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Kyrsten Sinema, an unapologetic moderate who has alienated progressives with her \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075088298/kyrsten-sinema-censure-arizona-democrats-filibuster-vote\">stance on the filibuster\u003c/a> and other issues, is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema announced the news on Friday \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kyrstensinema/status/1601170136781664256?s=20&t=oZP7SbBLH-Rz81SpnyFb5Q\">via Twitter\u003c/a>, in an \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/P2JQXFT5IJ\">\u003cem>Arizona Republic\u003c/em>\u003c/a> op-ed and interviews \u003ca href=\"http://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html\">with CNN\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2022/12/09/breaking-sinema-leaves-the-democratic-party-00073226\">\u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In a natural extension of my service since I was first elected to Congress, I have joined the growing numbers of Arizonans who reject party politics by declaring my independence from the broken partisan system in Washington and formally registering as an Arizona Independent,” she tweeted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sinema’s move is unlikely to change the power balance in the Senate, as it comes days after Sen. 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He was also prone to gaffes and false claims, exaggerating his record in academics and business and displaying a loose grasp of policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is Warnock’s second runoff win in less than two years. In January 2021, he won another runoff contest to fill out the term of a retiring Republican, flipping the seat blue for the first time in years and clinching Democratic control of the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia. The campaign between Walker and Warnock made history as the first time two African Americans ran as the major party’s nominees for U.S. Senate from Georgia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday’s runoff was the latest barometer of whether Democrats’ electoral victories in Georgia last cycle signaled a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/09/12/1122118393/georgia-abrams-warnock-rural-black-voters-elections-democrats-midterms\">new era\u003c/a> in the state’s politics. The race also reflected the extent of Donald Trump’s influence post-presidency. Walker, who Trump urged to run, was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/19/1137552158/the-path-looks-uncertain-for-democrats-after-losing-the-georgia-governorship-aga\">only\u003c/a> Georgia Republican not to win outright in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Walker nor Warnock topped 50% in the general election, resulting in a runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Warnock touted his bipartisan bonafides in Washington, even as Walker sought to tie him to President Biden, whose approval ratings are underwater in Georgia. 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The gap was most pronounced in Atlanta’s northern suburbs, once Republican strongholds that have trended toward Democrats in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My vote isn’t bound by party alone,” says Cameron Lewellen, who voted for Kemp in November and for Warnock both times. “It does actually matter what you say because I’m an American first and a Republican second.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Walker’s campaign tried to focus on the economy, his stump speech catered largely to the state’s most conservative voters, devoting as much time to criticizing transgender people in sports and the military as talking about inflation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His speeches were often light on policy and leaned heavily into his personal story and humorous anecdotes, including one now infamous aside about werewolves and vampires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need leaders in Washington who say if you don’t like the rules of the United States of America you can leave,” Walker recently told a crowd gathered inside a community gymnasium in Dalton. “That’s what we need right now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaigns and outside groups \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/12/01/1139995258/georgia-senate-tv-spending-walker-warnock\">spent\u003c/a> roughly $80 million in television advertising for the 4-week runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1.8 million Georgians cast ballots by the end of \u003ca href=\"https://sos.ga.gov/data-hub-december-6-2022-runoff\">early voting\u003c/a> last week. Multiple days broke records for daily, in-person voting, reflecting both enthusiasm and a Republican-backed election law that condensed the runoff window from nine weeks to four. At some early vote locations, voters waited in lines for more than two hours to cast their ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born 115 miles and seven years apart, Walker and Warnock followed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/13/1128694481/with-two-black-men-running-for-senate-in-georgia-race-takes-center-stage\">diverging\u003c/a> paths to the heights of two of the most important institutions in the South – the church and college football.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades after he played for the University of Georgia and later the NFL, Walker remains a celebrated figure in Georgia. 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Walker, who Trump urged to run, was the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/19/1137552158/the-path-looks-uncertain-for-democrats-after-losing-the-georgia-governorship-aga\">only\u003c/a> Georgia Republican not to win outright in November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Walker nor Warnock topped 50% in the general election, resulting in a runoff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, Warnock touted his bipartisan bonafides in Washington, even as Walker sought to tie him to President Biden, whose approval ratings are underwater in Georgia. 