what to do if you or someone you know is denied your health rights in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jump straight to:\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#denied-an-abortion\">What to do if you’re denied an abortion\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#abortion-religious-objections\">Religious objections to providing abortions\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#report-denied-abortion\">How to report being denied abortion care in California\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>What is the state of abortion rights in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, KQED published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">a comprehensive guide to abortion rights in California\u003c/a>, including details of the types of procedures available and insurance options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11917111/even-without-roe-v-wade-abortion-is-still-legal-in-california-heres-what-you-need-to-know\">The major takeaways\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>You can get an abortion in California for any reason until roughly six months after conception\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>After six months of pregnancy, you can only get an abortion in certain circumstances\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you’re under 18, you don’t need your parents’ permission to get an abortion in California\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you have insurance, California requires your providers to cover abortion\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>If you are uninsured, there are options for finding a free or low-cost abortion, as well as temporary Medi-Cal coverage\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>In the November 2022 election, Californians voted to \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134833374/california-results-abortion-contraception-amendment-midterms\">enshrine abortion rights\u003c/a> in the state constitution. 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Therefore, “trying to find a provider that is responsive to listening to their concerns is important in these situations,” she said — and that may mean moving on as swiftly as possible to another provider to get yourself the care you need.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"abortion-religious-objections\">\u003c/a>What about religious objections to providing abortions?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For years, activists have sounded the alarm over \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/catholic-hospitals-denied-these-women\">Catholic hospitals denying procedures\u003c/a> during emergencies across the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Attorney General’s Office said that “\u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/reprorights#:~:text=You%20have%20the%20right%20to%20ask%20your%20healthcare%20provider%20if,%2C%20ethical%2C%20or%20religious%20reasons.\">healthcare providers are allowed to refuse to perform abortions for moral, ethical or religious reasons\u003c/a>.” But California law does not allow religious objections to take precedence in an emergency situation, such as an emergency abortion, Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">In his Sept. 30 announcement of the state’s suit\u003c/a> against Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Bonta confirmed that religious objections don’t apply when it comes to California’s Emergency Services Law, which mandates that hospitals provide care “necessary to relieve or eliminate the emergency medical condition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s lawsuit alleges that Providence St. Joseph Hospital denied the patient an emergency abortion her doctors recommended because “fetal heart tones” could be detected. But state law, Bonta said, “applies generally to all emergency care providers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not a suggestion or a recommendation; it is the law, and you are duty-bound to follow it,” Bonta said. “You can’t make up your own standard.” Ultimately, however, the patient in the Providence St. Joseph case said she was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007119/california-sues-a-catholic-hospital-for-denying-patient-an-emergency-abortion\">forced to seek the life-saving treatment at another nearby medical facility\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11925552\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11925552\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"a billboard proclaiming abortion is and will remain legal in California\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1538\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-800x481.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-1020x613.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-160x96.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-1536x923.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-2048x1230.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/GettyImages-1410222521-1920x1154.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A billboard proclaiming abortion is still legal in California is seen at the corner of Telegraph Avenue and 40th Street in Oakland in July 2022. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the launch of a new online hub for abortion resources, part of a wider effort to establish California as a sanctuary state after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"report-denied-abortion\">\u003c/a>How can someone report being denied abortion care in California?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After securing the abortion care they need, a patient can then judge whether or not they want to report the experience to any officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta — California’s \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/office\">top lawyer and law enforcement official\u003c/a> — has emphasized his commitment to monitoring cases of denied abortions, especially as his office gears up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013588/ag-bonta-pledges-to-protect-california-values-from-trump-presidency\">fight the incoming Trump presidency\u003c/a>. Bonta’s office also encouraged people to reach out to them about abortions they may have been denied by emailing abortion.access@doj.ca.gov.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If “a patient feels comfortable, our office would like to hear their story,” a California Department of Justice (DoJ) spokesperson told KQED by email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DoJ is specifically interested in hearing about cases where “you were denied an abortion you needed in a medical emergency, or if you were denied any other emergency or reproductive medical care,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Please note that you may or may not be contacted after writing to this email address, depending on the needs of the investigation,” the spokesperson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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