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Multiple days broke records for daily, in-person voting, reflecting both enthusiasm and a Republican-backed election law that condensed the runoff window from nine weeks to four. At some early vote locations, voters waited in lines for more than two hours to cast their ballots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born 115 miles and seven years apart, Walker and Warnock followed \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/10/13/1128694481/with-two-black-men-running-for-senate-in-georgia-race-takes-center-stage\">diverging\u003c/a> paths to the heights of two of the most important institutions in the South – the church and college football.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Decades after he played for the University of Georgia and later the NFL, Walker remains a celebrated figure in Georgia. 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That vote may take place as soon as next week.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Supervisor Gordon Mar\"]‘I simply do not think arming robots and giving them license to kill will keep us safer.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucked into wider legislation regarding military weapons was a policy to allow police to use remote-controlled robots with deadly force in extreme situations, as long as permission was obtained from top police brass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">San Francisco police currently have a dozen functioning ground robots used to assess bombs or provide eyes in low-visibility situations, the department says. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 10 a.m. Thursday\u003c/strong>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk about luck of the draw! Cesar Zepeda was announced the winner of the Richmond District 2 City Council race on Tuesday morning after the city clerk pulled a green envelope with his name in it out of a red paper shopping bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zepeda will be the first openly gay man to serve on Richmond’s City Council. He’s scheduled to be sworn in Jan. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unusual process, which was livestreamed but not open to the public or the press, was conducted to break a tie between Zepeda and his opponent, Andrew Butt, who received the exact same number of votes last month in their bid for the seat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in the Richmond City Council chambers Tuesday morning, the two candidates, both wearing masks covering their mouths and noses, were instructed by City Clerk Pamela Christian to write their names on slips of paper, seal them in small green envelopes, and place each envelope in a small, red, paper “Christmas bag,” as Christian referred to it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Christian then instructed both candidates to individually shake the bag. Butt, dressed casually, went first, giving it a hearty jiggle. Zepeda, in a suit and tie, followed with a gentler touch, prompting Christian to playfully chide him: “Come on, Cesar, shake it!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11934288\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1632px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11934288\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2.jpg\" alt=\"Two pics, each of two men standing in front of a table.\" width=\"1632\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2.jpg 1632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2-800x256.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2-1020x326.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2-160x51.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/richmondd2-1536x491.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1632px) 100vw, 1632px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In these two, very grainy screen grabs from the livestreamed video, Richmond City Council District 2 candidates Andrew Butt (left) and Cesar Zepeda first put their names in green envelopes and then put the envelopes in a red shopping bag, as Richmond City Clerk Pamela Christian observes behind them. The tie-breaker event took place in the Richmond City Council chambers at 9 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Dec. 6, 2022. \u003ccite>(Taken from livestream provided by City of Richmond)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With each candidate holding on to either side of the bag, Christian then reached in and mistakenly drew both envelopes. She then put both envelopes back in the bag and instructed the candidates to repeat the shaking process and resume their positions on either side of the bag. She then drew a single envelope, slowly opened it and announced:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The winner for District 2 is Cesar Zepeda. Congratulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a brief moment, both candidates appeared stunned, facial expressions veiled by their masks. They then shook hands, amid a sprinkling of applause, at which point the livestream ended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the drawing, Zepeda dashed off to his day job, as a benefits consultant, and said he was still processing the news.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My emails, my texts and every messaging app I have has been blowing up for the past couple of hours,” he told KQED. “It hasn’t quite yet hit reality.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zepeda acknowledged the quirkiness of the tiebreak process, and said the city should reconsider how to resolve future deadlocked races.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it’s not very common, we need to make sure that we lean more on the democratically elected person versus luck of the draw,” he said, suggesting that a runoff election could be a fairer method of determining a winner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Butt said he was still a bit stunned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m taking it all in right now,” Butt said on Tuesday, after the drawing. “It’s not a great way to decide these things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Butt said his family on Wednesday had filed the official paperwork requesting a recount, and was negotiating how to divvy up the considerable cost of it. The decision to do so, \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/07/early-groundhog-day-recounts-called-for-antioch-richmond-council-races/\">he told the East Bay Times\u003c/a>, was driven by a “combination of wanting to follow it through to the end having come this far, and feeling like there are some issues worth looking into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2: \u003c/strong>A hotly contested City Council race in Richmond is going to be decided old-school raffle style … with a random drawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, you read that correctly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes after District 2 candidates Andrew Butt and Cesar Zepeda both received the same number of votes — 1,921, to be precise — in a recount that Contra Costa County election officials performed by hand this week, ahead of Friday’s vote-certification deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richmond’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/61006/Adopted-Map-201-2020-Census-4-5-2022?bidId=\">newly redrawn District 2\u003c/a> covers a large swath of the city’s west side, including Point Richmond and other communities near its shoreline. Chevron’s oil refinery is also located within the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the county oversees Richmond’s elections, the city takes over in the extraordinarily unlikely event of a tie. Election code allows for a standard game of chance to be used to break any such stalemate — be it a coin flip, a roll of the dice, or a drawing — said Helen Nolan, the county’s assistant registrar of voters.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Cesar Zepeda, Richmond City Council candidate\"]‘Many people usually question themselves whether their vote matters or not. Here you can see it. The difference could have been one vote.’[/pullquote]Per obscure \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/12132\">Richmond city protocol (PDF)\u003c/a>, both candidates will appear before the city clerk, who will then “place the name of each candidate in a sealed unmarked envelope and the tie shall be broken by lot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s totally surreal and it just feels very bizarre, frankly, that after all the effort and all the votes that it would ultimately come down to pure luck,” said Butt, the son of outgoing mayor Tom Butt. He said a runoff election seemed much more sensible, and criticized officials for failing to adequately inform the public — not to mention the candidates themselves — about the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I find it pretty odd, honestly,” Butt added. “It seems a peculiar way to decide an election.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until the county’s audit this week, Butt had clutched onto an incredibly narrow, yet decisive lead — of five votes. But that advantage evaporated when 11 ballots that had been initially sidelined due to minor voter errors, were reintroduced into the mix, leveling the playing field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make matters all the more confounding, it remained unclear on Friday exactly when the drawing would actually happen, as the city clerk was reportedly out sick that day, and her office staff said a date — presumably for the following week — had yet to be scheduled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s definitely some anxiety there, right, because we want to know the results already. 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"content": "\u003cp>Lowell High School's merit-based admissions policy is not settled and is instead a \"looming question\" for the San Francisco Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's according to one of the San Francisco Board of Education's newest members, Alida Fisher, who won her seat on the board in something of an upset this November.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think that Lowell is definitely something that we as a board are going to have to address. It is a looming question for sure,\" Fisher told KQED in an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board's previous termination of Lowell's merit-based admissions policy is thought to have activated parents, especially those who are Asian American, who were angry at the board for reverting to the same lottery system as other SFUSD schools.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Alida Fisher, board member, SFUSD\"]'I want to make sure that whatever we do with our high schools, we are bringing all the rest of our high schools up to those same levels of resources as Lowell and not tear Lowell apart.'[/pullquote]As has been previously reported, the school district's legal counsel warned that the merit-based admissions system — though favored strongly by some in the city — is \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/02/lowells-old-merit-based-admissions-policy-wont-come-back-no-matter-whos-on-the-school-board/\">incompatible with state law\u003c/a> and, if sued to end it, the school would likely lose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's especially key as Fisher's win tips the school board's majority to progressive Democrats, who traditionally have been more apt to side with Black students and families who have wanted Lowell High School's admissions process to be lottery-based for the sake of equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher won the third of three spots by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932210/stunning-reversal-of-fortune-ann-hsu-voted-off-sf-school-board-following-racist-comments\">beating incumbent Ann Hsu\u003c/a>, whom Mayor London Breed appointed and who was part of the moderate-Democrat majority that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Big-votes-on-Lowell-and-Washington-mural-before-17259285.php\">voted to restore merit-based admissions at Lowell in June\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Persistence was key to Fisher's win. She has run for the office twice unsuccessfully but, undeterred, finally won this November. She's a frequent voice at Board of Education meetings and is the advocacy chair on the SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education. Her decade-long advocacy springs from experience, as \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/education/meet-the-special-ed-advocate-who-ousted-ann-hsu-for-a-spot-on-sfs-school-board/\">one of her four children qualified for special education\u003c/a>, according to the SF Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher is a parent volunteer, and her work in the weeds of education policy helped earn her\u003ca href=\"https://uesf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UESF-112022-Voter-Guide-FINAL-1.pdf\"> the endorsement of the teachers union (PDF)\u003c/a>, the United Educators of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10961135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10961135 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An exterior view of Lowell High School, a gray, boxy building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main entrance of Lowell High School in San Francisco, on May 19, 2016. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the start, the debate over Lowell High School's admissions process propelled the San Francisco Board of Education election to the front of the city's conversation. Asian parents, partially galvanized by the loss of a merit-based admissions system at the school, pushed to recall three school board members earlier this year. San Francisco's Asian communities often view Lowell as both a symbolic and very real driver of economic success for their kids, while some in Black communities say its merit-based system is skewed in ways that have historically blocked their children from attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the brief time the school was under a lottery system, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lowell-got-rid-of-competitive-admissions-New-16415271.php\">Black student enrollment did increase\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wide-ranging interview with KQED, Fisher touched on topics including Lowell’s admissions policy as well as SFUSD’s broken payroll system and her early priorities on the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The interview below has been edited for brevity and clarity. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOE FITZGERALD RODRIGUEZ: So how does it feel to have done what many said could not be done? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ALIDA FISHER:\u003c/strong> Well, I don't think it's sunk in yet. I'm still in parent mode, I'm still in (SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education) board member mode where we're still in the middle of planning for a joint CAC-AAPAC (African American Parent Advisory Council) meeting tonight. And so my focus is there, thinking in two hours I've got to pick up the kids. So I don't think the enormity of what's happened has really sunk in yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what are your first priorities on the board?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I have a lot of work to do to catch up with the governance that the current board is focusing on. I really want to dig in and understand what's going on with EMPowerSF (the school district's staff payment system). I'm grateful that the superintendent has built the command center to actually get the issues fixed so that our teachers and our staff members get paid and benefits are offered, and if there's anything I can do to help keep that a priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, long term, one of my biggest priorities — and an issue that I've been working on for years — is reading. We've got to make sure system-wide, throughout every single school in our district, that we've got the resources, we've got the curriculum, we've got the professional development, we have everything so that our kids are learning to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The curriculum in our classroom, the methodology that our teachers are using, it's actually teaching our kids the foundational skills they need to be successful later in life. It's one of our biggest gaps right now. Less than half of our kids are proficient readers, and that's — as far as I'm concerned — one of the biggest mandates our school district has: to teach our kids to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There's one thing that folks are wondering openly about Lowell High School's future. Obviously, there's a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/04/1134421129/the-supreme-court-could-end-affirmative-action-what-could-happen-next\">much-anticipated Supreme Court decision that could strike down affirmative action\u003c/a>. And there's a lot of talk about the legality of Lowell's current status now. What's next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, as far as the law goes, I think right now there are issues that take precedence in our district in front of Lowell. But what I am encouraged to see is this \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sf-board-education-votes-create-task-force-examine-sfusd-high-schools\">high school task force\u003c/a> that has been formed and met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long term, for me, I think that Lowell is a shining beacon in our system. It has an amazing number of resources. We've got great programs there. We've got a lot of alumni involvement, financially and in other ways. And I want to make sure that whatever we do with our high schools, we are bringing all the rest of our high schools up to those same levels of resources as Lowell and not tear Lowell apart. If every student had the resources at their fingertips that the students at Lowell have, I think we would see a dramatic shift in so many things that happen in our high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But as far as its legal status goes, I mean, is it not something that's open to challenge?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, I think it is open to challenge. I think that Lowell is definitely something that we as a board are going to have to address. It is a looming question for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like I said, it's one of many, many big issues that we need to tackle as a district. I am one of seven commissioners in a school district with 50,000 students. One of the things that I value most is authentic family engagement and community partnership. And so I expect that this is not work that I would do as one person in a vacuum. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As has been previously reported, the school district's legal counsel warned that the merit-based admissions system — though favored strongly by some in the city — is \u003ca href=\"https://missionlocal.org/2022/02/lowells-old-merit-based-admissions-policy-wont-come-back-no-matter-whos-on-the-school-board/\">incompatible with state law\u003c/a> and, if sued to end it, the school would likely lose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And it's especially key as Fisher's win tips the school board's majority to progressive Democrats, who traditionally have been more apt to side with Black students and families who have wanted Lowell High School's admissions process to be lottery-based for the sake of equity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher won the third of three spots by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932210/stunning-reversal-of-fortune-ann-hsu-voted-off-sf-school-board-following-racist-comments\">beating incumbent Ann Hsu\u003c/a>, whom Mayor London Breed appointed and who was part of the moderate-Democrat majority that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Big-votes-on-Lowell-and-Washington-mural-before-17259285.php\">voted to restore merit-based admissions at Lowell in June\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Persistence was key to Fisher's win. She has run for the office twice unsuccessfully but, undeterred, finally won this November. She's a frequent voice at Board of Education meetings and is the advocacy chair on the SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education. Her decade-long advocacy springs from experience, as \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/education/meet-the-special-ed-advocate-who-ousted-ann-hsu-for-a-spot-on-sfs-school-board/\">one of her four children qualified for special education\u003c/a>, according to the SF Standard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fisher is a parent volunteer, and her work in the weeds of education policy helped earn her\u003ca href=\"https://uesf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UESF-112022-Voter-Guide-FINAL-1.pdf\"> the endorsement of the teachers union (PDF)\u003c/a>, the United Educators of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10961135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10961135 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"An exterior view of Lowell High School, a gray, boxy building.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/05/LowellHighSchoolMainEntranceFromEuclyptausStreet.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main entrance of Lowell High School in San Francisco, on May 19, 2016. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>From the start, the debate over Lowell High School's admissions process propelled the San Francisco Board of Education election to the front of the city's conversation. Asian parents, partially galvanized by the loss of a merit-based admissions system at the school, pushed to recall three school board members earlier this year. San Francisco's Asian communities often view Lowell as both a symbolic and very real driver of economic success for their kids, while some in Black communities say its merit-based system is skewed in ways that have historically blocked their children from attendance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the brief time the school was under a lottery system, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Lowell-got-rid-of-competitive-admissions-New-16415271.php\">Black student enrollment did increase\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a wide-ranging interview with KQED, Fisher touched on topics including Lowell’s admissions policy as well as SFUSD’s broken payroll system and her early priorities on the board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The interview below has been edited for brevity and clarity. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOE FITZGERALD RODRIGUEZ: So how does it feel to have done what many said could not be done? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ALIDA FISHER:\u003c/strong> Well, I don't think it's sunk in yet. I'm still in parent mode, I'm still in (SFUSD Community Advisory Committee for Special Education) board member mode where we're still in the middle of planning for a joint CAC-AAPAC (African American Parent Advisory Council) meeting tonight. And so my focus is there, thinking in two hours I've got to pick up the kids. So I don't think the enormity of what's happened has really sunk in yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>So what are your first priorities on the board?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know I have a lot of work to do to catch up with the governance that the current board is focusing on. I really want to dig in and understand what's going on with EMPowerSF (the school district's staff payment system). I'm grateful that the superintendent has built the command center to actually get the issues fixed so that our teachers and our staff members get paid and benefits are offered, and if there's anything I can do to help keep that a priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For me, long term, one of my biggest priorities — and an issue that I've been working on for years — is reading. We've got to make sure system-wide, throughout every single school in our district, that we've got the resources, we've got the curriculum, we've got the professional development, we have everything so that our kids are learning to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The curriculum in our classroom, the methodology that our teachers are using, it's actually teaching our kids the foundational skills they need to be successful later in life. It's one of our biggest gaps right now. Less than half of our kids are proficient readers, and that's — as far as I'm concerned — one of the biggest mandates our school district has: to teach our kids to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>There's one thing that folks are wondering openly about Lowell High School's future. Obviously, there's a \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/11/04/1134421129/the-supreme-court-could-end-affirmative-action-what-could-happen-next\">much-anticipated Supreme Court decision that could strike down affirmative action\u003c/a>. And there's a lot of talk about the legality of Lowell's current status now. What's next?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Well, as far as the law goes, I think right now there are issues that take precedence in our district in front of Lowell. But what I am encouraged to see is this \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sf-board-education-votes-create-task-force-examine-sfusd-high-schools\">high school task force\u003c/a> that has been formed and met.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Long term, for me, I think that Lowell is a shining beacon in our system. It has an amazing number of resources. We've got great programs there. We've got a lot of alumni involvement, financially and in other ways. And I want to make sure that whatever we do with our high schools, we are bringing all the rest of our high schools up to those same levels of resources as Lowell and not tear Lowell apart. If every student had the resources at their fingertips that the students at Lowell have, I think we would see a dramatic shift in so many things that happen in our high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>But as far as its legal status goes, I mean, is it not something that's open to challenge?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yes, I think it is open to challenge. I think that Lowell is definitely something that we as a board are going to have to address. It is a looming question for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And like I said, it's one of many, many big issues that we need to tackle as a district. I am one of seven commissioners in a school district with 50,000 students. One of the things that I value most is authentic family engagement and community partnership. And so I expect that this is not work that I would do as one person in a vacuum. 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We have been through a lot. As a queer person who is married, I feel a sense of relief right now. I know my family is safe.’[/pullquote]Democrats are moving quickly, while the party still holds the majority in both chambers of Congress, to send the bill to the House and then — they hope — to President Joe Biden’s desk. The bill has gained steady momentum since the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-supreme-court-decision-854f60302f21c2c35129e58cf8d8a7b0\">Supreme Court’s June decision that overturned the federal right to an abortion\u003c/a>, a ruling that included a concurring opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas that suggested same-sex marriage could also come under threat. Bipartisan Senate negotiations got a kick-start this summer \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-race-and-ethnicity-gay-rights-marriage-social-issues-77ec6e2a60b5990ceaf7c396fee42016\">when 47 Republicans unexpectedly voted for a House bill\u003c/a> and gave supporters new optimism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation would require states to recognize all marriages that were legal where they were performed, and protect current same-sex unions, if the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision were to be overturned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s a stunning bipartisan endorsement, and evidence of societal change, after years of bitter divisiveness on the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would also protect interracial marriages by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of “sex, race, ethnicity or national origin.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new law protecting same-sex marriages would be a major victory for Democrats as they relinquish their two years of consolidated power in Washington, and a massive win for advocates who have been pushing for decades for federal legislation. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced a string of violent attacks, including a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-crime-shootings-colorado-springs-774c94125cbad7cf05af2c99b81d42cc\">shooting last weekend at a gay nightclub in Colorado\u003c/a> that killed five people and injured at least 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our community really needs a win. We have been through a lot,” said Kelley Robinson, incoming president of the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates on LGBTQ+ issues. “As a queer person who is married, I feel a sense of relief right now. I know my family is safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote was personal for many senators, too. Schumer said on Tuesday that he was wearing the tie he wore at his daughter’s wedding, which he called “one of the happiest moments of my life.” He also recalled the “harrowing conversation” he had with his daughter and her wife in September 2020 when they heard that liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away. “Could our right to marry be undone?” he said they asked him at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett replacing Ginsburg, the court has now overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to an abortion, stoking fears about Obergefell and other protected rights. But sentiment has shifted on same-sex marriage, with more than two-thirds of the public now in support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Schumer said it was notable that the Senate was even having the debate after years of Republican opposition. “A decade ago, it would have strained all of our imaginations to envision both sides talking about protecting the rights of same-sex married couples,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Passage came after the Senate rejected three Republican amendments to protect the rights of religious institutions and other groups that still oppose such marriages. Supporters of the legislation argued those amendments were unnecessary because the bill had already been amended to clarify that it does not affect rights of private individuals or businesses that are currently enshrined in law. The bill would also make clear that a marriage is between two people, an effort to ward off some far-right criticism that the legislation could endorse polygamy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who has been lobbying his fellow GOP senators to support the legislation for months, pointed to the number of religious groups supporting the bill, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some of those groups were part of negotiations on the bipartisan amendment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They see this as a step forward for religious freedom,” Tillis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nearly 17 million-member, Utah-based faith said in a statement this month that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God’s commandments. Yet it said it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn’t infringe upon the rights of religious groups to believe as they choose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most Republicans, however, still oppose the legislation, saying it is unnecessary and citing concerns about religious liberty. And some conservative groups stepped up opposition in recent weeks, lobbying Republican supporters to switch their votes.[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"same-sex-marriage\"]“As I and others have argued for years, marriage is the exclusive, lifelong, conjugal union between one man and one woman, and any departure from that design hurts the indispensable goal of having every child raised in a stable home by the mom and dad who conceived him,” Roger Severino, the Heritage Foundation’s vice president of domestic policy, wrote in a recent blog post arguing against the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to win the 10 Republican votes necessary to overcome a filibuster in the 50-50 Senate, Democrats delayed consideration until after the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/2022-midterm-elections\">midterm elections\u003c/a>, hoping doing so would relieve political pressure on GOP senators who might be wavering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventual support from 12 Republicans gave Democrats the votes they needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with Tillis, Maine Sen. 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That’s a record, well up from 2020, when 336 LGBTQ candidates won, according to the group, which along with Equality California calculated that California is the first state to pass the 10% threshold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 12 current or soon-to-be members of the California Legislature, eight were already part of its LGBTQ Caucus, including the leader of the Senate and three other senators whose terms run until 2024. Four current Assembly members won reelection Nov. 8, with two new Assembly members and two new senators joining them, increasing the caucus’s ranks by 50%. The AP has not yet called one remaining race that could add an additional LGBTQ lawmaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawmakers will be sworn in for their new terms Dec. 5. Between both chambers, there are 120 total legislators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. census has found that 9.1% of Californians identified as LGBT — compared with 7.9% for the nation overall — so the Legislature will have roughly reached parity in sexual orientation and gender identity. 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Opponents of such requirements say they invade children’s privacy and can put them at risk of abuse at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leigh Finke, who was elected in Minnesota, also was driven by growing anti-transgender rhetoric.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finke hopes to ban so-called conversion therapy in Minnesota and, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-gender-identity-sacramento-gavin-newsom-1bef273ba60e61a17960eaf8107f37f6\">like California\u003c/a>, make the state a sanctuary for children, and their parents, who can’t access gender-affirming health care elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just thought, ‘This can’t stand.’ We have to have trans people in these rooms. 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